>> well, you're speaking for republicans, you're not speaking for tim johnson, and there are a varietyes from which i differ from my party. i've maintained again a position of look and see in terms of some of those issues. so i'm not lock step on those or any other issues. >> that's interesting, sir. so would you like there to be a closing of some of these subsidies and loopholes? would you like there, for example, to be a small tax increase on the wealthiest americans? >> well, i think the loopholes, at least some number of the loopholes need to be carefully examined. i think the whole tax structure needs to be reexamined. i guess i would want to see how this all comes back in terms of the nuances of the issues and the specific amendments and specific bills, but i think i maintained a significant independence on that whole process. >> you have, indeed. notwithstanding your support for ron paul, sir, who do you think is going to win your home state? >> if i had to bet my house on it, my house isn't that big, but it's big enough, i would bet on mitt romney. i think he'll probably win. i

tim johnson, democrat south dakota. >> u.s. consumers are deleveraging to reduce high debt levels. credit is still tight for u.s. companies and households. and fiscal policy has begun to tighten. as we consider economic growth in the near and long-term, should congress enact drastic spending cuts and balance the budget this year or would a plan to curb deficits and address structural issues over a longer time horizon make more sense economically? also, what sectors of our economy could provide sustainable growth over the long-term? >> mr. chairman, so first of all, as senator shelby correctly pointed out, the federal reserve doesn't make recommendations on specific fiscal policy decisions but in the broad context, let me make two points. the first is that as i've said a number of occasions including in front of this committee, the united states is on a unsustainable fiscal path looking out over the next couple of decades. if we continue along that path eventually we will face a fiscal and financial crisis that will be very bad for growth and for stability. so therefore, whatever we

tim johnson. >> reporter: pregnancy makes heart attacks worse.hat's the finding of new research presented to the american college of cardiology. heart attacks during pregnancy are uncommon, but they occur three to four times more often than among nonpregnant women. and they tend to be more severe. harder to diagnose and treat. and they can lead to more complications. the death rate for heart attacks during pregnancy is 7%. a startling two to three times higher than usual. while most common cause of a heart attack is usually fat and blood clots blocking the arteries in pregnancy, the most common cause is a tearing of the arteries, blocking normal blood flow. that means that blood thinners, a normal treatment for most heart attacks, may cause more harm than good in pregnant patients. so doctors need to be extra careful with pregnant women suspected of having a heart attack. i'm dr. timothy johnson. >> in case you are wondering what the numbers are. 1 out of every 16,000 deliveries the mother will suffer some kin. it's low but still something people

on the other key committees, senator tim johnson, chairman of the banking committee, senator richard shelby, the ranking member of the banking committee, they couldn't have been nicer. i called their staffs very often to make sure that they were moving forward, and they did move forward. and, by the way, just as the e.p.w. committee was able to vote out a bill unanimously, everybody supporting it, so did the banking committee. and i'm very grateful to them. senator rockefeller and senator hutchison, chair and rank member of commerce, i thank them from the bottom of my heart. they had some difficult bumps in the road. when the bill came out of committee, there was controver controversy. working with senator cantwell, we figured out a way to get a vote on something she cared a lot about. we were able to smooth out that bump in the road of the and frankly they came together like two true champions and were able to get over the partisan differences and come up with a bipartisan bill. so we married together four committees' work. that was amazing. the work of four committees married toget

across to him and jay rockefeller reached across to senator hutchison and she reached across, and tim johnson reached across to shelby and he reached across and max baucus had an array of republicans work with him over there in the finance committee. we know we can do this, but what the house has done is send a very clear message of job loss and hardship. it is unacceptable, and i look forward to working on this every sirnl day. now we have 90 days. tomorrow it will be 89, 88. we're going to count down and we're going to keep the pressure on and we're not going to let this transportation program go up in smoke, because it has been in place since dwight eisenhower was president, and it's a sad day for america today, a very sad day. but we never give up over here, and james inhofe isn't going to give up, and we're going to fight hard to get a bill. thank you. i yield the floor. ms. collins: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that i be permitted to proceed as if in morning business for up to 15 minutes. the presiding

