ford. nothing changed much. but when ronald reagan was shot at, mrs. reagan said to everyone, this will never happen again. and just clamped down and we understand why. >> i've been out to the training center. you guys do the lord's work then and now. sam good to see you. thanks for coming in. erin burnett out front takes it away right now. thanks, john. newton leroy gingrich. the man known as newt is surging in the polls l it stick? the strange case a missing mom in florida. she disappeared the same day she appeared on the people's court. her sister comes out front. and the bottom line on today's real surge. nearly 500 points. let's go out front. i'm erin burnett. out front tonight. breaking news, markets surges

big time around the world wherever you look. the dow posting its best day in more than two and a half years with a rocking 490-point gain. that puts the dow back in positive territory for the year. above 12,000, which is a psychologically very important level for the 401(k)'s in this country. the nasdaq and s&p up more than 4% as well. why? well, it began with america's top economic man bailing out europe which is on the verge of bringing down the economy. former new york stock exchange floor trader, obviously, it was ben bernanke working with other central bank chiefs around the world. this is europe-related? >> this is definitely europe-related. there's more to it than that. but futures were roaring very, very early as a direct of ben bernanke, the federal reserve's move to effectively lower the cost of gaining access to u.s.

dollars. kr? because u.s. dollars, that's the world's reserve currency. that's what the euro zone needs for their banks and financial institutions to provide a liquidity to tighten the debt. >> i remember in 2008, everybody was saying this was a crucial moment. we look at europe, the whole world put in a position where we were when lehman brothers collapsed. we remember what a terrible fall that was. we had up days of 600 points and down days of 600 points. i'm wondering how much you can read into today. >> this is definitely a period of historic uncertainty. this volatility drives confidence out of the market, drives participant out of the market and it's generally not good for market psychology. but an up day is clearly better than a down day and today was a 2.5 year high swing to the upside. the question is, can we build on it? >> what do you think? you've been pretty optimistic, peter. >> i have been. i do think we can build on it

for several reasons. the shopping season is off to a great start. employment has largely stabilized. not only that, it's modestly improving. firings are down, adp report, 50% better than expected. the labor department numbers tomorrow bet should be better than expected. the tone is improving. if it continues to improve, can we move higher, yes. >> thank you. >> peter, of course, referring is challenger an adp, different measures of jobs in america and the fact that we are creating jobs. the european news is crucial. but it comes and goes. don't get too excited about any one thing there. at home, three really important things happen that should make americans happier. one, peter referred to it. u.s. added more than 200,000 jobs. home sales jumped the most in over a year. and three, business confidence. america's manufacturing zone, heart of where we make things in

the. i talked to gene sperling and asked him his reaction. >> it's always nice to see the market going up and seeing confidence strengthen. our fundamental focus is on making sure we have the type of growth over the next 12 or 18 months to make sure that we are seeing job creation that will start bringing the unemployment rate down and the concern obviously, erin, is that with growth projected only a little over 2% right now, if we don't get something like the payroll tax cut that the president's proposing now, it could be a real hit for our economy. so that's why our number one focus is what we can do, which is to cut payroll tacks in half for every worker, every small business. they've estimated that could mean an additional 600,000 to a million jobs next year. that's critical in helping us dig out of this great recession that we're still recovering from. >> it's a popular tax.

both sides of the aisle, they like it. let me ask you two questions on that. one, the costs i've seen are 110, $115 billion to provide that payroll tax relief. that's money that isn't going into funding social security, which is what that tax is intended to do. are you willing to write that into edge lags and we'll find that money. now it's two years and it's popular. could be years before we start put money back in that social security fund. >> let's be clear. the way that this tax cut happened in this year and we're proposing next year would be that you would absolutely, by law, strict policy, every penny would be replaced with social security trust fund. would not hurt social security one penny. >> where does it come from? >> you transfer from general revenues to make sure that you are not doing anything to hurt social security. the way the president's proposed this right now is that we would raise enough money to pay for this so that it would not affect

