on this day, there are more than two dozen sandwiched in together, including rick herman. >> rick hermana number of charges by the phoenix police department. >> the 35-year-old receives a card that lifts his charges, and then his clothes are taken away. >> the department took them into evidence and issued him what we call a bunny suit. it's a white paper suit. and booked him in that apparel. >> herman keeps to himself but a few inmates show interest in him asking to see the card that lists his charges. >> rick herman doesn't know any of the men who interrogate him. they are adrian rivera, jeremy kwipt, and jason morris. >> there's nothing that would indicate that any of the individuals knew each other, had any history with each other, had ever seen each other before this particular date. >> with thousands of inmates to monitor, it can be at least five or ten minutes before guards pass this tank again. and though there is a camera inside the cell, the video is not watched in realtime. after the guards leave, a few of the inmates move to the window blocking the view from outside. a minute

herman cain and rick perry. it's fascinating when you look at the not mitt romney primary and the three participants in it at this point, you have newt gingrich who is the brainy guy and you have herman cain who clearly has the passion and the tea party loves him. rick perry has money. if any one of the three can put it together. brains, money and passion, the good news for mitt romney none of the three can put all three of the legs of the stool together. >> it reminds me of what other candidate would you most like and they were talking about being a combination. it looks like you need a combo at the moment to beat mitt romney. i don't think that is happening. you are up way too early in hawaii. the president is obviously in a trade conference there. what's the news out of hawaii and what do we expect? >> i say the big news as far as the economy is concerned is the president has decided to rhetorically get tougher on china. every white house official that spoke and briefed us and reporters here, everything was ab

rick? >> the, um -- [beeping] >> herman? >> i have got all this stuff twirling around in my head. >> michelle? >> that's really tough. >> rick? >> herman? >> no, that's a different one. >> rick? >> alley oops. >> see you tomorrow. come on, everybody.

i'm very thankful for herman cain and rick perry and all the blunderful people in the republican raceow. it's thanksgiving week. one of my favorite things to do before thanks give giving is wae charlie brown special. they started airing it 28 years ago. to freshen things up, we removed the original audio and replaced it with audio from a republican debate and i think it really freshens it up. >> mitt, you hired illegals in your home and you knew about it for a year and the idea that you stand here before us and talk about that you're strong on immigration is on its face the height of hypocrisy. >> i don't think i've ever hired an illegal in my life. i'm looking forward to finding your facts on that. >> i'll tell what you the facts are -- >> rick, i'm speaking. i'm speaking. i'm speaking. i'm speaking. you get 30 seconds -- i get 60 seconds -- >> the american people want the truth. they want -- you say -- you say you -- >> would you please wait? are you just going to keep ta talking or are you going to let me listen? >> 9-9-9. [ applause ] >> jimmy: they should eat jelly bean and popco

>> i think that romney probably is not as solid with conservatives as rick perry or herman cain or michele bachmann or rick santorum. i think that's definitely the case. if he's the nominee, you can bet conservatives will circle the wagons and be behind him in second. i've seen polling that suggests even tea party conservatives think that romney would be an acceptable candidate. that's why we thought it was important to let folks know what a country with mitt romney as president would like in that ad on our website. >> bill burton, good to have you with us. thanks for your time tonight. >>> if herman cain can't get past his alleged sexual harassment problems, he still has a world of trouble ahead. he's open to war with iran? and he doesn't know china has nuclear weapons. that qualifies him for the "zone." >>> ohio republicans are telling voters that they have to vote yes on issue 2 or their kids will leave them. the righties are getting desperate in ohio. let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplemen

rick? >> the, um -- [beeping] >> herman? all this stuff twirling around in my head. >> michelle? >> that's really tough. >> rick? >> herman? >> no, that's a different one. >>

