we join just an excited candy crowley this morning.y good show coming up. >> well that, and i'm very caffeinated. but yes, we're going to cover a lot of territory this morning, from herman cain and everything else that's transpiring or is about to transpire. >> how much -- candy, before we even get into herman cain and what's been happening, answer this for me. how much is this really taking away from progress we could be making in the conversation or for voters trying to look through these candidates? how much does this really take away from the conversation we really should be having? >> well, listen. the past week as far as the republican campaign trail is concerned was all about herman cain. so clearly what's taking over the headlines -- now you know -- has been herman cain. but you will also say to you that out on the campaign trail, in iowa, and in new hampshire, and in south carolina, mostly these candidates are not besieged at all or even asked once about anything to do with herman cain so that conversation is still taking plac

just 17 minutes away from candy crowley and "state of the union."he's going to join me right after the break with a preview of what she is working on and we'll also be talking about, yes, there was another republican debate but once again it did not disappoint. >>> about a quarter of the top of the hour now. you know, it was just painful to watch republican presidential candidate rick perry as he struggled with that brain freeze at last week's debate. but, he has still been able to make light of it, make fun of himself for it and he was doing it once again laughing about the whole situation. take a listen. >> yeah, so tonightfy need a lifeline i was going to look to you. okay? >> i'll fill in the blanks. >> all right. saw the doctor after that episode. the doc leaned over, he said, you know, that's happened to everybody. he said, most of us just haven't done it in front of 4 million people. he did. >> all right. let me bring in "state of the union" anchor candy crowley. candy, good morning to you. but that's a nice little moment, frankly. we see all

i'm candy crowley in washington. and for analysis, newsmaker interviews and more you can go to our website, cnn.com/sotu. and you can see our "getting to know interview" with former secretary of state konld leeza rice. up next for viewers in the united states, "fareed zakaria: gps." >>> this is "gps," the "global public square." welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zakaria. we have a terrific show for you today. >>> first up, every media organization in the world is reporting that there are signs that israel is getting ready to attack iran. we will ask a man who should know -- israel's defense minister, ehud barak. >>> next, 2011 has proved to be a bad year to be a dictator, think of mubarak, ben ali, gadhafi. who's next? i'll introduce you to a man who has proven prescient in

we're right back. >>> just a couple minutes away from "state of the union" with candy crowley. the stories making headlines today. >>> the congressional super committee feeling pressure because that clock is ticking. some members are getting ready to appear on a number of sunday morning talk shows. looks increasingly doubtful. the committee will reach agreement on how to cut government spending by tomorrow's deadline. the main sticking point for reducing the deficit by $1.2 trillion appears to be taxes. >>> also after this video went public, mcdonald's and target both dropped sparto farms as their egg supplier. the group mercy for animals shot this video, showing chickens in crowded cages living in unsanitary conditions. the fda already had cited the company for serious violations. sparto farms' owner issued a statement saying i was deeply saddened. this isn't who sparboe farms is. the imanimals in the footage are completely unacceptable and completely at odds with our values as egg farmers. >>> in new york, 152,000 students with special needs may have to find a new ride to sch

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candy crowley's got "state of the union" and a preview next. she's standing by to talk to me.ure we'll talk a little gingrich from a second. >>> also, dr. sanjay gupta has a new show on cnn called "the next list." he profiles exceptional individuals and today he is talking to a molecular gastromomer. >> we serve an edible menu here. we have also since day one. serving edible menus makes a lot of sense. every month about 20 tons of paper are wasted in restaurant menus alone and so by that rational if you just ate your menu and it was made from organic local products you would eliminate that paper waste. it looks like a sushi roll, it tastes like a sushi roll but it is your menu. >> tune in every sunday to watch our sanjay gupta. >>> candy crowley is up next. you ready for your present? yeah. all right, i'll be right back. okay. ♪ [ male announcer ] sometimes the giving can be just as amazing as the gift. what do you think? [ laughs ] ♪ [ male announcer ] the lexus december to remember sales event is here, but only for a limited time. see your lexus dealer for exclusive lease of

