you heard mark block say when i'm smoking on tv, that's block being block.ama. let clinton be clinton. this was rick perry being rick perry. this is the first time i've seen rick perry the way people in texas talk about, for good or for bad. >> was there alcohol served at this function? >> now, now. >> just asking. if this is let perry be perry i think he should wait for that until he's introduced himself a little bit more at the republican electorate. he hasn't established the gravitas yet to do that, a comedy routine. >> is that what you took it as, a comedy routine? >> it reminds me of the poor sap who's the last guy at the comedy contest. the crowd is getting kind of tired now. he's got to liven them up. or mick jagger following james brown. 1965 tammy concert. >> you're pulling a chris matthews on me. pulling something out of 40 years ago. >> it's true. there's a dvd. you can see it. that's when mick jagger started dancing. he was following james brown. he couldn't just stand there and sing. he had to dance across the stage. he's been doing that thing e

his name is mark block.now referring to himself in the third person as he did yesterday on fox news. >> i tell you, in walking to a a veterans bar in iowa and they're sitting around smoking and, you know, we are resonating with them. and i'm not the only one that's smoking in america, for god sake. it's just that i'm a smoker and a lot of people on the staff said just let block be block. that's what it was all about. >> just let block be block. that's not a thing. we're not going with that, mark block. by the way he says we're huge with old guy who's smoke in bars. >>> it wasn't mark block's smoking that got xeeven he could bare all excited last night. it was that great about eight second slow motion smile to sting out of this ad. there it is. herman cain. it is just so slow to come across his face. last night he challenged herman cain to a slow smiling contest. >> the best part of cain's ad might not even be the unexpected smoking. no. the best part is the eight seconds it takes for herman cain to smile. he

mark block is smoking a cigarette.ight it was david letterman's turn. >> the herman cain campaign released another commercial. this one equally as odd. take a look at this. >> mark block here, since january i've had the privilege of being the chief of staff to herman cain. we need you to get involved because together we can do this. we can take this country back. ♪ i am america ♪ one voice ♪ i am america >> herman cain likes the indonesian smoking baby. who doesn't. we have to remind our viewers that 2-year-old quit smoking. good for him. will ferrell was honored with the mark twain prize at the kennedy center. his friends in comedy got together at his website funny or die for a little thank you. >> thank you so much for your contribution to comedy over the years and, of course, for the incredible letter that you wrote me. >> the letter you sent me -- >> i like to think of it more as a smile that was delivered to me in letter form. >> dear sarah, you are the single most important influence in my life. >> you're the sin

cain's chief of staff mark block told cbs news that cain recalls one incident with a staffer that may have lead to a complaint. >> he commented to this employee that she was about the same height as his wife. his wife is a very short person. i think about five feet. >> reporter: and... >> that's it. no more than that. >> reporter: but block said there was no physical contact. the web site also said the restaurant association eventually paid a settlement to the women-- something cain initially said he didn't know. >> i am unaware of any sort of settlement. i hope it wasn't for much because i didn't do anything! >> reporter: but late today he told fox news there was a settlement. >> and, yes, there was some sort of settlement or termination and i don't even know what the contents of that was. since it was found baseless, that was no big settlement or it would have had to come to me. >> reporter: the news comes as cain has shot to the top of recent polls. in iowa, he's leading former massachusetts governor mitt romney 23% to 22%. in texas, he's even edged governor rick perry 27% to 26%.

