newt gingrich and ann coulter are here. >> we've been going with them for decades. they say wonderful things during elections but they don't do anything. >> rise of the washington outsiders. why are insurgent candidates connecting with you the voters? >> there is no excuse for a secretary of state, using a private e-mail server. >> plus, carly fiorina reacts to the potentially criminal server scandal. could hillary end up behind

mike was asking about nude gingrich. -- newt gingrich. this is a hold of dynamic this time around. ,lmost all of these candidates almost all of them have their own billionaire who has suggested that they would be willing to finance the campaign in the early states. then you have someone like jeb bush who has, at last count, a dozen different billionaires who have supported his super pac. i think it is going to be a whole new ball game this year, and money does not necessarily equal a win, but you cannot win without money. host: and that kept newt gingrich in the race longer than initially expected back in 2012. this is again a headline from the des moines register.

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is newt gingrich. and then you had met ronnie who is his own man. john huntsman was the direct competitor and he took shots at mitt romney constantly. you add that severity past history past history and for mitt romney and his family the huntsman's were a significant irritant far more than their polling presence ever came to be. because it was more personal. for mitt romney to dispatch michele bachmann, so what? but to take out john huntsman after john huntsman had back stab him in the last election. >> in the end of course and spend he sees the writing on the wall and endorses romney, kind of. we do have a clip that we can discuss but this is john huntsman withdrawing from the presidential campaign. >> today i am suspending my campaign for the presidency. i believe it is now time for our party to unite around the candidate best equipped to defeat barack obama. despite our differences and the space between us on some of the issues, i believe that candidate is governor mitt romney. >> matt what do you s

. >> newt gingrich obviously didn't like that very much, but the crowd very much on newt gingrich's side. he understands a crowd like mike huckabee who is a preacher. he's going to understand how to get the crowd involved. if the crowd is on your side, you look like you're aware. >> a quick answer and then i want to move on. squl no, i think the crowd can applaud and, you know, maybe the moderators are going to say we don't want any of that. you don't know. i think, from a television perspective, it's always interesting to see what the audience does. i think these are people who know how to play to a crowd. these are people who always assume to be doing that and it's going to be part of the debate. >> both camps have confirm ed a bigger role in the gop. we don't know all the details of the story. they are, as you know, they have a pre-existing relationship. tin ton's attended donald trump's third wedding. and it's clear that in some way, shape or form, donald trump raised the possibility of him running. >> do they want him in, though? do the clintons want him in? >> why not? if you're at

i am guessing that is what newt gingrich sees.e is picking up steam on the issues but the intangible and the more time you walk with him, 45 minutes is a long walk, something resonates. the other candidates can't mimic it. >> i have interviewed donald trump several times in my career and i know when you sit down with him he is not just sitting down and planned out what he is saying. he is listening, engaged, eye contact is strong. you do get that when you sit down with donald trump. >> what is really remarkable is he is teflon-don. he went after john mccain and figures that people said he was finished about. things that stick to other candidates don't stick to teflon-don. the conservatives with furious. they want someone who has fire and will fight and that is what donald trump is doing. and have looked at the numbers. he could win the nomination. why? because others are splintering the vote. he could win iowa. he could easily win iowa. new hampshire, that is tailored for somebody like donald trump. >> what happened to jeb bush? b

sam, why don't you put newt gingrich on your front page? there are a couple other candidates that you could put on the entertainment page. what's the point behind this decision? >> he's using this platform to just essentially build his own brand. >> it's arrogant and trying to control -- >> we'll talk later about this. let's not do this on air. >> i hear what you're saying. he makes the comment he made about mexicans and the comment he made about veterans. i don't know if i disagree with that. he made the comment he made to megyn kelly and took on the most popular host on fox news and one of the biggest cable news networks in the country, how do you explain him still being ahead by 10 points? >> i think there's a fundamental conversation happening in the republican party about whether the establishment has been good for the republican party. the biggest thing that happened and matt would know better, the biggest debate i think happened last month was between senator ted cruz and mitch mcconnell. cruz made the point that we elected republica

