. >> reporter: perry seemed to misquote romney. romney gave a reply that may come to haunt him. >> $10,000 bet? >> i'm not into betting business. >> reporter: internet exploded with thousands of tweets. $10,000 is three month's pay for the d-íçaverage american. michelle bachmann got the best laugh line of the night linking romney and gingrich tuesday. >> if you look at newt romney they were for obama care. if you look at newt romney they were for the illegal immigration problem. >> reporter: if the front runner gets derailed it will be >> if you cheat on your spouse then why would you not cheat on your business partner? gingrich was the charge of a new democratic video. significant? it was the first time democrats made a video about someone other than romney. >>> dominating performance by the ravens. this game was never in doubt. after a three and out ravens went down the field. joe flacco finding torre smith. 221-yards passing. first time he's beaten indy. ray rice had over 100 on the ground. this is his afc meeting tenth rushing t

. >> perry seemed to misquote romney. romney gave the replay they may come to haunt him. >> 1240u7b bet? >> i'm not in the betting business. >> the internet exploded. $10,000 is three months pay for the average american. >> michele bachmann lumped romney and gingrich together. >> you look at newt romney they were for obama care. if you look at newt romney, they were for the illegal immigration problem. >> if the front runner does get derailed it will be over the issue of marital infill infill dealt. >> if you cheat on your spouse, you might cheat on your business partner. >> he was a target of a video. it's the first time the democrats have made a web video about someone other than romney in this election cycle. >> the plan to install kiosks at the mexican border. >> hundreds of people come together in the south bay to fight aids in east africa. >> the last thing you want to see, the benches clear. >> and fists were flying in the latest show of unsportsmanlike conduct, up next, the consequences. >> leigh: i'm leigh glaser.

rick perry was misquoting romney's comments in his book. e second spin that the romney campaign is giving me, it's only the democrats who are making a big deal out of this 10,000 bet. it just proves so says the romney campaign that the democrats are obsess with the mitt romney and romney is the most electable candidate. it may be a tough sale. it may not be a good thing that romney was engaging with rick perry in the first place there. it brings mitt romney down a little bit >> it's a good thing. jake s that right? just the democrats or other republicans who are now trying to capitalize on it? do you think too much attention being paid to that bet comment? >> well, probably in the scheme of all that matters of import that were debated last night, it's probably getting a little bit more than its fair share of attention. i agree with the romney's campaign argument that the democrats are most focused on him. because, they consider him the biggest threat to the re-election of president obama. there's no question about that fact. the democrats pu

tell you what, $10,000 bet, i'm not into the betting business -- >> reporter: perry seemed to misquote romney's book. but that $10,000 bet from a multimillionaire, twitter nearly exploded. thousands of tweets. it's three months' pay for the average american. while they were joined together on stage, michele bachmann joined them in name. >> if you look at newt romney, they were for the illegal immigration problem and if you look at newt romney they for the $700 billion bailout, you just heard newt romney is also with obama on the issue of the payroll extension. >> reporter: on the issue of middle east newt gingrich defended his claim that the palestinian people are invented people. >> enough lying about the middle east. >> reporter: romney's response -- >> we're going to tell the truth. but we're not going to throw incendiary words into a place which is a boiling pot. >> reporter: there was a palpable moment of tension about the issue of marital infidelity. remember, gingrich has been married three times. >> if you cheated on your spouse, why wouldn't you cheat on your business partner? >> newt'

. >> reporter: last night, he misquoted mitt romney on health care. >> i read your first book and it said in there that your mandate in massachusetts should be the model for the country. >> reporter: but the exchange ended up hurting romney because of this. >> you know what, you raised that before, rick, and -- >> it was -- >> i tell you what. 10,000 bucks? $10,000 bet? >> reporter: $10,000 is more than two months income for the average iowa family. so, twitter exploded with comments about how out of touch the weigher was. and more than half a day later, rick perry thought of a comeback, saying $10,000 is just pocket change for mitt. either way, damage was done. >> rubbed me the wrong way. was a little bit out of touch. >> reporter: last night, romney challenged gingrich for his comments saying the palestinians were an invented people. romney suggested the comments were wrreckless. david? >> jake tapper leading us off in des moines tonight. jake, thank you. as you heard jake report there on that $10,000 bet, the tweets, the headlines were immediate, including one in des moines, makin

. >> reporter: the wager heard round the world began with perry misquoting romney about health care. >> your mandate should be the model for the country. >> you have raised that before. you're still wrong. i'll tell you what. 10,000 bucks? $10,000 bet? >> reporter: twitter exploded with snark. only thing that would have been worse was if he pulled a $10,000 bill out of his pocket. that's more than two months income fb the average iowa family. >> reporter: meanwhile, newt gingrich is all in. >> it's fundamentally the time for somebody to have the guts to stand up and say, enough lying about the middle east. >> we're going tell the truth. we're not going to throw incendiary words into place that is a boiling pot. >> reporter: conservatives have called his words unwise. >> it was a needlessly provocative way to put it. he forgets that we're in a delicate diplomacy with them. this is a way to upset them. >> reporter: these debates have been very consequential for the race, george. saturday's was the biggest. the next debate is today. gingrich will debate jon hun huntsman in new hampshire

