mitt romney, surprisingly moderate stance on that. a stance that lasted for three days. the bomber standing trial here? that was monday's position from mitt romney. today's position is this. >> i mean, guantanamo always serves a useful purpose in settings like this. >> maybe when he said bring him here on monday, maybe mentally he was in cuba. i don't know. back in december 2007, mitt romney told a crowd in college station, texas, quote, i saw my father march with martin luther king. a few days later, he had to take it back to "the new york times" saying, quote, i did not see it with my own eyes. in 2002, mitt romney was pro stem cell research. i will work and fight for stem cell research. a few years later, against stem cell research. in the end, i was persuaded that the stem cell debate was founded on a fall premise. on health care, he was sure in '07 that what he accomplished in massachusetts, i'm proud of what we have done. that will be a model for the nation. a few years later, he says what works in one state may not work in another. of course, the ultimate goal is to repeal o-obama car, which is basically

going into it mitt romney was in first place and coming out of it i think mitt romney was in first placedn't get damaged too much. there was a fight between tim pawlenty and -- well, not a literal fight, but back and forth between tim pawlenty and michele bachmann. and there was also a bit of scrap between rick santorum and ron paul over whether or not the united states is imperial or not. but mitt romney was sitting in the back and just watching the whole thing take place and probably just enjoying the whole spectacle. because he came out of it pretty much unscathed as the front-runner. >> although i saw an editorial, the winners of the debate were rick perry and president obama by virtue of the fact they weren't on that stage. >> that's a good point. is that people who weren't on the field yesterday, rick perry making an announcement tomorrow, as the straw poll is under way, that he is going to be running. and, of course, president obama, who was nowhere to be seen yesterday with the republicans. although, his name was -- he was pretty forceful in speeches he was making yesterday. and,

meanwhile mitt romney was at the state fair in his every man dungarees when he was ambushed by liberal activists with a gotcha question about social security. and with his answer, romney proved he didn't just dress like the average joe, he understands the average joe. >> we have to make sure that the promises we make in social security, medicaid and medicare are promises we can keep. and there are various ways of doing that. one is we could raise taxes on people. -- >> corporations. >> corporations are people, my friend. >> stephen: yes. corporations are people, my friend. they're like members of your family. your brother, fax machine. your uncle ben, your auntannie, your mam ma celeste, your go daddy. folks, i have been fighting this good fight for years. corporations are legally people in the united states. >> no. >> corporations are people. >> corporations are people. >> corporations are people too. >> would you let your daughter date a corporation? sir? >> no i would not. >> stephen: wow. in this day and age that kind of bigot ree, it is time to remake guess who's coming to dinner.

named alex who romney hired to advise republican governor's committee and then one of. >> they quarreled about it. >> bill: one of opponents hired this guy and so perry was teed off, why mittromney would you hire this guy when the guy is trying to hurt me? >> face to face they argued about it there was a lot of witnesses to that spat. >> bill: whens that that? >> that was back in 2005. and when -- 2002, yeah. and when that happened. it should be noted that castellanos it h. been involved in the bush campaign. romney was the head of the republican governor's association at the time. perry didn't like it and they had a spat. listen, these are both very, very accomplished professional politicians. as a consz sequence, they have got relationships that go back and occasionally they have argued with each other and with some of their mutual colleagues and let's be realistic. whether you have two candidates, male, female, republican or democrat fighting for first slot in a presidential race, let's think about it obama and dlint. that was pretty nasty. carrie and dean, that was very nasty. mccain and romney that was nasty. mccain and bush, that was nasty. no matter who it is, when

mitt romney doesn't support barack obama, running against him. what's interesting mitt romney once again doesn't support mitt romney. when mitt romney wasof massachusetts he did help to balance the budget but did it in part with fees and closing loopholes that critics said were tax increases. so he raised taxes in massachusetts. the same guy. he passed romneycare in massachusetts and now attacks obamacare which is the same blueprint. >> now he opposes a deal that doesn't raise taxes. >> this obama and two years ago he was a different obama. i mean, these guys you have to change depending on what these circumstances are. you can't say because you had a position five years ago you must never change. >> every position, gay rights, abortion rights, everything this guy flip flops on. it's your party, not mine. >> practice saying these words. president romney. >> i'll choke on those words. >> nancy pelosi, now hearing she's going to vote in favor, probably vote in favor of this legislation. she was coy ever since the deal was announced last night. earlier in the day i'll play a clip. she said this. >> we had problems with no revenue in the bi

