completely taken aback as the seventy six year old texas congressman emerged to be a serious threat not just to the establishment republican establishment but to the race to the white house now while polls surging popularity may be news to some that's not necessarily the case for those who have been tuned into this network take a look there is no doubt in my mind that the majority is on our side we represent the maturity of the american people are what i hear is proof through them are great and pro-american. right so we've been covering the candidate and his message back since two thousand and eight but at that time his ideas were mostly dismissed as fringe out of touch with reality but in two thousand and twelve today's day and age it seems like a different narrative is in fact emerging one where issues like civil liberties ending america's numerous conflicts abroad and at home corruption on wall street and k. street are suddenly not so crazy after all so although the political establishment and the mainstream media will still likely continue to dismiss them as a fringe candidate w

he was taken aback by that in november. i think he was caught flat footed with that again.ere credit is due. i think the romney campaign is professional, they're organized. they had a third of their vote in. they were almost immune to a post-south carolina bump and they should be commended to that. the tactics used against newt gingrich in this primary will increase the likelihood this is going to go all the way to a convention. it has solidified conserve angst and they just despise romney and the establishment. i think a lot of conservatives have decided they are willing to fight this all the way to 1144 delegates. >> if you're add vising gingrich, how would you like for him to fight back? >> i think he's got to get to the point that he doesn't care what mitt romney or anybody in the party establishment cares about him when thp primary process is over. one thing that happens to conservative candidates a lot, they are too consumed with how do we put the party back together with this when it's over. you'll notice the party establishment isn't consumed with that. until they'r

it's a 24 hour pharmacy, there's a lot of people there and i'm kind of taken aback.ow, did he just say that to me.according to fda guidelines, emergency contraception is available to anyone over the age of 17 - male or female - without a prescription.in a statement cvs says in part:"...it is against our policy to prevent the sale of emergency contraception to a male customer. "cvs says it is following up with the pharmacy staff to ensure that its policies are being ppoperly followedthe american civil liberties union of texas is on melbourre's side.just imagine if you went into cvs to buy aspirin or to buy cold medication and were told sorry we can't be sure that you are street or provide this to the somebody that shouldn't actually have access to it, so we are just not going to sell it to you.the aclu sayssthis is not an isolated incident. it says there have been similar complaints in other states..and at other pharmacies like walgreens - where it claims two men were not allowed to purchase the drug last year.make me walk out of the store to all those people i look l

several of us who had been involved in the iranian american community in the united states were taken aback by the fact that the community overwhelmingly was opposed to these terrorist attacks but had such great difficulty collectively voicing that, of voicing their opposition. >> what do you say your mission as? >> to ensure the iranian americans contribute to the democracy in the united states and are as much a part of the political process as they can be. >> to people come to you and consult with you? >> from where? >> it the u.s. government. >> of course. i'm in contact with the u.s. government and other western government. our organization produces a lot of analysis on what happening in iran as well as the dynamics between iran and the rest of the world. >> optimistic or pessimistic? >> i'm not particularly optimistic. 2012 is going to be an increasingly tense and dangerous years in which unfortunately, because of the political climate in tehran and washington and israel, something very, very bad can happen. if we can ride out 2012, some opportunities may rise to move in a direction of

the romney campaign, very much taken aback then. this is what here to detailing we in the primaries. bain capital, a part owner of the weather channel. amp today the campaign moves to the state south carolina, florida, nevada, where unemployment is the number one issue. romney senior strategist stewart stephens was quick to say the campaign is ready to talk about romney's record at bain. sort of underscored what the governor said. surprising that it's coming in the republican primary, but that's fine. he said, we're happy to discuss it any time we want to disit. still, this is like john kerry and the swift boats. fair or unfair, no matter how you look at it, it gets rid of 9 central rationale for why you and not them in the nomination. the reason why kerry got that nomination was his war record, was the fact that he had served in a time of big national security. why is romney saying private sector experience all the time? that's the central rationale of his candidacy. the economy is not doing well, you need a businessman to turn it

