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, ron lowe, ron? [applause] we have mcdonald's and their representative did not make it and the last one on the list, ross bargo who has been with us for many years, tracy tran, tracy? [applause] tracy has not made it yet. so really, thank you very much. and for joining us and hope to see you again next year. and it's so special that our new police chief is with us. and would you like to say a few words? [applause] >> i don't think that that was actually a question. [laughter] i'm just really pleased to be here. i wasn't prepared to say anything. but just the culture and what it does for the community, it really does leave me without much to say other than thank you for everybody does. and thanks for having me. [applause] >> thank you, chief. and thank you, claudine. i hope you were able to meet some. greeters in the lobby before the event started. and you may have noticed they were selling these little pins. you see this a.p.a. heritage month pin? it's the image of the heritage month logo designed in

low turnout will advantage ron paul and possibly rick santorum. a good sign for mitt romney that he is turning out supporters at a low percentage. ron paul we said before we sat here and said he might win, i will believe it when i see it. he under performs polling. but he is organized he spent money here. radio oo in washington about four weeks ago i spent sometime on the west coast. at the time they haven't heard much from the candidates. he had two campaign staffers on the ground doing organizing. rick santorum and newt gingrich hadn't been there at all. santorum made a visit out there at a very well attended event about two weeks ago. they had been focusing more trying to steal some of the headlines if they could. sounds like ron paul may have a good night tonight and talking to people over the past couple days they expect them to do well. >> ron paul win wouldn't be the worst thing that happened. it would be worse if santorum one. if it ends up being his one win it's okay for the romney campaign. it would be better for romney to build on the mo

. >> hey, ron, i'm in a low of the of trouble. >> reporter: then had someone study the voice to mimic. >> i need your help. >> reporter: if i were concerned, i wouldn't notice the difference. and which makes it admirable that the grandma was a sherlock homes. >> that is when he called himself matt, not matthew. >> reporter: a nickname he never uses. and he is called her son, who said that he was in france. he was still apologizesen with skype. >> i felt terrible. i felt there was something i should have done. >> this is very, very widespread. it's ripping off thousands of people just like you and me. >> $100 million ripped off last year, ron. is a so you want to help your family, what do you do? >> reporter: the most important thing is to have a code word that is known to your family members and best of friends. if there is an emergency, they can cite the world. the voice sounded just like my cousin james. >> have a code word. thank you, ron. >>> what were you the happy zbles can you guess what age people say? will you agree? we will tell you next. polident's unique microclean formula

low. mitt romney and ron paul are the only two choices. something the governor noticed. >> what happened? >> newt gingrich and rick santorum of failed to meet the requirements of signatures to get on the ballot. >> i voted for ron paul just to take a vote away from romney. we do not even get to write in. >> the majority of focus for this super tuesday showdown is an ohio where romney has spent millions in ads most in that santorum. they are hoping to claim victory in this battleground state. >> as you know, this is a somewhat important day in my life today. >> this is a critical moment. america must not, and if i'm president, it will not fail this defining test of history. >> the polls here in virginia will close at 7:00 tonight. the numbers will then start coming in. political analysts say that if, in fact, mitt romney wins in a high tonight, five other top republicans could start calling for some of those other candidates to bao out. if brianne carter abc 7 news. >> we invite everyone to stay with abc 7, your alexian station. we have the

mitt romney campaigned in birmingham friday, but along with the candidate ron paul he kept a low profile this weekend. the next big primaries coming up include new york, texas, and california in june. >>> and jury selection continuing tomorrow morning in the trial of san francisco sheriff mirkarimi. 144 potential jurors will answer questions while the judge considers a change of venue request. mayor mirkarimi is charged with domestic violence battery, endangerment to a child, and persuading a witness, he has pled not guilty. >>> and engine problems forced a plane to crash between two houses in sacramento county. the twin engine plane went down about 7:30 last night in rio linda. it went down hard, but there was no fire. the passenger and two pilots walked away from the wreckage with minor cuts. >>> and the sticker shock happening all over the company, the average prices reported for regular, shooting up 12 cents in the past few weeks, settling at 81 cents a gallon. in the bay area, triple a's average prices, 4.31, 4.34 a gallon in san jose. >>> and despite the high pump prices there has

