all of that plus herman cain is here to weigh in on the 2016 race. "hannity" starts right here, right now. >>> and welcome to "hannity." tonight we're only nine days away from the republican primary showdown in south carolina and according to the real clear politics average in the palmetto state, donald trump has a double-digit lead over the field with 36% of the vote. senator ted cruz comes in second with 19.7%. and senator marco rubio in third place with 12.7%. now, after his big win tuesday night in new hampshire, a very confident donald trump is going after vote rivals, all his rivals on all sides of the aisle. take a look. >> i don't know that we're going do be fighting hillary because i find it hard to believe. i look at what she's doing. i was there. i mean, i was there last night where this guy, sanders, is up ranting and raving like a lunatic, that, you know, he won. the polls are showing that we beat hillary. we're going to beat her. and honestly, women don't like her. men don't like her. take a look at what's happening to her. >> here with

>> herman cain is here standing by to go "on the record."we should've taken a tarzan know where tarzan go! tarzan does not know where tarzan go. hey, excuse me, do you know where the waterfall is? waterfall? no, me tarzan, king of jungle. why don't you want to just ask somebody? if you're a couple, you fight over directions. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. oh ohhhhh it's what you do. ohhhhhh! do you have to do that right in my ear? >>> and you are looking live, that's governor christie at a donald trump rally in oklahoma. and governor christie has just taken stage. endorsement od trump came super tuesday is only four days away. >> i have been on that stage. i have gotten to know all the people on that stage. and there is no one who is better prepared to provide america with the strong leadership that it needs both at home and around the world than donald trump he is looking at the five people on that stage last night, the clear standout. and the person who will do exactly y

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herman cain, thank you for joining us here. >> you're welcome, greta. you. >> "on the record" caught up with dr. ben carson on the campaign trail, and dr. carson says tomorrow's caucus results could shock you. that's next as we come to you live from iowa. and dreams and maybe, a chance at greatness... because shoulders were made for greatness. not dandruff one...is all it takes...... ...to turn the tables. crest 3d white toothpaste... ...removes 5 times more stains... ...than the red box. for a smile like that, crest 3d white... is the way to whiten. we do it for the ones who rise before it shines. the ones who labor for what they love. ♪ because at banquet we believe that every dollar should work as hard as the family that earned it. that's why we're making our meals better. like using 100% natural chicken breast in our chicken strips and adding real cream to our mashed potatoes. so now, there's more to love with banquet. now serving... a better banquet. ♪ he has a sharp wit. a winning smile. and no chance of getting an athletic scholarship. and that i

herman cain ran against mitt romney in 2012. the former presidential candidate and fox news contributor joins me now. herman what is romney doing here? >> melissa, i believe that was probably one of the most irresponsible speculations on part of mitt romney i anticipated. i don't know whether he came up with that all by himself or whether or not he was advised to say that. melissa: you don't think he knows something we don't? that he has some sort of information? >> he must know something that we don't. now here's my question, how would know something about somebody else's tax return if it hasn't been made public? i call this pure political noise, melissa. because if donald trump, ted cruz, rubio, if they released their tax returns, then nosey nitpickers are going to find something to have the irs chasing to create noise from the substantive issues. melissa, allow me to share with you a personal experience which is why i think this is crazy and it is irresponsible. back in 1994 i challenged bill clinton publicly in a town hall me

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yes. >> herman cain, good to get your perspective.nk you, sandra. >>> coming up, police have new questions for disgraced former new york governor eliot spitzer . . great rates for great rides. >>> developing tonight, police are investigating allegations of assault at one of the new york's most extravagant hotels involving former new york governor eliot spitzer. his political career as you may remember cut short in 2008 by a prostitution scandal. trace gallagher is live with this story. good evening. >> reporter: hey, sandra. it happened inside one of the plaza hotel's suites about $1,000 a night. a russian woman claiming to be his girlfriend called 911 to say she cut her wrists. spitzer answered the door saying everything was fine. but after further investigation, police found broken glass and blood and took the woman to a hospital where she claimed that when she told spitzer she was going back to russia, he choked her, threw her to the ground and threatened her. he apparently appeared at the hospital next day sayinging his name was g

