including newt gingrich. also, about six months before the campaign was going on, newt gingrich and other members of what was called the conservative opportunity society issued a document called the contract with america. it labeled 10 items that the republicans promised to pass on the first day they were in power. gingrich also talked about the possibility of 100 day activities using the 100 day activities of franklin roosevelt. in other words to change america. this would be tremendous legislative activity. all of that was planned. it wasn't sure who is going to win. but it was quite a remarkable turnabout in the house. democrats lost quite a few seats, and republicans for the first time ended up with a majority, 228 seats, and democrats had 206. so, suddenly everything changed on the hill. newt gingrich was the man of the hour. "time" magazine chose him as man of the year in 1995. he launched his speakership, and he was, as you will see, the remarks he will make, he was very much active on all fronts and r

these were very contentious times with the impeachment going on and the gingrich years.was very tumultuous. i think his overall tone was a positive one. >> thank you. here is dennis hastert in 1999 on the opening day of the 106th congress. >> thanks for taking the time today. we are set up in here. >> all right. >> how did the conference meeting go? >> very good. we just had the rules of ordinary things to do. it went as well as we could expect. >> have you seen "the post" this morning? >> no. >> there was an inside story on the conference with you and deb with your hands in the air. it was great. >> i did not have time to look at the papers this morning. [laughter] >> i know. i have them all in my bag. >> do you want to break and let the c-span camera leave? we will get the first question. thank you. and, we are all set. >> great. mr. speaker, you used to teach history. today you are about to step into the history books. how has your background prepared you? >> it gives you extreme exposure in trying to explain things to human beings. it is the personal touch you have d

newt gingrich had his problems in his two terms. he resigned from the speakership with some ethics charges against him and his attempt to impeach bill clinton backfired on him. the revolution he brought forth in 1994 is still a landmark piece of congressional history. it was a complete change of the order of things, the power in the house. >> thank you. and now here is newt gingrich from 1995 on the opening day of the 104th congress. [gavel] >> the house will be in order. mr. doorkeeper. >> the speaker elect, house speaker newt gingrich from georgia. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [cheers and applause] [applause] [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen of the house, i first want to thank my democratic colleagues for their support and confidence. i noted we were a little short but i appreciate your friendship and your support. as you might imagine, this is not a moment that i had been waiting for. ]laughter] when you carry the mantle of progress, there is precious little glory in defeat but sometimes, we spend so much time li

. >> what about dealing with newt gingrich? you know, newt gingrich owed to clinton a lot, he helped him win a republican congress, so what was it like when newt gingrich took over, and what kind of relationship did you see the two of them have? >> well, when he wasn't being a partisan hack, gingrich was quite a policy wonk. he had a genuine interest in ideas, he was like clinton. clinton was a collector of ideas. some people collect stamps, some people collect other things, clinton collected ideas. gingrich was a little bit like that is welcome, he suddenly stumbled into power, not really ever anticipating that he would get that far, and now he could get some things done. so when the two of them were together, it was a little bit like a renaissance weekend. i remember one budget negotiation over new year's at the end of 1995, where all of the leaders were down at the white house trying to take one more stab, the government was to shut down for a second time, they were trying to take a stab at the budget agreement, and clinton

if you want to read more from former speaker of the house, newt gingrich, and why -- on why we are losing to radical islam this column in "the wall street journal." frank is up next. good morning.

he talked to paul ryan, newt gingrich, and scott brown. all of this despite his insistent last number that he would not run in 2016 saying there were better options. >> look, i was to find a great candidate. we can do that, and i am convinced that the field of republican candidates that i'm seeing is better positioned to do that than i am. >> he first signalled his change of hard on friday when he declared "i want to be president." his timing is not accidental. it comes on the heels of former florida governor and republican skrep jeb bush's move to lock up the wealthy donor clash. romney is reportedly telling supporters he will run to the right of jeb bush. signaling to conservatives that he shares views on immigration and taxes. and that paul ryan is not a potential presidential rival. he told nbc news he will stay in the house and not seek the presidency in 2016. among those not welcoming the news is another guy, who aspires to the label of perennial presidential candidate but can't muster the support, donald trump. >> do you think mitt