i was sort of taken aback, and obviously she was not a person i could discuss policy with, but i saidld give this really low priority come only because it is my understanding it would be illegal to use on monday for acquisition. in thinking about that, i realized may be spending bond money needs to be specified in the bond, and did you could do anything that is voted on. i do not know that. the other thing that really floored me, is the bond will benefit all neighborhood parks. i took great exception to the fact that it is all neighborhood parks. it might benefit parks in all neighborhoods. it might benefit -- i do not know how the freeze could be better. i have nightmare visions of going back to 2000 where we promised everything to everybody come in the first six projects in mind were a static. 19 projects of which are were involved in. to were put through hell. please, let's not repeat that mistake. i hope i am preaching to the choir. >>> anyone else that would like to make comments under the general managers' report? cnnseeing none, public comment s closed. next is general public c

newt gingrich seemed taken aback when we asked romney's 15% revelation. we just learned from mitt romney that he pays an effective tax rate of just 15%. >> we did? >> reporter: that's a lot less than what most middle-income americans pay. what do you think of that? >> he told you that? >> reporter: yes. we'll have to wait to see exactly how much romney pays because he says he won't release his 2011 returns until april, after most of the primaries are over. why not do it now? don't the voters of south carolina have a right to see them before the primary? >> the tradition has been the nominee releases his tax returns in tax season in april. >> reporter: in his comments today, romney did mention earning some money as public speaker. >> i get speakers fee from time to time but not very much. >> reporter: how much is not very much? last year romney was paid $374,000 to give eight speeches. >> nearly $350,000, jon? >> reporter: $374,000. >> wow. thanks so much to jon karl reporting in tonight. >>> and tonight, the city famous for its rain, bracing for a snowsto

watching the mainstream networks yesterday evening and a lot of the pundits seemed genuinely taken aback when a wrong paul and they're placing second in the new hampshire primary and the seventy six year old texas congressman does seem to be emerging as a serious threat to the republican establishment and while his popularity may be a little bit confusing to some that's not necessarily the case for those who have been tuned into this network take a look there is no doubt in my mind that the majority is on our side we represent the maturity of the american people for what i have. read and pro-american. well you heard the man himself now we've been covering ron paul the candidate and his message since two thousand and eight but back then they were little bit different his ideas were still dismissed us for engine that of touch with reality fast forward to today it almost seems like we're in a whole new world right i mean then different narrative seems to be emerging here one where issues like civil liberties ending america's numerous wars and conflicts abroad as well as at home not to menti

when it actually started, they did it with such intensity and authenticity that i was taken aback. i heard gunfire. they were screaming their commands. it was a very authentic presentation for us. >> the prison has one other effective method of maintaining control. behind these walls are some of the most dangerous and violent prisoners in poland. they are segregated in this high security housing unit. >> translator: this is a pavilion for dangerous inmates. this is a jail inside a jail. >> "n" stands for the polish word for dangerous. ours was the first television crew ever allowed inside. >> upon entering the facility, what i noted most was the fact that i could not see any inmates. in american prisons, there is always some kind of window. even in the super maxes. they have these little peep holes the officers will look in before they opened up. that struck me as highly unusual. >> as you opened the door, there were bars. it was a two-tiered system that i hadn't seen before. the security door unlocked and then you have to unlock the bars themselves, as well. >> the solid outer doo

. >> the woman reports the sexual assault to detective zitzelberger, who is taken aback of the encounter>> afterwards, he told her to take off her bra. she did. and he had lifted her blouse with the knife and he started using the knife and was tracing circles on her breast and she said, you promised you wouldn't hurt me. and he said, i'm not going to hurt you. >> with three attacks reported, two in the same night, detective zitzelberger is alarmed. >> something is going on. we have a dangerous person out there that apparently has it in for women. >> no woman is safe, as rhodes searches for his next target. >> a decision was made. >> who made that decision? >> i made that decision. i made the decision that this was going to be another victim. >>> i'm veronica de la cruz. rapist james "dusty" rhodes has raped three women, killing one. this is really normal behavior. >> none of it is. >> the police department suspects a rapist is on a hunt for women in its town and detective paula zitzelberger is on the case. she and her two teenage daughters live near the crime scenes. >> the fact that my

later we saw the huge numbers that everybody has been taken aback by. >> have you had a chance to speak to the new governor? any republican law makers about your plans? if you have, what are they saying? >> of course, we've spoken to our colleagues. we invited everybody to come join us because this really has moved beyond any partisan issue. this is an issue that all mississippians are now interested in. so i think we are going to get support from all across the aisle on this. some of our colleagues in the senate have been moving that way. governor bryant made a statement woe like to see something moved. hopefully, we can get everybody to come together and push something forward so that families aren't left out, law enforcement is not left out, and prosecutors aren't left out the next time this comes along in mississippi. >> take a listen to this, if you will, mr. moak. >> i'm not saying i'll be perfect. there is nobody who received clemency will ever do nothing wrong. i'm not infallible and nobody else is. but i am very comfortable and totally at peace with these pardons, including tho

