the trio won two grammys including best new artist and song of the year. >> and the grammy goes to "we are young." >> she said we and we were like, could it be us? do you remember? >> we are -- it still could have been we are never getting back together. >> reporter: gotye took home three grammys. it was hard to tell if he was more excited for the statues or his idol prince presented for the record of the year. >> a little bit loss for words receiving an award from the man behind me. i was inspired to make music. thank you. >> reporter: the trophies are nice but it's usually the performances that the fans end up remembering the most. ♪ [ music ]♪ taylor swift got things started with a mad hatter ren decision of her hit single, we are never getting back together. ♪ [ music ]♪ >> reporter: and what better way to make a comeback, justin timberlake used the industry's biggest stage to relaunch his music career. >> and frank, the good times sure carried on after the show. the official grammys after- party was a theme for "bollywood." they had belly dancers, gymnasts, good food. i'm sure the

lapd was on high alert for the grammys. cials announced a $1 million reward and it cops as the search for the former officer winds down in the mountains east of l.a. meantime, l.a.'s police chief has reopened an investigation into the circumstances of dorner's firing. >> if he was to give himself up, we would be glad to listen to what he has to say. >> dorner claims he was fired for reporting a fellow officer for excessive force. the last clue investigators have of dorner's whereabouts was thursday when they found his burned pickup truck near a mountain resort. >> one man was killed another one injured when a gunman opened fire in a santa clara county neighborhood. sheriff's deputies found the dead man on rhonda drive in the cambrian neighborhood about 4:00 yesterday afternoon. around the same time another man showed up at good samaritan hospital with a gunshot wound from that same address. that man is expected to be okay. >>> palo alto police released this sketch of an armed robbery suspect described as a black male in his

he's following the grammy rules don't. of course like you heard they put out a memo saying please cover. we don't want any wardrobe malfunctions on the red carpet or during the telecast. make sure you have double stick tape. >> we're seeing very interesting outfits starting to come out where celebrities are getting out of cars. we will check in to see what's happening in l.a. logon to cnn.com on your laptop, ipad or any other device that you have and you can match music's biggest names and other stars arriving on the red carpet for the grammys. >>> as president obama delivers his state of the union address in two days, a new republican star steps into the spotlight. is he really the gop savior as "time" magazine billed him? as he has been dubbed there? and can he live up to these great expectations? a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? and with all the points i've been earning, i was able to get us a flight to our favorite climbing spot even on a holiday weekend. ♪ things are definitely looking up

it wouldn't be the grammys without a few one of a kind moments. comparing a-listers for some show stopping performances. >> and in the studio right now with us, tommy mcfly from 94.7 fresh fm and sonny from wpgc. >> we are going to talk about the best and the worst moments. we search have our list it. let's begin with you, sonny, from wpgc. >> my best tonight has to be justin timberlake and that great performance, of course, announcing his album coming out in march, and we're also excited a about that. 'ance. best of the night. >> tommy mcfly. >> as soon as i tie it on. i thought the best moment was absolutely fresh artist kelly clarkson. >> that was better than justin timberlake? >> i think it's so awe. some i love everyone. miguel, i don't know who the hell you are but we need to sing together. i mean, good god, that was the sexiest damn thing i've ever seen. >> it's awesome. she proved that she is the first, the "american idol," she won a third grammy. proved she is a total superstar. >> didn't she kind of segue by saying she had never heard of

cool j licked his lips a million times hosting the grammys. opening the show in true taylor swift fashion, the country pop star gave a jab to ex-lover, singing her song "we are never ever getting back together". ♪ i still love you and i'm like. i'm sorry. i'm busy opening up the grammys and we're never getting back together. like ever. >> no big deal, right? justin timberlake is bringing sexy back. he debuted two new songs. fans have been waiting for years for more music from the triple threat. we got it. grammy fashion, following a memo from cbs that got a lot of attention last week, suggesting grammy participants not reveal too much. many stars like katy perry, rihanna, jlo still pushed the envelope, but not like in years past. >> so, as you can see i read the

