mr. gingrich got me been pressed on this ad. one headline developed overnight. ewt gingrich is no proof of that romney had read where are you with this? >> guest: that came out of a conversation that was pretty convoluted. how they actually rate the work requirement? no, it's been around since july 12. likely give away the work requirement the first chance they get? absolutely. the ad sets up what i think has not happened, but you have to ask yourself the question. why would they wait -- why would they put in place a waiver if they don't intend to wave it? so i think a particular porter was determined to get me to say it hadn't happened yet. clearly it's going to happen if he gets really did because otherwise why would you set it up. >> host: lots of other issues, but we want to get viewers about talking with newt gingrich. newark, delaware on the democratic line. >> caller: good morning. the first thing i have is a comment, basically everything am going to say as a comment. but the first thing about the welfare situation. what is happening here come your throwin

mr. gingrich you have been pressed on this ad and the one headline that developed overnight. newt gingrich has no proof of the romney at. where are you with this issue right now? >> guest: that came out of a conversation i was frank a pretty calm deluded. had they actually waved it, it's only been around since july 12. do i believe that they're going to waive the work requirement the first chance they get? absolutely and so the ad sets up what i think has not yet happened but you have to ask yourself the question, why would they waive, why would they put in place a waiver that they don't intend to waive? so i think the particular reporter was determined to get me to say it hadn't happened yet and i'm happy to say okay it hasn't happened yet but clearly it's going to happen if he gets reelected because otherwise why would you set it up. >> host: lots of other shoes to go through but we want to get the viewers involve talking with newt gingrich. delaware suffers, may on the democratic line. hi, may. >> caller: good morning. the first thing i have is i have a comment. basically e

mr. gingrich called president obama the food stamp president. he is the food stamp president. that's great. although -- food stamps were in face raised somewhat in the recovery act the stimulus legislation. that was a very, very good thing. now, why do d they go up? people had a legal right to get that when they went into the office to apply had to be done. welfare, now temporary assistance to needy families no long aerolegal right. go in, they can say to you, you look healthy, you look like you can work. they can say anything they want. there's no obligation to do that. in the recession it went up from 3.9 million to 4.4 million. 500,000 people over here. 120 million over there. so what do we have now? well the state of wyoming wins the prize. 617 people in the entire state of wyoming moms and kids, 4% of the poor children in wyoming are getting it. unbelievable. 25 states now six more since i started writing the book have under 20% of the poor kid. no wonder we have people going into deep poverty. jason wrote in the new york thymes in the beginning of 2010. it's the same now

mr. gingrich called president obama to foodstamp president because we do program working to help people in the recession. silly as to foodstamp president. that's great. and food stamps were in fact raised somewhat in the recovery act of the stimulus legislation on i was a very, very good thing. now why did they go up? because people had the legal right to get that wynnewood into the office to supply. non-needy family no longer a legal right. they go when they say to you, you look healthy, you look like you could work. they can say anything they want. is no obligation to do that, so when the recession, when up from 3.9 million people to 4.5 million. 20 million over there. so what we have now? well, the state of wyoming, 617 people in the entire state of wyoming, moms and kids. 4% of the children and wyoming are getting canon. 25 states now come in six more since i started writing the book had under 20% of the poor kids. so no wonder we have people going into deep poverty. jason the program and the new york times at the beginning of 2010 and it's still the same now when you look at the depar

mr. gingrich released his 138 convention delegates today and urged the support of the romney/ryan ticket. romney as i point out every time you're on the show. here we are with his debate on the abortion, the platform different from governor romney and different from the actions and the support that congressman ryan has offered to the issue, including cosponsoring of that bill with todd akin. >> well, i think what you're seeing is that there is a really a permanent fracture between the republican base and the republican party leadership that is working itself out in the last two primary cycles. i believe something like 90 incumbent republicans in various elections either for congress or state legislatures have lost in this election cycle. there were numerous high profile ones in 2010. you're seeing a massive changeover here of the republican party and the republican party establishment is doing their best to try to hold on to control of this thing, but time is really working against them. sooner or later, they're eventually going to be irrelevant and pushed out. >> i've not had a chance to