we feature the opening day remarks of newt gingrich and nancy pelosi. we will hear from the former house historian who explains the speakers constitutional role and offers profiles of the congressional leaders. that is sunday at noon on c-span3's american history tv. >> next, look at the book "insurrections of the mind." the book was published four new republic's centenary anniversary. jeffrey rosen of the national constitution center speaks with mr. foer about the book and the

doorkeeper. >> the house selects newt gingrich as speaker of the house. [applause] [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen of the house, i first want to thank my democratic colleagues for their support and confidence. i noted that we were a little short. i appreciate your friendship and support. as you might imagine, this is not a moment that i had been waiting for. [laughter] when you carry the mantle of progress, there is precious little glory and defeat. sometimes we spend so much time labeling the losers, we lose sight of the victory that we all share in this crown jewel of democracy. you see, mr. speaker, this is a day to celebrate a power that belongs not to any political party, but the people. no matter the margin, no matter the majority. all across the world, from bosnia to chechnya, to south africa, people lay down their lives for the kind of voice that we take for granted. too often the transfer of power is an act of pain and carnage. not one of peace and decency. here in the house of representatives,for 219 years, longer than any democracy in the wo

fox has drawn criticism for being a launching pad for politicians in 2012 with rick santorum and gingrich and ben carson left when he decided to get serious. and scott brown before the run and he came back to fox and cnn did this all the time with pat buchanan. >> it did not end very well with former speaker gingrich and rick santorum former senator santorum through fox. they felt their coverage and i heard it from them they thought the come they received was not as good as people whose fox was briefing against. let me say this: the amount of time and effort put into misunderstanding the way the political unit and the political coverage at the fox news channel goes enormous and everyone thinks they can read the tea leaves and thinks they know but i tell you right now absolutely true there is not a secret agenda. whether you contribute or not our political team is doing it the right way. >> to follow up you are saying obviously when gingrich and santorum were featured as contributors, they came on and said what they want and they felt they everyone not treated fairly. >> they made no secre

they are right up there, bob and kitt gingrich.nd i'm so delighted that they are both able to be here. you know sometimes when you get to be my age you can't have everyone near you you would like to and i can't say how much i learned from my dad in serving in the u.s. army and how much i have learned from my mother, clearly my most enthusiastic cheerleader. my daughters are here. and the person who clearly is my closest friend and my best advisor and who if i listened to her about 20% more, i would get into less trouble my wife marianne. i have a very large extended family between marianne and me and we have done our part for the washington tourist season. but i couldn't help when i first came on the floor earlier, i went around and saw a number of the young people who are here, a number of the young children on the floor and the number of adults who are close to 12 years of age and i couldn't help but think, sitting in the back rail near the center of the house are my, one of my nephews kevin, who is 5 and susan brown who is 6 and

you had rick santorum and newt gingrich, ben carson this time. scott brown before his new hampshire senate run was at fox and came back to fox and krnz used to do this all the time with pat buchanan who was in that revolving door. >> well, sure. things didn't end so well with newt gingrich and hick stan tore yumm. they thought the coverage they received from fox was not as good as people whose fox was supposedly briefing against. the amount of time and effort that is put into misunderstanding the way the coverage goes is enormous. everything thinks they can read the tea leaves. right now, absolute truth, there is no secret agenda. our political team is doing it the right way. >> just to follow up, you're saying that obviously when gingrich and sanatorium were featured as fox contributors, they got to come on and say what they wanted. they thought aefrdz they were not treated fairley? >> they made no secret of it. they lit a garbage fire in the town square screaming about the fact that they were mishandledwrong. >> newt gingrich ended up going to

