SCRIPT FOR TODAY’S EPISODE OF PJ NEWS BREAK WITH SCOTT OTT

SCOTT OTT: It’s Wednesday, February 29th, 2012, and this is news.

North Korea has agreed to suspend its nuclear enrichment, and weapons testing programs, in exchange for 240,000 tons of food assistance from the United States. A U.S. State Department spokesman acknowledged that the communist dictatorship has secretly violated such agreements in the past, but said its different this time, because “we can’t tell you why.”

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In related news, the Islamic Republic of Iran announced it was willing to strike a similar deal, halting its nuclear program in exchange for all of the food in Israel.

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Meanwhile, a White House spokesman said President Obama is willing to scrap the U.S. nuclear arsenal. Period.

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GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum came within three points last night of beating Mitt Romney in the state where Romney’s dad was governor, and ran a major car company. Santorum had hoped for an upset in Michigan to diminish the significance of Romney’s expected win in the Arizona primary.
Meanwhile, President Obama tried to upstage the Republicans in Michigan by giving a speech to the United Auto Workers yesterday. The president praised the UAW for its willingness to do the hard work of spending billions of taxpayer dollars in an effort to save their own jobs. In a biblical reference, Obama said that by saving the auto industry, the government helped you fulfill the commandment to make your brother be his brother’s keeper.

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Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich finished with 12 percent and 7 percent of the vote respectively in Michigan, hobbling them as they head into next week’s 10-contest Super Tuesday. Gingrich acknowledged he must win his home state of Georgia.
Ron Paul said all of the focus on primary victories is part of the establishment’s plan to make sure good candidates don’t get the nomination. However, Paul said he’s in it until the convention, because dropping out now after all this time would make him look like some sort of egomaniacal kook.

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And finally today, Olympia Snowe, announced she will not seek a fourth term as the Republican Senator from Maine, noting that the body had become too partisan. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, shocked by the sudden announcement, said, ‘What do you mean Olympia Snowe is a Republican?’
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