i don't want to make fun of rick perry too much because it's been done.s should love republican governors, it shows his depth of faith. christ said love your enemy and that's what he's asking unions to do. >> that's not just a joke, that's a very serious political thing that's dogg eged him. >> that's why these exist. >> like any politician, you have to try to own and reframe these things. he's been pushed on a lot of economic issues. let's play her question about that oops moment. >> so i have to ask under a perry administration what would be the three departments that you would eliminate? >> it would be more than three. the more i think about it -- if you believe in the tenth amendment, why do you need a department of education? why do you need a department of commerce? why do you need a department of energy? i know that's the butt of a lot of jokes that i couldn't remember the third one, but there are more than three. >> let's look into the politician here. he has figured out a way to go big with this in a tea party republican environment. we're saying

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texas governor rick perry in d.c. for the national government association gathering stops by our studios to talk about this and more. >>> plus, nascar fans everywhere are gearing up for the daytona 500 and we'll give you a preview, live. >>> hello, everybody, live from the nation's capital, starts right now. >>> we begin our show with the continuing crisis in ukraine where protesters remain informally in control of that nation's capital city. that nation's president has fled the city, but vowing not to step aside as protesters continue to demand his ouster. all this as the country's parliament moves ahead and calling for new elections as early as may. let's turn now to amy kellogg who has the latest. >> reporter: we're just reading reports that the speaker of the parliament has said that president victor yanukovych or former president, it's not even clear what we call him at this point, has actually tried to flee the country, tried to go to russia, for some reason didn't make it and is in the eastern part of the count

. >>> rick perry unplugged from potato front page politics. we go head-to-head with the lowerful texas governor. i'm abby huntsman. >>> we had another epic match-up with our neighbors to the north on ties today. the u.s. and canada faced off in the semi-finals of men's hockey and more was on the line than just a chance at a gold medal. president obama and canadian prime minister stephen harper bet a case of beer on both the men's and women's match-up. the president already owes the prime minister a case of the white house's home brew after the women's overtime loss to the canucks yesterday. stakes are high when you got justin bieber on the line, chicago freight company put up this billboard said loser keeps bieber. the game wrapped up not long ago. who is keeping bieber and who is shipping beer. here's your spoiler alert. you have been warned. the canucks had our number. the u.s. came in as highest-scoring team in the games. and failed to find the back of the net. today the men came up short losing 1-0. the u.s. will now face finland tomorrow.

exists and they do know that they're screwed and they're blaming washington for that even though rick perry and rick scott or anyone . other than i will and i get a thousand dollars a year and i can't get health through i thought i could get all that you're right and then you know the koch brothers come along and run an ad saying it's big government surveilled so how do you have a message hey guys it's not obama who's keeping it from you it's rick perry yeah i mean i think you call a spade a spade and put it i think you can do a tremendous series of ad campaigns and activism to show these republicans in the state legislature are preventing you from getting something you should you and folks in twenty five other states have access to there's no reason why you shouldn't have it and folks in illinois do so i think that's where it starts and i for democrats this is a very advantageous thing to have happen if you can encourage people to get out there and vote because these republicans are taking away something that you you know gratefully have you have a right to then that's a no brainer it's a

senator ted cruz and ring rick perry.ot a lot to talk about including the up roar that's developed over the past few days involving ted nugent appearing on the stage with a man who wants to secede governor rick perry. i will ask him, will you run for president of the united states. >> i know you will. >>> facebook still in search of the internet fountain of youth for buying what's app for $19 million. how about a trillion cookies, pics, and texts that say everything about you. all of that data. i'm only in my 60's... i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, it could save you in out-of-pocket m

and the texas governor, rick perry, won't be there either, likely presidential candidate in 2016.uess what? national democrats made sure we all knew about this, blasting out e-mails to those of us in the national political press corps, highlighting the fact that these two top republicans won't be with christie. we at cnn, though, thought it was important enough story to send one of our top political guys, peter handy, down there. he starts reporting later today. john and christine? >> well, the whole world's so interested in how he's doing his job in running the republican governors association. no. the whole world trying to figure out what it means for 2016. what does it mean for his chances, this reception or lack of reception? >> reporter: you know what this is, it's not a great story line for chris christie. he's trying to get back to the perception of business as usual, both as governor of new jersey and as chairman of the republican governors association, which a lot of people see as a stepping stone for him running for the nomination in 2016. so, yes, it is definitely a dis

