and did priebus forget? captain of that ship is responsible for the deaths of 17 people with 15 still missing. come on, that's bad enough for rush limbaugh to call obama a socialist but for priebus to compare him to an idiot with bungling behavior, has priebus no shame? apparently not. here he is doubling down on fox news. >> it's ridiculous, megan an analogy was made of leadership. in a time of crisis this president is leaving the white house and campaigning non-stop all the time. i think it's pretty clear but if people, you know, out there especially on the democratic side want to try to make hay of it they're going to be able to do that. the reality is it's a fair analogy. >> friends, i think we just found out how low republicans are willinged to to deny obama a second term. before he embarrassing them even further, republicans ought to fire priebus. he's hands down the worst andndndndndndndndndndndndndndndndndndndndndndndndndndndndndndnd and make them simple intuitive, and available to all. distill all t

the rnc chair reince priebus is here and he is next.inning in iowa, governor mike huckabee knows what it takes. he he won it four years ago. but there are always surprises. he knows that as well. and he will estimated at $2 million. back to greta. >> greta: right now there is blood on the floor in iowa as the republican candidates dual each other. at 7:00 p.m. tomorrow, iowa voters kick off the nominating process. but one leader says the first votes are not just for the republican candidate. today, rnc chairman reince priebus post on facebook 2012 is finally here and tomorrow the fight to defeat barack obama officially begins with the first votes cast against him in iowa. we are one step closer to remove him from office and elect republican presence this year. chairman priebus joins us. good evening, sir. >> hey, how are you, greta? >> greta: i am very well. thank you. you look at this much differently than the candidates. you have a big picture look at this. you are head of the rnc. tell me what is your strategy for defeating president

the rnc chair reince priebus is here and he is next.ng in iowa, governor mike huckabee knows what it takes. he he won it four years ago. but there are always surprises. he knows that as well. and he will join us coming up. s. i'd never ride without one now. and since my doctor prescribed lipitor, i won't go without it for my high cholesterol and my risk of heart attack. why kid myself? diet and exercise weren't lowering my cholesterol enough. now i'm eating healthier, exercising more, taking lipitor. numbers don't lie. my cholesterol's stayed down. lipitor is fda approved to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients who have heart disease or risk factors for heart disease. it's backed by over 19 yes of research. [ femalannouncer ] lipitor is not for everyone, including people with liver problems and women who are nursing, pregnant or may become pregnant. you need simple blood tests to check for liver problems. tell your doctor if you are taking other medications, or if you have any muscle pain or weakness. this may be a sig

the rnc chair reince priebus is here and he is next.inning in iowa, governor mike huckabee knows what it takes. he he won it four years ago. but there are always surprises. he knows that as well. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement ailable only with liberty mutual auto insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money for a car one model year newer. to learn more, visit us today. responsibility. what's your policy? >> from america's news headquarters, i'm ainsley earhardt. we could be facing the first winter storm of the season in ohio, pennsylvania and upstate new york. forecasters say some people might see as much as 2 feet of snow. northern indiana is feeling the big chill with heavy snow and strong winds creating a traffic nightmare on monday. an arctic blast is expected to drop temperatures into the single digits this week. iran saying it has successfully tested a third long-range missile. the three-missile test taking place in a strait. the test seen as a warning to the united states after

the rnc chair reince priebus is here and he is next.inning in iowa, governor mike huckabee knows what it takes. he he won it four years ago. but there are always surprises. he knows that as well. and he will estimated at $2 million. back to greta. >> greta: right now there is blood on the floor in iowa as the republican candidates dual each other. at 7:00 p.m. tomorrow, iowa voters kick off the nominating process. but one leader says the first votes are not just for the republican candidate. today, rnc chairman reince priebus post on facebook 2012 is finally here and tomorrow the fight to defeat barack obama officially begins with the first votes cast against him in iowa. we are one step closer to remove him from office and elect republican presence this year. chairman priebus joins us. good evening, sir. >> hey, how are you, greta? >> greta: i am very well. thank you. you look at this much differently than the candidates. you have a big picture look at this. you are head of the rnc. tell me what is your strategy for defeating president

