and tomorrow on "fox news sunday", anchor chris wallace with rick santorum. check your local listening for times. >> energy and taxes dominating the dress today. president obama called on congress to increase the taxos millionaires. >> in the next few weeks. members of congress can show you where they will stand . they will vote on the buffet ruled. if you make more than a million a year, you should pay same percent class. if you make under $250,000 and like 98 percent of the americans family do, your taxes shouldn't go up. you are strugling with college tuitition and, and you deserve a break. >> the house speaker john boehner challenging president obama to get behind the republican energy proposal. >> i asked president obama to consider working with us on these proposal and new found support are all of the above energy strat strat. -- strategy. the president assured leaders in congress thra there was rom for common ground and a new sign of hope, and only a brief one. in the weeks since our discussion, president obama hasn't spoken up about the bipartisan ene

i serve with rick santorum for a long time. i have nothing but good things to say about these men, the one i've of the votes i have to make on tuesday, what goes to my mind is who will be the best president? who is most likely, most willing and able to deliver on the reforms that are so necessary quickly, and who has the best chance of defeating barack obama? [applause] >> i think the primary has been helpful. i think it has been constructive. it has brought these issues to the fore, where we are having the debates we need about the big ideas, but there comes a point where this primary can become counter-productive. if we keep dragging this thing on, it will get us off of the mission and the goal which is this -- save our country in november by replacing barack obama as our president. [applause] >> that is why for me and my vote, i think we need to coalesce around a person who we think is going to be the best president, who is going to deliver these kinds of reforms with the courage, experience, and ability to do it, and who gi

the latest nbc news poll shows him seven points ahead of rick santor santorum. >> mitt romney leading in the poll. traveling with wisconsin representative paul ryan. i just want to know, can we read anything into his recent endorsement here? >> yeah, i mean, he got a trio of big endorsements just this past week. marco rubio, the rising florida republican senator. as you just mentioned, paul ryan, the house budget chairman. and president george h.w. bush. all three of them endorsing them. pretty much saying this primary process is pretty much over. the other candidates again having acknowledged that getting to 1,144 will be hard, if not impossible. so the republican establishment saying it's time to come together and acknowledge this race is over and get behind romney. you hear a lot of conservatives on the ground, activists, everyday voters saying, we're not going to let the establishment tell us what to do, so we'll see what happens. >> we'll see, shannon, thank you, sir, appreciate it. >>> in the last month, we've heard many versions of what happened the night trayvon martin was kil

rick santorum and chuck schumer will be among the guests tomorrow on "meet the press." and tuesday morning, a "today" show exclusive. sarah palin goes one-on-one about the president, the republican candidates and much more. that's tuesday morning on "today." >>> overseas tonight, secretary of state hillary clinton is attending a summit with world leaders discussing two mideast hot spots, iran and syria. and the secretary of state isn't mincing words when it comes to either country, issues words to both. andrea mitchell is traveling with secretary clinton in istanbul. >> reporter: lester, secretary clinton is warning that time is running out for diplomacy over iran's nuclear program and expressing doubt about whether iran is serious about a diplomatic solution. >> what is certain, however, is that iran's window to seek and obtain a peaceful resolution will not remain open forever. >> reporter: more than a year after iran broke off nuclear talks, negotiations will resume two weeks from now in istanbul. before arrivinging in turkey tonight, clinton is urging the gulf count

the wisconsin primary next tuesday is probably the place where rick santorum will make one of his last stands. he'll go on to pennsylvania, his home state, on april 24, even if he loses there, but wisconsin is the place where the oxygen will leave the race for him, and mitt romney, as we saw in the clip there, is ruling out every endorsement. he already had the endorsement from president bush. he got that last fall, but they wanted to remind people in case they weren't paying attention. >> that's funny. with congressman ryan, will that make a difference. what are you expecting to see in wisconsin? do you think that can be an end point? >> i think the endorsement from congressman paul ryan is property, as much as any endorsements matter. it's an open question. but he's not piling on when it looks like romney's the nominee. the voters of his district are to vote and some of them, in southern wisconsin, are working class district, are not quite sure about mitt romney. so i think congressman ryan, chairman of the budget committee, him giving his blessing to mitt romney, i think is very hel

