get their campaign contributions from here's how the scam works you jersey republican governor chris christie cut eight hundred twenty million dollars out of his education budget last year then created an eight hundred twenty five million dollars school voucher program this year and wisconsin governor scott walker is slashing nine hundred million dollars out of his education budget and adding seven hundred fifty million dollars to a school voucher program so forcing us to use our tax dollars to undermine our very own public education systems what's worse some of the private schools that benefit from these vouchers are religious schools so not only are we committing tax dollars toward ruining public education but we're also committing tax dollars to tearing down that wall of separation between church and state that thomas jefferson so eloquently wrote about so we have federal education dollars going to c.e.o.'s who only care about profits and federal education dollars going to churches that only care about getting the religious message across and these churches like the corporations have a who

at the same time, chris christie, a major new face of the gop, said emphatically he will not run. steve handelsman with the latest on the race. >> reporter: he's a republican with name recognition, 93% of americans have heard of newt gingrich and he's got experience. but the former house speaker has baggage. two divorces, one reason he's putting his current wife calista front and center. but declaring his run for the white house on twitter does not make gingrich the front-runner, says karl rove. >> he could earn his way into the top tier, though, and that's what is going to be interesting about this contest. new jersey governor chris christie urged by many republicans to run said today in d.c., no way. >> no. >> i'm kidding. >> my god, i'm not running for president. >> reporter: mitt romney is seen by some as the front-runner. donald trump in new hampshire today did poll number one. till he challenged president obama's birth, trump has lost 69% of his support in one poll. tea party republicans will keep the 2012 focus on deep spending cuts. >> so we can preserve medicare in the lo

governor chris christie, they now want, to challenge president obama. senior washington editor rick klein is here. i wanted to play what governor christie recently told diane about running for president and get your reaction on the back side here. >> you're still saying categorically, not running. >> no, i'm not running. i mean, i don't know how else to put it, diane. i mean, the answer is no. i don't feel ready in my heart to be president. and unless i do, i don't have any right offering myself to the people of this country. it's much too big a job. >> doesn't feel it in his heart. he seemed pretty clear there, rick. so, do republicans really think they can get him to change his mind? >> reporter: they hope so. this group of iowans, they are looking at the current crop of candidates in 2012 and are just uninspired. all of this talk has quickened. a week ago tonight, we were still talking about donald trump and his impact on the race. now, with the conclusion of the hunt for bin laden, president obama looks stronger than ever. republicans look at chris

so, you look at people like chris christie. now, as you show, christie says he's not running, but important here that he is welcoming these activists to new jersey. they are coming to his home state. the very fact that he's allowing them to visit on this field trip says that maybe just a slightest glimmer of hope. >> perhaps a hint there. rick klein in washington, thank you. >>> overseas this evening, to an explosion of sectarian violence in egypt. street battles between muslims and christians erupted in cairo after hundreds of muslims burned down two churches after rumors of a muslim woman marrying a christian man. at least 12 were killed. >>> in baghdad tonight, they are mourning more than a dozen guards killed in an uprising in a baghdad prison, holding some of iraq's worst terror suspects. the fighting began when an insurgent leader rested a gun from a guard and escaped. other inmates seized grenades before order was restored. the ring leader was shot as he tried to jump into a car. >>> much more ahead on "world news" this

i think chris christi, and all the candidates i think can take a lesson from the way chris christi present hims self which is he's really a stand-up guy, he's outspoken, he's willing to take the gloves off. and i think america's looking for real leadership and somebody that is willing to do that. that person, and i think certainly with the broad field we have, one or two of the candidates that -- and they're all good candidates, i've met most of them, but one or two of them, if they come out like that and they come out swinging, i think that's going to resonate. >> i think to the initial premise of the question, i don't sense at least talking to iowa caucus goers that it's a dissatisfaction with the field, but i think it's going to be a very deliberative process because iowa republicans understand the stakes of making the right decision. we understand the stakes of what four more years of the obama administration means to america. so i don't take the fact that iowa republicans haven't coalesced behind a candidate or two yet as evidence that they're dissatisfied. but i think that they want

