back in my day they used bayer asprin as contraception.he gals put it between their knees and it wasn't as costly. >> so he apologized saying why his joke confused and offended some people. and quote, my wife constantly tells me i need new material. she understood the joke but didn't like it. so i will keep the old one in the past where it belongs. on friday rick santorum responded disavowing the flop of a joke and calling out charlie rose for his, quote, gotcha questions. >> every supporter who says something i will have to respond, look, this is what you guys do. you don't do this with president obama. in fact, what you did with president obama is you went out and defended him against somebody who sat in a church for 20 years and defended him. he can't possibly believe what he listened to for 20 years. this is a double standard. this is what you are pulling off, and i will call you on it. >> i believe he was referring to owe -- obama's pastor judd nelson. on friday because there was apparently some confusion. the san for um are campaign

back in my days they used bayer asprin for contraception, the gals put it between their niece and iteditor mark preston joining us now. so, foster friess' comments upset a whole lot of people and now he has something new to say? >> he has a new statement out, fred, where he apologizes for actually making the comment. let me read this to you quickly. after listening to the segment tonight, i can understand how i confused people with the way i worded the joke and their taking offense is very understandable. to all those who took my joke as a modern-day approach, i deeply apologize and seek your forgiveness. you know, foster friess also went on to say in this statement that his wife, while she understood the joke, didn't like it either, fred. so perhaps this controversy will be water under the bridge. i would suspect though that it will continue the conversation around contraception and santorum's views on t. >> meantime, let's talk about newt gingrich, very few folks have been talking about him or seeing him very much. but apparently, there's new life in that campaign. how and why? >>