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. >> ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee . thank you. thank you very much. we have a great studio audience and delighted to welcome you to huckabee. and one of the few times that government has worked was in the welfare reform act of the 1990s injured by wisconsin governor tommy thotcheson and utah mike levit, the republican congress elected in 1994 and led by speaker newt gingrich passed land mark legislation that was crafted to take people from welfare roles to pay roles. >> we developed a plan who give people stuck in the welfare hole a ladder to independence. in my state with 90 percent of the legislature being democrats it was not a easy sell if we removed government life support and insisted on able body people getting to work. we would have massive dying in the streets and sleeping in the park and starving. >> that's how disconnected the far left is. thanks to responsible democrats and willing to work with me. we passed a strong welfare reform bill. insteved people tarve dying, unemployment numbers went down and poverty rates declined we learned a lot.

here my reenactment of mike huckabee suggesting to to rick santorum. hey, rick, gets's go and buy as many chicken sandwiches. >> to support their stand on traician dal marriage. >> yeah. that's what i was talking about. for more on whether it's a good idea for municipalities to enforce political viewpoints on the restaurateurs we turn to wyatt sen ang and jessica williams. nice to see you guys. dhoers plaus-- (cheers and applause) >> jessica i'm sorry i see you are eating a chick-fil-a sandwich at this moment t is really weird. >> what, why? >> jon, being conservative or liberal doesn't stop at the polls. it also extends to the companies support. which is why as someone in favor of gay marriage coy never eat at a chick-fil-a. >> really, because traditional marriages pretty delicious. they put a-- in this. >> oh, stop. >> what, no, no, jon, control yourself, yes that sandwich is delicious but liberals buy liberal products. >> jon: what, like a vegan fair trade soy bath crystal. for god's sakes. >> joke all you want but everyone knows the soy bath crysta

. >> ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee. [applaus [applause] >> thank you. ank you very much. and we've got a great studio audience and from huckabee on the fox news studios. >> one of the few times that the government worked is during the welfare reform efforts of the mid 1990's, engineered originally by wisconsin governor tommy thompson and utah governor mike leavitt, the republican congress in 1994 and speaker newt gingrich worked with democratic president bill clinton, to pass the landmark legislation which was crafted to take people from welfare roles to payrolls. and in my first legislative section as governor, we developed a plan who would give people who were suck in the welfare hole a ladder to self-reliance. and in my state, it was no easy sell and those far on the left were convinced if we removed government life support and insisted on able bodied people having to work or get education or job training in order to receive benefits we're going to have massive dying in the streets, sleeping in the park and starving, that's when i realized how disconn

i am mike huckabee from new york.the savage attack on a 15-year-old girl. he claims he was insane. prosecutors say he is a violent criminal. now it is in the jury's hands. and within days two millionaires vanish off the coast of florida, neither has been found. and police say both men may have faced their own death. and then convicted murderer scott peterson is back fighting from his jail cell to have his death sentence overturned. could it happen? >> the state of california versus scott peterson. we the jury in the above entitled cause find scott peterson guilty of the crime of murder against laci peterson. >>> hello. the state of a florida teen, wayne tracy, is now in the jury's hands. was tracy insane when he savagely beat and stomped the 15-year-old girl, or did he know exactly what he was doing? take a look at this. it is a brutal attack. 15-year-old josie lou ratley kicked and stomped in the head over and over again by 17-year-old wayne tracy. just hours before the two florida steens -- teens got into a fight wh

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mike huckabee is calling for a day of support for chick-fil-a on august 1st. gay-rights supporters are calling for a kiss in at the national chain. this thing is really blowing up. >> should a city be able to manage a business based on that businesses values? >> jean says i agree that if you don't like the values don't eat there. share your thoughts with us on facebook, twitter or e-mail us at cbs five dot com. >> lawrence is down in gilroy at the garlic festival. >> we are in the warehouse here, the epicenter of where we will start cooking the garlic here. you have things to drink and tomato sauce and a delicious juice that will be something. the weather will work out very nicely. i think this weekend it will be hot but not as hot as it could be. around the bay area we will see temperatures mainly in the '50s right now. drizzle out towards the coastline early on but by the afternoon, a lot of sunshine. temperatures will still stay down fairly mild for this time of year. i think you'll see a lot of '60s and '70s at the bay while out at the coast we plan on kee

