by 2005, news made its way to mike huckabee in arkansas. arkansas under mike huckabee passes a law to require health insurance drug policy to cover contraception. like in arizona and new york and in the obama administration's original policy this year, churches are exempt but church affiliated hospitals and universities are not exempt. that's what mike huckabee signed into law in his state in 2005. stick a pin in that for mike huckabee for a second. we'll be back to that in just a moment. the year after mike huckabee does it, mitt romney signs the big massachusetts health care overhaul which reaffirmed that health insurance prescription plans must cover birth control. mitt romney signed that. he now calls essentially the same rule from the obama administration an assault on religion. it's his own policy. mike huckabee, former weight loss guru, no longer trying to hawk that, now he's just a fox news personality and he's trying now to set off a national campaign under the heading we are all catholics now basting the obama administration for a

we'll talk to rick santorum and mike huckabee. and people are suing president for trampling religious freedom. right now, rick santorum joins us. nice to see you. >> good to be back in the chair. >> greta: nice to have you back. >> i'm back from cpac. >> i want to ask you about this hhs rule. but i'm curious, why the fact that you swept missouri, minnesota, colorado, how is the fund-raising? >> we've done $3 million in three days. it's been just overwhelming. i just want to thank everybody. obviously it's given us an opportunity to go out and really start working heavily in states we have an opportunity. michigan in particular, we think we have a greater message with our made in america plan. the kind of economic growth that is going to get manufacturing back in this country and grow those jobs in michigan. the other side of michigan, western side of michigan, we got good strong conservative values that is grand rapids and great michigan heartland of america. we think we can run very well. >> greta: governor romney, you think you

governor mike huckabee is here to break it all down.lus -- >> it's here, the company like solyndra are leading the way. >> judge: the solyndra boondoggle. $535 million of our money gone. the white house is finally going to talk. will we finally get some answers? coming up tonight on "justice". good evening and welcome to "justice." i'm judge jeanine pirro. today was a at this to celebrate whitney houston's life. kelly wright joins us from newark, new jersey. >> good evening to you. the funeral for whitney houston was a celebration of her life. a star studded line - up of some of the best people in music and hollywood shared their memories of whitney houston. >> there was a grace that kept on carrying her. that's one thing i know. the other thing i know, for sure, and this is more important than anything that she's ever done in her life, whitney houston loved the lord. [ cheers and applause ] >> clive davis who guide her incredible journey to stardom recalled how in her last days, whitney was looking forward to making a comeback in her u

bill: mike huckabee, the former arkansas governor, host of "huckabee" on the fox news channel.oing? i want to say good morning to you. >> doing great. bill: i know you enjoy that venue. i can see it on your face. it reads right there. >> yeah. bill: two basic questions for you, everyone at had conference has one goal in mind, they want to beat barack obama. who do you think will do the best job at articulating that message? >> well, far be it from me to be try to be prophetic. i think all of them will have sort of a unique perspective. i look for rick santorum to appeal to value voters make his case which is a very strong message here. i expect mitt romney will try to say that his credentials dealing with economic issues makes him the best candidate. newt gingrich will talk about historical perspective and his understanding how the process works and his being able to manage that process. so it's anybody's guess which one the crowd will like but i think i can maybe somewhat predict they will come from when they get to the podium. bill: do you have a view who can articulate the b

mike huckabee and a panel discussion on social issues in the 2012 campaign. ♪ >> thank you very much.elcome to the second day of cpac. what an honor it is to be here. i want to begin by doing something you probably did not think would happen at cpac. i want to say a great big "thank you" to president obama because you have done more than any person in the entire gop field to bring this party to unity and energize this party as a result of your attacks on religious liberty and the attack on the personhood of every human being in america. [applause] thank you for doing what none of us republicans could get done. single-handedly, the president's attempt to trample the constitution and the fact that there is an explicit kind of wording that he apparently did not get in civics that the rest of us must have heard. the first amendment says congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. obamacare precisely did that. it is time we tell him and congress that we will elect a new president, a new congress, repeal obamacare, and stand

