. >> if you look at "newt romney," they were for "obamacare"... >> he's been on different positions on so many issues. >> i've always kind of been of the opinion that if you cheat on your wife, you'll cheat on your business partner. >> schieffer: gingrich did not take it lying down. >> the only reason you didn't become a career politician is you lost to teddy kennedy in 1994. >> schieffer: mitt romney is betting big on himself, and left no doubt about it. >> i'll tell you what. $10,000? $10,000 bet? >> i'm not in the betting business. >> schieffer: in a time when many are out of work, will romney regret that? bet you the comics don't. they were already having a field day. >> that's what's so crazy. republicans are up newt creek without a paddle. >> schieffer: believe it or not, gingrich was already flexing his muscles for "newsweek". michele bachmann, who was on the stage last night, is up early this morning to tell us why she hopes it won't be gingrich. and we'll hear from iowa congressman steve king, whose endorsement in the iowa campaign could be crucial. plus a preview of steve kro

. >> if you look at newt romney, they were for immigration program and if you look at newt romney-- >i happen to agree both of what the speaker said, palestinipal except that the palestinians were ayn vented people. and to the moon, i'm not in favor of that money and he said he would like to eliminate in some cases the child labor laws so kids could clean schools, i don't agree with that, the real difference, i believe is our background, i spent my life in the private sector. >> i'm interested of the body language, do you engage and look at the person. take your notes and-- >> no, taking notes. >> taking notes now, they don't say anything, but i'm taking notes u he handled that a lot of well, and camera shots of him. he was engaged in the questions of infidelity and all of that sort of stuff, he handled that well not looking tempered or feisty back. he fired back at mitt romney calling him a career politician and this was one of highlight moments, gingrich says, wait a second let's be candid. take a listen. >> let's start with the last one, let's be candid, the only reason you didn't

but the one man is newt romney and the other man is michele bachmann. the only proven consistent constitutional conservative. i'm the only one that can take the debate to barack obama and win be elected. >> schieffer: i'm going to separate newt romney into two people again just to ask you this next question. you know, suddenly newt gingrich has surged to the top. eugene robinson, the columnist for the "washington post" wrote the other day, this guy is carrying more baggage than luis de want. do you think that this baggage is going to hurt... i mean, if newt gingrich got the nomination, do you think he could take the whole party down? >> i think there's very serious about newt gingrich as the nominee. this is starting to get unpacked. we know he's taken over $100 million. his offices are on the rodeo drive of washington. he's the king of k-street. for a person who has been influence peddling for over 30 years in washington d.c. to think that newt gingrich is somehow an outsider, when he's the consummate establishment insider, he's the big government cand

if you look at newt romney, they were for cap and trade. if you look at newt romney, they were for the illegal immigration problem. >> and of course this went on throughout the night. do you think michele bachmann gained any traction with this, rick? >> reporter: bachmann had her best debate in months. and if she can make this newt romney guy famous, you may see some late breaks against both front-runners among conservatives. if they're worried about both of those guys and still shopping, they might still look what they're seeing from michele bachmann. >> all right, rick klein on this day after, rick, as always, we thank you. >>> and when you're atop the field, the incoming fire grows and the attacks on newt gingrich are not confined to the campaign trail. gingrich is now taking heat from his former colleagues on capitol hill -- colleagues from the same party. here's abc's david kerley. >> reporter: with another decent debate performance, newt gingrich is now frightening some of his own party. >> i saw the damage that he did to the republic

if you look at newt/romney they were for cap and trade. if you look at newt/romney they were for illegal immigration problem. if you look at newtromney, they were for the $700 billion bailout. you just heard newt/romney is also with obama on the issue of the payroll extension. so, if you want a difference, michele bachmann is the proven conservative that's not newt/romney. >> you threw a lot out there. >> the debate moment grabbing a lot of headlines comes from a mitt romney exchange with rick perry over health care. >> i'm hearing you say all the right things but i read your first book and it said in there that your mandate in massachusetts, which should be the model for the country, i know it came out of the reprint of the book, but, you know, i'm just saying, you were for individual mandates, my friend. >> you know what, you've raised that before, rick. you're simply wrong. >> it was true then and it's true now. >> rick, i'll tell you what. 10,000 bucks? $10,000 bet? >> i'm not in the betting business, but i'll -- >> oh, okay. >> minute

