we'll get the 411 on the 999 that anita perry says she dials 911 for. what it really means for the middle class and americans. that is what she really said. she said i want to dial 911. rick perry set to deliver a big policy speech today in pittsburgh. does he have the chance and the time to make a comeback? first today's trivia question. which member of congress ordered that bean soup be on the menu every day in the house restaurant? get me the answer at chuck todd@daily rundown. the answer is coming up. it's killing jonathan martin. he thinks he should know this answer. >> john dingle? >> i should know this. >>> mobile medical international, a builder of mobile surgical units, hit hard times in its first years of operations. owner rick cofrin asked employees to work without pay maintaining their health insurance. soon business boomed and the company was named the sba 2011 small business of the year. for more, watch "your business" sunday mornings at 7:30 on msnbc. >>> wall street getting a boost today for new numbers that show buying and selling is pic

ann romney and anita perry are now in this race, too. kelly o'donnell, nbc news, washington. >> and a program note, tomorrow on "meet the press" virginia governor bob mcdonnell and massachusetts governor deval patrick join david gregory to talk decision 2012 and a whole lot more. >>> what began with a small disorganized protest on wall street in lower manhattan here in new york has grown today to demonstrations nationwide against corporate greed. from new york to l.a., even up in maine, people took to the streets to express their anger and make sure their message is heard. but what exactly is their message? we sent nbc's michelle franzen to find out. >> we are the 99%! >> reporter: two weeks and counting. several hundred faithful protestors continue to camp out at a park near wall street. their numbers grow each day, fuelled by the power of social media. a few scuffles with nypd and the common threat of discontent over high unemployment and distrust of government and corporations. >> there's something unjust going on right now in this ec

if he is re-elected, i don't know that 40 years will be enough. >> so hearing anita perry unfiltered gave us a win do into what he was thinking. rick perry was asked about her comments and he said it is often the family members who feel a lot of this more personally than the candidates do. she said she understood this this would be tough and more intense than she expected, especially after being in public life for so long. she has been texas first lady longer than anyone else because her husband has been in office more than ten years. >> great look at that. thank you. a tornado touches down on a major highway. plus iphone frenzy. hundreds of people camping out to get their hands on the latest greatest iphone including an apple vip. a look at what is happening on wall street. the market is up right now. why? evidently we are spending more according to a new report. that's the good news on friday. [ female announcer ] when kate collects her pink yoplait lids she's supporting breast cancer programs for her neighbour's tennis instructor's daughter's 1st grade teacher who's also her mom. h

but according to the governor's wife anita perry, the real reason for governor rick perry's decline isuch more insidious. >> we've been brutalized by our opponents, our own party, so much of that is i think they look at him because of his faith. >> jon: two things. number one. where are you? you know, you know what's crazy about that painting behind her? i bet if you remove anita perry there's a picture of a woman who looks exactly like her already standing there... all right. and number two, republicans are brutalizing rick perry because of his faith? yes, no one gets it worse from the base of the republican party than evangelical christians. or as they're also known, the base of the republican party. but at least some evangelicals are fighting back. like first baptist church of dallas pastor and rick perry supporter robert jeffress who goes in hard on mitt romney supporters. >> mitt romney is a good, moral person but he's not a christian. mormonism is not christianity. it has always been considered a cult by the mainstream of christianity. >> jon: i mean, if y'all want to vote for a

it's perry, but i say it's anita. go. >> rick perry is speaking in pittsburgh.cy address. it will be a piece of his jobs and economy speech. it seems weird. it will focus on energy and tried to bring things around to the debate and didn't work that well and he can do better tomorrow. what do you say about anita? >> anita has been in south carolina today getting tough on mitt romney and getting tough saying he implied he may not have a moral that is the same compass that keeps him from being wishy washy and emotional. she is become an aggressive sur gal surigate. >> maybe she should be the candidate. >> it will be a big rick perry push on national coverage as well. thank you, sir. i'm chuck todd and tamron hall has a look at what's next. >> we are following developing news and the fallout of a major teacher's cheating scandal and the teachers could lose their licenses. this is a big scandal. plus, how can hurm an cain keep up with momentum now that he is leading in one poll. no prominent republicans have endorsed him and some people are calling him the front-runn

. >> reporter: a public display of the private side of anita perry today, exposing both her deep christian faith. >> amen. >> reporter: and deep frustration over attacks on her husband's campaign. >> we have been brutalized by our opponents in our own party. so much of that is i think they look at him because of his faith. >> reporter: at a prayer breakfast in south carolina where 60% of republican voters say they are christian, today mrs. perry wiped tears recalling her grandfather who had been a deakin and then used biblical references to declare god revealed to her that her husband of 29 years should run for president. >> he felt like he needed to see the burning bush. i said, look, let me tell you something. you may not see that burning bush, but there are people seeing that burning bush for you. >> reporter: governor perry's campaign soared at first but faded after poor debate performances. >> i think the debates have been unfair. i think he's been the recipient of arrows. >> reporter: mrs. perry's tone took on a sharp edge later today at more secular campaign events, mockin