and one of the barn burner speakers joins us, mike huckabee, now big shot tv host and a big radio show do you make about her speaking now? >>governor huckabee: it is a role that people have wanted to see her play. how is she going to communicate? every potential first lady is going to be viewed like every potential presidential candidate so this was important. >>neil: why now? after such a long time? all the candidates have used their wives extensively. probably no more so than mitt romney. >>governor huckabee: she has been very were part of inreducing mitt at all rallies and she is gracious and worm -- warm and lovely. and i think they decided people need to hear her not just see her. they see her by his side. and it is a smart move on his part because she is, i think, a very softening influence on newt and the image he has of this driven individual. so, smart move. and it continues today at cpac. >>neil: this is a tough crowd. they are polite with moderates. they were polite with mitt romney. grow growing if their affection with you, but how do they feel right now? >>governor huckabe

. >> reporter: 2008 presidential candidate mike huckabee thanked president obama for giving the gop a reason to unify. >> thank you for doing what none of the republicans could have never get done. >> reporter: some republicans are still trying to get the law repealed. the change takes effect in 2013. : time is running out to win a big power ball jackpot. tomorrow night's drawing worth $325 million. match all six numbers and you can take home $202 million after taxes. that's the largest cash payout in power ball's history. if you do win, remember your friends here at wjz who have been serving you for over 50 years. >> think of the guys you wouldn't have to put up with if you had that kind of money. >>> jerry sandusky pleads in case. emotional outpouring to surprise many people. >>> and movie memorabilia destroyed. ruined in this fire. : very cold weekend. i'm bob with the forecast coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> it's 39 degrees and cloudy. first weather forecast is coming up. violent clashes coming out of parliament. lawmakers would vote this weekend to help the debt- stricken co

iowa republicans are seen as having kind of a mike huckabee problem. iowa republicans pick guys like mike huckabee and rick santorum, has no effect on the overall race it's iowa, kind of irrelevant, another case for iowa not going first at least on the republican side. in iowa, historical terms it was amazing that iowa republicans screwed up their caucuses so badly they wrongly reported the results and had to flip them after the fact. historically amazing. but in terms of the impact of the race, not so much. now though, if another state pulls an iowa, that would have a huge impact on the narrative of the race. therefore, it would have a big impact on who is likely to get the republican nomination for president. i think that is where we are right now. heading in the maine caucuses this past weekend, mitt romney supposedly the front-runner for the nomination, lost straight races, not in places like iowa, he lost in minnesota, which mitt romney won in 2008. not only did he lose minnesota this time, he lost every single county in the state and came in not

. >> former governor of arkansas mike huckabee says the g.o.p. should be thanking president obama for the birth control controversy. why? here's what he said at the conservative political action conference. >> i want to say thank you, president obama, because have you done more than any person in the entire g.o.p. field -- any candidate has done to bring this party to unity and energize this party as a result of your attack on religious liberty and the attack on the personhood of every human being in america. thank you, president obama, for doing what none of us republicans apparently could get done. former arkansas governor and fox news host, mike huckabee joins us. good evening, governor. >> great to be with you. >> what do you think of the combination today? that's what they for calling it, the president has suggested the way to resolve the dispute over this contraception fight? >> too little, too late. you don't ooh comidate the constitution and you don't accommodate people's first-amendment rights. that's what the president was attempting to