herman cain under attack and rick perry on the way back and mitt romney still on track. er been accused of something? >> the herman cain campaign in full damage control. >> i have never sexually harassed anyone. >> ask him a question, he gives you an answer one minute. >> i can't recall. >> i really can't recall. >> i can't recall. >> i am unaware of any settlement. >> another answer the next time you push on it. >> the words, i do recall an agreement. >> cain's memory seems to be getting better and better. >> i enjoy flowers like everybody else. >> we have no idea the source of this witch hunt. >> i love herman. >> the actions of the perry campaign are despicable. >> not anybody in my campaign that knew anything about this. >> everybody appears to be at fault apart from person. herman cain himself. >> what did i say? excuse me! excuse me! >> kim kardashian is better qualified than herman cain and she is also now available. >> maybe i misspoke. >> not prepared to the point of being a newspaper. >> a guy with great teleprompter skills. i'm a doer, not a talker. >> i am the

>> rick perry's oops moment. herman cain on the defensive but pushing back and what europe's debt problems could mean for this nation. i'm pete williams in for gwen ifill tonight, all that tonight on "washington week." republicans gather for another debate with a moment to remember -- >> the third agency of government, i would do away with the education, the commerce and let's see i can't, the third one i can't. oops. >> how rick perry is trying to turn around his onstage brain freeze. while herman cain defends another sexual impropriety. >> he puts his hand under his legs under my skirt. >> i have never acted inappropriately with anyone, period. >> are the allegations against cain affecting his white house bid? and will leadership changes in two troubled european nations help calm the european storm helping to affect the u.s.? john harwood of cnbc, michael duffy of "time" magazine, karen tumulty of "the washington post" and greg ip of "the economist." >> live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week with gwe

we have all l had those moments and rick pernd herman cain have had some very embarrassing moments. rememember the dertment of energy. hean cain discussing libya. now herman cain is sang to do not need a reader but a leader. critics say herman cain is not smart enough,h, newt gingrich being accucused of beieing too wealthy. >>what is your take on any o of those three awkwarard moment? >> it was interesting and one of the debates when herman cain was asked if would be a good ceo given thhistory of sexual haharassmement. that really is what this is out. he i is applying to be the ceo of the bigiggestompany in thee world. it is pretty azing to look at all threree. who hahas not had b brain freeze is in tir life? >> for the debates, ey rehearse and they prepare. if you say you are going to get rid of three agencies, you t think it through. apppareny, he e has not. he reminds me of some pretended th brotherers who w would crammed the night before. >> herman cain is starting to look too much like 2 2007 ss carolina. she s saidamericans do not own maps and maybe that is the problem. i agre

rick perry at 8. gingrich at 19, he's right up there. it looks like if hermanain and rick perry who have had problems, a lot of support hasn't gone particularly to mitt romney. >> most of it has been undecided but newt is clearly the flavor of the month. and the difference between the other ones, he's been through this before. the only one with national experience unlike the others who have statewide or districtwide experience. he's had to deal with these things on a national level. >> rick perry has had to deal with a lot over the past 48 hours, he went on david letterman and did the top ten. i'll play a little clip. >> there were three reasons i messed up last night. one was the nerves and two was the headache and three um -- um -- >> listen, you try concentrating with mitt romney smiling at you, that is one handsome dude. >> i had a five-hour energy drink six hours before the debate. >> i wanted to help take the heat on my buddy herman cain. >> okay. let's put this stuff in the caboose. and the number one rick perry excuse -- >> i just learned justin bieber

rick perry and his campaign owe herman cain and his family an apology. th rick perry campaign and politico did the wrong thing by reporting something that wasn't true to anonymous sources. >> bret: mark block, the herman cain campaign staff, chief of staff for the campaign says that rick perry's campaign is behind stirring up all the sexual harassment allegations that have been getting so much attention. point specifically to a former aide of cain when he was running for senate in georgia in 2004. he remembers telling kurt anderson back then about the national restaurant association allegation. anderson works as a senior advisor on the perry campaign. the cain campaign links the two and says other evidence as well. but not getting in specific details. the response, ray sullivan saying, "no one at our campaign was involved in the story in any way." any claim to the contrary is patently false." the first we learned of it is when we led the story in politico." kurt anderson has a similar reaction saying that is the first he learned of it. saying i never hear

