washington journal is next. ♪ good morning, it is saturday, debbie were a 6, 2016. we have three days to go until the new hampshire primary. we are once again taking our viewers up to new hampshire -- manchester, new hampshire to talk about gop debate tonight. before we do that, with new hampshire representing the first chance for underplayed -- under cleared -- undeclared voters. whether you are satisfied with the current field of presidential candidate. could you see yourself supporting any of the major party

the headline that we showed our viewers earlier in the washington post, in the undecideds easily can become the dieders. a -- the deciders. >> the power is there. >> let's go to john in rio rancho, new mexico, line for republicans. john, good morning. >> yes. thought.d one basic and that is, first, thank you for c-span. i love c-span. i watch every morning, as long as it's been on the air. countryonnected to the through c-span. but living out west here, our votes don't count. over withs will be before new mexico gets to voice their opinion. allwe're not anything like those farmers in iowa. and we're not anything like all theredical liberals over in new hampshire. and you could set me on fire and forwouldn't get me to vote any of the democratic candidates, because i feel like the party left me. republican this time. democrat all my life. my mother, grandparents on that side of the family as well. are a white person -- and i'm going to play the race card -- it is impossible to find a job today. this is something that's just not being addressed. allwe've gone so far with of the groups,

people to rein in washington. my view is that movement will keep growing and growing. one of two things is going to happen, either congress will finally listen and send term a minute to the states for ratification, where we will see a movement in the states. one are the other, we will get it done. yes? hold on one second for the microphone. >> what is your plan for improving the infrastructure of america, including roads, bridges? whenever going to get the work on the ground in america? ted cruz: terrific question. one of the problems we have right now is taxpayers send money to washington. it goes into a black hole. i talked before about the 10th amendment. h amendment is what keeps decision-making close to the people. , for example, you talked about roads and bridges. there is no reason why the federal government should decide what roads and bridges to build in the state of new hampshire. [applause] , theght to take that money transportation money, and block credit back to the states and allow the people of new

think you know and it's a rejection of the status quo and against washington, always, a winner, as well as personality. so we'll see how that has sustained it going forward. and the people are forward. is really al process important and hopefully people which still listin to the debate. and the people will win because heir priorities are now become hopefully the priorities. but when you see what is , false g in flint economies increase the deficit nd for our children. indiscernible] ms. pelosi: we did very well on the bill in terms. and national institutes of health. falking about the c.d.c. and isease for well-being of the american people. education and education is the same committee and the same budget. ofs not a committee question budget. they will be allocated. and the question is how they are allocated and we hope to have a smooth process. and we saw our bipartisan agreement set us on. and i hope we aren't going to spend in the way of progress of getting the job done. i was curious twha the republicans would be sergeanting this over and over. reporter: you sounded optimistic that

are found in our homes, in our communities, and it is in our government, at the state evel, not in washington, d.c. [applause] for the first time in eight years, you will have a president that follows the constitution. in my first moment in office, i will cancel every single one of barack obama's unconstitutional executive orders. every one of them. [applause] president, aree going to have a president that embraces a free economy. free enterprise, my parents were not rich people -- my father was a bartender and my mother was a maid. the reason they had a job is because free enterprise works. someone who had the money risked and hired them. it's the only economic in the world where you can make poor people richer and you don't have to make rich people poorer. [applause] save freeing to enterprise. we are going to fix our tax code. back theseg to roll things that come out of the federal government. we are going to roll back social security. we are going to utilize the resources god has blessed us with an we are going to repeal and replace obamacare once and for all. [applause] when i'm presiden

the environmental movement didn't happen in washington. it happened because people said what is going on on this planet of ours? you can't destroy it. we have to protect the planet. you think about gay rights. if we were sitting here 10 years ago, and somebody said i think in 2015, gay marriage will be , the personstates next to him would have said what are you smoking? which raises another issue. [laughter] but the point is, when people at the grassroots start moving, and when they say this is not right, in this country people should have the right to love anyone they want regardless of their gender -- [applause] tremendous changes took place. ,ou go and talk to young people they shrug their shoulders and say what is the big deal? that is what a revolution is about. [applause] if we were here 40 years ago, somebody jumped up and said i enough,erica is mature it has gone far enough, overcoming racism, in 2008 we are going to elect an african-american as president, there a few people would have believed that can happen. but it did happen. [

