>> jon: what about ron paul. >> uh-uh. uh-uh. >> jon: he's polling better than any other candidate against president barack obama. >> uh-huh. there we go. >> jon: of course, mainstream establishment doesn't seem to... >> ew. >> jon: so we're not supposed to talk about ron paul. >> nah. see, jon, this does work, doesn't it? oh, oh, huh? >> jon: oh! >> ah! >> jon: a ha! >> meow, meow. (laughter) (honking) >> jon: john oliver, everybody. e' (cheers and applause) >> jon: welcome back. my guest tonight a journalist whose new book is called "the man without a face: the unlikely rise of vladimir putin." please welcome to the program, masha gessen. (cheers and applause) how are you? welcome to the show. thank you for being here. the book is entitled "the man without a face: the unlikely rise of vladimir putin." is his rise made more unlikely for lack of a face? (laughter) is that the issue that putin has been facing? >> i... facing it, i don't know if he's capable of it, but, yes, he was plucked out of nowhere in 1999, complete unk

>> jon: what about ron paul. >> uh-uh. >> jon: he's polling better than any other candidate against president barack obama. >> uh-huh. there we go. >> jon: of course, mainstream establishment doesn't seem to... >> ew. >> jon: so we're not supposed to talk about ron paul. >> nah. see, jon, this does work, doesn't it? oh, oh, huh? >> jon: oh! >> ah! >> jon: a ha! >> meow, meow. (laughter) (honking) >> jon: john oliver, everybody. we' well, online dating services can get kind of expensive. so to save money, i've found a new way to get my profile out there. check me out. everybody says i've got a friendly disposition and they love my spinach dip. five foot ten... still doing a little exploring. but... my sign is sagittarius, i'm into spanish cheese, my hairline is receding but i'm getting a weave. getting a weave. there's an easier way to save. who wants some ronald tonight!? who wants some ronald tonight!? geico. fifteen minutes could save you 15% or more. (cheers and applause) >> jon: welcome back. my guest tonight a journal

jim demint, rand paul, mark rubio, ron jon 75 these are new. there the future. look in the house that paul ryan, the michelle bachmann steve king, others come of legal march, there is a collor there. conservatism is mainstream. . . >> okay. we've got time for one last question. >> thank you for your time today. my name is rick simmons and ayman american. and my question is -- [applause] kind of a technical question. >> i'm not allowed to ask for it. my question is i believe one of our problems is we have too many career politicians, and i would like your thoughts on how we implement term limits in congress to eliminate career politicians and get new blood if he will into conagra's and new blood that may run for the presidency in the future so i would like your thoughts on that? >> it is amending the constitution, about term limits, which i agree with through convention which i strongly oppose because what a freak show convention that would be. i don't think we can do better than our founders and the runaway convention would be a runaway country so i'm just not c

then came soon to be a classic. >> i'm ron burgundy. >> thanks for stopping by. >> thanks for stopping by. >> jonchorman, played brilliantly by will ferrell. that was 2004 and eight years later just when you thought the airwaves and movie theaters was safe from the likes of ron burgundy. >> conan, you look awful. [ laughter ] >> what? i look awful? >> you look like someone put a bright red wig on a skeleton and chucked it out of a helicopter. >> you came on my show to play the flute and insult me. was that the idea? >> no, paramount pictures and myself and ronald joseph and ron burgundy have come to terms on a sequel. >> jon: that is the wrap on news watch this week. thanks to our panel. i'm jon scott. thanks for watching. keep it right here on fox news channel. we'll see you next wee

jon: ron paul will have some figure in the convention, for sure. >>> new information on crime in americats' supporters are taking note. you might recall the supreme court struck down strict hand gun bans that were in place in chicago and washington d.c. at the time chicago's mayor predicted the streets would look like the wild west. so is that happening? william la jeunesse live in the los angeles for us. >> reporter: as you know, conventional wisdom holds that more guns means more crime, and that's what many predicted after the court in a 5-4 decision ruled that americans do have a constitutional right to own a firearm. while gun ownership is at an all-time high, crime is down. >> i knew he was out there, and so i got my gun out of a drawer, went around there and let him have it. >> reporter: 82-year-old charles robbins took things into his own hand when a burglar tried breaking into his florida home. many predicted incidents like this would increase after the supreme court overturned gun bans in chicago and washington d.c. >> more handguns in the district of columbia will only lead to