the thing about tim tebow coming to the jets is woody johnson, the owner just upon a circus.ranked quarterback in the nfl who for some reason has a massive fan base that will be pressuring the team to start him every step of the way. the jets are doing this right after they gave a huge extension to the incumbent quarterback mark sanchez and signed drew stanton from the detroit lions. i don't begin to understand the thought process except they maybe were looking at rex ryan and saying, you know what, this guy is not quite a bafoonish entertaining clown, we immediate to make this more bafoonish and more clownish and bring in tim tebow and have a full pledged reality program. >> how can you say they brought the circus to town? this is new york city. every day is a sirk us. the king of the new york is donald trump for pete's sake. this is new york. how can he bring the sirk us here? >> exactly, because of who tim tebow is. it would be a circus if you let rick santorum loose in las vegas for a week and kept a camera on him the whole time. donald trump in new york is ho-hum, practi

bachelor" says he approached tim tebow about starring on the show and said the quarterback seemed interesting. now you've got something to say. former wwe superstar twaduane johnsonlso known as the rock has signed up to play herk lease. elizabeth berkeley is expecting her first child. miley cyrus is now calling on twitter to take steps against cyberbullying and monitor abuse. speaking of twitter after nick lachey announced live with kelly monday he and the former vanessa were expecting their first child. >> that is going to be a good-looking kid is all i can say. >> that's true. >>> from nbc 5 news in dallas/ft. worth a nearby flower mound, members of a church are turning not to divine intervention but twine intervention. the church has adopted a pig to go on a diet. for a pig, avery needed to shed some weight of her own. the pot belly is 100 pounds lighter but you can't really tell there and has moved her human friends to follow a diet program to help them lose weight. a collective 600 pounds so far. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] offering four distinct driving modes and lexus'

so rex ryan says he doesn't want to just see tim holding a clip board and our good friend woody johnsonsl seen sanchez in the fourth quarter. we wish he'd get better in the first. he has to make some improvements. there are different ways to inspire your players. >> two weeks ago, they give the guy an extension and a week later hire tim tebow. >> but seriously, if i'm woody johnson, i'd tell sanchez. it's not like he is a rookie. get playing. we're paying you a lot of money. and we are not paying you to throw interceptions in playoff games. if i were writing somebody a $50 million check, i got the right to say, we expect to you do better. right? >> yeah. you know, what's interesting, they are both great, great young men. >> i love sanchez and i love tebow. >> it will be interesting to see how they handle this. you know, game one, first three and out series, the boo birds are coming out and chanting for tebow. >> yeah. >> it's going to be interesting to watch. >>> the ncaa tournament. final two spots in the final four up for grabs. saturday, louisville and ohio state punched their tickets

tim, the three stocks you're going to center us on are mead johnson nutrition, tyson foods and constellationrands. there's a beautiful dietary progression from infant formula to the chicken fingers to the beer. >> i like your style. >> yeah. why staples today? >> well, i think we're seeing good growth out of some of these names. and the valuations are compelling. at least in terms of tyson foods and constellation brands, which we have buy ratings on. so they're kind of garpy names, growth at a reasonable price. mead/tyson are so on fire in china. people want high-quality american infant formula there. they're willing to spend money for the big brands. >> and tyson? >> tyson has figured out they need to follow the yum! brands of the world and the mcdonald's of the world. those people really care about food safety issues and quality and traceability of ingredients. and i think tyson is going to end up earning margins that are double their domestic margins in china because they're providing something that's just really hard to come by. food safety and traceability of ingredients. >> bob, what a

