>> but close in my heart, will. we get right to our "starting point" this morning which is the race and what happened. it could have gone any way. literally, this would go any way. it was a very tighten race but in the end it was former senator rick santorum who came out with two big wins last night. narrow victories in alabama and mississippi. mitt romney won hawaii and the american is a ho american issamoas. >> the time is now for conservatives to pull together. the time is now to make sure, to make sure that we have the best chance to win this election and the best chance to win this election is to nominate a conservative to go up against barack obama. >> yeah. but the math doesn't work out. in the race for delegate, santorum still trails mitt romney by, you know, literally half. gingrich is in third place with 139 delegates. despite not taking home a single win last night, he is not taking he's sites off of tampa, listen. >> i i'm emphasize going to tam because one of the things tonight proved is that the elite media's effort to convince the nation that mitt romney is inevitab inevitable just collapsed. >> the daily campaign manager for newt gingrich. nice to have you. welcome to our panel this morning. we'll get going with your analysis of the results. you had actually looked like you were doing well in the polls and it didn't go your way. what happened this. >> well, we worked very hard to win those states. we would have preferred to come out on top but congrat ligss to rick santorum. it was a close race. it was only a couple of points but doesn't change the underlying dynamic of this race. that is prks it's a three-person race. what comes away with last night's results and last several campaign results is that mitt romney cannot force his nomination. nobody is going to have the math to win this nomination before the convention in tampa and i think mitt romney is facing a prospect that he's going to go to a convention where two out of three delegates want a conservative to lead a con zf tive party. massachusetts moderate is not going to have, in that situation, a great case to make to lead a conservative party. >> is that accurate? >> no, he can reach the 1144 that he needs before the convention. i guess my question is last night speaker gingrich said he was happy with second place, butty in race you got to win to justify going on. i wonder how the gingrich campaign makes hay out of two-second -- or second place finishes last year. >> what is the strategy there? >> we have a three-point dynamic. this is not foray again in 1976. we have a three-way race, wedyn. when people come to realize that mitt romney is not going to be able to win this thing were before the convention, people are going to want to have a debate in the conservative room in the party between gingrich and santorum. santorum was in leadership in the senate in 2 how 1-2006. gingrich was part of the reason that the republican party had a tors defeat. he set the stage for nancy pelosi, harry reid and eventual election of barack obama. he took the balanced budgets and turned them into deficits. spending bing in the 2000s and it hurt the republican party. some of santorum's strongest supporters in 2006 saying the washington republican, good rinse. he's coming back to the republican party asking for a mulligan. >> soledad, you asked what's the strategy. we heard it now from vince. we heard it from newt gingrich last night. in the paper this morning there's their chairman bob walker saying the goal is to deny romney the election. if that is the goal that you recognize you can't get to the number of delegates needed to win the nomination and your goal is to become just to deny mitt romney. what do you hope happens at the convention. what is your goal in that hall at the kol tension? >> the goal, the strategy is to win. >> do you think you can win a brokered son ven eed convention? but you go in that hall and you win a brokered to convention? >> we have a long way too go until june. also a big choice now for which the republican party stands. the candidate who makes the best change, the person who can change washington and the person who finishes strong is going to win this election. you have to convince the candidate. you have to be barack obama and you are to bring change. newt gingrich is the only candidate in this race who has demonstrated he can change washington. rick santorum republicans had the worst election defeat since watergate in 2006. big spending record, in balanced budgets, increased the national deficit 12%. that's a big debate in this party. >> i see it as two fronts. either the role is to be a spoiler, just like sure that mitt romney does not win, or the role is to win the brokered convention. is that what you're saying. or do you think that newt gingrich will? >> it's a dynamic. >> it's a yes or no question. he'll me. >> you can win a debate in the course of this campaign and if you starting to collect that newt gingrich is the best candidate to change washington, you're going to have momentum and you're going go so the convention with a -- with quite a number of delegates and the national majority behind you to win that convention. >> catherine crier. >> catherine crier here. a comment that gingrich made that i was intrigued by. that is the possibility of pairing between gingrich and santorum and maybe we declare this early on and rally those conservatives. but he even suggested, oh, we can argue about who is on top later on. it's hard for he to imagine gingrich concede that position. but is that actually a suggestion that gingrich would consider a second spot if santorum would bring him onboard to rally the conservatives romney? >> march 24th is louisiana. that's at the halfway point of this campaign. it is so premature to talk in any way like this. the republican party, the voters of the republican party are making -- they're looking at delegates. excuse me, they're looking at candidates and the case for change. we're to the going to have an endless discussion for the delegate math in the next six weeks. >> no, i think we might, actually. >> no, the best case for change. and for republican voters and conservative voters they want to know who has the best chance for change. >> we're crunching the numbers on the dell gaits and at this point it is not in your favor an the math doesn't seem to work out in your favor as well. thank you. >> thank you. let get to other headlines making news. good morning. >> good morning. a developing story in northern japan. under a tsunami watch after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake. it