. >> mitt romney was perceived as the front-runner for the campaign for the republican nomination. then came rick perry. history tells us that it is a mistake not to take a proven vote-getter series se -- seriously. polls showed him out the top of the republican lineup. what do you think, mark? >> is attributed to p -- it is a tribute to perry and immediate action. -- the media traction. romney is only playing new hampshire. that could be a problem for him. don't forget, as well, we had the boom for donald trump and 4 michele bachmann. republican voters have shown -- first week, the punditocracy dismissed him as a clown. that is not the primary voter -- the very fact that he was -- "newshour" colleague david brooks says he could be the next president. do you agree? >> absolutely. it could be a fluke, but i think it is deeper than that. brooks is right in his column, that he has a simple message. small government, i made it work, i created jobs. it is what power at the republicans to their astonishing success in 2010. paul ryan without the numbers and the nuance. if he keeps it simp

. >> reporter: mitt romney was in new hampshire talking jobs. >> i spent 25 years in business, and in that process, i was part of helping create jobs. i'd like to do that for the nation. >> hi there. >> reporter: in south carolina michele bachmann joked her jobs plan is to replace president obama. and she noted the date. >> let's all say happy birthday to elvis presley today. happy birthday. >> reporter: elvis, a bachmann favorite, died on this date. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. >>> china is rejecting reports pakistan gave it access to the stealth helicopter that crashed during the u.s. raid that killed osama bin laden. this weekend the "financial times" reported that pakistan let chinese military engineers photograph and take samples from the radar-evading chopper before giving it back to the u.s. in its first response to the accusations, china's defense ministry said, quote, this report is baseless and preposterous. it comes just ahead of vice president joe biden's five-day trip to china. he arrived in beijing just a short while ago. >>> english media is reporting new

. >> for the entire republican presidential campaign, people assumed mitt romney was not going do to compete in iowa. with rick perry, michele bachmann and ron paul in the race, i think the romney campaign is saying they could split the conservative side of the field and we could sneak in and win iowa. my prediction is he'll compete there full-on by next january. >> chris, here we are celebrating a monument to dr. king, ironically the civil rights organization he founded, the southern christian leadership conference son its last legs. it had a fight over alleged embezzlement, a bitter court fight among board members, but its biggest problem is it hasn't been able to carve out a role for itself in a nation that has a black president. >> helene? >> the obama administration thinks it's got a secret ace in the hole in these debt super committee negotiations that are coming up in the fall. they think at the end of the day, the trigger is tilted in such a way that it's going to hurt republicans much more than democrats. i think that could be what tips things over. >> will it bring republica

. >> reporter: mitt romney was in new hampshire talking jobs. >> i spent 25 years in business and in that process i was part of helping create jobs. i'd like to do that for the nation. >> reporter: in south carolina, michele bachmann joked her jobs plan is to replace president obama. and she noted the date. >> let's all say happy birthday to elvis presley today. happy birthday. >> reporter: elvis, a bachmann favorite, died on this date. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. >>> last night on "the last word with lawrence o'donnell," guest host chris hayes asked former louisiana governor buddy roamer, whose put a $100 cap on campaign donations, if his decision might be considered a liberal stance. >> i'm a conservative, and i have fought corruption in louisiana most of my life. so maybe it's because i've been hand to hand combat with the corrupt political forces that i feel so deeply about this. but i don't think it's a liberal or conservative issue. we might debate, chris, whether it should be full disclosure that we want or limits on giving. liberals like limits on giving. conse

mitt romney was not in the state. iowans came to the straw poll not for the food or music but to vote. so many showing up they waited in long lines to cast a non-binding ballot for their favorite. >> pawlenty zblrks rick santorum. >> michele bachmann. >> some not on the ballot. >> rick perry. >> reporter: rick perry passed on the straw poll joining the gop race today from south carolina. >> i will work every day to try to make washington, d.c., as inconsequential in your life as i can. >> reporter: perry's christian conservatism appealed to many of the same voters as congresswoman michele bachmann, who seemed to get the best straw poll turnout today. >> i know right now as i look across this arena here in ames, we are the team that can't be beat. >> reporter: with today's poll seemingly do or die for tim pawlenty, his backers were everywhere. this is what you needed, right? >> we are grateful for the momentum and support we have been getting in iowa. >> reporter: republican candidates getting publicity and the weeding