>> chris christie, that's for sure. especially bush. jeb bush and chris christie. i think the smart political money, the could be convenienceal wisdom which is often wrong but at the moment it sounds right. it's obama's to lose. he and a bad economyould lose it. but at the moment it's not shaping up as a great opportunity for the republicans even though as we all know obama is a polarizing figure in the country. >> charlie: is it about health care? he's polarizing because of health care or what? >> well, i tnk to a lot of republicans who hate him no matter what, it's his agenda generally. but i think even with independents, health care is a problem for obama. no doubt about it. >> charlie: who could beat the president if they could get the nomination? who is the most likely republican to be able to run the toughest race? >> i think all three of the big three can beat him. and i think there will be a correlation as a lot of republican strategists say. people say the field is weak. if someone wins this tough and strong and manages the narrative of how they did it and

attorney chris christi to give it a try and let it go undercover for a while? >> it's the senior aides in the u.s. attorney's office and people in the fbi. but christi didn't realize is that for is of course of the previous number of years there had been a number of investigations and indictments that came down through the operations of cases. mayors, council members, engineers, one of the big engineering firms went belly up as a result. in the course of those investigations, the fed had her problems. when his name comes across the transcript of the u.s. attorney's office, the production process says ah-ha. he knows stuff we want to know. so, coincided with his willingness to rollover of his lawyer pounding away, the lawyer was literally on his call sheet for weeks and christi wouldn't take the calls. finally they give dwex a meeting in the attorney's office and set up like a firing squad where the u.s. attorney's office are a breed around the table. the two lawyers come and hat in hand to try to make this place behind closed doors the corruption, he becomes a u

this is it for chris christie--. >> woodruff: what do you mean this is it? >> this is his best chance. he'll look back-- maybe we doesn't want to run. maybe he really doesn't want to be president. in 2012 will have been the best chance for him. chance comes around but once, basically. and you grab it when it comes. there's a convergence of events that make him a very hot property. >> woodruff: jeb bush? >> his last name is bush, you hear this in republican circles, if his name wasn't bush, he would be our guy. >> woodruff: 20 seconds each. one footnote, chrysler motors paid back, mark, the federal loin loan, the rescue loan. what does that say? there was a whole lot of conversation about if that was the right thing to do. >> it would kill the american automobile industry. mitt romney at the time said that. it wasn't an auto bailout. it was-- as you point out-- a chrysler-g.m. bailout and one could make the case at the expense of ford and honda and toyota and other delays produce cars in america. but it's a success. they want to celebrate it and it's concentr

chris christie has said repeatedly that he's not getting into the race.y favorites to talk about this and the rest of the world of power of politics maria cardona in washington for us and republican strategist lenny mccallister in chicago. guys, good to see you, as always. as we always do here, first question first. maria, what was your political headline of the week? >> where are the presidential candidates that can actually beat president obama? >> you are such a good democrat. and, lenny, lenny, for you, what was the political headline of the week? >> presidential pivot back into politics. >> presidential pivot back into politics. >> so, let's go back. maria, i hope we get that worked out. i think you have some issues with the ear piece. let me start with you then, lenny. what about this field at a time when some say we need to move this country forward with new ideas in a new millennium. just a new era, but we're getting some old faces, if you will, literally and figuratively. what do you think about the two that got in? >> number one, they have inter

