and when he gets to ohio, he's not going to have this home state advantage. and i think rick santorum is going to carry ohio. >> i suppose a problem for rick santorum is the infrastructure that he has and the financial firepower, he's dwarfed by mitt romney's battle group, if you'd like. what are you going to do about that? >> there's a great deal of enthusiasm. what i'm seeing is, people just like santorum. i started hearing this a few months ago when people would come up to me and say, they didn't really know him, but they would come up to me and say, hey, that santorum guy, i watched him on tv, i watched him on debate. i think he's telling me the truth. i think he's honest. i think he's straightforward. i like him. that's what i'm hearing all over the state of ohio. so romney's clearly going to come in with the big guns. he's already on tv. but i think in ohio santorum is going to win. >> did president kennedy's speech about the separation of church and state make you want to throw up and do you think it's snobbish for the president of the united states to

and everything that i was reading was saying, okay, you have to go to ohio to get it.ecame convinced we would have to move up there if we were really going to get the answers we were looking for. >> abruptly, he decides to move his family from missouri to ohio. >> you have to think of this step as almost like a seduction and people are just awfully welcoming, they're awfully nonjudgmental, and for that individual who's searching and looking for some kind of connection, some kind of attachment to something bigger than themselves, finds the seduction very appealing. >> just weeks after moving to ohio, ron luff settles into his new life with ease. the more time he spends with jeffrey lundgren, the more convinced he becomes this man will lead him to the path of salvation, the path ron luff is desperately seeking. >> when you talk about any critical event that takes place, the pieces have got to come together at the same time for something bad to occur. the idea that anyone in his shoes would have done the same thing, i don't know if that's true, i really don't know if that

ohio. so romney's clearly going to come in with the big guns. he's already on tv. but i think in ohio santorum is going to win. >> did president kennedy's speech about the separation of church and state make you want to throw up and do you think it's snobbish for the president of the united states to want people to go to college? >> well, i think senator santorum is explaining what he meant. let's take the colleges. i think that what he has said is the same thing that you would agree with and almost every american would agree with. we want our children to live up to their greatest potential. my wife and i have eight children. they are all different. we want them to do the best that they can. that may mean college for some children. some kids it may mean going to an art school. it may mean doing things with their hands and any number of ways. i think that's what rick is saying. it was kind of misconstrued. it wasn't the anti-education. here's a guy that certainly has a lot of education as does his wife karen. so i don't think that was it. you know, as far as the whol

it seems to me if mitt romney wins ohio, rick santorum has a hell of a long race to go. it looks like he can't win if he can't win ohio? >> that's probably right. you can't forget about newt gingrich. he's probably going to take delegate-rich georgia, he might take oklahoma. and if he takes tennessee, then we're going to at least have him as part of our coverage. this thing is going to keep going for at least another couple of months, no matter what happens on super tuesday. but one of the big things to look for is something we identified a little earlier, chris. and that's this rural suburban split. so if santorum, who basically is not a rural candidate, if he can make that transition into being the rural candidate who picks up all the small towns where the republican turn out is pretty heavy and can get them going against the city slicker romney, then he could have some success in some counties that he's not spending very much money in. the other huge factor is money. if foster frees the billionaire from pittsburgh decides that he wants to help rick santorum play in ohi

we're talking to congressman tim ryan of ohio, democrat. go ahead. >> caller: hi, tim. to tell you the truth, i don't think there is very much that you have said that is true this morning. it's very difficult to do business in ohio. it's been tax and regulated right out of business. ohio's spending is insane. i've seen some of the things they do right in my immediate area. and we can't go on with the spending. thank you. >> well, my talk of regulation was more about wall street regulation, not necessarily not all that familiar with exactly what goes on from the stateside of regulation. but my point was wall street has been completely deregulated. and that led to everyone following their self-interest off the cliff, which affected a lot of places right outside of port clinton and toledo and the housing problems on the west side of cleveland and places like toledo have been huge because of that lack of responsibility and lack of cops on the beat on wall street. and at the end of the day, it's been a real problem. and it's important to know too right now, when you talk abou

