mr. newt gingrich. >> senator joe lieberman. >> fried snickers. it's like going to heaven. >> we need to push that -- this is a dumb way to do it. at the end of the day brad pitt would be in our debate. >> i think it's important because it's the first contest. >> -- [ indistinguishable ] >> gets to pick who their vice president's going to be. >>> over my shoulder here, this is the varsity theater. if you happen to not have anything to do tonight on caucus eve, trying to get people to show up tomorrow night, come tonight. we have a free screening. it's the premier of "courting des moines." it's a film i wrote and former senator tom harkin and i are going to co-host this screening and jason dick is flying in in washington, d.c. to moderate a q&a afterward. it's a free screening tonight at the varsity theater. >>> we're going to take a quick commercial break. when we get back i've got an exclusive sit-down with one of the four leading contenders of the presidency. who is it? stay tuned right after these don't go anywhere. >>> today is the day before

mr. newt gingrich. senator joe lieberman. senator chuck. >> like going to heaven. >> waiting to push back with the rnc. this is a dumb way to do it. at the end of the day brad pitt would be in our debate. >> i think it's important >> welcome back to "roske on politics." this is the des moines international airport. here with -- you were not born in des moines, iowa. >> i was not. >> this is going to be interesting. normally if you watch this program we chat with presidential candidates or elected officials, she does not fall into a category. earlier, last month you tweeted out some stuff that caught fire. what did you say and why was it so current? >> basically i told my story of coming to america as a refugee. kind of explained the very long and extensive process that this is. started tweeting basically because i saw the anti-refugee sentiment following the paris terror attacks. upset, fearful. the governors throughout the united states started setting a sort of ban or stop on refugees for safety reason. the purpose of my tw

. >>> back of the book segment tonight, let's go to washington for a debate preview with newt gingrich because mrurse, was in the presidential debates. he is the author of a brand new novel called duplicity about terrorism. now, personal question upfront. how nervous did you get when you were debating for the presidential nomination? >> never. by that stage you have done so many of them you just relax. you live it out. it would be like how nervous are you getting on the show tonight? >> well, i don't care. but you wanted to actually win. to me, and this is actually true and the audience -- i work very hard on this program and i want to deliver a good program every night. but if tomorrow, you know, they call me and say hey bill, you know, you are an old geezer and you have got to get out of here i would say okay. it's justganother -- it's just another part of life. >> but let me tell you a part of my theory. i think the more relaxed you are the better you come across in a setting on television. >> i agree. >> the real audience is the folks at home. they can sense if you are tense. they can sense i

> joining us now with reaction, the author of the best-selling novel "duplicity," our friend newt gingrich. mr. speaker, good to see you. >> good to be with you. by the way, i thought that was a terrific interview that you just did with ted cruz. i mean, i don't know how he could have performed much more effectively or much better than he did. tells you a little bit about why he's one of the real competitors in this race. >> it really seems -- look, i'm looking at every poll that's available here. if you look at national polls, you look at iowa caucus polls, new hampshire polls, it's trump and cruz. do they go all the way? do you think, for example, does trump get more votes, has more support or less support than the polls show? people may get, well, a little shy at the end or back off at the end or do you think these numbers are real for both of them? >> i think the numbers are real for both of them. it's a very dynamic environment. i remember a point where i was 17 points ahead of mitt romney, for example. i remember when hillary was, ipg, 23 points ahead of barack obama. so these things com

candidate newt gingrich goes "on the record." nice to he so you, mr.eaker. >> good to be here as always. >> who is going to win iowa? >> probably either cruz or trump. >> what does cruz have to do to pass trump because trump is winning in the polls in iowa. >> i think cruz is doing the right things. he is out there on a bus going small town to small town. this is a real test between the modern politics Â# tweeting and calling in to tv shows and the traditional politics of being out there, meeting people, in their local communities trump is a phenomenon, whether he can get people to turn out, we don't know. there is a belief that cruz probably has a better turnout mechanism. the race is between those two guys. >> what is the trump 1st and 10 phenomenon that what is about them. >> i'm doing a column on the art of the deal the book he wrote in the 1980s. i read it over christmas and found it was very=i helpful. trump is very big in every way. he is big financially. he is big in his ideas, his aggressiveness and physically big. that communicates to a count

