francis i've got death threats from glenn beck mentioning me but he was really well once against you and the results seem to been pretty to met dramatic can you tell us what happened when beck went after you repeatedly on his t.v. show and on his website well he had been going after me for months before i even found out about it i don't listen to glenn beck. but. couple of people came to my house to interview me claiming they were students at western michigan university. and. i said ok and i said they could have an hour and then clips from their interview showed up on. parts very conservative blog. and i began then to google i googled the names of the students the ostensible students and i googled myself and i found that i was a regular target of glenn beck and then i also found myself all over other right wing blogs. and i found hundreds and hundreds of postings by people who wanted to kill me and who promised to kill me and who said they had all these guys with deer hunting rifles who were ready to come and get me and then one of the right wing blogs put my address on the internet a

the subject line of the e-mail is a desk from a glenn beck fan.other side. faith without works is dead, so thank you for the opportunity to help. jim. that e-mail is full of the spirit of this season of giving. jim begins by dropping our political differences. he refers to the religious basis of christmas echoing christ's message that faith without good works is meaningless. and then jim does what so many of you have done. he thanks me for the opportunity to help. many of you have used that phrase in tweets and e-mails. the opportunity to help. and this is all i ever wanted to do with the k.i.n.d. fund. give people the opportunity to help if they are as moved as i was when i first heard about the conditions in malawi classrooms. the k.i.n.d. fund is not about politics. and i'm not surprised that a glenn beck fan like jim who is serious about combining faith with good works would see that. that students should have desks, that they should not be forced to sit on cold dirt and cement floors for hours a day is something we can agree on. some of you m

i think people like -- are going to s that negative ads. >> bill: glenn beck is coming up behind you. beck is buying into the paul profile of gingrich that is he a progressive guy. do you think is he a progressive guy. >> no. i think gingrich has had some really goofy ideas. do i think that he should have been called zany by mitt romney yesterday? i mean, is that's as tough as he is going to get. move to the middle, move to the right on welfare reform. birth blueprint contract with america. didn't get much of it through. nevertheless, is he responsible for much of what has happened in positive ways for the conservative movement. >> bill: i don't think is he a progressive, is he a free thinker. coming down on the liberal side once in a while. i appreciate you mentioning the name bill clinton because i'm going to make an announcement right now. the president is going to be on the factor on tuesday. first time ever and we're going to have an extensive conversation about what he would do if he were president today. differently than what's being done. that should be interesting. because he

th're watching "glenn beck." i'm not sure what i'd call glenn beck. i mean, i just think it's inaccurate. >> well, how would you answer frank sesno's question? the question about is there not enough news in prime time? >> well, i think it's the wrong question. >> what question would you ask, then? >> i mean, i think that the question that we need to figure out how to answer and how to deliver on is how do we deliver the news that people need to conduct their daily lives, to be good citizens, to know enough to vote. i think some of the he said, she conflicts leave people not knowing, well, who's--what's right and what's real, what's true? and it's difficult to navigate through that. >> chris, agree? disagree? >> i think martin agronsky really started the format we're all used to, which is usually 3 or 4 people. now it's more diverse--men and women, people of different ethnic backgrounds. that's much improved the way it was 10 years ago or even 5 years ago, and i think the election of barack obama's had a real jolt to that. you got to have diversity, an

a glenn beck fan, named jim ray, had unicef send me this message.r the opportunity to help, jim. $48 buys one of these desks, a glenn beck fan, named jim ray, had unicef send me this message. faith without works is dead so thank you for the opportunity to help, jim. $48 buys one of these desks, which is designed for most of the crowded malawi school children as they squeeze on to that bench. $720 buys an entire classroom of desks and all of those desks are made in malawi by workers who, thanks to the jobs that these desks provide, are able, often for the first time in their lives, to bring home a steady paycheck and reliably feed their families. the k.i.n.d. program is in a country where jobs have always been scarce and life has always been hard. the k.i.n.d. fund is the most basic and important education program. how important is it? just imagine not having one. not having one every day you are in elementary school and high school. some kids in this country have done that. last year after seeing my first report, high school students in pennsylvania