washington is never going to have all the answers. for every problem that we face, somewhere, someone in america is solving it. we need you to be part of that exciting journey. we need the community activist who decides to run for school board. the entrepreneur who stays and builds instead of leaving a hometown that has seen better days. the millions of teachers, nurses, police officers, and firefighters who get up every day and do quiet, heroic work to make our country a safer place. it will take each of us working together, growing together, looking out for one another, and lifting each other up. there is a basic truth about america. it is something that bill and i have been the than officio race beneficiaries of, and can only hope to live up to. when each and every american has the chance to live up to your potential, too. when noif tomorrow, child grows up in the shadow of discrimination, or under the specter of deportation. every child in every zip code gets the education that he or she needs or deserves. child canere every find

you have the people speaking up to say they don't want washington to pick their candidates. they want a say. on the democratic side, bernie sanders has shown the people matter and the people can speak up and change the democratic establishment. hopefully that change is going forward and republicans elect someone sane. >> marco rubio won expectations. big win for ted cruz. can he keep that momentum in new hampshire? i'm not sure. hillary clinton may have won, but it would have been groundhog day all over for her in iowa although she won a tiny bit. donald trump is a loser today. >> maria. >> hillary clinton wins becoming the first woman to ever win an iowa caucus. bernie sanders did great. also a win. the democratic party wins. they are focusing on the issues that all americans care about. compared to republicans who will nominate somebody who is anti-woman or anti-latino. >> all right. ben. go. >> i'll say this. donald trump proves arrogance and cockiness does not win you the white house. ted cruz did better than anyone thought. marco rubio is a guy that has a little mo comi

press: i had heard rumors around washington that he might be thinking about it. so i went to see him in his office, and i said what do i hear? he told me he was thinking about it. this was 2014. he was only thinking about it in the sense that he had realized that the only way people will seriously take you seriously or take your issue seriously as if you run for president. you can be a senator and give speeches, and nobody pays attention. if you are a presidential candidate, there is an are about -- there is some or about that. he felt of these progressive issues that he talks about should be front and center in this 2016 presidential primary. somebody had to do it. if somebody else did it, fine, but if nobody else did it he was thinking he might do it. the other person at the time they thought, would be elizabeth warren. if elizabeth warren had run, i'm pretty confident to think that bernie sanders would have never run. bernie: did he ask your opinion on whether he should run? mr. press at the first meeting, : i suggest, i said if you are really serious, what yo

. >> good evening from washington. based on early exit poll numbers, hillary clinton on her way to a significant victory tonight. the polls have just closed. the only state holding a primary today is the democratic primary. this would be her second straight victory after a win in the nevada caucuses. we are in columbus, south carolina and we will show her victory speech. get your calls and comments about what this means for the democratic primary in senator sanders as he moves ahead. tuesday were super a significant portion of the delegates will be at stake. -- republican pollster frank issuing this tweet, black voters make up a bigger percent of the south carolina primary, more than 2008. keep in mind 2008, barack obama winning overwhelmingly in south hadlina and hillary clinton about 530,000 democratic votes in 2008. we will keep and i on today's results. -- we will keep an eye on today's results. hillary clinton winning the south carolina democratic primary. we will have the raw numbers as they come in with more cov

[applause] and it did not come from washington. washington despised ronald reagan. it started right here new hampshire in the granite state, 36 years ago. [applause] the media back then said there is no way this former governor of california could win. he is too conservative. the people of new hampshire will never support someone that actually believes this. and yet, the granite state shocked the pundits, shocked the pollsters. stood up, and because of the leadership of the men and women in this state, they gave america and the world 40 resident of the -- president of the united states, ronald wilson reagan. [applause] why am i so optimistic? because the same thing is happening again. all over this country, people are waking up. , how many of iowa you know the turnout numbers in iowa? on the pelican side, we saw a 50% -- republican side, we saw a 50% turnout, higher than any time in history with the iowa caucus. [applause] on the democratic side, they saw a decrease of 30% from 2008. [applause] curious, have any of you seen that covered on the new stations? almost m

