jeremiah, jeremiah. i mean, there's a reason for that. i think there are differences between king and wright, but i think we've sanitized king. we've lost track at how much he was reviled in the final years. "the washington post" and "the new york times" condemn his anti-vietnam speech at riverside church and, basically, said almost that it was treason. and king does quote that famous line of black poetry in there, america was never america to me. now, he gets beyond that always that's the king element, that he was tough-minded enough not to give in just to the emotion, but to hold out the better way. so king was pretty much roughed up in his time. we've taken all that out in creating the st. martin and it's why reverend c.t. vivian, one of the great men of nashville nonviolence, but he was part of john lewis' circle and all those other great young people in nashville, and cm t. vivian said that's why he didn't go to the 40th anniversary celebration of bloody sunday at selma. i went down because i wanted to be with john lewis and watch pe

jeremiah johnson here. ihedigbo at the 44. phil: do you think i like ever have to search for something to talk about in jim: i know better than that. phil: it's a lot of fun. i don't know if there'll be much debate about this game, that's for sure. jim: brady, his night might be complete with 9:00 to go. will it be houston or will it be baltimore they face next week? the texans, of course, in their first ever postseason, a win over cincinnati last week, baltimore had the week off. that's tomorrow, 1:00, with the noon special edition of "the nfl today," j.b. and the crew. phil: you know what we saw here today, we saw a rested patriots team, eager, wanted to play, knew this was another chance to finally do what they want and i see the same thing when i look at the baltimore ravens. finally, a home playoff game. jim: thomas. incomplete. arrington out there covering him. mccourty sliding over from safety. a.f.c. championship preview, as far as matchups against the ravens that postseason loss two years ago, right here, rice ran wil

jeremiah johnson here. ihedigbo at the 44. phil: do you think i like ever have to search for something to talk about in jim: i know better than that. phil: it's a lot of fun. i don't know if there'll be much debate about this game, that's for sure. jim: brady, his night might be complete with 9:00 to go. will it be houston or will it be baltimore they face next week? the texans, of course, in their first ever postseason, a win over cincinnati last week, baltimore had the week off. that's tomorrow, 1:00, with the noon special edition of "the nfl today," j.b. and the crew. phil: you know what we saw here today, we saw a rested patriots team, eager, wanted to play, knew this was another chance to finally do what they want and i see the same thing when i look at the baltimore ravens. finally, a home playoff game. jim: thomas. incomplete. arrington out there covering him. mccourty sliding over from safety. a.f.c. championship preview, as far as matchups against the ravens that postseason loss two years ago, right here, rice ran wil

ross broke the jeremiah wright story during the last presidential campaign. also reporting in mitt romney's offshore investments now. doing that interview make you scweem squeamish at all, brian. >> not where i thought i would go when we were seeking out marianne for the interview. we were investigating the ethics investigation and the fbi investigation that ultimately philadelphia. that's the starting point. as we got to go back and forth with marianne she finally agreed to do an interview this last week and said she wanted to say all about what happened to the marriage and why, in her view, she thinks newt gingrich does not have the moral character to be president. >> bill: okay. but she has said that before. it's been around, you know that. when i saw the cut aways of you, you didn't look like you were having a good time there. >> well, this is not exactly where we go. but, in this campaign, character has become an issue. mr. gingrich has campaigned on a platform that includes a strong stand on family values and the sanctity of marriage. >> bill: he says i

race in america came on the heels of relentless attacks about his association with the reverend jeremiah wright. some believe it's time for mitt romney to step up to the podium and give his own speech on race, addressing his mormon faith. aubrey hendricks writes in the post today the book of mormon condemns black people as cursed. after they had dwindled in unbelief, they became a dark and loathsome and a filthy people, full of idleness and all manner of abombenations. >> pretty heavy stuff. next african-americans were not allowed to fully participate in the mormon priesthood until 1978. mitt romney, who was once a leader in the mormon church addressed the issue in late 2007 on "meet the press." >> i love my faith. and i'm not going to distance myself in anyway from my faith, can you see what i believed and what my family believed by looking at our lives. my dad marched with martin luther king. my mom was a tireless crusader for civil rights. i was anxious to see a change in my church. i remember when i heard about the change being made, i was driving home from law school, i think. i hea