rick santorum and newt gingrich did better if the south.ewt gingrich revived his campaign, which wasn't doing so well, by winning the south carolina primary. the south can play a pivotal role for candidates for a variety of reasons. it helped keep rick santorum in the game. i think what trump did yesterday was show the enthusiasm, really big enthusiasm for him as a candidate. that's something fun of the other republicans have been able to do. there is such enormous value if being able to demonstrate huge crowds, wild enthusiasm. that really is what benefited him the most yesterday. more so than just appealing to alabama for their immigration issues and trade issues, which he was able to touch a nerve there. but just showing the big crowds. remember back in 2008 we had hillary clinton. along came barak obama. he showed something more so than she was able to show, which draw the big crowds and enthusiasm. that's the kinds of thing that can give an early campaign the kind of momentum it needs to -- to become a real campaign. so i think that's

during last campaign, presidential contender newt gingrich was hit with an allegation by an ex-wife that he wanted an open marriage. gingrich denied it. nevertheless, cnn headlined the allegation in the south carolina debate. >> mr. speaker, i want to start with that this evening. as you know your ex-wife gave an interview to abc news and another interview at "the washington post" and this story has now gone viral on the internet. in it she says that you came to her in 1999, at a time when you were having an affair, she says you asked her, sir, to enter into an open marriage. would you like to take some time to respond to that? >> no. but i will. [ laughter ] i think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to aa tract decent people to run for public office and i'm appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that. [cheers and applause] every person in here knows personal pain. every person in here has had someone close to them go through painful things. to take an ex-wife and make it two day

i have seen some loony ideas and newt gingrich is space colonies, i saw a democratic candidate told up wrecked one time in a debate. but, this may be the most fraudulent proposal. the birthright, he wants to repeal the 14th amendment which is the dred scott decision. and it would cost $600 billion plus. this is the problem republicans have to deal with. john: one thing you have to say for donald trump, he is going to play by the establishment's rules. this is a detailed plan. you might think it's unworkable and i think it's not good policy, but it's forcing republicans to react. and i think that's an interesting thing because none of the other ones have this level of detail on this rather important issue. al: you are right about that, except it is so loony. it is so crazy, it is so unworkable, it is so bad stop -- it is so bad. not just the policy. you might disagree with the health care proposal. this is $600 billion to deport 11 million people. that's how many people live in ohio. john: i want to go through the scorecard, jindal agrees with trump. lindsey graham, who thinks the rest

tonight former speaker of the house and author of "drill here, drill now, pay less," please welcome newt gingrichu for coming. i don't know if you watched the olympics but the gymnastics especially are so fascinating to watch and see the republican leadership and the contortions they've been having to make is fascinating. >> i watched the last section. i'm with karl rove 100%. >> jon: but wait, you're someone though -- you wanted governor palin three months ago. what appealed to you? >> i thought governor gendall or palin who are young aggressive reformers just brought a whole new breath of fresh air and life to the republican party. we're at the end of a cycle where they were fed up with the politicians and the president's numbers are been load the campaign is about politics as usual then obama and biden are going to win. >> jon: but they made mistakes the way they rolled around. have they given her a chance to succeed. >> some people say introduce her with a hunt or some other uniquely alaskan thing she could do that biden probably couldn't do it would have set a different standard but i think

newt gingrich came in and told the new york times a few weeks later that we have abandoned that possibility. we are not going to use volunteer chaplains and of all denominations are all over capitol hill. they could have saved all that money. he said it would have looked bad for us if we did, it was like we are anti-religion. it would look like if you're pro-constitution if you use volunteers and use tax dollars on something other than christian prayers. unfortunately very few people have a technical understanding how to challenge practices like that. it continues to this day. my judgment, look at the prayers, look at what they currently accomplished, as a legislative measure, and then tell me if this prayer works or if it does not. host: we have about a half hour left. if you want to call into a will put the phone numbers on the screen. jeffrey has been waiting in michigan on the line for democrats. good morning. caller: good morning. i have a lot of respect for you. guest: thank you. i listened to the ones who called before. these kind of people are liars. how can you be a christian and y

