>> sit down, gingrich. we'll fix his wagon when we get back to d.c. >> excuse me, ma'am, ma'am, those doughnuts are looking very, very tasty. if i can have one of those. >> iams, these scones are for the president. when i come back, i will try to scronching something up for you and the senator. >> that's wonderful. bob dole's been serving his country 50 years. he has to beg for a biscuit. >> you cranky today, senator? retighten your seat belts, ok? thanks. >> in a moment we'll begin our complimentary beverage service in the presidential cabin. and in the rear cabin, you folks back there can purchase your beverages for $3.50. >> $3.50 for a drink, they're taking us to the cleaners. >> bob, bob, just relax. he will pay for this when we get back to washington. we'll shut down the whole damn government if we have to. >> good. >> all right. when we come back, republicans are searching for their best candidate, the one who does best in the polls is new jersey governor chris christy. only one catch -- he won't run

newt gingrich rewrote history. he passed over the 1993 debate when clinton was able to get our fiscal house in order. he was tough on the tax issue. not a single republican voted for it. that set the stage for the later budget surplus. >> i have a question about a government shutdown. it is an issue in the forefront for a lot of your constituents. how would a government shutdown now compared to the 1995-1996 shutdown? a lot more of what the government does is on the internet. there are a lot more government contractors. would it be more disruptive or less disruptive than the other time around? >> that is a good question. nobody knows. a fair amount of discretion is left up to the president in terms of what is essential. there were some things that might have got to shut down last time because of automation and there might be less disruption. on the other hand, as you point out on the security side, there is a lot more in terms of government efforts to protect our citizens. during the shutdown, you are supposed to f

the good things that newt gingrich has done since 1994. i thought i tried to make that clear. in as much as bill clinton was a conservative from 94 on, it was in part because of newt gingrich. as for my next book i want to write a book about the death of liberalism. i have written my most recent book, "after the hangover: the conservatives' road to recovery," and it talks about our road back. now i want to talk about the liberals's road to the grave. i think liberalism is dead. i think liberalism in terms of the american people in 2008, liberals in 2008, liberals were outnumbered by conservative 2-1 something like 40% to 20%. people like sam canhouse and james carlisle were writing books about conservatism. i don't know where 40% of the american people go to dive. we are numbered liberalism than. we shaped this center of american political life so that liberals were running to the center. you didn't hear obama talk about raising taxes and spending gloriously when he was running. he ran as a a conservative moderate liberal. liberals when they run for office, they can't tell the

-- gingrich? what about george w. bush? there was a lot of competition for that. but i think you probably, i probably wrote those books because i was at the apex of the assault on the clintons in the american spectator. and i think they turned up the heat in the kitchen, and i think they have to admit by now we cooked their goose. >> host: 202 is the area code if you'd like to dial in and converse with r. emmett tyrrell. 737-0001 if you live in the east or central time zones, 737-0002 for those of you in the mountain and pacific time zones. you can also send us an e-mail, booktv@cspan.org, or send a tweet, twitter.com/booktv. john braca e-mails in to you, do you think that the reform conservatives -- david frum, david brooks, etc. -- will remain relevant in the age of the tea party? >> guest: i think they're irrelevant now. i think david frum would have to jump off george washington bridge to the get attention today -- to get attention today, and david brooks already has. that wonderful interview in the new republic where he said, generally, i know more about poli

gingrich became the first republican speaker in 40 years. he steps down after the 1998 elections after republicans blamed him for an unexpected loss of house seats. >>> former arkansas governor mike huckabee is also considering a run for 2011. huckabee says he cannot afford to jump into the presidential race any sooner than this summer. >>> why employees in a hospital say it could be home to one of the most violent criminals. >>> under staffed and dangerous, that's how a state hospital is being described. ktvu's jim vargas talks to employees who say conditions are putting both staff and patients at risk in tonight's special report. >> reporter: employees at napa state hospital say they have some of the most dangerous jobs in california. there were more than 1,200 ray tacks on patients and staff in 2009 which was the last year that full statistics are available -- 1,200 attacks. >> this hospital is out of control. >> reporter: people who work here say the problem starts with an old facility built as a hospital which since the mid- 1990 has be

