>> today indiana governor mitch daniels with the latest on the devastating tornado damage, and newt gingrich and ron paul on the countdown to super tuesday. it has been one of the worst storms ever. at least 38 people dead as mighty tornadoes roared through 12 states. in kentucky and indiana, some small towns were not just hit hard, but destroyed. and this morning, thousands of across the middle of america are trying to put their lives back together. we'll get the latest from governor mitch daniels who toured the hard hit state yesterday, and then turn to campaign 2012 with super tuesday 48 hours away. we'll hear from newt gingrich. can he rez rec his campaign yet again? >> i have to win georgia, i think, to be credible in the race. >> and then there's ron paul, yet to win a contest, but don't tell him that. >> the good news is we're doing very well in getting delegates. >> we'll talk to him too. this is face the nation. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> bob: good morning and welcome to "face the nation". what are you seeing her

mitch daniels was on "hardball" last week with chris matthews. boy, did mitch daniels sound like he wanted to be drafted. he's got a new book out. he says, look, the candidates are not being specific. the candidates welcome timid. i, mitch daniels, am being bold. i'm out there. paul ryan did the same thing today. as you said during the illinois primary he chose to do this and advance of the wisconsin primary, by the way, which is his home territory. and i think paul ryan considers himself a national player either to define the conversation or be on the ticket as well. interesting contrast between the kanld dates who are running who are often very vague and the sort of why don't you draft me, people, like mitch daniels and paul ryan who are saying we're the brave specific ones. >> paul ryan has to hate live in the house of representatives right now. he got as high as he can get. he can look forward to another 30 years as chairman of the budget committee or maybe getting on that romney ticket. does he solve romney's problems if he's the number two

>> i like mitch daniels because he is about to die and i am a budget hawk and he will go after the -- he is a budget guy and i am a budget hawk and he will go after the deficit. >> does he have a chris mcdevitt? > -- charisma deficit. >> that is one problem. the other is that his wife left him and married another guy and came back it how america will react to having a cuckold is a question. >> it is a great screenplay, but let's get one thing straight. if mitt romney is within, i think he will be, 200 votes of the nomination, there is no way he will be deprived. this is somebody who would slog for breakfast in dubuque to dinners in tampa all the way through the process, and now you are going to say, hey, jeb, you want to come in? how about chris christie? paul ryan? "the wall street journal" -- a giant sucking sound every time his name is mentioned. [laughter] if mitt romney cannot get 200 it, he t of ought to give it up to a teammate his money in hostile takeovers. [laughter] >> i think mark is right, although i cannot say as well or as hilariously. if you are shaking hands with peop

thank you very much, governor mitch daniels of indiana. i really respect what you're trying to do fiscally. >>> up next, newt gingrich doesn't have much rationale for staying in the race, does he? now jon stewart's picking apart whatever case he has. that's coming up in the sideshow, where newt belongs right now. you're watching "hardball" on msnbc. people really love snapshot from progressive, but don't just listen to me. listen to these happy progressive customers. i plugged in snapshot, and 30 days later, i was saving big on car insurance. i was worried it would be hard to install. but it's really easy. the better i drive, the more i save. i wish our company had something this cool. yeah. you're not... filming this, are you? aw! camera shy. snapshot from progressive. plug into the savings you deserve with snapshot from progressive. >>> back to "hardball." now for the sideshow. first up, southern strategy. newt gingrich lost two primaries in his backyard this week. and since then, he's been ignore calls from his own party to get out of t

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, that probably does not help mitch daniels' vice presidential chances either. which brings, of course, to the other great milk toast hope for the vice presidential running mate. that would be the forced ultrasound guy from virginia. >> you said, again, on this show that you thought that tsa pat-downs were invasive and an infringement on people's civil liberties. how can a pat-down at an airport more invasive than come peming, forcing women to go through this medical procedure to have an abortion? >> it's the manner, from what i understood about this coverage, that the manner these pat-downs were beneath the dignity of the passengers, and there were other ways to complete that. >> i can hear them screaming when you're talking about the dignity of the traveling public, what about the dignity of women? >> i believe this is something that helps respect the dignity of women by making sure that they'v had all the information. >> nothing respects a women's dignity like forcing her into a state-mandated medical procedure designed to show her pictures of the fact that s