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it's much too big a job. >> reporter: chris christie says he's not running but important here that he is welcoming these activists to new jersey. they are coming to his home state. the very fact that he's allowing them to visit on this field trip says that maybe just the slightest glimmer of hope that he'll run. >> that was our senior washington editor rick klein. governor christie expects to visit with an energy company executive from iowa with other top gop fund-raisers and meetings in new jersey today. >>> if you're planning a trip to tufts university near boston you might want to wear some protective gear. michael dougherty was walking across campus when a pair of hawks dive bombed and knocked hip to the ground. the attack was especially vicious and when it was over dougherty as you can see is needed 15 stitches to close his wounds. campus police say it appears the hawks were just protecting their babies. >> yeah, babies there, you hear stories about that, but check out the damage. >> and as dangerously close cof to his eye, he could have lost his whole eye in the whole thing but

. >> stephen: incidentally meatloaf, should i run for president is the same question chris christie asksinner every night. [cheers and applause] and to date the meatloaf has not been given time to answer. [laughter] i will never, never understand this! here to help me understand this is the former chairman of the federal election commission, general council for the mccain 08 campaign and my personal lawyer trevor potter. thank you so much, trevor. [cheers and applause] trevor, i cannot believe this letter. lawyers are such (bleep) present company accepted, of course. [laughter] do you understand what they are saying in here? what are they really say something in. >> they are nervous about what you are trying to do because it's slightly different than what other people have done before. they are nervous that vie viacom would make an illegal corporate contribution to your pac. >> they are allowed. corporations can give me money. why wouldn't they want to give me all that sweet, sweet money. >> they say that if it's counted as a contribution they would have to show it on the report. there m

republican governor chris christie really become a rock star for his tough talk, outspoken language, ing after the democrats in the state to try to reduce the budget there. christie has said so many times, forget about it. i'm not interested in running. the most recent time he told us you're not getting me anywhere near that. my god, i'm not running for president. everybody remain calm. all is well. chris christie to our jessica yellin not too long ago. they're coming today to meet with him and try to maybe change his mind. doubtful it's going to happen. it's another sign republicans are maybe not so crazy about the current crop of presidential candidates they have. maybe they're still searching for somebody else, suzanne. >> you can always count on christie for the plain language. says it like it is. good for jessica getting that. >>> the republican who, of course, does want to run, we're seeing mitt romney. do we think we're going to see a more casual mitt romney than we saw back in 2008? everybody said he was a little too buttoned up. >> reporter: remember when you were covering th

but i think this is going to open it up for chris christie of new jersey and paul ryan.ryan in particular has to think hard about this. he said he wanted to pass his budget to set the terms of debate for the 2012 election. if nobody is taking up that mantle he is going to think maybe i should. the third person i say you have to think about now is jeb bush. >> chris: really? >> despite the brand name damage i think people feel is too early for him. he might feel that, i think he does feel that. i think also if this deal doesn't change and nobody else gets in there will be pressure for one of the three to get in. >> chris: senator bayh, what do you make of all the -- you can sort of have a cheshire cat grin on your face. what do you make of high-profile republicans? donald trump, mike huckabee, haley barbour, what do you make of the guys staying out of the race? >> how much things changed since last november. the president was on the ropes and republican had a big victory. now established republicans are running from the race as fast as they can. this is good news for the

if he doesn't run, you'll see a lot of pressure put on chris christie. in this economic populous wing of the party, the blue-collar wing of the party, michele bachmann, the minnesota congresswoman, she's now leaning more closely toward running. of course, we haven't heard from sarah palin. at some point, she's going to announce she's not going to run, or maybe she decides to do this, but there is a vast opening now for the social conservative, sort of the -- what pat buchanan was in 1992, this fire-breathing, puch-fork carrying i'm mad as heck and not going to take it anymore republican. >> all right, chuck todd. we'll keep track of it as we get closer to iowa. can you believe we're talking about it? >>> at florida's kennedy space center, after a two-week delay, the space shuttle "endeavour" lifted off for the last time with mark kelly, the husband of congresswoman gabby giffords in the commander's seat, and his wounded wife watching on the ground. nbc's tom costello is at the kennedy space center tonight. tom, good evening. >> reporter: a windy one at t