cmn's chief political krbt sandy crowley show us where things stand now. >> reporter: the thing about the primary season is there's always another debate, which is handy if you messed up a previous one. >> governor perry, you advocate the elimination of the department of energy. if you eliminate the department of energy -- >> you remembered it. [ laughter ] i've had some time to think about it, sir. >> me too. >> reporter: following wednesday's brain freeze heard around the world rick perry went into comic crisis control. if you step in it, joke about it. >> number four -- >> i had a five-hour energy drink six hours before the debate. >> oh, no. >> reporter: perry's gaff may be gingrich's gain. the former speaker's numbers are up. up enough to suggest he may be anybody but romney candidate, and if gingrich falls short of the goal, what about silver? this caught our ear. >> based on this campaign and what happens practice you have heard tonight, do you care to evaluate governor romney's ability to think outside of the box or foreign policy perspectives? >> no. >> you said so last night

straight ahead, our candy crowley looks at these game changers. >>> newt gingrich is back, ladies andu excited about it? newt. the same thing, mitt romney, you know, we never had in the history of this great republic, ever had a president named mitt. and obviously the same would be true for newt. >> newt. >> so, i mean, i'm pulling for both of them because that would be groundbreaking stuff, wouldn't it? but newt gingrich says he wants to get rid of social security. yeah. well, wait a minute, let's think about it. who is more qualified to give this country financial advice than a guy who ran up a half million dollar bill at tiffany's. that's the guy. >> that's david letterman punching some fun at newt gingrich. he has had a big week with the jump in the polls and a key endorsement. chief political correspondent candy crowley wraps it all in this week's game changer. >> give this week to newt gingrich, the latest republican game changer to rise in the polls and today's brass ring recipient. he won the endorsement of the influential conservative newspaper "the new hampshire union leader

i appreciate it crowley and colmes will analyze that interview. john stossel on the smoking cain ad. suit on behalf of muslim students >> bill: barack and hard place segment tonight, let's bring in our political duo monica crowley and alan colmes. before we get to that i said the dow was down 573 in two years. two days. herman cain is a classy guy. he didn't correct me and he could have. what did you think. >> i thought he was very impressive tonight, herman cain. he is a simple hard working guy this is why he is rest resonating. fed up with politicians of all stripes, both parties, done with them. this guy has come up through the ranks. he has spent his entire rank in the private sector as he told you. huge success. he knows how to create jobs which is the major issue going into this campaign he has done it his whole life. what the american people are craving is authenticity, genuineness. this is a guy running a nontraditional campaign as he told you and he is running insurgent campaign. is he running on a shoe string. he has got no money. he tol

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crowley. p.j., i want to start with you because of your experience in government.ned this would happen and the report comes out on tuesday, take us behind the curtain. what is secretary of state, the national security adviser doing now to convince the israelis calm down? >> well, of course, there's been some conjecture around the israelis about whether this is in fact a fact or whether this is just something, it's a rumor that we have heard before. we have had conversations with the israelis about this issue. we've shared the broad concern that the trajectory of iran is very concerning to the united states, to saudi arabia, others in the region. and we have also understood that while military action is a very important and potential course of action, there are significant downsides to this. even the targeting, do you retire a nuclear program? if you hit it but don't end it do you make it inevitable? there's a curious and shaky rep between the iranian regime and the iranian people. you make that regime more popular in the eyes of its own people. compared to what new

i appreciate it crowley and colmes will analyze that interview.ohn stossel on the smoking cain ad. suit on behalf of muslim students. those reports after these messages. ♪ walk, little walk ♪ small talk, big thoughts, gonna tell them all ♪ [ male announcer ] the most headroom per dollar of any car in america. from $10,990. the all-new nissan versa sedan. innovation upsized. innovation for all. ♪ ♪ small talk, big thoughts, gonna tell them all ♪ [ male announcer ] the most legroom per dollar of any car in america. from $10,990. the all-new nissan versa sedan. innovation upsized. innovation fo all. ♪ for many, nexium helps relieve heartburn symptoms innovation upsized. innovation fo all. caused by acid reflux disease. osteoporosis-related bone fractures and low magnesium levels have been seen with nexium. possible side effects include headache, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. other serious stomach conditions may still exist. talk to your doctor about nexium. >> bill: barack and hard place segment tonight, let's bring in our political duo monica crowle