>>> happening now, one-on-one with rick perry.as governor is here live in "the situation room." i'll ask what he thinks of ted nugent's vile comments and whether republicans in their state should be keeping the distance. >>> plus, weathering the storm. chris christie talks sandy in his first town hall meeting since the bridge scandal broke. did he manage to avoid the political storm hanging over his head? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." senator ted cruz may be most outspoken member of the senate and he's been speaking his mind to our chief congressional correspondent dana bash in an interview in texas. they spoke about greg abbott, the republican candidate for governor. he's taking serious heat for appearing with ted nugent who had vile things to say about president obama. >> because we're here in texas, i want to play you something that's been playing all over the airwaves, internationally and nationally. >> a communist-raised, communist-educated subhuman mongrel, like the a.c.o.r.n. community organizer barack h

quinn and rick perry. from a blue state, i am dan jones. >> from the right, i am newt gingrich. monday for another edition of "crossfire," and erin burnett "out front" starts right now. >>> next, breaking news. growing protest in arizona at this hour over a bill that legalizes discrimination against gays and lesbians. >>> the phumunchies. a girl sells cook out outside of a pot store. >>> good evening, everybody. out front tonight, breaking news.

here to set the record straight, rick perry.t's good to be with you. >> any bad blood? >> no. we are working toward a common goal, and that is to elect as many republicans as we can, on november 2014. are we competitors, you better believe it. we're great competitors, at the end of the day, we're all on the same team, and that's what matters. >> is there really a difference between southern republican governor and a northeast republican governor? >> there's 60 different states out there, there's 50 laboratories of innovation, we all have different philosophies in the standpoint, again, the goal and the result is the same. i don't take the bait and get moved off on the focus. we're all working together to elect these governors, the states that are really performing well, creating the jobs, by and large. nine out of ten top job creates states are republican led. and so that's the discussion americans want to have. who is it out there that can really get this country back working. who can get their states performing at a high level

rick perry supported bobby jindal and chris christie won with support from other governors, wolf.l rivalries going on. chris christie still has pretty strong support. as long as he is raising money for the rga, he is going to be okay, presuming no other shoes drop. >> presuming that. the wisconsin governor, scott walker is also continuing a potential republican presidential kapd das y. >> texas has an atm for republicans. they come here all the time to raise money, specifically dallas and houston. he is raising money and met with harl an crow. rand paul is in the state doing donor meetings and giving speeches. texas is a huge state. democrats were trying to make hay of the fact that rick perry and greg abbott are not meeting with chris christie. they are not meeting with scott walker either. they come here all the time and that's what they're doing today. >> in dallas for us, watching the republicans. thanks vanish much. tv personality star jones calls herself the face of heart disease. her story of survival is next. [ female announcer ] when you're ready to take skincare to the n

joining us, connecticut democrat dan malloy, missouri democrat jay nixon, texas republican rick perry, and indiana republican mike pence. it is good to have all of you here. used to be when the nga met you all cross-pollinated and got great ideas about what was working and it might be a little more partisan at this point, i think, as washington certainly is. but i wanted to see if you picked up anything sort of watching other states. one of the big stories this year of course has been colorado legalizing recreational use of small amounts of marijuana, as well as washington state. when you look at it, big pot of money there with taxes, states can always use a little more money, have any of you looked at it and thought, you know what, this is something i'd consider? >> no. >> two nos. why not? >> well, i don't support legalization of marijuana, and that's been my position for a long time and will continue to be. but i'll tell you, there is some common ground that you see at the national governor's association, and it is the focus that mary fallon and others and us here in indiana placed