that leaves the republican race between two front-runners, mitt romney and rick santorum. there's no love loss between the two men. i spoke to romney about that this week. your opponent, rick santorum, he is really going after you big time. over the weekend he said this. listen to this clip. >> why would we put someone up who is uniquely, pick any other country in the country, he is the worst republican in the country to put up against barack obama. why would wisconsin want to vote for someone like that? >> i want to give you a chance to respond to santorum. >> i'm not going to worry too much about what rick is saying these days. i know that when you fall further and further behind, you get a little more animated. but the truth of the matter is that i have been able to connect with the american people. as you go across this country, you're seeing more and more enthusiasm for my candidacy and a recognition on the part of the american people that we have to replace president obama. if i'm elected president, i will repeal obamacare and i'll stop it in its tracks on day one. i

rick santorum is chris wallace's guest. check your local listing for program times. >> rick: fox news alert out of syria and the regime of bashar al assad declaring the yearlong rebellion in that country is over. that is not the case on the ground where the violence rages on. government forces pounding the city of homs with artillery. kofi annan, the former security general is leading a special envoy there urging syria to withdraw its troops as part of a peace deal. a little background, the uprising in syria began just over a year ago. riots were triggered by reports that school children were tortured for writing antigovernment graffiti. since then, the u.n. estimates 9,000 people, civilians, have been killed. 30,000 refugees escaped to seek protection in another countries. 200,000 people have been displaced from their homes and we should point out that the rebellion lasted longer than any of the other uprisings during the so-called arab spring. >> arthel: new numbers, new rounds of diplomatic talks concerning iran's nuclea

. >> rick santorum is from a good guy and his running a good campaign. we have to read this in background and on some issues, but basically a good guy, a -- we have differences in background and on some issues, but basically a good guy, and i appreciate him saying he would be part of the administration with me. >> that was romney on a "the tonight show." santorum got off to a testy start, saying that romney at would be the worst against obama -- >> only on obamacare, very, very obvious. >> he was on the steps of the supreme court saying "i would be happy to be his vice president." monti picked up endorsements from marco rubio, that is a big one, and from the first president bush. >> it signals that the tried it is coming together. -- tribe is coming together to it has all passion and excitement of a bride mailed in from turkey. [laughter] not exactly an intense, emotional encounter, but a sense of inevitability. >> how important is the rubio endorsement? >> i have had a lot of images over romney, but i've never envisioned him as a turkish bride. [laughte

excuse me, later in a few hours, mitt romney and rick santorum, not newt gingrich. he was here earlier. not that we have that cleared up, newt gingrich, rick santorum, mitt romney all gave speeches, courting the evangelical vote a few days before the primary. 42 delegates at stake, and all of them want some of them. >> i remember sitting here last week in this very seat and over the alert came over that mitt romney and newt gingrich had a private meeting, right? and you picked up -- i'm wondering what both men had to say about that, if it was detectable in their remarks after the meating? >> yeah, you know we love anything with the word secret in it. we got news ability the secret meeting between mitt romney and newt gingrich. it happened in louisiana just ahead of the primary last weekend. we talked with the former house speaker about it. he said, you know what? pretty much we meet all the time. i asked him about it just yesterday, and take a listen at him explaining his conversations with his rivals. >> the three of us have a general agreement to want to beat bara

