, to require anyone in that state with a florida permit to be a legal florida resident. barbara peterson would like to see florida laws change as well. she blames the gun lobby for preventing any attempts to restrict gun access or to allow oversight. she is executive director of the first amendment foundation which tracks the state legislature, including the evolution of gun laws in the state. we're not trying to infringe on anybody's right to own and bear arms as long as they're legally owned that's fine. but we should have the opportunity to oversee those agencies and hold them accountable, those who are approving those permits, we have no accountability in the stem right now. >> reporter: she is fighting a tough battle in florida where the state legislature instead might liberalize the conceal weapon law to make it possible to carry guns in more locations. many in the state also oppose with president barack obama's proposal calling for restoring a ban on military style assault weapons. >> no, we don't need to ban the assault weapon because there is no assault weapon.

>> reporter: state haw makers like representative daphne campbell in florida just don't buy it. she says the $158 tickets in florida are her number one constituent complaint. >> you think that's safety? this is madness. this is, you know, it's not name for something like that because hundreds of dollars, i would be so upset. >> it's all about money. >> it's about money-driven, simple as that. >> reporter: in florida the state gets half of the $158 ticket, the other half then goes to the cities which pay for the cameras and to the camera suppliers which get roughly four grand per month, per camera. american traffic solutions, a major player in this business, they swear their cameras are accurate, so much so they're even more accurate than, say, a cop just driving by the intersection because they have photographic proof. but critics contend it's all about the yellow light. if you shorten the yellow, you'll increase tickets, if you lengthen the yellow by just one second, you'll reduce tickets and accidents at those

it is true in florida. it has been true throughout the country. it is true everywhere in the world where school accountability has been instituted, and that is, educators are really good at doing the things they get measured on. it is not just educators, right? it is all of us. if you were told in your job that you have two types of things you have to do and your paycheck is going to be determined entirely on one type and not at all on the other type, you are probably going to focus more of your energy on that, so there is nothing special about educators in that, it is just that educators are the topic of tonight's discussion. people are -- so, for a long time in the florida department of education there was a sign that said, "what gets measured is what gets done." that could reflect everything good and everything bad about the school accountability program. let's talk about the bad first. suppose that we as a society care about two things. i am being overly simplistic. let's imagine those two things are th

parts of florida below freezing. it's a huge concern for farmers who are working hard to spray their crops in order to keep them from freezing. maria molina is tracking all of this extreme weather. good morning. >> good morning everyone. we are talking about bitterly cold air across portions of the southeast all of the way down into florida. we are not used to dealing with temperatures that are this cold. take a look at these current temperatures 27 degrees right now in tallahassee in the 30s in orlando even in miami that's a little bit chilly. 49 right now in the city of miami. otherwise temperatures will be rebounding as we head into the afternoon hours. it will be getting better. it's a very short lived blast of cold air across florida. we have concern about damage of crops a freeze warning is in effect through georgia florida panhandle and down into central portions of the state of florida. just very told today during the morning hours across the state of florida. where it is very cold is the northeast not becaus

florida was one of the markets hit the most by foreclosures. what is interesting is we are recovering because of all of the international wires. all the snowbirds coming down to florida. it is still a retirement destination. we are not seeing those foreclosures at the rate we saw them prior. talk about inventories. our buyers frustrated at this point. if you go out and just want to look at properties, there just is not that much out there to see. it is really becoming a sellers market. there just is not enough on the market. sellers now have an advantage. connell: when you think inventory could pick up? do you think you will see more inventory as the seller becomes more confident and says, okay, i will list my house. i can get a good price at this point. >> i do. there are so many developers in miami that are coming back into the market now and building new inventory. as that occurs, we will have more inventory. the homes on the water, there just will never be anymore of those. the sellers really have an advantage at this point. the buyers have

