speaking of storms let's check with chief meteorologist brad edwards certified in central iowa's most accurate meteorologist for five years and counting. brad, how is it looking for the weekend. >> i tell you what, stephen, it's stormy out there right now and i think will stay stormy through saturday. tomorrow night will be the opening night of high school school football and a warm one, 86 degrees. >> stephen: the start of high school football season, walters, i think you buried the lead there. >> my bad. now let's go back to amanda krenz with the latest on the rick parry write in scandal amanda. >> well, stephen, abc 5 contacted the head of the iowa gop matthew strong who said they are not releasing those details and do not intend to disclose any more information on saturday's straw poll results. >> stephen: but are you continuing to dig. >> we certainly are, stephen. and for more on that let's go to rachel pierce. >> well, stephen, abc 5 contacted the head of the iowa gop matthew strong a second time. he again said they are not releasing those details and do not intend to disclose

. >> huckabee won the iowa caucuses and if you look at the results in central iowa, the counties huckabee won ring des moines, while like a radio signal. >> that's where we helped mike huckabee is we helped him get known. but he still had to close the sale. >> earlier this week, dace predicted michelle bachman would won the straw poll, but insists he has no favorite in the current gop field. >> there isn't a ronald reagan in this field. there isn't a george w. bush 1999 in this field. that might be a good thing. >> especially for dace who will be riding herd and occasionally taking shots at the candidates as they travel through iowa. >> bret: i asked him whether or not -- >> i asked him whether or not there was anything how he treated romney in the runup to the caucuses and he said there was one thing, that he didn't do more of it, because romney is back as a candidate this go around. bret? >> bret: steve, thank you. let's bring in a man who knows a thing or two about iowa politics, chuck grassley is in his sixth term as united states senator from iowa. he joins us now. senator, welcome?

a flurry of evans before the straw poll to turn out voters to central iowa who lived about one half an hour to one hour drive. >> jonathan martin, coming up in a moment congressman ron paul will speak. we will listen in to him and we will check in in 20 minutes. >> thank you very much. glad you are out this morning. just wondering, how many will manyames tomorrow? that's good. maybe we will get a few more of you to, as well. most people know the candidates are and i would this week and what is going on tomorrow. it is delightful to be here and attending the fair. and i am sort of enjoying the weather as well, having come from texas recently. it is great to be here, but of course, the real thing that motivates me is the issues that i think have been messed up in our country and we have to change our way, we have to change our direction. the american people are tired of what they are getting. they know they're serious problems. there is a lot of frustration. there is a lot of unemployment. somebody has to come up with answers. a few years back, in the 1970's, i first ran for congress and

>> i think the first republicans drop out of the race and after the iowa central poll will be newt gingrichr two? >> i think number two will be huntsman but he will stick around. i don't think he'll do very well in new hampshire. >> expand on pat's prediction. i've got beginning riff on my list. i'm going to add rick santorum. if he doesn't show in iowa, which is -- favorable to social conservatives, i think he will see the handwriting on the wall. >> i'm going with gingrich and pawlenty. i think both will begovernment of the financial crisis at home and abroad. >> i predict the alleged water found on mars is an optical illusion. bye-bye! uñ

we have got in the past results of the iowa straw p >> is just past 11:00 central time and this is ames, iowa. one of the candidates speaking today is ron paul. our live coverage gets under way, all day here on c-span with six candidates speaking, nine names on the ballot. some of the headlines, it post," full-ington court press. there will also be a line to fill in the name that is not there. joining us live from inside the hilton coliseum is the chair of the iowa republican party, met strong. thank you for being with us. >> happy to be here. realigns flowing into the doors -- we have lines flowing into the doors. it looks like a great day to be in iowa. >> what is the straw poll? what is the price of the admission? who is attending today and who is not? >> there will be nine names on the ballot, all have announced president. six of them will be here today. i like to describe the straw poll as a county fair meet a rock concert meats and national political convention. in the tent space there will be barbecues coming games for the kids, speeches from the candidates, and inside, we will h

texas governor rick perry is looking to take the momentum out of the iowa central poll this afternoon. he's expected to formally announce his candidacy for president. last night he spoke to voters in alabama. >> what we're doing is we're experiencing now what happens when a country founded on the tenants of individual liberties is governed with no regard for the freedom. >> joining me on the phone from south carolina, kerry dana. when can we expect to hear from the governor today? and what exactly is he going to say? >> supporters are using the phrase full throttle conservative. he wants to be the person in the field who is the most vocal about defying the code. perry really wants to be the person to make a big splash today in south carolina talking about that. the crowd he's speaking to is a convention of conservative blogger ls. throughout the day the other speakers who have been here this morning really talked about the message. about doing what's right and being a principle conservative and not compromising. we're also going to hear about his record on jobs. that's going to be a k

