jon huntsman was ambassador for less than two years. ring that time, how was he received by the chinese people? >> well, joe, he was received very warmly. people here were fascinated with huntsman. he's a fluent chinese speaker because of his time in asia as a mormon missionary. he also has an adopted daughter from china and he presented himself in a down-to-earth way. he could often be seen riding his bicycle around his residential compound. this is a very atypical of diplomats. and in fact, a very local thing to do. and he also really endaerd himself to people because he outreached a lot, not only to college student bs but also to e blogger community. people thought that they could relate to him, that they were connected to him. and he was very popular. on the other hand, though, at the end of his tenure, his popularity took a little bit of a hit because of his attendance at an anti-government rally. that was caught on tape. and there were a lot of questions about it here. but at the end of his stay, the government did say that he was

we went hunting for someone who knows jon huntsman. who is jon huntsman?dea. >> no idea. >> good question. >> oh, i don't know. >> reporter: does this help at all? >> no. >> no. >> no. >> running for president? jn di >> reporter: ding, ding, ding. >> is he running for the republican american. >> reporter: you're australian and you know more. >> we do, actually. and we're proud of it. >> they didn't know this guy either. >> reporter: at least huntsman is easy to pronounce, but if you google it, look what comes up about the huntsman spider. at least its bite isn't considered dangerous. american comedians have a duty to introduce this latest candidate to the public. >> former utah governor jon huntsman is running. >> reporter: we'll get to know jon huntsman become a recurring bit? >> there's actually no reason to get to know jon huntsman. this has been get to know jon huntsman. >> reporter: conan's helping, too. >> there's a picture of him right there. looks like he's interrupting a lunch competition. couldn't help but overhear.

not jon huntsman but supposeded to see voc jon huntsman as a risk taking guy.ep ad out in california during that race and the i'm not a witch ad in delaware for christine o'donnell. huntsman is trying to take an unconventional approach here and see if it pans out for him. it's really a big open question. he is vying to be the guy who can take down mitt romney in this republican battlefield but, at this point, it's just a big question mark whether he can pull it off. guys? >> jim acosta, many thanks. >> >>> a 19-year-old is arrested in connection with the security breach at sony. police say the teen may have hacked into a number of international businesses and intelligence agencies, including the cia. sony playstation's network went down in april after the personal information of more than 70 million users was compromised. >>> supreme court putting the brakes on a massive job discrimination lawsuit against walmart. at issue whether hundreds of thousands of female employees could make a unified claim they were paid less and fewer opportunities for a promotion. th

that's where jon huntsman will be.to do on a number of positions he's taken as governor of utah. one is health care. you'll remember, kyra, health care has been a problem for mitt romney, who had an individual mandate in his health care plan in massachusetts. well, jon huntsman, when governor of utah, also passed health care reform. at one point supported an individual mandate. he talked about this on a public tv station out in salt lake city. i asked him about it yesterday. >> i'm comfortable with a requirement, you can call it whatever you want, but at some point we're going to have to get serious about how we deal with this issue. >> isn't it true you once supported a mandate? >> oh, no. you take a look at what we passed, it's based on free market principles. of course we looked at every conceivable option. take a look at what we signed. >> yeah, the big sticking point in all of this is whether or not conservatives can be comfortable with the republican candidate who once supported an individual mandate. you know, t

does it palpably hurt jon huntsman assuming he's going to run?ck in the united states from china for six weeks. he's been out in new hampshire a lot talking to voters. he's made it clear this will be thesterpiece of his strategy. i'm not sure it will hurt him that much but it does, the others are getting a chance to get started in this race without him and in that sense -- >> what's your take on huntsman? >> i talked to him last night about that question. i sensed there was a little bit of regret. i agree with phil he's honing his message, still trying to figure out what ground he's going to occupy. interestingly i went to a house party last night hosted in nashua oddly enough by an obama supporter, voted for obama supporter last night, more or less likes him. >> not doing huntsman any favors here. >> that's the hybrid realm he's trying to occupy and it's going to be unclear whether -- he's not going to jazz up a lot of the true conservatives so can he carve something out of the middle that helps him move forward, it's a little unclear. >> sinunu

