tell them about greenville. >> it was. thanks so much. so, michigan, automotive state, manufacturing state, and i'm elected as governor in 2002 and took office in january of 2003. if you recall, 2001 and 2002, the nation was just emerging from a recession, george w. bush was president, there was all of this talk about whether he was going to allow stimulus to happen for the states so they could get through, and, in fact, they passed the package. when i took office in january of 2003, the economists were saying that michigan would be able to ride the cycle up, that we would be bouncing back along with the rest of the nation because, of course, this was just another cycle we were going through, and when the nation catches a cold, michigan catches new moan ya because we buy things people buy, but large things like cars, so at the end of my first year in office, after the economists had said that things were going to bounce back, and i kept waiting and, you know, everybody was saying this is a really good time to be legislated governor becaus

so, we went to greenville. we were in a room probably about this size in this little town and the mayor was there and the city manager was there and the guy who was responsible for the community college was there and the whole -- the workers were there. the whole town and their representatives showed up to try to prevent electrolux which operated the refrigerator manufacturing from moving to juarez mexico. we put everything we have on the table. everybody empty their pockets, figuratively, of all of their chips and we made a big pile, and we slid apply across the table to the management of electrolux, and in the pile was zero taxes for 20 years. we offered to build them an entirely new factory. the workers, represented by the uaw, offered $30 million in concessions every single year. they didn't even want us to tell anyone how much they were offering because they were afraid of copycat requests from others who wanted concession. our pilot incentive was worth hundreds of millions of dollars. and the factory mana

in fact, greenville had called itself the refrigerator capital of the world. they, in fact, in this tiny town of 8,000 people had north america's largest refrigerator factory employing 2,700 of the 8,000 people who live inside that town which, you know, when all 8,000 people are, you know, grandparents and their kids, this was a one-company town. the whole town had grown up around refrigerator manufacturing. so, he says, they're going to leave. they're going to move to mexico. and i said, oh, no, they are not. we are going to go to greenville, we'll put whatever incentives we have on the table, and we'll make them an offer they can't refuse. so we went to greenville, and we were in a room probably about this size in this little town, and the mayor was there, and the city manager was there, and the guy who was responsible for the community college was there, and the whole, the workers were there, they were represented. the whole town and their representatives showed up to try to prevent electrolux which operated the refrigerator factory from moving to juarez, m

we are in greenville, south carolina at tommy's country ham house. during the next hour i will be joined by the man who is now considered by many to be the frontrunner for the republican nomination. he is the author of "the battle of the crater" he's the former speaker of the house. newt gingrich, how are you? >> great to be with you. >> great to be with you. >> we look at a national poll, it has you up by about 2 1/2 points right now. you are leading in iowa. here in south carolina, you are up. there was a poll yesterday that had you at 41% in the state of florida and you were pretty close to governor romney in new hampshire. what's changed? >> i think the debates, shows like yours, talk radio, have let the american people look at real solutions, and i think at a time when we are hurting financially, we are hurting in jobs, we are hurting in the deficit and foreign policy, having somebody who is a serious developer of better solutions and somebody who has a track record of actually doing it in washington, all of it kind of gels. we've had four town

this and the seven other main faults, hayward, concord, calav era s, greenville, rogers cream, san gregorio and san and era s thrust generate a lot of quakes. there are many other faults, all lying in wait, all presenting a hazard to every corner of the bay area. the question is are we prepared? many if not all of the bay area folks we've met throughout the year say they are not prepared for the big quake or any quake. >> like an ostrich. i just as soon as not think about it but i know i should, because it's coming. >> mentally, no. i've had earthquakes in the past. >> no i'm not prepared. >> i don't have an earthquake kit at home i should though. >> reporter: the study just released from columbia university center found most americans did not have an emergency kit. even at time when the government is cutting back, 1/3 said it expects a mike expects a -- a jacket would take about an hour. it's home to hundreds and thousands of people and what people believe be the next quake. president roosevelt once said, all we have to fear is fear áeut. rita wait a minute, - - fear itself. rita wait a --

