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Santorum, robert traynum and shira it uplet. im going to begin with you, robert, david axelrod was on "meet the press," and he slammed mitt romney on the economy. lets listen to what he said. >> this is the same case he made in the state of massachusetts, he said im going to get the economy moving again. im a businessman, i know how to create jobs. they went from 37th in nation in job creation. to 47th in the nation in job creation. so weve tested the romney acumen when it comes to create jobs a...

winds. and it may last until mid-week. meteorologist maria larosa from the weather channel has more on what we can expect. maria, hello. >> good day to you, alex. yeah this is going to be a very high-impact storm. so many levels, whether its the rain and the wind and eventually for some of us, it will be the snow. lets start with the wind. ill show you how thats going to be driving the rain and the moisture off the atlantic. and you can see the timing, how the heaviest rain will be pus...

their view time to cut bait and stop going for the big deficit reductions package theyve been talk about and find the easiest path forward to get the debt ceiling raised and worry about deficit reductions at another time. >> it seem like there was some enthusiasm and progress yesterday. but if the two sides are even further dug in, even further apart so to speak, why is the president still pushing for something big? >> reporter: well, theres the overt politics of it. he seems to be nom...