mr. gingrich, let's just start with the overnight news. mitch dan yells, the one that a lot of republicans, establishment republicans and especially a lot of people who had supported george bush last time out were really putting pressure on him to run for the republican nomination. he said last night he's simply not going to do it. what do you make of that and what is the impact of that? >> i think mitch has been own reasons for not running. but he is one of the great reform governors in this country. his educational reforms are remarkable. he's done a great job of bringing jobs to indiana. his privatization program on highways is really a benchmark for the country. he has a great future, and i think he'll play a major role in designing a platform and a major role in helping other people learn that you actually can govern and you can actually be creative. i think the scott walkers, the john kay sick, even chris christie learned something from him. >> schieffer: why do you think he decided not to run? >> you have to ask him. he's been a ver

mr. gingrich chose to throw his former allies in the house not so much under the bus as off the grand canyon rim. our guess is that politician as experienced as mr. gingrich knew exactly what he was doing and that as he runs for president, he wants to appear to be more moderate than he has sounded over the last 20 years by suddenly triangulating against the gop house he once led." the thought is he did know what he was doing because what he said out loud is what republicans i've spoken to have said privately. they're scared to death about the politics you're proposing. they think it's handing a huge issue to the democrats. >> look, of course people are scared of entitlement reform because every time you put entitlement reform out there, the other party uses it as a political weapon against you. look, both parties have done this to each other. here's the problem, david, if we don't get serious about these issues, if we don't get serious about the drivers of our debt, we're going to have a debt crisis. and the irony of this is all if we don't fix these programs, people who rely on these benefi

mr. gingrich did not, -- palin did not, mr. gingrich did not, a surprising to me,. huckabee. >> dick cheney did. >> the base of your party, you don't want to give credit to the president at any other time. no one would say that george bush cared about his daughters and wife if you care about fire- eating democrats. it is a certain maturity on the part of romney and pawlenty and daniels -- >> and the lack of character and a part of palin -- >> and newt? that is that, i am of the show -- off the show. [laughter] >> why are we still in afghanistan? >> this is the longest war in history. there is no end in sight. we are not even paying for the board. is on at the national credit card. -- it is on the national credit card. it adds $100 billion a year, $8 billion each month, to our debt. >> that is congressman jim mcgovern of massachusetts, a democrat, who along with republican walter jones of north carolina has sponsored the afghanistan exit and accountability act, which would set a firm time line for withdrawing troops. a couple of months ago, a poll said that 73% of th

mr. gingrich. and some conservatives have already said he's failing his own test. nbc's andrea mitchell with us tonight from our d.c. newsroom with more on this story. andrea, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. newt gingrich wanted to kick off his presidential campaign with a big splash. now it looks as though the only one getting drenched is the candidate himself. >> are you announcing right now? >> reporter: he announced less than a week ago on twitter and facebook. no chance for gaffes. >> i'm newt gingrich. and i'm announcing my candidacy for president of the united states. >> reporter: but on "meet the press," his first big interview, gingrich sided with liberals, slamming fellow republican paul ryan's plan to cut medicare costs. >> i don't think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineering. i don't think imposing radical change from the right or the left is a very good way for a free society to operate. >> reporter: ryan shot back. >> with allies like that who needs the left? >> reporter: and now fellow con

mr. gingrich did not, surprising to me, mr. huckaby did not. mitch daniels did -- >> dick cheney did. >> the base of your party does not want to give credit to the president of the other party at any time. the one to say that it george bush even cared about his daughter -- you don't want to say george bush even cared about his daughter or his wife. so a certain maturity on the part of romney and pawlenty and daniels. >> i the lack of character on the part of palin -- >> and newt. >> if the bad guys were in pakistan and yemen and elsewhere, why are we still in afghanistan? >> this is the longest war in our history. there is no end in cite. to make it worse, we're not even paying for the war. it is on the national credit card. over $100 billion a year, it $2 billion each week. >> that is congressman jim mcgovern of massachusetts, a democrat who, along with republican congressman walter jones of north carolina, has sponsored a bipartisan afghanistan exit and accountability act, which would set a firm time line for withdrawing american a couple of