and today, mitt romney, rick santorum, and newt gingrich made personal appeals to wisconsin voters. >> i particularly appreciate the extraordinary introduction. your congressman, paul ryan, what a leader in the party, what a conservative. >> i asked calista to come stand with me because she's from whitehall and spent all week campaigning here and we had a great reception. >> one of the things i hear everywhere i go as i cross the state, and frankly across the country, is that people are saying the same thing over -- even more than hello, which is i'm praying for you. >> now, more on the winners of the biggest mega millions lottery jackpot ever. $658 million. we don't know who they are yet, but we know the winning tickets were sold in maryland, kansas, and illinois. cnn reports from the place where the winning ticket was sold in maryland. >> hi, fred. we're here at a seven-11 on the outskirts of baltimore where the lucky winner came in and used that machine to buy a quick pick lottery ticket, spending $1 for one line of numbers, but luckily for this winner, it was the winning set of nu

rick santorum, a little less than that. and ron paul, a little less than that. but doug, campaigns are not what they used to be. you have the internet. you have bigger influence by more smaller influences, you might say. is super pac money all that important? >> it's critically important. biden was right about that. if romney is able to continue to outspend obama by seven to one with super pac money and given the con influence of forces on the right, american crossroads, americans for prosperity, club for growth, if they put in the kind of money that i know they can, this is a huge, huge challenge for the democrats not one to be underestimated. >> patti ann: we have to leave it there. thank you both for joining us today. >> thank you. >> gregg: when money is tight now and again, it's very hard for some companies to hang on to the top workers. well, there are creative employers out there coming up with some pretty interesting perks to get those folks to stake around. we'll tell but it. >> patti ann: shocking new details revealed about the search for susan powell.

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so a little bit of a different message from rick santorum. obviously, he's hoping to win here in wisconsin on tuesday. although the polls show mitt romney holding in some cases double digit leads over his rivals. >> so does that mean there's anything to the reported meetings between, the secret meeting between mitt romney and newt gingrich in louisiana? >> reporter: fred, you know we in the press, we love nothing better than a secret meeting, being able to report details about it, but this meeting happened last week in louisiana between mitt romney and newt gingrich. none of us knew about it. at least those in the press. i talked with the former house speaker about it yesterday, asked him about it. he said you know what? it was a private meeting, private conversation, but i have those all the time with mitt romney and rick santorum. one interesting thing he did reveal. he was talking about their agreement. their goal as to defeat barack obama but said the three have an agreement that if one of them win, the other two will support them wholehe

and up next, rick santorum attacks the new york times. >> quit distorting my words. >> rick santorum rips into the new york times for misrepresenting his message about g.o.p. front runner romney. did attacking the media help or hurt? and president obama sends a secret message to the russians, but the mic was on! >> how did the media react? all next on news watch. ok, guys-- what's next ? chocolate lemonade ? susie's lemonade... the movie. or... we make it pink ! with these 4g lte tablets, you can do business at lightning-fast spes. we'll take all the strawberries, dave. you got it, kid. we have a winner. we're definitely gonna need another one. small sinesses that want to grow use 4g lte technology from verizon. i wonder how she does it. that's why she's the boss. because the small business with the best tecology rules. contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 1-800-974-6006. [ roger ] tell me you have good insurance. yup, i've got... [ kyle with voice of dennis ] ...allstate. really? i was afraid you'd have some cut-rate policy. [ kyle ] nope, i've got... [ kyle

particularly with rick santorum, many people say his view on issues such as contraception may be too extreme. is it too extreme for republicans or folks who wouldn't vote for him anyway. >> i think it's the later. i like chris a lot. i think we read different newspapers. i haven't seen a republican suggest that we shut down a cvs. and limit birth control. i want the same for health care for their employees that they do so in accord dan with their faith and i don't think that's unreasonable. what we saw this weekend was telling, we sought the obama administration unable to articulate a reasonable defense of the key legislative accomplishment for this president. i don't think that the republican would have expected. we thought the administration would make a robust case for their health care agenda, but they really didn't and we saw the solicitor general really time after time get rebutted not just by conservatives, but we saw liberal members of court try and hem him along and meanwhile. >> doug. >> go ahead. >> the centrist president talks about advocating and raising taxes today and