mark block is my chief of staffh and we also say let mark be mark. mark happens to be a smoker.e knows it's a bad habit, butat he smokes, and so we weren't trying to send any subliminal message what is over. many of us found it hilarious because we know mark block, so there was no hidden messagek there other than we were in vegas and we wanted to put something new out on the internet because i was inundated with other requests and i trusted mark block which i still do, and i thought he did a grea job with the ad. a the person who did the ad for us added that little scene at the end, quite frankly, that as you say, has caused all the stir, but that was no hidden message there other than mark block saying america has never seen another candidate like hermanne cain. right. herman, they're attacking you on paying your taxes, on the issuen of abortion and foreign policy. when we come back, we'll continue with herman cain righth after this break as this special edition of hannity continuessp tonight from columbus, ohio, and then later on, the governor is, going to join me live to talk

mark block is my chief of staff. and we also say let mark be mark. mark happens to be a smoker.s it's a bad habit but he smokes. so we weren't trying to send any subliminal message whatsoever. many of us found it hilarious because we know mark block. so there was no hidden message there other than we were in vegas and we wanted to put something new out on the internet because i was inundated with other requests, and i trusted mark block, which i still do, and i thought he did a great job with the ad. the person who did the ad for us added the little scene at the end that, quite frankly, as you say has caused all of the stir. but that was no hidden message other than mark block saying that america has never seen another candidate like herman cain. >> herman, they are attacking you on paying your taxes, on the issue of foreign policy and abortion. when we come back, we will ten after the break as a special edition of hannity continues tonight from columbus, ohio, and later on the governor of ohio will join me to balk about his showdown with labor. all that ahead on this he had egg

you see mark block, who is cain's chief of staff, smoking.t kind of appeal for why he thinks herman cain is a great candidate, why he wants -- why he's urging people to support him and then gets a little odd at the end which has all the attention with him smoking a cigarette. i asked the campaign what they thought of all the reaction, if they're surprised by it, how much traction this is getting. they're saying they're glad people won't find it funny, that it's getting so much visibility. i asked mark block why the end of that campaign ad are you smoking? and his reply was, it's just block being block. certainly mark block is someone who is not that well known on the campaign trail yet but i think this is going to boost his visibility quite exponentially. >> also, andrew, you talk about the radio spot, it is encouraging people to send in money. how is the cain campaign doing as they continue to rake in very strong numbers? >> i asked them the other day, what is it exactly you talked about a fund-raising boost. what are those numbers? they sai

. >> mark block here. >> reporter: mark block, his chief of staff, is burning up the internet after a youtube video ends with him smoking a cigarette. >> together, we can do this. we can take this country back. >> reporter: the video political analysts say is a bit semantic. >> i am not going to follow what the government says to follow. >> reporter: leonard steinholdt says the video is cain's way of antibig government. >> that's what the message was. >> reporter: the latest cbs wall street journal finds cain leading 25% over mitt romney and the rest of the field. trying to save his campaign, rick perry unveiled a new cat and grow plan. >> the option of throwing out the 3 million words in the current tax code, and i might add the cost of complying with all of that code, in order to pay a 20% flat tax on their income. >> reporter: mitt romney, meanwhile, is focusing on new hampshire and president obama, not his republican opponents. >> you see, folks, president obama has simply not worked, and american individuals across this country recognize that. >> reporter: but with herman cain ri

mark block who wrote the several books feudal society tells us the transition from a free society to a feudal society is marked by two simple elements they are the rapid accumulation of power and wealth into the hands of the few which we've clearly seen in the last thirty years along with a reduction in the power and responsibility of government as we've also seen we're in the final stages now where the rich and powerful of seize control of our government are starving it through the politicians they have bought out his ribbons that starve the beast and the primary way they starve it is by letting themselves off the hook from paying taxes as mark block noted in feudal society nobles need not pay taxes or as little or lorraine a helmsley so only the little people pay taxes and the second way they do this is by using the corporate form to amass great and multi-generational amounts of wealth that are beyond the reach of government but there are ways to reverse the slide into feudalism before it's too late as i discussed in an equal protection it starts with ending corporate personhood by

