hiding or just waiting? >> any income comes overwhelmingly from investments made in the past. >> he's not willing to reveal how much money he's made. when will romney turn over his tax returns? with time running out for his gop rivals, will the show me the money tactics help. >> people have released them by april, and that's probably what i'll do. >> is newt gingrich playing the role of an angry white man? >> it sounds as if you're seeking to belittle people. >> first of all, juan, the fact is that more people have been put on food stamps by barack obama than any other president in history. >> gingrich gets a rousing

response from the audience when he said poor minority children not being shown good work ethics. yes, you can call it total recall. two hours and counting. that's how long before we learn if wisconsin governor, scott walker, will be forced into a recall election. already, democrats in that state are declaring one sign of possible victories to come. wisconsin state senator lina taylor will join us live. paula deen reveals she has type two diabetes. why she kept the news from her fans for years, and what her health battle could mean in the war against obesity and fatty foods. i'm tamron hall. the "news nation" is following the ground game in south carolina as mitt romney's challengers run short on time to

show they can best beat president barack obama. just moments ago the white house went on the take firing back at newt gingrich. >> the economic policies that helped create that situation are ones in the case of the candidate you just mentioned, he supported it. they're the kinds of policies that he advocates to this day. this president takes a different day. >> gingrich is hitting the state hard. rick santorum and ron paul are about to hold town halls. most people think romney is becoming the nominee. 72% believe romney will get the nod with gingrich next with only 7%. joining me on phone is peter alexander. we see there, peter, newt gingrich with just 7%, and that may account for deparation on

his part. >> i think they are all trying to separate themselves as the conservative alternative to mitt romn romney. santorum benefitt eted from the evangelical leaders. he's been rolling out news releases. for his part newt gingrich made a statement today in front of the cameras saying he's the only conservative that has a chance to be the nominee. any vote for santorum or perry is a vote to allow romney to become the nominee. santorum attacked mitt romney. he has a new ad going on the airways. the strongest attack ad he's put out. he says that mitt romney has never won anything as a

conservative. he's never won any races as a conservative. hoping he can separate himself. i think they say these folks have become their best allies in this. the longer they split, the better off mitt romney is. romney had events hoping to build momentum. his only event of the day before heading to a fundraiser in new york city. they were hoping this would be a big event. they were planning to roll the bus in. for them there was only 100 people. there room was very sparsely filled. they didn't roll the bus in claiming the gas tank was full saying it would billion dangerous situation. it was sort of a buzz kill. >> let's bring in our sh"news nation" panel.

micha michael smerconish. he said this president is accountable for more people being on food stamps than any other. let me play this exchange. >> you say poor kids lack a strong ethic and propose having them work as janitors in their school. can't you see this is viewed as a minimum as insulting to all americans but particularly to black americans? >> no. i don't see that. you can take one janitor and hire 37 kids to work in the school for the price of one janitor and they'll be a lot less likely to drop out. they would have more money in their pocket. they would learn to show up for work. >> we asked in the open of this

show, is newt gingrich trying to play the role of an angry white man. we heard michelle say people are trying to typify her as a bitter black woman, angry at the world. he's referred to this president as the food stamp president. some people say it's rate baiting. >> i think you asked me what is he doing here. he's playing to the base. if you continued on with that clip -- >> what is the base seeking from the comments? >> what the base is seeking is not what you're going to find in demand in the general election by people who will call the shots. the base is looking for somebody to knee the president in the groin. this is why it's such a huge applause line. they are looking for a pugilist, not just a political opponent for barack obama. we have seen this repeatedly in the debates. there's be any number of instances. the one that stands out was the

booing of the gay soldier. watching it on tv, it makes for great entertainment. i'm convinced having a live audience has not done the party a favor. it's the sort of things they'll want to shirk from in the general election. >> we know that newt gingrich is a calculating politician, to say the least. what works now, we know won't work in the general election. he knew the makeup of the audience. he knew this would get some traction. he's at 7%. that probably wouldn't bump him up to eight. >> he has a few days to change the mind. >> is a comment calling this president the food stamp president, talking about poor

minority children being janitors or whatever his ideas would be, what kind of immediate bump would that get him? >> well, sometimes he goes on and on as you know he does. he did get incredible applause about his line on it being the time of us earning an associates degree. this crowd, this base is looking for a total and complete rejection of government, of any kind of entitlement and of union jobs. these kind of comments about the cost of one union janitor, this appeals to them. he's hoping to present himself in these final hours as the conservative alternative to romney. he knows he is running out of time. >> i know also, michael,