jon: and ron paul is not giving up the fight on the republican side.undits might dismiss his chances of winning the republican nomination, but the texas congressman says he is running to win, and to fight for the political causes in which he believes. paul says he's friendly with mitt romney but denies rumors of a political alliance. with royal supporters and collection of delegates paul could be a power broker of sorts at the republican convention this center. jenna: well, we have this in, this is a special report for jon scott but it has to do with his denver broncos and we're getting reports at this time coming from espn that peyton manning who recently left the colts is signing with the denver bronco, this after whether or not he was going to sign with the tennessee titans or maybe the san francisco 49ers. apparently it looks like at this time he's going to the denver broncos. what does that mean for tim tebow? again, only reports at this time. but initial reports coming from espn, is that, jon, the broncos may be looking to trade away tim tebow? w

debate and they cut off the second half hour where ron paul had the opportunity to speak and here is somebody that is trying to shine a light on. jon stewart let's take a listen. survey showing rick perry running back and romney going down the aisle for a show off. because. of the libertarian ron paul become the fourteenth floor you know hold. so mary why would there be it after it's a silence why what is the motive behind ignoring him. exactly as i mentioned you know ron paul you know he's not the establishment candidate he does not represent the things that. benefit these big corporate core pot corporate government sponsored organizations and the corporatocracy you know ron paul is the exact opposite he's the patriot for the people and you know that's why they don't give him any coverage because he actually can win they like to misreport on his delegate when they like to misreport on his caucus wins in the size of them so you know nobody gave him any cracking credit for winning the caucus in the virgin islands and that's just and say so if they want to call mitt romney the winner for winning eight delegates in the virgin islands

. >> jon: that's our show, here it is your moment of zen. >> santorum supporters, why do you believe that ron paul would be in some sort of conspiracy to help mitt romney and you know what they said to mekong man? you want know tell you, right? >> stephen: tonight tr +*rbgs's a new way to help out the poor-- but don't worry, there's still dozens of ways not to. (laughter) then, the contraception debate heats up. note: heating it up is not an effective form of contraception. (laughter) and my guest is actor william shatner. good, because the studio has a massive triple infestation. (laughter) north korea agrees to suspend its nuclear program. kim jong-il must be rolling over in his shoe box! this is "the colbert report." (cheers and applause) captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: thank you, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to "the "report"! (crowd chanting "stephen") that's good stuff. (cheers and applause) thank you, ladies and gentlemen. i can tell even from this distance that that stuff is pure and uncut. (laughter) good to have you w

newt gingrich at 1 ao 7 and ro 107, and ron paul rounding out at 47. jonalition of labor groups announced they will target specific companies. san and bream live in washington with more on what they have planned. >> reporter: in a press conference moments ago these groups including moveon.org and the seiu says they will are putting corporations on notice that they will be tracking every penny they spend on the political process this year. >> we are not going to stand for corporate america domain to super packs, we are going to challenge those donations, challenge efforts to hide donations through c4's and c6's. we'll challenge the wealthy individuals who are flooding our system with money, and we have many tools to do it. >> reporter: those tools include boycotting and public pressure. today the groups pointed to an example involving target stores when they donated to a politically conservative group in 2010. they want to force corporations to get shareholder approval before they can spend on political issues. skeptics say that is the exact opposite of wha

ron? where are you? >> i'm in a glass case of emotion. >> we were doing the happy kind of crying last night. yes, "anchorman" is back. >>> last night, jon on "the daily show" showed off a little russian accent to make fun of president obama's hot mike gaffe with russian president medvedev. >> this is my last election. >> i understand that. >> after my election, i have more flexibility. >> yeah, i understand you. i transmit this information to vladimir. >> i transmit this information to vladimir. that is a sentence that should only be spoken into a shoe phone. i wonder if russia has been our enemy for years because everything they say just sounds evil. maybe tone and syntax. in russian it's like, has it been prepared for this evening? everything they say just sound like a veiled threat. have a nice day. >> it is my wish that you enjoy your waking up. >> i can't believe it's not butter. >> the authorities insist it is not butter, but -- >> a little drago action there. in still ahead, why you are awake. your tweets and texts are next. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage compan

