mike huckabee, what's the draw? >> thanks for having me. voters. socially conservative, born-again christians, and especially those who are politically active. and i just defined for you the exact nature of who was at this meeting. look, this is less than a thousand people, and the kind of people who are motivated enough to come to a washington, d.c., three-day political event. so let's not say too much conservation about one week event three years before the primary. >> but since we are analyzing, and since you're here. >> since we have, to savannah. >> should mitt romney have done better? and one other thing, how about mike pence, he is getting 11.9% of the vote, and every other person is a national figure. >> you're right on both counts. first, romney probably should have done better, given his name i.d. and given his standing in the party. and there is no question about, mike pence, the career republican in the house, even the ardent political activist would have a sense of who that is. he is definitely with romney. and don't forget tim

i am mike huckabee and i approved this message and so did chuck. chuck noris approved. >> well, that adgot a lot of play in the campaign . you know chuck noris is not approved of president obama's health care plan. he and his wife join us from the ranch in the lone star state of texas to tell us why. chuck and gina. welcome to the show today. >> hi, mike. it is great to see you and happy anniversary. >> wish we were there and get a chance to meet your audience. >> they are fantastic. >> as are you and we are looking forward, you guys are with us in new york in the coming days nearby . i hope that is coming up. we'll get right to an appropriate're important question. chuck you wrote several articles in your column on the peculiar - particular internet site concerns about the proposal that is floating in washington called health care reform. tell me what troubles you the most that americans need to know about what is proposed? >> mike, you know last august, we got the universal health care bill on line and gina and i started trying to read it it was

mike huckabee knows and mitt romney knows this. they know the history of the party.t the front line next time. it's a groundhog day sensation, seeing mike huckabee using the sim rhetoric that he used three or four years ago. we will see what happens. he has a shot here, certainly. >> anne, what strikes you? do you think the republicans will be able to get it together in their own party to become the voice they want to represent right now? >> i am not sure it's up to them. i think events will take tate what happens. if the economy turns around. we have to get through the mid-terms and see what happens. then we will have a clear picture of what will happen in the next presidential election. if the unemployment rates goes down, it will be difficult for any republican to really challenge the president. if on the other hand the unemployment is staying up, and stays where it is, there will an opening for anyone in the straw poll. and i am not sure it's great for h huckabee to win this. it's fluid and we should not read too much. >> and mitt romney, you would think would ha

i'm not governor mike huckabee, i'm not bush banish either. t i'd like to welcome you to-- what's that guy's name? huckabee. ladies and gentlemen, mike huckabee, the governor. bring it out. [applaus [applause]. hey, hello. >> good morning. >> how are you? >> i'm doing great. so, we had you on the show today. >> yes, i will be here. which means we have dozens of people on the show today. >> right. >> you want to give awes preview. >> how about some this have, some of this, and what were you thinking? and that kid going, i want to be jon voight. >> frank cal yanno is going to be on our show today. look forward to sighing seeing you. >> thank you so much and also, he says that president obama is trying to change america, maybe not the change you bargained for. outspoken conservative actor jon voight will be here to tell us why he's become so involved and will give us his take on health care reform, and also, paul harvey's commentaries for must-here radio and best selling author talks about the legendary broadcaster's leg have i, it's an interview

i am not governor mike huckabee and i am not george w. bush either . i would like to welcome you, what is that guy's name? hucabe? ladies and gentlemen. mike huckabee the governor, bring it on. [applause] hey frank. how are you doing? >> we have you on the show today? >> yes, i will be here. >> we have dozens of preme. give a preview. >> how about what were you think and let's get going. i want to see john boy. frank will be here in on show. we'll see you in a few minutes, frank. >> thank you so much . also, he said president obama is trying to change america, but maybe not the change you bargained for. outspoken conservative actor john boyd will tell us why he is so involved and give us his take on health care reform. >> paul harvey commentaries were must hear radio. tonight steven mans thereto field talked about the legendary broadcaster's legacy it is an interview you don't want to miss. he had over 2300 career hits as a center fielder and produce hit music. bernie williams james with the little rockers tonight. you will enjoy the show. >> i trust t

