it's his daughter, sarah huckabee. she was a close confidant to huckabee.ck luck in iowa. >> huck luck. that's cute. see you tomorrow. the next political update in an hour. you can go to our website, cnnpit

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sarah huckabee is in the room behind knee now. e is running that iowa straw poll and, of course, her father, mike huckabee, did well in that four years ago. and this is one of the whittling events. it he had a terrible showing that might endanger the future of his candidacy. they're counting on coming in in the top three with m michele bachmann and ron paul. we'll see if they can pull it off. >> checking with all the campaign, thanks very much, john harwood. checking in with all of the campaigns. cnbc's chief washington correspondent, all around iowa. fun to follow and track. >>> all right. here we go. coming up, it's the age-old question since the watergate days. what did rupert murdoch know and when did he know it? that's going to be what the british parliament wants to find out. the media mogul, his son and former editor of "news of the world" all set to testify this morning. this ain't a congressional testimony. a little different. we're expecting that hearing to begin any moment and we'll bring it to you live when it happens.

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. >> which is that almost like sarah huckabee's endorsement of tim pawlenty, although mike huckabee hasn'tabout iowa and all the different pieces of iowa. what are you looking at now in iowa in terms of what's happening with romney and bachmann? want to play a little bit of bachmann's first ad which went up today. >> as a descendent of generations of iowans, i was born and raised in waterloo. as a mom of five, foster parent and former tax lawyer, now a small business job creator, i know that we can't keep spending money that we don't have. that's why i fought against the wasteful bailout, against the stimulus. i will not vote to increase the debt ceiling. i'm michele bachmann and i approved this message. >> so that's a pretty potent ad and especially as a signal of where she stands on the debt ceiling talks. where we've just had what the president called constructive negotiations today. you can see how the speaker of the house, if he tries to make a deal, will be squeezed very hard from the right. >> absolutely. two things about that ad that jump out to me. one, for all the talk that we he

just added this week, sarah huckabee sanders, she is the daughter of mike huckabee, former arkansas governor presidential candidate who happened to win in iowa, and she says pawlenty will be fine. >> letting him get out there more often and be in front of the voters, i think once iowans have a chance to meet governor pawlenty, they fall in love with him. and i think the more he's in front of iowans, i think the better he's going to do. >> reporter: and there's going to be a very aggressive scheduling push in iowa over the next couple of days. i mean, there are dozens of events scheduled, not publicly released, but at least tent tyly scheduled. one of the things that folks who even support pawlenty question as to whether he is too nice. this came up in a town hall yesterday, and this is what pawlenty himself had to say about that. >> you can be nice and strong. you don't have to be a jerk to be strong. you can be nice and strong, and that's the lesson and the style i have. [applause] >> reporter: and there are some folks out there, however, who are supporters who question whether or not he ca

but sarah huckabee ought to help. alisyn: thank you for the info. off to london we go for some chow! >>> a brand new study calling into question a common and very expensive treatment for heart disease. is it worth the $20,000 price tag? our fox news medical a team weighs in. alisyn: jay leno, using the casey anthony verdict for a jab at president obama. >> casey anthony, found not guilty. you know what this means? this means president obama's economic team is the second coolest most people in america. alisyn: bill: a joke in there somewhere, huh? >> alisyn: i guess. i feel guilty laughing at any casey anthony joke. it may be too early, i'm thinking? >> bill: border line? too early? >>> great to be with you, short timer! alisyn: you too! i'll be filling in on "happening now" tomorrow. bill: you will? at this point tomorrow, i'll be tossing to you! >> alisyn: that's right, yes. tune in if that. bill: i know you look forward to that. bill: i'll seeyou next week "happening now" starts right now. jon: and alisyn, we have a place ready for you, breaking r

>> sarah huckabee was instrumental in his 2008 campaign. tim pawlenty is trailing in iowa.trying to make that what is going to save his campaign. i think a lot of eggs are in that basket. i think he hopes mike huckabee's daughter is going to help. it could result in huckabee's endorsement, himself. there's a transient policy. she knows a lot of reporters. she's going to spearhead it. she knows how to do that. the reality, between tim pawlenty and michele bachmann, they are going to duke it out. there's a big battle going on for who can latch on to the 2008 huckabee magic. >> put up the iowa poll. if you look at the percentages among the des moines register voters. top tiered cant. the poll was taken a couple weeks ago. what does he have to do to break into the upper echelon. >> he's got to break into the threshold. where is he at, do you think in the straw poll? who looks good to you. michelle bachmann got in late. she's got tremendous fire and energy. >> i think you are right. michelle bachmann has steam going into it. there's an interesting post looking at tim pawlenty sa

governor's association and much has been made how many gop candidates, newt gingrich, sarah palin, and mike huckabee payroll. but the nonprofit sunlight foundation revealed that personal donations made by those working at news corp. tell a difference st