general revenues or affect the social security trust fund, and we do that by asking the 300,000 americans who make over a million dollars to pay just a little bit more in the future and that money is then used to give a tax cut to every small business in this coming year and every worker. >> are you going to keep putting forth, though, surcharges of a percent here or there to pay for your agenda on those same people? >> we've put forward our budget and we've -- this is the only thing that we have in our budget that is on high income people that pay for this initiative. but we do call for not extending the most high tax cuts for the most high income americans preserving those for those who make under $250,000. but the key erin, is just the balance. that we need -- you need in fiscal discipline a grand compromise. we know what that means.

it means that we are going to have to cut spending significantly. it is going to mean sacrifice for many americans. >> one final thing, gene. looking at the bush tax cuts, i'm curious about this. if you let them go away for those who make over $250,000 and they revert to the higher rates. you raise about 670, $680 billion. if you let them go away for everyone, you raise $2.8 trillion. that's a lot of money. and i'm wondering how you intellectually get around the fact that raising it on the high end might help a little bit but it doesn't get you anywhere near as much money. >> that's why you need a balanced package. that's why the package the president put forward called for $2 in spending cuts for every dollar that you have in revenues. it needs to be a balanced package. we don't think putting that whole burden on the middle class makes sense through spending cuts or medicare cuts or education cuts. if we're dpoog revenue, we think it make most sense to ask those

who have done the best in the economy over the last ten years to pay a little more as opposed to taking away tax relief from working families working hard and struggling still in this economy. >> thank you so much, as always. >> thank you. out front next, newt gingrich or newt leroy gingrich. i love that's his full name. he's getting ready to hold a slice the deficit pizza party in iowa. will he stay number one ins polls? a developing story involving mindy mccreed i. she vie violated custody and kidnapped her son. the story is up next. i habe a cohd.

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nothing works faster. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums time now for the political play with none other than our own john avalon. >> hello, erin. the political play of the day is the inevitability fail. this idea that mitt romney's come pain has been the inevitable nominee took a -- romney has gotten a lot of bad news. horses are spooked and you can see that in an interview he did last night.

let's take a look. >> brett, i don't know how many hundred times i've said this too. this is an unusual interview. all right. let's do it again. absolutely. what we did in massachusetts was right for massachusetts. you're wrong, brett. no, no. the tape out there. continue to read the tape. >> the normally unflappable mitt romney was rattled last night and there's good reason for it. let take a look at some of the polls in key states. first of all, iowa, newt gingrich up 27 to mitt romney's 20. he played there two weeks ago. might regret that decision. new hampshire, this has been mitt romney's stronghold. after union leader support, he's to 27 to newt 31. social conservative stronghold, newt gingrich 33. mitt romney 21. florida, the big one. this is where it comes together in the republican primary. in a new poll out, it shows newt gingrich 41% to mitt romney's 17%. no amount of congressional

endorsements can take away this sting. the romney campaign has a real problem. let's look at some of the trends behind the numbers. this is the presidential and positive intensity index that gallup does. midsumm midsummer, newt gingrich's campaign was as good as dead. mitt romney riding the high. this fall, like lazarus, the highest of any supporter, while mitt romney had his lowest mark on record at precisely the wrong time. look, this does kind of bring to mind the hillary campaign in 2008. remember, she was the inevitable nominee. she all the smart money on her. it didn't come together at the end of the day because she didn't see barack obama rising until it was too late. in politic, as in sport, the best defense is a good offense. if there's one thing we've learned in presidential politics, nothing is inevitable. erin? it's pretd i amazing when you look at that. newt gingrich sliced the deficit pizza party. in council bluffs, iowa. has now begin. let's bring in democratic

strategist maria car doen. i want to start with you. hillary clinton was hit by this. everybody thought she was inevitable candidate. what can newt gingrich learn from hillary? >> i think he actually has been taking some great lessons and some great notes, which is never assume anything. i think john is right that mitt romney could be in trouble because he's been running from the beginning as if he's owed this. as if this is his for the taking. that's exactly the wrong pos to take. believe me, i know. what you need to do is run as an underdog from the very first day you jump into the campaign. no matter where you think you are, no matter what the polls say. that is the only way to you're going to run successfully if that's where you're going to go ultimately. because that means that you're not going to take anything for granted. again, to john's point. that's exactly right. you can never take anything for granted. a day is a lifetime in politic.

