trumbull is an economic reporter for the "christian science monitor." you can find it in this edition of "christian science monitor." thank you so much for joining us. guest: great to be here. host: that is all for this edition of "washington journal." stay tuned for michele bachmann's press conference later on this morning. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] national captioning institute]

jeannetgeanette trumbull is wair her parents. >> i just want hem back here. >> trumbull says she's been talking with her mother and father online. they appear to be fine but they are praying for those who lost loved ones. we'll have more later on "good morning america." >>> the other big story is a major shake-up in the race for president. >> just days ahead of the south carolina primary, jon huntsesman is calling it quits. to add momentum to the romney campaign. abc's tahman bradley is joining us from washington with more. good morning. >> good morning, paula and rob. the ambassador never picked up steam. now huntsesman is exiting the race and endorsing a man he loved to bash. >> reporter: mitt romney faces the final week of campaigning in south carolina with a boost. jon huntsesman will drop out of the race and endorse rom itny. just a week ago, he implied the former massachusetts govern lackeded accord. >> he has not given us reason to trust him. >> reporter: huntsesman had pledged keep going but the south carolina polls show him in the single digits. overnight, the candidate does no

fire in the hubble park neighborhood it broke out this morning in a two-story building on north trumbull, one person suffered minor injuries and about a dozen people lived in that building all made it out safely but seven adults into children are left homeless and they are receiving help from the city apartment of human services. chicago police are investigating an accident that injured an elderly woman and a truck driver, officials say the woman was driving this morning on the south side when a truck rear and her small-day the car crashed into a store in the 700 block of west 79th street, the woman in the truck driver were taken to st. bernard hospital francis cardinal george will submit a letter of resignation to the pope tomorrow the cardinal is celebrating his 75th birthday and by rule of the catholic church he has to offer up his resignation. cardinal george told us he believes the pope will allow him to remain archbishop of chicago for at least two more years and he also will send along a more personal note to paul benedictus 16th along with a formal resignation letter. survivors o

jeanette trumbull says she's been communicating with her mom and dad online and says they appear to beating their anniversary on that cruise. trumbull says plenty of time for blame will come later. >> our thing we've been focusing on is just being overjoyed at the fact that they're safe. >> the american embassy in rome now says 118 of the 120 americans on board the "costa concordia" have been accounted for now. however, a minnesota couple is still missing. so at this hour at least six fatalities, 14 still unaccounted for. like something out of the movie "titanic." it's scary. >> what was really tough for a lot of these passengers, too, you think about it, they're from international, they're from all over the world. how do they get back home? >> some left their passports on board. >> they're on the cruise ship right now. >> 11 million -- >> they're stranded in italy. >> 11 million americans take cruises every year. so this affects a pretty nice chunk of the population -- >> have you ever been on a cruise? >> i have not myself. but that story doesn't make you want to go. hopefully this i

host: mark trumbull with " christian science monitor." take us through what he would do to create jobs in the country. guest: he emphasizes that as someone from the private sector, he knows how job creation works and that he would lead on that front. he emphasizes free trade, promoting free trade, but he says that china has not been playing by the rules and needs to be confronted more assertively by the united states, so it would be interesting to see how that plays out. some of his rivals warned that that could result in a trade war with china, and he says that will not happen. he just wants to take a tougher line and get more exports for the united states. he also wants to reduce regulation. again, that is something shared by other republican candidates and to promote more domestic energy production. host: the mitt romney campaign put out a press release yesterday saying that mitt romney created more jobs in massachusetts than obama has done in the entire country. can you fact check that one for us? guest: i can. i have looked into the