we're not going to implement obama care in florida. we're not going to implement this medicaid expansion. >> federal government shouldn't be telling us what we can and can't buy. this will be the biggest job killer ever. >> we're not going to implement obama care in florida. we're not going to expand medicaid. we're going to dot right thing. >> florida led the charge against obama care, challenging it until the law was upheld by the supreme court last year. governor scott later used inaccurate information to claim medicaid was 2,500% more expensive than it actually is. scott now joins six other republican governors who will accept obama care's medicaid expansion, including governor jan brewer of arizona and governor john kasich of ohio. so far 23 states have decided to participate in the medicaid expansion. many republican governors went out of their way to drum up opposition to obama care, but their rhetoric melted in the face of reality. florida's uninsured population is 20%. it's time for the fourth worst in the country. governor sc

lori: or a trip to florida. climate is certainly alluring but hedge fund executives are fleeing to the sunshine state for other reasons. cheryl casone has the plum assignment in miami to tell us why. hi, cheryl. >> hello, ladies. imagine the governor of florida, governor rick scott calls you up. do me a favor. bring business into florida, hedge funds, different manufacturing companies from around the world. all you have to do is well-being nothing. that is the life of kelly who joins me now. she is head of palm beach development. you're president and ceo. walk a little bit, such a nice afternoon frankly. this is your life every day. now you have multiple hedge fund executives knocking on your door. you're not having to call them, they're calling you. >> absolutely. the story broke in palm beach county about two weeks ago. ever since that time there have been one to two hedge fund calling per day to inchoir about the business environment in palm beach county. they already know it is a very attractive tax environm

florida republicans took overt steps to make voting lines longer in florida and to make voting harder. to make registering to vote harder even. governor rick scott signed into law new requirements that made voter registration drives so legally perilous, that even the hearty league of women voters gave up trying. rick scott cut early voting in florida almost in half. and when it became clear that florida voters were facing eight-hour lines for early voting, governor rick scott refused to put any of those lost days back. get in line, florida. let's see how long you can wait. republican governor rick scott refused to do anything to shorten the lines, even though not everybody could stand in the marathon lines that he and florida republicans created by policy. in the after-election studies of what happened this year, it is reported that at least 200,000 florida voters ultimately gave up and walked away from the polls. they had to because of the lines. at least 200,000 voters who wanted to vote who did not make it through the epic journey from the end of the line to the voting booth. at le

dunn claims self-defense under florida's stand your ground law. police say the teens were unarmed. would that have happened without the stand your ground law in your book? >> no. i don't believe held have have done it. >> reporter: 27 states have stand your ground laws. four are considering changes, including florida. >> this is good public policy. >> reporter: state representative dennis baxley helped write florida's law and was part of a governor's task force which reviewed it. they recommended no changes. >> we should stand beside law-abiding citizens. they should not be treated as a criminal if they're doing something tozive the, which is stopping a violent act from occurring. >> reporter: since 2005, the number of violent crimes in florida has dropped 22%. but the state's number of deaths classified as justifiable homicides involving civilian shooters more than doubled from 18 in 2005 to 40 in 2010. >> there are going to be times with close calls near the foul line is it in or is it out? who's the assailant and who's the victim? >> reporter: michael dunn has pled not guilty to

florida s.t.o.m.p. program has been implemented in a number of different states from indiana to louisiana to pennsylvania. so north and south, east and west. such that "the wall street journal" called 2011 the year of school choice. and 2012 had even more school choice programs being implemented around the country. so at this point we are serving a dramatically altered cascade. so that's kind of a preamble to the types of world in which we are living right now. you may want to ask yourself okay, why are we doing this? what -- why might we have moved from a choice environment where students had, families had very little choice. the choice was essentially limited to the residential location for all intents and purposes, to a system in which in many states, many families have the opportunity to attend private school using public money. those who aren't going to private schools, many of them are going to start or schools, quasi-public schools. even within public schools, even within the traditional public s

