knut gingrich obviously a familiar figure on the american stage for decades.'s known overseas? and what would be the reaction to a knut gingrich nomination if he is the republican nomination? >> i think he's known, probably not massively known but known from his time as speaker, from the government shutdown back in the mid 90s and also for some of the positions he's taken. he was one of the loud voices during the whole so-called ground zero mosque, the whole issue of islam in this country which had ripple effects. now in the last several days and weeks there have been ideas moot about who might be a new secretary of state. one was john bolton. he is viewed with great alarm around the world because he has a confrontational approach, including in some of these tricky situations for instance between iran and the united states. so i think people would be looking at this with a certain amount of alarm wondering in precisely what direction foreign policy would go. >> your show on sunday, what are you tackling? >> this precise issue of newt and mitt romney. we're goi

. >> we are just a few weeks out from the all-important iowa caucuses as knut gingrich is surging in the polls. >> good evening. the sparks were flying tonight. you could feel that this race reached a critical point as candidates are running out of time to make their case. >> knut gingrich came into tonight's debate with a bull's eye on his back. mitt romney was given a chance to boil it down where do they disagree? he seemed perplexed at first but then romney rattled off a few policy differences and zeroed in as what he sees as the key issue for voters. >> the real difference i believe is our background. i spent my life in the private sector. i understand how the economy works. >> but going rich was prepared with a zinger. >> you lost to teddy kennedy in 1994. you would be a 17-year career politician. >> that was probably the best thing i could have done for preparing me for the job i'm seeking. it put me back in the private sector. >> that got the ball rolling. here is michele bachmann who would love to steel the vote here. >> if you look at newt romney they were for the 700 billio

and everyone that's talking about knut gingrich and jumping on this band wagon. how many times can a man spit in your face? he supported the tarp bailouts, accepted the money from freddie and -- freddie mac. host: we'll leave it there. next is ken joining us from virginia. good morning. caller: i have watched all the debates and they have made a difference. and last night i watched and it was clear that the loudest applause was for ron paul. now, the media has not liked ron paul. they have to admit that he is been among the three front runners but the head of abc doesn't like him so the commentators never mentioned him once although the debaters spent two or three of the others confessed that they had gotten valuable ideas from ron paul. he knows the most about foreign affairs, about the effect of the dollar, the euro, and the history of that. and has written books about it. so he hasn't flip flopped like the others and he has clearly shown himself to be out in front. i think a lot of them are, even though they don't like him they're admitting that he is going to

reports out of atlanta tonight say herman cain will endorse knut gingrich tomorrow. politico reports it will likely happen in new york. cain suspended his presidential campaign yesterday amid reports of an extra marital affair and sexual harassment claims. >> jack and leslie johnson federal authorities released this audio recording of the two revealing their conversation as f.b.i. agents knocked oven their door. >> what do you want me to do with this money? they are banging. >> put it in your panties and walk out of the house. >> no. but i mean all this cash? >> put it in your panties, lessly. >> the former prince georges county executive and former council woman were both arrested last year. jack johnson was accused of using his position for political favors. >> the authority will discuss the upcoming 25 cent main toll plaza increase and as well as planned improvements. it will be held at south lake high school. >> this tuesday is the lighting of the cap toll christmas tree. last year it was house speaker nancy pelosi. this year it will be john boehner performing th

reports out of atlanta tonight say former republican presidential candidate herman cain will endorse knut gingrich tomorrow. politico reports it will likely happen in new york. cain suspended his presidential campaign yesterday amid reports of an extra marital affair. >> tazz search continues for the missing utility worker his family is pleading for the public's help. the employee went missing in the water shed on friday while on the job and hasn't been heard from since. the latest in the search efforts. >> monday morning search teams will continue looking for chuck duck et of baltimore county, maryland. >> chuck including his wife gathered far not from the last place the 35-year-old father of three last came. they came to ask for the prayers of a community. >> we desperately need chuck back with us. >> he works for the washington suburban sanitary commission at as a maintenance worker. friday afternoon he disappeared while recovering a deer that had been killed in a managed hunt. the deer carkcuss was found in his boat floating some 300 lines from the shoreline. a throatation line was found but h

knut gingrich here in hilton head just recently and i got no response. thank you so much for having me on. thanks for what you guys do. host: oklahoma, anita on our line for republicans. go ahead, please. turn down your television. and you won't get the feedback. caller: ok. host: what do you think about the army's plan to cut 8700 civilian jobs next year? caller: i don't have anything against the military because i'm proud of the military. my sons are both veterans. but the only thing is i'm a civilian, i'm not military. if they cut the civilian jobs what are the civilians supposed to do about their jobs? because they're going to be unemployed and unemployment is going to stop the 31s if congress doesn't act. that's not right because that's leaving civilians drawing unemployment that may not be there. sure, give the veterans a job. they deserve that more than anybody. but what about the civilians? host: what is it that your sons do? your sons are working in the military. what do they do? caller: they're both out of the military now. one works at tinker

and there's a lot of people that the prime beneficiary would be knut gingrich. >> and tell the truth. >> and we take you to atlanta georgia. presidential candidate is expected here at his new campaign headquarters. you can see some of the crowd gathered and one of the state senators rallying his support and others for herman cain's campaign where he's expected to address the future of his candidacy and make an announcement shortly. earlier this week in an interview with the publisher and the staff of new hampshire's newspaper he said he was heading home to speak with his wife about the allegations and he told the paper that that if his wife tells him to quit the race he will. we'll be bringing live coverage where he is expected to speak between 12:30 and 1:30 but first we'll head north and look at his conversation earlier this week with the staff of the union leader and we'll show you as much as we can prior. c-span has been kind enough to tape most of these with the capped dates. they don't ask the question, we do. so that way it gets to a wider audience. and i mentioned to mr. gordo

but volunteers are busy at gingrich's headquarters. >> leaning towards knut?rter: working the phones. >> we're finding there are some people undecided so we're trying to push those people into his column. >> can't buy iowa. >> reporter: rick santorum even has his daughter helping. >> that's what iowa is about demanding that level of participation from the candidates and their families. >> reporter: santorum trails and may quit if he finishes last. danielle nottingham, cbs news, des moines, iowa. >>> would you want to eat your lun snatch bathroom sitting on a toilet in your mom's -- would you want to eat your lunch in a bathroom sittingn a toilet in your mom's lap? >>> it's not a petting zoo. how someone climbed into this elephant enclosure in l.a. and what she said right before she went in. >> in today to protest the breastfeeding policy at target stores. >>> mothers launched a nationwide nurse-in today to protect the breast-feed -- to protest the breast-feeding policy at target stores. it all began last month when target employees in texas asked a woman to go

. >> well, it reminds me exactly -- the gingrich campaign is so similar to the mccain campaign because like -- like knut'sn campaign melted down in june and was breck and our strategy was to make it until december. there's physics to these primaries and you've got to be there when voters are looking. the question is gingrich timing his surge right or is it too early? they are throwing a ton at him and given his performance at the debate the other night, the first and best opportunity to slow him down and they didn't, so i think -- i think it's unlikely now that gingrich is going to be substantially slowed down. i think he's going to be a big factor in iowa and then on through the rest of the primaries. >> so bob, willard needs a little represent. well, let me see if i can help him. let me show you a tape of willard in 2002 when he was running to be governor and this tape surfaced today. mitt says he's not a partisan republican and that he's moderate. look at this. >> i think people recognize that i'm not a partisan republican, that i'm someone who is moderate and that my views are progressive and that i'm