we promise that bob did not do drugs -- >> greg: i never used one of these before. s. all about the taxes. >> andrea: get me a serious question to get me to stop laughing. this is an outrage! >> dana: talk about -- >> andrea: this is creative. >>ri

bob: nobody believes that. if iran gets close to it, they will be taken out by us or by israel. mitt romney's views to know that. >> bob: >> no, but we do zillionth around the table, dana said and you said also where is rick perry on foreign policy? good when he says -- >> bob: he is not saying that. he has henry kissinger, the youngest guy on it at 93. >> andrea: in bob's defense, the reason he is not saying anything new he has 22 of bush's former advisors. so a lot of people would say is that a smart move? >> bob: good point. >> andrea: to bring back bush's advice sors. no question that romney has the most sophisticated operation out of any of the candidates. he is doing things. but you wonder why would he do something so controversial? this is much less about romney and more about bush. why open yourself up to that? >> greg: what a surprise. like shakira. >> bob: i can understand why he needs to talk about foreign policy. he has laid out position on jobs which is ridiculous, but the point of this is if you are going to do something on this, call for something significant? did

there weren't outsiders. >> greg: bob used this story as a slight against capitalist. ds what is it for. how did he get the money? >> eric: took money in. >> bob: from whom? >> eric: original investors and kept bringing in more people in, paying off the first investors, you did great, give me more money and got bigger and bigger. it would haven't ever been discovered if the market didn't fall apart. >> andrea: here is why whether she knew or not, she is still a part. >> eric: it's social security. same thing. >> andrea: here is why i think that she is a horrible person. a lot of wives tend to look the other way. they're not involved in finances. they let their husband do finances. the proceeds of the book she is writing, they should go to the victims. if she was really a good person. no. they are going to her future daughter-in-law who engaged to one of the sons who claims he doesn't know. >> greg: but he is dead. >> eric: no, no, no. the other son. >> greg: oh. i thought it was -- >> andrea: this is mare money making -- >> greg: i should have read it. >> kimberly: bob

business owners -- >> bob: so some kid that inherited $1 million from their father, people i know, can use it? >> eric: i didn't inherit a dime from my father. it was a business -- >> bob: the reason you are the way you are, you grew up poor and you got money and hang on to every penny. >> greg: the idea of a postcard, fantastic idea. it should be on a postcard but a retro -- >> dana: why not electronic postcard? i thought postal service was going down. >> greg: i just think it's fun. go to drugstore and write a postcard. >> bob: you are supposed to hand it off. >> dana: thank you. i'm going to tease. coming up, you won't believe the new information about the more stimulus money. failure from the obama administration. that's next on "the five." you can e-mail us at thefive@foxnews.com. don't go away. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] welcome to transamerica. where together, we're transforming tomorrow. your husband put this all together when emma was born. he was an amazing man. this is for you. it's all paid off. ♪ and this is for emma. so where do you think she'll go? anywre she wants. [ male annou

push e-mail, there is no comparison. >> bob: you have two of those things? why don't you use>> dana: he's not paid to say that. >> bob: i my iphone once in a toilet. it works after that. >> greg: you fished it out and dried it off? >> bob: it was clean. >> dana: yesterday, i wasn't on the show. i was in northern kentucky university to do an event with former white house press secretary robert gibbs. >> greg: he is a human blackberry. >> dana: we had an actual conversation. >> greg: you are an iphone. >> dana:vy a blackberry. i saw a friend i haven't seen in a long time. this guy has not been online for a year. he was the happiest person i've seen in a long time. you always make fun of me but it would do us all good if we had none of these for a week. you think people are half nuts. >> eric: whose phone goes off the most in the show? >> bob! >> bob: that is the hour to place your bets. >> kimberly: west coast ponies. >> greg: if you walk down a street and person in front of you is texting and slows you down but you're the person doing it and you don't care. something that only

