congresswoman bachman put in two requests for money from the very agency president bachman would aboli in mike pappin. you get the $64 question at the end of the program tonight. is michele bachmann a socialist in disguise? >> what she is, is, she's a perfect reflection of the tea party mind. it is this. she tells other people they need to make sacrifices, she tells other people they should do without, bachman doesn't want to do without. she doesn't think obama's stimulus program was a good idea until she needs it. when she wants to fund her rail park in minnesota, while she's out attacking obama, she's secretly asking for money to fund her rail park. she's >> ed, there's always been this quiet back story that follows bachman, it is that she's a sophisticated grister, a sophisticated fraud in her political life and private life. i tell you this, she is perfect for the tea party, she's the upcoming queen of the tea party, the tea party deserves michele bachmann with their 55% approval rate. they certainly deserve her, and she certainly deserves them. >> do you expect anybody on the tea

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you talk to some supporters of michelle bachman.ut here and support her. they thought she had a really good performance. they thought tim pawlenty was picking on her and they've seen more resolve to do that. otherwise i think that's probably the only effect. maybe the santorum -- talk about people who didn't leave the tent. people did not leave the rick santorum tent because they were committed to him. he said a lot of good things at the debate. >> bret: when we come back, we'll talk about the newest addition to the gop field, governor rick perry from texas. more with the panel in a moment. [ jon ] we don't just come up here for the view up in alaska. it's the cleanest, clearest water. we find the best, sweetest crab for red lobster we can find. yeah! [ male announcer ] hurry in to crabfest at red lobster. the only time you can savor three sweet alaskan crab entrees all under $20, like our hearty crab and roasted garlic seafood bake or sn crab and crab butter shrimp. [ jon i wouldn'tut it my table at home, i wouldn't bring it in. my

i'm shocked by this, coming from congresswoman bachman. it's the one thing that voters dislike more than a candidate who doesn't agree with them on issues. as a candidate, they feel they will flip-flop on an issue. they fundamentally cannot trust that candidate. if you can't trust the candidate, i don't care what your position is on health care, gays and lesbians. they're not going to give you the benefit of the doubt in any of those areas. as a woman candidate, there are stereotypes that she has to deal with that male candidates don't. this is also become problematic if you look like you're being dodgy or ducking the issue, or you're not certain about the issue, it also feeds into a stereotype that's harmful to women candidates. >> why do you think she's ducking this question? >> or do you think she's ducking the question? >> well, i don't necessarily know that she's ducking the question. i think she's answered it over and over again, and my assumption is that if she's now running, she's running for the presidency, maybe she feels that th

. >> reporter: michele bachman won the iowa straw poll. it is the first test over republican presidential stay power. the campaign rallied supporters outside while inside the candidates made their final pitch for votes. they united behind their goal to unseat president obama. >> mr. president, get the government off our backs. >> reporter: the party favorite michelle bachman emphasized her value. >> in iowa, we are social conservatives and we will never be ashamed of being social conservatives. >> reporter: the straw poll is the unofficial kickoff for the candidates' election policy and is a big fund-raiser for the iowa gop. thousands get up close with the candidates, listen to music and pay $30 to cast their ballots. the campaigns often foot the bill. >> we are going to vote here today and pay our own way because we don't want to be beholden for someone. >> reporter: for patrick dempsey's family they know their candidate i ron paul. >> i think it is great that people come out and get involved about the political process rather than sit at

marcus bachman is, and text the word awake, followed by your response. we'll read the best responses, as we always do, later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this wednesday, august 10th. a lot to tell you about today, including the first picks in the 2011 congressional supercommittee fantasy draft. we'll tell you who harry reid has chosen. >>> plus, what in the wild world of sports is going on here? seriously. how does that happen? honestly, i don't know. we'll find out together a bit later in the show. >>> first, let's get to the news, live at 5:30 a.m., here at 30 rock in new york city. >>> markets around the world are reacting after a tumultuous trading session on wall street yesterday. news causing the stocks to rise, fall and rise again. the s&p 500 jumps 53 points for a gain of 4.7%. those were the biggest one-day point and percentage gain for the two indices since march 2009. cnbc's sue herrera recaps yesterday's wild ride on wall street. >> reporter: ahead of the federal reserve's statement, stocks were up more than

