michele bachman.'s do the back route. give me a word or phrase to describe michele bachman. >> sincere. >> honest. >> family-oriented. >> passionate. >> genuine. >> awesome. >> passionate. >> down-to-earth. >> she says what she means and she means what she says. >> which is a very powerful attribute, but why has she dropped so much in iowa? back then she was leading in the state and now she's in fourth or fifth place. what happened? >> i caucused for her and i changed i just don't think -- i see an independence and other republicans falling away and you have to have the independent vote, especially in iowa. >> who did you move to? >> i moved to rick santorum. there is one important thing. when they lay their hand on that bible and say so help me god, that's who i want saying it. >> i get an e-mail every day from michele bachman or a phone call or something, and -- >> does she have a lot of free time? >> well her campaign, that's what i'm saying. but it just seems desperate. and that atmosphere changed

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michelle bachman at the bottom of the polls still pretty much. that this will person, this argument is mitt romney, the most? >> well, it might benefit him in the short run, but mitt romney has his albatrosses, too. i was showing any students last week the capes from when mitt romney ran both for governor of massachusetts and for senator in massachusetts. and in both cases, he says unequivocally, i am pro choice. to those will come back, too. the republicans are kind of running out of candidates here. rick perry got caught up, herman cain got caught up. gingrich is now struggling with immigration. romney is certain to struggle with abortion, as well as wrongly, truthfully, many people's concerns about his religious faith. so anybody who is looking for the generic republican, who agrees with them on everything is not going to find him in this field. >> heather: everyone really has their albatross. mitt romney, religion, his take on abortion, also you have gingrich now his albatross being immigration, obama and the economy. so is it really going to

. >> dave: now michelle bachman got an apology from nbc.if their music goes on, is it just an empty apology? >> clayton: it was a back lot to the macy's day parade. there is the art history museum right there. >> dave: avril lavon. >> clayton: "fox & friends" starts right now. >> juliet: let's listen to the music. >> dave: happy thanksgiving, everybody. we are celebrating outside with the folks from bass pro shops. you can camp out there like you camp out at best buy. but at bass pro, they welcome you, warm you up and keep you entertained. we'll show you how good the fried turkey tastes. >> clayton: they've got great black friday deals we'll tell you about. first headlines with the lovely juliet huddy. >> juliet: i'm a karaoke fanatic i love the museum. new video out of new york la guardia airport, the thanksgiving travel rush is underway. we're getting reports of delays in new york, new jersey, boston and san francisco. the typical places. here is what one highway looked like in chicago overnight. similar scene in dallas and philadelphia.

representative michele bachman goes on the record. plus there is solyndra news tonight. energy secretary steven chu gets cross-examined by congress. was he pressured by the white house? what about those e-mails and are we going to get back even a dime. those questions and answers coming up. [ male announcer ] cranberry juice? wake up! ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. plus veggie nutrition. bass pro shops has great deals on great gear during the fall harvest sale, like... and stop by santa's wonderland for a free picture with santa. it's 4g, so you can do more faster. so, kathryn, post more youtube videos of your baby acting adorable. baby. on it. matt, ignore me and keep updating your fantasy team. huh? jeff, play a game. turbo-boosting now, sir. dennis, check in everywhere you go on foursquare. that's mayor dennis... of the water cooler. you're the best. liz, rock out to pandora. oh, no i'm an only child. and nick, you shouldn't even be here, you can do everything from the gol

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. >> brian: it was a not so welcome greeting for michelle bachman.gizes for calling her the b word. is that enough? we'll report, you decide. "fox & friends" starts right about now. ♪ >> brian: that's 205 members of the carmel high school marching band all the way from indiana. they're one of only 11 schools performing in the world famous macy's thanksgiving day parade. it was pouring rain here. that did not stop this band. i imagine the tuba is a little squeaky and the flute is a little rusty. we'll be talking to the band shortly. >> juliet: what's the name of the song? "anything you want." thank you. >> steve: i can guess why there are no bagels in the green room. >> brian: didn't journey write that song? >> juliet: yes, they did. >> steve: they've had quite a journey to be here today and we're delighted you would join us and we know today is the busiest travel day of the year, so we're going to start with this extreme weather alert. rain and snow could affect hundreds of thousands of flyers nationwide on what is the busiest travel day of the year.