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the governor of indiana mitch daniels joins me now on the phone in indianapolis. governor our condolences for the deaths you've had so farpt what's your biggest worry at the moment? >> john, that the darkness will fall before we discover all those who may be trapped or otherwise suffering. we've we've got we think the best emergency response system in the country. great radio communications and a prewritten plan in every county. but still we've got all too much experience in indiana with these storms. and all the warnings and all the preplanning in the world aren't always enough to offset what mother nature does. >> you mention all that planning. and you are sadly used to this because of where you are in the country. and this happens from time to time. the national weather service meteorologist calling this outbreak "crazy". is it unusual both in the number of the storms and the force of the storms in your view? >> i'm no meteorologist. and despite as i say our frequent experience with this, i am constantly amazed by both the unpredictability and the ferocity of w

and mitch daniels disappeared weeks ago between the couch cushions. [ laughter ] 4jqjpresident? well, remember, just two years before barack obama announced his run for the presidency, he was a state senator. which brings me to the latest installment of "mr. smith goes to the state legislature, then later, possibly washington." [ laughter ] [cheers and applause] people love the state legislature. our first rising star comes from indiana. >> an indiana lawmaker is taking a stand against girl scouts. state representative bob morris said he's against celebrating the group's 100th anniversary. >> in a letter that he wrote to his fellow representatives he says, "the girl scouts are a quote radicalized organization that promote abortion and homosexuality." >> stephen: yes. they meet in a church basement once a week, hold bake sales to raise money for field trips, and volunteer their time to help the elderly. you know, gay stuff! [ laughter ] and bob morris isn't just pulling these accusations out of his totally straight ass. in a letter to his fellow legislators, he said, quote, "i di

. >> does this start mitch daniels -- >> you swallowed that, i helped you swallow that -- i'm graduation -- >> he is married to a mexican immigrant. >> there were a lot of bush people in florida that said jeb was fired up about romney. he was ready to -- and he watched him go through the campaign, go through immigration, use it against a wedge against mccain, he has not liked the rhetoric in general, and he has even been critical of the tone and rhetoric used on the issue of immigration, so i think this endorsement is more bowing to the reality of the situation, and you know, when you know all of that backdrop, and you read the statement, i think it's telling. >> it's interesting he is married to a woman from mexico who is hispanic -- >> and his own record on people with hispanics -- >> and the way to win over hispanic voters, and not just cuban-americans. >> i think he is interesting. his endorsement that isn't that interesting, the statement released this mormt, jeb bush said "primary elections have been held in 34 states and now is the time for to unite behind governor romney and take

governor mitch daniels pledged state assistance and has a message for residents who lost everything. >> we love you and we're with you and all the -- if it isn't already obvious, it will to be a lot of them, it's not just government. this is their neighbors here to help. >> at least one tornado tore a path through three counties in southern indiana. >>> russian prime minister vladimir putin scores a big victory in the presidential election. with the win putin returns to the kremlin and holds onto power six more years. exit poll results show putin won the election with 58% of the vote at least. before he became prime minister putin served two terms as president. >>> last week president obama said he doesn't bluff when it comes to ending iran's nuclear program. today more talk from the president hoping to calm tempers. head of a white house meeting with israeli's prime minister, this as the global economy is looking for a solution to rising oil prices likely stoked by tensions. here's the story from beirut. >> reporter: iran taking center stage as president obama delivers a speech to a

