when we come back, mit romney will enter the no spin zone. defeat president obama if he gets the nomination? a new poll says yes. i will evaluate any discussion with romney, and that will be interesting. >> bill o'reilly. in the follow-up section tonight. in hatchup between mit romney and barack obama, the governor wins, but obviously many polled are undecided. here's mit romney, fresh off the debate last night in florida. first of all, you guys all ganged up on rick perry. was that nice, governor? >> you know it's a funny thing about debates. everybody is fair game, myself included, as you noticed. >> so you, when you guys all ganged up on him, did you know that was going to happen? did you know they were all going to gun for perry last night? >> you know, you never know what's going to happen in those debates. you don't know what the questions are going to be. you have an idea what the topics will be. you don't know how they will get developed. but i know they will be topics where they all come after me, and they did. generally folks tend t

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. >> mit romney picked up the endorsement of former rival. a new poll shows that 30 percent of republicans are lining up behind the texas governor rick perry and 18 percent for romney, the former front runner. sarah palin who is not a declared candidate comes in higher than ron paul, michelle bachman has slipped to 4%. three of four republicans said they want a candidate can beat president obama. >> and of the week, in the republican debate that the party debate tonight comes after a fiery exchange during last week's debate when the texas jumper--gov. with rick perry and mit romney went right after each other. earlier today a couple of endorsements, the louisiana governor supporting perry was a former minnesota governor who has backed out of the race is now backing mit romney. i will have some highlights coming up tonight at 6:00 p.m.. it >> to the latest in the michelle le murder case gisselle esteban arrested by the hayward police a number of nursing student michelle le. >> it was another snow show for gisselle esteban at the courthouse in

let's say mit romney wins new hampshire.nd then you have a situation where you could have a rick perry or a michele bachmann potentially winning south carolina which makes florida not just a firewall for romney and huntsman and everybody else but it could be a huge situation because then you're moving into the southern primaries after that. host: one headline from the houston chronical. guest: it's interesting because i'll get to that in two seconds and let me start with michele bachmann. you know, part of why michele bachmann may have a problem to a degree with the evangelicals is because rick perry is in the race with his executive experience and michele bachmann doesn't have that experience. having said that now back to what you just mentioned. rick perry has some issues here the fact that he has been an executive for a while and some of these issues are going to come out. so watch for michele bachmann to trickle these stories out. and rick told me the other day at the tea party debate in tampa, the more i know about rick

mit romney are going back and forth.nt to become president or if you want the republican nomination you need to be able to create jobs and help the economy these two guys went back and forth about the history of their states on job creation. >> there was a huge budget gap, losing jobs we turned around three out of four years we had an unemployment rate below the national average at 4.7% and i am proud of what we are able to do in tough situations. >> michael dukakis created jobs three times faster than you did mit romney. >> george bush and his predecessor created jobs at a faster rate than you did. >> as you can see, the moderator has his hands full as the two of them who recently emerged as the republican front runners for the nomination kind of go back and forth will continue to listen and bring more highlights as we move along in the newscast. >> it was 10 years ago the family members around the world found out that their loved ones died in the worst act of terrorism on american soil as the anniversary of 9/11 draws

i think mit romney has a powerful message. that's the fact -- i like the fact he was involved in those olympics and turned it around. more importantly, he was a successful businessman, and a good governor. people criticized him for health care. he was -- my goodness, he was running massachusetts. there was probably wasn't anybody that agreed with him. his health care plan would have been different than the democrats. here's a guy that says i see something, i'm going to do something about it instead of sitting on the edge of the plane saying who is going to be mad at me if i jump in. i think we have a good field. it is not all the excitement that anybody would like at this point, but it is early. there are other candidates and they are getting people charged up. my old pal, rick santorum, i would like to see him do well. with a record like that on jobs, people want work. >> how many conversations have you had with that. i know mitt romney has reached out to you. >> just about everybody. i talked to romney. i talked to perry bef

mit romney to action as governor to strength these are two governors that have taken different positions. rick perry has turned on the magnet that's attract people here in violations of our immigration laws. >> what did he say, his heart is in the right place? >> i think he took him at his word that he regretted, required young girls to receive that particular vaccine. >> that wasn't the situation that mitt romney says. that wasn't true. he faces a situation much like it is today. we are losing jobs to thousands a month. in two year's time, he completely transformed. and balanced the budget two years in a row. got the net of gain of new jobs. he crow ated more jobs in the tiny state of massachusetts than obama has in the united states. he did the same for the winter olympics. their budget was in the red. we stayed one of the most successful u.s. gamed ever held. during his 25-year business career, he specialized going into troubled businesses, diagnosing their problems and fixing them. he is a leader in troubled times. if you want to elect someone to come in and fix this. >> i notice mit