he said he's moving on to tennessee and ohio. he was doing very well, according to the latest polls, in those states. after all the talk this evening about whether or not rick santorum missed an opportunity here talking about the social issues when perhaps he should have been talking about fixing the economy in a state that has been hard hit, i went up to santorum after his speech this evening and asked him, are you thinking about recalibrating your message? do you think that perhaps the robocall was a mistake? here's what he had to say. >> senator, do you think you'll recalibrate your message today? >> that's a pretty good message. obviously did very, very well. >> do you think the robocall was a mistake? >> no, it wasn't a mistake. >> where do you go from here? >> well, i'm going to tennessee and ohio and a lot of other places. >> you're doing well in a lot of those states. >> we feel great. we feel great. >> what's your name? so nice to meet you. >> the fact that you came so close to beating -- you've got the resources to keep

when he goes to ohio on tuesday, he will not have the benefit of his native state to play on. he will be on new fresh territory with rick santorum leads the polls in ohio and elsewhere and newt gingrich looking to do strongly in the south. so romney recognize that is tonight was a bullet dodged. he was in danger of losing his birth state. he didn't do that, but it cost him a lot of time and effort. he goes forward clearly leading in the delegate race, leading in the states, and leading perhaps in a couple of days back in the national polls. we've seen it happen. a candidate wins on the primary night, the national polls shift. but each time that's happened, megyn, bret, it's been important to recognize another candidate has won the next tuesday night's primaries. romney has some momentum tonight. we will see how long it lasts. >> karl, it got a little ugly between the two candidates, santorum and romney at the end, and romney calling santorum an economic light weight, and then santorum responding that mitt romney is a conservative light weight. but tonight there was a chord dail

it's coming back to ohio. o and our economic team have produced as a result of saving or creating new jobs and working with those companies that on their own decided to move forward, $4.7 billion in payroll. that's a lot of money that gets spent $4.7 billion in payroll. [applause] >> 3.2 billion in new capital investment. i mean, they're taking 3.2 billion and putting it into our state. it's just such incredible news and think about some of the saves debolt what a great save for canton, ohio, american greetings hey, wendy's came home from atlanta, georgia, wendy's is back in columbus where wendy's belongs. [applause] >> and do you know that credit rating agency standard & poor's, remember them. they downgraded the united states. they downgraded spain. they downgraded france. they downgraded italy and they improved our credit rating all at the same time. we have gone from negative watch to stable as a result of the hard work we've done. and that sends a signal all across this country that ohio is open for busine

he said he's moving on to tennessee and ohio. those are two states where he's doing very well, according to the latest polls in those states, and after all of the talk this evening about whether or not rick santorum missed an opportunity here, whether it was talking about the social issues when perhaps he should have been talking about fishing the economy in a state that has been hard hit in the economy like michigan. i went up to rick santorum after his speech and asked him, are you thinking about recalibrating your message, do you think the robo call was a mistake? here is what he had to say. do you think you're going to recalibrate your message. >> it did well. >> you think the robo call was a mistake? >> i don't think it had anything to do with it. where do you go from here? >> going to tennessee and ohio. >> those states are pretty favorable to you. you're doing well in a lot of them. >> we're doing great, great. thank you. >> are you proud of the victory, the fact you came so close to beating? >> pretty close. >> you got the

to today. it's the same talking points about whether he can win ohio. the reality here rick santorum talked himself into a hole that will made him very unattractive to voters in michigan and the reality is, mitt romney's never going to be a better candidate than he is now, but he's the best they've got? >> you know, that all may be true, but remember, tamron, that mitt romney is originally from michigan. >> yeah. >> his father was governor there. he had that homefield advantage that he doesn't have in ohio. you know, so that's a big part of it, tamron. also, mitt romney competed in michigan in 2008 against john mccain and won by nine or ten points. he was not competing in ohio. he had dropped out by that time. so he doesn't have the same connection to ohio. >> you're absolutely right. you point that out in your piece. bill, i go back again to what we saw with rick santorum with the coal in his hand. he's great ad libbing and giving a speech that can connect, but as long as he appears on shows like "meet the press" and other programs and he takes on of a