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mike huckabee. alan west, and marco rubio as well and a lot of people say hold on.co rubio is catholic. in the book i talk about just because -- you can be -- rick santorum is teavangelicals but also a roman catholic. people sometimes get a little not confused but make sure you understand what we're talking about. conservative christians broadly. i use the word teavangelicals because there are a lot in the tea party. >> host: if there part of the movement how are they looking at mitt romney? >> guest: let's be honest. they were not that enamored with him during the primary. we have seen the exit polls and a lot of surveys that have gone with it. having said that this isn't so much about mitt romney as president obama. how do the teavangelicals si mitt romney? somewhat skeptical but realize this is their best shot and only shot and realistic shot of bringing this president and taking him out of office. >> host: his mormonism? >> guest: 15% of evangelical christians and many are teavangelicals, really would not vote for a mormon. having said that not to stereotype fol

mike huckabee was go governor when president clinton reformed welfare for the better.ee on president obama's definition of work. >> it's to make people dependent on the government they want to keep in pow sore they will continue to -- power so they will continue to get benefits. what do you think of getting paid for getting a massage. for those of us who work hard and pay taxes, put it this way. that is a massage that rubs us the wrong way. >> eric: i'll say! greg? >> greg: he had sun out there. >> eric: yeah. >> greg: having a good time. >> kimberly: a little punch. >> greg: i think the big picture, i wish i had a big picture now. the government is a multivitamin that is allowing a sick culture to maintain a minimum of survival. it's propping up, deteriorating culture. that is what is scary to me. the culture, we are flipping, flipping the equation where you look at makers with admiration. takers we hope would become makers. now we don't care as much. with that switch, the culture to me is becoming scary. >> eric: is it that? or you talk about in the "a" block, a diff

mike huckabee worked on this in the 90s.upseting to a fellow who used to work in arkansas by the name of bill clinton. welfare reform is a signature initiative and now they are blowing tup. >> it was the fow times when government did something and it worked it originated with tommy thomson and michael levit and engle from mush mish and coined of the original goyce was welfare reform and the concept is simple. if you get benefits, you have to work or be in job training. a lot of people thought it would cause trouble. the opposite happened. more than half of the people got off and went on pay rolls. and it was successful and the unemployment rate went down and poverty rate went down and now the obama administration through an illegal executive order and change of the rule is make redefoining work . tommy thompson if no one else does he will sue the federal government to challenge the legality of doing this. because the statute requires you have to work . >> i want to show our audience the activities that will qualify as work.

then mike huckabee has this message. what has two thumbs and supports chick-fil-a--this guy. tand, who has ten toes and supports chick-fil-a huckabee. they're not clever. they're weird. there is protest going on across the country including laguna hill where they're trying to set up a franchise. >> they're here because this company has donated millions and million to lgbt hate groups. >> cenk: everyone has free speech but when you put money behind it, that's a whole different situation. now it's a significant controversy in chicago. now here is an alderman talking about it as well. >> zoning and business development i think should be done generally in a vacuum. these folks should be given the chance to compete in the chicago market. >> meanwhile on the high unemployment west side. >> yes it's another business that they believe in gay marriage and they want to locate in my ward, i'll put them next door to them. >> cenk: that's funny and hard to argue but we'll nevertheless have a discussion about this. we want to be fair. we'll bring on a conservative. a republican strategist,

