santorum: as i said, the enforcement of e-verify. if you stop immigration from the border, if you require people to adhere on overstays to leave. you contact them and move with the process of removal, you know who they are and they made a promise when they came here that they believe at a certain time and we would go through the process of contacting them and moving forward with their removal. the same thing would happen with other people who are in this country. we would move forward with removals as we find people who in most cases -- we would find them through people who have broken the law and have been known to law enforcement and therefore communicate with our ice agents to begin the process of removal. it would be a rather easy systematic way of going through that process. simply enforcing the law. >> this questioner notes you're a politician who has made family the centerpiece not only of your politics but your life. how would you handle children who are citizens by birthright, but whose parents are here illegally? another qu

santorum. mr. santorum: now you are going to get me in trouble. karen, i'm putting you. that's what i was thinking. mr. heath: let's shift gears. you agree it is time? mr. santorum: i think that's certainly appropriate. we have tremendous people, women of great accomplishment. i have no problem putting them on currency. mr. heath: why has it taken this long. do you support the marketplace fairness act from another voter marketplace fairness act, which requires internet businesses to collect sales tax. mr. santorum: i do not. mr. heath: what is going to happen if this push continues? how do you get across the message that taxing the internet might stifle growth. mr. santorum: what we don't need is more government texas. taxes. we need to go to a flat rate a simple system where you don't have any of the bells and whistles, no incentives. you don't need them if you have a low flat rate. mr. heath: i hear from small business owners that feel at every level they are overburdened. some say they would not even start the business today. are we antibusiness in america and why? mr

santorum. mr. santorum: now you are going to get me in trouble. karen, i'm putting you. that's what i was thinking. mr. heath: let's shift gears. you agree it is time? mr. santorum: i think that's certainly appropriate. we have tremendous people, women of great accomplishment. i have no problem putting them on currency. mr. heath: why has it taken this long. do you support the marketplace fairness act from another voter marketplace fairness act, which requires internet businesses to collect sales tax. mr. santorum: i do not. mr. heath: what is going to happen if this push continues? how do you get across the message that taxing the internet might stifle growth. mr. santorum: what we don't need is more government texas. taxes. we need to go to a flat rate a simple system where you don't have any of the bells and whistles, no incentives. you don't need them if you have a low flat rate. mr. heath: i hear from small business owners that feel at every level they are overburdened. some say they would not even start the business today. are we antibusiness in america and why? mr

santorum and why do you stand behind mr. santorum? >> the 2% isn't a lot better than iowa when he won iowa. you might want to put that into context. if you look at major issues our country is facing, what is the number one issue ahead of health care, education, immigration. what is it? the global jihad movement. one day it's al qaeda, then isis and boko haram, rick santorum is probably the only candidate of the 17 on the stages that is the isis magazine with the picture of him and calling him the enemy. the number one issue facing our country, he probably understands that more than anyone, and lindsey graham is plugged in there too as well, and rubio mentioned at a conference about the twelfth imam and the return of the emwadi why that is relevant to the bomb. secondly, what's most exciting, and i've been an underdog most of my life, when i came out of the agency, i had $1200 and blessed with 70 wonderful teammates that helped me get where i am, he is plugged into the need of the 74% of americans who never graduated from college. wher

santorum: we need leadership on other issues. we are at a point in time in our country where four years ago when i was standing on this stage, we see what is happening threatshe world that are rising against america, not just from iran but from china and russia and even from central and south america. this president has turned a blind eye to deliberately powerful enemies. notas empowered russia by holding up to her trees with ukraine. he has empowered syria. he has empowered iran. he has empowered isis. he has empowered china. our enemieskind to and very harsh to our allies. we need a leader who will stand for the principles of our government and for our own national security. we need one who will stand with our allies to make sure that our interests are defended. race has thes record that i do on national security. just about three months ago, and itblished a magazine comes out on a monthly basis, i am told. so for three months, my picture was in their magazine. and it was under the headline, "in the words of our enemy." i laid

