food. he talked about a re-lution, which he said will be led by young voters. that is fascinating. because in the last campaign it was obvious that young people were attracted to the message i was delivering. rightfully so. they should be. because as far as i m concerned they re getting dumped on. a lot of problems they re expected to pay a lot of taxes and not get a lot of remuneration back and difficulty getting jobs. reporter: paul says he will make a final decision by running in may. announcing the exploratory committee he can raise funds and transfer it to campaign to make it official. by announcing the exploratory committee today, this qualifies him to participate in the first of the debates. this will be a fox news debate to be held in greenville, south carolina, the 5th of may. jim? mike, thanks very much.
james rosen has more on that live in washington d.c. hey, james. reporter: yeah. it s no way to balance a checkbook, megyn. this is one of those votes coming up later today that could leave an incumbent exposed to his or her challenger in a midterm election year because each with polls showing americans are very concerned about deficit is spending, no one wants to be seen opposing the helping hand for unemployed people down on their luck. the republican colleagues who have cited deficit concerns in their opposition to h.r. 4851, that s snappily entitled the continuing extension act of 2010. it would extend jobless benefits, some government payments for cobra health insurance and federal flood insurance through the 5th of may. it s estimated because this measure has not yet passed more than 200,000 unemployed people who had already exhausted their state s jobless benefits could not as of april 5th apply for additional benefits. senator jim bunning, the retired