indiana governor mitch daniels used to be on everybody's short list, then his secretary of state the top election official in the state was convicted of six felonies including voter fraud and mitch daniels said he hoped to still be able to have that guy run the state's elections. what? so the veep stakes have been weird. the republican running mate pool is not empty yet. for starters, there is rick perry, fox news reporting on preliminary negotiations for potential gingrich-perry ticket. both the perry and gingrich camps denied official talks but you never know. vp potential in the current field of candidates. you might remember when newt gingrich won in south carolina, all of his very excited south carolina supporters said they wanted rick santorum to be mr. gingrich's running mate. they chanted that at least. >> rick santorum showed enormous courage in iowa when had no money, nobody covered him and he kept campaigning. >> vp, vp. vp,vp. >> vp, vp newt gingrich basking this that idea. while newt gingrich used to enjoy sharing the ticket with rick santorum, mitt romney would not shar

look at mitch daniels in indiana, it was much harsher than what scott walker did in wisconsin and it seems like he turned the state around. >> governor christie in new jersey did the same thing. he balanced two budgets without raising taxs and he got the democrata-controlled legislature to modest increases. and the problems is unies have monopoly power. >> easy for you to say, david. >>> and the average working family trying to meet their mortgage can't get a competitive bid on working their town. >> morgan, let's concentrate on what works and what seems to work is what indiana did. changing their relation and a right to work state . new jersey changing its relationship with public sector unions as well >> yes, that is the point. unions are in many places starting to come down. >>> and they were dragged kick screaming. they didn't want the change in indiana or new jersey. >> they were dragged kick scream the changes are come that's because new lawmakers are come nothing the office. >> what wisconsin is going through with the recall of the gov and everything is focused on public secto

mitch daniels, gover of indiana. could one of these republicans darlings swoop in and take the republican nomination away from romney? has romney done anything to warm up the hard-core g.o.p. conservative base? or are they too purist? let's get the exit question. any possibility of a white knight? yes or no? >> i do not believe so. >> no. >> no. >> i'm going to give it a no too. >> no no. >> even if he falls short of the magic number he still has the authority of having one more delegates than anyone else. >> that's a metaphysical what? >> i don't want to -- [everyone talking at once] >> the answer is, no! no way >>> prediction, james? take your time for. >> the current unemployment rate is 8.3%. that will be the low for unemployment for the year. it's only going to drift higher from here. >> goes you know what gallop gives the point? over 9%. why is that? they measure it differently. they don't take. >> account seasonal adjustments and 8.3% is a very rosie way of looking at it if you -- >> you think -- you agree wit

. >> dave: rick, ahead we'll hear on governor mitch daniels what they do now and where they go next, an important story as they move forwards. >> alisyn: and more to tell, but because the deadly high school shooting, obviously, still on top of the minds of the residents in chardon, ohio, last night they held another vigil. ♪ hundreds of people came out to remember and honor the three victims killed in this tragedy. >> this is a time to pull together and support one another. and i think that's just what everybody here wants to do. >> alisyn: earlier in the day. the 16-year-old was laid to rest. funerals for the two other victims are set to take place later this week. a reported deal has been hashed out between the u.s. and israel. israely officials reportedly agreeing to wait. and president obama meeting with benjamin netanyahu supposedly to assure that iran won't build a nuclear weapon as long as israel's attack delayed. many top military officials want to strike now. but the president has warned against acting prematurely. a washington teacher in trouble after disturbing math prob

mitch daniels, gover of indiana. could one of these republicans darlings swoop in and take the republican nomination away from romney? has romney done anything to warm up the hard-core g.o.p. conservative base? or are they too purist? let's get the exit question. any possibility of a white knight? yes or no? >> i do not believe so. >> no. >> no. >> i'm going to give it a no too. >> no no. >> even if he falls short of the magic number he still has the authority of having one more delegates than anyone else. >> that's a metaphysical what? >> i don't want to -- [everyone talking at once] >> the issue three, first rosie scenario. >> we've clearly seen positive economic news over the last few months. confidence sup, and the economy is getting stronger. >> president obama is bullish on the u.s. economy. here are the reasons why. item, manufacturing up, february was the 31st consecutive month of u.s. manufacturing growth. item, u.s. auto industry up. january and february sales of cars and trucks were the highest since may 2

