so something is helping. >> but it defending working but john tyler's grandson, which is steven lie tyler from aerosmith, when will martin van buren's children weigh in? >> i used to date president polk's granddaughter. she was going for gary johnson. [ laughter ] >> talking about my wife. [ laughter ] >> kind of slipping it. >> i think that is real deal breaker. i have spent all morning trying to do the math on this. tyler was born 1871. >> we have confirmed -- i don't know one pretends. >> gregg: i nodded in agreement. but what a great lie. what does it get you? that gets you a free meal at denny's? what does it get you when you make that lie up? >> but john tyler was born when washington was in office. his grandkids were walking around when george washington with was still alive. they were born in the '20s. the wives and husbands. >> are they tired of politics. you have one president. shut up tyler. >> i love this guy. i want to talk about ron paul. i think ron paul won the debate last night and i want to play some mols. >> i want to challenge them to a 25 mile back ride. >> there are

. >>> john tyler was born in 1790, follow me here and doesn't sound possible. two of his grandsons are still alive. and this is the map. president tyler had a son when he was 63 and that son had two children when he was in the 70s. now harrison and lion tyler are both in their 80s. harrison lives outside of richmond in the same home where his grandfather lived more than 200 years ago. >>> and still ahead, the secret service investigates a disturbing photo. bullet holes in the president's face, graphic and might be legal. we'll explain in two minutes.  ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine a pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a pnc performance select checking account and get up to 1.75% cash back for just about every purchase. learn more and apply today at pnc.com/cashbuilder. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. . >> you have been warned, the u.s. park police distributed flyers to occupy d.c. protestors telling them they can't camp out in two parks anymore. audrey barnes has details. >> reporter: the national park service -- and the one here at mcpherson square wit

james madison gives this off to john tyler, the father of the future president, to pass. james madison is a member of congress, former member of congress, was suspected of having gone federal. and john tyler who'd never served in congress had more credibility to call for this new national convention. so that's what happened. unfortunately, when the delegates met in annapolis, maryland, the states didn't send the best people that they had. some states didn't send anybody. nobody sent their full delegation. and so they meet for a few days in mann's tavern and decide, you know, the best we can do is to write up a long letter of all the problems we see with the confederation, distribute it to the states and agree to meet in philadelphia may next. well, that gathering, we all know, is the constitutional convention. james madison goes there as a delegate, james monroe does not. madison earns his soak ri cay as the father of the constitution. once again, he uses someone else to bro deuce his policies which is something he always did throughout his career if he thought it was mor

>> guest: all the virginian, john tyler did. >> host: so the two adams no -- >> guest: the two adamsif van buren might have as a young man and maybe gave them up later on. i'm not sure about that. >> host: okay. all right. and this tweet as well from jim heinz. in its totality madison's presidency was pretty much a failure. the war of 1812 not necessary at all. >> guest: well, look, the resolution of the war of 1812 is status quo that's what the diplomats decide so nothing changes. the borders of the united states and canada remain the same. some of the issues that madison raised such as the sailors and british trade restrictions -- they were left off the table so you could certainly say it had no result. i think the result was an issue of national self-respect. the united states went from a nation that nobody had to pay any attention to a nation even great britain had to give some consideration to. so psychologically it was a second war of independence. >> host: and richard brookhiser writes, james madison father of politics was as creative and as significant as james madison, fathe

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>> guest: madison -- all the virginians, john tyler did -- >> host: the two adams no?st: the two adams no. van buren may have as a young man and may have given them up later. i'm not sure about that. >> host: all right. this tweet from jim hines, in its totality, madison's presidency pretty much a failure. war of 1812 not necessary at all. >> guest: well, look, the resolution of the war of 1812 is status quo an sigh. that's what they decided. nothing changes. the borders of the united states and canada remain the same, some of the issues that madison raised like impressment of sailors and british trade restrictions were left off the table so you could certainly say it had no resolve. i think the result was an issue of national self-respect. united states was a nation nobody had to pay attention to that a nation that even great britain had to give consideration to. psychologically, it was a second war of independence. >> host: richard brookhiser writes in american history madison, james madison, father of politics, father of the constitution, politics is a spirit that a

they said they were interviewed by john burke who was uninterested in hearing anything positive and paid them in visa gift cards. rick tyler disavowed any knowledge of john burke. here's what rick tiler told us. i don't know what their beef is. it was presented in context. they were talking about what bain did as far as cheapening quality of product and moving it along the production line too quickly. that's what mitt romney did, bain drives companies into debt until they have to merge with another company and shut down. with the south carolina primary fast approaching, we have two with us. bill burton is here and rich gaylin, who served as a communications director of newt gingrich when he was house speaker. bill, if criticizing romney on bain is something now seems like republicans are backing off of, it's backfired, at least on gingrich through the super pac, do you think this is something democrats now are not going to want to go to? >> facts matter. what you saw not only has newt gingrich's campaign been a disaster but the super pac is not doing a very good job. there's a very damaging straightforward truth-based argu