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then herman cain. then newt. but they didn't win. >> i accept your nomination for president. >> maybe instead of polls, we should pay more attention to pundits. >> we're going to win by a landslide. >> pundits get things wrong constantly, too. >> romney big, not even close. >> turns out pundits are not terribly accurate. >> economist robin hanson studies an alternative. there's something about putting money on the line that cuts through. people often make bold statements. >> you're talking. you're pontificating. something challenges you and says you want to bet on that? all of us. as soon as somebody says you want to bet on that? you pause and go, do i really believe that? if you put your money where your mouth is, you are more careful. and when lots of people put their mouth on the line, on sites called prediction markets, like this one in the united states, this one in europe, the resulting odds are more accurate than anything else. unfortunately, they post these odds in confusing gambling formulas. so my produ

herman cain. >> minnesota. >> michelle batchman. >> test malsystem. >> dewey. >> bills quarterback. >that's correct. >> 700 club. >> pat robertson. >> secretary of state -- >> alexander hague. >> that's correct. >> huge speaker of the house. >> newt gingrich. >> you forgot the three agencies. >> rick perry. >> 9/11 mayor. >> rudy giuliani. >> that's correct. >> oh, my god. >> feel like i just had a baby. >> each one is worth 30 points. >> oh, my gosh. >> you got 16 correct. >> you're up to 620 points. nicely done. >> nice work. >> we have to put new a lock box. >> i don't know. i -- >> yeah. i thoughts that that was going to be tougher. i got to say. >> van and -- >> van and john king, you guys are in second place. it's your turn. >> i feel like we should pass. >> john mccain. i don't even remember him. >> your category is democratic presidential or vice presidential candidates. >> oh, we're going to get 30-party candidates. >> what did she say in. >> we're going to get third-party candidates. >> angela davis! >> all right. democratic presidential or vice presidential candidates, 60 s

herman cain will be here. he knows what it's like to kbeet -- to compete in iowa.ng, it's not been declared yet. so razor thing, i don't think that the clinton camp, although they're ahead, can feel great about the final outcome. laura ingram on what it means for the republican establishment here live. and governor jeb bush who had the party at salon e across the way but didn't get great numbers here. he expects a different story in new hampshire. it's going to be a great show from des moines and new york. i can't wait to see what anna's wearing and if steve matches coming up on "fox & friends." >> hopefully they don't match your tie, brian. although we like it. not a good combination for all three of you. >> thank you. >> reporter: i agree. >> thanks. >>> the time is 33 minutes after the hour. to the next one -- donald trump graciously second place, but for how long? >> our next guest says his sights are set on a new target. ♪ are you ready? are you ready? i mean, really ready? are you ready to open? ready to compete? ready to welcome? do you look buttoned up, pre

wait until you hear what romney's 2012 rival herman cain has to say. he joins us in a minute.id: a lot of people feel he is throwing rocks living in a glass house, mitt romney is, after all the trouble he went through. cyrus vans the district attorney for manhattan who has about 175 iphones that he wants to break into, help fight criminals. they can't get into it. they want apple's help, he is going to be here to defend his position which is of course anti-apple position. we had ted olson yesterday. today we have cy vance with other side of that issue. we turn to stocks. they are soaring at the close. hitting session highs as the bells sound on wall street. [closing bell rings] david: the dow is up 209 points. melissa: here is where we end the day, stocks soaring into the close. up 210 points. crude oil cruising higher by almost 3% there, 33.03 the last trade. gold on, the only one losing on the session. let's go to straight to lori rothman on floor of the new york stock exchange. lori, what has been fueling this rally over the past hour? reporter: hi, there, melissa. i would