something that stood out to you and many others is this exchange between rick santorum and mitt romney regarding felons and voting. i want to play that first. >> first of all, as you know the pacs that run ads on various candidates say we -- >> answer to the question first. >> we have plenty of time. i'll get there. i'll do it in the order. >> i'm asking you to answer the question. it's my time. >> i don't think people that committed violent crimes should be allowed to vote again. >> this started with him going on about people not being able to vote. michael, why did this stand out to you? >> i thought it was a high water mark for rick santorum in the debate. he baited a trap for mitt romney and romney fell into it. i haven't seen any polling on

this, but my hunch is majority of americans would say when you have fulfilled your debt to society, if we are believing in giving you a second opportunity, that ought to come with fully exercising voting rights as well. i think it plays well for santorum on that issue. >> a.b., the way he handed the situation is how he handled her interview when he's pushed into a corner, he tries to find this way out and it becomes awkward and uncomfortable. as he likes to say, if you can't handle the heat in this kitchen, what happens when he's one-on-one with barack obama? >> it will be some tense moments. he didn't use to be a great debater but he's gotten used to strong debate performances. some of them his rivals have given him a pass. he's been given an easy walk. i think there's still times when he's able to bounce off criticism and people to a

general election about president obama. there were awkward moments last night. if we take a helicopter view with always these people still running and hanging on, don't you think it's still advantage to mitt romney. he'll eke it out on saturday. >> a.b. and michael, thank you. we could seen see a lot more about mitt romney's worth. he said if he was the nominee that he would release tax document, but not now. >> people want to see the most recent year and see what happened and what things are up to date. nail want to see the tax returns that come out in april. rather than have multiple releases of tax returns, we'll wait until the tax returns for the recent year are completed and release them. >> joining me the washington post financial reporter. thank you for your time, gia. the white house jumping on this

idea that he wants to wait to release the tax documents saying it was his own father who started this tradition in the '60s. is he hiding or is it truly about waiting? >> it's probably just about waiting or could be a bit of hiding. the problem is no matter what, it leaves him into a really uncomfortable conversation about income and equality which will become a huge issue with occupy wall street and with warren buffet with the tax issue. for most people in the tax system, the more you earn, the more in taxes you pay. the capital gains tax, which is 1 15%, which is why romney's rate is so low, that turns it on its head. people that are really wealthy are take advantage of this tax rate. you'll see a lot of -- >> the reality is, and as you pointed out today, mitt romney talked about he's probably in

the 15% rate. we know that he's a multimillionaire. the new york times and others have reported on what's believed to be the money he gets from bain capital. we know in california his family was building a multimillionaire mansion. why not come out and give the numbers. it's not a secret. i might guess your income. you might guess my income. there's no guessing. we know this guy has cash. >> you look at the bush tax cut debate, it came down to not if people have money but paying lower tax rates than other people. this whole issue is why warren buffet said my secretary is paying more in taxes than i have. it's just the idea that he's paying this low tax rate of 15%. that's lower than what a lot of middle class americans are

paying. >> thank you very much, jia. we greatly appreciate it. coming up, romney says he wants to wait to release his tax returns, but should he release them now? would you like to know now? we'll tell you how to weigh in. developing news in the effort to recall scott walker in less than two hours, it's the deadline for organizers to turn in their petition. they say they have far nor signatures than they need. audio is released from the cruise ship captain after he abandoned ship. i'm here today to let the world know that it is not a death sentence. >> plus, paula deen confesses she has type two diabetes. why she kept it so quiet for three years.

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welcome back. the "news nation" is back with live pictures where gop candidates are fanned out across the state. ron paul and rick perry are holding town halls with voters right now. rescue crews have pulled five more bodies from the wreckage of that crippled cruise ship off the coast of italy. no world of the missing minnesota couple among those found. the captain was arraigned just this morning on charges of manslaughter and for abandoning ship. the captain denies the charges

but new audio has emerged indicating that he fled before all the passengers were off and resisted repeated orders to return. michelle, what else do we know that's been revealed from the audio tapes here? >> reporter: it's been a day full of activity. searchers were able to punch a hole using explosives, but it was no sign of life aboard. what's shocking people that at the same time the search was going on the captain was facing the criminal charges of manslaughter, causing the wreck and abandoning ship. most shocking to people is that audio tape. a recorded phone conversation between the captain and the port authority about three hours after he veered off course and hit the rocks. repeatedly the port authority orders him to get back on the

boat saying you need to go back on there. tell me how many men, women and children are still aboard and what kind of help they need. repeatedly you hear him make excuses for why he has left the ship. he said i'm coordinating efforts from here, and also, are you wa aware it's dark and can't see anything. his attorney did defend him again and said he saved lives by making a quick move to beach the ship instead of having it in deeper water where it could have sunk completely. tamron. >> all right. the latest on this awful situation. coming up, a big decision from the supreme court today. why the high court says it will not here a controversial case about whether schools can punish schools over what those students post online from their family's home computers. plus, seattle is bracing for