tornado watches and warnings were posted from mississippi to ohio. we have two correspondents in the disaster area. first, dean reynolds in harrisburg, illinois. dean. >> reporter: scott, just have a look at this behind me here. this used to be a strip mall here in harrisburg, and as you can see, you it has been completely, utterly pulverized. the governor of the state declared this part of southern illinois a disaster area today, and if you just look around me, you can see it's easy to see why. as she surveyed the damage in her neighborhood on mckinley avenue, tammy risley remembered the noise. >> it was like a growling. it was the loudest growling i've ever heard. it sent a death chill up my spine. >> reporter: the tornado ripped across this town of 9,000 residents at 5:00 a.m. it swept in too fast and too early in the morning for the warning sirens to do much good. >> sirens went off and then it hit. >> reporter: so when you heard the sirens, then the next thing you heard-- >> boom, yup. and the power went out, and just-- it just blew. >> reporter:

when he goes to ohio on tuesday, he will not have the benefit of his native state to play on. he will be on new fresh territory with rick santorum leads the polls in ohio and elsewhere and newt gingrich looking to do strongly in the south. so romney recognize that is tonight was a bullet dodged. he was in danger of losing his birth state. he didn't do that, but it cost him a lot of time and effort. he goes forward clearly leading in the delegate race, leading in the states, and leading perhaps in a couple of days back in the national polls. we've seen it happen. a candidate wins on the primary night, the national polls shift. but each time that's happened, megyn, bret, it's been important to recognize another candidate has won the next tuesday night's primaries. romney has some momentum tonight. we will see how long it lasts. >> karl, it got a little ugly between the two candidates, santorum and romney at the end, and romney calling santorum an economic light weight, and then santorum responding that mitt romney is a conservative light weight. but tonight there was a chord dail

when he goes to ohio on tuesday, he will not have the benefit of his native state to play on. he will be on new fresh territory with rick santorum leads the polls in ohio and elsewhere and newt gingrich looking to do strongly in the south. so romney recognize that is tonight was a bullet dodged. he was in danger of losing his birth state. he didn't do that, but it cost him a lot of time and effort. he goes forward clearly leading in the delegate race, leading in the states, and leading perhaps in a couple of days back in the national polls. we've seen it happen. a candidate wins on the primary night, the national polls shift. but each time that's happened, megyn, bret, it's been important to recognize another candidate has won the next tuesday night's primaries. romney has some momentum tonight. we will see how long it lasts. >> karl, it got a little ugly between the two candidates, santorum and romney at the end, and romney calling santorum an economic light weight, and then santorum responding that mitt romney is a conservative light weight. but tonight there was a chord dail

we didn't win by a lot, but we won by enough, and that's all that counts. >> romney is on his way to ohio. he will campaign in the buckeye state today before flying to north dakotas and then to idaho. all three states hold primaries next tuesday which, of course, has long been dubbed super tuesday. >>> rick santorum is vowing to continue his campaign despite losing both of yesterday's races. santorum told srt

let's go right to the swing state, rust belt states. iowa, ohio, pennsylvania, wisconsin. t obama, 42%, romney 41%. and this was where the republicans felt that the president was vulnerable. it doesn't seem that that's the case, according to the latest polls. >> you know, the american people, and especially the people in the industrial midwest understand that when the president became president, in the very month that he became president, this country lost almost 800,000 jobs. and he stopped the bleeding. he saved the auto industry. he kept us from sliding into a deep depression. the economy is slowly coming back and the president has us on the right track. and what romney and gingrich and that crowd wants to do, basically is to take us back to the old policies that brought us this deep recession. and the american people, i think, have their eyes open now. they know who their friends are. >> you're right, governor. they have their eyes open. i'm going to have to hold it right there. thank you for coming on again tonight. congratulations on your appointment and thanks for yo

ohio. one is dead and four are injured. we'll take you to chardon. >>> they hit the books hard but some teens are hoping other challenges will help them pay for college. >>> and mer chants aren't happy but baltimore city schools are. how the debate over the proposed bottle tax hike is heating up. >>> in ohio police are trying to unravel a shooting at a high school. we go to ohio for the latest. what can you tell us tonight? >> reporter: we just got an update on the students. two are in critical condition, one stable and one serious condition. the shooting happened blockeds away from where i'm standing at chardon high school. five students were shot. one has died. the gunman turned himself. the gunman is tj lane. the victims were shot at three different locations in the high school building and a handgun was used. this is what officials tell us the chief said. that the teacher chased tj out of the building. that's when he turned himself in to a couple of bystanders. we learned from a student that tv lange threatened to bring a gun to school.