bruce ol low gist. >> no, ron brownstein is your bruceologist. we have to talk about politics.the crucial state of ohio is what we're looking at this morning. a state that is considered to be a bell weather. true gauge of the entire nation. it was a very narrow marge ginl. he captured 38% of the vote compared to rick santorum's 37% of the vote. santorum countered with wins in oklahoma, tennessee. raising fresh concerns about mitt romney's ability to win over conservative voters. that's why rick santorum last night was vowing to fight on. >> this was a big night tonight. lots of states. we're going to win a few. we're going to lose a few, but as it looks right now, we're going to get at least a couple of gold medals and a whole passe full of silver medals. >> alice stewart is a national press secretary for rick santorum's presidential campaign. nice to see you. thanks for talking with us. let's start if we can this morning with the big picture. he, the candidate himself, called it silver medals that he won. three big wins though. assess overall last night. >> it was a tremendous

it romney campaigned in birmingham on friday, but along with lagging candidate ron paul he kept a lowprofile this weekend. political observers still place virginia governor bob mcdonnell at the top of possible g.o.p. vice president candidates. governor mcdonnell signed a bill requiring ultra sound for we can seeking abortions. >>> the president is working by getting a key democrat on his side and peter doocy has more from washington, d.c. >> reporter: in 2008 a majority of women voted for then senator obama and helped him win the white house. two years later in 2010, most women voters broke for republicans and to try to stop the g.o.p. from going on a roll with the ladies, the obama campaign is going to send out one million pieces of mails to moms, young women and older women and on friday we got a taste of the new pitch to them? >> women deserve an equal's day pay for an equal day's work. [ applause ] our daughters should be treated just the same and have the same opportunities as our sons. >> reporter: the obama campaign is getting help from nurses across america, banning together t

low turnout, high intensity. ron paul's folks are hoping to have a good showing. right now, mitt romney seems to be in the lead. >> what is important is super tuesday. all eyes on ohio. mitt romney and rick santorum in a very close race. very heated. what do you expect? >> this has been neck and neck. rick santorum has been leading. ohio being a pivot tall race. mitt romney needs to pull out a win. if santorum can win ohio, he's got a big case to make. there are more delegates at stake than in the previous contests combined. >> newt gingrich, a few weeks ago, he said everything was riding on super tuesday. is there any chance he can come out ahead? >> that will be a tough call. he's staked his campaign on winning georgia, his home state. where he served as a congressman. if he can't make that hurdle, it will be hard to stay in the race. even though he might want to. if he can pick up georgia and another southern state, he's got a strong case. >> if mitt wins on tuesday, does that give him the edge? >> it gives him an edge. this is the difference with this soup tue

that is your temperature, the lows this weekend but, ron, for the weekend it is going to get -- >> i am -- >> -- this day, bro -- >> -- great, you talking about the megamillions as that guy who ran for governor said, you know the rent is just too darn high. >> man, i don't care who you are, you can be bill gates you write a 200 million dollar check and you are going to grip. >> yes, you are. >> yes, you are. >> my father was saying the same thing last night and what about the taxes -- >> -- that -- >> -- taxes, let's go to edwin starr -- >> -- baltimore's great treasures, the american visionary art museum, big gala coming up saturday night with some big stars coming to baltimore. we are going to tell you all about it when the eyewitness news morning edition rolls on. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> hello, my name is michael and i am from edgewood, maryland, good morning, wjz. >> all right, michael, thanks so much for being with us, 44 degrees, 50% humidy, breeze at six, the harbinger of 77 this afternoon, barometer at 30.0 three, 48 oakland, 49 this time yesterday morning out in the bowls