anything can happen. you need to be prepared. >> rich, you served as newt gingrich's press secretary when he was the house republican whip, also a communications director when he was speaker of the house. do you think that newt can hold this? so many talk about his propensity to cut himself off at the knees. >> there is that. we don't know. >> there is that. >> it's true. we've seen it three or four times. let me make a couple of points about what everybody has said. one, that if you would have had the same conversation at about the same point in the rise of not so much bachmann but certainly perry and then again cain, it looked like the same thing. suddenly, romney was in second place and what was going to happen was going to happen. that's number one. number two is the hillary comparison doesn't work unless a john edwards type also joins the top three. so far, there's always been a top two, romney and somebody.

four years ago, it was john edwards that really zapped hillary's strength. in iowa, as an example in the caucuses, barack obama won with 38% of the vote. so 62% of democrats wanted somebody else. hillary and edwards split that 30/30. if either one jumped ahead of the other -- >> it would have been completely different. hillary comparison doesn't work as well as we like to think it because somebody thought of it. >> here's why i think it matters. this high stakes game of musical chairs, newt gingrich is in the right seat at the right time. >> even if he comes down, you're at a point, a month away. >> the five-week -- at this point in the game, these polls are not simply snapshots of a horse race. they indicate real trend and the gravity is taking a toll on the romney campaign while newt gingrich is getting wind in his sails at the right time. >> i have no idea kr you're

saying that. the. >> closer to the actual polling date and primary date are the one that is matter. in the summer, it's academic. >> florida -- let's take -- it's not until january 31st. you have two months to go. >> you think mitt romney is happy with these numbers? >> no. of course, everybody wants to be first. to flatly state that romney is done for. >> he's not. of course not, rich. >> what about what john was saying about new hampshire. where mitt really was the presumptive nominee, he had such a lead. now it's almost, not quite, but almost within the margin of error. >> if we're going to talk about polling. here's what you have to do. with political polls, you have to -- first of all, you can't take one poland -- you don't know where the line will go. take a couple of polls. you throw out the high one and the low one. like figure skating scores in the olympics. you knew the east germans and french were cheating is this tightening in new hampshire. do i think romney is going to

beat gingrich in new hampshire? i don't think so. >> i learn something new every day. here's ha i think, no one has said that romney is out of this. but he is in trouble because of two things. first, he has not been able to go above the 25% ceiling and secondly, ee still know the reason is because conservatives do not trust him. he has been a major flipflopper on not just one or two, but every single major issue that is facing this country today. what has been so flabbergastingly surprising to me is that know contender as of now and i think newt gingrich will go after this, has been able to take advantage of the flipflops. there are things on the record that mitt romney has said that is complete polar opposite of the mitt romney four years ago. and if you're a voter, do you not want the person who is representing you without a core

value >> it is interesting though, when you look at personal lives and who is the most conservative. clearly, you look at newt gingrich and mitt romney. it would be mitt romney. >> romney has had an impeccable personal life. the trend is not mitt romney's trend. the aura of inevitably is off. >> timing is everything. >> and he has started doing it. i absolutely agree. they have data that agrees with you. that they need to get out in front of it. >> all right. thanks to all three of you. the bottom line, people like an underdog. maybe the trend going down will help it. who knows? tonight newt is at the pizza pie slice the deficit party. eating pizza and not ripping off the cheese like mitt romney. all right. country singer mindy mccready could be facing trouble. she's ordered her to produce her son by tomorrow or face consequences. the problem is that mccready says he's not missing. the other problem is she doesn't

