of almost like front-runnerish position. that was the 20th gop debate last night on cnn and really hit from all sides accused of being a big spender and accused of being a washington insider and accused of being a fake at which point he s like, i m real, i m real. some of the toughest attacks came from mitt romney. they literally yelled at each other. listen. while i was fighting to save the olympics, you were fighting to save the bridge to no where. just as torturous as they were kind of going at it. al stewart national press secretary for the santorum 2012 presidential campaign. nice to have you with us this morning. there were some comments from if you scan the headlines. some people said he did a great job in the debate and others said he was deep in the weeds of the debate. he outlined his record and also pointed out the fact that despite the distortions from other candidates, he never voted to raise taxes in washington and voted against the wasteful spending i
the right. a new television ad that labels him as a fake. why? because he s a fake. while i was fighting to save the olympics you were fighting to save the bridge to nowhere. we re going to stay with cnn, full highlights from last night s republican debates live from phoenix in just a moment. and gas prices have jumped again. up 3% three cents, rather, overnight, according to aaa. average is $3.61. it is still going up. economists say the gas could jump to 4 or even $5 a gallon by the summer. you re going to hear from president obama on gas prices and energy policy. that s happening later today. president obama is apologizing for the burning of korans by nato troops in afghanistan. now, this incident set off protests across the country. after again president hamid karzai said president obama sent a letter calling the burning an inadvertent error. he also promised to take steps to avoid any reoccurrence. two u.s. troops were killed by someone wearing an afghan army
meanwhile, american workers have never been more productive. and companies like boeing are finding out that even when we can t make things faster or cheaper than china, we can make them better. our quality can be higher. and that s what america s about. that s how we re going to compete. during the state of the union i issued a challenge to america business leaders. i said, ask yourselves what you can do to bring and create jobs here in this country, and your country will do everything we can to help you succeed. and i m encouraged. we re actually seeing a number of companies, large and small, domestic, even foreign companies recognizing, you know what, we re going to we re going to open new facilities and create new jobs here in america. this is a good place to work. this is a good place to be. and our job as a nation is to make it easier for more of these companies to do the right thing. that starts with our tax code. right now companies get tax breaks for moving companie
wisdom. we ll have more from you after the break, and thank you, ari melber, for playing, as always. after the break, the households a hearing on the white house s birth control policy. is this a winner for the gop? we ll also melissa harris perry when she joins the conversation next on now. look at that lovely dress. everywhere you go, america, i see your cup of joe goes with you. how nice of joe to, how you say, have your back. try something different. a delicious gevalia kaffe, or as i like to say, a cup of johan. will johan power walk the mall with you? i don t think so. but he will spend time rubbing your feet, discussing your feelings. joe may have your back, but johan has your feet. gevalia. meet me in the coffee aisle. home was an airport lounge and an ipad made sure his credit score did not go bad with a free-credit-score-dot-com app that he had
the disasters are burned into our memory. the troubled fukushima nuclear plant to our north now said to be releasing dangerous radioactive materials. chernobyl was the site of the world s most accident. there was an explosion at the plant. the problem at the 3-mile facility was discovered at 4:00 a.m. shepard: supporters say nuclear energy is safe and america needs the power. we ll examine the plan to build the nation s first new nuclear plant in decades. but first from fox this friday night, religious groups are reacting now to the government s change in its birth control policy. you know, the white house had been planning to make most employers provide free birth control coverage. religious groups complained they didn t want to pay for something that goes against their beliefs. and the debate has been whipping into a political furor. ours ago, president obama