>> tim pawlenty often says that people's politics are rooted where they come from. that is south st. paul minnesota, a blue-collar neighborhood that was the home to the largest stockyards in america when he was growing up. one of five children, his father was a truck driver, and his mom passed away when he was young. he worked hard and became the first in his family to graduate from college. while he went on to law school , his siblings went on to become homemakers and grocers, and they became the center of his life. although they were democrats, at least until when he became governor of minnesota in 2002. i sure you his background because his leadership is rooted in the values he learned growing up. the values of hard work and family, and a promise of upward mobility. those values that guided him as governor, where he worked to of our people by reforming schools, cutting health-care costs, a lid on taxes. say no to taxes and spending is not easy anywhere, at him has gone towed to toe with democrats, unions, special interests. under his leadership, minnesota has flo

waters, too mike huckabee, sara palin, and tim pawlenty showing they may throw their hat in the ring, but no republican has been willing to declare, i'm running for president. >> how are you? >> reporter: what's everybody waiting for? >> as soon as you start raising money, you start spending it, and as soon as you declare, you have the democratic machinery that is going to come and attack you. >> reporter: this week, gingrich took a small step, launching a web site and exploratory committee. don't hold your breath for anything more anytime soon. >> i think it's going to take a fair amount of time. at least a number of weeks, maybe six or seven. >> reporter: if there's a front runner, it's mike huckabee. the former arkansas governor lead monday most major polls but the race is wide occupy. all of the top democratic and republican candidates had career -- declared for the race by this time in 2007, and that

the only way to do the things that newt wants to do or tim pawlenty, good people, or mr. cain, or anybody running, the only way to do it is have a president who is free, who is free to do the right thing, who was freed to lead. [applause] all people say, roemer is a smart guy, i went to harvard at 16, studied economics and got a master's degree from harvard business school, and build all these companies. yeah. it is not about how smart i am. they then go on to say, he cannot win. he is running for governor. i am running for president, and it is $100. it is in reach of eve family, even -- every person of faith. and we can take this country back again. they say he cannot win. you know what i need? one person out of every hundred. if i get one out of a hundred, i will have 3 million americans give a hundred dollars in the primary. we will raise $300 million. that is more than john mccain raised. it can be done, and then when the primary is over and you and i are- on the purse, which will turn on the president of the united states. we will get two people out of 100 to join us

that's tim pawlenty or maybe haley barbour, mitch danielses if he does get in, folks like that, mightl that position. and then there is this third piece of the pie which is really the conservative tea party wing here. and that's where sarah palin would find a home if she runs. certainly what michelle batchman is looking at by desiding to get into the race, rick santorum will look in that area of the period as well. >> woodruff: and donald trump hanging out there considering running. david, what about mitt romney, he is as close as a front-runner but he hasn't been able to solidify t why not. >> well, he is a flawed front-runner which is why you don't see the entire establishment gathering around him. first of all i think that when you talk to republican activists and advisors and op rattives they are a little wary of the electorate it is a volatile electorate we have in the republican party and they are not quite sure which way the party is going. so i think that is some of the reason you see hold back but also because he has this healthcare issue where he had an individual mandate in

mike huckabee, sarah palin, tim pawlenty, all showing signs they may throw their hat in the ring. but with less than a year before the first primary, no republican has shown a willingness to be the first one to definitively declare, i'm running for president. >> hi. how are you? >> reporter: so what's everybody waiting for? >> as soon as you start raising money, you're going to start spending it, and as soon as you declare, you have the democratic machinery that is going to come and attack you. >> reporter: this week gingrich took a small step launching a website and exploratory committee. but don't hold your breath for anything more any time soon. >> i think it's going to take a fair amount of time, at least a number of weeks, maybe six or seven. >> reporter: if there is a front-runner among these not yet declared candidates, it's mike huckabee. the former arkansas governor leads in most major polls. but the race is still wide open. dan, at this point in 2007, all of the top democrat and republican candidates had officially entered the race. but looking back, republicans and demo