>> reporter: a public display of the private side of anita perry today. exposing both her deep christian faith. >> like amen. >> amen. >> reporter: and deep frustration over a attacks on her husband's campaign. >> we've been brutalized by our opponents and our party, so much of that is i think they look at him because of his faith. >> reporter: at a prayer breakfast in south carolina where 60% of republican voters say they are christian, today mrs. perry wiped tears recalling her grandfather who had been a decon then used biblical references to declare god revealed to her that her husband of 29 years should run for president. >> he felt like he needed to see the burning bush. i said, look, let me tell you something, you may not see that burning bush, but there are people that have seen that burning bush for you. >> reporter: governor perry's campaign soared at first but faded after poor debate performances. >> i think the debates have been unfair. i think he's been the recipient of arrows. >> reporter: mrs. perry's tone took on a sharp edge at more secula

you have anita perry out there crying about the memory of her grandfather who she apparently still communeswith in the afterlife, comparing perry's candidacy for president to moses leasing the israelites out of egypt and the burning bush and it's really whackadoo stuff. you have marcus bachmann in reparative therapy. michelle obama's comments in 2008 about being proud of her country seems like childs play, compared to other political spouses. >> how much more shopping at target do we expect to see? the challenging is she's no longer that, you know, relatively simple mother of two who she was in the last presidential campaign. she's first lady of the united states of america. >> sure. >> how do you humanize her? >> like i said, i think michelle obama really connects with the american voter and i think there's a sort of -- there's a pre-existing mystery. there's a sort of not lust but a real intrigue around the first lady which is why she can command $10,000 for a photo op. the first lady holds the keys to the president's mind and heart. i think because of that and the fact she has not endure

if he's re-elected i don't know that 40 years is going to be enough. >> reporter: although anita perry has been first lady longer than anyone in texas history that public life has apparently not made the scrutiny and strain any easier seeing her husband run for president. kelly o'donnell, nbc news, washington. >>> we have a health story in the news tonight. an update on the outbreak of the deadly bacteria linked to cantaloupe. two more people have died bringing the death toll to 23 now making this officially the worst case of food-borne illness in 25 years in this country. 116 people in 25 states have gotten sick. health officials say it can take months for symptoms to appear. they say people could have been eating the bad products as far back as july and not know it. >>> up next on "nightly news" tonight, an iconic american brand fighting to stay alive as the focus of the nation changes. >>> and later a commoner who's now a queen after a royal wedding in a place none of us really ever get to see. that's a coffee and two pills. the afternoon tour begins with more pain and more pills. t

here is anita perry?hcare professional, when i hear 9-9-9, i want to call 911 because it will raise the taxes. if you have a sales tax in south carolina, correct? we have a sales tax in texas. it will take our sales tax which is 8.2%. it will be 17% when i walk out of here. it will be the same thing to you. it's simple. he doesn't need a 9-9-9 plan, he doesn't need a 59-point plan. he has one plan. and he knows how to do it because he's done it in texas. and he has the conservative vision to get our america working again. bill: that was from yesterday. is that effective? >> i'm glad she didn't say the devil is in the dough tails or try to flip the 9-9-9 over. but where cain is not a threat yet, is in organization and fundraising. that's the key right now. if you want to win iowa and winn hampshire in those key early states. we may be voting next week on the primaries. bill: what did you think of his wife, juan? >> well, you know, she goes on to say she is the one that encouraged him to run. it makes it se

i would suggest, thomas, that anita perry, 2.0 probably won't be speaking to a reporter in the car about. thing that's over. >> what do you think about it and the big number that's going to help rick perry with the $15 million in the bank, use it wisely, right? >> absolutely. i think we see them being trotted out because they offer a measure of authenticity. after the last debate you had rick perry actually making out with his wife anne on stage. she's been trotted out because she's a lot more likeable. as to your question about money, i think you're already seeing tremendous money being dumped into the ad wars, both in english and in spanish, which i think is very interesting. i think for romney, he's trying to shore up, make it clear that this is his race, and for perry, this is all about taking romney down. >> alicia menendez, robert traynham. thank you. have a wonderful weekend. >> thank you. >> if you still have an iphone 4, you're already out of date. the new phone has tons of new features that apple customers are going to love. even apple co-founder steve wozniak lined up to get h