. >>> and a bit later bob mackenzie introduces us to a man with the weirdest collection ever. >>> tomorrow night kids all over the bay area and the nation will put on their costumes and head out to trick or treat or go to a halloween party some where. but it's not just children who dress up. we went back through our files and found some of our favorite halloween costumes over the years. >> reporter: many homemade costumes were on display in downtown los gatos tonight as 200 dogs pranced in a halloween parade sponsored by a group of dog lovers known as society dog. these cowboy chihuahuas came with chaps. >> they all seem to love the hats expect for her she doesn't like the hat on her. but i just thought the cowboy theme, we're all from texas any way. >> reporter: this ghost was all ready to trick or treat along with this hot dog dog and ballerina boston terrier. >> sit, stay. >> reporter: uncle sam watched a wizard's treat. >> with all these dogs we don't really have any problems. i mean there'll be a little bark here or there. but truthfully they just seem to be having a really great time

bob schieffer and jan crawford bring us the latest. a cutting end technology that could mean a whole new source for humid an body parts. in london, mark phillips has details. and running to remember, at the marine corps march thon, elaine quijano shows us a widow and her daughter following their hero with every step. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: good evening. we begin tonight with the october snowstorm that socked most of the northeast this weekend. surprisingly heavy snow buried communities from maryland, clear up to maine. more than 3 million people are still without power tonight. and at least five are dead. jim axelrod has more on the prehalloween trick that was one for the record books. >> reporter: if they hadn't seen it. >> never saw this before in my life. >> reporter: they might not have believed it. but up and down did east coast, there was simply too much snow to ignore. >> i can't stand it. i hate it. hate it, hate it, hate it. i can't even express how much i ha

bob tells us if our luck will continue. bob? >> we'll see a lot of sunshine, probably into the middle of next week. dry weather will continue. and temperatures kind of roller coaster. right now, we're at 73. golich -- got up to 76 this afternoon. 68 in ocean city. now, tomorrow will be a slightly cooler day than today. because our winds tomorrow will come back out of the northeast. temperatures tomorrow, probably 6 to 7 degrees cooler than today. so we're talking maybe upper 60s, rather than the mid-70s. and then the warmup begins on the weekend. we'll tell you how warm in a few minutes. denise? >> wonderful. thank you, bob. >>> perryville town commissioners approve a huge sign for the hollywood casino, despite objections from its size. several residents oh posed to the 100-foot sign. town leaders say they approved the sign to keep the casino from moving. hollywood casino has brought in about $100 million in a little more than a year. >>> still to come tonight on wjz's eyewitness news. a deadly crash. what caused a helicopter to

bob: it is serious. >> dana: misallocation of funds. he said these were not contribution to the campaign. they were gift, as if there was distinguished -- but she a trial lawyer. >> kimberly: the point is he usedody pointing at me? i'm in agreement with you. what is this? what more i can i do? >> dana: call him a name. it'd agree. >> bob: i won't. call the people on wall street fascist, communist, socialist -- >> dana: what about john edwards? >> eric: any chance he gets off? >> kimberly: there is a strong case against him. you have people also testify against him. i think he is in trouble. >> bob: he won't go to jail, though. >> kimberly: why not? because he this is america? >> bob: he is a white guy with money. >> kimberly: fighting words. >> bob: i don't think he

move on. >> eric: that is not my point. >> bob: you're making this sound as if all the guns used in theract are brought to you by fast and furious. >> andrea: you don't think this is an issue? >> bob: i don't what more i can do. i finished saying -- >> eric: why is bob in a bad move today this >> greg: i have no idea. i'll come to bob's defense. i think we're being too hard on holder. with fast and furious he looked to boost the american exports by getting new jobs and getting criminals back in the country means more work for police officers. so he was helping the economy. >> andrea: do we need to pundal the jobs? >> eric: let's do this now. can we put the -- do we have the stat, the 26% support gun ban, record low. do we have a full screen for that? get this out of the way. a record low number of people now support a gun law, enforcing it, increasing the gun law. >> greg: interesting thing we talked about before. people who support gun bans generally aren't around guns. those who are used to gun see guns as their everyday life have no problem with it. there is something else going on h

emergency leaders are remembering this disaster and using it to send a timely mes message about being prepared. bob redell is live in san francisco now with the details for us. bob? >> reporter: good morning to you, marla. the head of san francisco's emergency management office just wrapped up a symposium at city hall behind me. the take-away from this two-hour long event was that san francisco must look forward to a less government centric response and continue to rely more on nonprofit, private industry and you at home to help in the response when the next big earthquake strikes. sf police and fire chief and the deputy administrator of fema spoke. they commended the response and recovery that took place 22 years ago when loma struck. the magnitude 6.9 quake took down the cyper struck, collapsed part of the bay bridge and set the marina district on fire. 63 people died. there were $6 billion in damage. seismologists predict that it could happen again. they're saying that there's a 63% of a 6.7 quake over the next 30 years. and when that strikes, experts this morning are urging you to be prepared t