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he is the front-runner in the state of south carolina, and nancy cordes is in greenville. >> reporter: scorkt as gingrich gains momentum here and around the country he is making a tears bid for tea party voters who may be losing interest in herman cain, echoing their charge that mr. obama say radical socialist. >> when i was speaker i created 11 million jobs. he stands for unemployment. at a values level, we stand for american exceptionalism, the constitution, the declaration of independence, he stand for some weird european nationalist secularist model that doesn't work. >> reporter: the former house speaker also expressed suspicions self times about mr. obama's background as a community organizer, and said that the president has "no solutions for america." he is clearly trying to prove to republican voters here and around the country, scott, that it is he and not mitt romney, who would go after the president most aggressively in a general election match-up and give republicans the fight that they've been hoping for. >> pelley: nancy, thanks very much. they put up a small fight today

in 1863, i'm sitting in the greenville courtroom. we had taken hundreds of sharecroppers down to register to vote in greenwood, and i'm sorry, sitting in a federal courtroom in greenville. the courtroom is packed with sharecroppers from greenwood. john from the justice department is my lawyer. judge clayton is the federal district judge. he leans over, looks at me and says, why are you taking illiterate down to register to vote. so sharecroppers which was the legacy from the civil war, right down to 1963, is a subtext of the right to vote. so the country have decided because it was just the people in mississippi. country have decided that a whole people shouldn't get educated. or they should get educated with what i call sharecropper education and. that they should have an education which meets the horizon of the work that the country has assigned them to do. so now there's another part to this story. a young kid he was 12 years old and is living in leeds and mississippi decide that he wants -- leland, mississippi, decide he wants to

he was an assistant principal at greenville elementary school in virginia he was arrested in june after being caught trading child porn over the internet. >>>ling police in prince george's county arrested a number of guys for stealing wheels. four men accused of stealing hundreds of wheels from high-priced suvs. the police have been storing the wheels all over the police department. the theft is big business. one insurance company paid out $600,000 in claims to car dealers alone. try using wheel locks and mark your wheels so if they are recovered police can get them back to you. >>> will the be frosty out there tonight. doug kammerer joins us now with the latest on the weather for the weekend. >> a little frosty tonight but the cold air moves in tomorrow night. then we are talking about the coldest numbers we have seen across the area. but you will wake up to a cool morning tom. a frontal boundary working across the area. snow in western pennsylvania will not make its way our way. but what will make its way our way is cooler temperatures. we saw a high of 51 degrees. was beautiful out t

loaded up members of the press, flew that nonstop flight that doesn't exist from sioux city to greenville, south carolina, got the most important rising star governor to endorse his campaign. mitt romney acting like a front-runner again. >> he is, chuck. i saw him this morning in sioux city at the one event at a steel company before he took off for south carolina. he had a very confident, very assured mien to him out there. as he did in the debate last night. and i think part of the reason for that is he had the nikki haley endorsement in his pocket. he's also, i think, starting to see some movement internally in their polling. some that's reflected in the public polling also, that seems like gingrich is softening. and he's also bending in iowa a little bit, and he's had a chance to look at the television in iowa, where he sees his pro-romney super pac pounding gingrich mercilessly over the air, alongside ron paul, who is doing the same thing, all of reasons which is why they might think he might just win the iowa caucuses. >> $3 million attack ads are airing right now again newt gingrich

plant campus so that evacuation what they found very high was really you see out here was using greenville as the only english town and was destroyed. this will be an isolated recent one. on the factor you want to do with still being gone dominated and people are forced to needed water because they do not have any of that shite come along the way will remain a source of pollution for this area until it's remedial and the party that can do that is you know this december will mark the twenty fifth anniversary of the tragedy at a union carbide india ltd facility in bhopal and even today continues to evoke strong emotions globally and rightfully so we're saddened however that despite all that has been written about the tragedy in the past twenty five years so many misconceptions still exist about union carbide and it's wrong the government of india is the appropriate entity to address any i'm going to express by the people of bhopal. we are saddened by the fact that the site remains on remediated adding to the tragedy that has occurred the site today is in the hands of the state government of

