you hearing? >> reporter: hey there, tamron. we're hearing that rick santorum is running a bit behind. maybe ten or 15 minutes from now we expect him in the room. the first word we got that something was afoot was late last night when the campaign sent out notice that they were canceling a couple of events today, this morning, about two hours away from here, west of here. and they were adding an event as they described it here in gettysburg. when we walked into the room this morning, we could tell this was not going to be a traditional rally. this room is far too intimate for that kind of thing. the campaign later clarified this would be a press conference and of course, that set the press corps abuzz about what the topic would be. we did ask one campaign official in fact what senator santorum would speak about. that was met with just a shrug. so of course, all day people have been talking about him suspending his campaign here. over the past couple weeks and especially since his [ laughter ] tuesday in wisconsin, a lot of folks are saying this was the time for him to drop out. that h

power house of the world. >> time, money and math are against rick santorum's chances to have any further success in the presidential race, but tonight the candidate vowed to carry on. >> we have now reached the point where it's halftime. half the delegates in this process have been selected and who is ready to charge out of the locker room in pennsylvania for the second half. >> santorum continued to prebt himself as the true conservative and warned of failure if republicans choose mitt romney. >> ladies and gentlemen, if we're going to win this race, we can't have little differences between our nominee and president obama. we have to have clear contrasting colors. someone that has a clear positive vision. someone whose convictions are forged in steel not on an etch a sketch. >> many people think that rick santorum is on the ropes. let's check in with our crew tonight. let's bring in karen finney. eugene robinson with us tonight. howard fineman. great to have all of you with us. karen, you first. the big question as paul ryan got a lot of attention tonight and he's had a lot of a

on the ballot. ding beginning and ron paul behind him. rick santorum not an option for district of columbia republican voters today. in wisconsin, polls have just closed now at 9:00 p.m. eastern. nbc news is characterizing the race in wisconsin as too early to call but with mitt romney leading rick santorum. the call right now in wisconsin, it's too early to call. the wisconsin republican primary is 100 years old today. actually, yesterday it's 100 years old. the first time wisconsin had a primary was april 2nd, 1912. republicans picked bob three years ago. they picked a guy named george norris. it was not until wisconsin republicans had been picking presidential nominees for 44 years. it was not until it will mid-1950s that wisconsin republicans picked somebody that went onto win the no, ma'am medication when they picked eisenhower. wisconsin republicans are independent minded. they go their own way or they go their own way when the race isn't decided by the time the race gets to wisconsin. for the past 30 years or so the republican nomination contest has mostly already been decid

16-point lead over rick santorum. and at this point, more important, an almost incur mountable lead in the delegate count. nbc news projecting that maryland will go for romney. and we believe d.c. will as well. romney was ahead in the polls in both maryland and wisconsin, and had a clear field in d.c. where santorum fail even to qualify for the ballot. romney pushing hard for votes today with paul ryan in a sub shop in waukesha. >> he gets full credit or blame for what has happened in this economy, and what has happened to gasoline prices under his watch, and what has happened to our schools and military forces. >> honestly not quite sure what he means by that statement, but romney made the case to put the primaries to rest. >> i have twice as many delegates already, so if wisconsin gives me the nod, and i hope voters get out and do their job, i think it will go a long way toward me getting the nominee. >> nbc has already called washington, d.c. for mitt romney. rick santorum not giving up at least not yet. the former pennsylvania senator told cnn last night and we quote. >> we knew

come back well, who is his opponent going to be? it looks like it is going to be rick santorum. we still very important primaries coming up. we'll tell you all about it coming up. >> people even said don't do that it will be dangerous. no, i get energized for that kind of party. 10/9 central. only on showtime. you're about to watch an ad message created a current tv viewer for hershey's air delight. >>how's college life, honey? >>its great, but i'm already getting homesick. >>i've left something for you in your suitcase. >>thanks mom. it's perfect. if i can't be at home, at least i can have a taste of it. >>hershey's air delight milk chocolate, a lighter, airier meltier hershey's happiness. >> all right. we are back on "the young turks." tonight is election night. i'm going to be the first person on television to call it. the district of columbia beeia going to mitt romney. over. you'll see why in a second. now let me update you on wisconsin where rick santorum has some hopes. perhaps misplaced. so, 7.5% lead for mitt romney. it looks like he is probably going to pull that out, but

