-- lithgow! (cheers and applause) usa! usa! usa! usa! (cheers and applause) >> stephen: i know who i am voting for in 2012. wow, i am sure that won back all of newt's supporters that haven't just watched the dexter marathon. you're welcome, newt. go get em, buddy. folk, swimsuit season is right around the corner and there's one place i always turn for my fitness tips, the house of representatives. (laughter) just check out this month's issue of the very not gay men's health magazine. that's illinois republican aaron schoch showing off his six-pack abs. and if you look closely you can also see his pathway to prosperity. (laughter) (cheers and applause) >> stephen: now congressman schoch is partnering with men's health to promote a fitness initiative called the fit for life summer challenge encouraging all americans to get fit for life until september. then we turn back into-- then we turn back into alfredo-based life forms. i applaud congressman schoch for using the power of his office to raise awareness of just how ripped he is. of cours

. >> reporter: lithgow discovered a typo graph capital error. this is the law.he law says b and that's what controls. >> he believes that anybody with a speeding ticket could also win his case but not sure what could happen in the other circuit courts in maryland. but for now lithgow says he's been basking in the admiration of his colleagues. suzanne collins, wjz eyewitness news. >> and those speed camera challenges are yet been appealed to maryland's highest court. >>> a work day for a few florida police officers after they encounter one surly alligator. it chomp down on the car's bumper and hangs on for several feet. those powerful jaws caused about $2,000 worth of damage. not surprisingly the officers decide we'll wait for animal control to track the gator. headquarters, we've got a problem. >> that's right. looks like one of those contests man pulling in an airplane with his teeth. >>> here's a look at tonight's closing numbers from wall street and we'll be right back. i'm your biggest fan. you know that. aww. you're the best, mr. snuggles. [ thinking ] anot

john lithgow, the actor, he is a published author of poetry, including poems for children. the message of the book is that we can fight back. general hightower, a great populist, says corporate power overwhelming corporate power is making a mockery of americans. they think they are the top dogs and the arab day -- and we are their water hydrants. but he is right. but we can fight back. the other message of the book, as the late historian says, people making history is a beautiful side. people engaged in education, engaged in challenging officials, he said, real change comes from outside of the system. it comes from people prodding, taking response, prodding the government to do the right thing. most government does not want to do the right thing, that want to perpetuate their power. but people can bring change. martin luther king told lyndon johnson that, lyndon johnson listened as he argued, and lbj said to dr. king, go out there and make it possible for me to do the right thing. that is where real change comes. but the reason we have poets and the reason we both talked to

and if you got to see john lithgow on "the colbert report" the other night, you know how ridiculous itas. it didn't require anybody to go out -- it didn't require any minions. david makes a very good point, it really is going to be -- it has to be the mainstream republican position in november 2012. this is going to kill the party otherwise. but we have all these republicans who know better, reversing themselves on climate change, on aspects of the health care reform that are actually good in mainstream aspects. so you have smart republicans doing extremely dumb things. and it doesn't really bode well for their chances. in 2012. >> what about this other question, david, about this bill that gingrich owed to tiffany's for somewhere between $250,000 and $500,000. when greta van susteren brought it up, he didn't want to answer it. gingrich said it was just a revolving fund. does the average american care about that, or is that kind of a media obsession? >> i don't know whether the average american cares about it. >> do you care about it? >> here's why i think it's an interesting and impor

. >> suarez: so he handed off the task to actor john lithgow. >> "the firefight started when the cowardlysensed weakness. ( laughter ) >> suarez: on top of the medicare episode, gingrich also had to answer questions about a report that surfaced tuesday that he and his wife callista had carried a debt of up to $500,000 with the high-end jeweler, tiffany's. then, at a book signing event in minneapolis tuesday evening, gingrich and his wife had glitter dumped on them by a gay rights activist. by comparison, former massachusetts governor mitt romney had a pretty good week, thanks to a $10 million fundraising haul in a single day monday. but an outside democratic interest group run by former obama administration officials pressured romney today with a television ad questioning his support for the g.o.p. medicare plan. >> mitt romney says he's on the same page as paul ryan, who wrote the plan to essentially end medicare. but with mitt romney, you have to wonder-- which page is he on today? >> suarez: this week also brought fresh signs that the 2012 republican field was beginning to come into sh