loaded up members of the press, flew that nonstop flight that doesn't exist from sioux city to greenville, south carolina, got the most important rising star governor to endorse his campaign. mitt romney acting like a fro frontfron front-runner again. >> he is, chuck. i saw him this morning in sioux city before he took off for south carolina. he had a very confident, very assured mien to him out there, as he did in the debate last night. and i think part of the reason for that is he had the nikki haley endorsement in his pocket. he's also, i think, starting to see some movement internally in their polling. some that's reflected in the public polling also, that seems like gingrich is softening. and he's also bending in iowa a little bit, and he's had a chance to look at the television in iowa, where he see as hi pro-romney super pac pounding gingrich mercilessly over the air, along ron paul who's doing the same thing, all of reasons which is why they might think he might just win the iowa caucuses. >> $3 million attack ads are hitting gingrich. right now we were showing pictures. mitt romn

split the $113 million jackpot with some people in greenville north carolina. i want to show you the guy in the blue sweatshirt, how many? 33, right? >> reporter: they waited it out, both people were here. you heard from deborah and they got the thing fixed and even i can buy tickets if i want to. reporting live kraig debro ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more bay area restaurants are stepping up to raise money for the fallen vallejo police officers, officer jim capoot. they are donating to the family trust. it will run until 10:00 tonight. last night the peace officers' alliance ran a fundraiser and in venetia they donated to officer jim capoot's family. six flags will also donate to the officer jim capoot family fun. >>> the death of kim jong il is causing mixed reaction to many who remember the leadser will -- leader with many different sides. one man says his family was affected and we will have more on that. >>> the toll plaza seems to be getting busier. >>> it is getting busier and people are not completely off, at least not everyone is. let's look at what we ha

he was an assistant principal at the greenville elementary school in virginia. he was arrested in june after officers caught him trading child porn over the internet. >>> jerry sandusky spent his first day under house arrest. the legal team hears of more allegations of abuse. tonight the family is responding to accusations that sandusky's wife knew about at least one of the attacks and did nothing to stop it. jay gray has the latest from state college, pennsylvania. >> reporter: we are getting a better idea today of jerry sandusky's reaction to his first full day of court ordered confinement. >> he's depressed. how can you not be depressed. even if a trial down the road winds up in acquittal, he'll never be the same. >> reporter: sandusky's attorney spent more than an hour prepare ing for the first hearing in the case on tuesday. >> he's not looking forward to this. this is going to be a one-sided proceeding. this is going to be a proceeding where they are going to call witnesses who say all these horrific things happened. >> reporter: the family is dealing with

. >> in south carolina, gingrich drew an overthrow crowd to breakfast in greenville. >> leading national and south carolina polls, gingrich belittled michele bachmann for accusing him of supporting amnesty for illegal immigrants which he said is false. >> some people are factually challenged. >> unfortunate she couldn't figure out what things were or the right date. >> and gingrich said he is the front runner and replaces romney as the candidate that is measured against. >> we need someone with substantial big ideas. where/thought originally it was mitt. it may turn out to be newt and not newt. >> today, perry passed gingrich and romney as insider. and promised strong criticism before the primary but perry called at it caucus. awkward flubb in new hampshire where voters are proud of holding the first primary for the last century. >> bret: any other indicators that herman cain is staying in the race? >> a few moments ago we got word from the iowa campaign officials he will put out a new ad. putting up an ad. bioadd that talks about the job and economic message he is touting. no mention of