you heard jon huntsman say, yes, he thinks all subsidies ought to be phased out.against ethanol subsidies. i asked him specifically about subsidies to the oil, tax loopholes, tax breaks for oil and gas companies. republicans have been against that. isn't it time to relook at some of these things? given the state of our budget, given that the republicans want to make some major changes to try to do savings with medicare, isn't it time to look at these oil and gas subsidies? >> well first of all, if you really segregate oil and get subsidies alone, just those, not other taxes, it comes to about $1.9 billion a year in savings. we're running a $250 billion a month deficit. i'm willing -- i'm willing to vote to end that subsidy if it's part of the recognition on the part of the democrats or those who support this that they're willing to look at the real issues w issues, which is getting from $250 billion a month deficit down to $0. there's no plan for that out of the senate, there's no plan out of the white house. >> senator, oil and gas? >> i have to tell you, first o

during which they will have to come to grips with what it to be on the world stage. >> question, jon huntsman served as ambassador during that service china backtracked on human rights. will that hurt huntsman on the campaign trail? >> i'm sure that's just a small excerpt but what is he talking about? this is a great dramatic, dynamic power which is working the world international order. we establish for its own benefit. >> you were there. i was there. i was there. you brawl huntsman says? >> yes i do. china has played a role that is a narrower role in terms of the world stage, okay? there's no doubt they're greg that direction. he was the first person able to stand with henry kissinger who knows more about china and -- [everyone talking at once] let him finish. >> china is going to be the major player as far as we are concerned over the next decade. he has the experience that will show up in the way he deals with it. >> i think with rich on this one. henry kissinger is not exactly a marquee name among republicans. most republicans today think he was some sort of sellout. and i don't think. >

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take a look. ♪ >> there's actually no reason to get to know jon huntsman.s has been get to know jon huntsman. [ applause ] >> others think he is such a threat to president obama that the white house sent him to china to keep him out of the race. chief political correspondent for the "the new york times" magazine, in upcoming issue has a fascinating profile of the candidate. >> hi, nice to see you. >> starting to get real interesting. he has been in china the last couple years, serving a democratic president. he missed a lot of things that energize his own party like the taerp and birthers. he has been away. does it help or hurt him in the primaries? >> it is getting interesting finally. we waited so long for this to happen. we are pleased. in the piece line now, coming out sunday, i compare him, and i go to pains to say in a kind way to the unfrozen cave man lawyer from saturday night live where he has been out of the country two years, has not been i think closely able to monitor what's happening in his own party. there are times you watch him and think yo

we went hunting for someone who knows jon huntsman. who is jon huntsman?reporter: jon huntsman? >> no idea. >> no idea. >> good question. >> don't know. >> reporter: does this help at all? >> no. >> no. >> no. >> for president? he's running for president. >> reporter: ding ding ding. >> is he running for the republican party? >> reporter: you're from australia? you know more than americans. >> we do, actually, and we're proud of it. >> reporter: but there was a day when people didn't know this guy either. >> barrack. >> never heard of him. >> reporter: if you google it on google images look what comes up. the huntsman spider. at least its bite isn't considered dangerous. american comedians have a duty to introduce this latest candidate to the public. >> former utah governor jon huntsman is running. >> reporter: we'll get to know jon huntsman become a recurring bit? >> there's actually no reason to get to know jon huntsman. this has been get to know jon huntsman. >> reporter: conan is helping, too. >> there's a picture of him. it looks like he's interruptin

is there a sweet spot for someone like john jon huntsman? >> maybe. you can see the way he's approaching it and you would like to highlight those issues. he's not going to iowa and not compete in iowa. he claims he's opposed and he can't get through iowa. the caucus growing electorate is more conservative part of the republican party. he's going administrate to new hampshire where npts inents can also vote. moving on to south carolina maybe building an organization there and a big state like florida where he absorbedded a middle of the road not as well. he could be on his way to nomination. >> are he and mitt wrong knee are mormons, of the mormon faith, that would be a first, is that something which we have any evidence the americans are ready for that big a change. >> a gallop poll out just in the last couple days shows one in every five americans, 20% say that they would not support a nominee of their party who is a mormon. but the vast majority is fine. in fact, we've seen those numbers get smaller, those that actually would not vote for someone be