you do have to wonder what is that doing to newt gingrich and rick santorum. they aren't getting those kinds of endorsements. >> that's right. they are not. they are losing out on the big ones. three big ones mitt romney just got, george h.w. bush, the former president, florida senator marco rubio and the very popular congressman paul ryan from here. so yeah, there's a sense that mitt romney may have this thing wrapped up by a lot of supporters. >> very fascinating. shannon travis, thanks so much from wisconsin. appreciate that. >>> of course you want to join us sunday 4:00 eastern time for a special hour focusing on the 2012 presidential contenders. making the road rules friendly for amish buggy drivers in kentucky a bill has been passed. is it a religious victory or traffic hazard? our legal guy weigh in next. >>> all right. a battle over religious rights and public safety. the general assembly passed legislation to allow the amish to use reflective tape instead of orange safety triangles on the back of their horse drawn buggies. avery cleveland and richard

rick santorum said we need to have someone and battling . not a ceo and making jokes of firing people . romney preparing to respond to that. >> thank you very much for the update. >> he doesn't have a challenger just yet. but president obama's reelection campaign is shelling out big bucks. and setting the stakes. can any of the remaining gop candidates keep up. joining us is alex combs. great to see you guys. many months ago the president said he needed to raise a billion. and it is clear he has an organization ready for battle with 135 million. 3 million more than the entire gop field combine. monica can the gop compete. >> they will compete. but not match president obama's fund raising numbers. he's a fund raising jugar naught. we saw him raise 753 million dollars. he wants to match that or hit the one billion mark. campaign fund raising at this time is excessive and done more than any other presidential candidate at this point in the election cycle. he hasn't quite raised the amount they were targeting. that doesn't mean he will have a pr

rick santorum was the last of the candidates to speak here. one of the things he's continuing to hammer across the country to republican voters is a vote for mitt romney is essentially a vote for the president's health care plan because the governor when he was in massachusetts structured a plan very similar to the one that president obama passed into law. so he is saying why vote for him and then have republicans lose the election come november? rick santorum has yet to win in the industrial heartland. so this is a big race for him on tuesday. if he does not win it here, a lot of folks may begin to ask for him to go ahead and put the brakes on his campaign. earlier mitt romney talked about going after the president on a number of fronts. he yesterday kicked off what was really a general election speech, one of his most powerful power speeches. he did not even mention his republican competitors. he's gooing going right after president obama. it seems that air of inevitability has turned around the romney campaign. our poll has him up seven poi

rick santorum will do the same next hour. an nbc/marist poll shoes 40% for romney, 11% for ron paul, 8% for newt gingrich. >>> president obama share as message. >> you're struggling with everything from college tuition to groceries. you're the ones who serve a break. every member of congress is to go on record. if they vote to keep giving tax breaks to people like me, tax breaks they can't afford, they're going to have to explain to you where that money is coming from. >> he's pushing congress to pass the so-called buffet rule. it would make people who earn more than $1 million a year pay a higher share in their income and taxes than the middle class. >>> overseas in syria. syrian military clashed with defectors in damascus. an opposition group said at least 29 people were killed. brokered by kofi annan. syrian president ba share al assad accepted the terms of the plans tuesday, but the violence has not stopped there. >>> one of osama bin laden's widows is talking about like with the pakistani leader. she talked with investig

this is a big statement saying that rick santorum is winning in the trust category. >> absolutely. and what it does, randi, is it completely underscores not just the nagt conservatives dislike romney, distrust him, and completely don't believe he'll be true to conservative principles because of that, quote/unquote, evolution and flip-flopping thats he's engaged all of his political life. what should be more concerning to republican party is what the independent voters will think. they've been rising steadily. and his unlikability rating is rising steadily. and that is not a trend you want going into the general election voters. it's one thing for your own conservative voters not to trust you, which we've known that for months in terms of romney. but when independent voters don't trust you, that means very bad news for you in the general election. >> thank you both. great to see you on this saturday morning. lenny and maria. >> thanks, randi. >> you, too. god bless. >>> pay attention to this. this is an incredible story of heroism to show you right now. this is one f the most memora