herman cain goes "on the record." good evening, sir. >> hello, greta.th you. >> nice to have you. well,)j pulled the ad as soon as they realized i guess they probably got a lot of emails or tweets from people that the actress in it was a porn actress, soft porn. but actually, you know she answered a casting bad luck for them or do you think this is terrible. >> i don't think it's terrible. i agree with you. look, how deep do you have to go into somebody's past professional history in order to be able to make sure that you don't have anybody that might have something of that. that just means that somebody that is against cruz, they had to dig really, really deep in order to come up with that. i don't think it's going to hurt cruz campaign at all because they determined this. and, secondly, they have already pulled the ad. now, i would have questioned whether or not i he should have pulled the ad at all if it were a good ad. i think that's the bigger question. not that because a lot of people are going to pay attention to that. >> think' how expensive it

then herman cain. then newt.dn't win. >> i accept your nomination for president. >> maybe instead of polls, we should pay more attention to pundits. >> we're going to win by a landslide. >> pundits get things wrong constantly, too. >> romney big, not even close. >> turns out pundits are not terribly accurate. >> economist robin hanson studies an alternative. there's something about putting money on the line that cuts through. people often make bold statements. >> you're talking. you're pontificating. something challenges you and says you want to bet on that? all of us. as soon as somebody says you want to bet on that? you pause and go, do i really believe that? if you put your money where your mouth is, you are more careful. and when lots of people put their mouth on the line, on sites called prediction markets, like this one in the united states, this one in europe, the resulting odds are more accurate than anything else. unfortunately, they post these odds in confusing gambling formulas. so my producer and i cr

>> no, not herman cain. >> that's ben carson. >> ben carson.y. >> carson fooled these guys, too. >> want a hint? b.c. >> b.c.? >> initials b.c. >> ben chase? no. >> you were so close. >> the same guys fell apart when i showed them a picture of bernie sanders who has a double-digit lead here. >> who is that? >> very popular in this state. >> bernie mack? >> bernie mack? >> my only guess would be bernie sanders, but i have no idea. >> you got it. >> okay. >> our group had the toughest time recognizing john kasich. >> who is this? >> jimmy carter? >> jimmy carter? right? >> no. >> i'm terrible at this game. >> who is that? >> dennis kucinich. >> dennis kucinich. >> who is this? >> no idea. >> this guy stumps everybody. are you sure he's a candidate? >> no, you could show me anybody. i just don't know him. >> just 60 seconds later, we showed these guys the same photos again and they still could not name kasich. this is classic. you didn't retain any of that information. >> i didn't. >> no. >> everyone we asked new hillary clinton and donald trump.

. >> herman cain. >> minnesota -- >> michele bachmann. >> correct. >> desmond system. >> thomas deweysher. >> steve forbes. >> correct. >> rand's dad. >> ron paul. >> that is correct. >> bill's quarterback. >> jack kemp. >> that is correct. >> 700 club. >> pat robertson. >> that is correct. >> secretary of state. >> alexander haig. >> that is correct. >> speaker of the house. >> newt gingrich. >> that is correct. >> forgot the three agencies. >> rick perry! >> that is correct. >> 9/11 mayor. >> rudy giuliani. >> that is correct. >> wow. wow. i feel like i just had a baby. i said, i feel like i just had a baby. >> each one is worth 30 points. >> oh, my god. >> you got 16 correct. you're up to 620 points. nice nicely done. >> nice work. nice work. >> that was good. >> all right. >> we'll be right back. you both have a perfect driving record. >>perfect. no tickets. no accidents... >>that is until one of you clips a food truck, ruining your perfect record. >>yup... now, you would think your insurance company would cut you some slack, right? >>no. your insurance rates go through the roof.