have legal custody. that's the issue of defining missing. her parents have custody. >> after a surprise visit by the department of children and families, the boy was nowhere to be found. we invited ms. mccready to come out front. per had you beenly cyst says she's pregnant with twins and is resting. we want to bring in jeffrey on this. thanks for weighing in. mccready says she's in a legal battle to get her son back and her publicist says since january of 2011 she's been desperately advising the court that he's in danger, physically and emotionally and as a direct result of being a mother, ms. mccready took action to ensure her son's safety. what do you make of this tape? >> well well, it's a family mess. mccready cannot do this. if a court says her parents have custody, her parents have custody. she can go court to try to change this. to have you decide that your

child belongs somewhere differently than with what the court says, she legally, if she's defying this court is clearly in the wrong. >> what consequences should she be facing or could she be facing? i will note there's been no amber alert. >> right. they apparently know where the child is. but it's not -- the child is not with the people he's supposed to be with. the legal ram ramifications can range. worst case, she could be charged with kidnapping. i think that's very unlikely. a judge will ultimately get this case again about custody and the judge will say, look, you defied the court, i'm going to take that into consideration in deciding whether to give custody to you. it's important to remember, mccready was just on celebrity rehab. she's had a lot of drug problems and issues involving addiction. so it's not surprising or it's less surprising that the court took custody from her in the first place. it's a sad story and it's a

mess. you can't leave it up to a parent when the parent has had a court take custody away. >> jeff, thank you very much. protesters storming the british embassy in tehran. today, a big story, britain, france, germany, the netherlands recalling ambassadors from iran. is war coming? a mom goes missing the same day she appeared on people's court. her sister out front with new information. it's hump day. you know what that means. it's next. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? we talked about getting a diamond. but with all the thank you points i've been earning... ♪ ...i flew us to the rock i really had in mind. ♪ [ male announcer ] the citi thank you card. earn points you can use for travel on any airline, with no blackout dates.

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favor, there was no point in pushing to a vote. not helping the camels public relations cause, the $1500 is the exact same amount of money that was going to go to a quiet space for autistic children in one of aberdeen's schools. in defense of the camel, the promise of live camels at the parade could increase attendance. think of all the kids that get to see a live camel. mora ten dance means more money and a stronger economy. you're probably wondering why i went to the sdploo for a nativity in scotland. here's why. >> so his name is joshua. joshua. >> not a coincidence. it's a bib little cal pick. sneemt he worked a few nativity scenes him selves. they said he would love to go to scotland. it shouldn't have to be the camels or social services. make a dounation on behalf of or friend josh.

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we start the second half of the show with stories we care about. we focus on the reporting and find the out front five. the markets. nearly 500 points higher. best gain in more than two and a half years. it began with the top economic man, ben bernanke teaming up with other central banks. it wasn't all europe. good news at home too. more than 200,000 jobs added in america, home sales jumping by the most in over a year. our manufacturing heartland rising. peter kenny came out front and says he thinks we can build on this because people have been spending money this holiday season. number two, evangelist billy graham admit today a north carolina hospital today. he's under evaluation and treatment of his lungs. the hospital added graham was treated in may for pneumonia. while no date is set for discharge, mr. graham is looking forward to returning home to spend the christmas holidays

with his family. something that mat toers a lot of americans. lipitor lost its patent today. generic versions can now be sold. 17 million people are prescribed lipitor. the drug brought in $5 billion in u.s. revenue alone last year. pfizer analysts told out front sales will decline by 50% at the end of the year. as much as 80% next year and that the generic lipitor will cost you a lot, lot, lot less money. number four, 110,000 jobs will be added in november. that's what 21 economists predicted to us ahead of friday's jobs report. based on their estimates, the unemployment rate would stand change at 9%. it's been 117 days since the u.s. lost the top credit rating. when are we going to get it back? today's rise in the dow might not upgrade us. positive economic news can. an economy that's growing will take away nearly 40% of our deficit according to some estimates. that will help. is iran heading to war?

