. >> ron hall did not see a reason to give up just because he did not place first. >> even if i have a personal desire not to continue, it clear would be a strong rebellion with my friends. >> for tuesday is the next a day for the four candidates. >> protesters took to the streets of san francisco. one group demonstrating between a possible war between israel and around that could ultimately involve the u.s.. talk of war is escalating. on saturday the supreme leader warned the nation will strike back if they are attacked. there currently conducting military exercises. u.s. officials have been cautioning israel against a rash action toward the rhine. the u.s. is keeping its options on the table. both countries of pushing for strong u.s. sanctions as well as diplomacy to try and stop nuclear development that appears to be feeling. ron is becoming more bullish as. south >> the protesting is laying groundwork for a new war. the man who leads the pentagon papers in 1971 were among those attending calling on the president to consider other options. >> put negotiant back on the table and ta

. >> ron hall headed to virginia for an evening rally. then a campaigning in georgia, newt gingrich rolled out a new fund-raising campaign based on his plan for lower gas prices. >> you could give one newt gallon, which is $2.50, or you could give 10, which is $25. >> there are 35 delegates at stake in michigan, and they will be given up proportionately. mitt romney is favored to win the arizona primary. there are 29 delegates at stake, and it is winner-take-all. >> the rate of what is called tree cover is reportedly dropping in baltimore city. the baltimore sun reports that the organization found tree cover in the city is dropping nearly 0.5% a year. researchers were not able to determine the exact reason, but they add that it could be the result of strong storms, development, and also events like the baltimore grand prix. cities with even bigger tree loss problems are new orleans, houston, an albuquerque. >> even have noticed a lot of changes going on downtown. construction is a common sight these days along the pavilion with lots of ne

fields full resorts are released showing rocks in the lead among republican voters furious >>grant: ron hall is favored by 16 percent of likely voters. death is, 57 percent of people are somewhat or very satisfied with their gop to its is. that is down from 66% in the fall. if the california primary is not until june 5th. if the race is still close california could play a major role in choosing a republican presidential candidate. >>pam: caught on the platte -- caught on camera, kron4 shows you the eight goals of the robbery caught on film. >>catherine: dozens of people killed in argentina, the worst train accident in our system is set a spurious >>pam: a catholic church in union city has been vandalized. we are dealing from a church worker on why this was especially 6 how cut >>pam: >>pam: a new museum offering african american culture. in-house >>pam: and human remains found by authorities this month have been confirmed to be two women killed by the speed freak killers. authorities used dna to confirm the identities. there are two of four people that wesley shermantine was convicted of kil

half >>reporter: that: ron hall and extend from on today's ballot. >>reporter: said thousands of people are expected to come to daly city for help with their mortgages. the american dream tour continues today. it starts at 8:00 a.m. this morning in london and monday. in the bay area one-quarter of mortgages are underwater. people willing to wait for hours can get a free counseling session and face- to-face meetings with lenders. yesterday one was able to lower monthly payment by almost half, a dog dropping $2,500. >> i am elated in his two days before my birthday celebration starts now. it is a little time consuming but you have to be willing to put in the time. if you put in this time to have a $2,500 reduction in your monthly mortgage payment i do not think it can make that in one day. >>reporter: the event is sponsored by a nonprofit group called naca the largest housing services agency in the country. >>reporter: that a second of a live look outside and see how the temperatures are. the headlights are on and is still must be a little bit dark out

>>reporter: it was also a good day for ron hall as he claimed more votes for mit romney in minnesota. >> it is the first time that became infected in a national poll in the republican primary. >>justine: -- >>reporter: the state will not and select its official candidate until next month but as for mit romney was a long day. not only did lose and all three straight he was glitter bomb in denver. >>james: coming up will have more on this decision >>justine: we will take a quick break but we will be back with more news. take a live look outside traffic is very light this morning and the weather is pretty nice. >>justine: this is a photograph, and honestly is kind of gross. it is showing the danger faced by the florida everglades. each one of the fact of the python when to be born. there are about 60 of them in this female snake. catherine shows us what the growth of these pythons has been so devastating. >>reporter: florida's everglades are home to an incredible species took some are disappearing and quickly. >> and raccoons and were a problem but now, we cannot even count them. >>repor

