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the country is at the ready with their arsenal of glitter and the next time mike huckabee shows his head that's probably what he wanted though because nobody's talking about him these days. he wants to be the good of all and ok well we'll be waiting for that one i will make sure to show you the video does ivan thanks for joining me tonight thanks so much thanks our that's it for tonight's show thank. returning it and makes the come back tomorrow catherine seattle from c.i. is going to back her are happy hour and i mean time now to get to become a fan of a lot of show on facebook and follow us on twitter and if you missed any of the night's or any other nights you can always catch it all a complete dot com quest they want to show us the interviews as well as the shell in its entirety coming up next is adverse. to more than a month. in one of the most extreme environments on the planet this is antarctica and people have to be aware that they're far away from civilization sean paul those discoveries felt make sense arctic is so special and attractive for many the wildlife in antarctica

i can admit that. >> ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee. [cheers and applause] welcome everybody. thank you very much and welcome to the fox news studios in new york city. a couple of weeks ago when we featured the beauty of the gulf coast, we didn't get around to talk about shrimp. i love shrimp. most shrimp comes from along the gulf coast in florida and alabama and mississippi and louisiana and texas. in fact i had a shrimp dish in tony's italian restaurant in new york that was the best i ever had. when it comes to shrimp. i am like buba. >> shrimp of the food of the sea. you can broil it and bake it and saute it and do shrimp creolu . shrimp stew and shrimp salad and shrimp in poitatos and shrimp sandwich. that is about it. i never thought i would be mad about shrimp but i am. even though our country is broke and trying to borrow more than the 14 trillion we already owe. some genius appropriated and spent your money and my money on shrimp. i am not talking about fried shrimp and barbecued shrimp or grilled shrimp or shrimp and grits. the

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it's glitter it's hardly it that's fine but mike huckabee actually seventy thanks for the glitter bomber should be arrested and they should be considered an assault. what about the people dropping real bomb exactly on the war of hogs they're really scared of a little glitter that gets dropped on a litter is a little nothing i mean come on guys your number using about it as a kid and it will follow you for the next several days no but i agree it's totally fine. and it's supposed to be fun it's supposed to just bring shed light to the fact that these people have very strange but it is a way of protesting not actually hurting or damaging anybody you're just making a sparkly absolutely i do this is a critical strategic error for my country because who's the next person is going to get little by mike huckabee no doubt i'm sure every glitter bomber in the country is at the ready with their arsenal of glitter and the next time mike huckabee shows his head that's probably what he want to go because nobody's talking about him these days little body he wants to be the good of all and i will be wai

. >> iowa give us huckabee in 2008, who came out of the second-tier and became the first decanted. that could happen this time around. michele bachmann, nearby state, a social conservative. santorum, of course. i think we will see a replay of 20008. ramadi out of iowa, -- with romney out of iowa and pawlenty in, you could get a second tier candidate. >> romney is not going to compete in the siowa -- he fount you could spend a lot of money on the straw poll and not win the iowa caucus. >> it is more important for the second-tier to win the straw poll than the first-tier. >> it is a tough state for romney to win. it is a natural for michele bachmann to win. the voters in the caucuses are hard-core social voters, by and large, and i think charles is right. >> it doesn't get you much. ok, you've got the social conservatives there, you are from the region. harkin in, what was it, 1988 -- >> 1992. >> didn't do him any good. >> i agree in tom harkin's case, but mike huckabee was projected to the point where he was a serious candidate 3 south carolina all the way to the end. he was one of

[applause] >> now, the star of huckabee, from the great state of arkansas, governor mike huckabee!hank you very much, everyone. welcome to new orleans. getting back here is a special place for me, and it is for many of you. new orleans is place where many of us have enjoyed through the years. but it's also place we remember visitly because -- vividly because of what happened during katrina. and when that happened -- i was governor at the time -- my state welcomed 80,000 people. most of whom came from new orleans. and they came to our state in often very desperate separations situations, with literally nothing but the clothes on the back. it was a challenge to find housing for 80,000 people, but it was one of the finest hours of our state because these were our neighbors, and we wanted to treat them the way we would want to be treated if the situation were reversed. remember in "tale of two cities --" you clapped because you read it, not because you wanted -- do you remember the opening line, "it was the best of times and the worst of times." and i didn't understand how somebody cou