rick santorum folded his campaign today, cementing the former massachusetts governor as the republican presidential nominee. >>> just this past hour, a bizarre twist in the tray von martin investigation. the lawyers who had been representing the admitted gunman, george zimmerman, said they have lost contact with their client and they say he has, against their advice, placed phone calls to reporters and the special prosecutor. >> i still believe that he was acting in self-defense that night. nothing i have said about him or his case has changed in any way. i just can't proceed to represent a client who doesn't stay in contact with me. >> more on how this dramatic announcement will impact the martin investigation in a few moments. >>> back now to a defining day in the race for the white house. tonight, the only candidate to emerge as a long-term threat to governor romney is out of the race. in pennsylvania this afternoon, just a few hours after bringing his 3-year-old daughter home from the hospital, rick santorum called it quits. >> we -- we made the decision to get into this

wisconsin close in an hour. it could be rick santorum's curtain call. lots of details about what's happening behind the scene. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> this republican budget is something different altogether. it's an attempt to impose a radical vision on our country. >> the president lights up the republican budget like a pinball machine. >> it's bad idea and will end medicare as we know it. it's thinly veiled social darwinism. >> the epic take down with maryland governor and eugene robinson. >>> can rick santorum survive a defeat in wisconsin. in north dakota third is first. rick santorum thought he won the state. steve and richard wolf on the strong arming of the delegates, romney style. >>> an arrest is made in the connection to the wisconsin planned parenthood bombing. mitt romney thinks he knows,000 fix the republican problem with women. >> the way we're going to get women voters is talking about how we will get this economy going again. >>> devastating tornadoes slam through nox. >> this is something i've never seen before. >> entire neighborhoods in dall

significantly ahead, 47% to 31% for rick santorum. newt gingrich and ron paul trail significantly. in washington, d.c., 24% of the vote is in. 69% for romney. 13% for ron paul. 11% for newt gingrich. santorum was not on the ballot, did not qualify. in wisconsin, mitt romney ahead right now with almost a third of the vote in. 30%. he's got 43% to 38% for rick santorum. 11% for ron paul. 6% for newt gingrich. let's bring in our own candy crowley. she's been covering the romney campaign. a lot of happy people over there. three wins, that's significant. >> reporter: it's a clean sweep. it's exactly what they wanted. you heard first from paul ryan, who's been accompanying romney around wisconsin. we republicans are unified. you might get some argument tonight in the camp of rick santorum, but there's a clear push here for, hey, a clean sweep opening up april. you heard mitt romney just now saying i want to talk to pennsylvania and new york, all the rest of the states that are ahead in the next couple of weeks to join us. three words you did not hear tonight, which says more about how romne

know if it's a press conference or not, rick santorum is returning to the campaign trail at 2:00 this afternoon in pennsylvania. he has been off of it for easter holiday plus a day in part because of his 3-year-old daughter, bella's, troubles with a lifelong chromosomal disorder that had her in the hospital. she's out and doing better, and santorum had planned a rally at 2:00. there you see there's pictures of they're getting set up for what looks more like a layout for a press conference or a media availability than anything else. this is the first time that santorum's been on the campaign trail since last week when he was barraged with rampant speculation about dropping out of the race. at this event he will presumably make it clear whether or not he is staying in the race. he does still believe that while improbable, he can still compete in the race, and if he wins pennsylvania, go on and perhaps compete in texas and stay on, but they are reasonable about it. they've been practical, and there's also a very real possibility that rick santorum could be departing the race at this appe

romney has a tremendous advantage over rick santorum right now. a tremendous advantage. he is in the driver's seat. a lot of people think he's the presumpive nominee. let's see what happens in pennsylvania. but there's no doubting that as you correctly point out that california and new york state, the two largest states, they have a clear advantage for mitt romney. texas may have a little bit of an advantage for rick santorum. so the game will continue. let's see what happens. >> let's go to tom foreman. tom, take me to your magic wall. it's all about the delegates, as always. how significant will tonight be in terms of delegate count? >> well, you know, piers, it's been this incremental process we've been through quite some time. you get 42 delegates here. as you move through these other states, you'll get more and more people to add into the equation and it will make some difference. i do want to point out something about the delegate count that i think is important consider in all of this. if you look at a state like maryland here, for example, where rick santorum seems to be doin

the camp of rick santorum, but there is a clear push here for, hey, a clean sweep opening up april. you heard mitt romney just now saying now i want to talk to pennsylvania and new york, all the rest of the states that are ahead in three weeks to come and join us. three words you did not hear, wolf, which i think says more about how romney views the future than anything else -- the three words not spoken tonight, santorum, gingrich, paul. so this is clearly a campaign that wants to create that momentum, it's a psychological more than a mathematical thing right now. obviously, he's more than halfway toward getting those 1,144 delegates, but he is not near there yet. so this is more about it's over even if the math does not add up right now. they want to push ahead clearly, what they'd most love to do is win in pennsylvania. they think the other states look friendlier. if they could take pennsylvania they do think that's a knockout blow, even though it doesn't necessarily mean that rick santorum or newt gingrich or ron paul will actually get out of the race. they may dial it back as