i do respect people like rick perry and rand paul and ted crui cruz.f the same people they do, believe it or not, i owe it to those great americans to be more civil when i represent them. i'm here on cnn -- on cnn, mind you, and i will be doing that coming up. >> when you tweeted today to rand paul, rand paul demanded you apologize, said your de rock tory description of president obama's description and said you should apologize. rand paul, let me know when you're ready to admit your blunder? you're backing off that tweet? >> no, i don't think that's uncivil by any stretch. i'm telling rand paul he should be careful not to take snapshots of an occurrence or incident or individual. he should pay attention to the big picture. i consider rand paul a great american, and i feel terrible that i upset him like that. but i got to tell you, when you speak the truth and represent very heart broken americans -- let me summarize like this. i hate that i have to be talking about this stuff. i want to respect my government and my president. i want to respect the off

these are big names, bobby jindal and rick perry. it means that not only they but their allies may not be there if he falls. and you want that. >> let me ask you, michael, because as much as things are fraught on the republican side of the coin as it relates to chris christie, there are issues with democratic responses to this entire scandal. you point out, you know, the question of overreach is something that i think a lot of democrats have been asking themselves about. you point out the dnc alone has issued 58 e-mails about the christie administration's role in several alleged acts of american bridge, another democratic research group, has issued 169 requests for information from the christie team. that seems to be having in a weird way the reverse effect at least -- in the party which is maybe endearing christie to hard right conservatives in sort of -- who see him as a victim here. how cognizant do you think the democrats are of this issue of overreaching? >> i'm not sure. i'm a bit surprised at their willingness to discuss their

is no slacker this is a guy who's done the best he can by himself and his family but he because rick perry said no i'm not going to allow the tax dollars that texans paid to the federal government to come back from the federal government to texas in the form of of medicaid expansion i'm not going to allow my own people have their own tax dollars seems to me nuts and absolutely not even republican most conservative israel making thirteen thousand three hundred thirty four dollars doesn't make enough to qualify for obamacare because there is a minimum a lot you have to make which was predicated on the assumption that everybody would be filled in with medicaid below that and he makes too much for the men. akkad which in texas i think is a row three or four thousand dollar cap in that neighborhood so this guy falls into the red state don't hold the republican don't at all what are going to do about that. well i feel for israel it's a shame that he's got to rely on such a lackluster program like medicaid for his health insurance he has relied on he's got nothing he's really he is a lie nice old

>> rick perry had a pretty big role in "double down," chris, so you set that bar exactly that level.des to run for president, he certainly looks like he is going to, he'll be a part of our book if we decide to write one in 2016 for sure. >> god, that's qualified. let me go to mark on that. ted cruz, will he be bigger than rick perry who couldn't remember the government agencies he was going to get rid of. probably the most famous bartletts quotation for him will be oops. will he get beyond that bar? >> first of all, i'm a little surprise you'd didn't show barbara mikulski's imitation of seth meyers which also kills. this thing, as you know, is so wide open. i think ted cruz is an undervalued stock as a player in the republican nomination fight because he is much more skillful, much more thoughtful than he has displayed so far on the national stage. i know i'll set some msnbc tweeters on fire with that but he has the potential. and i think you're absolutely right, that he wants to be back this the game now because he has not performed as well or as visibly in the last few weeks as he

playing at inaugurations from rick perry, perry's hesitation to denounce it. that's the broader issue. >> the broader issue is this. >> i have to tell you, i actually heard rick perry denounce what ted nugent said and i heard rand paul denounce it. >> rick perry did on repeated questioning from wolf blitzer. >> right. but why should people be denouncing somebody that's not even in elected office? i think the republican party has done a much better job recently in denouncing republicans that say outrageous things that are in elected office. can you police everybody out there? i can tell you, i have absolutely no qualms, none, in saying that what he said is condemnable, it is refutable, it is just despicable. sit no way to speak about any human much less the president of the united states. >> anna, i'm just saying a lot of these other people are not as quick to say what you're saying. they're not. they're doing it under pressure, under questioning and not saying they're not going to be seen with him. >> because he's ted nugent. >> ben, go ahead. >> part of it is