you mentioned mike huckabee.he has some people who are veterans of the huckabee campaign in 2008 work on her behalf. not just the poll numbers, she's off to a very, very good start, wolf. >> she has ed rollins, ronald reagan's political director as a lot of us remember he worked for huckabee four years ago, worked for us in cnn in the years since then and now running her campaign. thanks very much, jim acosta, on the scene for us. >>> other new, the guilt verdicts against rod blagojevich that left him stunned and possibly headed for prison. a jury in chicago convicted blagojevich a little while ago on 17 counts of corruption including charges he tried to sell or trade president obama's former senate seat. cnn's ted rowlands is covering the blagojevich retrial for us. he's joining us from chicago. he was very sad in his comments after he got the horrible news for him. >> reporter: yeah. inside the courtroom, wolf, there wasn't a lot of reaction from blagojevich. he was trying to make eye contact with the jurors as

in 2008, it was, remember, mike huckabee who won in iowa.derate then decide he was not going to compete in iowa and as a result he came in fourth and went on to win the nomination. fast forward that now to the situation, for example, the front-runner mitt romney finds himself in. they said they are kind of hanging back because the situation in iowa is changing so rapidly. do they want to have a loss like last time around? romney spent a lot of money and won the straw poll and didn't win in the caucus and placed second to huckabee. they are hanging back. it's not a real predictor of who is going to get the nomination. >> for michelle bachman, warks was tailor made. >> hometown. >> born in waterloo, iowa. >> she talks about it a lot. when you look at conit wensy of the caucuses that are very conservative, it is made for her. the register did a poll. let me give you issues. these voters who are participate are opposed to civil unions, opposed raising the debt ceiling and not interested in mandates for health care and want spending cuts and tax

at this point huckabee had four in the iowa polls and went on to win. similar between a bachmann and a pawlenty or romney is they offer a crystal clear choice having signed on to the ryan budget and all the things it would do like end medicare and favor tax cuts for wealthy folks in oil companies. i think that sets up a choice that make us clear to the american people who they pull the lever for next november. >> we should say that he's right, huckabee went on to win the iowa caucuses but he didn't go on to become the anti-john mccain. >> i agree with that. >> who do you see having the strength at this point to take on a front-runner, albeit a rather weak one at this point? >> i think there are going to be three people emerge here, romney, the alternative to romney and sort of the tea party conservative darling, who may be someone like michele bachmann, who is probably not going to be the alternative to romney. pawlenty really wants to occupy that crown. i think romney is in an increasingly strong position. he looks more comfortable. i've seen him up in

. >> i'm mike huckabee. >> i'm barack obama. >> the talking points. >> indecision, ready to go forward in the campaign... >> the hopeless candidates. the commercials. >> i approve this message. >> i'm mitt romney, i'm running for president and i approve this message. >> and the stupid, stupid questions. >> no, i don't want to! ask them! >> please don't make me! we don't know what he's going to say. >> do it! >> who do you think won the debate? >> hands down dr. ron paul (screaming) >> the road to the white house goes straight through hell. >> yeah, i will fear no evil. >> i'm ron paul and i approve this message. ♪ oh beautiful for spacious skies ♪ for amber waves of grain (screaming) >> i can see my soul chipping away. >> jon: tonight, a producer, director, writer of a film called "super 8." >> oh, my god! >> jon: i'll tell you, amtrak has improved but... (laughter) please welcome j.j. abrams. (cheers and applause) >> thank you. >> jon: congratulations, the number one film not just in this great nation of ours but in the entire of the americas as well as... i'm going too go with indone

i wasn't supposed to be pheasant hunting with huckabee.t supposed to be doing all these things. but i was. why was i doing it? because i wanted to survive. i wanted to live. >> reporter: not only did jose antonio vargas survive, he thrived. in his reporting career, he scored some of the biggest interviews in politics and high tech. he even won a pulitzer prize. and through it all, he was hiding an enormous secret. >> there wasn't a moment that i wasn't thinking about it. >> reporter: it was a secret he hid in a shoe box in his apartment, where he kept pictures of his childhood in the philippines. at age 12 his mother sent him to live with his grandparents in mountain view, california. it wasn't until he was 16 when he tried to use his green card to get a driver's permit that he realized there was a rob. problem. >> she just looked at it, flipped it around and she said, you know, this is fake. don't come back -- don't come back here again. >> reporter: that was the first moment of what would become an elaborate life of secrets, lies and eve