mike huckabee wants to ut the irs out of business and chuck norris does a pushup he isn't lift being himself up, he's pushing the earth down. mike is a principled authentic conservative. >> chuck norris doesn't endorse, he tells america now it's going to be. i'm mike huckabee and i approve this message. so did chuck. chuck norris approved. well, that little ad got a lot of play during the campaign. and by the way, i want you to know chuck norris does not necessarily approve of president obama's health care plan. he and his wife gina join us from the ranch in lonestar state of texas to tell us why. chuck and gina, i'm so glad to see you guys. welcome to the show today. >> hi, mike, it's great to see you, happy anniversary. >> yeah, we wish we were there to get a chance to meet your audience, maybe next time. >> they're fantastic. >> mike: they are fantastic as are you, and we're looking forward, i think you guys may be with us in new york in the coming days near, nearby and i hope that's coming up. i want to get right to a very important question, chuck, you've written several articles

and the new masculinity, which session does mike huckabee belong in? >> we've been the land of czars, clunker cars, and hollywood stars. >> speaking of czars, the dnc strikes back at republican hypocrisy asking if why it's an evil idea, why did the gop support them during the bush years? hateful spin after speaker pelosi expressed concern about violent rhetoric. suddenly fox news decides your words do matter and could indeed incite people to violence. >> she got all choked up over something that could be very very serious. >> when you harken to terrible tragedies involving political assassinations -- >> giving people ideas. >> and it's a horrible thing to do. >>> and saturday night live uncovers the plot behind the wilson you lie tirade. >> all at once together. are going to yell "you lie." >> all that and more now on "countdown." >>> good evening from new york, i'm lawrence o'donnell in for keith keith olbermann. 45,000 people die each year because they don't have health insurance. put another way, that's one person every 12 minutes, five people every

his former conservative rival, mike huckabee who has their votes. e is the favorite among religious conservatives to beat the president in 2012. the poll was conducted at the summit. huckabee with 28%, four people tied for second with 12%, including former governor sarah palin and mitt romney. >>> coalition troops are surging ahead like, quote, a powerful flood. the message laelgdly surfaced saturday on the internet. the speaker says the fight against u.s. and foreign forces is on the verge of victory. next month marks the eighth anniversary of the u.s.-led invasion of afghanistan. the identity of the speaker has not been independently confirmed. >>> texas has been in a drought in the last two years, and recent storms haven't brought much relief as natalie stole explains, scientists are trying to see if they can manipulate nature a little bit and turn things around. >> testing, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven. >> reporter: these scientists fly right at thunderstorms, high-tech planting seeds in a cloud. to make them rain longer. >> reporter:

it it might an rejoineder to mike huckabee? >> it is very appropriate.s an awful lot of u.n. stuff going on. so this is my kind of, we need the world and the world need us. my multilateral pin. and i honest lirg listening to that, i find that so appalling. if you look at the problems out there, i believe in the strength of america. but how could we possibly deal with nuclear proliferation alone or climate change or energy and environmental issues generally? i just find that such a know nothing position. and the u.n. is imperfect but it is a lot better if we support it. >> do our rather agro domestic politics about working with the u.n. and the whole idea of multi lateralism, because we have some extreme rhetoric on that because of our own extreme politics, does that make it harder to work with other countries? does that translate abroad in. >> it is much hard ferry we go around insuling everybody. the bottom line, i thought president obama's speech was terrific at the u.n. he basically said two ways. one, if you criticize us for being unilateral, then yo

connell: we have reaction right now from the former presidential candidate, mike huckabee, post here on fox. welcome. -- host here on fox. welcome. neil talked about this yesterday, the speaker of the house likening these protesters to the protesters against gay- rights and the violence of the 1970's. >> if you have to force an apology out of anyone, it is worthless. connell: you do not think she should? >> it should not be prompted because someone asked her. she realized what an idiotic thing it was that she said. worried about violence? what about the pro-life activist that was shot down in cold blood standing peacefully outside of an abortion clinic? what about the man that got his finger bitten off? i did not hear her weeping and shedding crocodile tears over any of those moments that were violent. connell: on both sides you want to talk about the issue, and we will do that, but you get lost in this stuff to some extent, no? >> and no one wins when we result -- doe down into name calling and bashing -- go down into name-calling and bashing. she should act with more discretion whe