. >> mark block here. >> reporter: mark block, cain's chief of staff, is burning up the internet after a youtube video ends with him smoking a cigarette. the video, political analysts say, is meant to send a message. >> i am in the going to follow what the government tells me to knowledge. >> reporter: leonard steinhorn is a political science professor at american university. he says the smoking video is cain's way of thumbing his nose at big government. >> he appeals to anti- government conservatives, anti- government republicans and that is what fits with their message. >> reporter: the latest cbs "wall street journal" poll finds cain leading over the rest of the field. trying to save his campaign, rick perry unvialed a new cut, balance and grow plan featuring a variation of cape's flat tax. >> the option of throwing out that three million words of the current tax code and i might add the cost of complying with all of that code in order to pay a 20% flat tax on their income. >> reporter: mitt romney meanwhile is focusing on new hampshire and president obama, not his republican oppone

mark block is my chief of staff and we also say let mark be mark. mark happens to be a smoker.mokes. so we weren't trying to send any subliminal message whatsoever. many of us found it hilarious because we know mark block. so there was no hidden message there other than we were in vegas and we wanted to put something out on the internet because i was inundated with other requests and i trusted mark block which i still do and i thought he did a great job with the ad. the person who did the ad for us added that little thing at the end quite frankly that as you say has caused all the stir. there was no hidden message there other than mark block saying america has never seen another candidate like herman cain. >> and you know what's interesting, too, about that ad is it swamped rick perry's message which means the release of his flat tax. that was on the nightly news and that was the major story on the political front whether you liked it or not. >> so the secret message, there wasn't one. it was just they had like two seconds left in the ad and the guy that cut the ad, let's put i

mark block, thanks for coming in. good to meet you.xt, with chris christie out of the race, what happens now? our hump day political panel is here to talk about which republican candidate can best capitalize on the christie absence. >>> plus, the money race. should rick perry's texas sized fund-raising number have mitt romney shaking a little bit in his boots? >>> first, "soup of the day." roasted red pepper. not just roasted red tomato and pepper. just pepper. >>> the republican candidates wasted no time responding to chris christie's decision not to run. he became very popular. >> competition is it always a good thing. he would have been a very fine contender, an excellent competitor if he were in the race. >> the advice i had given by way of interviews, if his heart's not in it, he should not do it. >> whether governor christie is in or not, i have the same message. mr. governor paul lenty was in or not, hit same message. >> i wasn't sitting on pins and needles waiting for the reaction. >>> call lean coowe have our pa us. okay. the

i don't know if since this signal that it's cool to slow no it does not mark block smokes best. as we were trying to say it's cool to smoke and you have a lot of people in this country to smoke but. so you said your piece you don't think it's cool to smoke that's not what you're trying to say in the ad do you think it's cool to smoke mrs bachmann i can tell you alone that a woman outside of rally told me that smoking can kill you so i'm going to go with no i believe that that's perhaps a scientific fact that a lot of you know science would back up that claim that smoking can be incredibly detrimental to your health and also can increase your chances of lung cancer or stroke but i do i trust the good american people to give me information like that i would be i would be the anti-smoking candidate on this stage because it is an assault on the family now not because of secondhand smoke but i happen to know because i have heard from someone that smoking causes homosexuality and that is an assault on the family that i want to stand for. and you guys leave that we're already at a time

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. >> mark block here, since january i've had the privilege of being chief of staff to herman cain. we've run a campaign like no body's ever seen. but then again, america's never seen a candidate like herman cain. we need you to get involved. because together we can do this, we can take this country back. ♪ i am america ♪ one voice united we stand ♪ i am america ♪ one voice [cheers and applause] >> stephen: wow, something about that guy just seems cool. [ laughter ] [coughing] i can't put my finger on it though. [ laughter ] of course, the bed wetters in the nerd patrol don't get it. >> it means disaster. i don't understand this at all. i don't understand why the campaign manager is in a commercial. i don't understand the cigarette. i don't understand the music. i don't the understand the logic behind this. this makes no sense whatsoever. you talk about shooting yourself in the foot. >> stephen: that's stupid, he's not shooting himself in the foot. he's shooting himself in the lungs. [ laughter ] this is sending the strong message that herman cain doesn't just want to be president o