. >> i'm mike huckabee. >> i'm barack obama. >> the talking points. >> indecision, ready to go forward in the campaign... >> the hopeless candidates. the commercials. >> i approve this message. >> i'm mitt romney, i'm running for president and i approve this message. >> and the stupid, stupid questions. >> no, i don't want to! ask them! >> please don't make me! we don't know what he's going to say. >> do it! >> who do you think won the debate? >> hands down dr. ron paul (screaming) >> the road to the white house goes straight through hell. >> yeah, i will fear no evil. >> i'm ron paul and i approve this message. ♪ oh beautiful for spacious skies ♪ for amber waves of grain (screaming) >> i can see my soul chipping away. a young man with ambition met an old man at the top asked him if he had a secret and the old man stopped and thought and said: free 'cause that's how it ought to be my brother credit 'cause you'll need a loan for one thing or another score 'cause they break it down to one simple number that you can use dot to take a break because the name is kinda long com in honor of th

mitt romney lead the poll in 2007 but mike huckabee won it. at this point in a crowded raise some in the gop are hesitating to jump on any wagon. >> i like all of them but i will keep an open mind. >> reporter: michelle will ride it into a formal campaign acornsment a announcement on monday. >> i will focus on turning the economy around. >> reporter: she is declaring in iowa where she was born. she said her native ties give her the advantage with conservative vote who are expected to play a big role. cbs news new york. >> the president is preparing to meet with senate leaders tomorrow. pressure is mounting with the august 2nd deadline looming to increase the debt ceiling for face default on obligations. the main problem, whether to increase tax revenue. democrats want an approach that makes some spending cuts but also ends tax breaks. republicans say any increased tax burden will slow economic recovery. >>> eric, if you like sun, have you that, if you like rain you have it. >> everybody should be happy. you have a little bit of everything and

mike huckabee got that boost in 2008, so did then candidate barack obama. and today, president obama is making his first visit to iowa since announcing his re- election campaign. he is touring the alcoa aluminum factory in davenport and talking about manufacturing and the economy. the white house insists the stop isn't about politics, but he will have a different message to iowa voters than the republicans who want his job. randall pinkston, cbs news, waterloo, iowa. >>> and today there is a huge wildfire burning across the mountains just above los alamos, new mexico. and it has now burned 93 square miles. crews are working around the clock. there are flames just across the road from the los alamos national laboratory, where scientists developed the first atomic bomb. lab officials say that no contamination has been released and radioactive materials are currently safe. more than 12,000 people have evacuated their homes. so far, that fire has destroyed 30 structures. >>> coming up, the fda puts the best selling cancer drug under the microscope once again. >

debate next week in new hampshire and she has hired republican strategist ed rollins who ran mike huckabee'sign in 2008. rollins is already hard at work. he went on radio today and took some shots at sarah palin for being a quitter. then he tried to make his new boss sound reaganesque. >> she's a great, great communicator and i would say in this race right today she is probably the best communicator now that mike huckabee is not in there. >> i don't deny bachmann as good communicator. she knows what she wants to say. her message is very clear. i do have a problem with what it is. i agree she has the potential to be the republican nominee. she does. even former obama spokesman bill burton thinks that bachmann has a shot. he says the republican nominee will be either romney, bachmann, or tim pawlenty. among those three bachmann seems to have the wing nut vote locked up. tim pawlenty is trying to catch up. his economic plan would eliminate the entire federal government and that puts him in psycho talk next. what do you got? restrained driver... sir, can you hear me? just hold the bag. we need a

. >> mike huckabee is not going to run? appreciate it.estimony in the casey anthony murder trial sound like something out of the show csi. she is charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter in 2008. how a hair is at the center of the prosecution's case. first, i want to tell you about a special show coming up sunday night. it's a gps special on how innovation is needed to get our economy moving. one aspect is governmental innovation. we will highlight a team of scientists that has a history of success. they are providing technology for soldiers in combat to create the best technology in the world. >> they're simply must work and all of the situations and death. that kind of urgency focuses on the mind and inspires greater genes. >> most recently they funded the first version of the internet. in 1969, computer hubs called nodes were able to send messages over a phone line. >> the original investment is $150 million. that gave birth to the internet and about $300 billion later. >> these days he is working on exciting innovations including