texas congressman ron hall says he stayed on the troubled through without a skate when he was asked when victory will come. >>pam: is hard to say exactly when we have three or four states that we believe are doing very good the. >>james: , what are we have a break in a live look outside as we go because we are tracking the weather this morning we have changes along the way for the golden gate bridge point to the north and that is the direction the storm will be coming from. we will get more as to when we expect the first drops to start falling. 0ñ@Ñ >>erica: in the traffic center, one last bridge check of this hour, no hot spots to deal with. traffic is getting a little more busy at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza we have no metering lights to deal with. the san mateo bridge ride is nice and easy in both directions just 14 minutes from into in. over at the golden gate bridge you will see a lot of space in between cars and no major accidents. all is well coming down the shore freeway as he take the ride we will see a lot of green on the screen indicating speeds over 50 mi. per h

. >> so far all of the candidates except ron hall having victory under their belt.nd you can is has not won since south carolina's primary last month. pam shriver and warned >> found it you are in the you work, and you are not sure where you are going. >>james: the candidates will face off in wyoming after she--and then it is on to super tuesday. >>justine: at the mean in mexico city and the world economica, committee... duron and henley are following a fire in the state. and this is about three of 30 a.m.. could we will be right back. >>justine: more pain at the pump, drivers are not paying another 35 per gallon than we were on saturday. that is an 85 increase over the weekend. however not everyone is feeling the pain at the pump and a cold tells why. wrote >> on it is as if it comes to them on the sidewalk because they come in very ill prepared and asking out of the blue. >>reporter: 4 this tells managers said the number of first-time customers coming in have to tripled since last week. the >> many are looking to get out of their car seat and onto a bike instead.

but the former house speaker says rumorssof his demise aree same for rick santorum and ron - paul.but as barbara hallorts... the candidates are seeing chinks in romney's armor. armor. --reporter pkg-as follows -- just as in 20-08 -- former massachusetts governor mitt romney wins the neeada caucuses.thh momentum allowed romney to once again focus his jabs at president obama.thhs week he's been trying to take a bow for 8.3 percent unemployment -- not so fast mr. pressdent not so fast pardner' -- is also the messagg from the cowboy in the bolo tie.despite low poll numbers since winning the iowa caucuses -- former pennsylvania senator rick santorum says he's still in the fight.on sunday he said romney's perceived strength from being a business leader is anything but.the president of the united states executes the laws and tries to motivate the american public to make the changes that are necessary it's not necessarill a ceo type of positionformer house speaker newt gingrich finished well behind romney in nevada and says e's not quitting thh race - but ---i believe that president obama is such a direct th

ron paul wrapping up a town hall meeting. romney the favor to win and there is a great deal of time by ron paul on how to lure romney supporters. joining us is the ron paul campaign. there is a three second delay. i hope you will bear with us. thank you for joining us today. cthanks for having me. he may come in second in nevada. what are yourr expectations? we are running a great open. we expect it to be that way second time around. >> second would be great and we are taking on a lot of folks out there. and gingrich has the backing . we'll think we do well. second place is achievable. what impact with the mormon vote in nevada. we expect to do well with the mormons. they have a respect of liberty and these are the folks that gave us scouts . we are competing with the mormon vote and we respect those people and we respect their respect for liberty. >> why do you think you do better in caucaus states as opposed to a primary? >> well, we did very, very well in the new hampshire primary and strong second place. you know, caucaus

both have to put real campaigns together to go the lang hall, ron paul is going to stick through until the skpebd he's going to have a voice. >> the gingrich campaign will say tonight this is a vote showing mitt romney is weak and their strategy to get to super tuesday is the way to go. it's rick santorum tonight. so your thought on newt gingrich's speech? >> that is what it showed the problem is that it's now wants rick santorum again. he's the second candidate to come back from the dead. newt which a lot of pund yits have written him off. he's back and it does show weaknesses but it is amazing really how santorum consolidated this. part is because he let santorum through the door. >> all right. thoughts on the status of the race heading towards other contents in the end. let's put this into perspective. santorum had a good night tonight but got 10% of the vote in nevada and more delegates out of it there than in both missouri and minnesota today. he got zero delegates tonight. and he got two when he got 10% and ran fourth in nevada. so this has given him a strategic advantage. it doe