. >> newt romney, they were for obama care principals. newt romney. newt romney. >> also, rick perry gets personal. >> if you cheat on your wife, you'll cheat on your business partners. >> the abc news debate. a turning point in this roller-coaster campaign. this morning, complete coverage and our moderators, george stephanopoulos and diane sawyer. reaction from jon huntsman, the other republican in the race. our abc news political team is standing by in iowa to break down the spin. and our roundtable is standing by with the long view of this unpredictable race. >>> good morning, and welcome to the program. we'll have all of the highlights of last night's showdown in the hawkeye state. but some news from your morning papers. iran has announced that it won't return the american surveillance drone now in the hands of the country's military. the top commander of the revolutionary guard called the drone into iranian air space a hostile act and warned of a bigger response if it happens again. the spy plane was put on display earlier this week and it's cons

if you look at newt, romney, they were for cap and trade. if you look at newt, romney, they were for the illegal immigration problem. and if you look at newt, romney, they were for the $700 billion bailout. you just heard newt, romney is also with obama on the issue of the payroll extensions. so if you want a difference, michele bachmann is the proven conservative. it is not newt, romney. >> and then it was gingrich's turn. >> let's be candid. the only reason you didn't become a career politician is you lost to teddy kennedy in 1994. >> now wait a second. now wait a second. that's -- >> i mean -- >> you'll get another response. >> do i get to -- >> please, please. >> i looked and i thought, i'm a citizen, i've served the country in many ways. you're a citizen, you served country in many ways. but it is a bit much. you have been a 17-year career politician now if you had won. >> when rick perry accused mitt romney of flip-flopping on health care reform, the stakes got high we are a free for all, punctuated by rhetorical or literal wager. you

. >> if you look at newt romney. if you look at newt romney. if you look at newt romney. >> she elaborated on "face the nation." >> it's clear there's not a dime's worth of difference between the two of them. >> meanwhile candidates returned to the table, well aware that the time for traditional retail politicking is now or never, but the debates are not done. another is coming up on thursday in sioux city, iowa, and the pressure there will be intense. dean reynold, cbs news, des moines. >> a preliminary hearing is scheduled tuesday in the sex abuse case against former penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky. five of his accusers are expected to testify, and as anna werner reports, at least one other witness. >> former penn state assistant coach mike mcqueary is among those expected to testify tuesday. mcqueary told a grand jury that in 2002, he saw jerry sandusky in a locker room shower on the penn state campus sexually assaulting a young boy. >> mr. sandusky, any comment? >> according to the grand jury report, he saw a boy he estimated to b

newt romney. if you look at newt romney.tive. >> a lot out there. >> this newt gingrich thing, we have to get that out up. newt and romney thing, sorry. >> let's get right to it with our panel on this monday. joining me in the studio msnbc contributor and democratic strategist crystal ball. and with us from washington, msnbc contributor jonathon capehart, opinion writer for "the washington post." crystal, if i can start with you, with just -- you know, as you know, very few short weeks away from what will happen in iowa, michele bachmann, of course, won the iowa ames straw poll. rick perry's thrown huge sums of money into that. and yet, according to the polls, nights rer doing particularly well. is it too little too late for them now n. >> i think it is. things have been set there. this debate this past weekend, i think, was a really critical moment. and i really don't see any stopping newt gingrich. i mean, rick perry, as you pointeded out, has been spending a lot of money in iowa. it barely moved the needle. i would say if

. >> if you look at newt romney, they were four cap and trade, if you look at newt romney, they were for the illegal immigration problem. and if you look at newt romney, they were for the 700 billion dollar bailout. >> earlier gingrich found himself in the middle of a controversy regarding comments he made about the palestinians on the jewish side. >> i think that we're had invented palestinian people, who are arabs. >> the statement infuriated a palestinian authority spokesman who said gingrich needs a history lesson. during the debate, gingrich did not back down. >> somebody ought to have the courage to tell the truth. these people are terrorists, they teach terrorism in their schools. >> he didn't disagree but changed his tactics. drew levinson, eyewitness news news. >>> a few more debates. the iowa caucus are three and a half weeks away. >>> a abducted teenager is free after being held hostage five months overseas. 14-year-old kevin hundredsman was abducted with his mother and cousin in the philippines back in july. police believe they were kidnapped by muslim militants. his moth

this time, newt-romney.ot the trusted ones as it were. let's listen to michele bachmann talk about nuewt-romney. >> if you look at newt-romney, they were foreobamacare principles. if you look at newt-romney, they were for cap and trade. if you look at newt-romney, they were for the illegal immigration problem and if you look at newt-romney, they were for the $700 billion bailout. >> did it do something for michele bachmann or hurt newt-romney. >> the false claim 47% of americans don't pay taxes. we're talking about removing the republican party, the concerns of everyday people. to say to half the country the payroll tax, the most important tax for most people that that tax doesn't count that if you pay excise taxes on plates and glasses and cheap running shoes, you're not paying taxes. if you're paying your share of corporate income tax through the higher prices you pay at the store, that you're not paying taxes. it's just writing off half the country as dependents who really are columnly p actually are pay