wasn't long ago that rick santorum looked like the guy that just might knock off mitt romney, but he lost michigan, he lost ohio, he lost wisconsin, and it increasingly looked like he was going to lose his home commonwealth of pennsylvania. so today rick santorum suspended his campaign. though he refused to mention romney by name, you bet he did. nothing stands between romney and the nomination. check your calendars, by the way. the general election starts today. on that last point, president obama knows that times are bad this fall. he won't get reelected arguing, i've done a great job. so he's making a different case right now, that if you're struggling, it's not because he's failed, it's because the system failed. the president made fairness the issue today. the republicans have stacked the deck in favor of the rich against the rest of us. obama clearly thinks it has a winning strategy here. plus the trayvon martin case, late this afternoon lawyers for george zimmerman said they are no longer his lawyers. they said an odd behavior on zimmerman's part. we'll get the latest from san

>> right now we're in trouble with our old pal chuck todd. >> rick santorum is out after an improbable rise that energized the base and challenged the establishment and now leaves mitt romney free to focus solely on the general election, but will santorum's conservative supporters flock to romney and what happens to his delegates? tax fairness in the swing state of florida, will he find it for the rest of the election and the obama campaign releases their first big swipe at romney since santorum stepped down. hillary clinton says the u.s. will proceed with appropriate action, but that isn't stopping them from starting to fuel up the missile. our report from inside north korea ahead. good morning from new york city. it's wednesday, april 11, 2012 and this is "the daily rundown." i'm luke russert in for chuck todd. after 32 states, 20 debates and $180 million of candidate spending and 15 more from super pacs effectively ended yesterday when rick santorum suspended his campaign. >> against all odds we won 11 states, millions of voters, millions of votes. we won more counties th

. >> let's talk about the campaign absent rick santorum. >> miracle after a miracle. this race was as improbable as any you will see for president. >> what did santorum say about mitt romney as he announced the suspension of his campaign? nothing, not word. would romney consider santorum as his running mate? >> i am not taking anybody off my list. i don't have in this yet, so i cannot say someone is on or off my list. >> ok, there is no list. rick santorum decided to drop out of the race before he got clobbered again. he lost his 2006 re-election bid by 18 points in pennsylvania. who would have thought when this campaign began that santorum, ignored by moderators in early debates, would have won all those caucuses? did he make mitt romney a better candidate, or to put him in a box, as "washington post" columnist e.j. dionne suggest it? roger? >> i think rick santorum appealed to voters who like his ideology -- did not care if he was going to win or not, but like him talking about social issues, when the party structure wanted a candidate who would talk about economic issues, mitt romn

great schools. rick santorum thinks that these schools are actively trying to destroy america. this is rick santorum speaking today in wisconsin. listen to what he says. this is one of the all-time classic rick santorum making it up moments. watch. >> just reading something last night from the state of california and that the california universities, i think it's seven or eight of the california system of universities don't even teach an american history course. it's not even available to be taught. >> it's not even -- there's no american history being taught at the university of california campuses. really? why would they do this, rick santorum? >> it's not even available to be taught. just to tell you how bad it's gotten in this country where we're trying to disconnect the american people from the roots of who we are. >> that is unbelievable. he said seven or eight of the university of california campuses do not allow you to study american history. they do not teach it. you cannot take it even if you want to. that is unbelievable. that literally cannot be believed. that is not a true

rick santorum hinted that april and mays are his months in the upcoming primary. and my interview with his wife, carp, his christian faith and what do you not know about rick santorum. strength in numbers, as the endorsements are piling up for mitt romney. this morning, he gets backing from wisconsin senator ron johnson. 48 hours before the voters in that state go to the polls. a move they'll bring you to tears, the controversy surrounding bully and why one democratic congresswoman is hopeful that tell fuel her anti-bullying bill and live to vatican city for palm sunday. america's news headquarters live from the state's capitol starts right now. >> shannon: the two g.o.p. frontrunners have a lot to say. big in-- endorsments from mitt romney, but rick santorum says he is in it for the long haul. peter has more. >> senator santorrum and speaker gingrich both said that governor romney will have to earn the 1144 delegates needed. if he does and they are satisfied there are no disputed delegates, they will help him win burks until then, it is going to be a fight. >> a poll came out thi