anita perry, governor perry's wife, had something to say today about how tough the campaign has been so far. [inaudible] >> anita perry saying that his faith is something that is causing them to be criticized. but then there is want a lot of evidence about that. but i guess, i would imagine that they just feel under the gun and besieged. but that's what you are going to get, right? >> welcome to presidential politics, anita. you would think that she would know this, running in texas, her husband's run before. but presidential politics is a really big deal. as you know, it's a big deal. i don't think it has as much to do with his religion. i think they have gone after him on that. but it's because he was flailing in the debates. i'm glad he came out with an actual plan. i think it makes sense. it's short term and long term. some of the other g.o.p. plans are more long term, like reforming the tax code, you can't do that right away. a lot of perry's stuff, you can do right away. >> let me say, though, usually bringing your wife out in situations like this is a much more situation than

anita perry, governor perry's wife, had something to say today about how tough the campaign has beenr. [inaudible] >> anita perry saying that his faith is something that is causing them to be criticized. but then there is want a lot of evidence about that. but i guess, i would imagine that they just feel under the gun and besieged. but that's what you are going to get, right? >> welcome to presidential politics, anita. you would think that she would know this, running in texas, her husband's run before. but presidential politics is a really big deal. as you know, it's a big deal. i don't think it has as much to do with his religion. i think they have gone after him on that. but it's because he was flailing in the debates. i'm glad he came out with an actual plan. i think it makes sense. it's short term and long term. some of the other g.o.p. plans are more long term, like reforming the tax code, you can't do that right away. a lot of perry's stuff, you can do right away. >> let me say, though, usually bringing your wife out in situations like this is a much more situation than he is

for rick perry, hissy motional wife anita hayes said attacks on her husband have been prompted not bymance in the debates but because of his personal faith, enduring a major media blitz today, governor perry told anyone who'd listen he's still in the race as the true conservative. now there's this. a 41 page jobs plan that governor perry claims will create 1.2 million jobs, but also deconstruct the environmental protection agency. so is this the plan that will resurrect rick perry's campaign? jonathan alter, msnbc political analyst and columnist with bloomberg view and karen finney, also a political analyst and former communications director for the dnc. good afternoon to both. karen, if i can start with you, anita perry said the attacks were based on his christian beliefs. i can't recall anyone attacking his personal faith. is she diverting grief in an order not to confront the truth, which is that her husband may not be a good bet for president? >> i have to say, spouses always have a tough time i think seeing their loved one or loved ones in general attacked. she has to buck up. th

speaking of rick perry, anita perry had an eye catching quote.brutalized, eaten up, chewed up in the press and attributed it in part to her husband's faith. >> i am sure it is difficult to be in a national campaign and in particular to see your husband -- >> he is running for president. >> she's the wife of the gop hopeful, but when i hear that, again, to bore into the spouse's remarks rather than say look, she is a spouse, she is not running, has a personal vested interest. michelle obama -- >> i am not criticizing anita perry, i am saying does she have a legitimate beef. >> there is a bias against rick perry in the press, that's clear. i think it is a personality. >> style? >> it is his style and he obviously has contempt for the press. that probably makes it mutual. others are better at -- >> you say reporters, particularly of eastern establishment variety, not sympathetic to kind of a cowboy shoots at the lip texan? >> not george w. bush, but it is a matter of him being seen as alien creature. >> they don't like candidates that drop their gs.

and as of today, rick perry has personally, after anita talked to him, anita perry, his wife, talked to him, called joe alba, who ran the operation, be sure the trains ran on time, the organization of george bush 11 years ago, in the 2000 presidential race, and asked alba to come on board and take over the campaign, which he is going to do. so they understand that they have a problem. >> he also -- he also ran fema during katrina, right, wayne? >> no, he ran katrina -- he ran fema right before katrina. he had the good -- >> no, don't -- >> -- wisdom to leave and become a private consultant. >> the interesting thing -- >> great job, brownie. >> the guys that rick perry picked up, a lot of them worked for rick scott, the governor of florida. now, remember, rick scott was head of a company that was charged $1.7 billion in fines and damages for defrauding medicare. and they got that guy elected governor. so if i were mitt romney, or somebody else, and saw these guys coming into rick perry's camp, i would say, maybe this guy does have a second chance here. we ought to be worried about a p

that sets us apart at phoenix.edu. >>> south carolina today, an emotional and protect speech from anita perryovernor rick perry. listen to what she said at a southern baptist liberal arts school. >> we realize that our opponents in our party so much today, i think they look at him because of his faith. he's the only true conservative. well, there are some conservatives and they are there for good reasons. and they may feel like i called him too. but i truly feel like we are here for that purpose. >> still with us, alex cast anno. alex, i want to start with you. brutalized by our republican opponents, and because of his faith, they may think they have a calling, but we truly feel that's why we're here. how is that going to play? >> i don't think that plays very well. being the victim, that means you're losing. and it's kind of playing the loser card. it's really the mark about i think a fairly disspirited campaign. they have good reason to be. he's had a couple of terrible debates. but he's got a lot of money in the bank. he's a very aggressive campaigner. i think he would be -- he would be mo

