. >> where is michelle parker? >> i want my daughter back more than anything in this [bleep] world. >> and why was her ex-boyfriend, a violent abuser and the prime suspect in her disappearance. >> criminal history dates back years. >> just awarded custody of their two kids. and a border patrol agent gunned down by illegals on the mexican border. the white house seals the investigation. but thousand there is a shocker. the murder weapon supplied by our own government. >> i cannot be expected to know the details of every operation. >> operation fast and furious. who is to blame and what are they hiding? >> that's coming up tonight on "justice." >> this is a fox news alert. i'm judge jeaninepiero. after speculation of a 13-year affair, herman cain suspends his presidential campaign. >> i am at peace with my god. i am at peace with my wife. and she is at peace with me. and so today with a lot of prayer and soul searching i am suspending my presidential campaign. i am not going to be solace, and i am not going away. i w

. >> where is michelle parker? >> i want my daughter back more than anything in this [bleep] world. >> and why was her ex-boyfriend, a violent abuser and the prime suspect in her disappearance. >> criminal history dates back years. >> just awarded custody of their two kids. and a border patrol agent gunned down by illegals on the mexican border. the white house seals the investigation. but thousand there is a shocker. the murder weapon supplied by our own government. >> i cannot be expected to know the details of every operation. >> operation fast and furious. who is to blame and what are they hiding? >> that's coming up tonight on "justice." >> this is a fox news alert. i'm judge jeaninepiero. after speculation of a 13-year affair, herman cain suspends his presidential campaign. >> i am at peace with my god. i am at peace with my wife. and she is at peace with me. and so today with a lot of prayer and soul searching i am suspending my presidential campaign. i am not going to be solace, and i am not going away. i w

caller: i think michele bachmann -- and i respect michele bachmann. president mitch daniels and tim that stay in this race with such fluidty and volatility. i read that press earlier you saw on the c-span when you were waiting to talk will pretty much finish off paul. gingrich, he's just a lobbiest. and romney is, you know, basically he's romney. i said this before i hang up. the next debate, michele bachmann must accuse gingrich of highjacking the tea party movement. thank you very much. host: alice stewart? guest: yes. thank you for the call. in terms of daniels and paw lenty. running for president is an excruciating endeavor and involves every ounce of your being in your time and energy as well as your families so i respect governor paw plenty for getting in the process and while the straw poll didn't work out the way he deserved, it's exhausting and excruciating and for mitch daniels, clearly he made a decision that's best for his family. so you cannot hold it against anyone to not get into this fray because it's taxing on individuals and families

why do you agree with michele bachmann? >>guest: because in early november we were talking at an event and he made several comments one that he did not like to be with a losing campaign and i said well, you make it a winning campaign and you get a win for michele bachmann and the other statement he made was that he had been offered a lot of money by the reason paul -- reason -- ron paul campaign and he was thinking about going with the reason paul -- ron paul campaign. and i said it would be political suicide. >>eric: so now we have him leaving to go to ron paul and michele bachmann claims that ron paul offered him a substantial sum of money and ken comes on fox news saying michele bachmann is lying, and megyn wisely asks what about you who claims you said the same, and he calls you a liar. listen to this entrepreneur. >> i didn't have that conversation with her. it is unfortunate that we is come to this, in this particular race, we have come to this and i did not accept any money from the reason -- ron paul campaign. >>eri

and michelle bachmann, female conservative. my favorite, rick perry, tim tebow conservative. >> good line. >> romney talked about gm, the government went in and laid off people it was a good analogy to what his job was. i just thought romney was steady and consistent. of the debates, i think this was the best. >> sean: all right. let's go to third-tier candidates. michelle bachmann, rick santorum. governor perry. not been doing as well in polls. did they help the cause tonight? any of the three? >> governor perry had the best laugh lines and appeared the most relaxed i've seen him. michelle bachmann was an attack, attack. >> sean: did that help her? >> it doesn't help her gain more votes. it's not what republicans want to hear santorum -- it doesn't help you're at the end, he had legs time to speak. and there weren't any memorable lines. >> sean: let's go to ron paul. very different policy. and he is seems to be animated. did he help bring anyone, except his strong, loyal supporters, did he win anyone over tonight to his side t

and michelle bachmann, female conservative. my favorite, rick perry, tim tebow conservative. >> good line. >> romney talked about gm, the government went in and laid off people it was a good analogy to what his job was. i just thought romney was steady and consistent. of the debates, i think this was the best. >> sean: all right. let's go to third-tier candidates. michelle bachmann, rick santorum. governor perry. not been doing as well in polls. did they help the cause tonight? any of the three? >> governor perry had the best laugh lines and appeared the most relaxed i've seen him. michelle bachmann was an attack, attack. >> sean: did that help her? >> it doesn't help her gain more votes. it's not what republicans want to hear santorum -- it doesn't help you're at the end, he had legs time to speak. and there weren't any memorable lines. >> sean: let's go to ron paul. very different policy. and he is seems to be animated. did he help bring anyone, except his strong, loyal supporters, did he win anyone over tonight to his side t