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nor will rick perry get anywhere near chris christie. he didn't go near chris christie at all. texas democrats are delighted that chris christie is there. quote from the chairman to the dallas paper today was this. "what's happening in new jersey is in a lot of respects a mirror image of what you see here in texas with rick perry and greg abbott." so texas democrats are psyched to have chris christie in their state, tarring their own state's republicans by guilt with not quite association. new jersey democrats back home are also approaching ecstatic at this point. now trolling the libraries to find the old evidence of chris christie's oldest political scandals to remind you that there were older scandals as well. but if governor christie is looking for the way this scandal ends, this one is not going to end until it makes sense. until the governor's explanations for what happened and why and who did it make sense. and until his own explanations of what he did and when, his explanations of his own role stop evolving over time. we are not there yet. stay with us. when you order t

rick perry running where rick perry runs. after the election jury said that -- said, well, you know, in 2012 by one to run for president in the worst wait, and i did. [laughter] as much running to get the monkey off his back. you will see how that because. santorum and huckabee. then you give into the tea party senators. and, you know, ted cruises will we thought rand paul was going to be. you know, the gatt coming into the capitol building with uneasy spraying it in every direction rolling grenades down the aisle and trying to be the most destructive force that he could possibly be. the thing is, in the presidential race the establishment, remember how the establishment, during the time when gingrich was a front runner and the republican establishment just surrounded am and kicked the hell out of the guy, the establishment cannot dictate you will be the republican nominee, but they can share a sell stops somebody, and there is nobody -- i have been in washington 41, almost 42 years. no less come to washington and kicked off

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finally, harriet says, rick perry.al record in texas and he is a straight shooter. speaking of republican governors, that's it for us in washington. fox news sunday is up next with two of those governors in town for the national governors association meeting. republicans scott walker and peter shumlin. chris wallace meeting washington's cutest celebrity, baby bao bao. >>> crisis in ukraine. who's running the country? we'll discuss ukraine's future and whether it will ultimately decide with the west or russia with two leading senators. dick durbin, number two democrat in the senate. and republican kelly ayotte, a member of the senate armed services committee. and we'll ask our sunday panel whether president obama has badly misjudged vladimir putin. >>> then, the nation's governors come to washington to tackle tough issues like immigration and

quinn and rick perry. from a blue state, i am dan jones. >> from the right, i am newt gingrich. join us monday for another edition of "crossfire," and erin burnett "out front" starts right now. >>> next, breaking news. growing protest in arizona at this hour over a bill that legalizes discrimination against gays and lesbians. >>> the phumunchies. a girl sells cook out outside of a pot store. >>> good evening, everybody. out front tonight, breaking news. banning gays from restaurants at ground zero. the protest has been picking up steam in the past few minutes. people are furious that a state bill would allow business owners to refuse service to gays and lesbians. so if a photographer refused to take pictures of a gay couple they could not sue, for example, and it's not just arizona. lawmakers there are not the only ones that want to pass this type of legislation. protection bills have been introduced in oregon, ohio, mississippi, kansas, tennessee, and oklahoma. and we begin our coverage in phoenix. we are on the ground and looking at pictures. what are you hearing from people?

nugent was also a prominent backup of current texas governor rick perry.ven performed at the governor's inaugural ball wearing a confederate flag t shirt. even mitt romney sought on nugent's endorsement. he wanted support from a man who went on to say this. >> if barack obama becomes the president in november again i will either be dead or in jail by this time next year. >> the secret service paid nugent a visit after that to see if he posed a threat of any kind. t that didn't stop a republican congressman from inviting nugent to the state of the union just two months later. so, no, we shouldn't care about ted nugent. what we should care about the stunning lack of judgment and lack of leadership shown by these politicians who want ted nugent to help them win votes. joining me now is karen finney and wayne slater, senior political writer, dallas morning news. thank you for coming on the show. >> thanks. >> karen, what does it say about some gop leaders that they continually cozy up with the man who calls the president a subhuman mongrel and other things? i'

