. >> before we go to tony, let me ask john. the book that you wrote was such a commentary on how we train or fail to train lawyers. you know, in the typical method that we teach in law school. that book and that story "the paper chase," what were you saying about the way in which -- i mean, when i went to law school, the emphasis was to become a corporate lawyer. there was very little emphasis placed on being a people's lawyer. or somebody like a tony sarah. what are your thoughts on that? you've practiced. you're a law professor. recently retired. you've taught at a number of different schools. any thoughts on that? >> well, yes, i have lots of thoughts on it. i went to harvard law school. and believe me, when i was there, there was no legal aid at all. everybody was become a corporate lawyer. there was no question about it. you didn't even think about it. it would never even dawn on anybody. i don't think that anybody knew that there were defense attorneys. you know? anyway, at its heart that little clip said something, i thi

i said let me ask john because he happens to be 1 of the 7. and it became hilarious. he was supposed to be there between 7:00 and 8:30 but we got out of there close to midnight. >> what did he tell them he felt about that? >> no. he said that this is a chance that you take but you try to avoid taking it. in other words, i mean, you know and you try to get away all the things that could leave you in that predicament. by the way, the boys that when they found out john was 1 of the 7 -- oh, well where's a hole i can climb into. but this is, again, john was very, very much people oriented. i mean he was great, as a matter of fact. he had the patience i wouldn't have had. we went to dinner with his family and it was at the holiday inn. a fellow came up, during the dinner shoved the picture under his nose, hey, sign this. i was going to tell the fellow what he could do with the picture. but john says, okay, and he signed it. i said, john, i think i could have told him what he can do with the picture. he said guenter, that goes with the job. sew was always that way. and it w

but let me ask you, john, what is the best-case scenario, worst-case scenario going on from here. let's say that tensions cool off that there is some kind of diplomatic solution with what is going on in iran. what is the best case, worst case of what happens. >> in the best case, a diplomatic solution could come as a bolt out of the blue. in these situations it's incredible what luck can happen, the climb down that can occurring, very easy to sim they are down. will you see oil prices drop at least $10 to $15 a barrel, get back down towards the lower 90s f not 90 a barrel. the worst-case scenario, though, to use the parlance of the region this is the mother of all supply destruction fears. are you talking about 30% of the world's oil transitting just off iran's coast. it's saudi arabian oil, kuwait oil, southern eye back oil, a major source of western oil, friendly western country oil, that is irreplacable. and the shock to the system would be extraordinary. and those price was soar upwards of $150 a barrel until they could sort out how quickly it could be resolved if supplies cou

let me ask you that, john. are you a conservative. my feeling is the democrats were brilliant in finding a politician no one had heard of before. i didn't hear of barack obama before 2004, 2005. he had all of his pecadillows in his book so you couldn't go after that. you could basically fill up that container with the right stuff because he was so new. why didn't -- why didn't the republicans do that? >> i think all of our good candidates are in triple-a. chris christie needs to lose some pounds and then ron paul. >> i love chris christie so i can say that. basically what you are saying are the republicans are looking to 2016, that's basically what you are saying. they will not bother. >> instead of picking somebody up early we are going to japan and buying a player there. we are hoping something works. >> if i knew sports i would do a sports metaphor. >> in 2008 no republican was going to win after those eight years. democrats had the swing. in 20s 10 the republicans -- in 2010's the republicans -- they hit president obama over the h

john sununu and bob walker. thank you both. dp governor, let me start with you and ask you about the issue of turn out. newt gingrich's historical point he make that is in the one place he won turn out is up. turn out has been down. are you concerned about conservative enthusiasm and how they turned out overall and down 3% from four years ago. >> to look at a win in nevada where mitt romney got more votes than the other candidates put together as having a negative and they were certainly a pin effort by the opposition that did so badly. this process is a strong process. the timing is different than they were in the past. for example, when iowa and new

jess, let me ask you this, arizona, john mccain won that last time, the nominee.rats, the obama team, thk