i love this quote and i think that sets up to tie-in to adams, rosa park, newt gingrich, the tea party which are all revolutionary strengths and it starts with sam adams as you noted the original tea party organizer. it does not require the majority to prevail but rather the tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds. that describes so much of that revolutionary spirit and you go and give going to talk about how the tea party doled with the republican party and that whole movement in that part of the century is you go into building the social movement and. so it's looking at the story of rosa parks and i kind of threw in the newt gingrich piece because i think that also could contract with america, that revolutionary idea that we will get the power back to the people, talk us through your thinking in this chapter in the book where you kind of get into this sense of social movement is of being created out of the protest movement >> guest: the arab spring is a protest movement, mothers against drunk drivers. if it is allowed and they don't go from fighting against the in

newt gingrich a couple of times went after moderators in debate. and it seemed to be effective. owd responded more in newt's favor. >> right, obviously the tricky wise guyness of the questions in the eye of the beholder and there is a risk on jumping on the moderator. it can help you if the audience perceived the question to be unfair. for newt gingrich to question his multiple marmshriages or divorces is pretty shrewd. if he's asked for substance and doesn't give it. if he's asked for details, he can't get testy. he's got to cough up substantive answers. >> this is the challenge the moderators have. steven let mooege go to you. ted cruz was a national debate champion. his message will resonate with the conservative crowd. you have governors like walker and former governor bush and john kasich. you know krchris christie is bold and out spoken. all the guys on the stage -- understated is ben carson because he's soft spoken. what do you expect from these guys? >> what's the old saying quiet waters run deep? you know i think ben carson has a chance to make an impression by being qui

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and i kind of threw in the newt gingrich piece there, because i thought that also, that contract withamerica, that revolutionary idea we're going to give power and control back to the people. >> guest: right. >> host: how do you -- talk us through your thinking and in this chapter in the book where you really kind of get into this sense of social movement being created out of a protest movement. >> guest: well, protest movements start up in lots of societies at lots of times. so the arab spring is a protest movement. you can have a protest movement against an unjust law. mothers against drunk drivers started out as a protest movement. the civil rights struggle in america started out as a protests movement against discrimination in this country. and it was hugely important to do so because it was based on rebellion against injustice. and a lot of good things start this way. but they fizzle out if they don't actually go from fighting against the injustice to fighting for the people who are the object of that injustice. that's a really important distinction. and how do you do it? by actu

-- newt gingrich. this is a hold of dynamic this time around. ,lmost all of these candidates almost all of them have their own billionaire who has suggested that they would be willing to finance the campaign in the early states. then you have someone like jeb bush who has, at last count, a dozen different billionaires who have supported his super pac. i think it is going to be a whole new ball game this year, and money does not necessarily equal a win, but you cannot win without money. host: and that kept newt gingrich in the race longer than initially expected back in 2012. this is again a headline from the des moines register. we will look at the numbers with hillary clinton still in the lead, bernie sanders closing in. we will also show you the republican numbers where donald trump and ben carson are making iowa --ad and -- among impact -- -- republican -- caucus-goers. c-span.thank you i have a question at a comment about bernie sanders. right now he has the same amount of support as barack obama d

so it helps you stay in the race like newt gingrich did.nce you're in the race and in the major leagues, i don't think it matters because there will be so much swamping of money you're just making the rubber bourns and i don't think it will give you a huge advantage over the other candidates because everybody will have plenty of it and we will be bombarded with ads and they will cease to make a difference. so it gets to the candidate, what they're saying and how distinct they are. >> woodruff: next time we get together we'll be talking about the first republican debate. david brooks, mark shields, we thank you. now to political commentary still steeped in intellect, but far less civil than shields and brooks. jeffrey brown has the story. >> brown: hard to imagine now: a time before political pundits dominated cable and broadcast news programs. the documentary "best of enemies" pinpoints a key moment of change. when two intellectual giants-- william f. buckley on the right, gore vidal on the left-- attracted a huge national audience with int