know, i make a lot of jokes about steven tyler looking like an old woman but he's now wearing bedazzled scarfs. he looks like something you pull out of elton john'sr drain. honestly, something your grandmother would wear. [ cheers and applause ] after the game, fox ran an episode of "american idol." and this was the highlight. it's time once again for steven tyler's creepy leer of the night. ♪ you know how i feel >> mm. [ applause ] >> jimmy: they are going to have to put some sort of safety glass between him and the contestants. i watched some of the "american idol" last night. these audition epepisodes, they become so predictable. whenever you see they have a crazy look in their eye, you know their singing is going to be bad. whenever someone comes in with a heart warming story, you know they're going to be good. as soon as you hear ryan seacrest say, as she waits for her audition, cassie richards is trying to overcome a case of nerves but overcoming obstacles is nothing new for cassie. can i get some sad music? ♪ when she was 3 years old, cassie's dad died in a water balloon accident. she was 5, her mother was abducted by clowns. at 8 years ol

john huntsman has 1% in that poll. joining me now are time columnist joe klein and rick tyler, a senior adviser for the pro gingrich pactall, we go from newt gingrich saying this negative campaigning is awful to enter the super bspac. why am i wowing about this in campaigns in this country where hundreds of millions of dollars change hands? in south carolina, in 2008, the winning obama campaign spent $1.5 million. the second place clinton campaign spent $1.5 million. you're goinggh we are rising to the occasion. newt is down. he is hurting iowa. and we intend to bring him back up to even and win south carolina. >> joe? first of all, i want to congratulate the both of you for looking the most new hampshire. >> i planned it. i went to the gas station. >> it's out of the good well will. >> i wouldn't call this rising to the occasion. but people have talked in the past about there's a way in which advertising can overwlhel the voter and you can overdue it. >> the tw two interesting numbers in that poll are the 6% who have no opinion. that's not going to last very long. number one. and the guy at the bottom, huntsman, if he

tyler. just a few hours until the san francisco 49ers meet and we hope beat the new york giants in the playoff game. action takes place at candlestick park and the fans are ready. john alston joins us live from outside the parking lot and the excitement begins to build. >> reporter: the party has started and so has the rain. it just started sprinkling a short time ago and expected to get a lot worse. people in rvs setting up barbecue pits getting ready. we found one gentleman that came from humboldt county as he did for every home game. >> we're regulars here. we come down every home game. we park here at least one day ahead of time. it's allowed. so we have a good time and get together and chew the fat. >> reporter: they have couple more hours to chew the fat. the parking lot opens at 11:30. gates open at 12:30 and kickoff is at 3:30 this afternoon. some problems with new orleans fans saying they were abused, san francisco police will keeping an eye situation. police have undercover officers wearing giants outfits and there is texting information for fans if they have trouble in the stands. it's peaceful and party atmosphere. barbecue going on. kickoff at 3:30. par

john fowler, ktvu. >>> the 11th season of american idol kicks off tonight with auditions from a new round of talented young singers. ♪ he's gone by >> judges randy jackson, jennifer lopez and steven tylerill be weaving through what they believe is an impressive field of candidates. tonight american idol hopefuls will be singing their hearts out in savannah, georgia. >> i think you will find what's special about a lot of these kids this year is we had such a variety last year that we've never had. we have even more of a variety this year. >> the two-hour season premier begins at 8:00 tonight right here on ktvu channel 2. the competition also continues tomorrow night and again on sunday. >>> there are new concerns about flooding. after a winter storm that dumped up to a foot of snow in the pacific northwest. the storm caused school closures, traffic backup and almost 500 collisions in the western part of the state. there are also dozens of flight cancellations out of seattle. the forecast is calling for warmer temperatures in some areas tomorrow, which could cause a fast snow melt and flooding. >>> a lot of things happening here with the bay area weather. now to chief meteorologist bill

days but if rick tyler is right, $10 million of ad spending for newt gingrich would be plenty for him to get his message out and compete and ride the momentum wave. >> "new york times" john david axelrod tweeted tonight and i got this from my friend ed shultz who has been on twitter like white on rice. and he tweeted at the bulls game with my daughter and thinking of how turnovers can kill you. obviously trying to start another fight with romney folks. you have to think the obama campaign is excited about this, don't you? >> i will tell you who's not excited about what john said and that is rick santorum. if he is going to hang around he has a heck of a lot of money he has to raise fast anded aleson apparently is going to throw more money behind newt gingrich. we have a two-man race. >> in terms of florida -- you have to remember in the citizens united world. happy birthday, you are 20 today two today. when we were speaking with tyler tonight he is a gingrich guy but not technically speaking on behalf of gingrich because she running the superpac because it has nothing to do with the campaign. the gingrich spokesman told reporters tonight the florida operation has been un