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michele bachman said that, quote, it's very effective.ed, out of touch or irresponsible? >> that's a multiple choice question, isn't it? >> how about maybe right or how about just a simple objective question, what do you think of what they said? how is that? >> or why not just call them that while you are at it? this is a narrative. they can't defend barack obama. barack obama can't defend his record. they can only go on the attack. and you are seeing it. we talk about it every week and they are showing us every single week. now it's not just barack obama calling the american people lazy, it's the insults from the media. you are out of touch, you are irresponsible, you are not just not at enlightened as barack obama is. you are not as wise. what are you doing on the same stage as this man? that's what they want you to think about. they don't want you to think about the $15 trillion or 9 .1 unemployed or a disastrous economy. they don't want you to go there. they want you to think about how bad the republicans are and you will hear is ever

. >> tomorrow night a big political night speaker, newt gingrich and representative michele bachman will both be here to go on the record. don't miss it, 10:00 p.m. eastern. we hit a new high, $15 trillion. that is what the national debt hit tonight. as the debt clock ticks up, the clock is also ticking toward the supercommittee's deadline. they have one more week to agree on $1.2 trillion in cuts. but one lawmaker is urging the committee to go big and exceed that goal. the congressman joins us. good evening, sir. >> good evening. >> well, you really want to go big. that's a far cry from 1.2. they can't agree on 1.2, at least as far as we know. how do you expect them to reach $4 trillion? >> i mean two things. number one, there are about 150 of us in the house and senate, republicans and democrats in the house and they say let's be ambitious. let's put a real dent in the deficit. that's significant. number two, bipartisan, we said let's put everything on the table. what we understand is if we are going to succeed in making a real debt in the deficit, $4 trillion as opposed to 1 point, 2

michele bachman she had her moment but she couldn't really back it up, it seemed to me, and that's why she faded. gingrich is another story. he may get a little tracks here. >> brit, thank you. hope you come back soon. >> thanks, greta. >> now to the crisis that's gripping our nation, no jobs. we spoke with kevin mccarthy earlier tonight. >> good to see you, sir. >> thanks for having me. >> we on the republican bills related to jobs? >> well we have our whole american job creators. the interesting part of the ticket is these are all the bills of that passed the house but are sitting in the senate. currently there's 18 and they continue to grow. we passed three more this week. one of them will actually be a democrat bipartisan bill as well but the senate just continues to sit there which is frustrating when you look at what the president is saying as well. >> it's almost like practice voting. if there's no movement i think the bill would be either passed or not passed in the senate but they just stall? >> they just stall. but there are 915 days, not even passing a budget with a that's t

it has allowed unknown candidates like michele bachman and herman cain to get enough exposure to gain popularity. it's also hurt governor perry has everybody has noted and frankly established the front runner ship because he has been steady and silent in particular at the and the level of the stage in the debates and it's reinforced his support and i think his presidential stature. >> dewolf a follow-up because we are approaching the end of the trail. >> i agree with everything if you don't think the debates matter, just ask rick perry. he was in 46 weeks ago and then he did a few debates so they seem to matter quite a bit. >> one thing i've learned how to do in my long career and that is to get off on time. thank you for kimmage. [applause] >> show the bottom line america's needy and the firing mood. this is 40 minutes. >> thank you very much to bald, chiarelli and steve mcmahon for the first discussion. and as the second panel get set up, i just want to talk a little bit about the wonderful partnership we have with the technology in 2011 and 2012 to bring our readers and to the poli

