in atlanta, -- i speak about atlanta because that is where my son lives, in atlanta, georgia. in atlanta, you have the african-americans who go away and they come back. they are educated, and they are more goal-oriented. they are more goal-oriented, and therefore, if you teach the children to reach for the sky, and they will study hard. most people from atlanta are a little more conservative. >> do you have something you would like to add to that about economic situations? >> i definitely think -- this is -- you know, the old saying, it is not rocket science? some of this stuff is harder than rocket science because it involves people, and we do not always act in a logical, decisive way. elaine brown i heard say a little while ago that she lived in atlanta, and we always talk about how great atlantic is doing, but we do not own nothing in atlanta. they look like they are doing good, they have the cosmetic liberation, right? cosmetic change, cosmetic liberation, but when you look at who owns most of the city, right? who is in control of the power in the city? it may be marginall

he's joining us from atlanta. he's a long-time observer of the political process writing for "the atlanta-journal constitution." and we also have a link to his blog available through our web site at c-span.org. and tom baxter, i want to ask you a fundamental question. we look at a map of the west and south. what is the new south? what is the southern strategy? and what is the southern vote? >> hmmm. that's a good question. if you look back to the last presidential election, you saw two significant things happen. one was that obama carried three of the larger southern states. carried virginia, north carolina, and florida. so there wasn't a solid south in anything like the sense that we've spoken about it in previous elections. but the other thing about that election was that if obama had not won any of those three straights, he still would have had the electoral votes to win that election. now, we come into this year with the south again being the beneficiary of reapportionment. and with a net seven electoral votes

some of those chicago, atlanta, st. louis. warm weather pattern in place at least across the heart of the nation that will continue as we head into our friday and saturday forecast. cool in minneapolis at 43. 52 in washington, 62 in atlanta. we have clouds and showers. we have some thunderstorms that developed overnight just south of st. louis. they're marching off to the south. this will head off to jonesboro. active weather here. not looking for any widespread severe weather. this is the last weekend of winter and we have no winter storms out there to talk about. huge ridge of high pressure in place here across the northern plains and central plains. from oklahoma city over towards memphis, nashville, and atlanta, some showers around. some of those showers will be marching into the mid atlantic and northeast today. we make up for that into saturday's forecast. today in the northeast, showers around, may see a thunderstorm. still cool in boston at 47. 61 new york. afternoon storms in atlanta, 81. beautiful in the southern pla

we'll bring you live coverage of the president's remarks in atlanta, georgia. it's a huge night for news. it's "the ed show," let's get to work. >>> we don't think that whether it's planned parenthood or one of their affiliates that they should be getting our dollars to be used in their programs. >> texas picks a fight with the white house over women's health. and the white house is fighting back. in pennsylvania, the governor keeps on talking, and in arizona, things are getting ugly. >> go on to the full senate and i think this law will be signed by the governor. >> tonight, the obama administration makes a major announcement on contraception. sandra fluke is responding. we'll have the latest. >>> i believe we're in a recovery mode, finally i think it's likely things will get better. >> mitt romney slips up and tells the truth to republicans. rick santorum is campaigning against porn. howard fineman has the latest on the republican circus. >>> major news out of wisconsin. democrats score a major victory, john nichols of "the nation" has the latest. >>> good to

mark preston here in atlanta getting ready for our coverage. give us the latest before going to ohio. what's going on there? >> in ohio we look at three states out of ten. ohio look at the numbers. it shows that rick santorum and mitt romney are locked in a tight fight in ohio. the state has a lot of people think mitt romney needs to do well if not win to show he can appeal to chose voters. tennessee another state right now where rick santorum and mitt romney are locked in a tight fight, as well. down here in tennessee which of course is just a couple of hours north of where we sit. where we are here in atlanta, georgia, newt gingrich, the state where he was the speaker of the house, served a long time representing back in congress. he is taking the lead right now and has a comfortable double digit lead. >> you have to win your home state or native state. if not, that's a bad showing if you don't. >> especially when you are newt gingrich and you say i have to do well in georgia in order for my campaign to do well. >> put the pressure on himself