identity, raised by a white mother where his african father abandoned the family, and when he went to jeremiah wright's church, and you, on the other hand, became jewish so it's like kind of interesting way. >> yeah, well, 5 lot of people have -- a lot of people have commented on those parallels. there are differences. he's the president of the united states. [laughter] i'm just a journalist. look, i think there's a couple of differences. i mean similarities obviously, interracial family, academics his parents also came a from that world, a brilliant, but very troubled father. one big difference in the stories is that, as you say, obama really never knew his father. his father abandoned them when he was very small and encountered him a couple of times very briefly, and his story which he tells to beautifully in "dreams of my father" are about the struggle of someone who grew up without a father to figure out what it is to be a man and a black man really on his own. my story in terms of the relationship with my father is the story of a very complicated 50-year up and down relationship, and my f

he is going to write this book and title it after a sermon by his pastor named jeremiah right and we all know what happened, how that story ends. so religion is after jeremiah wright affair, something the obamas try to take back into the private sphere. something they discuss a little bit now but not much. they don't want to showcase the washington church that they are going to join. white house aide once said something that would stay with me. what he said was once you put some part of your personal life out there for people, what he meant is when you market it a little bit, can you ever take it back? is there ever -- can you ever truly pull it back into the private sphere? what is so interesting about what is happening with the obama marriage is they're really putting it out in the public's fear because the president's presence of ratings are much higher than his handling of the economy and one of these things his advisers are resting 2012 on is the appeal of the obama union and the obamas have learned how to go out there together in public and do this public political performance

>> i request not imagine a man sitting in jeremiah wright's church being a man of true faith, being ahristian. >> judy gardiner is the local leader of the baptist church. >> are you comfortable with mormon if mormonism? >> no, i'm not. >> does that keep you from moving toward mitt romney? >> yes, it does. >> eddie diaz is a perry high schoolteacher, part of a growing hispanic population attracted by jobs at the local tyson plant. his family came here from california in '95. he served as a marine sergeant in the iraq war before returninging to perry. >> why would you choose to punish these kids. >> reporter: recently he challenged michele bachmann for her hardline on immigration. explaining -- >> every election cycle, immigration is used as a punching bag, and it's so easy to demonize people. >> reporter: eddie could go elsewhere, but he likes perry, which he says is more moderate culturally and politically than the candidates realize. the mayor agrees, he thinks once the candidates leave iowa, life will go on. >> i was at a meeting last night, the wife was democrat the husband was rep

>>the bodies of three year-old destiney myles and her one year- old brother jeremiah miles ... at the inquiry place apartments were found after the mother felicia got the 6 year-old out but could not get back into it get the other two children because the door and locked behind her ... >>a passing tow truck driver and police sgt worked to knock down the door before the firefighters arrived they were treated and released for minor injuries and there were said they could not save those children >>there were flames everywhere we were on our hands and knees trying to get and all i could think about where my own twin daughters at home a year-and-a- half old and i am heartbroken for this woman >>felicia miles is a single mother and she is now traumatized by the death of these two young children she tried to save these other two and she passed out twice they told her she could not re-enter the building >>the firefighters arrived as soon as possible after 330 in the morning ... they were delayed by about three minutes because there is no access that is easy the crews had to circle for

and we all know what happened, you know, how that story ends and so religion is after the jeremiah wright affair, something that they try to kick back into the private sphere. something they discuss a little bit now but not that much and you know they don't want to showcase the washington church that they are going to join. a white house aide said something that really stayed with me. and what he said was once you put some part of your personal life like the religionocity out there for people come and what he meant is when you kind of market it a little bit politically can you ever really to get back? can you ever really truly put it back into the private sphere and what is interesting now that is happening with the marriage is that they are really putting it out in the public because the president's personal ratings are much higher than his ratings on the handling of the economy, and one of the things that his advisers are resting 2012 on is the appeal of the union and they've learned how to go out there together and do this kind of public political performance together that has an authe

hurry on our children 18 month-old jeremiah miles and three year- old destiney myles were killed early yesterday when fire erupted in their apartment their mother who is eight months pregnant was asleep when the fire began dcfs is looking into what happened and those conditions leading up to the tragedy neighbors say they have seen no sign of any parental neglect leash miles >>it doesn't make any sense people are slandering her name every time i have seen her she was with her children walking them to school and generally being a good mother >>investigators believe that the children may have started that fire heating up pizza on the stove >>to teenagers are recovering after being shot near the chicago high-school for the burckhart's in the bronzeville neighborhood >>it happened in the 500 block of east 35th street at about 630 last night. police say that the girls' one aged 14 the other 16 were walking with a group of friends when they heard gunshots and realized they had been hit one girl was shot in the ankle the other has a graze wound to her calf no arrests have been made >>the same

