. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah >>> an exclusive interview with a convicted murdererned by outgoing governor haley barbour. anthony mcgray was among more than 200 released. back in 2001, he killed his wife. martin savidge, what did he say? >> well, basically, he said that he's a changed man. no real surprise there. especially since he asked for the pardon. take a listen to this. we talk to anthony mccray to ask how it felt to be out of prison. >> it's a blessing to be out. see your children. taking care of children, stuff like that. i've been -- i've been saved. i've been baptized. i've been reading the bible for 12 1/2 years. so it's just a true blessing. >> maybe a blessing to him, a second chance to start all over thanks to the governor of this state. however, we should point out his victims didn't get the chance. he shot and killed his wife and this is the man the governor decided to pardon. one of the reasons there was so much outrage in this state. at this particular time. he's just one example of the others and here's what the state attorney general says tonigh

gloom be on your way ♪ ♪ though you haven't any money you can still be bright and sunny ♪ ♪ sing polly wollyhah >> jon: are always interesting moments in the state of the union address. on tuesday night cameras and mics caught obama saying to leon panetta good job tonight. the successful rescue of an american held hostage in sosmz. the mission another sector u.s. forces the next big moment when the president gave a big hug to gabrielle giffords who survived a gunshot to the head a little more than a year ago. she resigned from congress in an emotional ceremony on wednesday. all cameras focused on the president's speech but before his arrival they kep kept an eye on the vice president. giving him shoutouts and standing up in front of his peers and hanging out with the speaker of the house and telling jokes. they say photos like these joe biden is the drunk uncle of the united states. [ laughter ] >> jon: that is wrap on news watch. thanks to our panel. i'm jon scott. thanks for watching. keep it right here. we'll see you next week for another edition of fox news watch. >> tonight on justice,

speak with hud-approved housing counselors free of charge at... ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day will be giving away passafree copies of the alcoholism & addiction cure. to get yours, go to ssagesmalibubook.com. >>> holy cow. you have to take a look at this picture. this bovine has given birth to not one but four calves. it got us thinking, how common is this? we crunched the numbers and we found out the odds of quadruplet cows being born all female and all alive, 1 in 179.2 million. it got us wondering about how natural this is and if hormones were involved. we asked paul roberts, author of "end of food" why our first reaction to this picture which was first rather cute was alarm. >> the first thing we think is what went wrong. 100 years ago, four healthy births, that would have been a miracle. today, given all the questions we have about our food system. about the ingredients, conditions whether it's made, we are wondering if this is a sign of another problem. that's an indication of where we are in the food system and the level of distrust people have about the food system. >>

. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah >>> welcome back to "the contenders 2012" our chanceve you a full-on look at what's going out here in iowa, which has so much say-so as we move into the election year. it may not pick who will be the republican nominee, but it may pick who will not be the republican nominee. one of those that has had trouble and has been struggling is rick perry, the governor of texas, came in, had immediately made a big splash. everybody thought that they was the conservative that was going to challenge mitt romney. but perry had some bad debates, people began to really wonder whether he was prepared enough for the presidency. and his poll numbers fell in that des moines register poll this morning he is running fifth, just one point behind newt gingrich, nonetheless, not a very good place to be at this point. but when perry was on fox news this morning he was still upbeat. >> ple momentum's headed in the right direct as we travelled across iowa in last 30 days and 44 cities we're hitting in a 10-day bus tour. seeing great crowds. again, people who are

♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah will be giving away passafree copies of the alcoholismsagesmalibubook.com. >>> if you started 2011 thinking that the political climate could simply not be any worse, that congress could not be more divided, that our opinion of politicians could not sink any lower, you were sadly disappointed. >> okay, guys. >> the politics of provocation reigned supreme this year, laying waste to left, right and center. while unemployment stayed high, the budget tiered and partisan gridlock roared on. worst case of fiddling while rome burns, the whole d.c. crowd. >> the truth is that most of the people in washington have no idea how to turn this thing around. and that just isn't a really good campaign slogan. >> i think nobody knows what to believe in right now. nobody knows where to look. nobody knows who the leaders are, who they want to believe, who they want to trust. >> president obama trying to keep himself job for another term, struggled with awful approval ratings. not president carter bad but much worse than the first president bush, whom the vot