santorum: again this is a difficult situation. a scenario where we can work with the mexican government. they have responsibility then if they try to enter this country. that should be a part of what the mexican government should do is a stopping them from coming into the country in the first place. when it does reach our border, it becomes a shared responsibility. not a responsibility of the united states. mexico is facilitating these types of the border crossings. they have to take responsibility. >> [indiscernible] mr. sanctorum: i'm going to have to run. thank you. thanks. well, thank you. [indiscernible] mr. sanctorum: sure. [indiscernible] mr. santorum: it is more than a two-minute answer. i have another speech. thank you. >> "washington journal," is next, we look at today's news and take your phone calls. cruz will be ted at the iowa state fair, we have live coverage of 11:00 a.m. eastern. this evening, presidential candidate and senator bernie sander holds a town hall meeting in columbia, south carolina. afterwards, he tak

president santorum. ( laughter ) you kill me! you got me again, john king, you praingster. ( laughter ) , of course, the national shift makes it a lot more acceptable now for republican candidates to say kind of things they were saying in the last campaign cycle as well. >> i am for a constitutional amendment that says marriage is between a man and a woman at the federal level. >> the sacrament of marriage is based on a man and woman. >> marriage existed before governments existed. i can call this napkin a paper towel, but it is a napkin. ( laughter ) >> jon: oh, oh, and let me gets, in your scenario, the paper towel is the gay guy. oh, okay. how stereotypical you can get? ( cheers and applause ) you get my point. republicans can no longer dismiss gay marriage out of hand. they must engage the question. >> the question is, if you would attend to a gay wedding. >> if somebody in my life that i loved and cared for, of course, i would. i mean, i'm not going to hurt them simply because i have a dis-- i disagree with a choice they've

welcome back to the soap box stage rick santorum. mr. santorum: thank you. i apologize for being two minutes late but i came from a rally at the state capitol. to defund planned parenthood. i was proud to be the only presidential candidate up there talking about how we have to defund planned parenthood. talking about the reality of what planned parenthood is doing. videos, andat those i know this because i wrote the law. what they are doing and was described in the videos, partial-birth abortion. those were done in this case to so theythe vital organs can harvest the baby's organs for research and otherness various things. -- other nefarious things. planned parenthood is breaking the law. we need someone in washington who can get done. we have gotten things done. partiald about the birth abortion statute. important piece of legislation. said.s. supreme court banning partial-birth abortion was unconstitutional. most people when they have a court decision that is against what they believe, they do what most republican candidates do. it is the law of the land a

santorum is right. cruz does support increasing h1bs by 500%, but that fact needs some fleshing out. federal law caps the number at 65,000 a year, with some exceptions. but the demand, foreign applications were at 124,000 in 20 phren. then they almost doubled to 233,000 in 2016. senator cruz was part of a group of senators trying to get ahead on this issue. he filed an amendment to the much talked about immigration bill two years ago, beefing up h1bs to 325,000 or five times the base federal level. but that deal was a bipartisan effort, meaning cruz's effort didn't cross party lined, but they did squash the deal. it turns out cruz isn't the only gop hopeful who supports an expansion. the so-called gang of eight also included candidates lindsey graham and marco rubio. two names noticeably absent from santorum's immigration comments. i'm sam brock. that's reality check. back to you. >> four bay area firefighters are heading to washington state to join the battle against dozens of massive wildfires there.