when the washington lobbyists settled on other lobbyists in this race. when the media in one voice said a conservative cannot win, nationwide over 800,000 contributions poured in to tedcruz.org as courageous conservatives said, yes, we can. 800,000 contributions at tedcruz.org with an average contribution of $67. that is the power of the grassroots. but it's more than that. it's 12,000 volunteers here in the state of iowa. it's over 200,000 volunteers all across this great nation. you know, during the course of this campaign people have asked heidi and me are you tired? and i will admit it is 16, 18 hours a day, 6, 7 days a week. we are not tired at all. ♪ >> to the contrary, we are inspehred by each and every one of you. i leap out of bed every morning amazed that at a time when our country is in crisis, every one of us has the opportunity to stand and lead, that we have been put in a place of leadership. for such a time as this. >> all right, we're going to breakaway from ted cruz. there you see, hillary clinton and her husband and daughter. she's ab

an's >> "washington journal" is next. then, at 9:00 a.m. the house returns discussing a bill regarding sanctions on north korea. then, hillary clinton and senator bernie sanders are speaking at the minnesota democratic farmer labor party dinner. coming up in 45 minutes, a look at president obama's 2017 budget proposal. ineas.est is maya macgu >> we have to also be very clear. especially with young people about what kind of government is going to do what for them and what it will cost. clinton, youetary are not in the white house yet. and let us be clear, that every proposal i have introduced has been faithful. ♪ host: that was a little bit from the democratic debate in milwaukee. we want to get your reactions from the debate last night, but also, the entire debate schedule.

things i regret though is that i haven't been able to drain some of the rancor that exists here in washington. >> yeah, yeah. >> and, my rope is that, that as i am not on the ballot again, that i can contribute to getting people to step back for a moment and say we are on the same team here. >> every day i hear you put something in your pocket that was given to you. do you have anything in your pocket? i heard there is cool things in the president's pocket. >> i keep these charms that people have given me along the way they rotate. >> every day you have something. >> so, this is -- a little picture of the lady of guadalupe woman gave to me. she, she was imploring me to get immigration laws reformed. this its rosary bead from pope francis. >> i will take this. thank you. all right, we are going to leave. i know you have to go to the pebo. i have one more question, one more. because you are going through stress in terms of what people think of stress, job change, moving, first daughter going to college. which is most stressful for you. >> not even close. malia going off and leaving me. that wil

c-span, washington journal is next. then attorney general loretta lynch testifies in capitol hill about the justice department's 2017 budget request. at new we take you live to nashville, tennessee with ohio governor and republican presidential candidate john kasich. coming up on today's washington journal, green party presidential candidate jill stein talks about the issues central to her campaign. and the challenges she and other third-party candidates face in the general election. later, conservative blogger erick erickson discusses threats to religious freedom. ♪ host: good saturday morning to you. it is february 27 and we are talking politics. donald trump is solidifying his status as the front runner among republican presidential candidate at the receiving an endorsement from formal rival new jersey governor chris christie. there are heated battles going on for second place. senators ted cruz and marco rubio are ramping up their attacks as they position themselves as an alternative to the billion or. we are -- a

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"the washington post" join mess now. you want you to respond. he's been the subject of media coverage describing a cozy relationship with donald trump. he's been dismissing those criticisms. let's look at what he said about you on his show. >> "washington post" actually after our town hall meeting the other night when i eperred him with so many questions that i was attacked for interrupting too much actually said how dare they hold a town hall meeting where they don't ask him tough questions. e we asked tougher questions than our ket. tors ask who have the media writers and people have the audacity to ask if we're too close to donald trump. the answer is, no, we're not. >> he says he's been tough. you said he let him skate. >> i think that there is one of these it great situations where both sides can claim, look at this question, look at at that question. my point here is sort of a larger one. that is if you allow donald trump -- if youen gauge him only on social security, iraq, the issues and how he's going to unite the republican party, you'r

