shortly before dr. paul took the stage there, in des moines tonight, an iowa republican state senator who's named kent sorensen was introduced to the ron paul supporting crowd. up until tonight mr. sorensen had been serving as an iowa state co-chair for the michele bachmann campaign. the reason he was being introduced at a ron paul roll was to announce he's switching sides. >> tonight's been tough for me. i've been serving as michele bachmann's state chair over the lastç year. and while michele has fought tremendously for my conservative values, i believe we're at a turning point in this campaign. i believe we have an opportunity

so let's bring in columnist and former reagan administration official dr paul craig roberts back into the conversation paul we got reports earlier this week that the u.s. is involved in training fighters on the border of syria is it possible that they are plotting are helping to plot a civil war in the country and i've seen those reports too. i would think that the united states is involved and stirring up the opposition and in arming it it's a way to justify intervention on humanitarian terms they use the cover of the arab spray in the arab protests as they did in libya so. these are not. spontaneous protest and certainly in an authoritarian state i like their syria you wouldn't find people in opposition able to regularly supply them selves with arms with military weapons and this is not any longer just protests it is an armed. rebellion and it makes no sense it makes no sense for the syrians to themselves are up opportunity for the country to be destroyed like it's like libya or iraq or or afghanistan and i suspect that's what's coming to them you know many years ago the neoconserva

dr. ron paul.joell good morning. >> i want to say a quick comment on how the social security and medicaid situation is going on right now. dr. paul said he would take care of the situation. there's a lot of people that are depending on the programs that do not understand what he is referring to. i would like to clarify that. will he do -- what would you do when it gets too far or south carolina when the state's down south voted for obama/ ? >> you are likely to do well on tuesday night. some say you're likely to win it. kenny duplicate its success in iowa in other parts of the country? >> i would have to assume that is the possibility. i was able to convince people over the years in my district and we're doing very well here and the next tour would be in new hampshire, and the message is a powerful message. i think we can do exactly that. >> what was his question about florida specifically? help me understand what your position -- a question of florida was. are you still there? >> there has been --

"these aren't my figures, dr. paul said tuesday.u can gather from the report." when the "houston chronicle" started asking about those also, "given the inefficiencies of what d.c. laughingly calls the criminal justice system, i think we can safely assume that 95% of the black males in that city are semi-criminal or entirely criminal." these were quotes from ron paul's newsletters. and when the "dallas morning news" asked him about them, running for congress that year, he did not disavow these statements. "in the interview, he did not deny he made the statement about the swiftness of black men. if you try to catch someone that has stolen a purse from you, there is no chance to catch them," dr. paul said." he also said "the comment about black men in the nation's capital was made while writing about a 1992 study produced by the national center on incarceration and alternatives, a criminal justice think tank based in virginia." "these aren't my figures, dr. paul said tuesday. that is the assumption you can gather from the report." when

dr. paul is now positioned to win the iowa caucuses because iowa republicans remain dissatisfied, many believe, with republican contenders. notably, romney and gingrich. republican voters see gingrich as zany, and romney as inconsistent. the iowa caucuses, less than three weeks away, january 3, are closed caucuses, limited only to registered republicans, ie, g.o.p.'s, true believers. that gives dr. paul the inside track. also, this -- one, ground support. politicians in the state say that paul has the best ground campaign. that means he will turn out his vote, reminds a phone calls, car pickups and returns, helping registration, et cetera. two, money. paul this year has raised $15 million, only mitt romney with 15 million and rick perry with 17 million have raised more. marginally. three, advertising. tough, close to the bone claims. here's his ad against newt gingrich, branding him with serial hypocrisy. >> he flipped and flopped based on -- >> he's demonstrating himself to be a very -- insid

hello, dr. paul. with the death of the north korean president, would you still remove the troops from the region? with the death of the north korean president, kim jong il, will you remove the trips? >> -- remove the troops? >> this looks like this may be a wonderful opportunity. the world is changing. the south koreans have, what? 10, 20 times the gdp of north korea? what are they doing over there? why do we not have them spending money back here in this country? i would bring them home from south korea. i would bring them home from japan and germany and the middle east, and we would be stronger for it, because great nations do not get defeated usually militarily. they get defeated by bad policies. liberties are more destroyed by people's and governments more so than someone in dating. -- than someone invading. i would bring them home, the sooner the better. [applause] >> hi, dr. paul. my question is regarding the act that is to protect cargo coming in and going out of the united states and to protec

