day's campaign events and a look at how republican presidential candidates are lining up. then we will have cameras at a central iowa caucus to see how that works. c-span2 will also be live tomorrow night from another caucus at western iowa. you can follow the campaign at c-span.org. you can also read what candidates and political reporters and others are saying at social media buzz on c-span down toward/campaign2012. -- on c-span.org/campaign2012. >> it is essential are spending habits take a 180-degree turn right now. tonight a midnight the government will shut down if congress does not pass a continuous resolution. >> forecasters said goldman sachs warned that a shutdown could shave off $8 billion every week. we have been warned about the shutdown's impact on confidence

in the u.s. economic recovery. >> also will government shutdown women, this senate session from april 8, 2011, was the c-span video library's most watched a video of the year. watch it for yourself out our home page, c-span door/videolibrary. it is what you want when you want. >> republican presidential candidate newt gingrich was in waterloo, iowa, yesterday for a meat-and-greet. -- for a meet-and-3. this is about an hour and 10 minutes. >> i know, it is really winter

now, isn't it? >> hi, newt. how're you? >> thank you so much. how are you? love the hat. hey, how're you? good to see you. thank you very much. how are you? >> how are you? >> good grief. heck of a crowd. wow. >> how do you feel, mr. speaker? how are you feeling? >> i feel great. >not hardly. hey, how are you? hello.

good to see you. oh boy, here we go. another graduate. here we go. >> come on. >> how are you? a rather bitter institution. -- rather bigger institution. >> that is what she told me. we were downstairs where we had the college graduation. it's great to be back. >> how are you? hello. >> thank you. >> how are you? >> back to iowa again. >> cool. here we go. good to see you. good to see you. how are you? >> ok. >> amazing, isn't it? >> we have it all set up for

you. >> hi. hello. >> how are you, sir? >> doing well. you sure did. how are you? thank you. goodness. >> thank you. >> good to see you. [applause] >> hello how are you? good to see you. >> could to have you here in lot of low -- in waterloo. i look for you on national tv. >> did to sea wall. hello -- good to see you all. >> nice to see you.

>> well, ok. is this working? >> working in the other room. >> working in the other room, is that it? so the other room cannot hear me. this room can hear me. first of all, what a great, great turnout. thank you very much for coming out this evening. this has been a very exciting caucus. i'm looking forward very much to tuesday night. i thought the most interesting thing in the "demo and register" poll is that voters may change their vote between nine tuesday night. that is less than the actual number that will do it. i'm here to ask you both to show up for me to the night but also to make a couple of arguments that i think are very important.

i want to start with the whole nature of the campaign this year. i said we would have a positive campaign and offer positive solutions. some of my opponents have gone on the attack, in part because they could not defend their record. 41% of ads have been attacks on me. iowans have a chance to change american politics. business as usual bewould be for the negative ads to work. if i was decide not to vote for the people who ran the negative ads, you would change the whole nature of american politics by punishing people who rely on negative attacks. when you get there with your friends, remind them. they have candidates who have been positive and who have been negative.

it would be good for the country for the candidates who run the negative and to learn it does not pay in america to spend all your time and money on negative ads. [applause] second, we are in real trouble in this country. when you watch a washington so incompetent that passing a two- month modest tax cut exhausts the congress and the president and they go home thinking they have accomplished something, you know that something is fundamentally wrong. one of the major choices in this campaign is between managing the decay and changing washington. i am the only candidate in this race who has a track record of twice helping change washington. once as a very young member working with ronald reagan, where we turn around the economy and defeated the soviet empire. the second time was as speaker, when we reform welfare, cut

taxes, balanced the budget for four years, and did all that with the liberal democrat and the white house. remind your friends, if all they want to do is manage the decay, their candidates who are capable of doing that. but if they want to turn the country around, there's only one candidate this year with a track record of actually doing it. finally, if you look at the whole process of getting the economy going again. i have been speaking all week about job and a minimum growth -- and economic growth. i am honored to have part loeffler come to endorse me and say my plan was much better for growth in jobs. the wall street journal editorial board and a weekly show last night said my plan was the only plan that had real economic growth built into it, that the choice was very wide between my plan and the other

plan. for all your friends and neighbors worried about jobs and the economy, i think what we have been doing is dramatically better. this is a little bit more complicated and environment than i am -- on our schedule it says there will be 50 people here. [laughter] i know, you have really disappointed the schedule. but i thought for a minute or two, i would like to take questions from the islands, not owans,ws -- from the isl not the news media. since you were so kind. yes, sir. >> how we -- what would you do to move jobs back to the united states that have gone to china? >> that is why we have a very aggressive tax and regulatory energy policy. on taxes i would go to zero capital gains tax, which were

bring hundreds of billions of dollars in the u.s. to create factories and new businesses. i would go to 100% expense and on all new equipment, so whether you are a farmer, factory to more business, everything you could write off in one year to make our work force the most productive in the world. i would change and employment compensation so in order to get unemployment compensation, you have to sign up for a business training program so that we will be improving your work skills while you are getting unemployment compensation. but we would no longer give people money for 99 weeks for doing nothing. that would dramatically improve our workforce. [applause] i also propose a 12.5% corporate tax rate, which would make us very competitive in the world. that would bring home $700 billion in profits locked up overseas. and it would reestablish our ability to do things. on regulatory policy, i would

also abolish obamacare. >> yes. >> i would abolish the dog franc bill, which is killing small banks and small -- the dodd- fank bill. i would -- the dodd-frank bill, the sarbanes-oxley bill. and i would modernize the food and drug administration. on energy, i am deeply committed to an american energy program. if you watch what is happening in the middle east, we are very foolish not to have an american energy program. callisto and i were at the reagan library for president reagan's 100th birthday and we had lunch with former secretary state george shultz, who said how many times do you have to get hit over the head with a two

by four to realize that we need to get the energy situation fixed? that is why i favor an american energy program, american oil and gas, american coal, american nuclear power, american wind and solar. iowa ranks second only to denmark in wind power. i also favor the development of biofuels. in 1984 i voted for something called gasohol, which ron reagan signed as part of our national energy program. in 1986, it had been renamed ethanol, and i signed it again. in 1998, when big oil tried to kill it, chuck grassley said i was the one person who saved ethanol from being killed by big oil. the reason is simple. if i have to choose between paying $1 billion to iraq or $1