perry and bachman, that works to romney's advantage.likes three horse race and perry and bachmann can splinter a vote. evangelical christians and people without a college degree. to extent that they split that vote, romney's he's gvantage. >> sng fner or later one denuld emerge and one-on-one con tellings going into new ham hire or-- pl> sng fner other later, but perry's time spent upon bachmann. >> i need to shift gear, james, to the donors are sitting on the sidelines and saying we don't like, we really don't lbachmae this fiel what is it that's, that this field doesn't have and what are they waiting for? pl> well, i think that there's a sense that we're-- this bizarre point where most of the stars of the republican party are not in this race and you think about paul ryan in teetts of among the washington heased. >> house budget chairman. >> elected officials, house bun themment intellectual force on spending, and chris christie in new jersey, kind of the defacto leader the republican party nationwide and making the case against gover

what advice, let's start with bachman. you said talk economy. what advice would you give her beyond that? >> go to new hampshire tomorrow. put a 21-point plan together how you're going to grow america's economy, your strategy for america's success in a global frontier. >> perry? >> perry, perry's conservative enough to win. his i think biggest challenge is going to be not only authenticity but it's going to be is he an echo of the last election. george bush, texas, same kind you have ideology. same texas boots and we lost. is he a sequel to the movie that nobody went to see last time? he's got to distinguish himself from that. >> ron paul was second. does he stand a chance? he's very popular here. you can't walk an inch without seeing a butcher sticker, a button, something, a t-shirt, a tattoo of him. but does he stand a chance? >> and sometimes the most intense campaigns are the least successful. george mcgovern, barry goldwater. he doesn't travel. he doesn't appeal to anything beyond a very narrow base. but it's funny. he's become almost an el

so we go to the archives to find out some specifics on bachman as n plan. we found a video of her on the stump in iowa last month. >> just three western states have more shale oil. we have 25% of the world's coal. we have trillions of cubic quar feet of gas. you're part of the wind tunnel in the united states. we've got wind. we've got solar. we've got all of the above. why not focus on american energy production? and you're part of that solution here in iowa. i'm for all of the above and i'm for american energy independence, not dependence on opec. >> okay. bachmann wants to drill, baby, drill in america. folks, those are the same policies president george w. bush used to push gas prices to a record record $4.61 in 2008. she wants an all of the above energy policy that includes wind and solar. but check it out. bachmann voted against the energy and job creation act of 2008. the big included a six-year extension of the investment tax credit for solar energy. and a one year extension of the production tax credit for wind energy. what is she talking about? th

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bachman is using it to raise money. this line was in a fund-raising e-mail she sent out yesterday. i am offended by vice president biden's irresponsible words. and need your immediate support to defend myself and fellow tea party members right away. the attack on biden for an unsubstantiated quote isn't the only game in town. the king of no spin is accusing me and other liberals of unfairly equating the debate over the debt ceiling bill to a hostage taking operation by the republican party. mr. o'reilly took offense to my analogy on his program last night. >> they tried to brand the tea party racists, but that attempt failed as the election last november indicated. now the uber left are at it again, trying to say the party is like terrorists. >> these tea party guys are wearing dynamite in times square at the height of rush hour. you tell me how those kind of stand-offs happen. >> once having been successful at blindfolding the american public, putting a gun to the president's head, forcing him to read into law or to sign into law this extraordinary act of i think unpatriotic and i

bachman, 4823, that's 4,823.talking small numbers here, but big in iowa terms. >> paul, 4,671. very close. >> 4,671. 293, 2293, pawlenty. cain, 1456. romney, 567. gingrich, 385. huntsman, 69. mccotter, 35. >> well, a tough number there for tim pawlenty. not to even be a close third. but energy-wise, the results matched what we saw outside. paul and bachmann had the energy here today. >> ron paul has bragging rights, a committed base. >> absolutely. andrea mitchell, we have to keep covering this because there's a lot to go to. you are watching a special primetime edition of "the daily rundown." we'll be right back. just one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defends against occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas and bloating. with three strains of good bacteria to help balance your colon. you had me at "probiotic." [ female announcer ] phillips' colon health. you had me at "probiotic." naturals from delicious, real ingredients with no artificial flavors or preservatives. naturals from purina cat chow