mr. gingrich, a former speaker of the u.s.se of representatives famously led the attempt to impeach president bill clinton in 1995. f.b.i. agents in puerto rico say they've arrested alberto gonzales who they believe was behind one of the largest robberies in u.s. history. mr. gonzalez allegedly took part in a robbery at the bank depot in the state of connecticut in 1983 at the time. the gang got away with $7 million. for five weeks there's been no sight of ai weiwei, the chinese artist and human rights activist who was detained at beijing airport. his detention prompted a global appeal by the sculptor kapoor and wants galleries to close for a day in protest and dedicated his latest work to ai weiwei. >> ai weiwei is considered by many to be one of the most important artists of the 21st century. it is this recent installation in london that brought the chinese artist to the attention of the wider british public. 37 days ago the globe trotting ai weiwei was detained at the beijing airport by the chinese authorities. nothing has

mrs. gingrich for his political redemption. another page one story in "the times" zeroed in on mcconnell's wife. the indiana governor hasn't decided if he's going to run for president. the "los angeles times" reported this week that arnold schwarzenegger and maria shriver about their deteriorating marriage and got in a statement saying the movie star turned governor and his wife had separated. given their star power, the coverage quickly exploded. >> it was the news that broke overnight and it had a say it ain't so aspect to it. the "l.a. times" reports maria shriver, member of the kennedy family, longtime nbc family member, and her husband, former california governor arnold schwarzenegger, have split. >> put out a statement saying they weren't going to give any interviews, family and friends were not going to give interviews. >> couple had been married for 25 years before they announced on monday they were separating. everyone is now asking -- what happened here? >> schwarzenegger's spoke in public about his marriage last nigh

mr. gingrich, the president made a big speech on the middle east last week. what did you think of it?extraordinarily dangerous. i think that it -- defining the 1967 border would be an act of suicide for israel. >> i think the speech that he gave on thursday was in some sense weighted towards the palestinian side. i think what he did today was correct the balance a little bit and answer some of the concerns that the israelis have. >> let me first just your general impressions of this speech? >> well, i think it once again represents the commitment of the president and the administration to pursue peace between the palestinians and israelis. the palestinian leadership highly appreciates the continued commitment shown by the president on thursday and today. and we hope that the administration will be able to translate this genuine desire to end the conflict to some practical steps. >> default on the american debt could plunge us into another recession with even more jobs lost and businesses failing. those few, and i think totally irresponsible, members of congress who say it really doesn

mr. gingrich's intolerance history. just to close it out -- republicans only for the first segment of "washington journal." we want to get your reaction. claudia in houston. good morning. caller: hi. he is immoral. he was in politics and he cheated on two wives and it was even terrible that he tried to get his teacher to marry him and when she had cancer he dumped her. i feel mitt romney is a moral also because he is an -- is in a religion that approves of multiple wives. if i were a man running for president, i would leave any organization that is immoral, whether it is a religion or politics. most politicians are a moral because they have a little bit of power. and these young girls tried to snatch them because they have power or they have money. i don't know. i think america is getting to be a moral. host: who do you like for president? caller: i would rather have trump because he was a moral when he was not in politics. -- immoral when he was not in politics. anybody in politics and a run for president, if they expe

mr. gingrich respectfully, ms. palin respect fwli, has what it takeses to win the nomination of their party in the long run. >> president obama met with the congressional black caucus and their message to him was jobs and more jobs. has the president done enough for the african-american community? >> in a word, no. the african-american community is the most loyal part of the president's base and obviously the black community wants to see this president reelected and i expect they'll turn out in big numbers as they did before .not the same because you can't play in a history card but one time. so the white house speaking of should they be concerned, they should be concerned about the fact that the black numbers may drop because you can't play the history card and, two, to your point about black unemployment, when you have double the national average and depending on the demo in some cases quadruple the national average, this answer, i don't mind it. all the boats didn't go down at the same time, they're not going to

mr. gingrich has walked down the aisle three times.ready for a thrice-married president, cornell? >> i think there's a fire alarm going on here at cnn in washington. the answer is no. i probably have to evacuate the building before i catch fire. >> those are always fake. i always ignore themselves myself. dana. >> well, we went through bill clinton and the politically changing definition of sex and the blue dress and everything else so i don't see why not. really the thing that intriguing me more about newt gingrich is the insane comments he made about entitlement reform. that concerns me more than his being married three times at this point. >> pete? >> yeah, newt gingrich has been marry three times. so has trump. you know who has been married and cheat, john mccain. i don't think people care much. we care about gas prices. our jobs. what i'm concerned about newt gingrich, he's got a giants, giant head which means there's a lot of brains in there. >> enough said. pete, dana, i think cornell has clear -- oh, cornell, you stayed. you ar