billion to iowa, i will pick iowa every time. [applause] and if i have to choose between spending $1 billion on saudi arabia or south dakota, i will pick s.d. every time. that is how i would start the economy moving again. yes, ma'am? >> our president does not do these things by himself. we do not elect just the president or it -- but a presidential team. can you give examples on who will be on your team? >> actually, it is deeper than that. we need to run a republican team campaign next fall because we need to pick up the senate by a big margin and gain seats in the house come and do so with an agenda so people understand going into office in january, 2013, that the american people expect us to get things done, not just sit around and bicker. there is a legislative team you

have to assemble. helped do that in 1980 with reagan, and i helped in 1994 to do it with the contract with america. in terms of the cabinet, i have said to people, and i am not offering jobs. nobody has agreed or turned me down now. i have set a one very strong personnel who have been prepared to be engaged, a very large amount of change. you want people prepared to take on the washington bureaucracy and the washington interest groups. take john bolton comfortable, for secretary of state. he would be strong enough to have an impact on the state department. somebody like steve forbes as a possibility, treasury. he would certainly have that kind of capability. somebody at the federal reserve to have that capability. there are a number of people of that caliber. if you thought about somebody

like mitch daniels for health and human services, he is a great innovative governor with a terrific record. whether we could lure him back to washington, i do not know, but he certainly knows a lot and would be the right person. yes, sir? >> the cards and senate gridlock seems to be killing us. >> you hate the congress gridlock, and let me tell you, if you do not have a president willing to get the job done, it is very hard to avoid gridlock. i worked with reagan when tip o'neill was speaker, and we found we had to get one out of every three democrats to vote with us in order to pass the reagan program, and we did. when i became speaker, i realized if i could not get bill clinton's signature, we could posture all year but we would not get anything done. so he and i negotiated endlessly, and the result was we

passed welfare reform and he signed it into law. we passed balanced budgets, we passed the first six -- the first tax cut in 16 years. it took a tremendous amount of reaching. you have to think about the country more than you think about your party or your own position if you're going to get this kind of stuff done. that is part of what i think my unique value is as a candidate. i have actually been involved in doing this twice. nobody else in this race has successfully been involved in the scale of change i was involved in in those two cycles. >> just about a national thing about the united states postal service. have you thought about not paying down -- >> pretty low -- >> let me finish with the lady appear, and then i will go back there. >> the postal service, not

paying down the retirement, prepaying down for people not even employ yet, in keeping the postal service -- like here they are talking about closing down the service here. is there anything you can do to keep the postal service viable? there are a lot of people who do not have internet that depend on the postal service. >> my recommendation, which will probably not be received happily by the postal union, is that they renegotiate the contracts from the ground up. you have 9.5% unemployment. you have to ask yourself the question, what do you think you can hire the next postal worker for, given the market? >> how about prepaying retirement for people not even hired yet? >> that is something that congress and certainly could wave and that congress should be you -- and that should be waived. the underlying cost of the postal service has to be dealt

with reckless. the lady in the back who wanted to say something? go ahead. >> yes, sir. the money of the federal reserve is pretty low. how do you propose to build that up? >> i do not think the money in the federal reserve is too low. i think the federal reserve system has been run to secretly. i think we need an audit of the federal reserve, an annual audit, frankly, and we need all the decision documents of 2008, 2009, 2010 published so that we can find out who they have given money to and who they have not given money to and why. ben bernanke that gener says is vastly superior to the total budget. the federal reserve spends all of it in secret. i think that is wrong in a free society, and i think we need a

fundamental overhaul of the federal reserve to bring it back under control and to make it manageable. i think quite preferably, without chairman bernanke being there. [applause] yes, sir? >> i am not a conservative, but i have quite a few conservative -- i want to ask the question of repair a. -- of rick perry. he walked away from me. i want to ask about the united nations. should we define it? do you agree with that, or would you work with others to reform the united nations so it could become more efficient and more effective? performuld dramatically an an overhaul the united nations

and dramatically take on the corruption. i cochaired with george mitchell in number of years ago. the u.n. is a mess, and too often its general assembly is dominated by a anti-american sentiment. i would bring in other democracies to operate without being surrounded by dictatorships. there's a lot to be reformed in the u.s., but i would just not walk off from it. >> what do you think is your biggest weakness? >> what do i think is my biggest weakness? [laughter] >> do not look at her. >> probably that i am to reasonable and i should have responded to the negative and

two weeks earlier. yes, ma'am? >> can you explain why you did the commercial with ms. pelosi, and what changed? you said it is one of your biggest mistakes, so what changed because of that? >> there are two parts of it. i was just looking at the commercial, which fox is playing once again without explaining it. the question i was trying to reach was, and conservatives be in the middle of an environmental debate and represent a conservative solution to the environment? i taught environmental studies. i think the environment does matter, and i think the conservatives should be pro- environment because we all want clean air and clean water. we want to have national parks and diversity of species. i do not think we should walk off and allow liberals to claim to be the only people who care about the environment. that is the reason i did the commercial. it was stupid to do it because

nancy pelosi became so radioactive that the act of being on a couch with her was automatically -- i rest my case. i have been very energetic my whole career, and every once in a while i do something dumb, and i will concede that was dumb. it is factually false. this is why i feel i have been too passive and not going negative but in going more aggressively in things that are false. when al gore testified on cap and trade in the house, i was the next witness. i testified against it. the entire videotape of my testimony is available at newt.org. it is just a lie that i favored and tried to pass cap and trade. the underlying message of that ad is false. anyone can take a shot at me of

being dumb enough for being on a couch with nancy pelosi. that is a clean, fair shot. people make mistakes. it is totally wrong to suggest that i wanted the federal government to run all the carbon in the united states passed the epa. it is a blatant falsehood, and romney's people know it is false. that is what makes me really angry. one or two more. yes sir. >> iowa national guard, deployed to iraq for 16 months, afghanistan a year, this past summer they got back. what about iraq and afghanistan? what is your stance on the future for that? >> let me say first of all, in addition to saying thank you to the national guard -- [applause] my dad spent 27 years in the army in the infantry, and i worry when our military gets