very disappointed in my book and my depiction of him in scorpions for breakfast and so i was taken aback and from that point it was downhill. >> mike: i'm going to try to get him to say how disappointed he is in my book because it really has done great things for your book. it went to the top of amazon like overnight. >> well, it did. >> mike: i want to take a moment to look at a piece of tape. this is from the president's interview with diane sawyer on abc. >> there is a picture up there of you with governor jan brewer. what was going on there? she said you were thin skinned, she is all over the air waves right now. >> what i discovered is that i think it is always a good publicity for a republican if they are in an argument with me but this was really not a big deal. >> were you tense? >> you know, die andre die i'my accused of not being tense enough. too relaxed. >> mike: he seemed calm then. he isdown playing this and saying it wasn't that big a deal. let's assume it wasn't that big a deal in terms of the exchange on the tarmac. however, the big deal is there has been real tension no

gingrich seemed taken aback when we asked about romney 15 percent revelation. >> we just learned fromrate of 15 percent. >> he does. >>reporter: that's less than most middle income americans pay. what do you think of that. he told you that. >>reporter: yes wait an see exactly how much romney pays because he says he won't rae lease his tax returns until april after most of the primar primaries are over. why not do it new. don't the voters in south carry lane have a right to see them before the primary. >> tradition has been the nominee releases his tax returns in tax season in april. >>reporter: jonathan karl reporting. obama administration is joining turkey in taking issue with the comment from republican presidential candidate rick pr ri in last tonight debate in south carolina. listen to what was said. >> do you believe turkey still belongs in nato. >> well obviously when you have a country that is being ruled by many would perceive to be islamic terrorists, then yes, it's time for us to have a conversation about whether or not they belong to be in nato. >>reporter: state department

when we first encountered him, i was a little taken aback.nstead it was this tommy that we came to know who seemed shy, a little timid. a little withdrawn. >> i have a pretty good heart. my mom, she's always had foster kids. and she's worked in a group home. so, i mean, i've always wanted to do what she did. i always wanted to help somebody. and i really think i can. >> during the shoot, he was brought in for questioning when another inmate accused him of execution. >> hey. >> watching lieutenant fox deal with tommy was very interesting. they had a certain rapport. i would almost call it a professional rapport. >> come on in. have a seat. so, you want to give me your story? >> to be honest, i don't really have one. i mean, i feel like this dude is trying to get out of trouble. he knows who i am. i go under the bus every time. >> they seemed to know what each other's boundaries were. they talked in a very amicable way. and fox was giving tommy advice on how to stay out of trouble. >> if you're doing anything, quit. >> i'm not. >> lay low. they

and i was a little taken aback because on martin luther king day monday night, he made a big thing aboutand blacks and got a standing ovation. but in 2009, he came to my martin luther king day celebration in washington, d.c., the day before president obama was inaugurated. and this is how he talked about then incoming president. >> i am thrilled to be here, and i am thrilled that on this historic week that each of you is here. tomorrow we will inaugurate a historic first african-american president of the united states. it is -- it will be great for america. >> now that was him about 1200 people in the audience. mostly of color. he forgot to tell us about food stamps. he forgot to tell us about how we were not role models to our kids. he praised me for fighting for education. is newt gingrich playing a cynical race card in south carolina, gilda? >> well, reverend, i don't know how cynical it is. i certainly think it's a race card. without question, the language, speaker gingrich having represented georgia for a number of years knows the language of the south. he knows the buzz words. and

you know what took me aback was the fact that he does watch our broadcast. if he's watching now, i'm glad he is and i'm grateful to him. >> he said your show and mine are his "morning joe" because he wakes up later. >> i understand that. >> i can't think of anybody better to wake up to than you. >> i'm going to be honest to you. i do not share your sentiment. >> completely inappropriate. >> your show starts now. >> it better. >>> good afternoon to you. i'm dylan ratigan. back in new york. today's big story continues to be 30 million jobs. fresh off the second week of our 30 million jobs tour and the conversation gets louder and bigger as the weeks go on. 27% of americans now reporting that they are either unemployed or underemployed and nearly half of americans say they are struggling or suffering in this economy right now. the dialogue about the compelling need to reform taxes, trade, and banking to drive a culture of investment in this country so we can create the 30 million jobs we need has never been more crucial. later this week, we're off to take the c

