liberal party and this strong united liberal party will collect million of wards and seventy percent of people who've been on sorrow or be liberals according to opinion polls listen very well but there is so i was going to say you are a historian and you've been in the studio in this capacity we talked about his history and very process with the well if we look not at the american england but our east european countries post to tell italian countries post to tell a tear in democracies we see that in all of these countries mainly there is the new democratic party and the old socialist or communist who are posing in the russian well who also have begun of. so maybe the future of russian democracy is either put in this partly or the or the near all communists. and there's no place feel for the liberals like you know i don't think so he's either too big you know players when i when i think about russia i think it's very much similar to poland now to check republic to hungary so i mean that we have we have different groups in

in strong liberal party is that it will be if it will be united liberal party it could take twenty twenty five thirty percent of violent elections and be one of the biggest political parties and here you are optimistic yes this is the i want to mistake not because of power not about not because of mr because of. russian society has changed for the last ten years and the russian society now is totally different with the ninety's in the ninety's it was poor and very split it decided the society almost without middle class now it's my much more prosperous society with massive middle class and now as a historian i could say that maybe it's the first time in the russian history for last thousand years when we have real social basement for democracy and these people of that race it's a signal that we have civil society demanding democracy there is an interesting opinion at the opinion is that that may be putin is. so clever that he is he wants to liberalize this legislation on party registration in order to make more small liberal and i really applaud h

. >> it will be a united party. >> gingrich did not call to congratulate romney. he insists he'll compete in upcoming caucus states. >> we will contest every place and we will win and be in tampa as the nominee in august. >> reporter: overnight, federal reports revealed whose funding these campaigns. wall street is backing romney, his pac earned $30 million last year. gingrich's pac got a $10 million donation from wonone casino own will fuel more ads. >>> the negative public doesn't want to see two or three candidates get in a mud wrestling match where everybody walks away dirty. >> reporter: on to nevada where ron paul says he has the best chance of winning. >> if enthusiasm wins elections, we would win hands down. >> reporter: rick santorum came in third is hoping to do better in the caucuses. he's got an ad ready for nevada and colorado. lynn? >>> now the democratic party reaction to the florida primary voting. debbie wasserman-schultz appeared on our prime time coverage of the florida rupts and talked about who voted and what they cared about. >> the republica

is the tea party behind newt. >> tea party is not unitedund any candidate. think newt got help late from tea party activists. the leadership of the tea party movement can't tell the grassroots what to do. >> sean: how dangerous is this divide? it's palpable. somebody supports romney. they are not liking gingrich or they don't like romney supporters. it was bad when obama and clinton, they played the race card. >> but not like this. it was strung out a long time and they were very close in delegate counts. you have two titanic campaigns running each other, you have one that is clearly well funded. he has to walk into caucus states and then got to go to michigan. >> sean: nevada and michigan, romney. >> in any caucus states and it takes organization and that costs money. >> michigan has romney history. >> but in the rural states, small towns, everybody is big on newt. that will make a difference. >> newt could sustain stai in, it's a beauty confess in missouri. there is good microcosm of republican america. if newt can do well. >> one big opp

-- ours will be a united party. >> women of banded newt gingrich in droves. the former speaker has no plans to drop out. >> we are going to win and we will be in tampa as the nominee in august. >> and we've only gotten started now. the accounting really occurs. >> the next up, nevada. >> i think we'll have a different result than we saw in florida. >> starting today, mitt romney will receive secret service protection after his campaign requested it. kate amara, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a vote will take place later today on a pay freeze proposal. president obama opposes a move and is pushing for a raise for federal civilian employees. a thousands of taxpayers can take advantage of the cash campaign. it offers free tax preparation for families with an annual income of less than $50,000. for a list of tax preparation sites, a visit our website, wbaltv.com. there's a link on the homepage. >> governor martin o'malley will give his state of the state address today. jennifer franciotti is live with what we can expect. >> aides to the governor say he was still riding his

seven months from now for our convention, our -- [ cheers and applause ] >> -- ours will be a united party with a winning ticket for america. we still believe in the america sat the land of opportunity and a beacon of freedom. we believe in the america that challenges each of us to be bigger and better than ourselves. this election, let's fight for the america we love. we believe in america. thank you so much. florida, you are the best. god bless the united states of america. thank you! >> despite his 14 percentage point loss tonight, newt gingrich vowed to keep fighting and stay in the race. the former speaker of the house made clear he is giving no ground as he spoke to supporter at a hoe bell ballroom in orlando. >> it is now clear that this will be a two person race between the conservative leader, newt gingrich, and the massachusetts moderate. [ applause ] >> and the voters of florida really made that clear. now, you will notice the number of folks who are holding up a sign about 46 states to go. [ applause ] >> we did this in part for the elite media, because, you know, the same peop