he was a principal at greenville elementary. he was caught in june during an undercover operation. >>> decision 2012, republican presidential candidates are holding town halls getting ready for the second to last debate before the caucus. the iowa republicans will cast the first votes for the republican nominee. the iowa caucus happened on january 3rd. jute gingrich is the current front-runner. >>> it's friday. do we care what the weather is going to be like this weekend because it's friday? it's going to get colder. >> we always care about the weekend weather. doug, what's the word? >> it's going to be dry. it's time to get the coats out because we are really going to start to get into winter like weather over the next couple days. as far as the temperatures go, a nice 47 degrees. we made our way up to 50 degrees across the area today. a nice afternoon with a wind at 5 miles per hour. 43 in winchester. 43 in frederick. manassas 63 degrees. that's obviously an error. wouldn't that be nice in the middle of december. storm 4 doppl

right here we have a good deal of slowing over towards to greenville. slow all the way to central livermore. a 15 to 16 minute troodrive. that will continue to build. we expect to see these over the next 10 to 15 minutes. the commute builds for highway 4 dlu antioch. l street with the 21 now. slowing all the way to a street and holding nicely in the 60s through bay point and towards concord and walnut creek interchange. some cash lanes showing backup. but the fast track lanes in the middle, no delays. no metering lights, probably not closer to 6:20 for that. we'll lock at the maps and see a sensor reading. into and out of the evening. i'll hand it off to marla for more details. >> i'll take it. that's okay. 5:50 now. you can expect plenty of gridlock around the gridiron in san francisco. 49ers taking on the steelers tonight at 5:30. and yes, ben roth lis beethlisb expected to play. niners say nans should get there at least 90 minutes before kickoff. if you're thinking of taking public transportation, check out sfmta.com. >> i'm excited. >> are you going

myers was an assistant principal at greenville elementary school. he was arrested in june after undercover officers caught him trading child porn over the internet. he pleaded guilty in september. >>> a jury is sentenced a second man to death for his role in a deadly home invasion in connecticut. 31-year-old joshua komisijefsyk was convicted in the murders-the only survivor was beaten was a baseball back and tied up, but managed to escape. he spoke about the sentence outside the courthouse. >> we believe that justice has been served. we are satisfied that the defendant had been judged to be the murder, the rapist and criminal that he is. >> he was convicted of six capital offenses including sexual assault, murder and arson. steven haze was also convicted in the attack is also on connecticut's death row. >>> a woman accused of attacking black friday shoppers at a los angeles walmart with pepper spray may have acted in self-defense. the woman's attorney says her client used the perp spray to protect her children. prosecutors say there is no evidence t

slowing from greenville through livermore and all the the way over to airway.n a nice smooth drive to the dublin interchange. this is oakland past the coliseum. live look shows you the volume is holding steady. speeds at the limit ads you're heading up through downtown and all the the way to the bay bridge toll plaza. we'll show you the upper east shore freeway. the disabled vehicle is still there in the commute direction. it sounds like it may be over on the shoulder. and laned are blocked. big flow out. . it's 6:19 now. bp is accusing halibert of destroying evidence. an explosion on the rig killed 11 people, injured 16 others. they destroyed evidence on cement testing that could not be used against it in trial. this morning a fashion model's face is slashed and her hand is severed after accidentally walking right into the propeller of a plane. 23-year-old lauren scruggs lost her hand an almost lost an eye. she had just gotten off the small plane when she went to thank the pilot, not realizing the propeller was powering down. her parents say now she's able to

a little slow out of the altamont pass to greenville. starting january 1st, that will be what's called a double fine zone for speeding and other traffic violations. you should be practicing safe driving right now. but in case, you've got time to practice for the next week through that area as well. back to you. >> 5:49. you might soon be able to hold them instead of fold them when it comes to internet gambling. in a legal opinion posted last week, the justice department said online betting unrelated to sporting events falls outside the reach of federal law. the u.s. government had long considered such gambling illegal when it crosses state lines. internet poker is only currently legal in nevada. >>> how about this story in the vegas winnings of a texas gambler putting a colorado man's character to a big test. mitch gilbert found $10,000 in two unmarked envelopes. gilbert didn't keep it. instead, when he got home he called the airport and eventually got in touch with the man from texas who had reported the money was missing. gilbert says

