gingrich book deal, is that mr. gingrich was going to take an unprecedented $4.5 million from a man who has a direct interest in federal legislation and who has a case pending before the communication committee. >> reporter: among those expressing concern was then senate republican leader bob dole. when we come back, remembering another media empire by a man who also built himself a castle. william randolph dorf. i tell ya, i work a long day, every day. 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 headin' down to the lake. we're pullin' a boat or somethin'. i don't know why. i just do. it's not a problem. i don't mind as long as we always stop at chevron and get that techron stuff. my ears flop around too. check it out. [ male announcer ] your car takes care of you, care for it. chevron with techron. care for your car. it's hard work; i need a nap. >>> rupert murdoch is a powerful

[laughter] santorum is a wounded wildebeast, and gingrich is apparently a spawning salmon. all right. now we're getting there. let's see where governor tim pawlenty is at. he's got there 4.4 million raised. >> former governor tim pawlenty kicked off three weeks of iowa bodily harm storming in advance of the straw poll next month with an r.v. storm and a warning that iowans should not raise their support on charismatic candidates who can't actually win. >> jon: oh, tim pawlenty taking a bold stand against kris matt. [laughter] it's got no place in politics. hey, look, this is not a popularity contest. oh, it is? oh. well, i wonder how "the daily show" will depict pawlenty's demise. [laughter] if a pawlenty campaign falls in the woods, does it make a sound? who's next. >> herman cain raised $2.5 million. >> jon: $2.5 million for herman cain. that's a lot of pepperoni for the godfather of pizza. why is cain connecting? >> i think i'm connecting because of my passion about my support and belief in the constitution. >> jon: yes. herman cain has passion. support and belief in the

but that was e fective end of the gingrich speakership.boehner has taken a gradsistic approach, removing power from the speakership, giving it@more to the chairmen, allowing legislation to move through the house, that is giving him latitude to strike deals some boehner internally is stronger and is probably going@to remain s(nger as a eaker an gingrich was. >> do you think all@of at which@ good rction on is there something more constitutionally about the two? who is more likable? >> well, at the beginningyou would have thought that @@newt towards of end @@eve"y his regi he was much less likae. yet evident boner's approach, he d an hints electriccual and policy concept that was implicit the contract with america, and he still speaks in those terms. he is an extraordinary intellent man@about these but hey, his political ills i thk were not shall we say well lustrated @@as his speakership@wen$ on. boehner @@i think will endure a much more popular and stronger speaker within his own years cause he is -- as major was saying, he sharese wer orga

productions which has calista gingrich as a domain name. i have registered the domain names, and they are $20 and not that much, so any idea what he is actually paying for, because that looks kind of bad? >> well, at that point, i think that pretty much we can expect if there is a mistake to be made, the gingrich campaign is going to make it. he doesn't seem to kind of grasp the basics of conflict of interest or fiscal responsibility questions -- i mean, dead man walking is the phrase that leaps to mind when we talk about the gingrich campaign. >> but in so much more style than dead men usually get. >> it is true. >> and so let's talk about michele bachmann at a moment, because you have a interesting article about her, and gay rights groups are vowing to make her a target, and for the intolerant views she has expressed in the past or what they say are intolerant views she has expressed in the past. >> and she is going for a conservative base, and i have talked to richard land over at the southern baptist convention and some of the people, a

. >> gingrich's campaign is $1 million in debt. >> and the arrests continue as the british police close in on rupert murdoch's media empire scandal. >> every day we're seeing more inconceivable things happen. >> in the last 24 hours, two high-level resignations. >> head of scotland yard resigned yesterday. >> rebekah brooks was released on jail. >> rupert murdoch is said to face the scandal head-on tomorrow. >> now we move to david cameron. >> is cutting short a trip today to south africa. >> order. when are they going to do the decent thing and resign? >> congress now has 15 days to pass a bill to raise the debt ceiling before the united states government goes into a catastrophic default on august 2nd. today harry reid announced the senate will meet every day until the debt ceiling is raised. yesterday, david rogers of politico discovered and reported that house speaker john boehner and eric cantor held a secret meeting with barack obama at the white house. a republican leadership aide said "the lines of communication are being kept open, but there's nothing to report in terms of an ag