think of all the rules coming from washington, d.c. in the last 50 years. rule,u think of a single regulation, that we have repealed in the last 50 years? the last thing we repealed is ronald reagan repealed the 55 mile per hour national speed limit. we talked about we have to repeal obama care. the fcc rolled out 400 pages of rules over the internet. it is not helping us. the epa now controls 99% of the water in this nation. we saw how well that worked out for flint, michigan. the point is, ladies and gentlemen we have to start right , away. it is urgent work. we have to restore possibility for every american. we have to cut government down to size and hold the government responsible. we have to put citizens back in charge. that work starts on day one and must continue every day. your work starts on tuesday -- actually, it starts now. walk out of this room. talk to your friends and neighbors. new hampshire picks presidents. pick a president. your work begins in earnest on tuesday. you know. you feel it in your bones. this nation is at a pivotal crossroads.

brian: how many years have you been in washington now? since 1996. brian: how many years have you had your daily talk show? mr. press: 10 years. brian: where can people listen? mr. press: on any progressive radio station in the country, if they are lucky to have one. there are only maybe 50 total left in the entire country. we're there. they can listen to it online. billpressshowonline.com. we stream it, 6:00-9:00 a.m. eastern time. if people on the west coast are not up early, they can just go to the website, and listen to the podcast. they can pick up part of the show, one interview, or the whole three hours. by the way, in the archives, they can go back as long as we have been podcasting, at least a couple of years. 15,could listen to july 2013, for whatever reason if you wanted to. brian: you are older than bernie sanders? mr. press: by one year. [laughter] why would you ask that? brian: well, i am going to ask it that way. for this reason. why do you get up at 4:00 in the morning to do a 6:00 a.m. show, why do you stayed up late to be doing a sh

one middle school reported to be grabbed by a young white male walking to school first happening at washington and west might not far froma the grabbed her from behind . he punched her twice made a threatening comment she was able to escape. >> they heard her scream and saw eighth street. >> do believe that he struck about an hour and 15 minutes later andie oberlin and west eighth he followed the girl into the yardl exposing himself. >> the suspect made another attempt to grab a young girl at west 18th pinocchioat but far from hawthorne elementary. >> she says that her son texted her about the attack asking her to keep a close eye on his sisters. >> about taking no chances. >> was not surprised by the news n of what happened, she says that her 13-year-old cousinne and her friends were approached last month. >> someone tried to get them into the car, they screamed and cops came. >> police asking public the public to pay close attention to thehe description of a young white ng male mid 20s, to mid- 30s, 5 feet 10 inches -- 6 feet tall wearing a black hoodie jacket, dark jeans, dark clouds and a

his work is available online at washington post.com, thank you for being with us. ed: anytime. c-span's road to the white house coverage continues wednesday in new hampshire. john kasich speaks to the new hampshire business forum. bush at a townhall meeting in laconia. holds a town hall meeting in milford. if you are interested in the process it all happens in iowa and new hampshire. we have to cover the candidates where they are. a lot of people are interested in this election. our coverage is completely unfiltered. how they are trying to close the deal. a lot of attention on every nuance and every news story in every speech every ad. how are you trying to respond to those. in this day and age of social media and twitter the news cycle is constant. we are the one place that allows you to take a step back and watch it. you can get the analysis on other networks and you can certainly here viewer calls and what they are weighing in on the programming. we are the one place that allows you to see it as it happens. coming up on c-span, marco rubio in exeter new hampshire. ted cruz i

washington state right here sends it into over time. draws the foul. makes the bucket. and then, the buffs. come back big. business on the home floor. this was not the shot. i was looking for. >> . there was the foul. but george king. on the other end. sinks a huge 3. that was the foul. we have seen it. that put them up. well. anyway a great one in boulder going on. >> . rin the middle of a time when senior povertyt is increasing. republicans and some democratsp came up with a brilliant idea for cutting cost-of-living over our dead bodies as president, to extend the solvency of social security and expand benefits for people who desperately need them. i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. happened last week. you know who that is? that's keith hernandez. keith hernandez-- the baseball player? i just want to tell you what a big fan i am. i love your comedy. i was hoping to get a 13-week extension if that's possible. so, where have you been lookin' for work? vandalay industries. how about this shirt? is this ok? jerry, he's a guy. who are you talkin' about? keith,