harris: something else about evangelicals, and we heard herman cain say this yesterday, the economy'sem and so is security, national security at home. 40% of the population that will caucus tonight and some of the most diehard ca cuts-goers are in the rural areas of iowa. so, i mean, these are people who care about what can happen outside of a city, a big city like a san bernardino. these are people who are in those mid-sized to small-sized cities who care about that. we saw statistics recently they are the most worried about terrorism in america right now. national security, see, yes, that's evangelical, but you can -- but they're not all looking for the same thing, just as sandra alluded to. there are other things that are important to them as well, and they may choose those other things alongside of their evangelical values which could be a really interesting point. i mentioned donald trump with his bible on the trail this weekend. >> right. harris: and quoting from a message that his mother had written in that bible. look, he's going for it, and he's splitting it -- >> god loves s

respect as the candidate to herman cain 999.eople have said -- [ laughter ] >> i'm not laughing anymore. this is scaring me. why were we laughing? is that our job, bob woodward? >> fair point, but the answer is not hatred, the answer is coverage explaining who he is. and i'm sorry, if i can persist on trump university if you go back when he set this up 11 years ago, he had promotion videos. listen to this promotion video. it's something -- reminds us of what we're hearing now. we're going to have professors and adjunct professors at his university that are absolutely terrific, terrific people. terrific brains. successful. he goes on and on and on about this and you look at it, this is still what he's selling right now. >> and donald trump's university -- i know -- you know why i know this story about trump university? because i've read about this story. i understand all of these people were promised, they were going to learn to be a real estate mogul like donald trump. they went out and trump wasn't there, somebody would show th

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i'm thinking herman cain and all these others were taken seriously. >> i don't know.iously. the 999 plan? >> but did you laugh in his face? >> no, but they should have taken him on on the substance. jeb bush's mistake -- >> as a serious candidate. >> jeb bush took him on personally. he attacked trump's character. >> so did the media. >> and they finally attacked substance last night. >> does substance matter in 2016? >> i think it matters. jeb bush had the most substance. >> but he couldn'tç communicat it. >> of any candidate in the field. >> but he couldn't communicate. it doesn't matter if you can't get the message across. >> he could communicate but his communication wasn't insults or screaming or an in your face display -- >> well, that's not effective communication. >> it's been tremendously -- i think substance does not -- if substance matters we wouldn't be where we were. what matter zblshs s -- >> no, that's not true. last night was the first night they made the argument. >> this is an angry. us will. there's a guy up there saying "i'm mad as hell." >> the ex

caller: i what to know why when it comes to herman cain, i feel like people with after him for the wrong reasons. -- went after him for the wrong reasons. when it comes to hillary, i believe she is corrupt. donald trump is the one i'm voting for because i believe that he can get america back on its feet. host: ok, thanks. anything from that? guest: we are hearing a lot of people who feel the same way, wondering why some candidates are getting me over others, who had the same sort of opinion about hillary clinton. it is one of the problems that hillary clinton has, this question of whether people trust her or they think she is corrupt. the campaign is struggling every day to get away from the narrative that she is untrustworthy. it is difficult for them to do that when they exist in an where e-mails are being released by the state department on a regular basis. there is still this dripping of facts that the campaign is dealing with. i'm not surprised to hear from this caller about his feelings toward this candidate. it is something that the campaign is grappling with, every day. host: mau

that was something that herman cain mentioned yesterday. >> tactically, a good move for donald trumpubio, the establishment candidate. if you read the text, he went after the canadian, ted cruz. >> he's done okay so far. >> marco rubio, he said a good guy. >> the caucus situation in iowa is a little different. he said he much prefers -- you go in, you vote, you leave. like in new hampshire. so let's see what happens next tuesday. >>> meanwhile, it was on tuesday morning we were telling you about how ted cruz won the iowa caucuses. well, dr. ben carson was on our program yesterday and said, look, there was a dirty trick here. apparently the cruz campaign sent out an e-mail during the caucusing and it said that ben carson is out. tell all of the people in the caucus meeting rooms that carson is out and they should vote for cruz. well, as it turns out, dr. carson's wife candy actually heard it with her owner as and called him on it. and said, my husband is not dropping out and he went on to win that particular precinct. >> right. well then last night, we did hear an apology from senator