. >> if you look at newt romney they were for obama care.f you look at newt romney they were for the illegal immigration problem. >> reporter: if the front runner gets derailed it will be >> if you cheat on your spouse then why would you not cheat on your business partner? gingrich was the charge of a new democratic video. significant? it was the first time democrats made a video about someone other than romney. >>> dominating performance by the ravens. this game was never in doubt. after a three and out ravens went down the field. joe flacco finding torre smith. 221-yards passing. first time he's beaten indy. ray rice had over 100 on the ground. this is his afc meeting tenth rushing touchdown. three sacks. three forced fumbles. ravens with franchise record. nine state home game. ravens move on to 10-3. we'll have more reaction from the stars tonight at 11:00. >>> we have purple friday. black friday. blue tuesday. now the week starts with a green monday. we'll explain what tomorrow means for you. >>> first twitter went out five years ago. no

so this newt gingrich thing -- newt-romney thing, i'm sorry. let me say about health care, i didn't send a team of anybody to talk to barack obama. i wish he'd given me the call, i wish he'd had the courtesy to say, let me talk to a governor, somebody who has dealt with the problem and dealt with this problem. i would have said, you're going down a very, very bad path. don't continue going down that path. you'll raise taxes on the american people, you'll cut medicare, let's not forget, only one president has ever cut medicare for seniors in this country and it's barack obama. we're going to remind him of that time and time again. finally the plan we put in place in massachusetts, it deals with the 8% of the people who didn't have snurks they have 9 % of people who have insurance, nothing changes for him. if i'm president, we'll get rid of obamacare and return under the constitution and 10th amendment the responsibility and care of health care to the people in the states. >> i want to bring governor perry -- [applause] >> which side do you come

that's why i say newt/romney. you've got to have our nominee as someone who is a stark distinct difference with president obama, who can go toe-to-toe and hold him accountable. president obama knows me in washington, d.c. i've taken him on, on issue after issue. our nominee has to be willing to not agree with barack obama on these issues but stand 180 degrees opposite of all the candidates on this stage. i've been fighting president obama for every year that i've been there. i've taken him on. and i will take him on in the debate and defeat him. >> governor romney. >> i know newt gingrich. he is a friend of mine. he and i are not clones. i promise. that is not the case. this newt gingrich thing, we've got to get this out of our mind. newt/romney thing, sorry. let me say this about health care. one, i didn't send a team of anybody to meet with barack obama. i wish -- given me a call. he'd of had the courtesy and prams t perhaps the judgment to salem talk to a governor. and get on the phone. i'd have said, mr. presi

it's not newt romney. >>> and did mitt romney make a remark that he'll regret? >> i tell you what -- 10,000 bucks. $10,000 bet. >> george stephanopoulos and our political team have their score cards ready. live from iowa. >>> bloody basketball brawl. a bench-clearing fight breaks out during a big college game. this on the heels of an nfl player stomping on an opponent. what's happening to good sportsmanship? >>> green monday. tomorrow is shaping up to be another huge day for web shoppers and retailers with more than $1 billion expected to be spent online. how will the shipping companies cope on their busiest day of the year? >>> big-screen debut for michael jackson's little girl. the lead role paris will play in an upcoming motion picture. >>> and abc, speaking of abc, was the network to watch last night. what a lively debate that was. >> it was a fascinating evening. we'll get to that in just a moment. >>> also this morning, though, alec baldwin makes his first tv appearance publicly apologizing, kind of, for that temper tantrum on the plane and the ensuing twi

. >> if you look at newt romney, they were for cap and trade. if you look at newt romney, they were for the illegal immigration problem. and if you look at newt romney, they were for the $700 billion bailout. >> in a bid for some last- minute traction, the rest of the field is trying to make the case the two front-runners are not conservative enough. >> if we took that oath of office seriously in washington, we'd get rid of 80% of the government. >> a new nbc news/marist poll shows gingrich with a double- digit lead over romney in the key states of south carolina and florida. gingrich's challenge now will be to preserve his rapid rise. >> the only reason you didn't become a career politican is you lost to teddy kennedy in 1994. >> while mitt romney is shaking off criticism -- >> 10,000 bucks? $10,000 bet >> over the high-stakes bet he threw down in saturday's gop debate. >> ann came up and gave me a kiss and said i was great and she said, "there are a lot of things you do well. betting is not one of them." [laughter] >> opponents accused romney