hello, dr. paul. with the death of north korean president, as a present we you remove our troops from the region? >> i didn't hear your first sentence. >> with the death of the north korea president, jim jong-il, will you still remove the troops from south korea? >> sure. i don't think the new guys going to be anymore -- he doesn't look like he has a whole lot of talented to me. [laughter] this looks like a wonderful opportunity. the world is changing. they have a new leader up there and the south koreans have about what, 10, 20 times gdp of north korean? what are we doing over there? why don't we have those military personnel back you're spending their money here in this country? i would bring them home from south korea. i would bring them home from japan. i bring them home from germany and the middle east. and we would be stronger for it. because great nations don't get defeated it usually militarily. they get defeated from a bad economic policies are as a matter of fact, liberties are more destroye

a number of young people went up to him and said, "dr. paul --" they refer to him as dr. paul -- "i am honored to be in your presence." he is almost like a cult figure for some young people out there, and veterans as well. veterans will support him. >> he has the biggest veterans' support of anybody in this state at the moment. to follow up on what colby king had to say, are we making too much of iowa? it is one of the few places where we still seek retail politics, where candidates are forced to answer questions from real-life people like truck drivers. but not everyone is sold on its continuing significance in the nominating process. gail collins in "the new york times" poked fun at the state for being unrepresentative. does iowa deserve all this criticism, evan thomas? >> yes and no. [laughter] >> there is a bold statement. >> it is not representative in that it is isolationist, extremely far right, and it has not picked presidents. but one great thing is the retail business, that you have to go out there and meet folks. because it is a long process, we do get to know t

i think whether it's dr. paul or any of the other five other candidates aggressively competing here in iowa, it's really going to be those 12 days remaining on the ground retail letting an iowan ask him that question because that's the vetting process that takes place here in the iowa caucuses. >> keeps everybody's feet to the fire. the latest iowa state university poll showing that ron paul tops at 28% and followed by newt gingrich, mitt romney, a distant third is opening two new offices in iowa today as we understand it. gingrich opening these offices. so do -- do we think that's going to help move the dial? we've gotten so many reports that the strongest ground gains from ron paul and rick santorum are the ones that think and watch most closely. >> yeah, there's no question there's been a myth out there that the organization doesn't matter anymore this cycle in iowa. and i don't know how you can look at where ron paul is standing in the polls and say that. clearly rick santorum who has essentially lived in iowa

and to talk more about the developments in syria i was joined earlier by dr paul craig roberts a columnist and former reagan administration official with airports out this week of american involvement in training fighters on the border of turkey i asked paul if it's possible the u.s. is helping plot a civil war in the country take a listen. i would think that the united states is involved stirring up a solution and an arm and it's a way to justify intervention on humanitarian terms they use the cover of the arab spring. as they do in libya. so. these are not. spontaneous protest and certainly in a authoritarian state like there syria you wouldn't find people in opposition able to readily supply themselves with arms with military weapons and this is not any longer just protests it is an armed. rebellion army makes no sense it makes no sense for the syrians to themselves are up opportunity for the country to be destroyed when i say like libya or iraq or or afghanistan and i suspect that's what's coming to them you know many years ago the neo conservatives sent out their document calling for

that was dr paul craig roberts former reagan administration official economist and columnist well that does it for now but my interview with dr roberts didn't end there he also gave me his thoughts on the downed drone anywhere on the possible consequences of this military to see the full interview or more of the stories we covered on r.t. dot com slash usa you can have there or check out our youtube page it's youtube dot com slash r t america you can also follow me on twitter as well be right back here and a half an hour with more news an in-depth interviews. sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you. are. wealthy british.

"these aren't my figures, dr. paul said tuesday. that is the assumption you can gather from the report." when the "houston chronicle" started asking about those comments also in 1996 dr. paul's campaign spokesman defended the remarks about the criminality of black men thusly. he said that the reverend jesse jackson had also talked about urban crime, so essentially that made it okay. so that's how ron paul and his political campaign responded to criticism about nakedly racist passages in his newsletters when he was asked about them during his congressional campaign in the mid '90s. he responded essentially by defending those nakedly racist passages. and that was not enough to kill ron paul's political career. quite to the contrary. he won the election that year in '96. he went back to congress, and he has been there ever since. and right now ron paul is having the biggest political surge of his career. he's the front-runner in most of the iowa polling. there's a reasonable chance he could win the iowa caucuses in a week and a half. b