can we get jeb bush or mitch daniels because they don't think that mitt romney has the winning formula, the winning message and i think most importantly the winning personality. people forget he is essentially a professional presidential candidate. he's been doing this for five years some if he still hasn't figured out how to connect, how do you pitch yourself as part of a narrative of why you should be president and how you would change the direction of the country, it is hard to imagine that he will suddenly find the formula. this is a smart guy who du his home work and is what he is. what you see will be what he is the remainder of the campaign assuming he were to win the republican nomination. >> it is important to note that things change quickly. so we will be watching. jim vandehei from politico. >>> up next on the "the wall street journal report," are street journal report," are how they'll live tomorrow. for more than 116 years, ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. helping millions of americans retire on their terms. when they want. where they want. doing

that's why jeb bush or mitch daniels might come back. i don't know who the probable possibly candidates might be. you don't have the negotiation with the candidates. it's the funders, the people we all know really speak for the elite voice in the republican party that is saying we must win. parenthetically, they could decide, you know what, if the economic news continues to be good, we don't care so much about the white house. george wil was saying it the other day, the argument could be hold the house, try for the senate, let president obama hold on. that isn't our priority. >> friday could be the most important at date in the repubn primary campaign. >> the unemployment numbers come out monthly between now and october, i have been saying this two years, that determines november 12's presidential race. that's why this friday is a huge day. >> so you could have a republican establishment that on the one hand is backing mitt mt. and on the other hand, we're looking for the lead sacrificial lamb here. we don't have to break our backs to ge

indiana governor mitch daniels has been surveying the devastation all morning long and he said residents did heed warning of the approaching tornadoes. >> all of the things that mere mortals can do is hard enough sometimes when mother nature takes it and inflicts damage like this. >> what would you say to those watching you and are homeless right now and going through this? >> well, you know, we love you, and we're with you, and all the -- that isn't already obvious, and it will be to a lot of them is not just government, this is their neighbors here to help. >> governor daniels spoke with homeland security secretary janet napolitano and says it will help the people of his state recover from this disaster. >> we'll head to hard hit henriville, indiana. a massive cleanup operation is right there right now. this video showing just widespread damage there. look at that home and colook at that completely empty. the weather channel's jim cantore is there. jim? >> reporter: hey, alex, as you've been reporting the death toll has been climbing all morning long and it's for reasons that what we s

boswell on cam ttg:donations are pouring in ffom &psurrounding areas.governor mitch daniels has already toured the area -- and has promised state aid.in marysville, indiana - craig boswell - ffx news. for many weather watchers, these killer storms have lonn been a myytery..... justthow do they form....? form....? here's meteorologist emily gracey to explain the birrh of a tornado. tornado. 3 as these deadly tornadoes rip through the wess..... people here ii the east are &preminded of ovember 17'th, 2010.... on that day in northeast baltimore, aatornado crushed cars and desttoyed dozens of apartments. and tonight, janice park shhws us wwats left and whaas changed after that devastating storm. storm. leander miller says he can still feel the rumble...from the night his t-v turned off and everything went black: black:"when i got up outsidd,, the buildings ell down, how the heck is a buildinnggoing to fall down"a tornado tore through the dutch village apartments. damaging 300 units...and ddstroying 50. cars were tossed and he roofs on two buildings were torn off: whatta hurricane or tornado

. >> reporter: indiana governor mitch daniels hay way of putting politics in perspective. >> when mother nature decides to work her wrath on we mere mortals, you remember how inadequate sometimes the best of human action can be. >> melanie alnwick, fox 5 news. >>> we still have plenty ahead. your weather, traffic and all of your top stories. >> fox 5 morning news at 4:30 starts right now. ight now. >>> it is monday, march 5th, 2012. a beautiful look at the washington monument. some wintry weather moving in a little closer this morning. >> good morning. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm will thomas. welcome to fox 5 morning news. >> let's say good morning to tucker barnes and get the latest on that. we have some interesting stuff head our way. >> just a little bit. this is not a big deal. we are not going to shut down the city or anything but it looks like we'll get a little period of snow around here. >> oversell it, tucker. >> i've got five and a half hours. i have to pace myself on this one. this is not going to be a major deal but i think we will see some snowflakes flying probably 8:00, 9:00

