michele bachmann, herman cain spoke yesterday. we'll have highlight later in the show. >>> the obama administration is working to limit the political blow-back over a mandate that requires religiously affiliated universities and hospitals to offer contraception through their insurance coverage. vice president joe biden, according to a bloomberg report, warnld the president about the risk involved in the law, insists there is still room to resolve this stand-off. >> there is a lot of misunderstanding, there is not enough focus on the fact that we decided that there is a year to work this out so we can accommodate that. i'm determined to see this gets worked out, and i believe we can work it out and as a practicing catholic, i am of the view that this can be worked out and should be worked out. i think the president -- i know the president feels the same way. >> joe biden reported to have gone to the president raising the red flag along with bill daley as politico reports. >>> as the white house looks for compromise, supporters say

. >> talk from michelle bachmann. are we headed into war with iran? will the tea party take on president obama? more fury over operation fast and furious. >> an agent was murdered and your action is to move people around. >> eyes were on capitol hill for holder's drilling. what was going on at the department of justice? >> didn't fire anybody. >> nobody has been fired. >> the women of the funny ranch announce their endorsement. we will reveal their candidates coming up tonight on "justice k"justice ." >> welcome to "justice." i am jeanine pirro. bret baier anchor of "special report" will be on hand starting at 10:00 p.m. eastern with complete results of the caucuses. he's stop i by justice first. good moaning, bre -- good evening, bret. thanks forking being with us. we are waiting for clark county could tomorrow in. >> this is a caucus state. they had caucuses through out the day and into the evening. all of the caucus sites are closed except for one, and that one will start at 10:00 p.m. eastern time. once the doors close there we expect that you wil

congresswoman michele bachmann and mitch daniels. >>> plus, the threat to u.s. security with former cia director michael hayden and former ambassador to israel. >>> then, a man with a plan. starbucks' ceo, howard schultz. i'm candy crowley and this is state of the union. >>> ron paul almost has a total package a strong consistent mess rage, enough money, and motivated and surprisingly young support system. what he doesn't have after nine contests is a single win. his estimate is the lowest of the four contenders and looking ahead, paul is in third or fourth place. joining us now is a man who is needing a breakthrough. thank you for joining us. i think it's fair to say at this point, you get all of that money and yet you don't have a win and it seems almost impossible to envision a presidential nominee that can't win in a state somewhere. look ahead for me and tell me where you can win. >> well, it all depends on how you measure winning. if you measure whether we're winning the maximum number of delegates in a state, we actually have had a win. some of these stra

my meineke. >>> we are back with mitch daniels and michele bachmann.ed to pop the two of you quick questions about the state of the race right now. every time i ask someone if a long race is going to hurt the republicans, the stock answer is of course now it makes us stronger. but i want to show you a couple of polls here and the first one is -- the question is, to republicans only, are you satisfied with the field of presidential candidates? in october, 66% of republicans said yes they are satisfied. now 55% say. so an 11-point drop in republicans satisfied with this field. we also see the president gaining in head to head against all of them and slightly against mitt romney. is that proof that over the course of this time republicans have hurt themselves? congresswoman bachmann? >> no. not at all. what you're seeing are candidates showing the flaws in each other. and of course you're going to see a reduction in the number that these candidates will show, but president obama also hasn't necessarily been the focus of this race. that will all change. th

congresswoman michele bachmann joins me now. thank you so much. listen, you know the reality of running for president now. recently you said that you were the perfect candidate, and america missed its chance. are you sorry you got out when you did? >> well, of course, that was tongue in cheek when i said that. but i also think that i was the clear conservative choice in the race. now, that's au behind us at this point. but it was marvelous experience to be able to run. i ran because of what was going on in the country. i laid everything on the line. i suited up for the battle. it won't be me on the ticket but i'm going to remain in the battle because don, i'm running again for my house seat and the house of representatives because the battle continues. >> yeah. the reason -- another reason i ask you that is because this race has been up and down and even sometimes rick santorum was below you in the polls at certain times. mitt romney is using your ex-debate coach. and it seems like he's doing a lot better, at least he was before florida. so it's g

>> when we come back, congresswoman michele bachmann joins us next.ow is -- the pekingese. >> oh, my. that fluffy little thing won. the host of the westminster kennel club dog show is back to introduce us to the dog who took home best in show last night. they wouldn't let cajun in and couldn't get him in here. they were asking for his weight and all sorts of things. >> cajun in here? >> yes. then i realized it's raining. >> you know what else? >> it's very down. >> he loves that. >> at least cooties. he's got cooties. >> when i was off last week, if i could find somebody to do this show, i wouldn't have to do it anymore. the problem is i couldn't find anyone and i'm here. we are looking for the most part at a warm forecast and looks like march across the country instead of the middle of february. a little bit of temperature and in the 60s. miami will be about 80. warm air surges to the north as we go throughout the week. we are watching thunderstorms even at this hour in the middle of winter throughout arkansas and oklahoma. today we could have a few