he's no rick santorum. that doesn't seem to bother southern whites who are mostly baptist and religious. doesn't bother them he's lived in new york and manhattan, sin city as far as most of them are concerned up there with those ethnic people. doesn't bother them. the fact he's a new york we are the "new yorker" brashness doesn't seem to bother them. is there anything cultural he has in common with the people in those stands tonight? anything? >> i think joy hit on it. he's speaking to the sense of cultural anxiety about the rise of the obama coalition in the last few years, this nostalgia for ronald reagan, make america great again, that's a call back to ronald reagan right there and he shares their absolute disgust with and contempt for the republican party establishment in major political institutions in this country today and when he goes up there and calls out, for instance, the bush family by name, when he calls the iraq war one of the biggest mistakes in american history, he's talking in a way that n

rick santorum, a republican candidate for president is on the soapbox. it looks like we have lost that signal as well. we will go back to hillary while we try to get that fixed. in iowa and our country to make life better for many millions of our fellow particularly, but not only people with disabilities. so that the continuing influence is how we need to work together, how we need to stand up and fight together. how we can get things done together. it really does set the challenge before us very clearly. tom, you and ruth have been great friends. we are so appreciated if of the years we had as colleagues. to fix ourwork signal problems and i were, we will show you part of today's washington journal with more about campaign 2016. host: in our last 40 minutes of the washington journal, our phones are open. we are talking about campaign 2016 and the early winners and losers. the republicans, democrats, independents, and outside the u.s. we want to hear your take about two has won the early part of the contest for 2016, or who has been the unexpected loser

politico.com reporting the day rick santorum who fox news is keeping out of the debate, rick santorum already is politically dead. his campaign manager, his iowa manager, top digital strategist, they have all left the rick santorum campaign and are going to try to work at a super pac instead and see if that works. maybe it will work. but it's never a good sign when your campaign manager leaves and the only statements are that there are no plans to replace him. fox news excluding rick perry from the debate, it looks like the perry campaign will start to die, too. larry sabado has already run the death knell. quote, the stakes are simply too high. if a candidate can't even make it to the debate stage, why would rational donors and volunteers continue giving money and time to what is apparently a lost cause. it's hard to look presidential languishing at home while your opponents are discussing foreign policy and national security on national television. that has already started for rick santorum who is out of the debate thanks to fox and whose campaign has apparently started to die becau

rick santorum is comparing undocumented parents to bank robbers.aking yesterday, santorum said quote, it's like someone that robs a bank because they want to feed their family. >>> jon stewart left the show but has a large fan base. on change.org, 130,000 signed a petition asking he moderate a presidential debate. >>> trump held a 27-year-old bald eagle named uncle sam for his interview with "time" magazine. he said trump would put on a blue lander steel gaze and do the photo for every interview. >> rachel maddow talked about trump being president and enjoying the job. >> maybe he could be elected and outsource it to somebody. like china will do it for $3 it turns out. >> that's a good deal. >> exactly. >> first lady was on jimmy kimmell last night to talk about a healthy eating initiative. kimmel seemed confused about her campaign. >>>i couldn't be more excited about the new campaign called efv. >> eat your f'n vegetables. >> what was that? it is isn't. i think you might be confused. >> i think you actually might be a little confused. but you're t

santorum: no, i understand that. isis is the one that is threatening this country. >> [indiscernible] mr. santorum: i -- i understand. from my perspective, first things first. and the first thing is we have an organization and isis that is a great challenge to the security of our country and the stability of the region. if it is not eliminated, it can be a serious national security threat to our country. so that is our priority and i am not as familiar with all the different elements that are fighting aside, but that would be -- assad, but that is something we would look towards. we have a very mixed bag as to whether you have any type of resistance that you want to align with. >> [indiscernible] mr. santorum: again, it all depends on what our alternatives are in the country. inyou back challengers mississippi and utah in the last two election cycles. and vigorously supported their opponents. do you suspect that that will help you in the quest for delegates in those states? mr. santorum: oh, i don't know. i think we