mr. gingrich, you have been pressed on this. a headline developed overnight -- guest: that came out of a conversation that was pretty convoluted. the requirement has only been around since july 12. i believe they will waive the work requirement the first chance. they chancethe a-- the first ch. why would they put in place a waiver if they don't intend to waive it? it has not happened, but clearly it will happen if he gets reelected. host: that was on cnn the other night, by the way. we want to get the viewers involved in talking with newt gingrich. delaware is up first, mae on the democratic line. caller: good morning. everything i'm going to say is basically a comment. the first thing about this welfare situation, what is happening, you are saying the poor man cannot get a job and criticizing it. republicans, i want you to love yourself more than you hate the president. understand what i'm saying. he as your interests at heart. if mitt romney gets in, the republicans will be like they were in the great depression, they will be

mr. gingrich has spotted off on something and been totally wrong. this is all about promoting work.ork requirement is something people have to do while they're on welfare. some of them, what states find is they get in the way of helping people find a job in order to get off welfare. republican governance have been asking for this. we haven't had some kind of whole sale governors of any party to get under the work requirements. that's why we have jobs when they were available in the 1990's, although it was the economy that was the main thing. so he's just wrong. it's not true. governor romney himself in 2005 was part of a group of governors that asked for more, flexibility on this. so former speaker gingrich is just whistling some kind of a tune. host: let's take some of your calls and your tweet and e-mails. new york city's up first. greg? caller: good morning, c-span, good morning to the world, not just america. it's a pleasure to listen to this man speak the truth on c-span and bring out the fact. i watched newt gingrich yesterday. what we have here is the tool that the republican

mr. gingrich about the upcoming election as well as his speech at a conference of conservative young peopled.c. and i asked him if the underlying duel of 2012 is really seniors versus millennia millennials. >> i think the underlying crisis in america is a lack of leadership that innovates and creates enough new wealth and new opportunity and new breakthroughs that nobody has to fight anybody. >> let's talk a little bit about president obama's main challenger, mitt romney. his tour, his foreign policy tour, started in london, and then moved on to israel, and it is headed into poland. how would you assess how he's done so far? >> the visit to israel and the visit to poland were very effective. and drew a very real contrast between obama's policies, which have been largely anti-israeli and anti-polish, and where romney would be, which would be returning to a classical america friendship with both israel and poland. >> there are people obviously who would disagree with you on the anti-israeli and anti-polish thing. but i'm going to move on and tell you about some of the gaffs that some say he h

usually quote, newt gingrich, when he was speaker of this house, when we were considering a compromise that he and president clinton had agreed to and so many of his republican colleagues, mr. speaker, as you may remember, opposed newt gingrich's efforts. he said, i would say for a minute, if i might to my friends who are asking for a no vote, the perfectionist caucus, as he referred to them. he concluded his remarks in urging them to vote for a compromise agreement. so the question is, can we cavity a bill which is a win for the american people because it is a win for the president and a win for the congress? because, he said, if we cannot find a way to have all three winning we do not have a bill worthy of being passed. the president's indicated he will not sign the republican bill and the senate won't pass the republican bill. but, again, my friends, mr. speaker, as you know we have agreement on 98%. and we are hung up because we don't have agreement on the other 2%. mr. gingrich went on, the speaker. now my friends each are per fictionists could write a perfect bill. and he concluded, in a free society, in a free society we have to give and take. we have to be able to

mr. gingrich, what does he mean to your party? >> well, it's an enormous asset.o texas, missouri, people who are beating big money. and i think that's good for the party. in today cruz's case you have a very attractive latino along with marco rubio along with the governor of new mexico and others. you combine those with people like allen west and tim scott, african americans, and combine them with bobby jindal and nikki haley, indian american, this is a broader party than the media would like to portray, and this is very important to the future of this party. >> ifill: you're saying it's a bigger tent than we see looking out at the faces of this crowd? >> sure. an you see that tent growing every single day. you're about to hear artur davis, following ted cruz, an african american who says, look, the democratic party under obama has left my values and left me. so i think that's a fairly significant thing. >> woodruff: we're going to go to the floor and listen to some of what ted cruz, the candidate for senate from texas is saying. >> an understanding of the unlimi

mr. gingrich teas deal with the convention. just a word, quick word on ronald reagan whom they do celebrate. both barack obama and mitt romney could learn well from ronald reagan's ability to deflect criticism by laughing at himself. when blamed for very short work hours he said, i'm not going to -- hard work never killed anybody i'm not going to take the chance. >> ifill: a lot of humor in that one. we heard say the uplift, the tough talk, mostly i've ever heard her speak. >> she played a major role in his primary campaign. the videos of the convention they brought in a new group, outside group not very politically experienced they're fantastic. >> greatest countryman kind has ever known is because throughout our history, people from across the world have made the choice to make america their home. >> in turn have helped make america the great symbol of hope and freedom that it is in the world. >> i believe in the promise of america that with hard work, anything is possible, regardless of where we come from. >> that inspiring

