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critic who was murdered in the heart of that city just this weekend. we'll have more on that for you as it develops. >> in washington all eyes will be on john boehner. that after friday night's startling defeat by members of his own party. could there be a play to remove boehner as speaker of the house as early as this week? just confirmed. february now in the books. it has been a record breaking month for the city of denver. they have gotten 22.4 inches of snow. that's the snowiest month on record. that's coming up. we begin this morning with the results of the cpac straw poll. the ...

winds. meanwhile in the atlantic, the squalls of tropical storm leslie are approaching bermuda. a tropical warning is in effect there. winds are 65-mile-an-hour with higher gusts. it will likely regain hurricane status in the next day or two. let's get to the ground in new york. weather channel's reynolds wolf is live in coney island. what are the conditions like there? >> reporter: well, i'll tell you what, it's been a very interesting morning, alex. we had moments when the sun was out, it was spectacular. we had a band of shower activity that came through. we had torrential downpou...

>> the center piece of my opponent's entire economic plan is not only to extend the bush tax cuts, but then to add a new $5 trillion tax cut on top of it. [ booing ] but under this plan, guess who gets the bill for these tax cuts? you do. and you don't have to take my word for it. >> yeah, you don't have to take his word for it. take the word of the nonpartisan tax policy center. their report out today estimates that romney's tax plan would raise taxes on middle class families by $2,000. and what does that pay for? drum roll, please. an $87,000 tax break for millionaires. well, how a...

pennsylvania governor ed rendell now an nbc news political analyst. and jared bernstein msnbc contributor and former chief economist for vice president joe biden. first, thank you both for being here tonight. >> thank you. >> my pleasure. >> governor rendell, let me start with you. how damaging is this news for mr. romney? the fact that he'd raise taxes on the middle class. how damaging is that? >> i think it's significantly damaging, because the whole republican mantra has been we're the party that's going to cut your taxes. in fact, they blame president obama for raising your taxes...

williams last night. >> in the short time you've been here in london, do they look ready to your experienced eye? >> it's hard to know how well it will turn out. there were a few things that were disconcerting, the stories about the private security firm not having enough people, the supposed strike of the immigration and customs officials. that, obviously, is not something which is encouraging. >> wrong answer. i mean, not wrong exactly, i think he's probably right in the substance, legitimate concerns raised about security, organization, all of that, but wrong answer when the purpo...