john, i want to start with you as the nonpartisan judge of this priebus moment. the guy's job is to get independents to go republican, to get reagan democrat, as they used to be called, to vote republican. he's going to need them for republicans to win the white house. and he says something hateful and stupid and not funny and disrespectful to both the president and to the victims of this oceanliner disaster. and he thinks that that is the way to appeal to the middle. in your study of the american electorate, john, call it fairly now, is that the way to appeal to the middle? >> lawrence, i'd go further than that -- further than just saying no. i'd say it's just plainly dopey. and it's dopey and ineffective and foolish. and it's foolish on a bunch of different levels. not only does it not appeal to the middle. think about the argument he was making in the follow-up today on fox news where he says, it's an apt analogy in terms of leadership, the president's leaving the white house too often to campaign. at its core, it's a process argument. he's trying to say, the

how these people operate shamelessly and without care or tact that's why rents priebus the chairman of r. and c. is tonight to a time when. ok guys it's time for happy hour and joining me this evening is our chief producer jenny churchill and our t. correspondent christy first now hello ladies thank you for joining me. ok let's start with this is an ad that we played before here on the show and this key just came from a you tube user who i think is a user name had the wrong call in it and so some people were saying a fan created it and it was it was fear mongering about jon huntsman because my god he speaks another language. which. runs all over. all right so this is what's happening now and i find this to be kind of odd and seeming to be a little out of character for the ron paul campaign because they're basically filing a complaint in court they're saying that the use of his name infringed his trademark and defamed him by improperly implying that he was behind it whereas i don't think anybody thought it was behind it people thought it was just some random guy on you tube who was a ro

the us otherwise it's a political attack just waiting to happen now i'm the last one to say that priebus should be censored or reprimanded for his comments i just think it's dumb to go on national t.v. comparing the president to the captain of a cruise ship that is being charged with manslaughter is just plain stupid it just gives you some insight into how these people operate shamelessly and without care or tact that's why rents priebus the chairman of the r n c is tonight to a time when. ok guys it's time for happy hour and joining me this evening is our chief producer jenny churchill and our t. correspondent christy for sound hello ladies thank you for joining me. ok let's start with this is an ad that we played before here on the show and this key just came from a you tube user who i think is a user name had ron paul in it and so some people are saying a fan created it and it was it was fear mongering about jon huntsman because my god he speaks the language. all right so this is what's happening now and i find this to be kind of odd and seeming to be a little out of character for the

the us otherwise it's a political attack just waiting to happen now i'm the last one to say that priebus should be censored or reprimanded for his comments i just think it's dumb to go on national t.v. comparing the president to the captain of a cruise ship that is being charged with manslaughter is just plain stupid it just gives you some insight into how these people operate shamelessly and without care or tact that's why rents priebus the chairman of r. and c. is tonight's top time winner. ok guys it's time for happy hour and joining me this evening is our chief producer jenny churchill and our t correspondent christine purcell hello ladies thank you for joining me. ok let's start with this is an ad that we played before here on the show and this key just came from a.

and let me correct what reince priebus just said. largest growth since 1997. >> chris: wait, wait, guys, i said i would play traffic cop and i will do that. congresswoman, president obama was interviewed when he was pushing a 800,billion dollar stimulus and this is what he said. >> if i don't have it done in three years there will be a one-term proposition . >> chris: congresswoman, the president failed to meet that test. >> guest: i think the president certainly should be credited for pushing hard and fighting to get the economy turned around and fighting to create jobs without help from the republicans at all. >> chris: you would agree he hasn't done it in three years. >> guest: he inherited a hudge set of problems >> chris: that's what he said. >> guest: i understand. i certainly think he deserves credit and he should give himself credit and does for beginning to get the economy turned around. we have gone from an unemployment rate that was over 11 percent and now it is below nine and we are moving in the right direction. >> chris

chairman reince priebus compared president obama to captain tell me this tino the captain of the run aground italian cruise ship will abandon the ship before all the passengers and safely gotten off here's a previous had to say in an interview on face the nation sunday morning in response to a question on the ugly g.o.p. primary season. and in a few months this is all going to be history and we're going to talk about our own little captain which is president obama who's abandoning the ship here in the united states is more interested in campaigning than doing his job as president nearly seven thousand people died on that cruise ship accident as a result of. conduct by the captain mr priebus is a little confused after all president obama is consistently presenting legislation to congress and trying to do his job as president only to have a shot down held hostage by the republican party priebus and the republicans are the only ones abandoning ship on the american people and the very very ugly north carolina republican state representative larry pippen pippen has some radical ideas on h