if i had to pick one at this point, i would say tim pawlenty. governor christie has been adamant. think he needs more experience under his belt. hopefully, the soon the recently former ambassador to china, the former governor of utah has done a spectacular job in utah. i used to live there. i think he is a winnable in a general election. if i could incured by fellow voters to do one thing it would be not to become so enamored with the first half of the demographic. it has to be said out loud that barack obama one of the main reasons he won is because he was the first winnable african- american. so many african-americans i know was so twitter pated about that. host: we will take our final call. dave in pittsburgh on the democrats' line. turn down your tv if you could dave. let's try again. dave in its prepaittsburgh. caller:

>> as you just said tim pawlenty first jumped in this week, the first major content-- contender to openthat account with the federal election commission to start receiving some money and moving forward building up staff and organization. mitt romney, the former governor of massachusetts and former presidential candidate is all but certain to get in and very likely running. halle barbour, the governor of mississippi, out in a way in the early states, leaning a little more likely to run as well. who is out is also interesting to look at, as you ask. there were a couple of people that already pleatly passed on it, john thune. mike pence from indiana, these are people who looked at it and decided not to take the plunge. and the big that we really don't know which way they are going but seem to be holding back, mitch daniels, governor of indiana hand indicated although it doesn't look like he ask ready to jump in, sarah palin and mike huckabee, two of the people leading in the national name recognition polls right now. but right now they just haven't done all that work that the others are do

. >> newt gingrich, a former minnesota governor tim pawlenty, and former -- mr. santorum. >> thank you for reading the letter, and i wanted also to say thank you for the congressman presenting that message to us. there are so many here today, and i forgot to mention another governor is here. please give him a big hand. [applause] to share our role in the first in the nation states, omaha, neb., to introduce all of the potential 2012 republican presidential candidates. there is the national committee man for nebraska, and he was a republican senator candidates in 2006. -- candidate in 2006. he got a degree from the university of chicago. he was president of a trading company after it went public. chief operating officer. he is the founder of an asset management company in omaha, nebraska. he is a member of numerous boards and commissions. the family owns the chicago cubs baseball team and the associated businesses. please give and i knew i will welcome to him. -- give an iowa welcome to him. [applause] >> well, first of all, i would like to say what a privilege is

>> tim pawlenty often says that people's politics are rooted where they come from. that is south st. paul minnesota, a blue-collar neighborhood that was the home to the largest stockyards in america when he was growing up. one of five children, his father was a truck driver, and his mom passed away when he was young. he worked hard and became the first in his family to graduate from college. while he went on to law school , his siblings went on to become homemakers and grocers, and they became the center of his life. although they were democrats, at least until when he became governor of minnesota in 2002. i sure you his background because his leadership is rooted in the values he learned growing up. the values of hard work and family, and a promise of upward mobility. those values that guided him as governor, where he worked to of our people by reforming schools, cutting health-care costs, a lid on taxes. say no to taxes and spending is not easy anywhere, at him has gone towed to toe with democrats, unions, special interests. under his leadership, minnesota has flo

. >> newt gingrich, a former minnesota governor tim pawlenty, and former -- mr. santorum. >> thank you for reading the letter, and i wanted also to say thank you for the congressman presenting that message to us. there are so many here today, and i forgot to mention another governor is here. please give him a big hand. [applause] to share our role in the first in the nation states, omaha, neb., to introduce all of the potential 2012 republican presidential candidates. there is the national committee man for nebraska, and he was a republican senator candidates in 2006. -- candidate in 2006. he got a degree from the university of chicago. he was president of a trading company after it went public. chief operating officer. he is the founder of an asset management company in omaha, nebraska. he is a member of numerous boards and commissions. the family owns the chicago cubs baseball team and the associated businesses. please give and i knew i will welcome to him. -- give an iowa welcome to him. [applause] >> well, first of all, i would like to say what a privilege is

