i got our good friend ron brown the commerce secretary who decide -- died suddenly, he had a saying, "leave the door open and the ladder down," and i want to you remember that because far too often we don't help each other. if i have an event and al calls me or he has an event and he calls me up, i might say with, i'll help up a little bit. so next time i need help, i call and he helps a little bit and the effort is a little bit successful. you know what happens particularly in the black community, in others too, because we don't help each other, we're not doing as well as we can do. that is a problem we all have to take responsibility for. all right. i don't know what i'm doing. i got to get back to it. the greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without purpose and vision. the greatest treasures in the world are not the companies that make up the new york stock exchange or the oil wells of the middle east but the semteries all ofe the world because of the lost potential did you hear what i just said? in the semteries -- semeteries because of lost potential. in other words

i'll also talk about the arrest of bobby brown on a dui charge. plus the passion of ron paul. the only doctor in the race taking on obama care as the showdown begins at the supreme court. and only in america, a very rotten easter egg roll. how bad parents are ruining all the good fun. this ask "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. our big story tonight searching for the truth in the trayvon martin tragedy. civil rights leaders and thousands protest around the country. one of two new revelations that have outraged his grieving parents. was he gunned down because he was black? chaka khan has something important to say about it. it's coming up soon. plus natalie cole. i'll talk to her about her own addictions and today's arrest of bobby brown. plus supreme court taking on obama care. a case that affects every single american. ron paul will give me his diagnosis. >> this bill has far reaching consequences for the economic health of this country and for liberty in our society. >> but we begin tonight with our big story. the shooting death of unarmed florida teenager trayvon mar

ron paul campaigned in an illinois and missouri. >> pamela brown -- "politico" reports. >> rick santorum was mis-quoted when he was talking about puerto rico. >> it is hard to see how he could make that case. the big picture is, it is are to see how the campaign can be seen as anything other than further driving the latino vote away from the republican party. >> what could this mean for obama? >> it is good news. the republican primary for them is the gift that keeps on giving. the ad's right themselves. sugar santorum -- sec shutter rick santorum be the nominee this is great for key states where the republicans are losing ground to democrats. >> one of the things he brought up was gas prices saying no president has control over gas prices so lay off gop. >> it will be a big issue, is it not? >> that does not make a difference in politics. the republican party will continue hammering him over the issue. it is a pocketbook issue that people feel. he does not have much control over oil prices, but he is the president. he gets credit and the blame even if there is nothing he can do. >> we w

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ron paul 11%. >>> homeowners in california are objecting to a $150 fire protection fee. governor jerry brownrosed the fee in part because of the increasing number of people moving to wild land areas. it is expected to produce $85 million to help support fire prevention services. critics argue rural homeowners are being penalized. >>> the occupy protesters back. the reason they picked up signs again in san francisco today and who is interested in buying the oakland a's. vegetables at their peak. ...and freezes them fast, locking in nutrients ...for you to unwrap. ♪ ho, ho, ho. green giant those five food groups sound a whole lot better when you put them in a taco shell instead of a pyramid. old el paso. when you gotta have mexican. >>> two groups are interested in buying the a's and keeping the team in oakland. one of the groups is headed by financial service executive in los angeles and the other by a executive, neither wanted to be named. a's owner talked about moving the team to the south bay and says the a's are not for sale. >>> members of the occupy movement demonstrated today in san fr

ron paul a distant third and fourth. >> a new poll finds broad support for the governor brown's support to raise taxes on high income earners 64% of 1500 voters surveyed in the poll say they favor the proposal which brown hopes to put on the november ballot. the plan has the support of 80% of democrats who responded to the poll. anticipate -- 75 of independents is also supporting the plan. 38% of republicans say they support the governor's ballot proposal. >> kristen: precipitation looks like it's going down today but then..., right? >> katie: check in with mike. >> one down day of run before another chance and another chance probably over the weekend. so let's talk about how dry it was there. nice commute as far as the weather goes. winds up to 10 miles an hour and oakland, 5-6. winds will pick up in the afternoon and fastest over the ocean. visibility is looking good. so far no fog at our reporting stations. it will are clear through 8:00 hour. temperatures mainly in the mid 40s. few mid 30s in the north bay and east bay valleys. by noon we'll start to see clouds roll in. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s and then by t

>> reporter: police lobbyist ron could thing ham says for years, the law was unclear. then attorney general jerry brown released this opinion. saying a retiring officer is not permitted to keep the assault weapon. why? it does not serve law enforcement purposes. because the state's aim is to eliminate the availability of assault weapons generally. >> so now we're kind of in a conundrum of what do you do? >> reporter: because if cops are paid to pack and protect, who is going to pay them back? >> the department couldn't afford to buy this weapon in the first place. how is the department going to be able to afford to buy it back from the officer when he retires? >> reporter: that's why he supports a new bill to allow cops to keep their guns but that's far were bulletproof. in fact, it's in the crosshairs of a most unexpected source. >> at some point, there's going to be a big stop sign on this. >> reporter: bill wiese is with the cal guns foundation. he lobbies to keep guns in the hands of citizens like himself. >> i don't think a retiree gets special privileges. >> reporter: he argues if retired cops ca

ron paul a distant third and fourth. >> katie: new poll this morning finds broad support for governor brown's support of raising taxes andtax by quarter percent. they say they favor the proposal which brown hoelts hopes to put on the november ballot. 80% of democrats support it. 75% of independents support the plan. just 38% of republicans say they support the governor's proposal. >> kristen: taking a look outside. it is dry. no weather challenges if you are commuting but a little fog is developing. >> katie: kind of ominous, something is coming. >> something is coming but it won't be until the overnight hours we get the rain. good morning. here is a look at live doppler 7-hd. radar returns off the sonoma county coast. those are some of the mid-level clouds and those will be prevalent during the afternoon and evening hours. they will get thicker, no i don't expect any rain today. winds are fairly calm, even to around 3-7 miles an hour for hayward and 6 to 9 in concord and 5 in fairfield. it is pretty quiet this morning. we do have fog up around santa rosa. visibility was half a mile now it's up to five. looks like if we

