in wisconsin. i've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it. part of being a winner and being successful is to take on a task and stick tony:. i think that's one of the reasons why we are so pleased and honored to have the lieutenant governor of wisconsin with us today. our title for today's program is advancing sound policy reforms. and as you know, that's what the heritage foundation is all about, advancing sound policy reforms. wisconsin has a success story. wouldn't it be wonderful if washington, d.c. had a success story? but wisconsin has one and there are lessons to be learned from our several states across the country and in particular today wisconsin. over the last few years, we've seen a transformation in wisconsin through tough but prudent structural policy reforms the state has balanced its budget without raising taxes, reduced government debt, increased job opportunities -- that's novel, isn't it? >> begun a revitalization of

we just mean in wisconsin. anyone who depends on water for shipping or making their product and find a happy home in wisconsin. in fact the global freshwater ,esearch center is in milwaukee wisconsin. and our university of wisconsin- milwaukee is leading the way when it comes to freshwater research. we are tremendously proud of the strives we are making in developing good policies for our environment. let's talk about our department of natural resources for a second. if our goal is job creation, we know our dnr can play a part. one of the thing we are doing there is offing -- offering our services for the department of sustainability. you heard that correctly. our dnr has an office of business support and sustainability. viewedow they have been as a regulatory agency. ultimately they are telling job creators, hey, we have these regulations, but we want to counsel you along the way so we can meet our common goals. and government, as in life, there is always the scale. you have to protect people, but you have to

politifact in wisconsin, the walker campaign saying, no, no, the official unemployment rate in wisconsin when scott walker took over was higher than it is now. is that a lie? >> no. i mean, the unemployment rate when i was commerce secretary was 4.8%. it's 6.2% under walker. that's up in anyone's book that i know. >> do you really believe that? do you believe you were responsible for the unemployment rate as commerce secretary during that period and he's responsible for it now? it is macroeconomic factors in the country? >> the attack was that i had somehow caused 130,000 job loss along with a huge budget deficit that occurred two years after i left commerce. so this is just laying out the facts. which people need to know in wisconsin. the unemployment rate was 4.8% when i was commerce secretary. it was a great time. we had 73,000 more jobs in the state than we have currently. so those are the facts. >> act 10 which was the sort of defining feature of 2 1/2 years of wisconsin politics. would you repeal it in office? >> well, i believe our public sector employees have the right to collect

voters of wisconsin in four years. while he's probably feeling good about winning in 2010 and surviving the 2012 recall election, new polling this week should have him worried. new numbers from rasmussen generally considered a gop friendly polling outfit show governor walker tied with his likely democratic challenger former state commerce secretary mary burke. so, that's bad tuesday for scott walker this week, but here's potentially good news for a guy facing a tough race. republicans are moving ahead with restrictions on early voting, restrictions that will make voting less convenient for wisconsinites in heavily democratic areas. plus there's the state controversial 2011 voter i.d. law. it was held up in court during the 2012 election. rules in the lawsuits against it are expected soon. if it is struck down, walker wants everyone to know he's fully prepared to call the legislature to a special session to fix the law and get it on the books in time for the election in november. >> the only real thing i thought that wa

my home state of wisconsin is no exception to this trend. today many parents are in the workforce, including over 70% of mothers in wisconsin. for many hardworking middle-class families, child care is necessary but also expensive. for millions of families in the united states, child care is their single largest household expense at nearly $15,000 per year. in wisconsin, the cost of child care for an infant is approximately 40% of a single mother's median income. two-parent families can expect to spend more than 10% of their income on child care. further, in wisconsin, nearly a third of children receiving the child care development block grant funding are under the age of three, making this a truly sound investment in those crucial years of early life. the child care development block grant act is a bipartisan effort to reauthorize, reform and revitalize the block grant program by strengthening federal safety standards and placing a greater focus on the quality of child-care programs. this investment in affordable quality child care will help

at the same time, in order for wisconsin and wisconsin communities to maintain their own identities,c schools are key, strong public schools are extremely important. overall, our public schools produce wonderful kids, they're ready for college, technical schools or wherever else they may be going out in life. we have some real issues in milwaukee and other pockets of the state and we need to address those issues, lena's absolutely right. but at the same time, across the board when you're going for a statewide voucher program, even though the number of students that can go to that program are capped, the point is the statewide system is already in place for privatization to happen all over wisconsin and we can't have that. >> lena, what about gosh ahead. respond to that. >> i was just going to say, i don't disagree with john that the statewide system that the republicans put in place is not a system of fairness. i mean, once you are eligible, you then never have to have your income examined again. you don't get to do that for 2 w-2, you don't do that for food stamps or child care, so