michele bachman, congresswoman. thank you. >> always a pleasure, martha.nk you. >> coming up, another hardworking man who has been really trying to raise his own position in the polls, herman cain is the next up tonight. we will talk to him after he is fresh off of this debate this evening. his numbers have gone up, they have gone down. can he get to bounce out of his performance tonight? we will ask him here on ♪ [ dr. ling ] i need to get the results from the m.r.i. see if the blood work is ready. review ms. cooper's history. and i want to see katie before e goes home. [ male announcer ] with integrated healthcare solutions from dell, every patient file is where dr. ling needs it. now she can spend more time with patients and less time onaperwork. ♪ dell. the power to do more. that's why i recommend crest pro-health clinical gum protection. it helps eliminate plaque at the gum line, helping prevent gingivitis. it's even clinically proven to help reverse it in just 4 weeks. crest pro-health clinical gum protection. can i help you? yeah, can i get a full-s

up next, you won't believe it but michele bachman says she hasn't made a gaffe ever. is this, gravity that brought her down? >>> back to "hardball." now for the sideshow. first up, gaffe? what gaffe? apparently gop candidate michele bachmann has taken note of the recent campaign blunders of her opponents, rick perry and herman cain, but how about when it comes to her own campaign missteps? well, let's take a listen to what she had to say yesterday on how she has fared so far when it comes to those embarrassing campaign moments. >> i haven't had a gaffe or something that i've done that has caused me to fall in the polls. >> you've had a few little gaffes. maybe not recently, but you had the historic reference in massachusetts, i think, and i think you had one here -- >> well, i got elvis presley's birthday wrong, but i don't think that's a disqualifying factor for being president of the united states. >> what? i don't think elvis presley's birth date was quite what the host was talking about right there. more likely, it was this. let's listen to this one. >> what i lov

totally inaccurate to describe his position as an open door to illegal immigrant and the estate as michele bachman campaign said in an e-mail to reporters during the debate. >>former penn state football coach gerry sandusky could be facing more charges of sexual abuse and that means he also may be headed to jail. he is already accused of abusing eight boys over. 15 years. he has been free on bond since his arrest november 5th sources now say the pennsylvania investigators have opened two new cases against him prosecutors file additional charges jerry sandusky will return to court and face higher bail >>administrators at the university of california at davis are trying to smooth things over with students upper sprayed by campus police occupier protesters were allowed to pitch tents and camp on the school's main quad overnight. students also held the general assembly to talk about last week's ugly confrontation on friday campus officers pepper spray a group of people demonstrating peacefully against proposed tuition hikes the chancellor of the huge california davis apologized and promised a full ind

. >>> nbc has apoligized to michelle bachman for an incident this week.n she walked on stage on jimmy fallon's late-night show his house band played a 1985 song entithat the title uses an expletive that is insulting to women that shows sexism and bias. >>> some of you may know that recently i have been taking a series of executive actions that don't require congressional approval. [laughter] here's another one. we cannot wait to pardon these turkeys. >> those are two lucky birds. they were raised by a group of high-school students and now they will have a life of leisure at mount vernon. >>> the first family delivered meals in northeast washington at the food bank. they handed out dozens of thanksgiving care packages and status with the recipients. the first family was joined by players from the oregon state basketball team which is coached by michelle obama's brother. >>> everyone has various gadgets on their holiday wish list. >> here is sunny hoskins. >> a sneak peek at some of the best black friday deals. apple is expected to discount all its computer

. >> well his rival suggested the epa and afterwards michelle bachman said everyone on stable felt bad used it is a chance to dismiss sexual allegations. >> the american people deserve somebody better than somebody being tried in the public court based on unfounded information. >> they are not at risk of losing billions in the debt crisis. >> san jose police are asking drivers to be more cautious involving pedestrians and bicyclists. claudine wong has more on what may be behind this. >> reporter: three people dead, two others are fighting for their lives and this morning police are asking everyone to be extra careful. we have moved to tullely road, obviously a busy intersection this morning. this was the site of one accident and there are two in this area just last night. a 60-year-old man was hit and several blocks away 44-year-old bicyclist was killed, a few minutes before those accidents rather, there was a fatal accident at jackson and we were there and saw remnants of flares in the crosswalk and spoke to a woman because she crosses that intersection up with day. two people were ki