mr. gingrich is right. it is a radical departure. own it. show that you are prepared to own your own proposal. but now that you want to do it and the american people are seeing the difference in republicans and democrats, now you are trying to squirrel your way out of it with no disrespect to squirrels. not only did we pass the health care plan a year ago, but i'll go one better, i'll give you a plan, how about medicare not starting at 65, what about 55 or 45 or 35? what is it that health insurance companies do in this country? i know my republican friends are holly-owned subsidiaries of the insurance industry but that shouldn't mean our seniors lose it because of it. republicans who are trying to figure out how to get out, we believe in medicare we created it. we believe in social security. we created it. every improvement to health care in this country, democrats proposed, republicans oppose and now they have a chance to get rid of it and doing it. at least if you are going to do it, at least if you are going to try to do it, don't silence

mr. gingrich's candidacy however is a dollar short and day late. time has passed him. we are asking what qualities you are looking for in a 2012 candidate. we go to georgia next. edward is a democrat there. you are on, edward. caller: yes, i'm looking for a president that, from day one, is willing to be a one-term president. they all say that but when they get in the white house first thing you think of is getting re-elected. they want to run back to their party and wrap themselves in that. someone that is willing to be a president for everyone and be honest and do what they know is right and not what the party wants them to do and govern from that. if you are a one-term president, you are a one-term president. do what you can instead of doing two terms and doing nothing. host: oklahoma city next, james an independence. what qualities are you looking for? caller: i think a particular quality that i would like in my president is he knows his job and doesn't exceed it and doesn't lead folks into believe being he is doing things that he is not by the constitution. the oth

mr. gingrich -- he wasn't speaker at the time -- became the speaker -- said this would cause the worst recession in american history. he was wrong. the gentleman who became the majority leader, mr. army, said this was a recipe for economic collapse. he was wrong. when we follow the supply side trickle down the last eight years under george w. bush, the economy created one million net new jobs. but when we asked the wealthiest of americans just a little bit more to reduce the deficit in the 1990's, the economy created 23 million new jobs. so when they ask, where is the plan? here's the plan. don't abolish medicare the way they plan to. negotiate prescription drug prices, stop paying the bills for iraq and afghanistan, stop the giveaways to oil companies that make record profits and ask the wealthiest in this country pay just a bit more to pay down our deficit. let's put that plan on the floor and reduce the deficit that way. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman from california. >> i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized for five minu

mr. gingrich -- he wasn't speaker at the time -- became the speaker -- said this would cause the worst recession in american history. he was wrong. the gentleman who became the majority leader, mr. army, said this was a recipe for economic collapse. he was wrong. when we follow the supply side trickle down the last eight years under orge w. bush, the economy created one million net new jobs. but when we asked the wealthiest of americans just a little bit more to reduce th deficit in the 1990's, the economy created 23 million new jobs. so when they ask, where is the plan? here's the plan. don't abolish medicare the way they plan to. negotiate prescription drug prices, stop paying the bills for iraq and afghanistan, stop the giveaways to oil companies that make record profits and ask the wealthiest in this country pay just a bit me to pay down our deficit. let's put that plan on the floor and reduce the deficit that way. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gelewoman from california. >> i me to strike the last word. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized for five minutes. ms.

