meanwhile, mitt romney wrapping up his overseas trip. he closed it out in poland. peter doocy live in washington with more. hello. and even though the headlines at the beginning of mitt romney s trip were not necessarily favorable for the campaign, the trip ended on a high note in president poland with the endorsement of lech walesa. president obama once called him one of the world s greatest labor leaders and he said president obama hasn t been able to reform anything. but that mitt romney s ideas, experiences and intentions will allow us to live in a safer, more prosperous world and this comes in the midst of romney s statement that he ll do a better job protecting poland than president obama. the missile defense systems which we re work with poland to ultimately install here are designed to prevent attack in europe or potentially long-term, attack across the ocean from a
his trainer. those are your 5@5:30. 32 minutes after the hour now. let s talk politics. mitt romney is getting ready to finish the 3 countries overseas tour on a high note. doug luzader is live from washington with the details. tell us about this trip to poland going over pretty well. he wrapped up his over seas trip. national polls continuing to show a very, very tight race. the battle ground states may be shirting shifting a little bit. i wish you to be successful. to europe as well. the rest of the world, too. so governor romney get your success. be successful. that is the kind of backing
while democrats dispute the numbers, romney aides say they come from the bureau of labor statistics. asked if romney supports the fair pay act, romney staffers hesitated on a conference call today and later said of course romney supports pay equity for women. romney needs to catch up with the president in the polls simultaneously uniting g.o.p. conservatives of both sectors. rick santorum s endorsement should help with conservatives but until last week he called romney the worst possible obama opponent. he is really trying to divert from the failure of his record, which is that he has not created jobs. technically still ongoing g.o.p. race, newt gingrich insists he is in until tampa to ensure the august convention based on the big conservative ideas. strong showing in the delaware primary in 13 days could be an opportunity to go out on a high note. either way he is backing romney. he would make such a better president than barack obamaly cam feign for him if he is
might be an opportunity to go out on a high note. as a practical matter he can t afford to campaign aggressively in the first place, shep. shepard: santorum took the weekend off and santorum s daughter in the hospital. what s the situation tonight. 3-year-old bella who was born with a chromosome disorder called trisome 8. mr. santorum plans to return to the campaign trail tomorrow if that in fact happenings, having suspended his campaign activities today to be with bella and the family. then the romney campaign will unsuspend its ad blitz. the romney campaign in pennsylvania, the state where rick santorum was a u.s. senator has an ad campaign waiting for rick santorum that is likely to be very, very aggressive. we have already gotten a peek at it tomorrow when santorum returns to the campaign trail, the attacks begin. shepard: carl cammeron live in d.c. carl, thank you. next time you decide to complain about the prices you are paying for gas. remember to be thankful you
focusing on what happens in augusta forecast next hour. good golf at augusta. fred couples 52 years old says he might pull a george castanza and go out on a high note. if he wins the master it would be a walk-off. what a way to go. he is leading after 36 holes. the 52-year-old 20 years after his first and only masters win. what about tiger woods? not talking about his talent right now. we re talking about the temper. check out the par 3, 16. who cares where the ball went? the 9 iron was kicked 15 yards. tiger shot a 75. his worst round at the masters since 2004. he is in 40th place. let s get to baseball now. there you see couples draining a couple of birdie putts and in control after 36 holes. tied with duster enforcement that is the yankees and pain i can t. grand slam off of cc sabathia.