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wolf, also our candy crowley weighing in. >> in our washington studios.s brain on this. this is a tough challenge. it's one thing for a president whether president bush or president obama to bailout american banks in 2008. it's another thing for an american president to participate in the bailing out of the europeans. >> right is why he's saying to europe, you guys have to do this. you have enough resources. the truth of the matter is we've seen this administration time and time again saying well, our economy has been buffeted by all these head winds. and what's one of those? the economic crisis in europe. it's not as though the u.s. is an uninterested observer. makes the case in this global economy that greece goes down or spain or italy or other countries, it makes a weak economic recovery here even weaker. but it's a hard sell. you've got people up on capitol hill talking adds we speak about whose taxes we're going to raise, how are we going to get out of this. wait the president is giving money to bail out greece? what about bailing out america? in th

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crowley, this began the last administration. >> consumer. >> under your president george w. bush. >> bill: colmes, if there wasn't a 15 trillion-dollar debt i would be more sympathetic to your position. but the government is trying to get an environmental agenda passed by investing in these companies. it's a dual thing. >> it's because we have the debt and bad economy and had a recession that business could say not get credit that you have the need for the government to do this. >> bill: you put an ipo out there, nancy pelosi buys it like we reported last night. john boehner. >> that's very funny. this is ultimately going to be good for the economy. you have me back and say this was a great idea. >> bill: take it out and let the people buy the ipo. >> if you believe it's going to be so great for the economy. then people in the private sector would see that as an opportunity to venture capitalists. >> bill: warren buffet. >> capital is not always available. >> bill: buffet has a lot of capital. >> this is l. spread to other creating a manufacturing base we now don't have. cre

with us now monica crowley and alan colmes. what say you, colmes. >>' perry. newt gingrich. a newt aboom. many people may not have looked at him at first. reconsidering because people want a conservative alternative to mitt romney and they are not getting it. >> bill: right. okay. herman cain doctrineaire conservative appeals to audience. when herman cain started to rise is when michele bachmann started to decline. why wouldn't congresswoman bachmann get some support from in cain. >> i don't think she has resonated it seems hasn't done as well in debates. newt has done better in the debates. perry seemed to have all this attention. maybe people will take a second look at him. i think bachmann has rendered herself almost irrelevant in this campaign. she has not had the presence. >> bill: working hard in iowa. trying to could an upset in iowa. >> there could be a couple beneficiaries if herman cain declines. he has had a couple of policy weaknesses that rendered him vulnerable before all of this happened. i think if his campaign does recede, i think alan is right, newt gingric

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"state of the union" with candy crowley begins right now. >>> time is running out but the debt committee is at a standstill. today, ten days to find $1.2 trillion with the co-chair of the super committee, republican congressman jeb hensarling, and two senators who have tried to bridge the party divide -- democrat mark warner and republican tom coburn. >>> assessing the presidential field with republican national committee chairman reince priebus. >>> and america's cities, our first installment today with los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa. >> that's why we're here today. because l.a. is not waiting on washington. >>> i'm candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." >>> on his way out of town friday, president obama called the two chairs of the super committee from air force one to tell them they needed to make a debt deal -- soon. that is not breaking news to panel members who have been spinning their wheels for nearly three months. >> we are not giving up hope ened i hope my democratic colleagues aren't until midnight on the 23rd. >> but wall street may have given up hope. accor

cnn's chief political correspondent candy crowley has a preview. >> i believe in america.g for president. june announcement mitt romney had a moniker, weak front-runner and he still is. technically speaking, in the polls romney is never first and often second to different people with one thing in common, no staying power. >> you have just sent a message that barack obama will be a one-term president. >> reporter: congresswoman michele bachmann was a summer rage, but when she won the iowa stronghold in iowa, she began to lose the foothold. >> sometimes it take ms. e a while to get into something, like this presidential race, but let me tell you you, when i'm in, i'm in all of the way. >> reporter: and rick perry is what many think that romney is not a fiscal and social conservative. perry was an overnight sensation and front-runner, but let's just say that debates are not his forte. >> it is before he was for the social programs from the standpoint that he was for standing up for "roe versus wade" or against "roe versus wade"? >> reporter: he has dropped like stone giving w

john king and candy crowley and david ger begin. you have to feel for the guy in that moment.body has had brain freeze, just not necessarily on public television like that. is it devastating, though, for his campaign? >> it's certainly not helpful. is it devastating? rick perry was not doing well before this. this was the debate where he was going to show us that he could debate. that he was up there and he was up on his stuff. so it doesn't help. you're right. anybody can have a brain freeze, but the fact of the matter is this was the wrong person and the wrong time to have this sort of slip-up. so certainly it can't help but damage at this point perry's chances, which were looking pretty grim to begin with and even before this. you know, people play into a story line. with mitt romney it's that he's a flip flopper and with herman cain it's that he's not a serious candidate. along comes rick perry, and what's the rap on him? he's really not up to the job. he forgets not just one of the three, but the energy department, the main thing he's talking about. he forgets that. under