six year old taken away from alicia myles while case reviewed and he under children 18 month old jeremiah and 3 year old destiny died tuesday in a fire the family's apartment eight months pregnant investigators say deceased children may have started the fire trying to heat pizza on the stove while she was asleep. father of 17 year old young man in chicago group of teenagers charged in a beating on you tube that went viral it says his son remains in jail because he cannot post the 10% necessary. michael palomino comments on television all of which attorney in video posted on you to internet sensation raymond palomino the lone adult charged on the set at $100,000 other suspect charged. >> other kids and called on house are rest and my son has to sit in jail because i cannot come up with the $10,000 bond >> michael palomino veteran cook county sheriff's deputy turned his son into police after alerted to and saw the video on the internet. took place in an alley. treated from injuries and released from hospital. most notorious figure separated by an ocean but maybe not separated at all direct

sergeant jeremiah mock was with other guard members when a gunman entered the ihop restaurant and openedire. mock, who was still nursing an injured right arm choose to re- enlist for another six years. his wife enlisted in the nevada national guard after that shooting. >>> a police officer in the central coast town of sanya maria was shot and killed by a fellow officer who was trying to arrest him. they say he was wanted for a sexual assault against a 1-year- old girl. authorities say they were sent to the dui checkpoint to arrest of the officer and when they arrived they say he put up a physical fight and drew his weapon and fired. >> it is a very tragic and unfortunate incident and situation that unfolded very rapidly and the results were something had a we're going to have to deal with. >> the officer who fired the fatal shot was put on administrative leave. >>> thousands turned out for the further of singing legend etta james. family, friends and celebrities gathered at the city of refuge church in los angeles county. well-known music shans including stephie wonder and christina agui

and to extent, what the president did when he was linked with jeremiah wright where he described himself a degree, you make a good argument. he needs to address the mormonism. there are a number of evangelicals who are deeply suspicious of mormonism. the problem is if mitt comes out and do that publically, does he draw more attention to mormonism or deflect the problems about his faith? with john f. kennedy, he was seen as the other. one was roman catholic. mormons, one of the problems that southern baptists have with mormons is they are so much alike. they have the same dna. they are competitors to a degree. is he going to overcome that suspicion? >> you said newt gingrich will be the nominee and that tea partiers would never, as you said, back mitt romney. if it comes down to mitt romney and president obama, is the tea party going to go with romney or just abstain on election day? >> we have done some surveys about that. depending on which survey we have done, anywhere from one-third to one-half of the tea party members say if romney is the nominee, we're not backing him. we're not eve

reverend jeremiah wright, some of the funniest people in the world but sean hannity is one of the biggest> kimberly: love him. >> bob: he was down there with some of those you like, levin. it's amazing. conservatives, liberals, let me tell you. get them agent together. they're not bad people. >> kimberly: that is sweet of you. happy birthday to sean hannity. we love him here. eric? >> eric: over the weekend, new year's eve, my son didn't have a snowboard, thought to bring in the new year on the slope. he takes a fall. we have a picture just before, the before picture, getting ready to go hit the slope in upstate new york. go to the next picture. i get a text that something is very bad. give me one more, can we give the other one first? this is where he ends up an hour-and-a-half later. that happens to be the albany medical center. pediatric intensive care unit. the last picture with the nurses and doctors. they were absolutely the greatest people on earth. there is no amount of money you can pay doctors and nurse nurses. worth every penny. >> kimberly: thank them on facebook, too. >> eric

bill ayers, jeremiah wright, others that had socialistic ideas, big government ideas that barack obama goes down our throat. we know what shaped him. on the gop side and who and want shaped our candidates, cast your vote what that shaping was. >> sean: but if i can go back, if i had to press you -- i'm not going to press you too hard -- if you had to decide, if you were in florida, now we've gone through the other three states, this election matters because the future of the direction of the country. we have two dramatically different visions between conservative vision and that of obama's. you said last time you wanted the race and vetting to continue if you had to cast your vote, who would it be? >> i want that vetting to continue. it's the candidate that has to endorse. it's not going to do you a whole lot of good if you can't produce not only in the debates but according to your experience and according to what your core foundations are and according to the proof that you have that you're not flip-flopping around like a halibut ready to be clubbed. you have core convictions and the