so. moving beyond a primary where he was contested by a cultural conservative, like rick santorum, and romney did either fill obliged to or out of conviction or terrell's respond and start to discuss these matters -- make no mistake about this -- in 2004, among married voters with children, george w. bush beat john kerry it -- only 28% of them in the electorate -- by 19%. john kerry, among other married voters without -- that is an important constituency to galvanize and turned out if you are a republican. >> let's talk about the campaign ads and rick santorum. >> miracle after merrill. -- miracle after miracle. >> what did santorum said about mitt romney as announced the suspension of his campaign? nothing, not a word. what romney nonetheless considered santorum as his nning mate? >> i am not taking anybody off the list. i don't have a list yet. i cannot say someone is on or off my list. >> ok, there's no list. rick santorum has decided to drop out of the race before he got clobbered again. he lost his 2006 re-election bid by 18 points in pennsylvania. santorum was all but ignored by

are asking you to do to protest rick santorum and let's just say it's definitely not p.g. thirteen. it's friday april sixth four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine frizz out here watching r t. let's begin with one of those terms that has become a very normal part of conversation here in washington cyber security there are a whole lot of top officials here who say this is where the future of terrorism is bound to take place on the internet and it's becoming clear after the hacking into of several government websites including the f.b.i. the department of homeland security but the government is vulnerable but many government for. current and past are using that reality to try to pass stricter laws to try to overturn current laws in this country many people hold sacred laws regarding your privacy in an op ed in the new york times this week richard clarke a cyber security advisor to president george w. bush lays out what he sees as some solutions he says under customs authority of the department of homeland security quote inspect what enters and exits the united states in cyberspace c

republican presidential candidates are campaigning in wisconsin for tomorrow's primary. rick santorum released a statement denouncing the violence but still firmly opposing planned parenthood. he said violence is never the answer while we can and should work to defund planned parenthood, violence against our fellow citizens has no place in a freedom loving america. santorum isn't the only candidate who has escalated the war on women's health. mitt romney said he will defund planned parenthood. he said women who rely on planned parenthood services are on their own. >> i'm wondering where you you would suggest the women that receive their health services such as mammograms and hpv vaccines go. >> they can go where ever they like to go. this is a free society. the federal government should not tax these people to pay for planned parenthood. >> women health services are under attack from all sides. president obama released a statement saying he stands with planned parenthood and its supporters. >> protecting women's health is a mission that stands above politics. over the past year you've had to s

santorum is no longer in it for the long haul. rick santorum moments ago suspended the presidential campaign making it impossible for anyone to beat romney in a three-man race toward the republican nomination. this come as day after his three-year-old daughter, bella, left the hospital after contracting pneumonia, and she has a rare chromosome disorder, and the decision also comes after a growing list of high profile republicans called for him to drop out as it appears more unlikely the former pennsylvania senator could catch up to the substantial lead in the delegate count. rick santorum today said he will continue to "fight for conservative causes." >> i made the decision to get in this at the kitchen table against all the odds and we made a decision over the weekend that while this presidential race for us is over, for me, and we will suspend our campaign effective today, we are not done fighting. >>shepard: that is the end of the campaign that was a roller coaster. carl? >>carl: he says he will continue to fight against rebound and today he promised to help the house of represen

% of single moms are now living in positivity. >> rick santorum quickly put his losses behind him while looking to the next round of primaries. >> this isn't half time, no marching bands. we're hitting the field. the clock starts tonight. we've got three weeks to go out here in pennsylvania and win this state and after winning this state, the field looks a little different in may. >> santorum could be competitive in may primaries in states like north carolina, nebraska, arkansas and texas but first he has to make it through april through new york connecticut rivaled all considered i'm romney targets. cantor rum's lead over romney in pennsylvania is down to 6% in the latest poll. the onslought of attack ads await him. david shuster this was according to script, romney moving forward slow deliberate grinding down of rick santorum and to say what we've been saying now week after week isn't it finally over, is this bad movie finally coming to an end? what do you think? >> according to the santorum campaign it's not over until somebody gets 1,144 delegates to the convention. we're talk

romney and rick santorum destroys him with a new ad. >> what if i told you he raised taxes and stuck taxpayers with a $1 billion shortfall. >> the scott walker race is a lot more important to me than the presidential race right now. >> milwaukee mayor wants to be the democrat to take on scott walker in the june recall. tonight, tom is my exclusive guest. >>> i'm doing this for trayvon. it makes me press forward to know we have to address this for my son so his death is not in vain. >> america is waiting for an arrest in the trayvon martin case as details paint a wors picture for george zimmerman. we'll have the latest. >>> good to have you with us. thanks for watching. the dangerous reality of the war on women's health was on full display in wisconsin last night. a homema explosive device was detonated at a planned parenthood clinic in the town of grand chute, wisconsin. police is no suspects. the president of the wisconsin planned parenthood clinic says the clinic will reopen tomorrow. she says our primary concern today is our patients, staff and volunteers. the bomb attack comes wh