navy used to house its blimps. as nbc's bay area bob this weekend another blimp will be house there had, albeit a much smaller one. >> reporter: it's been a really, really long time since this hangar has housed a navy air show. here we are, in 2011, and it's back. of course, a little bit smaller than the originals. the originals were over 750 long. you're looking at a 20-foot long replica of the u.s.s. macon. what's significant about this? saturday is the 78th anniversary of its arrival here at the field. take a look at the black and white photos compared to this scale model here. it arrived here, i believe, in 1933. unfortunately, a couple of years later, it crashed off the coast of big sur. jack clemens has brought it back to life. first of all, i have to say how impressed i am. if you look at the photos without the skin on, what's underneath it? >> balsa wood frame. >> built from scratch? >> from scratch. >> no kit, no plans? based on photos? >> that's right. based on photos and information i got. >> reporter: this is actually your t

bob raise us up today and it is really angus here where the u.s. business of big. it was a good and warm welcome see business out see russia and china are creating a joint investment fund worth up to four billion dollars deal will be sealed during prime minister clinton's visit to beijing and start up will be jointly run by the russian direct investment fund and the child investment corporation each has already allocated one billion dollars to the project at least seventy percent of the funds money is expected to be invested in russia or the former cia as countries china is cancelling e.u. one ruble trading fees as it becomes russia's top trading partner russia looks likely to post a budget surplus this year high crude prices are balancing state spending which has risen in an election year and a relatively healthy outlook is likely to continue twenty twelve unless the oil price clashes as the us lobby somebody from deutsche bank explains. even with a significant increase in first core spending ahead of the elections at the end of this year there is a very high chan

and in fitting tribute to that legend, the pierpoint family tells us bob will be laid to rest in a suit jacket and tennis shorts. here in los angeles, they waited all night for something most of us take for granted. their story is next. >> pelley: finally tonight, it was a godsend here in the city of angels. this past weekend thousands got something that they could never afford on their own, a check-up. we asked john blackstone to tell us their stories. >> reporter: the crowds lining up overnight at l.a.'s memorial arena weren't here for a rock concert or a basketball game. they came to see a doctor for free because a year after congress passed health care reform, dental and eye care are still largely uncovered by both medicaid and private insurance plans. 60-year-old dorothy banks says there's no way she can pay for the care she needs. >> i wouldn't have money to, say, buy food, an my other expenses, i wouldn't have that money. >> reporter: 34-year-old kriss bonilla works as a cook but doesn't have health insurance. as the father of two, it worries him that he rarely sees a doctor. >>

meteorologist tim williams and bob turk will let us know what to expect and when. bob? >> a lot of the snow is going to melt on the roads. but there may be a point later tomorrow afternoon, when the snow is hard enough that it could actually be some slushy accumulation on the roads, north and west. city particularly. already light rain developing to the south. still too warm. a few spots out of western maryland. temperatures there are still only in the 30s. now, because of the precip headed our way, and because of the chilly temperatures expected tomorrow, they will issue for late tonight through the day tomorrow, a winter storm warning. north of the mason-dixon line and from frederick county west, as you can see, all of those counties, locally around the baltimore metro, north and west of the city, a winter storm watch. south and east of us, along the coast, a coastal flood advisory. can be some strong winds. can cause some flooding at time of high tide, right along the ocean city area down there along the shore. there could be pretty rough weather. >>> tim williams ha

good morning, bob, thank you for joining us.irst of all, tell us about what is going on today. >> this is an important day. it brings together two key issues. the prevention of bullying and the parent involvement. there's no worse thing with regard to preventing bullying than for people to be quiet. witnesses, victims, if you see it, you need to report it. >> reporter: what do you think of the folks gathering to show support? >> we're honored to host them today. >> they've done a lot of good things in regards to bullying prevention. they have a student-led group called step up. >> you're going to join us in the 6:00 hour. we'll talk to bob more coming up in the 6:00 hour, this event kicks off here at the high school. >>> bank of america is now refusing to engage publicly with customers over the fee coming to your debit card but they will have a petition against them today. bank of america announced they would charge $5 a month to use the credit card and already petitions are circulating. there's more than 100,000 signatures pled