a northstar that will break the republican mantra no and republican presidential candidate newt gingrich has a new supporter me probably won't get my vote in two thousand and twelve he clearly shares one of my viewpoints on the u.s. constitution i'll explain in tonight's daily to. wisconsin voters one of the polls today for the first of a series of special elections prompted by governor scott walker's war on labor unions through was causing state politics a new national spotlight earlier this year the days elections are democratic primaries in six republican held state senate districts where those republican incumbents are being recalled by their constituents but these election. what a strange twist the democrats running in the primaries are opposed by republicans who are running as democrats why is this ruse forces the democrats the whole primary elections and gives the incumbent republicans more time to campaign and raise money for the latest from wisconsin is my friend john nichols russian correspondent for the nation magazine john welcome back it's good to be with you tom great to ha

henry hyde said the letter to newt gingrich telling him why he wants to be on the committee. i get the phone call on january 20th, you are going on the judiciary committee. the next morning as i was drinking my cup of coffee i opened up the washington post and there is. the monica lewinski story is all over the front page and i was off to the races. what happens after that, within an hour i get back to my office and there were 20 tv cameras out there and i am surrounded and all these people are shoving microphones in my place and telling me you need to be put on this committee to impeach the president. you are a former prosecutor and judge. i was standing and smiling. other than copyrights and trademarks, you are a liar. that is not what you are here but i walk you through the time table to show you it really was a coincidence. one of the things about collecting political memorabilia that came back to help, when i got back to congress the democrat majority for years were out of power and not happy about it and one of the senior democrats with a guy named john congress who was

>> i actually recall night gingrich leading the charge to impeach bill clinton.erent kind of memory, a view of american history. and i remember night gingrich saying that president obama had an anti-colonial view of manager. wherever that came from. i am sort of he said amored that night gingrich has now professed love for bill clinton when he was trying to run him out of office and to try to have a criminal prosecution. when you get old, i just remember too many things. >> don't believe him. he doesn't remember anything. he can't hear and he doesn't listen. >> come on, night, don't you know that we remember that kind of stuff? please. >> there's been a rap video that has gone viral via drew carrey's website. maybe we can play a snippet. ♪ we out of 20s on the beach get your tan -- >> is there some way in which this debt drama has been good for the country? because now we're all engaged in policy? >> absolutely, yes. every poll said over 80% of people are following this very closely. it is wonder will for the country to understand the difference between

the gingrich campaign owes nearly $1 million for the use of private jets. it was half a million dollars for the use of private jets. the name of the company gingrich uses for renting private jets is -- this is not a joke -- moby dick airways. joining me now is alex wagner, msnbc analyst and social impact reporter for the huffington post. alex, you're the only "last word" guest who could follow moby dick airlines. just go with it. when i saw we talked to the owner of moby dick airlines, of course i mean the staff of "the last word" today and we find out he bought the company in 2006. has no idea why it was named moby dick airlines. he should maybe tonight be thinking of something more jet-like. >> yeah. there are a lot of question marks over the gingrich campaign at this point, and moby dick airlines i think is high up there, if not in the top five. i think overall if we're talking about republicans and fund-raising prowess, one of the most telling metrics revealed today was that only one in five of the top republican donors who gave to the mccain campaign i

i decided that i had tool time award and tonight we're giving it to newt gingrich the former speaker of the house is trying to revive his twenty twelve presidential campaign in recent weeks his staff quit he reported very weak fundraisers and by week i mean by raising numbers and by week i mean the fact that he the debt and he's also battled numerous very unflattering stories about his spending habits at tiffany's so it's safe to say that newt's had a bad summer so far but he's still out on the campaign trail shaking hands and trying to win support and i did stop in iowa this week we began talking about judicial activism as a member of the g.o.p. call it when judges just don't rule the way they want them to so listen to make to a very shocking claims about the supreme court. more. from the. let. the courts the right. all right so new thinks that congress can keep the supreme court from hearing some cases and he also believes that there is just no supreme court by. to the constitution. the think progress is quick to point out today that article three of the constitution begins with th