gop candidate mitt romney was supported to hold three events but a spokesman for the former massachusetts governor says all of those fundraisers will be rescheduled. fellow republican candidate is also scheduled to hold a fundraiser in new york and says the event is on for now but will keep an eye on the storm. >>> the tea party express rolled in today. many pushed for more jobs in wine country this morning. the kickoff this year's national reclaiming america tour. organizers say while the conservative movement might not be that strong in the bay area, they wanted to prove they are still present. the group will now head east through 29 cities including tampa florida where they will end in time for a presidential debate. >>> in oakland a rally aimed at getting youngsters excited about heading back to school and giving them tools to succeed. about 900 oakland students attend the the festival. there were games, give aways and snacks and there is a serious side, too. they attended workshops to give encouragement and advice how to achieve academic success and at the end of the day they will re

mitt romney is bad at talking to people. mitt romney is bad at unscripted events. mitt romney is essentially running for president since he was the governor of massachusetts back in 2003. he's been running for president effectively for years now. and the formal campaign part of it, he's not very good at. he's very good at it. he's good at debates, much better at ads, campaign events, they look good. good font, colors, he's got the outfits down right. he's been doing this so long, that sort offor mall stuff looks good. they should. but the problem is mitt romney goes out in the wild and interacts with wild real humans. then stuff like this happens. >> corporations are people my friend, human beings my friend. >> that was today in iowa. but remember this moment earlier this year in new hampshire? >> i'll get right in the middle. see if i can get my arms around everybody here. much closer, much closer. >> oh, my goodness. >> that was her. >> huh-uh. >> that lady is like -- huh? there's this standout moment from his campaign when he was meeting with a group of actually unemployed people in florida and he tried to charm them with

mitt romney, though, out on the campaign trail. we talked about this. a little bit of an up-and-down summer for mitt romney. there was good debate performances. michele bachmann, tim pawlenty fighting, but there's been some bad, too. let's look back on the summer that was for mitt romney. >> so, in a large part of the summer we had of kind the sense that mitt romney was the nominee in waiting. he has the laser light focus on the economy. his debate performances have been very strong so far. and, look, he's raised more money than any other republican out in the field, but there are lingering weaknesses and potential vulnerabilityvulnerab. and the news that he's doubling the size of his la jolla home. >> and a lot of republicans are saying, who cares, he's got a big family, who cares. but those kind of things matter in the presidential campaign a lot of people hurting in the economy, that matters? >> they had the potential to cement a narrative that he might not be able to relate with the people that have been most hurt by the economy. a romney source ended up e-mailing me saying that people know he's wealthy and what

mitt romney. mitt romney who was the alternative last time who was the second place finisher, the classic republican second choice for next time, there is this gap for somebody who is not him because he supported extending healthcare to everybody, because i think a lot of republicans sense he may not fully believe all of the things that republicans didn't used to believe but have convinced themselves in the past three years. of course, that makes him probably the strongest general election candidate. but are republicans in the mood for that or do they want to express some intense emotions? >> the reason i think, though, is there's been that vacuum gap because a lot of voters still don't think they know who mitt romney is and what he's for. and does he have that strength. >> they don't. >> that's why perry in a way may be a god send for mitt romney. mitt romney needs to beat someone to become someone. and if he can do that he'll be stronger in a general election. and if he can't, rick perry can be nominated. >> let me ask all you folks because you've been involved in campaigns and worked with politic

. >>> mitt romney was -- he was critical of the president saying president obama is not the right person to lead the curve for the next -- lead the country for the next five years. it's not the time for attacking fellow republicans. michelle bachmann campaigned in north carolina today. she started with a fundraising breakfast in charlotte. bachmann says she's looking forward to talking about the issues with the other gop candidates. >>> an attorney in san francisco is facing rape charging tonight from women he met on craigslist. the suspect says those women all knew what they were getting into and today we obtained copies of his graphic ads that he says proves that. >> robert michael hoffman seen in this video from last year sees these were the ads he posted on craigslist. an ex-boyfriend of one of the women told her she went to the police. >> she ran out of that house. when she had one opportunity to get away, she grabbed her keys and ran out the front door of this complex naked. >> wouldn't you say there is a pretty fine line between fantases rape and actual rape. >> i think that's par