small enough that we are rotating national guard units in because it makes me wonder what are our reserve forces? the original idea is that the guard was part of our reserve, that it would mobilize in a crisis. if they become part of the regular operational army, we have the reserves. that is a real danger to what we have gotten into in the last eight or 10 years. second, i think the odds are very high that we are in the process of losing iraq. i think the iranians are on offense. i think the obama administration is collapsing in the region, and i think the fact is that when prime minister maliki visited the white house recently, he had a commander of the iranian revolutionary guard in his entourage, a man we believe was responsible for killing americans. the fact that the obama administration either did not know it or did not care about it gives you some sense of how bad

this is. in afghanistan, we have always had two core problems that have never dealt with. shtunirst is that the pas 1 live in southern afghanistan and actively do not recognize the border. if you could see pakistan as a sanctuary, you will never win the war. we have known this. every guerrilla war in history, if the guerrillas have a sanctuary, they will always -- part two, the level of change we want in afghanistan is not military. it is building 50,000 miles of road. it's electrifying the communities. giving kids sell phones. it is finding a way to break down the isolation of a medieval society. we have never been prepared outside the military. i gave a speech on this in the spring of 2002. in which i took on the state

department and just said flatly, we are incompetent in our overseas efforts outside the military, and we are not capable of delivering the things we need to do. that certainly has proven to be true in afghanistan now for nine years. i think it is a very difficult problem and one that will get worse, not better. >> -- >> the question is the chinese are planning to go to the moon what we're hitchhiking to go to our space. there's no better example of the tragic failure of bureaucracy that nasa. here is a country whose president said in 1982 -- or 1962, we will get to the moon before the end of the decade. and we did. it was an extraordinarily daring step. at the time he made that speech,

the total american time in space was three hours, suborbital. we had never orbited with a person, and he was staying we are which he was saying we are going to be on the moon. we then allow bureaucracy to take over. we have billions of dollars in planning andvehicle. it is a case study in why we should fundamentally overhaul the entire federal governments. it is a national security issue. i think we have to fundamentally rethink our program in space. it is one of the places where governor romney decided to make fun of me. big goals attract young people to science, engineering, technology. it gives them dreams of a bigger and better future. i think it is better to have a political leader who paints a picture of a future worth working for them to have a political leader who offers no hope.

-- than to have a political leader who offers no hope. this gentleman standing up here gets the last one -- you're either really, really tall or you are standing on something. >> a question no candidate has addressed. number 1, your feelings on the nra, your views on gun control, and keeping the constitution intact. >> i am a life member of the national rifle association. i have an a rating by them every year in congress. i believe in the right to bear arms. the second amendment does not give you the right to bear arms. the second amendment says the right to bear arms shall not be abridged. because the founding fathers believed the right to bear arms preceded the constitution and was inherited from god as your right to protect yourself and to reserve your freedom. -- to preserve their freedom. i am also very solidly committed on preserving the

constitution. i have written books on it, a nation like no others co, for example. frankly, this place is so jam packed, it is a little hard to imagine how we will do it. i will drive my staff crazy because they told me not to say this, but i'm not comfortable with all these people come here and not having a chance to say hi to all of you. i want to suggest that somehow with our many friends in the media who will clear a path here, anybody who wants to come up, is patient, we will stand here until we see all of you, and we want you to have a chance to come by because i do not want you to come by and not have a chance to see us. thank you very much. [applause] thank you. thank you.

keep us in your prayers. >> we will. >> do you want something to drink, sir? >> no, thank you. ok. >> i'm going to try to go this way. over -- it isng an incredible place to live. >> totally in the world market, not competing with each other. >> even better. >> what are your names? >> ride and and -- rod and

andi. >> you went to luther college? >> that is great. >> thank you very much. good luck. how we doing? ok. all right. the security guys have to push them back. push them back. >> best of luck. >> thank you. >> you want a picture? >> go ahead there. i don't understand why -- why we would not want to meet elect --

to elect the most intelligent man we have. >> thank you. hi. thank you. >> i have been a supporter for a long, long time. >> thank you. thank you. thank you. hello. hello. >> hello. 1, 2, 3. >> thank you. >> hello. >> hello. thank you for doing this. >> hello. that is a pretty top. >> thank you. thank you. >> thank you.

how're you? >> so honored to meet with you guys. >> 1, 2, 3. >> thank you. thank you. >> our you? >> hello. thank you. hello. >> hello. >> how are you? >> i am fine, thank you. love you, newt. you're not a socialist. >> no, i am not. >> i love someone who likes the constitution. >> thank you.

we may come to waterloo. i'm going to try to work at the dome. >> ok. >> ok. thank you. >> 1, 2, 3. >> thank you. >> we were in the fairmont and you guys were having drinks, about five years ago. >> thank you. hi. >> i just want to say thank you for coming. >> thank you. we need your help. >> we will. >> thank you. i need your help tuesday. thank you. >> we appreciate it.

>> thank you. >> i will be there with bells on. thank you for being here. >> how are you? here we go. >> 1, 2, 3. >> thank you. thanks for everything here. >> how are you? >> love to. luther college over here. >> 1, 2, 3. >> thank you so much. good luck. >> i just want to thank you for running. >> thank you. we need your help tuesday. >> no problem. >> hello. >> i'm going tuesday. thank you.

>> love to have your help tuesday. hi. >> hope you have good luck. >> well, we need your help on tuesday. >> 1, 2, 3. >> that will give us better luck. >> thank you. >> hello. >> you already have a letter of endorsement from me. my name is randy harrison. >> we appreciate it. >> george freely has to go. >> love to have you help -- your help. >> you guys -- >> here we go. >> 1, 2, 3. >> thank you. >> nice to meet you. >> how are you? love to have your help.

>> alright, 1, 2, 3. >> is that right? >> you will always be mr. speaker to me. >> appreciate it. >> all right. 1, 2, 3. >> it is an amazing day. >> thank you, thank you. >> thank you. thank you. >> alright, 1, 2, 3. there you go. >> thank you very much. come join us. >> thank you very much. >> thanks for coming. >> 1, 2, 3.

>> great. thank you. >> he is going to speak tuesday night. >> thank you so much. >> that you so much. great to me you. thank you. >> hello. how're you? >> our you? >> fine. our you? there we go. >> all right. 1, 2, 3. >> good. >> we will be there tuesday for you. >> thank you. >> thank you. how are you? >> alright, 1, 2, 3. >> thank you. thank you for coming. we need your help. >> see you tuesday. >> already.