i was quite taken aback. there aren't many countries actually, certainly not in europe where a politician can say those kind of things and get away with it. >> we're a backward nation in many ways. that's one of the ways most evident nowadays especially with the election. to think you can turn on the presidential debate and you can have people actually say they think being gay is wrong is shocking in 2012. it's shocking to me. >> what do you make of the gop race generally? >> you know, it's a sad lot of contenders. it's not the republican ra race -- the republican party that, you know, i grew up believing was one of the two viable ways to lead the nation in america. it just seems to be almost too much entertainment and no one qualified. that's the saddest thing. there doesn't seem to be any qualified. i wish that there would be a real contender so there could be real issues brought up and not everyone sidetracked with these absurd anti-gay rhetoric or whether or not evolution is real. >> let's play a clip fro

who think they might make a long list or short list are preparing right now so they are not taking aback that hits them. people are very enough informed by palin and by rick perry who seemed so unprepared in debates. >> the people throughout as surrogates and wing men for them, they're all men. i've asked all of them about this, marco rubio, florida. we're talking about states so important. questions about whether he's too young, not formed yet, not ready for prime time. clearly a rising star and has hispanic roots, cuban american. rob portman, ohio. another state that's critical for the republicans to win. rob portman has cabile( experience, senate experience. paul ryan, young, wisconsin. author of the medicare plan. >> the interesting thing about this is all of these folks are handling their own national personas carefully. rubio is the textbook example of rolling out that national profile. he was very careful not to be overexposed. his team has guarded his image and the amount of time that he spends in national media and he he's benefitted frd that. i think the front runner at the mo

he's taken him on, and i think that's taken newt gingrich aback because up physical that point mitt wasmuch playing the nice guy, the milquetoast guy and mitt has rolled up his sleeves and gotten kind of tough. >> what were you saying? you went uh-huh, will? >> to your bachmann thing. it is bachmann's former debate coach. >> okay. i want to play something romney said about gingrich on the campaign trail in florida today. listen, guys. >> i think for each of us if we fail somewhere, if we fail in a debate or fail to get the support of people, it's time to look in the mirror and my own view is the reason speaker gingrich has been having a hard time in florida is the people of florida have watched the debates, have listened to the speaker, have listened to the other candidates who have said mitt romney is the guy we're going to support. >> will, is that true? are we watching newt gingrich implode? >> you got a couple things going on. first the mechanical answer, the political answer. that is mitt romney has outspent newt gingrich something like $15 million to $3 million in florida. mitt ro

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. >> i think what i was most taken aback by was the way that joe paterno was fired.hletic director showed up at paterno's house and handed him a piece of paper with a phone number on it. when he called it a university official told paterno, in the best interest of the university, you are terminated. that is it. after all the years he served there. how did he handle it? how did he explain the story to you? >> as he explained to me, he and his wife sue were shocked. it happened at 10:00 at night, by phone. it was a very chilly dismissal. they were deeply upset for the first couple of days. he -- i asked him what his reaction was, he said initially, you know, he wanted to raise hell, as he put it. but he said he slept on it for a couple of nights and realized the better thing to do was to take the high road. he had 61 great years. he wanted to be grateful for the length of his career and grateful for his experience at penn state and didn't want to walk away bitter, as you heard. >> sally jenkins, we thank you so much for your time this morning for being with us. >> than

correspondent was when those auto sales numbers for december came out and for the full year, i was quite taken aback that at the end of the year, truck sales were very, very strong. ford was one of the big three that didn't take a bailout from the government. i'm a truck lover. ford saw truck sales jump almost 25% in december and almost 11% on the year. now, i asked ford's ceo if he felt that this was signaling a larger story about the economy as a whole, and here's what he told me. >> our best estimate right now is that we'll see a continued expansion of the u.s. gdp in the range of 2% to 3%. we're seeing all of the durable orders, also the construction and the demand for the pickup truck increasing. >> mickey, the idea here is that people keep their cars for a long time in america these days because they would have replaced them in 2008 or 2009 but things got tough and credit got hard to come by. now they're seeing a pickup in the economy and pickup trucks are what you need if you're a contractor. do you think there's a correlation or do you think people are just buying cars because cars are cool