john stossel is not is sure. >> do you know who this is?s like will ferrell. >> do you vote? maybe you shouldn't if you don't know would these people are. >> you are correct. >> 7@ >>neil: we are learning from our washington folks who are never wrong that newt gingrich in new hampshire actually finished in 5th falling a few hundred votes behind rick santorum so, a devastating bit of news for newt gingrich would at left thought he could cling to fourth place and it turns out in new hampshire he had fallen to 5th. so he is polling better in south carolina, but that has to be a considerable blow for the former speaker. 5th place. new hampshire. >> are your instincts wrong? , flying is dangerous. charity helps the poor. price gouging is evil. and every adult should vote. tonight we challenge your instincts. who helps the poor more, charity or business? >> charity. charity. charity. >> with is that true? self interest has fed more people than charity. >> then, what scares you? are you scared of flying? your instinct misleads you this is much mor

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here now fox business anchor john stossel. tieing this in to ron paul who is, you know, libertarian and wants drugs legalized as well. , this i think, is the argument against it. this is really the crux of the matter. when you have this kind of a powerful drug, which is addictive in the extreme, on othe legal marketplace, okay? obviously kids can't buy it but kids are getting it because drug addicts can buy it and they use some, sell some. and you say? >> i say what do you want to do? lock everybody up? making the stuff more illegal, increasing the penalties doesn't make it better. you said 67 million people have tried it. the government says last month fewer than 600,000 used it. fewer than 10%. most are not addicted. kids try stuff. but your campaign to call this an epidemic. there was the crack epidemic, the methamphetamine epidemic. >> bill: all those are true. the destruction to the society is -- look,. >> there is more destruction when it's illegal because then more people get killed because you have gangs. >> bill: arti

>>neil: john stossel, tomorrow night every thursday at 10:00 p.m. eastern.bles no -- takes no prisoner with such a nice and warm approach you have no idea you are ripped apart. >>neil: you still think newt is it and mitt is not? re. but fortunately, somebody else was. at usaa we provide retirement planning for our military, veterans and their families. now more than ever, it's important to get financial advice from people who share your military values. for our free usaa retirement guide, call 877-242-usaa. >>neil: mr. law and order says it is newt and only newt, actor and former senator thompson throwing his support behind the man who is throwing this race for a loop, and he is convinced anything will go all the way. >>guest: good to be back with you. i appreciate the gentle treatment that you just gave my candidacy. >>neil: let's thank about newt gingrich and why, now, why did you step in? obviously others were seeing your backing and you held off, and now, newt, and i am wandering why, now? >>guest: well, same reason i got in politics to start with, neil,

[applaus [applause] >> john stossel. . >> whoo, whoo! >> the author, an economist hayek warned the world europe was on the road to serfdom. now america is halfway there, and bound by chains of petty laws and regulations. who then are the champions of freedom to free us from that, politicians? when we asked people for champions of freedom. many gave examples like these? >> obama. >> and-- >> i would say clinton. >> well, to be fair, president clinton did sign welfare reform and jfk cut income tacks and president obama says he's going to do away with overregulation, i'll believe that when we see it. in any case, i don't see most politicians as champions of liberties. if anything they take away liberty. pass rules that make it harder for us to live a free life. and these republicans give us rules, too, when i think of freedom i think of entrepreneurs, businessmen and scientists and artists that invent things that free us from material wants, and free our minds. and with that thought, we start the night with two entrepreneurs who fight for f

we'll deal with this tomorrow with john stossel. the judges a few years ago, the factors went 0 and campaign to have all the the states mandate jessica's law against child molesters. some of these judges were given probation with a couple years prison time. unconscionable. still today, new jersey, illinois, colorado, idaho, hawaii and vermont will not pass jessica's law, simply stunning. and finally, we live in a permissive society. act on garbage on the internet, and even if you're a strict parent they can get it in the schoolyard on hand held devices look what's on tv. jersey shore, kardashian, unwed moms, on and on. i'm not moralizing here, if you're an adult, watch what you want. but kids should be protected by our society and they're not being protected. i feel badly for children in the family, i'm sure the scandal hastened his demise, by all accounts he was a good man, but weak when it mattered in the face of that. and all of us are compelled by decency to protect the kids and if we don't, god help us. when we come right back,

john stossel is on that case.ever know what's going to happen when we wake up in the morning. now we're talking about iowa again. >> yes, we are. breaking news on this. in a matter of moments, that state will certify its vote from weeks ago. did santorum leap frog romney? does it even matter before south carolina? steven hayes is here live. he says it does. we'll talk to him about that. there is also plenty of reaction to the keystone pipeline decision. both sides claiming victory. how is that possible? more on the breaking news on the jobs front. we've got it all for you. martha and i will see new ten minutes on "america's newsroom". are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. helping strengthen our bones. caltrate delivers 1200 milligrams of calcium and 800 iu of vitamin d plus minerals. women need caltrate. caltrate helps women keep moving bec

here to run it down for us fox business anchor john stossel.ave you been talking to the energy department today, right? i bet they were thrilled to hear from you, huh? >> well, they just got back to me. so i haven't had a chance to check out what they say. but they say the cbs story is wrong. i mean, the cbs story is very juicy. i think there is a lot of truth in it. >> bill: let's just run it down. nevada, geothermal. all the same kind of stuff. gets $100 million in energy department loan guarantees. >> why not? harry reid says saudi arabia. my state is the saudi arabia of geothermal energy. >> bill: now it's in trouble. sun power 1.2 billion. >> bigger than solyndra. >> bill: sold to a french company. the french people got our money. >> but the energy department says and that's evidence we are going to get our money back. >> bill: how? >> this big company has resources. >> bill: it's in france. >> there are contracts. we can get money from france? >> bill: we gave france 1.2 billion because this company went bankrupt and the french guy swoope

gretchen: log on to www.foxandfriends.com for our after the show show and i'll read an e-mail to john stossel give it to us. good morning, everybody. a fox news alert if you're just waking up. we thought we knew what happened in iowa, did we not, on the 3rd of january? the state party is about to certify the vote. that will happen in a matter of moments. it is being called a virtual tie between rick santorum and mitt romney in the caucus a few weeks back. south carolina is in two days. i'm bill hemmer. martha: good morning, everybody, i'm martha maccallum. as you remember on january the 3rd the iowa gop chairman came out. he announced a win by mitt romney by the slimmest of margins, eight votes. who can forget that night, right? the final tally. we were told it would come in two weeks. the final tally, guess, what shows, rick santorum ahead by 34 votes, but, this is a major but, okay? eight preseats, out of 100 precincts, eight of them are mysteriously missing. person supposed to carry the bundle of handwritten votes, the eight precincts are gone. they will be never be found or certified. we