>> for what we know of as life eliot, yes.t could be possible that there are other forms of life based on other elements if you will. but for our studies, we have to start someplace where we really know what things are. and that's life like we fine on this planet. so we're really looking for water. it's a key for what we're doing on mars and what we are doing looks for these planets also. >> it sounds like this is still kind of far away. even richard branson isn't selling tickets. so what is the next step here? >> yeah we're going to observe to see what we can fine out, but it is relatively close. 30 light years is nothing when you look at the size of the galaxy and the universe. and the other interesting thing is, 20 years ago we were looking all over the universe for life and it turns out it could be right here in our backyard. and the next steps is the study of the atmospheres of these planets. we'll refine what we know so far, identify the ones that are closer to being like earth and then start to look at their atmospheres

often no considered to be on the fringe so what did it take to have a viable third party candidate eliot ackerman is the chief operating officer for americans elect twenty twelve i know your group would probably agree with john huntsman that a third party candidate could be really helpful in this country talk a little bit about where you guys are trying to do here. we're not trying to form a third party what we're trying to do is give more choice for americans on the ballot so what we're doing and parents alike is inviting every single registered voter in this country to participate in an alternate nominating convention so they'll be able to have their voice heard in order wins that convention of may in june is going to be on the ballot right next to the republicans and democrats and it's not about creating more special interest and more goofy ideologies that we have in the party system it's about creating more choice a ticket that comes out americans elect can be a republican running with a democrat a democrat running an independent this is about getting real leadership like governor hu

governor eliot spitzer rejoins me after the break.s countdown coverage of republican super tuesday. here. >> this number you see here is like looking back in time. the ap assessment at 77% of the vote with a three-tenths of 1-point lead for santorum. nbc has it on their official count as a virtual tie. cnn placed romney ahead in ohio by a couple thousand votes as we're nearing 85% country. again, the last thing we heard was hamilton county, the lowest left-hand corn of if state of ohio had not yet been counted and would in all likelihood be in rick santorum's favor as we wrap up the hour with eliot spitzer. no matter how it turns out, would be next week, for all we know, this is santorum's night. >> rick santorum showed mitt romney is not inevitable. mitt romney has no passion, no energy. the fact they thought he is going to be inevitable, they'll begin to look around immediately. the unemployment rate and the price of gas will dictate the race for the next month or two. if the economy gets better, the fight between santorum and romne

viewpoint with eliot with eliot spitzer right here and check that show out. >> good evening, i'm eliot spitzer. to current's new show viewpoint. as john adam said, facts are stubborn things. every night we'll search for them to form our own opinions and those of our guests and you the audience. tonight we start with a saga of trayvon martin, a case that has become a more mirror in our society. the shooting hase has evolved around the idea that trayvon martin was the aggressor. zimmerman claimed that martin broke his nose and slammed his head into the concrete sidewalk. but video apparently unharmed brought this description of events into question. despite the seemingly contradictory video his brother stuck with his brother's version of the story. >> we're confident that the medical records will explain how he was treated and how he was not. to me his nose looks swollen. i'm his brother. >> another eyewitness has come forward. his description is telling. >> two men on the grass, one on top of each other. i couldn't see a lot of movement. it was very dark, but i felt like there were scuf

and talk to you soon, eliot. >> yes, sir. good to hear you. >> come down and see us, mr.we will have a place for you at the studio any time you are in town. >> bye-bye. >> he is a great guy. >> he is spectacular. you know what? this environmental stuff that lisa jackson reported on, it's important. it prospect activelyively will make future power plants cleaner, a huge move to natural gas, coal plants are going to have emission rates so much lower than than they have in the past. it's a very, sigvery significant move. >> the vice president was right. there is so much attention now to this health care thing, which is that's what they are arguing. you can understand it. the epa, there is something very important about carbon emissions. >> it brings together the president and the supreme court. to show you, i teach a class and tell them 5 is the most powerful number in the united states. five justices can write the constitution, rewrite it pick a picture president. most of us think he should have been president, won the vote in florida. he never got that chance. the same sup