bob aber nethy. good to have you with us. as the occupy wall street movement spreads around the world, religious leaders continue to play a role in the demonstrations. in london, st. paul's ka ahead at yal ral shut down for the first time since world war ii about the growing protester who is set up camp on the church's grounds. they worried their presence was a safety hazard. here in the u.s., more than 200 clergy signed a petition calling for economic justice and offering spiritual support to the protesters. while jewish groups have been part of the protest, the anti-defamation league condemned what it said has been anti-semitic signs at some of the demonstrations. religion continues to play a prominent and controversial role this presidential campaign season and came up in the republican presidential candidate debate in las vegas we have a report. >> mitt romney said candidates should not be selected on the basis of faith. >> that are idea that we should choose people based on religion for public office is what i find most

it is one thing to thank you to honor the sacrifice, it was not about bob dole. those of us who know about bob dole know that he has never wanted or needed monuments to himself. this legislation is an indelible mark left for all to see. with of the world war ii memorial, he was looking to recognize the anonymous regions -- legions of men and women, dead and alive, who had served. he wanted us to remember them. more than that, to be prepared to make our own investments and sacrifices when we are called upon. he made a giant mark for the good on the history of our country. he has answered every single call to service. he deserves these owners a former president. i urge you, when you were there next time, take a close look at it. take a look at the quotation from a former house speaker and it is a truly wonderful tribute. to gerry ford, for his great decency and effective leadership in pulling our nation the other in a difficult time. and it is so much about how things should work in our congress, between parties. so, tonight we are all privilege today -- to be gathered here. i

fox 5's bob barnard shows us why. >> reporter: i bet some of you have never heard of the grocer aldi. it's an illinois-based chain with more than 1,000 stores in 31 states. this one is in district heights, maryland. >> how are you? what's your name? >> kenneth. >> reporter: robert howard is aldi's district manager for the washington area. >> you have a high school diploma? >> reporter: powder has something unusual to offer, job -- howard has something unusual to offer, jobs and lots of them. >> we'll call you in a week. we're just accepting applications today. if you're found favorable, you'll get a call within a week. thank you. we're very excited to be growing and we're opening new stores and we're very excited to hire people. >> reporter: aldi's opening three new stores over the next two months, two in forge, this one in the district and with the need -- prince george's county, this one in the district and with the need to hire 80 or so people, look how many answered the call for job applications. >> knocking but not surprising. it's depressing. >> reporter: just one of the unemplo

. >> you always have to ruin the weekend plans for us, bob. >> i think he needs to come over and help> forget that. >> thanks, bob. still ahead on wjz's eyewitness news at 5:00. >>> cell phones and cancer. is there a link? we have the results of the biggest study yet. >>> he let his dangerous animals run free in ohio. but why did he do it? tonight, what drove his final act of desperation? >>> we're following key developments in the michael jackson death trial. ,,,,,,,,,,, >>> it is 5:28. 56 degrees and partly sunny. good evening and thank you for staying with eyewitness news. we are following breaking news in harford county. sky eye chopper 13 is over a multicar accident in bel air. captain mike perry has more for us. mike? >> reporter: hello, denise. we're on the bypass. three-car collision is completely closed. the southbound bel air bypass. apparently, three of these cars or one striking a guardrail and several colliding with each other. at least two people are going to be transported to local area hospitals. as you can see, fire personnel and police do have the bel air bypass clos

bob ryan joins us right now with the first look of what to expect. >> they are arriving. boy, in september we had all that humidity early in the week. now we are going into november. with the arrival of the chilly air, there have been some showers earlier today, even some thundershowers. a bad weekend to head out to the beach. look at our temperature. we made it into the mid 70's. remember it well. we will not be seen that kind of warm air for a rigid for over a week. already you can see out to our west temperatures are in the 50's. the chilly stuff is coming in tonight. it will be kind of a november weekend. i will explain that and show you ophelia. >>> let's turn to the big development of the day in the race for president. sources say chris christie is reconsidering his decision to not run for the white house. the combination of president obama's approval rating and concerns within the gop of the strength of the current can this field -- we are told christie is expected to make a final decision soon. >>> my cut to be shot down speculations he was waiting -- going to run