scott's reptilian past leaves an opening for rick perry to woo hannity. >> i'm a man not wanted in the was born in anymore and there are two states on my list, texas and florida. >> the old motto about texas being the friendship state, it shows through in how we treat people and you are certainly -- you certainly know you are welcome and you'll be treated like a true friend. >> jon: that's all he is looking for. [ laughter ] friend, just looking for a place where the governor is inclusive of all people even those who disagree with him. i governor who would never suggest if you don't fit the majority mold or like their politics you best move on. like how in texas gay marriage is illegal. >> texans have made a decision about marriage, and that if there's some other state that has a more lenient view than texas, maybe it's a better place for them to live. >> jon: wow, sounds kind of what sean hates about our governor. i guess it's called the friendship state because a lot of people there are only allowed to be friends. so sean hannity is disgusted! disgusted! he is disgusted at the new yo

rick perry was quick to criticize the ruling, it is not the role of the government to overturn the will of our chients. what could not be achieved at the ballot box. perry said his state will continue fighting for the rights to determine its own laws. now, to the effort to yufn unife government in ukraine. ousted president yanukovych. facing resistance tot southeast. -- to the southeast. pro russia demonstrators, fighting opposition leaders in the crimea, he sees worrying signs of separatism there. further east in russia, 150,000 troops are conducting military drills near moscow's shared border with ukraine. >>> secretary of state john kerry says the u.s. is prepared to offer the new ukraine government $1 billion in loan guarantees but he says russia must not get the wrong idea about american involvement in the ukrainian uprising. >> we are hoping that russia is not seeing this as sort of a continuation of the cold war. we do not see it that way. we do not believe this should be an east-west, russia-united states. this is not rocky iv, believe me we do not see it that way. >> introduced

he's the man who wants to replace rick perry in the state house. joining us now is kenji yoshina. thank you for being leer. >> it's great to be here. >> i want to talk to you about what happened in arizona, let me ask you first about what happened today with this district court ruling in texas. to be clear, there's the supreme court. and there's the circuit court and the district court. this is the third level down from the supreme court. how important is this ruling beyond just the question of texas couples and whether or not it may result in their marriages. >> i think very important. usually think of the district court being lowest on the tote empole so they can get overruled. one thing trial courts are given deference on are facts. what this judge did was synced himself to other courts from kansas to california and whatever. gay parents are just as good as straight parents. he cited other district court cases. he's creating a web or a net that it's going to be very hard for an appellate court or supreme court to supersede. >> essentially trying to say those questions of fact w

rick perry was quick to criticise the ruling saying: governor is considering a similar bill. state senate could vote on the bill as early as monday. >> the sweeping charges. misconduct within the army is - is greater than first anticipated. hundreds of soldiers were removed from sensitive positions as a result of an obstensive sexual assault probe. it prompted change in how the cases are prosecuted in the military. >> last summer the army said it was suspending 55 sexuality counsellors for offenses such as sexual assault, drunk driving and child abuse. the army went further than chuck hagel's orders and disqualified 588 in total. in a statement the army says: kimberley hank said she assaulted by kill kerr son in italy. >> will kerr son's boss dismissed the verdict as military rules allowed and set him free. the figures on sexual assault in the military make for grim reading. there are 19,000 sexual assaults a year, of which 3,000 are reported and 1500 considered accessible. a panel on capitol hill explored the relationship between sexual assaults in the military, post-traumat

but on behalf of much better men than myself, like the best governor in america, governor rick perry, the best attorney general in america -- just think if america had an attorney general as great as greg abbott like here in texas. so on behalf of those pro preshl politicians and those who put their heart and soul of representing us so accurately, like the gentleman i just mentioned, i apologize for using the street fighter terminology of sub human mongrel, instead of just using more understandable language, such as violator of his oath to the constitution. the liar that he is. the president lied when he said we can keep our doctors, and we can retain our health care, period. and that -- his department of defense and department of terrorism at ft. hood workplace violence. those are the real offensive occurrences in america. so, yes, ben, i apologize for using the term "sub human mongrel" and i will try to elevate my vernacular to the level of those great men that i'm learning from in the world of politics. >> are you apologizing to the president of the united states of america, barack