of atlanta. it was a time of transformation. and at those kinds of periods you have a lot of turmoil going on among people. one group losing control. the other group taking control. and it was at difficult moments during that time politically and people were polarized and divided, and then monica arrived on the scene. a young, beautiful, personable, nonthreatening, cheerful person. wsb-tv did something that was revolutionary. they made her the first african-american and the first female to have that evening news slot. and boy, i tell you, you talking about a glass of -- you talking about a glass of ice tea in a hot time, that's what she was. monica was so enthusiastic. she still is. upbeat and she just lit up the tv screens. i personally just couldn't keep my eyes off of her. she was so cheerful. her laugh and her smile are still ineffect -- are still infectuous. monica pearson closeups, she interviewed world leaders, elected officials and celebrities and many of the people that she interviewed w

. >> alley cat was at the pulse of atlanta. he was on air and he was at the heart of what was going on in the city. >> the white kids had the snip down to al ban to hear their mothers and fathers called it colored music. that's where they wanted to go. and we would bring it. ella fits yerld and the high class acts. one sunday afternoon, the police were there. you can't have white and black under the same roof. you could, but isn't that stupid? and stretch it down the middle. whites on one side and blacks on the other. nobody gave it up. everybody was drunk. >> i made this movie for free to hand back to atlanta and history. and his family. >> it's about two minutes after 3:00 and the music is here and i'm here and i know you are glad anybody is here other than them gospel folks. >> whether thin mints are the thing or you are all about the tag alongs, you better think twice before you try to cross a girl scout. a couple of thugs found out the hard way. the story behind the cookie heist is next. yeah, i'm married. does it matter?

. >>> president obama is on the road today,ppettending campaign epts in chicago and atlanta. he released a new clip. this never before seen clip of bill clinton defending the auto bailout. >> you kill the auto parts dealer ships and the fact rirks people have no idea what would have happened. >> meanwhile, vice president biden called out mitt romney, newt gingrich and rick santorum for their failure to support that bailout. >>> today, mitt romney travels to puerto rico. he has deep pockets but the long campaign is starting to strain his finances. he's spent about $90,000 for each delegate he's won. rick santorum has spent about $29,000 per delegate. >>> one person that doesn't have to worry about campaign cash is george clooney. he ruled out any official run for office yesterday. he was leaving an oval office meeting with the president over the crisis in south sudan. >>> time for the weather. pouring rain in the pacific northwest and california. you'll have heavy snow in the sierra nevada, and the rockies. thunderstorms scattered showers from the midwest and ohio valleys into

thunderstorms from atlanta to tallahassee. heavy snow in the cascades, sierra nevada, and northern rockies. >> 63 in sacramento. near 80 in phoenix. 65 in salt lake city. 80s from dallas to miami. mostly 60s from atlanta to bean town. >> not bad. >>> coming up after the break. bracketology. how to improve your chances of success. >>> and then detergent theft on the rise, easily resold on the black market. >> we'll talk about the ridesing sti >>> welcome back, everyone. yahoo! is suing facebook over patent infringement. this just as facebook is about to sell stock to the public. yahoo! also sued google for patents right before it went public. it received $300 million in 120k as a settlement. >>> friday is shaping up to be a big day for apple. the company could sell more than 1 million new ipads on the first day of sales. that would be three times as many as the original sale of the ipad. >>> home prices are falling, rents are rising. that may be the first stage in a housing market recovery. the backlog of foreclosures have fina

and now from atlanta. >>reporter: neil, growing up teachers would say when you cheat you only cheat yourself but when educators do the cheating, taxpayers and students themselves are the big losers. an investigation by the atlanta newspaper has found suspicious test scores in literally throughs of schools nationwide analyzing standardized test scores from 14,000 school systems and every part of the country and found numerous instances where scores fluctuated beyond any explanation of demographic shift, chance, or good teaching. the test play an increasing role in funding and teacher pay and security. many educators it is suggested were more concerned about boosting scores rather than the performance they are to reflect. >> our teachers teaching what kids should learn, the only way we have right now to truly evaluate that is to test. if the tests are not reliable how can we know if a policy is working? >> the concern is that by inflighting -- inflating test scores, under serving schools miss out on tutoring