but mitt romney led the poll in 2007, but lower ranked mike huckabee actually won the iowa caucuses.t this point in a crowded race, some in the gop are hesitant to jump on any bandwagon. >> i like all of the candidates. but i'm going to keep an open mind. >> reporter: bachmann will wide ride the momentum into monday and she's making the economy her top issue. >> we're on the wrong back. my focus will be on turning the economy around and job creation. >> reporter: she's formally declaring her candidacy in waterloo, iowa where she was born. she says her native ties give her an advantage with socially con serbtive voters who are expected the play a big role in the caucuses there next year. susan mcginnis for cbs news, new york. >>> erika martin with the forecast which includes a little bit of everything. >> that's right. we have a lot going on this week as we take a look outside, we can't see much. it is dark, but conditions out there, we're going to start the see the increasing clouds making their way into the region. as an upper level low works its way in. here's a really good look at

mitt romney led the des moines register poll in 2007, but mike huckabee actually won the iowa caucus.this early point in a crowded race, some in the gop are hesitant to jump on any band wagon. >> i like all of the candidates. but i'm going to keep an open mind. >> we are excited about going to iowa! >> reporter: bachmann will ride into a former announcement on monday. and she is making the economy her top issue. >> my focus will be on turning the economy around and job creation. >> reporter: bachmann is formally declaring her candidacy in waterloo, iowa where she was born. she says her native ties give her an advantage with socially conservative voters who are expected to play a big role in the caucus there next year. susan mcginnis for cbs news, new york. >>> drivers are finally catching a break. gas prices have dropped about 11 cents in the past two weeks. that's according to the lindberg survey of fuel prices. the national average for a gallon of regular is $3.58. as usual, it's higher here in the bay area. the average price for a gallon of regular in oakland is $3.82. in san jose,

romney also led this poll four years ago, but mike huckabee wound up winning the caucus. >>> president obama is preparing to meet with senate leaders tomorrow to tackle the federal deficit. pressure is mounting with an august 2 deadline looming to increase the federal dead ceiling or face possible default on debt obligations. the main obstacle, whether to increase tax revenue. democrats want an approach that makes spending cuts, but also ends tax breaks. republicans say increase increased tax burden will further slow economic recovery. >>> and the pressure on california lawmakers to pass a budget is increasing this week. state legislators are already going without pay because they failed to pass a balanced budget. the fiscal year ends on wednesday. democrats can now pass a budget without republican votes, although they do need a two- thirds majority to raise taxes or put a tax vote on the ballot. ,, ♪ let's go out to the dmv ♪ it's ok that we're number four hundred and three ♪ ♪ we'll find ourselves a comfy seat ♪ ♪ and watch some shows and stuff ♪ ♪ ♪ let's follow that lady with the l

the time you know one of the goals whether it's now trumped up pops another one if you knock down huckabee up down payment up. michele bachmann you know it's one after the other and i don't think the crazy is necessarily exclude you from being their nominee and certainly not for being their vice presidential nominee or even potentially becoming the president of the united states case and play richard nixon ok ken thank you very much for being with us tonight and thank you i'll have more on sarah palin by the way and it's edition of the good the bad the very very ugly. every year along the california and nevada borders ten thousand wild horses around up put in a pan's and locked up during the round up and lock up about ten percent of the horses die and us governments bureau of land management is behind these roundups in . they argue that wild horse populations are exploding straining resources and starving other animals and thus they should be controlled iraq leave thirty three thousand wild horses suddenly across and western states and that are part of the interior says the wild horse roun

mitt romney also was leading and way back in the back of the pack was this unknown candidate, mike huckabee, who eventually won iowa. >> pelley: thanks, jan. libyan dictator moammar qaddafi is now officially a wanted man. the international criminal court today issued arrest warrants for qaddafi, his eldest son and his intelligence chief. the judges say there is evidence that they are responsible for crimes against humanity. the killing of hundreds of civilians in the early days of the libyan uprising. a major league baseball team filed for bankruptcy today. the dodgers are bleeding red. why is there a golf course on land intended to house military veterans? a cbs news investigation. and in the south, corn that should look like this is withering. families facing a texas-sized drought when the "cbs evening news" continues. news" continues. i have copd. if you have it, you know how hard it can be to breathe and what that feels like. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms... by keeping my airways open a full 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-u