it is why mike huckabee did so well out there, as peter points out, after the other fella from kansaspped out, who had real support there. huckabee just locked that vote up, and it took him to victory in the iowa caucuses, beating romney. otherwise, romney would have been the nominee. they're very important, but if you go too far, clearly, if you're identified as solely that, you start losing some of the economic conservatives and others who really aren't that strong on the social issues. >> you know, peter, i want to go -- go ahead. >> let me make this point about that, alex, too. if you look at the delegates at the last republican convention, it was the most far right group of delegates that has ever been assembled, and the concern, i think, on the part of a lot of republicans, is that they are even going further on this. and that's sort of scary to them, because you have got to win the middle. i mean, the reason that joe lieberman couldn't become vice president was because he was pro-choice. the reason that they didn't take the former governor of pennsylvania was because he was pro

. >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee. [ applause ] >> mike: and thank you very much. welcome to the "huckabee" from the fox videos in new york city. tonight ousted alan i. rod blagojevich and his wife, patty, join us, and we'll ask him some questions and answers could make headlines. he met the queen of southern cuisine, paula deen is in our studio. you'll love paula's style, her humor, but you might be surprised by her powerful and amazing story. imagine an all-time country music great, george jones, is here. he will be playing one of his classic songs, and a brand-new one and never released before, but you'll hear it here tonight. what a great show we have. take you for joining us. [ applause ] >> mike: i'm sad to report today the death of a good friend to all of us. journalism. once esteemed for the state of our nation and the protector of our freedoms and the watchdog of our rights, has passed away after a long struggle with a crippling and debilitating disease of acute dishonesty aggravated by advanced laziness and the loss of brain function. journalism mus

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mike huckabee will be here to discuss that important story. and acorn faced another defeat yesterday on capitol hill. i'm okay with cutting back a little, but i still want to put my best face forward. with crest whitestrips advanced seal, i get whiter teeth that lasts for 12 months. all from one little box, i say that's a pretty good deal. crest whitestrips advanced seal. the no slip white strips. sean: in august attorney general eric holder announced he would be reopening the criminal investigation into c.i.a. investigations and interrogators who questioned suspected terrorists in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. that decision prompted seven former c.i.a. directors to send a letter to 0 problem -- shall to president obama today asking him to reverse the decision. it goes on to say this. it says -- very poumple statement from seven former heaveds the c.i.a. joining me with reaction is the former governor of the great state of arkansas, mike huckabee. >> i think it's very significant whenu you have seven c.i.a. heads who join together in sayi

mike huckabee has the unofficial early lee. he topped a straw poll at a conservative gathering in the district today. he gathered more votes at the value voter summit than mitt romney and sarah palin combined. it is a chance for the christian conservatives to show they are relevant. >> i'm leading an effort amongst house republicans to earn back our majority so we can take the gavel away from nancy pelosi. >> president obama and the democrats are in control trying to reform health care before it is too late. president obama will push his plan tomorrow on "meet the press" at 10:30 a.m. here on nbc 4. >>> buyers got a chance to jump back into the housing market at an auction for foreclosed homes. >> $44,000. >> 130 properties across the washington area and west virginia were on the block this weekend. they ranged from $5,000 to $615,000. all of the homes are being sold as is. prospective buyers could inspect the properties before bidding on them. there were several auction sites including this one in falls church. >> we are getti

marsha blackburn and mike huckabee. a busy friday hannity starts right now.captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- sean: outrage continues to spread over the youtube video showing school children being forced by their teachers to sing songs praising president barack obama. now parents and community members are speaking out against administrators of the b. bernice young elementary school in new jersey where the video was recorded. in a moment you will meet two of those parents. first, in case you missed this video last night, take a look. >> now, everybody, let's sing it together. ♪ sean: now, according to fox 29 in philadelphia, several concerned parents met with doctors and dr. denise king who is the school principal last night, dr. reportedly unapologetic and said we would allow the performance who happen again if she could. new jersey's department of education have taken a different stance on the situation and ordered a full investigation into the matter. joining me now to talk about t