france, britain, germany, recalling ambassadors from iran today. this in reaction to iranian protesters attacking the compound in tehran on tuesday. that attack came on the heels of the uk slapping tough economic sanctions on iran. >> i've often said in the past, while the possession of nuclear weapons would be a calamity for the world, it's possible that military action against iran would be clam tus. >> robin wright is out front tonight. she's the author of rage and rebellion across the islamic world. robin, calamity to have conflict. is that the direction that the world is heading? >> no. i don't think we're anywhere close to a military conflict. i would be surprised if we see military action before the election next year. i think the world is really still trying to figure out a diplomatic solution. in light of what's happened. diplomacy will be more complicated. the fact that the europeans are

standing together against iran and probably imposing tougher sanctions in the next few weeks is likely to exacerbate the tensions. this is only the opening chapter in this confrontation. >> what do you think about israel, the rhetoric that's come out regarding potential military intervention and bombing nuclear sites? will this they do it or is that all talk? >> israel feels an existential threat from iran because of the nuclear program. i think the united states is likely to use as much restraint as it, pressure as it could to prevent israel from taking any military action. after all, we haven't reached the point where there is abundant and provable evidence that iran has an active nuclear weapons program. much less that it achieved the threshold required to test or -- that's according to almost every intelligence estimate still, you know, a year or three years

away. >> i guess it doesn't sound that far. but obviously a year has an election and other things as well. robin, thanks for coming on. >> hank had you. more legal troubles for skrer i san san. he was hit with his first civil suit. by a man o who claims he was sec ully abused by him between 1992 and 1996. the unidentified alleged victim is not, not one of the original eight boys that we have been talking about. sandusky has been charged with sexually abusing in the criminal case. like the others, this boy met the coach through his charity, second mile. he's ten years old. sandusky continues to deny all allegations. mars i hamilton is one of the attorneys representing in the civil case can you tell us more about your client and what happened to him? >> john doea had never told a soul about the abuse until he heard about the grand jury

report. as soon as he learned that there were other victims, he was horrified. he felt terrible that he might have been responsible for other children being abused. and so he resolved to come forward and he's really mostly interested in revealing what was really going on at penn state and second mile and why were all these kids in such dangerous positions. >> marcy, obviously the allegations of your client saying what happened with jerry sandusky it was more than a decade ago. why did he wait so long to come forward? >> it's very typical for child sex abuse victims to not tell anybody or not until middle age respect to our client, he was threatened by sandusky in '96 when he tried to repel sandusky's advances and was told by sandusky that he would be in trouble and his family would be

threatened if he didn't give in to sandusky. he took that to heart and he kept the secret all these years. >> does he have any evidence or all -- as you said, at least as we've reported your suit says, there are at least a hundred times where he was abused by jerry sandusky. does he have anything or anyone to corroborate that? >> well, he has all the witnesses at all the events that sandusky took him to. he was taken to penn state to the wrestling room, to the showers. he was taken to -- on trip. he was brought to philadelphia, which is why we brought the lawsuit in philadelphia. he was taken to a bowl game. so all the things that sandusky is known to have been doing with other children in that grand jury report are described in this report and for this survivor, it was four very intense years that started out with grooming presents, with attention, with promises of football success, and a kid who

really needed this kind of, a leader and a loving man in his life. that's what he got. but at the same time, he got a predator. and he suffered for it ever since and he's finally coming forward. >> what has happened to his life? i mean, obviously, these kinds of things are horrible and can completely ruin someone's life. how would you say it's affected his life as an adult, in a career, how much has this damaged had him? >> we're protecting him and his anonymity because he is just coming out after all these years. it's very difficult to do. but like any other survivor, he has had his challenges, he's had problems with depression and the sorts of things that happen naturally when someone goes through this and hold a secret for so long. he's now feeling better. feels like a weight is off his