mike huckabee won and that created sort of a loser image for romney. who then went to new hampshire and was second in the new hampshire primary. mccain came in fourth in iowa four years ago. yet he won the nomination. so the iowa caucuses are rarely predictive for the republicans. host: he is indicating he won't anticipate in the straw poll in august. he won it in 2007. based on the poll numbers does that put him in a tough position? guest: i think it might give him pause about that. but i think really the straw poll is an important -- the first bite of the apple in iowa. not predictive since romney didn't win iowa but mike huckabee caughtire and won. but i think that it is smart for romney noto really fight that hard in iowa and then make new his primary contest. d he has to win new hampshire or he is through. host: another candidate w entered last week in new jersey with the statue of liberty as the backdrop is the bahc piece with jon huntsman. john weaver longtime aid to john mccain has been instrumental in getting huntsman in the race. when he anno

mike huckabee won and that created sort of a loser image for romney.hen went to new hampshire and was second in the new hampshire primary. mccain came in fourth in iowa four years ago. yet he won the nomination. so the iowa caucuses are rarely predictive for the republicans. host: he is indicating he won't anticipate in the straw poll in august. he won it in 2007. based on the poll numbers does that put him in a tough position? guest: i think it might give him pause about that. but i think really the straw poll is an important -- the first bite of the apple in iowa. not predictive since romney didn't win iowa but mike huckabee caught fire and won. but i think that it is smart for romney not to really fight that hard in iowa and then make new his primary contest. and he has to win new hampshire or he is through. host: another candidate who entered last week in new jersey with the statue of liberty as the backdrop is the bahc piece with jon huntsman. john weaver longtime aid to john mccain has been instrumental in getting huntsman in the race. when he an

how do you put a more positive spin on this other than this was a similar situation with mike huckabeest never predict the winner. i know the media likes to follow them. but the fact of the matter is that hillary clinton was 20 or 30 points ahead of barack obama at this point. rudy giuliani was the prohibitive front-runner. it all changed. most iowans decide very late and shift their choice back and forth during the process. the polls are interesting to the media, but they're poor predictors. >> one thing on everyone's mind is the economy. the debt ceiling is something that washington just can't come together on. they can't make a skigs on it. a similar situation in your home state in minot, minnesota, where they can't come to a decision about the budget and are faying a government shutdown. how do you believe that the gop and the democrats are ever going to come together if we can't make these minute decisions along the way. >> they're not minute decisions. this is a country drowning in debt, we're suffocating in our own deficit spending. i like the fact that there's a line drawn in t

romney and the other people in the top tier aren't able to do and it's a way that santorum like mike huckabee in 2008 could lock up the pwaeups of support and get momentum going for him. greg greg and he is getting organized, he has spent quite a bit of time in the early states, in iowa in particular, where as you point out social conservatives might find him to be an attractive candidate, unless, of course, michelle bachmann jumps in. she was born in iowa, so she considers herself a favorite daughter there. if that were to happen, that would hurt santorum considerably. >> obviously, anything, almost, could hurt santorum because he really does depend on a very narrow path forward. some have already said he's essentially running as a vice presidential candidate. he has to downplay any talk of anything like that, because he has to show viability right now. but you're absolutely right, if bachmann got in, if rick perry got in, if sarah palin got n. and galvanized social conservatives on one side it would be very hard for somebody like santorum to make a case for his candidacy. gregg: -- gregg: t

remember, huckabee won iowa. a big success story.lins about the comments he made on politico and others on a radio show where he was equally tough at sarah palin. he said this is not part of a strategy. rollins has been hired. if bachmann jumps in to announce candidacy he'll steer the campaign. it's nots part of the strategy and told me specifically i don't think palin will run. if she does, we'll deal with it. there is a trend in the media to link them, meaning both women. in the long run we want palin and her people as our allies. that's what he told me this morning. >> no accident they're going after palin here. they're going after some of the same voters, however. the tea party folks. what does he think he's going to be able to accomplish there? seems like palin has really got that wrapped up. >> reporter: you're exactly right. they seem to be going after similar voters. if palin announces later this year, that's still a big "if." the bus tour sparked speculation. she said she's contemplating. if she and bachmann runs, as we expe