we're going to hear a lot about new york governor chris christy. we'll hear more about paul ryan, the wisconsin republican congressman who didn't quite slam the door shut on "meet the press" today about running for president. maybe even a jeb bush rumor. but at the end of the day, this could be very helpful to tim pawlenty, former minnesota governor. he officially launches his bid tomorrow. he's hoping to grab some of those donors, lester. >> chuck todd in ireland tonight, chuck, thanks. >>> police in los angeles arrested a suspect today in the brutal beating of a san francisco giants' fan outside of l.a.'s dodgers stadium. the case prompted outrage in the sports world and an outpouring of support for the victim. nbc's george lewis has more tonight. >> reporter: it was early this morning when a s.w.a.t. team stormed this apartment building >> the los angeles police department has arrested a suspect in the senseless and brutal attack that occurred here at dodgers stadium on opening day. >> but officials haven't yet identified the suspect. >> there a

no one has been as forceful as chris christie. he has been so adamant that he is not running.ople in iowa are begging him to run, is it going to look like chris christie has passed on the election? host: according to "politico," chris christie is meeting with organizers at the governor's mansion in princeton, new jersey? guest: yes, it looks like they really want him to get into. -- in. host: monroe, louisiana. caller: why are we putting iraq on the back burner when it is becoming a very democratic state and it is going to affect all of the other countries are read it? we see part of it by the uproar, going in with syria and iran -- host: what do you think a role that it should play in 2012? caller: we are currently creating a state with obama's help that will help israel, and picture the other states around it watching what is happening in iraq which is great. host: what about national security issues? guest: afghanistan is going to be a huge issue. it is interesting to hear iraq posed in that kind of light as a success story because it has been such a political albatross for

boehner is among a group of influential republicans pushing for more choices, like new jersey's chris christie. >> i think he's done a great job. and he speaks english like in plain talk. >> reporter: and indiana governor mitch daniels. >> another person who's got a real track record of reform in his state, the kind of reforms that we need to have in washington, d.c. >> reporter: brian, gingrich will announce on twitter and facebook, and thursday mitt romney will use powerpoint to try and distance himself and the massachusetts health care reform plan he signed into law from obama's. and a quick correction from last night. james knox polk in fact was a house speaker who did become president. gingrich, if successful, would only be the second and the first speaker in 100 years to run, brian. >> oh, we heard from a lot of history majors last night. >> reporter: yes, we did. >> chuck todd in our d.c. newsroom. chuck, thanks. >>> in the state of texas tonight a bill that would require colleges to let students carry concealed weapons on campus is a step closer to reality. the state senate passed the

all lot of people talk about chris christie, and i think a lot of candidates can take away something about the way he presents himself. he's not afraid to take the gloves off. america's looking for real leadership and someone who is willing to do that. with the broad field we have, one or two of the candidates we have -- i have met most of them but if they come out swinging, that will resonate. fifth >> first i don't sense that talking to caucus goers that there is a dissatisfaction with the field. i think it will be a very delivered this process. i'll republicans understand the stakes of making the right decision and understand the stakes of of four more years of the obama administration means to america. don't take the fact that iowa has not coalesce around a a candidate or to means they are not satisfied. they want to be discerning. they understand it is a decision we have to get right and i think you'll see more deliberative nature of the caucus process. >> let me ask about the deadline to determine when your primary is going to be held. what is the deadline and when will florida

chris christie is your guy. he is very confrontational.y has problems as a vote gett getter it. he has trouble connecting with americans that are less educated and affluent. you don't make it better by taking somebody with the same problem and a confrontational angry style that voters did not respond to, especially not women voters. >> you can read david fromm's full column online. the address, cnn.com/politics. >>> congressman anthony wiener is talking about a naughty picture supposedly sent -- it was sent from his twitter account. >> this is a prank, not a terribly creative one and it is a distraction. >> weiner says he was hacked. it happens. cnn has his explanation next. we will also find out what the woman who received the picture is saying. >>> controversy runs the soccer world. the head of fifa insists there is no crisis. we will take a closer look at the corruption allegations. that's next. ♪ [ male announcer ] when you come to new york from a place like detroit, no one expects you to influence the world of fashion. but when you gr