swiss cheese tweets, gingrich's big problem will be the women's vote. >> karen, take it away. >> i loveon. stay at home mom. the blinging it 187 says rim on twitser. >> we have murdgatroyd writing. >> diamond dave 56 on twitter. >> mr. germany writes. >> horse fly 1013 says. >> be strong tweeted "dog fart." >> jon: you know, that reminds me, dog fart's words today are as meaningful as they were then. is this so wrong? we want pundits vetted. i want to get my news from news people, not random people with an a.o.l. account. this way the facts can be vetted and processed with proper journalistic integrity and authority. >> grover nor worcester was newt gingrich's butt buddy. [laughter] >> jon: [bleeped] it. i hope lady big mac and dog fart get their own show. we'll be right back. vo: this year, go back to school with geek squad. so you can do things like... ... carry fewer books... ... become master of the study group... take notes... while conserving energy... ... and stream important research material. make school easier with geek squad support 24/7. online, on the phone or in-store. gee

he tweets newt gingrich, dear newt gingrich, because of the many newt/shrute rhyme options, i humblinganager. he tweets back, i have a campaign manager. he has a sense of humor. >> not only that, he could be running the easiest campaign if he took him up on the offer. >> i've got to go to shameless plugs really quick. >> my colleague hosting xm's press pool on thursday and i have a south carolina story in today's roll call. >> my new york partners who manage the gay marriage referendum in new york, they won. and we are very pleased with that, very proud. >> western republican leadership conference, october 18th through the 21st in las vegas. going to be a major political debate. hope you'll be there, chuck. >> well, we'll see. depends what network the debate's on. that's it for this edition of "the daily rundown." tomorrow, the rnc chairman plus a look at the politics in the nba lockout. next, "chris jansing and company." then at 1:00, "andrea mitchell reports." we'll see you tomorrow. bye-bye. we get double miles every time we use our card... i'll take these two... ...no matter what w

so newt gingrich has now turned to michele bachmann for inspiration since he's trailing in the polls why not just steal the front runners ideas that is really pathetic but it's also sad when republicans who claim to learn of the constitution and all its freedoms are going to step on the document for their own political gain and that's why newt gingrich is tonight's top time later. ok time for happy hour on this lovely evening and my mistake or earlier jim hansen is in fact not staying with us for happy hour joining me tonight is our view producer jenny churchill and libby jacobson senior policy analyst for new media strategies ladies thank you for joining me. the southern poverty law center i'm not sure what your feelings are exactly about this organization but they've decided to come out today and say if they think they can sack he said of the rand paul should be labeled an extremist and one of the examples that they use behind that logic there is because he said that he would not have voted for the civil rights act because as a libertarian that's just not the way that his mind work

. >>> could newt gingrich's campaign t-shirts be politically incorrect? he'll explain what's inside this t-shirt. here's our quote of the day, aren't we at the point where the closer we get to chaos, the more concern there should be about come together table and compromising with democrats? this is not leadership. this is almost like dictatorship. mull it over. i'll tell you what newsmaker said it right after the break. nine minutes after the hour. ...or something small? ...something old? ...or something new? ...or maybe, just maybe... it's something you haven't seen yet. the 2nd generation of intel core processors. stunning visuals, intelligent performance. this is visibly smart. vietnam, 1967. i got mine in iraq, 2003. u.s.a.a. auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation, because it offers a superior level of protection and because u.s.a.a.'s commitment to serve the military, veterans, and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an auto insurance quote. u.s.a.a. we know what it means to serve. >>> 13 minutes after t

so can gingrich possibly get back into the game?tion, a little part of me for g forgot newt beginnigingrich was running. he's totally out of the conversation. no can he not get back in the game. >> speaker gingrich has done something that i thought was impossible. he has surpassed former senator fred thompson as the worst presidential campaign ever. no, he has no shot. i say newt take those shirts, go to el salvador, have a nice vacation with your wife because you have shot at running the most inept presidential campaign ever. >> john. >> it really is a new level amateur hour and this is not an original campaign sin. this is the thing that's sort of obvious before before you order the american flag, you make sure they're not made in china. yet another example of a disastrous presidential campaign that a guy can go from being speaker to just being irrelevant in the conversation speaks volumes. anything can happen, newt. >> he'll get the el salvador vote, though. >> there you go. if you haven't seen the movie the town, let's take a li