but romney said something very important which is -- romney does want to unit this party. very self-serving. and it's kind of newt's way for the highway. and that is devisive for this party. and the stats are evangelicals 39% with gingrich 36% with romney. that's very telltale. that they are almost entirely scomplit down the -- split down the middle. >> all right. we're going to brink in congress woman schultz. the exciting thing from the perspective of tonight and i must say this donny for democrats is this florida campaign -- we're waiting for a signal for the congress woman. >> i'm hear. >> we can hear you, and we waiting for an image to come up. congress woman thank you so much for joining. >> you are welcome. congratulations on your show governor. >> thank you. i appreciate it. i just want to say the dnc has been focused on trying to get the president elected but in order to get these president elected and be successful in a second term he has to have a congress that allows us to get his proposals too. and i'm wondering if you can describe for the folks watching here

ours will be a united party with a winning ticket for america. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: gingrichs the only candidate who did not call to congratulate romney. he came in a distant second but insists he'll compete in upcoming caucus dates. >> we are going to contest every place, and we are going to win, and we will be in tampa as the nominee in august. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: overnight, federal reports revealed who's funding these campaigns. wall street is backing romney. his pac earned $30 million last year. gingrich's pac got a $10 million donation from one casino owner, five time what is they raised earlier. that money will likely fuel more negative ads. >> the american public does not want to see two or three candidates get into a mud wrestle match where everybody walks away dirty. >> reporter: now it's on to nevada this weekend where ron paul says he's got the best chance of winning. >> if enthusiasm wins elections, we win hands down. >> reporter: well, it's going to take more than that. it's going to take money and organization, especially in those caucus dates.

he does want to unite this party. okay?is very self-serving and what people don't realize is it's kind of newt's way or the highway. and that's really destrust i can for our party and he has created more device i have for our party and consequently for this country. >> that's very worrisome. the stats are evangelicals, 39% with gingrich %, 36% with romney. >> that's very tell-tale that you have the evangelical born-again christians almost entirely split down the center. >> absolutely. hold it right there because i want to bring in democratic national committee chair and florida congressman debbie wasserman-schultz. she is spearheading the party's efforts to regain the party in congress and reelect our president. we will get her take on that and on tonight's g.o.p. primary. she comes to us from tampa, florida. debbie, thanks for joining us inside the war room. before we get to what happened in florida, i just want to say that obviously the dnc has been focused on trying to get the president elected but in order to get the pr

gather back here in tampa seven months from now for our convention -- [ applause ] ours will be a united party with a winning ticket for america. >> you know, the same people who said i was dead in june and july and said i was going after iowa who seemed totally quiet the night of the south carolina victory, now are going to be back saying what's he going to do? so i just want to reassure them tonight. we are going to contest every place and we are going to win and we will be in tampa as the nominee in august. >> well from here, this race now heads out west to nevada. the caucus there is on saturday, february 4. we won't have to wait long. >> tom, clearly this is good news for mitt romney. how else will tonight's primary results affect this race? >> the pressure from here over the next month is really going to shift to gingrich. you look at this calendar. they go to nevada, from there they go to maine. along the way, there's michigan, washington, they don't get to georgia. newt gingrich's home state until march 6. that's super tuesday. that means from here until march, there's not a lot of opp

and when we gather back here in tampa seven months from now for our convention, ours will be a united party with a winning ticket for america. >> as romney moves forward out of florida, sources within the campaign have not confirmed he will have secret service protection beginning tomorrow. newt gingrich who finished the distant second last night showing no signs of letting up. the former speaker did not call romney to congratulate him on the win or recognize the victory in his speech. instead, claiming the results confirm this is now a two-man race. >> you'll notice the number of folks are holding up a sign about 46 states to go. we did this in part for the elite media, because the same people who said i was dead in june and july and said i was gone after iowa, who seemed totally quiet the night of the south carolina victory, now they will be back saying what will he do what is he going to do. i want to reassure them tonight. we are going to contest every place and we are going to win and we will be in tampa as the nominee in august. >> gingrich continues attacks on president obama in the