mike huckabee's no stranger to the values voters group. he was one of the top tier presidential candidates who attended the debate during the primary season. at which he and the other candidates stood on stage at their respective podiums while a choir opened the proceedings with an anti-patriotic song titled "why should god bless america?" the point of the song is that god shouldn't bless america because america is not worthy of being blessed because of abortion and the supreme court ruling against prayer in schools and other things that conservatives don't like. ♪ why should god bless america she's forgotten he exists ♪ ♪ and has turned her back on everything that ♪ made her what she is >> why should god bless america? a song about god rightfully hating america. is the song that the values voters folks used to kick off their presidential debate in this past election cycle. since none of those candidates who stood there before the choir singing about america not deserving to be blessed by god ended up getting elected president since the re

marsha blackburn and mike huckabee. a busy friday hannity starts right now.captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- sean: outrage continues to spread over the youtube video showing school children being forced by their teachers to sing songs praising president barack obama. now parents and community members are speaking out against administrators of the b. bernice young elementary school in new jersey where the video was recorded. in a moment you will meet two of those parents. first, in case you missed this video last night, take a look. >> now, everybody, let's sing it together. ♪ sean: now, according to fox 29 in philadelphia, several concerned parents met with doctors and dr. denise king who is the school principal last night, dr. reportedly unapologetic and said we would allow the performance who happen again if she could. new jersey's department of education have taken a different stance on the situation and ordered a full investigation into the matter. joining me now to talk about t

but his former conservative rival mike huckabee has their vote. conservatives to be president in 2012. four people tied for second with 12%, including romney and former alaska governor sarah palin. >>> everybody wants to save manufacture and spend less. join hln money expert clark howard at 4:00 p.m. eastern. he will show you ways to do that. save more and spend less and avoid getting ripped off. the clark howard show, 4:00 p.m. eastern on hln. >>> tonight is television's big night. actor neil patrick harris is hosting the 61st annual prime time emmy awards from hollywood. it could turn out to be a huge night for the amc drama "mad men." that show won the best drama emmy last year and captured 16 mom nation this is year. "family guy" could become the first cartoon to capture the best comedy award. it's going up against "30 rock." >>> you may know dave matthews best for his music. he has ideas about politics as well. he says racism is a bigger issue than most people think in america and he's got personal experience to thank for that perspective. (a

. >>> mike huckabee would like to be a republican presidential contender again, and so he's now arguingor the u.n. building to be jackhammered off the island of manhattan and floated away into the east river. that's ahead as we're joined by former secretary of state madeleine albright. first time for a couple of "holy mackerel" stories in today's news. the month that president obama was elected in november of last year, italian prime minister silvio berlusconi said something shocking even for him. he described the then president-elect as, quote, handsome, young, and sun tanned. now he's done it again but worse. fresh off his meeting with the obamas at the g-20 in pittsburgh, mr. berlusconi appeared before a group of conservative italian activists in milan and said this. >> "some tanned guy." oh, yeah, barack obama. then it got worse from there. he brought up the first lady. you know how they say everything sounds beautiful in italian? sort of think maybe that's over. also, republican congressman steve buier has been famous inside the beltway twice this year. first he argued against toba

. >> and romney may have warmed the crowd, but it was his conservative rival mike huckabee who has their vote. a poll shows he's the favorite among religious conservatives to be president in 2012. huckabee topped with 28%. four people tied with for second including romney and former alaska governor sarah palin. >>> a 5.1 magnitude quake in mexico shook parts of southern california and arizona yesterday. people in san diego reported tealing it and they were 120 miles away from the epicenter. several aftershocks followed, too. the largest one was a magnitude 4.2. >>> the taliban's reclusive lead he says that the fight against coalition troops in afghanistan is surging ahead like "a powerful flood." the message allegedly from mu la omar surfaced saturday. the message was released to coincide with a muslim holy day. next month marks the eighth anniversary of the u.s.-led invasion of afghanistan. the identity of the speaker has not been independently confirmed. >>> texas has been in a drought for the last two years and recent storms have been brought much of relief. as kxan explains, scientis

this weekend and look at the results, mike huckabee blew it out, taking 28% of the votes and 4 othersssachusetts governor mitt romney, tim pawlentiy, former g.o.p. vice presidential candidate sarah palin and indiana representative mike pence. and neither palin another newt gingrich drew the biggest draws in conservative circles and neither one attended the event this year and newt gingrich is back from a trip overseas and sarah palin the old washington times, she cancelled because her son is due home from iraq but they still got good digs at the president senate he can spin a speech but can't spin his record and i bet you never would dream to look back at jimmy carter as the good old days. >> good news, we have a bipartisan health care bill. the baucus bill. both sides hate it equally. it is bipartisan in people's contempt of it. [applause]. >> the last time they had a straw poll was two years ago, and mitt romney won by 30 votes out of thousands cast and that case you could vote in person or on-line and this year only those attending could vote and huckabee ran away with it. back to