michele bachman won the informal poll.the congresswoman, a tea party favorite, a social conservative. she has organizational skills and can put fire in the bellies of activists. shaken put behind her some of the dumb things she said in the past. we have seen governor rick perry, the texas governor, jump into the race boots first. i saw him sunday night against michele bachman. he can work your room. he can hold a room. he has 10 years' experience in texas and a record of job creation against the failures of the last few years for the obama administration. we still have mitt romney with a good organization, good funding. i think you see a race between three people. it will be possibly a long one which tests them all hard. >> there have been three candidates against president obama. which of the sides is offering the policies that are going to convince america we can get the economy back on track and confidence back in the hearts of americans? >> i am not sure, but why there is always a dynamic to elections that the incumben

again, with the evangelical base, you know, the base and i can see perry and walk -- bachman. >> the real vote in iowa is january this fall, thanksgiving season will be the big talk about iowa. what do you see there? will perry walk in and be king there? >> not necessarily. i think the party has shifted toward the evangelical base. it's a caucus in iowa not everybody showing up in a primary vote. it's like everybody has to be on public display when they vote, which affects it. i think you've got iowa in one direction, new hampshire in another and south carolina, the third part of the triad, becomes where the playoff game takes place. you've got both libertarian types and evangelical types in south carolina. >> your big call, david ignatius, who will be in the driver's seat? will the tea party people be running the republican party or running along supporting buffalo bill? >> it depends on whether the public acts -- reacts against the sense that an extremist wing has taken over. if they say this isn't my party, i want out, you'll see a big reaction. but that would require more, strong

let people like michelle bachman keep their money. how much are you keeping when we have the poverty. tavis: the new book, "surviving and thriving: 365 facts in black economics history", dr. malveaux, economist extraordinary. good to have you on the program. always a pleasure, tavis. thank you so much. tavis: up next, a look at our conversation with the now late peter falk. stay with us. tavis: when we learned that peter falk passed away near l.a. thursday night we immediately thought of his memorable appearance on this program back in 2005. he joined us along with paul reiser where the two played father and son. they turned out to be a very entertaining match. >> i wrote this for him and i had no backup plan. if he said no, it was going to be me and walter cronkite. tavis: why peter falk? >> i don't know. >> tell him the story. >> i'm telling the story. >> then i can tell you my story. >> do you to yell at me on national television? is that necessary? my dad is a little cranky. i grew up. i loved peter falk. i just always zeroed in o

that's michelle bachman. is it sexist? to back down. but we'll debate it. is that the best photo they could have come up with? it's a bird, it's a plane. no, it's a female banker taking to the skies with a message for angry lawmakers. hear why she wants them all fired. [ female announcer ] so you think your kids are getting enough vegetables? maybe not. v8 v-fusion juice gives them a full serving of vegetables plus a full serving of fruit. but it just tastes like fruit. [ male announcer ] get five dollars in money-saving coupons at v8juice.com. fiber one. h, forgot jack cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? um... try the number one! [ jack ] yeah, ts is pretty good. [ male announcer ]alf a day's worth of fiber. fiber one. >> steve: welcome back. we got some headlines on this wednesday morning. the f.b.i. is now involved in the case of a missing three-year-old girl from missouri. they are offering a $45,000 for information leading to finding her. she vanished while riding her pink bike outside her family's home on saturday

he is running against bachman. look, we will know soon enough. i generally think that has to be about the person running it. if he was running against obama, the spot might be more effective. it's not a huge disagreement that we have. >> look at the picture of michelle bachman. the headline the queen of rage. a lot of folks say that photo is not very flattering. he is looking up and not looking straight. is that cover fair or not fair? >> i think when the national organization for women and the "new york times" defend michelle bachman, you know somebody has gone too far. the businesses are falling apart these days and they are struggling for eyeballs. they overreached a little bit. look how gracefully she handled this. she has a bit of margaret thatcher in here and ignoring this and focusing on the issues gracefully done. at the end of the day, this is not so much an issue about feminism. you wouldn't have done this if she was a guy. this is about elitism. there was a group of people in washington and new york who think the people that cling bitt