. >> mitt romney is ahead of a wreck santorum. -rick santorum. take a look at the numbers. 33 percent. ron paul = 11%. only 8% have gone with newt gingrich. meanwhile, the chairman of the house budget committee announced his support. and even george w. bush also showed support. rick santorum went to wisconsin yesterday. lending a home-hand in a phone bank. maryland, washington and d.c. are all on the list. . newt gingrich is continuing to campaign even though his 1 1/3 campaign staff has been laid off. asking what happened with mitt romney in louisiana? he would only say that they spoke about the president of, for the same thing that he is spoken to rick santorum about. meanwhile, as the budget release is maintaining tax relief for the wealthy obama's is recalling his tax on millionaires. this is a symbol of this democrats portraying himself as the champions. >> in the last decade we've spent hundreds of millions of dollars which was supposed to be a temporary tax cut for the wealthiest 2 percent of americans. no, one trillion dollars more. today

this came during rom niece first campaign stop in wisconsin, something rick santorum used as a line of attack. >> we're doing five, six events today, governor romney is coming to the state for the first time and doing one event today. we want you to see me, see my family, see who you'll be voting for for president. >> newt gingrich is also campaigning in wisconsin. he met with some of his staffers yesterday in green bay. polls show mitt romney leading in wisconsin. >>> a woman who managed campaign money for some of california's biggest political names has pleaded guilty to embezzling $7 million. she served as campaign treasurer for dozens of democrats. an fbi investigation determined she stole funds from at least 50 clients including from $4 million from senator dianne feinstein. >> i read a newspaper article which referred to her as the bernie madoff of campaign treasurers, and that may be an apt characterization. >> she pleaded guilty to five counts of mail fraud and faces more than 11 years in prison when sentenced. prosecutors say it is highly unlikely the victims will get their mo

and women prefer the president over mitt romney and rick santorum by 32 percentage points. and what is on the mind of the lady voters? women issues? no, it is big factors like economy and health care. joining me is i have sand joy a and alexis desoto and what do you see? >> the gender gap is back. it is the big news in 1980 when everybody saw that women were more likely to be democratic and not republican, and there is something true about the gender gap and it is true again, and the reason for the gender gap was not for the issues of reproduction or wasn't women's issues, but it was everybody's issues, but issues like the economy. issues like war. that were pushing the women into democratic columns when ronald reagan was running to president. women lost the common sense that they showed in the years perhaps, but they have regained it. that is the good news [ laughter ] >> women are the ceos of the household, so women are not just turn ought the vote because of the contraception issues, and the abbrortion, but it matters, but women are the hardest hit, and they need to get

up with similar things and rick santorum pop up and say similar things. this fema on the importance of not a particular flavor of religion about religion in a general keeps coming up in presidential politics. let me show you a couple examples here. you might say rick perry didn't even win. maybe it's just a loser and got to focus on the winners. how about george w. bush? he won two presidential elections using a lot of religious symbolism and imagery including the following flyer. this is a flyer that was distributed to hundreds of thousands of households in the state of ohio in 2004. you remember the 2004 presidential election came down to the state of ohio. the classic battleground state. in ohio it was not only a presidential election but also a ballot initiative on the question of same-sex marriage. one of 13 held that presidential election year. 11 were held the same day as the presidential election. this flyer reminds us republicans believe in america. we are told they're the only party that defense like and protect the unborn from partial birth abo