featured speakers in the summit in washington, d.c., former governor and current talk show host mike huckabee. he offered a few examples of present-day conservative obsessions. >> it is at times a country that is almost difficult to recognize. we have become the land of czars, clunker cars, and hollywood stars. but unfortunately, it's also become a place where we've lost any transparency and accountability. >> congressman mike pets went after the czars, as well and tossed out classic red meat. >> and the american people will not stand for government-run insurance that uses taxpayer money to fund abortions. -- in this country. washington, d.c. must become a no czar zone starting here and starting now. >> of course, the five health bills in the congress currently written would not fund abortions. another popular speaker today was carrie prejean who spent a great deal of time reliving that fateful night when a pageant judge dared to ask her how she felt about gay marriage. >> i tried to stand there and look pretty, but in my head i could not believe that they were asking that question at miss us

amanda, i think that mike huckabee forgot to add in there, he could make it rhyme, pointing out thatrepublican, tom delay, right? >> yeah, right. i think tom delay criticized by a lot of republicans, strange he is on this show while a lot of republicans are in the what they think is the fight of their lives of health care. we will leave tom delay out there and talk about the celebrity ad resurrected. i think that san easy hit for the gop, dust that one off the shelves it does talk about britney spears, it communicates the message, still two years ago that obama is overexposed, what they are hoping for in the media blitz on sunday, hoping that people maybe get a little bit a annoyed a little bit of backlash, he is on every single show. just an easy hit for them. >> ari, i don't get it you don't have to watch the television if you don't want it not like it is being shoved down your throat, turn off the tv. >> this one is especially stupid. look, he is the president, so, number one, get used to it. number two, this is not celebrity coverage, you don't see miley cyrus on "meet the press.

former arkansas governor, mike huckabee was the preferred candidate by a rather large margin, he tookd for second with minnesota governor tim pawlenty and indiana congressman, mike pence. andy barr is a reporter with politico. andy, what do you read into those rules from that particular straw poll? >> a really interesting result. if you remember back to the c pack conference they had back in february, the one the year before, too, mitt romney was running and winning among these folks. mike huckabee is someone who even though, you know, hasn't really been out in front of a lot of this stuff, doesn't have an organization, continues to be really popular in the social conservative movement, certainly surprising palin is so far down the list even though she wasn't one that came to speak to the group. >> that because, do you think, because of huckabee's it v time? >> i think that has something to do with it, too, just kind of got unquestioned credentials in this area. you have to remember the group that he is speaking to, some of the other people, you know, romney's taken some hits recently

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go to mike huckabee.com and click on the huckabee report and share your retorts, reputtals and oops. we miss jay leno and monologues over the summer. he is back and in prime time. he didn't waste any time taking his hilarious shots at the political world. >> you heard about this? the new house rules. they cannot call the president a liar, cannot call him a hypocrite and president bush said where are the rules when i was president? what's this all about? >> we have been missing jay leno. congress as you know they have gone back to the drawing board. a healthcare reform plan americans can live with. while that's going on what's in it for the doctors and nurses and other medical professionals. let's ask two con gretsz man. republican charles from louisiana a heart surgeon and in the studio michael burgess from texas who is an obgy nvshg. i was with i did. i want to as you a question i will did you in new oth other -w orleans. they are halfway hyphened the bill. only 20 percent be long to the ama. is there them honest eye approach. are the doctors truly behind the healthcare reform bill

as the good old days. >> and romney may have warmed the crowd, but it's his conservative rival mike huckabees. a straw poll shows that huckabee is the favorite among religious conservatives to be president in 2012. the poll was conducted at the summit. huckabee topped with 28%. four people tied for second with 12%, including romney and former alaska governor, sarah palin. >>> a 5.1 magnitude quake in mexico shook parts of southern california and arizona yesterday. people in san diego reported feeling it and they were 120 miles away from the epicenter. several aftershocks followed too. the largest one was a magnitude 4.2. >>> the taliban's reclusive leader says that thing fight against coalition troops in afghanistan is surging ahead like, quote, a powerful flood. the message allegedly from mullah omar surfaced saturday on the internet. the speaker says that the fight against u.s. and foreign forces is on the verge of victory. the message was released to coincide with the muslim holy day. next month marks the eight-anniversary of the u.s.-led invasion of afghanistan. the identity of the speak