bob or shows us what these criminals are selling that can be more profitable than dealing drugs. >> on interstate 95 at the virginia, maryland border, police are closing in on a suspected smuggler. he's not running drugs, but something more profitable. inside the car, police find 12 cases of cigarettes. 3600 packs bought in virginia. and likely like destined to be resold. >> amount of money, it's tens and thousands of dollars in any plan run that somebody may make. >> here's how the smugglers are cashing in. they buy carloads of cigarettes for $4 a pack. then sell them in new york for up to $12 a pack. since the bootleggers are not paying the high new york taxes, they pocket easy money, selling their cigarettes on the streets or in convenience stores. we took a drive down the i-95 smuggling route with atf agent. >> every day, we see more and more criminal organizations yule organizations utilizing this. >> the street crew traded a bundle of marijuana for cartons of cigarettes to undercover agents posing as dealers. after gaining their trust, the agents helped the gain plot an armed rob

that is where nbc bay area's bob redell joins us live. we're hearing there's still some concern about the roadway and whether or not it's safe for drivers to use at this point. >> reporter: it appears like it is going to be safe. good morning to you, jon and marla. we spoke with caltrans and chp. they opened the one and two left-most lanes of southbound 101, they will reopen in the next 15 minutes. here is what the holdup has been. during this accident, the vehicles knocked out a huge chunk of this sideway. they put a temporary side rail in here. they're finishing that up as we speak. when it did hit it knocked a bunch of debris on street below. that's 16th street. 16th street is blocked between vermont and san bruno. they just finished up that repair, doing a little cleanup around here. the number one and two lanes from the 80 transition to 101 southbound will be opening within the next 15 minutes. if you whip around here, though, there's still the issue of this guardrail. this is right by the u.p.s. building on southbound 101 by the thr

christie smith can't hear us this morning. bob was doing such a great job of narrating. continue. >> so you have this line from the east end. you probably have, i'm just guessing 50 officers doing a slow move, tearing down the tepts as they move in. to the right you have a cluster of protesters. maybe a core of 30 to 40 protesters. they've now linked arms on the edge of p plaza. one has a bull horn. they're chanting something. it's too loud to hear. they're chanting something at police. you have a line of officers coming in. you have a few protesters who are standing there. hold on. they are ording them to back up. i'm going to hand this to laura, who will join us. also mike inuuy joins us. this will affect bart, will it not? we just got word from them, although their website reports 33 trains running on time they just closed the civic center station. training are running past the station. they are passing trains through. avoid the 12th street station. we'll let you know about the 19th street station. the system is running on time. obviously a lot of activity on the surf

for us to try to force democracy on them. it's risky. >> bobave a question about the war powers act was a response to vietnam. the town, gulf and the resolution where lyndon johnson started the vietnam war without act of congress. war powers act was supposed to address that and it's never been clarified. so the question is do we have a law here that can be clarified or start over again and rewrite it? >> kimberly: there are different interpretations of it. specifically, this judge, judge walton said they didn't have the standing as members of the house to be able to bring a lawsuit against an executive branch member. that is significant. he is saying you can't get in the door with the suit. he didn't rule on the merit. they fail to demonstrate they have the ability to do this. >> greg: how do you violate something that nobody on the planet read? >> bob: i read most of it. i still don't understand it. this picture, my god! that is horrible. man. i don't want to -- ohh. >> eric: more the headline. >> bob: gaddafi killed by yankee fan. >> eric: gu

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bob barnard shows us why. >> reporter: it's thursday night lights with the urbana hawks playing hostfrederick high school, part of spirit week here. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: more than a homecoming game, this night was a celebration of a special classmate. and a school spirit that was worth saluting. >> they saw a student in their class that had more school spirit than anyone else and they nominated him for homecoming king. >> reporter: his name is kevin shawm become, homecoming king of the class. >> people voted for him multiple times. >> reporter: he was introduced to the homecoming crowd just before kickoff. a superstar senior who has made his parents very proud. >> this student body has been unbelieve with they accept him and bring him into everything they do and that's the most fun as a parent with a special needed child, it's been really cool to see. >> reporter: how about it kevin? >> i'm very fun today. >> kevin for years at urbana has been the best four years of his life. >> reportree-sport athlete in a program with special olympics called unified sports. >> we