you were just talking about wisconsin.t is a huge, huge race for us this year at emily's list, and if you would like to look at the candidates, check emily'slist.org. we have all of their profiles, just fantastic. but in wisconsin we have mary burke running against governor scott walker. i've got to tell you. you've got to watch this one close. mary's got a real shot here to defeat him, stop him now right away, particularly since we know governor walker has his sights set on another election down the road. >> i mean, on the other side, of course, republicans have made a -- at least they have said they would like to improve their appeal to women voters. haven't seen a lot of the evidence of that, at least not at recent events like cpac, didn't see a lot of women there. when emily's list is marketing out there, is there a lot of hunger among republican women to see more women on their side, and does emily's list speak to that? >> emily's list is solely focused on electing democratic women to office, and we do that because th

hansen. >> i live in wisconsin. there were i think 200-foot-thick glaciers in wisconsin. how do you explain climate change -- ever had a carbon footprint? >> the statement you just made is play tantly false. we do know -- >> how do you explain climate change has occurred 10,000 years ago before man had a carbon print? how do you explain that? >> climate -- there are -- there are variations in the earth's orbital elements. >> those vashgss just end right now, so now it's all man made? >> no one has said it is all man made. there are natural -- >> kind of the tack that -- >> however, the man made effect is now dominant. and we can measure that because we can measure the energy balance of the planet and we see that there's more energy coming in and going out so therefore the planet is going to continue to get warmer. doesn't mean each year it's going to get warmer because there are natural fluctuations, but this decade is going to be warmer than the last one and the following one will be still warmer. >> i agree with miss harbetter. i think the science is far from settled. t

>> guest: he's from wisconsin. he grew up in the farming communities that surrounded appleton, wisconsin, called the township of grand chute. it's now mostly strip malls there now. the farms have receded as the suburbs have expanded outward. but at the time, it was a--a--a--farming communities heavily populated by the children of particularly dutch immigrants. the irish mccarthy clan were rare. there weren't a lot of irish catholics in wisconsin at the time, but there were a lot of catholics. and--and in that sense, the mccarthys were a part of a--formed part of this homogeneous rural community. c-span: what's the story about his marine time? >> guest: the story about his marine time is a checkered one. he is--he's--in the book, i describe it as a--a series of episodes from the "sergeant bilko" show in many ways. he was a wheeler-dealer. he was somebody who was very popular with his fellow officers and with the--the other ranks. he was a marine observation officer. basically, he debriefed pilots who came back from

the two billionaire industrialists who live outside of wisconsin. americans for prosperity say they're trying to educate folks in iron county about the issues with these flyers. the issue being iron mining. a resource ex-track business. the koch brothers are in the resource extraction business. a spokesperson from koch industries told us no koch company has any interest or involvement with this mining project. this isn't the only area where they're working to influence an election. right now they're getting involved in a school board election in kenosha, wisconsin. they spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in a school board election in iowa in the past. big money conservative groups bankrolled in part by the koch brothers could be coming to a town near you. >> joining me now, ruth coneth. how did this even end up on their radar screen? that they knew to go into this town of 6,000 people and start throwing elbows in the local county board election. >> it's amazing to think these folks are coming in in a big way in such tiny local races. the people

they won't go to wisconsin, they will go to florida or texas.e had governor rick perry on last night. i think you know that. just friendly supply side advice. which is free so you can do with it as you will. last one, governor. you often and you stress this a lot, you regard yourself as a reformer. and you want to limit government. and you showed people how to limit the power of the unions, collective g collective bargaining and so forth. if you run for president, how would you tackle that reform agenda in washington? >> well, i think what we've shown in wisconsin is that it's not about austerity, it's about reform. if we just come in our state and cut things across the word, tbou cut your priorities and as well as other things that might not be that important. i think nationally we need that same sort of reform no matter who is running for president. i'd slash of marginal tax rates, go to a more flat tax. would bring the dollars back to american, put it back in the american economy. replace obamacare with something that is patient centered. and

