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from the presidential election and at a turning point in the campaign. considered a boxing match, today was the day political equivalent of when the referee brings the fighters into the middle and says, shake hands, come out fighting. the president phoned mitt romney congratulating him on clinching the republican nomination. governor romney went over the top in delegates last night. both campaigns described the conversation as cordial and brief. gloria borger is here as we start the conversation. i want to start over to the magic wall for a minute. why was the conversation brief. a l...

Holding their conventions in utah. incumbent senator orrin hatch would have received the outright nomination as the republican candidate if he received 60% or more of the vote at today's gop convention, meaning he could skip the primary all together. well that, did not happen. however, it was extremely close. he took 59.2% of the vote. which means the 78-year-old law maker must now square off against this man, former state senator, who is 37 years old, about the i way. ten candidates vying for the seat. hatch is currently the second longest serving u.s. senator. he was hoping to snatch up his ...

in november. roll it. >> he wasn't want to share his real plans before the election, either with the public or the press. by flexibility, he means what the american public won't know won't hurt him. his intent is on hiding. you and i are going to have to do the seeking. >> what did i count, twice that reference to the speech? >> yes. and in many ways what we saw from mitt romney is he's really trying to go to these journalists and look at his promises and his policies and see what they match up. you know what else is interesting? i'm sure the blog sphere is going to blow up, he took ...

on a strong showing in tuesday's mississippi and alabama primaries, and he's still going after mitt romney, this time in reference to gas prices. >> the president seems to suggest to you just like dr. chu. dr. chu is the secretary of anti-energy. to be honest, he said that before he became secretary that he wanted americans to pay european levels of $9 or $10 a gallon. so last week -- give him credit for being honest. last week he testified in the house, and somebody from mississippi actually, said to him, gas prices are really hurting people. what are you going to do to lower gas pr...

Washington, the announcement from congresswoman gabrielle giffords, the wounded arizona representative saying she's resigning from congress. hello, i'm gregg jarrett. >> heather: i'm heather childers. arizona law maker posting a mechanic on twitter and release ago video to her constituents, saying she's stepping down this week deciding she needs to spend more time recovering from injuries suffered in a tragic shooting in tucson last january. steve has the very latest. >> congresswoman giffords is being praised tonight by her colleagues as a courageous and dedicated public servant who survived ...