he opened with a joke talking to the crowd there in minnesota referring to the minnesota vikings, that sort of thing. but this is a difficult day for the white house. very good day for mitt romney as we saw in his interview with us a little while ago. >> john harwood, thank you very much. and we're going to continue our conversation about the changing economic and political sands that this morning's jobs number have presented us to talk about today after this short break. we'll be right back. i'm making my money do more. i'm consolidating my assets. i'm not paying hidden fees or high commissions. i'm making the most of my money. and seven-dollar trades are just the start. i'm with scottrade. i'm with scottrade. i'm with scottrade. and i'm loving every minute of it. [ rodger riney ] at scottrade, we give you commission-free etfs, no-fee iras and more. come see why more investors are saying... i'm with scottrade. >>> we have significant losses in the dow jones industrial average. and the s&p is breaking down technically moving into formerly correction territory. unless you're in the gold

then -- yeah, minnesota and michigan. i think michigan because of the popularity of the auto bailout is a very tough one. for mitt romney doesn't mean he shouldn't put it in bay i think he has the best chances in wisconsin and pennsylvania. i think the republican governor in michigan said the auto bailout was necessary and a success. so that's a high hurdle. gregg: people pay attention to the polls obviously. take a look at the electorial college map, "real clear politics." wow. president obama has a huge lead there, doesn't he? >> yes, he does. he has more. patti ann: to 270 than mitt

walz of minnesota. mr. walz moves that the managers on the part of the house at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the senate amendment to the bill h.r. 4348, be instructed to resolve all issues and file a conference report not later than june 22, 2012. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 7 of rule 2, the gentleman from minnesota, mr. walz and the gentleman from tennessee, mr. duncan each will control 20 minutes. the gentleman is recognized. mr. walz: i thank the gentleman from tennessee for being here. he has been a good friend and gentleman on the committee. we are here today, mr. speaker, is the american people deserve better from us. we have a need in this country that is obvious to everyone. the infrastructure is crumbling. 70,000 deficient bridges and our highways in disrepair, being a member from minnesota, that hot august day when the i-35 bridge fell into the mississippi river is a stark testament of what we can do. >> mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the sp

andy selick of minnesota, thank sose much. we will be keeping an eye on this. >> thanks, eric. >> jamie: today's an historic day in egypt. the first free presidential election, putting a muslim brotherhood candidate in power. should the u.s. be worryd? will egypt become a stronger ally or something snels we are live in tahrir square in cairo. if you have copd like i do, you know how hard it can be to breathe and what that feels like. copd iludes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiva helps corol my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open a full 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. and it's steroid-free spiriva does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell yr doctor if you have kidy problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discuss all medicines you ta, even eye drops. stop taking spiriva and seek immediate medical help if yr breathing suddenly worsens, your throat or t

i'm very proud of minnesota and our legacy of providing protections for lgbt workers. this has not been an issue at general mills? >> not at all. it's not been an issue for us. frequently, we talk about the cost of this legislation in terms of accommodations and litigation. there's a real cost that all u.s. companies are paying right now in terms of loss of engagement when employees are in fear. loss of productivity when they can't concentrate on bringing their hole self to their work every day and loss of talent because of these artificial barriers to entry. it's in our opinion, these are not in the best interest of general mills, companies in minnesota and companies across the state. >> are either of you familiar with the working paper by peter clenow and they call the allocation of talent. a group of economists describe their research and a surprising finding between 1960 and 2008 between 17 and 20% of u.s. economic growth could be attributed to gains made from women and people of color entering professional occupations and making better use of their talent. that's

it is blocked between q street and minnesota avenue. i think there is going to be there for a while. in the meantime you want to know that 295 is not affected. nailer road is not affected. you can use 18th street just to the east of all of this to good hope road if you need to but i'd say steer clear of this area if you can. 17th street closed between q and minnesota. let's take a live look outside right now and here's what it looks like if you're planning to head on the beltway at route 50. route 50 and the bw parkway look great into the northeast corridor. back over to the maps, this time to 95 on the northbound side. 95, i'm going to say going about 25 miles an hour here at the prince william parkway. it's just the normal slow stretches as you head through woodbridge, newington, springfield. we'll take a live look outside. here's what it looks like in springfield. the three hs today. hazy, hot and humid but at least the lanes are open for you. one more look at our graphics. i want to let you know that pac -- marc penn line 511 is run