>> thank you. >> thank you. >> it is so nice to see you. >> 1, 2, 3. >> thank you. thank you. >> hello. >> small businesses, we need you. >> her writing is better than mine. >> hope you're citing a bunch of bills next year. >> hello.

hold on one second. hold on. >> i have a longer name. >> 1, 2, 3. >> thank you. thank you. >> good. >> who has got a camera? >> here we go. that way we will spend less time. >> what i work. >> turnaround this way. alright, 1, 2, 3. >> great.

ok. thank you. thank you. starting back up. >> thank you for coming. thank you. >> ok. how're you doing? >> i want to see you debate obama. >> wouldn't that be fun? thank you. thank you. >> how're you. >> how are you? i love that jacket. >> thank you.

i thought you did a great job. >> thank you very much. >> here we go. >> thank you very much. hello. how are you? >> congratulations. you're going to win. >> we need your help. >> that is great. come to the caucus and see. >> what a pretty wife you have got. >> i am very lucky.

pleased to meet you. >> you guys have become democrats? change tuesday night and you can vote. >> nice to meet you. bye-bye. >> how are you? >> nice to meet you. >> all right, 1, 2, 3. >> thank you. >> god bless you. >> hi. i'm new tt. get a picture? with a camera? a cell phone? >> you're fine. >> all right.

>> 1, 2, 3. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> hi, how are you? >> this is known as the reagan library. >> really appreciate it. >> good luck. >> she has very good handwriting, which i do not. >> appreciate both of your time. >> thank you, sir. >> how about you? >> mine. >> thank you very much.

>> we really appreciate it. >> we need your help on tuesday. hello. >> how are we doing? >> i would appreciate your help on tuesday. >> no problem. >> i need your help on tuesday. hello. >> good to me you. >> talked-about changes you would make with a national debt. -- talk about changes you would make on the national debt. >> it helps me out when you talk about your mother. >> i have a gift for you.

>> you do? >> you're the kind of man that don't give up. i'm going to give this thing to you, about the ugliest thing you ever saw. carry it with you, take it with you to remind you that there are days i will not give up. >> what is it? >> it is a genuine -- >> that is fabulous. >> this is what television is all about. >> he does not give up, and he don't go away. you can take a look at this and say i am doing better than this. >> did you make this? where did you get this? did you make this? >> there happens to be a hole in paper,where you can put

you know? >> yeah? so now, my grandson has to get in there and get it out? that is very funny. >> keep on not giving up and not going away because i know it is tough. >> if you show up with this in the oval office, we will remember where we got it. he must be a piece of work. >> he is. >> hello. >> the best. >> thank you. we need your help. >> great to see you. >> we need your help tuesday night. hello. good to see you. thank you. >> hang in there. >> hello.

>> how do you feel about the gold standard? >> i think we should return to something like the gold standard. the dollar should be stable. good to see you. >> thank you very much. >> college student. >> we are developing a program for young people who have the right to choose a social security account. go to newt.org. >> can i get a picture with you? >> sure. here we are. >> thank you. >> thank you. hello. hi, guys. are you? how are you? how are you?

? what brings you up here? >> we're visiting family, but i am concerned about the school situation. they do not have a charter school in the state of georgia. >> why? why don't they have a charter school in the state? >i am going to look into that. excuse me. hang on. hang on. we will do one more. i will be all right, i just have the sneezes.

>> hello. >> how are you? i'm good. i am here because ron paul has gone to the edge in this campaign, and i'm so angry over that. i am even angrier that he has turned it public because they go for it, it works. but those ads are outrageous, and he has absolutely the best ad agency in the world because they are very slick and very good. >> thank you. i'm going to stick with it. with your help tuesday night, we will surprise you. >> i'm going to do that. >> thank you very much. >> come by for an autograph?

>> can we get a picture first? then we will do autographs. >> 1, 2, 3. there we go. one, too, 3. >> he is right. >> thank you. >> thank you so much, mr. speaker. is this your final stop for the night? >> we have one more yet. >> thanks a lot. we need your help to deny. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. -- we need your help tuesday night. >> thank you.

thank you. >> hello. i spoke to you over the phone. >> how are you doing? >> i asked three questions about how to get ready for the caucus, and you gave me the answers. >> hello. how are you? good to see you. >> good to see you, valerie. >> i want to know about your feelings about how to balance the budget. i have several. we belonged to an agency and we used to have all kinds of -- we used to have -- somebody used to have proceeds for the money and where it went.

why doesn't the government do that? >> we think they would save billions if they have that kind of accuracy. we agree. >> i think you should start asking for receipts so the people can really keep their money in check, you know. >> doing this to sign this? ok. sign this. >> with the big caravan, you remember me because --

>> look forward to seeing you tuesday night, ok? >> ok. >> i have been following you in all your political experience. you are the only one who has the experience. >> with your help, we will. >> hi. >> hello. how are you? how are you? >> you have been inspiration. can you sign my book? >> what is your name? >> jim reichardt. >> any relation to scott reichardt? >> i do not think so. >> he has been the chairman of the appropriations committee in the house. >> i have been following you since the 1990's, and your

debate performance has been unbelievable. i want to see you debate obama. >> with your help we will. >> i will be there. >> 1, 2, 3. >> thank you. >> a pleasure. >> a pleasure. >> hello. how are you? good to see you. >> i am from marietta, georgia. >> good to have you here. >> thank you. we need your help tuesday. can we get a picture? here we go. thanks. hello. how are you? >> i am and airforce officer,

and the thing i really appreciate but you, i just want to make sure that in every decision you make, you quote the bible. that is my biggest concern. >> thank you. we tried very hard to follow god's will. thank you so much. hello. good to have you. that is pretty. >> well, thank you. could i get my picture with both of you? >> absolutely. >> here we go. 1, 2, 3. >> thank you. >> hello.

thank you. we really appreciate your help tuesday night. >> i will be at the caucus tuesday night. >> it is his birthday. >> well, happy birthday. it is today your birthday? >> today is my birthday. >> that is nice. you are a new year's baby? >> that is correct. >> that is great. >> there are not many republicans in the county, but i will be there for you. >> thank you. we need everyone we can get. thank you very much. how are you? >> nice to see you. >> i appreciate everything you are doing. a lot of things we have got to get rid of.

i appreciate all your hard work. it must be difficult to do. >> we need your help. here we go. >> 1, 2, 3. >> we need your help saturday night. >> we will be there. >> high. thank you. >> south dakota. >got a question for you. do you think it is a real problem? >> i think it can be cured, but it is a real problem. >> it has to be dealt with. >> 1, 2, 3.

