freedom caucus, tweeting the following the irony is that the freedom caucus, which is very pro-life and against planned parenthood allows planned parenthood to continue if they stop this plan. beyond that we ve just now heard from planned parenthood speaking out on this topic. they just sent us a message. they said in part while the president tweets and plays politics, we re busy fighting to save health care that one in five women rely on right now. so there s some of the politics that continues on the health care issue. but more broadly what s been striking here, ali, you were talking about the conversation president trump had with some of those individuals as he was talking about their moving forward, authorizing the permit for the keystone pipeline. he was peppered with questions by reporters about health care. he wouldn t commit either way whether it would succeed or fail today or what would happen going forward if it does fail. he says we will see what will happen. paul ryan said
ago. and iran claiming several warships are moving toward the war time borders. the agency quoting an admiral saying this is intended ed ted a message. but a senior member saying this is an announcement, into the deployment. and tehran is seeing growing division in its leadership. lawmakers angered over rue than that i s decision to halt a missile test. hard liners in iran are at odds are rouhani over the outreach where the west. conor powell has more on this. reporter: president rouhani was elected last year to shake things up in tehran, but hard line conservatives there are pushing back against the changes. there is a ongoing fight in tehran about the future of iran. and rouhani comes from the conservative element camp in iran, but he also is viewed internationally as a pragmatist,
off on the shams when they do. what do you make of the possibility that we could look at something that is very like what we saw last year, the trigger being not spending cuts this time but tax hikes, will it make a difference? it will be a disaster. here is what will happen. they push off the spending cuts until next year, when they start talking about it next year they will say push it off until after the election. then we are talking about another year where they don t do anything and the storms will get nervous, the financial markets will be nervous and that could be good if the markets started silling off to send washington a message, you are messing with the economy and playing games and playing chicken with the economy. i m concerned if we get a deal the market will sell off because it will be tax hikes, it will be spending cuts, nothing to
lawless border between afghanistan and pakistan. this is where the war has played out for the good part of 10 years. on the western edge the border with iran. still a strategic part of the world where u.s. interests are still at risk and in play today. five minutes past of the hour now. patti ann: turning to the race for the white house and what could be the defining day for the republican candidates. voting is underway in a pair of deep south states, alabama and mississippi. let s take a live look at a polling site in mobile. mitt romney looking to make a breakthrough with southern voters. newt gingrich in desperate need of another win. i think that three years ago we sent to washington a message. i think it is time to send a president to washington who can fix things in this country. i want to tell you it is a very, very close. we think we have a good chance to win both states. patti ann: rick santorum
a message. they re ready for a problem solver. not another politician. they re ready for solutions. not more speeches. that s what the united states of america, the people are ready for! send washington a message! herman cain obviously bringing the crowd to its feet, echoing tea party rhetoric and sentiments about looking for somebody outside washington who hate been part of the entrenched establishment who can bring a new conservative and original founding constitutional principles back into the white house and into american politics. today we heard from some but not all of the candidates. in fact, mitt romney and rick perry were here for several days. they ve already moved on to michigan where there is a big gop gathering taking place on mackinaw island. earlier today, we heard from rick santorum and newt gingrich and john hunts beman. michelle bachman passed on an opportunity to speak to the