the first photo from the first spacecraft ever to orbit mercury. it's part of the planet nobody has ever seen. nasa releases a bunch more later today. but we begin this hour in syria. the latest arab nation to have protests and violence. the government has resigned and new concerns hang over a country that the united states has long accused of terrorism. this morning syria's president said his country is being targeted by foreign enemies. >> translator: we always wanted to protect ourselves such as to protect ourself from people coming from outside and you know that we are now -- conspiracy worldwide conspiracy and this is events on what is happening in the arab world. >> sounds just like hosni mubarak, doesn't he? zain verjee is live in london. he mentioned reform and when he threw in the worldwide conspiracy thing, that was disturbing. is this what the united states was hoping he'd say? >> reporter: no. it's not what the u.s. was hoping he'd say. it's not what the syrian people were hoping he'd say, or the rest of the middle east that was looking toward the speech as really a significant benchmark to which direction syria would go. carol, this was a defiance speech. no major concessions and the message here was loud and clear. this is about survival of the regime of bashar al assad and clear, too, he wanted to stay and fight the emergency law that everyone fought. maybe he is actually going to lift it. did not happen. so that means the regime is able to use a very serious and dangerous tool where they can just detain people at their own whims and keep people in check that way. i spoke to one analyst who said if you're anyone in damascus today and you heard that speech you would probably think twice before getting out on the streets to demonstrate because the security services have a brutal history of cracking down really hard. the syrians know the reality on the ground. and it can be dire consequences. >> it sounds so much like what happened in egypt. it's eerie. how worried should the united states be about syria, though? >> reporter: you know, for the u.s., this is really important. syria is in the middle of the middle east so that means anything that happens in syria is going to have a significant and important impact on the rest of the region. the u.s. cares about that because it has very crucial security interests, as well as energy, oil interests. syria a big buddy of iran and if the syrian regime were to go down, it would affect their best friend iran. so the u.s. would probably be okay with that. the other important thing to note is that syria sponsors hezbollah and the united states has designated hezbollah a terrorist group and syria is a state sponsor of terrorism. these are really important developments happening right now and what happens in syria is really going to affect things. bashar al assad in this speech we were watching made it pretty clear without saying it that he is no hosni mubarak of egypt. he is going to stay and fight. many analysts say that syria isn't even libya. it's even tougher and harder to crack. >> fascinating and scary. of course, you'll be keeping a close eye on it for us. zain verjee, many thanks. nine patients dead and others infected with bacteria at several alabama hospitals. several officials think the i.v.s might be to blame. elizabeth cohen is here to tell us what happened. this is frightening this could happen in a hospital what happened was is that they checked these bags after people died. they said what is going on here and they all were given i.v.s with bags from the same company and they found that there was a bacteria inside called seratiamarsesessions. you know in your bathroom where the grout gets grimy? that is the bacteria. >> how does that happen? >> that is the million dollar question. it was supposed to be sterile. they don't know. was a worker not washing his hands. was the raw ingredient contaminated. nobody knows and what they need to find out. >> this contaminated liquid pumped into the veins of nine patients or more. >> 19. >> 19 patients. >> right. >> at what point did hospital officials realize that something was wrong, that these patients were failing? >> well, they usually see, we're told by the state of alabama, like, let's say, maybe one case of this happening with this particular bacteria. when they started to see more than one, they said, wait a minute. something is going on. it took them a while but they figured it out. it's not going to happen any more. they figured out what is causing it and put a stop to it but nine people are already dead. >> some are in critical condition. >> those ten are not doing terribly well, we're told. >> just awful. i guess i should ask this. like, i mean, no way you can prevent such a thing from happening. >> you and i talk about all the time the ways you can be an empowered patient. i'm here to say you can't in this situation. if someone puts an i.v. into your arm and bacteria is coarsing through your veins, there is nothing you can do. >> elizabeth cohen, thank you. >> thanks. turning to the crisis in libya and what could be the hint of a dramatic shift in strategy. for the first time white house is saying it could provide weapons to the rebel fighters. here is what president obama had to say. >> i'm not ruling it out but i'm also not ruling it in. we're still making an assessment, partly about what gadhafi's forces are going to be doing. >> talk of