. >> merrill street practically channels maggie thatcher. -- meryl streep practically channels maggiehe demands a response to the invasion of the falklands. >> i have done battle every single day of my life. and many men have underestimated me before. this what seems bound to do the same. but they will rue the day. >> if you go, go for their performance, and expect to hear about it at the oscars. >> i was hoping you understand we agreed to work something out. >> mark walmart is a smuggler gones straight. -- wahlberg is a smuggler who has gone straight. a great dvd for the weekend is "moneyball" with brad pitt. >> she is amazing. >> she is the best. >> still ahead, the purple line development is moving forward. now news that more homes will need to come down. reaction is coming out. >> a behind-the-scenes look at the rehab that these puppy mill dogs that had to go through. >> a pop e-mail bust in arkansas when did more than 100 dogs in the washington area. >> pamela brown checks in on their progress in shows us there is a lot to go into the healing. >> just three weeks ago, he could no

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this time she is nominated playing former british prime minister maggie thatcher in "the iron lady." it is a perfect performance. you will have to love her in this role. that would not bet on the future of the euro, but i am definitely betting meryl streep will win her third oscar for this role. >> there have been interesting films from france. tell us about that. >> yes, "the artist." it is silent. it is set in the silent era, just before the end. and i find it interesting not only because it is a beautiful movie. it certainly will win the best picture oscar. but it looks back. a lot of movies this year are looking back. all across america, people want to look back to the golden age of movies. where we have a good guy, a bad guy, and we were guaranteed a happy ending. >> and hard times. and flying the flag for germany -- >> yes, he was nominated once before for "buena vista social club." this is about a dance choreographer. this is an emotional documentary. what is amazing -- the way he uses 3d technology is grounded in. i think it points to the future of cinema. for that alone, i t

and she'll never back down.michele bachmann lays maggie thatcher who is played by meryl streep.her way in.my favorite gun is an ar 15 cause you can be so accurate with it. gentlemmn shall we join the ladies.(music)michele bachmann for president.and look how far pitt romney has come, to practically the same tage he stood on with his wife ii dubuque iowa 4 years ago...i standing here, she standing there and suddenly her half of the stage collapsed. flashback...thank you sweetie. whoa! goos to wifeehow are you? i'm good. a littll later she said i fell on da putt in dubuque (laughter) there's nothing like iowa caucus humor to soothe a sore coccyx.jeanne moos, cnn,i ride horses that was nothing.new we are under some really chilly temperatures today. meteorologist steve fertig has next.. you're wwtching n. fox 45 good day baltimore. better radessfor your kids. the acttvity áoutsideá the classroom that boosts learning.... on fox 45 newssat &p3 day forecastááá- 3(break 88))-

maggie thatcher was similarly deposed by the members of her own conservative party, the members of thef commons. while she was prime minister. that was also losing the confidence of your own members. again, it's defeat but it's not disgrace. >> bill: okay. so romney wasn't exactly fair in lodging that because by saying disgraced you are basically implying corruption. it wasn't corruption that led to the speaker to leave. >> exactly. >> bill: it was inefficiency in the opinion of his party at that point? >> there might have been, you know, the scandal of two years earlier might have been a factor. >> bill: you can't link that, as you said, if he was going to resign in disgrace he might have done it after the ethics violation was put forth. do you think that romney's tactic that he is going to use of saying, listen, newt gingrich simply, his past eliminates him from competing effectively with barack obama, is that an effective tactic in 2012? >> i think it's one line of attack but it's the weaker of the two. the stronger line of attack is the one that we heard also relentlessly from romn

does that mean he's like maggie thatcher? or winston churchill? or one of the stranger europeans?on the right too? what are they talking about when they say he's european? >> i think americans have had enough of people who try to insight with rhetoric and all of this stuff going on. and then we have had the other side of the coin. people who just don't seem to understand that what we need is a uniter and not a divider. the most important thing, and this is the thing for floridians. we have 10% unemployment. i have 14%. when all this mishmash is over, we need somebody who has business experience. somebody who has a personal life that's a good example. and who has led as an executive. we have a guy that was a community organizer. he won the american idol contest. he can sing, but he can't lead. we have had that. we need a leader. >> okay. thank you. you heard the shot about the personal life. >> i think there are european leaders way over to the left. >> wouldn't you say newt gingrich's personal life is more european than obama's? i would. thank you both. you're both gentlemen. you'

how >>reporter: michelle bauman plays maggie thatcher who is played by meryl streep. she was an outsider the fog rolling in.--who fought her way in. and who >> my favorite son is an ar-15 because it can be so accurate with it. >> now gentlemen, shall we joined the ladies? >>reporter: bachman is on the same stage as he stood with his wife four years ago. >>pam: i am standing here and she's standing there and suddenly half of the state on her side collapse. a little later she said i felt on da butt in dabuke. >> i ride horses. that was nothing. it >>james: graceful old and went to the end. and we will take a break we have a live look for our roof camera this morning. just about any can we pick it seems to be full fault. we will have more coming up in just a moment. [♪...] >> announcer: bank robbery certainly is a frightening crime. after all, bank robbers stole $43 million in one year. but identity thieves? try 37 billion! and guess how identity thieves are getting some of that money. by taking over our bank accounts. they may not even need your social security number a

michele bachmann plays maggie thatcher played by meryl streep.er who fought her way in. >> my favorite gun is an ar-15 because you can be so accurate with it. >> gentlemen, shall we join the ladies? >> reporter: and look how far mitt romney has come from iowa four years ago. >> i'm standing here, she's standing there, and suddenly her half of the stage collapsed. >> flashback. >> thank you, sweetie. >> how are you?

. >> reporter: michele bachmann plays maggie thatcher who is played by meryl streep. >>> definitely ang the state, racing the clock and we're just ten hours away from iowa's presidential caucuses now, heartland voters will crush some dreams and they'll fuel some others. and the six candidates campaigning in the state are hoping for the most elusive iowa export. political momentum pushing them toward the big white house. now the race too close to call according to "the des moines register," but mitt romney in a dead heat with ron paul, and rick santorum still surging and in third place today the candidates are scrambling for last-minute support, too, the gingrich and perry campaign holding events minutes from now. meanwhile, ron paul, rick santorum and michele bachmann appear at a rock the caucus event, that will happen later this hour. >>> newt gingrich has seen his popularity plunge and he's trying to make up the ground with the bus tour that is blanketing the state right now. we're waiting for him to arrive at this hour's stop, ellie's tea and coffeehouse. that's in muscatine, am i