so let's get an update with cnbc's john harwood who joins us live again from detroit. good evening, again, john. john, let me ask a question. what is the role of democrats in this republican primary and my democrats make the difference? >> it's possible. what i've been hearing from people who watch this state's primaries in the past is that democrats and pure independents will make up 15% of the vote. the independents tend to be a ron paul constituency. those pure independents, but the democrats could make a difference and rick santorum's been seeking their votes and there could be mischief-making democrats who purposely go into the republican primary because it is an open primary and they don't have open party registration to vote with rick santorum. remember, mitt romney said he did that when me lived in massachusetts. he tried to vote for the weaker candidate like paul over bill clinton in 1992. >> michael moore, the famous left wing michael moore was quoted today as saying that his pals are voting for santorum in order to hurt romney because they think santorum is the weaker candidate. >> that's the mischief

information i have in front of me has a lot of questions to answer and i don't know why they're not being asked these questions let me ask you this question what would happen to john. and to m.f. global if if this wasn't john chorus line if this was just some normal guy who wasn't from goldman sachs it wasn't politically connected was just a normal fund manager and this was has done that when. you took customer money what would happen to him what would happen to the fund. ok first off the regulators would come through the door they would us the door down ok they would throw the guy up against the wall get a spotlight in his face and say give me the organizational chart and go down the list boom boom boom boom boom someone would be in jail right now if this were not john corazon period and you know you have been some of your information according you has been summoned by congress you've been investigating this so what is the biggest evidence that you have that implicates john corazon and wrongdoing or shana's on behalf of the regulators that you say is unfair ok first off let me start by saying that my an article i wrote was mentioned in congressional testimony and

jess, let me ask you this, arizona, john mccain won that last time, the nominee.rats, the obama team, think they can play there this time? >> they are insistent they can because of the surge in registered latinos there. they're convinced they

. >> now, john, let me ask you, you are a republican strategist and you see what's going on here.finished if he loses michigan or is he wounded if it is even close? >> you know, i think for mitt romney, all about getting more delegate, over the top. i think that even if he loses michigan, he will pretty much tie rick santorum in the delegate count. i think he has got more money and more resources. my guess is if he does lose in michigan, you are going to have a big -- republican establishment will give him a lot more money because they are worried about rick santorum and i do think at the end of the day, mitt romney is going to eek this thing out it is not going to be easy, as he has said himself, he has made some mistakes and he understands that he has made mistakes. he has got to do some course correction here and he has got to run a better campaign, but i do think tend of the day, mitt romney is going to win this nomination. >> now, let go back to you a minute, richard. he addressed today that he's got to do some things, but he said but so far, he would go. let me show you some

let's talk more about the oscars with entertainment journalist john murray, and, john, let me ask you are people disappointed that billy crystal is hosting again, or is there some enthusiasm there? >> well i think, deb, people are disappointed that eddie murphy isn't hosting. they were excited about the fresh perspective he was going to bring to the show. billy crystal has done it before. he is going to execute in great form. at the end of the day, it's hollywood's most magical night. people will be dressed in their sunday's best, or whatever their stylist picks out, and it's about hearing those famous five words "and the oscar goes to." >> what are your predictions for tonight? are we going to see any big upsets in this? >> i don't know about big upsets. i think best picture is definitely going to go to the artist. it has wonderful momentum going into the weekend. people are really excited about this film. i say put your money on "the artist". for best actor, i say jean dujardin, but i think he is also going to win for "the artist." he won the sag award, which is always a great indic

john, good evening to you. let me ask, if things keep going the way they are for newt gingrich how long does he stay in this race. >> he has a lot of challenges. there is a money and a message challenge. he needs enough money to compete on supertuesday in early march when there are some southern states where he thinks he has a better chance. he also has to find a way to get news coverage. there is not a debate for almost three weeks. during that dark period he has to withstand pressure from those that say he should just drop his campaign for the good of the party. his former colleague dick armey who is an influential tea party voice said gingrich has turned a second rate campaign into a first rate vendetta. >> jeff: that said, john, even with gingrich's struggles how does the romney campaign calibrate how much attention they leave on newt gingrich versus focusing on the president? >> in mitt romney's remarks after his victory in nevada he focused almost entirely on president obama but he learned in the primary that he can