you see in this congress michele bachmann and michele bachmann one of these -- wannabe's. there are fights about redistricting. >> use of the one strength the president obama, his rhetorical skill, is not sufficient. >> it has not been used at the scale necessary in this time of crisis. america is in a crossroads. this is a moment comparable to coming out of the great depression. this was a moment coming out of the financial crisis when tectonic shifts are under way in this country. hope is not a policy. policy is a wonky word. hope needs a story, a narrative. here is what is going on in this country. president obama now is speaking more forcefully about what he wants to do it and against smoking out those who are obstructing. this is really wonky. anyway, i think one of the most exciting things are the movements of our times. i closed this book out before occupy. i wrote about wisconsin. our correspondent was there for 57 days. that was about occupying the state house. occupy has become a brand. it has also become e ncampments. soon it will need to be more than a space an

that of course the home state of congresswoman michele bachmann who had hoped her presidential campaignould catch fire with those groups now behind santorum's surge. congresswoman bachmann, good to see you. wau! what happened last night. and how serious should the fire alarm be in the romney campaign? >> last night was a shot across the bow. i think what we saw is the voters haven't made up their mind yet on who the republican nominee should be. but really the biggest signal that was sent is that barack obama is in big trouble. this is why. it's because of his radical policy on forcing the catholic church and other religious organizations to pay for contra accept tiff against church doctrine. so again, the catholic church would have to subsidize people's contraception when that isn't what the church teaches. because of that, you saw this unbelievable reaction. because i think you'd have to say, john, quite fairly this was the first social issue election that we've had so far. that's what you saw in minnesota. that's what you saw in missouri and colorado. you saw social conservatives wei

what did michele bachmann learn while running for president?t what you think when we come back. >> laura: in the back of the book segment tonight, you may remember controversy ensued last month in navy seal chris keil wrote in his book american sniper about punching out a former governor who turned out to be jesse ventura. bill o'reilly recently spoke with keil. -- kyle. >> bill: chief, i read your book. very entertaining. i recommend it to my audience. i think they will like it. first of all, you say you knocked jesse ventura to the floor with a punch. you don't mention his name but everybody knows who that is. number one, that happened? you knocked him out? >> well, i knocked him down. >> bill: knocked him down. why? would you knock him down. >> we lost our first two seals in iraq. we came home and lost our last guy just before coming home. we had the wake in a seal bar there in coronado. he was there. he was there for a speaking engagement at a bud ceremony, graduating class. >> bill: because he was a seal. >> yes, sir. >> bill: he was a nav

. >>> up next, what did michele bachmann learn from her campaign for president?hat's ahead in "the sideshow." she got a little funnier, actually. you're watching "hardball." funny ha, ha. not funny crazy. >>> back to "hardball." now for the sideshow. first up, when president obama's campaign released their campaign music play list, you might have wondered about the campaign tunes of his potential republican rivals. the group americans united for change has some suggestions for mitt romney. let's listen. >> you've been embarrassed for him on the campaign trail. now bring some of mitt romney's most krirnl-worthy musical hits. recorded with co-star and running mate gordon gekko. ♪ oh secretive swiss banking laws ♪ ♪ for massive bank accounts >> you'll get the songs that touched your heart. ♪ should past positions be forgot and never thought abouon♪ ♪ so once i was a moderate it's past and gone ♪ >> go to romney gekko. make sure you have your gold card and start spending. >> wow. that's courtesy of the democratic leaning group that has made a point of aligning mitt r

later that spring and summer the field filled out with mitt romney, john huntsman, michele bachmann and newt gingrich in the race. the first test was the iowa straw poll last august and the results were historic. >> the winner of 2011 iowa straw poll is congresswoman michele bachmann. >> american had the first republican female winner of a presidential contest edging out ron paul by only 152 votes. >> we're stunned and humbled and grateful and thankful and the rest because this is really the people of iowa that did this. it wasn't us, this was the people of iowa. >> the next day the first republican candidate of the 2012 race would drop out, joining me now is former candidate and minnesota governor, tim pawlenty. >> good to be with you. >> i have to ask and don't mean to dispute. where the heck are you, looks like you're in a locker room or something like that? >> i am he' in traverse city, michigan, and i know that this is not the normal huckabee back drop, but i hope you understand and could throw in a mouth guard and hockey helmet if that's helpful to you. >> you're one of the guys w

. >>> up next, what did michele bachmann learn from her campaign for president?hat's ahead in "the sideshow." she got a little funnier, actually. you're watching "hardball." funny ha, ha. not funny crazy. your finances can't manage themselves. but that doesn't mean they won't try. bring all your finances together with the help of the one person who can. a certified financial planner professional. cfp. let's make a plan. gomery and abigail higgins had... ...a tree that bore the most rare and magical fruit. which provided for their every financial need. and then, in one blinding blink of an eye, their tree had given its last. but with their raymond james financial advisor, they had prepared for even the unthinkable. and they danced. see what a raymond james advisor can do for you. >>> back to "hardball." now for the sideshow. first up, when president obama's campaign released their campaign music play list, you might have wondered about the campaign tunes of his potential republican rivals. the group americans united for change has some suggestions for mitt romney.