-- tim pawlenty? >> confident it, two-term governor. he's not somebody republicans are on fire about, but he carries the least amount of baggage among the major candidates trade with romney, we have health care in massachusetts. gingrich, a lot of stuff in his past. with other candidates, you have difficulties. palin as high negatives. he is relatively anodyne, at no negatives that i can see pretty . >> jonathan margin is writing that mitt romney is going to do a slow slog here, raising money, and it will drop off one by one. >> romney has got romneycare. i don't know what he does about that. >> does anybody make your heart beat faster? [laughter] >> they cannot come up with an answer. >> this is not a year where there is fantastic enthusiasm for anyone. that is why you might have republicans reaching into the next generation, who might be running in 2016, like christie. none of these guys make my heart beat faster -- >> there are good republicans that nobody has heard of. mitch daniels of indiana is a brilliant governor who directly wa

tim pawlenti is a serious and, the governor. -- and confident governor for the governor of massachusetts, mitt romney has run was before. that is a

-- tim pawlenty? >> confident it, two-term governor. he's not somebody republicans are on fire about, but he carries the least amount of baggage among the major candidates trade with romney, we have health care in massachusetts. gingrich, a lot of stuff in his past. with other candidates, you have difficulties. palin as high negatives. he is relatively anodyne, at no negatives that i can see pretty . >> jonathan margin is writing that mitt romney is going to do a slow slog here, raising money, and it will drop off one by one. >> romney has got romneycare. i don't know what he does about that. >> does anybody make your heart beat faster? [laughter] >> they cannot come up with an answer. >> this is not a year where there is fantastic enthusiasm for anyone. that is why you might have republicans reaching into the next generation, who might be running in 2016, like christie. none of these guys make my heart beat faster -- >> there are good republicans that nobody has heard of. mitch daniels of indiana is a brilliant governor who directly wa

gingrich's appearance in iowa will be his eighth visit there since last may, tim pawlenty will spend his 12th day there, aggressively courting the tea party movement. >> the tea party is a welcome, helpful energetic organization. >> voters want to see the candidates up close and shake their hand and talk to them. they see it not only as an opportunity to engage in the political process as everybody does but as a responsibility to test the candidate. >> reporter: there are others who want to test that process. mike huckabee, governor of mississippi haley barbour and mitch daniels. the obama administration's current ambassador to china who is leaving mr. huntsman is looking like he wants to run as well. >>> also in washington, john dickerson, good morning. >> good morning, chris. >> we hear all the names but no one has officially declared anything. newt gingrich, tim pawlenty, rick santorum, why is this important for these potential candidates. >> this event in iowa is with social conservatives. we have heard about tea party backers. social conservatives play an important role in iowa,

item, former minnesota governor tim pawlenty. he supported cap and trade. item, former house speaker newt gingrich. supported action to combat climate change. item, former massachusetts governor mitt romney. he passed a state health insurance reform law that some believe mirrors elements of obama care. tea party patriarchs founder mark meckler is convinced that the g.o.p. 2012 candidate will have to pass the tea party test. >> the american people will identify with that's right party values, it's an acknowledgement they have to connect with the tea party. if they don't, they don't have a chance. >> is that a bum wrap against romney, there's federal funding or something wrong with his massachusetts plan that will inhibits a big turnout for him? you have read romney's book ere he explains in detail for about 10 pages what the massachusetts health plan is that he introduced? >> i haven't read the book but i don't think you need to in the political debate because he's been pinged already so such so that hess backing away from it. >> you made trade off the error