thank you. >> rick: let's start talking about mr. cain. hermanarly on in his campaign, he had to punt on these questions when it comes to foreign policy. he said, i need some more time to study up on these issues. well, tonight's the night that a lot of people are waiting to see if he did his homework. what does he need to show tonight? >> well, i think he needs to show a steady performance with regard to a level of understanding on one of the incredibly important roles for the chief executive of this country and that's foreign policy. i think indeed as you put it, the homework has been due and tonight's test night, we'll see how he does. >> rick: this is newt gingrich's debate performance since he broke into the top tier. a lot of polls out show him now among the one, two, top three candidates in the gop field. i'm wondering what you think of his performances so far in past debates and what he's got to show tonight in south carolina. >> i think the obvious is the obvious, which is newt has a commanding intellect and i think he has a fairly broad

what happened to rick perry in the debate last week, this moment with herman cain.lect badly on the republican party? >> i don't think it matters. i think ultimately whoever the nominee is, they are going to coaless. their greatest asset is they are not obama. i think people are ready to get on with it. certainly the conservative republicans haven't decided who had they want. we can see that through the polling and the lack of focus, but at the end they are going to coaless around whoever it is and we'll get on wit. >> casey, i want to -- nbc's andrew rafferty, because wisconsin is such a primary state -- not -- andrew rafferty asked him about the libya comment. here is what he said and then let's come back and talk about it. >> you think the libya kmcommen doesn't show you have an understanding? >> 9-9-9. >> last night andrew rafferty tweeted that out and then he had to tweet out again, i'm not what he said. obviously herman cain wants to talk about 9-9-9. how big a problem for herman cain. >> cain has been for the last couple weeks facing these ha rasmera rasz. --

gop field we have newt gingrich, 23, romney 22, herman cain 15, ron paul, what do you make of newt gingrich's ascendancy? is he now michele bachman, rickwe've been talking about it all week, especially since your interview a couple days ago as we saw him as a cuddly grandpa. he was sort of accessible and likable and smiling and brilliant at the debates. >> wait a minute, did you have an impression of newt that was different? >> well, he had his own sex scandal right back in the day and now there's sort of questions about the whole freddie mac relationship and his consultant fees and whatnot. >> i asked him about that. what did you think of his answer? >> it didn't seem as scandalous as the herman cain and the sexual assault allegations. >> this is what he said. i asked him are you different now than -- because, look, i was there the day he became speaker. i was emceeing that event in atlanta so i've known him many, many years. but i think he's a different person. i think he's mellowed. i don't think his values have changed but i think he has mellowed. i think it will be a tough battle. i think mitt ram has been a strong candidate. i th

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debate this week and going into it as two new polls show gingrich pibing up support in light of herman and rick perry dealing with different issues, but issues that are affecting their numbers. according to a new york poll, herman cane is in the lead with 18% and in october that number was at 25%. the number two spot is tied with mitt romney at 15% down from 21%. newt gingrich is also at 15%, up from october by 5 points. a new poll puts romney at 23% and gingrich at 19% and herman cain at 17%. they call it newt-mentum. he commented on the number this is morning at a breakfast in new hampshire. >> when the front-runners at 18 and the next two are tied at 15 it is a wide open race. >> it is a wide open race and let's bring in our panel. back with us after seconds away, michael smerconish, an msnbc contributor. let me bring you in and take a look at the numbers. is it new ment um and the natural course here? >> i think it's a little of both. when you look at the polls, one of the things is 17% of the people who were poled and primary voters are undecided. i think certainly gingrich has a window to