>> thank you. thank you very much. >> are you -- how are you? >> thank you. >> thank you. hello. >> maryann moore. wonderful to have you here. this is our family's sunday night lottery booth. >> very disappointed that we do not have our booth. >> well, we need your help. thank you. >> wonderful, wonderful. >> good to see you again. two ideas. 2009, a clear indication that

people are given fraudulent social security numbers. we could end the illegal payments for work. >> interesting. >> second, two terms on, one of, at two on, one off, as many times as you can wind. we preserve it seniority and put more people in the political process and have more -- >> that is a very interesting -- >> if you could do that, it would sell huge problems down the road.

>> thank you. >> hello. hello. >> this is my brother. >> good to see you. thank you both. thank you very much. >> god bless. >> thank you very much. and happy new year. >> bye-bye. >> look who just arrived. >> look who just arrived. >> just when you thought it couldn't get any better. >> i'm callista. nice to meet you. thank you for joining us. >> how are you doing, will?

come on over. a-ha, happy new year. can we sign that? >> that is nice. did you make that? happy new year. i like that. >> thank you. that >> is really pretty, by the way -- that is really pretty, by the way. >> thank you. >> thanks for helping us. thanks for helping us tuesday. how are you? good to see you. there you go. thank you for being here. thank you for helping us tuesday. hello. we need your help tuesday. >> and you will get. > -- get it. >> here we go, 1, 2, 3.

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you want to be in it? >> when my mother was alive, cheverly back to you. a strong republican. -- she really backed you. a strong republican. >> well, i would love to have your support tuesday. >> will be there. know, but i think they do. hello. >> good evening. you must be so tired. i love your history books. >> thank you. >> i say to my granddaughter, you need to know what is going on. i will see you tuesday night. >> we need your help. >> i just talked to your girl in the white shirt. she knows what i want to talk about. >> thank you. hello.

how are you? good to see you. hi, how are you? >> i have enjoyed the debates. >> thank you. we need your help to say. >> -- help tuesday. >> we need leadership. >> god bless you. >> i want to give my buddies in little trouble. >> we need your support tuesday. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. hello. >> hi, how are you? >> brother in the military for 20 years, and you got his vote. >> thank you. we need your help.

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>> thank you. hello. thank you for having us,. > -- having us come by. this is a great crowd. i was really surprised how big the crowd was. >> 1, 2, 3. >> see the tv screen at the bar? that is c-span. >> thank you. >> nice to meet you. >> hello. good to see a. -- see you. hi, how are you? >> you are all wonderful debater. >> do you all want a picture? >> yes. >> ok. >> all right, 1, 2, 3.

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>> i want to know what the biggest difference is, because being reasonable doesn't. weakness. >> 1, 2, 3. >> what's yours? >> i don't now. >> think about it. hello. no, to we go, guys. -- oh, here we go, guys. a whole gaggle. get all of you in the middle. now, what -- are you a group? >> we work here. >> here we go. squeeze together. >> 1, 2, 3.

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>> do you still have your mike on? >> no --, i no -- -- no, i gave it -- >> the latest "des moines register" pull as gingrich and the fourth place. he will be meeting voters and it east central part of the state. rick santorum is in polk city by des moines. ron paul will be in des moines for a campaign event with his son, kentucky senator rand paul. it starts at 2:15. -- 12:15. at 7:00 eastern, rick santorum will hold a meet and greet and a

pizza restaurant. mitt romney will hold a grass- roots rally in iowa. >> tuesday, "rode to the white house" goes to america's heartland for the iowa caucuses. c-span's coverage begins at live from des moines with "washington journal," talking to political experts and taking your calls. later, the state of the republican presidential race. at 8:00, live coverage from central iowa, followed by the entire caucus' results and speeches. c-span's coverage of the iowa caucuses is available on c-span radio and online at c- span.org/campaign2012. >> there is no debate here that copyright infringement is a serious question.

we have got a system for dealing with it now. it is not perfect. there are ways in which on a bipartisan basis we can improve on it. that is what the open legislation is all about. the final difference between our bill and the other is that we would not do all the damage to the architecture of the internet. >> tonight on "the communicators," the internet and copyright protection. oregon senator ron wyden on a different version of the anti- terrorist legislation currently in congress -- anti-piracy legislation currently in congress. >> republican presidential candidate michelle bachmann has picked up the endorsement of 22 ministers. yesterday, she spoke briefly with reporters.

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>> what's your name? >> my name is shirley. >> thank you, thank you. you live here in town? >> yes, my husband and i. by.e drove righrt have you been here forever? >> 25 years. >> oh, my goodness, that is forever. we have three in college. >> and you have 20-some others. [laughter] empty nest?

three left? >> three left in college. 28 over the years. >> three left -- where are they? >> oh, all over the country. they are all over. >> my daughter did one year down at nazarene university. >> did she like it? >> she liked it very much, but she wanted to be closer to home, because her brother goes to the university of iowa. >> oh, ok. cedar falls? >> cedar falls? >> oh, good. >> i am probably it taking up all your time. >> no, no.

if your h -- is your husband here today? >> he is. i would love for you to meet him. >> hi. >> thank you, glad that you were here. >> i was the guy -- >> i remember, i remember. >> happy new year. >> thank you.

you are advertising, ha ha ha. good to see you. how are you? >> good. >> good to see you. thank you for being here. together -- i told her yesterday, michele remembered me. you tell me it to say hello -- >> i remember. he passed away after that? well, we were all shocked. we were all shocked. does sharon still have the church? >> yeah. >> she is amazing. i have always loved her. she has an incredible singing voice.