huckabee". headlines log on to fox news .com. you're watching fox news channel. >> mike: on friday after police released the shooting suspect's name abc news reporter brian ross initially suggested he could be tied to the tea party. here is what ross said. he said there is and he gives the name of aurora colorado page on the colorado tea party site talking about him joining the tea party last year. now, we don't know if this is the same name but it is name of aurora colorado giving the name get. it wasn't the same man. ross later was forced to apologize for his gaffe as he should have. joining me former white house secretary and cohost of the popular and successful show "the five." dana perino. you have quite a fan club here by the way. i was shocked that brian ross would wrecklessly and irresponsibly make some connection to the tea party without any basis whatsoever to do so. >> not only is that shocking, from a reporter who should get things 100% right but that he went to the tea party website first to see if there was a connection. i actually think that is almost more

pick new jersey governor chris christie or someone who balances the ticket, a southerner like mike huckabee. a minority or woman like bobby jindal or kelly ayotte or paul ryan or scott walker. picking a vp comes down to math. florida is the tossup state which makes marco rube yow and jeb bush attractive. many are predicting a safe pick. he may throw a hail mary and go with someone no one, speblghts. it's a strategy history tells us has mixed results. so kelly, now the big question is when will he make the big announcement? many candidates wait until right before the big convention at the end of the summer. some want him to make it sooner rather than later to shift some of the focus off bain capital. ultimately, it's up to him who help wants and when he will pick. >> mitt romney visiting a key swing state today. the president is in a traditionally red state. >> reporter: let's start with mitt romney. today he's in pennsylvania. he's doing a little bit of work on the campaign trail hoping to be the first republican in 24 years to take the stage. mitt romney's campaign said they cran do that o

ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee. [applause] >> thank you, thank you very much. d welcome to huckabee, from the fox news studios in new york city. president obama appears to be willing to play chicken with congress because he is raising taxes on people he decide are too stinking rich . trouble is, even the washington post hardly a conservative tool and fed chairman ben bernanke are warning of the consequences of what is accurately termed tax maged con. the bush tax cuts and the affect of the huge tax increase that is associate wide obama care temperature will arrive on december 31st, 2012. if congress doesn't act tax magedon will not adequately describe nothing short of an economic pock -- apocalips. there will be 500

mike huckabee was loong at a presidential race, who all changed their positions on this. pawlenty and mitt romney both as governor supported a regional system of cap and trade, then backed off of it. tim pawlenty apologized for it and mike huckabee said in 2007 he supported cap and trade legislation. in 2009, he changed that view, so there was a big shift within the republican party and if you look at the websites for both barack obama and mitt romney and look at the energy tabs for president obama, it says energy and the environment. for mitt romney, it just says energy and there's a very different pathway they both take on this. >> ron, is it a cause in search of a champion with vice president al gore not the dominant player he had been on a national stage, it seems there's no one with heft to marshall this effort. >> that's certainly true in washington, yes. it's looking if r a champion in washington. there are champions of course, bill and various other people. jim hansen, outside of washington, who are pressing to do something about this. but no, the politicians don'

there were three very prominent republicans, not just mitt romney but also tim pawlenty and mike huckabee who was looking at a presidential race who -- all changed their positions on some of this. tim pawlenty and mitt romney both as governor supported a regional system of cap and trade and then they backed off of it. tim pawlenty apologized for it in one of the debates and also mike huckabee said in 2007 that he supported cap and trade legislation in 2009 and he changed that view. obviously there is a big shift within the republican party. and if you look at the websites for both barack obama and mitt romney, look at the energy tax for president obama and it says energy and the environment. for mitt romney it just says energy. there is a very different pathway had both take on this. >> is it a cause in search of a champion with vice president al gore not the dom in an player he had been on a national stage? it seems that there is no one with heft to marshall this effort. >> that's certainly true in washington, yes. looking for a champion in washington. there are champions, jim hanson, ou

