governor rick perry did acknowledge nikki haley, he did acknowledge her. she got a lot of support from the tea party. is that kind of his opening the door a little bit about, hey, tea party, come on in, support me, too? >> reporter: they are definitely a major factor in this run for the nomination on the republican side. and we already have a couple of candidates in the race that are well-supported by many tea party activists, michele bachmann, the congresswoman from neighboring minnesota here, has a lot of tea party support among many of their activists. ron paul, a lot of people say ron paul was the tea party before there was a tea party. and rick santorum and a few of the other conservatives also enjoy some support. they're going to be a factor in this race. we'll see how it plays out as we lead up to the iowa caucuses and the new hampshire primary and into next year. >> paul, thanks so much from ames, iowa. we'll have continuing coverage throughout the afternoon, trying to bring to you any results from that iowa straw poll that will be taking place tod

nikki haley, as susanna martine says and brian sandoval of course, nikki haley is the republican governorof south -- and also the governor of new mexico and your neighbor next door a republican in hispanic governor. in 2010 we have elected a new slate to get their stripes. and we will be ready 2016. i hope that they will come to it because of good disappointment even if we don't have a ronald reagan we have a chance to make a case with the inroads of this generation. >> i went to your grandfather's library i never realized what a wonderful man he was until i visited. but do you think that tea party may divide it the republican party as ross perot did in 1992? >> today is a particularly good day to ask that question because there are things that are happening right now in washington that could threaten that state. i genuinely hope not and hope the folks, it is remarkable to me that 87 republicans been i year to shift the direction the country is going in terms of spending. and i am a huge fan of the tea party because without them this would not have happened. [applause] and i certainly hop

nowadays and now to be love can have a family business he and his son nikki haley's. to mil's hussain for gathering honey. is the young vacation he sells here and then. the rest of the bees do better they collect the honey they collect that's right. little. comes off. and the lady of the house looks after chickens. living in the country in a village is no easy life. oh. now they feed the chickens and help their father in the household. the logistical denia diet has come to the song called natural reserve known as the largest reserve in the south caucasus the park's flora includes beech boulder and oak trees as well as various species of kona for the reserve southern front here borders on an artificial lake. recently a reserve attendant came across an abandoned row cough that was starving to death. into the cow foam and successfully nursed it back to health. where fit in a. kind of milk is it it's natural melanoma it must think you're its mama and i see it as look in your fingers oh yes she has really gotten used to me let me make a pie it says the cough will probably

i mean, we have nikki haley, we have susana martinez, we have brian sandoval. you may not have heard of these folks. nikki haley, of course s the republican governor of south carolina, susana martinez is a hispanic woman, governor of new mexico, and brian sandoval, a new republican hispanic governor. so i think we have in 2010 we have elected a new slate that they'll be getting their stripes, they'll be getting wise and cutting their political teeth, and they will be ready in 2016. i think, i hope that we're able to -- i still think some folks may come to the table in 2012. and i still think because of the disappointment with barack obama and with the reality of the reality of the situation with the economy and the fact that so many of them are unemployed, i think we have even if we don't have a ronald reagan, i think we have a real chance of making a case and making inroads with this generation. >> right here. >> i just wanted to say i was at your grandfather's library, and it was beautiful, and i never realized what a wonderful man he was until i visited it.

and now south carolina governor nikki haley faces her own test. she tried today to keep the tea party tone intact with this warning of residents facing the wrath of hurricane irene. >> when an event like this happens, don't wait for government to come and take care of the situation, do what you're doing what we need to do to keep our families safe. >> joining me now, michael linden. michael, thanks for coming on. >> thanks for having me. >> all right, i'm going to put you in a totally unfair position, i'm going to make you defend the premise for my segment. to play devil's advocate, you could say look, they are governors of states, the money is already appropriated for this federal money pot, and these disasters are disruptive events that come from outside, not budgeted for, good for them for getting their share of the money. what is wrong with that? >> nothing is wrong with that. what's wrong with it is the previous rhetoric about how, you know, the government's not the solution, it's the problem in every case and every situation. there's nothing

also a slew of fresh faces, susanna martinez comment brian sandoval and nikki haley she is the republican governor of south carolina who is the indian american and a hispanic woman who was the governor of new mexico and brian sandoval your neighbor next door, the new republican hispanic governor. in 2010 we have elected a new slate they will get their stripes and getting wise and cutting their political teeth and will be ready 2016. and i hope we're able. i still think some folks may come to the table 2012. i still think because of the disappointment with barack obama and the reality of the situation with the economy so many are unemployed, even if we don't have ronald reagan i think we have a real chance to make a case and make inroads with this generation. >> i just watched at your grandfather's library i did not realize what a wonderful man he was. but my question is, i do think the tea party might divide the republican party as ross perot did 1992? >> today is a particularly good day to ask the question. there are specifics that are happening right now in washington that threaten that