gingrich became the first republican speaker in 40 years.e steps down after the 1998 elections after republicans blamed him for an unexpected loss of house seats. >>> former arkansas governor mike huckabee is also considering a run for 2011. huckabee says he cannot afford to jump into the presidential race any sooner than this summer. >>> why employees in a hospital say it ♪ [ female announcer why choose between delicious or 100 calories? ♪ with yoplait delights, now you can finally have both. ♪ it's the perfect parfait, with two indulgently rich layers of chocolate and raspberry yogurt and only 100 calories. yoplait delights. get rid of the "or." oh yes hi. can you put my grandma on the phone please? thanks. excuse me a sec. another person calling for her grandmother. she thinks it's her soup huh? i'm told she's in the garden picking herbs. she is so cute. okay i'll hold. she's holding. wha? (announcer) progresso. you gotta taste this soup. you don't decide when vegetables reach the peak of perfection. the vegetables do. at green giant, we

speaker gingrich is a man of big ideas. is truly a one-man think tank continuously developing ways to make america better for future generations. america faces a number of challenges in the years ahead. i hope and pray newt gingrich will be involved in answering the call to lead our country back to the shining city on the hill. fellow conservatives, please, give a warm welcome to my friend and the 58th speaker of the house of representatives, newt and callista gingrich. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ muck ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ [applause] >> thank you, all, thank you very much. i am delighted to be here. i want to thank dave bossie. we have a great working relationship with dave, and we have made a number of movies that we're very proud of and the new reagan book. what he did at citizens united both in the lawsuit last year and the hard work he's done to help elect conservatives across the country is truly remarkable, so i'm glad to be back with you. i also want to thank david keene who, while he has retired from that job,

starr years, but they were also the clinton-gingrich years, and the gingrich years, period.layer here too. he is swept into power in '94 at the midterms by the american people who buy into his contract with america, and he is swept out of power just as decisively in 1998--the other midterms. and that coincides with this whole period, and you can't help but conclude: this was the opinion of the american people on the whole episode. - yes, it was. newt gingrich bet the farm on the fact that they could make president clinton the issue in the midterm elections, as we were in 1998 before the impeachment proceedings gear up. and he lost that bet, and clearly the republicans lost just decisively in the midterm elections, and so he was swept out of power, then bob livingston is brought in to replace him, and larry flynt outs him in terms of his relationships. he called larry flynt, i think, a bottom-dweller, and larry flynt said to me, "yes, and look what i found down there on the bottom". so, yeah, this is carnage everywhere you look, bob. this is a tragic story, because there are

now think about newt gingrich. he was the leader of a failed rebellion of the pub -- republican party, disgraced, had a heart attack about clinton getting a blow job, and yet he was having affairs. his first wife had to go on welfare after he left her and get money from her church because he was a deadbeat dad. then he went crazy after that. he said things like that is a lot to be endorsed. the notion that barack obama is really leading the country on the basis of, i don't know, who is it the maximum leader saying the ideology. it is the craziest nonsense imaginable. anybody who says these things, they should be handing out pieces of paper on the street from the messages they get. they should not be on television. well, newt gingrich was the single most physically booked guest on meet the press in 2009. he had no official position of any kind. now, he used to be the speaker of the house. the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, was not on meet the press in 2009. if you add up all of the ex speakers of the house deci

i think the interview you were referring to, gingrich was saying, if somebody else did this, perhaps it would be grounds for impeachment. that's more of a headline grabber. the reality is that some of the reaction has been a little bit muted on right, and i think that's a result of you're starting to see a younger generation of conservative voters who are not having a problem with this. >> and people want him focusing on the economy as well and don't want him distracted. josh, thanks very much. >>> gay marriage is one of the issues that doesn't go away. not unlike water, dan brekke, a big study came out this week, looking at the way forward on water. give us the highlights. >> a couple of things going on right now. last week, new state body called the delta stewardship council, issued a first draft report on how to fix everything in the delta. what's everything? number one, give everybody the water they want. every drop. number two, make the delta fish-friendly, forever. sounds like a dream. >> sounds good to me. >> without being flip, of course, the delta is badly, badly damaged fro