. >> you look at newt romney they were for obama care. if you look at newt romney, they were for the illegal immigration problem. >> if the front runner does get derailed it will be over the issue of marital infill infill dealt. >> if you cheat on your spouse, you might cheat on your business partner. >> he was a target of a video. it's the first time the democrats have made a web video about someone other than romney in this election cycle. >> the plan to install kiosks at the mexican border. >> hundreds of people come together in the south bay to fight aids in east africa. >> the last thing you want to see, the benches clear. >> and fists were flying in the latest show of unsportsmanlike conduct, up next, the consequences. >> leigh: i'm leigh glaser. the weak weather system and clouds cooled us down, and reports of a few sprinkles in south bay, and see how much longer the sprinkles will remain in the forecast. >> check that out. this geyser is part of the damage caused be a suspected trunk driver in redwood city. the driver took out a f

if you look at newt-romney they were for cap-and-trade. if you look at newt-romney they were for the illegal immigration problem. and if you look at newt-romney they were for the $700 billion bailout. >> real difference i believe is our backgrounds. i spent my life in the private sector. i understand how the economy works and i believe for americans to say good-bye to president obama and elect a republican they need to have confidence that the person they're electing knows how to make the economy work again and create jobs for the american middle class. >> four allegations, can i get four responses? >> take your time. >> let's start with the last one. let's be candid the only reason you didn't become a career politician you lost to teddy kennedy in 1994. >> wait a second. >> with regards to the idea i would have beaten ted kennedy, i would be a career politician that is would be true. if i in the nfl when i was a kid i would have been a football star. [applause] gregg: not a bad line you about, take a look at the new numbers because they s

if you look at newt-romney, they were for cap and trade.you look at newt-romney, they were for the illegal immigration problem. >> ( laughs ) >> and if you look at newt- romney, they were for the $700 billion bailout. >> woodruff: texas congressman ron paul charged gingrich with repeatedly shifting his views on key issues. >> you have admitted many of the positions where you have changed positions. but, you know, if you were looking for a consistent position, you know, i think there'd be a little bit of trouble, anybody competing with me on consistency over a long period of time. ( cheers and applause ) >> woodruff: texas governor rick perry, meanwhile, hammered romney over the health care law he signed as governor of massachusetts. >> i read your first book and it said in there that your mandate in massachusetts should be the model for the country. and i know it came out of the reprint of the book, but you know, i'm just saying you're for individual mandates, my friend. >> you know what? you've raised that before, rick, and you're still wr

. >> if you look at newt-romney, they were four cap and trade. they were for the illegal immigration problem, and if you look at newt-romney, they were for the $700 billion bailout. >> reporter: earlier gingrich found himself in a controversy regarding comments he made about the palestinians. >> we've had an invented palestinian people who are in fact arabs. >> reporter: the statement infuriated a palestinian authority spokesman who said gingrich needs a history lesson. during the debate, gingrich did not back down. >> somebody ought to have the courage to tell the truth. these people are terrorists. they teach terrorism in their schools. >> reporter: gingrich's opponents didn't necessarily disagree with him, but challenged his tactics. drew levinson, cbs news. >>> a virginia teenager is free tonight after being held captive in the philippines for five months. kevin lundst man and his mother were abducted by islamic militants back in july while vacationing with relatives. today the lynchburg area teen was released in the philippines. his mother w

. >> if you look at newt romney, they were for the illegal immigration problem.f you look at newt romney, they were for the $700 billion bailout. >> earlier, gingrich found himself in the middle of a controversy regarding comments he made about the palestinians on the jewish channel. >> i think we had invented palestinian people who are in fact arabs. >> statement infuriated a palestinian spokesman who says gingrich needs a history lesson. gingrich did not back down. >> someone aught to have the courage to tell the truth. these people are terrorists. it's time for somebody to have the guts to stand up and say enough lying about the mild east. >> gingrich's opponents didn't necessarily disagree with him, but challenged his tactic. cbs news. >> both palestinians and historians were quick to question his version of history in the middle east. >> for his information before 1948, there was no israel and there was no isreali people. >> i'm worried these loose lips could ill serve him as president of the united states. you cannot just say what is top of mind when you ar

