herman cain. (cheers and applause) now i urge south carlinians to vote for me by voting for herman cain. and when all the votes were counted, we came in number 1 percent. whooo! we are the 1%. (applause) eat it, others and statistical anomolies. we made it to integers. and folks, the colbert bump is reconfirmed. herman cain got only 45 votes in iowa, and 160 votes in new hampshire but in south carolina he raked in a massive 6,324 votes. (cheers and applause) that is more than perry, huntsman and bachmann combined. that means we beat everyone who was no longer trying to win. (laughter) but folks, now that the results are in, i have a major announcement to make. i will give the other networks a moment to break into their programming to carry this live. (laughter) that ought to do it. okay. my fellow americans of south carolina, while your turnout on saturday was historic, unfortunately, and no one could have predicted this, herman cain did not win the south carolina primary. so it is with a heavy he

herman cain. americans for a better tomorrow tomorrow believe a vote for herman cain is a vote for america. he's not a career politician, he's such a washington outsider he's not even running for president. send them a message. on january 21, vote herman cain. (cheers and applause)

and to react to that interview, herman cain.> sean: you look rested. >> i am rested. >> sean: and first of all, this, this unconventional announcement, i don't like surprises. i don't i can lilike-- i want you to break it tonight and i want you to react to cornell west. >> let's react to cornell west. professor west is stuck in the 1950's and 60's and stuck on labels and he cannot present a coherent, logical argument. when you were talking with him he was all over the place. this is the typical rhetoric that people like professor west use to divide and intimidate people just because they happen to be conservative. >> if you're african-american and conservative. >> if you're african-american and conservative they use this kind of rhetoric to divide and intimidate. i've seen it and that's the mow dass operandiment . do you think that if they keep it quiet if they're conservative? >> i go to the church and shiloh baptist church, i can to antioch baptist church north a member since i was a kid, where i was baptize. it's over 13,000

yes i could be very comfortable with mitt romney. >> that was the evolution of herman cain's endorsement mr. cain, welcome to the set. >> thank you, happy to be here. >> thank you for joining us, you have been on the road a bit. mr. cain, i want to start with the national re richard cosentencohen said that endorsement was a blip on a scope. he said of of your endorsement, one clown endorsed another. what role do you think you have played in this contention that the gop race? >> name calling is not necessary. name calling does not help the american people. i think that is an irresponsible way to talk about what is going on in this race. there were a lot of people still on the fence as late as this weekend. we know that. and i simply had gone through a process where i arrived at the decision that i wanted to endorse speaker gingrich for several reasons. i have nine reasons but i'm going to give you three. >> i can get what three of those nines represent. >> his tax proposal is the one comes the closest to my plan and the others tinker around the edges of the tax code. the big thing i wante

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the herman cain endorsement. i'm joined by the congressman, the only latino lawmaker to endorse newt gingrich in florida. >> good morning. >> i'm glad you're here congressman. kind of a good news, bad news for the gingrich camp. the herman cain endorsement. what's your honest assessment of how much that helps newt gingrich with 48 hours to go. >> it's important at this stage in the campaign with the election on tuesday because it can add great momentum to the candidacy for speaker gingrich. a lot of herman cain supporters are very conservative, activist republicans in the state of florida. remember, herman cain won the florida presidential straw poll. he won it going away. he has a lot of support here in the state of florida. a lot of those grassroots activists that catapulted him to victory at the florida presidency five straw poll. hopefully they'll be listening to his message. speaker gingrich is for economic equality. they will support the speaker as well. >> the director of the marist poll showing your candi