that is what newt gingrich did with lots of severe consequences but rather silt down and negotiate. >> reporter: gingrich, theme brand-new speaker, took most of the blame in 1995 when a similar impasse led to a four-week shut down of federal courts, museums and national landmarks. now, with the economy still fragile, president obama is warning this time could be worse. >> be destabilizing at a time when i think everybody is hopeful that we can start growing this economy quicker. >> reporter: but with debt and deficits at record levels, this time, republicans think the public is behind them. >> look, we are not looking for a government shutdown, but at the same time, we are also not looking at rubber-stamping these really high elevated spending levels that congress blew through the joint two years ago. >> reporter: lester this could be the battle in a year-long fight over spending. the government is expected to exceed its statutory debt limit of $14.3 trillion, in about two months and republicans say they wouldn't vote to raise it unless there are bigger cuts in spending. lester? >> mi

if you add up the ax speakers of the house besides newt gingrich who were invited on and "meet the press" after being speaker does not increase the number at all. the only ex speaker at to be invited is nuking bridge the single most invited guest on me to the press in 2009 and he is crazy. he says things about our president that no fourth grader should believe. but yet to it is in this atmosphere that the president has passed a very dim days difficult and complicated demanding legislation. all four of these problems are very serious they are structural and cannot be solved by the president himself even if we had a better communications job or had done a few things more smartly. they engaged citizenry and require liberal political movements that are better organized and smarter and more disciplined than the one that we have. we deserve a break for taking our eye off the ball after we elected barack obama president. it was very exciting to elect him particularly after the four relived under eight years under bush and cheney but it is not enough is the beginning and not the end. i take some

gingrich has been traveling to key states. insiders say an announcement is likely in the first half of march. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is in geneva for a meeting of u.n. human rights council. the group will talk about possible responses to libya's deadly crackdown on antigovernment protestors. the u.s. is pushing for tough sanctions on the libyan government. u.n. secretary-general will visit the white house later today to discuss the crisis with the president. >>> and protestors in wisconsin back in full force today opposing a bill aimed at weakening their unions. last night police backed away from threats to close the building. demonstrators have now been there for two weeks. they are protesting a measure that would ban collective bargaining for state workers. more than 70,000 people gathered at the capital on saturday for a sit-in. >>> it is 4:36. let's get another quick check of weather and traffic. we'll start with jim bernard and his chilly forecast. >> pretty chilly pattern the last week or so. i suppose yo

you see newt gingrich there in fifth.nd at that same conference, conservatives proud of the muscle they're flexing against their own party, forcing to republicans on the hill to come up with all of the promises cuts in spending. $100 billion worth. here is david kerley tonight. >> stop, enough. we're not going to go down this road anymore. >> reporter: conservative republicans meeting in washington are celebrating tonight. while most of the nation concentrated on egypt, tea-party republicans were forcing house leadership to blink. >> $100 billion means $100 billion, and we insist on it and we're getting it. >> freshman republicans, more than 80 of them, said no to their leader's first offer to cut $35 billion for the rest of the year. the speaker bent to their will, changing his tune. tripling the proposal. >> we're going to cut more than $100 billion in discretionary spending. on this year's account. >> so a campaign promise to cut $100 billion would be jammed into the last seven month of the budget year. the cuts would

bush and barack obama, so much bigger than newt gingrich. if we do not find a way to have an adult conversation and a recent your our system, we are in deep countrtrouble as a coun. thank you. let's begin that adult conversation. the first topic is healthcare. the first question is for governor dean. you have been an advocate for more sweeping reform of the health care system. in december of 2009, you wrote that it would do more harm than good to the nation. with republicans in control of the house and the alternative having shifted, i wonder if you are prepared to defend president obama's claim in the state of the union address. >> when i wrote that, if somewhat helped in the house. it is a republican bill. it uses most of the private sector. the strike to belittle this down. -- let tried to whittle this down. there is much more transparency in buying insurance. that will help in the existing system. i do not think anybody thinks they want to go back to the system of allowing insurance companies to keep you off the road if you get sick. to