. >>> former minnesota governor tim pawlenty has made the first move to a 2012 run for the white housetoday i'm announcing the formation of an exploratory committee to run for president of the united states. >> the republican made the announcement in a video posted to his facebook page on monday. he is the first major candidate to form an exploratory committee which allows him to begin fund-raising. he served two terms as minnesota's governor and was on the short list of possible running mates for 2008 gop presidential nominee john mccain. >>> straight ahead, your tuesday morning weather. and in sports, the bodies were flying as the knicks take on the celtics. you are watching the "cbs morning news." ♪ [ male announcer ] every day thousands of people are switching from tylenol to advil. here's one story. my name is betty and i am an animal lover who does rescue. being a foster parent for dogs is very grueling. washing them -- it causes a lot of strain on my lower back. i used to take tylenol, and now i take advil and it works quickly and it takes away my pains. [ male announcer ] make

those attending, newt gingrich, tim pawlenty, rick santorum, buddy roemer, and herman cain. donald trump was a no-show. >>> sarah palin was back home in alaska watching her husband in a snowmobile race. palin tells a bbc reporter, she is still mulling the future. >> money is certainly going to be a consideration. and then, just the idea of, will the american electorate be ready for something unconventional for a candidate? someone who calls it as they see it. and not be holding special interests of a political machine. just doing it right for the voters. >> palin's parents say they are worried about a presidential run by their daughter because of safety concerns. her family says they have all faced death threats since palin became a national figure. >>> well, another u.s. senate seat is now up for grabs. this one in nevada. republican john ensign says he will not run again. ensign faced tough challenges after admitting to an extramarital affair. now, ensign is the eighth senator to decide against a reelection run. >>> gary locke is also due for a change. president obama plan

tim pawlenti is a serious and, the governor. -- and confident governor for the governor of massachusetts, mitt romney has run was before. that is a huge a advantage. you know where all the states are and what order they come in. he ran once before and he would be a serious candidate. >> who do love as a candidate? who would you want to see run d win the republican nomination and become president of united states? who is the tree candidate? >> oh, dear, because my job is to make sure they take the pledge i work with all of them on taxes and spending, i will not have that kind of pronouncements now or later. i presume i will cheerfully support the one who wins the republican nomination and pledges not to raise taxes and will be opposed to obama. beyond that, i want to cheerfully work with each one of them. >> let me turn back to budget members. let's look at the 2012 budget resolution. budget chairman paul ryan, a republican, says he will try to tackle medicare and medicaid. is that wise politically tax can be done? >> with a republican house, a divided senate, and a democratic president,

mitt romney, new gingrich, brass tim pawlenty. that is it. >> the last word. thanks. see you next week. >> for a transcript, log onto "inside washington.

guest: evangelicals clearly what tim pawlenty. he is already making a major player. everyone who says that the 2012 race has not gotten under way, it has gotten underway, no doubt about it. he is playing to the evangelical audience and gingrich will. how can he play with three marriages, but there is a resume for him as well, as well as it relates to sharia law and wahhabi as some and how radical islam plays within the evangelical orbit. even the evangelicals on the ground in an iowa and south carolina, it is not just abortion and moral fiscal crisis issues. radical islam plays a key component in how evangelical see the world and the candidates. guest: i agree with that. the other person i would add would be mike huckabee, if he decides to run, who has his own issues with conservatives on a financial and fiscal side. but when it comes to the evangelical crowd in iowa, he is a proven vote-getter. host: a story that you wrote last week, michael bennet joined by 32 republicans and 32 democrats, and what is their message? guest: do something about the debt. their message

trip to israel as have huckabee and haley barbour donald trump says that he could beat obama easy tim pawlenty has put out another well produced hollywood style ad michele bachmann has announced that she's forming an exploratory committee and you can't quite decide how he feels about flip flopping so he just keeps flip flopping in hopes that nobody's going to notice that romney is suddenly looking very popular with tea partiers in a recent poll a father and son in law and rand paul are deciding between each other as to which one is going to run and then who could forget herman cain has announced that he is running and is already on a muslim hating spree despite admitting that he doesn't really know anything about islam it's really quite a comical group who could the next president be among that joining me to discuss it is david pacman host of the david paquin show david thanks for joining us tonight now you know one hand like i said it's a comical group but i enjoy watching their exploits and i find it entertaining but at the same time i think of the fact that one of them might actually be the