with multiple counts of manslaughter this is a really tragic incident which brings us back to what priebus said which is that obama is america's a little skit it just makes perfect sense right seventeen people die in a foreign country in the arms he comes up with a nice little joke to link president obama to it a chance to call obama a coward you just have to take it now you could tell how pleased he was with the line that was saying he just couldn't stop himself from chuckling chuckling while explaining it but i guess the death of seventeen people is only tragic and not political fodder when it happens in the us otherwise it's a political attack just waiting to happen now i'm the last one to say that priebus should be censored or reprimanded for his comments i just think it's dumb to go on national t.v. comparing the president to the captain of a cruise ship that is being charged with manslaughter is just plain stupid it just gives you some insight into how these people operate shamelessly and without care or tact that's why rents priebus the chairman of r. and c. is tonight's told i'm li

reince priebus is facing heated backlash today as the result of his comparing president obama to, gethis, the captain of that italian cruiseliner who abandoned ship after taking the "costa concordia" on the rocks. let's listen to what priebus said about gop infighting yesterday on cbs. >> in the end in a few months, this is all going to be ancient history and we're going to talk about our own little captain schettino, which is president obama who is abandoning the ship here in the united states and is more interested in campaigning than doing his job as president. >> what did you call president obama? >> captain schettino, you know, the captain that fled the ship in italy. >> well, that captain, that ship captain is facing charges, including manslaughter for his involvement. u.s. congresswoman and dnc chair debbie wasserman-schultz released a statement calling ought priebus for making that statement. chairman priebus should be ashamed of his comments comparing president obama to the captain of the wrecked italian cruise ship. that he would compare the president of the united states to

. >>> the war of words between debbie wasserman schultz and priebus. over this remark. >> our own little captain schettino is more interested in campaigning than doing his job. what congresswoman has to say now. she joins me live. >>> senate votes to clear the way on a band by insider trading. low pressure it keep lawmakers from trading stocks based o on information not made public. >>> developing news regarding iran and what the director of national intelligence said just today. >>> the "news nation" is following mitt romney and newt gingrich both defiant as voters stream into the polls. gingrich has been meeting with voters. at one point he said he doesn't care that romney has a huge lead because he's not going anywhere. >> how close is this to being over? >> i would say six months. >> six months. >> unless romney drops out of the race. >> romney went on a tirade. >> we came to florida and speaker gingrich didn't have two good debates, i did. his comments most recently attacking me have been quite sad, and painfully revealing about the speaker. >> le

michael steele is the most gaffe prone in history, if he thought it was inappropriate, then priebus crossed line. >> republicans have questioned the president's place of birth, faith, they shout during his state of the union speech and they wag their fingers in their face. have they decided they will say and do anything, anything to this president? >> i do think they will say and do anything to get elected. when your party starts with extreme positions that we end medicare as we know it, round up undocumented workers and mitt romney calls the dream act a hand out, that you double down on tax breaks for the wealthy while the middle class is struggling, when you start with such extremes position, maybe it's not so surprise that your rhetoric gets extreme when the american people are recoiling at the very thing you stand for. >> many republicans will say didn't democrats attack george bush in the same way. what's your response to that? >> i don't remember anything that equates from official democratic party. there are interest groups and people have their say, but i don't remember anything com

here's the head of the republican national committee, reince priebus. >> in a few months, this is allient history and we're going to talk about our own little captain scatino who is president obama abandoning the ship here and is more interested in campaigning than doing his job as president. >> comparing the president to a man charged with manslaughter? a man charged with this reckless cruise ship disaster where 17 people died and 16 are still missing. and here's tea party freshman alan west in florida over the weekend. >> take your message of equality of achievement, take your message of economic dependency, take your message of enslaving the entrepreneur will and spirit of the american people somewhere else. you can take it to europe. you can take it to the bottom of the sea. you can take it to the north poll, but get the hell out of the united states of america. yeah, i said hell. >> yes, you did say hell, congressman west. and a standing ovation and cheers for telling president obama to take it to hell. where is the respect for the office of the president? and then there's the no

so you know, like the polls you were just talking about with reince priebus, it shows the hypotheticalchups and now we may begin to get clarity, whether it's mitt romney or somebody else. but then it becomes the barack obama or another candidate, and he can start really getting to work on that. so, yes, it's partially the field organization, which they'll be able to replicate but he's going to have somebody to run against fairly soon. >> let's talk a little bit about the messaging, too, because you know, we were listening to reince priebus saying that the president has failed but if you listen certainly to his campaign, they will tell you that he rescued the u.s. auto industry, that whether the republicans like it or not, he said he was going to get health insurance, it got done, the war on terror, bin laden, taking the troops out of iraq, overhauling the credit card industry. they have a lot of things to point to. there's a check list of president obama's accomplishments there. but how does he take that given the state of the economy right now? how are they going to package this? >> w