and mitt romney made his first appearance in a town hall meeting. ron paul was here in late yen and here today of course. in the late january appearances, he held town hall meetings and connecting with voterss and he put effort in the state and has a group much young supporters. you can see him in the caucaus sites where his campaign decided to focus their energy. they are hoping that will make a difference, the effort and youth vote. they spent time on the phones and it will be an interesting contest. this would be his first victory in the nominating process and put him on the map as he heads into the other states. for mitt romney it will be the fourth win. it is critecal despite only 5500 reg mr. #2: ered gop voters turned out in 2008. it is a maul - small turn out the next contest are not held until arizona and michigan. uma? >> we'll check back with you throughout the day . keep it here. i will be talking to congressman ron paul. he was hoping for the first caucaus win . could that happen and how long will he stay in if it doesn't. >> it is the thir

ron paul and former governor mitt romney. they are the two that have invested the most in maine. romney was here just a few minutes ago hosting a town hallat the end of january. he is coming back. he will be shaking hands at the caucus sites tomorrow. this was mitt romney's first visit. he won in 2008, a strong organization that his campaign hopes will carry through to this year. here is what ruth summers, the vice chair of the maine g.o.p. had to say about the two candidates. >> right now it's a race between the two of them in the state of maine. so, four years ago, romney won our presidential preference poll. so, you know we will see what happens. ron paul is very organized. but i know romney has his group of people together, too. >> what we are seeing here is essentially what we have seen in other caucus state. ron paul has enthusiastic young people behind him. mitt romney has had a long standing relationship with maine. he won with 52% of the vote back in 2008. shep? >> shepard: molly, it's my understanding the number of caucus goers has been pretty small. the impact in maine could be quite large. >> yeah. exactly. in 2008, a little

well ron ron will have your forecast. and a popular dining hall says good-bye for now. we'll explain. >>> after serving free meals to the hungry for decades, a dining room in san francisco is closing an important chapter in its history. st. anthony's opened its doors one last time to bid farewell to the original dining room, which actually is a converted auto repair shop in the tenderloin. it's been the home for st. anthony's for 62 years, but a new facility is being built on golden gate avenue. >> it's been a blessing not just to me, but to thousands of other san franciscans. it doesn't mat if you're from san francisco or anywhere else, the doors are open to help the community. that's a blessing. >> st. anthony's serves about 2,000 meals a day. until the new dining room is open in 2014, the meals will be dished up from a temporary facility on golden gate avenue. now we'll check in with rob mayeda. it was beautiful out there, rob, but not supposed to be like this. >> especially yesterday, we had temperatures at this hour in the 70s today. things starting to cool down, w

. ♪ >>> ron paul is holding a town hall in st.low and steady style help him win the race. >> no. >> let's talk about it, patricia murphy? >> he will not win but he will have a huge effect to republican party. and he has already. i would like to say, many, many roots of the tea party are embedded in ron paul and the ron paul nation. and the voters that are behind ron paul are not just going to go vote for mitt romney and hop on board after the republican convention, they are so loyal. they will want him to say, you want to run a third party, we are behind you? where do you want us to go. he has been consistent and has been who he is and loyal to his own principals and you just have to give him credit for that. he will not win. >> this is a bad weekend for the ron paul campaign, what happened in nevada, the strategy they have been the talking up, we will go into february and rack up delegates there, i don't know if the count is complete. he is hovering at 19% in nevada, the talk was they were not putting numbers on it, but the idea

says rumors of his demise are greatly exaggerated.so far the same for rick santorum and ron paul.but as barbara hallomney's armor. armor. --reporter pkg-as follows -- just as in 20-08 -- former passachusetts governor mitt romney wins the nevada caucuses.the momentum allowed romney to once again focus his jabs at presiidnt obama.this week he's been trying to take a bow for 8.3 percent unemployment -- not so fast mr. president not so fast pardner' -- is also the messaae from the cowboy in the bolo tie.despite low poll nnmbers since winning the iowa caucuses -- former pennsylvania senator rick santorum says he's still in the fight.on sunday he said romney's perceived strength from being a business leader is anything but.the president of the united states executes the laws and tries to motivate the american public to make the changes that are necessary it's not necessarily a ceo type of positionformer house speaker nnwt gingrich finished well behind romney in nevada and says he's not quitting the race -- but ---i believe that president obama is such a direct threat to the future of this country that i w

