i happen to think earmarks are the gateway drug to the spending problem we have in washington, d.c.. at is what is wrong with washington, having this concept of earmarks, where you do not even debate them. you just take them on. as the president of the united states, i do not care if you are a democrat or republican, you send me a bill with earmarks, it is going to get vetoed. they are dead on arrival. washington, d.c. insiders are not going to be the ones to fix this country. they're the ones that broke this country. and they're not going to be the ones that fix it. it is going to take an outsider. washington -- you know, think about what happened. washington went into complete meltdown when they had this debt ceiling conversation -- which is all it was. as best i can tell there were no negotiations. the president left unsaid here, put your super committee and to place. i think there were very few who thought the super committee would do anything except failed. then the result was that over half a trillion dollars worth of cuts to our united states military. and then we got the presi

. >> elizabeth sinclair, tea party patriot from washington d.c. i was wondering whether you and your republican colleagues would get together on the steps of the capital and have little newt gingrich-style press conference, a fiscal contract for america, since we are in a catastrophe at this point. we don't have another year to wait, as you said. if you could get your words and those of your colleagues out to the american people who are angry, upset, very concerned, and that's wonderful and measured as you are, we feel like we are in serious trouble and we need to get the word out to the masses. thank you. could you get out to us, please -- the fiscal contract for america. >> i took the lead on putting together a jobs plan, and the first element of it was fiscal issues. we cannot get the economy moving until there is more certainty as to what is happening on the fiscal side. my only again and to what you -- my only addendum to what you are saying is, i think it ought to be about both, the fiscal issues and how to get the economy moving. i talked a

iowa, i plan to get the country back work how we are going to balance the budget and overhall washington d.c.. and make congress a part-time body just like they have here in iowa. and the people of iowa think that washington is spending too much money and too much time in town, so make the legislature or the congress like their legislature here, part-time and let them come home and have a real yob and work within the citizens and with the citizens and have an opportunity to live within the laws that they pass america would be better off and i promise you, they will be spending less mon yeless mischief in washington d.c.. >> chris: your latest campaign commercial doesn't talk about congress or the economy. it talks about faith and it is causing controversy. let's take a look at it? >> guest: i am not ashamed to be a christian. there is something wrong when gays can serve openly in the military but kids can't openly pray in school. as president i will end obama's war on religion. >> chris: how is president obama waging a war in religion? >> guest: i will give you a couple of examples. look at

god bless everybody. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> those inside the beltway of washington, d.c. couraging voters to tell washington what to do. >> just with john king. he was out here from cnn. and we were talking about all these people who sit in washington, d.c. and tell everybody around the country what you're thinking. all right. what the people of america are thinking and they never leave washington, d.c. or they never leave their little academic setting. and they're telling everybody, here's what america's thinking. you tell america what you're thinking. don't listen to what the pundits are saying. you measure the candidates. you make the decision. you lead this country. that's what iowans are supposed to do. >>> our week continues to delve into the issues of the presidential campaign. every sunday we're spending this hour of the "cnn newsroom" to allow you to hear from the could be contenders that he is spell out their ideas for the future of the united states. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum is focusing on the economy, specifically on small town rural america. h

. >>> the washington, d.c. veteran's affairs medical center and wusa9 salute all who serve at home and abroad this holiday season. >> hello, my name is colonel richard and i'm serving in cobble, afghanistan. i would like to wish a happy holidays to my wife and my daughter, dianne and lexi in washington, d.c. >>> some chilling emergency radio calls have now been released from last august's deadly stage collapse at the indiana state fair. thousands of sugar land fans were standing right in front of the stage when the state police received dire warnings thunderstorms were on the way. dispatchers are heard asking about the plight of those fans, but it was too late. moments later, there is a lone radio call of sheer panic. >> go ahead. >> the grand stands are gone. fire control, grand stands, ems. calling a mass casualty. >> mass casualty is what we are talking about. police were aware of the bad weather, warning calls started coming in five minutes before that stage came crashing down. six people were killed. 40 ot

other thing i'm a proven conservative who has been proven in the fire of washington, d.c. when i went to washington, i didn't sit on my hands. i fought every battle that came along. isn't that what we want in our president? somebody had who is going to do the battles that has to be done so we can take the country back. i have been tested on every single issue. when it comes to barack obama, in every single candidate there has been compromises they have made. i have no compromises in my background. i will go toe to toe with the president. i'll defeat him on every single issue. then i'll stand up and do what is had a to be done. it's a defining moment for america. its crucial time in our history just like with reagan or thatcher in england. this is our time. we have radical socialist president that america high school ever seen, the weakest president on foreign policy and national security that we've ever seen. i am the polar opposite. my great strength is national security. i'll stand up for our military. fiscal policy, i am the strongest fiscal conservative. my strength is