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like friend of the show, but not friend of dorothy, governor mike huckabee, who has declared august 1 chick-fil-a appreciation day. and he was joined by another culture warrior who is standing up for chick-fil-a which is almost as hard as standing up after chick-fil-a. former presidential candidate rick santorum. ( laughter ) ( applause ) who tweeted-- who tweeted in support of huckabee and later added three older kids just joined us at chick-fil-a. they like chick-fil-a sauce on everything. that's right, folks. if you like santorum, you'll love chick-fil-a sauce. ( laughter ) it's a frothy mix of sweet and spicy. but the greatest thing, the greatest thing about this controversy i believe is that we have finally managed to politicize yet another part of our lives. i mean, i've got to know what positions my food has taken on all the issues. for example, i love carl's jr. western burger. it must be anti-obamacare because it is clearly trying to kill us. ( laughter ) and whenever i go to applebee's, i insist they only wings. after all, you are what you eat. and now, you also believe what

tim pawlenty, in fact, apologized for it in one of those debates and also mike huckabee said in 2007 in 2009 he changed that view. so obviously there is a big shift within the republican party. if you look at the websites for both barack obama and mitt romney and look at the energy tax for president obama it says energy and the environment, for mitt romney it just says energy. there's a very different pathway they both take on this. >> ron, is it a cause in search of a champion with vice president al gore not the dominant player he had been on a national stage, it seems that there's no one with left to marshall this effort? >> that's certainly true in washington, yes. it's looking for a champion in washington. there are champions, of course, bill mckiben and various other people, jim hanson, outside of washington, who are pressing to do something about this. but no, the policians don't see anything in it for them. and when you see public interests begin to wane they're going to be less interested in doing anything about this. again the problem will increase. you know, the atmosphere,

. >> rick santorum and mike huckabee are calling for a chick-fil-a appreciation day next week. on the other hand, some are organizing a petition to boycott chick-fil-a. >>> and stick around. in about a half an hour, i'll be talking to chicago city official joe moreno who says he'll do whatever it takes to stop a new store from opening in his town. >>> during the olympics, people become patriotic. you can imagine how furio north korea was when the wrong flag was hoisted up during an olympian event. there's more to say about this flag mix up. good morning. >>> but first, a sneak peek at what's coming up on the next list, tomorrow, 2:00 eastern. >> there's a huge push right now to start bringing some projects back to the u.s. and to start proving the fact that we can literally take ideas from anywhere in the world and create jobs here. it's about the fact that it just feels right. and it feeling right might be the fact that, you know, manufacturing is in my blood. it being right might be the fact that i've seen the way it's done elsewhere in the world and that just doesn't make me

congressman louis gomert called mccain, numb nuts and former ar oar governor mike huckabee is throwing-fil-a chain, telling people to eat there in opposition to same-sex marriage. >>> and twitter mystery of mitt romney adding 140 foll,000 foll in two days. questions whether the romney camp purchased twitter bot fake followers. that's your morning's dish of scrambled politics. >>> elsewhere last night on politics nation, vermont senator bernie sanders talked with host al sharpton about a report quoting economists saying the gop's plan to create jobs won't produce any jobs at all. >> it is worse today in america than at any time since 1928. last study i saw between 2010 and 2009, 93% of all new income went to the top 1%. middle class is shrinking. poverty is increasing. what is the republican solution? oh, let's give more tax breaks to the very wealthiest people in this country. the millionaires and the billionaires. and then let's cut programs that the middle class desperately need, social security, medicare, medicaid, education. that in a nutshell is the republican proposal. >> don't m

and then on the other end of the spectrum you've got like mike huckabee issing orring an chick-fil-a appreciation day on august 1st. there's a facebook page of some 200,000 people who said they're going to participate in that to support chick-fil-a. >> seeing if the protest is having an affect on the company's business at this point. >>> stay with us. "news4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. >> a beautiful shot of london this morning. we are less than 15 hours from the official start of the olympic games. we are live with what you can expect tonight. >> like mitt romney who wants to know whether we're ready. >> damage control right now for mitt romney after raising questions after london's olympic preparations. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this friday, july 27th, 2012. we are under an extreme heat advisory here in the d.c. area today. today's advisory focuses on the district as well as areas south and east of the city will be in place from noon until 7:00. >>> meteog

