there. in about 100 soldiers are on lockdown at a military base in washington state. that means no one in, no one out. commanders at joint base lewis mccord are looking for anyone who may have possession of some sensitive military equipment that didn t turn up during an inventory last month. and crowds of people packed public spaces across syria again today demanding the ouster of president bashar al assad. officials from the arab league are talking today about whether to increase the size of their monitoring mission in syria. a human rights group says 11 people died today in clashes between security forces and army defectors. all right there is a lot to digest in new hampshire where just hours ago the republican presidential contenders wrapped up unprecedented back-to-back debates. the two debates had striking differences, while the first last night on abc felt like a fight for second place, the latest, this morning, on nbc, appeared to be an all-out battle against can
wounded including arizona congresswoman gabby giffords. today, she and so many others impacted are reflecting on the tragedy and the recovery. take a look right now at some live pictures. it is a dark room, but it is fitting of the somber atmosphere there on this one-year anniversary. the event will be called reflections and it is about to get started there on the university of arizona campus. it is honoring the lives of the shooting victims, the survivors and the citizen heroes who helped following those shootings that took place at that shopping center, at that safe-way parking lot. in a few minutes, we ll have a live report from thelma gutierrez there in tucson. about 100 soldiers are on lockdown at a military base in washington state. that means no one in, no one out. commanders at joint base lewis mccord are looking for anyone who may have possession of some sensitive military equipment that didn t turn up during an inventory last month. mt. rainier national park s gat
surrogates. thank you so much, senator for being with us. it s great to be here. romney is in such a command gs position. what about the expectations game and the fact he s gone on to south carolina. is he so confident about his success in new hampshire that he can afford to spend two days in south carolina? he ll be back in new hampshire by tomorrow afternoon, late afternoon. he had a great rally in salem, you can see the enthusiasm there. he s working hard, not taking new hampshire for granted and that s very important because these last days leading up to january 10th matter. the point that the suffolk university daily tracking poll, which daily tracking polls are notoriously imprecise, we don t count on them. and we have our maris poll coming out tomorrow night. he didn t get a bounce from iowa. the reality was he was so far ahead in new hampshire and there is undecided voters so i expect
that occurred when opec withheld 7% of the oil. we import 64% of the crude we consume each day in america. martha: that s one of the major points. we are not cutting down our consumption, so if we don t do deep water drilling we ll have to buy it from somebody else who does. reporter: every time we have a hurricane, the price of crude goes up, the price of gasoline goes up. martha: brian wilson, as always, thank you very much. gregg: how is the president doing in the eyes of voters? a daily tracking poll showing the president s job approval rating holding steady, but his disapproval rating kicking upwards. disapproval rating is up 2 points to 4 tas 48%.
period and during the discussion over the past year, that it was in fact kind of a failed attempt to redistribute wealth in america. sure. and so it s interesting to hear him say that at this point. admit it? i guess he did admit it, i guess he did. barack obama said it was all about spreading the wealth. he said that in the campaign. with joe the plumber. now, let s talk a little bit about how you re reacting to all this stuff. what do you think of the president of the united states? it s interesting, the very latest daily tracking poll, gallup, that s every single day. man those people are something. look at that, the president is tied. half the country, or 46% of the country approves of his job. 46% disapproves of his job. that s significant today because last week, that approval number was 51% right on the same day that the president signed the health care reform bill into law. he went up to 51% but now, just one week later, it s back down to 46%. all right, we ve b