it's like a repeat of wisconsin.n tired of their ballot access being made into a political tool so they're fighting back. from testimony tuesday rallies in the state capital to a resolution in akron denouncing the republican's new law to a cuyahoga county bill that undermines absentee ballots and a legal challenge to the cut backs on early voting and the elimination of same-day registration and this week an ohio voting bill of rights cleared a key hurdle on the way to the november ballot. zach, tell us -- i'm sorry, zach. tell us, what's in that and why -- and -- and -- and why this is such a big deal? >> sure. well, that possible constitutional amendment, which is what it is, which would add voter protections to the state constitution, right now there's no right to vote in the ohio constitution just as there's no right to vote in the u.s. constitution, by the way. that would put very specific requirements in there where you couldn't cut early voting by a certain number of days. it would, i think, bar voter i.d. laws

you know, there were i think 200-foot-thick glaciers in wisconsin.rbon footprint? >> what you just said is blatantly false. >> with congress like these who needs a paid lobbyist to push for more fossil fuels? >>> after the break, a wisconsin state supreme court expressed concerns about a controversial state law that would require voters to show photo i.d. at the polls. governor scott walker isn't concerned. it's part of his strategy. ♪ [ girl ] my mom, she makes underwater fans that are powered by the moon. ♪ she can print amazing things, right from her computer. [ whirring ] [ train whistle blows ] she makes trains that are friends with trees. ♪ my mom works at ge. ♪ my sinuses are acting up and i've got this runny nose. i better take something. truth is, sudafed pe pressure and pain won't treat all of your symptoms. really? alka seltzer plus severe sinus fights your tough sinus symptoms plus your runny nose. oh what a relief it is ameriprise asked people a simple question: can you keep your lifestyle in retirement? i don't want to think about the a

-- in illinois and wisconsin.are bucking the trend. >> if this trend continues what will this mean for higher education in the midwest? >> i think is going to be an increasingly in additive market place -- competitive marketplace. >> competitive from the perspective of students, or these universities that want the students to enroll? >> that is a very good questions. i think is going to be very competitive for the colleges. it is very good to be a high school senior applying to colleges, because there are fewer of you out there. quite so this is a good time to do this, a student market. a studentage would have if they wanted to go to lawrence university? >> what you mean? >> if you come from a particular area of the country, and you're looking for some geographical diversity, some universities in the east and west coast would look or people from the midwest. whereas, if you're in wisconsin, perhaps you have a different story. is an population international population, so about 50% of our students come from illinoi

last week, the wisconsin senate passed a bill to crack down on early morning hours.e vote with all democrats opposed. the house is expected to send it to governor scott walker, the state's republican leader. wisconsin is also a state where the gop passed a controversial voter id law, which is facing some legal challenges. one republican lawmaker who backed that bill says he's finally had enough. the state senator dale shultz was the only republican to vote with rat democrats against a new restriction on early voting. and that's not all. in a new interview, he basedicay saund sounded exhausted with the anti-voting agenda taking hold within so many parts of the gop. >> i don't see how you can claim to be improving things by actually reducing hour, as illogical as that sounds. i'm not willing to defend them anymore. i'm just not and i am embarrassed by this. i just see it as plain wrong. it is all predicated on some belief that there is massive fraud irregularities, something my colleagues have been hot on the trail of for the last three years and have failed miserably

one of the largest makers of faucets, toilets and seeing is right at home in wisconsin. in sports, amari means business. we will talk about his ambitions off the court. we will talk about -- we will kick it off with what everyone is talking about. >> the stock market is rigged. the most iconic market in global capitalism is rigged by whom? by a combination of stock exchanges, the big wall street banks and high-frequency traders. >> that was michael lewis, nonfiction author on "60 minutes" last night. you've probably heard about his books as of experience as a bond trader and baseball. most recently, "the big short" about the housing and credit bubbles of the 2000. now he has a new book called "flash boys -- a wall street revolt." it's about flash trading in the high-speed algorithmic strategies. here he is once again. >> insiders are able to move faster than you, able to see your order and play it against other orders and ways you don't understand. they are able to front run your order. >> what you mean front run? >> they are able to identify your desire to buy shares in