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following some developing news on capitol hill are the house of representatives conv e convened less than half an hour ago after a three week break. the session just lasted minutes. they're back at work only for a few minutes. >> it's one of those things where they will be back later in the day. it's a travel day for the west coast members. they getgoing at 6:00 tonight and will work for a period of time this evening. they are getting going and it has been a holiday break where some were traveling to see other countries that are of important

u.s. interest and there are those that had chance to hear from constiutents. they have been looking at polls. part of what they have to do is get back at work. some of the issues will be contentious. president obama said he will ask congress for the next piece of increasing the death so the u.s. can borrow money and decrease default. many republicans will say it's an example of the president's failed leadership because the country is above $15 trillion. that's one of the big issues. they'll have to deal with the unemployment benefits for long-term out of work people as well as the payroll tax, which is the way we ended 2011.

they only gave themselves 60 days. lots of stuff that sound familiar will be a political hot potato. >> at the end of the year that was seen as a victory for this president. we saw the republicans in a disarray. there was questions over leadership. what is the tone, at least around the dialogue or the possible dialogue? >> one of the things they will do is change the message a bit. including in that is a piece about the keystone oil pipeline. although that has nothing to do with the payroll tax, it was included here where the forts the president to decide if the u.s. should go ahead with that project. that'sway to create new jobs. there's some democrats who support it. they're going to try to make the keystone oil pipeline project a victory for them by trying to get more jobs. it will be some positioning going on and they have to deal

with it because they only gave themselves until february to get it done. it will the be a lot of negotiating happening. thank you. still ahead, the dnc announces where president open will accept his party's nomination for president this year. comedian stephen colbert could not get his own name on south carolina's ballot, but he still has a message to voters there. you heard it, choose cain. wikipedia going dark tomorrow. we'll tell you why. i had enough of feeling embarrassed about my skin. [ designer ] enough of just covering up my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. i decided enough is enough. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically proven to provide clearer skin. [ rv guy ] enbrel may not work for everyone -- and may not clear you completely, but for many, it gets skin clearer fast, within 2 months, and keeps it clearer up to 9 months.

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here is what the "news nation" is following right now. organizers of the effort to recall republican governor scott walker, say they have one million signatures. that's nearly double needed to force an election. going dark.

wikipedia and other websites say they are temporarily shutting down at midnight tonight. holding on. how old is your car? new information reveals americans are keeping their cars longer than ever. why? plus. >> on my show i share these yummy fattening recipes but i tell people in moderation. >> celebrity chef paula deen announces she has type two diabetes. we start off with developing news right now. be u.s. supreme court will not weigh in on whether freedom of speech protects whether what students post on the internet from home. the high court rejected two appeals on this issue. one involved a student criticizing a principal. the other is one student ridiculing a fellow classmate. a lot of people are interested in this.

i can't tell you how many times as of late we have done these students where students have been punished because of what they put on their facebook page. this is a hot one. >> right. in some cases when students attack other students they call it cyber bullying. they also attack teachers and principals and can have consequences for them too. students posted quite vicious, obscene rants about teachers and principals. saying the principal liked to have sex with students and their parents. another case that a teacher was a heavy abuser of drugs. those two from pennsylvania. another case from west virginia in which one student said another had herpes. the school punished the students and the parents sued. some courts have held, yes, the

schools can discipline the students. teachers can reach out. other courts have said you can't touch a student for speech that's entirely outside the school. all these were created at home computers or relatives competers, not on school grounds. thai say therefore the schools can't touch them. all over america school administrators were hoping the supreme court would take this case and give some clarity. there's still some uncertainty about when this happens, what the school can do. can it punish the students or not. >> thank you. i guess it's still left for a dilemma. thank you, pete. supporters of an effort to remove touve top republicans fr office have about 90 minutes to make the recall. scott walker is scheduled to be in new york when tacks of