newt gingrich and ron paul also campaigned, hoping to keep their chances alive. the chief executive of m.f. global, former senator jon corzine, gave the order to transfer $200 million of clients' money just days before the firm collapsed. that's according to a congressional memo released today by investigators trying to track $1.6 billion of missing customer funds. it included an email sent by a firm executive stating the money transfer was "per j.c.'s instructions" to cover an overdraft. last december, corzine testified before lawmakers that he did not know where any of the money went. on wall street, stocks eked out small gains today. the dow jones industrial average gained more than 34 points to close above 13,080 points. the nasdaq rose more than four points to close at 3,068. for the week, the dow lost more than 1%; the nasdaq rose four tenths of a percent. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: and to the obama administration's move to relax limits on the search and storage of information about americans. margaret warner has the story. >> warner: the updated guidelines allow

of course ron paul will be in the race for a long time. jon: what about the overall effect of super tuesday? sometimes it is one of those days where the event awl winner is determined and everybody else pretty much heads to the exits? is that a possibility? >> it is a possibility. i think only for romney but if you look at polls in these super tuesday states, it is going to be difficult for him to sweep certainly. that is probably not going to happen. because he has had some trouble in the southern states. so, i think if he were to win seven, eight of the 10, then you could say, well this race is effectively over. i think he could be the winner on super tuesday but getting the seven or eight states is going to be difficult. romney of course is helped by the fact that gingrich and santorum are going to split votes and clearly, i think romney is going to be the favorite going in but whether he comes out as father out of that race, if he has a disappointing night, only wins three states and santorum wins four or five, this whole thing could chang

ron paul and mitt romney are on the ballot in virginia. we'll see what happens there as well. we'll get back to you. thanks, jim acosta. >>> joe jonseping track of the rick santorum campaign. they're in bowling green, ohio now. let's look ahead, joe to super tuesday. what are you hearing from the santorum folks? >> well, number one, i got to tell you, they're both here in this building behind me on the campus of bowling green university and newt gingrich just finished speaking a while ago x santorum getting ready to step to the mic. it's been tough for santorum today as jim talked about. of course, they're saying about this controversy over the delegates and the inability or failure to file and being potentially out of as many as 18 out of 48 congressional district delegates. they're saying, look, this is an indicator of a slow start by rick santorum, the fact of the matter is he didn't have much money at the very beginning and he didn't have much organization. so they're saying that doesn't mean he wouldn't be a good nominee should he get the nomination going forward. newt gingrich, obviously, is a guy who right now is looking at

jon: gingrich talked about how he thinks this race could end up? >> yes. surprisingly canada, as a matter of fact. mr. gingrich has been arguing for some time. imingts of himself, santorum and ronomination to romney. today he acknowledged there is no way that he and his rivals save romney could win the nomination. listen to the striking remarks. >> this is either going to be romney or an open convention. santorum is not going to get to 1144. i'm not going to get to 1144. ron paul is not going to get to 1144. >> and louisiana votes tomorrow. 20 delegates at stake. it's likely that santorum, based on early polls, going into it with a big advantage will split the delegates with romney picking up some and gingrich as well. >> jon: carl cammeron, thank you. president obama set to take off first visit to what is said to be the most heavily guarded border in the world. white house says the president on sunday will go to the demilitarized zone dividing north and south korea. it will come during a three day trip to seoul for talks on nuclear security and trade among other topics. the last four u.s. presidents have each visited the dmz but president obama's trip will be the first since p