iowa tonight, sioux city tomorrow morning and greenville, south carolina, the upstate where lots of republicansll be tough. he finished distantly out of the running last time even though he spent a lot of time there. that has to be a romney state. >> that are has to be a fire wall. >> absolutely. >> he is still combatting gingrich by florida. that does it for us for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." tomorrow, the former budget director and the national journalist major garrett join us. follow the show online and on twitter. my colleague tamron hall has a look at what's next. >> great to see you. we have details of a three-year investigation into one of the most outspoken law enforcement officials in the country. many of you know him. he interjected himself into the immigration and presidential race. now she accused of violating civil rights of latinos. richard engle and jack jake sobs give their thoughts on the ceremony in iraq as 4,000 forces were there prepared to leave in the coming days. an investigation after a fraternity issues a who would you you rape list? it is unbelievable. a

thank you for being with us from greenville, south carolina. we will see you back here tomorrow night. greta is up next. >>> tonight the gop presidential candidates are clawing at each other. no one knows who will land on top and run against president obama. but despite the scandals and the gaffes, rush limbaugh says they can't lose to 2012. >> i don't know about you but are you tired of hearing things like if the, fill in the blank, republicans win. >> are you tired of hearing, fill in the blank, is not electable? they are all electable. half of this country, half of the country is afraid to buy christmas presents because of the economy. half of the country is feeling bad because the holiday season is coming up and they may not be able to go out and participate in it. and we are being told that our candidates are unelectable. it's all bs. if anybody by all rights, by what is decent, should be unelectable, it's barack obama. >> new jersey governor chris christie also comes out swinging as president obama today. >> the best way that we can help

so we went to darke county, ohio right near greenville, ohio. the county has a population of something like 13,000. and we set up to see what would happen. by the time the investigation was over, we learned that even in this little town in ohio this was a problem. >> put your hands in the air! >> turn around. turn around. >> i'm going to read you your rights. if you have any questions -- >> you have the right to remain silent. anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. >> take a seat. watch your head, okay? watch your head. >> in this case, as in the previous investigations, we worked with the computer watchdog group perverted justice. its decoys go into chat rooms posing as 12, 13, 14, 15-year-old kids home alone, open to the idea of a sexual liaison, but they go into chat rooms and they just wait. and they never make the first contact, and sometimes in a matter of minutes a man is approaching them online. the online chat becomes sexual, and the next thing you know a meeting is set. >> come on in, man. i just whacked m

and this afternoon in greenville, south carolina, he picked up another one-- nikki haley, the state's first-term governor. >> i didn't want anyone that had any ties to washington. it's chaotic enough, and what do we know, the biggest chaos we know right now in this country is washington, d.c., and we don't want any more of it. >> sreenivasan: the haley nod came a day after romney and the six other republican contenders met in iowa for their 13th debate of the year, and the last one before next month's caucuses. the event, broadcast on the fox news channel, included a number of sharp exchanges-- between candidates looking to break into the top tier and the leading front-runners, romney and former house speaker newt gingrich. minnesota representative michele bachmann was asked if she could prove her accusation that gingrich's work with mortgage giant freddie mac amounted to influence peddling. >> it's the fact that we know that he cashed paychecks from freddie mac. that's the best evidence that you can have. >> that's just not true. what she just said is factually not true. i never lobb