governor mike huckabee. [applause]thank you. thank you very much, welcome to huckabee from the fox studios in new york city. well, tonight, ousted governor and his wife patty join us and we're going to ask them some questions and their answers could make headlines and the queen of cuisine, paula dean is here, you'll love her style and humor and you might be surprised by other powerful and amazing story and then, all time country music great, george jones, is here. he's going to be playing one of his classic songs and a brand new one, never released before. but you're going to hear it here tonight. what a great show we have. thank you for joining us. [applause]. sad to report today the death of a good friend to all of us, journalism. the once esteemed state of our nation and protector of our freedoms and a watch dog of our rights has passed away after a long struggle with a crippling and debilitating disease of acu acute dishonesty aggravated by a loss of brain function. journalism once proudly patrolled our society and sought to

. >> conservative mike huckabee said before there is health care reform americans ought to get more health care. >> more people will be encouraged to live unhealthy lifestyles. >> many of the value voters now call barack obama a socialist. but moderate republican, senator olympia, does not. >> i think the opposite. he's been very realistic in his views on health care. >> democrats hope snow will vote with them. she might. if there is a changed in the plans proposed for people who refuse to get health insurance. >> if they are going to pay a penalty, i would like it paid toward coverage as opposed to just a pen al. >> many democrats, too, want changes in their own party's proposals. >> besides the fines, another issue is proposed taxes on high-cost medical plans. some democrats say they don't want people with great coverage now penalized to help other people get coverage. steve handlesmanment -- handlesman, wbal-tv. >> a second term sought in november of next year. along with being the state tax controller, -- the controller also haves one of three votes on the board of public works along w

mike: you guys were in washington last week for the rally, people love you. you've been on the entire tea party express and we're just happy to have you on the huckabee show todayew strap i got. a woman from missouri made it for me. she makes it for keith richards, sheryl crow, i'm proud of it. >> i need her phone number. >> mike: i'll get it to you. the song is health care, the name is "a big fat no". let's do it. ♪ ♪ well universal health care, let the government control our care ♪ ♪ would seal our fate ♪ have the bureaucrats decide if we live or die ♪ ♪ scare us half to death and make us want to cry ♪ ♪ they said if you don't join they'll tax you, bro ♪ ♪ universal health care is a big fat no ♪ ♪ well universal health care is a slippery slope ♪ ♪ a single payer family, be a joke ♪ ♪ he'll no longer get to work and buy the very best ♪ ♪ no surgeries for you, just pain pills 'cause you're old ♪ ♪ hey, universal health care is a big fat no ♪ ♪ and the white house, i'll go for that ♪ ♪ no one's going to tell me how or when to pass ♪ ♪ if i live to be 95, will they say i should be euthanized ♪ ♪ now i'll admit our health care needs a little fix, but universal hea

governor, the man who just won the presidential straw poll for the 2012 elections by more than 2-1, mike huckabee. congratulations. 28.5, mitt romney 12.4. >> it was flattering. i mean obviously when you are in front of people that you share core values and principles with and they give you that kind of affirmation it is wonderful. it is so far out before the election and frankly long before i will make any decision on the future because i'm having way too much fun at fox news channel right now. >> geraldo: beating sarah palin by 2-1. mitt romney, toml tom pawlentyd newt gingrich. impressive. >> it is flattering, but to say that is the sign from heaven, i need to act upon it would be pretty absurd. people know where i stand. i take positions that are pretty clear and that bothers some people but it also i think kind of comforts others. >> geraldo: what would president huckabee do about a group that was created in your home state of arkansas? >> we need to have a full on investigation. it is widespread, it is not localized. i knew about acorn from the early '70s when they were the arkansas communi