approximate turnout is low, it will favor ron paul. as you pointed out earlier, he's supposed to do well in a caucus state. he has a passionate following. if a lot of people turn out because they're motivated or organized, then turnout is higher and that's going to favor mitt romney. so the numbers actually are coming in so far are better for mitt romney than they first indicate because they're coming in from the western part of the state. i'm sorry, the eastern part of the state first. it would be surprising approximate mitt romney is doing that well in the eastern part of the state. but it looks like he is. i would expect him to do better in the populated counties. this looks like a strong turnout for mitt romney. you heard the chairman say it. >> 30% of the population in king county where seattle is. >>> everyone stand by. we'll be going back to washington state to the caucuses. we'll hear from the republican party chairman. it will be announced the final result from the podium. we'll have live coverage. you're looking at the camera

ron paul. out west, north dakota, idaho, and alaska. low week. no matter what happens tonight, this thing is probably not over. >> yeah. it's probably -- it's definitely not over. here's the reason. newt gingrich is not -- he did a campaign events this morning but he's in alabama. and will be in a couple of hours for two more events. alabama holds a primary next week. newt gingrich is going nowhere. they already have their schedule set. this is going past super tuesday. >> mark preston, i know you have a long night ahead of you. no sleep tonight. thanks so much. join us tonight, our coverage of the super tuesday primaries begins at 6:00 eastern with a special edition of "john king usa" and complete live coverage of the primary results at 7:00, with john, wolf blitzer, candy crowley, mark preston will be there, too, i betcha. >>> let's throw it to kara now. >> thank you so much. hello, everyone. it is 11:00 on the east coast. 8:00 on the west. we've got a busy hour just ahead. let's get straight to the news. ten states, more than 400 delegat

ron took delivery on this model. >> you are low to the ground. this is something right up my alley. >> he owns a high end custom auto shop where he is beginning to sell the yeik bike. >> very much along the lines what we saw here and gadget guy all my life. i think a lot of people are really going being green and being more environmentally conscious. this is a fun way to do it. >> reporter: it got headlights, taillights and regenerative braking. the motor and battery are inside the wheel. it can charge in less than an hour. it folds down to the size of a backpack and weighs just 21 pounds. they envision these things running around corporate campuses. >> companies like google that will allow you have a fleet of bicycles. >> it will do better 15 miles an hour and do it more than six miles on a standard charge, but if you get the extra battery you could go 18 miles between charges. are you going to ride this thing that far? of course you are. >> katie: if you are interested in buying one, they will cost from $2,000 to $4,000. >> i expect a lot of ta

the other candidates in this race, ron paul has a national campaign at a low level. the only truly big serious national campaign is romney. other two candidates are kind of hop scotch candidates. skipping states and going from one place to another looking for strength and trying to catch the race. and they're not everywhere. and that was reflected in the fact that both gingrich and, you know, santorum's case they live there. and this is all a function of, you know, newt gingrich likes to complain romney has been campaigning for six years or whatever. >> well, it's hard work that. is one of the things that gets you ahead in america. if you think about last summer, newt gingrich having a blow up with his staff kpem p were leaving he was taking a contribution and so on, romney wasn't doing that stuff he was working hard on his national organization, raising money he's used to his advantage against rick santorum, 2006 loss, i think kept him frk able to raise the kind of money woe have needed. so the in the end it came down to a contest between two what i call hop stoch k

ron paul is laying low but he has a town hall tomorrow. newt gingrich is out there.f you want to get your picture taken with him he is charging $50 for supporters to have a photograph with him. he says he is going to stay in this race until at least april 24th. >> that's the delaware primary. >>> president obama continues his trip in seoul korea. he says nuclear terrorism is one of the most urgent threats to global security. if you want to chat, join us online right now current.com/billpress. we need to talk. we will be right back. i'm a lobster girl. top quality lobster is all we catch. [ male announcer ] don't miss red lobster's lobsterfest. the only time of year you can savor 12 exciting lobster entrees, like lobster lover's dream i'm laura mclennan and i sea food differently. as i understand it in radio they can't see you, so this is big for me. >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's new morning news block. >>it's completely inappropriate for television. >>sharp tongue, quick wit and about all, politically direct. >>politically direct