mr. gingrich, my question for you is, how do you intend to beat mr. obama, a man who has the potential amass millions, possibly billions of dollars, and he has the media behind him. how are you going to beat him? >> by telling the truth. that that's why two plus two equals four matters. i believe he can outpend us four or five to one and still lose. if you go back to 2006, every republican senator who lost spent more money than a dem contract. if you look at california, jury -- jerry brown was outspent three to one, and in the end, comes down to people you see in your living room every night. you hear from them, not they're consult tans. that maries in primary in the general election ex-if you have a real message, that -- i believe it's impossible for the from try to turn all of america into a chicago machine. i believe it is impossible for him to raise enough now convince the american people that reality isn't real, that their principles aren't their principles principles and they should re-elect somebody who has failed in performance and who is a ra

mr. gingrich is not once but twice he has violated that solemn and sacred oath and that's why it's a show stopper for me. >> reporter: gingrich who once campaigned as a family values candidate has been dogged by years for marital infidelity and he left both of his ex-wives when they had serious illnesses. one was in the hospital being treated for cancer. the other had been diagnosed with m.s. >> there's been no time in my life, partially driven by my passion for this country i worked too hard and things happened that were not appropriate. >> reporter: his wife, callista, 22 years younger, married in 2000, their relationship actually began seven years earlier while she was a young congressional staffer and gingrich was married to his second wife. the affair continued the everyone tire time when he was speaker including when he called for the impeachment of bill clinton. today he touts his recent conversion to catholicism and the nation's need for spiritual renewal. he's using money, lots of it through an organization known as newt inc. one of these groups, renewing american lewdership is s

mr. gingrich chose to throw his former allies in the gop house not so much off the bus as under the grand canyon rim. he was confronted by one critic in iowa. to paul ryan -- >> i didn't >> what you did to paul ryan was unbelievable. why don't you get out before you make a bigger fool of yourself? >> at the risk of losing his own base, gingrich went on fox, his former employer, late tuesday night to take it back. >> i made a mistake and i called paul ryan today who is a very close personal friend and i said that that. >> topping off a bad ok signings briefly interrupted by a glitter attack. activists say it was a gay protest. >> stop the hate! stop anti-gay politics! >> this is a case where a candidacy is almost imploding before the candidate leaves the starting gate. >> reporter: whether gingrich's latest comments satisfy critics remains to be seen. a spokesman says chairman ryan accepted gingrich's apology. >> tough week for newt gingrich. thank you, andrea. >> now a check of the top stories. natalie morales is at the news desk. >> good morning. good morning, everyone. >>> missing al ja

mr. gingrich, my question for you is, so, how do you intend to beat mr.obama, a man who has the potential to amass millions, possibly billions of dollars as we sit here today? and he has the media behind him? how are you going to beat that? >> by pelling the -- telling the truth. that's why two plus two equals four matters. [laughter] i believe he can outspend us by about four or five to one and still lose. if you go back to 2006, every republican senator who lost spent more money than the democrats. if you look at california, jerry brown was outspent, i think, three to one. and the fact is in the end, particularly running for president, it comes down to people you see in your living room every night. it's people who you hear from them, you don't hear from their consultants, their advertising. that matters in primaries. in the general election, if you have a message that's real and people know that's real, all that will do -- i believe it is impossible for the president to try to turn all of america into a chicago machine. i believe it is impossible for h

gingrich, the former speaker, and his potential presidential bid. here is "the washington times" this morning. host: here is "the new york times" front page story about mr. newt gingrich. constantly together at book signings, screenings. she is the voice on his audio books and her face is all over his 2012 website." also, front page of "the new york times" -- this story. above the fold, it says mr. obama's decision to increase the size of the force sent into pakistan shows he was willing to risk a military confrontation with a close ally in order to capture or kill the leader of al-qaeda. senior officials said two teams of specialists were on standby." host: let's go to new york. frank, a republican. what you think about speaker boehner's calls for spending cuts that surpassed the debt rise? caller: i agree with everything boehner said and the tea party. you had a topic not too long ago akin to this, would you trust more to manage the financial situation in the country? all one has to do is look at our big cities that are democrat run. they are on the verge of bankruptcy. taxing the rich has become a cliche. there's not a big difference between the amou

mr. newt gingrich got together, they balance the budget and left a surplus.before you came into office. within 10 years, with the republican congress, we spent $12 trillion on two wars and tax breaks. i do environmental consulting work. the oil disasters, the bp banking disaster, you have to have some kind of government oversight. you go to the president and convert all of the postal trucks to natural gas -- 60% of all of our liquid fuel -- host: you have to go with your question really quick. guest: i get a disability check for diabetes. i wish you guys would go back and reassess how much the pharmacies could charge -- host: george, i am going to stop you. converting federal vehicles to natural gas. guest: there is a lot of natural gas out there. we have to find ways to use the natural gas -- we need to make energy as clean as we can and do it in ways that do not raise the costs for american families. we needed all, at the oil, the gas. we need all the energy. host: second question on means testing. guest: means testing is an important thing, because the pre