gingrich wanted republicans to win every boat. he waged total war on the clinton white house, even temporarily shutting down the government in an effort to get his way. the next speaker continued gingrich's approach when he invaded he listened to republicans -- the majority of the majority. congress polarized rapidly with scores climbing to 95% + levels. information services -- sources like the democratic study group were banned. talking points were used so everybody could stay on message. members were told exactly how to vote. gingrich reportedly said at the time that the first step in a revolution was to silence the television stations. king of the hill betting was ended. we now had steam roller votes where you had a yes or no vote at the end of a debate. alternatives were allowed to be considered only with the approval of party doctrine. members could choose between being a team player or trader. gingrich ordered freshmen republicans not to move their homes to washington so that they could campaign full-time back home. everyone

we'll have interviews with newt gingrich and the israeli defense minister, ehud barak. surely those 18 days in egypt shook the world. it was an epic showdown between the people and an authoritarian regime they had chafed under for decades. but on friday, the people won. egypt won its freedom from a man who had ruled them for 30 years. in 18 days, they won the support of the rest of the world, as the irresistible pictures of their struggle played out across the globe, on the internet, and on television. and they won a victory for the revolutionary idea that democracy could now sweep across the middle east. word spread friday morning that president mubarak had left cairo for his vacation home on the red sea. my colleague, terry moran, was outside the presidential palace when the crowd there learned that he had also left the presidency. >> reporter: the news hit this crowd like an enormous wave. in an instant, there was ecstasy. >> less than a week ago, the president said he had resigned himself to leaving the presidency eventually but said that he couldn't do it any time

gingrich wanted republicans to win every boat. -- every vote. he waged total war on the clinton white house, even temporarily shutting down the government in an effort to get his way. the next speaker continued gingrich's approach when he invaded he listened to republicans -- the majority of the majority. congress polarized rapidly with scores climbing to 95% + levels. information services -- sources like the democratic study group were banned. talking points were used so everybody could stay on message. members were told exactly how to vote. gingrich reportedly said at the time that the first step in a revolution was to silence the television stations. king of the hill betting was ended. -- king of the hill voting was ended. we now had steam roller votes where you had a yes or no vote at the end of a debate. alternatives were allowed to be considered only with the approval of party doctrine. members could choose between being a team player or trader. gingrich ordered freshmen republicans not to move their homes to washington so that they could

speaker gingrich is a man of big ideas. one man think tank, continuously developing ways to make america better for future generations. america's faces a number of challenges in the years ahead. i hope and pray newt gingrich will be involved in answering the call to lead our country back to the shining city on the hill. fellow conservatives, please give a warm welcome to my friend in the 50th speaker of the house of representatives, newt and calista gingrich. [cheers and applause] klotzbach [applause] [applause] ♪ [cheers and applause] me is not ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> thank you all. thank you very much. and delighted to be here. we have a great working relationship with dave and we have made a number of movies we are very proud of. what he did as citizens united with a lawsuit last year and to elect conservatives across the country is truly remarkable, so glad to be back. i also want to thank david king, while he has retired from that job, held together with chc and cpac since 19

host: gingrich could announce he is running for president. guest: i have read conflicting reports that he will announce this week or next. it is pretty much in flux. you have seen at the senator from south dakota deciding not to run. so i don't know. host: the other story that is getting attention from "the new york times", how budget battles go without earmarks. congress remains in a disagreement over spending, but one thing that has got away are the earmarks, which is extraordinary. guest: i would say it is. in the house republican plan released on friday, a lot of the cuts, $2.70 billion would be earmarks that would be eliminated. these are special pet projects proposed by one lawmaker in a special sense. that in itself is something that is pretty interesting for congress. guest: the president did get some flak. omnibus bills.of mrs. bil that was one of the things he regretted he had to do. there was some pressure with it, why don't you back that up with a veto threat? he said, i will. if both parties have come around and senate democrats