this is where ron barassi worked with this organization to try to provide housing support for people on low incomes or they did until two weeks ago when the government announced this place was closing all over seven hundred staff here could lose their jobs because of frantic meetings in corridors and offices distressed workers try to find out what will happen to them or today based organization has been going strong for sixty years and it's not fair to send their money to other departments they want to take our money to cover other holes they want to take money for other necessities put all our families will be all employed if we could save greece ok but there's no way that money will fill the gap with the old so stacked against them some desperate greeks even contemplate ending it all. and this is the only phone line in the country that's dedicated to stopping them line ten eighteen is greece's single volunteer run charity suicide prevention line in two thousand and eleven calls here double calls like one the to learn or picked up from a mother standing on the fifth floor of a building thr

ron paul do you want to keep it or delete it well i mean . the reason why they don't like it is more to do it. is to a low touch with the mainstream mitt romney's more i guess he's more moderate. while the two republican front runners get all the media attention we should not forget that ron paul came in third in this week's illinois primary so for a lot of americans his message it's still important. to. our guys thanks for your responses as usual and here's our next question for you tomorrow is the deadline for president obama to announce his nominee for president of the world bank opposition an american has held since the bank was founded after world war two so do you think that obama will continue the tradition of nominating an american and who do you think it'll be on a snowy thing on facebook twitter and you to i who knows your response just might make it on air. when newly released documents show the department of homeland security closely monitored the occupy wall street movement it also shows that they were concerned about crossing the line and unconstitutional surveillance truthout was the first

a low and welcome across stark i'm peter lavelle the candidates the of ron paul what makes him tick why is he so popular among younger voters why do republicans smear him while at the same time fear him and does mainstream media fairly cover his campaign big. ticket. to cross out the republican candidate ron paul i'm joined by mark williams in sacramento he is founder and former chairman of the tea party express and radio host in washington we have mark levine he is a senior fellow with the truman national security project and a talk radio host and in new york we have michael brandon gallery he is a politics editor at business insider i've gentlemen this is crossfire going to as you can jump in any time you want last week we did a program on mitt romney and i got a ton of mail saying what no one mentioned ron paul once and i thought maybe i'm doing the same thing that american media is doing to ron paul so michael first of all explain to my international viewers who is ron paul what is the all about and if there were an election on you tube why would he win. well ron paul is a libertari

media outlets certainly aren't the only ones pulling the plug on ron paul so why is the establishment so afraid of this star course and how low are they willing to go to kill his campaign and feel like we are living in the words near you government and it's awful because at least in places like the middle east you know they you know the are living in a dictatorship you know that you're living in its origin you know like. quick to criticize others and even quicker to arrest its own dissidents the u.s. government sure doesn't practice what it preaches when it comes to the right to assemble we'll show you just how the first amendment as a balance of the muslims. plus twenty two months in jail twenty two charges against him no trial date set and sparse media coverage in the case of private first class bradley manning is on lockdown these days as the alleged wiki leaks or heads to court today why is this case so shrouded in so much secrecy. it's thursday march fifteenth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our team. well it seems that mass media has officially given up on one republican presidential can

