covering, the media, candidates trying to win that straw vote that is where i would do the ads n eye iowa. >> stephen: so if i was going to be a player, make my mark in iowa. >> yeah, if you want to be a player, make your mark in iowa. >> stephen: whatever that means. or playa. (laughter) thank you so much, matthew dowd, abc news political analyst. analyst. and my advisor, matthe ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> stephen: welcome back everybody. my guest tonight the former democratic governor of the louisiana who is now a republican candidate for president, i better get to the interview table before he becomes a federalist. please welcome buddy roemer. (cheers and applause) governor, good to see you, please, sit down. >> a federalist, huh. >> stephen: well, i don't know. you were a democrat then you became a republican. >> i can see like lincoln, a wig, dinner republican. you have to be flexible, steve. >> stephen: all right, speaking of flexible we have a couple issues to deal with before we start the interview. >> all right. >> stephen: i have a federal superpac. and my lawyer trevor potter who turns

covering, the media, candidates trying to win that straw vote that is where i would do the ads n eye iowa. >> stephen: so if i was going to be a player, make my mark in iowa. >> yeah, if you want to be a player, make your mark in iowa. >> stephen: whatever that means. or playa. (laughter) thank you so much, matthew dowd, abc news political analyst. analyst. and my advisor, matthew vo: this is cheryl. this is her four-year-old computer she doesn't think she needs to update. so to show her what she's missing, we built a pc store in her house. cheryl: oh my gosh! employee: what do you say we go shopping? cheryl: this one's very cool. cheryl: where's the tower for this? employee: everything is right here. cheryl: oh stop! cheryl: okay... alright... employee: flip that screen around. very light-weight! employee: 500gb hard drive. cheryl: i like the dvr thing... i like this one. vo: new pc in the house. cheryl: i'm a pc, and i'm finally up to date. ♪ ♪ ♪ grey goose. world's best tasting vodka. >> stephen: welcome back everybody. my guest tonight the former democratic governor of the louisiana w

covering, the media, candidates trying to win that straw vote that is where i would do the ads n eye iowaso if i was going to be a player, make my mark in iowa. >> yeah, if you want to be a player, make your mark in iowa. >> stephen: whatever that means. or playa. (laughter) thank you so much, matthew dowd, abc news political analyst. and my advisor, matt [ jackhammer rattling ] ♪ lady, you shouldn't be here! oh, i'm not here! i'm just a figment of your imagination! but you are thinking about grabbing a rocky mountain-cold coors light at happy hour. maybe you could even buy me one... you're gorgeous! what's your name? it's jim. and thanks. keep it up jimbo! [ male announcer ] frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. [ indistinct conversations ] >> stephen: welcome back everybody. my guest tonight the former democratic governor of the louisiana who is now a republican candidate for president, i better get to the interview table before he becomes a federalist. please welcome buddy roemer. (cheers and applause) governor, good to see you, please, sit down. >> a federalist,

it won't matter a lot in eye -- it will matter in iowa but i don't think necessarily the long shot. chris: swing shot for until snm >> i think there's a possible. the real slingshot may turn out to be mitt romney, who's not going to compete that but come in second or third and get a swing shot in new hampshire that way. chris: when we come back, predictions from the top chris: when we come back, predictions from the top reporters. your kids will each take care of our class hamsters, lewis & clark. then i'll tell them the story of pluto, the sad little planet that was. i'll introduce them to some new friends, the fractions, and some cold blooded ones, the dinosaurs. [sfx: dinosaur growl] clark! anyway, here's what they'll need: markers, scissors, crayons, pencils, folders, juice boxes, pretzel sticks, glue sticks, tape that sticks, and glitter. so much glitter. school takes a lot. target has it all. i hang my head out the window. oh man, we're delivering everything you can think of: plywood, cement. i, i enjoy the breeze on my tongue. well uh, and every weekend, seems like we're head

