greta: center rick santorum joins us.w framed as a moral issue -- senator rick santorum joins us. >> yes, they are throwing everything at this problem, and i would agree it is a moral issue. he quoted scripture duringç his talk,ç and i think there is an obligation for all of us to provide for our brothers. do not get me in trouble, greta. but the question is, is in our obligation to provide? the catholic church has hospitals all over the country because they thought it was an obligation for them to provide it. is it really obligation for the federal government? then you are taking the obligation from the individuals and giving it to the federal government to provide care for us. and that is not, i would argue, a moral -- greta: i see most people would agree that we need to do something about our health-care system -- i think most people would agree. are they saying you are immoral because you have a different solution to the plan? that is what worries me. >> they are trying to raise this as moral high ground, and if you

coming up, you'll hear what senator rick santorum thinks. but first, senator santorum is heading to iowa. he joins us. i love iowa, but it does not have beaches, no mountains are climbing, no disney world to take the family. there is only one reason people go to iowa, so what is up? you are going to iowa. >> do not being dissing i know i was so much. greta: i said i love iowa. >> wisconsin is neighboring iowa. look. i was invited out by the american future funds, and they asked me to come out and give a speech, so i reached out -- by the american future fund. i am speaking. yes, i went to iowa because i am very concerned about what is going on in america right now, and as you know, i come here on fox, go on the radio, and i write, and when you go and give a speech in iowa, people pay attention to what you are doing, and that is what i hope to accomplish. greta: i wrote down in the notes. is what you said code for that you are considering 2012? >> i am worried about 2009. this is a very critical time, greta. the reason you are seeing a deep pa

and brick -- rick santorum is heading to iowa, and six other presidential candidates have already beaten him to it. duane way to had offered to go one-on-one with him if he scored a presidenal interview. the president not only sat down with damon, but gave him a headline, and matching an education speech for september 8. we'll be back next friday. >>> as the health-care debate continues, some relief for prince william county. the wellness center provides hundreds of uninsured patients with free events and provides preventive care in the form of exercise, nutrition, and fitness advice. it is entirely the volunteer run and funded through donations. >>> a nice weekend, even better if you can make it to the beach. it is fiber six degrees cooler for ocean city. -- is five or six degreesr coooo for ocean city. inutre, si nala evly eg as we take a look at what is eanin on withurer wth twne fir lrst stop will take as the chevy che, 8 w4 degrees after a daytime high of 80 degrees. next up, 85 degrees after an 89 high. that is why it feels so uncomfortable outside. college park, n a bad high, 85 d

like rick santorum to think he could be elected president of the united states. late period elvis was more grounded in reality than this guy. i've made a short series of things that are more likely to happen than rick santorum getting elected president. the movie "g.i. joe" sweeps the independent spirit award. steve bartman is elected mayor of chicago. >> very good. >> chompsky is added to the cast of "gossip girl," and a sex tape surfaces featuring rush limbaugh and glenn beck and a sex doll with ronald reagan's face on the front. actually i'm sorry. that should have been the category of things that have happened. >> exactly. santorum is in fact downplaying that iowa visit, but he did say your voice becomes more amplified. sounds like a message from thomas edison. the recording device -- your voice becomes more amplified in a place like iowa or new hampshire. is that the lesson for the republicans? don't change the message. just turn it up to 11. >> don't under estimate the power of sheer volume, keith. the town hall protests have proved anything, in fact you do

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greta: senator rick santorum joins us. those words back. >> yes, there was the offhand remark by the speaker, and that is one thing. that is bad. that is horrible. but this was a vetted up and down the line. this is what they think. -- this was vetted up and down the line. they wrote an op-ed, and they called the american public showing up at these town meetings un-american, and you want to talk about putting gasoline on a fire. they're going to guarantee that this thing is going to be hot to drop their rest of august. -- throughout the rest of august. greta: frankly, she did not use that were. that is the problem, and it is probably true of others, and maybe many members of congress and others protested when they felt passionate and strongly about things, said to come at now and say -- is just a terrible choice of words -- so to come out now and say that -- it is just a terrible choice of words. >> not only steny hoyer and nancy pelosi, but the deputy chief of staff right under rahm emanuel, he is the one who was quoted a

be a tougher sell, especially with constituents complaining about it once at home. >> clayton: rick santorum is a "fox news" contributor and he joins us now. but my senator to back up monday, clinton good to see you guys. >> clayton: let's talk about your home state in my home state of pennsylvania. what happens when the senators go back. casey goes back or present, it goes back to their districts during august recess. are they going to hear anger from their constituents and is unlikely to derail the whole healthcare process. >> yes, they will if he gets actually show up what you will see from a lot of members. i checked the schedule for senator specter and senator casey in pennsylvania yesterday and didn't see any public events were sent for senator casey in the entire month of august and on a couple for senator specter. a lot of the members will hide to be honest with you. they realize the press are showing up at a town meeting and having seniors talk about the provision that you have to counsel them every five years about whether to end her life are not is not going to go over well among

former pennsylvania senator rick santorum is raising eyebrows after he announced a series of visits to iowa this fall he said he's not considering a white house run at this time, but he said, quote, this is an opportunity for me to go out and talk about things that i think the we need to be doing to turn this country in the right direction. we're going to continue to keep an eye on the early primary states in the weeks and months ahead. sean: and tonight's meltdown is brought to you by u.n. secretary general moon. he spoke yesterday in korea at the world environment summit and issued a dire warning, the world is coming to an end. you may be wondering how to avoid this according to to the him, if we fail to act, cly malt change will intensify droughts, floods, and other natural disasters, water shortages will affect hundreds of millions of people, social unrest, even violence, could follow. scary, i know. but don't worry, we still have time, just not that much. the secretary general said, we have the power to change course, but we must do it now. we have just four months, four months to

