mary kay huntsman, she's joining us live from new hampshire. thank you very much for being with us.e. we're going to ask you a couple of questions -- >> pleasure to see you. >> sure. we're going to ask you a couple of questions about your husband, the things we don't know about him. i understand the two of you met back in high school. and back then he had long hair, he wanted to make it as a rock star, and according to npr, he even dropped out of high school after losing for the senior class president's election. we've come a long way since then, obviously. take us back there. what was he like when you first met him? >> i'll be honest, he's the same guy today that he was when i met 28 years ago -- or married him 28 years ago, i met him about 7 years before that. and i was attracted immediately to his warmth, his genuineness, his honesty. of course, he's very handsome. and i had just moved from orlando, florida, and he had moved from -- he'd been in california and then in washington, d.c., and his family located to utah about the same time. and i was a salad girl in a pie shop, marie

mary kay huntsman. mary kay will join us live on "now." that's next. ♪ ♪ what's with you?ith a car insurance claim. [ dennis ] switch to allstate. their claim service is so good, now it's guaranteed. [ foreman ] so i can trust 'em. unlike randy. dollar for dollar, nobody protects you like allstate. yoo-hoo. hello. it's water from the drinking fountain at the mall. [ male announcer ] great tasting tap water can come from any faucet anywhere. the brita bottle with the filter inside. >>> o we are back. the cain train just left the station. i have to ask you guys, he said he was going to make an unconventional endorsement. who do you think it will be? >> notice he said -- none of the candidates right now in the race were unconventional. remember, he only suspended his campaign. my prediction here right now, is i would not be surprised if herman cain jumped back into the race and endorsed himself. >> that's crazy. >> that's like trying to kiss yourself. you can't physically do it, right? >> let's not forget this guy left the race under a cloud. lot of unanswered questions. he g

her back was to us, a said, mom, mary kay said it dad. chris -- said dad put his hands down her pants. to finally turned to me and said, how could you ever think that your father would do something like that? i remember feeling such guilt, like, wow, what an incredibly horrible boulder in to think something about that. i should have known that my mother's reaction was typical of over 80% of families dealing with these issues. since then she has become the biggest supporter. it took me years to get through the process of grieving. how did i turn that into a message of courage and light? one thing never left my mind in the long process of healing. i refuse to have my life be defined by what happened to me. a one of my life to be about how to survive in rose above those events. in other words, each of us can turn a lemon into lemonade. but iran, those actions of those i love it devastated me. i felt incredibly alone. little did i know how many people were having similar experiences to mind. my personal views may be the victim of the disease

the last two days a bit unsettling for mary kay brown ever since returning to university park home from church meeting thursday evening. the first thing i noticed my porch light was not on which it should have been. someone had robbed her. someone ran sector bedroom and emptied every drawer swept through jury box and whatever else they could get to in a hurry. swept through her jewelry box. the seats still something that took a huge piece of her hard red along with it, gone with the box containing the ashes of her daughter sarah who died 15 years ago a brain cancer. i am sure they didn't know what was in the box because i never opened it it was just sitting there. twice widowed she cared for sarah and this very hot for seven years from her diagnosis to death. she brought her daughter here after she had to quit her teaching job in arizona soon after the first seizure. it makes me sick to think that she could be a garbage dump for down the sewer because i was very comfortable having heard here. with me. ullin lisnek university park police spotted something suspicious around the corner fro

for mary kay and our family, these last six months have been an incredible and on spiring journey. i have seen the very best of america. i have seen it in the spirit of our entrepreneurs whose innovations continue to inspire and better the world. i have seen it in the courage of our veterans who have met at vfw halls in communities all across this nation. i saw it in china, 10,000 miles away, meeting with dissidents who had been tortured and beaten but who drew strength from our nation's values, our openness, our freedoms, our commitment to human rights. halfway around the world, they could still see america's liked. -- light. that is the power america still projects. i will never stop fighting to make sure america's light shines for generations and generations to come. because in the end, we must all come together as americans. we must be reminded that the fight to preserve and enhance life, liberty, and happiness is what really sets us apart in this world, and is worth our tireless efforts as citizens of this most extraordinary nation. thank you and may god bless america. thank y

. >> i'm up here with the greatest human being i've ever known, my wife, mary kay, who has sustained t this journey. i'm also up here with an interesting group of campaign act risks called the jon 2012 girls, and i'm delighted to be with them, mary ann and abby and liddy. i'm also delighted to be joined by our daughter gracie, who also dubbed as our campaign's senior foreign policy adviser, and i want to compliment her on the excellent job that she did. i'm here with my father, and i want to express my love and appreciation to him, son-in-law jeffery livingston as well, along with a terrific team. some supporters, like the beloved iris campbell, former first lady of this great state, is with us, as is the attorney general, allen wilson, and a close personal friend of mine, mike campbell, who is here, among others, and we're honored and delighted to be in your presence, some of our great supporters. i'd like just to make a few comments about the current state of the presidential race and then we'll let you go. as candidates for our party's nomination, our common goal is to restore bold