thunderstorms from atlanta to tallahassee. heavy snow in the cascades, sierra nevada, and northern rockies. >> 63 in sacramento. near 80 in phoenix. 65 in salt lake city. 80s from dallas to miami. mostly 60s from atlanta to bean town. >> not bad. >>> coming up after the break. bracketology. how to improve your chances of success. >>> and then detergent theft on the rise, easily resold on the black market. >> we'll talk about the ridesing stid medicare. it doesn't cover everything. and what it doesn't cover can cost you some money. that's why you should consider an aarp... medicare supplement insurance plan... insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. all medicare supplement insurance plans can help pay... some of what medicare doesn't, so you could save... thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket expenses. call now for this free information kit and medicare guide. if you're turning 65 or you're already on medicare... you should know about this card -- it's the only one of its kind endorsed by aarp; see if it's right for you.

ok a lot like to go back to you in atlanta because i think you brought up one of the most interesting points of this program so far is it you know people talk about fiscal responsibility i don't see anybody in washington d.c. i don't care what party it is take fiscal responsibility very seriously because well this another drumbeat of war ok we did some another war around the corner constantly and that is not a way to to mend the economy ok anything but the military i mean that's one thing the republicans the democrats nothing really separates them on that issue. well i don't necessarily i think they just have to different focuses they both love to waste money. you could argue that the democrats waste money on social programs you could argue that the republicans waste money on defense spending you know they were going on and on the g.o.p. about the one trillion dollar cost of the health care bill yet the combined cost of the iran and iraq war the iraq war and the afghanistan wars is going to be in the neighborhood of three trillion dollars which you know we don't have the money to help

they will send them through atlanta because of fewer people serving in afghanistan. >> you would think they could find a way in atlanta to have something like that. >> a i lou the people to say thank you. >> stay with us now, news 4 continues at 5:00 a.m. >>> announcer: now, from waington's leading news station, this is news 4 today. >>> hate crime concerns in one d.c. neighborhood after violent attacks on people in two days. >>> a taste of summer in march. the record we will be setting today having you wanting to spend the entire day outside. >> welcome to news 4 today this march 15th. it's 60 degrees at 5:00 a.m. as much time as you can. get out there and enjoy it. this kind of weather doesn't always last. it's still march. what do you think? >> the average high this time of year is 56. we are already at this temperature near predawn on this march 15th morning. in addition with the warm, dry weather, the pollen count is high. it's mostly cedar, cypress, elm and juniper. only a trace of oak pollen. right now, temperatures are in the 50s. up to 58 at reagan national. 58 at richmond. al

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. >>> president obama is on the road today, attending campaign events in chicago and atlanta. the president just rolled out a new strategy in his re-election bid. it's a 17-minute film that includes a never before seen clip of bill clinton defending the auto bailout. >> if you closed all the auto dealer ships and close the suppliers, people have no idea what would have happened to the economy and our self-impaj. image. >> meanwhile, vice president biden called out mitt romney, newt gingrich and rick santorum for their failure to support that bailout. >>> today, mitt romney travels to puerto rico. ahead of the primary this weekend. he has deep pockets but the long and messy campaign is starting to strain even his finances. we saw this interesting number. he's spent about $90,000 for each delegate he's won. in contrast, sharp contrast, rick santorum has spent about $29,000 per delegate. >>> one person that doesn't have to worry about campaign cash is george clooney. during a photo op in the white house driveway yesterday, the actor and activist ruled out any official run for off

the atlanta scandal prompted the newspaper to look further, analyzing 1.6 million standardized tests, from 6,000 schools nationwide. 200 districts were found to have tainted scores. >> in some districts the scores change some -- >> reporter: in its report out today, the paper says nine districts show inconsistent cities so extreme the odds that they occurred without an intervention are more than 1 in a billion. according to the report, in patrick lewis downtown academy, 42% of fourth graders passed the state math test just before investigators began looking into possible cheaters. the following year, less than 4% of fifth graders passed. district officials acknowledged the strangeness of score changes. the paper also found as many as 20 mistakes were corrected on some exams, often in a lighter shade of pencil. the district issued a statement saying it has been zealous in our attack on cheating and places independent monitors in every school during state testing. charges the ajc's report had errors in methodology and that . secretary of education arnie duncan says the findings are uncl