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we will go live to the iowa central poll for a preview of which candidates are making strides in those still yet to enter. >>> the search continues this morning for the father suspected of kidnapping his own daughter and the fbi says it is possible that the two could already be out of the country. and welcome back to ktvu's mornings on 2. the time now is 7:29. >> good morning! the amber alert remains in effect this morning as the fbi searches for a missing two-year- old from sacramento. ktvu as ali rasmus is live at sfo with why the father is considered a flight risk. >> reporter: good morning. police here at sfo and 600 other agencies across the state received the advisory from the sacramento fbi. they're the ones who issued this amber alert. they're concerned that madeline samaan-fay and her father 49- year-old mourad samaan have been missing four days now. he was supposed to return the two-year-old to his mother on sunday and the mother waited two days to tell police her didn't didn't return because she didn't think the child was in danger. but now authorities are concerned he may b

he has run a bunch of these on comedy central and in iowa. fascinating look into how much new ground we are breaking after the citizens united case and just a much money is flowing into politics. host: mitt romney said that corporations are people. that brings in this aspect. guest: the supreme court has said that mitt romney is right. whether he should have said it and if it is smart politically, that is another question entirely. we're already seeing advertisements featuring that because it seemed like a goofy thing to stay -- say that the island state fair with so many cameras around. today, corporations are able to give to independent expenditure groups run advertisements. in some states, corporations are able to give directly to candidates. that is the next frontier of litigation, whether or not those corporations can give to individual candidates on the federal level. we will see this conversation continued as corporations are given more of the rights of you and me. host: the next call is on the republican line. caller: washington is a

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. >> comedy central funny man steven colbert the political ad game in iowa and mocking endorses rickn the ames straw poll, well, sort of. >> but not their rick perry. our rick perry. on august 13th, write in rick perry. that's parry with an a for america. with an a for iowa. >> and pac ran ads this week and one local tv station refused to run them out of fear they would confuse voters. and americans for a better tomorrow. on a much more serious note perry is making a formal announcement at the top of the hour and fox of course will carry that announcement live and we love hearing from you at home. we have been asking you if the addition of rick perry to the 2012 presidential contest would change things? and am of you weighed in and shelly writes, yes, governor rick perry running for president will change my vote, i will vote for him. charles says rick perry will make a difference because he's advertising his religion to the religious right, same as george bush did. that will do it for me in washington, but america's news headquarters rolls on. kelly wright and jamie colby standing by

iowa, bring the umbrella. here's the radar. some of the storms are very strong in central kansas. we're not talking tornadoes, but hail and damaging winds. i think these will make it to omaha and kansas probably at the peak of morning rush hour. we'll keep an eye on. that your forecast for your friday, record heat, 108 in dallas. san antonio, we haven't been talking about you much. you've been well above normal, too. 104 for you. 95 around new orleans. but it's also 95 and humid. forecast looks gorgeous. d.c. northwards up through the busy i-95 corridor should be a really enjoyable friday. atlanta southward, we'll have to deal with thunderstorms. veronica, we'll be back later with the weekend forecast. a lot more of the same. not too many huge concerns out there now that emily is gone. >> all right. thank you very much. >>> stocks plunge. banks are inundated with cash, and what to expect later today. your first look at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >> reporter: tiger makes his return. rays and blue jays need extras, and no glove needed for the catch of the n

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spin comedy central this potential ron paul doesn't exist for some reason has been going on for weeks a new gallup survey showing rick perry running second to mitt romney knocking down iowa favorite michele bachmann to force. the honey do. the libertarian ron paul become the thirteenth floor in a hotel. behind you at your age tea party patient zero zero zero but small government grassroots business he planted that grass these other cokes there are just more of majorities in a tri corner to have run polls the real deal yes all you have to do is i had a tricorder had these days and next thing you know you might just have a republican presidential candidate even if there were democrats so more on the now media sanctioned official talk to or of the g.o.p. field our own jake gilbert or. the mainstream media has assigned their top presidential contenders and the american really american voter has been hammered by a character list from dumb and dumber mitt romney michele bachmann rick perry are constantly changing their soundbites to appeal to who are more of their talking with. ron these conservative policy is reliables obama's anti-war position and romney is a total big gover

iowa tomorrow and probably the next day. he launched the campaign in south carolina today. too late to qualify for the centraloll, although he had some write-in votes. >> 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. >> nbc's kristen welker is following perry and is joining me from greenland, new hampshire. hey, kristin. he had a lot of energy going into that campaign kickoff today. >> reporter: he really did. there were fireworks today in south carolina. then he comes here to new hampshire, pam tucker's house, a state representative. there are going to be a lot of notable people here. a lot of people working hard to get him elected. this could indeed be a bit of a game changer, andrea. this is someone who is a three-term governor of texas. he has been in elected office since 1984. he has never lost a single race. folks i spoke with in texas who know him well say when he plays he plays to win. he is great at fund-raising and raised about $40 million