establishment going to start picking and choosing just the safe people that mitt romney is or the tim pawlenty is and pushing aside the crazies well this is definitely a problem that every party faces when they're going up against an incumbent obama can just move to the center he doesn't really have to worry about a primary but this is going to be a new. crowded field of republicans no one right now wants to be seen as the less conservative than any other so any of these issues can come up and kind of a litmus test so they have to be very careful how do you deal with them so it's definitely something you're going to hurt you in the general election if something really far out of the mainstream becomes absolutely necessary to win the nomination but it's unclear if anything will reach that are going to get they can i just follow newt gingrich's example right and just start flip flopping from day to day not like they were totally normal or how do you like newt gingrich's latest excuse for why he was impeaching or investigating president clinton to be impeached while he was all at once cheating on

item, former minnesota governor tim pawlenty. he supported cap and trade. item, former house speaker newt gingrich. he supported action to combat climate change. item, former massachusetts governor mitt romney. he passed a state health insurance reform law that some believe mirrors elements of obama care. tea party patriarchs founder mark meckler is convinced that the g.o.p. 2012 candidate will have to pass the tea party test. >> the american people will identify with that's right party values, it's an acknowledgement they have to connect with the tea party. if they don't, they don't have a chance. >> is that a bum wrap against romney, there's federal funding or something wrong with his massachusetts plan that will inhibits a big turnout for him? you have read romney's book where he explains in detail for about 10 pages what the massachusetts health plan is that he introduced? >> i haven't read the book but i don't think you need to in the political debate because he's been pinged already so such so that hess backing away from it. >> you made trade off the

. >>> and former minnesota republican governor, tim pawlenty says he is not going to be exploring the run for the white house for long. pawlenty announced his presidential exploratory committee yesterday. he says he expects to declare his formal challenge to president obama before september. >>> a much calmer day is on tap across california, following days of some bruising weather there. 20 families remain trapped this morning, after a mudslide in the santa cruz mountains. the road leading to their community is now covered by rocks. but officials say residents are not in any danger. more than a dozen sailboats washed ashore, after breaking free from their moorings near san francisco. the storm also dumped several inches of snow across the southern california mountains. >>> and that system is now on the move, bringing severe weather to the middle of the country. isolated tornadoes, 80-mile-per-hour winds and baseball-sized hail from oklahoma city to chicago. heavy rain in sioux falls, minneapolis and milwaukee. and up to 15 inches of snow from the rockies to michigan. meanwhile, some s

it does better, i believe -- looking at romney, does better against romney or a tim pawlenty.re's a lot of hand-wringing over whether republicans are up to the task. jonathan martin in politico writes this at the start of the week, which led a lot of the coverage, gop reality check, obama looking tougher to beat in 2012, having gone from did he say upon see to euphoria. wincing in the light of day, as they consider how difficult an incumbent president with a massive war chest is going to be, even with a still dismal economy. quote, i consider him a favorite, all be a slight favorite, underestimating president obama at their own peril. he knows about people underestimating politicians, like george bush, president bush. why? what's going on that republicans feel less confident? >> well, first of all, the president -- people -- independents vote on the basis of who they essentially think is confident. they have an overall image. and obama still has that image. and that has not been dented, even with all of the policy disagreement. so he has that advantage. then the second they ta