. >> i'm up here with the greatest human being i have ever known, my wife mary kay who sustained us throughout this journey. i'm also up here with an interesting group of campaign activists called the john 2012 girls. i'm delighted to be with them. mary ann and abby and liddy. i'm also delighted to be joined by our daughter gracecy, dubbed our campaign senior foreign policy adviser. i want to compliment her on the excellent job she did. i'm here with my father. i want to express my love and appreciation to him. son-in-law jeff livingston as well along with a terrific team. some supporters like the beloved iris campbell, former first lady of this great state is with us as is the attorney general, alan wilson and close personal friend of mind, mike campbell, who is here among others. we're honored and delighted to be in your presence. some of our great supporters. i would to make a few comments about the current state of the presidential race and then we'll let you go. now as candidates for our party's nomination our common goal is to restore bold and principled leadership to the white house. le

mary kay huntsman. you will see ads that will blow the roof off in south carolina and nationwide. gay rights i don't like to use those terms gay rights, women's rights, minority rights, religious rights. there's only one type of right. it's a right to your liberty. >> the right to your liberty. senat senator paul welcome to new hampshire. tomorrow i am going to try to catch up with the congressman. he has been drawing so many people you can't even get inside some of these halls. what is it about his message that is attracting people by the houses? >> i think the fact that he is a consistent fiscal conservative but he believes a little different foreign policy one restrained by the constitution where we only go to the war if congress votes on a declaration of war. there's some restraints. a war is not always the answer. we might have to go to war but only go to war when the people house one person votes on it they don't get to make the decision. he has more contributions from active duty soldiers than all of the candidates combined. that's perplexing to some people. they don't quit

you taught my son how to be a man when his own father wasn't there. >> mary kay paterno-hort joiningate it. >>> it's time now to check in with cnn's christine romans. she has a look at some of the other stories making news. >> good morning, soledad. a massive cleanup underway in alabama after tornadoes touched down in jefferson and tus ka loo is a counties. >>> an 83-year-old man and a 16-year-old girl were killed. the twisters destroyed some 200 homes. alabama's governor has declared a state of emergency. >>> rescuers say another body has been dis recovered from the cruise ship that sank off the coast of italy. that brings the total number of vims to 16. 17 people are still unaccounted for this morning. salvage workers are now pumping fuel out of that cruise liner. >>> you're looking at brand new home video of people evacuating the "costa concordia" after it crashed. survivors denise and david saba filmed it. there were so many people inside the life boat that they thought that they were going to go under there. >>> the pardoned mississippi murderers will remain free. they ruled yes

. >>> next hour, jon huntsman's wife, mary kay is going to join us. i'll ask her about her husband's endorsement from the "boston globe" why he seems to be the flavor that hasn't had the month yet and how he acts when no one's looking. >>> turning to international news now. a suicide bombing goes off in a damascus, syria and state media blaming terrorists for the attack killing 25 people, most civilians. arwa damon following the story out of beirut. what have you learned? >> well, kyra, the blast happened according to syrian state television. the images are quite gruesome at a traffic light, a suicide bomber, that also according to syrian state television, the images really chilling and horrific. pools of blood, damaged vehicles and flesh strewn all over. the government, as you said, they're blaming terrorists, but activists are blaming the government saying that this was done deliberately to try to keep them off the streets. we spoke to a young man who was from this neighborhood and it's in the heart of damascus. he was around two streets away when t

my wife mary kay has worked every angle. our kids are in it. everyone's having a great time. we feel that we've worked every possible angle and approach to being honest and sincere at who we are. >> are you completely comfortable in this republican party in its current permutation? by that i mean the tea party conservatives and the ron paul faction. are you completely comfortable? >> i am comfortable that i'm at the center of gravity for the republican party. i proved that when i was governor of a very conservative state. i was re-elected with almost 80% of the vote. and it proved to me that it isn't as much about party, it is about leadership. we got republicans, we got independents. i won more democratic votes than my democratic opponent. not because i'm -- >> that's not a huge selling point, by the way, as you know, in the primaries. >> but here's the point. people want leadership. they don't want party orthodoxy exclusively. that's got to drive the core of somebody, that consistency, but leadership at the end of the day that's going to prove to people that we can have a n