one of the things you noticed is that marcus bachman is pulling people in -- >> the polls have closed. you know, the polls closed a couple of minutes ago. and the last five minutes, doing all -- you sensed the urgency in the bachmann campaign. it's been a tough 48 hours for them. they've taken hits from pawlenty. and while their folks feel good at how that came -- came off on television, i think she's realizing that the perry announcement means she has to win here. there's no second place for michele bachmann. >> it was a really awkward moment when our alex moll caught up with sarah palin at the iowa fair and asked how she felt about that "newsweek" cover and all the beating up on bachman. and the question about whether or not she's submissive. and she said, well, i wouldn't be submissive to my husband. >> right. you know, it's a question i think she's got to answer in a way -- you know, what folks don't realize at the debate is there was another way, there was another way that she had said it herself, and i think that was what was so confusing to folks when the question was asked. an

he's not the real problem despite what perry, bachman, romney and paul would have you believe.himself f the recession is like blaming you for the jersey shore. they should keep differences quiet and unify behind the president and help us or get the hell out of the way. jerry writes no because it would be a suicide mission. any serious challenge to obama would weaken obama or not nate a candidate who is stripped the candidacy. kim writes the democratic party is a whipping boy for the republicans i seriously doubt there is a dam create in the country who has the backbone to rescue us from republican hell. >> michael on facebook, if you want a name, general wesley clark. i know he is not a democrat and i would like too see sanders run. outside possibility warren buffett. president obama is capable, but needs better advisers and i need him to be a lot more aggressive who would that be? they are all on vacation. we ought to run two republicans. cheryl said jack, my dear, i say this with love. you have to let go to the fantasy of hillary running against obama. it ain't gonna happen.

choctaw, bachman verses polanski, was that the hottest one-on-one thing? >> there was no doubt about it. 1 other thing that struck me was something i wanted to say before the break. watching tim hit michele. i agree, it was eugene that said this. if you were scoring it at the time, okay, bob -- michele got the exchange in those debates, 2007, particularly that one debate. i got a sense it exposed some real weaknesses. romney and perry, essentially, the play book on how to go after her. assuming, maybe he wins the stronghold and gets his mojo back and he is able to get out of the show. if that doesn't happen, though, i would not be provided the blueprint as to how he sort of threw himself on the grenade and tried to stop her if you were romney or rick perry. >> this is a very important point because i think for the men on that panel taking on the only woman on the panel is difficult. it seems that romney will want him to stay on as long as he can. >> i want to point out what michelle said about tim's record is accurate. the raising of the taxes and the budg

bill: michelle bachman. congressman newt gingrich. how are you doing, sir, should geithner go? should never be confirmed in the first place. he failed to pay $40,000 of his income tax and yet got confirmed by the senate. it was unbelievable when he announced that he was going to step aside after we raised the debt ceiling. in the midst of this fiasco that he said would happen if we raised the debt ceiling, the president calls him up and says, tim me, you're doing a great job. won't you stay on until the end of 2012. i think he needs to go and he needs to go now. he is the last of the economic team of president obama and they were a dismal failure, and he led the team and i call for his immediate resignation or dismissal. bill: he was on one of the business networks last night, not necessarily addressing that direct question, but suggesting that this whole debt debate is what has dragged us even lower, just roll this and i'll ask you about it. >> they like many people looked at this terrible debate we had over the past three months, should the u.s. default or not, a very remarka