i mean do you think i got a riding the bike is jon huntsman it's not actually though the guy who made the commercial same guy behind demon sheep. you know it could get it could go in a really rigorous you think creating demon she just totally blew his mind and you know the longer function and was like yes this looks here's that maybe he's just trying to tone it down out of fairly that he's a he's a star now after da vinci and everybody wants to work with him but maybe this one is going to ruin that career let's move on to something else apple is now trying to develop this software and this just sounds really crazy to me i have no idea how this is going to work but essentially they want develop a software that makes it so that if you're at a venue seeing a concert there's going to be these infrared sensors at the venue had to take it upon themselves to install and so then if these sensors interact with your phone and your phone feels that you're trying to take an illegal video and make your concert going experience even though you didn't take it to go see a minute that it shuts off the

one thing about jon huntsman. he looks like a choirboy and everything else, but given the campaign he has put together and a number of fundraisers he has organized, this has been going on for quite awhile. this was not a last-minute decision on his part. it was a pretty well organized effort. >> how does he win the nomination? is he to moderate? >> he is too moderate. but i heard -- there was a three this week about how he might have a road. there are a lot of moderate to conservative republicans who feel very shut out by their party at the moment. there is not a candidate for those people. on the conservative side, everybody is fighting for a piece of that pinata, but if all those people divide up the boat and constant is the one who can corner the market on the more -- the vote and huntsman is the one who can corner the more moderate voters, he has a shot at least it being one of the last two contenders. the problem is, if you get one conservative and one moderate, i don't see how he wins. >> can he win the nomi

knew that left me asking jon huntsman are you samus at all i know you told me that you're not famous for being in the band wizard. but i was unaware that you were famous at all i'm pretty sure my friends at home don't know who you are obviously he's trying to rub off some of that you know i was the ambassador to china sheen so he wants to be all american again riding through the desert but he's a living is there an alternate reality game that goes with this are we going to be . uncovering you know a special website it's different clue is going on maybe you know if you have a link to it on a pebble on the pan so it's really a campaign or maybe a commercial for a motorcycle and has nothing to do with jon huntsman i mean do you think the guy riding the bike is jon huntsman it's not actually though the guy who made the commercial same guy behind demon sheep. you know it could get it could go in a really weird direction you think that creating demon sheep just totally blew his mind and you could no longer function and was like yes this looks piers and that maybe he's just trying to tone i

>> i'm jon huntsman, and i'm running for president of the united states.e're not just choosing new we're not just choosing new leaders. we're choosing whether we are to be yesterday's story or tomorrow's. >> stephen: of course jon huntsman intends to be tomorrow's story. because for him, yesterday's story is, "hey, i work for barack obama." [laughter] and then huntsman perfectly described true americans. >> people secure in their rights and in love with their liberty. >> stephen: yes, i'm passionately in love with my liberty! i'd say i lust for it. [laughter] we have a very vigorous physical relationship. liberty and i. sometimes we role play. she dresses up as socialism and i spank her with a rolled-up constitution. [laughter] and even though she doesn't always reach happiness, she's assured me that just pursuing it is good enough. [laughter] [cheers and applause] so i like him. only problem is, huntsman has a face and a name. and right now, obama leads all specific republican candidates in the polls, even beating the romney. thankfully, the republicans h

, which brings us to andrea mitchell and another one joins the fray. >> jon huntsman is harley-loving mormon, a former utah governor who is modeling his campaign on ronald reagan's but his kickoff didn't go quite as he expected. >> i'm jon huntsman and i'm running for president of the united states, thank you all. >> reporter: until recently, president obama's ambassador to china. father of seven, including two adopted children. son of a billionaire. hoping to become the alternative to presume front-runner mitt romney, also a mormon. >> he's pro-life, pro-gun, pro-business, pro- civil unions and pro immigration, it's an interesting mix and people are ready for something different. >> reporter: with the statue of liberty behind him he channelled ronald reagan's 1980's campaign without the polish. before he was introduced a faulty sound system. >> we just came from new york where we announced in front of the statue of liberty -- >> reporter: except he wasn't in new york, it was new jersey. in a tumultuous tea party area he appealed for old-fashioned civility. >> but the question each of