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the ad is being paid for by a mix of campaign donation and by huntsman's wife, mary kay. and what do rick santorum and ron paul have in common? apparently at least one supporter. >> i love my nephew. i have 35 niece and nephews. so one out of 35 niece and nephews is pretty good as far as i'm concerned. he's ron paul supporter, god bless him. i mean, it's a phase. i underer stand it. >> pretty good answer to that, actually. mitt romney and president obama are trading attacks almost as if the race is set. first, the president's campaign team is playing offense, calling mitt romney's eight-vote iowa win proof that he is "a weak front-runner." and now, mitt romney has a new ad running in south carolina. >> you're seeing a president adopt policies which affect our economy based not upon what's right for the american worker but instead what's right for their politics. >> richard wolffe is an msnbc political analyst, joanne reid, managing editor of thegrio.com. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> richard, should we be surprise it had seems to be the general election

in it, he said, "i salute jon huntsman and his wifet'@y mary kay. jon ran a spirited campaign based on unity not division and love of country. i appreciate his friendship and support." the poll released over the weekend showed romney holding a 20-point lead in south carolina. rick santorum and ron paul were tied for second followed by newt gingrich and rick perry. other polls show romney with a slimmer lead. huntsman had been running last before his withdrawal today. he urged the remaining candidates to stop attacking each other. >> at its core the republican party is a party of ideas. but the current toxic form of our political discourse does not help our cause. >> woodruff: but that advice may not take. santorum complained today to a pro romney political action committee is airing ads that distort his record on voting rights for felons. >> maybe his super pacs criticized governor romney for being soft because, in fact, his position.... >> woodruff: the former pennsylvania senator was pressing to emerge as the lead alternative to romney. he got a b

it is my pleasure to introduce mary kay tonight. mary kay and john have been married 28 years.een married 28 minutes knows that 28 years is a real long time. let me give her a warm exeter welcome. [applause] and i as pretty as she is? >> more so. >> am i as pretty as she is? >> thanks you so much. i cannot believe this. this is unbelievable. [applause] we were here in july, when john made a very special 0-- jon made a very special announcement that he put his hat in the ring to run for president. right here in this room. it was important for our family. in has been an incredible journey. i have so much appreciation for the process new hampshire goes through in electing presidents. it has been extraordinary to go from zero -- john likes to call himself a margin of error canada. nobody knew him. no name id. i thought they were joking when they said you have to shake hands several times with a voter before they give you their vote. it is true. some people say, "i have met you three times now. you have my vote." [applause] jon has always predicted that he would be the slow, steady

i'm mary bubala. kai is off today. here's what people are talking about. the death toll stands at 11, with nearly two dozen still unaccounted for. but rescue work on the ship is suspended. anna metranga reports for wjz. the probability of finding survivors on board is very, very low. >> reporter: rescue workers say the chances of finding anyone alive inside the wrecked costa concordia are slim. >> it's 5 to zero. >> reporter: corado is in charge of a special cave rescue team, brought in to navigate through the murky water, inside the ship. >> you can see your hands in front of your mask. nothing more. >> reporter: rescue efforts stopped wednesday. officials say if the ship slips off the rocks, fuel could leak. >> reporter: this barge is loaded with equipment that will help dutch crews drain 500,000 gallons of fuel from the cruise liner. >> reporter: that process is not expect to begin until rescue and recovery efforts are over. one of the 11 victims has been identified as a hungarian musician who worked on board. he went back to his cabin to get his violin

i'm mary bubala. >> i'm kai jackson. here's what people are talking about. >> shocking new audio as the death toll rises in italy. there is new insight into the confusion of the cruise ship accident. anna metraininga reports for wjz, on the reported heated phone call between the ship's captain and the coast guard. >> reporter: controlled explosions blew searches for the concordia. >> we hope that this day we can reach all of the places that haven't been inspected yet. >> reporter: they're looking in the murky water and interior of the ship, for anyone who may still be alive. but search crews say they only found more victims tuesday. francisco is now under house arrest. and faces charges of causing a ship wreck, manslaughter and abandoning ship. in a call to the coast guard right after the wreck, skitino saidy he's in a life boat during evacuation. the coast guard official yells. telling skitino, you get on board. this is an order. the captain says, but you are aware it is dark and we can't see anything. the official repl

. >> jay and mary kay, i really preach your time. condolences. >> thank you. >>> a former cia official is charged with leaking secrets and potentially putting other agents' lives at risk. joran miller goes inside the case. >>> and tomorrowhouse republican leader eric cantor will be here. he'll respond to the president's state of the union address. you're watching "cbs this morning." stay with us. ♪ [ female announcer ] philadelphia cooking creme. a simple way to make dinner fresh and new again. creamy philadelphia along with savory herbs and spices. just stir it in. now it only takes a moment to make the moment. ♪ living the life with me ♪ so spread a little something ♪ to remember ♪ with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in m

