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called legitimate rape, akin is facing louder calls from gop officials for him to step aside. steve handelsman has the story. >> reporter: the issue of abortion rights for victim rapes is posing possible damage to the romney-ryan presidential campaign with women voters. they mostly back president obama, who weighed in. >> his comments were offensive. rape is rape. >> reporter: it was republican congressman todd akin running for a senate seat in missouri who set off the firestorm. he wa...

after his comments about what he called legitimate rape, akin is facing louder calls from gop officials for him to step aside. steve handelsman has the story. >> reporter: the issue of abortion rights for the victims of rape is posing possible damage to the ryan romney presidential campaign with women voters. they mostly back president obama, who weighed in. >> his comments were offensive. rape is rape. >> reporter: it was republican congressman todd akin running for a senate seat in m...

congressman todd akin says he will not drop out of the u.s. senate race in missouri, but after his comments about what he called legitimate rape, akin is facing louder calls from republicans for him to step aside. steve handelsman has the story. >> reporter: the usual of abortion rights was posed to the ryan-romney presidential campaign with women voters who back president obama who weighed in. >> his comments were offensive. rape is rape. >> reporter: it was republican congressman tod...

with the payroll tax cut. a deal has been worked out to extend a 2% cut in the payroll tax through the end of the year. tracie potts has more on this. good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. heres why it was a big deal. if congress does nothing, then that payroll tax cut that put extra money in workers paychecks this year expires at the end of the month, and no one here on capitol hill wants to deal with the political fallout of that. negotiators announced a tentative deal last ...

a deal has been worked out to extend a 2% cut in the payroll tax through the end of the year. tracie potts has more on this. good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. heres why it was a big deal. if congress does nothing, then that payroll tax cut that put extra money in workers paychecks this year expires at the end of the month, and no one here on capitol hill wants to deal with the political fallout of that. negotiators announced a tentative deal last night that keeps the 2% pa...

today, we begin with the southern swing. the campaign push is on in south carolina where the republican presidential hopefuls are looking to lock in conservative support. nbcs brian mooar joining us from washington with those details. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. the candidates are slugging it out in the trenches with all but one fighting for survival. >> hi, guys. big night last night. very exciting. >> reporter: mitt romneys underdog opponents are hoping for a knoc...

J.d. drew, liner off the pitcher. everybody was safe until pinch runner mcdonald overran second. that was the games final out. boston lost 1-0. they fall 0-6, their worst start since 1945. thats a look at sports. have a great weekend. im fred rogin. here is nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. hi, bill. best thing about fridays is giving that weekend forecast. first thing is first, bring the umbrella with you, pittsburgh, most areas of pennsylvania, philadelphia, ...

we begin this morning with decision day. the pressure is on for washington lawmakers to get a budget deal done before tonights midnight deadline that will shut down the federal government. despite government calls for fiscal responsibility after days of failed negotiations, some of the main sticking points remain, the party stances on planned parenthood and the environment. for the very latest, lets go to tracie potts. good morning. >> reporter: paige, good morning. good morning, vever...

may have been breached. although authorities implied today that the damage is limited, it raises the possibility of more severe containment to the environment. meanwhile, japanese officials say tests performed on tokyos tap water now show acceptable levels of radioactive iodine for infants. however, some parents arent taking any chances and supplies of bottled water are running low. and two weeks after japans earthquake and tsunami, the official death toll from the disasters has soar...

Yesterday, they went at it again. here nbcs fred rogin. >> good monday morning. not as much on the line this time around. always a physical matchup when these guys get together. kevin garnett needed stitches after taking an elbow to the head. kobe bryant got the off balance jumper to fall. he had 41. lakers up four at the half. paul pierce caught fire in the third, scored 14 of his 32 in the quarter. rondo up to garnett and the celts won it 109-96. off to hawaii for the pro bowl. in the second...