she is chairman of the tea party express and co-founder of american grassroots coalition and also in atlanta we have laura bramble she is a freelance writer and blogger all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want amy if i can go to you first in atlanta mitt romney he see is there seems to be an inevitability about the man but there's things stand right now is the electable you know i hear you use the word and have a have that ability but i don't see it that way i mean we are only a third of the delegates have been awarded there this is still an ongoing process and anything can happen we've seen all of these candidates rise up and fall and you know the people have a voice with their vote and so i just don't see that we already have a nominee. and laura if i can go to you i mean i think the numbers the numbers are out there i mean the numbers seem to this say a lot about you know which states we're going to have as the process continues and mitt romney has a much better chance he's he's not is conservative and he's going into some progressive areas. well i

office of coca-cola here in atlanta. you kind of touch on a lot of sentiment that is out there. there is a general distrust of big money and its influence. it was striking during the wave of occupy demonstrations. not only were those demonstrations held in most of the big cities across the country but you had a lot of small southern towns, relatively places you would not think, that you would see that kind of demonstration. in many cases, it is not as much associated with traditional left and right definitions in politics but a deeper sense of unease about where we are going with all this. host: this is from north carolina -- we have heard this every four years against an incumbent president. how prevalent is that in your perspective? guest: i think abo in many cases would spell mitt romney. that is the sentiment that even though these folks may not feel means hee with thehim would still do well in the southern states whether he is the candidate of first choice or not. host: long branch, new jersey, independent line -- c

atlanta alone. and some level of cheating was found in more than half of the elementary and middle schools in the city. so the "atlanta journal constitution" the main newspaper here in the city launched a nationwide investigation and it found that scores in about 200 districts followed a testing pattern that in atlanta indicated schools had cheated. now this doesn't mean that cheating actually occurred in all of those school districts, but it certainly doesn't look good. this was a widespread investigation, 69,000 public schools. they found troubling and suspicious active any hundreds of schools across the nation. right in. >> that's exactly right. it's not relegated to a specific region or area. hundreds of schools allegedly involved with suspicious activity. and what we mean by that is we're looking at test scores and how these test scores change year to year and grade to grade. what the "atlanta journal constitution" did is looked at 69,000 public schools and it checked out these test scores own

so is there an atlanta office? >> yes. >> so could the atlantic office -- atlanta office close and become the miami office? >> that would not be -- i think my preference or the preference of most of the members of the commission, although i would talk with them about it. what i think we would do is we would post -- if we go forward with the miami office, we post for it from within our existing agency. my guess is we would have a lot of people doing that. miami, but i want to think about it. >> new york, chicago, san francisco, dallas-ft. worth and cleveland and seattle. >> do you with technology as it is said, do we need all those regional offices? i would contend that having an office in miami that's particularly focused on spanish speaking would make sense, but i don't know why you need to have seven other offices. >> you might talk to chairman durbin abouto office. commissioner rush -- [ inaudible ] >> have several usd offices closing in my district and it makes me sad and it makes me angry, because aren't doing

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we walked from atlanta to benning. three days, three and a half days so that got us down to tone and then we started out jump training which was very rigorous, as a matter of fact, the school tried everything in the world to break our spirits and they couldn't do about 97% qualified for our wings and that is the way we started sir. >> okay, thankyo, self? how did you start? >> i don't know whether i can compete with that. >> yes? >> my life was simpler. i graduated from high school in 1938 in the middle of the great depression. my father and i decided i would join the navy. if you served on a capital ship you would learn plumbing, carpenter work anything that you could think of would be award the ship. so that sounded reasonable and i went to the recruiting office and they did the usual things. i took a physical and they sent a senior chief out to the house to see how i was living. they want to be sure that they had a nice boy come in. they told me it was relatively slow and stay in touch with them and they would take

