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Bill: 10:30 on the east coast and rick santorum is getting big help funding his fight to win in mitt romneys native state of michigan. a prosantorum super power, its called a red, white and blue fund. it says its pouring another $600,000 in ads for that state. that doubles what its already spent in michigan. the primary is a week from today. the latest "real clear politics" showing he leads. the president getting his own super pack moving. wendell goler checks in on that from the north lawn of t...

Possible when we look at distribution of product to our stores or even catering delivery. >> reporter: as a small family-owned business, something they dont like to talk about but something they have to keep as option on the table is the prospect of layoffs. patti ann? patti ann: mike tobin live in chicago. thank you. bill: it will be with us for a while. get used to it. >> oh, yeah. bill: new show of force from iran. warships dock in syria. what a combination that could be. is that a direct mes...

Bolting off the side of a cliff falling about 100 feet. firefighters lowered themselves down the side of the cliff bringing the dogs eventually to safety. the owner saying her dogs probably heard the sound of water and then ran. listen. i. >> just let them out because theyre very well-mannered. they usually stay right me and bolted right for the cliff and went right off the edge of the cliff. never stopped. they have never been near a cliff. they just stopped. theyre so special and people love t...

Out for and worked hard for and sweated for and you get to keep more of it. bill: it probably makes you feel better. i live in jersey. can he win on this first of all? >> i think he can. he has enough time to prove that it works. there are two debates here. the income even equality, fair debate. some people are saying if you make a million bucks in jersey this means you might get up to $25,000. where someone who makes 30 grand is only going to see 35 bucks. its that fair. it correlates directly ...

Family. how you doing patti ann. patti ann: im great. glad to be here. what does it all mean for, gas prices jumping dramatically overnight and that is putting the squeeze on people. >> if i dont absolutely have to stop im going to do my search around the town and look for the lows. >> there is no reason for the especially with the surplus we have and the resources that are available. i think the government needs to start looking at alternative resources a little harder. bill: aaa has the nation...

Patti ann: you have to wear it though in a backpack. youre wearing one right now. can you show us how that works? and is it cumbersome if youre doing downhill skiing? >> not at all. its a backpack system. very similar to what anybody would wear for a regular backpack. incorporated in hit is a balloon system that inflates and increases your own all volume that helps keep you on top of the snow. it adds 3.5-pound to the average-weight of a backpack. patti ann: its a twin backpack system, there are...

Hours. adding to the ordeal, his emergency transmitter was kaput. it failed. forcing him to deploy his 10-foot long buoy as strong currents carried him away. here is how he explained it. >> it was pretty far. i was swimming like this with that sticking up. i could see individual people. i could see cars and tents and just like i could taste it. and it was just kind of heart breaking to realize, oh, man, not again. laid on my back and watched the stars and used them as a course direction and thou...

Contrast for his vision of where were going in america and where president obama would take us i think he could use a little polish. they say the big trouble with rick santorum is that hes a sour pus, and they dont usually get elected presidents. rick santorum can be quite engaging and positive, and if i were advising him i might say, show some more of that side. i would say that of all the candidates, though, including the democratic one. bill: we will see at least on the republican side a litt...

Think this one will too before we get to the convention. bill: dana perino cohost of the 5, former white house press secretary during the george w. bush administration. good morning to you. i think we like to talk about this. >> reporter: it would be great television. bill: also in that survey, most republicans are happy to see this roller coaster campaign continue. 57% say they are cool witness, anwith it and its not hurting the party. >> reporter: i think it will be fine. traditionally the pri...

Governors, nebraska, the governor is proposing income cuts over three years and end the states inheritance tax. neighboring key hailey, cutting income tax rates. kansas, similar, a pager overhaul of the states tax policies, most of these republican governors, is this something that is catching on? >> absolutely. if you look right now in most of these right to work states, republican governors, low taxes versus the contrary, you know, forced union businesses, high taxes, the other states, califor...