founded a family community in 2012 and it was called kohler wisconsin.has shown kohler is going nowhere. history has shown kohler is going nowhere. >> we have a simple mission, and that is to improve the level of gracious living for anyone and everyone who comes in contact with our product. i have a son who is president of this company. he thinks i'm getting too old. has a longany history of pride for american-made products. the family started the business year these products are made here and will continue to be made here. kohler family is keeping it here because the work ethic has been here for 150 years. when it says made in usa, when it says made in wisconsin that says something. you know you are getting the best. >> our biggest market is in the united states and they are served primarily by the factories in the united states. we import very little. elsewhereants we have make for the regions in which they are located. original kohler pottery built in 1927. what we do here is manufacture everything here from toilets and urinals to kitchen sinks. facil

watch out for snowy roads in the rockies and slippery conditions fromo wisconsin and in the southeast. >>> if you're flying, the only possible weather related delay will be in denver. >>> a washington, d.c. suburb on edge this morning after getting word that a serial killer may be on the loose. >> three unsolved murders in alexandria, virginia, appear to be connected. bullet markings from each crime scene are similar. the killings, one last month, one in november and one in 2003 took place within a two-mile radius and the victims were all respected and active members of the community. >> he believes in his mind that these three people represent the city of alexandria and the city has wronged him and he's going to make it right. >> and now police are looking for this man, the victims were all killed in the middle of the day but investigators stopped short of saying that the same gun was used. >>> medical news now. troubling new research about skin cancer. scientists have found those who survive the most common type of skin cancer have a 36% greater rick of developing other kinds of can

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. pocan is recognized as the designee of the minority leader. mr. pocan: i rise today on behalf of the progressive congressional caucus and we are here today to talk about the issue of fracturing, also known as fracking and the need to have more regulation on fracking to protect our environment, our groundwater, our air and the families who live around over half a million wells that are across the country and talk a little bit about global warming. the progressive caulk -- caucus has been at theefront and so much to do to stop the effects of global warming that are happening. climate change is real. one of the greatest trets we have to our country and climate. delncho2 increasing levels in our atmosphere if unchecked, they havee consequences. drought and hot weather are examples. for generations, those that come before us have ideals that they should leave others with a better life. this is an integral part of our american story. i joined the safe climate caucus because i believe in lea

. >> captain fantastic and if you've seen the movie the pinball wisconsin's arrested machine and elton john has his own pinball machine there's another pinball machine attack from mars and the medieval madness that features tina ray before she was famous. something for me, i love about pinball is the artwork because the play fields is all screen printed so i get to admire but i anything else in printing those playing fields it's a work of art do you have the one that says you have failed >> (laughter). >> i think you might be referring to black knight referral it says no way when you miss it's very not encouraging. >> (laughter). >> he's against you throughout the game. >> commissioners any other questions or comments. thank you very much you can have a seat. any any public comment? in support or about this? come on up >> hello commissioners, thank you very much for the opportunity. >> state your name. >> i'm erick i'm the selfishness director at the patent university a small college in the east bay. i want to see a few words on behalf of petitioner. i help to run the pinball tournamen

a look inside the ice caves of wisconsin. ♪ >>> the number of russian troops in ukraine is on the riseintelligence sources telling al jazeera, that number now stands at 30,000 in crimea. today the russian parliament saying it welcomes the annexation of the area as well, and western powers are calling that move illegal and ill legitimate. phil what is the feeling on the streets of kiev at this point? >> del, an awful lot of anxiety obviously on the streets tonight. a lot of things concerning them not the least of which are the numbers we just discussed. we have spoken to the ill tell against officer about other issues regarding russian troop positions and they tell us that the ukrainians are very well aware of where the russians have poised troops just on the other side of the border inside russia. they say those russia troops are in the north and east. if you combine that with those troop numbers in crimea, they could very easily if the decision is given to move into the mainland of ukraine, move very quickly. we are told there about tank units about 150 miles away from the capitol of

