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China has rare earth materials inside their country. they have a corner on it. they have 97% of the all the rare earth minerals out there. they make it tough for other people to get access to it by changing taxes they have on exports for these materials. that makes thing very difficult for the rest of us who want to make devices like your cell phone or your flat screen television. that is one of the reasons why they also keep their products keeper -- cheaper than when we make them. the president alongwith the e.u. and japan filed this trade case because they want china to trade their policy on...

And because of subsidies from foreign governments, some of their foreign competitors are selling products at an artificially low price. that needs to stop. this morning we're taking an additional step forward. we're bringing a new trade case against china and we're bring joined by japan and some european allies. this case involves something called rare earth materials, which are used by american manufacturers to make high-tech products, like advanced batteries that power everything from hybrid cars to cell phones. we want our companies building those products right here in america, but to do t...

gunning down 16 afghan men, women and children but the u.s. commander of multinational forces promises a full investigation by u.s. military authorities under u.s. law. and the u.s. defense secretary says that the death penalty is a possibility. leon panetta is in afghanistan now. all u.s. forces pass through there when they leave and enter afghanistan and told reporters and i told, war is hell and terrible events like this one on sunday are going to take place. we'll get live reports from the pentagon and the afghan capital moments from now. super tuesday, it's not not. what hap...

trucks, to pluck people from their homes and their cars. a bus filled with middle school students got stuck in four feet of water. more than 20 inches of rain came down in some areas. >> it's more than we bargained for. we even had some local citizens that volunteered with their boats and came help do some rescues. >> there's still a flood warning for lafayette parish today. and the republican presidential candidates fighting for southern support. voting underway in the alabama and mississippi primaries. shannon travis at a polling place in ocean springs, mississippi. shannon, good...

Lawmakers and union groups are urging president obama to restrict imports of auto parts from china. their claim, china's exports of auto parts which have jumped during the past decade are driven by illegal chinese government subsidies. the manufacturing belt of the midwest is at risk unless something is done and it is on the desk of the president. i'm joined tonight by leo gerard, international president of the steel workers. good to have you with us tonight. the steel workers, i understand, have filed a petition against these chinese trade policies. tell us about it. where are we right now? >...