how to be is of the top of the list. 21 percent tariff huckabee, sara palin and newt gingrich >> and the white house has been that some of wrong items it is so dangerous. >> sarah palin was not there for she could still win the weekend poll. in washington, kron 4 news. >> thursday traffic quite sluggish. how we 1 0 1 towards the peninsula. the top is barely moving. and how we 1 0 1 it is towards the peninsula at the bottom of your screen. >> the bus, kelsey grammar it has been granted a divorce. he can read very! they will settle financials leader. camille grammar their shared property may be worth $20 million. with the royal bride to be keat middleton, a summer wedding advice from a camilla. got some what in the device. the london hotel and met for lunch. lindsay lohan could be looking for a plea bargain. and she is willing to plead guilty to make the case go away that she does not have to spend time behind bars. sources say there is a bad part because they want to go time. >> to look a traffic in walnut creek. headlights = north. 680-240. kron 4 news at 4:00 new-paragraph 5:00 new-

gingrich brought in a bunch of great people. the contract with america was observed in the early years and then over time we found expenditures accelerating and so on. so i think that the pressure, what is required is that the pressures brought to bear in the last elections cycle desustained year in and year out with constant vigilance over how the newly-elected members are, in fact, operating. >> yes, please, in the back. >> mark phillips -- [inaudible] [laughter] in your defense of freedom, is it based more on freedom as a fundamental value, or is it based more on society, people are better off, more productive, happier if they have freedom? is. >> i'm not sure i made that distinction. in my own thinking. interesting one. well, freedom is inherently has to do with human dignity, autonomy, responsibility and is is -- so on. but people who are free and at the same time responsible if they've got virtue are, in turn, will create a better society. i'm not sure that answers your question. >> well, ladies and gentlemen, i'm going to

we have -- gingrich brought in a bunch of great people. the contract with america was observed in the early years and then over time we found ec pendtures accelerating and so on -- expenditures accelerating and so on. so i think that the pressure, what is required is that the pressures brought to bear in the last election cycle be sustained year in and year out with constant vigilance over how the newly-elected members are, in fact, operating. >> yes, please, in the back. >> [inaudible] >> in your defense of freedom, is it based more on f

you don't have a leader like newt gingrich out there boasting about how he is going to shut the government down and i think it is very, very different. and you have the house republican, all house leadership in both houses saying we are not going to do it. >> chris: address juan's point and i think this is what democrats are counting on. when we tell you specifically what they are going to cut you will hate it. >> that will not work. >> my first day on the job was the first day of the first government shut down. i remember it well. lots of changes since then. 16 years or whatever it has been. i think that the american people are not freaking out about it. i think that the senate democrats who of up for election in 2012 are hoping that this doesn't work, that the government doesn't get shut down and they have a chance to vote on some cuts. >> chris: thank you, panel. see you next week. check out panel plus where our group picks up with the discussion on our website foxnewssunday.com and we will post the video before noon eastern time. up next, our power players of the week. curtis: welcome

then speaker newt gingrich was blamed for that one, and so we're continuing to watch this time republicanssay that they think that they'll have enough support with the record deficits. of course, it's a big game of chicken here in washington now. we'll see who blinks first, if anybody. >> kristen, thank you. >>> wisconsin teachers union is calling for teachers to return to work instead of attending protests. it's against an anti-union bill. demonstrators spent the weekend trying to put a stop to a republican plan to all but eliminate union rights for state workers. supporters of the measure say it's needed to control state debt. right now it's stalled. only because 14 minority state democratic senators have fled the state to prevent a vote. wisconsin governor scott walker lashed out at those senators saying they were failing to do their jobs by hiding out. >>> and now here is a look at some other stories making news early today in america. in virginia, a surveillance camera rolled on a jewelry store heist where the suspect used the smash and grab approach to snag some pretty expensive watc