mr. gingrich's answer: "i don't think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineering. i don't think imposing radical change from the right or the left is a very good way for a free society to operate." mr. president, this budget that is before us is not just radical with respect to what it does to medicare, what it does to the revenue of the united states. you look at every part of this budget. there are no savings in defense after we have had this massive defense build-up, from 1997 to then, you can see spending on defense has gone from $254 billion a year to $688 billion a year. now, even the house budget committee chairman, mr. ryan, who is the architect of this plan, has said -- quote -- "there are a lot of savings you can get in defense. there's a lot of waste over there for sure." that's what he said about defense spending. here's what he did about it. he increased it dramatically. from $529 billion -- this is just the underplying defense budget. -- underplying defense budget. this doesn't count the war funding. he increased the regular budget

and newt gingrich didn't. and mrs. palin didn't. governor palin didn't. and obviously rick santorum didn't. and the others didn't but it's just, it's a rational thing to do. i mean i know it's difficult, you are up set your base is going to be angry with you if you acknowledge that the person on the other side you are running against has done anything good. but i thought that was revealing. >> lehrer: what do you make of it. >> that's actually a very good test because the people who mentioned without did are the serious candidates. and john huntsman seems to be running are. and i suspect he's a serious candidate. i i'm not sure what his odds are. but it's going to be-- the good thing about this debate is there were only five people up on the stage. when the serious candidates come in, there is going to be a lot, and they will be very incon slus-- inconclusive and it will be hard to have a good debate with so many people that will not get the nomination up there. so you know what you by think we'll known in ten days. i have been talking. >> lehrer: ten day

but for everybody here in the room, we all remember and love him not just as professor gingrich but as mr. speaker. mr. speaker, welcome. ♪ [applause] >> well, first of all, thank you all very, very much. i am delighted to be home, delighted to be with -- fenty -- very many old friends who go back a long way. -- delighted to be with it -- thank you, very many old friends. i was reminded of how long i went into this when i was reminded of how long had been in this. there was a young intern there. that said you look familiar, have we met? he said, no, but my father was a page for you. [laughter] so, i look out at a lot of friends here to go back a very long time. i walked in and while ago and i was reminded that she and i first started campaigning in 1973 together. the only thing i would disagree with -- excuse me, i have allergies. the only thing i would disagree with the introduction of about is i suspect most of you, at least the ones i was talking to and getting pictures with don't think of me as mr. speaker, i think most of you think of me as newt, and i suspect we ought to keep it tha

we have newt gingrich, one of your colleagues in the gop -- this guy is constantly throwing daggers at mr. president obama for no apparent reason but just to gain some political atmosphere. host: i want to ask you a question. he suggested that newt gingrich has been making comments recently with racial overtones. what is an example? caller: he spent of president obama's kenya race. we all know from donald trump and everything that president obama is an american. but yet, still, he would refer back to his heritage, his ancestry. this right there is definitely a racial issue. host: that was not in the past two days. guest: it is very different from what dwayne is talking about. i think that is going to be something that the presidential candidates and the nominees will ultimately have to deal with and put into context. the racial overtones and undertones that will be a part of this campaign, a part of this discussion, solely because barack obama is an african american. in the 2008, what i saw was a party hesitant to engage on policy because of the tone of being perceived as somehow racial.

sarah palin newt gingrich mike huckabee and battle trump stayed home hesitant to throw themselves into a race against an incumbent like president obama so early on please join me in welcoming mr donald h. . like everything in american politics we're going to declare also comes down to money analysts say that because of campaign finance laws that donations to presidential campaigns twenty five hundred dollars politicians prefer to rake in money for political action committees before officially declaring you see today this charade of obvious candidates for the republican nomination pretending their candidates delaying their declarations of canada see although he's dismissed by the mainstream media congressman ron paul is no underdog fund raising money. thanks in one day alone his liberty pac did in one million dollars compared with another two million raised by the campaign for liberty much of it coming from young voters god is smiling upon us it'll be running around in two thousand and twelve republicans say president obama isn't unbeatable president obama is not unbeatable because one right decision not the great president made although with so many party favorites still hedg