>> this does seem the be the bet that gingrich is placing. he said last month he was going to spend 12 days in iowa in july. this is ahead of the straw poll which is a little more than a month away. if he were able to exceed expectations which are pretty low for him at this point, it might put some spark into his campaign, allow him to get some attention at the debates in the fall. as you say, it's a bit of a long shot. >> he told "the l.a. times" yesterday, the fact is a month of plead ya barrage is painful and it's slowed a lot of things down. our numbers would not be as good as we like. and candidly the consultants left us in debt. he paid them. he hired them. but in any case, he's blaming what he is foreshadowing a bad second quarter report on the consultants? >> he sure is. he doesn't explicitly say in that quote my campaign will be in debt when our numbers come out later this month. he pretty much goes right up on the edge there. he is placing blame elsewhere for a number of his problems on the consultants for the money, on the media fo

newt gingrich and michelle bachmann, courting the same part of the state for conservatives. bachmann has been spending time in iowa after officially kicking off her campaign there and plans to spend a lot more time in the state that holds the first caucus. >> we love you. we'll be back soon. god bless you. >> as gingrich shook hands, he was asked about the partisan fighting in washington. and the down-to-the-wire fight over raising the debt ceiling. . >> i think they're going to pass a debt ceiling. then the question will be whether the president will sign it. >> why are we pushing it to crisis for the whole niegs naigs? sdsh nati -- nation? >> rick santorum is also in iowa marching in parades there today. >> thanks so much for that. now to a critical challenge. >> americans are still dying in iraq. iranians may have some of that blood on their hand. here's chris florence. >> 16 american troops died in iraq last month, more than anytime in the past two years. u.s. military officials indirectly blame iran for their deaths. >> most of our kids who have been killed recently hav

bye-bye. >> what about that old silver back, newt gingrich? by the way, he stopped shaving his back when he left congress. >> i wonder how "the daily show" will depict pawlenty's demise? if a pawlenty campaign falls in the woods, does it make a sound? >> herman cain raised $2 million. that's a lot of pepperoni for the godfather of pepperoni pizza. there's one candidate who seems to be gaining strength. michele bachmann. >> michele bachmann's migraines and whether this should be considered a campaign issue. >> got to say, of all my issues with bachmann's brain. >> $18 million raised. mitt romney is the king of the jungle, the thick maned, super predator of the race, the republican's aslund. >>> time for your political ticker with tim farley live from washington. 11 days and counting until the debt ceiling deadline. what's your feeling? do you think we're getting closer? >> i think you got it in the beginning when you said the democrats are netting nervous. harry reid and nancy pelosi asking why they're not a part of the conversation. there was

joe, newt gingrich praises texas governor rick perry again?ou know, it's the kind of thing that gives you a little bit of an update. he's a republican presidential candidate, newt gingrich is, and he is praising rick perry, who might be a republican presidential candidate, at least at some point. so during a question and answer session in charleston, apparently, newt gingrich weighed in once again about rick perry. gingrich was asked who was the second best candidate for the republican nomination, and he pointed out that rick perry and he are best friends, a great friend. he also said perry wrote the forward to gingrich's book. he called him a terrific job creator. and he said he'd be a formidable candidate were he to get into the race. it's not really surprising except for the fact that, when a bunch of people abandoned gingrich's campaign, questioning his work ethic, his commitment to fund-raising, those people were advisers to rick perry, and some of them are even in place now looking at whether it would be a good idea for rick perry to run

. >> liberals with long memories cite the degree to which the house speaker, newt gingrich then, john boehner today, exercised control over their own caucuses. scot lilly, now a senior fellow at the center for american progress, argues gingrich could more easily forge a deal because gingrich was more involved than boehner in recruiting the freshmen. >> he was timetable bring them along. he was part of their revolution in a way. speaker boehner is seen, i think, within the conference as a more moderate voice. i think he's not as trusted by the conservative elements within his -- within the republican conference. >> analysts also cited the rise of the internet, which serves some say to inflame opinion on both sides and make compromise more difficult, and the economy. the unemployment rate in 1995 was a little over 5.5%. in washington, james rosen, fox news. >> president obama will announce new fuel economy standards friday. the associated press reports the new target for cars and light trucks will be 54 1/2 miles per gallon by 2025. that is down from the administration's initial proposa