is newt gingrich. and then you had met ronnie who is his own man. john huntsman was the direct competitor and he took shots at mitt romney constantly. you add that severity past history past history and for mitt romney and his family the huntsman's were a significant irritant far more than their polling presence ever came to be. because it was more personal. for mitt romney to dispatch michele bachmann, so what? but to take out john huntsman after john huntsman had back stab him in the last election. >> in the end of course and spend he sees the writing on the wall and endorses romney, kind of. we do have a clip that we can discuss but this is john huntsman withdrawing from the presidential campaign. >> today i am suspending my campaign for the presidency. i believe it is now time for our party to unite around the candidate best equipped to defeat barack obama. despite our differences and the space between us on some of the issues, i believe that candidate is governor mitt romney. >> matt what do you s

newt gingrich saying they should invite carly fiorina back for the 9:00 debate. >> kevin nealon tweeting, this is turn nothing jerry springer. >> i thought that at times too. there was this interest alice stewart. she took this picture. how many republicans can you cram into one elevator? you can stay with us at abc news for the latest on the debate. later in "the pulse," rosie o'donnell, well, her reaction after trump's comment and live team coverage on "good morning america." >>> a blow to president obama's efforts on the nuclear deal with iran. influential new york senator chuck schumer says he won't vote in favor. he becomes the most senior to go against the administration on the deal. in the short term we might be slightly better off with the deal but he's not convinced for the long term. >> russian hackers are thought to be behind a cyberattack on the joint chiefs of staff, the hack affected 2500 people at the pentagon's joint chiefs including war planners, decision makers, as well. pentagon officials say it was sophisticated yet simple. a phishing attack, meaning they dummied up e

politics, newt gingrich, bless his heart, got in trouble on "meet the press" by speaking the truth.ay because somebody will find a way to turn it against you, and that's why people are very cautious very careful, they're not willing to engage. we're not even here talking about the words. both of us are trying to get to the meaning of each of us, trying to get to the meaning behind the words. that's where the interview becomes a conversation when both of you are trying to be comfortable in exploring. >> what do you do in that situation? this is'ding away at me. when you have somebody on there that you want so desperately to engage in that manner. we had donald rumsfeld on our show. i can honestly say i believe i lost more sleep over that interview than he probably did over the entire iraq war. [laughter] during the interview though it's very early on, and he says, i say to him, so the administration sells us this idea of weapons of mass destruction. "if i may, not sold, presented." it was early on. and i just went past it. and that night around 2:00 a.m. where i do my best work -- [l

the model the candidates might do well to keep in mind is if you think back four years ago, newt gingrich in the summer and fall of 32011 operated under th radar. he showed up at one debate after the other. he didn't hit it out of the park in one debate but he kept getting a lot of applause, people started saying that boy is not that bad. then there came a moment where that reputation aligned with an opportunity around gingrich really took off in the polls. so i think we always think about the big moment, something is going to take down trump tonight. the thing i'm of looking forward to is hitting single, basically, who hits the most singles tonight. newt gingrich did that four years ago and eventually became the front-runner and then obviously collapsed. there is a model there for the candidates to keep in mind. >> as we look at the model, we have donald trump directly in the center and then we have scott walker and jeb bush on either side. are they the ones we need to watch as steve points out for the singles? >> well, i think in the case of bush and walker, yes, they need to hit single

. >> i asked newt gingrich [indiscernible] mr. bush: thank you for your service. appreciate it. >> [indiscernible] >> i went in underneath president reagan and served. [indiscernible] mr. bush: here is the deal. [indiscernible] very subjective. make sure the policies [indiscernible] for the military. or makery to politicize a political doctrine inside the operations of health care. the primary focus ought to be how we make sure we have the highest morale in the military. we won't get calls at the white house if i am president saying we have got to do this. how do we create the greatest morale? everything else is secondary. there has to be a sea change in attitude from top-down. [indiscernible] i know. branch.t your but general or do you know -- but general odierno [indiscernible] a very important part of it. [indiscernible] try to construct it in a patriotic way. [indiscernible] we will. where are you guys living? >> [indiscernible] about halfway. mr. bush: appreciate your service. thank you. are you guys together? one big, happy family. are you an iowan? >> yes,