we can't resist showing you the two edits and letting you decide. >> mark block here.ve had the privilege of being the chief of staff to herman cain and the chief operating officer of friends to herman cain. tomorrow, is one day closer to the white house. i really believe that herman cain will put united back in the united states of america. and if i didn't believe that, i wouldn't be here. we've run a campaign like nobody's ever seen, but then, america's never seen a candidate like herman cain. we need you to get involved, because together, we can do this. we can take this country back. ♪ i am america one voice united we stand ♪ ♪ i am america >> we just couldn't resist. >>> still "outfront," the "outfront" five. obama's must win. >> what happens in this year is going to be more consequential, more important to the future of our kids and our grandchildren than just about any election we've seen in a very long time. >>> where is baby lisa? >> i do not think she had anything to do with it or him at this time. >>> oldest, youngest or middle child? do you have any guess a

the spot is called "now is the time for action" and it stars his chief of staff, mark block.ght be the strangest ad from a mainstream candidate for president that the world has ever seen. >> mark block here. since january, i've had the privilege of being the chief of staff to herman cain. and the chief operating officer of the friends of herman cain. i really believe that herman cain will put united back in the united states, and if i didn't believe that i wouldn't be here. we need you to get involved, because together, we can do this. we can take this country back. ♪ i am america ♪ one vote [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's weird, right? herman, what do you want your ad to look like? i think we should get a guy that looks like alex trebek to smoke a cigarette and then i'll stand in front of some blinds and smile in a -- who smokes in an ad? i love everything about this commercial, i love the song, i love the smoking, i love the slightly creepy smile. but i still feel like the ad is missing something. you never actually hear herman cain speak. we added voiceover and i think it wo

we can't resist showing you the two edits and letting you decide. >> mark block here.ief of staff to herman cain and the chief operating officer of friends to herman cain. tomorrow, is one day closer to the white house. i really believe that herman cain will put united back in the united states of america. and if i didn't believe that, i wouldn't be here. we've run a campaign like nobody's ever seen, but then, america's never seen a candidate like herman cain. we need you to get involved, because together, we can do this. we can take this country back. i am america one voice united we stand i am america >> we just couldn't resist. >>> still "outfront," the "outfront" five. obama's must win. >> what happens in this year is going to be more consequential, more important to the future of our kids and our grandchildren than just about any election we've seen in a very long time. >>> where is baby lisa? >> i do not think she had anything to do with it or him at this time. >>> oldest, youngest or middle child? do you have any guess as to what i am in my birth order? >> all o

jennifer, you know, mark block was on "the daily rundown" earlier. he was talking about cain's viral video, how times have changed when it comes to campaigns. i believe that video of him smoking. i think that got more than 1 million hits. and it really begs the question, does herman cain really need a footprint in iowa to win? does he really need to make more stops? he's been there once. i believe mitt romney has been there three times. what do you think? >> yeah. i think so. the support for herman cain in our iowa poll was really soft. these people were saying, we just are not locked up in any sort of a concrete way behind herman cain. they're willing to give him a look as well as mitt romney. but they made it very clear that they want that business experience on a candidate's resume. so that's why they like herman cain and mitt romney. but they also said, 59% said they just do not have a candidate -- they don't have their minds made up. they're willing to be persuaded. only 15% said they do have their minds made up. this is just -- they're just say

. >> mark block here.lege of being the chief of staff to herman cain and the chief operating officer of the friends of herman cain. tomorrow is one day closer to the white house. i really believe that herman cain will put united back in the united states of america and if i didn't believe that, i wouldn't be here. we've run a campaign like nobody's ever seen. but then, america's never seen a candidate like herman cain. we need you to get involved because together we can do this. we can take this country back. ♪ i am america one voice united we stand ♪ >> so as i was watching this, paul, i thought to myself it's kind of boring. but then he smokes that cigarette. i'm just trying to figure out what he's meaning to convey. >> unusual is the word that came to my mind when i saw it. let's start with the cigarette. what is most bizarre about this is herman cain is the colon cancer survivor. maybe that's not the best symbolism that his chief of staff is taking a drag on a cigarette. carol this thing came out last

