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>> thanks for joining us. im cannily crowley. john king is off. the parents of a florida teenager whose death ignited outrage. also on the eve of the presidential primary, a rye alt check for rick santorum and newt gingrich. plus a big bank has a new way to help people stay in their homes even if theyre facing foreclose. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com we begin with the fatal shooting of florida teenager trayvon martin and the florida police departments decision not to arre...

mitt romney is in maryland today fresh off his decisive win in the illinois primary. halfway to the delegate finish line. hundreds of french police surround an apartment where a gunman remains holed up. hes accused of killing seven people in a series of shootings. authorities say they expect him to give up soon. another strong aftershock in mexico. it measured 5.0 on the richter scale. its the latest of several aftershocks to follow yesterdays 7.4 magnitude earthquake. 500 homes we...

He he has shown in the debates that he can bob and weave and draw these things about what he did and what obama did well enough so that in the end its going to be a choice. do you want obama care? elect obama. if you dont, elect the republic romney. it will be a stark yes or. no i think the strength of the opposition is such that even if its a romney, in the end, people who oppose obama care and they are a majority are going to go republic on account of that and it will be a very strong issue. >...

>> doesnt help in the summer. >> improve the tone in the markets. feel like something is being done here because people have a lot of questions. of course, the presidents plan, he has a plan for green energy. he talks about that a plan to bring down prices using a variety of -- >> shepard: strategic reserve. >> it worked under bush at one point. >> that long. its not a big impact. >> shepard: run out and get the gas during that period of time. >> bicycles. >> shepard: bicycles it is gerri willis...

Attacks and to do so nypd has a counter terrorism unit unequal would by any police agency in the world. in new york. fox news . okay, new polls are showing the upcoming races in the south are close. look in mississippi. romney leading by 8 points and newt gingrich is in a virtual tie with second with santorum. and in alabama polls are showingerishherish leading by one point. but the reall clearr politics average shows romney with the lead. and former dc spokesperson and chairman of the tea party...

Earlier victories in both states are necessary for the gingrich camp to remain credible. were bringing back james hellman and molly ball. molly, mitt romney appears to be pretty well in the latest polls in the south. alabama, hes in second place, trailing newt gingrich by one point. look at that. and in mississippi, romney is trailing gingrich by four points, 31% to 35%. everyone keeps saying the south is not romney territory. but is this the romney camp lowering expectations or are competitors ...

>> how big would that be? >> wow. >> so talking about all of this. >> i was just going to say, rick santorum yesterday. so he heard this message from the romney camp that he ought to get out of the race, that its mathematically impossible. and he made the point this is not your birthright, mitt romney, to be the nominee. this is santorum yesterday. >> what wont they resort to to try to bully their way through this race? you know, if the governor thinks hes now ordained by god to win, then lets j...

Increasingly hyper polarized congress. >> when you look at the last 30 years, whats the most significant moment that a white house and congress did something that you think was a positive piece of economic policy making? and are there lessons from that moment that can be applied in this coming cycle? >> well, look, i think the 1993 budget deal was a good piece of legislation as an example. and the lesson there is even at that point it was becoming harder and harder to actually do bipartisan legi...

Actors. theres not -- the conventional political calculus doesnt apply. >> right. they play by their own rules. theres no doubt about it. >> you guys get a sense that people have tuned this off at this point? we talk about it, and obviously, and were going to keep this thing going. but that the average american is kind of like shut it down -- i just get a sense. >> im not so sure about that. you look at the numbers that have collapsed for the republican party nationwide over the past two weeks. ...

Bush, paul ryan, mike pence, all these other conservative republicans that can actually win an election will have a shot to get in there. i mean, if im romney, i dont know id put that out. because when i saw that number, i said you need 50% with four people in the race, nobodys excited about your campaign, you keep making mistakes. those numbers dont add up for you either, sir. >> great point. i want to put out that message for another reason. its not the way the leader acts. the leader doesnt t...