when he goes to ohio and super tuesday, mitt romney won't have the benefit of his native state to play on. he will be on fresh territory, where rick santorum leads the polls in ohio and elsewhere. newt gingrich looking to do very strongly in the south. so tonight was a bullet dodged. he was in danger of losing his birth state. he didn't do that. but it cost him a lot of time and effort. he goes forward, clearly leading in the delegate raitt race and in the states and back in the national polls. we have seen it happen. a candidate wins on primary night and the national polls shift. but each time that's happened, it's been important to recognize that another candidate's won the next tuesday night primary. so romney has momentum tonight. >> we'll see how long it lasts. >> it got ugly between santorrum and romney at the end, conservatives -- romney calling santorum an economic lightweight and santorum responding that romney is a conservative lightweight. but tonight, there was a cordial moment between the two men, before rick santorum took to the stage. tell us? >> reporter: there has been

>> i think that's one reason romney's going straight to ohio. think that's the big state to watch on super tuesday because that's the bigger test for santorum. when i look at michigan results tonight and look at ohio i see a lot of numbers in these results here in michigan that tell me santorum's still in pretty good shape in ohio. you pointed out earlier, romney's home county i believe it was oakland where he really got his margin of victory in the state in that county and if you take that hometown advantage out of these numbers and look at ohio where he wouldn't have that add vantage, i think santorum is still looking pretty good in ohio because i just can't believe this 5 point margin is going to be the big mo coming out of this being his home state and really not doing all that well i don't think. >> well and santorum everybody expects will do well in the south. we have a lot of southern states coming up on super tuesday other than virginia, which santorum is not even on the ballot for so that one, people really won't count so much. a lot of

we'll get to our main focus in just a moment here at ohio state. first, we can't take our eyes off the auction 2012 gop debate edition. so take a brief listen to an edition of what we'll call "let's get santorum." >> while i was fighting to save the olympics, you were fighting to save the bridge to nowhere. >> you questioned the credentials, but this week senator santorum. you have a label that calls him fake. why? >> because he's a fake. >> you know, i supported no child left behind. i supported it. it was against the principles i believe in. sometimes you take one for the team. politics is a team sport, folks. >> well, full coverage of the side show that is the gop debate with the mega panel. karen, susan, and jimmy all here in our next segment. first, more than 6,000 undergrads are set to walk out of this campus this spring. despite all the finals and papers and all nighters and student debt they borrowed, one of the biggest factors in determining their first job and even where and how they live is that debt. not their best utilization, their gre

to? no, of course not. i represent youngstown, ohio. but it has plugged the hole. my opinion from day one along with many others is that the stimulus package wasn't big enough. to get one republican vote we had to do $300 million, fix the amt and do tax cuts to get one republican vote in the senate. so there wasn't enough money pumped into the economy. and i know that's an unpopular thing to say in some quarters. but it is economics. it is based on what happened during world war ii and what we needed to do. so the fact that these numbers are parallel to what happened after the great depression, and you're talking about truman, well, it took a while for us to get out of that. so we've got to continue these policies, continue to cut the payroll taxes for next year. and allow that money to get back into the economy. but we also need, not to get on a complete rant here, but we also need long-term systemic changes for the economy. and i think president obama hit the nail on the head at the state of the union. community college, get kids back to work, more engineers, more