mr. gingrich, good to see you. thanks for your time this morning. >> thank you. >>> let's get a check of the morning's other top stories. natalie, good morning. >> good morning, everyone. raging wildfires are growing out west, burning some 40 buildings so far in central washington state. officials say the fire has scorched more than 24 square miles since it started monday and they're urging residents in the fire's path to evacuate. the fire has also burned some property at a chimpanzee sanctuary, but no animals were injured. the cause of the fire is still unknown. meantime, more blazes are burning in oregon, northern california, and in idaho, where a firefighter was killed sunday when a tree fell on her. >>> the new york port authority is calling for an investigation into how a man was able to bypass jfk airport's $100 million security system all while soaking wet and wearing a bright yellow life jacket. officials say 31-year-old daniel ka ceo ran out of fuel jet skiing, climbed ashore, climbed an eight-foot barbed

. >> former speaker, newt gingrich. mr. speaker always good to see you. thank you for your time this morning. >>> let's get a check of top stories, natalie morales at the news desk. good morning. >> good morning everyone. the new york port authority is calling for an investigation into how a man was able to bypass jfk airport's $100 million security system all while soaking wet and wearing a bright yellow lifejacket. officials say 31-year-old daniel cassio ran out of fuel jet skiing in jamaica bay, swam ashore, jumped a barbed wire fence, walked across two runways and asked for help. he passed cameras and motion detecters without raising alarm. the increased patrols are on the perimeter and surrounding waterways. he now faces criminal trespass charges. >>> a shoot-out near texas a&m has left three people dead. a man opened fire on a police officer while being served with an eviction notice. 35-year-old man killed the officer and one other man. police shot and killed him soon after. gop presidential hopeful meanwhile spoke out right after the shooting sayi

mr. gingrich at the time bought and released this long anti-bain documentary called "when mitt romney cames are using tonight to tell bain capital's success stories. bain failures in the cases where bain and romney themselves got rich because they brought ruin on lots of regular working people, those stories have been a powerful political tool that has been used against mr. romney for the better part of two decades now in races at all levels of public service. it's been used against him even by fellow republicans to pretty strong effect. the letter to turn bain from a four letter word back into an asset tonight is somewhat amazing to watch. chris, they went deliberately after the issue of mr. romney's faith in the last hour. in the next hour they are going deliberately at the issue of mr. romney's business career in a way that's mostly been defined by his opponents, most recently by the obama campaign. what do you think he needs to do on the issue of bain? >> this is a tough one. here ed and i are going to agree completely i think. i think the american people, rightly or wrongly, love peop

we're back with the former speaker of the house, former republican presidential candidate, newt gingrich. mrhis. this is you at one of the cnn debates back in january. seems like a long time ago. but listen to what you said then. >> i wish you would calmly and directly state it is your former staff running the pac, it is your millionaire friends giving to the pac. and you know some of the ads aren't true. just say that. straightforward. >> you and mitt romney had a rough time as i remember in iowa, south carolina, florida. >> yes. >> and now you're on conference calls supporting him as you were today. how does that feel? how does that happen? because some of the words that the two of you expressed then were pretty nasty. >> look, it was a real slugging match. you were covering it. i remember after one of the debates we came and did reaction with your show. it's painful at times. and i'd have to say we threw the kitchen sink at him and he threw a bigger kitchen sink at us. it was a very tough campaign. >> you tried, correct me if i'm wrong, tried reeling with the super pacs and he says they w

gingrich. thank you for coming out early. mr. cruz, thanks for a fantastic conversation. >> we've been bringing that to you on c-span. thank you for checking that out. we continue with "washington journal. " things cap off with romney's speech. joining us is scott helman, from "theboston globe," and the author of "the real romney." tell us about the picture painted of romney. what is the message they want to get out about him? >> i think they want to get out a number of things. what we've seen so far and tonight, in principle, is to bring a sense of mitt romney, the man. his life, character, experiences. those are either not getting through or being misinterpreted, perhaps. as many romney supporters say, obamary are sullied by and his team. i think he has to redefine himself. this culminates tonight with his speech. and we see an effort to cast him as the natural leader of a party wanting to reform. romney is a good candidate with high levels of competence. the mr. fix it guy. i think those are teh two things we've seen. this wil