>> i want you to vote for herman cain.ngton's rules. we both flout convention when it comes to things like taxes and debt and how many beckys there are in ubekistan, i say three, herman says four. i believe you should vote for herman cain because he believes in hard work and he possesses one thing i don't think i will ever have, a place on the south carolina ballot. >> in a preview of the contest, asia, a local circus elephant, cast her vote. she was presented with pictures of mitt romney, newt gingrich and stephen colbert, she picked stephen colbert, it will be something tomorrow. i'm joined by goldie taylor, jimmy williams and steve benen. he's polling at 13%. >> that is why perry got out. he didn't want to be beaten by stephen colbert. i think that -- every time i hear i got to thank him for letting me hear from herman cain sing again every time i hear him sing i feel closer to jesus as in dead. but at the end of the day, it means that people are really dissatisfied with their choices. stephen colbert has a message and

get on the herman cain train. i love it because it rhymes. and it's much catchier than step on into the ron paul shower stall. cain understands domestic issues because he had specious selling pizza. and he understands international issues because pizza is italian. now folks i share so many of cain's values. i am a huge supporter of both opportunity zones and pizza. now because cain and ri so similar, i think that if this saturday herman cain were to get a significant number of votes, that would be a sign that voters are hungry. hungry, hungry for a stephen colbert campaign. now like cain i'm an outsider. and i know my appeal is broader than just the republicans. luckily south carolina has always welcomed outsiders. you see, the thing is-- my home state, my home state has what's called an open primary. which means to vote, you don't have to be a republican. anybody who shares my values can show it by voting for herman cain. that's a win-win. that means-- that means independence, democrats, college kids, viewers of my show, people who attended m

anybody who shares my values can show it by voting for herman cain. >> well, as for herman cain, he thinks it's a great idea. cain will tape a segment tweeting this caveat, to be perfectly clear i won't be assuming stephen colbert's identity we are different when it comes to the color of our hair. colbert super pac run by jon stewart released this ad explaining the situation to voters. >> there is one name on the ballot that stands for true americanism, herman cain. americans for a better tomorrow tomorrow more believes a vote for herman cain is a vote for america. on january 21st vote for herman cain. >>> lets get insight from ari melber and krystal ball. the polls show obama at 41%, romney at 38%. this is ppp poll. colbert at 13%. will this alter the outcome, ari, on saturday in south carolina? >> he could take a bite out of it. this was actually the plot of an eddie murphy movie "the distinguished gentleman" they said if you have the right name id and say you're the other candidate you can wins a him, one who had passed away. herman cain shows he's not serious since he's playing along.

for the record, i also endorse herman cain. >> and here he is. mr. herman cain. all right. you. >> thank you. >> you and i both going to try not to get into trouble here, but we're going to have a very good conversation. colbert, he makes his living off of making fun of people, all right? >> yes. >> are you worried that he's using you as a punch line? hey, are you using him for his audience? you know he's got it. >> it's a mutual use because he reaches the youth vote, which i happen to believe is going to be very critical to winning the election in november. so one of the things that i'm focusing on is helping to keep the youth vote inspired. you have to go where they are. they are watching colbert. they are watching john stewart. i'm going to go to college campuses. that's going to be one of the things that i'm going to do. i want to keep the youth vote. i want to keep some of the disgruntled democrats. i want to keep some of the republicans and conservatives that might be losing interest because of all of the negativity. we've got to keep them inspired. colbert represents

there was a very loud defense of herman cain from the right.ng men. meanwhile, women sort of quietly drifted away from him. so i think we'll see a similar thing, a loud reaction, a loud defense of him, a lot of blaming of the media, and women sort of quietly looking for another alternative. >> his ex-wife says it's about character. here's how newt defended his character. >> i think that my two daughters are very credible of my character, i think the people who have known me a long time are credible of my character. i'm a 68-year-old grandfather, they see how close i am to my wife and daughters and sons-in-law. >> joy-ann, does that work? >> i think the response of particularly evangelical voters to newt will say a lot more about them than him. i think voters have been proactive about saying the way that people should behave, and that should uphold traditional marriage. if this is ignored, it says more about the sincerity of social conservatives on that issue, and i'll leave it at that. for newt gingrich, no, what the base in the republican part