. >>> mitt romney was -- he was critical of the president saying president obama is not the right person to lead the curve for the next -- lead the country for the next five years. it's not the time for attacking fellow republicans. michelle bachmann campaigned in north carolina today. she started with a fundraising breakfast in charlotte. bachmann says she's looking forward to talking about the issues with the other gop candidates. >>> an attorney in san francisco is facing rape charging tonight from women he met on craigslist. the suspect says those women all knew what they were getting into and today we obtained copies of his graphic ads that he says proves that. >> robert michael hoffman seen in this video from last year sees these were the ads he posted on craigslist. an ex-boyfriend of one of the women told her she went to the police. >> she ran out of that house. when she had one opportunity to get away, she grabbed her keys and ran out the front door of this complex naked. >> wouldn't you say there is a pretty fine line between fantases rape and actual rape. >> i think that's par

mitt romney take a look at three. hundred. eighty three thank you i mean mitt romney was right right of course this whole notion of corporations as people would be laughable if there wasn't one straight in problem the supreme court of the united states agrees with mitt romney rand paul and sarah paling of corporations are indeed people so how can that be your offer is take in this question of identity is enter langridge president of the institute for liberty and welcome back thanks very much that's good to have you with us this whole idea that corporations are people nike has claimed the first amendment right to lie to get to the supreme court citizens united did so as united as one of. the tobacco companies over the years and claimed fifth amendment rights against office and f.c.c. lost this year. i'm sorry the f.c.c. and not the f.c.c. eighteen to last this year and case there are limitations that this you know it is that that was a case that the arguably if you or i had taken that case probably were lost as well well i mean they want to be one of the appellate level i mean you know not to start not confined to the point tha

and when mitt romney was asked about it, he talked about how of course he knew it came from his former bain capital buddy, and he said i was expecting the contribution to the super back. so mitt romney seemed to be saying he was well aware this money was coming, and priorities usa, the obama one, you know, bill burton, obama's former campaign spokesman, is running it. does anybody really think that bill burton is operating independently from david axlerod, the campaign strategist for the obama campaign? i mean, we really are in a make-believe alice in wonderland world on these matters. >> michael isikoff, thank you for your excellent work on this and taking time to be with us tonight about it. appreciate it. >> thank you, rachel. >>> when the supreme court makes people laugh at the law, they are not doing an awesome job of being a supreme court. >>> it not my usual practice to do stories about other people in the media, because usually we media types are not news that matters. tonight, a rare and excellent exception in praise of stephen colbert, next. >>> a quick trip to the department

mitt romney's religion was questioned by other candidates. >> i listen to what people say. say is that they are really in clear about how his mormon religion relate to the majority of the people protestant krifrtian religion in the south. >> others are bringing faith to the trail. >> god takes our efforts, he blesses them, he multiplies that efforts. he gives us profit. out of that profit, that's how we give. that's how we bless. >> keep our head down, keep working, keep faith. because if you are faithful, god will be faithful. he will bless what you're doing. >> we need to be a country that turns toward god, not a country that turns away from god. >> heidi, in the gop primary, is this what you need to talk about to succeed? >> i don't know that you need to talk about it. but i think when it is something you believe in, and you understand this, when it is something that you believe in and everything is filt erd through the word of god. you can't get away with it. even if you don't want to talk about it openly, it is smart to talk about it. romney doesn't talk a lot about th

candidate mitt romney was forced to cancel three fundraisers this weekend in martha's vineyard and the hamiltons. a spokesperson for the former massachusetts governor says the events will be revelded. >>> fellow republican candidate jon huntsman is scheduled to be at a fundraiser in new york. the former utah governor's campaign says while they are keeping an eye on the storm, irene won't keep huntsman off the campaign trail. >> you can track ivan on our website, ktvu.com. >>> the tea party express rolled into wine-country today and some protested its presence. >> dozens of people demonstrated outside of the nest napa and that is where conservatives were pushing for limited government and lower taxed of the the event kicked off this year's national reclaiming america bus tour and organize hers say the tea party has grown in size and influence and pointing out it will support a major presidential debate next month in florida. >>> the congressman who shout identify you lied" at president obama during a state of the union speech sought of the hospital. republican joe wilson of south caroli