>> she does, absolutely. >> hi, what's your name? >> betty. >> hi, betty. i'm so glad that you are here. are you from town? >> no, we live in west des moines. >> oh, you do? oh, you drove all that way? oh, you're kidding. i am so impressed that you drove all way. at least to the roads were good today. >> this is jane -- >> thank you, thank you. now, you also from west des moines -- urbandale? we should have known. we would have had you on our bus with us. thank you so much for driving all that way. tellingk you for ever

everyone what you are telling. voters having their say. >> thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. you guys are great. tell everyone you now. hi, what's your name? >> sarah. >> hi, sarah. very nice to meet you. now, are you in college? >> senior in high school. >> where are you going to go? have you read william penn's story? >> yes. >> one of the most amazing, on- fire people. i was in the capital, philadelphia, and you go there and you are pulled over by his

faith in life. incredible man. this is bob? oh, bob. >> i thank you so much for being here today and i appreciate message. -- appreciate your message. >> i do, there is no reason not to. >> so many don't. >> that is the one thing about having -- >> thanks for your support. >> that is my husband, marcus. >> you have to look after him. >> can we take a picture? >> yeah, sure. right here? >> 1, 2, 3. >> awesome testimony today. i really enjoyed it. >> thank you.

i'm so glad you came all the way. what is your name? >> daniel. >> how all of you? >> 10. >> 1 0? oh, man. i'm so glad i got to meet. you go back tomorrow for the first time? is this the end of business by? >> -- the end of christmas break? >> i think so. >> you don't now. -- don't know. have you been having too much fun? i'm glad you came this morning. i would love to have your vote on the third. great to meet you. hi there. how are you? >> this is my husband, gary. >> hi, gary.

>> thank you so much for being here and giving the testimony. breath of fresh air. >> well, thank you, thank you, thank you. i appreciate it. i am glad that you were here. god bless both of you and your children. isn't he a wonderful man? you mean him, and within about four seconds, you know that he is so genuine. >> he base everything on -- >> that's right. >> has his own opinion. we appreciate that. >> you're welcome. hi, what is your name? my mother's name -- we were here before. >> [unintelligible] >> yes, yes, yes.

>> we were excited to see you. you're not only bit of on the outside, you are beautiful on the in -- site. -- not only beautiful on the outside, you are beautiful on the inside. >> oh, thank you. this is my husband, marcus. >> what happens -- >> thank you, thank you, thank you. i remember your face, yes. >> william penn -- >> yeah, okay, okay, okay, now i remember. have you ever read it william penn's by rafik? i was recently in philadelphia in the capital, and he is a remarkable man. thank you.

thank you. it really is wonderful to see you again this morning. get them out. facebook everybody you can to get them out. this is my husband. hi. right here? how're you doing? i am doing great. how are you? hi, how are you? is this your church? >> yeah. >> this is my husband, marcus. >> appreciate your testimony. >> thank you. i could relate to the hardships. >> it changes dramatically after a divorce. years ago i read a statistic that the family reduces by about 75%. i don't know if that is true, but that was years ago. it changes everything. >> my mom tried to fend for

three boys and my dad was kind of out of the picture. not that he didn't love us -- >> no, that's right. you continue to honor your parents, but there are ramifications for the kids that go on for a long time. >> i was married and divorced and i learned from that. >> the great thing is, he is a god of forgiveness and mercy and grace. he takes us as we are and he builds in restoration. he is a wonderful god. let's go ahead and take a picture if you would like a picture. do you have a camera? sorry i did not know you were there. >> jacob. >> this is my husband, marcus. >> hello, jacob.

>> did you get it? jacob, are you hear from town? >> yes. 8 i go here. >> to church? isn't bill waterfall? he is a wonderful foster -- isn't bill wonderful? he is a wonderful pastor. >> i remember seeing you before christmas -- >> thank you. hi, what is your name? >> chloe. >> good to see you, chloe. do you go to church here? >> now, i am traveling with my mother. she is a reporter. >> is she a reporter here? >> no, she is from california.

>> glad that you are here, chloe. hi there, nice to see you. well, thank you. are you a deacon here in the church? am.es, >> i i >> well, thank you for the service did you are the main man, aren't you? of course you are. it is a pleasure to see you. we enjoyed worshiping with you. >> real good, real good. thank you for your word, appreciate you taking time to come. >> great coming. this is marcus, my husband. >> great to meet you. we appreciate you taking time. we know you are busy, tight schedule.

>> well, it is a privilege for us. really glad to come. hi, what is your name? >> kathy. >> hi, kathy. >> minnesota girl in iowa. >> oh, thank you. mrs. marcus, my husband -- this is markets, has been. what is your name? >> william. >> how will you? >> -- how old are you? >> 13. >> you going back to school tomorrow? >> tuesday. >> you are doing a good job. when looking pretty good, too. good to see you, william. >> -- the gospel. >> thank you. >> very inspiring.

>> if the war it -- monfort if you were running for president, you could be -- if you weren't running for president, you could be a pastor. >> you are such a wonderful creature. > -- preacher. >> do you want a picture? ok, thank you. thank you. hey, how are you? how are you? i really admire you. >> thank you. that means a lot to me. how are you guys? are you being good this morning? good to see you, too.

i'm so glad you guys are here. thank you, thank you. thank you for being here. thank you. i know you well, i know you will. we are grateful but the sacrifices you made -- for the sacrifices he made. you worked really hard, which i am sure you still do. >> praying for you. hang in there. >> thank you. my name is anne. >> hello, anne. this is your church? >> yep. thank you. >> it's my mom. >> do you live here in town?

>> no, we live in small town -- >> just a little bit north of here. >> you did a good job on him. >> well, the lord did. >> he does for all of us. we just have to cooperate in little bit. i am blessed to be here. >> thankful for that. >> is your father still living wi? >> he is maybe pulling the car or something. >> after meeting with the murders, at michele bachmann spoke with reporters about the -- campaign. -- after meeting with voters, michele bachmann spoke with reporters about the campaign. she is trailing the other is. >> we had a wonderful experience. we had a terrific time with the pastor and his congregation this

is very reflective and representative of a lot of iowans guest:. we have had tremendous outpouring of support from evangelical community and as they are concerned about surrounding marriage, the issue of life, the family, religious liberty, what some people call cultural issues. people look at a full complement of issues, whether it is national security, the threat of a nuclear iran, the economy -- people are scared to death about the out of control spending. there are issues that get short shrift, and that is the issue faith, marriage, the protection of life from naconception until natural death. i have a long record of standing for life, conception to natural death, standing up for marriage between man and woman, even though sometimes it is considered politically

