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 spitzer. so definit 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 of zimmerman 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

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

. >>> and next, what rule eliot spitzer may have played in protecting what police call an exclusive brothel in new york city. >>> 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. >> th

. >> 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."

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

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

we are very excited to welcome in studio next governor eliot spitzer here on current tv and the fullia. good to see you. >> my pleasure. ♪ >> this is the bill courtpress show. and that's going to deliver a lot of flavor. [ cannon ] a good thick rocky head -- ♪ >> heard around the country and seen on current tv. this is the bill press show. >>> it's 23 minutes after the hour this is the full court press. your new morning show on current tv. proud to be here and excited to be here with all of you and thank you for joining us. also, very excited to welcome a good friend in the studio this morning from new york governor eliot spitzer. we were together the last time, et i don't wanteliot on the set at "countdown" in new york in the night of the florida primary. >> that was a long time ago, the primaries that never stop, a bad movie that has too many sequels. >> that's what mitt romney is saying. get it over with. i know you were here in the control room. talking with dahlia lithwick about the supreme court. you know, they say this is all about the law and everything. this is a lot to do w

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 knew about

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

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 tweet scandal walks hand in hand with american politicians it shows you that behind the surface you know the vid near of propriety veneer of you know respectability there's some really pretty kooky pretty kinky people that are out there you know once you begin to unmask them you know if 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 the impacts of politicians career if bill clinton yeah i was having an affair with my interned she's really cute what can i say my wife she loves you know lucy or 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 someone to keep. you know real similar episodes with politicians abroad to me often get no more than a chuckle in america going outside the line can be extremely criticized other countries look at us and think we're ridiculous i think

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 mob and h

. >> 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

good evening. >> reporter: and replaced by another controversial figure, former new york governor eliot spitzerecember grace after admitting to hiring a prostitute. proving that in the world of television, there's often room for a caughtback. spi -- comeback. spitzer didn't meant his pr predecessor at all in his show. it's clear the legal battle won't be soon over. >> thanking. >>> prom dresses, how schools are issues new dos and don'ts of prom dresses right after these messages. tyranny of meager travel cards. battle speech right? may i? capital one is issuing a venture double miles challenge. show us how much you spent last year and we'll give you 2 miles for every dollar spent on your travel reward card. up to 100,000 miles! hawaii, here we come. claim your miles at capitalone.com today! what's in your wallet? can you play games on that? not on the runway. no. can you play games on that? everyone wants to be the cadbury bunny. cause only he brings delicious cadbury crÈme eggs, while others may keep trying. nobunny knows easter better than cadbury! [ bottle #2 ] mr. clean magic eraser extra p

. >> for keith olbermann, i'm eliot spitzer. that was counterkounth. thank for joining us. >>> i'm jennifer grandholm, and this is "the war room" on current tv. today was the day that the oil and gun lobbyists took from the left. and how the conservative koch brothers and alec excerpts over our political system. we'll also discuss what needs to happen to halt the racial profiling of young black men in america. this is "the war room." come on inside. ♪ >> i'm not worried about the big oil companies. with high oil prices around the world. they have more than enough incentive to produce even more oil. that's why i think it's time they got by without more help from taxpayers. >> so that was president obama in the rose garden today, calling for annen of subsidies for big oil, and calling out members of congress who continue to support the giveaways. this call to action comes on the same day that legislation was blocked that woulden the handouts to big oil. how much money does the u.s. government give to big oil every year? try $4 billion. $4 billion. which

. >> prosecutors have noticed that other prosecutors like eliot spitzer, rudy guliani won high office by racking up conviction records. >> you see all these regulations around here. they will comb the books and they will 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 lose because by the time you are done fighting it you are broke. >> of course the government never goes broke. >> they must have spent million dollars? >> i heard they spent five million. >> amount of money brapts the typical individual. >> i have had clients that spent $10 million. >> i can't even imagine how much money they spent prosecuting my husband. >> the feds try jill's husband and lost but instead of a apologizing for getting it wrong they now threaten to fine him $37,000 a day. what terrible crime jack and jill committed. trying to build a house on their own property. >> county gave you permission to build? >> yes, they did. and they inspected the foundation. >> john: you started to build. >> a government owned

i'm eliot spitzer sitting in for keith olbermann. continuing fallout from the police surveillance video showing george the night he shot trayvon martin. florida police claim he surfed scalp lacerationses a sedgedly from a life and life struggle. yet the video shows zimmerman handcuffed yet walking freely without blood stains on his face or clothes or other indications he had even been in a fight. his father repeated those claims in an interview, concealing his face for fear of being assaulted. >> his nose was broken. his scalp was cut in two different places. i don't know. he wasn't given any medical attention but they may have cleaned him up at the scene. >> trayvon's mort said those claims directly -- event indicated their son. >> there was no visible injuries or blood on his shirt, so we have concluded that there may not have been any injuries at all. >> meanwhile zimmerman's attorney wouldn't commitment himself either way. >> the video is very grainy and i'm not sure -- as far as being able to see the injuries and then later clea