the job so there was some reports that there was some hard feelings between them but i talked to mary kayt this and jon huntsman in new hampshire and they said, he doesn't really know him that well. >> rick santorum got a major endorsement from some evangelical leaders at the weekend. how big of a deal is this? >> it helps him and it certainly helps him in a couple of ways. first of all, the campaign reports that they've had a 50% increase in online fundraising. i don't have a number on that. since evangelicals sort of c coalessed over the santorum campaign. 60% of registered republicans being evangelicals, this will help. but i would argue that it's way too late. if this endorsement had come a month or so ago, don't you think it would have made much our of an impact than it will now? and evangelical votes are split. you still have newt gingrich in the rate and you still have rick perry in the race and so -- >> and they were trying to do it behind the seens. when michele bachmann stepped out she admitted, they came to her and asked her to get out. but they didn't do it publicly until late

this is new hampshire or bust. >> that's his wife, mary kay behind him and daughter lydia as well.and by, we'll await mitt romney, about to speak to his reporters, we're told, we will take that speech live, you will hear it live here from mitt romney headquarters. let me speak to candy crowley, live there. you have a special guest with you? >> reporter: a familiar face, former new hampshire governor, john sununu. when you looked at the numbers and seen the in terms, what encourages you most? >> first, it's a good win for the governor. >> reporter: what's the percentage going to be. i don't know. the numbers we have seen are 36, 37. we have to see what they are. you can't change them at this stage. even i can't change them, crowley, candy crowley. the fact is, it's a good win. a large turnout among independents, a lot voted for mitt romney. i think governor romney is going to south carolina strong from there and the message to independents mean he'd go into the general election quite strong against obama. >> the wrap here is when you talk about mitt romney, he doesn't engender the p

his wife is here with us, i want to and knowledge mary kay. they have seven children.serve to the u.s. navy, and adopted daughters from china and india. we are pleased to have the governor to share his thoughts and views in division of our country. governor, please join us. [applause] >> think you. ank you. thank you, gary. ladies and gentlemen, is a great honor to be here with all of you today. the new hampshire primary, give me a break. i am the guy from out west that never thought i would be doing this. involved in the new hampshire primary is an extraordinary experience. last night, i walked out to a town hall meeting that was packed with more people that i ever thought we would see. we started his journey with some beliefs had ideas in the deep love for this country. a few people come at a house party 85 yourself with a town hall meeting as you did last night. the system works. you've got a message, you are able to connect with people, people turn out. now we will leave it to voters to do the rest. the day before i was in dover, i wasn't greeted by a former cabine

. >> i spoke to mary kay huntsman and the 2.3 from his own world chest to get his campaign up and runningife and beautiful daughters. those are major weapons in the arsenal. and then take a look at mitt romney, ann romney is a secret weapon for mitt romney. he should use her a lot more often. >> not so secret now. let's listen in to ron paul. >> thank you. thank you very much. i guess you know who is with me. my wife, carol. we have a few other members of the family with us. i have my daughter-in-law peggy, membership grant son mark and a granddaughter linda. it was great. it is pretty amazing and last night it was a little different, they had a little time avoiding the real conversation. and like i said last night, and there was something very special. we had a victory for the cause of liberty last night. that is so different and that is also the reason the crowds are different, the enthusiasm is different. somebody told me -- i wasn't there, so i can't verify it -- they said, you know, the governors, there was a good crowd out and they had a lot of enthusiasm. he left and everybody else

we have mary kay ham and gemu green.ou think of this. >> i think he got lemons and made them into lemonade and threw them at john king. it was a skillful move. in the short term he played upon the only thing that can override ideological issues of candidates, which is a unified dislike for mainstream media. i think he did that skillfully. i'm not convinced that that necessarily means that a lot of women voters, conservative winner voters are going to rally to him. he's certainly showing a forceful presence in debate. it will continue to work for him throughout. i do think some women -- conservative women are going to say, this is just another iky factor in the data i'm been gathering about newt and i'm not going to go there. others will say you attacked him i'm going to rally toward him. bill: you're calling him ninja newt. >> yes. bill: you argued that it could help him. >> the reality is in the republican primary is mostly made up of male voters that's why it's okay for speaker gingrich to be cold, cal losed, come bass

his wife is here with us, i want to and knowledge mary kay. they have seven children.hat serve to the u.s. navy, and adopted daughters from china and india. we are pleased to have the governor to share his thoughts and views in division of our country. governor, please join us. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, gary. ladies and gentlemen, is a great honor to be here with all of you today. the new hampshire primary, give me a break. i am the guy from out west that never thought i would be doing this. involved in the new hampshire primary is an extraordinary experience. last night, i walked out to a town hall meeting that was packed with more people that i ever thought we would see. we started his journey with some beliefs had ideas in the deep love for this country. a few people come at a house party 85 yourself with a town hall meeting as you did last night. the system works. you've got a message, you are able to connect with people, people turn out. now we will leave it to voters to do the rest. the day before i was in dover, i wasn't greeted by a former cabinet off