number one, he is not saying florida will, florida should. he's been very careful to say if the legislature does this, this is what i would sign. >> right. >> and that's an important distinction because he's going to get the best of both worlds. he gets to look pragmatic. he's moderating himself. he's running for re-election in about a hour. however, he's not saying he's going to advocate for this or make it more likely it actually happens in florida. >> that's a really good point. what do you think changed his mind on the politician of it? like i said, he can't be 100% of the fact it's on the federal government? >> i think moderating himself for re-election is a factor. also, he pointed out his mother passed away in november. he said it gave him quote/unquote new perspective about the law, its impacts and the needs of families to have health care. so i mean, i do think some of it was a personal decision. but it's also political and it's also -- you know, the bottom line is money. >> yeah, i'm a little bit less convinced. i feel badly that hi

agenda in florida. the agenda was this stand your own ground laws it is not just florida. when you look at where there is republican governors and republican legislators, that's where they know they have the best chance to succeed. and rick scott is not the only republican governor who has jumped behind this with both feet. this is a governor who basically is at any time you have industry, any time you have the chamber of commerce, and certainly any time you have the nra asking this governor for something, he's going give it to them. there is no surprise about what has happened to florida. there is nothing unique about florida as far as the number of guns. they just came at florida very early and very quickly and very aggressively. they did that--they did that in an off-election year. >> michael: okay so it's interesting. all of this stuff florida is such an interesting state all the time. rick scott is even interesting. did he come around to obama-care last week. i guess anything is possible. but let's

is one hundred two can you let you know if you know one place the blame on republican politicians in florida who just like republicans all over the nation have intentionally passed laws and instituted policies to make it more difficult for people like dessalines to vote quickly voter suppression has been with us since the days of john adams and the federal but this modern attack on voting rights can be traced back to the one nine hundred seventy s. in one nine hundred seventy three the right wing corporate think tank the american legislative exchange council was co-founded by republican strategist james hallway which. it was later seeded with more funny funding by the koch brothers in a speech in one nine hundred eighty always gave his take on voting saying this. how many of our christian have what i call them grown good government they want everybody to vote. i don't want everybody to vote elections are not won by a majority of people they never have been from the beginning of our country and they are not now as a matter of fact our leverage in the elections quite candidly go top of the vot

which has teamed up with a florida university campus and up until recently florida atlantic university has been scrambling to find a sponsor to buy the rights to naming their new seventy million dollars football stadium they now have a taker boca raton based geo group is a private prison company florida university has accepted six million dollars by the private prison giant so in a matter of time this stadium will be called geo group stadium and it will have that name for twelve years well for more on this i'm joined in a moment by michael brooks he is a producer producer of the majority of report where to be talking about the prison industrial complex and this interesting partnership now welcome there michael. good to be with you so a private prison company is sponsoring this university in florida a strange kind of partnership. yeah it's definitely a strange kind of partnership i think what it shows us though is kind of disturbing convergence between. privatizing certain things like prisons like detention centers which. is a questionable area for the markets to be involved in aggressi

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have florida lawmakers re-evaluated the law? >> caller: they have re-evaluated it and the governor put together a task force to see if changes need to be made. they didn't make any changes. the stand your ground law is fixed. there are a lot of con stistitc. it doesn't look like there are substantive changes but there are democrats and others hoping to make changes. so far, nothing has changed. >> what have we heard from trayvon's parents? they were so outspoken before. what have they said leading up to the somber anniversary? >> caller: it's difficult. i interviewed his mother on what would have been his birthday. look, they are extremely somber, obviously. this is a very difficult day for them. she said this would be the most difficult day besides it birthday. they are trying to channel what's happened into a new foundation where she's trying to help mothers of children who have been killed. they are hoping the case can cause people to reflect on the stand your ground law, take a second look at laws like this around the countr