. >> reporter: the conservative mike huckabee said before there's health care reform, americans oughtget more exercise. >> simply covering more people only exacerbates the problem so more people will be encouraged to live unhealthy lifestyles. >> reporter: many call barack obama a socialist. moderate republican senator o olympia snowe does not. >> i sense the opposite. he's been very realistic in his views on health care. >> reporter: democrats hope snowe will vote with them. she might, if is there a change in the fines proposed to people who refuse to get health insurance. >> if you are going to pay a penalty, i would like to pay it towards coverage as opposed to a simple, as a penalty. >> reporter: many democrats want changes in their own party's health care proposal. despite the fine is proposed taxes on high-cost medical plans. democrats say they don't want people with great coverage now penalized to help other people get coverage. i'm steve handelsman, news4, capitol hill. >>> the first lady plans on holding a series of small town hall style chats with women in the coming weeks.

>> coming up on the big show tonight, we will ask governor mike huckabee for his take on acorn and hope that he gives it to us. then we will examine the fallout from president obama's decision to scrap the european eastern defense shield. some say it is a victory for russia but others say it is a victory for russia. what is napolitan nancy pelosif these days? how long can a woman keep a secret? chances are bill schulz already told you the answer. >> greg: unnecessary but true. thanks, andy. go away, andy. let me welcome our guests, a andrea tantera. she is so hot she can frame boil aburger in her arm pit. and sitting next to me, bill hemmer, seen week day mornings at 9:00 a.m. eastern on fox news channel. he is so sharp, women prefer using him to shave their legs. and our "new york times" correspondent. >> congratulations on 600 episodes, greg. i'm at 60,000 issues but whatever! >> greg: thanks. house speaker nancy pelosi is afraid of what you ask, another al-qaeda attack? iran getting nuked? a bad shipment of botox. no, no and, of course. what really worries pelosi is you, america. she

governor, the man who just won the presidential straw poll for the 2012 elections by more than 2-1, mike huckabee. congratulations. 28.5, mitt romney 12.4. >> it was flattering. i mean obviously when you are in front of people that you share core values and principles with and they give you that kind of affirmation it is wonderful. it is so far out before the election and frankly long before i will make any decision on the future because i'm having way too much fun at fox news channel right now. >> geraldo: beating sarah palin by 2-1. mitt romney, toml tom pawlentyd newt gingrich. impressive. >> it is flattering, but to say that is the sign from heaven, i need to act upon it would be pretty absurd. people know where i stand. i take positions that are pretty clear and that bothers some people but it also i think kind of comforts others. >> geraldo: what would president huckabee do about a group that was created in your home state of arkansas? >> we need to have a full on investigation. it is widespread, it is not localized. i knew about acorn from the early '70s when they were the arkansas communi

greta: other speakers at the summit, former governor mike huckabee, actor steven baldwin and bill o'reilly. and we found here -- her. the first lady. doesn't it seem like mrs. obama has been keeping a low p.l.o. -- profile lately? but today she threw some punches in the health care bat. >> if we want to achieve true equality for women, if that is our goal, if we want to ensure that women have opportunities that ste deserve, if that it -- is our goal, if we want women to be able to care for their families and pursue things that they could never imagine, then we have to reform the system. we have to reform the system, the status quo is unacceptable. it is holding women and families back and we know it. greta: finally, if you're going to call 911 in vallejo, california, make sure it's a real emergency. the city will soon be charging $200 each for each bogus call. city officials say the city wastes $200,000 a year on bogus calls, calls that are not real emergencieses. imagine if these people lived in val edgeo. >> i ordered french fries but i asked them to put the money back on the debit card

look at this, newt gingrich, mike huckabee, bobby jindal, sarah palin, rob paul, mike patton, mitt romney, rick santorum, and i could go on and on and on. >> the fact is that the issue of who the presidential candidate will be for the democrats in 2012 is a settled issue, unless you know something that i don't know. >> well, it all depends on how this guy does in the next couple of years, but go on. >> on the other hand, the republicans are vetting candidates. last year, in 2008, all of the candidates from all of the parties were invided. the democrats chose not to come, but it wasn't because they weren't offered around opportunity to speak. >> that's fair. >> and so that's where we are on that. >> listen, i'm glad you're felling me that. would you think that an organization like this, and i've got to tell you, you are talking about things that i agree with, and i think that i can speak for the great majority of americans when they say they agree with a lot of what you're talking about, why is it in this country that we talk about these things in groups? why do we segregate ourselves in s