just ask mitt romney. it was just hours before the voting began. republican presidential vote runner mitt romney finally put out a statement saying i personally cannot support this deal. he was one of the last gop contenders to do so. the conservative daily collar pounced, posting this milk carton on its website, showing mitt romney on a milk carton saying missing leadership. >> to dodge the debate or to wait until the debate is over and then to take a side, i don't consider that to be leadership. >> the answer for the country is for the president to agree to cut federal spending to cap federal spending and to put in place a balanced budget amendment. and that is the answer for the debt limit. >> the romney camp has said his position has always been clear. cut, cap and balance. >> we need to cut, cap and balance the deficit. >> i will not vote to increase the debt ceiling. >> but contrast that with another gop contender, michele bachmann. politico quipped, the front-runner might as well be in the witness protection program. note the latest poll in p

mitt romney was able to skate with michele bachmann and tim pawlenty take shots at each other. pawlenty has a lot on the line going into saturday. >> why do you think that is? why is pawlenty focussing on bachmann, bachmann focussing on pawlenty. these two minnesotans taking each other on? >> so much for minnesota nice. it seems the be the lead of everyone's stories today. really it's the two of them that feel they have the most to gain or the most to lose out of saturday. think about this, bachmann she has a lot of momentum, now she's a front runner for this -- for the ames straw poll and if she doesn't win, that's going to take her down a peg especially with someone like rick perry who's now going to get into the race. that makes it very, very difficult for someone like bachmann if she can't breakthrough and doesn't win. at the same time tim pawlenty really needs to have a strong second place showing. he's really fighting for a lot of the oxygen when you have a perry and bachmann it's going to come down to who can win between those people to become the anti-romney to face off

if i was mitt romney, i would quaking in my guccis. but there is something about him. a spinal tap when you turn the speaker up to 11. if you want a conservative who is a ten, he will turn that speaker up to 11. >> eric, what about that? for conservatives particularly in the primary, how will he do against the others in the field? >> i think he will probably do very well. he seems to be capped out of the quarter of the republican primary. you can't get much more sport than that nationally. maybe up to a third in new hampshire and a third other primary states but not much more than that. rick perry has the potential, because of a huge fundraising base from texas and being a popular conservative governor to consolidate the field quickly. i think the romney folks are fearful of that. i'll say this on his behalf. paul's dislike of rick perry has nothing to do with the partisan politics. it has everything to do with him being an agian. i can't blame him for that at all. >> i can't wait to root against him in my own conference. >> paul, do you see rick perry, though, change

he quiverred a bit when he was even challenging mitt romney this evening and again you want to see strength in your candidate. every republican was looking that the debate tonight saying, is this someone i'd want to have standing next to barack obama in a debate? and i think you'd have to say romney passed that test tonight. huntsman, still a question mark. could. but i didn't see anyone else on that stage who did. even newt gingrich, who i agree there a great debate performance but he couldn't even get along with fox news, you know? he got into a fist fight with the panelist from fox news. so a divisive force like that is not the person somebody whole want toy. >> that desfwliet eric and alekts, appreciate your comment. more on this tomorrow and still of course here tonight. proof what goes down must come up. stocks surge as a roller coaster week on wall street takes another twist and next back up to iowa where this weekend's straw poll is meaningless or critical? depending on who you ask. can be more confident in their ability to be ready with cialis for daily use. cialis for daily use is

moments of the debate last night, the best moment wasn't even last night, it was yesterday afternoon. i thought mitt romney absolutely i thought presented a smack down moment. i was romney's best moment that i've seen him on the campaign trail. >> sean: i think we have the tape. let's run it for our audience. apparently they don't have it. people have by now have seen it. when you watched the debate last night it was more fiery than half the debates have been. we are entering the season. were you happy with how the debate went? >> i thought mitt came out very well. as the front-runner all he has to do is come out unscathed and he pretty much the dust-up that you saw between congresswoman bachmann and governor pawlenty was the story of the night. rick santorum was masterful in helping to understand why you do not give iran a nuclear weapon. this is to me an amazing moment. with all due respect to congressman paul, there's a big difference between russia having a nuclear weapon, which their purpose was so no one ever used it. iran wants a nuclear weapon so they can use it. i thought newt gingrich had a great