former minnesota governor tim pawlenty announced he's officially begun exploring a race. he said it's time for the people to "take back" the government. other major republican hopefuls are still mulling the race. former secretary of state warren christopher died friday at his home in los angeles. he'd suffered kidney and bladder cancer. christopher led the state department under president clinton from 1993 through 1996. he oversaw completion of free trade agreements with canada and mexico. before that, he was deputy secretary of state under president carter, and negotiated the release of 52 american hostages in iran in 1981. warren christopher was 85 years old. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jim. >> lehrer: and to three takes on revolutionary change and conflict in the middle east, from north africa to the arabian peninsula. jeffrey brown starts with egypt. >> brown: millions of voters queued up for hours saturday for a referendum held just five weeks after president hosni mubarak's resignation. the 41% turnout dwarfed that of any recent egyptian

guest: evangelicals clearly what tim pawlenty. he is already making a major player. everyone who says that the 2012 race has not gotten under way, it has gotten underway, no doubt about it. he is playing to the evangelical audience and gingrich will. how can he play with three marriages, but there is a resume for him as well, as well as it relates to sharia law and wahhabi as some and how radical islam plays within the evangelical orbit. even the evangelicals on the ground in an iowa and south carolina, it is not just abortion and moral fiscal crisis issues. radical islam plays a key component in how evangelical see the world and the candidates. guest: i agree with that. the other person i would add would be mike huckabee, if he decides to run, who has his own issues with conservatives on a financial and fiscal side. but when it comes to the evangelical crowd in iowa, he is a proven vote-getter. host: a story that you wrote last week, michael bennet joined by 32 republicans and 32 democrats, and what is their message? guest: do something about the debt. their message

. -- tim pawlenty will make his announcement within the next 45 days.guest: you cannot call him a dark horse because he may burial will succeed. he is a conservative governor in a very liberal state. he was able to cut the budget. and he is also very midwestern in his values. he does not raise his voice, does not lose his temper, and has the temperament, the perfect temperament of a presidential candidate. voters need to hear a lot more of him. they do not know him yet. i think he will play well. host: we will be live with him tomorrow evening. yonkers, new york with frank luntz. his new book, "win-- the principles that take your business from ordinary to extraordinary." guest: you mentioned the shared sacrifice of americans and also i had a question about the november election, the mandate to cut the deficit. the first thing the republicans did when they got into office was extend the bush tax cuts. that added $900 billion over the next 10 years to the deficit. where is the shared sacrifice from the top 2%, and how come we do not talk about the bank's

. >> reporter: former minnesota governor tim pawlenty supported the defense of marriage act. >> we havearriage however we feel like defining it. no, it won't. it should be defined as between a man and woman. >> reporter: other participants included buddy roemer and rick santorum. real estate tycoon donald trump did not attend but did send an aide to iowa to gauge interest in his candidacy. sarah palin is undecided. she told the bbc it depends on what the american people want. >> will the american electorate be ready for someone a bit unconventional in terms of a candidate who will call it like she sees it and who will not be beholden to special interests or such obsessive partisanship to let a political machine get in the way? >> reporter: the iowa faith and freedom coalition hosted that forum. while many conservatives in the audience heard about social issues, many wanted to hear more specifics about economic solutions. peggy and rob? >>> more political news this morning. another u.s. senate seat is up for grabs. this one in nevada. republican john ensign has announced he will not run

former minnesota governor tim pawlenty announced on his facebook page that he's forming an exploratoryp him, quote, take back our government, end quote. the first republican presidential debate is just a few weeks away. it will be held may 2nd in california. >>> and some former presidents to tell you about as well. in fact, all four the living former commanders in chief were together last night in washington. it was a tribute to george h.w. bush and also a show to draw attention to the importance of volunteer service. the event was the first time the living presidents were all together in the same room since president obama's inauguration. >> the world's most elite fraternity. >> very cool. >>> here's a look at your weather on this tuesday. stormy from the rockies to the midwest. up to 15 inches of snow from idaho to michigan. 80-mile-an-hour winds, large hail and tornadoes from oklahoma city to chicago. heavy rain in the twin cities, sioux falls and milwaukee. also showers today from seattle to san francisco. >> sacramento, 57. phoenix, 67. 44 in chicago. 65 in indianapolis. and 76 in