. >> we're really excited about that, also headed to ohio. super tuesday will be a very, very big day for us. we have organizations developing in every one of those states, but we think michigan is a great place for us to plant our flag. >> one thing about arizona, winner is take all, michigan is not. the other guy last night was newt gingrich. in some ways he had a rough night, third in colorado fourth in minnesota and not on the ballot at all in missouri. awkwardly while the other candidates were responding to results, gingrich was talking about ohio. >> we have been crisscrossing the state, started in cincinnati, went to dayton later this evening we'll go to cleveland. >> still for them anything that stops mitt romney hats proven to be good for romney an santorum could very well be on their way. last night both gingrich and ron paul, who also had a disappointing night, chose to look on the bright side. >> we came in second in nevada, we came in second in florida, first in south carolina. i think we're going to do very well on super tuesday.

start making the argument that he should on his way to the nomination. if he loses ohioo santorum, a lot of questions will be coming back to haunt him again. >> can't santorum make the argument that they political the delegates because romney had an advantage in congressional districts in the detroit area where they did not have as many delegates. so santorum has divided the delegates, and it's a delegate race now. >> can and will make the arg argume argument, those arguments matter in the sense that it's a delegate race and getting the 1149 delegates is what you need to do. on the other hand, winning states is what comes through in the headlineses and the way it's interpreted. you know, mitt romney did what he needed to do. it's a fact f he does not to what he needs to do in ohio, there will be new questions again about whether he can close the deal. >> what is the significance of mitt romney, behind the scenes, the significance of the fact that in his speech last night, he actually mentioned the website and asked for donations. are they trying get more small donors? >>

to win there. he's headed there today. in ohio, a smaller percentage of very conservative voters and evangelicals than some of the southern states that vote on super tuesday. both romney and santorum want ohio because of blue collar workers. >> appreciate the report. thanks a lot. >>> to ohio now, where hundreds gathered in the town of chardon last night to remember the three students killed in monday's shooting. the governor called on the crowd to reach out with love to one another in this time of grief. the stooting suspect, t.j. lane, could be charged as soon as tomorrow. >> reporter: 911 calls. >> chardon high school, we have shots fired. guns shots. multiple gunshots. is there there's someone in the building with a gun. >> reporter: two more students shot in the school have died. russell king and demetrius brulin. the 17-year-old suspect, t.j. lane, on his way to court. prosecutors say he confessed to the crime but offered no explanation. >> he went into the school cafeteria and fired ten rounds. that he did not know the stud

newt gingrich gave up and headed to ohio, hoping to save his campaign with a win on super tuesday. >> a fascinating election year. for complete, up-to-the-minute results in tonight's caucuses, head over to our website, wbaltv.com. there are just 25 days left until super tuesday. you can look at the past 10 election cycle since the of each state voted on wbaltv.com. >> the state's top tax collector is opposing a proposal that would raise the gas tax here in maryland. there was a roundtable discussion on the issue. state comptroller peter franchot oppose the plan bge he says the measure would not only create an administrative nightmare and cost millions to recalculate pumps, but it would be a crushing blow to families and businesses. >> it is hard to imagine a worst time to raise any tax, particularly one that will immediately bite into family income, raise prices on consumer goods, and destroy the profit margins are so many of the state's employers. >> there is no word on when the governor will submit the proposal to lawmakers detailing exactly how his plan would work. >> easing and ha

we're going to ohio next week by the way. trying to study up on ohio. i'm coming. are you? yeah. wants to introduce a bill called an act called the pass a budget act. there's your friendly neighborhood congressman right there. if the capacity budget act passed, passed cuts to pay for members of congress. if a budget is not passed, by their respective chamber, they don't get a paycheck. your job as a represent if of america as our friend bill johnson says it, robert, is to administrate america's business the least of which is to operate any business if anybody runs a small business in this country or their own household or their own individual accounts or anything else. any psychologist or economist -- economics professor will tell you -- whatever you call them. econometrician -- but any will tell you the incentives shape behavior. if you create a disincentive not to do your job and i believe it is an important function of congress then this makes sense. it was actually -- california wanted to do this last year. there were wrinkles around it and they basically did it. jerry brown