second half, florida state rallies. the jam. seminoles cut the deficit to 4. next possession, green drives, pump fake and foul. game high 26 points. virginia tech wins 80-70 for its first win since january 19th. >>> women's hoops, maryland looking to avenge a loss to duke on february 11th. second half, maryland trailed by 17. then they come back. shock clock winding down. thomas, nice to hawkins. terrapins slice the deficit down to 8. two plus minutes left. duke up 11. jones knocks in the 3. she had 15. maryland falls to duke, 75-59. it gives the blue devils the acc regular season title. >>> golf, hunter mayhan. after an off line tee shot, makes amends big way there. he defeats holter. faces kutcher, who defeated day in the other semi-finals. using the wedge on the 6 hole with a tail wind. he's staring it down because it's right on the money. almost a hole in one. 17th hole, kutcher leading by one. both players, drives down the bunker, his approach landing. beautiful. stopping 4 feet from the hole. he wins, 2-1, to win his first world golf championship. >>> co

essentially, florida had stepped up the mark by reducing the income tax and making florida very attractive place to relocate there, their business to do business. what we are seeing is a lot of european base managers looking to florida to essentially relocate the headquarters, especially for the north american clients and for the latin american clients. we do a lot of businesses in latin america targeting the huge fund community, and high net worth individuals, and, essentially, they all start to view miami as the capitol of latin america. there's migration from latin america, and north american states, and also, then, from europe. from our stand point, as we continue to grow worldwide, we have 28 offices globally. we look after 24 billion dollars worth of assets, and logically, the next jurisdiction of choice for us was essentially florida because we can see this large influx of our client base moving there purely on the basis of the zero income tax, the very strong sort of business environment that has been created here the last couple of years, and i suppose in addition to that, there i

could affect the crops in florida talking temperatures that cold. in the northeast, maine has a blizzard warning and snow is coming down, up to six inches across in area and it's the wind causing this up here with blizzard concerns and northern plains, we have another system developing tonight and it will be strengthen by tomorrow morning and could be talking about blizzard conditions across north dakota and a winter storm warning across northern portions of the state of minnesota because of the winds and snow that we're expecting and harris, a very active week. by thursday, another system impacting the southern end of the country and southern end of the system we could be talking about tornados, a lot to track here coming up the next several days. >> not long ago, the groundhog said it was going to be short. i want to take that out from wherever he is, out of that rock to check that shadow one more time and winter is hanging on. >> yes, it is. >> harris: thank you very much. new information on the meteor that took aim and exploded over a city in ru

the new florida recruit many logo which shows a man's necktie in the word florida. >> i thought immediately that it sets back all the work that we have done. it's not like they have to make it pink or girlie, but maybe put a briefcase or something. >> bill: i was very offended and here now to weigh in juliet huddy. >> no, you weren't. >> bill: i was shocked. >> oh, please. >> bill: that florida would do that. put a tie in the eye? >> because they are sexist. those floridians. >> bill: you know, if i were a woman in florida, i would quit my job and move to texas or something. >> i don't really understand this. this is created -- i don't understand the outcry over this. this was created by a group called enterprise florida. business leaders in florida and state leaders, who are just trying to get. >> bill: you are a working woman. have you worked your whole life, right? >> pretty much, yeah. all 25 years. >> bill: you want -- and then you want. you are not offended by this florida thing. >> no. >> bill: showing the necktie, the symbol of male dominance. >> i have seen women wear neckties. it'

now, he is accepting a major expansion of medicaid in florida. and is being praised by the white house. he is one of seven republican fors accepting this administration expansion of medicaid as part of obamacare. new mexico, north dakota, michigan, ohio, nevada and now florida. so is this the tipping point here for obamacare? what does it all mean? let's bring in the panel. steve hayes for stand stand. kirsten powers for the daily beast. syndicated columnist, charles krauthammer. what do you think? >> look, i think, as a matter of helpful, it's not a good idea to expand medicaid. it's basically going to blow up under obamacare. you can understand the rationale for governors wanting to accept it. i wouldn't do it but it's particularly galling for for scott who made a career opposing obamacare. he ran a private citizens group opposing obamacare and ran for governor opposing obamacare. he was elected larmly because he opposed obamacare and he said he would reject obamacare after he was elected. he led the federal lawsuits against obamacare. once the

