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finally, the good news weve been waiting for. the value of your house going up for the first time in five years. plus this. >> dont hit your head on the dock. >> no way. >> its called speed kayaking. or at least trying to be that. our rob marciano taking a dip while trying out this lesser known olympic sport. get your life preserver. "newsroom" starts right now. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. we do begin with breaking news this morning. more security concerns for the summ...

Part of a campaign to encourage groups like the elderly unemployed to enroll in the safety net program. the price tag? an estimated $3 million. now, is that a good use of taxpayer money? here to analyze deneen berrellly a tea party member and author of the book backlash and rich benjamin a senior fellow, a liberal think tank. did he neon, what did you hear when you heard that ad. >> i think this is outrageous, we should be reducing the number of americans on government assistance. this advertisi...

Part of a campaign to encourage groups like the elderly unemployed to enroll in the safety net program. the price tag? an estimated $3 million. now, is that a good use of taxpayer money? here to analyze deneen berrellly a tea party member and author of the book backlash and rich benjamin a senior fellow, a liberal think tank. did he neon, what did you hear when you heard that ad. >> i think this is outrageous, we should be reducing the number of americans on government assistance. this advertisi...

Part of a campaign to encourage groups like the elderly unemployed to enroll in the safety net program. the price tag? an estimated $3 million. now, is that a good use of taxpayer money? here to analyze deneen berrellly a tea party member and author of the book backlash and rich benjamin a senior fellow, a liberal think tank. did he neon, what did you hear when you heard that ad. >> i think this is outrageous, we should be reducing the number of americans on government assistance. this advertisi...

These things. >> andrea: okay -- >> bob: wait a second. >> andrea: you interrupt me all the time. >> bob: i didnt. i didnt say anything. im saying these people need and deserve food stamps. why should they not be able to get it. >> andrea: they are getting food stamps but theyre pushing this as preferable choice in life. theyre saying dont take care of yourself and your life will get better. you will look better than before. this which is not how food stamps were designed. it was a safety net pr...

Size of spain and congressional republicans pointed to the number 70, the percent of increase in 2011 in the s.n.a.p. program and 78 billion, a high in annual spending on food assistance, which has more than doubled in that same period, making s.n.a.p. the second largest social safety net program behind medicaid. it makes up 80% of farm bill spending, so republicans call for billions to be cut in aid for the hungry, he called it modest reform. which led senate democrats to point to a few numbers...

Disappearance. the search for the aviator is back on. and how secretary hillary clinton is now involved. we began this half-hour with the gop house budget unveiled. today it is already threatening to spark another partisan battle and possibly another political win. at least thats how the democrats see it. the proposal that paul ryan released today will simplify tax, slash spending through cuts to safety net program like welfare. republicans also want to move forward with that controversial med...

town wins a $950 million lottery jackpot. you heard right. all except one guy who missed out on it. we start with this. were just a few hours away from the start of the nevada caucuses. it is the fifth contest in the republican presidential race, but the first one to take place west of the mississippi we will have much more on that in just a moment. but first, here are some of the other top stories we are watching for you this morning. in syria anti-government activists say the milit...

He wants to make less money available for this key safety net program that he said he would work to fix, to strengthen if it needs it. mitt romney saying hes not concerned about poor people in this country is another one of those things that mitt romney keeps saying. >> i like being able to fire people that provide services to me. rick, ill tell you what, $10,000? $10,000 bet? >> corporations are people, my friends. >> never get involved in politics if you have to win an election to pay a mortga...

Housing vouchers, programs to help the poor. >> mitt romney, zillionaire, not concerned about the poor. he says, thats what the safety net is for. if it has holes in it, mitt romney will fix them. thats what he says. heres whats been proposed as policy by mitt romney, self-proclaimed safety net repairman. he said he would sign paul ryans budget into law. almost two thirds of the cuts come from programs that serve the poor. including more than $2 trillion in cuts from medicaid and medicaid relate...