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Of course, i support the blunt amendment. i thought he was talking about some state law that prevented people from getting contraception. so i was simply misunderstood the question and, of course, i support the blunt amendment. >> letting your boss decide if you can have contraception or not, seriously? that's my position? okay. yeah. that's what i'm for. are you sure? in 2012, the blunt amendment was defeated in the senate. it got votes from every single republican senator in the senate except for one. even seemingly moderate republicans like old scott brown got behind that effort to allow em...

Requires insurance companies to cover prescription birth control. can we go on and on? so, what, fiction? does he know what he's talking about? maybe he just doesn't understand. well, the blunt amendment. maybe he forgot that one. that's when senator roy blunt wanted to allow employers to refuse nip kind of health care service for moral reasons. this is fact, not fiction. or maybe he thinks all women gets previous pay since president obama signed the lilly lead better act. rights are not equal at the executive level. male chief financial officers earn 16.3% more than their female counterparts....

In the buckeye state there. new jersey governor chris christie will join him for a rally at cleveland state. quinnipiac poll out this morning shows the race in ohio is tight. santorum leads romney, among likely republican voters, 35/31, gingrich sitting at 17. our new nbc/marist poll this sunday on meet the press. rick santorum stumps in ohio today as well, but made a detour yesterday to newt's home state, georgia, another super tuesday state, where he blasted romney on the blunt amendment. >> we saw an insight into what's in the gut of governor romney. his knee-jerk reaction was, no, i can't ...

Just to give you an idea we're already above average in terms of tornados. we saw over 80 reports of tornados in january. more than average on february. then as we head, march, april, may, may is the busiest month for tornados. already above average. because we've had such a crazy winter with spring-like temperatures, i have a feeling this could be a harbinger of things to come unfortunately. jenna: stay close and we'll get the updates, janice as they come in. thanks so much. >> you bet. jon: a fox news alert and right now in the u.s. senate they are voting on the so-called blunt amendment, so...

Pretty confusing way. >> my reading of the transcript, jon, he was asked if he support the blunt bills which bans contraception. that phrasing is inaccurate. the blunt bill does not, it is blunt-rubio amendment for one thing. so there wasn't a exactly a bill. but it doesn't ban contraception. already described in the previous piece that you presented accurately. and so romney was presented with a question where either a yes or no answer would have involved him in a contradiction of a stand he previously had taken. on one hand he had supported the blunt amendment and campaign reiterated his sup...