her way to a degree. that s why anybody who feels sorry for pat will find themselves on the receiving end of the receiving glare where she might punch you. she s still getting up every day and doing what she does best which is teaching. the players, she says, are my best medicine. our final honoree is not here. shimon peres, the president of israel, who has done more for the cause of peace in the middle east than just about anybody alive. i ll be hosting president peres for a dinner here at the white house next month and we ll be presenting him with his medal and honoring his incredible contributions to the state of israel and the world at that time. i m looking forward to welcoming him and i ll save my best lines for him for that occasion. so these are the recipients of the 2012 medals of freedom, and just on a personal note, i had a chance to see everybody in the back. what s wonderful about these events for me is so many of these people are my heroes individually. you know
super bowl ads has everything talking today. was the clint eastwood car commercial a political message in disguise? i m wolf blitzer at the cnn election center. you re in the situation room. mitt romney may have notched another big win in nevada this weekend but the frontrunner is not resting easily right now. right now there are contests tomorrow in minnesota, colorado and missouri and topping the list of romney s new worries, a strong new challenge from back in the republican pack pac. our national political correspondent, jim acosta is taking a look, jim? reporter: mitt romney is finding out the big afterglow can fade quickly from a caucus or primary win. they are starting to focus on a candidate that s not newt gingrich. think sweater vest. rick santorum is out to show mitt romney what happened in vegas will stay there. hit penguin gop frontrunner once again on his health care plan in massachusetts. specifically, governor romney is absolutely incapable of making
of space shuttles. stay tuned. lit take as you little while. we are still working on it but keep watching. we will be launching again. we will stay in the business, as they said, the united states is not out space business. absolutely. we have proven for 30 years that we know how to get to lower orbit. we built this fantastic international space station. lit keep operating at least through 2020, conducting research in this incredible laboratory with the micro gravity environment of space we cannot replicate here on earth. we are going to still explore and research there but we have proven we know how to get to lower orr. it next step is we need to go on. absolutely. that s going to be the challenge for you and the rest of the folks at nasa. as we see atlantis sitting on the edge of the runway, it is, in fact, over for the space shuttle program. that s right. thank you for that. we want to get the take of what it is like in haas ton at mission control where i
bret: conservative political activist raffle reed tells fox news he has not been interviewed by donald trump for a role in his possible presidential campaign. the daily beast website reported reid is one of three people trump talked with about becoming campaign manager should rerun. trump spoke to tea party in florida, one of several appearances by potential g.o.p. candidates over the weekend. shannon bream has a recap. reporter: for a man who has yet to announce whether he will run for the presidency in 2012, donald trump is making noise. in a strategic direction. i have been asked so much about the tea party by wort reporters, by people, by a lot of different folks. i have come up with a truthful and standard answer. they re great. they re great because they made washington start thinking. trump talked about what a great honor it was to address the tea party crowd in south florida this weekend, there are many who while
they are get something much publicity and taking away the sarah palin base, that i think sarah palin is forced back out to sort of put herself back in the limelight. reporter: she was there in a big way this weekend, taking aim at the man many wonder if she will challenge next year. we ought to pay tri pute to him on tax day, tea party. he is the inspiration for why is it that we are here today. that s right. the tea party movement wouldn t exist without barack obama. reporter: senator lee says although it s decentralized across the country, the tea party movement is likely to mobilize behind a candidate that best embodies this position. the federal government is too big and too expensive. bret? bret: more on this in the panel. thank you. with washington in a cost-cutting mood, some are setting the sights on farm subsidiaries. correspondent william la jeunesse takes a look at how the payments are abilitying your bottom line.