. >> dr. paul is wrong on this issue. you can't make nice with -- >> in a moment, my exclusive one-on-one with governor perry. but first, other major news today, including this. sickening, sickening, no other way to describe it. penn state football coach mike mcqueary entered court today and said he believes he saw coach jerry sandusky molesting a boy in the showers. susan candiotti was in the courtroom and some of the testimony in her report here is quite graphic. >> reporter: it was his moment, mike mcqueary walked into court, took a deep breath and became the prosecution's star witness. he methodically described what he called a horrifying alleged 2002 sexual assault between jerry sandusky and a young boy in a penn state locker room. >> when i opened that first door, i heard rhythmic slapping sounds, two or three slaps skin on skin. >> reporter: he moved closer and looked in the shower. >> the boy was facing the wall, hands for shoulder height. jerry was close to him with his hands wrapped around his waist. i believe j

dr. paul could begin getting our nation back to our original, constitutional form -- if elected, dr. paul could began getting our getting our nation back to our original, constitutional form. i believe that america can be great again. the liberties and freedom that we have from our creator must be preserved and restored. host: ronnie in naples, florida. in the "baltimore sun," the headline is -- sacramento, california, bobby on our line for independents. who is your political hero? caller: elizabeth warren. she taught me how the economics of the middle-class have been going down. they throw credit at you. it is just credit ruining the middle class -- debt and credit. host: even though you are in sacramento, california, give me some thoughts about elizabeth warren's run for the senate. caller: she is going to win. her opponent switches tactics. you can read about his past decisions and past actions. she is going to win the senate. host: all right. we will leave it there. bill wilson sends us th

ron paul spokesman sent this to cnn today -- dr. paulwrite that solicitation and the signature is an auto pen. it does not reflect his thoughts and is out of step with the message he has espoused for 40 years. he has never used such rhetoric. he disavows the newsletter and abhors that content. erick, i take jesse benton at his word and he speaks for dr. paul in that statement. however, you're a candidate for high office. he was a politician back in the day. this letterhead has his name on it. it may be in auto pen, but that is his signature. anything that happens in your public life is fair game when you're running for president, no? >> right. very much so, but it's more complicated than that because ten years ago when confronted by the dallas morning news, ron paul said he wrote some of the stuff in those newsletters. now ten years later, saying he didn't. a lot of the statements ron paul made about jews and israel, he's made on iranian television. if republicans are going to attack barack obama for being in jeremiah wright's church, th

dr. paul's care for a biracial couple in the 1970s. >> when ron paul came to my rescue, he just stepped in and went to work with my wife. >> reporter: also saturday, newt gingrich the target of an aggressive advertising blitz that's caused his poll numbers to plummet e-mailed supporters attacking the media and asking for money. still to be determined, whether gingrich's show of emotion friday speaking about his late mother's illness will help the former house speak connect with undecided voters. >> um she was dealing with the real problems of real people in my family. >> reporter: michele bachmann is struggling to regain the momentum that won her the ames straw poll last summer. >> we did this together! rick santorum is enjoying the attention that's come with his recent surge among conservatives. on friday looking to win fans wearing gear from iowa's rival universities at consecutive events. and rick perry fighting to overcome divisions within his campaign continues to hammer away at santorum's record on earmarks in congress. >> the pork barrel spending where senators, they scratch one ano

called stress force says protesters are exaggerating to went outside support from powers like the us dr paul craig roberts a former reagan administration official told r.t. he believes washington is not just backing the rebels diplomatically but the united states is involved in stirring up there are position and an arm and yet they use the cover of the arab spring arab protests as they do in libya so. these are not. spontaneous protest and certainly authoritarian state like they are syria you wouldn't find people in opposition they want to really themselves with arms with military weapons that makes no sense for the syrians to themselves stir up opportunity for the country to be destroyed or right it's like libya or iraq or or afghanistan tourists who got saved in libya what's involved here is the russians have a naval base in syria and the americans don't want a russian naval presence in the mediterranean. and just as in living your the problem was the chinese all in syria goes around and is in the torrent sites and lebanon. so there will be knocking all these countries one by one while the