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crowley. you heard the human rights watch person say that the time for action is now but isn't this the problem. everyone knows that the cavalry is not coming to the rescue. there is a political solution. they had negotiated a settlement 10 days ago. the credibility of the arab league is really on the line here. with that kind of international support comes the ability to add more sanctions to the table. >> to talk about international support. the international community is not even speaking with one voice. you have china and russia divided on the security council. how can you talk about international support? >> what distinguishes syria from libya is that at least until now, the syrians have been able to hold on to the loyalty of their security forces but it takes money to do that. for the military, this is a relentless pace. they are being dispatched across the countryside to put down these protesters and it has to be grating on them. defections are increasing and that is where you will see

i'm monica crowley in tonight for bill o'reilly. in the weekdays with bernie segment tonight occupy wall street protests continue this weekend as more and more demonstrators were arrested. a rally in denver became violent and 20 people were arrested after the protesters defied police orders over where they could build their sleeping tents. despite the violent nature of some of these protests, the media seemed to glorify the movement. >> what's the civics lesson in this for our kids as they are watching this on tv. >> there is a huge civics lesson. it teaches what is important about this, what are -- i think you have to ask the questions what are they there for? what are the reasons behind this? the idea of having a civil discourse is important to teach our kids and something in history we have seen. >> this protest movement is showing strength. it's still growing. changing, and spreading. >> some people are unemployed. they are students who can't pay back student loans. people who need health insurance. but what union nights them is

crowley. you heard the human rights watch person saying that the time for action is now. doesn't everyone know that the cavalry is not coming to the rescue? >> there is not really a military solution. the arab league thought that they had negotiated a settlement 10 days ago. bashar al-assad has ignored that. the credibility of the arab league is on the line. with that kind of international and regional support, there will be more sanctions added to the table that will cripple the economy. >> the international community can't has been speaking with one voice. you have china and russia dividing the security council. how can you talk about international support? >> what distinguishes syria from libya is at least until now the syrians have been able to hold on to the security forces. for the military, this is a relentless pace. they are being dispatched across the countryside. this has to be grating on them and defections are increasing. >> meanwhile, normal people in syria are dying. protesters are looking at this and saying, the international community intervened in libya.

i'm candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." >>> the leader of the western world was wrapping up a meeting with world leaders dominated by the debt crisis in europe when he was reminded of oncoming u.s. elections. >> the least of my concerns at the moment is the politics of a year from now. >> no one believes him, of course, but there are people who get paid to worry about the president's re-election bid and there is cause for concern. "usa today" and gallup polled 12 swing states the president carried in 2008. they found that in late october he was running a close race with mitt romney, herman cain and rick perry. nearly two-thirds of swing state residents say their families are not better off now than when president obama first took office. joining me now for a look at states in play, maryland governor martin o'malley, who heads the democratic governor's association. thank you, governor, for being here. >> thank you. >> let's talk first about the president's prospects. that is a fairly grim at

crowley. if i'm honest, there has been no scandals. they haven't done anything. >> as far as we know, yeah. and also they have been on the level with the american people about their objectives. >> bill: they say flat out. >> which is transforming big sectors of the american economy, including the energy sector which is why the president comes out to stephanopoulos and says what's half a billion dollars really because the bigger project is bankrupting coal which is what he told you he want to do in the 2008 campaign. >> where are the billions of dollars from the iraqi military you know what -- >> -- [ laughter ] >> we could be discussing marilyn monroe and you would get marilyn out of iraq somehow. >> bill: best of the culture warriors. did president obama steal one of miller's jokes? right back with that. i'd like one of those desserts and some coffee. sure. cake or pie? pie. apple or cherry? cherry. oil or cream? oil or cream? cream. reddi-wip us real dairy crm. nothing's more real than reddi-wip. congratulations. congralations. today