his son's basement at the time was an unfinished space. meaning that mitt romneymultimillionaire, was claiming himself to be the legal resident of his son's unfinished basement. he is claiming under massachusetts law that his son's unfinished basement was the center of his domestic, social, and civic life. massachusetts officials told us when we asked there would be no investigation into the claims made by mr. karger. but despite having a number of people on his own side who really do not like him and are willing to say so out loud, mitt romney of course also has his fans. people who do like him and write rather large checks to further his political career. he has powerful and wealthy people who really like him, want him to run and want him to win. we're just not necessarily allowed to know who those people are. in march of this year, the "wall street journal" reported that the romney campaign had begun a 15-city tour for big donations, as in $50,000 big donations. the campaign set a goal of $50 million to be raised by early summer, saying they thought that would

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the competition massachusetts governor mitt romney was asked about perry's candidacy and whether or not governor perry can take credit for the jobs created in texas. >> spans not just four years as governor, but also the 25 years that i've live in the private sector. i think understanding how the economy works by having worked in the real economy is finalfin essential in the white house. i respect the other people in this race. the only other person that has the extensive private sector assurance besides me is herman kane. i respect herman kane but it's helpful to have the government experience i've had. >> romney is campaigning in new hampshire today, governor perry in iowa yesterday meanwhile responded to what you just heard from romney. >> romney took a slice or two today saying he has private sector experience and makes them better qualified to create jobs. >> give him my love. >> what do you think of that? oh oh oranges and apples. running a state is different from running a -- a business. >> what i would say is let's go take a look at his record when he was governor and look at my

frankly has, you know, a main line christian faith that's not fun to talk about, but it's a reason mitt romney was not the victor in iowa three years ago if we're being honest. he hits all the buttons, and none of this we've been talking about disqualifies him with republicans. we went through this with ronald reagan. he was a critic of medicare before medicare passed. he got past that. republicans have been very successful in taking ideas that most americans, if they think about them, are not used to and packaging them in a way that's exciting. perry's gotten even further because republicans have shifted our conversation pretty far down the road towards rethinking whether the new deal worked. he's taking advantage of that. i think that's why he's more credible winner in the primary, more credible in november than michele bachmann was. >> rick perry taking it to woodrow wilson. i'm waiting for the launch of the fred thompson 2.0 candidacy. dave weigel, political reporter for slate.com, thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> earlier today, the new york attorney general was kicked off the committee le

man cane in colorado rick perry still an unannounced candidate a distant second with 13 percent mitt romney was. i am jamie colby keep it right here on the fox news channel and the latest on the debt debate. foxnews.com/politics. now back to greta. we will have more on foxnews.com. >>> senate majori majority leady reid and mitch mcconnell says tlooesz a deal but that does not mean everyone is on board. phil beginning gree of georgia. based on what you know f sir do you expect to be voting for this or not? >> greta. i am not sure. i don't have all of the details. we did have a conference call a hour ago. i am studying more into the we hours of the morning before i make that decision. right now i am going to hold on whether or not i am going to support it. i only supported boehner, too, when we put the balanced budget amendment, the requirement that it passes and is sent to the states and then i got on board we finally passed 218 to 210 and i switched over to a yes. it was taken out of the deal now. i am very concerned about that. >> you don't think there's a stand alone balanced budget amendment

mitt romney. we thought it was tim pawlenty, but that didn't work out. a big lead financially and organizationally over paul ryan. >> let me push back, but the last 24 hours show that rick perry may be a outlier and he may not fit the establishment mold taking on the fed the way he did, which might please the tea party, but scare wall street. >> yes, and that is why paul ryan and the governor of new jersey chris christie have names floated, because major donors have not floated yet and they look to rick perry and say, ooh, that is not all we bargained for and maybe we need somebody else, but i don't think that we are totally done with the speculation. >> thank you, chris. never be done with the speculation. >> hopefully not. >> we will see you again tomorrow, and that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." and tomorrow on the show, the republican party chair reince priebus joining aaa rating and we will look at how the markets are being affected. "newsnation" is minutes away. hey ! chocolate, vanilla or strawberry ? chocolate ! chocolate