i think it was clear what rick santorum's strategy is. the first thing he wants to try to do is to corral the most socially conservative people in the republican party. and that worked for him the last time around. it didn't seem to work for him here. in terms of your earlier question about those really tough questions thrown at these candidates. i'm all for tough candidates to questions in the debate. but i hope the people on the other stage get questions like that too. otherwise fox first picked a method that marginalized these people and then invited them in to be insulted. kind of odd. >> the questions the candidates faced were interesting. the questions so far. here's what they were questioned about. three questions on the economy. two on immigration, two on health care, seven on foreign policy or terrorism, and zero on hillary clinton, though the candidates brought her up on their own. do you think we'll see a similar breakdown tonight? and what do you make of it? >> i do. i think that there is an obsession with hillary clinton. the

senator santorum joins me now. you just heard from trump, he's emphatically not ruling out a third-party run? >> well, you know, i'm not concerned about that, the republican party is going to treat every candidate fairly, they have rules and they're going to live by those rules, and donald trump like every other candidate will rise and fall. i don't have any fear that donald trump somehow is going to treated unfairly and therefore run as a third-party candidate. >> okay, let's get to you, right now, it looks like you're not going to be on that debate stage, you're not in the top ten, you're quite a ways out, what do you say about these debate rules that can leave you, the runner-up last time, out of the first debate? >> yeah, they're pretty arbitrary. i saw a poll recently, they asked iowa caucusgoers, if they could name all the presidential candidates and 80% could name only three. and the national polls are irrelevant. i was at 1% in the nation poll four years ago. i won 11 states, 4 million votes. i won the iowa

santorum: we have to make sure our sectors are competitive. one of the things i announced, if we are going to restore the center of america, we have to get american spectrum realty that we have to get americans back to work. wage growth has released stagnated. 74% of americans do not have a college degree and do not have manufacturing jobs. 20 million manufacturing jobs when reagan was president. we now have 11 million. if we do not allow our country to be competitive with the rest of the world, we will continue to see that the client and there is no struggling list. that is why i put our campaign square on, will make effectuating competitive. he will put out a flat tax that will have a time that transitions for manufacturing. we will incentivize that money to calm into country. we will have repatriation. instead of depreciation, incentivize manufacturing. mr. heath: [indiscernible] mr. santorum: you also have the flat tax. income tax, corporate tax, all 20%. mr. heath: in new hampshire, if someone maxes out on public assistance, that is $14 a

how -- are you excited to talk to rick santorum?two are going to be very far apart on everything. >> yes. yeah, everything. [ light laughter ] >> seth: and do you -- do you go into it hoping it is not contentious? hoping? what do you hope for? >> i want him to answer questions that i don't already know the answer to. >> seth: got it. >> so like, do you think that i should have the same civil rights that you have? no. [ light laughter ] okay, like i know what you're gonna say there. you know, like, do you think we should bomb iran? yes. there's a bunch of stuff i know how he's going to answer, but there's other stuff that i honestly don't know what the answer is. i don't know, if i were running for president, i would run against donald trump. >> seth: yeah. >> right? he wants to be kind of a populist guy who wants to campaign for raising the minimum wage. >> seth: right. >> that's interesting. how do you sell that in the republican field? i also think he's the best communicator out of all of the republicans. if you want to listen to

sick santorum did an amazing job in 2012 surprising all of us.f he couldn't build on the support and notarity to become a top tier contender at the beginning of 2016, it's just not happening. lightning doesn't strike twice. in other words, he was an unknown quantity. it was a really weird republican field. there were simply too many voices for the voters to go to this time. if he's not starting at the top, he's not going to get there. >> you like me, we happy admit that we watch the spire cspan voters forum two days ago. one person who jumped out to me was carly fiorina. very strong in the bits and pieces she was able to talk about her private sector experience. is there any chance for her to gain some transaction here? you know the party brass would like to see a woman on stage. >> i think where the republican party is really hurting tonight despite the candidates they have in prime time is the fact that carly fiorina is the only woman running. but i'm not sure yet if she's going to be able to turn all of these rave reviews she's had in iowa, ne