it won't matter a lot in eye -- it will matter in iowa but i don't think necessarily the long shot. chris: swing shot for until snm >> i think there's a possible. the real slingshot may turn out to be mitt romney, who's not going to compete that but come in second or third and get a swing shot in new hampshire that way. chris: when we come back, predictions from the top chris: when we come back, predictions from the top reporters. chris: welcome back. john, tell me something don't know. >> the tim geithner era looks like it's about to come to an end. seemed like the trezz victim will leave and there will be a big question about who's going to be the treasury secretary. the administration is looking at someone from the corporate sector who, a, will make business feel comfortable and b, telegraph the notion jobs are front and center. >> north carolina'ser skin bowles. >> certainly one serious candidate. cheryl sand burke, c.o.o. of facebook. chris: former boss at ge. >> here's a name you probably haven't heard of -- john mandell. but watch, he is challenging sherrod brown. he has a re

he's going to be competing in eye wach iowa.ted to point out, there are fundraising totals that have come in on the gop side and mitt romney looks like he is the big front runner when it comes to the money race. he's expected to announce somewhere in the neighborhood

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you have a field of republicans with an eye on the white house remaining wide open in iowa. ron paul, michele bachmann, even governor chris christie who says he's not running are in the key caucus state today, and that's where we find steve brown. he's in ames, iowa, keeping an eye on all those running and, i guess, not running. >> reporter: or in some cases almost not running. [laughter] the level of activity has everything to do with the straw poll which comes up on the second saturday of august. it's traditionally an early indicator of which organization, which campaign organization really has the muscle to be able to move people in a caucus-like way that they're going to have to do coming up in february. ron paul's name you probably should watch out for. some of the other iowa campaigns note that paul has been very active but off of the radar. and while most candidates and campaigns try to dumb down expectations saying, oh, we won't do that, well, so that they can exceed expectations, apparently ron paul hasn't gotten that memo. have a listen. >> i wished i could say tha

she took her bus tour through wear a state >> it is so wonderful the way back, an iowa >> the minnesota of congress one eye we wanna do very well here with the election coming up in august we're looking forward to >> this is less than a week when she an officially announced her candidacy. >> i was first in the nation eye accounts it is important that we come pierre >> not all candidates are participating in that poll. >> still to come on kron 4 news sports and highlights and the giants to one not a big. another look outside it golden gate bridge and look at that no fog and hardly any traffic that is even better will be back in just a minute it is either alabama's out there the giants beat the tigers 15-3 the giants have won the last nine of their games. meanwhile the diamondbacks defeated the a's. the diamondbacks want a four-two and in she won the first title she is only 21 years old it was big of set. this is the biggest title of her career and she is a left- handed player. still ahead on the kron 4 weekend or at take a look at the alameda county fair. it looks like it's already covered in nasos other wi

eye state this weekend. she spoke to voters in iowa city this morning kicking off a three-day bus tour in the state. kicked off her candidacy in iowa earlier this week. bachmann will speak in des moines tonight where a bus tour is wrapping up. also tonight, one more will join the republican field. michigan congressman mccotter is scheduled to launch his bid. >>> early fireworks in washington, d.c. this weekend. this morning in his weekly address, president obama took a shot at the gop and said tax loopholes that benefit the wealthiest americans must go. >> it would be nice if we could keep every tax break, but we can't afford that because if we choose to keep those tax breaks for millionaires an billionaires or hedge fund managers and corporate jet owners or for oil and gas companies pulling in huge profits without our help, then we'll have to make even deeper cuts somewhere else. >> mike viqueira is live at the white house. gop also hitting back today, right? >> absolutely. we're at july 2nd. one month away from what the administration and many economists are saying could be an economic catastrophe

and icon and clown. >> like john wayne from waterloo, iowa, that's the kind of spirit i have too. >> not only the spirit of john wayne but the eyes bachmann danced into south carolina where she finally got fed up with the questions about sarah palin. >> they want to see two girls come together and have a mud wrestling fight. >> the president meanwhile suggested politely that bachmann and her peers spend the summer in washington to get a budget deal done. >> i've been here. >> one prominent republican insists again this week that he will not join the race to take the president's job. >> frankly he's too busy hugging mika. >> him huggable and loveable. ♪ >> mika, the governor really lingered on the last hug, didn't he? getting a little extra queez. >> what if anything did we learn today up next. >>> all right, kids, time to talk about what we learned today. look at that beautiful, beautiful advertisement for cisco, of course the statue of liberty. >> great american company. >> i learned the chinese are using cgi to make us feel bad about our own bridges. that is not a real bridge. they want you to believe the world's longest. >> th