. >> brown: you see the same mistakes? >> i guess i do. i'm not sure ron paul has to win as much. if he can rack up delegates -- and he's paying a lot of attention to dignities-- if he can get a lot of delegates, there will be a lot of people on the floor for ron paul, and i think that's what he wants in terms of future, influencing the party. gingrich, he has said he has to win georgia but the oddity of the thing is citizenses united and the super pacs, candidates who lose, if they have rich billionaires, maybe even one, they can keep going. citizenses united prolongs primary campaigns. the real perversity is in the short term. i don't know how it will be in the short term, right now they're helping barack obama by making the republicans mutually unattractive. >> brown: let's turn to him. a big speech to the u.a.w. part of the narrative seemed to be, look, things are getting better. >> i think the president would like to keep the ohio and michigan primaries going in perpetuitiy. ( laughter ) because, you know, as one leading republican in ohio told me who was out there this week,

brown. >> newt gingrich wants to build a colony on the moon. he should build it on whatever planet ron paul's from. >> we begin tonight with my exclusive interview with karen santorum. who joins me now. how are you? >> hi, piers. it's good to be with you. >> last time i spoke to your husband he said this key strategy going forward was less rick, more karen. >> oh, funny. >> before we go any further, i actually want to play you a little clip. let's just watch this. >> karen will be on a cnn interview tonight. she's doing an interview by herself with piers morgan tonight. say a prayer. i've been told by so many people throughout the course of this campaign, the more she talks the less i talk, the better i do. >> i was a bit worried by the booing going on. but the fact they all prayed for you, do you feel now you've been strengthened by the power of prayer from that audience? >> that's good. i always appreciate the prayers. >> tell me about how your husband's getting on. last time i spoke to you, had a personal interview with you and your family. and the full riggers of this campaign hell

ron paul did. >> i am the choir you are preach preaching to. a quick timeout. stay right with us. we will be right back with former san francisco mayor willie brown. thank you. the real world. it has under-seat storage to bring everything, available seating for up to seven people to take everyone, and the grip of available all-wheel drive to go everywhere. think of it as a search engine helping you browse the real world. this march, get no extra charge third-row seating plus 0% financing on dodge journey. >> welcome back to the war room. it wouldn't be a war room without looking at the returns as they are coming in and here we are in mississippi, 18% in, santorum still on top. very interesting. gingrich second and romney is third. perhaps this is why. we will take a look at what's going on alabama. santorum on top, 35 first, gingrich 29, romney 28. it varies. small numbers separateing them but romney is third in both cases. we are back with talking about democratic and republican strategy with former san francisco mayor willie brown but romney is in third in both of those. could this be the reason why he is not sticking around alabama and mississippi tonight

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ron paul can appeal to women. what do you think? caller: we have a saying. browne very clear that this is a man's world, but it would not be nothing without a woman or girl. women need all the respect and need the help that they can get with their bodies. some of them cannot even pay for a lot of the tests they need done. i want people to understand, just like james brown said, it would not be nothing without a woman or a girl. thank you. host: other stories in the news. the supreme court takes on health care law next week. c-span will be covering that as best we can. we'll be talking about that during washington -- we'll talk about that during "washington journal" next week. the audio will be released the day up. you can hear that on c-span3. here is a story in "the washington post" looking ahead to next week. host: there's more coverage of the health-care battle. "new on the job and trusted, and facing an emissary even he described as one of the best in the business -- facing an adversary even he describes as one of the best in the business." "as you get closer

ron paul is trailing in fourth with 50 delegates. fifty-four delegates, up for grabs tomorrow in illinois. steve brownan eye on this race, live from chicago. >> reporter: when you get close to a race you can see the resources fan out. senator john mccain hit the local talk shows and morning news shows in the chicago area. on the abc local morning show, mccain was asked about the tenor of the campaign, and the nastiness of it, and mccain was bemoaning the intervention, if you will, of the superpacs in this particular campaign, and all the attack ads that they've run. the irony in all of this is that the superpac, which has run the most attack ads is restore our future and is arguably the reason why mitt romney has been propelled through this primary campaign and tops the leader board in terms of delegates. out in vernon hills last night mitt romney was talking a lot about the economy. he's been spending time in the sururbs, an area in which he is going to find the richest vein of voters and he was talking about the economy and the president and his opponent as economic light weights, his opponent large

brown kicked things off. here is what he said. >> listen. y'all know that newt gingrich wants to build a colony on the moon. forget the moon. i think he should build whatever planet ronver so well. but he did have some good lines in this. we will play a little bit of what he said about senator santorum. listen to this one. >> i see that both newt gingrich and rick santorum now have secret service with them on the campaign trail and in santorum's case, i think it's the first time he has ever used protection. so -- yeah, yeah. >> it's like, oh! i don't know! i don't know! i don't know! >> can i ask a question? >> of course. >> these are decent jokes these guys got. are they paid for them? >> the last one was a decent joke. >> do they hire people to write these? >> skof course, they are. >> isn't it hard to deliver it? >> absolutely. having seen scott brown's nude lay out in cosmo. >> he did not! >> of course he did. in the '80s. you haven't seen that? >> he did. >> he did? >> i need to go to will kane to get confirmation. >> i don't know how it ties into our segment but john is in charge of that part. >> he wants you to know it was very cold in massachusetts that day.