ting chi part of it is this from the romney perspective, primary elections have been held in 34 states and now is the time for the republicans to unite behind governor romney. so the influential former governor jeb bush endorsing mitt romney. we ll have a lot more on that coming up. right now, the president is on his way to vegas as part of a four-state tour this week to highlight energy policies as gas prices, of course, continue to rise. the national average now $3.86 a gallon, up more than 30 cents from a year ago. the president s first stop will be at the nation s largest operating solar cell plant which uses nearly 1 million solar panels to power 17,000 homes. coral davenport is a correspondent for national journal. good morning. thanks, good to be here. obviously as we mentioned, the president is doing this at a time when the americans are feeling the pain. you go to the grocery store and you see the prices going up because transportation prices are up. what are we expe
again, tonight, we will show you right here, live protest in new york city for what s being called quote, the million hoodie march, a reference to the hoodie trayvon martin was wearing when he was shot and killed in sanford, florida. new calls for the arrest of a noob hood watch volunteer that shot and killed the 17-year-old boy. martin was unarmed, walking from a convenience store to the home of his father s fiancee last month in sanford near orlando when george zimmerman shot him. he says he fired in self-defense after he felt threatened. something he would be entitled to do under florida law. today on cnn, one of zimmerman s neighbors came to his defense. george zimmerman is a good dude. he is straight up. that s why i am front-runner for him today. i, myself, credit george for thwarting a burglary to my own house. members of trayvon martin s family blame racial profiling for his death. the stanford police department is being scrutinized. police questioned the shooter
captions by vitac www.vitac.com major new backing and a brewing new controversy for the republican presidential candidate mitt romney. he s picked up one of the most sought-after endorsements of the campaign, but a remark by one of his top aides is now threatening to overshadow it. our national political correspondent jim acosta is with romney who is holding a town hall meeting outside baltimore. jim, what happened? reporter: wolf, as you just mentioned mitt romney is about to hold a town hall meeting just outside of baltimore. the maryland primary is coming up in about a week and a half, but mitt romney can take comfort in the fact that rick santorum s path to the nomination looks sketchy today, but as the romney campaign knows, this race for the gop nomination is not etched in stone. thank you. reporter: it was as if one of the biggest names in republican party politics was listening to mitt romney s call for unity after the illinois primary. join us. join us.
we re very happy you re with us this morning. it s 5:00 in the east. breaking news in france. police have a home surrounded. they say an al qaeda suspect wanted for committing that jewish school massacre is inside. france also says two officers were wounded in a shootout there overnight. we ll take you live to that scene? just a few moments now. and a big night for mitt romney after a decisive 1 -point win, he s setting his sights on louisiana. romney has near ri half the delegates that he needs to secure the nomination. and shocking new ref layings in the shooting death of a florida teenager. the girlfriend of 17-year-old trayvon martin says she was on the phone with him just minutes before he was killed. an now lawmakers are calling his death a murder and a hate crime. in assessing the damage in mexico after a strong earthquake rattled the massive capital all the way to the resort city of acapulco. hundreds of homes were damaged. at least 11 people are injured. luck
the sentiment is so against the president, he bashed them and supported occupy wall street, and he has taxes galore aimed at them. i don t thing they will make that case. i don t. but who knows. but so far and the republicans are beating themselves up good, with the numbers going to particularly romney. neil: thank you, buddy. now to the pain at the pump, up for ten straight days averaging $3.86 and a new plan by the administration could have the opposite effect of drill, baby drill. department of agriculture is considering requiring extensive environmental review before issuing motors to those people who have leased land for oil and gas drilling over 140,000 families last year alone, many of them in rural areas and low income received $18 billion in