the first dad of 2016. see how it depicts the only candidate so far to initially declare his intention to run for the white house. the future religion. which religions will thrive in the next few decades and where the results paint a fascinating picture. hey, there, everyone. welcome to weekends with alex witt. we start this hour overseas with new developments out of kenya. we ve learned a survivor has been found after that massacre earlier this week which killed nearly 150 people. this comes after the arrest of five people overnight tied to the attack. meantime relatives of the victims are gathering at nairobi s main sports stadium. it s been converted to a dast disaster relief center of sorts. hundreds of people still trying to figure out if their loved ones are dead and/or wounded. bill neely is in nairobi, kenya, with the latest. what more do we know about this survivor? reporter: hello, alex from this terrible massacre this morning, a story, a remarkable story of
0 reacting but not saying or at least not revealing his cards about gun control legislation. take a listen. i fully expect that the house will act in some way, shape or form, but to make a blanket commitment without knowing what the underlying bill is i think would be irresponsible on my part. the new york times editorial op-ed say thursday s brief victory of common sense has shaken the anti-regulation extremist whose are quickly gearing up to make the road ahead as difficult as possible. is it really about responding to the whims of the nra because right now there are vocal minorities that are coming forward to express their frustration with common sense gun control laws that need to be reformed in this country but isn t the bigger worry is that there are apathetic americans the i don t know if they are apathetic americans. they are frustrated americans. they feel their voices don t count. i hope viewers recognize every phone call, every e-mail they nike their congress member
what s the matter with white people, why we long for a golden age that never was, msnbc political analyst jonathan alter and ryan grim, making his debut the washington bureau chief for the huffington post. president obama has emerged from the conventions with a slight edge. a gallup poll shows president obama with a five point need nationally up on governor romney. that is not the real story. no matter how tight the popular vote remains it s the lec it torl college and ten swing states that will decide this election. right now the power ten are ohio, florida, north carolina, virginia, new hampshire, colorado, nevada, iowa, wisconsin, and michigan. memorize those states. they make up a whopping 126 electoral votes. given this, it s perhaps totally not that surprising at all that president obama has been campaigning in new hampshire, iowa and florida since friday. in the same period, governor romney has hit iowa, new hampshire, virginia and travels to ohio today. as a backg
the news nation is follow og the loudest calls yet for newt gingrich to get out of the race and let the two front-runners battle it out. romney took seven states and the most delegates last night but barely won in ohio by just one point over rick santorum. despite spending four times as much money as his rivals in that state. santorum picked up victories in other big races, that one being tennessee as well as north dakota and oklahoma. with just one victory for gingrich in his home state, by the way, santorum s super pac declared today it is time for mr. gingrich to step away saying with gingrich exiting the race, it would be a true head to head race. newt has become a hindrance to a conservative alternative. let s bring in the political panel. michael smerconish is a nationally syndicated radio talk show host and contributor, a.b. stoddard, columnist for the hill and we have with us steve days, nationally syndicated radio show show host. still holding on to endorsing newt
much money as his rivals in that state. santorum picked up victories in other big races, that one being tennessee as well as north dakota and oklahoma. with just one victory for gingrich in his home state, by the way, santorum s super pac declared today it is time for mr. gingrich to step away saying with gingrich exiting the race, it would be a true head to head race. newt has become a hindrance to a conservative alternative. let s bring in the political panel. michael smerconish is a nationally syndicated radio talk show host and contributor, a.b. stoddard, columnist for the hill and we have with us steve days, nationally syndicated radio show show host. still holding on to endorsing newt gingrich. steve, you endorsed someone. this super pac for santorum says it s time for your guy to get out of the race. what s your response? if i was running rick trum s super pac, that s exactly what i would be doing. i don t think it takes a genius to come do the conclusion if santoru