michelle bachman is actually going to be your guest this sunday on fox news sunday. right? the ames straw poll tomorrow, she's the favorite. so if she wins, she gets a boost. if she doesn't, there will be questions as to why. we'll have an interesting interview with her sunday and you're right, one of the highlights of the debate besides my sparring match with newt was tim pawlenty and bachman going at each other. i think there is only one ticket out of iowa for the two of them and they were really pulling to see who will get it. >> gretchen: by the way, you don't have any spinach between your teeth. >> clayton: you look fabulous. >> gretchen, hi, i just want to say hello, gretchen. >> gretchen: oh, thank you. i appreciate that. we got to wrap it up. we'll see you again next friday. bye. >> you bet. >> steve: meanwhile, we have headlines for this friday. a bizarre twist in the case of robin guarderren, that american woman who disappeared in aruba more than a week ago. her on again, off again boyfriend, now back in maryland, says somebody signed on to her e-mail account. the

and there is a suggestion that that could bode well for ron paul or michelle bachman. there is a lot of nail biting going on. >> bret: all right. we'll check in in a bit. one man who carries a lot of weight with these voters isn't on my ballot, but he is on the radio. steve brown says he has a knack for heating things up. >> all right. finish the sentence for me 'cause we have heard this a million times. it's not ron paul i don't like. it's ron paul's supporters. >> supporters. >> the des moines register calls him a conservative blow torch. >> the problem pawlenty has is he didn't stand up to the high school quarterback and now he's picking on the captain of the cheerleading squad. >> now he's back on the radio air waves and that's bad news for the republican presidential field. >> what i want to do this time is traumatize pretty much all of them. >> he's part of a new iowa breed of republican activists. >> there is a new crop of evangelical conservatives who are unbending, uncompromising, and are tired of being told one thing when another thing happens and he is the m

. >> the the winner of the 2011 iowa straw poll is congresswoman michelle bachman. >> the minnesota congresswoman took first place with 29 percent of the folk, congressman ron paul took a close second at 28%, tim pawlenty finished third. nine candidates made on the ballot, but not all the candidates stopped in iowa this weekend. former gov. mit romney elected not to attend, jon huntsman, jr skipped the event and texas gov. rick perry that the not appear on the ballot, but received over 700 right in votes officially entered on saturday. he >> it is time to get a miracle working again and that is why with the support my family and unwavering belief in the goodness of america i declare to you today as a candidate for president of the united states. >> the results from the troppo could boost, were booed candidates from the race to the gop nomination. >> it is no secret the defending champions have been struggling a little bit. we will show you whether or not they can get their fourth win. nintendo is slashing the price of its hand-held game device to get a look at what is forcing them to do so. ♪ [ w

it's a significant over shadow potential for michelle bachman as well. rick perry is casting himself as a straupb much evangelical conservative, and that is in fact the niche that michelle bachman has been cultivating in her run for the republican nomination, and poll after poll shows that if perry were to get into the race he would immediately be contending forefront runner status against either bachman or romney, leaving the rest of the field essentially way, way back. so perry is poised to do this. his aides have been saying for months that once he got the prayer rally behind him he'd be making his announcements and his plans very clear within a week to ten days. it's not going to happen on saturday but it will happen within a week to ten days from now. jon: how about fundraising? rick perry can count on support from deep-pocketed texas businessman and others nationwide, right? >> reporter: absolutely. he's been having a steady stream of groups from all over the country come down, fundraisers, and donors and bund hrers, people making it a business of

but the surprise here is bachman behind there at 11%.ay about her staying power with the evangelical community? is she losing those people? >> they don't think she can win. they think perry can win. they're pretty savvy politically. you give them a choice between two people. perry had the prayer rally. he said he's got problems with evolution and all of the things that's music to their ears and he's with them. it's paying dividends and they concluded he's a better candidate for the general election than michele bachmann is. >> history tells us while evangelicals are important in early primaries like iowa and south carolina, they don't generally get their candidates nominated. could that be different this time? >> you know, gloria, if we look after labor day whoever is the front runner for the republicans after labor day has been the nominee for every election since 1994 other than 2008 when it was rudy giuliani with mccain at his heels. it may be perry come labor day but the polling of people who consider themselves born again and evange