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. >> ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee. [applause] >> hello, everybody, thank you. thank you very much. grit audience. and we're delighted to have you, welcome to huckabee from the fox news studios in new york city. well, over the next ten days, i'm going to be in israel taking a group of about 175 people to see firsthand this remarkable nation. and stallwart american ally and we're going to travel, and naturally visiting the biblical and historical sites that have shaped world history and bed rock for faith thousands of years. i've often said that reading the bible before a trip to israel is reading it it in black and white. after visiting this incredible land it's like reading it in living color. we will of course visit not only the places made famous from the old and new testaments, but make sure those who go with me have a clear understanding why the happenings in a country the size of about new jersey do matter to every american. the u.s. and israel don't simply share the organizational relationship between allies, we share an organic relationship of nations who

you ran mike huckabee's campaign against romney. is romney a better candidate now, and if so why is he not connecting with the base? he is literally lost more than he's won. >> you know, i think it's a little bit tough looking at those numbers from last year because you have different pools of votes. but there are different set-ups. missouri did not award any delegates last night. so it wasn't kind of as important. they'll award their delegates next month. the enthusiasm here for a lot of different voters to come out, not as much. maybe more conservative leaning voters to go out. taking nothing away from senator santorum. from four years ago, i think mitt romney has made great strides. i think he is a better candidate than he was. he was probably not my first choice to run for president. mike huckby was my first choice but he's not running. but i he think has been so disciplined over the first year of this campaign, and i think now he's taken a couple of strong shots to the jaw. we're going to see if he can take a punch. if he can t

and chip saltsman, a republican strategist who was mike huckabee's campaign manager in 2008.onight. >> good to be with you. >> bob, let me ask you, how much is this anyone but romney primary hurting the whole overall gop race? >> i don't know if it's hurting the overall gop race. i think it's hurting romney a lot. i mean, we've seen a remarkable, over a period of time, a remarkable revelation of character and record and a self-immolation of gaffes like severely conservative. people think that he is out of touch, that he's untrustworthy. this is a guy who abandons issues of conscience, throws them away like an old pair of sneakers so he can run in the opposite direction. i'm not here to defend rick santorum. the fact he's ten points behind and romney is eight points behind, people know a lot about romney. they don't know a lot about santorum yet. and so i wouldn't render a final judgment on him. romney is upside down on his favorable/unfavorables with independents. he's 44/43 in the ppp poll with republicans. and he's now behind, according to ppp by 15 points in michigan. if t

ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee. [applause] >> hello, everybody. thank you. thank you very much. and welcome to "huckabee" from the fox news studio in new york city. the race for the gop presidential nomination is a sport to many of the commentators and pundits. it fills the pages of the blogs and traditional newspapers and magazines. but to the men and women who are the gladiators on the field who announce their candidacy and run for the highest office in the world, this is no game. the stakes are high, the risk to one's reputation, privacy, personal assets and future are far greater than imagined to the public. and it requires every ounce of emotional, mental and political stamina that one can muster. i've often said do not run for office if you cannot stand to see the sight of your own blood. what does it take to decide to get into a race for president? equally born, what does it take to decide to get out of the race when one determines that there is just no pathway forward? even if you don't support or agree with or even like one of the candidates, you oug

that john mccain is a common sense conservative, that mike huckabee is unabashedly in favor of christmas. that rudy giuliani will kill terrorists with his bare hands? what's wrong with them? they work. i said why do -- is there any reason why they're not just a useful information device for voters. >> sometimes think they are actually quite useful. they were probably getting people useful information that they needed to have about certain parts of his background. >> it seems to me the test for all these ads is, are they true? and is it important. >> there's true and there's true, you know, mark twain talked about lies and statistics and there's a whole other category which i think are political ads which are lies because mike murphy charged was pejoratively true. without the context, it's very misleading. dukak dukakis, that furlow program took place when he was senator. was that cogent as an administrating against him? is that really fair? i think they tend en masse to make the whole product category look pretty sordid, which is politics. >> political media consultants will tell you if