senator santorum, let's get back to the question at hand. is whether or not americans have become too reliant on assistance or too willing to take assistance. do you believe that we need to change the culture in this country in terms of whether or not we should be encouraging people to get off of it, and take the job when it's available? when they're able and not doing that. >> a one-two punch. create better-paying jobs. that's the bottom line. we haven't. that's the reason i've said under my presidency we'll create jobs and make america the number one manufacturing country in the world. if we want to create jobs for the folks that you're talking about who are having trouble getting off government benefits, primarily because of their low skill level, there is no better way. it's worked for 100 years in america. putting people back to work in manufacturing is it. i'm going to be introducing a plan which i call the 2020 perfect vision for america. it's a 20% flat rate tax. it will take a blow torch to the irs. it will create a manufacturing ju

rick perry and rick santorum. candidates sharping their attack lines. >> if this deal goes through, the obama administration will become quite literally the world's leading finesier of radical islamic terrorism. >> reporter: are they ready to tangle with trump who's surged to top of the poll by winning some passionate fans. >> he's successful. i want to be a billionaire. >> tell me what you think a trump presidency would look like sf. >> a presidency of hope. >> reporter: some analysts like fivethirtyeight nate silver says this might be as far as trump goes. >> trump will tout his top-line numbers and say, i have 20% of the base. but, in the end, 20% is not enough and when half of your own party dislikes you don't have very much room to grow from that 20%. >> jon, one of trump's main talking points is he'll win the presidency. he'll beat hillary clinton. clinton has a double-digit lead over trump. >> thanks tom. >>> let's get straight to the gop front-runner donald trump who joins us by the phone. thank you for jo

, and one person shows up at the event for rick santorum.g his crowd as he goes, two people showed up for >> larry: tonightly, mayor deblasio tries to crack down on topless women in times square. thanks, mr. mayor, but can we get people to stop pooping on the street first? (laughter) subway's jared fogle will plead guilty to sex with minors and will go away for 5 to 12 years. (audience reacts) come on! please give this man something 18 years and over! (laughter) and write-in candidate deez nuts is polling third behind hillary clinton and donald trump in iowa. (cheers and applause) well, he can't be any worse than well, he can't be any worse than these nuts! let me get deez nuts in the chair. it's the "the nightly show"! captioning sponsored by comedy central ♪ >> larry: thank you very much! welcome to "the nightly show." thank you very much! thank you so much. i appreciate it. we have such great crowds, so energetic. i really appreciate it. i'm larry wilmore. so you're correct. amazing how you got that right. it's time. it's time to find out

santorum: oh, i don't know.e have been someone with set up and fought for something we thought was the right thing to get washington off the old slide of just lurching toward a bigger government and more socialist state. whether i was in the senate, i try to get behind folks who i thought -- like ted cruz, i endorsed him in the primary, before the primary. i had done so with a host of other candidates. and will continue to use our influence as president to make sure we get our country back on the right track and to limited government and more freedom. >> what do you expect mexico to do? on immigration, what should they be doing? mr. sanctorum: if you talk to folks who are at the border, they will tell you that the other side of the border is pretty much a lawless area that allows for a lot of activity, everything from drug running to sex slavery. the first thing to do is get that control of that section of your country. allowing people to come through your country on their way from central and south america, int

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rick santorum can run his race and done always trump can run his race. >> and, you know, i want to talk about the iowa state fair and the soapbox because we know that donald trump won't be there. we've also read that jim gilmore will not be. rand paul as well. do republicans in iowa see that as a snub if the candidates don't give them the 20 minutes back and forth? >> only if the candidates have a prior history of not talking to them. you know, jim gilmore, you know, he hasn't been here very often. he's going to have to come here and introduce himself to iowans. he wants to compete. rand paul has been here plenty. he'll be here again. hillary clinton on the other hand has been running a race where she is staying behind closed doors and not being open with the press so iowans might hold it against her. >> all right. let's listen to what donald trump said about jeb bush and talk about his campaign there in iowa. listen. >> but jeb bush has $114 million. what's he going to do with it? he'll start hitting me with ads i guess, you know, at some point he has to because he's going down the tub