. >>> governor rick perry and attorney general greg abbott -- >> are standing next to chris christie. >> will not appear with him today in texas. >> his troubles will become your troubles. >> republican candidates, republican elected officials. >> a lot of these christie allegations look really bad. >> won't touch him with a 250 mile pole. >> smart move right now, because so much is in flux. >> at the same time. >> john boehner's comments today on immigration. >> it's gonna be difficult to move any immigration legislation. >> his republican caucus cannot trust the president of the united states -- >> there's widespread doubt. >> -- to follow the law. >> one of the biggest obstacles we face -- >> it is a trust issue. >> is the one of trust. >> the idea that president obama cannot be trusted. >> it's very exasperating to be here. >> john boehner would like to see immigration reform pass. >> the conference is so divided. >> the base is uncomfortable. >> is he just playing to his base? >> i think he's playing hide the cheese. >> we've got a lot of things on our plate. >> the nation will r

. >> nugent, of course, is also friends with rick perry, the current governor. that hasn't stood in the way of rick perry becoming a national figure or winning numerous election in the state of texas. finally, matt, you know, there's been reporting about the wendy davis campaign, wendy davis gave an interview in which she said she would appear to back a hypothetical bill that would have a 20-week abortion ban like the one she filibustered, though different in respects. there has been criticism for the way the campaign handled the press. do you have it together down there in texas? is this campaign on the right path? >> oh, it's definitely on the right path. wendy's position on that issue and others hasn't changed. the truth of the matter is that wendy is going toe to toe with a very aggressive, divisive candidate in greg abbott. he has made a number of mistakes and i think she's in a position to overtake him and win in november, then we've got a chance for a real change in texas. >> i would say getting on stage with ted nugent is an absolute mistake. matt angle

steve stockman appeared with many big named republicans and performed for texas governor rick perry'sion in 2007. he was on the board of the nra, a position voted on by some of the organization's members, which are more than 4 million americans. he's delivered speeches at the nra annual conventions and, of course, all of you know him as the rocker ted nugent. he's now "outfront." ted, great to have you with us. i want to get to the issue of whether you apologized or not. you were on ben ferguson's radio show and you said, i do apologize, not necessarily to. -- not necessarily to the president. people got upset on twitter to say that was not a real apology. ben asked you again, specifically are you apologizing to the president of the united states, you said yes. a lot of people still say you didn't apologize. did you mean it? >> erin, can you see me? >> i see you, ted. >> all right. i can't see you, so i'm at a great disadvantage because i glow and i know you do, too. erin, come on, you have this english language down really well. i bet you understand what the question is, do you apolo

neither governor rick perry or the republican nominee for governor stood by christie's side today.governor christie himself was uncharacteristically out of sight. today in dallas, his entire schedule completely secret, behind closed doors. joining me now host of new jersey capitol report, steve audeboto and ken cuccinelli. steve, let me start with you. the trips don't come up the day before. this has been planned a while. going to raise money. really important donors in texas. >> sure. >> but all of a sudden, nobody wants -- look, they're not appearing with him, and if they wanted to, they would have. that's when you get the photo ops and things like that. is this the right move for republicans to avoid chris christie right now in. >> look, every republican across this country will have a tough choice to make. chris christie is not going. i know that mr. cuccinelli a couple of weeks ago here on cnn on "crossfire" said it's time for chris christie to go. i haven't heard the groundswell, the bandwagon he started is pretty empty. so far, the candidates have to decide, the candidates r