grammy. so yeah, that was the first time. g michael jackson's thriller, and i think did he win 1 grah2 grammys for album. >> as many as humanly possible. absolutely. >> i remember seeing that and being like whoo. >> and now from a first time grammy award nominee to a two-time grammy award winner, ll cool j is back at the helm of the big show hosting now for a second time. and while music fan of course, love the show itself, they can't seem to get enough of ll. >> i'm ll cool j. i'm the host of the grammys this year. 55th annual grammys and today, we are actually having a tech run through. a technical run through where we check out all the cues, make sure that the speeches that are notice teleprompter for the various presenters aren't either too long or too short. we have stand-ins up on stage helping us run through it. we just want to make sure that everything's running smoothly. i've been talking to ken ehrlich, the executive producer. he's the little guy over there running. he's walking. he has his back to us. and we've been

the grammy awards are tomorrow night. ning or a dress code to tone it down and button up. as far as the nomination count goes this year, it's a six-way tie between if you meanford and sons, frank ocean, kanye west, and the black keys, all have six nominations each. in about half an hour, the driving ban in massachusetts will be lifted as that state and the rest of the northeast begin the big task of digging out in a monster storm. more than 600,000 people are without power. check out this ireport from milford, connecticut, which got the most snow in the region, a whopping 3 inches. and in providence and boston, 40-mile-per-hour winds continue to swirl making it extra chilly. we go now to fwons where we find jason carroll. jason, the snow tapering off. good news for first responders and other personnel, but for one neighborhood, unfortunately, there is tragedy after an 11-year-old boy dies. what do you know? >> reporter: very sad story, debbie. it really has to do with what's happening throughout the city. what we're seeing

morning on the morning news with more from grammy'sum you wants the on me pal. thank you. >> cheers my friend. >>> well t mayor of la la said he will not tolerate a reign of terror. it has been 7 days since he killed his first two victims. lapd was on high alert. officials announced a $1 million reward for his capture. edward lawrence tells us the reward comes as the search for the former cop winds down in the mountains east of la. >> reporter: for the first time since the murders started, a reward is being offered for the capture of christopher dorner. >> this group is posting a reward of $1 million for information that will lead to mr. dorners capture. >> reporter: the former lapd officer murdered three people in revenge for being fired in 2008. in an online manifesto he claims he was fired for reporting a fellow officer for excessive force. the police chief said he reopened the investigation into that claim and agreed to talk to him about it. >> if he was to give himself up we would be glad to listen to what he has to say. >> report

i sat down with the two-time grammy winner yesterday. nd the other day. >> ladies and gentlemen. >> oh, boy. >> give a hand for ll cool j. ♪ >> he is 17. so when you look at that, ll cool j, what do you think? >> i think it's a blessing, you know? it's a lot of mercy, a lot of grace. it's an amazing journey. and, you know, it's just proof that if you dream hard enough and if you act on those dreams and try to execute, you can make things happen in your life. >> we sit here today on the grammy stage, what some say is the biggest show in the music business. >> it is. >> clearly you must have done something right because they asked you back again. >> yeah, i'm grateful. knock on wood, i'm grateful. knock on it. knock on it. ♪ >> you must have done something right, ll cool j. i remember. i was here a year ago. i was actually here a year ago. and i'm wondering what your reaction was as grammy host. of course, we were all very sad about whitney houston's death but here you are not only talking about whitney houston's but you're the grammy host.

no one in the mainstream knew her prior to grammy night, but she was in all of the celebrity weekliester. and lady gaga wore the meat dress a few years ago, the only flesh she was showing came from a cow. some artists from okay, go, dressed up like a high-fashion sword fighters one year. you can cover up and be innovative. i believe we will see creative at its best tonight. >> brad, maybe this goes to your point, grammys won't get the viewership she got last year in part because who wants to see somebody wearing a buttoned up i don't know dress? >> i can't wait to see the person come in in all black, up to here in response to this, that all the artists be demure. i think it's very ironic this is rock and roll and for the grammy folks to come out and just a few days before the event and say, oh, by the way, you know, don't show any flesh. don't show anything puffy. i like that -- that suggestion. you know, i think of some of the greatest outfits in grammy history like jennifer lopez in that versace dress. versace scarf that you showed about a minute ago. you know, that toni braxton in