many believe the shooting was racially motivated. >>> mitt romney and rick santorum making their final push before tuesday's primary in wisconsin. many say it could determine if santorum stays in the race. a recent poll shows romney leads santorum by 7%. >>> residents in d.c., one step closer able to get medical marijuana. six companies can grow plants for patients. tisha thompson has followed this debate for months and she has the story. >> reporter: it's a controversial plan sparking plenty of passion, and medical marijuana is coming to d.c. >> i think it's fair to the people who applied for it, it's fair to the community, and certainly it's one step closer to meeting the compassionate needs of our population. >> reporter: the director, mohammed actor, say six organizations received a permit to grow 95 plants at a time, including montel williams. and he a group of investors will set up shop. other locations are b s ars are northeast. >> they have the best security plan, best quality assurance plan. best growing plan. >> reporter: most locations are in ward 5, where residents are torn

if he doesn't win in wisconsin, odds are tougher and tougher and tough er for rick santorum. and builds stronger for mitt romney. >> they don't want a floor fight at brokered convention. something has to give? >> only helps barack obama come november. you got it. >> paul steinhauser, flies to see you. >>> talking about all morning, able to confirm three winners of the mega millions jackpot. one in kansas, one in illinois and one in maryland. they're each going to get about $200,00 $200,000. more information coming up after the break. so keep it here. ca. we've got to protect the environment. the economists make some good points. we need safer energy. [announcer:] who's right? they all are. visit powerincooperation.com. the charcoal went out already? [ sighs ] forget it. [ male announcer ] there's more barbeque time in every bag of kingsford charcoal. kingsford. slow down and grill. i'm here to unleash my inner cowboy. instead i got heartburn. [ horse neighs ] hold up partner. prilosec isn't for fast relief. try alka-seltzer. it kills heartburn fast. yeehaw! this is my grandso

rick santorum needs a miracle on tuesday. the latest poll shows mitt romney leading santorum 40 to 33%. joining us from washington, d.c. with the latest on the race and how the supreme court decision on the health care law could affect the election is major garrett, whout correspondentite house correspondent. good morning. we spent a lot of time in that white house briefing room together. what do you think here. mitt romney is really piling up the endorsements here. the conventional wisdom is they don't make much of a difference. now you have jeb bush the first president bush, paul ryan you've got a lot of heavy hitters. is this a signal this thing is really winding down and the republican establishment is saying it's over? >> well mitt romney is the most endorsed republican in this race. he always has been. and he's had bits and starts. and wisconsin is a good place for him, sets up well, evangelical number of republican voters who of evangelical christians are under the 50% threshold over which santorum is one. if it's goin

he did not even mention rick santorum, his chief competitor. so as the polls show him up now, the late polling 5 to 10 points here in wisconsin, a lot of folks are going to thing it's all but inevitable that he'll win the nomination, get the 1,144 delegates that he needs to secure the nomination. now, as for rick santorum, he's got giving up. he's campaigning hard across wisconsin. spent the better part crisscrossing. he's got 11 victims but he's not one in the industrial heartland having lost to ohio and michigan earlier. so he very much wants to win wisconsin come tuesday. now, newt gingrich, his campaign is continuing limp on after he reduced his staff. he is also going to be here with newt gingrich -- with newt gingrich, mitt romney later this morning at the faith and freedom coalition forum and later tonight as well. back to you, amy. >> and we're hearing reports this morning that the governor of wisconsin is facing an election -- recall election. i can't say it. recall election. is that true? >> it is very much true. in fact, scott walker

santorum, on the economy -- >> i don't care what the unemployment rate's going to be. >> to take us to the lowest common denominator of politics. the fcc, the federal communications commission, which is supposed to make sure the broadcasters don't completely get away with highway rob-- excuse me, airwave robbery, the fcc has proposed to the broadcasting cartel that stations post on the web the names of the billionaires and front organizations paying for those campaign ads. that's all, give citizens access online to find out quickly and directly who's buying our elections. doesn't seem like an unreasonable request, given how much cash the broadcasters make from the free use of the airwaves. but the broadcasting industry's response has been a simple, declarative, dismissive, not on your life! speaking on their behalf, robert mcdowell, currently the only republican commissioner on the fcc, said the proposal "is likely to be a jobs destroyer" by distracting station employees from doing their regular work. the party line has also been sounded by jerald fritz, senior vice president of all