on the one hand he is not a washington outsider whatsoever. that is the question we will see moving forward here, whether some of these newer politicians can make the most of their newfound support. host: in terms of moving forward , there may be some candidates who don't move forward. the lead editorial in "the new york times," the winnowing out of the candidates. continue ify not to they don't meet expectations or exceed them tonight in new hampshire? guest: the new york times endorsed john kasich and kasich has said if he does not do really well in new hampshire his campaign may be over. he, my chris christie and donald trump and others already have a public schedule out for south carolina and other stuffs around the country. they are maybe trying to telegraph that they are moving on from new hampshire one way or the other. host: beth is in north carolina, line for republicans. good morning. are you there? caller: yes i am. i am trying to get in to the conversation on tv. evidently i have been put through, is the c-span radio? host: you are

people look to washington and washington is living in a very different world. on top of all of that is the issue of fairness, the issue of a rigged economy, which essentially means people are working ordinary hours -- working hours for low wages. and there is the issue of wealth and power, which dictates what goes on in america. we have town meetings. the general feeling is there should be more equality. when they look at wall street what they see is a rigged economy. they see a corrupt campaign finance system. all wrapped up in wall street. what i can tell you from personal experience -- the banking committee, which became the financial committee. i was on the committee that dealt with the regulation of wall street. here is the reality that will not shock any american. wall street put billions of dollars in lobbying and campaign contributions into saying you have to get rid of these 1930's regulations. you have to allow commercial banks to merge with investor banks, to merge with large insurance companies. i didn't believe it for one second, not for one second

i'm joined by tracie potts live in washington. >> reporter: we're on the way to new hampshire and one thing we're learning new hampshire is not iowa. the numbers totally different there. donald trump with a double digit lead and on the other side, bernie sanders saying he's the underdog but that's not what the numbers show. hillary clinlt ton's last chance to take on sanders face to face. >> if this is about our record, hey, i'm going to win by a land slide tuesday. >> reporter: he's hammering clinton on her six figure speeches. >> i do not know any progressive who has a super pack and takes $15 million from wall street. >> reporter: her response. >> i don't know. that's what they offered. >> reporter: the leading republican, donald trump, is claiming he could have won iowa if cruz hadn't sent out false information that said carson was dropping out. >> you know these pall tishz oliticians are brutal. cookies. >> i wake up and laugh at the latest thing donald has tweeted >> reporter: rubio is a close number three here. >> ultimately i think it goes back to what i said before and that's

george washington did this. he brought in slaves to new york fromand washington, d.c., mount vernon and they served as the first in a sick staff to the unit dates president. -- they serve this the first domestic staff for the united states president. announcer: governor john kasich boat to volunteers for 10 minutes. [chanting] applause] >> run, john, run. governor kasich: listen, it gets down to the grass roots now. forarted as a kid running the legislature and i spent a lot of time in people's homes. we called them coffees. now we call them town halls here in new hampshire. we just finished our 100 last night. in doubt our 101st it will be with arnold schwarzenegger and he said, we will go all the way here. he is in terminator mode, just so you all know. listen, this is critical because every single vote matters. door a perfect day for knocking. i have worn out more shoes knocking on doors than anyone you can imagine but it is what makes a difference, because when people get that smile, that voter contacts, and

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. >> washington journal is life every day with news and policy issues. tomorrow, molly o'toole will join us to talk about obama's plan to close guantanamo bay. will talkegor skinner about the latest developments surrounding the zika virus. >> how can we get people to pay attention to wasteful spending? we tend to find things that are but theunderstand government is so large, organizations have to cut through the noise. congress talking about wonderful things they are doing. make it more personable so they understand the impact on them. shaftday night, thomas talks about his organization bringing attention to wasteful federal spending. compiles unauthorized government programs. >> we work with the coalition called the congressional pork busters coalition. they came up with the definition earmarks.ending, we started the big book. billion. year was $3 every year that we can find inmarks, we release the book april or may. next, marco rubio campaigns in georgia. then, john kasich stops by another state to take questions from voters in tennessee. leader, a ted

