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the address here is mailbag@wusa9.com. supporters of maryland's recently passed gay marriage law are not going to let the issue go to a referendum would you tell fight. marylanders for marriage equality say hat launched its own petition to uphold the law. the group will hold community meetings on its plan should the issue be put to a public vote. governor martin o'malley signed the law intoesque last week. in virginia voters may soon need to show id when they cast a ballot. the house of delegates passed a voter id bill today, and under it virginians who do not show an accepted id can only cast a provisional ballot. the bill now heads to the governor to be signed into law. so far he's not taken a position on this one. >>> on capitol hill, deposit crates have won the latest battle over a proposed extension of the keystone pipeline. that's the pipeline that would run from canada down to refineries in texas. today the senate gave a thumbs down to a republican plan that would have sped up the project. president obama personally

, the address mailbag at wusa9.com. >>> a clean sweep for mitt romney last night in the michigan and arizona primaries and now the four republican presidential candidates are gearing up for super tuesday vying for 437 dl gates next week when voters in these 10 states head off to the polls. that's more than 1/3 of what you need to claim the nomination and three of the gop candidates spent today focusing on different states. romney is in ohio trying to build on his recent success. rick santorum is in tennessee counting or courting social conservatives and newt gingrich is in his homestate of georgia where he hopes to get his campaign back on track, but their messages are pretty much the same, vote for us. >> that is the key building block that we have to have to move forward in the presidential campaign. >> we've got work to do. i need your votes. i need you guys to get out. >> i'm running because i want to return the power that's gone to washington back to the american people. >> the one candidate not on the trail today? ron paul, the texas congre

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the address is mailbag at wusa9.com. >> rain this weekend still to come. >> but first i is running for the -- he is running for the republican nomination, but isn't on the ballot. he's here in a minute. >>> a big endorsement today in the race for the republican presidential nomination. mitt romney takes the stage in wisconsin, the site of one of tuesday's primaries and right next to him, one of that state's best known lawmakers, congressman paul ryan. he's the conservative known for fighting big government. he says romney is the right man for the party. >> in this man we have a person of conviction. we have a man with the right kind of experience. >> ryan is just the latest republican leader to pack romney. other gop hopefuls -- back romney of other gop hopefuls will face a challenge in beating him out in wisconsin. the former massachusetts governor has a five-point lead over mitt romney and close to a 30-point lead over newt gingrich and ron paul. >>> joining me now, a candidate most of you have probably never heard of but is on the republican ballot in maryland. fred car gger welcome

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stay with us, the mailbag is next. time now for our weekly look inside the farm report mailbag....jay gilbert provides some real time corroboration of comments from >> time to check the mailbag. jay gilbert provides realtime corroboration from comments on our market analyst best week. i have it. e-mail and for the last few months the cornmeal has been replaced by 35% wheat which we are steamrolling. >> thanks for the input. the idea here is to find out how we will account for the substitution of the supply and demand reports. my thought is there is eroding confidence in the numbers. with the boom in on farm storage and declining participation rates, especially among large producers on farm stocks, it becomes more about bull. shift in consumption like feed to 10 and others as well. the procedures are essentially fixed by law, the agency who is involved has neither the incentive more latitude to get better at their job. this makes the usda report some of the very few examples of information products that have not gotten faster or better in the last 40 years. moreover i predict it cou

the address is mailbag@wusa9.com. move over spring, here comes summer. topper unveils all. but first, paying the price for all that bounty. the nfl doles out suspensions to the saints over the bounty to take out players. >>> breaking news out of france this evening. reports right now of at least three explosions right near that apartment building in france where police surrounded a suspect in the shooting at a jewish school as well as an attack on french soldiers. 24-year-old suspect, mohammad's attacks are linked to al-qaeda. >>> the nfl handed down its biggest punishment ever to the saints for a bounty to pay for hits knocking out players. lost draft picks and suspensions and heavy fines. garcia brings us the details. >> reporter: new orleans saints head coach has been suspended without pay for the 2012 season for allowing his team to use a so-called bounty system to target opposing players. it's the first time the league has suspended a coach for any reason. payton's former defensive coordinator, gregg williams, who works for the st. louis rams has been banned indefinitel