for us to try to force democracy on them. it's risky. >> bobthat have a question about the war powers act was a response to vietnam. the town, gulf and the resolution where lyndon johnson started the vietnam war without act of congress. war powers act was supposed to address that and it's never been clarified. so the question is do we have a law here that can be clarified or start over again and rewrite it? >> kimberly: there are different interpretations of it. specifically, this judge, judge walton said they didn't have the standing as members of the house to be able to bring a lawsuit against an executive branch member. that is significant. he is saying you can't get in the door with the suit. he didn't rule on the merit. they fail to demonstrate they have the ability to do this. >> greg: how do you violate something that nobody on the planet read? >> bob: i read most of it. i still don't understand it. this picture, my god! that is horrible. man. i don't want to -- ohh. >> eric: more the headline. >> bob: gaddafi killed by yankee fan. >> er

for us to try to force democracy on them. it's risky. >> bobquestion about the war powers act was a response to vietnam. the town, gulf and the resolution where lyndon johnson started the vietnam war without act of congress. war powers act was supposed to address that and it's never been clarified. so the question is do we have a law here that can be clarified or start over again and rewrite it? >> kimberly: there are different interpretations of it. specifically, this judge, judge walton said they didn't have the standing as members of the house to be able to bring a lawsuit against an executive branch member. that is significant. he is saying you can't get in the door with the suit. he didn't rule on the merit. they fail to demonstrate they have the ability to do this. >> greg: how do you violate something that nobody on the planet read? >> bob: i read most of it. i still don't understand it. this picture, my god! that is horrible. man. i don't want to -- ohh. >> eric: more the headline. >> bob: gaddafi killed by yankee fan. >> eric: gunman h

from the original plan earmarked for cops and fire. 1%. 1%. >> bob: that is a lot of money. >> kimberly: this is the same thing, tactic they usere not public safety problems, no cops, not teachers no, firemen. just like they did with the obamacare and pushing granny over the cliff. same thing. halloween fright night. >> bob: when i did campaign we'd scare every senior citizen we could. my mother would call and say there are not social security. it'd say go vote democrat. >> dana: scare your own mother. >> it turns out that washington, d.c. now, the wealthiest suburb in america right now. metropolitan area -- >> dana: surrounding area. >> eric: the average federal employee $126,000 all in. the average across america, all in, $50,000. >> bob: what does it have to do with what we're talking about? go ahead, dana. >> dana: what is interesting is today on the floor of the senate, u.s. majority leader of the senate harry reid said the public sector is suffering more than the private sector. this is obvious they're sledding all the jobs. now we get this today. not only that the federal government has 170,000 employees, the average sa

bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. president obama met with top leaders of the national association of evangelicals this week at the white house. >> it was the first time the president met with the group. among the topics discussed, religious freedom abroad, jobs here at home and cuts to the federal budget. the nae has urged lawmakers not to reduce foreign aid or domestic programs that serve the poor. >> meanwhile, outside a d.c. courthouse, other religious leaders held a prayer vigil opposing budget cuts to anti-poverty programs. >> 11 members of the religious group were facing misdemeanor charges for "intention to disrupt congress" during a prayer vigil at the capitol last july. those charges were dropped after the leaders agreed not to enter the capitol for 6 months and to submit to drug testing. >>> as the occupy wall street protests continue, there is now a noticeable religious presence at t mthass gaerings. sukkahs, the temporary structures built to mark the jewish holiday of sukkot, were constructed at some of t

bob. some people getting used to my sense of humor and as i get more attention i will tone down the senseuntil i become president because america needs to get a sense of humor. >> schieffer: that would be pretty expensive by the way. >> right. it probably would. >> schieffer: you have also said several... stated several positions on abortion. i want to get this settled for you once and for all. where do you stand on the issue that is so important to so many americans? at one point you said you were against abortion, period. but at another point you said in cases of rape, incest or when the life of the mother is at stake you would leave that to the families to decide. is that your position? in other words, that you are pro-life with the exception of rape, incest and when the health of the mother is at stake? >> i am pro-life from conception, period. if people look at many speeches that i have given over the years, that has and will still be my position. >> schieffer: talk about those exceptions. >> pro-life from conception, period. that piece that was pulled out was taken totally out of co