. >> reporter: and former minnesota governor, tim pawlenty, actually bragging about a government shutdown. >> we had the first and only government shutdown in the 150-year history of my state, on my watch. >> reporter: most notable was who didn't show up. mitt romney. he was in texas. mike huckabee, in south carolina, selling books. and sarah palin, who was making a big splash in the u.k., on a special with the bbc. her parents seemed apprehensive, at best, about a presidential campaign. >> she knows how i feel. but it's risky. it is risky. and she knows that i am very concerned about that. >> people have threatened her life? >> oh, yeah. oh, yeah. yeah. and her kids, too. >> reporter: that forum in iowa attracted more than 1,000 people, a sign that all of the candidates themselves may not be ready. the republican voters in iowa do seem to be ready to get started. robin? >> they do seem to be ready. jon, thank you. >>> we're going to turn to the bitter tug-of-war between, yes, charlie sheen and warner brothers. the studio fired the actor on monday. and now, sheen says, he's ready to launc

. >> reporter: tim pawlenty. >> i don't think he will captivate the voters. >> reporter: jon huntsmann you work for somebody else, as he has worked for barack obama, you don't leave and run against that person. it's very disloyal. >> reporter: mike huckabee? >> i really like him. he's the kind of a guy that maybe could really get some votes. >> reporter: sarah palin? >> she did fine as the governor. i think, personally, she made a tragic mistake when she left early. i think she's more qualified than barack obama was when he became president. >> reporter: newt gingrich? >> you know why i like gingrich? he just joined my club in new york. i'm very happy. they're all good men. but you need somebody who is going to beat barack obama. you need somebody that is going to knock out obamacare. >> reporter: what about other leaders in the republican party, like speaker john bboehner? >> i don't like the crying. >> i spent my whole life, chasing the american dream. >> i do not like it. i don't understand it. i really like him as a person. i think the crying is an emotional thing that, frankly, p

stories about the former republican governor from minnesota, temple and take -- from minnesota, tim pawlentysetting up an exploratory committee. little that there's exploratory against the former governor's run. lots in the papers today about his decision. here's another piece from "usa today." "top republican fund-raisers in standby mode." the story says that the republican party's biggest fund- raisers were made on the sidelines. only about 60 of the 430 leaders have donated to the campaign accounts of next year's potential presidential contenders. one last phone call on this question -- congress's role attack in libya. let's go to florida. democratic line, go ahead. caller: good morning. i think it is rather outrageous that president obama should let himself be dragged into something that he does not quite understand. first of all, i think there should be an investigation as to why france is leading the way. a group of people that they supposedly have no idea what their ideology is. i think it is rather cynical for a war to have gotten started in a muslim country in the north of africa wi

the list includes former house speaker newt gingrich, former minnesota governor tim pawlenty, and former minnesota senator rick santorum. >> we see a world of broadband and broadcast, obviously a world where -- some see a world where broadcast goes away, and we think that is a huge mistake. >> tonight, the future of broadcast television with the head of the national association of broadcasters, gordon smith. "the communicator's" on c-span to. >> earlier today, the president of ncr said cuts to public broadcasting a more likely now than during the past. she said the cuts would disproportionately impact npr member stations in small and rural markets. this is hosted by the national press club, and we will show you as much of this as we can until our live coverage of campaign 2012 starts at 7:15 p.m. eastern. >> good afternoon and welcome to the national press club. journalist for the associated press. we are the world's leading professional organization for journalists, and we are committed to our profession's future through our programming and by fostering a free press around the world car