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has the strategy, he views this as sure trump is bigger than mikell bachmann or herman cane or newt gingrich but there's always a drama and the establishment guy wins, sort of play it safe and get out. who else is on the stage? if you look right now, fox news will make this decision tuesday night after 5:00 p.m. they'll make a decision based on the five most recent credible national polls. and you see donald trump on the left, all the way over there to mike huckabee on the right. eight spots seem pretty well set. the last two spots, chris christie. john kasich. rick perry. they're in the quote/unquote lead if you will on the bubble guys. can you do anything in the last 48 hours, you got 48 hours? >> i think you can't do much because all of these polls are already in progress. i mean a poll is a snapshot in time of what has already happened. something has to be entrained by now to get more attention. of those three governors john kasich was the last to get in. he's definitely gotten more attention. but it's unclear if it will be enough. i think if any of the three, he may be the hardest press

it has been compared to newt gingrich's contract with america. their were ten points, basically for 0 free market, it wasn't any new deal specifically but new conservative underpinnings of it made it very objectionable to roosevelt and the new deal. .. whichever you want to do for manifesto and advocating for it. while it was unsuccessful, it was the first attempt to create a bipartisan coalition conservative bipartisan coalition in congress, and the groundwork that bailey did on working with the manifesto was used by the next person, robert taft. actually that's not quite true. taft is two chapters over. one more democrat before taft. davis was a contemporary of coolidge. he actually ran for president in 1924 ran against coolidge, when he was defeated by coolidge he continued to become the most outstanding lawyer of his day. he was viewed by virtually by anyone as greatest lawyer in history. he argued more cases in the supreme court except for daniel webster. his real contribution came in the 1930s 40s and even into the 50s when he took -- he di

i worked for newt gingrich at the top of the polls and at his finest when he was at war with the mediare livid at washington. is true on the left. on the right republicans don't just despise president obama and hillary clinton, they are very irritated at john weiner and mitch mcconnell. this will be an add-on. republicans, we assume that wall street leans republican because it is pro- free market. there is a tremendous amount of animosity on the right. companies like citi bank and j.p. morgan seem to be run by democrats for democrats. trump will put policy meat on the bones. liz: i just want to clarify: every candidate should be grilled by every journalist and asked a lot of questions. what i meant to say is not focused on one issue, immigration. now he is putting out. >> the key we will be for him to give enough specifics to look serious and substantial without getting into the weeds.weeds. he was when he talks about generality, making america great. they want to here that. when you get into details though say that doesn't sound conservative or republican which creates problems for hi

he could mock newt gingrich and bitelt like satire with a more bite. >> how dare you ask me about something as my ?omewhat overlapping marriages i can't imagine possibly commenting on something like this given my dubious relationship with good governance. was oneruest power foxnews begin to take off during the beginning of the iraq war. the concerted ideology and the television genius weaponize did. he had a target. >> you can't look directly at fox, it will indelibly burn your soul. the hot content to mocked and it was in enormously powerful target. he was mocking those actually in power. and foxnews loved punching stewart back. >> he says he is both liberal and fair. he gets his view from the left but can't admit he's a liberal mouthpiece. >> for a while, it was a delightful back-and-forth the between media entities and a peak of their powers. it was hilarious. >> you were right. it is newsworthy when fox is right. and cause for celebration. his powers in use ways that were more overtly political than satirical. most famously with his rally to restore sanity in october of 2010. >> we are

>> we are here for the signing for newt gingrich's new book. >> [indiscernible] in"rediscovering god america." >> what you think of him? >> he's a very good educator. he is very good at putting down both sides of the issue. >> [indiscernible] >> i think he would be an excellent candidate, but i think our country probably needs him as a leader even if he does not run as president. [indiscernible] >> where are we today? >> we are at the iowa state fair . we are in the iowa democratic communications building. >> what are you hoping to get out to the people? know how active iowa democrats are in iowa. this year is and him believable year. they will stop by the booth and they will shake hands and, you know, all of our elected officials are represented. it's a great time to showcase iowa. >> [indiscernible] all of themt, but will stop by next week. up to theading republican straw poll. and next week leading up to our big abc iowa democratic arty debate. -- party debate.