i'm jon huntsman.for president of the united states. >> one more elbows his way into the republican rumble for the 2012 presidential nomination. former utah governor jon huntsman, a motorcycle riding mormon with seven children who speaks fluent mandarin announced his presidential campaign today. huntsman has served both republican and democratic presidents. until january, he was president obama's ambassador to china. huntsman's entry means there are now nine official republican presidential candidates. you can see them here. they are from congresswoman michele bachmann to rick santorum. >>> president obama is outlining his plan to begin withdrawing u.s. troops from afghanistan. that is going to happen tomorrow night. an administration officials says the president will announce that all 30,000 surge troops he sent to afghanistan last year will come home by the end of 2012. already the administration is worried that afghanistan's flourishing opium trade will help the taliban fund a comeback. >> we grow p

how conservative and how moderate is jon huntsman and how does this shake up the rest of it with huntsman to his left, does this make the world safe for mitt romney? >> well, that's the thing. they are running in the same lane in some ways. but of course jon huntsman fancies himself as being the guy on the dirt bike. going to the desert. but that's -- that's the question. gwen: that was the video he released over days, a guy on a dirt bike riding nowhere apparently. and they said here he comes. and at the end it wasn't even huntsman on the dirt bike. >> it wasn't him. >> but a prop. >> i am not mitt romney. >> his campaign fancies him as the cooler version of mitt romney. you see him on his dirt bike and likes to eat fast food and a tough dude. gwen: tough to be cooler than mitt romney. looking at this field right now, the way it's shaping up, who are the democrats worried about? >> i think the democrats are obviously worried about huntsman. they are still in the middle of doing opposition research on this guy. because he's new to the field. and i think they are more worried about romney

right now, this is a live picture of the podium where jon huntsman is about to speak at a town hall in exeter, new hampshire. we'll have more on huntsman and his candidacy in our next hour. >>> "30 rock" star and comedian tracy morgan went back to nashville today to say i'm sorry. morgan returned after going off on a homophobic tirade during a standup routine there earlier this month. he apologized with the gay and lesbian alliance against defamation by his side. kevin rogers, who exposed the details of morgan's rant on his facebook page, here's what morgan said about his change of heart. >> i don't really see gay or straight. i just see human beings now. i pride myself on 20 years, 18 years of standup, of using it to heal people and not hurt. that was my whole thing. i hurt people with this. >> in the next hour, we'll hear more on what morgan had to say and revisit with kevin rogers in a live interview, follow-up to his emotional chat with us and morgan's apology. >>> so what happens to the walmart case now that the supreme court put the brakes on the massive job discrimination suit?

manuel gallegus reports. >> reporter: former utah governor and diplomat jon huntsman told a crowd at liberty state park he wants to turn america around. >> i'm jon huntsman and running for the president of the united states. >> reporter: huntsman and his family made stops in new jersey and new york thursday, promising tax reform and job creation. >> for most american families there is nothing more important than a job. >> reporter: huntsman's last job was at president obama's ambassador to china but he's carefully distancing himself from his former boss. >> he and i have a difference on how to run the country we both love. >> he's intelligent. >> if he can get past the primary the independents i think would find a lot of his positions attractive. >> reporter: huntsman joins a still evolving field of gop contenders. some big name republicans have yet to decide whether they're going to run and one candidate may have trouble staying in the race. newt gingrich's top fund-raisers quit tuesday, following the mass exodus of his aides. >> i'm not going to talk to you about campaign stuff. >>

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. >> prospective candidates jon huntsman and michelle bachman were among the speakers at the faith and freedom coalition. the group was founded and is chaired by ralph reed. other speakers included john boehner, paul ryan, haley barbour. we will show you their remarks next. , it's a beautiful day. [cheers and applause] >> hey, everybody, good morning! [applause] how you doing? good. good to be with you today. listen, i want to share with you