. -- tim pawlenty will make his announcement within the next 45 days. guest: you cannot call him a dark horse because he may burial will succeed. he is a conservative governor in a very liberal state. he was able to cut the budget. and he is also very midwestern in his values. he does not raise his voice, does not lose his temper, and has the temperament, the perfect temperament of a presidential candidate. voters need to hear a lot more of him. they do not know him yet. i think he will play well. host: we will be live with him tomorrow evening. yonkers, new york with frank luntz. his new book, "win-- the principles that take your business from ordinary to extraordinary." guest: you mentioned the shared sacrifice of americans and also i had a question about the november election, the mandate to cut the deficit. the first thing the republicans did when they got into office was extend the bush tax cuts. that added $900 billion over the next 10 years to the deficit. where is the shared sacrifice from the top 2%, and how come we do not talk about the bank's

the events in tim pawlenty -- in greece and some of these financial markets like this buzz coming back like a ghost, continue to monitor events in europe. third, the housing market remains in the dumps. there are five million vacant homes so it seems unlikely that with a reserve army of unemployed homes that prices will come rebounding rapidly in the near future. that said, the impact of the housing sector on gdp growth which was a major negative drag in 2008/2009, its impact on gdp growth in a negative way has lessened if fully because construction is at such a low-level that even if it remains depressed that is not adding negative numbers. is just adding zero. it is not private recovery as opposed to pulling it down. from our perspective those three are the most -- are the areas we continue to look at. on the job market is clear state and local governments lack the aggregate economy 6 to 12 months and they will continue to be a drag on the employment prospects. not enough to outweigh the private sector, but over the last year the private sector added 1.5 million jobs. the government

tim pawlenty, and former pennsylvania senator rick santorum. the faith from freedom -- the fate in freedom coalition as to this event. -- hosted this event. letter, and i want to also say thank you for the congressman for sending that message to us. there are still some in the governor's chair today, and i forgot to menti governor ray is here. please give him a big hand. to share our role in investing the nation in the caucus state, with our neighboring state, we have invited the governor of- a person from omaha to introduce the 2012 republin potential presidential candidates. he is the national man from nebraska and he was the republicans and the door of candidate cuts republican senator candidatin 2006. he earned his degree at his m.b.a. degree from the university of chicago. he was president of the ameritrade became a public corporation. he served as vice chairman and chief operating ofcer of ameritrade. he is the founder of an asset nagement co. in omaha. he is the member of numerous boards and commissions. his family owns chicago cubs base

. >>> former minnesota governor tim pawlenty is the first major republican to wade into the presidentialllows him to start raising campaign cash. for the first time today the obama administration is asking the united nations to fight discrimination against gays and lesbians around the world. the declaration follows years of mixed signals from the u.s. on a highly controversial issue at the u.n. >>> the coast guard released dramatic footage of a rescue sunday off the coast of santa barbara. take a look. the family of four, including a baby, had to be saved after their sailboat broke away from its mooring and was set adrift in rough seas. good to know they are doing well today. it is five minutes past the hour. now back outside -- actually upstairs to al. >> that's where i am. >> where? hey. >> thank you, natalie. i keep moving all over. let's show you what's happening as far as today is concerned. we have severe storms stretching from nebraska up to wisconsin and as far as northwestern indiana. possible hail, tornado as the system pushes forward you can see the rain and snow actually up i

. -- tim pawlenty will make his nouncement within the next 45 days. guest: you cannot call him a dark horse because he may burial will succeed. he is a conservative gernor in a very liberal state. he was able to cut the budget. and he is also very midwestern in his values. he does not raise his voice, does not lose his temper, and has the temperament, the perfect temperament of a presidential candidate. voters need to hear a lot more of him. they do not know him yet. i think he will play well. host: we will be live with him tomorrow evening. yonkers, new york with frank luntz. his new book, "win-- the principles that take your business from ordinary to extraordinary." guest: you mentioned the shared sacrifice of americans and also i had a question about the november election, the mandate to cut the deficit. the first thing the republicans did when they got into office was extend the bush tax cuts. that added $900 billion over the next 10 years to the deficit. where is the shared sacrifice from the top 2%, and how come we do not talk about the bank's a