happened in the same region over a year ago triggering a disaster in fukushima. no immediate reports of damage. it was located in the pacific ocean. tsunami warning for the region has been issued with the possibility of waves approaching two feet. new overnight, a roadside bomb exploding in afghanistan killing eight people as defense secretary leon a nell a arrives in the same province unan nunsed to try to diffuse the crisis. a fury over a massacre of mostly women and children and civilians. the questions being asked this morning was that accused soldier drunk when we went on that ram pain? military investigators now awaiting toxicology results to determine whether alcohol might have played a role in the attack that killed 16 afghan civilians. shu officials say alcohol was found in his living quarters. a bus accident in switzerland is a tragic day. 28 people, most of them children, were killed when a bus they were riding in slammed into a tunnel wall in switzerland. the 46 children and 6 adults were returning from a school ski trip. belgium used two military planes to take parents to see their injured kids. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. prime minister david cameron and president obama is holding high level talks today. expected to discuss the upcoming nato and iran and the global economy on the agenda. tonight they will attend a state dinner honor of the british leader. prime minister cameron got a chance to experience something uniquely american last night. ncaa basketball game, complete with hot dogs. president obama bringing the british leader to ohio for a front review. mr. cameron promising to return the favor some day. >> minister cameron, talk to me. this is your first time. >> very first time at a basketball game. >> what do you make of the experience so far? >> i'm enjoying it. it's pretty fast and furious. it's hard to follow exactly who has done what wrong. >> was ore president helping? >> he's giving me tips. helping me fill out my bracket. >> and he's going to teach me cricket because i don't understand what's going on with that game. >> the president's pick for the final four. kentucky, ohio state, missouri, and north carolina. >> i don't really get basketball, you don't really get cricket. we can come together. oh, my goodness. all right. christine, thank you. still ahead this morning on "starting point," no budget, no pay. that's a bill that coulds for members of congress to give up their paychecks if they don't do their jobs. we're going to talk to the bipartisan team that's behind it. also, our "get real" this morning. who exactly invited these guys. a band shocks a school assembly on bullying with an anti-gay message. freaking out the principal and everybody else. you're watching "starting point." for fastidious librarian emily skinner, each day was fueled by thorough preparation for events to come. well somewhere along the way, emily went right on living. but you see, with the help of her raymond james financial advisor, she had planned for every eventuality. ...which meant she continued to have the means to live on... ...even at the ripe old age of 187. life well planned. see what a raymond james advisor can do for you. ♪ ♪ one, two, three, four ♪ you say ♪ flip it over and replay ♪ we'll make everything okay ♪ walk together the right way ♪ do, do, do, do ♪ the smile on your face lets me know that you need me ♪ ♪ there's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me ♪ ♪ the touch of ♪ ♪ >> that's alison krauss. "when you say nothing at all." that's congressman jim cooper's play list, joining us this morning. you can see our entire play list on our website at cnn.com/startingpoint. nothing has been played of mine yet. if you talk about congress people, $174,000 a year is what you get as a paycheck. it's minimum that you make if you work in congress. that's a time when congress' approval rating among american is at an all-time low. i believe it's at 9%. it was 10%. down to 9% now. this morning though we are hearing there are hearings in congress to change that, no budget no, pay bill. cut off paychecks for members of congress if they can't pass a budget by the fiscal end of the year. they haven't passed a budget since 2009. latest idea from the group called no labels and has bipartisby par bipartisan support. bill cooper proposed the house version bill. he and tom davis from virginia are co-founders of no labels. they're going or testifying at a hearing today. c good morning. congressman davis, nice to see you. you had a chance to come visit with us. i know what is behind the bill is a frustration. and i'll get to that in a moment. first, i want you to walk me through the specifics of the bill that's proposed. >> all we do is to say that congress has to pass its budgets and appropriation bills on time. and on time means by the beginning at fiscal year which is october 1st every year. congress has largely failed to do this in the past. we think it's high time that congress did its job this year. >> or what? >> or congress would not be paid. and the signs are that congress could, you know, be a few days late or even a week late but i think eventually congress would do the job on time and congress would want to get paid. >> congressman davis, 34 in the house, 36 in the senate. several hundred people have a vested interest in the bill who may not be so inclined to sign on. what's the likelihood a bill leak this would pass? >> it's got a hearing in the senate. i suspect there will be hearings in the house at this point. look, the key here -- congress has not passed the appropriation bills on time since 1996. that means the government agencies can't start doing their work because they didn't know what budget they're going to have for the year. means contracts aren't let, people aren't hired, innovations don't take place. this is borne out of frustration. the senate passed a resolution last year that said if there was a shut down senators wouldn't get paid. i think there's a frustration among the members that they want to get this stuff done. they just want been able to do it. a year ago it was may before you got the appropriation bills done for a fiscal year that started october 1 sglst catherine, is this legal? >> sure. governors have done this and it's occurred in state houses. absolutely the ledgislature should do it and they should do other things this organization is talking about. the notion that we're not getting a five-day workweek. the notion these guys can show up on a tuesday afternoon and go home on the thursday afternoon and