let's head to the school shooting in ohio. ogether to heal at a prayer service in chardon, ohio. thousands turned out last night for a vigil. that's at the church near chardon high school. they're remembering the three teenagers who died. danielle parmertor, demeet trous. >> thousands of people here. thousands. the city of chardon. >> i think it's time for everyone to get together and just support one another. >> earlier in the day the alleged shooter, t.j. lane, was in court. the prosecutor said afterwards that he would be tried as an adult even though he's in juvenile court now. they said he admitted to firing off ten rounds me said it was a random act. he said this was not a case of bullying. we're also hearing some very dramatic 911 calls. listen. >> 911. what is your emergency? >> this is chardon high school calling. we are in lockdown. we need assistance right now. >> okay. >> there's a student with a gun. >> okay. >> and a knife. >> and a knife. where is he? >> where is he guys? we don't know. he's in the school somewher

to make its way through the region. it will be followed by cold air coming through the ohio valley and go all the way down nearly to thelf coast. you can see how unstable it is down there. still a blizzard in heavy snow on the north side of the storm system. the showers leave us tonight and the skies began to clear up tomorrow. it will be a mild day tomorrow. friday we will start some sunshine but a cloud up in the afternoon, and by evening there is a chance for some rain. showers and they get thunderstorm friday night into saturday. tomorrow, partly cloudy, in between storm systems. welcome to march, with a brisk west wind at 10-20. scattered showers on friday, eastern shore locations might get some or drizzle in the morning, then partly cloudy. the rain arrives again in the evening hours on friday. the lower eastern shore will clear out nicely and get to 72 tomorrow, then 58 with shares on friday. the forecast, after the next system rolls through, friday night and saturday, it will turn a lot colder. sunday night into monday, a chance for flurries or snow showers, and but these high only 38. -- monday's high only 38.

to jonathan. if mitt romney wins ohio, is rick santorum having a hell of a long race to go? annot win if he cannot win ohio, right? >> that is right. you cannot forget about newt gingrich. he will probably take delegate rich georgia and oklahoma. if he takes tennessee, then we will have him as part of our coverage. this thing will keep going for at least another couple of months, no matter what happens on super tuesday. one of the things to look for, chris, is this rural suburban split. red america is rural. if santorum, who is not a rural candidate. he is a suburban candidate. if he can transition to pick up all of the small towns with a republican turnout which is heavy, and can get them going against the city slicker mitt romney, he could have some success with the counties that he is not spending very much money in. the other factor is money. if foster frease wants to help him play in ohio, he could be more competitive there. >> listening to the speeches tonight, howard, they were not talking about michigan or arizona. they were talking about the states. what i heard from

it looks like the worst of the weather will stay to our south and west. eastern ohio has a tornado watch. southwestern virginia under a tornado watch, and a couple of counties in the far southwest corner of virginia, a possible tornado warning on the ground out there in four southwestern virginia. in the warm air to the south and west, very unstable. here the threat is more floods. an inch or so of rain and more on the way, so flood watches and warnings are up for those locations. we could hear some thunder tonight. cloudy skies toward morning with some fog. temperatures holding just about steady as we go through the rest of the evening. a warm front is just to the south of us trying to get through here. the cold front will come racing through and sweep everything off the mid-atlantic coast and we will get some clearing in the area tomorrow. by friday evening in the next form will be rapidly approaching and that could bring in some unsettled weather. the sun breaks to the cloud cover by tomorrow afternoon and friday should start with some sunshine in the area. it will

now, the campaign moved to ohio. facing tough to challenges from rick santorum, newt gingrich now may fare better in the upcoming conservative states. 10 states are voting in super tuesday, 437 delegates are up for grabs. >>craig: more jobs, less debt and a smaller government. >> it is getting harder in america. it is getting harder for people to make ends meet. we have a government that is crushing us every day with more taxes, more regulations and the idea that they know better than you. >>mark: newt gingrich and what hall were not major factors. up next, wilding holding its caucuses today in washington state on saturday. we're waiting for super tuesday, march 6th. >>darya: pg&e says customers should pay the bulk of the $5 billion plan to boost safety of their gas lines following the deadly san bruno gas last back as september of 2010. a new proposal from pg&e says if that customers should pick up about 84 percent of the cost. the 2010 blast killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. >>darya: 6 06 a.m., we're back