chris christie has made sherman-like statements about not running this time.hink he's serious about that. and i think one reason is that he can look ahead to 2016. >> yeah. >> and see that as a better chance. >> what about the message, andrew ross sorkin? i mean, you cover wall street, you cover all things financial. a fiscal discipline message of we're going to get it right on the economy message, that is still the right message for republicans going into next year. >> i got an e-mail while the show was going on, while ryan was just speaking. and even though the medicare plan may be unpopular, the view by a wall street ceo was this guy at least is proposing something. i think they like the idea of leadership. they want to get behind that. i don't know if ryan is their man. i think from a money perspective, you're seeing all the money going to romney, but i think there is a worry there is a lack of leadership. as one ceo said to me this week, at this point, we are only playing for the senate. in terms of what our real opportunity is, because i don't think they

standard bearers like texas governor rick perry, new jersey governor chris christie and even former floridaovernor jeb bush. john hendren, abc news, washington. >>> one of yosemite's popular vantage points will reopen at noon in time for the memorial day weekend. many people hope to get a better view of waterfalls like these from grasher point. the road to glacier point has been closed due to heavy snow. visitors say this is assen impressive as the falls have been for 15 years thanks to all the snow we've had this past winter. >> all that run-off. >> all right, mr. mike nicco. tell us about the rain. >> it's nothing out there right now. to talk about. but it could develop in the last couple of hours. we'll make sure to show you where it is and where it's going. possibility of a scattered shower in the forecast through noon today. you can see the clouds gathering over san francisco. as we look back to the west from emeryville. talk about the temperatures. that will affect more of us. 48 in santa rosa. 46 in los gatos. low to mid-60s. the clouds keep the temperatures up compared to yesterday

say that with chris christie in which donald, scott walker and others that are doing a lot of the same thing. and yes, there some short-term pain, and yes, your poll numbers may go down a little bit. but do you know what? people i think willis, one, we've got to do it, so we are willing to see the government to do. i think tom coburn said it best to he said for us to get our country back on track we've got to have a generation of lawmakers that are not worried about getting reelected. i can say from what we're doing with redistricting now, and what i know from 14 years and the legislature, every lawmaker is worried about getting reelected because they deeply their ideas important for the future and that's great about our system. but we are in a critical tipping point where after probably four years of overspending by republicans anddemocrats in coress that there is no more room to do that. president obama's own commissi commission, simpson-bowles commission, i think is alan simpson that said this as their issued their report, he said there's no more they can to bring home. the biggest

. >> reporter: gop insiders are so unhappy, some are urging chris christie to reconsider his emphatic statement to diane sawyer. >> i'm not running for president. >> reporter: former first lady laura bush called mitch daniels' wife urging her to help push her husband into the race. for now, the field includes newt gingrich, a family values conservative who has had three wives, mitt romney, still unannounced who signed a universal health care plan in massachusetts that won him an endorsement that will not help. >> i agree with mitt romney. >> reporter: congressman ron paul, michele bachmann and the donald. >> you're fired. >> reporter: the candidate from reality tv. >> i spoke today to huckabee's top advisor, he says he's guessing that huckabee will announce that he's not running. but even he doesn't know. huckabee hasn't told him either. >> john, thanks to you. >>> the feds are following an arrest in south florida, an imam of a miami mosque and two of his sons, one of them also an imam, accused of providing $50,000 to the pakistani taliban which of course the u.s. considers a terroris