into the guy who has the conscience of america in a brown paper bag at all times, former senator rick santorumo has revealed he's heading to iowa in october, presumably to kick the tires on a run for the presidency. is the country finally ready for a president who has publicly equated homosexuality with man on dog sex? >> god, would i love to spend ten minutes inside the political c

i can see why senator rick santorum will start to move to that conclusion. have people trusting democrats less on things like candle in the deficit, on taxes. congress is job approval is not great, has not been great. and congress is run by the democrats. and president obama's popularity is lower than it was. all of those pointed to a potential of a good republican year next year. on top of all that, give the obvious fact that democrats have more seats to defend than they used to so they are more vulnerable to lose seats. that is just reality. the economy seems to be stabilizing, may be turning around. you don't know how the health debate will turn out and never know what surprises are out there. so the political picture in august of 2009 could look vastly different by december of 2009, or certainly january 2010, which is to say it is very early. but right now, it looks like they may have something to smile about. host: one more thing -- hillary clinton yesterday in the congo. just want to show the video and get your response. >> people heard about the chine

as for "fox news" reader and former pennsylvania senator rick santorum thinks. he joins me now live. good morning, senator. >> at my house in. see when i get your point. let's make a level playing field. the president said if you're happy with healthcare, nothing will change. it numbers of congress for you or i as private citizens are happy with our healthcare, why do you think we should have to change? >> i think if members of congress think this is such a great idea for the average consumer to have a government-sponsored plan and eventually a government controlled plan, they should sign up for themselves and give themselves the same health-care they say is best for america. he won't do that. in fact there's legislation that senator coburn have authored that would do just the opposite. instead of congress saying here's the health-care will give you, we'll give you the option of having the same health-care congress has an effect on a similar system that every number of congress has come as well as every federal employee has. >> alysin: lawmakers, the plan that l

i can see why senator rick santorum will start to move to that conclusion.on taxes. congress is job approval is not great, has not been great. and congress is run by the democrats. point to the potential for a good republican year next year. on top of all that, you have the obvious fact that democrats have more seats to defend than they used to, so they are more vulnerable to losing seats. my cautionary note would be that the economy seems to be stabilizing, may be turning around. you don't know how the health debate will turn out and you never know what surprises are out there. the political picture in august of 2009 could look vastly different by december of 2009, which is to say is a long game and we are only in the early innings, but right now it looks like republicans have some things to smile about. host: one more thing, hillary clinton yesterday in the condo. i just went to show the video and get your response. >> people heard about the chinese contracts in this country. the interference from the world bank against this contract, what does mr. clinton

. >> contenders, rick santorum is joining the parade to iowa.parade, huckabee, jindal, pataki, ensign. they say they're going to build the party, senator santorum going october 21st -- october 1st, to do a right-to-life group. but if you're republican, if you're even semiwell known, the easiest way to get a headline is to go to iowa. >> if you had to handicap this race, it's way too handicap it but it's what we do. >> "way too early. ". >> thank you. who is the republican front-runner to be president? >> i think most people would say that governor romney has the biggest head start but, as you know the history of republican politics, both sides like having a head start isn't always necessarily where you want to be. when you're out front, folks are shooting you from the back. >> mitt romney for now. back to these town hall meetings. there has been amazing video, screaming, fighting, pushing, shoving. the one congressman from texas, i understand, is actually canceling a trip to go back into the teeth of these town hall meetings. >> to get pushed an

finally yesterday at this time you told us about rick santorum possibly jumping into the 2012 race and you have some news about someone else. tell us about it. >> newt gingrich is on that list of people who is not running, kind of running, might run in 2012 and he's trying to position himself as a man with ideas. today he's going to appear before a think tank, a conservative think tank in washington and he's going to give a four-hour class on smarter ways to govern and in typical newt gingrich fashion, he's going to have 198 slides. kill them with his intellect. >> wow. four hours, 198 slides. >> i'm just going to be honest, no, i don't think he is and the reason he's not is he's a great ideas guy. he's great intellect against the conservative movement but, pat, i think you'll agree with me, newt always, and we saw this in the house, he always seems to stumble across a horrific headline. he will follow sarah palin in the death panel talk. he will fumble around and call the president of the -- suggest the president of the united states is a reverse racist. he always goes for that one ex

by former pennsylvania senator rick santorum and radio talk show host bill press and in new york, fatherining me this morning. >> hi, alisyn, good morning. >> bill, start with you, you heard president obama, he said passing this a moral obligation and engaging the religious leaders to help him. is this crossing a line? >> i don't think so. first i want to put it quickly in context, we're talking about an intersection of faith and politics and we're dealing with this 250 years and haven't got it right and we're always talking about it and this is a good example. he think the key here is that health care or healing the sick, has always been a mission of people of faith for centuries, look at the religious hospitals, look at the people who made it a mission to take care of this sick. so this great country of ours, 47 million people would have no health insurance, i think for people of faith that's a moral obligation to try to do something about it. okay, bill, let me stop you there, and senator santorum, you remember when president bush passed his faith-based initiative trying to help get n