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company called force as protesters are exaggerating to went outside support from powers like the us dr paul craig roberts a former reagan administration official told r.t. he believes washington is not just backing the rebels diplomatically but the united states is involved in stirring up the observation and an arm and yet they use the culture of the arab spring arab protests as they do and libya so these are not spontaneous protest and certainly authoritarian state like syria syria you wouldn't people and opposition they want to gradually. with arms military weapons it makes no sense for the syrians to themselves opportunity for the country to be destroyed like libya or iraq or afghanistan or those who got saved in libya what's involved here is the russians now they make nice in syria. and the americans do the russian naval presence in the middle ground just as in libya or the problem was the chinese all investments in syria iran is in the target sites and and lemon arms and so there will be knocking all of these countries one by one and while they stand there and don't unite in fact it ca

before kick off a prime minister to turn into a vocal tribute to supporters changing his nickname dr paul we're going to follow it was a bad tempered if as you can see four players were sent off to from each side although the neutral was enough to be pretty is their first national title since carlos tevez and have him ask around i led them to victory in two thousand and five. we will stay with football and the english premier league talk to the city and manchester united have been drawn together for a match watering third round in the f.a. cup holders city will host the arch rivals. he had stayed in the jan with the seventh still reveling in their six one league triumph at old trafford in october united will be and to avenge that defeat their worst home loss since nine hundred fifty five city also be one nil in last season's f.a. cup semifinal and the red devils by five points at the top of the premier league table. the last time was one of only two world premier league encounters to merge from sunday afternoon with newcastle in the other top forty andrea sherman's arsenal welcome champio

country's opposition exaggerates and manipulates facts to win outside support from powers like the us dr paul craig roberts a former reagan administration official told r.t. that he believes washington isn't only backing the rebels diplomatically. the united states is involved in stirring up their own position or making it it's a way to justify intervention on humanitarian terms they use the cover of the arab spring arab protests as they do in libya. so. these are not. spontaneous protest and certainly you know authoritarian state you know like cigarette syria you wouldn't find people in opposition able to ridgely those with arms with military weapons and this is not any longer just protest it is an armed. rebellion and makes no sense it makes no sense for the syrians to the. opportunity for the country to be destroyed when it's like libya or iraq or afghanistan. you're watching r t it's good to have your company today and still to come for you at this hour in the program championing the rights of benefit tourists the e.u. targets of britons a tough hand out policies saying the u.k. is oblige

dr. ron paul, the texas congressman and ndidate for present, of course. dr. back to the program. >> thank you, david. good to be with you. >> did newt gingrich do anything to diminish his chances in iowa last night? >> well, i don't know whether he did it. but i thinkecause he had to face a lot of serious questions about, you know, his change in positions, and what he has to defend, i would think that he shouldn't have gained from tha but that remains to be seen. i guess somebody's going to do a poll rather quickly. but, you knw, we've had people, you kno leading the ck off and on this whole past year, so it will be interesting to see just what happens. in the next week or two. >> the question of who is the consistent conservative. the issue of him receiving payments from freddie mac, the mortgage giant. this was the subject of were you took him on last night, and his response. watch. >> he's been on different positions, you know, on some of the issues. single payer. he's taken some positions that are not conservative. he sported the t.a.r.p. fund. and the oth

this is a great opportunity to ask your questions of dr. paul . >> hi, dr. paul. my name is hannah. 25% of the country does not identify with any particular religion to. i understand york freedom of religion. would you support any legislation that is religiously motivated, but cannot be sanctioned because of secular reasons? >> it depends on what you are talking to because somebody might encourage you to murder somebody because of religion. when it comes to regulation, there's nothing the government should be involved in. the first amendment is clear, congress shall write no laws establishing -- dealing with the establishment of religion. there should be no preconditions -- prohibitions. basically in religion we do a pretty good job. i bet there are a lot of different values in this room and some who do not want any. that is what we have been provided. the government should not make those decisions. when -- we are tolerant encore our intellectual -- we're tolerant on our intellectual lives. we still have books on communism, and we did not prevent people from doing

dr. ron paul. is is joelle. >> i want to make a quick comment on how the medicaid and social security situation is going on right now. dr. ron paul said that he would take care of those situations. there are a lot of people who are dependent on those programs to do not understand what you are referring to. "like you to clarify that i want to ask what you would do when you get to south carolina concerning the fact that most of these states down south of voted for obama. >> let me build on his question -- you are likely to do very well on tuesday night. some say you are likely to win or be very close. can you duplicate your success. ilem and other parts of the country? >> i would have to assume that is a possibility. i don't think the numbers are there. i was able to convince people in my district over the years of this philosophy of liberty and the constitution and we are doing very well here and the next juror would be in new hampshire and do well there. i think there is a very good chance we can do