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wisconsin is controlled by republicans. three years ago, when governor walker came into office, there was almost a 3 billion dollar deficit, today there is a $900 million surplus. , chicagoto illinois has just had their credit rat ing downgraded. the state has not dealt with pension problems. host: barbara, texas, independent caller. caller: hello. on this budget process. i was under the impression that when we signed the last budget agreement that it would be for two years. -- i needer question you to expand on that. next question is when are we going to a zero-based budget? two good questions. the budget agreed to in december was a two-year budget. it was a biennial budget, what i have been proposing. we do have a two-year budget. since that is the law we are going to live within that framework. it would require an act of congress and the president to overturn it. host: we have a framework for 2015 and place? do.t: we whatever comes out of the house budget committee will be in alignment with current law. that does not mea

population, so about 50% of our students come from illinois, wisconsin, and minnesota, but after thatis new york, and china as our next largest sources. we're trying to be everywhere it make sense for us to be. >> what about the competition to get midwestern students? >> they will become more appealing. we know that colleges are looking at other places instead of the midwest as well. the south, southwest, california and texas. the demography of the students, where these populations are increasing, they may not be the same students, the same caliber. they may need more remedial education, it will be very interesting to see. the colleges all want to fill their classes. >> are universities and colleges in the midwest that are already seeing the lines -- declines? >> yes, they are trying to shore up their students nearby, and being aggressive in regarding. -- recruiting. marquette have a second enrollment officer to talk to students, counselors, and parents. >> and then extra financial aid incentives to go? >> perhaps. retail.ottest trends in ♪ >> this is "taking stock" on bloomberg. i am

there are town shimps in wisconsin that have only 10,000 people.hey have the same number of voting machines now? >> we'll seattle. republicans say new law likes the are needed because rural voters might feel shortchanged. senate majority leader scott fitzgerald defended the measure by saying it's difficult for people to turn on channel 6 in milwaukee and there is a shot of someone voting during a time when it's not available to people in rural areas. he went on, here he is. >> they turn to us for the answer like why is this going on? why are there people voting in milwaukee on a saturday afternoon when i couldn't go to the town and vote right now? there is nobody there. the town hall is closed and the lights are off. >> i have to wonder whether you have big states, minorities often grouped in big cities and liberal and all kinds of ethnic groups, they tend to be the liberal areas. it seems they wished those areas weren't in the states. they could like republicans just outside the city limits. >> looking at rural areas and comparing them to the citi

there was movement on rta's in the state of wisconsin. literally the speaker of the house that i do not like them, we will abolish enabling legislation. not only do we not want them created, we will not allow you to create them if you want them. we have soldiers over here who are in the trenches every day. increasingcing insurmountable odds. i remember a commercial i once saw for it. are people that consult on these referendums. they said here are the ads we have run in other cities. they show these young guys in a convertible, traveling along and the tagline was, even he needs transit. his world was open and free and could go where he wanted. they pay and the picture and there was a five car train filled with people. so yes, i think you can sell the it takes a lot of grassroots energy and may take some initial failures. you may be the champion as well. >> leadership does matter, elections do matter. >> my name is rachel chambers, executive director of the association of independent rail passenger operators. i have been working with real

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. >>> to wisconsin, wisconsin celebrating their victory against the taylor bears. they do it with a dance. he is a better ball player than dance. >> i don't know. those are good moves. >> it is subjective, i suppose. who better to show love for the packers than aaron roger. he joined the post-game dancing and the huddle. wisconsin won 69-52. >>> tonight, virginia against michigan state, iowa state, yukon. ten see state versus michigan. kentucky taking on last year's national champs, louisville. should be the game of the night there. >>> to pro ball we go, the 76ers had a record-setting game against houston. they did what they have done a lot. they lost 120-98. with that loss, they tied the all-time losing streak record. 26 straight now they dropped. >> yikes. >> johnny man zil starring in his nfl pro day, texas a&m. >> the 20-12 heisman winner, impressed. he threw 65 passes to six different receivers. 75 officials from 30 teams are in attendance. former president, george h.w. bush and his wife, barbara. also there watching johnny football. >> exactly. >> they look

the number one seed against second wielded -- seeded wisconsin. the badger fans put on a pretty good demonstration of why. the badgers erase a one point deficit, go up by two. jefferson for the jam. that tied it at 54. to overtime they go. wisconsin took the early lead but gordon answers back with three of his own. tied at 57. one last chance for arizona down one. the wild cats in bound. nick johnson tries the work for the shot, he's stifled by the defense. that shot wouldn't have counted. wild cats come up one short. wisconsin veteran coach bow ryan is headed there for the first time in his career. 64-63. wisconsin advances where it will meet the winner of tomorrow's game. >> extremely proud. it's always about the players and what they went through to get to this point and feel the way they do now. we hope it continues. >> we've got a lot of basketball left. we're comboeg to enjoy this now but this is business. we want a national championship now. >> it had been a nice tournament for dayton but today the fliers had the task of taking on the numbe