ours will be a united party with a winning ticket for america. >> reporter: gingrich is the only candidate who did not call to congratulate romney. he came in a distant second but insists he'll compete in upcoming caucus states. >> we are going to contest every place and we are going to win and we will be in tampa as the nominee in august. >> reporter: overnight federal reports revealed -- wall street's backing romney, his papac irn earned $30 million last year. >> the american public does not want to see two or three candidates get into a mud wrestling match with everybody walking away dirty. >> reporter: now it is on to nevada this weekend where ron paul says he's got the best chance of winning. >> if enthusiasm wins elections, we'd win hands down! >> reporter: santorum's also hoping to get a boost from the caucuses. in fact he's already got an ad ready for nevada and colorado targeting all three candidates. tracie potts, nbc news, tampa. >> it's going to get good. thank you very much. >>> time to check in with meteorologist christina loren, see how the weather is looking today. >> hey,

a united party with a winning ticket. but it's certainly not united tonight. the man looks like he's out the hall of the presidents. there's something mechanical about that. something not spirited or inspired. i'm going back to the same question i'm going to leave the audience with tonight. this guy didn't get the head. he didn't get the gut. newt got the gut. is he going to get the heart ever of the party? >> i think the motion na a competitive primary keeps them prepared. it's almost the definition of the wish being the father o the thought. i'll put a pin in something that's happening next week as a round about way. a conservative political action committee is gathering next week in the middle of the republican primary campaign. every current and former republican presidential candidate in the cycle will be there. rick perry, michele bachmann, herman cain, newt gingrich, mitt romney, and on the closing speech, sarah palin. this is a very influential group of republicans. these are from outside washington and inside washington. >> will they just trash obama?

ours will be a united party with a winning ticket for america. >> reporter: gingrich is the only candidate who did not call to congratulate romney. he came in a distant second but insists he'll compete in upcoming caucus dates. >> we are going to contest every place, and we are going to win. and we will be in tampa as the nominee in august. [ applause ] >> reporter: overnight, federal reports revealed who's funding these campaigns. wall street's backing romney, his pac earned $30 million last year. gingrich's pac got a $10 million donation from one casino owner -- five times what they'd raised earlier. that will likely fuel more negative ads. >> the american public does not want to see two or three candidates get to a mud-wrestling match where everybody walks away dirty. >> reporter: it's on to nevada this weekend where ron paul says he's got the best chance of winning. >> if enthusiasm wins election, we win hands down. >> reporter: rick santorum came in third, but he also was helping to do better in the caucuses. in fact, he's already got an ad ready for nevada and colorado. that's the la

lifts one of these so should there i recently i think i heard that the bureaucrats call their united russia party they call it a social lift that that makes people like me helps them helps them. make a killing now putting is obviously dumping the united russia party so so so one of these lives every moment of my problem with the idea of social left if only because i'm in and we talk about you know social ladders and social processes are still left and lift is something you get on you press a button and it takes you off regardless of your your effort and i think that that's not necessarily even what put in me this is where you're going to be maybe this is what everyone i've. worked for a certain number of people for a certain amount of time but i think that the broader problem is is mobility the broader problem is giving people opportunities not necessarily to go where the government wants you to go but to be able to take your own life in your own career where you want to go and that means creating economic opportunity but it also. i have a hard time understanding what the state does after that wh

so now the democrats become the majority party in the united states. and to this day, in a sense, are the majority party. that is, more people identify to this day as democrats than republicans, although that majority is much weaker than it was during the '30s, '40s, '50s and '60s. not only do they become the majority party, but they forge a brand-new coalition under fdr. sometimes known as the roosevelt coalition. who are the elements of the roosevelt coalition? what kind of coalition does roosevelt put together to transform american politics? yeah? >> it was like the unofficial african-american cabinet. >> first of all, the african-americans. probably the biggest change is that the democratic coalition brings in african-americans. why is that such a monumental change in american politics? >> because they were the first labor party? >> yes, african-americans up until this time were the most loyal republicans. kind of didn't matter, the republicans were the party of whom? lincoln. the democrats were the party of the copper heads who opposed the civil wa

in britain make euro fighters but instead of shouting i think this is something that ought to unite parties getting behind a great defense producers. >> in order for the constituents of mine could access the drugs and trade issues and how to under the nhs constitution, her consultant, a specialist on colleges, the secretary of health and i had to write a few letters, one will health care specials devil decide what treatments their patients get? >> i think the honorable lady raises an important point, which is simply introduction of the drugs fund under this government, 10,000 more people have been able to get cancer drugs that are so essential. let me tell you one thing that would really damage cancer treatment in this country, and that is their proposal from the party opposite to cap at 5% in the private sector involved in a hospital to one of the best cancer hospitals in the country, they would have to cut by a quarter the services that they deliver. what a crazy left wing plan that only the honorable gentleman can come up with. >> mr. speaker, three months time just before the olympics.