they shared that jackpot with people from greenville, north carolina. the drawing is tonight. if you want between now and 7:45 tonight, it only takes a dollar. as one person said here, if you don't play, you can't win. reporting live, dreaug debro -- kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> business is starting to boom in downtown walnut creek. real estate agents say there's only 75,000 feet of vacant space. and more businesses are starting to -- starting to open their doors. business owners say the low case is perfect and walnut creek is the culinary capital of the east bay. >>> if you are worried about getting -- getting all of those toys before christmas, you don't have to worry. toys are is will open on christmas eve and they stayed -- toys 'r' us is open today. they will be -- they will be open on christmas eve. >>> more people will be traveling. aaa says 111 million people will be traveling. sfo is expected to be the busiest day with more than 134,000 people expected to arrive and depart. >>> all right. it is 7:09 let's see how things are moving on the roads. >> let's go ou

it experience after experience with the once you described, none is poignant or just nuclear as greenville was. but experience after experience of jennifer getting what are called mourned act notices were a company that employs over 500 people, i think -- >> to amass wealth of 50 more. they have to inform the governor by federal law. so these are flooding in at a certain point in 08 in a nine when things were terrible. so we had this terrible shrinkage. at the same time those companies grew almost 3 million jobs abroad. so there was actually a net growth. think about it. this is the error that we have always been a tremendous efficiency and productivity, of two people doing one job, increasing over time, especially white-collar overtime without having to pay for it, pushing your health care cost and to people, all kinds of things to give more and more efficient, to use technology in every way possible. and during that time there were still adding jobs. it was pure shrinkage. and whatever and i noticed that like to say is that adam smith, you remember, the great capitalistic common stock bu

to do what sean hannity did yesterday and that would be to stop by tommy's country ham house in greenville. the food looks delicious. >> and? >> and if you like food and the festivities and politics, that's the place to be. >> because newt gingrich ended up showing up with a christmas tree in the foreground. >> that's right. he's ahead in the polls there now as well as you see the florida polls? i mean, newt gingrich is running away with this thing. 47% approval rating or people who would vote for him down in florida. i think mitt romney was second at 15 or something like that. newt now considering himself and proclaiming himself as the front runner. there's that poll i was talking about. mitt romney actually 17%. herman cain still 15%. is newt the true conservative now in this race? a lot of others have been claiming that. but here's newt's claim. >> by any rational standard. i mean, i had a 90% american conservative view for 20 years. i helped ronald reagan and jack kemp develop supply-side economi economics. i helped the speaker of the house balance the federal budget for four straight

the former house speaker telling a group of business leaders in greenville that getting america backll take a true national effort. watch. >> i don't think any one person can get america back on the right track. what i will do is ask you to be with me, and by with me i mean i want you first of all to agree for the next eight years to stand side-by-side with me reminding the congress, the governor. the state legislature, the mayor, the county commission, the school board, this is what america has to do to be successful in the 21st century. martha: that was his big message there. he's defending a real controversial comment about why he thinks poor children should be put to work at schools. he says he believes they would get experience with real-world economics, saving and responsibility. so he's kind of trying to explain himself a little bit on that one. bill: also a scathing attack on newt gingrich coming from a prom manslaughter tea party republican. but he also happens to be the son of another presidential contender. republican senator out of kentucky rand paul saying, quote, mr. gi

he is flying there this afternoon to do an event or two with haley down in greenville, south carolinau can't underestimate that! i don't know how many people she'll bring along, but with a governor on your side, that's always very, very important. >> all right. jamie dupree live by phone from iowa, thank you. you can find a link to his blog on our website at ktvu.com, pull down the news menu bar and go to our politics page. >>> former presidential candidate herman cain now says if republicans win the white house, he wants to be the new secretary of defense. that's what he told barbar walters. cain said he would be a good pick because he wants to influence rebuilding the american military the way it should be. barbara walters seemed surprised by that statement by herman cain and reminded him of the way he struggled during the campaign answering some foreign policy questions correctly, like, for example, about libya. herman cain said he has been introducing his homework ever since that incident. >>> long lines of people at glide memorial church getting bags of free food for the holidays