paul ryan is being applauded by several of his previous opponents, including newt gingrich, who is joining us rightow. mrng in. and it's very exciting day for callista and me. we've knew paul -- she knew paul when he was an intern for senator bob casten. she's a wisconsinite and there's a lot of identity with paul ryan. >> senator caston with wisconsin back in the '90s. would he have been your pick if you had won the republican nomination? >> he certainly would have been on the very short list. i was asked the other day in some editorial board, if you're looking for somebody to think strategically, who would you want in that room? and i just immiately said paul ryan. here's a guy who has mastered the budget, but more importantly, he was one of the key players in creating a republican majority in the house in 2010. he knows how to focus the disciplined, get key things done, and, yet, he's a very down-to-earth kind of guy. if you look at his life in janesville and his family, he's going to resonate with middl america, and he's going to resonate with midwesterners. >> he's got a wonderful family. and he is

joining me now is newt gingrich who ran against romney for the nomination. mr. be here. >> you must be thinking and have your ear to this. is he going to do the obvious, white bred, double down on boredom and pick pawlenty or portman. or go to the right and pick a guy of conviction, i'm going to pic paul ryan. >> i don't know. i don't think anybody knows. i think the only three people who have a pretty good idea about these are meyers who's doing the job and governor romney and his wife ann. i think those are the only three peop

. >> newt gingrich the former house speaker, former presidential candidate is joining us on the phone right now. mrspeaker, thanks very much. give us ur immediate reaction to the romney/ryan ticket. >> well, we're very, very happy. my wife has known paul ryan, his work on the budget is extraordinary. it is a real decision by governor romney that this is going to be a very substantive fall campaign, going to be an enormous choice for the american people. and i think ryan is going to be very effective. he represents a midwestern industrial district. he's gotten re-elected by big margins explaining his policies. he knows how to campaign in places like michigan, ohio, indiana. i think he's going to be a very, very big asset. >> you know, i know it got a lot of buzz when you were running for the republican presidential nomination when you were on "meet the press" and you said this at the time. you subsequently explained what you meant. let me play the clip. let's go through it because you know there's going to be a lot of people talking about what you said then vis-a-vis presumably paul ryan. listen to

joining me now is newt gingrich who ran against romney for the nomination. mr. speaker, thank you. >> good to be here. >> you must be thinking and have your ear to this. is he going to do the obvious, white bred, double down on boredom and pick pawlenty or portman. or go to the right and pick a guy of conviction, i'm going to pic paul ryan. >> i don't know. i don't think anybody knows. i think the only three people who have a pretty good idea about these are meyers who's doing the job and governor romney and his wife ann. i think those are the only three people i believe who really are in the inner circle in this decision. >> let's talk about this. first of all, if he had to pick s somebody that has to help with a tough decision. that really means something to him. who should he pick off sheer smarts? >> the smartest strategic thinking in politics is paul ryan. you look at what he's mastered in the budget. whether you like or dislike the details. this is a guy who thought deeply about it. and he's done it in a blue collar district with a large uwa membership. an

applauded by several of romney's primary seasoned opponents including newt gingrich who's joining us here in "the situation room." mrnks very much for coming in. >> it's great to be with you, and it's a very exciting day for callista and me. she knew paul since she was an intern. there's a long sense -- and she's a wisconsinite. there's a lot of identity with paul ryan. >> senator kasten from wisconsin back in the '90s. would he have been your pick if you had gotten -- won the republican presidential nomination? >> well, he special would have been on the very short list. and i was asked the other day in some editorial board, if you're looking for somebody to think strategically, who would you want in that room? and i immediately said paul ryan. here's a guy who has mastered the budget, but more importantly, he was one of the key players in creating a republican majority in the house in 2010. he knows how to focus the disciplined, get key things done. and yet he's a very down-to-earth kind of guy. if you look at his life in janesville and his family, he's going to resonate with middle america, and he's going to reson

joining me right nows a guy who really knows, former speaker of the house newt gingrich, who ran against romney for the nomination. mr. speaker, thank you. >> good to be here. >> you must be thinking and you must have your ear to this. is he going to do the obvious, white bread, double down on boredom and pick portman or pawlenty? is he going to reach over to the right and say damn, it i'm going to pick a guy of conviction to my right, i'm going to pick ryan, paul ryan? >> i don't know. i don't think anybody knows. i think the only three people who have a pretty good idea about this are bess meyers, who's doing the job, and governor romney and his wife, ann. i think those are the only three people i believe who really are in the inner circle in this decision. >> let's talk about this. first of all, if he had to pick somebody that had nothing to do with electability, just somebody to be really smart in the back room with him, sitting there when the tough decisions are made and he says what do you think and that really means something to him. which of these guys should he pick? just for sheer smarts. >> the smartest st

