greta: the florida governor, rick scott, was suppose to the give out the phone number for the state s information hotline. but instead, he gave out the number of a phone sex line. that s right. the sex line was just one digit off from the meningitis hotline. a local radio station was monitoring the meeting live and it posted the sex line number on the web site. an alert listener discovered it and the radio station told the governor s office. governor scott gave out the right number, but not before some people accidentally call the the sex line. the governor s press office said it was experiencing a high volume of calls. if you want to hear the shocking call, go to gretawire.com. we are back in 2. two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf.
greta: the florida governor, rick scott, was suppose to the give out the phone number for the state s information hotline. but instead, he gave out the number of a phone sex line. that s right. the sex line was just one digit off from the meningitis hotline. a local radio station was monitoring the meeting live and it posted the sex line number on the web site. an alert listener discovered it and the radio station told the governor s office. governor scott gave out the right number, but not before some people accidentally call the the sex line. the governor s press office said it was experiencing a high volume of calls. if you want to hear the shocking call, go to gretawire.com. we are back in 2.
morning. the breezy conditions will give way to high pressure and clear skies this afternoon. so the only areas of really rain or snow, upper peninsula of michigan dealing with some rain and snow showers this morning. maybe green bay, a sprinkle or two. otherwise, a dry forecast around the country. a beautiful afternoon through new england and even much of the nation. really no travel issues out there during the day to day. it gets more active towards the weekend, unfortunately. the end of our great weather pattern. all right, bill. we ll check back in with you on that. a possible development in the search for a missing 10-year-old colorado girl and the best places to live for working moms. plus, an awkward situation for florida s governor and a phone sex line. we re going to explain in scrambled politics. you re watching first look on msnbc.
department. look at that. also later this half-hour, tough decisions for moms who need a little extra money. what do you think of mothers who work for phone sex lines while the kids are asleep? it is our facebook question of the day. a fascinating look at what really goes on these days in tough times when people need money. mom is working the phone sex line. yes. yes. and doing better than you might think. i m sure a lot of people have opinions on that. chime in on facebook. that s right. but first, results of our new abc news/ washington post poll spell trouble for the front-runners. newt gingrich and mitt romney are now in a dead heat just two weeks ahead of those crucial iowa caucuses. with more on gingrich s falls in the ratings, here s abc s jon carl. reporter: newt gingrich is facing an unrelenting assault. newt gingrich on the defense reporter: hammered by tv ads in iowa and by all of his opponents. he is not a conservative. he may be the grandfath
members were legally allowed to use inside information, information they learned through briefings or reports to make money. something regular people like us would be arrested for. why does congress get a pass on this? it s really the way the rules have been defined and the people who make the rules are the political class in washington, and they ve conveniently written them in such a way that they don t apply to themselves. reporter: the buying and selling of stock by corporate insiders who have access to nonpublic information that could affect the stock price can be a criminal offense. just ask hedge fund manager who recently got 11 years in prison for doing it. but congressional lawmakers have no corporate responsibilities and have long been considered exempt from insider trading laws, even though they have daily access to nonpublic information and plenty of opportunities to trade on it. we know that during the health care debate, people were trading health care st