romney threw down at saturday night's presidential debate. that bet came as's accused his rival, rick perry, of misquoting him. ey bet perry $10,000 he was right. >>> it is a first for a first lady. michelle obama has set a world record forgetting the, -- for, having the most people do jumping jacks. 3265 people participated in the event. that includes dozens of elementary and middle school students mrs. obama led in jumping jacks on the southlawn. the event was part of the first lady's let's move initiative. last night the first family participated in the annual christmas in washington concert to benefit the children's national medical center. before the concert the obamas greeted some of the hospital patients dressed as elves. after presenting them way basket of children's books, they struggle told lift that heavy basket and asked elves to help him get it under the christmas tree. >>> children write florissant ta and local volunteers play old st. nick. >> this year is different. instead of toys, many families are asking for necessities like food for the table. >> reporter: christmas is a time of giving. at br

. >> reporter: the wager heard round the world began with perry misquoting romney about health care. >> i read your first book and it said in there, that your mandate, in massachusetts, which should be the model for the country -- >> you have raised that before. you're still wrong. i'll tell you what. 10,000 bucks? $10,000 bet? >> reporter: twitter exploded with snark. only thing worse for romney would have been if he pulled a $10,000 bill from his pocket read one tweet. after all, $10,000 is more than two months' income for the average iowa family. >> it just rubbed me the wrong way. >> reporter: meanwhile, newt gingrich is all in. call the palestinians an invented people. >> it's fundamentally the time for somebody to have the guts to stand up and say, enough lying about the middle east. >> we're going tell the truth. we're not going to throw incendiary words into a place that is a boiling pot. >> reporter: gingrich's comments have now been condemned by an official from the arab league and conservatives have called them unwise. >> it was a needlessly provocative way to put it. he f

misquoted mitt romney on health care. i read your first book it said in there your mandate in massachusetts, which should be the model for the country. >> reporter: the ex-change ended up hurting romney because of this. >> you have raised that before, rick. and you are, i'll tell you what -- $10,000 -- $10,000 bet? >> $10 'tis more than two months incomfort average iowa family. so twitter exploded with comments about how out of touch the wager was. at the debate romney challenged gingrich for his comments saying palestinians were an invented people. romney suggested they were reckless and on sunday an official with the arab league said they were racist and a cheap ploy by gingrich to get votes. jake tapper, abc news, at drake university, in des moines, iowa. >> seems to be the moment people are hanging on to, $10,000 bet. perry said that's chump change to mitt romney. all the guy whose president and women are typically well off all millionaires. >> showed poor judgment given the economy and given that it's two months inco

he began going after mitt romney but romney's biggest misstep was when rick perry misquoted him and his response that may come back to haunt him. listen to this. >> i read the first book you were for individual man dates my friend. >> 10,000 dollar bet. >> i am not in the betting business. >> okay. >> okay. following that exchange, the internet exploded with tweets because to many of us, 10,000 dollars is a lot of money. but at the front-runner does get derailed it could be over the issue of his infidelity. that's newt gingrich who has been married 3 times and opponents are saying that's going to be the ammunition because if he will cheat on his wife not once but twice, they say he will cheat on americans as well. justin. >>> good morning to you. we will take you out west for friends in mount airy. still dark and we will take you back to yesterday. we will show you how cloud free the day was. looking at summit ridge development and as you watch theshadows creep across the sky. perhaps you can see the moon on the wide screen sets. check this out across the area mount airy christian acade

misquote the book. but a $10,000 book for a multimillionaire, twitter exploded. thousands of tweets. three months pay for the average american. while gingrich and romney were joined together on stage. michele bachmann joined them in maine. >> if you look at newt, romney, they were for the illegal immigration problem. if you newt, romney, they were for the $700 billion bailout. you just heard he is also with obama on the issue of payroll extension. >> reporter: on the issue of middle east, gingrich defended his claim palestinians are on invented people. >> they are saying enough lying about the middle east. >> romney's response. >> to tell the truth, but we're not going to throw incendiary words into a place that is a boiling pot. >>> explosion of red and white in san francisco yesterday. santacoms came to the city by the bay. washington square park in north beach was one san francisco neighborhood budge weigh people dresswood santa. this is a worldwide event. the idea of santacom is to dress up like st. nick and go on a call, hit all the bars and what nice weather they had yesterday for that. >> looks pretty good. clouds this morning and temperatures

romney newt's main rival match him? he got applause. he actually, too, got a standing ovation at his speech. things are looking good for mitt. >> when they're laughing about applauding, you sit down. >> misquotingine wrong. it'd be like saying the facious soup vendor would say i'm out of delicious soup. >> joining us now from washington the pulitzer prize winning good friend eugene robinson. good morning. >> morning, willie. >> you're bravely taking on domd trump this morning. you write do you suppose trump will ask gingrich about the ethics violations he committed while he was speaker of the house or the fine he had to pay. do you think he'll press gingrich on the lobbying he's doing on another name behalf of clients such as the government-supported mortgage giant freddie mac? no, no and no. this debate will be about donald trump. trump will actually utter the phrase you're fired. and from the white house you'll hear the sound of high fives. we only have two people who have signed up for this if. newt gingrich and rick santorum. all on the right have declined the invitation. if the debate happens, we'll look at it. let's look at your larger point about newt gingrich. he's full of contradiction