could we see an endorsement from michele bachmann for mitt romney. we're going to ask her that question. we'll get her take what is happening so far when congresswoman michele bachmann joins us in the next hour. obviously she could help him with some of the tea party strength and very conservative folks did not necessarily rally to him in big numbers last night. we have this morning as well. president obama to lay out his plan to help homeowners who owe more than their homes than the homes are actually worth. those are called underwater mortgages as we've all become too familiar with. his new plan would let the homeowners refinance at a much lower rate. that would potentially save families thousands of dollars a year. a very popular plan for the homeowners but is it good for the economy? fox business network stuart varney, anchor of "varney & company". how many times have we had the plans? is this number five or six? >> i lost count but this is the new one. the broad outlines are as you stated, martha. if you have good credit and up-to-date with your

after iowa, we lost michele bachmann. after south carolina we lost rick perry and by the season finale, by the season finale last night of the republican debate show, by number 20, we were used to just seeing these four remaining characters. the whole cast narrowed down to these four. throughout this show, throughout the whole season, the most interesting and most unpredictable and most outrageous character of all of them for the entire series of this show has been this character. this character. the audience. >> in 2010 when i was deployed to iraq, i had to lie about who i was because i'm a gay soldier and i didn't want to lose my job. my question is under one of your presidencies do you intend to circumvent the progress made for gays and lesbian in the military. >> boo. that was debate number six when they booed at an american soldier deployed to iraq. they booed at him because he was gay. for most of these debates the sound coming out of the audience told you more about republican politics in 2012 right now than the so

presidential candidate michele bachmann, and a president step who thinks rick santorum is connecting and he is backing it up with bucks. foster, good to have you back. >>guest: always an honor to be with you neil. i just returned from the we campaign trail where the sweaters are made and it was exciting to see those fellows. >>neil: what happens to rick santorum in may or june, does he still push the sweaters? >>guest: maybe he has to change from wool to cotton but it is a nice hallmark. >>neil: there is growing sentiment he could do well in one or two states and maybe missouri and minnesota. what do you think? >>guest: when you saw the enthusiasm at the super bowl party you just showed a second ago, you should see then enthusiasm at the rallies, it exceeds that in intensity. i think he has, his message is resonating because president obama gave him a wonderful, wonderful gift, when he said that the conscience issue in longer will be honored so if you are a catholic hospital or catholic university, tough luck, you have to provide abortion services to people in your plan and notre dam

. >> the winner of the 2011 iowa straw poll is congresswoman michele bachmann. >> america had the firstrepublican female winner of a presidential contest edging out ron paul by only 152 votes. >> we are stunned and humbled and grateful and all the rest because this is really the people of iowa that did this. this wasn't us, this is the people of iowa. >> the next day the first republican candidate of the 2012 race would drop out. joining me now is former minnesota governor and candidate tim pawlenty. thanks for being here. >> good to be with you. >> i have to ask, but where the heck are you? looks like you are a locker room, something like that. >> i am in traverse city, michigan, and i know that this is not the normal huckabee backdrop but i hope you will understand. i can throw in a mouth guard and put on a hockey helmet if that will be helpful to you. >> you are one of the few guys that could actually do that and put on the hockey regala because you have done it. which is tougher, playing hockey or running for president? >> running for president for sure. although i still have all my

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back to michele bachmann. give us a conservative rallying cry. come on. >> i thought you would be interested in knowing that running for president of the united states is really one serious of humiliations after another. >> what? oh, dear. i'm glad she spoke before newt and mitt showed up. that was a bit of a downer. i guess have to leave the cheer leading to the others. >> conservatives are more fun than liberals. there's a reason for that. it's because we're always right. >> slow down, senator. save some fun for the rest of us. let's bring in our triple panel now. david corn, jonathan capehart an opinion writer for the "washington post" and right in the thick of action ken vogel and shaved for the very purpose. starting with david. this a who's who, but is this about coalesces around some important themes, particularly in this election year or is it another opportunity for herman cain to sing "amazing grace." >> i hope both. i don't see any coalescing around a candidate. cpac happens every year but ever four years it takes amybñ more exalting

it's also the case that it's michele bachmann. what's inside their heads? more stuff along these lines. the new high school curriculum in texas now includes a unit on este lauder, but no units on george washington, john adams, or thomas jefferson. when i read this, i thought i was reading "the onion," but it was a teaks -- texas newspaper. i'm tempted to write a letter to the texas board of education suggesting that the units on lincoln and fdr be eliminated, and we have one on kim kardashian. [laughter] you laugh, but in two years, when it happens, then what? who would have thought este lauder. it's satire, but then it's real, and in 2013 when they study kim's rear end, marriage, and divorce, one of the world's living writers wrote a poem about here. there's a lot of material here. lincoln is very little, but kim, you know? [laughter] i'm one of the few critics hammering at the crucial reason things cannot be turned around that americans don't have the gray mat matter to. this is very impolite, but there are phillip greene saying it in an article called "f

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