arming the rebels comes as gadhafi troops are are pushing back the opposition and wrestling towns from their control. cnn's nic robertson is in tripoli with the latest. nic i want to get into arming the rebels thing. what weapons do they have now and what weapons would they want? >> reporter: well, we have seen them with rockets which are long-range weapon that can fire multiple rockets, perhaps 15 miles or so which will explode and bring down the wall of a house, that sort of thing. that is perhaps the heaviest weapon. we have seen them with tanks as well which will do a similar job but perhaps be slightly more destructive. what the rebels seem to lack, their principal sort of military asset that is missioning beyond the numbers and beyond not having enough of these sort of heavier weapons is their ability to use them while in the field in numbers. numbers of rebels who they can sort of put into the fight in a coordinated way. what they would need is more heavier weapons and more advanced weapons technology so they could essentially see where they are firing, perhaps they could get that information from coalition forces to know what they were targeting 15 miles further up the road where they were firing these weapon systems. but in real-time. but the analysis that most people seem to accept on the ground here is that even if you arm the rebels, it's going to take a long time to train them into an efficient fighting force. you're talking about several years to be on a level playing field with gadhafi forces. we know from the coalition meeting in london yesterday that the desire to remove gadhafi from power is probably on a much shorter time frame than several years. the military steps to help the rebels can only be a part of the solution it could seem here. carol? >> in essence is wouldn't matter if the coalition armed the rebels or not? >> reporter: it would matter in the long term and this begs perhaps more deeper and more significant questions. are you -- is the international community prepared to accept and see a divided libya over an extended period of time with the problems that that may bring. wider conflict throughout the country. perhaps a space for al qaeda elements to grow and get stronger or be it much smaller at the moment but they would take advantage of that kind of situation. there are no guarantees when you get into -- when you get into war on the ground. who is going to win, who is going to lose, what are some of the outfolds, the repercussion you don't know. people call it the fog of war. so if you arm the rebels you might be able to hold that front line at the moment for a while before they would be ready to push gadhafi forces back which would take -- but what happens in that intervening period and these are the questions that are very likely going through the minds of president obama and other leading politicians around the world. what are you setting the stage for? because even if you arm the rebels it's not going to give you the immediate victory you're looking for. >> plus the fact we don't know who the rebels are. nic robertson reporting live from tripoli, thank you very much. we are keeping a close eye on capitol hill. top administration officials will give lawmakers a briefing on the issues in libya. libya is providing the backdrop for president m obama and a speech he is due to give later this morning and that speech will focus on america's energy security and it comes amid two major stories that could shape energy policy. the first, the instability in the arab world and the concerns that are pushing up oil and gas prices. the other, the deepening crisis in japan and renewed concerns about nuclear power as an alternative energy source. we will have live coverage of president obama's speech at georgetown university, scheduled in a couple of hours at 11:20 eastern and 8:20 pacific. next hour, we bring on bill nye, the science guy and ask him what the president needs to tell the nation and talk about how the white house has a cursed hand when it comes to energy policy from aftershore nuclear power and greenhouse gases. coming up, concerns on how they are sleeping in the japanese nuclear plant and what they are eating. a traffic stop years ago comes back to haunt ohio's embattled governor who is locked in the grips of a tough budget battle. >> police officers are used to being called names. i don't think they are used to being called names by the governor of the state. >> this idiot pulled me over. >> yeah, he called him an idiot. ohio labor unions are using this video to push back on deep budget cuts. that's just ahead, too. fiber one chewy bar. how'd you do that? 