. >> barack obama was never asked a question about fire brand preacher, the reverend jeremiah wright.ight. they were glossed over, passed over. nothing was asked about how somebody with little experience would pass for presidency. we want to make sure he's the worst one-term president. >> good look with newt gingrich. thank you so much. >> yes, sir, thank you. >>> american troops confront a deadly enemy within. bryan sullivan is here. >> looks like the s&p 500 will end. the dow just keeps powering on despite europe's concerns and greece's concerns. they're trying to work out a debt deal as we speak. google stock down more than 8% after it missed its earnings expectations. another big earnings next week but another big 15 minutes for "martin bashir". used to be we sy and expected it to grow. then the world changed... and the common sense of retirement planning became anything but common. fortunately, td ameritrade's investment consultants can help you build a plan that fits your life. take control by opening a new account or rolling over an old 401(k) today, and we'll throw in up to $6

now, jeremiah, we know they have our drone.that they have war games that will shut off the strait, do you believe that's something we should look at as a legitimate threat that they might actually do? >> absolutely. absolutely. all indications are that's part of the test with the surface to air missiles. that's to deny movement of aircraft in their airspace or in the airspace in the region. again, but that -- this is our move and they know the sanctions are going into place this coming year and they're trying to demise the full implementation of those sanctions through intimidation. >> what is the administration not doing that could help us out of this situation? >> what we need to be doing long term is taking a look at syria, ok? we need to be looking -- if syria falls, so goes iran and right now at this point in time, food prices have risen by 40% in iran. the masses are investing their moneys in gold and foreign currency. there's a great deal of fear among the population. and again as syria goes, so will iran. >> yeah. >> an

the analogy is, if jeremiah wright tape had surfaced in october as opposed to april, that would have been much harder for the president. we may have a president john mccain. i don't know what would happen if it surfaced in the general. there's a chance of it happening this early allows the romney campaign to figure out how they are going to deal with it and where he talks about, you know, what capitalism is or something like that where he really takes it head on and that may end up benefiting the campaign in the long run. >> he may have to steal a lot of what joe scarborough just said. brown university that is a nobel place that needs to benefit in -- >> pension funds. yep. >> he needs to make the good is greed speech. a company coming into an inefficient staple manufacturer, purely looking for profit, purely out of self-interest and getting rid of those jobs and outsourcing them in the name of the efficiency, that that creates the greatest good for the fundamental believe that we have in america. he has to defend that head on and i think when it is defended head on, it's scheduled t

. >> you're saying like jeremiah johnson they can live off the land. >> i've known some candidates that'sable to live off the land and pick up a little bit of money along the way. we need to raise some money right now for rick santorum i guess. but the truth of the matter is, you have super tuesday on march 6. you have big states like new york and california still down the road. if mitt romney can buy his opponents out of the race perhaps he can get to 1144. that's the number of delegates needed to win. but otherwise i think it's going to be a lot more mayhem before we get to a real winner. >> oh, yeah. it's so volatile. we've had at least seven front runners and we're only on the third -- >> is there a question how mitt romney can do in other southern states besides florida? >> we'll see how he does particularly in the panhandle. these guys know better than i do, but republicans even you get in that panhandle it is basically alabama. miami is the sixth borough of new york city. i'm more interested in how mitt romney runs there. >> as strong a theater as this all is, though, let's not dis

unrepentant terrorist, started his political career in his house, went to meetings with him, went to jeremiah wright's church. one question on bill aier, but i don't remember any yes, sir on past drug use. is there a huge double standard in the media. >> sure. >> as it relates to the way conservatives are treated? >> there's an enormous double standard because the elite media, in particular, led by the new york times , is just unendedly left wing. i've recently been talking about food stamps. i end up on a show the other morning where the questioner said isn't it racist to use the word food stamps in south carolina? and i stopped, and i said i started talking about barack obama as the best food stamp president in august of 2010. i have discussed it in iowa and new hampshire and used the phrase all over the country. but they have this automatic mind-set they want to define us in ways that will make us unacceptable and they just can't help themselves. what i discovered is that the american public now instinctively sides with the conservative against the liberal media. >> but the numbers speak f

his involvement with jeremiah right had to have him understand some things about the dynamics of blacknd white america. it is a very delicate type of -- in the wake of the second, the blanket of night you can go from benevolent to the black monster that will devour us. so he really -- all his life. >> and particularly now. >> and the irony about that is that right was the one real significant in my view father figure he ever had after he left the way. he was a person who, you know, married he and michelle, baptized both of their children, had intense and substantive discussions with him, and he was also torn away in a certain way. i agree, it is a very tough balance. thank you. [applause] are going to do one thing -- one last thing because i think this is important. it's something i ran across last week, which is a "that is only one sentence. and it summarizes some of these issues. out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing there is a field i'll meet you there. [applause] >> you're watching book tv on c-span2, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. c-span donated t