>> tomorrow former utah governor jon huntsman announces he is joining the election for 2012. out huntsman's time in the white house. >> reporter: ron paul can pack the house, so he frequently attends press conferences like this. but look who plays second, even the vote counters seem surprised. >> jon huntsman, 382 votes. >> how are you? >> reporter: jon huntsman is a former republican governor with a bipartisan twist to his resume. >> i know him because he was president obama's ambassador to china. >> reporter: as huntsman prepares to officially launch his campaign, his former buddies on team obama just want to hug him to death. >> when we were in shanghai, we got a chance to talk, and he was very efusive. this was in the fall of 2009, about what the president was doing. he was encouraging on health care. he was encouraging on the whole range of issues. >> reporter: with no imagination whatsoever and the help of president obama's top political consultant, you can hear how an obama-huntsman race would play out. do you think that barack obama has had a failed presidency? >> on t

yesterday former utah governor jon huntsman said he's officially joining the 2012 race for the white house. he made his announcement with the backdrop of the statue of liberty, the same setting used by former president ronald reagan to launch his 1980 campaign. in announcing his bid, huntsman, who served as ambassador to china under president obama, promised supporters his campaign will be a civil one. >>> as one republican campaign officially begins, another has hit yet more snags. yesterday two of newt gingrich's top finance fund-raising advisers resigned, joining 16 other staffers who bo s who bou earlier this month. the latest pair to depart says gingrich has racked up over a million dollars in debt during his campaign. meanwhile, gingrich had a second line of credit at the jewelry store tiffany for as much as a million dollar, which a gingrich spokesman says has zero balance and has been closed. this comes after a recent revelation that gingrich and his wife once owed up to half a million dollars to the luxury store. >>> the "wall street journal" is reporting a congressional eth

all right here comes the magic question do you think that jon huntsman is hot no i think he seems like a creepy camp counselor creepy camp counselor. i know that we're doing up on fire he's excited tonight guys running for president come on what do you say i think the president is a story about a very good looking tall man who who are tall person who controls who you know oversees the government and i think this is a guy who's trying to sell himself as a sort of like hot younger looking guy let's be honest i mean in american culture today these days in our sound bite culture especially when a lot of people just see their president in you know still shots or maybe to be like a little two second blurb on t.v. good looking people probably have a better chance of getting elected probably jon huntsman has a better chance of getting elected than chris christie and that's something that people have said you know even bowls and people are written about it because that's just the type of culture that we are but we had a little fun and we found some pictures that we thought we could compare jon

huntsman. there's an "h" in the game. tried to round up the credentials and correct them but it was too late. we will be talking to jon," huntsman, when the utah governor joins us live at 8:30 eastern. some have said he is president obama's worst nightmare if he makes it to -- past the primary into the general election. yet, he still remains largely unknown by many people, polling about 1% in our poll. we're going to find out more about him, what his positions are on some of these key topics like the debt ceiling, like afghanistan, same-sex marriage and others. >> thought it was a plus working for president obama because he was president obama's ambassador to china. that will be interesting too. >>> on another topic this morning, we're learning about a frightening close call at jfk international airport here in new york. reportedly happened monday night. according to the "new york post," a lieu than za jumbo jet carrying 286 passengers was speeding down runway 22 r when an egyptian airplane made a wrong turn and ended up on the same runway. >> an air traffic controller realized what was about to happen, thank goodness

and the republican establishment, mitt romney and jon huntsman, may pressure president obama from the left. here's huntsman. >> i think we can probably be a little more aggressive over the next year. we've routed the taliban, we've dismantled al qaeda. let's get serious about what needs to be done on the ground, and that's a significant counterterror effort. chris: david, there's a lot of political pressure building that's come out of nowhere, really. republicans establishment candidates, like huntsman and romney, saying basically get going to get out of there. independents saying asap, come home, america. is the president going to stick to his focus on what the generals want, or will he listen to this public opinion? >> he's trying to straddle the two, which is very difficult. he's decided to pull out more troops than the generals would like, but far fewer than the real advocates of withdrawal would like to see. he's playing the politics of commander in chief. who would have imagined two years ago that barack obama would be politically the pro-war candidate, under attack from the lef

jon huntsman michele bachmann rick santorum ron paul and herman cain all be here in washington d.c. put it this way they're not here for a presidential debate but i'm here to let every american know where they stand on the issues you know there are metaphorically here to kiss the hand of the king the king of the religious right ralph reed of the faith and freedom conference. who is this man and why do you need his blessing to go to the white house to discuss this with me is i think more essential porter and blogger for talking points not everything so much for being at it for me for starters tell us all about king ralph reed his majesty why it's so important well you've been around for a long time on the religious right he started out with the christian coalition he was there for a long time a big organizer for them sort of fell off the radar screen for a while was involved little bit made rock scandal sort of tapered his appeal but since then he has started this new group of faith and freedom coalition which is kind of taking the tea party idea and mixing it with the faith old chri