shoulders. he's moving in the right direction. >> marci, thanks so much for coming out front and sharing the story. >> thank you. let's check in with anderson. hi, anderson. >> we're keeping them honest. he's denying had happened, she says it did. someone is lying. we'll lay out the facts and let you decide. president obama in new york tonight for a fundraiser. he's been on the run for turning around the economy. spending a lot of time spelling his plan to the economy in states critical to his election. syracuse and penn state. i'm going to make you smile at the end of the night. >> everyone loves it when you make them smile, anderson. they do. up next in the outer circle, thousands of public sector workers go on strike in britain over proposed pension reforms.

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we do this at the same time every night. our outer circle. where we reach out to sources around the world. we begin in britain where thousands of public sector workers are striking over pension reforms. erin mclaughlin is in london. what happened today? >> erin, the public sector strike actions that happened in

london appeared to have gone off relatively peacefully. dozens of protesters from the occupy london movement stormed an office building belonging to one of the major companies within the ftse 100. they said it was in solidarity with the public sector workers. just one more sign of growing discontent mere in london, erin. >> thank you. next to myanmar, hillary clinton arrived today. u.s. secretary of state has not visited that country in over 50 years. jill doherty is on the phone with us. why is she there? >> caller: erin, there's a new president here and surprising steps toward economic and political reform. secretary clinton says that she is here to test the seriousness of the government. one major sign of that renorm is that the government has been talking with a nobel peace prize winner. she was held in detention for almost two decades. secretary clinton has spoken with her by phone and now

they're going to have a face-to-face meeting. erin. >> thanks, jill. now to iraq, vice president biden is meeting with departing members of the military. american troops gone by the end of the year. martin savage is in baghdad tonight. what's the message so far by biden. >> vice president biden is here to talk to the iraqi leadership and speak to the critics in the united states. the message in both cases, u.s. forces may be pulling out but the support of the u.s. government remains strong. he would say it's a new chapter in that relationship. erin? thank you, martin. it's been almost two weeks since 33-year-old michelle parker disappeared in florida. a judge ruled her three-year-old twins must be returned to their father. just two days after police named dale smith a suspect. >> after numerous tips and investigative leads, we are officially naming dale smith the

ex-fiance, as the primary suspect in the disappearance of michelle parker. >> you refer to smith as the ex-fiance. he had been engaged to parker. they had an on/off relationship that began in 2006. now, it ended with a humiliating exchange over a $5,000 engagement room on the tv show, the people's court. the ruling was that they had to split the cost in half. con coincidentally, she disappeared the same day she aired. that changed on monday as you saw. michelle parker's sister, matt morgan a lawyer for the family. they're out front with us tonight. thanks to both of you for coming out tonight. lauren, were you surprised the judge awarded custody of the kids to dale smith just days after we just heard police call him a suspect in this case? >> i was -- it was an emotional

experience throughout the entire thing. i mean, i was somewhat surprised just because the twins have for the past year and a half lived at my mother's house where michelle was living also. so, yeah, i was. >> and what would you say to michelle if she's watching tonight or if she can see you now? >> just that i love her and we're fighting for her and her boys right now. i won't let her down. >> matt, what are you going to do to help the family find her? >> erin, at this point in time, we're working closely with defense counsel and we're trying to come to an agreement for visitation for the children and lauren's mother and the family. and so we are -- we are hopeful that an agreement will be done soon. >> lauren,let me try to understand a little bit about how your family sees dale, your

sister ex-fiance. your mother was seen hugging him in court today. by my understanding. how is his relationship with your family? >> it's been very up and down. you know, just like his relationship with michelle was. obviously, she's my sister. so we're sisters. wee talk. of course, i'm going to kind of not like the person who has hurt her in the past in whatever way it may be. i think, with the whole hug thing that happened, those grandchildren, that's still their father. if god forbid this come out and everybody points the finger one way and then it turns out it wasn't him and we lose those kids, you know forever, we still need to have a good relationship and everything like that. she wanted him to know in her heart of heart, she's praying for the best outcome for all of us for this. >> lauren, you mentioned abuse. what can you tell us about abuse in this case and physical abuse?