ceiling debate has been the central focus as of late for most american politicians the presidential race also ticks on, an indeed, we are a week away from the all-important iowaand the gop potential nominees are taking aim and making their voice heard. today, many are lashing out at vice president joe biden who reportedly likened the tea partiers to terrorists, and for his part vice president joe biden denied using that term, but that did not stop sarah palin last night. >> i guess it is more appalling to be called acting like terrorists today from the he who is second in command of the most powerful office in the world, and it is quite appalling and certainly proves how out of touch this white house is. >> she is appalled. nicolle wallace is a former senior adviser of the palin campaign, and novel of "18 acres" which is a novel i have just started reading, and sarah palin bitterly complains that her words are taken out of context and michele bachmann repeatedly complains when people point out her mistakes to geography and so on, and yet when biden says anything, they jump on him, and is there not a little bit of hypocrisy here? >> well, i think that everybod

central bank has no solution. >>> at home even john mccain is getting an earful from frustrated voters. >> everybody -- thank you for your response. everybody, wait. >>> and in iowaes are pinning the blame squarely on president obama. >> his call to the nation that he used in 2008 of hope and change has become hope and blame. he began to act like a manure

steve brown is on the campus of iowa state university, bright and early this morning, you're on central time, steve. welcome and good morning. >> we are. >> good morning and go cyclones! good morning, gretchen, steve, peter, you need an actual a full inhale before you say the name of tonight's debate is the fox news washington examiner republican party of iowa republican candidates debate. and that takes a full breath but if you're going to take a look at the combatants in this particular debate, let's talk about first the arguably the candidate that has been most in the move in the polls and that would be michelle bachmann. you could argue that based on her performances in the two nationally televised debates so far, that has helped propel michelle bachmann up into the top tier of the presidential candidates for the g.o.p. now, it is interesting in that we've got to debate and then we've got an actual measurable event coming up on saturday which is the straw poll and the chairman of the state party says there is a true opportunity for follow-up success based on a debate performance at

central bank as well as free markets. jon: we know you have a lot of hands to shake at the iowa state fair.thank you. jenna: and thank you to our viewers as well for some of those great questions. brand new polling, by the way, to tell, well, how americans are feeling about the economy. you want to take a guess on that? scott rasmussen is going to join us with interesting news as well about how we're feeling about banks lately. >>> plus, we also have today's must-see moments and, harris, there's still a chance to cast our votes. >> reporter: oh, absolutely. in fact, i'm chatting about it right now. foxnews.com/happeningnow. are you worried about the economy? well, 18 people just had something happen that's going to make their bottom line look really good. you want to see what it is? grandpa's going for a beauty pageant, or it is elvis week in tennessee. isn't it always elvis week in tennessee? make your choice so we'll know what the must-see moment is. it's all about your voice herey on "happening now," we're coming right back. call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial c

iowa caucus, and two have won the presidency. >> his weekend on book tv, frederick olmsted it remembered for designing the u.s. capitol grounds and york city's central looking at his life as a journalist and an abolitionist. also from washington, a launch party for juan williams. and on afterwards, office: crossbones are long gone. pirating in the 21st century is a home of how night vision goggles and gps units. "this pirates of some malia." sign up for alerts. every weekend, american history tv highlights the wonders 50th anniversary of the civil war. this week the new york city draft riots of 1863. >> he refused and said he would go to war, you cannot afford the three other dollars, you go to the battlefront and died. and an emancipated blacks label, and take your job for less money and your family will start all the rich stay home. >> the new york historical society examines how that possible conscription of working-class man let the three days of rioting and the lasting effects on the city. the civil war every week on on american history tv on c-span3. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are back with cornel west and tavis smiley. cornel

iowa. go ahead. caller: i would like to comment on rick perry's candidacy. the interlocking directorships between -- it made represent violations of the antitrust act. if they want to tax central banks, the which are -- as a small tax on central bank transactions, it could get rid of sales tax and all taxes. that is where the money is, that is where taxes should be levied. host: florida? are you there? caller: the thing i do not like perry, he feels likeut rick george bush three. he worked for al gore's campaign. host: where did you learn that? caller: just because i remember. i want to say thank you for c- span because you're the most fair channel on cable. about the federal reserve, the economy, he is the only one who predicted what happened. now we have rick perry and michele bachmann mouthing the same thing. she voted against the picture that, which is unconstitutional. you have rick perry -- the patriot act, which is unconstitutional. people have got to stop looking at the tv. they have to start looking at people's records. host: here is the washington times on the defense of marriage act. host: that is "the washington times" with that story this morning. robert, in washi