bob livingston, newt gingrich. dick armey, bill paxon, steve largent, saxby chambliss, john sununu, lindsey graham, tom coburn, susan molinari, john kasich, bill zellef, and i know i`ve missed some. >> guest: right. c-span: almost -- other than tom delay and a couple of others the team that you started out with are gone. >> guest: well, you know, that happens in congress today. people used to say, well, you know, you go to congress, those people are there forever. the term limit -- you know, the term limit issue and all those things that we talked about -- you know, the average -- i don`t know what exactly the average term of a congressman, but it used to be for a long time. today, it`s probably eight years or ten years is the average time that a person stays here. and they cycle off and do something else. a lot of those folks that you mentioned are either in the senate or headed for the senate so i mean, they step up and do other things. saxby chambliss and lindsey graham, and coburn`s running for the senate, and

newt gingrich was saying going to have lot of runners but no front runners.er name is jeb bush. i don't think he's prohibitive front runner. but certainly talk about him because that's really what we do. i think there's a test for him, 12 years since he ran for office, needs to show that he's got his campaign legs back. we'll have slew of republicans, tea party nomination for the establishment nomination for the christian conservative nomination i say isn't that great. >> schieffer: what do you think, dan? >> i think what is interesting to me right now is some of what we might call old-timers are being the most aggressive. jeb bush. jeb bush has done more in the last few weeks to try to shape this race in his direction than we would have thought. we assumed he'd wait until after the new year probably some time in to january to give a signal instead he did it much earlier than that. as way of saying pay attention to me, i am serious about this. governor huckabee, what did he yesterday the same kind of thing. each of them has something they have to prove. susan

give a warm welcome to speaker gingrich. [applause] ♪ [applause] >> well, first of all, thank you for this very warm welcome. i didn't know how many of you know this but citizens united is the only organization of its kind that i know of that has been attacked by president obama in three different state of the union'ns. it gives dave a unique place in american history. i listened when listening to the president when justice alito corrected him, but i realized was that none of us understood was that when president obama was teaching constitutional law at the university of chicago, we assumed it was the american constitution. [laughter] [applause] now, calista and i are always glad to come back. many of you gave us very warm welcomes over the years. we have a lot of ties and a lot of friends here. i am particularly glad to be here. i was watching joni ernst earlier. this is really an improvement for in america. [applause] we flew out with chuck grassley . he was coming out as we were coming in and he said i would like to state

gingrich told romney there are no frontrunners in the 2016 race. we have runners, but no frontrunners. many of the wealthy donors are crucial to romney. some seem to have misgivings. seeing chris christie as damaged. as a result of bridge gate and other scandals. jeb bush carrying baggage, and with his last name and may be too moderate for the primary. mitt romney is the same old mitt romney that lost twice already. he is banking on his rivals and the g.o.p. establishment may give him another chance. michael, the reason the imvisible primary is so important is that history of the republican primary is, for all of the base, the establishment choice that does emerge triumphant in the end. whether that's bob dole john mccain or mitt romney. >> isn't that a kick in the teeth? for all of the noise that conservatives make about we want one of our own to be the presidential nominee, they go to the polls and vote for the establishment guy. that is how it plays out unless the conservatives can galvanize momentum like rick saner to yum in the last campaign.

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american history tv looks back at opening remarks from former house speaker's, tip o'neill, newt gingrichtert, and nancy pelosi. first, we learn about the speaker's roll from the house historian raymond smock. >> what is a speaker's job? >> the speaker has a big job. it started as a constitutional office. because the constitution says the house shall choose their speaker. choose its speaker and other officers. there were no other duties mentioned. it was assumed since the founders knew all about speakers from colonial legislatures and from british parliament going back to the 13th century that what a speaker was, he speaker -- a speaker was a presiding officer. but in our congress, it was not only a presiding officer. he quickly became a powerful person because he appointed appointees and as the two-party system developed, the speaker it became the leader of the majority party with political ramifications. the constitution is silent on this. on the powers. the powers of the speaker is what the speaker can make of them, and that is the unique part of it. some speakers exercised great power

