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The president in the polls. >>guest: it is not helping in the presidents. the president is saying that it is a myth america is built on rugged individualism and we pull otherselves up by the bootstraps. and elizabeth warren came out in massachusetts race saying not a single person in the country managed on their own because there are sidewalks, because there are street lights you owe a large chunk of your success and your fortune to everyone. in other words we are all in it together. you talk ab...

gunning down 16 afghan men, women and children but the u.s. commander of multinational forces promises a full investigation by u.s. military authorities under u.s. law. and the u.s. defense secretary says that the death penalty is a possibility. leon panetta is in afghanistan now. all u.s. forces pass through there when they leave and enter afghanistan and told reporters and i told, war is hell and terrible events like this one on sunday are going to take place. well get live reports...

Earmarks with more than $300 million that went to projects that were right by their property. i mean, we really confined this to very tight space, almost every single one of them were within 2 miles of their property, many of the times in which somebody has just looked at, like watchdogs groups have just looked at a single member, theyve taken them to task for things that are 10 miles away. this is a very tight thing and were talking about projects that were sometimes sidewalks right in front of...

international journalists. russians foreign minister is in syria trying to keep it from being the latest arab government to fall. many world leaders say moscow is ignoring the slaughter of civilians. ivan watson is in istanbul, turkey, covering this for us. is there any optimism that russia can rein in this violence? >> reporter: thats a big question. the russian foreign minister definitely got a heros welcome as he arrived in damascus. he seemed to be one of the biggest allies and fri...

colorado. and later, newt gingrich holding a rally in reno, nevada. mitt romneys win in florida follows a brutal and bitter campaign already, but it paid off for romney who won by 46% of the vote compared to 32% for gingrich, and rick santorum got 13% of the vote as ron paul got 7%. on the starting point, mitt romney said it didnt bother him that newt gingrich didnt call to congratulate him. >> as said long ago, politics aint bean bag, and we are battling to become the nominee, and h...

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Milwaukee, chicago also getting slammed at this hour. thats where anita joins us live. whats it like there, anita? >> well, ill tell you what, this is our first real blast of winter that weve seen here in chicago because weve had some really unseasonably warm weather and now, check it out. weve got snow all over the place. about 6 inches give or take here in chicago so the challenge for a lot of folks today will be that commute into work and even walking into work. right here, this sidewalk is l...

Mission plaza used to be a parking lot in the 1970s. they turned it into a huge social center. they widened sidewalks to accommodate caves. they greated a green belt around the city to force the population to socialize. the happiest americans socialize about six hours a day. >> wow. >> thats not facebook. its what we are doing now. >> so the town squareç is the y to our future for national happiness? >> we evolve with other humans. whatever policies to nudge us out of the rural areas and get u...

Weigh them against other concerns. so it is just brainstorming and booze will continue to flow. so, how are the other new yorkers reacting to this? >> one of your roommates, bill, right? >> he was in front of my house. >> isnt this what new yorks ailing economy needs when people need it most? >> i hate bloomburg. im sorry, this segment gets me so angry. he bans salt. he bans cigarettes, and then he takes away our sidewalks for bike lanes which no one uses. news flash to bloomberg, this is not am...

Enthusiastic supporters. they have a sort of a counterculture organization, youll see vote for ron paul on the sidewalks. i saw a guy with a tattoo on his neck that said ron paul revolution. behind him when you go to some of the afternoon events. >> heather: wasnt it a fake tattoo. >> molly: it could have been legit. >> heather: what about in terms of organization strength? is it ron paul? >> molly: according to one of professors weve spoken with andy smith, one of professors, he is second in or...