we walked from atlanta to bening. three days. 3 1/2 days. so that got us down to to & e. and then we started our jump training. which was very rigorous. as a matter of fact, the jump school tried everything in the world to break our spirit. most of us just about 99% qualified for our wings, and that's where we started, sir. >> ok. thank you, ed. norm, how about yourself? where did you start? >> i don't know whether i can compete with that. >> yeah. >> my life was a little bit simpler. i graduated from high school in 1938. and that was still in the middle of the depression. and so in a conversation with my father who was an engineer, we decided i would join the navy because if you served on the capital ship, you would certainly learn anything that would be instrumental in working in civilian life, plumbing,en c entry, anything you can think of. so i went down to the recruiting office and they did the usual things. i took a physical, and they actually sent a senior chief out to the house to see how i was living. they wanted to be sure that they had a nice boy come in. and s

so we were going to ride to atlanta, get off at ft. mcpherson and then walk to ft. benning 149 miles, and we were going to do it the same time that the -- 2nd battalion did from decorps to benning -- to atlanta. we walked from atlanta to bening. three days. 3 1/2 days. so that got us down to t.o.n.e. and then we started out jump training which was very rigorous. matter of fact, the jump school tried everything in the world to break our spirits. they couldn't do it. most of us, just about 97% qualified for our wings. and that's where we started, sir. >> okay. thank you, ed. norm, how about yourself? where did you start? >> i don't know that i can compete with that. my life was a bit simpler. i graduated from high school in 1938 and that was still in the middle of the depression. so in a conversation with my father who was an engineer, we decided that i would join the navy because if you served on a capital ship, you would certainly learn anything that would be instrumental in working in civilian life. plumbing, carpenter work, anything you can think of would be aboar

he is live in atlanta. right now. >> bret: one of the biggest prizes, of course, ohio remains too close to call. romney and santorum battle for first place in the buckeye state. a huge win for rick santorum in tennessee. let's listen in to calista gingrich as she introduces the former house speaker. >> newt and i are engaged in this race because we believe america is at a crossroads and cares deeply about the future of our country. there are only a few months left before the most important election in our lifetimes. our only opponent is barack obama. [cheers] and we are committed to removing him from the white house. [cheers and applause] this campaign is far from over. and tomorrow we will bring another chapter in the race for the nomination. [cheers and applause] newt is the only candidate with the experience and knowledge necessary to rebuild the america we love. [cheers and applause] he has a successful national record of creating jobs. balancing the budget and reforming the government. today, we need a

and the president has got more events, campaign events scheduled today in chicago and atlanta. lynn? >> tracie potts for us in washington. tracie, thanks. >>> now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. frightening moments in columbus, ohio as a police officer rushed to stop a man who had just stabbed four people near a college. police say the attacker turned toward the officer and that's when she began opening fire. the video shows her knocked backwards, but she managed to hold onto her gun. the suspect and two of the victims are listed as critical. >>> in michigan, a devastating tornado could be seen heading for the rural village of dexter last night. it would go on to destroy 13 homes and damage more than 100. it brought large hail to the area. there are no reports of any serious injuries. >>> and finally, rod blagojevich's last bizarre moments of freedom, smiling for a picture as he flew to colorado, his ride to federal prison was full of detours. he actually passed by the prison at first for one last stop at a restaurant where he signed autograph

atlanta, 82 yesterday. chicago, 81. we'll try to push the mercury up into above average levels into the upcoming weekend. our temperatures across the nation this morning still above average. 68 dallas. 52 in washington. but cooling off in the northeast. 30s and 40s with more cloud cover. and shower activity stretching from new england back into the middle missouri valley here. but the high plains, high and dry. that continues into the northern gulf coast states as well. real active across central ohio, extending into western pennsylvania and western new york. the forecast today keeping the showers around the northeast and into the mid atlantic. sunshine back in chicago, 77. beautiful day in minneapolis. 75. showers and thunderstorms in atlanta with highs there at around 81. that's a check of the forecast across the region. now the forecast close to home. new york, i think we'll see showers and maybe a thunderstorm. highs of 71. warm weather still in charlotte. highs there at 80. columbus, more thunderstorms. highs 75. p