. >> they speaker elect, newt gingrich from georgia and the speaker fell committee. >>[applause] >> [indiscernible] [laughter] >> ladies and gentlemen of the house, i first want to thank my democratic colleagues for their support and their confidence. i noted we were a little short. but i appreciate your friendship and your support. as you might imagine, this is not a moment i had been waiting for. [laughter] when you carry the mantle of progress, there is precious little glory in defeat, but sometimes we spend so much timeline arising the winners and labeling the losers, we looked beside the victory we all share in this crown jewel of democracy . you see, mr. speaker this is a day to celebrate a power that belongs not to any political party, but to the people. no matter the margin, no matter the majority. all across the world, from bosnia to chechnya to south africa, people lay down their lives for the kind of voice we take for granted. too often the transfer of power is an act of pain and carnage not one, as we see today, of peace and decency. that here in the hous

the topic of my speech was "pelosi and gingrich two peas in a pod." they both believe in strong leadership coming out of the speaker's office and not necessarily strong committees. >> and the senate is being run this way as well. committee chairs don't have -- and i wonder does that drive people away from even wanting to be in congress? >> oh absolutely. you look at who the retirements are, it's kind of the wrong people. >> it's the people you wish would stay in there. it's the people who are the deal makers. >> the house's majority rule, instead of being the minority party now, the democrats are the opposition party and the minority vice versa. opposition party is no to everything. >> this can get changed very easily right? leadership can change it? >> it takes the right people in leadership. i'm not sure it can be changed easily at this point. one of the things tom and i recommend is that you have a national primary day where all the primaries are on the same day so there's more media and you have high turnout. if you have a higher turnout in primar

[laughter] >> in a few minutes we will hear from republican house speaker newt gingrich, speaking on the opening day of the 112th congress. what happened in the 1994 election? >> the 1994 election was a revolution in many ways, because it brought republicans to our in the house for the first time in

we'll feature the opening day remarks of former speakers tip o'neill, newt gingrich, dennis hastert, and nancy pelosi. we'll hear from raymond smock who explains the role and offers brief profiles of the four congressional leaders. that's today at noon eastern time on c-span 3's american history tv. >> monday night, on "the communicators," martin cooper inventor of the cell phone on spectrum issues and the efforts by federal agencies to provide for the growing needs of mobile phone service providers. >> the ultimate in the spectrum efficient technology is dynamic spectrum access. it includes a lot of things. it includes cognitive radio. and it includes some new technology that's just starting to become laboratory available where we can use satellites to actually create a model of the world so when somebody transmits, they will know whether they're going to interfere with somebody else. you put all of these things together i hesitate to tell you how much more efficient it will be because you will laugh me out of this room. but we're talking not about tens of times improvement or hundr

them have stood proudly in the chamber as it handed the gavel to the new republican speaker, newt gingrich from georgia. there were disagreements during those 12 years that followed. we are fortunate that the man who was the driving force behind many of those achievements will continue to serve with us. the gentleman from illinois, denny hastert. there were some great achievements during those 12 years that followed. there were also some profound disappointments. if there is one less that stands out from our party's time in the majority, it is this -- congressional majority is simply a means to an end. the value of the majority is in the chance to use limited power to achieve great things. we refer to the gavel we are holding as the speaker's gavel. it really belongs to the american people. it's on loan from real owners. this is the people's house, this is the people's congress. most people don't care who controls it. what they want is a government who is limited, honest accountable, and responsive to their needs. it begins writing itself a ticket to minority status. the 110th congress wil

eastern on c-span3, opening-day remarks by former house speaker's tip o'neill, newt gingrich, then he has to, and nancy pelosi. we will hear from senate majority leader's byrd, howard baker, bob roll, and george -- bob dole and george mitchell. let us know about the programs you are watching. call us, e-mail us, or send us a tweet. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> all weekend american history tv is featuring austin texas the loans star state's capital and fourth-largest city. hosted by our time warner cable partners, c-span's city tour's staff recently visited sites showcasing austin's history. learn more about austin all weekend here on american history tv. >> the texas state library and archives commission is a state agency that was founded by the state with a very simple but powerful mission, and that is to make sure that texans have the information that they need to live informed, productive, and fulfilled lives, and we also provide and house the archives of the state of texas, which is the historical record of the state of texas going ba

