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kentucky three weeks ago, ill use it. "morning joe" starts right now. >> i am going to endorse mitt romney because hes going to be the republican nominee and he offers a stark contrast to the presidents record. >> im going to endorse romney because hes going to be the republican nominee. its like saying im going to endorse romney because what are you going to do? >> mitt is not a perfect candidate. he has a number of problems. its hard for him, blue collar families like mine to identif...

>> i am going to endorse mitt romney because hes going to be the republican nominee and he offers a stark contrast to the presidents record. >> im going to endorse romney because hes going to be the republican nominee. its like saying im going to endorse romney because what are you going to do? >> mitt is not a perfect candidate. he has a number of problems. its hard for him, blue collar families like mine to identify with him. its hard for economic conservatives to identify with him. ...

republicans 202-737-0001, our independent line is 202-628- 0205. a good friday morning to you. for a quick review of some of the big stories coming out of this town, here are some of the headlines we have been watching here at c-span. for to vall, three days of oral arguments on the health care challenge. on capitol hill, the house gop passed its 2013 budget along party lines. also, a standstill over the transportation bill with the 90- day extension of it. president obama came back fr...

>> tell us more about what is going on. >> we have been through a five- year housing crisis. it is showing some signs of stability. we are still experiencing enormous numbers of foreclosures. housing prices continued to fall. people are trying to urge the fannie mae and freddie mac to forgive principal. they want to take the mortgage value down, to reduce the amount of the principal outstanding to make it easier to pay off the loan. this is a kind lot of loan modification. this is call...

Respect the original "r" rating which means no one under 17 will be admitted without a parent. joining me to talk about this is "bully q "bully" filmmaker and founder for justice and human rights, carrie kennedy. thanks so much for making time for this. lee, lets talk first about the film, the decision to release it without a rating. good idea or a bad idea and why? >> it was the only option. we tried so hard to move the mpa. we went to capitol hill. we had a screening with chris dodd. it seemed...

we want u.s. oil companies to be doing well. we want them to succeed. thats why under my administration, we have opened up millions of acres of federal land of waters to oil and gas production, we have quadrupled the number of operating oil rigs to a record high, we have added enough oil and gas pipeline to circle the earth and then some. just yesterday, we announced the next step for potential new oil and gas exploration in the atlantic. the fact is, we are pro he deucing more oil rig...

we reinstituted and extended the swap agreesnknd other major central banks and there has been some usage of that in an attempt to try and reduce strains in europe and that shows up as a little bump there at the far th. now, again, we owned about $800 billion in treasury securities at the beginning of the crisis. as you can see from the red, labeled lasps we added about trillion in new securities to the balance sheet during the stn and then the top there you have other assets, a variety...

land of waters to oil and gas production, we have quadrupled the number of operating oil rigs to a record high, we have added enough oil and gas pipeline to circle the earth and then some. just yesterday, we announced the next step for potential new oil and gas exploration in the atlantic. the fact is, we are pro he deucing more oil right now than we have in eight years and we are importing less of it as well. for two years in a row, america has bought less oil from other countries tha...

or gingrich can get enough delegates to secure the nomination. he wants them to quit. but one analyst said "not so fast." >> the closer mitt gets to that magical number of 1,144 delegates, the more leverage he has at a hypothetical brokered convention. however... however, you know, if rumors of a santorum-gingrich super ticket prove true, well, were in for a hot time in tampa. >> reporter: hey, its already hot. >> hot sauce. got to be hot. >> reporter: well try to keep the heat on as w...

take our advice. most of the time they would. >> dick used to love, more than anything else when wed have to get on the phone, i was telling this to someone earlier this afternoon and tell no less a gust or percentage than aadmira youre flying wrong. he was only a colonel. general -- he loved that. >> i was in the military reserve. i was always word about the word getting back. >> high draft number. >> i know, i know. >> 98. >> i think theres time right now. in fact it is -- >> no, its...