the guys in washington care about that. it varies not just from country to country, but state to state and even from melissa pahlavi -- they cannot do a lot about where they're located. these regulations could impact the man in a negative way. they can impact the way to execute projects. that try lot of people to mold those legislations to limit the potential to refiners. sometimes they are successful and sometimes they are not. also, making wise investment decisions to make compliance more cost-effective. demand and wet have seen a little bit of that from howard. obviously, the developing countries is where all the demand has been in the last 10 years. increased by the last 9.9% in that impacted the global recession in 20 -- 2009. almost 14 million barrels a day increased in the emerging economies. the developed economies lost 4.5 million barrels a day. 1.4 million barrels of that is the u.s.'s share. we have seen a bit of a change in the current low-price environment. the response to low prices. of the product demand grow

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washington state tonight. >> . and the rams was a big part of the rams win over pwoeuz sao e double over time in fort collins last night. 19. that was a big one. the win came with controversy. officials waived off a game winner by the broncos in the first over time. after timing the replay. with stopwatches. >> . the lucky fans at the super bowl this year. threw down some dollars. fans spent an a frpbg average of 87 bucks on food and drink. the stadium vendor wouldn't say which brand. was a 16 ounce 8 thousand wines by the glass. 25 dollars. just another reason to not drink wine at the game. >> i bought a diet pepsi and a pretzel. 18 bucks. >> . i contributed my part. seeing the broncos win. priceless. the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. he moved to vermont, won election and praise as one of america's best mayors. in congress, he stood up for working

life today on c-span, "washington journal" is next. then, at 10:00 a.m. eastern, senator bernie sanders. at 2:00, john kerry and colombian president santos hold a joint news conference. at 7:00 p.m. eastern, we bring you the new hampshire democratic party dinner with speeches i bernie sanders and hillary clinton. in 45 minutes, a history of the new hampshire primary with adam smith of the university of new hampshire and co-author of "the first primary." lambert 8:30 a.m., gary on his support for jeb bush. at 9:15, burt cohen on his support for bernie sanders. >> on your screen is manchester, new hampshire, the political center of the world this week. population 110,000. last night at the university of new hampshire a debate was held. bernie sanders and hillary clinton took part. one of the issues discussed was the definition of progressivism, what progressive means, and we want to hear from democrats only in this first section of "washington journal" this morning. democrats

in 1957 when dedicating the islamic center in washington d.c. president eisenhower said i should like to assure you my islamic friends that under the american constitution and in american hearts this place of worship is just as welcome as any other religion. [ applause ] and perhaps the most pertinent fact, muslim-americans enrich our lives today in every way. they're our neighbors and teachers who inspire our children. doctors who trust us with our health. future doctors like saba. they're scientist who's win nobel prizes. young that create new technology wez use all the time. they're the sports heroes we cheer for. like mohammed ali. one of the americans waving the red, white, and blue will be a fencing champion wearing her hijab in the next olympics. she is here today. stand up. come on. i told her to bring home the gold. not to put any pressure on you. muslim-americans, keep us safe. they're our police and our firefighters. they're in homeland security, in our intelligence community. they serve honorably in our armed forces, meaning they fig

we need that in washington, d.c. we need a balanced amendment in washington. i know how to do this because i did it as governor in florida. the reason we had reserves that were high was i had line item veto power, and i used it. 2500 separate times. enoe.called me veto corl corleone. legislators put line items in thembudget, and we called turkeys for some reason in florida. i would take that out of the budget and there was a sigh of i tried touse i said get it done, but the governor was the guy that did not let it happen. i would love to take that responsibility in washington. the next president should have power, to bring order and discipline to the budget. we did something no other state did, and now a few have done it. we eliminated lifetime employment protections for government is. but to makenitive, the point that government is the servant, not the master, of people. how can you be a servant if you have lifetime protections the matter what you do? we change that in florida. the government run is reduced by 13,000 workers. no one came close to that. we did