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. >> for mit romney, it was a huge night. y e-mails. one from my brother who is a big -- i think he likes rick perry. so mitt is looking at him the whole night and he says, well, mitt, you don't understand that when you -- it was really weird. did you see the debate? >> yeah. >> you see how he never made eye contact. rick perry looked uncomfortable as a chimp opening a suitcase, as mike murphy would say. >> by the way, mike murphy had one last night. wow, that last perry bit was painful. it looked like the great rolenda trying to cross the high wire after a three-day meth bender. >> any time you can have a meth joke in connection with rick perry, that's a win. >> there's perry looking at romney. >> when he talks -- he can't talk and look at the same time. >> hes looks forward. i think that's his approach. he makes eye contact with the camera, like he's doing right here. >> he is a good-looking rascal. so the presidential hopefuls are desending on florida last night, a swing state. let's look at a clip in the debate and get har

mit migh mitt romney might be the stronger candidate against the presidentat all. that is a choice criteria that is made by people like party regulars, professional political criteria. bee harken back to gary gold water's famous, giv us a choice not an echo. and the fact of the matter is our voters take a look at romney and they see a man that is too close to president obama on social security, healthcare and the environment. they look at rick perry they see a man who is a stark contrast on all of these issues. and our final criteria ultimately is who would we dare to believe would really serve in the office in commitment to the principles of constitutionally limited small government. we believe perry will be that man. we don't believe that the governor from massachusetts would be that man. jon: you mentioned gary gold water, obviously a conservative hero, but you remember what happened when he ran against lyndon johnson. >> well i did. but, you know, i have met lyndon johnson and i can tell you obama is no lyndon johnson. lyndon johnson wouldn't vote for pr

republican voters bucking the national trend. 28% of republicans surveyed in california like mit rom know -- mitt romneyone of the other candidates had more than 7% of the vote in this survey -- survey. the poll also shows that president obama has double- digit leads over romney and perry here in california. the survey shows president obama with 51% to mitt romney's 38% and the president has an even bigger lead over perry. 54% to 35%. >>> the uc regents will take a look at a proposal in their meeting in san francisco today. coming up at 7:45, pam cook joins us in the newsroom to let us know how much tuition could go up and why leaders say it's necessary. >>> apec's summit continues today. just minutes ago, the state events got underway. secretary of state, hillary clinton, arrived yesterday. the goal is to help empower women throughout the discussion. >>> 7:35. well, san leandro police are investigating two armed street robwies -- roshrys. a woman was pushing her child in a stroller monday night. a man and woman came behind her and demanded cash before stealing purse. and then ten minutes later, another

former massachusetts governor mit mom -- mitt romney with 9%. the california g.o.p. also held a town hall style event aimed at minority outreach. they are trying to appeal to the latino community. the chairman says -- he tells the sacramento bee republicans have not been speaking to the majority of california voters for way too long. >>> texas governor and presidential candidate rick perry stayed close to home this weekend. he delivered the keynote address in houston at an event to raise money for soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. >> these are our precious sons and daughters. they are our flesh and blood. we must take care of them, every last one of them. >> that was perry last night at the gala for the lone survivor foundation. the organization is trying to build a therapeutic way to support soldiers and their families. >>> hundreds of protesters filled manhattan's financial district in a demonstration against wall street. now, police barricaded wall street itself yesterday but did not stop protesters from occupying other parts of that area. de

mit is it. >> gary johnson. >> gary johnson an interesting, sightly eccentric man. who else? >> ron paul. >> we didn't leave anybody out. >> and you said christie is doing what romney has done. he said, have i to do what romney did, so i have to spend years succeeding up to them. they have got a lot different person -- personalities. if romney was human he would be kristi. >> that's an interest ling -- interesting picture. they have different personalities and that accounts for something. >> their tone was like when they explain to somebody that getting a course is awesome. >> i have so much time to myself and i live above a garage now. >> well, you have sold me on this thing. >> living above a garage is awesome. >> they say you could be very healthy and overweight. who is they? >> a couple of fat guys i know. >> captain pudgey. >> they have wings and pitchers. the wings are in the pitchers, floating in the beer. >> why would you go to a bar with a name like captain pudgey. >> i didn't really go. i was taken there. >> over the weekend? >> yes. >> and then i was hypnotized. >> you said it would be odd if christie lied to his brother, todd, for not running. i don't t