mr. huckabee has taken the temperature. most notably the tea partiers and realized that it would be more convenient for him to now disavow his prior support of cap and trade. thankfully for us there's videotape. >>> now to the tonight's "big number," yesterday republican senator john thune issued some a fatwa against the new spending bill. >> the american people neither deserve nor want this bill that heaps more debt onto the backs of future generations. the bill's loaded up with pork projects and it shouldn't get a vote. >> wow. but catch this, how much in so-called pork projects does senator thune himself have in this spending bill? according to politico, he has $65 million in pork. talk about one of your cake and eating it too. senator thune has $65 million in earmarks requests in the new spending fwhal he opposes. he's campaigning against the very pork he's grabbing. tonight's outrage worthy "big number." boy, these guys are unbelievable. >>> up next senate republicans say that they're mad at harry reid for threatening

mr. huckabee is taking the temperature of the electorate and realized it would be more convenient for him to now disavow his prior support of cap and trade. thankfully for us, there's videotape. now to tonight's big number. yesterday, john thune issued something against the new spending bill. >> the american people neither deserve nor want this bill that heaps more debt on to the backs of future generations. the bill is loaded up with pork projects and shouldn't get a vote. >> how much in so-called pork projects does thune have? according to politico, he has $65 million in pork. senator thune that has $65 million main earmarks. he's campaigninging against the very pork he's grabbing. boy, these guys are unbelievable. >>> they say they're mad at harry reid for threatening to keep the senate in session. reid says the republicans are just trying to run out the clock. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. everybody has somebody to go heart healthy for. who's your somebody? eating campbell's healthy request can help. 25 delicious soups with low cholesterol, zero grams trans fat, and a heal

mr. huckabee would like you to be confused about that.as governor wrote at his website yesterday. in a recent internet post, a contributor on makes the claim that i supported cap and trade in late 2007 while running for president. to put it simply, that's not true. i never did support and never would support it, period. period. he never did support cap and trade and never would support cap and trade, except for when he totally, totally did. >> i also cap and trade of carbon emissions. and i was disappointed with the senate -- the senate rejected a carbon counting system to measure the sources of emissions because that would have been the first step toward implementing true you cap and trade. >> mike huckabee, or a reasonable facsimile thereof, not only supporting cap and trade but supporting true cap and trade. now he says he never would support it. changing your mind is not such a bad idea in politics. lying about changing your mind is a bad idea everywhere. everything's on tape these days. >>> next up, true or false. back in 1969, the a

that is mike huckabee. so, mr. president, i will say this, i know that my friends and many of my colleagues, you know, not every state is like new jersey where we have a rich history of immigrant populations that have contributed enormous enormously. some of the people who are we have -- who we have serving our country today came from those backgrounds. they came from those backgrounds. as a matter of fact, some of them, their lineage comes to people who came into this country undocumented. and, yet, they've risen to prominence and helped to contribute to america. some of them are our outstanding a little bit leaders. -- military leaders. so this is not about amnesty. you have to earn it. this is not about chain migration. won't be able to claim anyone at all. in my mind, this is all about family values. i hear a lot about that on the floor. this is about an opportunity to take these children who are part of the american family and give them their opportunity to help america succeed. help america succeed. now, i wa