what are the action steps that michelle -- michele bachmann would take? we need to equip israel, sell them the refueling tankers they require, the jet fighter they require. >> feeling tankers for what? >> for the aircraft that is needed, to be able to go to war, if they need to, with iran. israel is very vulnerable right now. iran has stated, unequivocally, once they obtain a nuclear weapon, they will use it to wipe israel off the face of the earth. just pause for a moment and think about what that would mean for the world, if we will cut and found out that a nation was the lager here, that it had been taken down by a nuclear weapon, our ally israel. imagine if they have that capacity and using that against the united states of america. this is not an academic question. the president in iran has stated, as recently as august of this year, and september, when he came to the un general assembly, that they would use a nuclear weapon against israel, that they needed to be eradicated from the face of the earth. if i was commander in chief, i would not be willi

>> will there be a strategy for michele bachmann who lost a key endorsement? guess who may be laying more ground work in iowa than the gop? filling in for thomas roberts, a shake-up at the top of polling gives us another republican alternative. the romney campaign's focus is paid off for the spot at the top of the latest poll and newt gingrich's slump is rick santorum's gain. the senator talked about the surge on "morning joe" today.ç >> they have the strongest plan to get it going. >> a political reporter for the "huffington post" and joins us now. let's focus on the two big names. how secure is the lead and how does rick santorum get the aspect romney conservatives to his campaign? >> romney is doing very well in the polls. he got very good numbers in the polls yesterday from cnn and time. he does have a good lead although ron paul is with him. santorum is really catching up though. his poll numbers are much higher. the reason is that he is committed in all 99 counties. that is something that matters from a lot of conservatives. let's listen to a piece of t

i've been serving as michele bachmann's state chair over the lastç year.and while michele has fought tremendously for my conservative values, i believe we're at a turning point in this campaign. i believe we have an opportunity

why would they ask michelle bachmann about a behigrain and herman cain certain things. that is my point. there is it an unusual levelful scutiny which had nothing to do with being president. >> you have been -- aren't you sick. >> no, i feel fine. >> when you run for president in your country you better expect tough questions and sad lethis time around the republican candidates are rougher on each other. michelle bachmann is and she makes them look like a bunch much pussy cats. >> we can't forget mitt romney as a front runner for the last year, he stayed away from sunday talk shows for sunday talk shows. why is that? . >> i don't blame him. they ask you obscure questions of something you said 20 years . the hot seat is cooling down. we have to g. great to visit with you. merry christmas to both of and you happy new year. >> all eyes are on iowa. coming up. salem network syndicated talk show host. will brang down why his home state is the place to be for politics in the next couple of weeks . >> and next two and half weeks iowa is the epi of the political world. they kic

at 2:30 michelle's family last sees her at a salon. at 3:15 according to a police source michelle is seen on a security camera arriving at smith's home, but the angle doesn't allow them to see her leave. smith said he then took the children to his parents' house an hour later. at 4:26 michelle's brother dustin gets a one-word text from her cell phone which the family insists is uncharacteristically short saying waterford. at 6:50 michelle's son calls the family asking where is his mom. at 6:53 michelle's sister sends her a text, call me asap, please. gets no response. at 7:20 lauren calls police after michelle fails to show up for her 7:30 bartending shift. at 8:15 the ping is found from the lake. an area she never frequented. the next day her hummer is found in a parking lot miles from her home. a sign in the truck advertising her business is missing. family members say they are not giving up hope of finding michelle alive, but this now two-week-long search without results has been painfulor them. >> thank you. the skating santa isn't

michelle's sister lauren joins us from orlando go along with the family attorney matt morgan michelle'sm also joins us. i am happy to report she has important gbusiness to attend t. tell us what she is doing. >> geraldo we were able to come to an agreement with regards to visitation of the grandchildren. evan is spending the evening decorating the christmas tree with the grandchildren and she is goned happy. >> they are leaved now does your mom have custody of the children or is custody still with she has visitation rights. >> spending the night with them right now. we got to spend some time with them today. we got to come ore to my house and got cars, too. it was very uplifting to see those two little guys. >> they are 3 and a half. they seem fine. happy, healthy little kids. they are 3 so they don't understand the ways of the world. they did make the comments of mommy is on vacation or mommy is at work when they talk about michelle. >> they don't know anything about mom's fate? >> no. that is a difficult one to try to explain to a 3-year-old. we just explain it to them she is just on

michele bachmann joining us from neveda, iowa.a few national security foreign policy issues on the agenda right now. you're a member of the house intelligence committee. first of all, the white house announcing today a $30 billion f-15 sale to saudi arabia. you okay with that? >> i find it a little bit concerning. we're at a very volatile time now in the middle east and there's a very delicate balance that needs to be maintained. it's a complicated situation. i understand in part the motivation for the president of the united states, but i also have great pause about that. because i think in some respects, a person could say we're adding fuel to the fire and again, it's a very delicate, complex situation and i can be a little bit circumspect about my remarks because of my position on the intelligence committee. >> let's talk about afghanistan. the u.s. is continuing to spend about $2 billion a week maintaining 100,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan. the other day, karzai's government announced they were granting an oil drilling projec

