amy gardner, who was his audience?terms of the audience in the room and the larger audience in the republican field? guest: in iowa, republican electorate is dominated, perhaps even more so than other states, by evangelical, christian voters. it is certain people who are pro-life and want to hear candidates say unequivocally that they are opposed to abortion. we have heard some different answers from herman cain, for example, who has said that he is opposed to abortion in all cases, even in cases such as rape or when it threatens the life of the mother, but he has also equivocated. host: jonathan martin, two candidates who were not there -- jon huntsman and mitt romney. guest: mitt romney has decided he is not going to go to the cattle call -- every cattle call. he is not going to try to curry favor with every party leader, every interest-group leader. i think that this is emblematic of that attack -- tack. he has been very careful. so, adding this reflects romney's sort of caution -- i think this reflects romney's sau

amy gardner, who was his audience?terms of the audience in the room and the larger audience in the republican field? guest: in iowa, republican electorate is dominated, perhaps even more so than other states, by evangelical, christian voters. it is certain people who are pro-life and want to hear candidates say unequivocally that they are opposed to abortion. we have heard some different answers from herman cain, for example, who has said that he is opposed to abortion in all cases, even in cases such as rape or when it threatens the life of the mother, but he has also equivocated. host: jonathan martin, two candidates who were not there -- jon huntsman and mitt romney. guest: mitt romney has decided he is not going to go to the cattle call -- every cattle call. he is not going to try to curry favor with every party leader, every interest-group leader. i think that this is emblematic of that attack -- tack. he has been very careful. so, adding this reflects romney's sort of caution -- i think this reflects romney's sau

then jonathan martin and amy gardner on the latest developments in the 2012 presidential campaign.rnal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> it is just to me very obvious that with all the priorities we have, and they're all worthy, until further notice, every decision the national government makes, every close call should be made in favor of economic growth. every type should be broken in favor of growth of the private sector. >> he worked as an adviser in the reagan white house, omb director and george w. bush's administration and he implemented budget cuts that produced $1 billion in surplus. mitch daniels on his decision not to run for president in 2012 at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c- span's today. >> on friday, president obama honored the recipients of the 2010 medal of science and technology. it is the highest honor bestowed on scientists and innovators. the president discussed the importance of making investments and speeding up the transfer of new ideas from the laboratory to the marketplace. from the east room of the white house, this is 20 minutes. >> welcome, everybody. pl

amy gardner, thank you so much, from the washington post. >> my pleasure. >> in the twist after missing. police are executing a search warrant for the irwin family home. and her parents are barred until further notice. a fourth search attempt after wooded area near the home turned up no results. there are inconsistencies in deb bra bradley's time line from the moment her 10-month-old girl disappeared. >>> the possible twister left behind a two-mile trail of damage, tossing car necessities path and damaging several homes. there are no reports of injuries or casualties. it's been raining in south florida since the weekend and more rain is expected today. >>> steve jobs is what we will talk about right now. apple stores across the country going to be very quiet around midday today. they are closing at 1 eastern time for abo90 minutes so emplos can be part of a memorial service. employees can watch a live webcast. steve jobs died on october 5th after a long battle with cancer. >>> dozens of dangerous animals running a muck in ohio. like lions and grizzly bears. we will tell you how they all

then, a political roundtable with jonathan martin and amy gardner on the latest developments in the 2012 campaign. >> on sunday, senator tom harkin will talk about the recent work on the note child left behind act -- no child left legislation.d jobs >> former mexican president vicente fox talked about mexico's drug war and made the case for legalizing drugs. he said one benefit would be that the billions of dollars of revenue will not be flown into the hands of cartel but rather to the government. this is hosted by the cato institute. it is about 35 minutes. >> the united states has been fighting drug trafficking for a least 40 years since president nixon declared a war on drugs to prevent them from being readily consumed in this country. washington has led an increasingly aggressive international war on drugs. that has been a policy that has been proven impotent to stop drug use. the supply-side campaign against drugs is at a high cost. it has come at a high cost for drug transit and drug producing companies -- countries. milton friedman observed that as a nation we have been destroying

and at the political roundtable with jonathan martin and amy gardner on the latest developments in the 2004 presidential campaign. "washington journal" live at 7:00 on c-span. speaking in front of the small business committee, he faced criticism from the ranking republican on the committee. the >> i was here when president reagan was elected. we had 10.8% unemployment. guess what -- he had a democratic house and a republican senate. we worked hand in glove to get it done for the american people. rome is burning. it is facing the decimation of our community. they want help. they feel they are not getting any difference from the administration and in congress for that matter. if you are talking about policies in 2014, 2015, 2016 -- we have had three years of virtually the same unemployment numbers as we do today. that is the point. this is nothing new. we need to get a head of the curve at some point. we need to make changes to our tax and regulatory policies. i am hearing it from everybody from fortune 502 companies of 3 or 1. everybody is saying the same thing. uncertainty has a huge p

social security recipients who get a 3.6% increase in benefits next year, and jonathan martin and amy gardnerticipate in a roundtable discussion regarding the latest developments in the 2012 presidential campaign. thank you very much for watching today's program. we will see you again tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern.

amy, think you for your great work out here, and thank you for everyone joining us together. -- thank you for your great work out here. >> thank you. gardner speaker iour next speaka gilete. it is through the mayor's office, the cities targeted effort to improve commercial districts, particularly in this more struggling area. the idea of the door front cleaning project, the beautification project is really just additional go on a lot of projects that have been done over the years, really exciting ones, including the good will tower, which you can see it. that was restoration that was a partnership between our office and the excelsior action group. >> hi, i am a member of excelsior active group's steering committee, co-chaired fort excelsior beautification. of the excelsior action group mission is to revitalize excelsior corridor. these funds, which support the local merchants, will go along way to enhancing the vitality and appearance of the excelsior corridor. we welcome the opportunity to partner with local merchants on behalf of the excelsior. with those of you -- for those of you not familiar, we are a community action group that was f