we get back $.81 when we sent a dollar to washington. it pushes us down the rising health care cost while ensuring people. those are the arguments new hampshire republicans need here. as we have made those arguments, that is why the spill has the bipartisan support it has enjoyed so far. >> 48,000 people looking at health care today, they were it very -- at very expensive costs. we look at someone who would pay for drug treatment. those are the kind of unwise investments we need to turn around and say what is most effective way to help a person, but also cost-effective. you need to renew this, democrats are 100% ready to vote today to renew. we appreciate the work. >> a nether issue looking more long-term, commuter rail. geographically from the lakes region, from the north country, i' m curious to know what you think about this issue. it would be a benefit to your constituents. >> it is a long way from any connection from where i come from. i think transportation is vitally important. we get people to the north country and the rest of th

i can track the temperature at 32 with the nbc washington app. cue the song birds. there is a song bird here. he stopped. no. okay. we've got a digital one for you. they are singing the song of, hey, the spring time is on the way. we'll have sunshine in and out. a gorgeous day to get out. layer up a little bit. we have signs of spring. scott took a picture of daffodils at his house. and look at these snowdrop flowers. they are up as well. you are probably seeing signs of spring in your own yard. back to you. >> thank you so much, tom. new, police just released video of a brutal attack in the district. you might find this video disturbing. it happened 11:00 tuesday night in front of the el nuevo restaurant and bar in columbia road in northwest. we're working to find out more about the victim who was violently kicked over and over again there as you can tell and hit and punched. he was taken to the hospital. attacker, who appears to be looking like what appears to be a football jersey, police would like to hear from you. >>> just four days before super tuesday is once

live in northwest washington, richard reeves. leon: thank you, rich. we will continue to follow that. in the meantime, we spend nearly 1/3 of our lives in bed, according to statistics, said he really know how well you sleep? alison: art -- our troubleshoote horace holmes looks into the mattress laws in our area as our i-team went undercover. >> i think i like this one. reporter: buying a mattress is one of the most important purchases we can make. after all, we spend nearly 200-3000 hours of our lives in bed. hours in bed. and boughtercover four mattresses at four different types of stores in the d.c. area, a furniture store at a mall in virginia, a neighborhood mattress store. >> this is a new mattress. >> an independent mattress salesperson working out of a warehouse. and a small furniture store in silver -- in silver springs. we were out to buy good mattresses, but is that what we got? this man works for the international sleep products association. take a newties mattress, so a new cover on don't sanitize it, sell it as new. reporter: so we hired c

i' m glad to see washington is beginning to recognize. disappointed -- they are continuing to revoke medicaid expansion. >> how likely is it you are going to face real opposition when it comes to expanding medicaid. certainly there is a group that doesn' t want anything to do with the affordable care act. there are others who say the horse is already out to the barn. >> i' m pleased we have a bipartisan new hampshire health protection program we enacted about two years ago. we did make progress to reauthorize expansion forward. i will continue to work with members of both parties. >> no mention of expanded gambling. >> i think we have had that debate and i think we need to focus on where we can continue to make progress together. i' two fiscally responsible budgets . we ended fiscal year 2015 with a surplus. we need to continue to move forward. one of the things on the opioid crisis, the legislature created a joint task force. they sent a group of bills to my desk. we still need action on expanding drug courts. funding and other prosecutor position in the department of justice to hel

washington dc council supporting a bill. it would give a check to the most violent centimetres to not commit crimes. is it award will bad behaviour. some >> reporter: it would offer a reward for not committing crimes. the amount is minimum at all compared to the cost of invitation. criminals. >> if you're a good person for your whole life you will never be rewarded. >> this is $9,000 a year and they learn to be good american citizens. i like it >>> our panel. a republican strategist and white house aid. a senior fellow at the independent women's forum. also a features editor at the nations mag zen >>> they're trying to do this. should cities pay violent criminals to not be violent? >> how do i get myself signed up for this. i'm a good citizen, i pay my taxes and volunteer. i'm responsible. i contribute to my community. hazard. >> reporter: is it true you're not getting money. when you think about it-- >> i work, so-- >> we invest in middle-class kids constantly. i suspect, i certainly have held fellow ships in my life, inter