>> and evangelical minister, mike huckabee, won iowa. there's a blind spot in the media on social issues. they can't believe that the people in the heartland can believe this stuff and doesn't get through their heads and i think that santorum is attractive in the sense that he's new and fresh and keeps the reporters from going back to the dredgery assignment. he's unattractive and they don't like him in terms of what he stands for and work it through. >> jon: are they going to be digging for-- >> certainly, a santorum rise in the polls and fall the way that others have, and kirsten is right, romney will probably get the nomination, but it's much more fun for us. >> jon: the media touted romney as the eventual nominee. i think he's the likely nominee, but he has a different race on his hands and the media are surprised they're covering it. because the traditional wisdom, the established candidate with the most ground game and resources and money is the one who ends up with the nomination and that's not always the case, i think it's probab

. >> reporter: speaking at a conservative convention, 2008 presidential candidate mike huckabee thanked president obama for giving the gop a reason to unify. >> thank you, president obama, for doing what none of us republicans could apparently get done. >> reporter: some republicans are accepting the new compromise. but still vowing to repeal the president's healthcare law. now, the change takes effect august of next year. 28 states already require health insurance plans to cover birth control before the federal regulations were issued. >>> the feds launched an investigation into a possible fire risk involving two popular toyota vehicles. it affects 2007 camrys and rav- 4 safety investigators say they have received 6 complaints of fires starting in the driver's side door. they think the fires are starting in the power window master switch. no one has been hurt and toyota has not issued a recall for either model. >>> a school bus with the children inside erupts in flames. now hear from the bus driver who saved their lives. >> plus a new take on leftovers, how picky eaters at the cafeteri

or not at the convention, you know, you could think of mitch daniels, chris christie, you know, mike huckabee and the list goes on. >> reporter: while the economy and jobs remain a key cam thane theme, this week's social issues eremerged. including denouncing president obama's ruling on contraceptive coverage and striking down gay marriage in california. it increases the risk for the americans in the fall. >> certainly if the republicans are seen as too doctrinaire or pushing the social issues too hard it could scare the swing voters. >> reporter: and most convention wisdom said it's all just part of the process and it could happen. lester? >> thanks. >>> we want to turn to cnbc's john harwood. for mitt romney obviously a big deal to win a kacaucus but is i enough for him to get this endorsement, winning the straw poll today? >> reporter: both are a nice psychological boost for mitt romney after a very bad tuesday against rick santorum and bad new national poll suggesting that rick santorum might be coming up substantially. the poll actually showed rick santorum with a 15-point lead over mitt

ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee. >> mike: thank you. thank you very much. and welcome to huckabee. from the fox news studios in new york city. you know, if i say anything nice about barack obama on this show, some of you get angry and send me nasty e-mails because you think we ought to never say a kind word about the man. i better warn you now. you might not like what i'm about to say. with ubecause i want to publicy thank president obama. he has single handedly done more to unify and energize the republican party than all of the presidential candidates combined. [ applause ] >> mike: because his decision a little over a week ago to force catholic hospitals and universities to provide contraceptive and abortion pills in direct conflict of the long standing position of their faith win over about as well as michael moore at an nra convention. even loyal democrats and bona fide liberals were running from the exits to get away from him before he self-come busted from the heat he got and i'm not just talking about from the catholics. it is an issue that is much b

. >> ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee. [applaus [applause] >> thank you. ank you very much. wow, what a great audience we have here. and they have reason to be excited. welcome to huckabee, from the fox news studios in new york city, where we are celebrating ten years of being number one in cable news. and even joe biden would say that it's a pretty good big-- pretty big deal. and thanks to the vision, perservance of roger ailes, fox news the most trusted name in news in spite of people like me being on the channel. now, as for us crowing about it a bit. hey, it ain't bragging if it's true. true. >> for ten years, one network has formed, reenvisioned, reinvented the way news is done. >> breaking news now on fox news channel. >> going to fight. >> absolutely, got to stand tough with these terrorists. >> usama bin laden is dead, the bum is dead. >> and your client-- >> and a growing national scandal. >> keep your hands out of my piggy bank. >> as this nationwide phenomena. >> and putting your-- >> widespread corruption in the afghan government. >> you want to