. >> they change the way you vote in the straw poll to make it harder for the ron paul people to pack the hallnce, that would really resonate. you saw rom making a big effort to reach out to this group that has not been that friendly to his candidacy. >> mitt romney trying to talk the talk. do you think that worked today for him? >> here is what i thought was the key. rick santorum came out and said don't do the pragmatic thing. it leads to a hollow victory. the very first words out of mitt romney's mouth is we are poised to win. that's the debate for a lot of conservativ conservatives. go with their heart that might lead them to rick santorum or go with their hand to mitt romney that might led as the more electable candidate. that's a debate in the next 24 hours. . >> thank you very much. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." a personal note, since the very day we went on the air four years ago i've had one person at the helm. no matter where in the world we traveled. my anchor. she's been the brain of the brawn pullingç us together. she's getting a much deserved new as

ron paul has two town halls in minnesota. let's get a check on how things are going in nevada. at the venetian, i can see the waters there of the faux canal behind you, how are things going right now? >> reporter: hey, alex. good morning. we at the media love a good horse race, but here in nevada we may not actually get one. this could be a runaway victory for mitt romney. he won here four years ago, most expectations are that he'll win again, largely because there is such a large mormon population here. 87% of those surveyed said they'll caucus for mitt romney. two key issues on the caucusgoers on their minds, housing market and the jobs, both in crisis in nevada. nevada has the nation's worst unemployment. yesterday we got a down-tick in the unemployment rate down to 8.3%, not anything to celebrate according to romney and gingrich. both punch president obama hard on the economy and gingrich put in a shot or two at mitt romney. listen to this. >> this recovery has been slower than it should have been. people have been suffering longer than they should have had to suffer. will i

ron paul behind him. >>> group of teens from california gathered at san francisco city hall today to announce plans for a march against bullying. some shared their emotional stories. the group hopes 10,000 people will take part in the march through san francisco in october. >>> a southern california lawmaker is trying to get rid of sugary sports drink. it would require vending machines be stalked with drinks containing 50% real juice. some drinks are as bad as soda. some warmer weather is on the way. ktvu's chief meteorologist bill martin joins us now. >> warm weather heading our way. it isn't going to feel like february tomorrow. temperatures into the 70s, possibly. that means concerns if you have allergies. you may have seen the blossoms on the trees. we go outside. the main indication i have is the buoys. winds out of the northwest at 16. that is not a wet direction. that is a dry direction. more of a spring weather pattern. these are the highs from today. tack on 10 degrees from these numbers and you will get tomorrow's highs. overnight lows on the cool side. patchy valley fog. there is wind out th

ron paul is in fourth. >>> a group of people gathered at san francisco's city hall to speak out against teen bullying.roup included victims of bullying across the state and they are planning a monster march. the monster reference comes from lady gaga who refers to her friends as monster. today, teenagers shared some soirs about how bully -- stories about how bullying has affected their lives. >> since fourth grade i cut myself. i have thought about suicide. i've tried it. i have taken pills and i have twiced my wrist. >> the teen you just heard of, he made a video about being bullying. it's received more than 9 million hits. his mother also spoke at today's event. >> he was called faggot, year and told he should guy on a daily basis. we live under the same roof and i see him every day. how did i not know. >> the teens want lady gaga to attend the march and they hope to have 10,000 teens take part. >>> an audit that looked at how the mt. diablo school board is spending money is raising questions. the audit was presented to the district's oversight committee. the paper reports a taxpayer representative

ron. >> he is walking through the halls with candy. >> he is responsible for this station being about 5unds heavier. >> thanks. >> he is on the treadmill this morning, i'm sure. we're looking at a pretty decent day outside early on. clouds increasing ahead of this system moving through the denver area across the plains state. the warm front is going to push warmer air into the region. you will notice that the rain and the snow that is associated with this, it is going to start to change form. we will get more of the rain of it, but it is moving into the region. clouds increasing through the afternoon. with the system getting closer and closer more rain this afternoon. we're talking about after 3:00. then through the evening and the overnight hours and the coldest time of the night. we could see snow mixing in before the system moves out of here. this low, move it along. it will stay on the track to the south. we're going to be on the northern edge. it could pull in colder air. no accumulation, just a brush with winter weather. the temperatures are around 33 degrees. at bwi. 31 is the de