%. he's got 43% to 38% for rick santorum. 11% for ron paul, 6% for newt gingrich. let's bring in our own candy crowley. she has been covering the campaign. a lot of happy people over there. three win, that's significant. >> it's a clean sweep, it's exactly what they wanted. you heard first from paul ryan who has been accompanying romney around wisconsin. you know, we republicans are unified. you might get some argument tonight in the camp of rick santorum, but there is a clear push here for, hey, a clean sweep opening up april. you heard mitt romney just now saying now i want to talk to pennsylvania and new york, all the rest of the states that are ahead in three weeks to come and join us. three words you did not hear, wolf, which i think says more about how romney views the future than anything else -- the three words not spoken tonight, santorum, gingrich, paul. so this is clearly a campaign that wants to create that momentum, it's a psychological more than a mathematical thing right now. obviously, he's more than halfway toward getting those 1,144 delegates, but he is not near the

know how these things end -- and i have no inside information about what rick santorum's going to say or not -- but what we know is that these things end whet whn the candidate decides they end. it's possible that rick santorum, you know, over the weekend thought he wanted to stay in, maybe he woke up and said he wanted to goat out, vice versa, the aides don't necessarily know because it's the candidate's decision when he wants to stay in and when they want to get out. i don't think it's outside the realm of possibility what i heard last night and today are two different things. i think that's jut just how these things happen. you're rick santorum, he's outspent -- being outspent currently $2 million-0 on the television airwaves in pennsylvania. >> the the e-mail i got said, make sure you've got a camera, which could mean either thing but could be leaning towards him making some news, news would obviously ending a campaign. now to the larger issue, which is the what looks like the general election matchup. this was paul ryan being talked about as a potential running mate, paul rya

. rick santorum -- say it ain't so. it is. he has dropped out of the race. i'm sorry: has suspended his campaign. in case you are unclear about it, you shouldn't be. it's game over. watch. >> i walked out after the iowa caucus victory and said game on. i know a lot of folks are going to write -- make country maybe those even at the whitehouse game over. but this game is a long long, long way from over. >> wrong been country country again, bob your country you are done. clean up. go home. clean up. go home. you are home. in fact, you were afraid you were going to lose your home state in pennsylvania. >> that's why you did this. we will get to that in a second. but he says, you know what? he has won a lot of victories. >> against all odds we won 11 states. millions of voters millions of votes, we won more counties than all of the other people in this race combined. >> so, that's why he had the most amount of delegates? except he didn't. okay. you can win a lot of counties and not win a lot of delegates because there aren't a lot of people in those counties. he got out of the race because

now live at gettysburg, pennsylvania. rick santorum expected to hold a news conference any minute now. he is expected to make a major announcement. when it happens, we will bring that to you. >>> in the meantime, let's get back to the markets. let us begin with your money and what many believe now is the single greatest risk to the global economy, and that is spain. today spain's stock market fell again. its biggest bank stocks also tumbling this year. this is a big story we, folks. spain, to put it bluntly, is not grease. they'rest maited 2011 gdp is $1.4 trillion. that ranks fourth in the world. that gdp is contrasting by .3%. as of last quarter unemployment in spain a staggering 23%. that is the 163rd worst joblessness rate in the world. but the biggest risk is not the spanish economy. it is the spanish banks. the biggest banks in spain by assets are santender, bbva. you've got bbva at 782. here's the fear. add them up and you get total assets of about $2.76 trillion. spain's gdp is $1.4 trillion. in other words, spain's top three banks have assets that are worth nearly double

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. we have fox news coverage tonight. molly at the site of a rick santorum rally. we begin with carl cameron in a gathering for mitt romney in wisconsin. good evening, carl. >> the counts left. they gave mitt romney a round of applause and sent him off, he'll be campaigning in pennsylvania tomorrow, one of the states that comes next happens to be where he served in the house and congress, romney is assuming the role of front runner, focusing on president obama with particularly taut, harsh rhetoric tonight. >> how do do they say they don't like business very much. the economy is the product of businesses in the nation added together. so it's like saying you like an omelette but you don't like eggs. >> bret: romney is pivoting away from republican nomination politics to general election rhetoric he hopes to bring against president obama in the fall. look for increasing pressure in the fall and the romney campaign looking forward to the possibility of har ash tack ads in pennsylvania. >> bret: thank you. >> and let's go live to pennsylvania. rick santorum is here this evening. good eve