get the kind of recesses they get. >> you're talking about insider trading? >> insider trading and we won't bet into the manipulation of rules and the processes but i think this is a great step. if you can get a bipartisan passage of this, that would be extraordinary but we've got to do something because they're stalemating the entire process. >> ultimately i'm sure this is about frustration and trying to stave off the public frustration with this system. internally frustration in congress as well? you must be i'm bembarrassed by the approval ratings. >> what this bill is about is about aligning interests. today there are some members of congress who benefit from these delays. we want to make sure that no one benefits. >> they get publicity and publicity in politics is like gold. some are able to favor certain special interests without having a cut taking place as soon as it would have. there are other ways to manipulate our system. everyone back home understands if you don't do the work, you can't get people. >> medium net worth of a congress person is just under a million dollars. do you think really ultimately withholding a salary at the end of the day is going to be a huge disincentive to sit around and basically run to open mikes and run to press conferences? >> i've been out for three years. retired undefeated, unindicted. just happy to get -- >> we love when you say that, by the way. tremendous frustration among rank in file members who come to washington to get things done only to find out they don't get the choices they want on this. i think the theory behind this is, if the members are saying let's get on on time. they will prevail on the leaders to get the vote. >> why not add the word balanced to the board budget, too. and then you get your pay. >> baby steps. baby steps. >> never get paid. >> don't go crazy. all right. nice to see you. we're going to follow up and see how this goes when you do your testifying today. still ahead on "starting point," dick cheney is not going to be visiting canada any time soon. he says it's too dangerous rnts and a get real band blind sides a school where they've been inexcited by an assembly that went a little bit off the rails. you're watching "starting point."ne you are in, you are in, managing expenses seems to... get in the way. not anymore. ink, the small business card from chase introduces jot an on-the-go expense app made exclusively for ink customers. custom categorize your expenses anywhere. save time and get back to what you love. the latest innovation. only for ink customers. learn more at chase.com/ink in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter jobs on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initiate, bill, and track work in real time. you can't live under a dome in minnesota, that's why there's guys like me. [ male announcer ] it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. ♪ okay. our "get get real" could be called welcome to crazy town. high school assembly that went off the rails. here's a little bit of how it went. >> disney movies, okay? they used him in a lot of sound tracks. how many of you have seen "the lion king." so you noel on the john. this is moral standard of little kids. influence our kids. there's nothing wrong with going to bed with somebody of your own sex. i think people should be free with sex. they should draw the line with goats. s that where they stop. is that a good moral standard? would you allow your son or daughter to spend the night at elton's house? >> well, it goes on from there. this is an assembly that was supposed to be about bullying and making good choices at an iowa high school. kind of spiraled into -- they talk about goats he was talking about there, and gay bashing. the school invited a band junkyard prophet, paurt of a minnesota non-profit group called you can run but you can't hide. listed as a hate group by the southern pav verity law center. he was telling the kids that gay men die by the age of 42. divided the students up into girls and boys, told the girls that, quote, they'll have on their wedding dress fess they're not virgins before marriage and your kid has been sent to the school assembly had pictures of aborted fetuses, the band was showing the kids, the students who walked out were basically shouted at and the superintendent apologized saying that this was not the plan, that the group was supposed to be talking about bullying and respecting people and now he has a second -- a second assembly where they basically said they had to talk to the kids and, you know, making counseling available actually and try to get back the money from the band which you heard very little playing and lots of just weirdness. if i were a parent an a bandied anything other than like get up and give -- >> sing a song. >> right, you're right. i believe the limit should go, here's a song, here's another. time for gym class. cumbayah. time to go. i -- i -- >> i'm very up comfortable with this. i don't care what side of the fence you're on. it's not an appropriate place. that's not what you do. and it's much more that sense that we are so divided, that a group would even think about coming in and a large portion accept this as an appropriate conversation in a classroom. >> you know what's very strange, too, is there are obviously administrators, in the end they thought it was strange. no one jumped up and said, whoa, whoa, stop, pell low. assembly dismissed. that is what i thought it was a little bit strange. like it kind of just went on. >> yeah. less worrisome about the message per se, if you're a parent and that's the message you want to deliver to your kid, absolutely. >> but anti-pulleying message, wouldn't it be nice to vet the group and have an idea of what they're going to say. >> the superintendent said he was very surprised. he said, the other schools did not mention this. "starting point," earlier this week we talked about that flight at 2e7bd can't screaming about a plane crash, apparently having a mental breakdown on the job. now the 911 tapes are out. listen. >> it looks like they're fis clay restraining a flight attendant. >> fissionically restraining a flight attendant? >> yeah, she's lost it. >> yeah, no truer words were ever spoken. we're going to have more about those tapes coming up this morning. rick santorum riding high after sweeping the deep south. we leave you with brett's play list, chicago. i'm walt gale, i worked at the colorado springs mail processing plant for 22 years. we processed on a given day about a million pieces of mail. checks, newspapers, bills. a lot