michele bachman speaks. >> we voted our trouble reading back. elected president? i will do everything i can. >> governor rick perry is going to formally announce his bed for the presidency. >> still to come, news from the bay when the dodgers to not think they have to pay the family of brian stowe. he was beaten at dodgers stadium in the month of march. >> a live look outside. traffic moving slow but overall not bad. we will be back. okay, kids, we can record one more show. who should get it? i really love jennifer. yeah, she's great. yeah. yeah. kyle's got that thick head of hair. and that should be rewarded. okay, moment of truth. on "three," say which kid you love the most. ooh, fun, yeah. one, two, three. jennifer. jennifer. whoa. wow. she's so pretty. yeah. or we give it to kyle. it's really all he's got. [ male announcer ] switch to at&t u-verse and record four shows all at the same time. just $29 a month for 6 months. at&t. >> welcome back 9:10. this mysterious death of this teenager friends, families joined in hayward searching for answe

that and he at attacked both of their records. >> had bachman was asked about convert that she made 06 that a woman should follow our husband >> as the president would you be submissive to to your husband? >> what's the mission means to us it means respect i respect my husband. >> now joined the rate saw is gov. terry from texas. >> and we go i'll sign the golden gate bridge span and cell phone 1 01 it looks good the so-called sit super committee that is to cut one trillion dollars by thanksgiving everyone has to hope they can work together. >> it might be the hottest job in town and out before they are declared winners or losers. nancy pelosi maybe it's the final appointment yesterday. when the committee's job is finding one and half a trillion dollars worth of savings over two years. >> they all have much trust . >> it is a huge challenge people are holding different views some people think it may get message >> following one of the toughest weeks he has had president barack obama spoke at a battery plant in michigan >> there is something wrong with our politics >> it all comes ba

congresswoman michele bachman and former governor tim pawlenty hope to do well in the straw poll. two candidates mixed things up at thursday's gop debate. >> in congress her record of accomplishments and results is nonexistent. >> you said the era of small government was over. that sounds a lot more like barack obama, if you ask me. >> ahead in iowa policy, bachman must meet expectation that she will do well. pawlenty, who hasn't generated much enthusiasm, needs to prove he can turn things around. the stakes could not be higher for both of them, even though the noncandidate sucked up all the oxygen. >> the front runner in the race is skipping the straw poll. he's about to face a big challenge from texas governor rick perry, who threw his hat in the race. abc news, washington. >>> and mural is going up and it's being painted by high school students that want to send the president a message. the art work will depict the hardships undocumented families face in the united states. it wants to draw attention to the controversial aspect, the federal dream act. they say the proposal would

the straw poll will be a big moment for him and i think he needed to take on congresswoman bachman because she's got more momentum. but governor huntsman wanted to make an impression. newt gingrich wanted to erase the idea that his campaign was floundering and governor romney was able to float mostly above the fray. gwen: so did anybody who really wanted to do it pull it off? >> i'm not sure there were any clear winners other than perhaps governor romney because everyone else was focused on somebody else. gwen: didn't hurt himself? >> not in the least, i don't think but he's sitting there worrying about rick perry, the governor of texas. gwen: it's not like we didn't know he was seriously considering this but his timing seems suspicious. >> well, his timing is exquisite, if you will. he made it clear on the day of the debate that he was going to announce on saturday just as the speakers begin to give their spee, in ames on saturday, he'll be drawing all the attention away and then here for a couple of days of campaigning. gwen: we're right across from the soapbox at the state fair where al

congresswoman michele bachman and former governor tim pawlenty hopes to do well in the straw poll. two candidates mixed things up at thursday's gonzales debate. >> in congress her record of accomplishments and results is nonexistent. >> you said the era of small government was over. that sounds a lot more like barack obama, if you ask me. >> ahead in iowa policy, bachman must meet expectation that she will do well. pawlenty, who hasn't generated much enthusiasm, needs to prove he can turn things around. the stakes could not be higher for both of them, even though the noncandidate sucked up all the oxygen. >> the front runner the race is skipping the straw poll. he's been to face a big challenge from texas governor rick perry, who threw his hat in the race. abc news, washington. >>> and mural is going up and it's being painted by high school students that want to send the president a message. it will depict the hardships undocumented families face in the united states. it wants to draw attention to the controversial aspect, the federal dream act. they say the proposal would not gran