to drop the gay baiting you must be passing on running for president this time the pay out newt gingrich remember when his entire campaign staff quit a few months back claiming they didn't want to work for a huckster well they were right cording to reason finance campaign finance reformers gingrich has spent more than five hundred thousand dollars a quarter of his entire presidential campaign war chest on fly in luxury private jets all around the country i guess he's taking a page out of sarah palin's book act like you're running for president so a bunch of suckers around the country will throw money at you and finance your rock star all star lifestyle so don't a more tonight newt's campaign he likes the hotel rooms with jacuzzis. and a very very ugly oklahoma governor mary fallin taking a page from her neighbor to the south texas governor rick perry palin is calling for a statewide day of prayer to fight off the heat wave sweeping the nation palin told her constituents to start praying because a lot of prayers will move the heart of god i guess this is the republican strategy to present

i thought the lesson was because gingrich went too far -- >> th isn't top-down, i don't think: >> it's not leadership down. >> i think he would cut a deal. this is bottom-up. >> so if you look at the way that the president has handled this, having lived in the white house, having worked in the white house, did he as best he could? >> we're not threw it yet i think that what he has done rit is that he had t get caught trying hard to solve this. >> the paper as you know said president after press conference moves to the center and tries to command the center. has he done that. >> that's when presidents win. >> has he done that though? looking like, i have these two extremes and i'm sitting here trying to be the great compromiser? >> i think pretty much and he has rankled a lot of democrats by doing it. you certainly saw it last week as you were just mentioning. yeah, i'm not sure how much it's going to matter if this doesn't come together. now, if it falls apart he will bare most of the responsibility and have to deal with the consequence. >> that's why he must compromise in the end. >>

and newt gingrich appears to favor the finer things. reports show a campaign more than a million dollars in debt. half of that spent on luxury charter jets. msnbc political analyst karen fin yi also worked as the democratic national committee spokesperson. matt louis is a senior contributor for the daily caller. good to see you. what can you tell about a candidate by the way he or she spends money? >> i think you can tell a lot. if you look at mitt romney you have a disciplined businessman who's running the campaign that way. the organizations that he fronted that were allowed to take dc he got accustomed to a certain lifestyle, when you run a campaign that is out the window. it's not about raising money. it's about netting money. having money set and left over to spend. i think, gingrich's people blamed the consultants, but again, you know, if you're going to run for president of the united states, the buck stops there. this could be a hiccup or a bump, but it is an issue. >> it may be hard to go to donors saying can you donate half a

. >> inouye gingrich styled himself as a revolutionary -- newt gingrich's style himself as a revolutionary. he clear this in many ways. he clear this and the 1990's. it was fun to liken people to historical characters. >> here is a video. >> here is a video. i remember this from the director. this is the former editor. >> businesses intro. this was a movie. -- this was an intro. this was a movie. >> good evening. out of common decency and a court order, i am obliged to warn you that the reason.tv videos are not only terrifying but real. members of the audience to are susceptible to seizures, high blood pressure politically induced rage should exit their browsers now. children, pregnant women, and as we responsible adults should consult an accountant before watching these videos. you may obtain immediate relief by screaming. do not be embarrassed to open your mouth and let it rip with all you have. remember, you can scream at the right moment and say their country's life and future. critics say that your country's life and future. theand nick bell u gillespie. gains quickly if you dare. sin

i like rick ashley. >> haelts moments for newt gingrich and his campaign staff.th reporters in atlanta yesterday. insisting we have got to beef up manufacturing in this, buy more american-made products. so then he has this exchange with a reporter who first asks him to hold up his campaign t-shirt. >> what should they trust? >> hold up your t-shirt? >> sure. >> a lot of what you're talking about is about taking america back to america. we asked for t-shirts to be sent to us and they were made out of america. just picked up that one and it's made in el salvador. it's printed here in atlanta. it was a big thing when we talked to your campaign about how you wanted things to be made in america. do you have plans to change things? >> i have to ask the folks who ordered this. i didn't order it and i didn't do it. >> that is a rush order that some of your -- >> volunteer campaign, lots of volunteer do lots of different things. >> so i imagine they are going to get some campaign t-shirts made in america. >> and not made in el salvador. >> but more expensive in america. >