in 2007, he was elected chairman of the republican party in wisconsin. in 2009, he became general counsel of the rnc. in 2011, he was elected rnc chair. now onto the ritual recitation of ground rules. we are on the record. no live blogging or tweeting. embargo.no question,e to ask a do the traditional thing and send me a signal and i will happily call on one of all. to comments around the table. >> i want to capture where we are at the national committee by telling you about a person. she is a republican the field staffer. is asian coalition regional director. her mission is to connect new people in her community with the republican party. in november they can be cast their vote for the republican ticket. she has been on the ground september last year. following the report, we committed ourselves to permanent coast-to-coast year-round ground game and we immediately began locating and hiring field staff across the country. has the full support of the rnc. thanks to our investment in , she his had her suite of tools that you can use to identify voters. she

all five of the wildcat starters are going to be in kentucky, meanwhile versus wisconsin.likes that. >> go badgers. >> and we have got florida versus connecticut as well. final four? in the >> wisconsin is my only original pick that made it. >> all right. >> we will take a quick break and be right back. ♪ >> good morning, everyone. "bloomberg surveillance." our guest host is the former mayor of houston. a member of the democratic party and republican state, texas, his wonderful new book is out, "america's fiscal constitution." all you have to know is not only does james mason and bill clinton like it, but they give it a rave is well. a fabulous book, what is your single message? wax that we can balance the budget. just whining, we can do it. for 90% of our history we have been able to balance the budget except where there were extraordinary emergencies and politicians refused to borrow money just to pay routine operating expenses. there has been a radical departure from historic policy since 2001. by the way, the politicians that did this, the elected officials managed to

he earned his bachelors at wisconsin whitewater.he worked as a staffer in the wisconsin legislature before moving to warmer climates to earning with education his law degree from the university of miami. he practiced corporate law and ran unsuccessfully for the wisconsin senate and in 2007 elected chairman of the wisconsin republican party, the undiscovered to hold that job. in 2009, he became general counsel of the rnc and in 2011 elected chair. he was reelected january 2013. thus ends the biographical portion. recitationhe ritual of ground rules. we are on the record. no live blogging or tweeting, other means of filing, while the breakfast is underway. there is no embargo when this ends. if you would like to ask a question, do the traditional thing and send me a subtle nonthreatening signal and i will attend to one and all. we will do opening comments and then do questions around the table. thanks for joining us. >> thank you, david. thank you for being here today. i appreciate the invitation. i just want to begin today by are of

. >>> tens of thousands of visitors are braving the cold of northern wisconsin to catch a flames of stunning ice caves. over the past few months more than 100,000 people have marched over ice-covered lake superior for more than a mile each way

. >>> a 12-point lead against wisconsinment he took his jacket off. he was down to one. about a minute to go, they couldn't get an offensive rebound. frank misses the shot down low. once again, the badgers get the rebound. ball goes around the horn.

for us in illinois and wisconsin, it has been a harsh winter, everyone has talked about the winter and storms. some of us it has been a harsh winter. in january, i hosted a round table on unemployment, long-term unemployment. and at that round table i met a young mother, 29 years old and two young children and they crawl into bed under the covers to eat dinner and watch tv because she had to make the choice between paying her rent and paying her heat. . another woman. she has two kids, high school age, looking forward to going to college. she's in the position of having to deplete the kids' college accounts so that they can simply make ends meet as she

>> wisconsin. >> jon: your child was what age?ss than a year old. >> jon: you said to your wife from wisconsin, hey, honey, i have this idea -- >> guess what -- [laughter] yes. >> jon: you know how you love, wisconsin? let's move to iran. [ laughter ] >> something like that, yeah, yeah. >> jon: how did that go? >> are you crazy? >> jon: she was upset. >> not upset. she's quite adventurous. she was like, okay if you think that's something you want to do, yeah, i can see trying that. i can see it. i can see living there for a while. not forever but maybe for a while. >> jon: we're ming around and joking. the crazy thing about it is iran is an incredibly artistic, eloquent, sew fis dated -- sophisticated, wonderful, the food is great society. the truth is it really is you are going to have a travel experience. >> sort of, yeah. if you are not active politcally that's what it is. there's a great headline in the web sites that said young iranians continue to shock the internet by actinging normal. [ laughter ] -- acting normal. [laught