petitions are unloaded at the state election board in madison, wisconsin. all of this reaction to the law the governor pushed last year that ended nearly all collective bargaining rights for most public workers in that state. organizers say they have more than the required signatures needed force recall. joining me now by phone, wisconsin democratic state senator, lena taylor. thank you for joining us. >> it's such an honor to be with you. >> the petition started in mid-november. more than 700,000 signatures were expected to be part. you have exceeded and may have gone beyond anything you expected here. >> this is true. we have exceeded the number of signatures that were needed. we don't have an exact count to provide you, but we know it weighs a ton, literally one ton. we had to get clearance that the

government accountability board would be able to hold the amount of paper, this weight of all of these signatures. it's truly an exciting moment. it's history for wisconsin. we are able to hold our governor accountable for trying to take our legacy of being progressive and being for the average person and helping our neighbor away. he has truly made the mistake of giving $2.3 billion away in tax cuts to big corporations and hundreds of thousands of wiscons wisconsinites say they don't like it. >> when i spoke to another in your state who was not really hopeful, but not confident you would be able to reach the petition numbers needed or the signatures needed for the petition because it's hard to

gauge people. the passions were very high. people were protesting in the cold and the rain, but there was concern you wouldn't reach it. what do you believe was the driving factor here that people turned it beyond anger at the dinner tape to reaction of signing the petitions? >> i think a few things. they continue to just lie to the people. they continue to say they want to raise taxes and then raise taxes on the poorest individuals in our state, the working poor and senior citizens. they did that as they gave away $2.3 billion in tax cuts to big corporations. it was things like that. individuals getting their paychecks and seeing the legislation and the governor did. the effect it would have on their family and their neighbor. those things, i think, really brought it home to people.

i'll tell you the thing that i think continues to do it is the governor continues to show his disregard for the average person and his complete commitment to big corporations over and over again. people are beginning to really understand that he does not have their best interest in mind. i have to admit, it was a question of whether or not after my colleagues and i left and did a driving filibuster to illinois, whether or not people would be able to continue a year later. i think the continue effort by this governor and the legislature to do more and more things, to show their lack of commitment to the people of wisconsin, the average person of wisconsin is the thing that kept putting fuel to the fire and put us in the place we are today. >> all right. lena taylor, thank you very much. we'll see those numbers for eastern time.

thank you so much. >> thank you. a major storm tops our story around "news nation." seattle is bracing for the city's worst blizzard in 25 years. they could get pounded with twice the amount of snow over the next two days than it generally gets in one year. a candle light vigil is set for tonight to mark one month that a toddler went missing from her father's home. december 16th, one day after her mother appeared in court trying to obtain custody. the father has taken a polygraph test but officials have not released it. wick kbreed and other websites plan to dpo dark for 24 hours beginning midnight tonight. it's part of a process of two bills designed to stop the illegal copying of movies and music on the internet.

companies say the bills would put them in the impossible position of policing the online world. scott, thank you for your time. >> thanks. >> is this going to have a big impact? >> it's going to be huge. everybody has to dtds. a lot of people have stakes in this. there's an issue of whether it's enforceable. there's a couple of things going on at once. >> these websites say it puts us in the position where we are policing. >> if a website is found, then you'll have so find it and issue an order to shut it down. you can block fit and make it invisible. all of that foing through at once, you play have to police things and police the packet

content. you are going to put some pressure on those company es ie handle some of that. >> he's in favor of further research on the provision. wick kbreed is the sixth most visited site in the world. >> google is putting up a statement on their page tomorrow. a lot of big companies representing a huge chunk of the internet that are against this. i think it needs to be looked at. then there's the other part of if you can spring up rogue sites where ever you want, can you really do anything here.

there's two elements to it. it could be disasterous for the way a lot of people are infighting on this. thank you. up next, chef's confession. paula deen announces he's fighting type two diabetes. why did she wait three years to make this announcement? we'll be right back.