abc's bazi kanani has the latest now from washington. good morning, bazi. >> reporter: good morning, phillip. good morning, reena. hillary clinton and bernie sanders appeared separately at that televised town hall last night where we may have gotten a preview of the points they'll try to make in their debate tonight. >> i think an objective assessment would say that there is more excitement and energy in our campaign. >> reporter: bernie sanders argues he is more electable than hillary clinton defends his plans to raise taxes to pay for universal health care. >> so we're going to pay a little more in taxes but you're no longer going to have to pay private health insurance premiums. >> reporter: and promises a progressive political revolution. >> we will raise the minimum wage. we will have health care for all people. >> it's very hard to see how any achievable. >> reporter: clinton fights back against sanders' charges she's a moderate not a progressive. >> i'm a progressive that likes to get things done. >> reporter: fielding questions a

in the campaign, you've heard a lot about washington and wall street. we all want to get secret, unaccountable money out of politics. that starts with appointing a new justice to the supreme court who will protect the right of every citizen to vote, not every corporation to buy elections. and we also agree that wall street can never be allowed to threaten main street again. no bank can be too big to fail, no executive too powerful to jail. but if we listen to the voices of flint and ferguson, if we open our hearts to the families of coal country and indian country, if we listen to the hopes and heartaches of hardworking people across america, it's clear there is so much more to be done. the truth is, we aren't a single issue country. we need more than a plan for the big banks. the middle class needs a raise! and we need more jobs! we need jobs that pay well and can't be outsourced, jobs that provide dignity and a future. we can do it by unleashing the innovation of our entrepreneurs and small businesses. we can do it with new investments in manufacturin

our home and in our communities and it's even found in government, it's at the state level, not in washington, d.c. [applause] for the first time in eight years, you will have a president that follows the constitution. office, my day in first moments in office, i will cancel every single one of barack obama's unconstitutional executive orders. everyone of them. when you make me president. when you make me president, we will have a president who embraces a free economy. my parents were not rich people. my father was a bartender and my mother was a maid. the reason why they had a job is because free enterprise works. someone who had access to money asked that money to open up hotel and hire them. free enterprise works because it is the only economic model in the world where you can make poor people richer and you don't have to make rich people poorer. [applause] we are going to save free enterprise. we are going to fix our tax code. i have a plan to do that during we are going to roll back these crazy regulations that come out of the federal government. we are going to save social security and

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a coast guard helicopter arriving in time to save surfers off the coast of washington state. look at the heavy waves knocking that guy around. the surfer as they tried to hoist him to safety. they got to this woman before a huge wave send the surfboard flying. the apollo 10 crew claiming in 1969 when they were out of range terrestial broadcast they heard bizarre whistling. take a listen. >> after 40 years the big reveal coming on the science station. the crew debated telling nasa what they heard. >>> back on earth. a historic finish at the daytona 500. check out this photo finish. denny hamlin in 4th place beating martin truex by the closers finish in history. >>> this man thought he was on his last breath and strangers out wasn't a stranger at all. >>> finally tonight, a grocery store aisle where one man's heart started to give out, that's when complete strangers jumped into action. as it turns out, they weren't all strangers. here is abc john donvon. >> michael kitty knows he almost died. the 60-year-old collapsed in a supermarket when he was stocking shelves and his heart

joel waldman has more from washington. heading into the final stretch before the new hampshire primary, gop candidates continue to jockey for position ... a new granite state poll shows donald trump still leading the pack ...with marco rubio replacing ted cruz in second ... the texas senator slipping to third. but, with roughly half the voters in new hampshire still undecided, chris christie worked to pick 'up' votes by putting 'down' hillary clinton. christie says: "not only that we need to have someone who is competent and qualified and ready to handle the difficulties of the presidency, but we need someone who can beat hillary clinton." bernie sanders, clinton's only remaining opponent on the democratic haymakers of his own... calling clinton out for cozying up to wall street ... promising to reign in big banks if elected president. sanders says: "they got bailed out under the argument that banks were too big to fail... today, it turns out that 3 of the 4 largest banks are bigger now than when we bailed them out." takin