the ajc found nearly 200 districts had suspicious scores that resemble those that entangled atlanta. >> in some cities, the scores changed so much that there's virtually no chance of it happening. you would have a better chance of winning the lottery. >> reporter: the paper says nine districts show inconsistencies so extreme the odds that they occurred without an intervention are more than 1 in a billion. according to the report at patrick lewis downtown academy in st. louis, 42% of fourth graders passed the state math test in 2010, just before state investigators began looking into possible cheating. the following year, only 4% of fifth graders passed. in a statement to the ajc, district officials acknowledged the strangeness of score changes, but disagree that cheating was to blame. at ft. worthington elementary in baltimore, the paper also found as many as 20 mistakes were corrected on some exams, often in a lighter shade of pencil. the district issued a statement saying it has been zealous in our attack on cheating, and places external independent monitors in every school during

our report tonight from nbc's chris jansing. >> in atlanta, it's never been this bad. allergies are sending sufferers to the doctor. >> my nodes nodes is really stuff a. >> drivers to car wash. yesterday, pollen counts broke all records. >> i have never seen anything like this. we're seeing patients coming in with terrible symptoms. >> this machine quantifies pollen in the air, typical this time of year, a reading of 2000. the new record, dangerously high, almost 9,400. the same story playing out across huge swaths of the country. this forecast predicts medium to high pollen counts for at least the next four days. they're seeing it in chattanooga. >> i just washed my car. it was covered in yellow ick. >> and feeling it in charlotte. >> just really stuffy. >> both have the dubious distinction of being among the worst cities for spring allergies. gorgeous trees like this are among the culprits. first a warm winter now record high spring temperatures which means the pollen is released much sooner and there's much more of it. not all pollen is created equal. pine tree poll

it is not just atlanta. look at some of the top five cities today that will have some of the highest pollen counts in the country. places across the south, birmingham, places through mississippi, even places as far north as cape girardeau, missouri, will experience this stuff. the map indicates that we'll have red all the way up through the mid-atlantic and in some cases as far north as connecticut and new york where the oaks, the elms are blossoming there. here, in atlanta, we have got the oak -- the dogwoods. isn't that pretty? now, before these came, the old bradford pears, they're beautiful white flowers. the problem is the dogwood festival is next month. this is blooming way, way too early. the cherry blossom festival in d.c. happening now. but they pretty much have already bloomed. this san oak tree. this is one of the trees here that is pollinating. you see the leaves just beginning to sprout there. and the red flag, the dreaded red flag, carol, you know what that means, a red flag, pollen warning her

this is joe johnson with the clutch 3 and that took atlanta up 1 with 46 seconds to go. and move to the final seconds. with seven to go, he gets a great look for the tie and no good off of the back of the rim and the wiz blow a sec-half double-digit lead at home and fallling to atlanta, 95-92e. >>> opening day is less than two weeks away. the nationals may have to start their season without closer interview drew storein. and he won't be beginning playing catch until tuesday. an mri revealed no structural damage in the elbow. for now,-by-on the shelf. and this afternoon, a rough outing for him and 3-2/3 for jackson, gave up 11 hits, 10 runs and seven those earned and adam jones with the infield edge is and with the score on the error here, by the 3rd baseman and with that wound out at the plate. the os blast the nats, dwell-3, they're 0, 10, and 1 in the last 11 games. >>> the arnold palmer invitational and that is looking like tiger woods is blowing him away and with that four-shot lead. on 15 and you know what this means, it means it's never good and that is going acros

why watch "all my children" and "general hospital" when you can see "atlanta housewives?" they're an over dramatized version of live. they or not real. they're fun to watch, "jersey shore," all trashy and tawdry and over the top. the further you take it, the bigger your brand can be. >> that's my thing. that's not a brand. >> it is a brand. >> it's a brand. >> no. a brand has staying power. a brand is procter & gamble, a brand is mcdonald's. >> or "black enterprise." >> exactly. those are not brands. those are -- >> those might be respectable brands. >> this is called "black enterprise." let's go back to the black reality star and tell me about their endorsement. >> look at nene leaks. >> she has an endorsement deal. >> she's still making money and still a brand. it's not anything that will work for the next 30 years. >> exactly. >> it's working for now. >> one of the biggest shows, a reality show. >> why do you have this insane need to be seen. >> let me push you on that. you can say the reality stars have an insane need to be seen. aren't we all obsessed with being pseud