wisconsin moved into the final 16 with an 85-77 win.and michigan state used to being in this position in the tournament. playing a harvard team that isn't. but scrap peu in the second half. a block, with points just the same with wesley saunders picked up the lose ball that tied it at 55 with nine minutes left and then grabar hit the this three. 7:08 to play but the spartans took the play. the spartans no strangers to the final 15th this will be the 15th time in 17 years. connecticut knocked out the number two seed villanova. villanova the highest seed to be knocked out of the tournament so far. >>> rick patino lewisville, final second of the first half, the cardinals smith takes the -- moore smith here in the second. blocks lowe. louisville gets to the final 16 with the win. it's the third straight years the cardinals have advanced that far. also in the midwest, michigan is still playing. texas is not after the wolverines 79-65 win there. >>> the sharks had a chance to clench a play off spot tonight. but the washington capitals were ju

they will play wisconsin badgers and the west regional. that game will be played in milwaukee an hour and a half away from the badgers home. he is not warred about the high intensity road game. >> we've been in environments like this before. we played a lot of road games before. we had the win, the championship at bu on their court, so i think they are pretty in tune to what they have to do. >> it's time to vote for the high school game of the week. we have four lacrosse games from which to choose. make your pick. or e-mail u.s.a.todayhss.com/dc. >> and you know, when i was at au in the late 70s, early 80s, we didn't go to anything. we didn't win. gary williams, though, the former maryland coach was americans coach back then. so we got close. it was very gratifying to see the team doing so well. >> everyone is so excited. >> let's see what they can do. the cbs evening news is coming up next. >> i'll be back at 7:00 with jan jeffcoat for your only local >> pelley: tonight, new developments on the missing jetliner. what did investigators see

wisconsin, we're open for business again.t would be nice for a president to say that about america. >> bob lutz, i don't want to make too much of this, but i think a lot of people in business, men and women, have come to believe that the current administration is against business and against success. i'm just going to say that. whether that's absolutely correct or not, so many people i talk to believe that. >> well, they can be forgiven for believing it, because so many of the statements made by the administration and members of the administration create the impression of a hostile environment to business. let alone all of this talk about income inequality. income inequality basically says we don't like those who are more successful than others, but a lot of times a person who creates a business will go from, say $30,000 a year for him to 120 or $150,000, but the people who work for him will go from 30,000 to 50,000. they've made out, but the income inequality gap has grown larger. some people just don't understand that you h

and rain from nebraska to southern wisconsin. also, a few lingering showers around d.c. and into the northwest. >>> now, temperatures are finally starting to look like spring with mostly 50s and 60s. one exception, still chilly 30s and 40s in the upper midwest and the northeast. >>> could tonight be your night? the mega millions jackpot expected to reach $400 million. that would be the third biggest in mega millions history. it would be the seventh biggest u.s. lottery payout ever. >> the lump sum payment after taxes would be 224 million big ones. >> not too shabby. >> not at all. >>> all right. think kids have more homework today? well, coming up, the surprising comparison between today and back in the old days when we were in school. >>> and tragic loss. the fashion world shocked by the death of designer and mick jagger's girlfriend, l'wren scott. new reaction overnight from celebrities. >>> plus, motherly instincts. a woman puts her life on the line to save her twin girls. ♪ when you recognize something isn't right, make the c

wisconsin wakes up in the second. badgers up one. minute ten left, down one again.isconsin hangs on to win 85-77. >>> after knocking off cincinnati 12th seed harvard, brandon finishes the alley-oop. slam dunch competition. michigan state advanced to their 12th sweet 16 in the last 87 years. >>> 30 points and four threes in the game san diego advanced to the sweet 16 for the second time in school history. 63-44 that final. >>> to the women's ncaa where stanford playing with a chip on their shoulders, they were not a number one seed. faced iowa in round one. t s stanford up at the half. they moved on to face florida state monday. >>> cal women final four last year facing waco. brittany led cal with 22 points 10 assists 6 boards. second half, gos ahead bucket with 16 seconds. cal es cape s with a 64-63 victory. >>> he's leaking a little bit of oil it. long birdie on ten. he's 15 under. inned another on 18. six under 66 adam scott heading into final round. >>> we have your front runner tonight at 11:00. >>> coming up next on abc 7 news at 9:00 why two young >> coming up