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the excitement building on the eve of the grammy awards. we'll get a sneak peek at the musicians getting ready for music's biggest night. >>> also, we're going to meet a remarkable little girl doing her part to help families who suffered a fire tragedy. >>> the wind is completely settled down out here, but that is leading to a very cold overnight. i'll tell you how cold it will get in your neighborhood coming up with that full forecast. first, here's a look at your sunday wakeup weather. >>> police tonight are investigating a deadly shooting involving one of their own. police say officers shot a woman who lunged at them with a weapon. the woman died at the scene. it happened late last night. officers were called to an apartment in the 4200 block of 52nd avenue. a woman armed with a knife was trying to get into different apartment buildings. her name has not yet been released. >>> in california, authorities intensified their man hunt for a former l.a. police officer. the navy reservist suspected in three killings, with s.w.a.t. teams on the g

first, a recap of the grammies? yes, a recap of the grammies. screw you, guy who didn't want a recap of the grammies. >>> can love between whales involve two males? well, wildlife experts have been accused of ignoring gay animals in his bbc documentary. this critic sex homosexuality is in pretty much every species, a fact that attenburrow refuses to acknowledge. they claim that attenburrow describes male chimps hugging as friendly affection. they are circling each other as aggressive. these programs are highly regarded and educational, but they should be offering different interpretations of animal behavior. i say these to the police officers every friday night. it is an alternative behavior. can i have my pants back? discuss. >> lightning rooooouuuunnnndddd. lightning round. >> liz, does this bother you that they are ignoring the gay animal kingdom or gak as i would like to call them? >> gak? >> we now have a lobby for gak. >> have i read about this in the past and the museum of natural history say it. but what i want to know is there is a comp

cbs news, los angeles. >> wusa9 is your home for the grammies beginning at 8:00 tonight. during the show we are hosting a live web chat with two of the hottest d.j.s. and sunny here as well. lesli foster and derek mcginty will join them. just go to our website. if you join us on facebook before the grammies are over, you'll be entered to win an ipad mini. the news begin right here on wusa9. tommy and sunny will stick around to talk about everything from fashion to the year's biggest moments. >>> coming up next, some changes are on the way that could impact your monday morning commute. erica grow has the details when we come back. >>> thousands of people lined up the street for the chinese new year's parade. the celebration is also known as the lunar new year. this year is the year of the snake. >> we have 12 different animals, which erupted different years for them here. and the idea about the people who were born this year of the snake, they tend to be very smart, very attractive. very intelligent, so it will be a very good year. >> a great celebration included floats, th

we'll have more from the grammys' red carpet. it starts in a couple of hours and we'll also stay following the information that we have now that they have deployed extra security here to the grammy awards in an abundance of caution swhil they search for christopher dorner. >> that's a good idea. so great to hear and great to see you. thank you both. >>> as was mentioned, police hunting for that accused killer in california. they're changing their tactics. we'll tell you what they're doing and how they're concentrating their search now. and we'll tell you about that huge reward going to the public. >>> a former army sergeant about to receive an honor only three other living people have received. >>> and we'll have a preview of president obama's state of the union address. ♪ let's go. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing the all-new cadillac xts... another big night on the town, eh? ...and the return of life lived large. ♪ >>> while our economy may be weakened, and our confidence shaken, we are living through difficult and uncertain

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. >> the grarm me awa-- grammy aw goes to for album of the year. >> the grammy goes to mumford and sons. >> british ban mumford and sons taking home the top honor of the night. but it was justin timberlake's much anticipated performance that stole the show. >> i actually love that song. another big winner was kelly clarkson another favorite. she took home the grammy for best pop vocal and had the funniest acceptance speech. >> i had sex with miranda lambert. there's the name of a song for later after alcohol. i am just kidding. i didn't know i was going to win. i literally was so excited to be in this category. >> she can sing. that is your 5@5:00. >> leads us to our brew on this question of the day what was your moment at the grammys if you were up that late. e-mail us at foxfriendsfirst@foxnews.com or tweet us. >> it was a little late. >> lindsay graham a very direct message to the white house. no confirmation without information about the benghazi terror attack. >> good morning kelly. >> he is not satisfied with what he heard from officials will the attack at benghazi. he vowed he is

this is the symphony's 15th grammy.nd that is liam mayclem reporting. >>> another grammy winner with bay area ties, the best surround sound album called modern cool was recorded at skywalker sound in marin county. remember, you can find complete coverage of the grammy winners, the performances and all the fashion on our website, cbssf.com. >>> more than 60 people were injured when a tornado touched down in mississippi. this is amateur video that captured the twister making its way through the college town of hattiesburg yesterday. 200 houses and mobile homes were destroyed or damaged due to this storm. >>> tough driving conditions in the northeast today after a weekend blizzard left up to three feet of snow. schools are closed in boston, providence and on long island. 136,000 homes and businesses are still without electricity. and that's tough for these guys. >> horrible. >> it's so cold there. >> yeah. they are starting to get some rain today to add to the problems and you get that melting snow and concerns of flooding