let's fight fat with alli ♪ @ ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah @ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> eric: welcomei shared this one privately with greg. but i am going to cut back on proposals that i accept. i am just going to practice the word "no thank you." instead of yes. >> bob: getting married. >> kimberly: i love wedding dresses. what can i say? >> bob: how many times? twice. >> kimberly: given the relative number of proposals. >> greg: how many proposals do you get? >> kimberly: seven serious so far and then others are -- >> andrea: not counting yours, bob? >> kimberly: that was put on my catholic girl school uniform. >> bob: is it my turn? three things. one, i promise not to swear on this show for at least two months. i won't say a swear word. hold me to it. i'm going to lose 30 pounds. not really. i'm never going to mention, this is the last time you hear this out of my mouth. kim kardashian can kiss my -- >> eric: all right. >> bob: what a waste of time >> 'm not going to hit the green room tray immediately of food and snacks. >> bob: yes, you are. >> kimberly: that is never going to ha

gloom be on your way ♪ ♪ though you haven't any money you can still be bright and sunny ♪ ♪ sing polly wollytill have a few moments to ask our panel what we ask each year at this time. amid all of our turmoil and triumphs, wins and losses, what do you wish for america in the next 12 months? >> my wish for america is simple, world peace and the abolishment of pleated khakis. >> i would like to see the death of reality television. >> you are psycho. >> no, you are psycho. >> i would like us to stop looking into the train wrecks of other people's lives and get back to being benevolent and helping each other. >> i have one wish for america, a serious wish for next year, it would be that congress take serious action with america's debt. >> for a representative government that followed the ns

gloom be on your way ♪ ♪ though you haven't any money you can still be bright and sunny ♪ ♪ sing polly wollye day ♪ ♪ hah >> bill: congress woman michelle bachmann announced she will seek reelection this year. are you happy you're out of the nastiness? if you were a contender you'd be getting hammered. are you happy you're out of that? >> that is part of the frey. you do get the snot beaten out of you. this is the toughest job in the world. you have to be a tough individual. i actually enjoyed the process. it made me a better person. >> bill: do you wish now you were quote getting the snot beat out of you? do you wish that were happening to you right now? >> i would wish i was going to be on the debate stage. i love the debates and wish i could have been a part of every debate. i wanted to answer every question. it's a wonder profl ses. it helps explain positions to people across the united states and explains why barack obama can't have a second term. it's a wonderful process. >> bill: now, laura, the right going after newt gingrich hard. and there is bob dole, and ann coulter and all hamme

let's fight fat with alli ♪ @ ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah @ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> eric: welcomei shared this one privately with greg. but i am going to cut back on proposals that i accept. i am just going to practice the word "no thank you." instead of yes. >> bob: getting married. >> kimberly: i love wedding dresses. what can i say? >> bob: how many times? twice. >> kimberly: given the relative number of proposals. >> greg: how many proposals do you get? >> kimberly: seven serious so far and then others are -- >> andrea: not counting yours, bob? >> kimberly: that was put on my catholic girl school uniform. >> bob: is it my turn? three things. one, i promise not to swear on this show for at least two months. i won't say a swear word. hold me to it. i'm going to lose 30 pounds. not really. i'm never going to mention, this is the last time you hear this out of my mouth. kim kardashian can kiss my -- >> eric: all right. >> bob: what a waste of time >> 'm not going to hit the green room tray immediately of food and snacks. >> bob: yes, you are. >> kimberly: that is never going to ha

. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah >>> five more bodies recovered from the wreck of theconcordia, bringing death toll to 11. the ship's captain has been placed under house arrest. more details on him in a moment's time. first, an update of what's happened just lately. on board the concordia, the rescue operation had to be halted because the ship is shifting on an undersea ledge. however, a dutch salvage company is preparing to pump 2,300 tons of fuel out of the cruise ship's tanks to assert an environmental disaster. this would also be the first step to possibly refloating the liner. and a second black box or data recorder has been loektded by the italian coast guard. divers are currently working to bring that to the surface. back on land, the release of dramatic audio recordings the moment the ship ran aground araising fresh questions about the ship's captain francesco schettino. >> the port authority captain you're hearing there has become something of a hero in italy with that line "get on board dammit," talking to the captain of the costa concordia. on the website, t

. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah > play for each other tonight, guys, all right?ee! >> it's homecoming. the season is almost over. the rampants are 4-3. this game is crucial. a win will guarantee a trip to the state playoffs and a chance to win their fifth high school state championship. >> just went straight down the field. >> but coach lipe knows it's not going to be the easy. they've lost to rival hogert high for the past three years. a losing streak that began the day jaquan waller died in 2008. >> if you guys do well, is that going to help get you through this, this rough patch? because it's stuck around for a few years. >> these guys were freshman that year. they were here. they spent time with jaquan. they knew him. but, yeah, i mean, it would be great. it's a huge goal for us. >> i find grey dixon right before the game. his head is healed. >> how big a deal is this game tonight? >> i mean, it could possibly be our last home game, so it's a pretty big deal. >> and on the field, athletic trainer becky grant. is culture changing, do you think? are people star

. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah >>> as we welcome 2012, one more look back at 2011 forthis week. what was the biggest story on twitter in 2011 based on hashtag use? if you don't know what that means, ask your kids. was it a, egypt, b, bin laden, c, japan, or d, the super bowl? stay tuned and we'll tell you the correct answer. make sure to go to cnn.com/gps for ten more questions. while you're there check out our website, the global public square, where you'll find smart interviews and takes by some of our favorite experts. don't forget you can follow us on twitter and facebook as well. if you haven't bought all your christmas presents yet, maybe you can make up for it with a new year resolution to buy this week's book of the week. drum rolls for crass self-promotion, the new investigation of my book. "most post american world 2.0" revised and updated edition. if you haven't yet bought a copy, please do. my publisher will thank you and my kids will thank you. while i'm at it, if you are a gps fan buy our mugs. michael lewis of blind side and money ball told me they are t

. @ ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah @ police recovered vehicles which had weapons and body inside. they believe he is still in the woods with an assault rifle at this hour. earlier i spoke with the public information officer at the park. >> he fled into the woods. >> the most challenging thing about it is we are searching for someone who does not want to be found and who has a weapon and is willing to use it. we can't just put a bevy of searchers out into the field and have them go wandering off on foot looking for him. pretty complicated. we are getting assistance from law enforcement units. i would say the mood at the park is stunned grief. margaret anderson is a wonderful person, a fantastic ranger, and someone who like all rangers knows tdoesn't do it for the money or the glory she loves the wildlife places and is committed to the people who visit the parks. it's just a tragedy that she lost her life in the course of doing her duty in the park. >> anderson was a 34-year-old mom of two who served as a park ranger for four years. her husband also a park ranger working in

. @ ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah @ police recovered vehicles which had weapons and body inside. they believe he is still in the woods with an assault rifle at this hour. earlier i spoke with the public information officer at the park. >> he fled into the woods. >> the most challenging thing about it is we are searching for someone who does not want to be found and who has a weapon and is willing to use it. we can't just put a bevy of searchers out into the field and have them go wandering off on foot looking for him. pretty complicated. we are getting assistance from law enforcement units. i would say the mood at the park is stunned grief. margaret anderson is a wonderful person, a fantastic ranger, and someone who like all rangers knows tdoesn't do it for the money or the glory she loves the wildlife places and is committed to the people who visit the parks. it's just a tragedy that she lost her life in the course of doing her duty in the park. >> anderson was a 34-year-old mom of two who served as a park ranger for four years. her husband also a park ranger working in

. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah >>> on the chinese calendar, 2011 was the year of themore like the year of the kim -- kardashian that is. best case of celebrity with no discernible talent, the kimster snagged the spotlight no matter where she went or what she did. >> yes, she was everywhere, on every magazine cover and certainly this summer and fall you couldn't miss her. >> case in point, her rapid fire engagement, wedding on e! network and divorce all in a matter of months. >> i didn't watch the kim kardashian wedding because i had an inkling suspicion perhaps it wasn't legit. >> rampant speculation she made a profit selling tv rights but did not help. >> how do you make a profit on a wedding? i'm in the wedding business. you don't make money or your wedding. i make money on your wedding, not you. >> plenty of other games made good headlines by being allegedly bad, among them charlie sheen, dominique strauss cannes and the always photogenic lindsay lohan. a lot of crafty new shows hit tv in 2011. >> i like to make an entrance. >> "pan am." "terra nova." "homeland." a