me right now is a guy who really knows, former speaker of the house newt gingrich, who ran against romney for the nomination. mrhere. >> you must be thinking and you must have your ear to this. is he going to do the obvious, white bread, double down on boredom and pick portman or pawlenty? is he going to reach over to the right and say damn, it i'm going to pick a guy of conviction to my right, i'm going to pick ryan, paul ryan? >> i don't know. i don't think anybody knows. i think the only three people who have a pretty good idea about this are bess meyers, who's doing the job, and governor romney and his wife, ann. i think those are the only three people i believe who really are in the inner circle in this decision. >> let's talk about this. first of all, if he had to pick somebody that had nothing to do with electability, just somebody to be really smart in the back room with him, sitting there when the tough decisions are made and he says what do you think and that really means something to him. which of these guys should he pick? just for

gingrich makes aurprising admission. i spoke with him just a short time ago. mr. speaker, this ad says you wouldn't have to work or train for a job. they would just send you your welfare check. according to pretty much every fact checking organization that's not true. president clinton signed the law and says it's not true. even ron haskins said, quote, there's no plausible scenario under which this new policy constitutes a serious attack on reform. are they all wrong? >> the original developer of welfare reform worked with governor and then president rag on. he was the first person who come out agessively and say look, this one in the end got welfare reform. his reasoning is straightforward. once you start allowing states -- this is why, by the way, the law itself does not permit waivers. the president couldn't waive section 407, so he fudge nd and found a way to get around it which i suspect will turn out to be illegal. governor from virginia says he thinks this is clearly gutting welfare reform. the two governors that the obama administration is hiding behind,

mr. mann thank you for joining me inside the war room? >> good to be with you govern. >> so, you heard that little sound beside of newt gingrich. should a president distrust their own state department? >> i don't know where to start on that one. in the first place, it's kind of dangerous to say distrust all of the people who are the -- the state department is composed of people who are out there living in countries who know the language. do some of them become overly sam pat i thinkic to the country, yeah. >> an old phenomenon in this. is the state department bureaucratic but to say you are not going to listen to the state department is crazy and dangerous. secondly, it's an inaccurate prediction of what romney will do. it's also kind of hipypocritical for gingrich because i covered gingrich in the 1990s as speaker of the house and to tell you the truth, he didn't challenge bill clinton much. there was a republican jesse % helms, who was challenging bill clinton left and right. that wasn't gingrich. i don't know where he is coming from on this. >> who knows? who knows what has happened in the interim. let's listen to a sound by

gingrich also makes a surprising admission. i spoke with the former candidate a short time ago. >> mr. speaker, this ad said and i quote, under obama's plan you wouldn't have to work or train for a job. they just send you your welfare check. according to every nonpartisan fact checking organization, that is not clue. president clinton signed a law that you worked on said it's not true. ron haskins served as george w. bush's welfare adviser said there is no plausible scenario in which it constitutes a serious attack on welfare reform. are they all wrong? >> the original developer of welfare reform worked with governor and president reagan. he was the first person to come out and say look, this will end welfare reform. his reasoning is straight forward. once you start allowing states -- this is why the law itself does not permit waivers. the president actually could not waive section 407 which said there can't be waivers to the work requirement. he fudge and found a way to get around it which i suspect will turn out to be illegal. the governor from virginia said this is clear gutting wel

gingrich. >> he should be ashamed for putting politics before people. >> reporter: george w. bush's brother jeb. >> mr. president, it is time to stop blaming your predecessor for your failed economic policies. >> reporter: florida senator marco rubio. >> a problem is that he's a bad president. >> reporter: clint eastwood. >> when somebody does not do the job, we've got to let him go. >> reporter: romney friends tried to humanize him with testimony to his good deeds. >> he shoveled snow and raked leaves for the elderly. >> reporter: helped a dying boy write his will. >> we were able to give his skateboard, his model rockets and his fishing gear to his best friends. >> reporter: a business associate. >> if someone needed help, mitt was there. >> reporter: the founder of staples. >> he helped make it come alive. >> reporter: gary nurenberg, 9news now. >>> it is 6:07. other news now, the pentagon is considering legal action against the former navy seal who has written a book about the night of the osama bin laden raid. mark owen's book called "no easy day" has caused a lot of controversy since it was anno