to boil down to voters after they've figured out whether or not they support herman cain or michelle bachmaner, to rick perry, you know. i think that they're going to figure out whether or not they will support mitt romney and i think that mitt romney right now is leading. he could do a lot better in the polls a little bit later. but i think it's going to be up to his primary strategy. >> heather: ranging anywhere between 24 to 30%, but standard, topping the polls across the board, he has held steady. coming up a little later in the hour, i don't want to give it away, but scott rasmussen, we have polls showing that if the iowa caucus were held today, newt gingrich would win. but overall, the candidate -- this is steady as well -- republicans believe can beat barak obama, it is always romney that leads in that particular type of poll. so kristy, what does that say to you? >> it says that for one thing, mitt romney did a good thing today in skipping the forum in iowa because he was definitely going to be the candidate that was most beat up upon today. this is a hostile crowd. it was a crowd th

is not necessarily representative or reflective of the entire campaign or the candidates has michele bachman and herman kane and others and that shows that the party in general if you look down the line encourages diversity and is succeeding. [inaudible] >> i hope no one is right about my nails. >> can you elaborate on your nails? the only thing on a candidate. strange things. >> question on the rick santorum campaign. he has been hard on herman cain for his comments on abortion. he said he is 100% pro-life and another it is not up to the government to the term and where life begins. has herman cain done enough to clarify his position on abortion or will rick santorum have more to say about this in future ads or will he take him up in the next debate? >> i am assuming other people will take this up. even on cnn last night they put on there website all the different statements herman cain has made on abortion and they are in conflict with one another. i think as part of this process it is fair for people to ask campaigns to specify when they say one thing here and another thing here, why the

[laughter] [applause] >>> next, a gop presidential candidate michele bachman meets with the "des moines register" editorial board to talk of a campaign. she discusses the nation's health care system, foreign policy and weighs in on the use of waterboarding during interrogation of suspects. the editor starts off the meeting which is just over an hour. >> could afternoon. i'm editor vice president of "the des moines register" and we are honored to have with us the republican congressional candidate from the sixth district of minnesota, michele bachman. thank you for being with us. this is our editorial board. we are spending time talking about issues important for not only the state of fallujah but around the country. you've been actively involved in the campaign. thank you for coming and spending time with us. >> i appreciate it. >> we would like to give you the floor for a couple minutes or so to give an opening statement about the things you're seeing and interacting with the voters and start asking you questions. >> with all due respect i want to say i am a republican member of congre

so he will focus on that and don't forget michelle bachman sits on the intelligence committee on theflex policy muscle. >> gregg: herman cain may have been studying the play book a little bit in the run up to this one because he's a little bit short on experience in that regard. all right. carl -- >> he's acknowledged that he is needs to get people around him to help him with that advice because he doesn't have that experience. >> gregg: he's a quick study and a smart study. we'll wait and see. carl, thanks very much in south carolina. >> heather: and president obama beginning his economic conference with asian and pacific leaders, along with the first lady, he arrived in his home state of hawaii overnight. topping the agenda for president obama are some issues of pretty major concern to voters, how to boost u.s. exports and create jobs. chief white house correspondent ed henry is live in honolulu, hawaii. tough assignment, ed. the president has a couple of international assignments on the agenda, but his focus is very much on home. right? >> you're right. he realizes he's on u.s. so

michelle bachman send out an e-mail sang that gingrich is opening the door to amnesty.ere it is. >> i'm not going to stt drawing lines about who gets to stay and who gets to go. the principle is that we will not have an amnesty system that says the people that come here legally get to stay for the rest of their life legally. we will have a system that has a car that identifies them as coming here legally. employers will be expected to inspect that card. the number of people that we need to power our industries, whether that's agriculture or high tech. we welcome people in with visa programs and a series of legal programs. focusing a republican debate on amnesty and who we will give it to it's a big mistake. secure our borders and protect legal immigration. >> joe madison, we are seeing a divide between the position of newt gingrich and mr. romney. >> i think that newt gingrich is going to take a hit the market. especially with iowa coming up. i do want toç say one thing abt this debate that bothered me. that is not one of them will be able to stand toe-to-toe with pres