just like mine my father worked with charlie and respected him i phone four or five times but charlie bass changed. bass isn't alone mitt romney has fully endorsed the paul ryan plan too and medicare meaning when the general election comes around he'll have to explain to the nation why he wants to take medicare away from future retirees will also have to explain his so-called record of job creation is the head of the private equity firm bain capital today the wall street journal did that form the paper looked into seventy seven businesses that bain invested in between one thousand nine hundred four in one thousand nine hundred nine while the firm was under romney's watch and what they found is this quote twenty two percent of the businesses either filed for bankruptcy reorganization or closed their doors by the end of the a year after bain first invested sometimes with a substantial job losses an additional eight percent range it is so much trouble that all of the money bain invested was lost that's twenty two percent that's one out of five businesses that failed under romney's watch with

representative charlie bass will be in our studio. he is a republican from new hampshire scans has endorsed mitt romney. we will speak to him about that. first, our colleague is looking at different issues in manchester and how they prepare for the onslaught of the media. clip: we are in downtown manchester with the mayor of the city. a republican just sworn in for his second term a couple days ago. tell us how the city has prepared for the primary. >> there's no way to really prepare. if all you can do is make sure president's understand there's a lot of people coming into town and they have to have enough food to feed everybody. there's nothing you can prepare for because you don't know how many people are coming in crew or where they are coming from. but manchester is alive and the hotel rooms are full from here to the north country. people are excited. >> i read in the union leader paper yesterday that you expect diplomats from other countries to be in the proceedings. host: they are here. you can see them walking l street yesterd

senator judd gregg, congressman charlie bass.nd they have fought for us across the state. thank you also, mayor. ted gatsis. the many state legislators who have been tireless workers on our behalf. one state senator deserves special mention. jeb bradley is out there somewhere. he has fired up audiences everywhere we go. thanks to ray burton, and others who have been there for us from the very beginning. we are grateful to the people who lead our campaign in new hampshire. jim merrill. [applause] jason mcbride, and a special thanks to the thousands of volunteers who have devoted countless hours to our calls. finally, we want to thank the people of new hampshire. [applause] they are the active part of this democratic process. the ones we met by knocking on doors, visiting towns and cities throughout this great state, and who turned out to meet us at one of our many events. now, guess what i want to do? i want to introduce the man who next president of the united states, mitt romney. [cheers and applause] [bob seger's "born free" pl

new hampshire, candidates have already started their day, holding breakfast events, congressman charlie bass of mitt romney's steering committee. and karen testerman is a conservative acttivist in new hampshire who's supporting senator rick santorum. everybody's very friendly when you guys are on opposing sides. i wanted to meet with speaker gingrich in dairy talking about why shewaited so long to go after mitt romney. >> initially we were really slow for prak kl reasons. i didn't want to get into a dance where romney would put up add number 1 and i would answer it. and then romney would put up ad number two and then i would answer. >> are you guys seeing anything here in new hampshire? i don't see three candidates operating on tv. mitt romney, ron paul and jon huntsman. >> the money in the polls has transcended the issues. i came up here two months ago and the first thing newt said to me is don't go negative. >> but speaker gingrich is now gone negative, do you blame him? >> i don't hear anything about any personal stuff. i'm hearing issues stuff and no, i don't blame him at all, he's been

congressman charlie bass is a romney supporter.your time this morning. >> glad to be with you. >> two debates in 12 hours time. how do you think your candidate did? >> i think he held his own. his message was clear. when you are the frontrunner you are the only guy who can say that you are going to, quote, keep on doing stuff because what has to happen in new hampshire between now and a day and a half from now is some kind of seminole event. that hasn't happened. it has happened in past elections. i started in this business so to speak in 1979 and always there has been or if there has been a change in the vote it has happened in the last week because there has been a shift. there is no shift going on right now. a little more strength there, a little less there. mitt romney is consistent. he is saying the same thing now that he said a month or so ago. he has worked this state to death for a long time and he has earned this nomination which i think he is going to get on tuesday. >> shannon: you point out he is consistent so what he i

host: we are talking to congressman charlie bass from new hampshire. joseph from new hampshire on our republican line. caller: good morning. ever since the ross perot campaign, we have incurred everybody in the political arena. we need to take our country back. nobody has the courage to tell the truth and say who we need to take the country back from. you know as well as i do and all those people considered insiders that the 13 wall street banks by way of the federal reserve are running the country. the reason why the democrats and republicans cannot get anything done is because democracy is dead. our way of life is gone. host: congressman bass. guest: fair enough. i appreciate your perspective. i support more transparency in the federal reserve. i think it operates in too much of a sphere of secrecy. that would be helpful for the economy. i do not want to be thought of as supporting the behavior of wall street over the last four years. the solution of the dodd-frank bill does not solve the problem and creates more regulation and more cost and doesn't

senator gregg, congressman charlie bass. they have spoken for us and fought for us across the state. to the many state legislators and it councilors who endorsed our campaign. one state senator deserve special mention, jeff bradley. he is out there. [applause] he has fired up audiences for everywhere we go. we are grateful for the people that have led our campaign in new hampshire. they key to the volunteers that have devoted thousands of hours to our cause. finally, the people of new hampshire. [applause] they are the active part of this campaign. they have been knocking on doors, it turned out to meet us at one of our many of sense. now, guess what i want to do? i want to introduce the man who we all believe should be the next president of the united states. [applause] mitt romney. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, new hampshire. tonight, we made history. the state has always been a very special place for our family. we have made a home here and we have filled it with great memories of our children and grandchildren. i h

we will also talk to new hampshire congressman charlie bass and trey grayson of the harvard institutef politics. "washington journal" each morning at seven eastern on c-span. now the annual news and documentary film m.a. award ceremony. >> some of the categories include investigative reporting, this interview and documentary. larry king was honored with a the lifetime achievement award. this event was held at lincoln center in new york in september and is about two and a half hours. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the chairman of the national academy of television arts and sciences, maliki winch as. [applause] >> thank you very much. good evening. is like to welcome to the 32nd annual news emmy awards. the people in this room tonight represent the very best in broadcast journalism and at the national academy we wish to congratulate all the nominees for their outstanding contributions in the excellence of television. [applause] thank you. and we are especially pleased to see larry king for more than 50 years of news and entertainment and broadcasting. he has graced our homes --

congressman charlie bass. they have spoken for us and they have fought for us across the state.ank you also, mayor ted gatsis. senate president, and the many people who endorsed our campaign and been tireless workers on our behalf. one state senator deserves special mention, jeb bradley. he's out there somewhere. he has fired up audiences for us everywhere we go. thanks to ray burton. doug and stella stamon. scott hilliard there for us from the very beginning. we're grateful to the people who lead our campaign in new hampshire. jim merrill. jason mcbride and tom wrath. and a special thanks out to the thousands of volunteers who have devoted countless hours to our cause. finally, we want to thank the people of new hampshire. they are the active part of this democratic process. the ones we met by knocking on door, visiting towns throughout this great state and who turned out to meet mitt and me at one of our many events. now, guess what i want to do? i want to introduce the man who we all believe should be the next president of the united states. mitt romney. [ applause ] >> tonig