we will take care of it. >> round of applause for governor nikki haley. [applause] >> a couple live events to to about. admiral gary roughhead will talk about the future of unmanned vehicle systems known as drones on c-span2 at 8:30 eastern. un c-span we will be live from the national press club with republican presidential candidate gary johnson. the former governor of new mexico. that is at 1:00 p.m. eastern. next the brookings institution forum on prospects for the joint deficit reduction committee. we will show you as much of this as we can until the hour live event at 8:3 eastern. >> turn the mike on. my name is ronald haskins. i have been in washington for 25 years. are surge in the legislative branch and the executive branch and the think tank. all this experience led me to think that there's nothing new i could see in washington and i have to confess in the last year i have been surprise on several occasions not least in the past month or so and that is what we're here to talk about. the biggest surprise to me a long time is this committee and the

i enjoy coming to places where people elect folks like nikki haley, true conservatives. [ applause ] and also where they love the greatest fighting force on the face of the earth, the united states military! [ applause ] and i want to take a moment. i want to take a moment and ask you to just take a silence, think about those young navy s.e.a.l.s, the other special operators who gave it all in service of their country. just take a moment to say, thank you, lord, that we have those kind of selfless, sacrificial men and women. their sacrifice was immeasurable, and their dedication profound. and we will never, ever forget them. [ applause ] i stand before you today as the governor of texas, but i also stand before you, the son of two tenant farmers. ray perry, who came home after 35 bombing missions over europe to work his little corner of land out there. and amelia, who made sure my sister and i had everything that we needed, including hand sewing my clothes until i went off to college. i'm the product of a place called paint creek. doesn't have a zip code. it's too small to be called

nikki haley, the governor of south carolina and on and on? >> well, this is not a new phenomenon. if you have a big political movement, you have people who look like you, who behave like them, who sort of sell it out, more or less. those women are all elected by some women, question, but by an electorate, their votes come more from men than women. democratic women, not because -- it's because of the issues. >> people say, are you saying women, feminists are okay if they're democrats and if they're republicans -- >> no. the republican party used to be more feminist than the democratic party. it has become so extremist and so takenenver by people who used to be democrats. a lot like jesse helms and so on. so it now finds itself in position of having, in its platform, issues which are not supported by majority of women, indeed are opposed by most. so, they, you know, as soon as hillary clinton won, so many vote, i said there's going to be a republican female vice president, because, you know, they are not -- they don't seem to understand, it's not about biology, it's about issues. >>

first among them, t.j., nikki haley, the governor of this state, who is a tea party favorite. she just walked out of this room behind me a few moments ago after talking to the crowd here, and she talked to reporters about what it means to have rick perry at this event today, stealing the thunder from ames. and she call eed it a brilliant moved and described the race for the white house as being game on. that this event today, with rick perry, announcing that he's running for president, basically jump starts this presidential race. he is expected to talk in a couple of hours from now, and t.j., you can expect to see democrats coming out of the woodwork over the next 24 to 48 hours to start taking pot shots at this governor. they know right now he is a hot ticket in this race for the white house, t.j.. >> jim acosta in south carolina, thank you so much. and as a reminder to our viewers, that's coming up in just about two hours, 1:00 eastern time, we will have live coverage. rick perry's expected announcement that he is, in fact, running for president. >>> now, we told you the bi

nikki haley, she's the governor of south carolina. and t.j., this is a name you're going to be hearing over the coming months as well as a possible vice presidential contender. so even though there's a lot of action in ames, iowa, right now, the conservatives like who they're seeing in south carolina this weekend. they see some of the people who are going to be here in south carolina this weekend as perhaps the future stars of this republican party. first and foremost, rick perry, who a lot of conservatives, a lot of tea party activists right now, are pretty fired up about. they think he could give mitt romney a serious run for his money. t.j.? >> all right. jim acosta in charleston, south carolina, thank you. and you heard him mention iowa. that is where a lot of activity is happening. rick perry is not on the ballot for today's straw poll there in iowa where the party's kind of going on, but there are nine others who are vying for a win there in this nonbinding vote. you don't actually get anything for it, but you do get attention,

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nikki haley of south carolina has accepted federal spending dollar. governor haley barbour of mississippi has accepted stimulus money. is it fair to press the size the president when the states have except that the spending money? guest: that is an outstanding question and it will be held against them. is there some hypocrisy in it? i do think that on balance, conservative governors, whether rick perry or scott walker in wisconsin or john kasich, are willing to take the heat and make some tough decisions that people in washington just cannot seem to make. over time you are going to see that they reap the benefits and get their fiscal houses in order, the way that repair reid did in texas. the jobs are going to come in. that is where the strength is. yes coming you can make an argument about accepting stimulus money, bought by large, it is really all about jobs. and if you have a record of creating more jobs in your state than any other state as a contrast to the way that people are suffering in this country, especially in industrial states and states