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outside from our roof cam room at downtown san francisco we will see you in a few minutes michele bachmanmade seven stops in support of she visited a doughnut shop enables when she also described the epa as a job killer she is not leading at the latest poll rick perry is leading a bad as the top spot. one when cnn gives him as a substantial lead at 27 per cent sara pailin hasn't & and she's not even listed as being in on the race >> quick break at 4:42 a.m. more in just a few minutes sign wounded. police continue to search for two of four men after a bank robbery and oakland it was an officer involved shooting police did arrest to embed >> i am here in east oakland police have shut down at the st. i am at 81st and bancroft they shut nine that blocks this is all because of a carjacking and that happened at noon on monday to officers found a stole and jaguar when they tried to pull the car over the driver refused and it wound up with the driver crashing the jaguar all four occupants got out and started running into groups of >> an officer chased them on me one of the suspects made a phone c

but the surprise here is bachman behind there at 11%. does that say about her staying power with the evangelical community? is she losing those people? >> they don't think she can win, and they think perry can win. you know, they're pretty savvy politically. you give them a choice between two people, and perry's played to them. perry had his player's rally, and he says he's got problems with evolution and all the stuff that's music to their ears. he's out there with them, with hage and all these people. it's kind of paying dividends, and i think they concluded that he's a better candidate in the general election than bachmann is, would be my guess. >> eric, history tells us that while evangelicals is important in the early primaries like iowa and north carolina, they don't generally get their candidates nominated. could that be different this time? >> gloria, i think if we look after labor day, i think whoever is the front runner for the republicans after labor day has been the nominee for every election since 1964 other than in 2008 whe

speakers will include ron paul, tim pawlenty, newt gingrich, michele bachman, and herman cain. then we will have schulze. live coverage continues tomorrow. then friday will be the straw poll. our coverage will continue into the evening. results are expected about 6:30 p.m. eastern time on saturday. the democratic leader housof the house has chosen congressman jim cliburn of south carolina, chris then holland of maryland, and half year this year of california to be the final three -- and javier becerra of california to be the final three on the debt committee. >> this is mary. i am wondering whether romney is pro-life. if he is pro-life and a republican candidate for president, i will support him. i hope he runs with michele bachman. >> next, clarksburg, west virginia. >> this is tom from clark's board, was -- you. -- clarksburg, west virginia. the gentleman who is currently running, is he for gay marriage? and for gay equality? it seems to me that the republicans do not like to be with people that are bisexual or gay or lesbian. i would like to know. it seems to me we all shoul

people seem to assume it's now down to one of three, perry, bachman or romney. curious, a new poll just came out that in new york, for example, you have run a close second to president obama there. you have not really declared your colors really. are you feeling more inclined to run now or less inclined? >> i don't think i've changed my thinking about it very much. i mean i'm interested to see governor perry's entrance into the race and what that does and what he has to say. and pretty much my time line is to decide at the end of september. but i haven't gotten any closer to a decision. and i think the president should pay less attention to the republican candidates and more attention to the economy. i also think, you know, his criticism of the republicans saying they wouldn't raise revenues and his desire to get higher revenues is a big mistake. what it shows is he's addicted to spending. he wants to get off more revenue so he can spend more money. the reason i wouldn't spend revenues has nothing to do with the rich or poor or warfare battle he gets. i think th

. >> at the same event, congresswoman michele bachman, another evangelical christian and strong social conservative -- she and rick perry will be fighting for the same right wing supporters. mitt romney is still the candidate to beat, but many conservatives do not like him. the contest was a long way to go. on the republican side, at least at the moment, it looks like a three horse race. they are worried that none of the three available are up to it. bbc news, washington. >> in other news, bomb blasts ripped through a dozen iraqi sympathies -- cities on thursday. the bloodiest war in a city where two bombs killed at least 37 people. the suicide bomber killed at least 10. others reportedly struck a counter-terrorism unit in tikrit. a protest is being held in canberra against carbon tax proposals. the internet giant google announced the deal to buy a motorola mobility for $12.50 million. the boards of both companies unanimously approved the deal, which it will be completed early in 2012. early this year, motorola split into separate companies. you are watching the bbc, live from singapor