they will play wisconsin in the final four on saturday.'m picking florida and wisconsin in the championship with the gators winning it all. i think you are probably right. i'm going to go with you. with ohio state. my bracket was lost. >> up next, christians were upset with changes made to biblical story "noah >>> coming up tonight at 11:00 the new tool in the search for airline flight 370 and why it could hold the clue to finding the missing plane. >>> what one bay area tech guy is doing to get people to quit. tonight at 11:00. >> disney's "frozen" has become the top animated movie of all-time. this weekend "noah" became the top movie. artistic license had been taken. the attention paid off as "noah" took home $40 million. the muppets and sherman and got is not dead rounded out the top five. and another check on the weather. go ahead and show you the 7 day forecast. it is going to be very stormy monday and tuesday. both days ideal conditions for i a isolated thunderstorms. we will feel more like spring next weekend. i want to mention mond

like the senator, wisconsin is one of the leading manufacturers in the united states and i think right now it can boast the role of number one manufacturing states as a percentage of our overall economy. and i note this because of the focus of today's hearing that we don't have a witness that is representing consumer voices today. obviously they are a very of one part of this discussion and i look forward to future opportunities to hear from those witnesses also. so i would like to ask you a few questions this morning. the paper industry is a major part of wisconsin's manufacturing in a paper companies are working hard in a very trade sensitive impacted industry while also complying with environmental quality standards and most of their foreign competitors do not do this. he promotes a light switch over to natural gas have been able to secure a supply of fuel because of an adequate infrastructure. many companies don't have adequate access to natural gas and yet today we're talking about increasing this. so my first question is will howell the increased exports import the construction o

he has trouble understanding wisconsin like most people do that start working with me. they have no idea what i'm saying. we had a competitive car to start the race. we had a brake go bad and had brake problems that got us behind a little bit. >> you're looking at the sky. i saw the forecast. you were checking on the phone. there's blue sky. do you think we're going to race and get this finished? >> if it doesn't rain we will. >> that's wisconsin for you. >> matt kenseth sitting right now in 5th position after running second for a lot of this race. looking perhaps for a chance to get a shot at his teammate, kyle busch for a chance to win. kyle has dominated so far. he's led 155 of 168 laps. rain under the red flag with 32 to go. you see the track-drying equipment on the speedway. as you look at how they run, a little business to take care of for you as far as what's going to happen from here. we are at the end of our scheduled air window here on abc. we're going to leave the air because they have a ways to go to get this track ready to dry. when the race resumes it will

the paper industry is a major part of wisconsin's manufacturing in a paper companies are working hard in a very trade sensitive impacted industry while also complying with environmental quality standards and most of their foreign competitors do not do this. he promotes a light switch over to natural gas have been able to secure a supply of fuel because of an adequate infrastructure. many companies don't have adequate access to natural gas and yet today we're talking about increasing this. so my first question is will howell the increased exports import the construction of gas infrastructure for companies that companies in wisconsin might be able to rely upon. >> senator baldwin, let me just start off by saying that in this forecast we have natural gas consumption in the paper industry overall between 2010 and 2040. and in general we have very strong growth in natural gas consumption. so i don't think that there is a shortage of gas that would lead to problems in the manufacturing industries and on the infrastructure issue that you asked about, there is the secretary of energy and a pr

in fact that wisconsin arizona match up was very tense coming down to the wire.onsin took a 64-61 lead on this play and then later was just 2.3 seconds left down by one, arizona gets the ball but nick johnson ran out of time and that off balance jumper didn't fall and the final in ot 64-63 wisconsin. >>> those are students in madison, wisconsin celebrating the badgers big win. though poured out of bars and restaurants near the campus after the game. you can see them dancing and chanting on top of a bus shelter. on the other side of the country, however things got ugly in tucson. police shooting pepper stray spray, pepper balls at several arizona fans upset over their teams loss. large crowds took to the streets. police say several people threw beer cans and boats, fire crackers as well at the officers who told them to go home. those officers arrested 15 people, 14 of them were eventually released but one of them was put in jail. >>> two toddlers were taken to a fresno hospital after they fell into a fish pond at an apartment complex. it happened saturday. police