at the time newt gingrich called the document unbelievable. it was nothing more than a shreus taos salutation directly interfering with ronald reagan's foreign policy. gingrich went on to the lehrer report with them. the letter uses friendly and prospects and goodwill and reduced press censorship. and i always thought, there was not supposed to be press sensorship. what was ground breaking in many ways about this letter was it was a direct contradiction of reagan's policy. and it didn't stop there. 1987, ortega negotiated with wright, by passing the administration to negotiate peace talks. so -- and even reagan, jim was a storm trooper. in the early days the a tkpapb administration ted kennedy was nothing like his brother to the kremlin in exchange for him stopping reagan's defense buildup help defeat reagan's reelection. he said he would help him brush up on propaganda skills and introduce him to the american television networksment the only real threat to reagan are soviet relations. the dear commandante letter was going to nicaragua. there

mock newt gingrich or donald rumsfeld, and it fell of political satire with a little more light. you sir? how dare you? how dare you ask about something ry as my three overlapping marriages. >> but he found his truest power as a broadcaster when fox news began to take off during the beginning of the iraq war. suddenly, stewart had a target. i recommended that you only watch fox three tiny pinhole drilled into a piece of cardboard. if you watch fox, it will indelibly drill into your soul. [laughter] soon, he was mocking fox news more than he was mocking those in actual power. and fox news a loved punching him back. sewart stuart -- jon can't admit that he is a liberal mouthpiece. >> for a while, there was a very delightful back-and-forth between these media powers. it was hilarious. the point is you are right. it is a cause for celebration. >> but it may have elevated him to much. he began to use his power as the face of liberalism. most famously, he had a rally to restore sanity in october 2010. get throughgoing to the darkness and back through the light. we have to work together

newt gingrich and sanatorium, they were kept in the race by the super pac.nd john mccain was facing a similar situation and wound up winning the nomination. it is too really to put out the alarm bells for rick perry. you have 17 candidates and he has 17 million in the super pac and that will keep him in the race for a while. >> he also tweeted this out today. we are continuing the fight, and we will win. then he adds these two words. donate today. and provides a link. he raised 20 million in the campaign last time around, does it surprise you that the campaign doesn't seem to come up with that kind of claim this time? >> no. there is competition for donors out there with this large of a field, but the other problem is, that no one wants to be the last person to max out to a campaign that is running out of money. and the news of him running out of money stops the money coming in and even the super pac people will stop giving. and i was with dick gebhart and we run out of travel money and i put campaign staff on my personal card and he put it on his personal c

we are honored to welcome the former speaker of the house of representatives, nook -- newt gingrich, to today's forum. these come down. congressman gingrich. [applause] good to see you here. congressman gingrich represented georgia's sixth congressional district from 1979 to 1999, from 1995 to 1999 he was the 58 speaker of the house of representatives. >> i just want to make one note. i join senator warren in welcoming speaker gingrich to today's forum. not only did i service regarding grudge -- bigger gingrich, but i failed to say that he gave my parents one of the greatest thrills of their lives. with both of my guys having less than a sixth grade education having been warmer sharecroppers from south carolina, use for me in -- you swore me and, and you took a moment after the swearing-in to speak my parents. and i will forever be grateful. thank you and welcome. >> would you like to start? >> know he is going to start. >> speaker gingrich. >> let me thank both of you, and let me say, congressman cummings, i am delighted to have had the opportunity, and i appreciate your bringing you

and the front runner gets hits and newt gingrich can and others raise up. it impacts the race. and this may be protecting hillary clinton. number one; democrats are worried about hillary clinton not taking questions from the media. and also not doing debates until later because she will not get in fighting shape. one reason barak obama was so tough he had a brutal campaign against hillary clinton. that made him a better candidate. >> and i promise not to be mean, if kim kardashian got a selfie with hillary clinton. how far away are you? >> i just want to interview her. >> you think she will do interviews like with you and others? >> i feel it coming. >> i do, too. >> and you are really noise. -- nice. >> thank you. >> you are nice. i thought he wanted a selfie with kim kardashian. >> he might prefer that. we'll talk to him in commercial. >> two top democrats on hillary clinton will not support the nuclear deal in iran. what it means for the president's fight to get it approved in congress. wildfires torches everything in the ground. governor blown blaming cloimate change. >> it