he came in first but was overshadowed by mike huckabee. we remember he did not do well in the iowa caucuses. his strategy is to concentrate more on new hampshire. >> paul steinhauser, good to see you. join us as republican hopefuls face off. the presidential debate 8:00 eastern on cnn. >>> today is the day we could learn a lot more about governor sarah palin. the state of alaska is about to release 24,000 paenlges of e-ma from her days in office. they were sent from december of 2008 through september of 2008 when john mccain put her on the ticket. they cover state business on her official e-mail account as well as her private accounts. drew griffin in alaska waiting to eyeball them. palin has said she us not worried about what the media will find. >>> anthony weiner, still a congressman this rng month. the calls for his resignation are getting louder. dick durbin said, don't murder someone who is already committing suicide. weiner has said he won't resign. check out a new poll. just over half want him to stay in congress. about the same pe

they forced mike huckabee to give up running for president if he still wanted his show. still paying her. >> let me answer that. >> let med answer that, bill. she's a sensation. >> every time she appears, pat, that's a multimillion dollar campaign contribution. from rupered murdock. >> an storm said that america was great before 1965, and is -- what is he talking about? the voting rights act? >> who are you talking about? the eisenhower and kennedy, this was magnificent. >> why are you. >> who are you talking about? >> rick santorum said america was great before 1965. what is the significance of '65? >> i think in '65 we got ourself deeply involved in vitt name, the democratic party became apart. >> so rick santorum was attacking our involvement in vietnam? >> i don't know what he was attacking. >> that's one of the great things that happened in '65, that he may have been referring to, bill. >> al sharpton, you know better than anybody what it was like it can larry in the south in this country in 1965, but when republicans say they want to take back america. they want to

he did a great job for mike huckabee four years ago they won in iowa, in thanks part to ed rollins.michele bachmann is going to be a serious contender on the republican front? >> from all of the reporter that i've read, she's been quite impressive there and ed ran iowa and huckabee and so one assumes that he's got a lot of experience there. he came out and noted that palin was not serious and it's gotten into a little bit of a tiff here. it's going to be a hotly contested thing here. he brings a wealth of experience. one thing about michele bachmann, whatever you might think of her, and i certainly don't think she's -- her politics are out there, but she's pretty tough and i suspect that they are going to be there for the long hall. >> she was born in iowa, as you know, rich. >> sure was. >> here's the question. is there room for her and palin? is there room for both of them right now in this contest? >> oh, sure. there's room for -- >> won't they be competing for the same voters, snow. >> everybody is competing for the same voters and then when you get down to south carolina, it ex

, well, at least they say they are not running but then who knows, names like christie, daniels, huckabeee their minds, even rudy giuliani who didn't go anywhere last time he ran. and then we have sarah palin. will these -- these are the big names here, why are they on the sidelines? is it helping or hurting? >> that's a great question. i know now why they pay you to ask these questions. look, you know, i would add names to that. congressman paul ryan, senator tom coburn, ex-florida governor john ryan. >> some of them have bigger name recognition and the ability to raise more money than the candidates in there. why aren't they running? >> well, we can look at a couple reasons. each of them sunshine -- paul ryan is new. co burn and christie have jobs. for some it is as simple as they don't want to put their family through it. that seems to be the issue with governor of indiana mitch daniels and possibly the same for jeb bush. maybe it is because they don't feel that they are an election possibility, i don't know why they aren't running. >> to will's question he asked earlier or that he ans

. >> and we should say that he's right, huckabee went on to win the iowa caucuses, you be didn't go onme the anti-john mccain. >> i agree. >> so who do you have having the strength to take on a frontrunner albeit a wat a rathk one? >> i think three will emerge, are romney, the alternative to romney, and the tea party conservative darling who may be someone like michele bachmann. timt pawlenty wants to occupy that ground, but romney is in an increasingly strong position. he looks who are comfortable than the last time around. and the debate how is no longer really a health care debate, which would have hurt him a couple of years ago with republicans. it's an economic growth debate, a jobs debate. and he's stronger on that. >> i'm going to have to unfortunately stop you both here. thanks for joining us. >> thanks. >>> up next, a check of today's top stories and then nancy pelosi's response to this personal question. >> leader cantor can't handle the truth when it comes to ending tax subsidies for big oil, corporations that send jobs overseas and the like. what's this option? that's new.