. >> reporter: iowa-born michelle bachman hoped her roots would lead her to a first-place finish. >> from one iowan to another, iowa will be the pace car, if you will, to set the tone and set the pace for bringing this country back to its greatness that it was intended for and that it was meant for. >> reporter: former minnesota governor tim pawlenty has said a poor showing here would cause him to reevaluate his campaign. >> so stand before you as a candidate who stakes-- claims to iowa and his claim in this race here today in large part on the fact that i don't just talk about it. we get the job done for minnesota and for america. >> i declare to you today as a candidate for president of the united states ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: but as candidates lobbied, attentive voters watched rick perry steal the spotlight from south carolina and in iowa, where candidates lavish personal attention on residents, that didn't sit well with poll participants like stephanie wells. >> the straw poll is a great way to get to know them and learn what they're all about so it would have been

. >> this weekend you have perry and romney and congresswoman bachman will be out there. president obama out there making the contrast. one of the things they're going to argue about from now until next november. and by then we'll know who the republican nominee is. is whether in the next election cycle, people should vote on a candidate that wants to raise taxes on the wealthy. the president quoting from an op-ed in "the new york times" by warren buffett. buffet writing, hey, it's about time, overdue, raise my taxes. listen to the president. >> warren buffett had an op-ed that he wrote today. where he said, we've got to stop coddling billionaires like me. you don't get those tax breaks. you're paying more than that. and now, i may be wrong, but i think you're a little less wealthy than warren buffett. that's just a guess. >> and governor perry and governor romney both on the campaign trail said no way. not happening. you can raise taxes on the rich. you are not going to solve the big deficit problems. that's not the solution. so we know at least one of the big contrasts

bachman beat all the other competitors to win with 29% of the vote. in her speech today, bachmann declared "we are the team that can't be beat." here are the full results from the iowa straw poll right here. texas congressman ron paul had a very strong showing in second place behind bachmann. for minnesota governor tim pawlenty game in third and rick santorum took fourth place. herman cain took the number five spot. texas governor rick perry came in sixth. he wasn't even on the ballot. all of his support came from write-in votes. he just declared his candidacy in the south carolina just hours before the poll results came out. listen. >> it is time to get america working again and that's why with the support of my family and unwavering belief in the goodness of america, i declare to you today as a candidate for president of the united states. >> well, perry definitely casts a long shadow over the iowa straw poll. he beat the man whom many called the overall front-runner in this race and that's mitt romney. romney came in seventh ahead of former speaker

. >> at the same event, congresswoman michele bachman, an evangelical christian and strong social conservative -- she and perry will be supporting -- will be fighting each other for far-right supporters. mitt romney is still the candidate to beat. the competition has a long way to go. on the republican side, it looks like a three horse race. senior party figures are worried. they are worried that none of the three available are up to it. bbc news, washington. >> while u.s. politicians grapple over who has economic answers, it is a discussion happening across europe as well. for more on the factors at play, i am joined by justice giglets -- by joseph siglitz -- stiglitz from columbia university. the see the kind of policies american needs to reverse the unemployment rate? >> obama has some ideas that i think will make a difference. i think the republican candidates will make a difference, but for the worse. it is amazing how people have forgotten what happened from 2000 through 2008, when the country ran huge deficits, created a bubble, and the years of dealing with the consequences of the bubb

i respect you for that, todd. >> i think it's fitting that we end it by talking to marcus bachman. something disturbing happened all the candidates have done. she showed up at about 5:30 and on the way out, we have the video. reporters asked her questions and i asked her very respectful questions about her performance last night and where sheens up. two of the star members that you see there in the video, one in the white and one in the black dress pushed me through the crowd and her husband did the same thing. he pushed me and elbowed me into the golf cart and caused people to spill stuff. they have been covering the campaign and said they have never seen anything like this. this was an embarrassing display i don't know why all of this happened. it was embarrassing and unfitting. >> it was nice of sarah palin to stay there and answer the questions. did she know who you were? >> sarah palin stopped and answered the questions. don, thank you for saying that. you didn't shy away and avoid any of it i said i'm not giving you -- this is not a got you question. how are the i cans? you a