. >> the cnn debate with the newt gingrich question, the first question in that cnn debate a supple cycles ago was a similar kind of moment, right? there's a figure on the stage who's got a big story line, let's make the most of it. i, you know, i think that that debate was, as dan says, more about theater than it was about substance. >> i want to change the topic to one thing about bernie sanders, who is attracted huge crowds, but black lives matters protesters, interrupting one of them, recently, basically sitting down a rally in seattle. i don't know if you have any idea about the answer, why are they only going after bernie sanders and to a lesser demark o'malley? how come they're not targeting republicans or hillary clinton? >> i think in the sfle -- they talked a lot about the issues. martin o'malley got shouted down, he went about meeting with them and putting out very serious policy. i think sanders will do the right thing ultimately, but he need to do a better job of outreach, otherwise this will dog him for the rest of his campaign. >> thank you so much for being here. breaking n

four years ago michele bachmann, newt gingrich, herman cain, rick santorum all led the polls at one time or another and of course mitt romney became the nominee. you want to be in first but if you can't be look for reasons why it doesn't matter. that's what the other 1 is 6 campaigns are doing. >> again the argument is trump is running a different campaign this time and more reaganesque. look at the numbers. what is surprising ben carson the brain surgeon in second place and jeb bush f these numbers hold and is it over for him s it curtains for him? >> if the numbers hold, yes. but the question is will they hold and i think the answer to that is no. donald trump is a -- is a celebrity act and sooner or later that's -- ben carson is a honest thoughtful guy but he has never been in politics a lot like her man cane was four years ago. it is difficult to believe when people pay attention all the way down the road next february that he will be in second place. i think going to your question about jeb bush, he has $100 million in the bank. he's probably most people would think he's the leader

you won't hear them go out and ask -- remember the question from cnn in 2012 to newt gingrich about hisinger wife allegation and oh, just awful, that stuff. you're not going to hear that. you'll hear questions about what matters to republican primary voters as they try to make the choice. >> since you mentioned donald trump. >> mm-hmm. >> enormous attention to him going into this debate. bret baier told "time" magazine he's woken up in cold sweat thinking about how to deal with a donald trump on stage and not listening. is this in danger of becoming the trump show? >> no because that's why there's a system. the system is the candidates have a minute to answer the questions. they have 30 seconds to rebut roughly speaking and this is our telecast and we'll do with our telecast that's necessary. i'm not worried about donald trump now. i'm not concerned that he's going to do something reckless. i take him at his word. >> maybe you want it pause it will be better for ratings and the whole buzz thing. >> the great thing about being a nerd i don't have to worry about all that other stuff and i

was newt gingrich response in 2012, about newt's ex-wife. >> she said you asked her, sir, to enter intoen marriage. would you like to take some time to respond to that? >> no. but i will. i think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office, and i am appalled that you would be in a presidential debate on a topic like that. >> whoa! >> that gave newt a short term lift with the core of the conservative base of the republican party in the south. but the only group of people that the public likes less than the media are politicians. and so he acted like the outraged politician for most of america, they looked at that and said, hey, buddy. you're in politics. you know what the game is. don't claim innocence at this point. >> good defense for our team with that. >> thank you. >> howard fineman for the defense. we'll be right back after this. >>> in finishing, i would like to say something about tomorrow night's republican debate. we're picking a president here. this isn't ju