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. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah >>> along with the new year comes a slew of new laws.,000 of them from the controversial to the, well, quirky. josh levs has the highlights for us. >> a couple of interesting ones. hawaii and delaware began allowing same-sex civil unions today. in honolulu. some couples gathered for a ceremony. take a look. >> we now pronounce that you are legally joined as partners in life. >> that was just after -- that was just after midnight in honolulu. five states now have same-sex civil unions. that's six states including washington, d.c. have same-sex marriage. that's not including california where same-sex marriages are currently not allowed. that followed a big debate. also controversial is this. a new law in new hampshire requiring parental notification for a minor who wants to get an abortion or that minor can seek a court order. to avoid parental notification. governor john lynch had vetoed it saying he wanted an exception for rape, incest or abuse. the state legislature then overrode that veto. that's in new hampshire. one more really inter

. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah >>> one of the leading factors in a teen's future successploma. too bad nearly one in three u.s. teens fails to graduate. that's within teen dropping out nearly every 26 seconds. what can one person do to help? takes just $1 to help create a lasting change in a teen's life. just one person can help empower those teens with the skills necessary to help a teen get to graduation. are you the one? >> this is specifically to end dropout rates in schools. the stats are incredible. 7,200 kids a day drop out of school. what i found really absorbing was when you get down to the reasons they give. the number one reason, getting a job, supporting themselves or their families, not be able to keep up with school work, boredom, negative peer pressure, lack of support, motivation, safety and bullying. a third of the kids that drop out actually is almost from necessity. they need money. how do you tackle that? as a government, if you're president obama and you're trying to deal with this obviously huge problem, what do you do about that problem that, part o

. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah will be giving away passafree copies of the alcoholismmalibubook.com. >>> one of the biggest surprises in these final days before the iowa caucuses is the rise of rick santorum. for months he struggled to gain traction, but in the most recent polling, he is in third place behind front-runners mitt romney and ron paul. so is santorum's rise an indication of growing popularity, or is it a result of so many of his rivals falling flat earlier in this campaign? i posed that question to elsie granderson, a contributor to cnn.com and senior writer at espn and cnn contributor will cain. >> santorum's rise has correlated with newt gingrich's fall. some of that support is going turnover santorum. let's not take away what santorum has accomplished. he's put in a lot of hard work. he's visited every county in iowa. his campaign seems tailor made for iowa. social values, family values, social conservativism. that plays well to iowa. you'd expect that rick santorum could do well in iowa and now looks like he is doing well. >> i want to play this sound

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. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah >>> it is 2012 and depending on where you live, you'll pay more for soft drinks and you soon won't be able to vote if you've got, "limited mental ability." those are some of the crazy and controversial laws that are or will become official in other nations now that the new year is here. cnn international editor aza joins me with the details. limited mental ability, that could be an interesting debate for a lot of people. but certainly, cities in this country have thought about taxing soft drinks, but it appears that france has put it in the books. >> they're going to kick it into effect. it went into effect today. if you plan on visiting france, you'll have to pay one euro cent more for that can of soda and between three to six euro cents more for a liter. they're calling this the sin tax, all across europe. in denmark, we had the fat tax last year, right? so coca-cola has come out and said, this is ridiculous, okay? because they were going to open up a plant in the south of france and decided to suspend the project because of it. but it'

gloom be on your way ♪ ♪ though you haven't any money you can still be bright and sunny ♪ ♪ sing polly wollye day ♪ ♪ hah >>> some headlines across the country now, starting with a mystery in arizona. birds falling dead from the sky on new year's eve for the second year in a row. wildlife officials say about 200 dead. blackbirds have been reported. the same thing happened, you may remember, last new year's eve, but on a much bigger scale, 5,000 birds dead in a square-mile area. in both cases, officials believe fireworks startled the birds. last year's incident was considered an accident. this time around, investigators think someone intentionally went into the birds' roost and set the fireworks off. >>> a north carolina man is in federal custody, charged with trying to board a commercial flight with an explosive device. it happened saturday in midland, texas. tsa agents say they spotted a suspicious item in the man's carry-on bag. they arrest ed trey scott atwater, briefly evacuated the airport, then declared an all clear. he was carrying military-grade explosives but did not have a detonato

. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah >>> now a time for today's top stores. 6.2 earthquakef the coast of japan, tokyo, no reports of damage and the tsunami warning center did not issue a destructive tsunami warning. a 4.0 magnitude rattled eastern ohio, centered five miles northwest of youngstown. it hit one week after a smaller quake struck the region. >>> iran says it tested the first nuclear fuel rod. they also fired medium range anti-radar missiles and military drills near the strait of hormuz. iran threatened to shut down the strait, a major pathway for oil shipments. >>> urging allegiance to king jong-il. in a new year's eve message they said they should place absolute trust in kim jong-il. they said u.s. forces an obstacle to peace in the peninsula and called for withdrawal in the region. those are the top stories. now back to fareed zakaria, gps. >>> the large collider may sound like a weapon out of "star wars." in reality an extraordinary piece of engineering that allowed for more extraordinary breakthroughs in our understanding of the physical world. scientists th

radiological place of north america is the place to show off new technologies, new techniques, ♪ sing polly wollyoodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah > cnn investigation reveals that radiology residents at a well-known military program used what are known as recalled test questions for years, just to prepare for a critical exam. >> now, the executive director of the american board of radiology calls this cheating. but as we've learned as well, it doesn't stop there. the question is, how widespread is the cheating and what do doctors have to say about it? drew griffin investigates. >> reporter: if you want to find out just how why spread the cheating is on radiology exams, there is no better place than chicago's mccormack place in late november. for most of the last 36 years, radiologists from across the world have been gathering here for the largest medical convention in the united states. 60,000 strong, the radiological place of north america is the place to show off new technologies, new techniques, and to find out than old, bad, and almost illegal practice has been going on for years. dr. kay lazano, a p

. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah >>> we've certainly seen a lot of rising stars and fading in this, the 2012 republican presidential race. and there could be even more surprises in these, the final 48 hours before the caucuses. let's bring back erin and gloria. they're tracking these numbers, these poll numbers. it's been amazing over these many months, erin. >> it really has. we're going to take a look at national, wolf. then we're going to zoom in on iowa as we were joking about. and here we go. everything is working. this is amazing. we call this the squiggly lines. that's really what it's looked like. look back in june. we're going to take everyone from june all the way to where we are now. you see mitt romney was in the lead. mitt romney remained in the lead but started to fall. then you see romney at 27%. which as you pointed out, gloria, really seemed to be kind of the ceiling for him. >> exactly. >> then you see in july the surge of rick perry. which holds for a little while. up to 31%. higher than mitt romney has ever gotten. then you see in gray, that would be the

gloom be on your way ♪ ♪ though you haven't any money you can still be bright and sunny ♪ ♪ sing polly wollyy ♪ ♪ hah >> at 5% and every question i got, when do you, why don't you pack it up and endorse another candidate and now ten days later you're saying, oh, you've got to win. >> at a time people were watching me getting beaten up. a nice guy is not getting beat up. >> there's a lot of differences between myself anl rick santorum. as michelle talked about he's got a spending problem and earmark problem. >> bret: well, it's time to break down what we know, what we expect about the iowa caucuses and joining us tonight, chris wallace anchor of "fox news sunday", steve hays, writer for the weekly standard and juan williams columnist with "the hill" and daily beast and kirsten powers. >> bret: getting a lot of focus and shows rick santorum with the biggest surge. is this real from what you've seen anecdotally around the state and can he sustain. >> i think it's real, first of all, and you saw in the poll when you break it down the first two days versus the last two days as you discussed he pi

. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah will be giving away passafree copies of the alcoholismiction cure. to get yours, go to ssagesmalibubook.com. >>> all right. let's get to our excellent political panel here at the cnn election center. you guys having fun yet? because it's only just beginning. >> no. >> i know rowen, he's always a contrarian. let's talk a little about eric ericson, you wrote this about rick santorum. it jumped out at me. i said, wow. i really and genuinely do not get why we'd want to throw one senator-elected president out of office. you're referring to president obama. and replace him with a senator who couldn't even win re-election in his home state. you have no great love for rick santorum, to you? >> i don't dislike him. but this rick santorum rise boggles my mind. there are plenty of evangelicals in the race with longer records than rick santorum that are much more successful. in pennsylvania he lost by 18 per ser taj points. in fact, because of santorum's 18-point loss the republicans lost four house seats tied to santorum's re-election. he hasn't bee

. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah >>> we've certainly seen a lot of rising stars and fading in this, the 2012 republican presidential race. and there could be even more surprises in these, the final 48 hours before the caucuses. let's bring back erin and gloria. they're tracking these numbers, these poll numbers. it's been amazing over these many months, erin. >> it really has. we're going to take a look at national, wolf. then we're going to zoom in on iowa as we were joking about. and here we go. everything is working. this is amazing. we call this the squiggly lines. that's really what it's looked like. look back in june. we're going to take everyone from june all the way to where we are now. you see mitt romney was in the lead. mitt romney remained in the lead but started to fall. then you see romney at 27%. which as you pointed out, gloria, really seemed to be kind of the ceiling for him. >> exactly. >> then you see in july the surge of rick perry. which holds for a little while. up to 31%. higher than mitt romney has ever gotten. then you see in gray, that would be the

gloom be on your way ♪ ♪ though you haven't any money you can still be bright and sunny ♪ ♪ sing polly wollyy ♪ ♪ hah >> at 5% and every question i got, when do you, why don't you pack it up and endorse another candidate and now ten days later you're saying, oh, you've got to win. >> at a time people were watching me getting beaten up. a nice guy is not getting beat up. >> there's a lot of differences between myself anl rick santorum. as michelle talked about he's got a spending problem and earmark problem. >> bret: well, it's time to break down what we know, what we expect about the iowa caucuses and joining us tonight, chris wallace anchor of "fox news sunday", steve hays, writer for the weekly standard and juan williams columnist with "the hill" and daily beast and kirsten powers. >> bret: getting a lot of focus and shows rick santorum with the biggest surge. is this real from what you've seen anecdotally around the state and can he sustain. >> i think it's real, first of all, and you saw in the poll when you break it down the first two days versus the last two days as you discussed he pi

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gloom be on your way ♪ ♪ though you haven't any money you can still be bright and sunny ♪ ♪ sing polly wollyh >>> thanks to the social media networks like twitter, we can get an instant snapshot of what republican candidates are generating and which ones are generating the biggest buzz as we head into the iowa caucuses. our ali velshi is here. he's analyzing the trends for us. it's pretty impressive. bhar we see wk ali? >> you and are are big tweeters. we get why this really works. what we've got is great new technology i want to share with our viewers. we can see in realtime where tweets are coming from either because the person tweeting has a device that locates them or they have their location in the twitter profile. the number of people who tweet indicates where they are tweeting from he wants somewhere upward of about 12% of all tweets. so this is realtime. in the last 15 minutes, we're going this on 15-minute increments, these are tweets from around the country which mention any of the candidates. you'll see many of them are in purple. purple is the color that rick santorum is represen

. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah will be giving away passafree copies of the alcoholismurs, go to ssagesmalibubook.com. >>> let's talk about the santorum surge right now, erik ericson. the rest of our excellent panel is here. erik, you heard the interview with rick santorum. did he convince you he's the guy? he's a nice guy, but no. he hasn't been in elected office since 2006. he was a senator. he wasn't an executive. he hasn't been in the private sector creating jobs. at least mitt romney does have -- he was creating jobs. santorum was right, the reason he was creating jobs is because he couldn't get elected. >> why is he surging right now? >> this a guy who focused on one state. he wasn't trying to go around to four or five or six different states. he was all about boots on the ground. he's obviously been talking to -- targeting social conservatives but he did it the old-fashioned way from day one, he said it's iowa or bust. and it's paying off. >> because certainly, gloria, he didn't have a whole lot of money. >> i'm not sure he does even now. >> he might if he does w

. ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah @ >> gregg: america lands of the free and home of thereform group list the most ridiculous lawsuits of 2011. let's bring in our legal panel, mercedes colwin, and joey jackson, and, former prosecutor. all right, let's begin the year with ladies first, mercedes. this first lawsuit was a total runaway winner, getting 54% of the votes, on-line. it happens in kansas. a guy, jesse, he kidnaps the newlyweds, jared and linda rowley, the couple is suing him, that is understandable. but, then, the kidnapper, counter sues, claiming that the rowleys breached an oral contract to hide him, resulting in him being shot by police. all right, what do you think of that, mercedes? >> i had to stop myself from laughing. happy new year, first of all, gregg, great to be on the show with you and joey but i was -- it was amissing, what he said is, hey they said they would hide me and it didn't matter i burst into their home and had a knife and, although he doesn't admit that, but threatened them and he was on the run from the authorities, for allegations for mur