show you and i will preface that by saying the person doing your talking here is your campaign mark block. >> chief of staff, yes. >> we can take this country back. >> this wasn't intended to send any subliminal signal whatsoever. >> but it sends a signal that it's cool to smoke. >> no it does not. >> was it meant to be funny? >> it was meant to be informative if they listen to the message where he said america has never seen a candidate like herman cane, that was the paper point of it. >> it's not funny to me. i am a cancer survivor, i had cancer that was smoking related. i don't think it serves the country here to be showing someone smoking a cigarette. i'll tell what you was going through my mind. i started chewing tobacco when i was 16 years old because i wanted to be a baseball player and i'd see these ads with joe dimaggio with a cigarette smoking, and it looked so cool, and i remember all those ball players or that big cha tobacco and pretty soon i was able to do that. and as a result of that i mangsed to get bladder cancer. i managed to get another disease called ulcerative coliti

. >> we also have a chief of staff by the name of mark block and we say let block be block.city has raised more than $3 million just this month, they can use that money to build a more conventional campaign if that is what he wants. >>pam: and of a fantastic october weekend in the bay area temperatures are in the upper '70's and low 80s but as we go into november things are changing i will tell you more about that coming up. >> vicki: we have a developing story in oakland. the occupy protesters took off, now that we are hearing it is a clash with the police in dalian is on the line with the latest. >>reporter: there is not a clash, right now there is a scrimmage line between the protesters and the police officers at eighth street and washington. there were at least five or 600 protesters at the franco got what--at the frank ogawa plaza earlier. they were apparently headed to the oakland police department over at broadway and seventh street. but they were stopped at eighth and broadway by a lot of police officers. i'm looking at at least 60 possibly 70 police officers just on

mark block. >> we need you to get involved, because together, we can do this. we can take this country back. >> the ad includes a close-up of block smoking while a woman sings "i am america." some have suggested the ad is a hoax or the work of a hacker so we decided to contact the campaign and ask for ourselves. they told us it's a real ad and they're getting a lot of positive feedback. >>> two north carolina students are being charged in a shooting that wounded a fellow student at cape fear high school. the 15-year-old victim was walking outside the school cafeteria yesterday when she was shot in the neck. she is in stable condition this morning. the suspects, one 18, one 15 brought a rifle to school and are in court today. >>> authorities in maine hope they've gotten a break in the case of a woman who disappeared 28 years ago. katie wardell was 29 years old when she went missing in 1983. his former boyfriend died three weeks ago. he was 80 years old. his relatives found a skeleton inside a freezer at a storage unit julian has rented since 1982. >> the family

mark block, the chief of staff, is burning up the internet after a youtube video ends with him smoke a cigarette. >> together, we can do this. we can take this country back. >> reporter: the video, political analysts say, is meant to send a mess an. >> i'm not going to follow -- message. >> i'm not going to follow what the government wants me to follow. >> reporter: he's a political professor at american university and said the smoking video is cain's way of thumbing his nose at big government. >> he appeals to anti- government conservatives, gain the government republicans. >> reporter: the latest cbs- wall street poll finds ca in leading with 25% over mitt romney and the rest of the field. trying to save his campaign, rick perry unveiled a new cut, balance, and growth plan featuring a variation of cain's flat tax. >> the option of throwing out the 3 million words of the current tax code and i might ad the cost of complying with that code. and in order to pay a 20% flat tax to on their income. >> reporter: mitt romney, meanwhile, is focussing on new hampshire and presume northwester