are eyes are on the battle to replace governor rick perry. greg abbott and the youtube sensation wendy davis. >>> good morning, i'm ari melber in for chris jansing and we begin with a breakthrough today for an effort to hold one of the most authoritarian countries accountable. a report was just released about brutality and murder and documents human rights violations on a scale u.n. experts say is without any parallel. according to drawings based on testimony from people held in north korean prison camps, the government uses torture, rape, forced abortions and murder on its own people and the viciousness is not limited to adults. one of the most harrowing findings is to children. guards would, quote, force either a mother or third person to kill the baby by drowning it in water or suffocate it by holding a cloth or other item against its face or putting the baby face down so it cannot breathe. the panel's investigation points to kim jong-un, who could personally be blamed for these unspeakable crimes. the u.n. directly warned him he could fac

you see the rest of the senate class, rubio, cruz, rick perry, stormer senator rick santorum. why is rand paul, why is rand paul number two? he's working the hardest. he's getting out to all these states but why? >> i don't think it's because of his organization. he has a big organization but i think he's taking the hammer right now to secretary clinton. he's out there throwing red meat to conservatives who want to hear it on the clintons. a lot of other republicans, they're being tough on conservative issues, talking about conservative principles but they're not taking on the clintons in the same way. >> his last name is paul, too. he inharnts the support his father has from a hard core libertarian base and those folks are going to be for him, too, and i think that's what you see in the polling is a combination of his hard work, you mentioned, going after the clintons and just the fact his last name in a poll speaks to sort of the tea party libertarian. >> to robert's point, you want you to listen to rand paul. he's done this before but he's clearly doubling down. this is ran

also, rick perry in town., from texas, here for those meetings. and you know what? like christie, he's also thinking about making a run for the white house in 2016. if he does run, he and christie, well, they could be rivals. and catch this. listen to what perry said last night with wolf blitzer in "the situation room" about chris christie. take a listen. >> we're on the same team, we're working together, but let me tell you something, he's a competitor, and i'm going to go and compete against him. i'm going to go against and compete against rick scott. i'm going to compete against bobby jindal, i'm going to compete against nikki hailey. i'm going to compete against jerry brown and pat quinn, and those guys are a little easier to compete against because of the policies they put into place. >> whoa, whoa, what's he talking about there? is he talking about 2016? it sure sounded like him and christie going at it in 2016, but he said no, no, no, i'm talking about 2014, helping more republican governors get elected

. >> or rick perry from texas. >> he's had a run before. >> schieffer: my guess he's trying to run. >> certainly doing everything to allow himself to run whether he will actually do it i don't think we know at this point. he's spending this year putting himself in a position to make the decision to do so. >> schieffer: do you think we'll see as many debates this presidential election as last time out? >> not at the republican party has anything to say. there is a consensus. what could break -- there were too many last time, it created a circus atmosphere. the candidates who were in the second tier want to get their moment in the sun and also by the way, networks that want to have good rock 'em sock 'em events on -- but that's also hillary clinton's challenge. you mentioned eisenhower, at least there was a task. he was fighting within the republican party. with hillary clinton on the stage, unless a nice, we're all friends, kind of thing. if it's not a debate where she -- >> going to get an hour. >> and make her defend everything about obama administration that a lot of liberals are di

. >>> texas governor rick perry in d.c.ion's governors for their annual gathering will be heading to the key state of iowa next week stoking speculation that he's testing the waters for a presidential bid. he'll be joining us live and he'll also share his thoughts about divisions within the gop. >>> president obama pushing for an increase in the minimum wage, but some say that will prompt higher consequences. you'll hear from conservative firebrand ann coulter and we're live at the daytona 500. hope you'll join us in about 15 minutes. stay with us. >>> well, here's something to think about as the president wages war on income inequality. this week "the new york times" ran an article justifying celebrities like robert downey jr. making millions. mr. downey bringing in a cool $50 million for the film "the avengers" but "the times" is the loudest mouth in the room crying foul when a businessman is successful. jonathan, why the double standard? >> well, the double standard exists because we don't respect people's minds, we only