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>> reporter: even though he later apologized it was a rocky start for a bold agenda. balance an 8 billion dollar deficit and a controversial bill to limit the collective bargaining rights for the state's bub workers. do you regret referring to that police officer as an idiot? >> i've already said that i do, yeah. . it was just -- it was a mistake, period. >> this is exactly what i'm seeing out the hood of my cruiser. >> reporter: the officer who pulled over kasich has the video to prove he was just doing his job. wh >> what bothers me about this he was treated professionally. >> reporter: but they wonder whether the governor respects public workers. >> police officers are used to being called names. i don't think they are used to being called names by the governor of the state within they work. >> reporter: it's gotten personal. >> but not with me. not with me. because first of all, i understand people who are concerned and upset and i respect them. >> reporter: a recent poll shows only 30% of ohioans proof of the job he is doing but this lifelong physical hawk takes comfort in knowing he's in the company of other new midwestern gop governors who are risking their own political skin to balance their budgets. >> i'm aware of the polls but my job is to lift ohio. >> reporter: kasich is arguing for bargaining limits. >> these are people that don't want any change. i mean, they have a good situation and they don't want it to change. >> reporter: the unions accuse the governors of turning the rust belt into the bust belt. >> a lot of lifelong public and police officers who said they will never vote for republican again. >> fascinating. jim acosta joins us now. i know ohio's collective bargaining bill will pass. i sort of want to get into the poll and what it means. >> sure. >> take a look at the poll. 47% of all americans have unfavorable view of the tea party movement and don't much like republicans or democrats either. as far as the tea party is concerned, why do you think its unfavorable numbers are rising? >> reporter: it's an important question, carol. you know, it is interesting to note here that the tea party, as you mentioned earlier, did back governor kasich in ohio and backed scott walker in wisconsin. you have to wonder whether or not there a little bit of a tea party hangover going on here. independents thought that perhaps president obama overreached with health care reform in the early months and years of his administration and now there may be some feelings among independent voters that perhaps these republican governors in the midwest are overreaching in the name of budget balancing, they are going after collective bargaining rights and it's not sitting well with voters. >> just to put this more into perspective. what might this slippage mean for the tea party movement and the republican party, frankly? what might it mean for the federal budget battle that's going to really heat up next week and, of course, 2012 presidential campaign? >> reporter: carol, i think it depends on what happens in all of these different battles. in ohio, as you mentioned, it looks like this thing is going to pass. so governor kasich is going to get a victory and if he can show he can get results in that state, then the voters may change their minds about him. as for what is happening in washington, it is almost impossible to predict what is going to happen. basically, we have a situation where totally gridlock is in effect right now. there is almost no chance that the budget cuts that the republicans are talking about right now, with the tea party at their back saying you got to do this, there is almost no chance of any of that getting past president obama's desk. so we're on the dark side of the moon at this point, when it comes to all of this stuff. how these battles play out, i think, will affect the public mood toward the tea party as we head into the presidential race next year and they are a crucial voting block torms what happens to president obama. >> i think our politicians have forgotten what the word compromise means but you're right, i think we're on the dark side of the mean and interesting to see what heats up in congress next week. jim acosta, many thanks. with his country in crisis mode, syria's president tries to rally support and the playbook some other leaders have used with mixed results. what is his deal? will he survive? some international insights are next. 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could this bring up charges against tony hayward? >> absolutely. i think the investigation is ongoing. they will look for the people that made the decisions negligently. we have to remember 11 people lost their lives. the government will be looking at that. we did hear tony hayward testify in front of congress. they will look closely at his testimony. not only for the manslaughter charges to determine whether or not he made negligent decisions or if he perjured himself. i'm sure they will look at that. absolutely. they will not hold the low-level employees responsible. they want to hold the people that made the majority of the decisions all the way up the corporate ladder. >> thank you. i want to switch gears. a family is suing facebook over photos of their murdered daughter's body. what action can they take against facebook? >> you know, they have sued facebook. not for money or civil liability, but injunctive relief. they want facebook to give them the picture of their daughter back. they want facebook to give them the information for all those people that were on the social network looking at the photo. i think that is pretty far reaching. should facebook give them the master photo? absolutely. i think so. will the judge force them to give up all of the browsers? i don't think so. >> sunny hostin, thank you for joining us. we are following a lot of developments in the next hour of cnn. let's go to elizabeth cohen. >> good morning. nine people dead after given n contaminated iv bags. and now he is leaving the door open to the u.s. hoping to arm the rebels. i'm rob marciano in the cnn weather center. we will talk about space and mercury. that planet closet