i think client number 9 eliot spitzer is out there and probably has more to do with it than we know of right now. this is a big cover up. >> you think there are other clients that the manhattan da's office is trying to connect? >> it doesn't take years to investigate a crime of this nature. she is not facing any jail time. she is not a flight risk. what's really going on? >> if there are any under aged woman who are working for her enterprise that takes everything to another level. even criminally it takes it from a d felony to a c felony. takes it from probation to mandatory jail time. >> looking at this building i don't know what kind of guy you would want to see slipping in here in the darkness. maybest the low key aspect she had the operation here. >> maybe she is cheap. i aerding to the pictures i would never furnish it that way either. >> describe the women she has coming in here? >> we shared a few of the same girls. they are high end girls beautiful models aspiring actresses. even some college students. model time women. >> how much money? >> 1,000, 2,000 an hour. >> do you thi

. >> good morning, i'm eliot spitzer. welcome to the new 8:00 p.m. show, "viewpoint." >> reporter: where will he land this time? perhaps this time he burned one bridge too many. >> and eliot spitzer making yet of comeback. >> let's get back to my lottery unlucky charm, ginger zee with the national forecast. >> our ace. >> we'll stick with ace, now. i don't want unlucky next to my name. let's begin with pictures that were lucky. a bus that carried 11 children and a bus driver that got out three minutes before that tornado hit in henryville. this is what happened to it. it's pushed across the parking lot, flipped into a restaurant across the street. it's all caught on surveillance. chilling audio that came along with it. you can see it at my facebook link. will more storms happen today? the answer is yes, nothing like that. a pocket in the northwest, some around chicago that are kind of general. more isolated hail and wind events from memphis to birmingham, jackson included in there, too. the northwest has been superrainy. the second wettest for portla

i think client number 9 eliot spitzer is out there and probably has more to do with it than we know of right now. this is a big cover up. >> you think there are other clients that the manhattan da's office is trying to connect? >> it doesn't take years to investigate a crime of this nature. she is not facing any jail time. she is not a flight risk. what's really going on? >> if there are any under aged woman who are working for her enterprise that takes everything to another level. even criminally it takes it from a d felony to a c felony. takes it from probation to mandatory jail time. >> looking at this building i don't know what kind of guy you would want to see slipping in here in the darkness. maybest the low key aspect she had the operation here. >> maybe she is cheap. i aerding to the pictures i would never furnish it that way either. >> describe the women she has coming in here? >> we shared a few of the same girls. they are high end girls beautiful models aspiring actresses. even some college students. model time women. >> how much money? >> 1,000, 2,000 an hour. >> do you thi

mary matlynn, austan goolsbee, eliot spitzer and jake tapper. >>> good morning. it's been a packed week if politics. we have new results this weekend in the republican primary fight. five more contests yesterday. rick santorum won the big prize in kansas, but romney claimed more delegates in the territories and wyoming. romney has more than double santorum's total. our powerhouse roundtable is standing by to analyze what's next. >>> but first our headliners. democratic senator chuck schumer and republican senator lindsey graham. senator graham, let e me begin with the economy. a confession from rick santorum last night after coming off his victory in kansas, he said that the economy may be getting better and the republicans may lose their edge on that issue, is he right and what does that mean for the general election? >> well, i don't think he's right at all. this is an anemic recovery after a pretty long recession. 35 months, over 8% of unemployment. the longest streak since the great depression. last month in february, the monthly deficit in the history of the

. >> good evening, i'm eliot spitzer. welcome to current's new 8:00 p.m.how, "viewpoint." >> reporter: where will he land next? perhaps this time he burned one bridge too many. >> and eliot spitzer making yet another comeback. unbelievable. >> this is interesting. >> it is. >> to put it mildly. >> ron claiborne, thank you very much. >>> let's get back to my lottery unlucky charm, ginger zee with the national forecast. >> stop that. >> our ace. >> we'll stick with ace, now. i don't want unlucky next to my name. let's begin with pictures that were lucky. a bus that carried 11 children and a bus driver that got out three minutes before that tornado in henryville, indiana, hit. this is what happened to it. glass breaking. it's pushed across the parking lot, flipped into a restaurant across the street. it's all caught on surveillance. some really chilling audio that came along with it, too. i did a piece last night. you can see it at my facebook page. i've linked it up there. that was what the aftermath looked like. oh, what a mess. will more storms happen toda