i've been serving as michele bachmann's state chair over the last year.and while michele has fought tremendously for my conservative values, i believe we're at a turning point in this campaign. i believe we have an opportunity to elect a conservative, somebody who holds our values dear. i want to tell you guys i'm going to do everything the nextç few days to help in iowa and beyond and we're going to take ron paul all the way to the white house in 2012. >> the co-chair of michele bachmann's iowa campaign tonight jumping ship and saying he is supporting ron paul. shortly after making that announcement, the ron paul campaign did put out a press release saying that man you just saw speaking there, state senator kent sorensen, resigned from the bachmann campaign effective immediately. it should be noted mr. sorensen was in attendance at a michele bachmann campaign event earlier today in iowa. he apparently woke up today as a michele bachmann co-chair but going to bed tonight as a supporter of the campaign of ron paul. big news tonight out of iowa. big news ce

here is michele bachmann and ron paul. michele bachmann, you see, she never got anywhere near high. ron paul, popular with a different group. also, he's had some ups and downs. never really that high. you can see gingrich has a big advantage there. let's move them back over here and compare newt gingrich to some of the people who had performed more like him. rick perry for one. he came along here. same level as the others, then suddenly, gigantic spike in late september, then he fell off a cliff and has not recovered since. herman cain, bubbling along, gigantic spike, back down to nothing. now, i take those back, wolf, i want to show you one last thing and this is why what's happening in the carolinas is no interesting. here is mitt romney's performance from in may. he was higher than everyone. he basically stayed higher than everyone even though now he is below newt gingrich, the question is, is this one of those spikes that we saw with the other ones and is this ready to begin the crumbling of his campaign? is this as high as he can go? that's why all the people watching these rac

and michelle bachmann, female conservative. my favorite, rick perry, tim tebow conservative. >> good line. >> romney talked about gm, the government went in and laid off people it was a good analogy to what his job was. i just thought romney was steady and consistent. of the debates, i think this was the best. >> sean: all right. let's go to third-tier candidates. michelle bachmann, rick santorum. governor perry. not been doing as well in polls. did they help the cause tonight? any of the three? >> governor perry had the best laugh lines and appeared the most relaxed i've seen him. michelle bachmann was an attack, attack. >> sean: did that help her? >> it doesn't help her gain more votes. it's not what republicans want to hear santorum -- it doesn't help you're at the end, he had legs time to speak. and there weren't any memorable lines. >> sean: let's go to ron paul. very different policy. and he is seems to be animated. did he help bring anyone, except his strong, loyal supporters, did he win anyone over tonight to his side t

then michele bachmann at 8:50 eastern. at midnight eastern, and more from the radio program with ron paul. "road to the white house and i will, here on c-span. -- "road to the white house in iowa. >> with the primaries later in the month, our series of the contenders looks back at 14 candidates who ran for president and lost but had a long-lasting impact on american politics. tonight, vice president and civil rights advocate hubert humphrey. friday, george wallace, and on saturday, senator and congressman from south dakota george mcgovern, followed by ross perot. the contenders, every night on c-span. >> this morning we talked with the chairman of the republican party of iowa about the caucuses. host: we are pleased to be joined by it matthew strong, chairman of the republican party of iowa. what is the role of the republican party in the caucus system? guest: good morning from the hawkeye state. a beautiful, unseasonably warm morning. for those who may not know how the caucus process worse, the state has no official role.

michelle pfeiffer.orgeous. she's absolutely gorgeous. >> jimmy: i can't have enough of michelle pfeiffer. >> you can never have enough. >> jimmy: you acted with her in "hairspray. >> yes. >> jimmy: you're starting a trend. you should do every movie with michelle pfeiffer now. [ light laughter ] >> i'm going to try. >> jimmy: but this is a -- i hope i'm not spoiling anything. but you got to kiss michelle pfeiffer. >> i did. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: and -- and here's what's even better. it did not go well. right? [ laughter ] something happened? well, you wanted it to be super smooth. >> yeah, i wanted it to be smooth. i mean, it was a big moment for me. i've known her since "hairspray." incredibly nervous about it. >> jimmy: you're nervous, yeah. >> so like i was practicing the night before how i was going to execute this kiss. >> jimmy: oh, stop. >> in my mind. >> jimmy: you were not practicing the night before. >> oh heck yeah. ah, geez, it's michelle pfeiffer. >> jimmy: yeah, but what did you

gwen: is time running out for michele bachmann and rick perry? the polls tell the tale but finally so will the voters. we preview the iowa caucuses with karen ue multiof "the washington post," jeff zeleny of "the new york times," susan davis of "usa today" and christina bellantoni of cg roll call. >> award-winning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens frfment our nation's capital, this is "washington week" with gwen ifill. produced in association with "national journal." corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> we know why we're here. to connect our forces to what they need when they need it. >> to help troops see danger before it sees them. >> to answer the call of the brave and bring them safely home. >> around the globe, the people of boeing are working together to support and protect all who serve. >> that's why we're here. >> additional funding for "washington week" is provided by prudential financial, the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs stati