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chip saltsman former presidential campaign manager for mike huckabee and jennifer palmieri. you think sarah palin is sending to iowa voters by debuting her movie in their state? >> the first message is i'm relevant, i'm in the game. i want to be part of the conversation. you take her being in pella, iowa, today in a red carpet treatment and what she did in new hampshire with mitt romney's announcement. she is going to be part of this conversation and interject herself and the media will cover it because they can't help themselves. the biggest message is sarah palin wants to be part of the 2012 conversation and she is. >> that's different from running, right? do you think she is going to run? big part of the conversation is a different thing. >> i think that's right. i don't think she will run. most people are doing door-to-door and she has a red carpet premiere in pella. maybe we did it wrong four years ago. >> it's clear the media can't help themselves. >> nor should we. she shows up somewhere, it's news. why shouldn't we cover it? >> i'm very iowa to show up with a movie p

>> she can do what huckabee did last time. >> she is what she is. >> she is what she is. >> i disagreeith her on a lot of things. she is michele bachmann. i don't know who romney is. >> if sarah palin gets in, can she still win in iowa? >> i think at the end of the day, it won't be a split vote. people -- they are going to watch -- they will watch and make choices. >> this isn't "morning joe" tag-team, you get to ask questions. you still aren't answering questions. do you think sarah palin is qualified to be president? >> i think she has deficiencies. >> up next, ten years since will tax cuts. conservatives said they would increase revenues. remember that reagan line. cut taxes and will money will come in. it is loaves and fishes. íaacevev >> we just saw a new poll that has romney edging out president obama. here is something the white house can take comfort in. a "newsweek" poll found bob dole leading then-president clinton by 49-40. i think the results were the opposite. he won the next year by 8 points, 49-41. >>> we're back. ten years ago today president george w. bush signed his t

." >>> former arkansas governor mike huckabee is not running for president but huckabee hints he mayr two spot on the ticket. in a video posted by the "arkansas times" muhuckabee say "everything is still open, i haven't closed doors" but added he's not looking for anything and happy with what he's doing. he hosts a cable talk show. >>> president obama named a new white house council, the in-house attorney who advises the president, she is kathryn rumler, currently under bob bauer who plans to retire to private law practice. she made a name for herself as part of the team of federal attorneys who prosecuted enron attorneys last decade. >>> cnn reporters, anchors, producers have the inside scoop on some of the best hotels and travel spots around the world. cnn's political team tells us some of the favorite places to eat while on the campaign trail. >> oh my god, barbecue. anywhere in the south really the barbecue is so good that even when you go to like gas stations, they have good barbecue. >> i go out of my way only every other year or so when i'm in new orleans, there's these benyie

to move on to south carolina and play like an iowa south carolina two-step which is what governor huckabee tried to do four years ago. the special thing about iowa, anybody can compete there. the iowa straw polls coming up in august. 10,000, 15,000 people. she is clearly expected to win that by a big margin. who is going to catch on next? who is going to get that next big oxygen burst out of iowa? there is a lot of play here. it's a long time to the caucuses there. >> she is leading the pack. a lot of people say she is a tea party favorite. people say she is a social conservative, anti-abortion, anti-gay rights. listen to michele bachmann clearly making an effort to say i'm a broad-based republican. >> it's made up of americans from all walks of life like a three-legged stool. it's made up of peace through strength conservatives. i am one of those. it is made up of fiscal conservatives and i am one of those. it is made up of social conservatives, and i am one of those. and it's made up of the tea party movement, and i am one of those. >> if she can expand her base just beyond the tea party

got michelle bachmann announcing -- she's hiring for her campaign the person who was running mike huckabee's campaign when he won iowa last time around. still the open question of what mitt room knee will do in iowa. do you have a sense of who the front runner will be for iowa and will it matter or is iowa too radical to be relevant? >> in basketball terms iowa is like the play-in game in the ncaa tournament. because i know you follow that closely. iowa is -- tim pawlenty of neighboring minnesota has to win iowa. but that's the place where michelle bachmann is going to make her play because her family's from iowa. she's a big cultural conservative, anti-abortion, et cetera. that will matter on the cultural right. that will be the playoff game in the culture right. mitt romney absolutely has to win new hampshire. it's a neighboring state, it's supposed to be libertarian, conservative state. he's going to focus on economic issues. then the big confrontation i think after those two will be in south carolina. where you'll have both economic types and the cultural types facing off against each ot