former utah governor jon huntsman is the ninth republican to announce his candidacy today.e recently reese signed as president obama's ambassador to china. but as manuel gallegus reports, he is already saying how he would do things differently than his old boss. >> reporter: republican presidential candidate jon huntsman says the condition of america is totally unacceptable. >> we are passing down to the next generation a country that is less powerful, less compassionate, less competitive. >> reporter: standing in the same place where ronald reagan launched his 1980 presidential run, the former utah governor kicked off his campaign by promising new jobs, energy independence, and a simpler tax code. >> what we now need is leadership that trusts in our strength. leadership that doesn't promise washington has all of the solutions to our problems. >> reporter: even though he has worked for three gop presidents, huntsman's biggest challenge could be distancing himself from president obama. he served as ambassador to china in the obama administration for nearly two years and once

it's interesting to try to decide what's going on. >> and i think jon huntsman is very serious abouthis. and i think he's going to have a good chance. >> i have to believe that they'll disagree. mitt romney and jon huntsman all have some baggage problems with the conservative part of the party. but they're all similar. they have similar backgrounds, thaw come from outside washington, which is always a good thing to do when you're looking to get inside washington. and this splits the more moderate vote, such as it is in the republican primary season. i think, honestly, at this point, what they're looking for and what we'll see a little bit of, tomorrow night will be fascinating for me. >> we have one more -- >> oh, gosh. >> all right, monday night's debate will be fascinating for this reason. mitt nromney is considered the front runner. he's got the money, got the people with him. he's leading the polls in new hampshire by a good amount. the question is, at this debate, so early, most people want to introduce themselves. you hear a lot of sentences that begin, when i was governor of t

jon huntsman, the former governor of utah and former u.s. ambassador to china until a little bit ago, announced his candidacy in front of the statue of liberty there. huntsman focused on the sluggish economy, the mounting national debt in his announcement. he promised to overhaul the tax code and get the country back to work. the former utah governor is the 8th republican to enter the race. >>> and president obama plans to lay out the next steps for the war in afghanistan during a prime time speech tomorrow night. he is expected to start pulling u.s. troops off of the front lines. as danielle nottingham reports it could come as early as next month. >>> reporter: president obama is ready to start bringing u.s. forces home from afghanistan as early as next month. a senior pentagon official tells the "associated press" the president is expected to withdraw 5,000 troops this summer and another 5,000 by the end of the year. the troops are part of the 30,000 he ordered in the surge strategy in 2009. top white house aides say the president will expl

our chief political correspondent candy crowley takes a closer look at jon huntsman. >> reporter: he like a candidate, walks like a candidate, talks like a candidate. >> we're in a deep funk in this country. >> reporter: jon huntsman has held more new hampshire events in the past 30 days than anyone else, but he is not a declared candidate, though that's pretty much nuance. >> we're right at the end point, and is your family supportive? yes, you check that box. do you think you can rally enough financial support to make it happen? yes, you check that box. do you think on the ground in the key early states, new hampshire and south carolina and florida you can create the presence and the excitement and enthusiasm that will work? yeah, you check that box. hey, how are you? >> how are you, sir? >> reporter: he's a motorcycle riding mormon who speaks fluent mandarin, the soft spoken father of seven, former governor of utah and ambassador for president obama, a man described as a leader, therein lies a problem. >> there's the problem that he served as ambassador but gushed over policies th

one of the things that i am thinking, jon huntsman just got in.about this pledge and he said the only pledge that i do is the pledge of allegiance. >> i will not support any candidate who does not want to balance the budget. >> so hupsman is out. >> so for me he's out. i think we have good candidates. the more i am around them, the more confident i feel. and as america gets to know them bert, i think you're going to see a few strong ones come out of this field. >> can you name names here? >> no, i don't want to name names because i'm not writing anyone off unless they write off the idea of a balanced budget. >> you're writing off huntsman, and i would guess you are supporting romney who you supported before? >> i like all of the candidates. i'm going to keep an open mind. the only litmus test i have at this point is the balanced budget. >> is there something that would propel you into this race or have you pretty much said i'm satisfied with this? >> i can't think of anything that would get me in the race. so i am looking for another candidate who