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well, there's a lot going on today. here are some things we thought you should know. pretty bizarre comments from a newspaper that endorsed jon

huntsman right before he decided to drop out of the race. the associate editor told the guardian how it felt for the news to break just hours after the paper made its endorsement. she said it's like rather going through a courtship and finally making love to a man and for him to turn around and say, you know what, i think i'm gay. she went on the say that romney is the paper's second choice. wow. some changes for the democratic national convention. the convention committee says it will launch the event the day of organizing and celebrate at the motor speedway as way to honor the south. that will shorten the program from four to three days. president obama makes his acceptance speech. stephen colbert has another attack ad. this one urges people to vote

for herman cain. >> there is one name on the ballot, herman cain. he's not a career politician. he's such a washington outsider, he's not even running. >> those are the things we thought you should know. now to what appears to be another tough economic time. americans are holding onto their cars longer. according to to a data firm, the average age of vehicle ons the road hitting a record high of 10.8 years. that's one year more than in 2007. phil, when i first heard this news, i i have to say i thought maybe we're getting better cars on the road so cars are lasting longer, but this is about people holding on because they probably can't afford to get a new car. >> either they can't afford or

i'm not so sure about the job market, this isn't the best time to buy a new car. people are driving a reliable car. starting in the late '90, all of the vehicles are far more reliable than they were in the'. you can push them further. if you did go into the market to buy a new car or used car, prices have gone up because it's a tighter market with tighter supplies. a lot of people are saying it makes more sense to hold onto what i'm driving right now. >> how does this affect what the automakers who some of them are doing really great? how will that affect the deals or how they market their product? you have to offer up something to entice them. >> not to the point that we will see the big deals we saw a few years ago. what we are going to see, pent up demand. at some point you say i either

can't drive it any longer or this is driving me nuts. i need to get something more up to date. that's where the pent up demand will help sales over next couple of years. >> thank you so much for the information there. >> you got it. paula deen's confession that she has type two diabetes has reignited the debate over diet and the potentially disease. deen is known for her down home southern cooking, lots of butter. he fired back at critics who say you are what you eat. >> always eat in moderation. you know people see me on tv two and three times day, and they see me cooking all these wonderfully, southern, fattening dishes. that's only 30 days out of 365, and it's for entertainment. >> dr. gain s a kribtser.

peop thank you. she is putting in the butter and giving the audience the southern cooking that is dangerous. >> definitely. she is still standing by her cooking but saying in moderation. everyone can't eat that way. it's interesting because not only diabetes, that's what we're talking about today, but with that much better, with that much salt, you have to worry about strokes and heart attacks. it's opening the door to health problems. >> you can still have some good buttery macaroni and cheese in moderation, doesn't fly. it's probably something you should skip on. >> obviously, everything in moderatimo

moderation is preferred, but there's some people with diabetes who can't eat it at all. if you have a choice, the low-fat option would be better. >> she's a had her critics. he said she was the worst, most dangerous person in the america. she should think twice before telling an already obese nation that it's okay to eat food that is killing us. you're a doctor. you see people every day that get the news that they have type two diabetes. many of these are african-americans, american indians, his pan pipanics, how convince people? >> like you said, aside from the genetic aspect which is family history, that you can't really change and ethnicity, the one thing you can change is your diet and your weight control.

some people say i'm going to die happy eating my whatever it is i love to eat. what i do say to them is death is not the only option. you can live a long time. >> you can live miserably. >> exactly. >> she was diagnosed three years ago. al roker asked her why did she wait and she said she wanted to bring something forward. she's teamed up with this drug maker. b.b. king has promoted something and patti labelle. if this is made more complicated by diet, doesn't this make your job difficult when people say i can get a drug for this. >> i hope people take away the fact you still have to work on weight loss and change your lifestyle and don't think, i can

still throw three sticks of butter in it and if i take my pill, i'll be okay. it's not as simple as that. >> her sons were with us on the today show. they made a low fat lasagna. it was delicious. she and her sons say that's her focus. hopefully that's the case. thank you. >> you're welcome. next, we brought it up earlier in the hour and a lot youf tweeted your answer. mitt romney said he will probably release his tax records in april? is that enough or should he put be paper down now? what does your gut tell you? that's next. juice drink too watery? ♪ feel the power my young friend. mmm! [ male announcer ] for unsurpassed fruit and veggie nutrition... v8 v-fusion. could've had a v8.

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time now for the "news nation" gut check. earlier we showed you how mitt rom mi is saying he will release his incomes tax records in

april, if he's tapped as the republican presidential nominee. his rivals demand the documents be made public. romney says in the prior presidential races candidates released their tax returns in tax season and he wants to keep the tradition. he has estimated net worth of $270 million. he said he probably fell into the 15% range. also the white house said it was romney's father who started tradition of candidates releasing tax records. what does your gut tell you? should romney release his tax returns now rather than later? go to facebook.com/newsnation to cast your vote. i'm tamron hall. martin bashir is up next. uh, i'm in a timeout because apparently riding the dog like it's a small horse is frowned upon in this establishment! luckily though, ya know, i conceal this bad boy underneath my blanket

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