last night we also heard from tim pawlenty the minnesota governor, mike huckabee former governor of arkansas and mike pence congressman from indiana. later today we'll find out the results of a straw poll. about 2,000 people who have been attending this conference are voting in the straw poll. an early look for preferences for the next race for the white house. >> so was that at the heart of what's really at issue here, trying to find that next leader, or are they trying to flesh out certain topics to make sure everyone is onboard with how to approach certain topics? >> exactly. that's only one small part, the presidential politics. really this is a way for social conservatives to talk about the issues that are important to them and of course things like guy marriage and abortion are big topics here but also health care as you can imagine and there's a lot of opposition here to what the president and the democrats are proposing, cap and trade and other clean energy issues as well and this is really a way for them to energize and talk about how they want to take back the agenda from the democ

newt gingrich, mike huckabee, sarah palin, ron paul, tim pawlenty, mitt romney. we'll be looking for the results. >> we'll check in with you later on. thank you. >> thanks. >>> police in california are looking for three people accused of attacking a walmart employee. he's 76 years old. it was caught on camera. you can see it on the left side of the screen. two suspects left the store with a flat screen tv in the cart. one threw him on the ground then fled off. police say the employee was sent to the hospital with injuries to his hands and arms. >>> the american student trial resumes in italy this morning. amanda knox is accused of sexually assaulting and killing her roommate. keith, good saturday to you. what is expected to happen in court today? >> we have had sessions already. the defense is trying to dismantle the prosecutions evidence. it was always going to come down to forensic science. what we have is he said she said. they are giving one gate. the defense is trouting their own defense efforts. they are saying the knife the prosecution says was used couldn

. >> reporter: conservative mike huckabee said before there is health care reform, americans ought to get more exercise and the like. >> simply covering more people only exacerbates the problem by making it so more people will be encouraged to live unhealthy lifestyles. >> reporter: many of the value voters call barack obama a socialist. moderate republican senator olympia snowe does not. >> i don't. in fact, i almost sense the opposite. he's been very realistic in s views on health care. >> reporter: democrats hope snowe will vote with them. she might if there is a change in the fines for people who refuse to get health insurance. >> if there is a penalty, i would like to pay it for coverage than a penalty. >> reporter: many mocrats want changes. besides the fines and penalties, another issue is a proposed tax on high-cost medical plans. some democrats say they don't want people with great coverage now to be penalized so that other people can get coverage. live from the hill, steve handelsman, news4. >> thank you, steve. >>> in montgomery county, police arrested a 17-year-old and acc

mike huckabee spoke today. don't worry, you haven't missed out on the excitement. if i am pawlenty is on tonight. speaking of theater, you can get writers of saturday night live have been itching to get their hands on it. they came back last night with a mock-up of the republican strategy session before wilson's big callout. >> right here. okay? now, look here. somewhere in the middle. here it is. he is going to say this. the reforms i'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally. okay? now when he says that, all of us, all at once, together, are going to yell "you lie!" got that? good. we all degree. that will be fun. >> skaz me. >> yeah? >> congressman joe wilson. if there is nothing else, i'm going to duck into the bath ram for a moment. >> okay. we'll see you on the floor. >> see you on the floor. >> there it goes. >> okay, gang. we've got showtime. hold on. >> i'm starting to have second thoughts about this. >> you know what? you may be right. let's not do it. we could come off very badly. okay? so aware all in agreement? did e hear that? we're

interesting thing about mike huckabee is this. the straw poll at value voters summit in 2007. he also won iowa. doesn't get you far enough. he did win by double digits. >> those are the numbers. huckabee, romney, sarah palin at 12%. ron, i want to bring up a conversation we had on friday. we did go back and check on this. we did cover the story you and i were talking about on august 11th. we looked for the videotape. ron, the guy was a faker. come on, now, you know that. right wing story, there's a good lefty story. i'm taking the lefty story on that. >> if he was a faker then he wouldn't have had the st. louis police department go in and arrest six people for battery. >> it takes six to tango in a bar show, ron. you know that. >> ed, my whole point was you didn't see violence at republican town halls. you only saw people -- >> this wasn't violence. he was a faker. we did cover it. i told you i'd bring it up again. i appreciate your time, panel. >>> first, when you thought john edwards couldn't sink lower his former aide is writin