you know, that choice of that first question, on very personal level was one teed up for newt gingrich. he ended up winning south carolina as a result of two debate performances down there if you remember, greg. these things can change dynamic. >> let me ask you about chris christie, there is still talk he may not make the main stage at 9:00 on thursday. where is he looking, where is he standing in the polls right now? >> you know, latest "wall street journal"/nbc poll has i am tied for 10th. there are a couple others at nine or 10. so right on the bubble. the decision team at fox will put that five national polls together, the average of them and come up with a decision on the top 10:5 p.m. tuesday. and -- 5:00 p.m. tuesday. that teening we'll announce it. rosanna we have seven other candidates will debate earlier that evening at 5:00 p.m. with 17 candidates we're trying to be fair as open as we can. >> wow. highly anticipated. good luck. >> sounds good. thank you. >> thank you. greg, there is another drone sighting by a pilot landing at jfk as we mentioned earlier. >> drones, if one

assault him through ads that, remember, mitt romney does not want to spend a lot of money against newt gingrich2012, but he did. he had to because gingrich was gaining on him at a certain point. this is very interesting because trump leads the polls. no one thought he would dominate the polls this much. despite very controversial things, he's going up in some polls, and now it's time, they're just not going to hand the primary to him, and it's time they're going on to take him out. now, that comes with risks, as you know does, he run as a third-party candidate? you know, listen, i think one of the things is he may run as a third-party candidate anyway. a lot of the gop money men and candidates believe he's a setup for hillary clinton, they don't believe that he's really a republican. they know that bill clinton and he are friends. cheryl: bill clinton called him but bill clinton didn't call ted cruz or bobby jindal or rick perry. >> they're at a point they think they have to neutralize him and neutralize him fast. i understand from the gop money guys, and yes, we have calls out rubio campaignin

newt gingrich won it last time as a warrior against the media. the viability is a long way away.> so van carson follows trump with 14%, bumping scott walker to third place with 9%, ted cruz follows with 8%. jeb bush, rand paul, marc marco rubio, 5%. rib rick, what do you find surprising about this poll. i find it a bit surprising since her numbers were different. she was in the secretary debate last time. >> carlie has clearly sustained a major bump. seven times today, prior to your guys tonight, the seven previous polls and was the only candidate who gained in the seven surveys. tonight, donald trump lost position in five of the seven. he gained in two and lost in five. so rubio and carson were the group that sustained or increased and trump, walker, et cetera, were in the lower tier of the surveys of the last 7 surveys before yours tonight. so in is still -- as robert said, we're 1 e7 1 days, i believe it is, until the iowa caucuses. many a slip between the cup and the lip. >> let's talk about the democrats, okay. maria, this is for you. like the democratic caucus go s goers. s

>> said, i love this quote and i think it sets up and i want to tie it into adams, rosa parks, newt gingrich, tea party which are all revolutionary strains and it starts with sam adams as you know the original tea party it doesn't require them to prevail but i reached the tireless minority minority to set the brush fire in people's minds. you talk about how the tea party jolted and in that poll movement in this part of the century roadbuilding the social movement and looking at elements of the civil rights struggle which the gop played an important part. talk us through the thinking. it's a sense of social movement being created out of the protest movement. it's against an unjust law. it's against discrimination in this country and it's hugely important to do so because it is based on rebellion against injustice and a lot of good things start this way but they fizzle out if they don't actually go from fighting against the injustice to fighting for the people who are the object of that injustice. changing your attention from fighting than then having a strong moral overlay to it to become the

and only candidate that were on the ballot in 2012 were mitt romney, and rand paul, and you know newt gingrichnd rick santorum figured tout wasn't a very good strategy to not get yourself on the ballot so if he's serious about being a candidate. you know which remains to be seen he's actually going to have to get on the ballot. but you know, this guy -- is i think the jury is still is out as to whether or not he really does intend to be a serious candidate, and you know, what road he's going to go down. >> even though i ref to him as -- he's full of that why do you think he's not serious? >> because he's not some of the steps that you're talking about. if you're not taking serious steps to be on ballot in all 50 states, you know, you're not a serious candidate. you can't get a delegate, you know, from a state at the convention if you're not on the ballot in that state. these are important parts a of actually running a legitimate campaign he's had serious staff troubles he had a finance person doing his superpack that kind of gave up and said i'm done because he wouldn't get involved. he says h