tim tebow in. >>neil: but they felt differently during the peyton manning negotiations, right to i had woody johnsonwork and he was telling me they passed him because they were happy with sanchez. >>guest: i don't believe that. if they had a chance you should have followed up with tough questions. similar to you are doing with me. >>neil: he said this was no one else, just sanchez. what makes this guy different than manning? >>guest: what makes tim tebow different than peyton manning? he is not as, you are talking with peyton manning talking one of the tom five all time quaterbacks. when you have a chance to get a peyton manning you do it, i don't blame denver but the jets are getting something of value with tim tebow on the football field. >>neil: you think there is the obvious financial appeal and with football you can always sell out games, you argue the merchandise is the big drawing? >>guest: the draw with the jets they are knocking the giants off the back payment, the super bowl champions --. >>neil: the giants won the super bowl? >>guest: you are a redskins pan and i am a philadelphia eagles

tim tebow about staring on the show and the quarterback seemed interested. >> the women would line up for blocks. >> wow, that is a bold statement. >> they love him. >> dwayne johnson rock" signed up to start shooting in the fall playing who else, hercules. >>> on the verge of turning 40, elizabeth berkeley is expecting her first child. that is random news for the day. >>> miley cyrus, who received a barrage of hate tweets and death threats is asking twitter to take stems. >>> nick lachey is asking for guesses on whether their baby is a boy or girl. >> he'll want a boy. he love sports, been waiting for a child for a while. he want as boy. >> that what is bill says. i'm lynn berry, this is "first look" "way too early with willie geist" -- i say girl. >> all right. >>> it's super tuesday, the day that could reshape the long race for the republican nomination with voting in 11 states. the question are, where does the campaign go if mitt romney wins the competition in ohio and what happens if he loses it to rick santorum? we will talk live in a second to john heilman. israeli lee prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the world can't wait much longer to stop iran's nuc

tim tebow about starring on the show and said the quarterback seemed interested. >> the women are going to line up. i would be on the show. >> ratings gold. >>> former wwe superstar duane johnson, also known as the rock, has signed up to play hercules. >>> miley cyrus is now calling on twitter to take steps against cyberbullying. disturbing there. >>> speaking of twitter, nick lachey announced monday that he and his wife are expecting their first child. they're asking for guesses on whether it's a boy or girl. >>> and this comes to us from nbc 5 news in dallas/ft. worth, where in nearby flower mound, members of a church are not turning to divine intervention but swine intervention. here's the deal. the church has adopted a pig to motivate the entire congregation to go on a diet. for a pig, avery needed to shed some weight of her own. the pot belly is 100 pounds lighter. can you imagine? >> she must be on the treadmill every day. >> and her human friends have lost a collective 600 bounds so far. look at that face. how can that not be motivating right there? >>> i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> in paris, the ca

tim williams, wjz, eyewitness news. >> just look for the story at wjz to donate. >>> a maryland priest who denied communion to a lesbian at her mother's funeral is now on leave tonight. harbor johnson and relatives asked that priest to be removed. >> we're creating jobs at twice the rate of virginia and these cultural battles that drive us apart are not helpful on driving us forward. >> they called mcdonald a skilled leader. one of the issues is controversial bill he signed last week that requires women to receive an ultrasound before they can get an abortion. >>> a race for the white house now moving south. candidates gear up for primaries on tuesday. rick santorum is holding strong showing for conservative christians should force newt gingrich out of the race. he's hoping for a two man race between him and romney. he's not going to ask gingrich to step -- a side. >> i think the odds are good we'll when them. >> let's not forget ron paul is still in this. he won the wyoming caucuses. romney has a total of 454 delegates which is twice as many as paul, gingrich and santorum combined. >>> it's not the best pick but i guess it could have been worst. tonight the basketball team learns

tim tebow without any shirt. >>shepard: we don't know the same people. but, thank you, jonathan. quite a segment. the basketball legend magic, johnsonelping rescue major league baseball for a record $2 billion purchasing the dodgers. they were bought in 2004 and the owner's wife was made the c.e.o. and then he fired her. and magic johnson has agreed for buy the dodgers which would save it from bankruptcy. trace is out there. do we expect mlb to approve this? >>trace: most say they will because the ownership group has deep roads in los angeles and it finally says goodbye to the unpopular era of mccourt, $1 billion more than any other major league we baseball has soldier for banking on a multimillion broadcast deal that could include fox sports, but the concern is there will not be enough money left over to pay for the bail operations. but, sportswriters believe there will be and the deal will be done. listen. >>guest: the deal is all cash. there is no debt in the deal. and to have magic johnson in ownership group, that means to the sport which is lacking minority ownership, it is huge. and cast as an insider, that appeals to baseball