. >> reporter: the lapd also aheaded extra security on the grammys. a man trained by the very department he's turned against. edward lawrence for cbs news, los angeles. >>> los angeles police captain, who is on christopher dorner's hit list is taking the threat seriously. he says he has been afraid to leave his home since he learned that dorner threatened revenge against colleagues he blames for ending his career. he refuses to discuss the proceedings, saying they're confidential. >>> well, there's been a starting increase in reported rapes in berkeley. nearly double the number in just one year. kpix 5 reporter don knapp is in berkeley with more on what police say could be behind those numbers. >> reporter: is it just more reporting or in fact are rapes up 95% from berkeley? the spike was reported to berkeley city council on tuesday. according to the oakland tribune. >> we're not sure what's behind the increase in reported rapes this year. it's too early to tell whether or not it's the beginning of a trend or what. >> reporter: but he says they do know

a year where the theme of the grammys is new blood. ent correspondent, michelle turner. ♪ >> reporter: we are young. that could be the theme of the 55th annual grammy awards. >> it's been an incredible year in music. it feels like alternative music is back. >> reporter: this year, the spotlight isn't on veterans, like springstein or dylan. it's about fun and the black keys and mumford & sons and frank ocean and jack white. ♪ yeah, i won't >> reporter: they're all nominated for album of the year. and they're all in their 20s or 30s. ♪ i will wait i will wait for you ♪ >> reporter: in addition, mumford & sons, dan auerbach, and frank ocean go in with six nods apiece, jay-z and kanye west. ♪ >> reporter: but this past year, attention was focused on the breakout stars, most notably, fun. the power pop trio from new york, and frank ocean, the new orleans r & b singer, who shot to stardom with this emotional performance on late night with jimmy fallon, where he sang about an unrequited love with another man. ♪ to be in love with someone who c

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. >>> tomorrow on cbs the very best in the music business will compete for the grammys. all this week we're looking at what's in the running for album of the year. this morning it's time for funs album some nights. >> album of the year nominees. >> some night s by fun. >> fun is a dramatic, big pop rock band. >> each song is such a huge anthem. they go for broke on every song. they have this huge chorus and first pump moment. >> sometimes you find a band that might speak to one genera. it seems to group into the other generas. >> i think particularly with young bands most nirvianna there's been a desire not to be big in the first place and to not make the big statement. >> it sounds like queen a little bit. >> if queen had a broadway musical -- >> queen comes to mind here. these are not common references or common influences these days. >> when things like that connect they can connect in a very big way. it's a time when a lot of people are scared to swing for the fences. these guys have. the fact they would come back with another song people cared about is a reason peopl

the 50s. >>> well good morning, everybody. of this honor of last night's grammys i have a question for you. if the terrapins were a music group, who would they be? old town? or any group who made an appearance on puppies making the band. young groups who never seem to reach their potential. you are probably scratching your head right about now. that is maryland. young groups who never seem to reach their potential. how about that yo-yo dribble and then to anderson. allen said hey you are the dime dropper of the neighborhood, he had five assists, maryland could never really get it going. well led the way with 13. not much else. virginia's joe harris had a duce, duce and he was stroking. the cavs win 80-69. maryland wasn't making them but they kept on shooting. virginia a very efficient 11 of 19. the cavs had four players in double digits, maryland just two. >> we know it was a big game. we have talked about it. you know i mean, you look around the country, teams get tired. maybe we are tired. i want to of give virginia most of the dread. i want everybody to -- most