so eliot spitzer who knows a thing or two about cracking down on fraud, said this, return -- this jobsd be renamed the return fraud to wall street in one easy step act. that's very, very strong language. but so my question is, if most of the experts, such as yourself, eliot spitzer, simon johnson, you name it, agree, my easier. is it that the politicians don't understand that and they thought they were helping or do they think who cares these are the guys that are paying my checks so i'm going do whatever they tell me to do? >> i think it's probably more of the latter. they are all in an election year, all trying to save their own jobs. and they are looking for as much money as they can get to run those campaigns to keep their jobs. and so whoever comes to them with hat in hand with some dollar bills, with some bags of cash, they are going to do their bidding and in this case, the venture capitalists have come to those firms -- or come to those politicians and said if you give us this bill, you can have our cash. and you know they say there was never a vote sold in washington that wasn

the madame who set up eliot spitzer allegedly. she catered to wealthy and powerful men, operating out of a luxury apartment building in midtown, providing sex, security, and secrecy. former federal prosecutor doug burns reviewed the court records we obtained. >> what strikes me is there is a certain similarity in the storyline. first of all, the geographic location where it's happening, the socioeconomic dimension, you know, high-level, high- priced, wealthy individuals pate robbizeing the entity. >> reporter: there has been tremendous interest in a potential client list since the arrest. the former detective said we could see more big names linked to her. >> the people in these powerful positions, look at our former governor, eliot spitzer and on and on and they want no involvement. they want a relationship, a quick relationship for a seccual favor, and they want to pay for it. they don't want to develop a relationship that is going to affect, one, their marriage, two, their position. >> reporter: new, maybe it's a coincidence, b

an accused manhattan madam may have stayed in business so long in part to former new york governor eliot spitzer. a woman who used to run a rival call girl service, spitter alerted anna christina her service was being looked into, that was in 2005 of it was not until earlier this week that police arrested christina. spitzer released a statement saying the claims are untrue and he would never underfear with an ongoing investigation. >>> the vatican is on a list of places for potentially money laundering. the tiny city state appeared on the state department's list for the first time. it says the vatican is on the list because it isn't clear whether a year-old money laundering scheme is being effective. >>> a virginia beach radio station is rebranding itself in support of kony 2012. hot 100.5 will change its names to kony.5 for one day. the stop kony movement has drawn worldwide attention thanks to views on youtube. >> he forces them to kill their own parents. >> there are concerns, however, about the group behind the film "invisible children." critics say the group isn't being forthcoming

one of the points that eliot made is exactly right. what this regime has done is given religion a bad name. in many respects, it is probably discrediting it for the future. it is one of the ironies. we have seen a militarization of the regime and powers being taken away from the clerics. it is also the quietest school of shia islam, which is the dominant one and is the polar opposite of what has emerged in iran. at some point, in iran, we will see a change. it is true that the focus is on the nuclear issue right now, for reasons that are understandable. i have not been trained initially as a specialist on the soviet union. you can always tell someone's age when they are a specialist of a country that no longer exists. [laughter] i see with in iran what looks to be of an analogous situation to the soviet union in the early- 1980's where ideology, in this case, religion as they describe it, has lost its relevance as being an idea buyer rule, but there to cloak. and underneath the cloak, you have a corrosive reality that is eating away at

. >> perhaps more surprising is who has already replaced him, new york governor eliot spitzer, a mananger to cable and controversy. >> which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? >> less than a year after moving to current tv, keith olbermann is currently out of a job. >> some people say he's a genius. others say he's a mad genius. >> as i was saying --? olbermann was reportedly making $10 million a year at the network co-founded by al gore, but friday that all change. it was founded on respect, openness, collegiality and loyalty to our viewers, the network said, unfortunately, those values are no longer reflected in our relationship with olbermann. olbermann fired back on twitter, it goes without saying that the statements against me are untrue and in the legal actions i'll be filing against them. >> keith olbermann has very high standards and when he looks around and sees the stewed why plagued with difficulties, he is liable not to show up for work. olbermann's rise began in the early '90s on espn where he drew attention for his feisty personality on "sportcenter."