to the sun. we have an orbiter with new pictures. we will show you them. thank you. president barack obama is speaking about energy this morning. in the next hour, we will bring on bill nye the science guy. we will ask if the president has a cursed hand when it comes to policy energy. that music always makes me want to dance. revenge is feeling sweet for bitter sports fans. we have jeff fischel with sports here. cleveland savor the win against him. >> lebron james. he is going to miami. the heat have not been as great as you might think. when he returned to cleveland, the fans let him have it. >> at forward, number 6, lebron james. >> where is lebron? he was a total no show. he said he was in the bathroom. right. the fans are so bitter. the hometown kid has left town. they booed him constantly. it was true in the 17th century and still true today. hell hath no fury like a basketball fan scorned. cavaliers beat the heat 102-90. to the nhl. kings and oilers. alex martinez. the goalie covers up. where is the puck? he is not sure. nothing up my sleeve. somewhere? anywhere? somebody help me. the puck drops to the ice. the kings did win 2-0. baseball's opening day is tomorrow. you wouldn't know it by the looks of this white wedding at busch stadium in st. louis. two cardinals fans thought it would be a great idea to get married at the stadium. one problem is a big snowstorm this past weekend. i'm impressed with the bridesmaids toughening it out. hopefully that was a quick ceremony. the contest. dribble as long as you can. they have been doing it for almost two days. watch for the guy on the right. oh, and the ball drops. the winner after 44 hours of bouncing. he gets a road trip for two with the phoenix suns. he is taking his son. 44 hours. did not set the world record. he was going to have to going for another 12 hours. >> that is all he gets? >> don't questions fans. >> wise words, jeff. thank you. it is 10:00 on of the east coast. i'm carol costello. serians have been waiting to hear from their president after weeks of unrest. his speech has good sound bites, but little else. a big spike in radiation off the waters of the fukushima radiation plant. and the hole in the plane the size of a bullet? he was right. we start off in alabama. nine patients are dead and ten others are infected with bacteria. health officials think their ivs are to blame. the deadly bacteria was found in the iv bags. we have elizabeth cohen here with more. >> you said 19 people have been affected. nine have died. the other ten are really not doing very well. they found this bacteria called serratia marcescens. this is the stuff that you would see in grout in a bathroom or in the corners of a bathtub. this is awful stuff. when you send it coursing through someone's veins for someone who is already sick, that is not a good thing. >> how is the bacteria found in grout get into iv bags? >> that is what they are trying to figure out right now. they don't know if the wrong ingredients arrived at the plant already contaminated. maybe the packaging or the manufacturing items were contaminated. they just don't know. maybe someone did not wash their hands. they are investigating that right now. >> nine patients are dead. the other ten are not doing well. some of them may die too? >> that is a possibility. yes. >> there is no way to protect yourself against this kind of stuff? >> no, there isn't. if someone hooks you up to an iv, there is nothing you can do. it will be especially deadly if that patient is already sick. this is something that these pharmaceutical companies need to figure out what happened here. how do you prevent it from happening again? >> elizabeth cohen, thank you very much. we will push this story in 30 minutes. we will ask a health expert how often he sees cases like this. now to the libya issues. today, muammar gadhafi's rebels were forced to retreat. they regrouped in the city of ras lanuf. in the meantime, there could be a shift in strategy among the coalition. for the first time, the white house is saying it could provide weapons to the rebel fighters. >> i'm not ruling it out. i'm also not ruling it in. we are still making an assessment. partly about what gadhafi's forces are going to be doing. >> one big concern about arming the rebels is we really don't know who the rebels are. there is opposition extremists as part of this mission. in fact, the u.s. nato commander issued this warning on capitol hill. >> we have seen flickers in the intelligence of potential al qaeda, hezbollah. we have seen different things. >> we have cnn's nic robertson on the phone from tripoli. nic, how do they know the difference between the good guys and the bad guys? >> reporter: they have representatives with the opposition. they released a statement that lived up to the expectations and ideals of the international coaliti coalition. an aspiration of the leaders. if you arm the rebels, will you get the outcome you are looking for? the general acceptance of the situation that arming the rebels would not bring a quick turnabout. you lead the country into an unknown war period where things are not always under your contr control. that is the biggest concern. >> the reason you are saying that is because you arm the rebels, but they have no training. they have no idea how to use the weapons effectively. training takes time. does it matter if they arm the reb rebels? >> reporter: training them to