eyes on new jersey. governor chris christie in iowa.s visiting the battleground state to help republican congressman steve king's re-election and to attend an education summit. also in iowa today, republican presidential candidates michelle bachmann, tim pawlenty and ron paul. staying busy. gretch, over to you. >> countdown is on now. eight days left for lawmakers to reach a deal on the debt ceiling. president obama talking about the importance of getting serious about the national deficit but do the president's words match with his leadership? joining me now this morning is our washington insiders katie pavlich, news editor of "town hall" and david mercer, former national deputy director for the dnp and political strategist. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> let me start with you, katie, because up until recently, the president didn't seem to be that involved in the debt situation, your thoughts? >> my thoughts, i think it was clear over the weekend the president is more concerned with his re-election campaign than actua

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iowa straw poll? >> quickly? an ad like that to me i don't think sends confidence, sends desperation. in my eyes, the poll numbers don't support it and, two, i don't think he's in a position to say he will create a miracle. the u.s. hockey team had skill. i think there's something he's lacking within the campaign that allows him to create that kind of miracle and feels force. >> stay here. we'll talk debt. trivia time, who was the last democratic incumbent congressman to lose re-election in california? the answer was gary condit. in 2002, condit lost the democratic primary by a wide margin to dennis cardoza, in the missed of the chandra levy investigation. [ man ] i got this new citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ ♪ there it is. [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. ♪ [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help you write it. >>> let's bring back our panel, jeff johnson, miss hend

iowa. she's gaining momentum in the hawk eye state.oe, mika and willie join us. >> here we are in new york with mike barnicle and alex wag near. in washington, pat buchanan. i still can't get over the poll that came out last week, everybody has been talking about it. michelle bachmann. >> this is nationwide, not just iowa. there was an iowa poll out last week that looked like this as well. michelle bachmann now almost doubling mitt romney's lead. i'm sorry. i'm skeptical that this is going to last. pat, what do you say? >> joe, take a look at that poll, again. add up the numbers of michele bachmann, rick perry, sarah palin, you get to 47, throw ron paul in there, it's over 50. there's a huge gap, wide open on the right socially conservative side of the republican party. mitt romney ought to watch himself, joe. i don't think he's going to get away with talking about just the economy, the economy, the economy. i have never seen an opening this wide with a front-runner that's a sen tryst. >> pat, i cannot believe michele bachmann came out

iowa, more than 150 soldiers coming home from war to family and friends. >> this is a great testament. >> and they are part of the 290 soldiers from the hawk eye state in afghanistanwar vet ron cashing in with a lottery ticket. >> i sat down and couldn't walk at the time . hey, you know, i just won a million dollars. >> he had to take cell phone picture. they have planned for the house. a new house. >> and missouri, locals unveiling a new statue of rock-n-roll legend chuck berry. a st. louis native thanks the crowd and hanging out listening to his old tunes. >> alabama. new challenge for bold eaters. >> 15 or six. >> if you can finish in two hours, your meal is on the house. >> ate 30 peaches . don't come up short or that burger will cost you 80 bucks that is a fox watch in america. >> a live look now in the senate floor. we are expecting a test vote of senator harry reid's bill for raising the nation's limit. we could hear it would come at 1:00 a.m. eastern time. would we be any closer to a deal and an update on capitol hill right now. some say obesity crisis is due to children sitting in front of the computers and not getting outside like these kids. >> now the