is the claim by anita perry fact or fiction? guy named his own price, wants a room tonight for 65 dollars. we don't go lower than 130. big deal, persuade him. is it wise to allow a perishable item to spoil? he asked, why leave a room empty? the additional revenue easily covers operating costs. 65 dollars is better than no dollars. okay. $65 for tonight. you can't argue with a big deal. so if i didn't know better i'd say you're having some sort of big tire sale. yes we are. yeah. how many tires does ford buy every year? over 3 million. you say you can beat any advertised price on tires? correct. anywhere? yes. like this price? yes. riously? yes what about this one? i'll beat it. this one? s we will. right, i only have one more question for you...this one? (laughing) yeah. get $100 rebate when you buy four tires. 100 bucks! only at your ford dealer. 3 million tires. 11 major brands, fiona's kind-of-nice. i don't know why you're not here. jrks. >>> sometimes candidate spouses say the darnest things. >> i suppose i could have stayed

anita perry has been everywhere on the campaign lately. d, george, she takes attacks on her husband personally and is not afraid to fire back at his critics. rick perry is bringing out the big guns sending his wife, anita, on the campaign trial. yesterday, she took a whack at herman cain and his 9-9-9 economic plan. >> when i hear 9-9-9, i want to call 911. >> reporter: perry and his wife first met in elementary school. and have been married for 29 years. she's his most forceful advocate. >> it's kind of been a brutal month but we're survivors and warriors. we're climbing up that hill to save america. >> reporter: perry zoomed to the top when he got into the race two months ago. since then, he's been in something of a freefall. in 1 poll dropping 22 points. his campaign has been stymied by bad debate performances. >> was it was before he was before the social programs -- >> reporter: anita perry accused the other candidates of ganging up on her husband. >> i think these debates have been unfair. i think he's been the recipient of arrows. >>

>> this is anita perry 1.0. anita perry 2.0 will probably be much more polished and dignified.l spouse has gone through this. we saw this with hillary clinton, and michelle obama when the campaign had to go in and retool her image to a degree. this is normal on a presidential scale. it's unfortunate. but she's being human and defending her husband. >> i agree with that, too. >> all right. cheri has a double opinion going on. haley barber sees big things for cain now apparently. look at what he told laura ingram. >> if herman cain is running against obama, i think he will sweep the south. he is likable. he does not give you the impression that he's full of himself, but rather that he is a straight-talking person who will tell you like te sees it. >> do you agree? is cain the man to beat obama? cheri? >> yes, i think if he's the nominee, he most certainly can. haley barbour is one of the smartest guys in politics. cain could do very well with this. establishment folks are still getting used to the idea of herman cain, but grass roots have been on to this guy for quite a long time

perry's wife, anita perry, making news for remarks she made during an appearance in south carolina yesterday. mrs. perry talking about the rigors of campaigning and what she feels is driving the criticism of her husband. >> this has been a rough month. i don't need to tell you we've been brutalized and beaten up and chewed up in the press. we've been brutalized by our opponents and our party so much of that i think they look at him because of his faith. he's the only true conservative. i truly feel like we are here for that purpose. >> mrs. perry saying god called governor perry to this race saying the husband was happy being governor but she encouraged him to run because she felt washington was lacking leadership. one of perry's rivals former godfather ceo continues his surge in the polls his signature economic plan is drawing increased scrutiny. the 999 proposal would reform the current tax code cutting it down to a 9% personal income tax, 9% corporate tax and 9% national sales tax. the plan is getting mixed reviews with "the washington post" offering this critique -- herman cain will sit

. >> anita perry went on to say, we didn't have to do this. she says we are running to save our children and the soul of the country. end quote. >>> presidential candidate herman cain is on a roll in more ways than one. he's kicking off a bus tour across tennessee next hour. cain, the former pizza executive, has surged to the top of the republican field in one national poll. cain says his bus tour is part of a state-by-state strategy to win the nomination. >>> police in seal beach, california, will try to fill in the blanks in this week's mass shooting. they'll speak to reporters about three hours from now. last night there were tears and candlelight for the eight people killed at a hair salon. reports say a custody battle set off the suspect and his ex-wife is among the dead. >>> bangkok could see its worst monsoon floods in decades. this weekend thai officials are counting on flood walls to keep the city center dry. but many surrounding areas are already under water. it's forced 15 elephants onto a rooftop at their sanctuary. >> we're obviou