use the equipment and work together a an effective force with communication equipment and work as a large entity on the ground. beyond the fact that once you get to where the rebels are at right now, you arrive at territory that is much harder to fight through. there are many more people who support muammar gadhafi. this is a different area that we have seen the rebels make the tremendous gains in. the equation changes in many respects. that is why you would not likely get quick results by arming the rebels. >> nic robertson reporting live in tripoli. many thanks. let's go to the white house now with cnn's ed henry. ed, i don't think things are much clearer about arming the rebels and our mission there. >> reporter: i think the president's speech may have succeeded in giving the american people a better sense a couple of nights ago about why the president got in and got involved. the u.s. involved in the military action. i think the reaction from capitol hill suggests that people are wondering how do we get out essentially. what are the tools we will use to get to that point where there may be an exit strategy. nic lays it out it is not as easy as one would think. there is question over the training. one of the interviews the president did with the three networks yesterday, he said he was leaving the door open to having the u.s. arm the rebels. he said there were some members of the rebels which were doctors and lawyers and the u.s. could trust them. secretary clinton suggested that the u.s. is not sure who those folks are. there is confusion within the administration on how much they can trust the rebels. >> ed henry live from the white house. the workers trying to stave off the meltdown at the nuclear power plant. concerns over how they are sleeping and what they are eating. and you hear it there. crowds chanting and the world watches. we will have the latest from syria and the latest on the speech from the embattled president. that is next. i have astigmatism. so my old contact lenses would sometimes move out of place and blur my vision. my eye doctor said there's great news for people with astigmatism. acuvue® oasys for astigmatism. he said it's the only lens of its kind designed to realign naturally with every blink and created with hydraclear® plus. i'm seeing more clearly, crisply, comfortably, all day long. now life doesn't have to be a blur. 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>> well, a lot of people were saying they did not want him to appear on the show. i have to believe the audience got coached to agree. he got two standing ovations. the crowd seemed into it. he performed two songs for the show. he did not do an interview or answer questions about "good morning america." it seems all the drama may have helped him. his album debuted at number one. he has only gotten as high as number two in the past. what is that? any publicity is good publicity? >> i was trying to make sense of it. i remember the story people waiting in line two hours for a picture with justin bieber's hair. a.j. hammer has it all tonight on "showbiz tonight" all tonight at 5:00 eastern on hln. stories making news across country. the killer whale that dragged the trainer to her death last year will be in a show today. officials at sea world orlando say it is important for the animal's physical and mental health to get back in the show. trainers have to stay far away from him now. you see that plane crashing into the water. both pilot and passenger are okay. mechanical trouble is expected in tampa bay. the clean up job in crescent city, california picks up with the arrival of the long-awaited crane. nasa releases the first images taken by the spacecraft messenger while in orbit of the inner most planet. meteorologist rob marciano has the latest. >> it is cool. even if i wasn't a science geek. we learned about the planet and solar system. you hear about mercury. you think it is a fire ball. we cannot get close enough to take the pictures. we did it in the '70s. it wasn't this high resolution. let's share some of the pictures with you. at first glance, you say this looks like our moon. it has craters. it is called the debussey crater. there is no atmosphere that we know of on mercury. it is unprotected from things slamming into it. much like our moon. it doesn't have any moons or satellites around it. it goes around the sun. i think it takes 88 days to go around the sun. a day, mercury takes twice as long. it spins slowly. the temperature extremes. it can be very hot. only 30 million miles away. 800 degrees fahrenheit. on the dark side, it is 300 degrees below zero. we want to take a closer look. there may be water. they will tell us a bit with what is going on with our planet. >> fascinating. more pictures will be released later? >> they will take 75,000 pictures. i'm sure they will share with the tax paying public. >> since we pay for their missions. thank you, rob. jenny hausch and her family took a boat trip in the florida keys. they were on the relaxing water. they wanted to see dolphins and soak up rays. a 300 pound eagle ray came out of the water and hit her smack in the chest. >> pinned her down. when i first read this, i was horrified. this is a gorgeous animal. to be pinned underneath it while your family watches in horror this thing flapping around on top of you. that must have been terrifying. >> it was. we talked to the hausch family. >> as i was