joined by republican strategist with the santorum campaign and katy packer gauge.n, let me start with you because you got a dog in this fight, so to speak. you guy haves to deal with this issue other candidate whose are out there not named donald trump have to deal with and i wonder if you take lessons from lindsey graham. lindsey graham is one of the worst critics of trump in the republican field. trump is saying look, he didn't get any traction out of that and kept in the main debate. land palm, the early polling evidence we've seen since the debate shows rand paul is dropping. he stood up to donald trump and stood up to the guy he calls the bully in the debate and dropped it appears since the debate. is there a lesson for candidates what happens when you go after trump right now? >> we're helping hillary clinton and writing ads for them by our behavior, people are willing to be adults in the room and say quit it, stop it now. no more of this. and whether it's the party, i think it could also be the other candidates, i know a number of candidates you had mentione

rick santorum and carly fiorina were among the seven who did not make the cut. santorum led the chorus of criticism against the debate's host, fox news channel. the former pennsylvania senator was second to mitt romney for the gop nomination in 2012. he called on fox to appositive his for the -- apologize for the way they picked the field. they will be part of an afternoon debate before the main event. >>> jeb bush is backtracking after making comments about funding for women's health programs. >> you could take dollar for dollar, though i'm not sure we need $500 million for women's health yshs. in that budget i can promise you there will not be $500 million going to planned parenthood. >> democrats immediately pounced on those comments, including hillary clinton who tweeted out, jeb bush you are absolutely unequivocally wrong. jeb bush later said he misspoke and he was referrr planned parenthood. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> eight minutes after 5:00. less than an hour away from sunrise. we'll see sunshine. the humid

he ran, and he is from iowa and he ran rick santorum's campaign four years ago, and senator santorumhat he is doing, and he is busy there getting everything organize and u really think that they have the best person on the ground that any campaign can have, possibly v and so i am sure that he knows it far better than i do, and he knows what he is doing, and he is going to get the people out. >> and what about that, ben? >> well, the team can only do so much, and full disclosure, i helped the santorum team last time around, and let me tell you, you can have a guy who knows the area, but rick santorum won that, because he is there, and literally almost knocked on every registered door that could possibly vote on him, and he had a ground game where he was there for months on end, and donald trump is one, never going to do what rick santorum did, and that is what is literally a grass roots all-in as an individual, and yes, he had a great adviser and team, but rick santorum literally did it in an organic way that donald trump would not think of doing, and that amount of dedication, and co

and you santorum, you're like a gazebo made of cedar wood. good luck on your third winter!e, south carolina is a tad more conservative than new

rick santorum called it preposterous, saying, quote: other candidates were more positive.arly releasing a statement saying this: and rick parry tweeted: >>> the fbi is now looking into hillary clinton's use of a private email server. her attorney says clinton and her team are actively cooperating with the investigation. last week the fbi reportedly contacted the denver-based company that managed the system. a federal intelligence inspector general had referred the issue to the justice department. >>> hundreds of protesters have hit the streets in jordan, they are upset over the u.n.'s relief and work agency making big cuts impacting tens of thousands of palestinian refugees. >> reporter: protesters here at the headquarters in ammon, are calling on the international community to shoulder the responsible to help these refugees, because [ inaudible ] this year is facing a severe budget shortfall of $101 million. this shortfall is tlenting to delay the start of the new academic year at schools across the region. if funding is not received in the next ten days, they may be forc