from racine, wisconsin, reince priebus. and debbie wasserman schultz. >> we got good news for the nation on friday. 200,000 jobs created in the last month. the unemployment rate down to 8.5%. the lowest in almost three years. while it is good news for the country isn't it taking away your strongest argument to replace barack obama? >> well, not at all, chris. i mean obviously 8.5% is unacceptable. clearly going taking down one tenth of one percent is better than being at 8.6%. i'm talking to you from racine, wisconsin, and what people feel out here in racine and kenosha is that we are losing manufacturing jobs and people don't feel better off today than they were two or three years ago. i'm not sure if an f minus to f is good news. certainly it is better but you this president has failed in his major promises when it comes to jobs, the economy, the debt, the deficit and, look, nancy pelosi and debbie wasserman schultz herself in 2006 were bashing george bush over 4.6% unemployment. this is a great country. we can do better

rens priebus goes on the record. and it just got worst. did the captain lie? his behavior in the minutes after the deadly crash. all the minutes coming up. plus big news for elizabeth smart. you will remember she survived a you will remember she survived a horrific years as a breathe robert, out of your mouth. [ male announcer ] that onion after taste after you again? new crest complete with scope dual blast technology blasts away bad breath germs and food after tastes. new crest complete with scope dual blast. blast your way to fresh breath. and get a cold... ...you need a cold medicine with a heart. only coricidin hbp has a heart, right here. it's the only cold and flu brand that won't raise your blood pressure. coricidin hbp. powerful cold medicine with a heart. all mixed together. with galaxy nexus by samsung, now you can organize your contacts into circles, like you do in real life. so you can choose what people see and what they don't. and with the speed of verizon 4g lte, you can chat as a group in a googleplus hangout without missing a beat. introducin

rens priebus goes on the record. and it just got worst. did the captain lie? his behavior in the minutes after the deadly crash. all the minutes coming up. plus big news for elizabeth smart. you will remember she survived a horrific years as a teenager being kidnapped. but tonight there's good news for hem. that's coming up. [ male announc? [ sniffles ] not sure what to take? click on the robitussin® relief finder. click on your symptoms. get your right relief. makes the cold aisle easy. robitussin®. relief made simple. it's got 10 speeds, my friend. ♪ is it fast? it's got a lightning bolt on it, doesn't it? ♪ is it fast? i don't even know if it's street-legal. ♪ is it safe? oh, yeah. it's a volkswagen. [ male announcer ] the security of a jetta. one of nine volkswagen models named a 2012 iihs top safety pick. ♪ got you in a stranglehold, baby ♪ all mixed together. with galaxy nexus by samsung, now you can organize your contacts into circles, like you do in real life. so you can choose what people see and what they don't. and with the speed of verizon 4g lte,

reince priebus of the republican national committee told bob schieffer the attack instead will make the nominee even stronger and pointed to democrats in 2008 as proof. >> when hillly clinton called barack obama a hypocrite and when obama said hillary clinton didn't have the moral fine tore lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier, you see what happened. hillary is now the secretary of state, barack obama is the president. i think primaries are tough. >> reporter: now if you think the primaries are tough just wait until the general election. president obama's re-election team already is attacking romney. that is just a hint of what we can expect. now here's my colleague dean reynolds with the gingrich campaign. >> reporter: jan, with two days to go before the primary newt gingrich is lashing out at mitt romney calling him a tool of wall street, a dishonest candidate, and a massachusetts liberal that conservatives will never warm up to. >> and i am not running for president of the united states to make the wall street elite and the washington elite happy. i'm running to change bot

reince priebus will be here, chair of the republican national committee. he's going to be right out of the gate for us as well as newt gingrich is going to be here and rick santorum? wow, two of the presidential candidates. >> right. also darrell issa and congressman from california is here on talk about one of the officials in the department of justice gonna take the fifth regarding fast & furious. that seems odd. we'll talk to him about that. >> and laura ingraham will be here as she always is to weigh in and give us her thoughts as well as valerie jarrett because she's going to be previewing the president's state of the union speech for us during our -- >> so, we're going to look for mitt romney's taxes for the first time and the contract that newt gingrich has for fannie and fleddy, that he signed for freddie mac for the first time and review the debate you might have missed last night and previewing the state of the union. are we capable of doing all that? >> we better be! >> ok, good. >> more on last night's debate in a few minutes. other big stories