eliot was a college student until last february today he leads a youth political movement which seizes every opportunity it can to take to the streets what are you doing here these are the slogans of the revolution i'm i don't touch it. i'm off. them looking at such graffiti often leaves me speechless who are going to express how i feel with a picture or words. they're trying to tell us that we're a generation of thugs and that's an important point commend them when you see that this is something entirely different. to what can be how i'll be frank with this crazy she often makes me stuck in my tracks. thank you for you ness didn't feel like this nearly as often under mubarak. and that all this is simply amazing the wind. and if it's. bad. mohammed bouazizi self-immolation in chinese ears sidi bouzid took place eighteen months ago since then the economic situation in the town where the chinese ian revolution started has taken a turn for the worst. the young vendor was driven to despair by joblessness unemployment rates have gone up but local use of found a way to spend all their free t

the lawyers claim she's been treated unfairly and argue the former new york governor eliot spitzer did not go to jail after being caught in a prosecution ring in 2008. >> what we have here is a caring mother of four who has been slapped with a $2 million bond. mr. spitzer walked and mr. spitzer has primo spots on nationwide company. >> prosecutors say they have tapes of gristina saying her black book included lawyers, politicians and other high profile clients. >>> this is amateur video of jerrod niemann's bus moments after an explosion in the front of his tour bus tuesday night. he and the others had just boarded the bus after a concert. someone saw something burning, smelled smoke and got off, moments later techs pleaded. >>> a consumer alert -- it exploded. >>> a consumer alert tonight and coke changing up its formula. >> up first tonight why your coke coal palace changing. no. 5, coke cages -- coca-cola is changing. no. 5, coke is adjusting the color formula so it won't have to add cancer warnings to products to comply with california regulations. a spokesman says the coloring has

and so on but not after nineteen forty six and eliot and m i six believe that actually the head of m i five and the head of a joint three write a letter to the head of the f.b.i. j. edgar hoover saying we believe will be has told the truth only work for the russians until forty six the few days later when philby leaves russia they realize that they're wrong it's all really rather embarrassing. philby's escaped to the country he spent thirty years spying for is now inevitable in january nine hundred sixty three he sets foot on soviet soil so philby spends his fifty first winter in moscow. is surrounded with care and attention and secrecy in the u.s. as the englishman becomes committed under a few of the rich margins. the interest in kim philby has never waned there was very significant efforts to try to monitor what he was doing in so union he was the comfortable life. eleanor's flats in the center of moscow mean the apartments of the foreign service offices he had people to carry all these everywhere they want to go to the bolshoi tickets would arrive want to move the restaurant was

i found it ironic last night that eliot spitzer was interviewing people talking about these sorts of activities, and that cycle is going on and on. if you want to play a drinking game, you know, who wants to take bets of when we're going to have the first appearance of gloria allred? it's inevitable. i'm getting off the point a little bit here. but at some point i think it was around the time of the o.j. case where you had this confluence of a big public figure, it was a juicy trial, and cable news was just becoming a force. it changed the environment in which we operate, at least criminal system operates. because it's not just cases anymore, it's entertainment. it's a whole media frenzy on big cases. and i don't think that's a very good thing, but that is the environment in which we operate. and lawyers have to deal with that now. >> a very good point. we have some questions from the audience. i'm going to ask the first one for paulette. in taking tony's essence, who he is as a trial lawyer, how does you tell that story in the book? paulette's book is for sale in the lobby and also

eliot of the brookings institute testified in december in 2010 our exports to eu totaled 400 billion. we have 1 trillion of direct foreign investment in the eu. the global market is not what it was ten years ago or for that matter five years ago. the complexity of the market is such that there can be no question a healthy european economy is in the best interest of the united states and the american taxpayer. the plain truth is when the earthquake of a financial crisis hits, every nation feels it's after shocks. including here at home. that's why i'm encouraged by the work secretary geithner and chairman bernanke have done to engage the eu. i'm cautiously optimistic by the steps taken by europe since our subcommittee hearing in an effort to add is a fwoilt the european financial system. european leaders created a fiscal compact under which 25 nation staegts agreed to new rules aimed at controlling deficits. and greece recently restructured its debt. the european central bank has also worked to contain the crisis by purchasing bonds and providing loans. these recent actions have lessen