ron mott has the latest for us tonight. >> reporter: if they were movies rick santorum's campaign might be the low key independent breakout. while mitt romney's cast a look of a big-studio blockbuster. fireworks and all. differences in tone and budget that santorum noted at an event today in missouri with signs of romney everywhere. >> and money isn't going to buy this election. vision and character and authenticity and trust are going to win in this election. reporter: from the now famous sweater vest to the st. patrick's day pint, santorum continues to captivate blue collar conservatives. he pledged to clean up what he called america's pornography pandemic. today, he told voters in illinois he'd win the nomination if they give him a win in tuesday's primary. for his part, mitt romney sought to stoke his campaign with a high energy swing through puerto rico. in the wake of primary losses this week in the deep south to santorum. >> we came here to speak. we learned more by listening. >> reporter: in courting the vote ahead of the primary on sunday, romney invoked a familiar theme, u.s. statehood which puerto ricans will c

and media outlets certainly aren't the only ones on the plug on ron paul so why is the establishment so afraid of this dark horse and how low are they willing to go to kill his campaign. if you like we are living it in your words your government and it's awful because at least i'm pleased is like the middle east you know. you do know that you're living in a dictatorship you know the earlier we can hear the words you know like. quick to criticize others and even quicker to arrest its own dissidents the u.s. government sure doesn't practice what it preaches when it comes to the right to assemble we'll show you just how the first amendment is about to be muzzled. it's thursday march fifteenth five pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl and you're watching our team. well it's not just occupiers and rage at wall street these days wall street's own are calling out the greed and corruption that plagues financial firms today an op ed written by a mid-level goldman sachs again is that executive is sure it's been making its rounds on wall street offices former employee greg smith a dish all the dirt in the new york times in the piec

ron reagan. it's myself to see you this morning. first up, i want to start off the gate with newt gingrich, politico in a new piece talking about cash running lowetting paid. it's that gingrich leads its worth plowing ahead. why is ron paul still in this race? he does he really find himself to be a viable contender to go up against president obama? >> boy, i hesitate to try and read newt gingrich's mind. i'm not really sure that at the beginning he was running for president seriously as a serious candidate. at some point around south carolina, which, of course, he actually won, he began to get the idea that maybe he could pull this off and once that idea planted itself in its head, he is loathe to let it go. he is a man whose known for having a titanic ego, and i think that the idea of president gingrich is now dancing around in his head. i also think he probably suspects that the longer he stays many this race, the better bargaining position he will have, let's say at the convention if we enter into a broke herred convention. >> sure. reinvigorated political life. a book tour turning into a presidential campaign. who knew? next up, ron paul, w

represent in congress and ron paul well they were high hopes but not a single win for the texas congressman the poll campaign has been focused on picking up delegates in the low turnout caucus states but despite an all out push in north dakota i don't hold an alaska last night the three states that are well known for their strong libertarian streaks ron paul well essentially came away empty handed but still the congress a congressman says he's not defeated he's vowing to question on and his approach may not be enough to win the nomination so what is the congressman after well for that answer i'm joined by brian doherty he's a senior editor at reason magazine he's also the author of the upcoming book ron paul's revolution the man and the movement he inspired welcome brian it is great to have you back on the program now can we read at last night's election results as anything but a major disaster but before the campaign. well it's a disaster for the goal of actually reading that you should this year despite what some people say ron paul did hope to intend to have that victory but unlike the other candidates he can win something without actually win the nominati

the low turnout was mostly because only romney and texas congressman ron paul qualified for the ballot. paul focused his campaign mostly in the west. he was the only candidate to visit alaska. today he stumped in idaho. >> this is a very special day. idaho is a very special state. we're expecting lots of things to happen. >> woodruff: so the republican hopefuls await tonight's results with only one thing seemingly certain: regardless of the outcome the race will go on for some time yet. >> ifill: for more on the races we are watching most closely tonight, we turn now to stuart rothenberg of the "rothenberg political report" and "roll call" newspaper. and newshour political editor christina bellantoni. we have so much to talk about. let's start with ohio. the prize of the night, christina. what is romney's strength there? what is santorum's strength? it's neck and neck. >> it is. this is where you've seen both candidates sort of making their core message. romney has been talking quite a bit about the economy. he would be the better steward of it. making these pointed jabs. i didn't stud