michelle baachman and newt gingrich shared the spotlight at this fourth of july parade. >>> coming up, kasey anthony's future is now in the hands of the jury. >> dominique strauss-kahn may have a new legal fight. a new woman accusing him of sexual assault and his plan to fight back against the accusation. >> dominique strauss-kahn faces a new legal problem tonight. a french novelist said she will file a complaint saying that he attempted to rape her. he denies the allegations and plans to countersue. this comes a few days after he was freed on bail in the u.s.. this comes after his credibility has been publicly questioned. >>>>> according to a new report, the typical american worker got one half of 1% pay raise last year but the average ceo got a purees of 23%. >>> still to come, will the storms stairway -- stay away from the fireworks tonight? >> more drama in the courtroom for kasey anthony today. >> plus an american makes history on this holiday. you cannot get any more american >> we are monitoring the developments from orlando. jurors have just finished delivering for the day in

that's not going to happen here with newt gingrich. no chance of that. i think he's done. >> wow. here to respond to republican presidential candidate and author of "a nation like no other," newt gingrich. thanks for being here this morning. >> it's good to be with you and sort of fits what brent bozelle was saying. none of the people who decided i wasn't a candidate anymore were with me in iowa, south carolina, new hampshire, georgia, california where i just came back from. so i find it fascinating sitting around in washington and new york, they decided they ought to tell the american people who the candidates. >> that's part of where this comes from is your staff leaving. >> ronald reagan had 13 senior staff quit the morning of the new hampshire primary and two weeks heard they laid off another 100 staff. john mccain had a similar experience. my ohm point is i'm talking about substance, how do we create jobs? look at the unemployment numbers today. how do we deal with energy? look at the gasoline prices. how do we help housing get back so that -- which is now in worst sh

what's going on with newt gingrich and mitch mcconnell.> newt gingrich talks a little bit about shutting down the government. he had that big fight with president clinton back in the '90s. newt gingrich is very critical of mitch mcconnell's plan of trying to divert this whole debt crisis. in fact, he tweeted yesterday that the mcconnell plan is contrary to big deficits and overspending. what's the mcconnell plan? basically it's a plan that would allow president obama to raise the debt limit in three different increments but all of the responsibility would be placed on the president for doing so and not on congressional republicans. that's a very big issue as we're heading into the 2012 election. the problem is for mitch mcconnell, there are a lot of conservatives who don't like the idea and they think advocates would just be responding to the idea. problem is, newt gingrich isn't on capitol hill, mitch mcconnell is. >>> herman cain, did you hear his gospel cd tucked away for more than ten years, comes out on the internet? the guy has some

. >>> newt gingrich presidential campaign is more than $1 million in debt. according to documents that were released today, the campaign has spent 1.8 million and now says he is over 1 million in debt including $450,000 for flying on corporate jets and another $100,000 for legal fees. gingrich says he is now spending less and he's also flying commercial. >>> republican presidential candidate mitt romney is comparing some recent comments from president obama to controversial comments made by jimmy carter. campaigning in new hampshire, romney quoted obama saying americans were stressed out. quarter used that word in a speech 32 years ago today. romney says if americans are under stress in this economy, it's because the president has failed them. >>> cnn reports that republican presidential candidate michelle bachmann cancelled her membership in a controversial minnesota church. bachmann and her husband marcus withdrew last month from salem lutheran church. they've been membered for three years but have not attended for two years. it's been criticized for its v

the next thing she knew she spent a decade of her life working for newt gingrich. you never know who you might be at one of these events. make sure you may know. interestingly enough she is married to its abundant, for those of you that our symphony lovers, the first chair, first violinist for the washington symphony for a long, long time. he retired year ago. they met at a meet in three and fellow love and live very happily in georgia. you never know when these events might lead to a happily ever after. so, again, my first memory and deasy was in the 70's. this was way before my dad won. i'm going to take you on a little bit of a reminder of my background and his career for us to understand where we come from and why it is important to me lessons. if you can imagine the 1970's, around 74, we lived in carrollton, georgia. we live in georgia because my father went to lane and got his ph.d. part of the deal was the essence dollars of money if he promised to come back to georgia and teach when he finished. fair deal. well, he finished up his dissertation and found a j