romney, huckabee, palin, gingrich. >> you notice that sarah palin got 3% and mike huckabee got 2% because they weren't there. >> chris: you were there. >> but the straw poll was taken before i spoke. they shut down the straw poll on friday. i spoke saturday. and so i was in the position of palin and huckabee. i didn't for the purposes of the straw poll i didn't get to speak which is fine. they got to have rules and that is fine with me. i enjoyed getting to speak to that audience. an audience of a lot of young people some of whom came up to me and said gee, i tried to vote for you today but they told us we couldn't vote any more. >> chris: what about the frontrunners, palin, huckabee, romney, gingrich. what do you offer that they don't? >> they are all good friends of mine. i have a record as governor. i have a record of cutting spending. i talked yesterday not only about we ought to cut spending. i talked about how we have cut spending in mississippi and how if you did the same things in the federal government you would save tens of billions of dollars a year. i talked about how we would

>> republican insiders say newt gingrich is just days away from announcing whether or not he will runyer who works for the former house speaker says gingrich will be announcing he is forming an exploratory committee within the next 10 days. recently he has aligned himself with tea party activists, pushed for an elimination of the epa and called president obama clueless when it comes to foreign policy. >>> a warning if you have flown recently, you may have been exposed to measles. >> and it was a royal night in hollywood. the big winners and some surprises at this year's academy awards coming up. the next, you start one feeling a bit off.ne. the moment you feel run down or achy, nip flu-like symptoms in the bud, with oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud. during cold and flu season. that's why we started a mission for health. by going beyond clean surfaces to healthy surfaces. by making a healthy way to wash hands. and even by working with a pediatrician to develop lysol healthy habits initiatives in schools. when you use lysol, y

newt gingrich finished fifth, sarah palin got 3%, and mike huckabee got 2% of the vote. major conservative figures gathered at the annual conference in washington, dc to refine their choice to run against president obama. hally barber was extremely critical of president obama, saying his economic policies have been hostile to job creation. >> after his policies contributed to unemployment rates stuck at 9-plus% for almost two years, suddenly president obama and the democrats are paying lip service to job creation. except this time they call their spending invevmentz rather than stimulus. >> alan: barber is considering a run for president. so far no republican has officially launched a 2012 campaign. >> the obama administration says it will release its budget plan for 2012 on monday. it's expected to include both cuts and investment projects. one of those projects is a high-speed rail which directly benefits california. president obama wants 53 billion for high speed rachel california plans to build 800-miles of track between san francisco, san jose, bakersfield, l.a., an

they tell the "associated press" that former house speaker newt gingrich will soon announce he is running for president. a lawyer who works for him confirmed it saying he will announce he is forming an exploratory committee within the next ten days. he aligned himself with tea party activists pushing for elimination of the environmental protection agency and calls president obama clueless on foreign policy. >>> wisconsin state police tonight decided against forcibly evicting protestors from the capitol building. they have occupied the retunda for three weeks. a walkout by state democrats have halted the vote. >>> capturing a town close to moammar gadhafi's stronghold in tripoli, bracing for a counter attack from sources loyal to gadaffi. scott goldberg says the conflict appears headed to a violent climb ax climax. >> reporter: three days of heavy fighting with government forces. more than a dozen people died in the battle. the opposition controls tanks and antiaircraft guns and they vowed to keep fighting until libyan leader moammar gadhafi steps down. >> we don't need moammar any more. >

. >> newt gingrich was not a likable person. bill clinton was more like abbling. when it came to the battle of the personality, bill clinton is cool. >> cool in temperment, yes. >> and this likable guy who has his said against the wall, boehner, the speaker, he has to do it, dan, right? >> the person who comes off as cool hand luke is president obama. i'm not sure that boehner comes off that well. on this business of shutting down the government, we are talking about the political effects of it. there is a country here to run. whoever gets the blame for shutting down the government, we are a country at war. we have people at war in iraq and afghanistan, and you are going to shut down the government? the public at large is going to be very negative and it is vital which side gets the blame for shutting it down. >> you are 65, 70 or 80 years old. you go to the mail box and your check hasn't come in for social security. who do you blame? >> i think they are going to blame whoever is in office. people are set up. they are saying i cut back on my spending. my family is

