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Debate, it will be a disaster. >> is it the idea of him having some zingers for his opponent who was pretty academic on the issues and has been very well schooled up in the debate process, does the romney camp actually think that zingers are going to get president obama off his game and have an impression on the american people? susan, what do you think about that? >> i think, first of all, you love saying the word zingers. it seems to be very much part of the conversation. that being said -- >>...

welcome, everybody. our "starting point" is this breaking news. two american tourists have been kidnapped in dahab, egypt, in the sinai region. the kidnappers, it appears, are trying to negotiate some sort of prisoner exchange. jill daugherty joins us. what do we know? >> the state department is in touch with the families of these two people. names have not been given. theyre 31 years old. the state department is providing counselor services and they are in touch and working very close...

The oscar for "the descendants." >> no, today we will be focused on how the number 26 car does, the ford fusion. i talked to the driver who starts way in the back of the pack, and i said for him to hang back in the back as long as you can, and let everybody crash and burn and move up and then try to win the race. >> there you go. senator santorum, thank you as always. one note to the viewers, because it comes up on social media from time to time, we have had a long-standing invitation to have ...

Always. one note to the viewers, because it comes up on social media from time to time, we have had a long-standing invitation to have mitt romney on the program, and up until now he has declined and we hope he will change his mind and come on for an interview in the debate process. coming up, jerry brown, and jan brewer square off on the 2012 campaign and the economy and gas prices. and arizonas primary is this tuesday, and will governor brewer endorse a candidate? we will ask her coming up...

I think its defining the candidates through the debate process and through the primaries, its been a good thing, michigan is fronts and center. all four candidates are playing hard in michigan. you win delegates by congressional district, that is why it will be close. it was never expected that one would come in and win all the distrikzs and theres a lot of days left between now and the 28th. these polls have gone up and down and it will close in and i suspect that we will have a very heated and...

the largest haul yet. the winner takes all of them and seizes momentum as the clear-cut front-runner. so if the polls are right, mitt romney could be coasting to an easy win. cnns john zarella is at a polling place in tampa. johns, hows the turnout been? >> reporter: real good. this is actually the largest republican precinct in hillsboro county, the tampa area. about 3800 registered republicans here, and turnout has been very good this morning. a lot of people going before work. a lot...

So what? there is a little food fight here and there. does anybody want to revisit the obama-clinton contest of four years ago? megyn: the republicans seem to agree. thats why they structured the pry primary on test. >> this you planted a lot of the paid ads in terms of importance. we learn more from the debates than the advertising. megyn: is there an argument that this debate process will help the republican candidate because you mention mitt romney who has gotten better. hes gotten more point...

all right, show time i was going to say, its going to be a hip-hop morning here. >> get it started. >> lets get it started. welcome, everybody. as i mentioned were coming to you from the diner. every morning we tell you what were eating. so im going to tell you what were eating, i got to read this one. specialty of the house. this is called the kroek and dagger, two eggs over easy with bacon or ham, sandwiched between french loaf smothered in sauce, cheese, served with home fries or gr...

>> i understand that. but is this going to persuade any republican to switch from romney to him? its hard to imagine. >> people tell me the critics of that performance last night say when rick santorum was doing that, he was trying to hook him into saying he didnt believe, but in massachusetts you gave them voting rights. >> romney is improving. e yes, its bad whenever your answer starts about pacs, but at least he didnt ask the moderator for help this time. >> the problem with this whole thing,...

Able to defeat barack obama, we want to make sure that the candidates are concise, that they are sharp and that they have solutions and not just throwing out sound bites and this is what imseeking as i tune in to the forums and debates. particular rule like that where i guess a name wasnt supposed to be mentioned in a negative light in the forum. im not aware of. i dont know how all of that works. again, because, you know, im busy along with everybody else. and we are just trying to get to the b...