is the tea party behind newt. >> tea party is not unitedists. the leadership of the tea party movement can't tell the grassroots what to do. >> sean: how dangerous is this divide? it's palpable. somebody supports romney. they are not liking gingrich or they don't like romney supporters. it was bad when obama and clinton, they played the race card. >> but not like this. it was strung out a long time and they were very close in delegate counts. you have two titanic campaigns running each other, you have one that is clearly well funded. he has to walk into caucus states and then got to go to michigan. >> sean: nevada and michigan, romney. >> in any caucus states and it takes organization and that costs money. >> michigan has romney history. >> but in the rural states, small towns, everybody is big on newt. that will make a difference. >> newt could sustain stai in, it's a beauty confess in missouri. there is good microcosm of republican america. if newt can do well. >> one big opportunity and he is not on the ballot. >> i just like to stir it

gather back here in tampa seven months from now for our convention, -- [applause] hours will be a united partye winning ticket for america. three years ago this week a newly-elected prison on obama face the american people and said if i cannot turn this economy around in three years i will be looking at a one-term proposition, and we are here to collect. [applause] you know the results. it has been 35 months of unemployment above 8%. under this president more americans have lost their jobs than of foreclosures -- and foreclosures than under any other administration in history. in the past 10 days i met with a father who was terrified that this would be the last night his family would be able to sleep in the only home his son has known. i have met seniors who thought this would be the best years of their life, and now they're worried about how to make ends meet. i met hispanic entrepreneurs who thought they would achieve the american dream, and now they're seeing it disappear. in the state of the union address, the president said let's remember now how we got here. do not worry, we remember exa

in britain make euro fighters but instead of shouting i think this is something that ought to unite parties getting behind a great defense producers. >> in order for the constituents of mine could access the drugs antrade issues and how to under the nhs constitution, r consultant, a specialist on collegesthe secretary of health and i had to write a few letters, oneill health care specials devil decide what treatments their patients get? >> i think the honorable lady raises an important point, which is simply introduction of the drugs fund under this government, 10,000 more people have been able to get cancer drugs that are so essential. let me tell you one thing that would really damage cancer treatment in this country, and that is their proposal from the party opposite to cap at 5% in the private sector involved in a hospital to one of the best cancer hospitals in the country, they would have to cut by a quarter the services that they deliver. what a crazy left wing plan that only the honorable ntleman can come up with. >> mr. speaker, three months time just before the olympics. a truly da

gather back here in tampa seven months from now for our convention, ours -- [cheers] ours will be a united party with a winning ticket for america. [cheers] >> according to exit polls, romney picked up support from florida's older voters, hispanics, and those looking for electability. on the flip side, women abandoned newt gingrich in droves. but the former speaker says he has no plans to drop out. >> we are going to contest every place and we are going to win, and we will be in tampa as the nominee in august. [cheers} >> gingrich says the florida returns prove it's a two-man race for the nomination. try telling that to rick santorum and ron paul. >> and we've only gotten started. now the counting really occurs. >> the next step, nevada. the four candidates are gearing up for saturday's republican caucus. >> where i think we're going to have a little different result then what we saw in florida. [cheers] >> starting today, mitt romney will receive secret service protection after his campaign requested it. in washington, i'm kate amara, wbal-tv 11 news. back to you. >> thank you. have a good day.

tampa seven months from now for our convention -- [ cheers and applause ] . >> -- ours will be a united partywinning ticket for america. [ cheers and applause ] . >> three years ago this week, a newly elected president obama faced the american people and said if i can't turn this economy back in three years, i will be looking at a one-term proposition, and we are here to collect [ cheers and applause ] >> and you know the results. it has been 35 months of unemployment above 8%. and under this president more americans have lost their jobs and more home foreclosures than under the administration of any other president in history. in the last ten days i met with a father who is terrified that this would be the last night his family would be able to sleep in the only home his son has known. i met seniors who thought this would be the best years of their lives, and now they are married day-to-day about how to make ends meet. in the state of the union address the president said let's remember now how we got here. don't worry, mr. president we remember exactly how we got here. you won the election.