i know there had been a domestic violence injunction that your sister filed against dale to years ago. >> as far as that goes, i myself, i mean, there's things that have happened before. i mean it's been talked about already as in his record and everything like that. and thing shez talks she always about. i always talked to her after when she would call me crying about what happened. but i mean, as far as that goes, i never actually saw it with my own two eyes or anything physical at least. >> i want to just note for viewers, we did invite dale smith on the show tonight. he obviously, did not come on. matt, what are you going to do from here? is there anyone else that you or from talking to lauren or others in the family that you think could be a suspect or is your view that dale is the person who is responsible for her absence? >> well, at this point in time, we're letting the police take

care of the investigation. we're staying out of that area. so our focus really on the rescue efforts for michelle. and so we'll be coming forward soon with a way for the public to donate to a trust which will be set up for the rescue effort for michelle as well as a trust for the children. and that should be completed by friday. but other than that, just trying to get visitation for the grandparents and for lauren and her family. >> lauren, before we go, have you seen the children? how are they doing? >> yeah. i got to see them last night. i can honestly say in the past couple days seeing them for the first tears that i've had really fall from my eyes and they were tears of joy. i love those two more than anything as well as my older nephew. i was there the day that each one of them were born. and i've been with them, you know, for the twins the past 3 1/2 years and also the past 11 years. and we took them to mcdonald's. they got the chocky milk and

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vice, secret craving, kfc. >> kfc. >> but if you were mitt romney. >> i'm glad to hear he has vices. >> so if you're mitt romney, you have juicy kfc in front of you, he takes off the skin. >> no. you just ruined it. and you talk about turkey rice, broccoli, water, maybe a diet coke. >> they say he's so intense about his workouts that even when he's on the road if he can't get into a gym he's in a marriott or he'll run around in the halls. >> rick perry, a totally different story in some ways. you talk to fundraisers and people on the planes with rick perry. what's he like? >> you saw with your own eyes he wasn't prepared for the debate. now we know why. one of his former aides who used to travel with him told us that when he was on the plane, rather than doing debate prep, rather than digging into the briefing book, he would tell jokes, sometimes fraternity type jokes, sometimes involving animals. they said he would mess on the

ipad and look at family pictures. so he's having fun on the road but also has a little home work left to do. >> you said he fund-raiser never saw him read a newspaper or newspaper clips. did he do angelina or jennifer aniston. i'm curious which he picked. >> he went jennifer aniston as his pick. >> all right. one other thing about mitt romney, this actually -- he is going to like this is in your book. notorious cheapskate. >> it's true. >> for a very rich man. >> one of his relatives said if he gets a glove, something torn, he'll take duct tape and fix it. this is a multimillionaire. whereas his family members said he would just get a new one. >> but what about you? see, the thing i'm curious about you is mike allen. i wake up every morning to you. >> very kind. >> which is like everybody that i know. >> very kind. >> and you have really -- you have created a market for inside information and what's breaking that day. here's what i want to know. what's mike allen like?

do you sleep? >> i eat my pizza with cheese. i eat the chicken skin on. i throw away my gloves. but we're a very appreciative for you and others who read politico. it started with an e-mail i sent to my bosses. it just said to jim and john. here's what's in the papers today. here's what we missed. here's what we should cover today. and john harris has a big mouth. he told howard wolfson who was then at the clinton campaign now with the mayor here. he told him about it. he wanted a copy. and then the mccain team wanted a copy and then the white house a and then cnn and now we are grateful that we all wake up together. the idea is people can read 1,000 stories, which five would you want to read? we try to find them for you. >> it's amazing. but answer my question. how many hours do you sleep? >> not enough. i need to get six is about what