donald trump, michele bachmann, rick perry, herman cain. each lass had his or her chance as the gop flavor of the month. now, here comes newt gingrich. today we learned from bloomberg news that gingrich was paid up to $1.8 million by freddie mac, that quasi-government mortgage company newt himself loves to trash. hired freddie mac officials say to build bridges of love to republicans bent on destroying freddie. in other words, to lobby.ç welcome to front-runner status, newt. you've been caught. plus, how many blunders can one party take, from rick perry's oops to herman cain's head-scratching on libya, to michele bachmann on, well, almost everything? looking foolish has become the dress code in this republican race, and what does that say about a party that most resembles now a clown car from the best days of barn barnum & bailey. also penn state, what happened when mike mcqueary allegedly saw jerry sandusky molesting a child. he says he left immediately, and now he says he stopped it and called police f.his credibility is questioned, how

herman cain brain freeze. first we had to deal with rick perry, then herman cain. >> i do not agree with the way he handled it nope, that's a different one. >> i'm falling in love with you. that's a different one? what reason -- what is cain going through in his mental roladex. no, that's my policy regarding a woman named lydia. all right. why didn't he just ignore the question, shake your head and go, 9-9-9? >> mr. cain, do you think the libya comments reinforce the idea that you don't have a thorough understanding of foreign policy? >> 9-9-9. >> i love you. >> he actually said that to a nbc news camera. >>> still ahead, your tweets, and texts are next. "morning joe" moments away. is this a chevy volt? [ stu ] yeah. it's electric. i don't think so. it's got a gas tank right here. electric tank, right over here. an electric tank? really, stu? is that what you pour the electricity in? it's actually both, guys. i can plug in and go 35 miles gas free, or i can fill up and go a whole lot farther. is that my burger? oh. i just got bun. i didn't even bite any burger. whoa, wait. whoa, whoa. wait a minute. what? jus

we heard herman cain and rick santorum choking up, getting emotional. it was a defining moment for hillary four years ago as well. do men and women candidates get treated differently when they open up and show that they're human beings and show emotion? >> i think so, ted. first of all, we have come a very long way since 1972 when edmund muskie, the democratic front-runner, had his candidacy crumble when he appeared to cry defending his wife in new hampshire from some accusations. now it is such more acceptable for men to show emotion. it seems to open up a view of them as being sensitive. traditionally we thought, i think most people in the political world, most politicians believe it is tougher for women to show emotion because they can seem weak. hillary clinton was a big exception to that in 2008 because in some ways it humanized her in the same way that it did some of the male candidates that we have seen because she had been so tough, so strong, this was a moment in which she seemed to become much more human for voters and following that saturday

. >> did you have similar hypotheticals if it was rick perry or herman cain? >> we think with rick perry, more identified with the tea party for instance, he would have a lot more margin for error. with rick perry, slow growth, even progress at all, might enough to make obama the favorite. if you're in a recession, then that's another story. things could get worse still. people are a little less worried about that now with maybe greece being resolved. but all kinds of bad things can happen when the economy is as fragile as it has been for the past couple of years. we're in a recession, then almost any republican could be a favorite i think against obama next year. >> nate silver, thanks so much, founder of the 538.com. appreciate your time. >> thank you. >>> herman cain says enough is enough. and he's only going ing ting t his message from now on. we'll listen in on a rather testy exchange between the republican candidate and reporters who asked him about the sexual harassment allegations against him. we're not talking about earlier in the week, but just last n

potentials, herman cain fighting off new allegations of sexual harassment and rick perry having a brain freeze at wednesday night's michigan debate. will another candidate emerge from the g.o.p. field as mitt romney's main challenger? let's ask wall street journal columnist dan henninger and board members jason riley and dorothy. so, dan, i think after the debate, so question that mitt romney continues to be the strongest runner, the front runner who is likely to emerge here to challenge him as the iowa caucuses get closer? >> well, you know, paul we get asked this a lot. every time i go through this exercise, you go through the list, am i forgetting somebody? am i sure paul ryan is not on that stage. >> paul: the current candidates are making that big of an impression. >> we have entered the twilight zone of presidential nominations, herman cain with his women problems and rick perry with his speaking problems, and mitt romney can't get above 25%, apparently is sinking in the most recent polls. so the answer? we are in a kind of unusual period with this, it's hard to predict. herman ca