snapping a picture of the eagle ray in the water, it jumped out. i was able to get the picture of it flying in the air. then the next jump, the eagle ray jumped straight into our boat and into my chest. it was 300 pounds. >> her husband is driving the boat, right? they are out in the middle of the water. suddenly they see this thing on top of jenny. they all surround her and wrestle the ray off of her. >> it is dangerous stuff. they are probes on the tail. spears. i can't remember the word. >> barbs. >> barbs, yeah. that can be poisonous. >> i can't believe she took a picture. >> that is bad luck for sure. >> wildlife officials said the ray wasn't attacking. it was an accident. r rays don't attack. coming up, we are talking with bill nye the science guy. we are finding out what the president needs to do in his big energy speech. 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>> he was working with the hand he was dealt. if you are asking me, and i got the impression you were, i think the united states should pursue better solar panels and wind energy. the big thing we need to figure out is how to store and especially distribute all of this energy. we have five times the energy we need in wind. if we could store it and move it rcising different, very different. that's because you just sis five minutes a day. in fact, university tests prove the ab rocket increases muscle activity 107% compared to traditional floor ab exerc fund to research. this is what will keep the united states from being a world leader in energy. nuclear power -- i hope it is one day like eight track tape. it was good. i enjoyed my eight-track tape. if given the choice, i would not use it. >> it is interesting you say cut funds to nasa. the president was in favor of that. at least cutting the part of the exploration of space. >> the word exploration has been used to mean the space shuttle. if you had a globe, a 12 inch school globe, the international space station is 5/16th above it. >> what about the valuable experiments they perform on the international space station? >> those are good. in the same way we maintain a presence in antarctica. in that same way, we will always want a science base in the lower orbit. it is not the same as going to some place new. >> okay. so -- >> i stumped you. we are talking about energy. we need alternative new energy. >> the only time americans react and try to save energy, the only times our politicians act and change the energy we use is when gas prices go up to $5 a gallon. when gas prices go down, we go back to normal. how do you fix that? >> keep in mind, in other countries, gas prices are way above $5. norway, japan. most of europe. people still drive. they just don't drive as inefficient vehicles. the longest journey starts with but a single step. electric cars, in this example, electric cars are much more efficient than heat-driven gas powered cars. we need to invest in basic research. it is easy for a guy sitting here to say. i'm really serious. congress men and senators. if you want the united states to stay ahead and change the world and be independent of the stuff going on in the middle east and this misery that is going on in japan, we need to get down to fundamental research. my watch is solar powered. it is about 10% efficient. what if it were 50% efficient? 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according to a new report, lots of people are. stephanie elam is here with more details. what does this mean? >> basically, carol, it is a good thing that people feel like they can quit. they feel there are more opportunities. during the recession, people were hunkering down. they need to make it through the recession. this shows us that people are feeling better about things. this is what we can tell you. 73% of people plan to leave their job at some point. while 27% say they plan to keep their job they have right now forever. they don't plan on ever leaving that job. 47% say they can find a job within six months. the other interesting thing here though is 38% of employees say they plan to find a new job in less than three years. of that group, more than half of them are between the ages of 18 to 34. that gives a word to the employers on what to look out for. this is looking at the first quarter here. it is also interesting, carol, when you look at it married versus single. married people tend to stay in their jobs longer. 56% say they plan on leaving their jobs. 31% of married workers plan on never leaving their job. >> don't you find it sad that only 26% of people will want to keep their jobs forever? >> there are a few things. part of it is age. the older you get, the more likely you are to stay with the company. that looks in the spectrum of it. you have a 19-year-old or a 21-year-old. they think they will conquer the world. we have more tech jobs out there, carol. that is a good sign. google saying they will hire. we have twitter saying they need more people employed. all of this shows things are looking a little better out there for everybody in the economy. >> on another topic, what is all this about utah going for the gold and doing away with taxes? >> they are going for the coin in utah. the governor signed it into law that now there will no longer be taxes on gold or silver coins in the state. when they are exchanged. that is a nice pretty one on the screen. it now makes coins legal tender in the state. it is not an