supporters include rick santorum, mike huckabee and billy graham. the company also issued a statement. the chick-fil-a culture and service tradition in our restaurants is to treat of person with honor -- treat every person with honor, dignity and respect regardless of their beliefs, race, creed, sexual orientation or gender. the impact on the 1,600 restaurants is not yet clearance but one analyst predicts a 1 to 2 percent drop in sales. next week supporters are organizing a nationwide appreciation day while gay rights activists are planning a same sex couples kiss-in. in new york lauren green, fox news. >>> did you see it? one of youtube's most famous stars is speaking out about chick-fil-a. antwon dodson who went viral a few years ago after an interview with an alabama tv station says he doesn't care about chick-fil- a's policy. he says he just wants to be treated with respect. >> just let me tell you this. i have uncles and aunties as well who does not approve of gay marriages and stuff like that, but they respect me. i don't care about one person

mike huckabee of arkansas has asked that folks who share the company's values stop by on august 1st toany's conservative value. and that's fair enough. if you really don't think gays and lesbian should have the same rights as everyone else. stop by a chick-fil-a. if you believe they should be second-class citizens and don't want them to marry the people they love, it's your money. stop by a chick-fil-a. but the same goes for those of us who support same-sex marriage. we have boycotting chick-fil-a. because these are our consumer dollars, and we support those who back causes that we like. as for me, as good as those chick-fil-a sandwiches used to taste, there are other places to get a good chicken sandwich. for those of us who disagree, have to remember, that we too can exercise our rights, flex our muscles, and show our commitment to the values we believe in, the way he spend our dollars, and the way we vote in elections, all of these are it starts at $59 for the entire year for back up. put in code stephanie for your subscription. 18 minutes after the hour. you want to save money on c

and two former republican presidential candidates, mike huckabee and rick santorum, are leaping to the defense of chick-fil-a. santorum tweeting, "with two of my boys enjoying chick-in-strips and an awesome peach shake at chick-fil-a." and huckabee and santorum and some conservative organizations are calling for a massive support, a show of support for chick-fil-a, by eating at the restaurants on august 1st, next week. already tens of thousands of people, diane, have said they will do that. >> all right, thank you so much, ron. >>> and we have learned that the most prominent member of the republican party, former president george w. bush, will not be attending the republican contention next month. he will not be speaking there. he said he prefers to stay out of politics. but stepping into the public eye today was his wife, former first lady laura bush, in washington, d.c. she was attending an international aids conference, and abc's jon karl had a chance to sit down for an exclusive interview with her. >> reporter: i was surprised to see that neither you nor president bush are going to

ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee. [applause] >> thank you, thank you very much. and welcome to huckabee, from the fox news studios in new york city. president obama appears to be willing to play chicken with congress because he is raising taxes on people he decide are too stinking rich . trouble is, even the washington post hardly a conservative tool and fed chairman ben bernanke are warning of the consequences of what is accurately termed tax maged con. the bush tax cuts and the affect of the huge tax increase that is associate wide obama care temperature will arrive on december 31st, 2012. if congress doesn't act tax magedon will not adequately describe nothing short of an economic pock -- apocalips. there will be 500 billion in new taxes and by far most large and encompassing tax hike. and the president pretends to protect the class. the majority of the tax increases will not hit the despised wealthy class but hit 60 percent of the americans that got the biggest tax cuts from the bush tax plan. for example, on average, baby boomers will see their taxes go up $4

said that the humane society of america prevents production agriculture and the very very ugly mike huckabee on yesterday's edition of the huckabee report huckabee was talking about the boy scouts of america's recent this decision to continue discriminating against gay scouts and leaders of course of a conversation with a color blazer basically argue that the b.s.a. made the right decision because he said gays molest kids take a listen. we will try to target groups like that through get up that leadership. leadership area and i explained that there are structural and my troop i wouldn't fit in trying to fight for three years i think if anybody wants to argue about this case they need to hear your story and that's very powerful and i thank you for having the candor to share it with us and again you make us all understand why the boy scouts made a decision that at least i think was the right one numerous studies have shown the pedophilia and homosexuality had no relationship continuing to promote this conservative anti-gay myth is incredibly hurtful to the l g b t community and it's very very.