they mentioned that sarah palin has a pac. mike huckabee has a pac.he question is what happens when they mention it on fox news. fox news can just say, you can't discuss your pac. >> actually, colbert was pushing for broader press freedoms if you will. he wanted to be able to use staffing from his show to create advertisements. he wanted to be able to run his advertisements for his pac on other shows. democracy 21 took a firm stand against it because it sets a questionable precedent. you know, as far as fox news, what this points to is a broader, and i think more disconcerting trend, in terms of money, media, and influence. and you look at fox news. and again, this is a channel that -- let's remind our viewers donated $1 million to the u.s. chamber of commerce and $1.25 to the republican governor's association last year. that was precedent setting. now there's a confluence of media and money. if we are talking about free speech and democracy and the political process and transparency, i think it's a disturbing trend. >> what he's really done for himse

you have mike huckabee, you have sarah palin, and donald trump's. these republicans were telling nussbaum how bad america was -- or telling us how bad america was. these people have the abilityo do something about it as president. so why don't they run? donald trump sold out the tea party for $60 million. if america is in such bad shape, where is mike huckabee? he wanted more money from fox news. where is sarah palin with all of her mouth? ump?e is donald tro he would rather make $60 million with this show -- with his show. they talk about how bad president obama is, then those guys with the ability to do something sell them out for money. guest: one of my colleagues had a piece last week in which he who said it'sununu like a lot of f almost being a presidential candidate because you get all the attention without the scrutiny. i think we have had a number who have had a lot of fun this summer. question is how serious they are. certainly, we spoke with mike huckabee earlier this year. i'd think that he did give it a serious look, but he is doing very

you have mike huckabee, you have sarah palin, and donald trump's.hese republicans were telling nussbaum how bad america was -- or telling us how bad america was. these people have the ability to do something about it as president. so why don't they run? donald trump sold out the tea party for $60 million. if america is in such bad shape, where is mike huckabee? he wanted more money from fox news. where is sarah palin with all of her mouth? ump?e is donald tro he would rather make $60 million with this show -- with his show. they talk about how bad president obama is, then those guys with the ability to do something sell them out for money. guest: one of my colleagues had a piece last week in which he who said it'sununu like a lot of fun almost being a presidential candidate because you get all the attention without the scrutiny. i think we have had a number who have had a lot of fun this summer. question is how serious they are. certainly, we spoke with mike huckabee earlier this year. i'd think that he did give it a serious look, but he is doing ve

sarah palin called him an anti-american operative with blood on his hands. mike huckabee called for his execution. senator lieberman got busy and tried to put wikileaks out of business altogether. he successfully pressured amazon to stop hosting wikileaks web site, and he urged any other company that supported the wikileaks site to, quote, immediately terminate its relationship. and then pen pal and visa and mastercard promptly stopped processing donations to wikileaks claiming that it somehow, in ways not specified, wasn't complying with their terms of service. somebody pointed out that visa and mastercard, um, continue nonetheless to support the ku klux klan web site, the web site hawks their merchandise and paraphernalia, t-shirtses and so on, and you can pay for it by credit card the way you used to be able to donate to wikileaks by credit card. i checked the klan web site day before yesterday, they're still doing it. visa and mastercard are still there, but they won't touch wikileaks. lieberman together with -- this is the company that he keeps these days -- lieberma

sarah palin never got it. newt never took off. huckabee never got in. she filled that void. only is she running number two in your poll, more importantly she's usually winning or running number two in iowa. the key for her is can she win iowa. if she does, it doesn't matter what mainstream media thinks of her, she will be a formidable force in this campaign. >> i wanted to ask you also about this whole issue of her health. now, the genesis of this was the daily caller. why don't you deconstruct how this came out. it clearly came from opposition research probably from another campaign. it had to do with the fact that she takes medication for migraines, for headaches. >> it's clear it was a competitive story. it's clear abc was working on it. the daily caller was the first to write it that's a conservative website and ors were tracking down this story. it seems pretty clear it came largely from former staffers people that have worked with her and seen the ramifications of these chronic headaches that she's had in the past that can be quite debilitating and keep her off the flo

huckabee's campaign four years ago. obviously put together a good team for michele bachmann, and she's doing very well right now. but let's talk, mary, about sarahin for a moment. she's on the cover of "newsweek" magazine. in the interview with "newsweek" she says this. i believe that i can win a national election. the people of america are desperate for positive change and deserving of positive change to get us off this wrong track. i'm not so egotistical as to believe that it has to be me or it can only be me to turn things around, but i do believe that i can win. do you believe, mary matalin, and you're a great republican strategist, you know all the players out there. is sarah palin getting ready to jump into this race? >> there are more people today who believe that that is the case, but she always has by necessity and unique skill sets, she has her own temp plates and own tactics. she can start later and catch up with everyone, and i -- i can't believe -- i feel it more today than i did last week, that she probably is going to get in. >> yeah. that's pretty amazing. what do you think, donna? >> well, i think sarah palin clearly wants to ru