. >> john carney, let me ask you about amazon. know, the stock's been hit hard in the last week. has amazon peaked? did they have to change the business model? they're warning of a possible first quarter operating loss. what do you think? >> i think there's a lot of competition. when you look at amazon, you want to know not just how is this company going to do this year and next year, but how is it going to do in the long-term? and as companies like facebook and google start to get to know us better, they're going to get better at selling us things. i don't know if anybody's ever going to sell more books than amazon, but remember amazon sells a lot of other things. i think that becomes a big challenge once you have google marketing to us, once you have facebook marketing to us, can amazon still be selling us giant tv screens and shoes? i don't know. >> especially if they do what kayla says they're going to do, which is buy e-bay. there you go. thanks, guys. appreciate it very much. >> amazon becomes best buy's poodle. >> coming up

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. >> let me come back to the cnn debate on tuesday night in mesa, arizona. moderator john king asked the question. got the answer. let's remind viewers of that exchange. we don't have it. okay. well, as you will recall, this was more than an hour into the debate, and john king said, you know, contraception has been in the news, and he asked the question, and santorum made the distinction between his personal views being opposed to birth control and saying he wouldn't do anything as president or as a lawmaker to impose on everyone else. and then later he took a shot at king. was it not fair for john king about something that had been in the news? >> it was fair, and i agree to some extent that rick santorum really does enjoy talking about these issues. they are his wheelhouse issues, but again, to remind viewers and voters out there, you know, the hhs mandate is what started this conversation. rick santorum did not start this conversation, and then you have the media latch on to the story and lawmakers latch on to the story from both sides, and all of the candidates at some point had

john. excuse me for a minute. let me ask you about gingrich here. he lost here. totally negative campaign against him. just relentless carpet bombing at this guy. no positives for mitt romney. just all negative on this guy. 92% of the ads here. can they do it in nevada? can they do it again against your candidate? >> they're already doing it. he's being bombarded already, which is bad news for newt gingrich, but good news for the economy, which is so bad that we have all the new tv commercials. >> you probably say as a former tv star that you like the advertising. what if it's all negative against newt and so he's remove ed from the face of the earth. pulverize until he quits the race. >> i agree. that's what it looks like is going to happen. and it's unfortunate. all of us who are trying to vote here in the caucus on saturday want to hear from the candidates, where are they going? what is the future of the country? what do they have in mind? rick santorum arrived with a lot of publicity. >> let me go for an objective look at this thing. it seems your state is go

john. the family doesn't want to say what time they are trying to keep it private. >> all right, let me askion. houston's god mother was planning on singing at her funeral. but we heard she canceled because of health issues? >> yes, she was having issues. she said she was ill. she was really devastated to not be here. but apparently she was having some circulation issues. she said online in a posting. so she wasn't here. i thought there was a moment where i think she was about to be introduced and she stopped short. so maybe there was a miscommunication there. it seemed a little awkward for a moment. >> manuel in new jersey, thank you very much. ♪ [ music ] whitney houston leaves a rich musical legacy behind with an impressive list of accomplishments. she won six grammy's. the only solo female artists to win 22 american music awards. the body guard sound track was the first album to sell more than a million copies in a single week. the single, i will always love you, was number one for 20 consecutive weeks. the record only beaten a few weeks ago by adele. houston's rendition of the star spa

let me ask you this, jason. suppose the cnn moderator, i think it's going to be john king, suppose he goes after the satan quoteculture war quotes. might santorum who absolutely believes in what he believes, might turn this around and steal the debate on those subjects? >> i think he should. he can take a line from newt gingrich and turn it back on the moderates, the media. santorum, an interesting scenario heads i win, tails you lose. he is asked about his theological beliefs. the satan quote taken from four years ago, a 2008 speech, not even running for president. and he's not going to back away, because these are his core beliefs and that's fine. the fact that he's talking about a spiritual -- a spiritual realm, good versus evil, this is christian doctrine, going back 2,000 years. nothing really controversial and barack obama talks about redistribution of wealth in terms of that's what jesus would do. nancy pelosi, talking about obama care, that's what jesus would do. if the left can use jesus to promote their policies, why can't rick santorum or other gop candidate talk about their christian beliefs and wor