resident in new york without his office now are people in the big hall if they think he has any chance in winning. according to some polls ron paul is now back in in the u.s. republican presidential candidacy raised does he really have a chance this week let's talk about that do you think ron paul had a chance i personally don't buy into that looks weak just physically don't know just looks like an old man and said to say it maybe is value is a great and everything but. that's interesting so do you think the battle affect the way people vote that's affecting the way i've a illuminati is going to have whatever they want so do you think they're going to choose them. prager that obama not a chance why not but he's just too much on the fringe for the rest of america but he has such a strong contingent among the you. for now well i'll tell you that any changes he'll bring forward will be on obama's good work that's what i'll tell you that he's laying down a foundation for the next president whoever he are exactly that's my belief you know and i and i mean the strain here i think he's got his chance and i think above a series of t

ron paul also here in the state and he made an appearance in late january, as well. holding some town hall meetings and speaking directly with a lot of the voters here, a strong youth contingent and he plays well in caucus states where he can feel he has a big impact and shaking hands and chatting with caucus goers and he'll have a speech in an hour or so. a perspective on what he really needs here, the maine caucus, there are only about 5,500 people that participated in the 2008 g.o.p. caucuses so it's a small number, but could have a big impact. the next contests are two weeks' way in michigan or arizona, a win or loss could linger in the minds of voters, molly line, good to see you. >> kelly: the political action conference is going out with a banning in washington. in a few hours we'll learn the results of their straw poll and hear a keynote address from former alaska governor, sarah palin. and live with more details, dowelli doug, how are you? >> good afternoon. the auditorium will be packed here when she speaks and she's favored. the question, will she endorse somebody. and she has v

ron paul because of the fact they spent time here. mitt romney makes his first visit to the state yesterday, hold ago town hall. he won here in 2008. f the vote. ron paul came in third in 2008. romney kept his organization strong here. they believe they have that ground work that they laid in previous years. showed support for other republican candidates and made visits in that time and hope that will carry them to a victory tonight. ron paul has a big contingent of supporters. this is a caucus state. this is one of the type of states that his campaign paid attention to. they've done a lot of phoning and focused on college kids. it will be really interesting to see if all of those efforts pay off tonight. >> gregg: what did the caucus goers have to say? >> it's always great to talk to the people that actually get out and show up. we were out today talking with some of these caucus goes. it was snowing. everybody showed up anyway. but only 5,500 people actually participated in the 2008 caucuses. we're waiting on the numbers from this one. that's a tiny percentage of the registered republicans here in the state of maine. there are ove

but cook county board president and and mayor ron emmanuel are teaming up to improve services and save taxpayers money. we're live at city hall with the details. >> this is basically an update on the cooperation between them that the announced six months ago today both probably step before the podium to announce $25.5 million in net savings. savings. most of that in back taxes. they are working together on the collection of a cigarette taxes. they used to be a city and county stamp now there is just a city stamp. there were only be one in specter will ride out both tickets this was pointed out during the summer that the $25.5 million savings was only a drop in the bucket considering both have multimillion-dollar funding but it is still just a start. >> some initiatives are underway and will receive approval later i think if you look at this as a process we will be accelerating savings as we get better at cooperating together. >> the goal is not to spike the ball on the 30 yd line and say we have $20 million we have much more work to be done. we need to start asking more fundamental questions i think we can all agree that this

. >> i was going to say, ron paul hasn't won one, santorum may be in for the long hall but paul and gingrich may have to say, it's not our year. >> reporter: certainly. at some point they do. despite what they say. newt gingrich is you know -- it would be a third huge comeback for him and he is expected to take georgia next tuesday and has been working hard in tennessee and oklahoma. but again, at some point they need to, you know, figure out whether they want to stay in and most likely, after next tuesday, that will be the telling point. >> thank you, susan mcginnis. >> prosecutors in ohio are expected to ask a judge that a high school shooting suspect be tried as an adult. tj lane made a brief appearance in court yesterday as authorities released recordings of 911 calls. >> 911, where is your emergency? >> we just had a shooting at our school. we need to get out of here. >> this is chardon high school calling. we are in lockdown. we need assistance right now. >> okay. >> there's a student with a gun. >> that death toll from monday's shooting rose to three yesterday. another victim died. bu