i'm eric bolling with kimberly guilfoyle, glenn beck, dana perino and greg gutfeld. bob, you want to get at it. what did you hear from herman cain tonight? >> bob: i only had to hear the first reassessment that says i'm thinking about my family. my politician that says that is gone. he said four things but only said three. wherever you say i'm -- whenever you say i'm looking at the impact of my family it means you are looking at the day you are leaving. out with a week. >> eric: big call. >> greg: good point. if you were thinking about your family, you probably never enter politics. it's a nightmare. when someone says the word "reassess," that is never, you never reassess anything good. it's like i describe it when you go in a bar and you realize, it's not a good bar. you reassess and pretend you're having a good time. back out quietly. >> eric: if he does back out, who picks up herman cain's it, 10, 11, 12% he holds now? who benefits from that? >> dana: a lot of speculation about this today. three different ways to go about it. i think it could go 33, 33, 33. it cou

jason from florida, glenn beck calls gingrich's record crazy, but have you her his show lately? and from louisville, kentucky, beck has a better handle on gingrich than you do, he is a man of high opinion. the speaker has accomplish add lot so maybe that is accurate, maybe a man who thinks he has a high opinion of himself. >> and from next, you put occupy protesters for disrupting political speeches but you didn't do that to the tea party. well, you weren't listening. some folks verbally assaulted members of congress i criticized them. and from florida, i swore that mayor bloomberg insinuated immigrants are the key to renewing the entrepreneurial spirit in america and you agreed with him. >> i said getting highly skilled folks is only a good thing, competition has made this country great. >> and from illinois, doesn't bloomberg realize american citizens would love to start businesses but the banks and government regulations are preventing that? >> mike, from riverside, california, can't believe i am disagreeing with megyn kelly but there is no way jon corzine could not have known

. >> let me put something else that glenn beck has picked up. he has picked up conservative supporters. look at what glenn beck said about santorum. >> if there was one guy out there that's the next george washington the only guy that i could think of is rick santorum, i asked that you take a look at him. >> well, characterically over the top. george washington. >> they're both property owners in virginia. >> rick santorum is obviously perhaps the beneficiary of the conservative right, still looking for a candidate. >> yeah, and i think sarah palin's comments about rick santorum indicate that she's still trying to attack the party. that's what she's saying about newt gingrich. she's sending a signal to her supporters that he's not authentic enough. santorum might be. he's traveled all of iowa and he's gained no traction. >> at this point in the contest, the rank in file of the republican party, they're so upset, they'll back anyone who will stand up and express their anger at washington. dissatisfaction with the president and they reward their c

despite his double digit leads, gingrich has plenty of critics within his own party, including glenn beck. as jim acosta shows us this morning. >> the individual mandate -- >> reporter: on his radio show, glenn beck turned up the tea party heat in newt gingrich, rubbing his nose in his own past support for a mandate that requires americans to buy medical insurance is both a key component in the new health care law and poison for many conservatives. >> may 2011. >> we ought to have a requirement you have health insurance or post a bond or in some way indicate you'll be held accountable. >> you seem to be very interested in the government finding the solution. >> well, let's go back to what i just said. go back and listen to what i was asked on that show and what i said i'll stand by. >> support for an individual mandate? don't ask me to explain this. >> reporter: conservative outrage over gingrich's position on health care is featured in a new tv ad from rival ron paul. it's a test for the new gop front-runner. >> i am completely opposed to the obama care mandate on individuals. i fought i