john sununu and bob walker. thank you both. dp governor, let me start with you and ask you about the issue of turn out.t gingrich's historical point he make that is in the one place he won turn out is up. turn out has been down. are you concerned about conservative enthusiasm and how they turned out overall and down 3% from four years ago. >> to look at a win in nevada where mitt romney got more votes than the other candidates put together as having a negative and they were certainly a pin effort by the opposition that did so badly. this process is a strong process. the timing is different than they were in the past. for example, when iowa and new hampshire started so early because the move came in, everybody is starting earlier than they expected. i think you will see turn out increase as we move in. >> the calendar looks similar for those. iowa is the same as four years ago. only two days difference. florida the same day. >> last time you were chasing an open seat. >> look. why spin numbers when the real issue was issues. what we were looking at is a campaign by republicans that recognize that we wan

john chambers has been signaling that over the quarter. >> let me try to ask this another way.nosaur tech is cisco and it's dying, then what could cisco buy? who could cisco buy, to revive their product cycle? >> yeah, well, you're not going to see anything big, right? if there's anything that's come out of this restructuring is no more grand efforts to penetrate into the consumer marketplace. focus in on your knitting which is the underpinning of the internet. we call cisco a dinosaur, but let's be real. the internet of things, all the connectivity of devices, that's still exploding and cisco's smack in the middle of it. >> what's the biggest metric to look at today? margins? >> yeah. gross margins. >> final comment from you because i know yahoo! is in your universe. this board shakeup, i'm sure it was expected in your world. what do you think, does it make a difference? >> so anyone who think ths board shakeup means there's a greater likelihood of a deal, you might want to think other siwise. if they do stamp a deal, it won't be one investors like. the other part is the asian

, that he was visited by an angel rezimbling olivia newton-john and a demon resembling barry white, who instructed him to kill. okay, let me askion here. i'm a little confused. does this, is this -- is this -- do you get a sense, how do you know if someone's insane? this is almost so insane as to be fake insane. >> exactly and that's my thoughts. i don't know how midwn feels about this, but in georgia now, their standard is could this person differentiate between right and wrong. so the mental illness portion is separate. whether the person is mentally ill and in this case, they're saying he's bipolar. and has delusional disorders. you can be bipolar and have delusions, but you still might know what you're doing and what is right and wrong. >> one of the problems, too, that i think the defense has with that argument, that this guy was guilty by reason of insanity, is that this was a man who was operating at a high level. he was a high level operations manager at general electric. he managed about 5,000 engineers and managed the budget of $800 million. it's very difficult to have someone come from that background, no history of

john, good to see you. >> thanks. >> jamie: let me ask you how tight the race is in michigan. >> rick santorum was ahead for several weeks, after his sweep of several midwestern states, earlier this month. mitt romney has fought back with a lot of tv ads, ron palm was also -- has run a lot of ads against santorum, so, right now, i think romney has a very slight edge in michigan. >> and do you think, too much is being made of the fact, though that 1972 statistic is interesting. and, is too much made of the fact that if mitt romney loses the state where his father was governor, it will not be good for him, going forward? >> i think, it is a psychological blow but i don't think it is a politically devastating blow. because, mitt romney has enormous amounts of money and staying power. he can go the distance. rick santorum still has trouble raising money, to compete. so does newt gingrich. i believe mitt romney would still be the favored for the nomination, but, it would show that he has not closed the sale with republican conservatives, if he can't win michigan. and somebody once compared him to an elvis impers

john. you were tough this morning. i liked it looking at the tapes of it. let me ask you this. i have things he said today that bug me after discerning through the trash of some of the stuff he said. it really bothers me. but i want to know what bothers you the most about what he said this morning, what the son of billy said today. >> chris, how do i count the ways? the thing that i called him out on today was for a double standard and being hypocritical. we had the bite where he said "i can't answer this question for anyone." but he did answer. he said absolutely if rick santorum was a christian. he said, he told me so. about newt gingrich, he said yes. he goes to church. he has lived a life i can discern that from. and when it came to president obama, that was the only person who he couldn't affirm on the basis of the president's statements. >> why do you think he said that? what's his motive here? >> i think he has some doubt about the question. number one, he's clearly unconvinced for a variety of reasons. today he said that he thought president obama took up christianity f