and there may be new pressure on reluctant republicans like new jersey governor chris christie to jump into the game. >> this is the nfl now. you got to be ready to hit the ground running and you're going to get some hits, too. i mean, the second you put yourself out there, you got a whole bunch of people who are going to come right after you to tackle you. >> reporter: now, a few of those gop contenders will be descending on states like new hampshire and iowa this week. as for mike huckabee, he says he has not decided who to endorse yet. david? >> clayton sandell, thank you. >>> in florida this evening, they're making final preparations for the last launch of the shuttle "endeavor" tomorrow. emotions are high, not only because this is the final liftoff, but because of who will be flying it, but who is watching him lift off. congresswoman gabrielle giffords will be there. and our bob woodruff is also there tonight. good evening, bob. >> reporter: good evening, david. we know she landed about noon today, she's kept out of the public eye since she arrived from houston. but now she's goin

you go if you don't people doing opposition research on chris christie even though in saying i really commit suicide and the president. is out there and people were urging him to get in the race there's pressure from a close look at her and feel to get some more people in the race and you know even with the fuel that we have there's still lots of folks who i think legitimately are saying i don't like him going to you know force he's a radical. well i would hope that the obama administration is doing some type of research on possible candidates an opponent out there otherwise i just gotta say that they're amateurs but i think part of the problem here is so you look at the people of fox news. you see these a wild crazy extreme personalities be they glenn beck and that's what people start to want in their politicians they want someone like glenn beck to run for office and tim pawlenty is just a complete snooze but at the end of the day so what happens if if a man like glenn beck actually runs for president who just calls the president a socialist and says that he uses nazi tactics and is

society forward so if i think in the news or in the new jersey supreme court smacked down governor chris christie calling his massive cuts to education unconstitutional that state's constitution like every other state in the country requires a free public education to all students christie figured he could get around that obligation by laundering education funds through private corporations and churches but shouldn't education are made a part of the commons instead of just another industry the profiteers can carve up watered down and sell back to us for a profit no i think no ok it's ok to have voters it's ok to have private competition we need more competition in education because our schools aren't doing that well the more money we don't need these programs no child left behind being a great example our education is not getting better it's getting more the child left behind was a disaster of the right and i am as i'm going to manage i mean i agree that the should be more competition the problem is that these budget cuts mean it's that the curriculum content requirements were not being met and t

this has led prominent republicans to look for a wild card candidate, trying to convince either chris christie, the new jersey governor, or former governor of florida jeb bush, to make a run. so far, it appears their answer is the same as they gave earlier this year. no thank you. david? >> all right, david kerley, thank you. our senior washington editor rick klein joining us now from washington. rick, as you heard david report there, there is a growing concern for many republicans. you know the calendar better than any of us. do they usually have greater numbers of leading candidates by now? >> reporter: they do. this has been remarkable. and that what's really interesting is, this door is wide open, yet nobody seems to be wanting to walk through it. the upshot is the field is basically frozen in place for the next couple of months. republicans are going to be stuck with the candidates they've got, whether they like it or not. but speaking of the calendar, look to the fall for another boom for someone that's got more star power. there's just too much angst out there in the republican field fo

i think the scott walkers, the john kay sick, even chris christie learned something from him. >> schieffer: why do you think he decided not to run? >> you have to ask him. he's been a very formidable competitor. i thought he would be in the frontrunners from day one if he had decided to run. >> schieffer: let's talk about your campaign. we kind of laid it out there. you began your campaign last week on "meet the press" with what i have to say was withering criticism of the plan passed by the republican house to replace medicare with government subsidized private insurance. you heard them. you've heard them all week. republicans from rush limbaugh to governor nikki haley of south carolina to paul ryan himself cried foul. then you backed off and said you made a mistake. but you sounded pretty certain. i just want to go back and let's listen to what you said last week. >> do you think that republicans ought to buck the public opposition and really move forward to completely change medicare, turn it into a voucher program where you give seniors some premium support and so that they can go out

