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>> the gingrich campaign is insisting they have had preliminary talks with perrys people for a newt gingrich perry ticket if this goes all the way to the convention. >>shepard: thank you, john roberts, very good to see you. thank you very much. gas prices go up for the presidents approval rating go down. normal. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement

Scenario in which you see any of these candidates dropping out after tuesday? >> of course. you can envision that happening but none of their actions up to this point suggest that they will. particularly with fwrich able to win or both contests. they are going to attempt to say if romney does not win either of these two contests, the other candidates are going to say he has trouble winning in the south. it is important to remember i was looking at polls out of mississippi, just a couple of month...

Past four years, and so thats something i think weve got to look at, and i think thats why we need investments in teachers and cops and firefighters, money to state and local governments so they can continue to hire, and i think thats what the infrastructure and the jobs bill that president obama has proposed, i feel like thats where the emphasis is going to be. if you want to make this number higher, we have to start looking at hiring teachers, bringing those construction workers back on scale ...

Are popular. >> its like an account. i put the presses in that category too. >> its about discipline, not money. santorum spent the last two weeks discussing seriously whether satan would be attacking america, and now, he is making a clear distinction between then and his message then and his message now even though hogan gidley is unclear, if americans want to just talk about the economy, they can have mitt romney, so it seems like he is taking a harder tack. >> they have tried and beginngi had...

And whether she might play a role. heres how she responded. as i say, anything is possible. and i dont -- i dont close any doors that perhaps would be open out there. so no, i wouldnt close that door. and my plan is to be at that convention. >> perry, this coming from the woman described as the game-changer in 2008 albeit in a losing effort. my question to you, who is the republican game-changer this time round? >> you know, i think in terms of vice presidential candidates, a couple people to ...

Im really feeling a genuine sense of pity. >> i know youre very, very supportive of us. >> its not nice to watch. >> its not going to happen. >> its not going to happen. >> i know. its not going to happen. listen, the republican party clearly is scattered right now between electability, tea party mania, and the anybody but mitt influence. and its going to take a little while for that to work out. the irony is that if newt gingrich got out today, this race would even be longer because it would ha...

To get people to think about filing lawsuits and some of these states and also overturning some of these laws even before the election. but -- ultimately they came to that they want to make sure people register properly to vote. right now they are in the public information stage of this process. thats where y they are trying to have rallies all over this -- all over the -- on this march. have rallies, draw attention to this issue. >> yeah. as you were explaining to us, 50-mile journey, over five...

Martin luther kings march. the crossing of the selma bridge. today is not just about honoring todays history. perry bacon jr. is joining me from selma. perry, good to see you. >> good to see you, alex. >> lets talk about what 2012 bridge crossing jubilee is all about. >> reporter: so today is -- we are at brown chapel which is in selma, alabama. marches of the 1960s and 1965 started. organizers, including al sharpton and jesse jackson want to start here. the laws that passed over the last year. ...

>> good. thats good to hear. wind may cool things off. lets talk about the mood as they get out to head out on the march? >> reporter: people are looking forward to -- talking about tissue a lot. lot of talk about voting rights and voter i.d. laws. laws that passed in wisconsin and democrats feel like they are intended to restrict voting rights from minorities and also young people. >> it is all about raising public awareness, right? i mean, you are well aware, steeped in d.c. politics there, pe...

and then you could tell it hit the school with all the turbulence. >> i want you to look at this video shot by an i reporter. lets just listen to some of it. >> [ bleep ] i have friends over there. [ bleep ]. we got to get in the house. [ bleep ]. look at it. holy. my god my friend lives right over there too. oh, my god. >> come on, nick. >> that is nuts. >> [ bleep ]. >> this is unbelievable. can you imagine if that were you. you have friends over there and family members as well. thi...