said the desire here for chris christie mitch daniels to get in this race even this late in the game mean people want these solutions oriented people that can talk through and speak plain english about the problems we face and what needs to get done but they're not given the credibility appear because there's a lot of people up here that don't want things to change so you think there's a disconnect between i believe on capitol hill and the public amongst the establishment now the establishment is not just g.o.p. it's on both sides of the aisle there are those look at senator ron wyden and paul ryan working together on a medicare plan gave camp and why didn't working on tax reform together. and there excoriated all over the press. here for the same. or just out of time coming on the show that having a cigarette that was. to back their grassroots political consultant i'll see. and that's going to do it for now for more on the stories we covered you can head on over to our team doc cobb black usa and you can also check out our you tube page if you tube dot com slash or if you america yo

daniels to get in this race even this late in the game mean people want these solutions oriented people that can talk through and speak plain english about the problems we face and what needs to get done but they're not given their credibility appear because there's a lot of people up here that don't want things to change so you think there is a disconnect between the belief on capitol hill and the public amongst the establishment now the establishment is not just g.o.p. it's on both sides of the aisle there are those look at senator ron wyden and paul ryan working together on a medicare plan gave camp and why didn't working on tax reform together.

out here in henriville, they got a visit from governor mitch daniels who also went to merry'sville that was wiped off of the map. he said unfortunately, the indiana emergency crews have far too much practice in this kind of thing. i will toss tow my colleague john >> we are in the delano community outside of chattanooga, tennessee. can you see the detruction and what used to be a house lifted off of its foundation yesterday. we spoke to christopher johns last night. just before the tornado arrived he was out on the front porch looking at the severe moving in and saw a funnel cloud drop down from the sky and as soon as it touched the ground . didn't get further from the kitchen when the house was picked off and destroyed around him. he survived unskate had a bad scrape but four other family members he had to help free to the wreck yadge get to the nearby hospital. his neighbors were injured as well we pan around and look at what is going on in the neighborhood. utility crews as mike toban was talking about earlier. this is a scene you are seeing in the path of the storm that came through

daniels or who ever. that person has no track on which to run his own train instead of the party train and activists will be ticked off that they worked hard for a candidate who got brushed aside. >> i can see the fireworks and also those who say brokered convention set a bad precedent for the gop since a candidate could wait for a convention to pick him as a nominee? >> yeah. i think anybody who ever run for president would tell you, if you could skip all of the hard work and grueling 20 hour days and fighting off all of the negative attacks from the press and opponents and walk in a coronation, heck put my name on the list, that is the whole point a. it is that somebody ought to earn their way through the process and not walk in and just be handed this magic mantel. and i think it would be a detrimit to the candidate and they haven't been toughened up and that is of value. the reason that the primary is negative in terms of the impact in the general election, is not because of how long it lasted or how

my pick would be mitch daniel, my governor from indiana. he is pro business and he has done a great job in the state. i like the double business guy team. a lot of people are like, he doesn't have the charisma, but we need substance. so the m&m ticket. >> gregg: not bad. >> how about a girl, a woman, a lady. there are plenty? >> there are. i think that the republican establishment is going to sit down with this nominee and say, we have to have either a female or a person of color. things are so dire for them with women voters and from an immigration standpoint, where we saw the fox news latino poll a couple of days ago, showing president obama is beating each of these candidates, 6-1 with the latinos. they have a serious problem when it comes to women, people of color. i think they will have to go there -- >> gregg: sarah palin would was asked tonight whether she would consider being a vice-presidential pick. and he said, i am cleaning this up -- they wouldn't have the [bleep] courage? nicely done. >> gregg: to do that. gentlemen? [laughter