ron paul and newt gingrich are focusing on other states before super tuesday next week. >>> money is power, but how much money buys access in the halls of government, and does big money leave the rest of us on the outside just looking in? >> the nbc bay area investigative unit followed the money and found dozens of silicon valley companies trying to gain access to politicians. steven stock uncovers the names. >> raj, jessica, we dug through thousands of state and federal campaign finance records. five years' worth to see what the top corporate officers of major silicon valley companies gave, and nbc bay area investigative unit exclusive. >> that car was what got the electric car revolution started. >> he builds and manages the american dream from paypal to solar city. the companies he's helped create define silicon valley's cutting-edge technology. as this promotional video for the brand new model s shows, he's achieved much in a relatively short time. musk is fast becoming a major player in politics, from washington, d.c. to sacramento. according to federal and state election records, he has personally given more than $300,000 to do

ron mott, peter alexander before that, gentlemen, thank you both. we're joined now by more members or our nbc news politics team. tamron hall is with us.olitical director, chief white house correspondent chuck todd, and in our washington bureau, the moderator of "meet the press" david gregory. tamron, let's begin with you. we already know a few things looking at the exit poll data from florida. >> absolutely. a couple of things to note, 38% of people today over the age of 65, that's more older people than we've seen in any of the contests here. not a big surprise, we're talking about florida, a popular place for retirees. one other note, 15% are latino. that's the largest number of nonwhite voters that we've seen in these contests. but as things change, things stay the same. i'm pointing that out because of the top issue, the economy. we sue that in the three other contests. the top quality that voters are looking for is someone who can beat barack obama. electability, that number is 45%. the more things change, the more they honestly stay the same. >> absolutely. david gregory, before we get to the only real floridian in our discussio

hall. we look forward to it. >>> a live event from ardent hills, minnesota, where ron paul has just taken the stage. bethel university. let's listen in. >> also, i'd like to introduce my wife, who is sitting over here, carol. [ cheers and applause ] and we have one of our 18 grandchildren. she's sitting with her. but its great to see a nice crowd and a lot of enthusiasm for a very special issue, something dear to my heart. that's liberty. if government is the opposite of liberty the government in our country was created to protect liberty. unfortunately in the past few decades they have been misled and they are stealing the liberty from us. but something pretty big is happening in this country not only with the selection, but a change in sentiment, a lot of enthusiasm now for the cause of more freedom and less government, less war, and a free market economy. >> we do a fair amount of criticizing the current administration, which deserves it, and -- but our problems didn't occur in the last three years. our problems have been around for a long time. unfortunately it's been a bipartisan affair too oft

ron, thanks. we already have a lot of numbers in, and we already know a lot at this hour about what motivated florida republican voters tonight. tamron hall in our studios. standing by with that. tamron, good evening. >> good evening. our nbc news exit poll finds mitt romney dominated newt gingrich amongst most voter groups in florida, quite a reversal to what happened in south carolina. in south carolina, he got equal votes with men and women as he easily beat mitt romney in that primary. but take a look, romney is wallops gingrich among women, with a 22% lead over gingrich, and romney has a five-point edge over gingrich among men. and another big factor, electability swung back in mitt romney's favor in florida. take a look. tonight, romney is winning voters who think the ability to beat president obama is most important by 25 points. in south carolina, gingrich won that group by 14 points. so much better performance among women, and being seen as the most electable were among the keys to romney's victory tonight, brian. >> tamron, hall, looking at the exit poll numbers tonight, thanks. >>> our political director and chief white house c

ron paul, dead silent, newt gingrich, i've not heard from him in weeks. >> has been holding town halls in elephant cages. >> that is interesting. is mitt romney going to come out and say, i do not agree with him? no way. >> they are preserving the chances they may have in a general election. santorum is an different the way he is conducting his campaign. he is speaking the truth of his heart whether people like it or not. expel -- and he will go out there. do you think the white house in their wildest dreams thought they would go against santorum? >> no. and robert gibs had comments on this. let's play his comments. >> i can't help but think that those remarks are well over the line. it's wrong. it's making it hard to face the issues we face together as americans. >> robert gibbs was responding specifically to santorum's comment on the president's ideology. there are some on the right that think what he is doing in terms of social issues stuff is good. i'll bring to your attention a article about the case for polarized politics. mr. bell sees social issues as a path to the gop majority