. >>> this send your e-mails to mcginty's mailbag, the address mailbag at wusa9.com. 9 news now will be right back. >>> our mailbag tonight the continuing disturbing saga of trayvon martin. we now add the name of congressman bobby rush to our tale as he wore a hoodie as a sign of protest while speaking out on the house floor yesterday. now this, of course, violated the house rules and he was removed, but not before he sparked a lot of conversation, much of it on our wusa9 facebook passenger. steven calls the protest juvenile and unprofessional conduct. public officials need to listen, observe and take action, not mimic and put on a floor show. get a grip, congressman, but rombai was a tad more charitable. i believe this congressman has the right to stand up for what he believes in. i don't see how that's childish at all. i'll tell you what's childish or unbecoming of an elect owed fish, how about a childlike out- - elected official, how about a child like outburst during a presidential address. it's okay for him, though, right? and then there's ben. such a circus this has become. whe

the address, mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. >>> in the mail bag tonight, the troublingase of trayvon martin goes on. yesterday, we chatted with a george washington university law professor who says a very close reading of the florida law explains why the sanford police could not arrest george zimmerman for shooting martin. john from virginia says it is about time. finally, glad to hear something other than hysterical one sided rhetoric. you aired via an academic legal expert what's been bubbling about a witness that observed mr. martin on top of mr. zimmerman beating him while mr. zimmerman was calling for help. let's calm down and get to the truth of the matter and prosecute to the fullest extent of the law. and we have similar sentiments from john who feels for the martin family. however, the more details emerge from this tragedy, the less obvious it is that we have an unarmed teenager shot by some gun happy nut. as bad as the florida self- defense law may be, you can shoot someone who is beating you up. we're going to have to wait for the experts to say how this went

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the address, mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. >>> in the mail bag tonight, distracted pedestrians. yesterday, i said we don't need any new laws banning walking and texting. how about common sense? john from lorton, virginia, is on my side. unless there's a cop on every street corner enforcing d.c.'s latest round of nonsense is impact impact call at best, if you aren't page attention to iron flying at you at 40 miles an hour, shame on you. well you know what? that's exactly what i said, mark from falls church begs to disagree. these irresponsible people who are not taught to look both ways before they cross the street are a danger. we hear of laws to protect them from the distracted driver. i say share the joy and pass the fines on where they belong. and mary did not like my final remark suggests that if you are looking at your phone and walk into a bus, it's your own fault. derek, what were you thinking? how about the driver of that bus? he or she just injured or killed a person, what mental anguish will that person suffer? you know, mary, i feel you, but isn't it alre

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mailbag is next. r weekly look inside the farm report mailbag.... my commentary a few weeks ago about h >>> time now for our weekly look inside the farm report mailbag. my commentary about higher efficiency brought this response from my farm customers. fuel prices do not affect the end consumer, then why do growers continue to use it as an excuse among others for higher prices? that sounds like gouging to me. >>> the honest answer is, yes. some rising fuel costs to provide pricing cover by dean at convenient excuse that seems reasonable. but it's important to keep in mind that while my farm is not particularly fuel intensive, many other crops are. porridge, which is what you may be buying is more energy price sensitive, especially delivering bulky products like hey. to the old adage that your results may vary it applies here. but all sellers price whatever the market will bear unless there is enough competition to force them to the web merchants to maintain market share. when supplies are low, prices are bid up by desperate buyers. it's unreasonable

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the address, mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. >>> i said it before, i'll say it beforebest tv theme song ever. to the maryland general assembly decision to the bag tax in prince georges county. a senate committee killed the idea saturday and cheryl gregory says thank goodness. spent $200 at a grocery store and i have to buy bags. it's so unfair. the stores are able to pocket the profits, no report has been made about how much and where the bag tax money is. good for maryland. wonderful people will shop in maryland. they have already put in place a bag tax in montgomery county. it's supposed to go for environmental cleanup. kristen says the tax is all for the good. it's a real shame. people are unwilling to see the terrible impact plastic shopping bags have on the environment. a lot of these are the same people that refused to recycle because it's inconvenience. i lived in d.c. when the bag tax was implemented. many stores offered free reusable bags. but joan said there were better ways. how about a one cent return fee so they get recycled? i think most people want to do

the address, mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. >>> that's our funky prime time music. a massive debate regarding a proposed maryland law that would ban drivers from smoking in the car if a child younger than 8 is along for the ride. rhonda is all for it. a child can't speak their mind nor understand the reprecushions of what cigarettes do for you. this law should be passed. but allen taylor said good intentions aside, the proposed law goes too far. isn't what you do in your car your business? roll down your window. hold your head out the window, that way you won't blow smoke in the kids face. next thing, they're going to try to ban smoking in your own home while your kids are in the house. and cristie admits she's a smoker. she doesn't think much of this law at all. why should the government have any say in what i do in my car with my children? i do everything for my child and just because i smoke in the car with the window down doesn't make me a bad parent. the government should be dealing with real issues, not invading my privacy. you know what? personally, a will the

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