. >> jon: glenn beck cannot support newt gingrich! (applause) >> jon: how much more do you need, what you just saw is the political equivalent of waking up in a dumpster with someone else's can dom in your pants. -- condom in your pants. (laughter) >> jon: we'll beigig [crowd noises] [♪music plays] >> jon: welcome back. everybody knows the expression, neither rain nor snow nor sleet nor hail shall keep the postman from their appointed rounds. it does turn out that precipitation in a variety of temperatures isn't the only threat to mail. wyatt cenac has more. >> the post office, everybody loves it, for just 44 cents they'll deliver your mail anywhere, whether it's wishing someone a merry christmas or flirting with prisoners. but that time may be over. >> deep in debt and facing hundreds of thousands of layoffs, it's no secret the u.s. postal service is desperate to stay afloat. >> reporter: these are tough times for president of the postal workers union cliff guthie. >> the post service say great lady, where the flag flies in america n

now surging in the poles and now he is facing stuff questions as he gets grilled by radio host glenn beckh my gos. look at these big pieces of potato. ♪ what's that? big piece of potato. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. but my nose is still runny. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't treat that. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose. [ deep breath] awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is. that's the cold truth! [♪...] >> announcer: now get a $250 airfare credit, plus save up to 65%. call 1-800-sandals. certain restrictions apply. >> all right. so president obama is making a big push for the middle class on the campaign trail right now but is the new message going to make a difference to voters? we are talking to carol in new york with today's talk back question. what's he saying? >> let me tell you, occupy wall street has given birth to yes we can 2012. this is the president in kansas. >> fewer and fewer of the folks who contributed to the success of our economy actually benefitted from

the tea party's favorite talker, glenn beck, is also piling on calling gingrich just another obama. > if you've got a big government progressive or a big government progressive in obama, one in newt gingrich, one in obama, ask yourself this, tea party, is it about obama's race? because that what it appears to be to me. if you are against him but you are for this guy, it must be about race. >> some analysts say the only reason gingrich is flying high is because of voters' intense dislike of president obama. mr. gingrich is smart and good at debating but he's especially adapt at showing contempt for all things democratic that hits a cord with many republican voters. it also is what worries conservatives like red states' eric erickson who say conserve stills have not given other candidates a fair chance. we want to hear from you, do the republicans dislike obama so much they have lost their focus? facebook.com/carolcnn. i'll read your comments later this hour. >>> thank you. here are some of the stories ahead, first former penn state former football coach jerry sandusky waives his chance

there are a whole lot of people like glenn beck who want to sell you gold. specific kind of gold.an't confiscate and one his advertisers, goldline, the gold retailer who just happened to sell that special kind of gold and whose executives now face 19 counts of theft and fraud in california. what's happened in the last few economically uncertain years is that people have used a ton of their money to buy gold and that has led a lot of other people to make a ton of money peddling gold, in some cases to the sortç of folks who might enjoy a ron paul newsletter or a little time with glenn beck. g. gordon liddy, i'm looking at you. but even as ron paul was saying yesterday that gold-backed currency would prevent financial bubbles, there's a good case to be made that gold itself has experienced quite a bubble these last few years of global turmoil and that bubble may be about to burst. knowing the price of gold has dropped considerably since the summer, david frum wrote this this morning -- "gold trades as a way to make a statement. simply not a sensible way to invest. a great many americ

or maybe that's the fox survival bunker that glenn beck left behind. (laughter) >> jon: can't think of-- but it was a good interview by baier and as baier told bill o'reilly afterward, romney didn't like it so much. >> he thought it was overly aggressive. clearly got up set with the question. he was irritated by the interview. >> and after we finished he went to his holding room and then came back and said he didn't like the interview. and thought it was uncalled for. >> jon: oh [bleep], jam fight in the marmalade room! (laughter) >> jon: jam fight in the marmalade room! let's go to it let's see what is on. >> lightning round here. what was the last book you read. >> i'm reading a fun one so i will skip that, i just read decision points by president bush. >> jon: good call on reading the fun one that might humanize you under your hat. favorite food. >> i'm going to keep ones that other humans eat to myself, and-- protein-based paste. (laughter) nailed it. by the way, mitt did you say the book you just finished was president bush's decision points, beca