ron paul has doubled and quadrupled his numbers. they hope to build on this momentum. i'm here in minnesota. this hall behind me was packed. over 1,000 people here and also standing room only. >> you know, it may be, because look at these cross-references. you've got a state, nevada right now, which is extremely concerned. very pro tea party and very conservative but not evangelical. in other words, not focused on the cultural issues. in other words, very much libertarian, i think, right? and good for you guys, for the guy covering. >> reporter: libertarian, that's right. they believe in personal freedom, what mr. paul has said. at one stop i was at yesterday, many supporters were openly carrying firearms. they are a strong believer in the second amendment. ron paul's campaign was okay with that. they took pictures with them. it's a very libertarian-leaning state and they believe in the personal freedom and liberty that ron paul talks about. chris? >> did you ask a man who brought a gun to the political rally what use they may have for it at a political rally? >> i'll be speaking to him in about 15 minutes and we'll be see

ron paul? he is out there rallying support at a town hall in minnesota.didate who hasn't come in first in any of these primaries or caucuses is trying to win over some new supporters. >> we don't have to go backwards, we can take what we have in the pass and improve on it. the greatest test we've had in this country, we need it reversed. i think the last hundred years we've been doing in the wrong direction, we node to state what we really believe? [applause] martha: ron paul out on the trail. for complete coverage check out foxnews.com and be sure to tune in tonight for election results as they come pouring in it should be interesting. bill: it will tell us a little bit more about the story as it shapes you the throughout the night. pedestrians of president obama giving back near here a quarter million dollars in campaign donations. coming from a mexican casino owner to skipped bail in the u.s. back in 1994, that man is linked to corruption and violence back to the border. steve centanni is looking into this nowment what do we know? >> reporter: pepe car

insider trading in the halls of congress will have a little more advice to share but also we've heard time and time again we've heard it from us republican presidential candidate ron paul. it's time we not only all of the federal reserve but also in due time get rid of the federal reserve. and the fed we've seen a growing number of people get on board with his calls we've heard people say hey that's just crazy talk luckily author jeffrey tucker is here to break down how exactly the economy would work without a central bank very exciting let's get to today's capital account. so people are pretty optimistic about these new u.s. jobs numbers that came out showing unemployment tick down point two percentage points to eight point three percent lowest in three years but is even us president barack obama said these numbers will go up and down so i want to take a look at the bigger picture and some of the downside of this report lucky for you i've got some numbers to throw up so the long term unemployed that's longer than six months was very little changed at five point five million this stunner for me that accounts for forty two point nine percent of the unemployed that'

coalesce behind romney or we will be in for the long hall and the way this primary season has been going there have been a lot of surprises even after florida ronaul was still gathering a lot of big rallies and people are not quite ready to settle in. that being said, i think that romney, there has been a real benefit to him being not race this long, and he has had a lot of time to presidentish, to refine the message, and it is helping him. >>neil: how important is it for romney, that you still have santorum in the race, you still have gingrich if the race, and i will leave ron paul out of it because sheehan anomaly but those two battling for the conservative vote is a good thing for romney. >>guest: it is and i think, actually, maybe i am alone on this but i think it is actually good for romney all around. the more he has to fight with his own party, the better for him in the general election. it is very intense warm up for the general election and he has had to, really, think ray bout how heel respond on issues like health care and immigration, and finance his ties to bain capital, and all of these things are certainly going to be coming up i

ron paul is doing the same in the race for 21 delegates in the maine caucus. on friday night, romney did something else he hadn't done in awhile, have a town hall meeting where heuestions from the audience. he answered questions about energy independence, regulation in america and he was heckled by a few people in the crowd. take a listen at one man who pestered governor romney. >> it was not -- >> it's my turn to speak. you have had your turn. hold on my friend. let's let somebody else speak. >> you are not speaking the truth. >> usa! usa! >>> after romney's appearance in portland, maine i got the chance to ask the former governor of massachusetts about the rowdy respepr reception he got here in maine. >> hi, how are you. wonderful reception in maine. of course, of course there are always going to be people who are in favor of president obama. if people want to replace president obama, they are going to vote for me. >> romney and ron paul are the only two candidates competing in the maine caucuses. the results will be released later saturday. shannon travis, cnn, portland, maine. >> we will be watching what happens in maine and at cpac throughout the day on cn