a minnesota brewery fights bureaucratic regulation to change laws that hinder its business. that plus seth goden on marketing mistakes coming up next on "your business." >>> hi, there, everyone. i'm j.j. ramberg and welcome to "your business." where we give you tips and advice to help your business grow. well we certainly spent a lot of time asking how can government do things better to help small businesses, we also note that it does have a number of programs out there to help entrepreneurs. officials in the nation's capital tried to get the word out about these programs during the recent national small business week. >> the president talks about an economy built to last. and we know that small businesses are going to be a big part of job creation in the future. >> small business owners from around the country descended on washington, d.c., for national small business week to attend events and ceremonies held by the u.s. small businessed a nrgs. >> we are very, very excited. >> from breakout sessions to kneltworking events, the main focus was on helping entrepreneurs in thr

the gentleman from minnesota deserves to be heard. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota rise? >> thank you, madam speaker. under rule 22, clause 7-c, i hereby announce mir intention to offer a motion to instruct on h.r. 4348, think transportation conference report. i move that the managers on the part of the house at the conference on the disagreeing votes on the two houses on the senate amendment to the bill h.r. 4348 be instructed to resolve all issues and file a conference report not later than june 22, 2012. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's notice will appear in the record. mr. walz: thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from alaska seek recognition? mr. young: i move to suspend the rules and pass h r. 72 4 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the bill as amended. the clerk: h.r. 1274, a bill to provide for the youth of the minnesota chippewa tribe and for other purposes. mr. young: i ask that all members have unanimous con sent to revise

with overwhelming support in the minnesota house and senate, this surly bill became law in 2007. the result? >> breweries like ourself can get a tap room license, so that means we can sell beer that we make here at this facility. we can sell that beer in a tap room, just glasses of beer. >> with a win in the surly column, they are finalizing plans for expansion. omar says the fight was worth it because the bill opened the door of growth for everyone. >> one of the reasons is it takes a tremendous amount of cash to open a brewery. you can see all the equipment you have to get, so just being able to sell someone a pint of beer is a huge advantage. we'll see see a lot of other breweries now open up with the law changing. and it's just going to make the beer scene here a better place. >>> many small business owners complain that what they see as useless regulations are hurting their bottom lines. we'll turn to this week's board of directors. we have the founder of a company that creates teen building experiences and managing director of ladies who launch in new york and new jersey. a

president obama is about to speak in minnesota. he will be facing a challenge finding some good news in that jobs report that is dragging down the markets and could have a similar effect on his own chances of re-election. maria bartiromo is anchor of cnbc's "closing bell." help us understand, look at these data and tell us, what is the good news and especially as an indicator of where we are going forward because of the revisions of the last couple months. >> that's great question. thanks for having me. i think there is not a lot of positive in today's jobs report. the only good news i could say would be that over the last several months, it has appeared that we're moving in the right direction. but man, it has been very, very slow and today's numbers indicate that in fact, job creation has once again stalled. and we continue to see a real reluctance on the part of business today to create new jobs because of the uncertainties that they're faced with. they're not sure about the regulatory environment, not sure about the demand pict

with overwhelming support in the minnesota house and senate, the surly bill became law in 2011. the result? >> breweries like ourselves can get a tap room license. that means we can sell beer that we make here at this facility, we can tell this beer in a tap room. just glasses of beer. >> with a win in the surly column the it company is finalizing plans for expansion. omar says the fight was worth it because the bill opened the door to growth for everyone. >> one of the reasons is it is hard to open a brewery. it takes a tremendous amount of cash. can you see all of the equipment you've got to get. just being able to sell someone some pint of beer a huge advantage. well see other breweries open up now with this law changing. and it is going to make the beer scene here a better and better place. >> many small business owners complain that what they see as useless regulations are hurting their bottom lines. let's turn to this week's board of director. stella is founder of woompa a company creating teen building experience answers managing director of ladies launch in new york and