them or paid terminated with him you know and apparently he's going to be replaced by viewpoints with eliot spitzer and ok so basically this is i'll give you the two different statements here current said current was also founded on the values of respect openness cli jalebi and loyalty to our viewers unfortunately these viewers are no longer reflected in our relationship with keith olbermann and we have and that it over midway on this tweeting rampager is a whole long thing but one of the first because these are talking is i'd like to apologize to my viewers and my staff for the failure of current t.v. editorially countdown had never been better. i don't know you know it's really hard because you hear especially in this industry and i'm sure you've heard rumors about keith olbermann and working with key people right now it's difficult and there's talk about you felt like a monster is under the ratings i mean this is a guy who had a successful show we had a successful show on him if he had a successful show on e.s.p.n. . that's also on currency was one of the first major shows that anyone kn

are the better you do in the polls with republicans these allegations far far from bill clinton to eliot spitzer i sincerely apologize to anthony weiner i did not send that tweet scandal walks hand in hand with american politicians it shows you that behind the surface you know the very near of propriety veneer of you know of respectability there's some really pretty kooky pretty kinky people that are out there you know once you begin to unmask them you know you know people are shocked it's often not what's said or done but the way it's reacted to and followed up on that impacts the politicians career if bill clinton said yeah i was having an affair with my insurance she's really cute what can i say my wife she goes you know you see your ice princess she's not but now i mean you know impeachment would have never happened secretly a lot of people men and women would have been like finally some. keeping it real similar episodes with politicians abroad can often get no more than a chuckle in america going outside the line can be extremely criticized other countries look at us and think were

i'm eliot spitzer sitting in for keith olbermann.itt romney winning in puerto rico and looking for more in illinois' primary. our fifth story in the "countdown." mitt romney pulling ahead in the g.o.p. presidential race hoping for more delegates and campaigning in springfield illinois. this is what he said. >> i need only one thing from you, no, two. number one i need some of these pancakes, and number two i need you to vote tomorrow. >> he added another 20 delegates to his count. romney pivoted from attacking attacking santorum to president obama and his policies for the economy. >> if we continue along this path our lives will be ruled by bureaucrats and boards and commissions and czars. that pathe roads freedom. >> romney tried tying santorum and the president together. >> i don't think we're going to replace an economic lightweight with another economic lightweight. >> on the stump in illinois rick santorum wouldn't buy it. >> i heard governor romney call me an economic lightweight. because i wasn't a wall street financefinancier

could be political types tied to the manhattan madam perhaps even another governor besides governor eliot spitzer who lives within driving distance to the new york area. >> another governor. another governor within driving distance of new york. connecticut, new jersey, pennsylvania. romney rocks puerto rico. >> i want to sum up the whole thing with the manhattan madam here. you think they are trying to squeeze her to get her it testify against public official or officials including and up to a governor in the area. >> or ex government. >> after her black book why else would they turn down the lawyer who offered up his apartment and even the other person other codefendant got off on 100,000 dollars bail. why are they squeezing her so hard? >> we think we know. the author of mob daughter karen gravano. you can watch nothing personal murder for hire which airs on investigation discovery wednesdays at 9:00. you are doing a sex episode in your next episode deep throat the porn film. the mob is involved in the porn industry? >> the stories we do are about hip man. this happens to be about the m

. >> prosecutors have noticed, other prosecutors like eliot spitzer, richard blumenthal, want impressive conviction records. >> all these regulations, they will comb the books and find something. >> this could happen to you. they can take any law they think you broke and take you to trial. whether you win or lose you are going to lose because by the time you are done fighting you are broke. >> the government never goes broke. >> they must spent million dollars. >> i heard they spent five million. >> how much money does it take? >> i've had clients that spent $10 million. >> i cannot even imagine how much money they spent prosecuting my husband. >> the feds tried jill's husband jack and lost. but instead apologizing for getting it wrong, they threaten to fine him $37,000 a day. a terrible crime did they commit. trying to build a house on their own property. >> the county gave you permission to build. >> and they inspected the foundation and approved it. >> so you started to build. >> but a government owned drainage ditch was clogged. they asked the government to the fix. >> it they say we