rick santorum is scheduled for noon. .incoln chafee speaks then bernie sanders gives remarks at 3:00. the headline, trump plans a grand entrance. he will arrived by helicopter for his afternoon at the iowa state grounds. it will land in a field near the fairgrounds as reporters watch. he will step up to the microphones and open up to press questions. then he will proceed into the fair for meet and greet, he will be seeing the butter cow. he is skeletal to arrive tomorrow at 1:30 p.m.. get a chance to see him live this evening as well in just under 10 minutes. he is scheduled to speak in hampton, new hampshire. live coverage of that when he meantime,ad in the martin o'malley talking with fairgoers. martin o'malley: we need to restore competition. we have seen a concentration of corporate power across our economy. it runs counter to the inclusive economy. iowa, theree in were about a dozen packing houses. farmers have become more productive. .nother only for packing houses fair competition is not only a right and just pre-it is best for growth and allowing people to earn a living wage.

and you, santorum, you're like a gazebo made of cedar wood. good luck on your third winter! (laughter) all right. allof course, south carolina isa tad more conservative than new hampshire or even iowa and the question was who could do the best job of appealing to the southern conservative voter. mitt romney, you're the front-runner. would you take a shot at it. >> i went moose hunting... not moose hunting, elk hunt with friends in montana. >> jon: actually it wasn't an elk, it was a fawn. we were... (laughter). we were at a petting zoo. (laughter) i didn't want to shoot the damn thing, i just want to be president, that's all i want. and i knew i was going to need one kill on my record but those big brown eyes. i killed bambi is what i'm saying! i killed bambi because my friends were shouting "no pussies in the white house!" i just... (laughter). i yield the rest of my time. but the real star of the debate was the south carolina audience who made some revealing applaudtory choices. >> south carolina is at war with this federal government and this administration. (cheers and a

former senator rick santorum had a bright moment. he spoke personally and effectively when he was asked about immigration and how specifically he would handle deporting undocumented adults who have kids who were american citizens. watch how he does this. this is why it's worth taking rick santorum despite all the reasons you don't. >> what would you say to a child born and raised in america who could see their family broken apart by your policy? >> my father was born in italy and shortly after he was born my grandfather emigrated to this country. under the laws of this country he wasn't allowed to be with his father for seven years. spent the first seven years of his life in fascist italy. i asked my dad after i found out about this and i said didn't you resent america for not letting you be with your father in those formative and very threatening years? you know what he said to me? america was worth the wait >> rick santorum also had a bright moment tonight. the donald trump question, they essentially phrased it to all these candida

our guest today is former senator rick santorum. of course he is a republican presidential candidate and he is going to discuss immigration. first i want to introduce a couple of colleagues who are up her with a. right, the washington bureau chief for the buffalo news. he is the former national press club president and he is the current chair of the clubs speaker committee. to my left, jonathan to land -- selant is the washington correspondent for mj advanced media. he is the speaker committee member who organized today's and he is also a former national press club president. andnt to welcome our c-span public radio audiences, and i want to welcome those of you in the room today. you can follow the action on twitter. #npclive. our speaker today was the runner-up to mitt romney for the 2012 republican presidential nomination. he won in the iowa caucuses and several other states. now in his second try for the presidency senator santorum at least so far is lagging in the opinion polls. he was relegated to the happy hour or so called ki

>> just a couple minutes of rick santorum. we will show you his remarks at the des moines register's soapbox at the iowa state fair later in its entirety in our program schedule. we want to open our phone lines to get what you are thinking about what you are seeing from the candidates in iowa as elsewhere. the numbers are on your screen. us ourse, you can tweet a message oneave our facebook page. lincoln chafee will be on the soapbox. hopefully we can bring that to you. we are keeping our cameras on hillary clinton, who is at the state fair today. this tweet is from the former senator who endorsed clinton on thursday night to join her at the iowa state fair today. he is accompanied hillary clinton as she makes the rounds. donald trump is heading to the state fair this afternoon. he tweeted earlier that he was in the plane going to the iowa state fair. hopefully giving helicopter rides to some of the kids. let's go to the phones. in edwards, missouri. go ahead. been watchinge everything on the state fair. that if people, are no