unacceptable or unpopular stands. some things are a strong foundation. it doesn't matter what the current culture says, it matters what is true. it matters what is right. it matters of what the longstanding issue is on average. -- what the longstanding issue is on marriage. iowans will weigh in on tuesday night, will weigh in on a boost as for marriage between a man and woman, who stands for life, not just to be politically popular, but who really means it and is going to do something about it. that is why we seen such a strong showing of support from the faith community, and quite frankly, why we have seen such as support from young people. young people are concerned about the culture they are about to step into an embrace as adults, and are also very concerned about the spending, because they recognize that when they are in the position of getting a paycheck, they are the ones who will have to pay for the out of

control spending. they want someone who will stand up for them. that is why we have seen set a strong showing of support from young people as well, because they recognize i am looking after them and their future. if you got a couple of questions, i will take them. >> do you have a sense of your momentum into tuesday, the poll numbers, and how he will bounce back? >> it is reflective of what i heard going on the 99-county to ur. we put about 6900 miles on the bus doing our tour. it was the best decision we made, because we listened, to what iowans were talking about and cared about. we saw thousands of people in cafes, homes across iowa, make a decision on the spot that they will be supporting me in the iowa caucuses tuesday night they

want someone they can trust, someone who is a proven were conservative. -- proven core conservative. they are tired of politicians, and they saw that i am not a politician di. i am an authentic iowan. they saw in me someone will not be changing. margaret thatcher said, "i will not be turning," that when she went in as prime minister should be the same person as before. that is what we need right now. we do not want any other politician. we want someone who will be very given, who is bold. i believe i'm the best person to take on barack obama and defeat him, because i will have a clear conscience when i stand on the debate stage. i have no level of compromise

when it comes to obamacare, a taxpayer funding of abortion, marriage between a man and a moment, the issue of national defence. no area of compromise with barack obama. that is what we need, a clear, pulled a distinction -- bold distinction. >> what about people who support you and would like to vote for you but will be putting for senator santorum because he is higher in the polls and feel he has a better shot of winning? how do you respond to that? what you tell people who might be -- what you tell people feel they might throwing away from their -- throwing away their vote? >> that is what we heard today from the pulpit. the pastor said we should not be looking at a physical stature, or who is best in the polls. we should be looking at who is the best person to lead the

country. he quoted danny carroll -- "if it was up to just me, if i alone got to choose to the next president of the united states would be, who would that be?" he encouraged people to vote for whom you believe if you were the only want to decide who it could be. that is who you should vote for. that is what we will see tuesday night. iowans are very independent. i know, i was an iowan. >> only 100,000 people caucus here. if ron paul wins the pot is, what does that say about iowa as first in the nation? >> iowans will speak their voice, and i think i answered the question in the previous

question. they are independent, a thoughtful, and taken a full measure of every candidate. it is too early to decide what the outcome will be. that is why we are here. we did what no other candidate day. i crisscrossed the state i don't know how many times. in the final analysis, we did what we needed to do, listen to iowans and make our case. we feel confident that they will make their choice. >> the u.s. and other world powers to resume nuclear talks, all while testing medium-range missiles. could you tell us what your policy of iran would be? >> my policies that iran must never gain a nuclear weapon. that is why i believe that ron paul would be dangerous as president of the united states. all the candidates in this race, there is only one that his current national security experience -- that has current national security experience, and that is me. i am privileged to sit on the

house intelligence committee and i receive classified briefings similar to what the president of the united states receives. on day one, the president will be tested not only on the issue of nuclear iran, but other issues in the world. we need a president who was able to exercise the judgment will be required to keep our nation is safe. we saw as a result of the failure of the super committee this last summer that the defense of our nation took about in $500 billion cut and now we're looking at a second tranche of a $500 billion cut, all while we are engaged in vulnerable activities around the world, from rising dictators across the world. this is not the time for america to weaken its on a national security. barack obama has made some of the most detrimental decisions to our national security. that is why this is an issue that needs to be uppermost in the minds of the american

people when they choose the next president of the united states. that is why i believe i am the best choice to be that candidate, because of my current experience with the national security background when it comes to dealing with -- but also because i had the best background comes to cutting spending, as a national security risk, and i will cut spending and i will get the country on a strong economic path that it needs to be said that we can maintain our military superiority. last question. >> there were reports that congressman steve king might endorse gov. mitt romney or senator rick santorum to offset a ron paul win. what do you think about that, considering that he calls you a good friend? >> no one knows who will be endorsing. i have been all across the state to me as many iowans as i can

and i am gratified by the support i am guessing. that is the endorsement i am looking for on tuesday night, from iowans and the iowa caucus. we are thankful that you were here today. god bless you all. thank you, everybody. thank you. thank you. glad that you are here. thank you. thank you. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. thank you. hi there. >> happy to see you again. thank you so much. >> we are so proud of the. -- of you. >> thank you. i am so proud of you, too. thank you.

thank you so much. hi. thank you. >> -- shake your hand. >> oh, good to meet you both. thank you for coming out. thank you. ♪ >> michele bachmann has started airing her first and only tv ad in the run-up to the caucuses. by the way, she will be a guest on "washington journal" starting at 9:30 eastern on c-span. she will take your phone calls. here's a look at the ad. >> only one candidate has been a consistent fighter who fought obamacare, fought against increasing the debt ceiling even as other republicans were cutting deals with obama. an expert in tax law will fight for deep cuts in spending to reduce our debt, restore our economy, and create jobs.

she will never back down. when of our own. michele bachmann for president. >> i michele bachmann, and i approve this message. >> representative bachmann was born in waterloo, iowa, but later moved with her family to minnesota, where she was elected to congress in 2006. she is the last of the caucus candidates to run tv ads in iowa. she will be a guest on "washington journal" at 9:30 eastern on c-span. she will take your phone calls and e-mails. the iowa caucuses are tomorrow night. live coverage starts at 7:00 eastern. we will bring you the latest on the campaign events and a look at how the republican presidential candidates are lining up. we will have cameras in central iowa caucuses so that you can see how that works, followed by statewide results and candidate reactions.