a nice tribute to her. >> leading up to the grammys we were talking about the dress code. i assume we'll be talking more about the dress code tonight? >> it looked like a lot of people adhered to the dress code. i think the one who took the biggest risk would be j lo. again, she's j lo is we wanted her to take a risk. it looked to me when i saw it in person she had a body suit underneath. it was part of the dress. i don't think that she took any risk in showing anything. of course she's the queen of double sided tape. we know that she is from that versache dress. >> we guys don't know anything about double sided tape. >> it work really well. you're going to see incredible moments backstage and on the red carpet from last night all on entertainment tonight. >> than send it -- nancy o dell. thank you very much. it's at 7:30. >> oh, 7:30. >>> still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at noon. a wet and cloudy start our work week. our complete first warning weather forecast is 2 and half minutes >>> welcome back. this is the rain making its way out of here. there's more hanging out t

i'm excited that we're out there when the grammys are going to be there. >> are you going to the party? >> the clive davis party. we're invited to the clive davis party which is so much fun. we're doing three shows saturday and two on sunday, and weir we're in santa monica. >> i was just reading in "usa today" and it said the toughest ticket to get is the clive davis party. maybe we'll go. >> then i'm going. >> so this go daddy thing that we've been showing you with the slurping and licking. >> can't do that at the grammys. >> no, no. >> no kiss and no slurping. >> no tonguing. it's taken on -- again, you remember the go daddy one. it's taken on a whole other dimension. oh, are we going to watch the -- >> anyway -- >> oh. >> can't hear it. >> it is a little slurpy. like going to 7-eleven. >> now leno had some fun with it. let's watch this. >> hey, bar, that go daddy super bowl commercial you did was great. it's one of my favorites. >> thanks, jay. that's so sweet. >> i'm thinking, any chance we could recreate the ad? >> sure. pucker up. >> oh. oh, oh, oh. i thought he wasn't going to o

. >>> wusa9 is your home for the grammy's. during the show, which begins at 8:00 p.m. sunday, hosting a live web chat with two of d.c.'s hottest radio personalities. from 94.7 fresh fm and sonny. and lesli foster and i will be there with them as well. you can tweet with them or go to facebook, just go to wusa9.com. if you like us on facebook before the grammy's are done, you will be entered to win a brand-new ipad mini. as soon as the grammy's are over, the news begins with the after party. tommy and sonny will be there to talk fashion on the red carpet and the biggest moments. >>> in the mail bag tonight, to be or not to be, the washington redskins, that is. the argument over the name got more heated down at the smithsonian museum. the washington post was among those leading the call to the name of the team to be changed. craig from king george, virginia, who claims to be defended from native americans says wise is not very. you don't need intellect or training to be a sports writer. if you study your history, the term redskins came from the jamestown settlers to desc

we have special drink in honor of the grammys.ing to start out with a margarita from margaritaville, apparently. anyway, we'll have kathie lee do our thing. >> this lovely lady is from lake placid, florida. who knew there was one? which artist did not tie for most nominations at this year's grammy awards? fun, mumford and sons, frank ocean or beyonce'. >> tie? >> did not tie, yeah. it's, you know, a one-hour show. >> fun? [ beeps ] . >> you're going to love hoda's book! >> what was the question? >> what was the question? how many more of these would you like is the question. did not tie for the most nominations, that would be beyonce'. the others had six along with kanye west who had six and a guy from the black keys, dan ourback. >> again, we're having a margarita from margaritaville. kathie lee, back to you. >> finish the lyrics to this song, which is nominated for song of the year. ♪ ♪ what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, stand a little taller ♪ we could barely hear it, guys. it's that kelly clarkson song, right? >> get a

this was the first time he performed at the grammys since 2009. e saying it may be ought biographical which it talks about his other half, jessica biel. he talked about it was easy coming back to you. we know they split up and got back together and gynecologist married. he says i look in the mirror and see a reflection of myself in the mirror which is you which would be a wonderful tribute to his new wife if that is indeed the case. >> there are always wonderful collaborations. what are people talking about this morning? >> there's so many great ones. that's one thing the grammys are known for. i'll tell you. i got a little inside scoop from alicia keys. a lot of times you don't realize these things are not hugely york straight things. you see her there performing with maroon 5. she told me on the red carpet that she ran into miranda lambert on the backstage and she said i'm such a huge fan of hers. said we should do something together one day. so the next collaboration might be each other. they see each other at the grammys and say, hey, let's wor