increasingly in the minority because i don't think that she goes, and it's funny you bring up fox because huckabeestill at fox because he's not running. gingrich and santorum are both out. when she cuts the tie with fox, you will know that she's really serious, but at this point i'm still not convinced that she gets into it. if she does, she's fighting for that same type of a vote that i think rick santorum is going to fight for and newt gingrich and michele bachmann if she gets into this. again, if i'm mitt romney, i say bring them all because they can all fight about that very conservative vote and if interest are any moderates left, bring them to me. >> michael, great to see you, thanks. >>> it's a critical juncture in the pril against former illinois governor rod blagojevich. the governor took the stand once again today trying to explain seemingly incriminating comments obtained from fbi wiretaps. legal experts say that the outcome of the trial could turn on his testimony. nbc's nick bogart joins us from chicago. nick, bring us up to speed. what are we seeing today? >> reporter: well, it's bee

>> she can do what huckabee did last time. >> she is what she is. >> she is what she is. >> i disagreeith her ought on a lot of things. she is michele bachmann. i don't know who romney is. >> if sarah palin gets in, can she still win in iowa? >> i think at the end of the day it won't be a split vote. they will walk and make choices. >> this isn't morning joe tag team you get to ask questions. you still aren't answering questions. do you think sarah palin is qualified to make president. >> i think she has deficiencies. >> up next, ten years since will tax cuts. concerners said they would increase revenues. remember that reagan line. cut taxes and will money will come in. it is loafs and fishes. no, it ain't. . i love that my daughter's part fish. but when she got asthma, all i could do was worry ! specialists, lots of doctors, lots of advice... and my hands were full. i couldn't sort through it all. with unitedhealthcare, it's different. we have access to great specialists, and our pediatrician gets all the information. everyone works as a team. and i only need to talk to one person abo

mike huckabee, when he ran for president in 2008, same thing, he raised fees, you'll raise taxes.s is a political fight. >> this is comprehensive tax reform. but comprehensive tax reform, fixing the system, getting rid of the loopholes, making fair and simple tax brackets for everyone and companies is so important. a lot of people say that's politically so impossible. but they've had health care reform. they're talking about social security and entitlement reform. ben bernanke has pushed for it and members of both parties have pushed for it. america overspends. we have a debt at more than $14 trillion and counting. will we spend more in the near term to avoid slipping back into a recession or worse? ken, do we need more stimulus in one form or another, either the fed or congress, to boost a slowing recovery? politics aside, should we be spending more money right now? >> i don't think we should have another big stimulus. we need to pull out of this one slowly. i don't think it's the problem. this is not a typical post-world war ii recession. this is a post-financial crisis recessio

huckabee occupied that to himself.o keep the same share of the pay, slice of the pie, that he had the last time, he could possibly win with that, and that would be an upset victory that would really propel him forward. i don't think he's a total loser in iowa, myself. >> and when you look at it, he could do well in the straw poll in august without doing anything and look better than coming in second, having spent a lot of time doing it. >> and actually third in a straw poll in august. and if he's not technically competing and playing there, it's a victory for him. and i think they're going to make a gametime decision sometime in november or december about whether they're going to go all in with that caucus because there is a possibility that they could win it. >> and i know you'll be overjoyed to hear we have less than a minute here. so i'm going to bring up anthony weiner. can he survive with the democratic hierarchy in the house saying you've got to get out? >> it doesn't appear he can. i don't know, he could drag th

spectrum is going to be so carved up by so many people in a way it wasn't the last time around when huckabeeo himself so if romney were to keep the same share of the pie, slice of the pie he had the last time he could possibly win with that, that would be an upset victory that would propel him forward. i don't think he's a total loser in iowa myself. >> and when you look at it, he could do well in the straw poll in august without doing anything and look better than coming in second and having spent a lot of time doing it. >> a strong third in a straw poll in august and if he's not technically competing and playing there it's a victory for him and i think they'll make a game time decision sometime in november or december whether they'll go all in with that caucus because there is a possibility they could win it. >> i know you'll overjoyed to hear we'll be less than a minute left. i'll bring up anthony weiner, can he survive with the democratic hierarchy in the house saying you need to get out? >> it doesn't appear he can. he could stay on a leave of absence for an extended period of time but