they shut down nearby roads including minnesota avenue, disrupting the morning rush hour. the suspect was wanted in connection to a deadly shooting hours earlier. at this point police have not identified the victim or the suspect. >>> and some breaking news right now. a house subcommittee has just voted to send a resolution to the full householding attorney general eric holder in contempt of progress. they say he has not produced documents they demanded into the gun-running sting operation. democrats say republicans are playing politics. >>> the case against jerry sandusky will be in the hands of a jury tomorrow. today the defense wrapped up their case without putting sandusky on the stand. he's accused of abusing ten boyce over a 15-year span the brian moore is live outside the courthouse in bellefonte, pennsylvania. brian, how does it read that sandusky himself did not testify? >> reporter: well, barbara, the jurors have been instructed to complete lid disregard that, that sandusky has an absolute, positive constitutional right not to testify in his own defense, but it d

now, university of minnesota. >> don't you want to conclude? what's your concluding statement. >> my concluding statement is holder should turn over the documents so the terry family knows what happened to their son you don't disagree with that. >> i don't disagree -- >> bill: thank you, geraldo rivera. >> tough prosecutor in the cross-examination. >> bill: you bet i am. university of minnesota. >> you are in a bad mood because it's so hot in new york. >> luck. >> it's not luck. it's privilege. we're privileged that people see us not a color. >> privileged that we don't get stared at when we walk in the room. >> privileged that we don't get followed by security when we go shopping. >> or pulled over when we are in the wrong neighborhood. >> we're privileged because society was set up for us. and our silence keeps t in place. >> we're privileged and that's unfair. >> bill: why is the university of minnesota running a thing about white privilege? >> well, i think they make -- the psa makes a point that is a valid point. in the same way that the b

paul, minnesota. she was the youngest of four girls, sandwiched between two boys. jean was known for being thoughtful and cheery, an absolute doll, her oldest sister kathy says. she loved reading and especially enjoyed mystery novels. >> jean was a wonderful woman. just kind, good hearted, sweet, smart, i can't say enough good about jean and how many friends she had, how beloved she was. >> lucky as she was in her own family, jean seemed to have been equally blessed in the man she chose. she met gordon weaver in college. he was an excellent athlete, a competitive runner. jean was attracted to his good looks, keen intellect and what seemed like a promising future. gordon was from an upper middle class family. his father was the one-time dean of the pharmacy school at the university of minnesota, so distinguished he'd had a building named, in part, after him. the couple married in 1981. the following year, gordon earned his masters in business, and they moved to california where he took a job at a large construction company. the following year, they had a son, sean,

flooding in due luduluth, minnesota. this is the worst flooding in duluth, minnesota in the past 409 years. take a look at these videos collected from the internet. this is a creek, usual lay small creek in the area. as you can tell, overran by water. >> you can hear rocks and boulders being moved down the river. >> this is the road outside our house. >> another video we see an intersection, first avenue, just west ofminnesota. the guy taking the video showing the water rushing down the street. you can see the water just -- wow. >> like a river. >> this video here, a guy uploaded a typical hillside in the duluth area. just look at that rushing water and listen. now, sadly, one of the areas hardest hit by these floods was the lake superior zoo. unfortunately a lot of animals lost their lives. this exhibit completely flooded over. one seal from the polar shores exhibit actually made a break for it. started heading towards downtown duluth. spent an entire night out on the town, and now is safely returned back at the zoo. do

if i pull up at a pump in minnesota or oregon, i'm not going to pay -- let's go to minnesota. >> correct. you do not pay. you only pay the vmt. >> they'll never give that up, dan mitchell. they will never give up a revenue source. you know it, i know it and mr. atkinson knows it. >> that's my concern. sooner or later when the government gets into this whole process of taxing on miles driven, they're not going to get rid of the sales tax on gasoline. it's sort of the same story we had in europe, they put in the value added taxes, never got rid of the income taxes. that's the first problem. the second problem is the privacy. now, don't get me wrong. my own colleague has said you can design these systems so that they are anonymous but would government do that? no. it's going to be just like we created the income tax in 1913, a two-page form, 14 pages of law, top rate of 7%. look what it became. we can't trust government with new power. >> that's the thing, mr. atkinson, with all respect. i've never seen a government, a, abolish a tax or b, not begin a tax and then grow the tax and grow the