former colleague dick gephardt from missouri handed the gavel to the new republican speech or, newt gingrich from georgia. there were great achievements during those years that followed. we're fortunate the man who was the driving force behind many of those achievements will continue to serve with us, the gentleman from illinois, denny hastert. [applause] there were great achievements during those 12 years that followed. there were also some profound disappointments. if there is one lesson that stands out from our party's time in the majority, it's this -- a congressional majority is simply a means to an end. the value of a majority lies not in the chance to wield great , -- great power, but in the chance to use limited power to achieve great things. we refer to the gavel i'm holding as the speaker's gavel. but like everything else in this chamber, it really belongs to the american people. it's on loan from the real owners. this is the people's house. this is the people's congress. most people in america don't care who controls it. what they want is a government that is limited, honest, acco

it was just john huntsman versus newt gingrich. why not? they were free. >> there was the family leader television family forum that had gourds in iowa by the right-wing conservative leader. they stelpell in all caps. the republican debates of 2012 were engaging and illuminating and hard not to watch. and they were also an absolute strategic nightmare for the republican party. they came out of the 2012 election cycle and said essentially, whatever we do let's never do that again. let's cancel that series. as all of these republican candidates now start to inch their way into the 2016 presidential race, by my count there is between 15 and 20 republicans that may be running this year. as they all start jumping in for 2016, or pretending to think about it it the republican party has gone about thinking that we the people will see as little of them as possible. they moved up their convention date. they moved it way up to shrink the amount of time their candidates get to fight each other for the nomination. they will force the nomination to happ

when doug mentioned that president clinton worked with newt gingrich and bob dole the result was theyised and passed it. all of their ratings went up. the economy got better. they all got re-elected. everybody won by working together. there's a lesson there that both sides today don't want to pay attention to. i don't think the republicans want to -- the republican leadership doesn't really want to work on some of these things either. we will get to that in a might be minute. there's all sorts of stuff going on an i'm amazed how easy they retreat to promises made to the america people. >> i made this comment last week. it is like the boys club. where are the women? you have carly and that's it. now you have a woman giving rebuttal. >> i think that is great. she is an attractive, brand new freshman senator. it is not a big deal but i'm glad she is doing it. >> the bigger issue is turmoil in the house and senate that the media is not talking about as much. number one the leadership told the members we are not ge going to repeal obamacare. they told them that on thursday and friday. we'r

ten years before that when gingrich was elected and when gingrich became speaker, they went after privatization medicare. they don't like social insurance. they're aiming at the most vulnerable. they're aiming at disabled workers. they don't go after social security directly because everybody has mothers and fathers and grandparents. they go after social security disability. you hear people like rand paul demagogue this. >> he says half the people who are getting this benefit don't deserve it. that's how i take that sound byte. how do you take it? >> abraham lincoln was pushed by his staff to stay in the white house. he said, no i got to go out and get my public opinion bath. they don't talk to real people. the average social security disability check is $1100 a month. this is a lot of people who have worked through their disability. they do sign up for disabltsility, they just can't work. >> does the system need to be refined? are there too many takers and too many people gaming it? you do not think that's happening. >> i don't think that's happening. in any major anything is going to have the

i agree with newt gingrich that the islamic world has to move against this. the united states also needs a strategy similar to what president reagan did to fight totalitarianism in the 80's. we need an nstd 75 to unite the entire u.s. government to fight radical islam. tomorrow the center for security policy will have a press conference at the national press club at noon. it will be streamed on our web site secure freedom.org where we are going to release a comprehensive strategy to commit the united states government to defeat this threat. >> okay. and i assume a lot thoof strategy has to do with getting other muslim nations beside yemen and morocco involved in the fight. you have to do that. now, mr. baron, you have to understand the anger in the united states because you are over in london, that the president of the united states has ordered his guys not to say islamic terrorism. and indeed didn't send anybody over to paris when the other 40 world leaders demonstrated against islamic terrorism. so there is a deep anger here against the president. do you un