one thing you can say about herman cain he has been floating an idea. 9-9-9 is an idea. -9-9 is a bad idea. that's coming from a conservative perspective. and he laughed and you know what he did in five minutes? had me won over to think he's one of the most charming guys i ever met. herman cain wants to be likable. he will not endorse anybody because that fractures his likability. >> patricia? >> boy, has herman cain turned into a politician. he wouldn't answer any of your questions and it was driving me crazy. that's what people used to love about herman cain. he would say what was on his mind. for first time in his life he's trying not to get into too much trouble. so i think, yeah, your interview to me said maybe this guy wants to take another run at something he's really trying hard to stay out of trouble. >> big debate tonight as you know. it's gingrich versus romney at the top of the polls. when they get up there on stage, what's gingrich's biggest weakness and romney's biggest weakness? will? >> well, let's set the stage. so mitt romney came out on monday night in

herman cain, and here's why.ur vote. >> here comes the rain. oh, my goodness. pull out the umbrellas. use those signs for what they're made for. keep your head dry. >> the best known minnesotan is soon to be former mr. or miss kardashian, kris humphries. i don't want you to feel too sorry for him. his marriage lasted longer than my presidential campaign. >> i'm really happy to be going home. >> i'm always worried about giving my wife a bat. if i mess up -- >> i'll take the bat. >>> what a difference a day makes. sunshine is out. it's a good look and finish to a late january day in baltimore. typically our roughest weatherxd com'vñr plate j,e and earlyxd thisçó season. five. visibility e xd 3 unrestricted.w3 through the day, the weather was really pretty great stuff for january. some sunshine, a few clouds coming out of the dreariness of monday and very winter like weekend. look at this, a view from st. vincent high and some nice clearing late in the day and clear at summit ridge and mt. airy. the clouds are hol

plus, herman cain for president. how one comedian is drumming up support for the former presidential candidate. that story straight ahead. but first, let's go back to new york for a check of this morning's tech bites. >> reporter: in today's tech bites your favorite website may not be available today. wikipedia english language version is off line with a message blasting the antipiracy bills. google is working but takes a shot at attempted censorship. yahoo cofounder is leaving the company. the announcement two weeks after they hire the first crest o in five years. and new light bulbs are take the place of traditional bulbs. led bulbs are durable and inner -- energy efficient and long lasting. >> there's joke if you bought one of these bulbs in your child's baby room, you wouldn't have to replace it until your child went to college. while using it for eight hours a day lasting for 17 years. >> reporter: but the bulbs are much more expensive than traditional bulbs and those are your tech bites. >>> now "good morning m

anybody who shares my values can show it by voting for herman cain. >> as for herman cain, he thinksidea. he will take a segment for the colbert report in south carolina on friday. tweeting this caveat. to be perfectly clear, i will not be assuming steven colbert to the identity. we a very different when it comes to the color of our hair. colbert's super pak now run by john stuart releasing this at exploiting the situation to voters. >> there is one name on the ballot that stands for a true american identity, herman cain. americans for a better tomorrow tomorrow believes a vote for herman cain is a vote for america. on january 21st, devoe and herman cain. >>> let's get some insight from the correspond with the nation magazine. the polls show that obama is at 41%. romney at 38%. colbert at 13%. well this alter the outcome on saturday in south carolina? >> he could take a bite out of it. this was actually the plot of an eddie murphy movie, the distinguished gentlemen were they say you have the right name id and say you are the other candidate, you can win as him. herman cain says he is

well, with the help of herman cain. in is on the ballot in south carolina and colbert is now asking his supporters to vote for the pizza man. >> because cain were similar, if herman cain were to get a significant number of votes that would be a sign voters are hungry. hungry for a stephen colbert campaign. anybody who shares my values can show it by voting for herman cain. >> well, as for herman cain, he thinks it's a great idea. cain will tape a segment tweeting this caveat, to be perfectly clear i won't be assuming stephen colbert's identity we are different when it comes to the color of our hair. colbert super pac run by jon stewart released this ad explaining the situation to voters. >> there is one name on the ballot that stands for true americanism, herman cain. americans for a better tomorrow tomorrow more believes a vote herman cain is a vote for america. on january 21st vote for herman cain. >>> lets get insight from ari melber and krystal ball. the polls show obama at 41%, romney at 38%. this is ppp poll. colbe