pawlenty's spending cuts caused other problems for minnesota as well. by the end of his term, pawlenty left 9% of minnesotans without health insurance. property taxes had shot up all over the state. in eight years of a booming u.s. economy, he only added 6,200 jobs. that would be 6,200 jobs. worst of all, he stuck minnesota with a record breaking $5 billion deficit. so mitt, i think t-pawl would be the perfect fit for your campaign. let's turn to mike hatch who ran against tim pawlenty and lost to him by just a few thousand votes. mike, good to have you on the program tonight. when you hear that tim pawlenty is on the hot list in being reported by the wall street journal and politico that hey, he could be the guy, what goes through your mind? is he ready to be vice president, maybe even president? >> well, i think there's two viewpoints, the political viewpoint is he doesn't make a lot of mistakes. maybe doesn't get more than 2%, but he doesn't make mistakes. the rubio moment you mentioned earlier, probably not something that a presidential candidate wa

it's a rough time in minnesota. yesterday we talked about how many animals at the zoo lost their lives because of the floods but at least some people are saying, look, we've got all this water, let's go out and make the best of it. >> it's so surreal to see this. you know there's a road there and yet some guy is on a jet ski. >> that's really going to be sad when these floodwaters recede and people will see all of the damage. >>> katie nolan works for guyism as a producer and editor, but her boss gave her a chal sglele. >> burger king came out with that bacon burger and i work with all dudes, which is usually cool, but the downside of that is my boss did put me on an assignment. >> this cute little petite brunette has been challenged by her boss to eat five burger king bacon sundaes. i thought she'd have a problem and it starts trying to order them. >> do you guys have the bacon sundae here? >> if you want to, i make a special one for you. >> okay. can i actually get five of them? >> i'll make it special for you? it

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minnesota at the time the highest renewable standard for utilities in the country. it was 25 by 25 is the goal. xl energy, our largest utility was charged to going to 35, i believe and they are ahead of the goal of achieving it. and there are different ways to go at this, but it seems to me and the chairman has produced a clean energy standard piece of legislation that adopting a national clean energy standard would be something that would incentivize the creation of clean energy and renewable. i'd like to have a renewable energy standard within the clean energy standard. something i would incentivize these industries. does anyone disagree with that, dr. scissors? >> why did you think it would be me? you actually touched on where i would disagree with it. we move from clean to renewable and i'm going to say that i would want -- if you impose a standard like that, to invent incentivize, the broader it is, the more chance you have for the industry to pick the right technology path not to be bound to what we think today is the good renewable energy and the productive r

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. >>> also massive flooding still causing problems for residents in minnesota this weekend. we'll have details. >>> in colorado a setback for firefighters battling a massive wildfire. firefighters trying to save homes before retreating for their own safety. that slowed containment of the blaze to just 45%. the wildfire has already destroyed nearly 200 homes. nearly 1,000 evacuation notices were issued last night. in the meantime, a second wildfire in southwestern colorado has burned nearly 800 acres and forced people from their homes. the continued mix of hot, dry, windy weather have raised the dangers of wildfires across colorado and several other western states. >>> in the meantime, in st springs -- sarasota springs, utah, people have been forced out of their homes by fire. in order to save the residences, firefighters are now posted around the homes which are all located some 40 miles south of salt lake city. authorities say the fire is about 30% contained. >>> in the meantime there's more rain in minnesota where residents and businesses were already coping with flooding.

the newspaper exist with one page of local news the worst days the other is a first minnesota news. some traveled with a printing press. they're almost exclusively peat in this did men. right for themselves and circulate for themselves and not censored officially that if you write a letter to your mom, i would not want to know my son did not have a decent meal. but other soldiers know that. they are especially uncensored. it is hard to a mad 10 anything like that today. >> when did you get interested? >> i cannot remember not being interested particularly u.s. history. i the fifth law house on a prairie. also my grandmother she taught me to read when i was two and was fascinated by the civil war. it is not genealogical connections but i would be just like her and became interested in best of all war at 2849. i was reading works from 1943 and 52 better very descriptive. if you want to know what the buttons looked like or where he marched, they will never be surpassed about the day the life. the bug bit me. here at georgetown i teach 19th century history also civil war it is total ver

