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Preparing buying salt shovels. >> good morning. >> good morning, everybody. it is freezing i nee bottle to get through cold the storm tomorrow, right now it is -- >> well it is pretty early, he so a it empty parking lot the moment, but we are right in the center of where we expect, to days rush to be focused weve got home depot, and weve got grocery store here milk and bread time -- expecting here in mass upwards of 12 to 18 inches of snow, so it that is time for new englanders again omit shelve...

Weve seen areas of the interstate that are right now clear but there will be a watch where it gets real deep. you have to turn around. its not worth doing it. we are in the process of closing all the interstates around the columbia area, thats changing literally as we go. its not good to get outside. well have another meeting and conference call again at 5:00. ill be heavily encouraging county office to close tomorrow which automatically well suggest schools close and the main reason far is this...

Deep. youre going to have to turn around. its not worth doing it. were in the process of closing all of the interstates around the columbia area. thats changing literally as we go. it is not good to get outside. you will see, were going to have another meeting and conference call at 5:00. im going to be heavily encouraging county offices to close tomorrow, which automatically were going to suggest that schools close and the main reason for that is, this is not going to clear up until at least tu...

Away. its not worth doing. were in the process of closing all the interstates around the columbia area that is changing let early as we go. it is not good to get outside. we will have another meeting and conference call again at 5:00. ill be 4heavily encouraging county offices to close tomorrow which automatically well suggest that schools close. and the main reason for that is this is not going to clear up until at least tuesday or wednesday. so what we need from a state perspective is give us ...

Government on that but he stuck to his guns. >> our whole economy from a state perspective is driven by consumer confidence and right now thats high because people know that were not going to raise taxes and were going to keep this state pro-growth and friendly to business coming in, investing and creating new jobs. >> this is a conversation we have a lot on this show because investing has just been a bad word to use lately. what if you did think of your tax money, whatever amount that is, as an...

If you look at a more domesc level, the democracies, the laboratories of federalism here, what you see is texas isnt alone. chief executive writes of the top ten states for economic growth or where they like to locates their business, it is not just texas, it is indiana, states across the south. theyre led by people and this will sound partisan, the republicans are pursuing the policies like low taxes and low regulation. >> youre from texas where there is no state or income tax as we talked abou...

Because he really didnt understand and couldnt relate to how important what he was saying was, where he was and what was the message he was trying to deliver back home. the key thing to say, though, for governor romney and goes to something the general was talking about, were war weary in this country. he may try to sound muscular and tough but america said we dont want saber rattling but engage differently in the world with president obama and i think what ill listen for and the democrats liste...

Now and not put it off for the next term. >> i hope our government reaches the same conclusion in washington as we have done here. stop the bad spending. get it under control right now. >> do you guys agree with that? >> yes. >> my god! we have something you all agree on! >> i have to run my home by a checkbook and the state and federal government should do the same thing. >> you agree? >> i dont know how it should be done but we have to spend -- >> everybody manages their own finances at home. ...

America is still competitive when it comes to our education system. america ranks like 14th in the world when it comes to education. >> governor hickenlooper, you were a mayor and on the front lines of the local level, now getting a state perspective. what is the difference from where you stand as a governor versus a mayor dealing with education standards? >> certainly, as a governor, you can help a lot more kids a lot faster. when i first got elected mayor, i promised in a campaign speech i wou...

im mitt romney. i believe in america. and im running for president. >> romney made his big announcement on a sunny farm but his speech was heavy on the gloom and doom, a long series of attacks on president obama whom romney repeatedly accused of thinking like a european. were joined now by long time new hampshire conservative activist lafontaine and romney media adviser russ reefer. im going to start with you. you are one of his top campaign strategists. i was interested in the tone of...