seven hundred fifty million dollars to the school voucher program and also a new jersey governor chris christie cut two hundred or eight hundred twenty million dollars out of his education budget last year then created an eight hundred twenty five million dollars school voucher program last year and that's just to name a few here to explain how the scam works and what it means for the future of public education in america is the giuliani reporter and blogger extraordinary at think progress welcome back thanks for having me what does how does this work exactly federal funds going to fund religious schools you know what happened to thomas jefferson's wall of separation well that's exactly where this go about your movement came from a one point american history of the twentieth century a lot of religious conservative americans said that you know we want tax dollars going to religious schools we want our kids in christian schools for example but you know there's this thing called the constitution standing in the way so what they did is they design about your scheme which is basically you get a bund

people in the confidence in what should be i represent paul ryan from wisconsin and governor chris christie have publicly announced that they're not going to be running for the presidential election which i think is somewhat unfortunate but so are you saying the best chance the republican party has is to get behind someone earlier in this case wanted to go and i do think that the republicans are going to win the senate and i think they're going to keep hold of the house of representatives which is going to be really good for the republican party in general and i think it will open up the doors for you know talking sixteen but right now i think that that's sort of their best chance to get you know hold of the government well it's the republicans take the house and two thirds of the senate in two thousand and twelve going to looking for them through the two thousand so. team election or perhaps a two thousand and fifteen gresham election do you think taking all that power in the same way when the democrats took control and thousand and six or from the three thousand six election that they wer

and party insiders are scrambling, begging indiana governor mitch daniels and new jersey's chris christiehe race. christie said no way. and daniels hasn't exactly sounded enthusiastic. maybe it's because they don't have the stomach for it. those candidates that are likely to run are backing away from their more moderate views, like mitt romney, who says as governor of massachusetts, his health plan was nothing like president obama's. >> what we were doing in our state was quite different than that. it was a more modest proposal, if you will. and that was, we're not having government take over and run health care. instead wire trying to find a way to get people in our state that didn't have insurance insured. >> tim pawlenty apologized for supporting cap and trade as a way to cut greenhouse gas emissions. all which appealed to the extreme right wing of the party. those voters who decide primaries. independent john after long ways polarization of the parties and rise of the internet have created a cannibalistic feeding frenzy. maybe that's why mike huckabee decided to bow out. his wife warn

ann writes from california, chris christie, are you mad?ntly the republicans see something in him that nobody in his own state does. to them, he's another tea party member who snuck in while the democrats stayed home in 2010. there's no way he can beat obama. maybe huntsman will come in as a dark horse. william writes john huntsman will be the republican candidate for 2012. he's the only republican that will have the appeal to win back all of the moderate that swing to obama in the last election. he has incredible appeal, strong financial backing and has been very successful in his position both as ambassador to china and governor of utah. and dave writes from nashville, what void, jack? a blowhard gambler and trust fund baby coupled with a man of the so-called cloth. neither were in the race in order to qualify as backing out. both were teasing television ratings for the all mighty buck. i'm glad they're gone. if you want to read more, go to cnn.com/caffertyfile. >> you think, jack, that donald trump was ever really serious about running f

run by lobbying his wife and may put pressure on reluctant republicans like new jersey governor chris christie. to jump into the game. >> this is the nfl now, you got to be ready to hit the ground running and you're going to get some hits, too. the second you put yourself out there, you got a whole bunch of people who will come right after you to tackle you. >> reporter: a few gop contenders hitting new hampshire this week. as for mike huckabee he has not decide who to endorse yet. clayton sandell, abc news the white house. >>> thousands in louisiana have packed up and headed to higher ground as floodwaters gush closer to cajun country. major spillway was opened over the weekend to divert water from new orleans and baton rouge but hundreds of thousand of acres of farmland and thousands of homes could be inundated with floodwaters as deep as 20 feet. >> pretty tough, sacrificing many for the few who will have to deal with floodwaters. >> our website, someone said i hope you appreciate this baton rouge. >> we'll take the hit for you. >> scary. >>> now talking about monday's forecast, showers and