eyes seem to be fixed on the fall of 12. he's already been knocked for joking about secret service detail and yesterday he started floating running mate names and said guess where he's campaigning? not iowa. he's not been in new hampshire, south carolina very often. he's been to places like pennsylvania, michigan and today ohio where he's going to pick up a few endorsements. we get what he's going, we'll see, inevitability campaigns do work. >>> the numbers are adding up for john boehner, not only does his bill stand all to proposed savings. co-chair of the tuesday group, it's a coalition of about 50 center right republicans. are we really back at square one at this point, congresswoman? >> i don't think so, chuck. first of all, the reason that there's a discrepancy between the boehner plan and the cbo numbers is all a matter of baseline, we have based ourselves on january numbers, the cbo based theirs on end of march numbers. so the speaker and other members of the leadership are going back to readjust the top line number of how much we will raise the debt ceiling together with the cuts that have been identified. >> so he's not going to change the cuts since these appear to be the first

an eye, in addition to the social issues, are they keeping an eye on who is raising how much money and whether they are spending it in iowa hampshire before they get the south carolina, as an indicator of which course they might want to -- course they might want to back in this race? -- horse they might want to back in this race? guest: they want to see these candidates spending money in their states. they want to feel like they are being courted. some of the tea party activists in particular in iowa were none too pleased to hear mitt romney and jon huntsman saying that they are not going to spend a whole lot of money in your state. we do not think that we can win. south carolina has an interesting balance as well. it will bring into place some of the same consideration that the candidates use in deciding whether they are going to spend their money in iowa or new hampshire. south carolina follow shortly on the heels thereafter. it is a state where traditionally social issues have been a big motivating factor for the folks to vote in that primary in that state. i think that we will see a little bit of reluctance to invest

eye on. i wouldn't count him in in an rv tour across iowa right now and as a professing evangelical and successfulernor. he's going to make appeal, herman cain, rick santorum. that's the thing that perry has to be careful of. number one, the process has not been friendly to late entrants. he would certainly break that mold if he's able to do that and i think he may be able to. secondly, if that vote gets split four, five, six, seven ways, a lot of times as we saw with mccain in '08, it makes it easier for the front runner for lack of a better term, to maintain their primacy. >> dave: let me ask you about the front runner, mitt romney, obviously, a mormon and also john huntsman who is a mormon. is there in i discomfort, as far as those, evangelicals, any discomfort on their side of things in terms of supporting a mormon? >> i think you obviously don't have the same level of affinity that you would with a mike huckabee. i think that goes without saying. i think that huckabee was a guy who could speak with an enormous comfort level, not only about his own faith and his own spiritual journey, but he c

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paw lendy had his eye on the white house and they had a hard time convincing voters he was the best man for the job. cnn contributor and republican strategist. six months until the iowavember elections. i want to read you a piece from the "new york times," part of what he said. tim pawlenty was first in line he is now fighting to avoid becoming the earliest major candidate to be shown the door is it too early? >> i shouldn't talk about the pawlenty campaign. electric at john kerry. he was trailing. he wound up being my party's nominee. john mccain while we were all laughing i was one of them. dead man walking. he triumphed and became his nominee. paw lendy, i think there is still live n there >> there is life, but he suffers from two problems. he has no charisma and michelle bachman is killing him. he doesn't raise any money and he was famous and tim pawlenty is not famous and without money, it's hard to get famous >> we talk about jim huntsman. he got in a good deal later with his own money he can sell fund at this point. the fact is that lightning does strike in these campaigns. if you were going to give him free advice -- >> lightning strikes, but sometimes it bur

in iowa the extreme heat buckling parts of an interstate and sending folk toss the hospital. janice dean in our fox extreme weather center is keeping an eyetreme temperatures. >> reporter: guess how many states are under heat advisory right now, jon scott? jon: i'm going to go with 20. >> reporter: 32, and it is affecting millions and millions of people. do not adjust your set, that's the temperature factored in with the humidity, what it feel bees like when you go outside. your body just can't function properly to, with these heat indices. so 129, 129 it felt like in newton, iowa, yesterday, and i believe that's the third day that they've seen heat indices that high which is extraordinarily dangerous. you really cannot be outside for an extended length of time. parts of mc, also illinois -- minnesota, also illinois and south dakota. one of the reasons we're seeing these heat indices is because of the record flooding we saw across the midwest, so a lot of available moisture because we have hundreds of thousands of farmland that are still flooded. so these are typically the type of heat indices that you would see across the shores of the r