mr. chairman, i yield back the balance of my time. collecting campaign helped me out. i wasn't on the committee long when newt gingrich called and said he had a home work assignment. he said, you know, we don't know what's going to happen with this special prosecutor ken star was working in secret. we didn't know what he was putting together. remember, judge star for three or four years, he was investigating white water, travelgate, all of these different hush money to pay to former staffers that went to prison and, you know, renting the lincoln. there were all of the things that judge was investigating. and now he had to pick up the lewinsky issue as well. speaker came to me, he said i need somebody to draft the protocol. what do we do if a report recommending impeaching the president comes? we don't know what he's got. we don't know what to do. he said i want you to go out and track down and interview former members of congress, democratics and republicans who were involved in previous investigations of a president. and find out what worked, what didn't. what are the mistake that is were made, how do we avoid them?

gingrich. welcome back. >> good to be with you, david. >> this is your 35th appearance on the program. you've said a lot and done a lot over the years for us to go through. mr. speaker, as you know, campaigns are about the future, and yet, you're doing something very interesting, you're asking the american people for a stunning second act in american politics. why? >> well, you know, my dad was a career soldier for 27 years in the infantry, and i think there are times when citizenship requires that you do what you think is necessary. we are at one of the great turning points in american history, and i believe the decision the american people make in 2012 will do more to define the next half century than any election i can remember. and i think that we are at a crossroads economically, we're at a crossroads in our core values as a country -- what does it mean to be an american? we are in much greater danger in national security and homeland security than people realize. and having spent my lifetime as you point out, studying this, working at it, becoming speaker of the house, spent the last 12 years as a small business owner and working on things with my wif

mr. speaker. i think most of you think of me as newt. i suspect we ought to keep it that way. i do not know if we can elect speaker gingrich, but we can elect newt. [sneezes] excuse me. i did decide after a long consultation with my family and spending a year thinking about it, that i would run for president. [applause] we made that decision for the most profound reason. the united states of america is on a trouble, and it needs every possible citizen to come to its aid if we are to remain a great center of freedom, the great developer of prosperity, and the provider of safety to our citizens and our friends around the world. and i think the challenges we face are so large that it requires leadership of an unusual kind. i do not believe that any one person i need the oval office can make a decisive difference. i believe there are 300 million americans who have to be recruited, educated, convinced, led it to work together so that all of us putting our shoulder to the wheel can make a decisive difference. and i believe the gap between where the people in this room and the vast majority of the people of georgia would take ame

mr. speaker, i think most of you think of me as newt, and i suspect we ought to keep it that way. i don't know if we can elect speaker gingrichbut i know that we can elect newt. i did decide that after long consultation with my family and spending a year thinking about it that i would run for president. [applause] we made that decision, i think, for the most profound reason. the united states of america is in trouble and it needs every possible citizen to come to its aid if we are to remain the great center of freedom, the great developer of prosperity, and the provider of safety to our citizens and friends around the world. i think the challenges we face are so large that it requires leadership of an unusual kind. i don't believe that any one person in the oval office to make a decisive difference. i believe there are 300 million americans who have to be recruited, educated, convinced, led to work together so that all the fuss, putting our shoulders on the wheel, can make a decisive difference. i believe the gap between where the people in this room and the vast majority of the people of georgia would take america and where

mr. reid: madam president, for weeks americans old and young have been speaking out against the republican plan to kill medicare. it's not just democrats. republicans have been speaking out against it too. newt gingrich called it a radical plan and -- quote -- "right-wing social engineering." end of quote. several republican senators have similarly spoken out calling it what it really is, a plan that would shatter stone the cornerstone of our promise and break the -- cornerstone of our society and break the promise to the old and the sick. last night americans had a chance to do something about it. they went to the polls and resoundingly rejected that plan and the candidate that ran on the plan's promise to dismantle medicare. in a special election in upstate new york, the republican plan to kill medicare was the number-one issue. it was the number-two issue. it was the number-three issue. it's what voters most care about and are most scared about. here's what it would do. turn over seniors' health to profit insurance companies. it would let bureaucrats decide what tests and treatments seniors get and ask seniors to pay for their health care in exchange for fewer benefits. that's a bad deal all aroun