building momentum and with newt gingrich and ron paul not competeing in illinois, again, this is an important for santorum to shine and it could be tough. jonnd a.b. stoddard, thank you. we'll continue to watch that race throughout the day in illinois. jenna: also today, a critical hearing on the way forward in afghanistan. u.s. general john allen, telling house lawmakers, we're on track to make sure that afghanistan doesn't once again become a safe haven for al-qaeda. today's hearing comes amid growing tensions, of course, in the region, tensions we don't have to remind of you, of course, you have the koran burning, a u.s. soldier allegedly going on this deadly shooting rampage, so the timing is important. chief intelligence correspondent catherine her eurpblg is live with more on what the temperature commander in afghanistan had to say today. some interesting changes on the hill. >> reporter: that's right. so far the hearing has not been dominated by testimony by staff sergeant bale, confirming there are 16 shootings of afghan civilian, one is criminal and the second, administrative, which means it looks at the command structure that allo

santorum, or newt gingrich or ron paul, whoever emerges as our republican party nominee will be stronger for having gone through this very tough, difficult primary process. jonand former counselor to president george w. bush. ed gillespie thank you. jenna: he was talking about whether or not there is still room for a late entry in the republican presidential race. that is still a question out there. a new rasmussen poll out reveals that voters are really thinking about that. scott rasmussen will join us ahead. we also have this. amazing video of men risking their lives to save another. we have the full story next. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. i remember the day my doctor told me i have an irregular heartbeat, and that it put me at 5-times greater risk of a stroke. i was worried. i worried about my wife, and my family. bill has the mos common type of atrial fiillation, or afib. it's not caused by a heart valve problem. he was taking warfarin, but i've put him on pradaxa instea

ron paul doesn't appear like he's going anywhere. he campaigned in alaska. he could do well as carl mentioned in north dakota. one more thing, jonalthcare issue here in ohio, it's a big deal. these why rick santorum is talking about it at every stump speech. if you remember ohio as a state voted against the mandate of healthcare. they voted for union benefits, but against the healthcare mandate. jon: it's going to give you a lot to talk about on special report. bret baier thank you. tune into special report, 6:00pm eastern special show tonight from ohio. thanks. jenna: new information now on a federal loophole that is causing quite a storm of controversy. illegal immigrants getting tax breaks from the federal government, receiving refund checks that are costing you billions of dollars. william la jeunesse is live in los angeles with more on this. >> reporter: should we cut checks to people enter the country illegally. republicans tried to end this tax break to pay for the payroll tax cuts. senate democrats said know because it would hurt working families, illegal or not. illegal immigrants can't work in the u.s. lawfully, nor ca

>> reporter: texas congressman ron paul regularly inintroduces his wife carol to whom he has been married for 57 years at his events. nice to see those kind of stories. jonty you on their wedding day they never thought their husbands would be run day for president. >> reporter: don't you believe that for one second. they all believe that about their husbands. come on. didn't yours? jon: no. james rosen, thank you. >> reporter: thank you. >> well is the u.s. becoming a nanny state and how do americans feel about the idea. a new national survey took a look at this. and it indicates the public is a little more schizophrenic than we thought about this issue. and overwhelming number of approving of laws that govern lifestyle choices. like banning texting while driving or mandating seatbelts or regulating smoking. while also the same group of people are concerned these laws made limit our individual freedom. mary katharine ham, daily caller and fox news contributor and juan williams a fox political analyst. starting with you it, mary katherine. we get talk about big government, big government. are we confused? maybe people want some of these regulations. at le

jon: these endorsements from george h.w. bush and paul ryan are they directed at the electorate at large or directed at newt gingrich and rick santorum and maybe to a lesser extent, ron paul? >> they're -- oh. they're directed at those guys in particular. i think they're also directed at the press. the last two full-time reporters on the gingrich campaign have been pulled off it. it leads to the question if a tree falls in the forest, and nobody's there does it make a sound. jon: carl, you wanted to weigh in. >> reporter: yeah. we knew when rick santorum lost ohio on super tuesday that there was historical, mat call and political consequences to that. ever since then romney has had double the delegates of rick santorum and santorum has not been able to gain any ground back in that growing deficit. there is a certain degree of presumptive nominee status that people are beginning to get tired of with romney. there is hunger in the republican party to go up against barack obama that is the primary concern of voters with the exception of jobs and the economy. who can beat barack obama and when can we start that is beginning to overtake both rick santorum and newt gingric