>> timothy herbst, mayor of trumbull, connecticut. i want to thank you both for coming. i've enjoyed your chat. i have a very simple question. last two presidents have really i think put an emphasis on who they have selected as a vice president looking for certain things in their running mates. if you were advising mitt romney, what would you be advising him as to look for in a running mate to somebody running with him as vice president. >> a great question. steve schmidt. >> my wife has said i should never give an answer to a question about who to pick for vice president. we won't tell her. look, i think first and foremost on the issue of who to pick for vice president, it's an important question and i think there's a lot of lessons to be learned from the 2008 campaign, but also from the 2004 campaign, because i think the selection process is fundamentally broken in a number of different ways. and both parties have resulted in nominating people who were manifestly unprepared and unqualified to be president of the united states. john edwards on the democratic side and, o

and i think the entire system both in warren and trumbull county and cuyahoga county, there was justall was dropped, to use his phrase, could that transfer into a lighter sentence for shows many. these parents are looking, brook, at two to eight years in prison. ufr. if them try to help, certainly that's something going to be part of the equation when the judge sentences him. we all know in the united states, we would be expected to take them to the doctor. two to six years is what they're looking at because they were convicted of attempted manslaughter. >>> it's been tied up in all kinds of legal challenges, but now the circuit court after peels for the fifth district has given the go-ahead for this to be in force. the question is, does this mean, sunny hostin, that texas can now start enforcing the sonogram law, or is there more legal wrangling ahead here? >> sort of both. there is no question they would have set apart to begin, but they're looking at all available means that they have to try to do something about this lawsuit, try to block the enforcement. we know the fifth circui

. >> nick rich and reporter peggy sinkovich cover the trumbull county court. they arrive early for the hearing, hoping to talk to jason howard. >> he was here in warren, ohio, on a murder charge, but police in columbus were also looking at him on a murder charge there with his girlfriend and children, who are from this area. so it was a pretty big case. >> sinkovich interviews the suspect who says he's incident in the murder of jameila west and her children. >> i was a protector and provider for my family, but i wasn't there to protect them and die with them. and i wish i was. to be honest with you, i would rather be dead right now. >> we finished the interview. nick turns his camera off, and i'm real happy, texting my news director, saying i got a good story. and two seconds later, those doors come open and a huge brawl breaks out. >> jamiela west's brother, louis, reaches across the divider and punches howard brutally. handcuffed and chained around the waist, he's completely vulnerable and can't defend himself. >> i thought i better do something. i grabbed t

also an accident just in at joppa 152 at trumbull road. pulaski. and that accident on 295 in the clearing stages at arundel mills boulevard. a live look at the top side of the beltway, typical delays at harford road. there is a look at the northwest side at greenspring avenue. this traffic report is brought to you by the baltimore boat show. don't miss the progressive insurance baltimore boat show january 19-22. details at baltimoreboatshow.com. >>> school advisory, point pleasant elementary school closed today to students and staff due to an oil leak in the boiler room. again, point pleasant elementary school closed. >>> six occupy baltimore protesters arrested after demonstrating the site of a proposed juvenile detention center in east balm. >> reporter: the group that was kicked out of here is vowing to return. maryland state police say the four men and two women who were arrested refused to leave a fenced area at the corner of east madison and grave street. the site of a proposed juvenile detention center. the group says the money bein

then mark trumbull contrast the plans of the gop candidates.washington journal" -- live every morning at 7:30 eastern on c-span. also on wednesday, president obama talks about the economy at shaker heights high school near cleveland. that is at 1:15. then we will go to jon huntsman and a town hall meeting in new hampshire. more from the granite state with rick santorum and his town hall meetings live from brentwood at 7:30. >> that site has already made up its mind. this side has already made up its mind. i call it garbage, dr. rice. >> dr. brinkley. rice is the university. >> i will call you anything you want. you just be quiet. you be quiet. >> you don't own me. >> the gentleman will suspend and i will remind members. >> i work for the private sector. >> the confrontation at a congressional hearing between don young of alaska and historian douglas brinkley ranked as the fourth most watched video in the c-span video library. watch out for yourself at our home page. click on the most watched tab to review other videos from the past year. it's w

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