. >> [inaudible] today, the president is going to minnesota. [inaudible] i am wondering if you plan to move on any of these. >> the president might want to engage in democrats and republicans. to handle the big policies affecting our economy. whether it is the tax rates, whether it is our 16 trillion dollars national debt, up $1.30 trillion budget deficit. maybe the president ought to get into the rugged became that is right in front of him. -- rugby game that is right in front of him. >> [inaudible] you are saying, vote for us, that is what you are saying. >> we believe the policies we have advocated over the past 3.5 years would have our economy in a much better place than it is today. >> [inaudible] many of them appreciate compromise over confrontation. what are you highlighting such a different group of candidates? >> we did not use them for their demographics or their style. they just happen to be good candidate in districts that are winnable to us. >> [inaudible] >> talking about the american job creators? 30 bills in the united states se

. >>> northern minnesota gets more rain. forecasters say it is not likely to cause more problems. about a quarter inch of rain fell by noon. evacuees are returning to a holmes to start cleaning up. >>> let's see if brian hackney can bring summer back. >>> i'm not finding too much out there. we do have beautiful conditions things will change 8 catch, with severely clear skies its pasture to of low clouds along the shoreline it has been nice. as we head up to the east bay and the numbers you can see that pine tree waiting in the breeze when are up today gusts up to 25 mi. per hour it has been cool concord should be 84 degrees but they have 67 in oakland has 64, 68 at livermore mid-60's in san francisco. or about 20 degrees colder than should be. record high for concord was 97 degrees. a lot of people like the colder weather so they jump for joy. tonight mostly clear skies '50s along the shoreline inland mid- 60's clear skies for just about everybody. mount rainier and of the bad weather low pressure over the pacific northwest runs and nasty weather up there which is and characterist

minnesota fats keeps losing. i got him. minnesota fats excuses himself and goes into the bathroom and comes out a few minutes later and is reaching for his coat they think and he smiles and put his hands out and have talcum powder rubs on his hands and looks at fast eddie and says let's play some pool and he beat the devil out of him and fastidious crushed. minnesota fats never gave up. perpetual optimism. he thought he could win and he did win and worked against eddie's weakness. as i say in the book i love that scene. many a day when i was in trouble which was a frequent occasion during my public life i had to testify before congress and face a hostile press -- [laughter] -- i would put my uniform on and go to my restroom and wash my hands and look in the mirror and say to myself softly fast eddie must place in full. as you mentioned i never got to the last scene because of course as the city and paul newman the start of the movie has to beat him again but i never watch it. i don't want to see that. >> you turn it off ear

flood waters throughout northeastern minnesota continue to recede. residents are returning to their homes to clean-up the flood damage. >> not every community would have been able to pull this off and to actually get you this about once every 500 year rain like this. with no one dying and when you see the tremendous damage and the holes in the roads and the -- culverts and the gas lines exposed it a really a tribute to duluth and the surrounding area that things didn't get worse. >> while most waters vie ceding the mississippi river continues to rise due to massive flood runoff. >>> tonight, fire has forced more than 2300 people out of their homes in saratoga springs, utah. in an effort to save the residences, firefighters are now posted around the homes which are located 40 miles south of salt lake city. authorities say the fire is about 30% contained. >>> in colorado a seatback for firefighters battling a massive wildfire there. firefighters trying to save homes were forced to retreat for their own safety and that showed containment of the blaze to

he goes to new york and will play it minnesota fats and the game starts and fast eddie is good but minnesota fats has at manager in the chair watching. as that evening goes on minnesota fatsix is getting beaten but he keeps looking to his manager and he says stick with the kid. he is a loser. he says i got him. then he goes into the bathroom and comes out to and is reaching for his coat to consider taking it minnesota fats smiles andy he says let's play pool. he beats him. he never gave up. he worked against the weakness. i love the scene. many times i was in trouble which was many times times, testify before congress or face a hostile crowd. [laughter] so help me i would put on my eight uniform go to the restroom and wash my hands and look in the mirror to say fast eddy, let's play some pool. [laughter] but don't watch the end of the movie because he is the star of the movie he has to be flat at the end. i do not want to see that. [laughter] >> you can turn it off early >> i gather a japanese school. >> yes. it is in tokyo. three intelligent and smart kids i gave my speech to the students.