they know mark block. voters are looking for a serious alternatives to the economic policies that president obama's proposed and i don't think that the voters are going to get it with republican candidates out there running ridiculous ads like this and rick perry talking about being a birther again. >> mark block is the chief of staff. david, have you ever seen an ad like this? it would have been fine without the cigarettes, but go ahead. >> the whole point of making these ads, how do we get wolf blitzer to show our ad? what if we make the worst ad ever made. blitzer will have to show that. and indeed, you just did. and so, in a funny way, it worked. it is so awful. it's so bizarre. it's so funny that we all watched it and we're talking about it and it has an impact. it is a little -- it is seen by a few more people than have heard of herman cain 24 hours ago. >> and also reminds us when he was a lobbyist for the national restaurant association, he fought any ban on smoking in restaurants, this was his job

you can't deny that. >> people now know who mark block is.a that your campaign manager goes on says, i like my candidate, let me show you how i'm a cool guy by smoking a cigarette. this guy's raised his name. now, everybody's googled him and found out he was suspended for four years from campaigning because of bad practices in wisconsin. >> is that more idiotic than i am not a witch? >> i know what he was smoking, i'm just curious as to what he smoked before the ad. this guy is not like he's running, he thinks he's going to win. he's a creative guy. out in las vegas. they're having a good time and we got to understand this. he's not, this is not like a ed rollins, karl rove, james carville kind of thing. they're doing something entirely different and we ought to just sit back and enjoy their sort of gumption here and creativity and don't worry about it. it's fine. it's funny. >> i am not a witch, the smoking ad. which one more idiotic? >> i am not a witch. that was a serious candidate. that day. >> until that ad. >> i think the smoking ad is

. >> mark block is a smoker and we say, let mark be mark. that is all we're trying to say. we believe, let people be people. >> i don't think it serves the country well, and this is an editorial opinion here, to be showing someone smoking a cigarette. and you're the front-runner now. >> it was not intended to offend anyone. being a cancer survivor myself, i am sensitive to that sort of thing. >> reporter: cain has surged ahead of conservative rival like former front-runner rick perry. >> was it before, he was before? >> reporter: after a series of debate missteps and running afoul of conservatives on immigration, perry placed fifth. perry also kept up the attack against mitt romney, accusing him of flip-flops on four gop issues. >> i've always been pro-life. i've always been a fiscal conservative. and mitt has been on both sides of those issues. >> reporter: perry was joined in the attack by an unlikely ally. >> he has no core. >> reporter: the top aide to president obama went after the candidate many see as the biggest threat to a second term. >> he was an extremely pro-ch

mark block, cain's smoking chief of staff, saying there was no subliminal message behind the ad. he just smokes. and herman cain is just herman cain. >> the american people look at herman as they look at themselves. >> reporter: traditional rules would dictate that cain would be hurt by recent seeming contradictions on issues ranging from abortion to negotiating with terrorists. even his signature 9-9-9 plan isn't that popular, with 59% of voters saying they don't like it. but his supporters say it is not the message that matters most, but the man. >> if you meet herman cain, you love herman cain. >> reporter: which is why struggling candidates may have been out selling their simple solutions today. even if they can't cut through the smoke. john berman, abc news, new york. >>> and still ahead right here, those toddlers 1/2 gafting the ipad? is this a good thing? >>> and the marines who were sent into the most dangerous battles, only to face prejudice after the war. recognition today, long overdue. americans are always ready to work hard for a better future. since ameriprise finan

we know mark block. there was no hidden message.gas we wanted to put something new out of the internet because i was inundated with other requests. i trusted mark block which i still do and i thought he did a great job with the ad. martha: there you have it. pollster and fox news contributor frank luntz held a focus group on unconventional ad. wait until you see their surprising reaction to it coming up ahead. we talk to gop presidential candidate rick santorum. he has been struggling mightily in the polls. we'll ask what is next for him. bill: hanging out on a marlboro light, right? california budget problems are huge. governor jerry brown trying to get a handle on it. set to announce sweeping changes that he believes will fix the troubled pension system. he proposes raising retirement age from 65 to 67 for new employees not public safety workers. require workers to pay more to retirement and health care. he believes it could save $900 million in california. eric bolling "follow the money" on fox business network. >> good morning,