. >> if you look at newt romney, they were for cap and trade. if you look at newt romney, they are for the federal tax. >> in a way, newt, i suspect you have some our federal taxpayers' money. >> somebody ought to have the courage to tell the truth. these people are terrorists, they teach terrorism in their schools. >> romney called that the wrong approach to a sensitive issue. >> i will exercise sobriety, care, i'm not a bomb thrower. >> mitt romney today called gri gingrich's statements racist. >>> a high-speed chase that ended up knocking out power to thousands of customers. plus -- >> what it might smack of is some sort of collusion. >> tonight, new allegations in the child sex assault scandal at penn state, this time from the defense. >>> and the radar showing you finallyreom geendro aroun g then bay area tonight. we've been watching some scattered showers moving througe th santa clara valley, up the peninsula, over toward the east bay. how much of this is going to stick around for your monday morning a look a look at that we come right bac

it's newt romney versus michele bachmann. >> it's interesting that she would not rule -- she wasn't shutting that door, which means she's doing this. yes, if someone wants to call it sexist, yes -- >> i think it's pretty clear she thinks it was sexist. and you know, michele bachmann did not back down last night. you know, she didn't just make her initial planned attack on gingrich, but she came back at him again and again. and on a couple issues. and this is great for mitt romney. because michele bachmann, you should definitely treat her seriously, but we don't see her as the likely nominee. but every vote she peels away comes from -- more likely to come from gingrich than from romney. the better she does, the worse gingrich does, and that's all good for romney. >> you know what's interesting here, in an informal survey of colleagues, this is splitting along gender lines. and some of my colleagues today, who are women, thought it was sexist. and some of the men thought, maybe she just gets under gingrich's skin. >> well, gingrich can be condescending to men and women. >> equal opportunity. >

and michele bachmann called them newt-romney. and it was not a clean shot at gingrich all night long. >> how about you, dana? who do you think gained the most? >> i think david has got it just right. newt, by not faltering, sort of maintains his position. one other dynamic, and because iowa is a relatively small electorate, it's a volatile race, and you saw rick perry have a strong base, and michele bachmann and ron paul, all of these guys are competing with gingrich for the anti-romney vote, so that could go to romney's advantage. it feels as if we are in the same place as we were this time yesterday. >> david, you were there. i want to ask, and i watched this whole thing on tv, and you could hear the applause and the silence in places that were a little uncomfortable, and are there things you picked up on that we would not have gotten on television, any mood changes or anything that way? >> i don't know if we saw a shift in that way, alex. i was surprised -- not surprised, but i took note of the fact that ron paul really did ge

. >> if you look at newt romney, they were for gap and trade. if you look for newt romney, they were for the illegal immigration problem and they were for the $700 billion bailout. >> earlier, gingrich found himself in the middle of a controversy regarding comments he made on the jewish channel. >> we've had an invented palestine people who are arabs. >> the statement infuriated a spokesman that said gingrich needs a history lesson. during the debate, gingrich did not back down. >> somebody ought to have the courage to tell the truth. these people are terrorists, they teach terrorism in their schools. it's fundamentally time for somebody to have the guts and stand up and say enough lying about the middle east. >> his opponents didn't necessarily disagree with that but challenged his tactics. >> coming up here on face the nation, all roads lead to iowa. michelle bauchman joins bob in washington d.c. he's also going to be talking to steve king of iowa. he is considered a key endorsement ahead of next month's caucas. that is on face the nation star

. >> if you look at newt/romney, they were for cap and trade. if you look at newt/romney, they were for the illegal immigration problem. >> reporter: ron paul hit gingrich on his lucrative deal with mortgage giant freddie mac. >> so in a way, newt, i think you probably got some of our taxpayers' money. >> reporter: and gingrich doubled down on his claim that palestinians are, quote, an invented people. >> somebody ought to have the courage to tell the truth, these people are terrorists, they teach terrorism in the schools. >> reporter: romney called that the wrong approach it a sensitive issue. >> i will exercise sobriety, care, stability. i'm not a bomb thrower. rhetorically or literally. >> reporter: and late today in new hampshire, mitt romney tried to make light of the proposed wager to rick perry. saying after the debate his wife came up to him and said, honey, you did very well but betting is one thing you do not do well. >> mike viqueira, thanks very much. for more on the fallout from the debate, let's bring in cnbc's chief washington cor