investment. now with a currency and not an asset, they cannot get hit with capitals gains taxes. that is what the governor liked about it. what you need to keep in mind, the face value of the coin is all it is worth. with gold being $1,400, you still have $50 worth with the gold coin. why you use it as tender, it is beyond me. you will lose out on a lot of dough. >> warning. warning. don't do it. stephanie elam. >> it will weigh your pants down. >> stephanie, thank you. popular products like jell-ocould carry negative health effects on food coloring on kids. now a panel of experts is weighing in. that panel starts meeting today and tomorrow. there are a growing number of studies showing food dyes can create adverse health concerns in children. members of congress rack up $15,000 in unpaid parking tickets. that story is coming up. ♪ now the healing power of touch just got more powerful. introducing precise from the makers of tylenol. precise pain relieving heat patch activates sensory receptors. it helps block pain signals for deep penetrating relief you can feel precisely where you need it most. precise. only from the makers of tylenol. precise. welcome back to geico radio, hello uh george and linda! george: hello mr. gecko! linda: so, we're such huge fans - george: of yours...and would be really honored... linda: ...if you would marry us. me? 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for the record, santorum is an outspoken person on abortion. we have political director paul steinhauser has the latest poll and tells us what it means. paul. >> these numbers are out a few moments ago. only a few have a favorable opinion of the tea party. 47% have an unfavorable view. look at the rise from january 2010. go to the next figure. look at the disapproval ratings for the democratic and republican parties. it is right about the same. 48% for the two parties. 47% for the tea party movement. look at that. the favorable opinion of the democratic and republican parties are much higher than the tea party movement. >> paul, the tea party was supposed to be an alternative to the republican and democratic party, which, of course, everybody hates. now it is becoming one of them, so to speak, or so it seems. >> here is one reason why it may be happening. the tea party movement is becoming more political. we are also finding our polling director finds out this rise in the unfavorable view is coming from people making less than $50,000 a year. that may be a factor. take a look at this. if you want to raise big bucks, you bring in a big name. governor chris christie from new jersey. he is helping raise $10 million. that is more than they raised last year. chris christie a rock star. some want him to run for the white house. he is saying forget about it. >> he is interesting to listen to. he is so feisty. tell us about the parking tickets. >> i heard you mention it before the break. it is a good story about roll call this morning on capitol hill. $15,000 in parking tickets by members of congress. a lot of money there. carol. >> they are taking advantage of the system. paul steinhauser, thank you so much. we will have the next political update in one hour. for the latest, go to cnnpolitics.com. we will tell you how one city is on the rebound thanks to basketball and a whole lot of teamwork. that is next. forty years ago, he wasn't worried about retirement. he'd yet to hear of mutual funds, iras, or annuities. back then, he had something more important to do. he wasn't focused on his future but fortunately, somebody else was. at usaa we provide retirement solutions for our military, veterans and their families. from investments... to life insurance... to health care options. learn more with our free usaa retirement guide. call 877-242-usaa. in today's building up america, we are looking at a city on the rebound. much of the thanks goes to a basketball team. cnn's tom forman explains. >> reporter: every time the thunder takes the floor, the home crowd cheers, not just for the team, but also for the remarkable transformation it represents. for almost two decades through a voter approved one-cent sales tax, oklahoma city has been rebuilding itself with museums and schools and more and attractions. >> we are creating a city your children will want to live. >> people went to where the jobs are. what i believe is in the future, people will go to the cities they want to live and the jobs will follow the people. >> reporter: the acquisition of the thunder three years ago was a milestone in the process of making this a prime place to live. and a coop for the town. it was made possible in large part because that same tax money was used to build an arena with no debt on the building. >> it is paid for. >> reporter: thunder coach scott brooks calls it teamwork. >> it is important we all get behind each other. >> reporter: today, oklahoma city enjoys one of the lowest unemployment rates of any city in the country. sales tax revenues have soared. this town is charging back from the recession. tom forman, cnn, oklahoma city. >> it is gorgeous. its memorial is unbelievable. the quake and tsunami disaster is leading to rationing of car parts in the united states. suzanne malveaux will have details for you in the next hour. by bundling. if you get your homeowners and auto insurance together, we give you even more savings. ooh! big bundle. 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