options in florida. it was often because what you had were allies focused more on the efficiency side becoming allies of people focused more on the equity side. so those are some of the arguments in favor of school choice, increased school choice option. now it is important to take a step back and think about why some of these things might not work so well, might not work as well as we might think. so i think that i am very much a moderate politically when it comes to these types of things. i think that my view is very very few silver bullets that are out there is any silver bullets in education. and why might they be very few several bullets out there? one possible reason behind this is if we think about the underlying economic model behind this, you know, often people who are free markets -- free-market education advocates will say things like the reason we want vouchers is that the private school market is already disciplined by the power of the market. so private schools don't need accountability bec

. >> an early-morning industrial fire in florida burned several hours this morning. this metal recycling plant in tampa went up in flames a little after 4:00 a.m. a large pal of metal was on fire. so far, no reports of injuries. freezing temperatures could have you paying more for citrus. the thermometer has dipped below freezing in many areas in florida. >> it does not take long down there. you have to be careful with that. >> florida will get a break. they will get a brief one tomorrow. this will be a chilly week compared to where we have in. temperatures have been above average overall. this morning, we dropped down to 22 degrees in d.c.\ a time lapse this morning as the sun moves up and the days are getting longer and will continue to do so. daylight saving times as a couple weeks away. that is arlington. there are a little clouds in the distance. 32 at bwi. 30 in gaithersburg. 37 in manassas. when you add in the wind, that will drop it by a couple. the winds will give us a touch of the windchill factor. yesterday, we made it up to dirty for with a cold sunday --

in florida's constitution, a quality education is now in the florida constitution. i do believe that in america, particularly, everyone is entitled to a quality education. and most certainly in this country, people should not go to bed hungry. that is just unacceptable. the way that the misery index in this country is one that is way out of the line because of the recent economic situation. i do not think that we as a country even understand how the unemployment has affected so many families, and we have a whole new strata called the new league for, people who were driving forces yesterday and in bread lines today -- who were driving portias -- driving porsches yesterday and in redlines today. we need to make sure americans had the opportunity to have reasonable health care. not excessive. the fact is we've got to make sure that what happened in past -- and we know that. a lot of costs have spiraled out of control. we have to have a baseline. this country has promised that in a sense of being a land of opportunity for all its people. the resources that we have in th

which has teamed up with a florida university campus up until recently florida at landing at a florida atlanta university excuse me has been scrambling to find a sponsor to buy the rights to name their new seventy million dollar football stadium and they now have a taker poker aton base and geo group a private prison company florida atlantic has accepted six million dollars by the private prison giant so in a matter of time and this stadium will be called geo group stadium earlier i was joined by michael brooks producer of the majority report and i asked him if he thought this was a strange partnership. yeah stuff really a strange partnership i think what it shows us though is kind of disturbing convergence between. privatizing certain things like prisons like detention centers which. is a questionable area for the markets to be involved in aggressively and they're really starving public investment for things like universities and education systems so you're seeing a convergence of two pretty problematic things in this way that is you know kind of funny and kind of odd but it points to

. >>> and a spectacular sight off the coast of florida. former olympian, oscar pistorius, back in court today, there are more details emerging against him. the south african arrived in court. he had fired four shots at girlfriend, reeva steencamp through a bathroom door. the 21-year-old model was hit three times, the door broken open. oscar pistorius has denied the allegations, and defense attorneys say the killing was not murder. meanwhile, services are held for reeva steencamp in the town of port elizabeth. >>> and a dramatic fall from grace, this morning, oakley and other sponsors are cutting ties with him. >>> and turning now to gas prices, the surprising pace at which they are climbing, regular unleaded going up for the past two days, the national average at 3.73, a gallon, 15 cents in a week, and 40 cents in a month. >> reporter: at gas stations across the country, customers are asking the same question, what could possibly send gas prices up 43 cents in a month? that is an extra 8.60 on a 20 gallon car. in chicago, more than that. u