c-span2 will be live tomorrow night with another caucus, from western iowa. that is on c-span and c-span2. >> that site has made up his mind, this site has made up his mind, and i call it garbage, dr. rice -- >> dr. brinkley. rice is the university. >> i will call you whatever i want to call you when you sit in that chair. >> you don't know me. i work for the private sector, you work for the public -- >> a confrontation at a congressional hearing between congressman don young of alaska and historian douglas brinkley praxis the fourth-most-watched a video on the c-span video library. watch it on our home page, c-

span.org/videolibrary, and watch other videos from the past year. it is what you want, when you want. >> this morning on "washington journal," we talked to the iowa state chair for the rick perry campaign about expectations for tomorrow's results. host: we are back, a iowa from. -- we are back, a from iowa. and on your screen is robert haus, for the campaign for rick perry for president. let me bring up the poll that shows that your candidate is in fifth place. your reaction? caller: good morning.

this race has been unlike anything i have ever seen before. it has been very fluid and flexible throughout. yesterday's survey even showed the up to 41 to 42% of the people in iowa were willing to make a different choice in the caucuses. i think that any survey is really dated the minute it ces out of the field. this race has been very fluid. i expect the results on tuesday night to be quite a bit different from what the survey showed. host: your prediction for tuesday night? guest: anyone that would make predictions is pulling numbers out of thin air. there have been a lot of changes over the past several days on the ground. governor harry has been in the middle of a bus tour. our crowds have been fantastic.

he converts people eve time that he meets them. host: can he finish in the top three? guest: our senior senator laid it out clearly over the weekend. the top three analysis is historically an antiquated. there will be four candidate coming out of iowa with seals of approval. i am pretty confident that we will be in the group. caller: what is your role as the co-chair? what are you responsible for? -- host: what is your role as the co-chair? what are you responsible for? guest: a lot of things. helping the campaign to shape its message, keeping an eye on the nuts and bolts of t campaign identification efforts. where should we go on a bus tour?

how can we get the governor in a position where he can succeed and sell his message, meeting as many people as he possibly can. host: rick perry was on fox news, sunday. he was saying that he got into the race late. what does that mean for trying to get your candidacy up and running in a state like iowa? what are the challenges? guest: there are challenges not just in iowa, but nationwide. there is not a campaign on the planet that would ever ask for less time, but he got in on the 14th of august and we really hit the ground running. i would challenge any other campaign in the country to have shown the level of accomplishment that his campaign and his team had done in those early months. they organized not only iowa, new hampshire, south carolina,

but they raised $17 million and set up a national campaign headquarters and went through a series of debates. it was an incredibly tight schedule. when he got in in the middle of august, he accomplished some very important goals. host: when did you join the team? guest: i would have joined at his first event, august 14. i have been proud to be on his team ever since. i will be proud to see him on tuesday and beyond. host: what do you like about rick perry? guest: there are a lot of things. i think that his appeal to the people of iowa, and nationally, is really due to a number of factors. me, pernally, i like him because i know that he is a conservative. he has governed the 13th largest state andconomy in the worlvery effectively for the pet -- f the last 11 years.

he has created an environment where the state of texas has created over 1 million jobs while the rest of the country has lost 2.1 million jobs. he reached across the aisle, and one of your earlier callers talked about that. he has reached across the aisle to speak with the opposing party to get very important things done, like tort reform, medical malpractice reform, and important, landmark pieces of legislation that have set the state of texas apart in terms of becoming a job-creating machine. he is often known as e american job governor. i think it is a very appropriate term. in addition to that, there are things outside of the policy realm that i really appreciate about the governor. i would say that his commitment to veterans, which is very important to me, speaks volumes

about his service in the air force, as well as how he would use members of our military men and women when they return home from battle. and then there is just one very personal thing. he is a very humble and sincere man. it does not matter where we are, what the environment is, or how bad the food is, he stops and give thanks for what he has been given. he is a humble man who is deeply rooted in the state. he is a strong individual. the kind of man that i want as my next president. >> he said the spent the last 20 years in iowa, advising federal and state republicans on their different runs. can you give us an honest assessment of the challenges that the perry faces with iowa voters? guest: time. getting in in august was a bit

of an element. campaigning has really changed, i think, over my history. it has changed dramatically from four years ago. it is a much more national campaign, now, running for president, theyou have seen in the past. i think that some of our opponents have maybe misjudged what it will take to run a serious national campaign starting wednesday morning. host: on that point, we have heard analysis of late, and there have been articles on it as well, that retail politics in iowa are dead. in the polls, mitt romney only spend one dozen days or so in this state. but he is leading in the polls. he has become more of a national

campaign with a debate that has had more of an impac the that actually shaking hands. do you think of that has hurt your candidate, rick perry? guest: the dynamics of the campaign have changed a lot over the last several years. iill remind your viewers that mitt romney and congressman paul have run before. that have invested substantial amounts of time in iow, in 2008. that has paid off handsomely. they have identified supporters and have done a goodob of keeping in contact with them. let's not lose sight of that. the debates will likely have a larger role this cycle. i have always said that i will voters, republican or democrat,

are pretty in tune with what is going on nationally. they get their own soues of information and are active voters. what happens really impacts each and every stage. we will see that throughout the rest of the race. host: david is a republican in victorville, california. caller: nice to talk to you. i do not understand why rick perry has not gained more traction. he reminds me of a combination tween ronald reagan and george w. bush. i do not know what more you could want in a president. he has been governor of texas for 10 years. i have not been so excited about a president since reagan, probably.

caller: i appreciate your comments and i agree. remind hastened to people that this is a very long nomination process. iowa is the first in the nation, but this is a veryong process. as the governor steps from the states of texas up to the national stage, it takes a while for people to get to know him. he has been very active in the state with retail politics. our goal has been to get people to know the governor and his great strengths. he is a very multi-dimeional candidate. he has got a lot of appeal across party lines and issue lines. host: david is a republican -- i'm sorry. we will go to david in dover

plains, new york, democrat. caller: good morning. i keep hearing you sort of scouting -- you tauting toward reform. it is the most horrible piece of legislation ever. it shows how corporations can do you in for pennies on the dollar. if that is what we are doing to create jobs and calling it a wonderful, we have to readjust our way of thinking. thank you. host: any thoughts on that? guest: i appreciate the comment. the tort reform, but the goveor has said on the stock and around iowa isis