my name is rick martin. my daughter is very shy but she did put something together to you guys. this is her electronic talker. >> hi, my name is christina. please don't close the program. [ applause ] >> hi, my name is chris texas am. i'm an apparent. -- parent. this is my daughter. she's in the program. she came to the program 8 years ago. she had a heart problem which resulted in brain damage. when doctors came to us they told us there is something seriously wrong with your child. you can choose to leave her here and we will let her die in peace. we were expecting that she would be pretty much a pure vegetable and not be able to do anything she could ever do. right now she walks and she's walking at frances, she walks down the hallways and has friends that greet her and also if i can her hair. but more we see her actually improve. she's able to -- double which she has never been able to in the past and we have very much a hope in her lifetime she'll be able to walk on her own. she has originally had all three holes in her heart which not necessarily completely rediscovered but

[applause] martha: fired up, rick perry this morning. jenny beth martinent and co-founder of tea party patriots, she will be speaking at cpac tomorrow. what do you think of rick perry there this morning? >> well, he sure got the crowd fired up, and he's talking about the things that people in the tea party movement want to hear; freedom and getting control out of the hands of washington and putting it back into the hands of the american people. martha: he sounds like a guy who may be considering another run. i mean, when you look at these potential candidates there, what's going through your mind as to who could be a good leader? >> well, i think we have a lot of good options, and we're going to have a lot of fun in 2016 as we evaluate the potential options. we've heard from rick perry, and we've also heard from ted cruz, mike lee was here, chris christie was here, so it's going to be fun in 2016 evaluating all these candidates. martha: do you have a prediction for the straw poll? it's not always a good indicator of who gets the nomination, but who do you

we will tell you how the aston martin fared in the white stuff. ♪ >> we are back with rick caruso, founder ceo of caruso affiliated, the largest holder of private real estate in the usa. you have an amazing buy rate. at the grove, 92% of your customers buy things. what is next? >> we just built a residential tower outside of beverly hills called 8500. it has quickly become the most popular and expensive building in los angeles, the most expensive building outside of new york for luxury rentals. we are 100% leased and we have a waiting list. there is a great market on the residential front here in l.a., certainly on the upscale side. we have bought the downtown of pacific palisades, which is an incredibly wonderful beach town community in west l.a. we bought the whole downtown and we are going to reinvent their downtown street. we have a large project down in carlsbad in san diego county that will be somewhat similar to the grove and the americana and a bunch of other stuff. we are very busy. >> speaking of busy, it seems like you are consulting on caesar's. can you tell us a little bit abo

rick montana has the story. >> i am proud to present to you your purple heart medal. >> reporter: this moment a long time in the making. martinllon final bely received his purple heart 69 years 2 months and 6 days after being shot by a german sniper on the french battlefield. >> it feels great. really amazing. i won't be around too much longer, i don't think, but my son will have it. and it's real great. >> madellon's vfw post secretly planned the ceremony after his friend and fellow veteran a. michael de cesar wrote down letters and it went nowhere. madellon served in the army for seven years in that time receiving several awards including the silver star medal, the second highest military decoration for valor. his battle injury came as he rescued 283 soldiers trapped by machine gunfire. even madellon's family had no idea this would be celebrated thursday. >> he'd always say, well, one of these days maybe before i die i'll get my medal he got today. and that's the only medal that he is missing. >> reporter: a special award for a soldier fortunate to have time to wear it proudly. rick, abc 7 news. >>> it's 4:44. the oakland s

martin savidge reporting for us. thank you very much. that's it for me. thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." now let's step into the "crossfire." >> wolf, rick santorum and bernie sanders disagree on just about everything. >> yeah, but the fun part is they also have big differences with their party's establishment. the debate starts now. >> tonight on "crossfire" hillary clinton ignores an attack from the progressive left as her grassroots army gears up. ♪ you're going to hear me roar chris christie at war with the republican right. >> we don't get to govern if we don't win. >> on the left, mark lamont hill. on the right, s.e. cupp. in the "crossfire," two potential 2016 candidates. senator bernie sanders, a vermont independent, and former senator rick santorum, a republican. what's better politics, pragmatism or purity? tonight on "crossfire." >> welcome to "crossfire." i'm mark lamont hill on the left. >> i'm s.e. cup on the right. two potential 2016 contenders. today the white house wants to make sure you know that the number of uninsured americans is back to 2008 levels. that's according to a new gallup poll. not much to cheer about in m

rick scott gave a state of the state address. but there was some glaring omissions. he didn't mention one time the phrase stand your ground or self-defense. he didn't say the name trayvon martinavis, or marissa alexander. don't these issues deserve the attention of the state's governor? >> well, our governor has been writing letters to the president about venezuela and about things outside of state of florida, but he has neglected to mention floridians that are dying. he has neglected to mention that this is a topic around the nation about his state. and i was very disappointed as i sat there listening to the state of the state that here is a major topic. here is something that people are talking about around the nation about his state, and he didn't bother to mention or at least give condolences to the families that are out there suffering. the florida families that are suffering, he has neglected to mention, give condolences, or anything. and so i was disappointed in his lack of leadership and compassion when it comes to floridians. >> and we're not saying, goldie, that he ought to take a position on the case. >> sure. >> rally on monday, are not taking positions on the cas

martin, do you believe if the republican party were in the mold of kay bailey hutchison, the democrats would have a farther way to go? >> absolutely, and unfortunately, kay was defeated significantly by rickhe primary. i think kay was a very good united states senator. they don't want to be there. that's the problem. they don't want to be kay bailey hutchison. >> senator, that's the challenge here for the republicans, right? >> well, i think we've got to reach out and make sure we have a majority so that we can continue to governor and can i give a shoutout to matthew mcconaughey, a u.t. graduate? >> texan. >> u.t. graduate. >> cate blanchett's father was a texan. >> more texas connections. kay bailey hutchison, martin frost, thank you much. that's it for this edition of "the daily rundown." coming up next is chris jansing. tdr 50 week rolls on. tomorrow, the texas primary. bye-bye. >>> i'm meteorologist bill karins. because of our winter storm, travel very difficult. right through the midatlantic, heavy snow throughout the morning hours from areas of southern new jersey, philadelphia, all the way down to richmond with the bullseye right around washington, d.c. also still bitterly cold fr

martin savidge reporting for us. thank you very much. that's it for me. thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." now let's step into the "crossfire." >> wolf, rickbernie sanders disagree on just about everything. >> yeah, but the fun p