why they made you angry or sure if newt gingrich but why should i leave when the pill put. me through to civilians being killed under war against those who came to this. lekki were the first terrorist group in the world to use car bombs but they would not be the last. first the jews in the arabs. the world's first car bomb or. less. they planted four. and fallacies planted four hundred twenty people die. the car bombing only stopped in may one thousand forty eight when war broke out and the checkpoints became front lines. a new terror weapon cheap and convenient had been born. but palestine in one nine hundred forty eight did produce one further novelty of a car bomb as a key assassination weapon when i could to try to blow up the jewish political leadership. what happened in this building here where he was the government of the jews and then. in the second floor he'll was the chump else of this song being father of the state of israel that he'd been given the ups wanted to kill him and say believe that if they want to kill him jews need not establish their state dispositio

you know, whether gingrich or speaker pelosi you really had five people running the house. now we've got a process. it looks like a legislature. and it is messy and kind of ug leigh but i think boehner has actually done a great thing. he promised transparency. i thought he would back off, but it's tough. he has lost some things. he lost an engine firm that will help ge which is big in ohio, his home state and stuck with the idea it will be open. more power to him t is a real legislature now. as for the cuts, i don't agree with all of them but i do think they're takinging deficit seriously. to me the most important thing that happened in the house was the republicans announcing hen they do next year's budget they are going to put entitlements on the table. that is a big step, much more than the president's willing to do. about this current continuing resolution this year, you know i'm glad they are taking the deficit seriously. i don't quite see the exit strategy here. i see them voting on this stuff. i don't actually see it getting through the senate and certainly not true

. >> and richard, in this country last night, former house speaker newt gingrich, during an interview was talking about the muslim brotherhood. you've been talking about them for days. it's believed any coalition government will have to contain a percentage of them. the speaker said they were enemies of civilization, it's in their own creed. i know for years you've lived and worked alongside members of the muslim brotherhood there in cairo. tell us your knowledge of this group. >> reporter: the group has about 20% to 40% support in the country. it's not al qaeda, it's not the taliban. they do support islamic law, but the people who are members of the muslim brotherhood wear business suits. it's much more akin to hamas in the gaza strip. it's anti-american, it's anti-israel. but it wouldn't kick all the christians out of the country, but it would definitely take a more anti-american line. >> richard engel, our veteran in that region starting us off again tonight. richard, thanks. >>> there's a story about breast cancer just coming out this evening, if you're any part of the huge breast

been of the things, and as all of you know, i've worked with president obama and went on tour with gingrichseem that the kids are being improved, we can perfect it more, but we have to get past the special interests with the kids. when you look at the fact that nationwide, black kids are four grades behind in reading and math and the city of detroit, half of the black men are dropping out of school, it's not working yet. we really need an investment there and we need to start in our own community and i absolutely agree with president obama. >> there's also got to be, and to angela's point, it can't just be the government and there have to be public/private sector partnerships with funding innovation and pushing it in the right direction. so if local commune sxits states get to the point where they understand where innovation is about multi-level partnerships that you take some of the pressure off of the department of education and you put us in positions where certain things that have been funded traditionally can be cut. at the end of the day somebody's still got to pay the money and someb

the president has taken a strategy like bill clinton done with republicans when newt gingrich was the speaker. bill clinton came out, the question is not whether we're going to balance the budget it's how fast we're going to balance the budget. >> president obama says -- said the question aren't cuts that damage the ability our future. the question of tax increases and health care are likely to comb punted in the next two years. >> does that play out in the presidential field? we're relatively late for people to decide whether we're going to run especially against an incumbent president. do you see these same arguments or is it different? >> you see most of the same arguments but the dynamic that exists in the presidential nominating battle is one that pushes the candidates more to appease the tea party side of the party as opposed to tea party leadership here in washington. i was in iowa talking to a lot of different people and one person who was a local activist volunteered the idea. we do not want our people back in washington cooperating with president obama. that's not what this