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A vote out of the conference and get the president to sign it after congress would possible it. we are still aeu are a lon a long ways from getting there. reporter: we exspec the language is being finalized and the conference committee he i will lewded the alluded to will get together and pass this deal if all goes well this afternoon. jon: the president won t be able to then blame congress for not passing this thing. reporter: this would be a sign of them doing something, yes. jon: mike emanuel, capitol hill. thanks, mike. martha jenna: rick santorum rurpblging in ohio with weeks to go until the march 6th primary. the polls are putting santorum out in front with 36%. you see romney, gingrich and paul falling behind him. the real clear politics ohio ....
come out with a war on religion and now, the white house is ready to walk back its decision to make catholic institutions pay for employee s birth control and a source according to a white house source, the administration is going to talk about it at least later on. the white house held a news conference. a conference call with religious activists today promising to make religious universities and hospitals exception. an announcement is expected from the president next hour. 12:15, the president will talk about that. we will carry that for you live on cnn. and we are going now to syria. that s what it looks like, tens of thousands of syrians are holding demonstrations across the country today. this one is in hama. the crowd is chanting support for the people of homs who have been under heavy bombardment all week long. today s nationwide demonstrations were also called to show opposition to russia for its veto of a u.n. resolution condemning the violence. women and chi ....
international journalists. russian s foreign minister is in syria trying to keep it from being the latest arab government to fall. many world leaders say moscow is ignoring the slaughter of civilians. ivan watson is in istanbul, turkey, covering this for us. is there any optimism that russia can rein in this violence? reporter: that s a big question. the russian foreign minister definitely got a hero s welcome as he arrived in damascus. he seemed to be one of the biggest allies and friends of president bashar al-assad right now. the russian line has been that the western governments have not been putting enough pressure on the opposition groups to stop violence as well. if you want to know how wide the differentiation is between the two sides in syria, just about 100 miles away the artillery shells continue to rain on the opposition held city of homs where hundreds of civilians are believed to have died in just the past couple of days, kyra. now you re also seeing a ....
Of. . a federal judge is refusing to the judge ruled rick perry, newt gingrich, rick santorum and jon huntsman failed to get enough signatures in time to qualify for the march 6th primary. only mitt romney and ron paul will appear on the ballot in virginia. the republican presidential candidates are battling it out in south carolina for next saturday s primary, but meantime they are spending loet lodes of money on the crucial florida primary on january 31st, where the race could end for some of the contenders. the latestest poll in florida shows romney leading with 36%, followed by newt gingrich with 24%, rick santorum weighs in at 16%. joining me from tampa, a longtime political analyst on the ground there, susan mcmanis, a professor at the university of south florida. good morning, susan. good morning. how much do you think the race in florida could change between now and the primary day at the end of the month? well, you never say never in this state. polls have been al ....
Only the names of romney and palm. he said at the time there s a strong likelihood he will find the residency requirement of petitioners to be unconstitutional. last tuesday virginia s attorney general filed an emergency request with the court of appeals in virginia to unblock the mailing of absentee ballots quoting now, changing the rules midstream is inconsistent with respecting and preserving the rule of law, something i am particularly sensitive to as virginia s attorney general. but time, now, jenna, is of the essence. absentee ballots have to be mailed out 45 days before the march 6th primary. that s january 21st, a week from this coming saturday. jenna? jenna: big decision coming up, doug. thank you. reporter: sure thing. jon: a new book about the president and first lady is getting a lot of attention. most of the headlines have focused on stories about the obamas personal lives and alleged drama behind the scenes. but some of the imagined conversations and implied ....