other 2.5 million people that show up to work every day in minnesota already have the legal protections that enda would extend to workers across the country. and everything seems to be fine. ken, i'm so happy you could be here today to share with the committee how general mills policy of inclusion has contributed to your company's innovation and growth. an impressive 94% of your employees. say that general mills provides a working environment that is accepting of differences and background and lifestyle. i grew up a couple miles from the campus, from your headquarters and beautiful campus, always admired it and enjoyed, as you know, cheerios and wheaties. >> no. >> i've had the opportunity -- we've discussed this at length. i've had the opportunity to visit many of your workers in minnesota, and its parent, that general mills makes their well-being a top priority. general mills can serve as a model for every company. it's days like today that i'm particularly proud to be a minnesotan. thank you again for your testimony at today's hearing. mr. chairman. >> thank you very much, senator fr

pawlenty's spending cuts caused other problems for minnesota as well. by the end of his term, pawlenty left 9% of minnesotaens without health insurance. property taxes had shot up all over the state. in eight years of a booming u.s. economy, he only added 6,200 jobs. that would be 6,200 jobs. worst of all, he stuck minnesota with a record breaking $5 billion deficit. so mitt, i think t-pawl would be the perfect fit for your campaign. let's turn to mike hatch who ran against tim pawlenty and lost to him by just a few thousand votes. mike, good to have you on the program tonight. when you hear that tim pawlenty is on the hot list in being reported by the wall street journal and politico that hey, he could be the guy, what goes through your mind? is he ready to be vice president, maybe even president? >> well, i think there's two viewpoints, the political viewpoint is he doesn't make a lot of mistakes. maybe doesn't get more than 2%, but he doesn't make mistakes. the rubio moment you mentioned earlier, probably not something that a presidential candidate w

the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. mr. franken: madam president, i'd like to the senator from alaska and the senator from rhode island. madam president, i'd like to emphasize the need to pass a long-term reauthorization of this surface transportation bill. it's time for congress to do our job. thanks to the leadership of senators boxer and inhofe, this body passed a bill with 74 votes. actually it probably would have been 76 votes. senator kirk is back at home recovering, and we wish him very well. and senator lautenberg couldn't vote that day. i think he was at the funeral of a friend. it would have been 76 votes. unfortunately, our colleagues in the house were not able to pass a comprehensive reauthorization bill and were only able to join a conference committee after passing yet another short-term extension. i'll repeat myself, it's time for the congress to do its job. as the senator from alaska was saying, my good colleague was saying, the summer construction season is now upon us. in minnesota, that's when we know we

so minnesota fats never gave up, perpetual optimism. he thought they could win -- he could win, he did win, and he worked against eddie fellson's weakness. and as i say in the book, i love that scene. and many a day when i was in trouble -- which was a frequent occasion during my public life -- [laughter] and i had to go testify before congress or go face a hostile press -- [laughter] so help me, i would put my uniform on, and i would go into my restroom and wash my hands, and i'd say to myself softly, fast eddie, let's play some pool. [laughter] >> but as you mentioned -- >> yeah. i never watched the last scene. >> you don't watch the end of the movie. >> yeah. paul newman is the star of the movie, he has to beat fats at the end. but i don't watch it. i don't want to see that. [laughter] >> an interesting approach. i guess you can turn it off early in that case. i want you to relate a very touching story that you describe when you visited a japanese school once. i gather it's a school full of kids who are really being prepared to succe

homes are underwater in duluth, minnesota following a series of flash floods. at least nine inches of rain have fallen in the area in the past week. the community is under a state of emergency. stay off the roads, and out of the way of emergency crews. minnesotra governor mark dayton will visit duluth today to help assess the damage. 11 animals from the lake superior zoo were killed in the floods. but one lucky seal survived.. it managed to swim through the floods and follow the current into the street. a man spotted the seal and got it help. the seal was safely returned to the zoo. a polar bear and a miniature horse also survived by swimming through the flood waters. they're both ok. republican presidential candidate mitt romney focuses today on winning over latino voters he delivered a speech to the national association of latino elected officials in orlando florida his visit to the battleground state is fresh off a record-breaking fund-raising event in michigan he raked-in between six and $8 million yesterday more than five under people contributed at least