ours will be united party with a winning ticket for america. >> sean: but romney's biggest rival newt gingrich who came in second place had sharp criticism for the front-runner as well as president obama. >> i think florida is something very important coming on top of south carolina. it is now clear that this will be a two-person race between the conservative leader newt gingrich and the massachusetts moderate. i may not get in as much golf as obama but i'll get in a lot more job creation. [ applause ] >> i'll tell you up front, i'm not going to compete with obama in singing because i'm not running for entertainer in chief i'm running for president. >> sean: joining us want williams and scott rasmussen. scott, we'll start with you. juan and i going after something tonight. >> i'm quaking. >> sean: polls are pretty accurate going on. as a result i've never seen a topsy-turvy. gingrich behind in south carolina and week he turns it around and romney wins by double-digits. it's almost unprecedented? >> it is a strange cycle but one constant, the republican primary want somebody who can be

it's going to be a very close race and it's going to have to be a united party. right now with all this negativity, i don't think you can say that it is. there are a lot of people who think that this really hurt the republicans when this got so nasty. we'll see what happens as we go down the line. >> bob, thank you very much. a fine looking tie there, my friend. >> thank you, sir. >>> this sunday, bob will have the result from the nevada caucuses on the new one-hour face the nation here on cbs. >>> top u.s. intelligence officials had a dire warning for congress on tuesday. they determined iran is now willing to launch terrorist attacks on u.s. soil as pressure grows against the regime in tehran. national skrurt correspondent david martin says it makes a tense situation all the more serious. >> debriefing by the nation's top intelligence officers added another development with the showdown with iran. in his written statement, james clapper said last year's aborted plot to assassinate saudi arabia's ambassador in washington shows that some iranian officials changed

went from 8 points down to five points ahead and layman's brothers -- the point is you got to unite the party if romney gets elected he's got to ignite the base. the best one for that if rubio is out is chris christie. >> what does rubio bring with him? he brings several things. he's tea party endorsed and he has a lot of people that are not tea party. he's a cuban-american. >> he brings in the latino vote. is that big? >> he has the potential of being the hispanic president obama. >> he's quite -- >> what do you mean? >> way he has conducted himself in washington is impressive. he's never gotten out in front of himself and he's given a series of wonderful speeches. >> he gets the cuban vote. he doesn't get the mexican vote. but if rick santorum comes rolling in with 30% of the delegates, it's you have to to pass over him. but the thing is with christy with the gay rights and marriage amendment on the ballot in new jersey may be able to pull them out of democratic party. >> what else does florida have? catholic. >> he's anti-immigration. sew brings not necessarily goin to him. >> ask i have a

it's going to have to be a united party. right now with all this negativity i don't think you can say that it is. there are a lot of people who think that this really hurt the republicans when this got so nasty, but we'll see what happens as we go down the line. >> bob, thank you very much. a very fine looking tie there, my friend. >> reporter: thank you, sir. >> this sunday bob will have the results from this weekend's nevada caucuses on cbs. >>> taliban intelligence officials had a message. they said iran is willing to launch attacks on u.s. soil as pressure rises. national security correspondent said the alarming assessment makes a tense situation all the more serious. >> reporter: the briefing by the nation's top intelligence officers added another ominous development to the looming showdown with iran. in his written statement director of national intelligence, james clapper said last year's aborted plot to a sas sinead saudi arabia's ambassador in washington said they've changed their calculus and are more willing to co

ours will be a united party with a winning ticket for america. >> newt gingrich is telling his backers the race to a republican conservative and a massachusetts moderate. >> you know the same people said i was dead in skbrun july, gone after iowa seem quiet tonight are going back saying what is he gooding to do? i just want to reassure them tonight, we're going to contest every place and we're going to win and we'll be in tampa as the nominee in august. >> a poll shows negative catch yaining in florida did hurt both romney and ging research. a poll shows that both romney's business experience and gingrich's consulting work are seen as unfavorable. but abc 7's political analyst says it's not going to matter in november. >> i think the best for democrats to keep in mind that when it comes to summer these wounds will heal and election is likely to be close unless the economy improves dramatically. >> professor cane says take these match up poll was a grain of salt. and most projections say it will be a dead heat and the white house will go to whoever runs a better campaign. >> it's going