i come before you because i had a show on tv with a guy named newt gingrich and we show called "cross fire." we fought every day and didn't agree on one thing, except this issue. talking with newt gingrich i realized i made a terrible mistake in my judgment, in my assessment where libertarians were on this issue, where conservatives were on this issue. when you make assumptions about where people are coming from you missed the opportunity to do good stuff for the country. it turns out that our liberal side with our great passion for justice and compassion is often not seen as being also equally concerned about community safety. and peaceful streets and kid being able to get to school and back. also i think that there was a sense that people on the right were only concerned about being tough on crime, not being smart on crime. and that there was not a sense that the christian values religious values that every soul matters could be a part of this conversation. that we shouldn't be wasting money. newt said, listens prison system is big failed government bureaucracy period full stop. it

newt gingrich had the same thing going for him for a while. mitt romney had to raise his money. he did. he raised a ton, almost a billion dollars. >> that's what the president raised is almost a billion dollars. >> that's what it takes today. >> that's going to be the challenge in the democratic primary for any of these people we talked about besides hillary clinton. jim web is interesting but if he can't raise more than a few hundred thousand dollars or a few million dollars, he won't last very long. the same is true of anybody else that we just talked about. host: this elder in "the new york times", the growing shadow of political money, as much as $8,000,000,000 expected to be spent. charles koch saying we are just getting started. this is a piece from politico.com, a big gathering taking place in southern california this weekend guest: everyone is moving from the big tent of steve king to the big tent of the koch brothers out in california this weekend. i think that's what you are going to see is these candidates and particularly the fringeier candidates will chase big dolla

we feature the opening day remarks of newt gingrich and nancy pelosi. hear from the former house historian who explains the speakers constitutional role and offers profiles of the congressional leaders. that is sunday at noon on c-span3's american history tv. >> next, look at the book "insurrections of the mind." the book was published four new republic's centenary anniversary. jeffrey rosen of the national constitution center speaks with mr. foer about the book and the magazine's vision. this was filmed two days before franklin foer resigned as editor. he left because he and the ceo had different plans for the future of the magazine. this is one hour and 20 minutes. [applause] >> welcome to the national constitution center. i'm jeffrey rosen. i'm the president of this wonderful institution. let's recited together -- this is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u.s. constitution on a nonpartisan basis. beautiful. [applause] that is our inspiring congressional motto. >> it's a cult. >> it is a constit

look at bill clinton and newt gingrich. divided government and they were able, some would say president clinton was forced to go and look at things liike welfare reform. can we get that kind of agreement here? >> we should. there's plenty of incentive for it but i don't see evidence of either side being capable of it. gring gingrich was able to get a win/win. >> i'm going to be with dana. thank you, panel. see you next week. >>> the nation's chief technological officer on the jetson future for the government. >>> when the white house rolled out the obamacare website, we saw how badly things can go when the government isn't up to speed on technology. now the government is getting some help in that area straight from silicon valley. here is our power player of the week. >> you hear i.q. and eq i think of tq technical quotient. people who are talented to join other technicians here. >> megan smith is the chief technology officer anointed by president obama last fall to apply tech ideas to government programs. for instance, her

speaker newt gingrich, darrell issa, very conservative republicans.ey came to the district, we had a partnership. i'm going to approach chairman chaffetz in the house a man who seemed very anti d.c. when he came in the same way and his counterpart in the senate as well. be ready to fight. for now just help us get statehood, get out in the city and work for it. >> congresswoman eleanor holmes norton thanks so much. >> always a pleasure. >> nice to talk with you on "viewpoint." i'm pat lawson muse. that's our program. stay with us. "news 4 today" continues. i've smoked a lot and quit a lot but ended up nowhere. now...i use this. the nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release technology helps prevent the urge to smoke all day. i want this time to be my last time. that's why i choose nicoderm cq. >>> we're getting ready for a soaker. storm team 4 radar tracking heavy rain in some areas. some of you woont see a drop until later. meteorologist chuck bell is timing out when you'll need the rain boots. >>> new this morning, the printed apology to anyone w