caller: i what to know why when it comes to herman cain, i feel like people with after him for the wrongeasons. -- went after him for the wrong reasons. when it comes to hillary, i believe she is corrupt. donald trump is the one i'm voting for because i believe that he can get america back on its feet. host: ok, thanks. anything from that? guest: we are hearing a lot of people who feel the same way, wondering why some candidates are getting me over others, who had the same sort of opinion about hillary clinton. it is one of the problems that hillary clinton has, this question of whether people trust her or they think she is corrupt. the campaign is struggling every day to get away from the narrative that she is untrustworthy. it is difficult for them to do that when they exist in an where e-mails are being released by the state department on a regular basis. there is still this dripping of facts that the campaign is dealing with. i'm not surprised to hear from this caller about his feelings toward this candidate. it is something that the campaign is grappling with, every day. host: mauri

herman cain who knows this process well, and some of the byzantine curves well. eeing thus far, herman? >> the most significant number have you presented in your precaucus results was that 45% of thegoers had never been before, that's what i call advantage trump and advantage sanders. like it or not. secondly, i predicted that trump, cruz and rubio would still finish in the top three. i wasn't going to predict the order. that's still the big unknown. the good news is more people are showing up. and i gotta tell you, 45% of new people going to the caucus is significant in terms of what we can expect later tonight. neil: you know, herman, the fact that both parties are showing this, seems enthusiasm and long ways largely republican precincts and democratic once as well. there's a collective zeal to get this thing going. what do you think of that? >> i think you absolutely right. what i noticed from a lot of callers to my radio show is the fact that i've had some democrats call and say they're going to go from democrat to trump. so it's not just all one party, and i

but we can also produce a man like herman cain. of men, a lot of people in between and we have two sharp students here who illustrate that you can come from different perspective and be intelligent in every day way. >> you guys have been great hosts to us. i'm going to stick up for my alma mater. you guys gave armin luther king his undergraduate degree he got his divinity degree from boston college. i are appreciate you. thanks for joining us. >> you look great in that sweatshi sweatshirt. >> i'm taking this back to floork with me. >>> up next a big prize for the democrats at at the same time tomorrow as hillary clinton and bernie sanders prepare for his next big test, south carolina. saturday night. sanders is going on the attack but is it going to help him pick off votes from clinton? he needs them now. stay with us. ugh! heartburn! no one burns on my watch! try alka-seltzer heartburn reliefchews. they work fast and don't taste chalky. mmm...amazing. i have heartburn. alka-seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief. >>> all

amy: burl cain, the significance of the warden and the conditions that albert woodfox and herman well, before that as robert king, were held in? >> obviously, you know, for 43 years, for 46 years, albert thet angola and he has struggled and robert has struggled and others have struggled to improve things. a testament to these minute they essentially outlasted some of ways mean spirited people who were very dedicated to saying that their circumstances never changed. so advocating on their own behalf, developing followers all around the world, you know, albert, robert, others have been in a verytlast improbable way even figures like burl cain and buddy caldwell who seemed so entrenched here. amy: and what nolo contendre means as a lawyer? served woodfox who has 45 years in prison, 43 of those years in solitary confinement. what it means now to plead no contest to manslaughter and aggravated, what was it, burglary? >> yes. essentially what it means is that albert gets freed. the legal proposition is albert can that maintain his innocence, he has maintained his innocence as he has consist

herman cain goes "on the record." good evening, sir. >> hello, greta. be with you. >> nice to have you. pulled the ad as soon as they realized i guess they probably got a lot of emails or tweets from people that the actress in it was a porn actress, soft porn. but actually, you know she bad luck for them or do you think this is terrible. >> i don't think it's terrible. i agree with you. look, how deep do you have to go into somebody's past professional history in order to be able to make sure that you don't have