mr. maraniss has been writing books since 1995. here's a quick list of them a biography of clinton was the first one and then the next year tell newt gingricho shut up came out. the clinton enigma came out in 1988 when pride still mattered 1999 the prince of tennessee, al gore meets his fate came out in 2000 and they marched into sunlight war and peace, october 1967 that came out in july, 2003. the last hero of 2006. once in a great city this is an interactive program and we spent 45 minutes or so talking. if you would like to talk with david maraniss as you can see there's lots of topics that can be talked about

mr. speaker. appreciate your time today. we'll see how right you are tomorrow night. newt gingrich in washington. >> all right, take care. >> that is for sure. interesting to hear from newt on this. the republicans scrambling for position. the candidates in the middle of the pack are all fighting for a place in that top tier coming out of iowa. byron york is chief political correspondent for the washington examiner and a fox news contributor. great to see you here, as always. >> thank you, martha. >> you look at the history of this, how accurate -- and let's put up that new des moines poll that we talked about earlier on in the program. how accurate is it typically, and santorum really broke the model. what can we apply to it this time? >> if we knew that the poll right now was correct, i guess everybody could just go home. in 2012, we looked back, the poll was very, very correct on where mitt romney turned up, where ron paul turned up, where newt gingrich turned up, but it was way, way off for rick santorum. rick santorum was at 15% in that last poll. a couple of days later in the

let's bring in newt gingrich, former speaker of the house, presidential candidate in 2012 and fox news contributor. we were just talking during the break, you like politics, right, mr, but you don't necessarily being a part of it. [laughter] >> well, i just think, look, i find being able to comment on fox and watch what's going on, i feel like i'm part of it. but trump has created such an extraordinary dynamic, and the american people have created an extraordinary dynamic. remember, when you get trump and cruz at national polls between them at better than 60% of the votes, what they're telling you is they want very dramatic change. john kasich is gaining some ground in new hampshire, but it's uphill because a lot of people in experience, people don't want you. they want someone who's going to kick in the door and change things dramatically. cruz was on a path to be that candidate until donald trump showed up, and trump is so loud and so aggressive that he overshadows everybody. jenna: one of the things "the wall street journal" is saying that often times in the media, the media is painting support of trump and others as anger about what's happening in this country.

newt gingrich four years ago. i'm not going to start now. i think the idea, mr.ot going to have an election where you draw contrast. i think that's -- that's not much of an election. i think that's what people want to hear. they want to hear the differences on the issues. and the differences on the experience and your record of accomplishment and that's what i speak about. >> now we have this from the vice president. i don't know if you heard this, he was at a retreat in baltimore today. here's what joe biden has said. >> by the way, we may be given a gift from the lord in the presidential race here. i don't know who to root for cruz or bush or -- what's that guy's name? he's having a fund-raiser for veterans tonight i'm told. >> any thought on that? >> he did mention my name so i'm good with that. i think four years ago, there was a lot of folks on the other side of the aisle that didn't want santorum to be the nominee. i expect they don't want santorum to be the nominee this time. hopefully that will be a good signal who the other side might fear the most. so i

mr. trump: this reporter, who is a great intellect, he said what you have done has never been done before. newt gingrich was on a television show and said this is one of the great phenomenons i've ever seen in politics. they sent 3000 people home. can you believe it? it is unbelievable. it is beautiful what is happening. it is beautiful what is happening. newt gingrich said he's never seen anything like it. he said, it's never been done before. i said, it's fine, but if i don't win, it's a waste of time. he said what you have done is incredible. whatf you do not win the, you have done is incredible. you have totally changed the landscape for politics. [applause] don't applaud. don't applaud. he says you have totally changed the landscape of politics. there has never been anything like your campaign. i said you don't understand. if i don't win, i will consider this a total and complete waste of time. i really do, because we are not going to do anything. it is nice i had good crowds. i had crowds and trump ran this rather good campaign. if we don't win, to me, it is a total waste of time. because you have

> joining us now with reaction, the author of the best-selling novel "duplicity," our friend newt gingrich. mr. speaker, good to see you.