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tim ryan, for joining me today. >> thank you. >>> coming up, president lyndon b. johnson gives us our marching orders.e going to talk about marching orders even more with reverend al and congressional leaders in the march against voter suppression beginning tomorrow afternoon in selma, alabama, throughout the week until it reaches montgomery, alabama. we'll be right back. we have not had the last word yet, still things to be said. >>> as my colleague reverend al sharpton says, amazingly we're under 00 tack again. tomorrow reverend al and the lawmakers will begin a new march from selma to montgomery, alabama, 47 years after the landmark civil rights demonstration. the march focuses on the attacks of equality of today. reminding us of the events on a bridge in selma, alabama, on a day in 1965 that history recorded as bloody sunday. from the vault today, a clip the nerd land dug up from the american promise, president lyndon johnson's address to congress following the horrible brutality civil rights leaders faced at the ands of law enforcement in selma. >> their long-suffering men and women peacefully pr

johnson has been a backup. he once played for jim harbaugh at san diego as his first protegee and he starred at oakland tech. only other quarterback talk about it was time sued moving from denver as soon as the manning assumes control. harbaugh says that tim tebow is not coming here. ago, it was imported at the two sides are close to a deal. gary radnich will have more on all of these developments coming up at 6:00 p.m.. >>catherine: stocks did finish the fifth lower for the second time in two weeks, the dow was down 69 points, the nasdaq was down four in the the s&p also down four. >> they are trying to cool the economy. united states house in numbers came out. we are up 12% so far this year. let's take of the entire month of april. we will move into a slower earnings season. for now might be the time to look at your portfolio in rebalance a little bit. faugh >>catherine: we spoke about this earlier, i'd have had some problems. >> consumer reports is at it again. the ipad third version he stopped a little bit. ultimately when you play a game it will warm up. it does not sound that bad. apple says they will honor any returns. from the media standpoint

. >> but tim is coming to a team that is owned by a good friend of yours, woody johnson. >> right. >>ought pattern here? was he really behind this move, do you think? >> well, i think woody is behind everything. woody is a smart guy and he's done a great job with the jets and i know mark sanchez very well who is really a good guy. i mean, i got to know him because of the trump national in bedminister and he works hard. he's always working out. he's a great guy. and he's a really good quarterback. i mean, you know, he's still a young quarterback so it's going to be a complicated move. woody really does know what's going on. he's done a good job with the jets. if you remember the jets before he bought them, it wasn't a pretty picture. >> yep. >> it will be interesting to watch the season to see who is going to actually start, sanchez or tebow. let's move from sports to the budget because the democrats are now criticizing congressman paul ryan's budget as unfair. now, i know you were not necessarily a huge fan of this budget when it was revealed last year, so how do you feel about it now

johnson all down in florida for the owner's meeting. two networks plan to take it in its entirety. a strange situation. but this is a circus atmosphere the jets get with tim tebow. bill: we'll be watching. enjoy it. a unique opportunity. he won't be able to go to a deli in this city without someone taking his picture and reporting on it. martha: that will be interesting to watch. minutes away we are from the first round of hearings on healthcare at the supreme court. what an important day this is. we'll talk to one of the first people who challenges that law coming up here in america's newsroom. bill: new clues in the search for a missing california teenager. her mother begging for a safe return. >> i want her to come safely back to us and i appreciate every effort that you guys are making to help that happen. it puts my mind at ease that you aren't quitting. greater risk of a stroke. i was worried. i worried about my wife, and my family. bill has the mos common type of atrial fiillation, or afib. it's not caused by a heart valve problem. he was taking warfarin, but i've put him on pradaxa instead. in a clinical trial, pradaxa 150 mgs reduced stroke risk