. -- nikki haley. i also want to talk about the congressional delegation. you have five republicans in the house from the state who are among the best congressman we have in washington, d.c., right now. [applause] eric preference the scorecard that we are publicly releasing in 10 states. let me lifted the lid on it for second. first, you would not believe the crying and gnashing of teeth that happens in washington when you do a score card. you may remember back in february that the house passed hr-1 which was an historic spending cut. [laughter] in addition to that, there were 23 amendments that were voted upon to cut spending further. let's take spending back to 2006, said the one from north carolina. we put out a report card on those votes. we said years the percentage of the 23 votes to further cut spending that each member of the house voted for. the wailing that we endure from washington establishment politicians is indescribable. one politician said, how could you give me a 53%. i said we did not give you a ticket 3%, you voted for a 53% of them and w

that was south carolina governor nikki haley, one of the newest candidates in the race, rick perry.hy is an msnbc political analyst. and he's a political reporter for politico. mike murphy, let's start with you. we want to diminish them while pump it up, but we did learn something. what did you learn? >> we learned who has the organizational edge at the early stages of iowa. for candidates breaking through in iowa, if they can't do it here, only a small percentage of the voters, the bad news is poison for fund-raising. >> explain why rick santorum's fourth place is better than third place. >> we are not far from nevada, iowa. >> it is nevada, brother. you pronounce it nevada. >> i have been here too long. here's the problem for tim pawlenty. he came here as watershed place, iowa. if he doesn't show results, even as something not as indicative as the straw poll, you have no money, you have no campaign. so it will be a tough phone call to the finance committee to find the dough to keep running. >>on thank jonathan martin, what are the pawlenty members saying? >> they are still going t

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next, south carolina governor nikki haley at a gathering in her state. from charleston, this is about 25 minutes. >> i have always thought this. i have met a lot of politicians in my life, and you know the typical stereotype of a politician is real. it was one of the weirdest things when i met the future governor of south carolina, that she and her family are actually real people. it is a surprising concept. governor haleigh and her family are normal people. they are real people, but beyond the normal people, they live in the governor's mansion, and governor haleigh fights the good fight, and she wins. it is my pleasure to introduce her. >> good to see you. thank you. it is such a pleasure to be here. it feels like home. i think the reason it feels like home is you always go back to the people you are with in the very beginning. what i loved was, right after i had announced, we had the center explosion, and everything fell apart. i was already an underdog by major means. i was just a little house member running against a congressman, lieutenant governor,

we'll come take care of it. >> folks, a round of applause for governor nikki haley. [cheers and applause] >> watch more video of candidates, see what political reporters are saying and track the latest campaign contributions with c-span's website for campaign 2012. easy to use, it helps you navigate the political landscape with twitter feeds and facebook updates from the campaigns. candidate bios and the latest polling data plus links to c-span media partners in the early primary and caucus states, all at c-span.org/campaign2012. >> coming up live in about 20 minutes republican presidential candidate gary johnson. he is the luncheon speaker at the national press club today. the tomorrow he will kick off a nine-day campaign tour of new hampshire. he will talk about that and running for president, starting at 1:00 p.m. eastern. you will be able to see it live on c-span >> the organization, smart girl follow ticks, held its-- politics held annual convention. one of speakers was long time activist is phyllis scflaey. this is about 10 minutes. >> i said what's up, smart g

nikki haley of south carolina has accepted federal spending dollar.overnor haley barbour of mississippi has accepted stimulus money. is it fair to press the size the president when the states have except that the spending money? guest: that is an outstanding question and it will be held against them. is there some hypocrisy in it? i do think that on balance, conservative governors, whether rick perry or scott walker in wisconsin or john kasich, are willing to take the heat and make some tough decisions that people in washington just cannot seem to make. over time you are going to see that they reap the benefits and get their fiscal houses in order, the way that repair reid did in texas. the jobs are going to come in. that is where the strength is. yes coming you can make an argument about accepting stimulus money, bought by large, it is really all about jobs. and if you have a record of creating more jobs in your state than any other state as a contrast to the way that people are suffering in this country, especially in industrial states and states li

. >> all right, governor nikki haley, governor from south carolina.sharing your thoughts with us this morning. we're getting a pulse on the independent vote. independent senator joe lieberman here live. will he back president obama in 2012? we're going to ask him. then the tiny kid with a big message. meet the boy who has been preaching since he was 21 months old. there he is. the pintsized preacher joins us live next. the 3.6-liter v6 engine of the jeep grand cherokee has a best-in-class driving range of over 500 miles per tank. so you can catch morning tee time in monterey and the afternoon meeting in los angeles, all withourunning out of gas. just make sure you don't run out of gas. ♪ >> news by the numbers now. the obama administration wants to invest that amount of money over the next three years into biofuels like ethanol for military and commercial ships and jets. you still paying attention? it's obama's plan to rely less on foreign oil. next, that's how much cash was found in a grill propane tank and television. a cop k-9 sniffed out the cash