. >> jon: glenn beck cannot support newt gingrich! (applause) >> jon: how much more do you need, what you just saw is the political equivalent of waking up in a dumpster with someone else's can dom in your pants. -- condom in your pants. (laughter) >> jon: we'll be rhtht hey ladies. enjoying the film? of course not. because this is our movie. and dr pepper ten is our soda! it's only ten manly calories, but with all 23 flavors of dr pepper. it's what guys want. like this... catch phrase! so you can keep the romantic comedies and lady drinks. we're good. >> jon: welcome back. everybody knows the expression, neither rain nor snow nor sleet nor hail shall keep the postman from their appointed rounds. it does turn out that precipitation in a variety of temperatures isn't the only threat to mail. wyatt cenac has more. >> the post office, everybody loves it, for just 44 cents they'll deliver your mail anywhere, whether it's wishing someone a merry christmas or flirting with prisoners. but that time may be over. >> deep in debt and facing hun

was when conservative opinion leaders, calls here at table, -- like charles here at the table, glenn beck, and others, when those people came out and said whoa, this sunday we cannot support, those are people that iowa voters really listen to. that gave credence to what became an avalanche of attack ads that ran against him. 45% at the attack ads in iowa have been aimed at gingrich. $2.5 million in versus his $250,000 in positive ads. he has been just pummeled with ads that tell people about the baggage he carries. >> charles, have you been complicit in his downfall? >> i would like to believe everything jeanne has said. kingslayer is a nice title, but i don't think i deserve it, although the team which campaign has implied as much -- the gingrich campaign has implied as much. the reason he has fallen is that there are things and his background, particularly the pelosi ad and freddie mac stock, that i think the vast majority of people in iowa didn't know. until about three months ago, i didn't know it either, and i am in the business, so i am sure that ordinary iowans who don't have to fo

goodbye to her duly show, moving on to start the oprah winfrey network, is anyone watching that and glenn beck started gbtv and also heard on his radio show every and every day. so, some of the big media stories of the year and there was the phone hacking scandal in principle, a bigger story overseas than it was here and you said you were watching it. >> some of the hearings were fascinating. nobody will forget watching it live. the wife of rupert murdoch, the chairman of newscorp, got up and defended her husband go ens this pie throwing maniac in there and one of the headlines i loved, said crouching wendy, hidden tiger, that was new york post stuff. that's good. >> jon: with an about the wikileaks, julian asange putting out thousands and thousands of military secrets. >> welcome to the new world of media, online you can post everything and it gets out. whatever we think of asange, tht the future. >> and we're writing stories based on the cables and by the way i think a lot of the cables made the u.s. state department look much better than most of us thought they would. >> a net positive that

. >> reporter: in an interview with conservative radio host, glenn beck, gingrich faced some of his toughest questioning yet. >> you are for the individual mandate for health care and you have been for some time. >> reporter: mitt romney will not participate in donald trump's debate this month. in arizona, he scored the endorsement of former vice president, dan quayle. >> he is our best hope for the future. >> reporter: but they may not be enough for romney in this new poll. the former governor has made a career in business the hallmark of his campaign. but iowans aren't buying what romney's selling. 31% say they trust gingrich to handle the economy. romney's 11 points back. likely caucusgoers thing it's gingrich that has the better chance of beating president obama next november. team romney has to calculate how to handle a surging gingrich, launch attacks, wait for gingrich to trip up, or let the rest of the republican field do the dirty work. there's risks and rewards to all of these options. and the clock is ticking. karen travers, abc news, washington. >> a month to go before the iowa c

. >> reporter: and in a phone interview today with conservative talk show host glenn beck, gingrich wasllenged for being too moderate on the role of government. >> regulation and the government scares the crap out of me and i think most tea party kind of leaning conservatives. >> there are minimum regulatory standards of public health and safety that are i think really important. >> reporter: that was a civil exchange, george, compared to the blistering attacks he's likely to face at saturday night's abc news debate. george? >> and one of the big questions, how does romney respond? and abc's john berman is taking a look now at how the former front-runner is dealing with this new threat from newt gingrich. >> reporter: it's not likely that an endorsement from dan quayle today will turn mitt romney's campaign around, which is why romney was taking a swing at newt gingrich. >> if people believe that we need someone who has worked in washington, d.c. for the last 40 years, then he's your guy. >> reporter: little else seems to be working. the new abc news poll from iowa hits romney right in