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Welcome back to "first look." im lynn berry. in sports last night, detroit tiger prince fielder became the second player in major league history to win multiple home run derby titles. heres nbcs fred rogen. >> good morning. last year robinson cano was a home run derby hero, yesterday he was treated like a zero. a bronx cheer for the yankee slugger, booed at introductions and cheered every time he hit the ball. the captain was hearing it from the crowd because he didnt pick billy butler to take p...

and were going to begin this morning with familiar ground. battle lines being drawn on capitol hill after president obama proposed to extend expiring bush-era tax cuts. but not for everyone. this as the republican-led house prepares to revisit the nations health care reform law. nbcs brian moore joins us from washington with the latest on all of this. brian, good morning. >> reporter: the house is heading forward with what looks like a show vote. for the republicans its an important sh...

he says hell veto it. last night on "the ed show," illinois senator dick durbin talked about mitt romneys refusal to disclose his finances saying the republican candidate is not carrying on the tradition set by his father, former michigan governor george romney. >> who set the standard for income disclosure of presidential candidates? mitt romneys father. mitt romneys father filed 12 years of income tax returns and said, this ought to be the standard. how many years of income tax ret...

5-3. finally, a feeling the rangers and devils dont like each other. as soon as the puck hit the ice, so did the gloves. three separate fights in the first three seconds of the giex. 40 minutes in penalties and this one was off to a rousing start. rangers drew first blood on the scoreboard as well, jumed out to an early lead, winning 4-2. the first team in the east to clinch a playoff spot. thats your first look at sports. im fred rogen. for another look at the weather, heres nbc meteorologi...

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states primary today where a convincing victory for front-runner mitt romney would make it very difficult for his rivals to keep running. nbcs tracie potts joins us with more on that from washington. tracii, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. rick santorum is hoping to do well in illinois, but its going to be an uphill battle for him. meantime, mitt romney, even though he is the front-runner at this point, is not taking the land of lincoln for granted. >> these pan takes are some...

nbcs tracie potts joins us with more on that from washington. tracii, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. rick santorum is hoping to do well in illinois, but its going to be an uphill battle for him. meantime, mitt romney, even though he is the front-runner at this point, is not taking the land of lincoln for granted. >> these pan takes are something else, ill tell you. >> reporter: mitt romney in his third day campaigning in illinois the land of reagan and obama. >> im looking fo...

all eyes are on illinois. voters headed to the polls in that states primary today where a convincing victory for front-runner mitt romney could make it very difficult for his rivals to keep running. nbcs tracie potts joins us with more. >> especially rick santorum. he has an uphill battle today in the state of illinois. but mitt romney, even though hes leading the polls there, isnt taking the land of lincoln for granted. >> these pancakes are something else, ill tell you. >> reporter: ...

its say. folks can head to the polls today in mississippi and alabama where republican presidential candidates have been campaigning hard. caucuses will also be held today in hawaii. nbcs tracy pots joins in w washington with those details. >> its going to be so critical in this race. the polls are tight. newt gingrich leading some of those polls. but mitt romney right behind him. in fact, leading some of them, as well. all trying to appeal to the southern voters. >> i kind of feel rel...