i come before you because i had a show on tv with a guy named newt gingrich. a show called cross fire. we fought every day and didn't agree on one thing except this issue. talking with newt gingrich i realized i made a terrible mistake in my judgment and my assessment of where libertarians were on this issue where conservatives were on this issue. and when you make assumptions about where people are coming from you miss the opportunity to do good stuff for the country. it turns out that our liberal side side -- people on the right were only concerned about being tough on crime and not being smart on crime and that there was not a sense that the christian values, religious values and every soul matters could be a part of this conversation, that we shouldn't be wasting money. conservatives shouldn't be for that. so i say that to say that we have gotten into an insane posture but there is wisdom available. where is the wisdom coming from? three places. number one, the juvenile justice system quietly thanks to the casey foundation has achieved a 50% reduction in t

newt gingrich, norcross. fiscal conservatives can change things. one of my things. >> i want to ask senator scott to come back and join us for the rest of the hour. i want to start the conversation with the three of us on whether or not you think america has the will to do that with all that we have seen dividing this country around the shooting deaths of eric garner and michael brown and all we saw come out of that and howdy vid divided the country was. we'll do that in a second when we ask senator scott to join us. glad you are with us. >> thank you. >>> we are talking about criminal justice reform. give me your best argument why you think the country is interested in advancing on criminal justice given the fallout we have across america. >> it's already being done. that's the exciting thing. you have states like georgia who have gun reforms over the last five years reduced their prison population. black prison population, 20%. states are realizing with state taxpayer money we can lower the crime rate and allow people to enter the work force. whe

romney lost there in 2012 to newt gingrich. he was talking to students at mississippi university testing themes he could use in a third presidentle yal campaign. the event was closed to cameras but reporters said he seemed looser. he discussed his mormon faith, something he plans to delve into more than in 2012. he took shots at the president's foreign policy calling out hillary clinton by name and spoke about eliminating poverty in america from the heart of the poorest state in the country. we switch to business news and a rough day for the markets on wednesday with the losses across the board in the dow down nearly 200 points. the big talk on wall street is a kaeng in leadership at one of america's most iconic chains. steve sedgwick joins us live from london to talk about this and what's going on with mcdonald's. steve, good morning. >> big changes at mcdonald's. don thompson has been in charge for three years. he 's leaving the company. he basically failed to turn it around delaware spite mass sanl sieve channels. the net in

. >>> newt gingrich owes another tiffany sized debt thanks to his 2012 presidential run.ng to a new filing his campaign is under water by more than $4.6 million. >>> first lady michelle obama tweeted a fun throw back thursday. look at this. this picture yesterday to remind everyone to get healthcare she posted it saying, throw back thursday to being young and invincible, but now it's time to stay healthy and get covered by february 15th. nice hand stand. >>> vice president joe biden got in on the action tweeting this daper photo of him as a young boy, he wrote, reminding everyone to get covered and give yourself peace of mind. >>> and the white house tweeted this pick of a little president obama playing in the waves. it read no one stays young and invincible forever. make sure you get covered. that is cute. >>> that is your morning dish of "scrambled politics." right now we want to get to the a reporter for the hill. good morning, happy friday to you. >> happy friday, betty. >> speaking of president obama he really took a swipe at mitt romney yesterday saying republicans

republicans holding the house and senate with newt gingrich and bob dole and bill clinton in the white house. but i watched them come together this is a new opportunity with the new american congress that this president can work with us and looking at the bipartisan bills we have put on the floor, i'm hoping he puts people before politics >> congressman davis brought a bill forward to have americans have more opportunities and move forward with the 40-hour workweek bill and seen a shift from full-time jobs because of effects of obamacare that made it hard to find full-time employment and later this week on the keystone pipeline a bill that obama administration said it will create over 40,000 american jobs. i would encourage the president to create those jobs and

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