we talked last week about the fashion code that the grammys put into place. show too much of this or that or the other thing. j-lo comes out with a nice little black number. >> as you can see, i read the memo. >> you know, momma, you are -- [ speaking foreign language ] you look good and gorgeous and you inspired the memo. >> i'm pretty inspired myself. >> when you can see hip skin, it might be a little too far up there. >> and justin timberlake, new album out. >> he does that to me. >> j.t. had a great performance. and a tribute to bob marley last night as part of the telecast. you saw sting there on the left. there's ziggy, his son. >> that was a really big moment. i see some under boob. that wasn't allowed either. speaking of the grammys, it was opened by taylor swift, big circus act. it was really good. turns out, carry underwood and taylor swift can't stand each other. they were told to keep them away from each other, not to cross paths during the awards show. apparently taylor swift says that carey has always been rude to her, so she steers clear of her.

. >>> mumford was the word at last night's grammys. and mike piazza is here since the baseball hall of fame snubbed him. >>> but we begin this morning's today "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> this is major news coming out of the vatican. >> breaking news, pope benedict xvi set to step down. >> he'll step down february 28, the last pope to freely resign within the 13th century. >>> what a tornado. it's going to cross the interstate. it crossed the interstate. >> at least 15 tornadoes were reported in alabama and mississippi. >>> a huge twister. >> several buildings on the southern university of mississippi campus hit. >> this is surreal. >>> meanwhile thousands are still without power after the massive snowstorm hit the northeast. >> there are reports another big storm is coming. are you ready for that. >> i don't even want to think about it, to tell you the truth. >>> a million-dollar award is now being offered for the capture of crist ter dorner, a former lapd officer suspected in three killings. >> senator lindsey graham wil

>>> deb, the 55th annual grammy awards on sunday night. o get you prepared for music's biggest night of the year. here today is top grammy buzz makers. first off got to talk about the whitney controversy. before the fwrgrammys get start whitney houston is being celebrated at clive davis' annual pre-grammy party tonight but don't expect her family to show up. whitney was found dead just hours before that party last year. whitney's mother is actually calling this tribute obscene, which is sort of hard to believe. but when the grammy awards actually fire up on sunday, don't call it a comeback for ll cool j. oh, no. he is presenting at the grammy awards for the second year in a row and i can tell you ll is fired up and getting ready to nail his hosting gig. in fact, "showbiz tonight" just caught up with the star rapper for a rare behind-the-scenes look at his big grammy preps. >> we are actually having a tech runthrough, a technical run-through where we check out all the cues, make sure that the speeches are in the teleprompter for the various

this was justin's first time performing on the grammys since 2009. he did a concert and released also a new single, mirrors, which people are saying is autobiographical and talking about how she is his mirror and the person he turns to. they are so much alike. they are beautiful songs. a big night for justin timberlake. >> classy, it was great. what about dresses? there was a lot of talk about what the dress code would be this year. jennifer lopez even joked about it. what about dresses? >> jennifer lopez is what everyone was talking about. she assured me it was well secured. i think it looked like it was a body suit to make sure she didn't flash anything. one of my personal favorites was carrie underwood. i thought she looked so classy and beautiful. black was a big color and she did this so well and she topped it off with $31 million necklace. that's how much that sparkly bling is worth. another person that looked nice is beyonce in a pantsuit, which is unusual. she usually comes down done to the t in a long gown or something. so it was quite differ

the most prized grammy of the night went to british band mumford and sons. a great night of old faces, new names, and big stars. a little bit of everything and a great show. >> president obama will use his state of the union address tomorrow night to say that creating jobs for american workers is a priority in his second term. just how he intends to do that is of particular interest to business leaders. it is something that bill knows a lot about. he spent 40 years at the top of one of the largest hotel empires. it is called "without reservations." >> just at the end of last year we saw that the u.s. economy was starting to slow down again. from your perspective, how do you see the state of the american economy? >> it is still uncertain. we really need to get the economy growing. the only way to get jobs is to add and grow the economy. the economy will not grow as long as government intrudes and tells us what to do. there is a lot of shore that we would like to bring back. the tax coming back on that money is way too high. >> we know that jobs and growth wil