because at the end of the day, herman cain's in it to push herman cain's views and that's what he's doing. >> here you are at the villages, a retirement community, many candidates are there in florida, rich in retirees but a lot of the candidates are being accused of not being specific about medicare and social security and that is certainly not sitting well with a lot of the seniors there. what are some of the people telling you? >> reporter: yeah. well, honestly, this crowd, very large crowd here at the villages, which is, what, about an hour outside of orlando, very republican crowd, and these are people who, while they're interested in medicare, they're interested in social security, what have you, the fact of the matter is they're also very interested in their nest egg, they're interested in what is going to happen to the economy, jobs for their children, and their grandchildren. so that's a kind of thing that people were talking about here. the speech by newt gingrich, for example, was a speech that very much played into those republican values. we didn't hear a whole lot about medi

i want you to vote for herman cain, because herman cain is me.to play by washington's rules. we both flout convention when it comes to things like taxes and debt and how many beckys there are in yuzbekistan, and i say three, and herman says four and national geographic is working on it. >> you have to laugh. the comedian said he is considering a run for the white house. >>> just up the road in columbia, the polls don't open until tomorrow, but one big vote has been cast for stephen colbert. with paint brush in trunk, asia the elephant in town with the ringling brothers and brothers circus, and there she goes, nonetheless, the elephant in the room has spoken as we like to say here. >>> the south carolina debate over the primary just one day away and just when we thought that we were safe from the so-called dirty tricks, along came an e-mail. coming up the phony message landing in inmailboxes across the state. >>> and can president obama sing out a tune? he sang out a few notes at the apollo theater, and we will let you be the judge. >>> and republ

herman cain. (laughter) so last night i told my viewers that if herman cain were to do well in this saturday's primary i would interpret that as a call for me to formally declare that i am running. and then out of nowhere the definitely not coordinating with stephen colbert superpac run by my shadowy friend jon stewart ran this ad in south carolina. >> the people of south carolina are frustrated. it's less than a week before the election and there's still no candidate for us. plus, the economy. thankfully, there is one name on the ballot that stands for true american values. herman cain. americans for a better tomorrow tomorrow believe a vote for herman cain is a vote for america. he's not a career politician, he's such a washington outsider he's not even running for president. send them a message. on january 21, vote herman cain. (cheers and applause) americans for a better tomorrow tomorrow are responsible for the content of this advertisement. >> stephen: folks, i have no idea how they got that

he's running under the name of herman cain.en you are voting for me or what. talk about sending a message. what is it? >> you know, i am not sure myself, although part of me wonders. we saw rick perry get out of the race yesterday and, obviously, he wanted to help gingrich. but you also wonder with stephen colbert making the push for herman cain's name on the ballot if maybe rick perry was a little nervous about finishing behind even herman cain/stephen colbert in this thing. but i think his entire sort of pose here, you know in a way, he's trying to draw attention to campaign finance stuff. it's also a commentary, i think, maybe unintentional on that blurring of the line between celebrity politician/presidential candidate. in a way, herman cain kind of typified that. this year the big question with herman cain was, is he actually interested in being president? interested in running a serious campaign or just interested in saying he wants to be -- he's running for president to get media exposure to get on the talk shows, to get

herman cain, how are you? >> i am great, piers. >> can i say on behalf of every media figure right now, we have missed you. wonderfully entertaining stardust and glamour to proceedings. >> i wish you had got them to have that sentiment before they played that part in driving me out of the campaign. okay? i'm not saying that it was all the fault of the media, but you know exactly what i mean, but thank you. >> well, you weren't expected to agree with all of that, in the end the media are like dogs with bones. if they don't have the bones to gnaw on, you can't go anywhere. >> they make them up. >> well -- >> i tell you what i don't miss, piers, i don't miss the pain that all of the false accusations was causing my family. that part of this whole process has been a relief. and during the campaign, yes, i was seeking a position, the position of president. that's when you call it a campaign. the big announcement that you referred to, i would still be on a mission. and that's what i call a movement. because i am not giving up on all of t