well me to washington d.c. it's important that i'm here to be an advocate for my community because it impacts our community hard. my family is facing foreclosure we've been our or home has been in between forbearance and foreclosure since the big banks and greedy corporations crashed our economy i've been in between i'm doing ploy and unemployed myself it's tough and in the end i've been unemployed for twenty eight months and i've been looking for work and when this action came up i thought about what your say about you know get involved and to do that i'm going to get involved and come see my representatives and tell them all i think. you called into my radio show today from joe walsh is office right now that go we waited about five and a half hours we saw congressman walsh a couple of times usually as he was running past us or slamming the door i will say that he finally i spent two minutes with them since i live in his district he was going to talk to me but only behind closed doors with no cameras and no wa

i happen to think earmarks are the gateway drug to the spending problem we have in washington, d.c.. happen to think that is what is wrong with washington, having this concept of earmarks, where you do not even debate them. you just take them on. as the president of the united states, i do not care if you are a democrat or republican, you send me a bill with earmarks, it is going to get vetoed. they are dead on arrival. washington, d.c. insiders are not going to be the ones to fix this country. they're the ones that broke this country. and they're not going to be the ones that fix it. it is going to take an outsider. washington -- you know, think about what happened. washington went into complete meltdown when they had this debt ceiling conversation -- which is all it was. as best i can tell there were no negotiations. the president left unsaid here, put your super committee and to place. i think there were very few who thought the super committee would do anything except failed. then the result was that over half a trillion dollars worth of cuts to our united states military. and the

washington, d.c. protestors tried something different over the weekend. stay with us here at ktvu channel 2 morning news just ahead at 4:45 i will tell you about the structure they built and the police response. >>> right now it's 4:37. i want to go over to sal castaneda on traffic. good morning, sal. >> good morning, pam. things are doing well on this early monday morning. traffic looks good if you are driving on the east shore freeway. interstate 80 it looks very nice. alsos morning commute looks good at the bay bridge toll plaza. it is light. no problems on the lower deck of the bay bridge. if you are driving in san jose, northbound 280 is off to a nice start. getting up to highway 17. it's 4:38 let's go to rosemary. >>> good morning, to you. welcome back on this monday. we have temperatures just a wide range out there depending on what is happening in your neighborhood. fairfield that northerly breeze at 22 miles an hour really stirring up that air right at the bottom. we are a lot warmer than we were yesterday morning. napa also checking in right abo

a the a boys and girls club youth of the year event in washington d.c., lebron joined denzel washingtonand the singer, ashanti, to give support to an organization that's provided him with mentors who helped mold him into becoming the successful person he is today. lebron recalls how he is one of the many children who grew up in a single parent home, living in a rough neighborhood of akron ohio, instead of becoming a member of a gang or life of crime, james found hope through his mother, mentors and others who helped him focus on his skills on and off the basketball court. >> just me and my mother and like i said, i had you know, coaches, little league coaches and my mom was very strong and i had teachers and you know, i had friends around me that we all kind of shared the same goals and kind of shared the same bonds and the adults helped us get to those points, helped us get to some of those dreams that we were having as kids. and you know, i never take that for granted. >> kelly: not wanting to forget his past, lebron uses his present-day success to help other children throughout ameri

he might be in washington, d.c. to see it. if he has to skip his planned vacation in hawaii. >> some of you might have been looking forward to a little sun and sand. but the bottom line is that we are going to stay here as long as it takes to make sure that the american people's taxes don't go up. >> reporter: senators couldn't make a deal on this day. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: voting down democratic. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: and republican sponsored bills on the topic. john boehner says house republicans are working on their own version. their bill is linked to the creation of an oil pipeline which the president says he would veto. >> the president says people can't wait on jobs. >> reporter: the gop is concerned the department needs more oversight. and mr. obama defended the secretary's position to keep the plan b morning after pill from being sold to girls under 17. >> i think most parents would feel the same way. >> reporter: and on a run, the president says no options are

it is a straight line between washington, d.c. and wall street. the corrupt -- and i would suggest even fraudulent -- activities that have gone on between washington and wall street has put america's future in jeopardy. $15 trillion worth of national debt is facing this country. 13 million plus people are out of work. one in eight americans are on food stamps. we are at a juncture where we have to make a decision about what we are going to do as a country. and i would suggest from my perspective that we have to have an outsider coming to washington, d.c. as the next president of the united states. i respect every one of those men and women who are running for the presidency. anyone who will put themselves through this process that we have in this country to run frankly for any office -- for those of you who are county supervisors, engaged on the school boards or state representatives, what have you, thank you for your services. it is what makes our country unique. i am sitting here in front of you, talking to you, and this process that we grow thro

oh, washington, d.c. wait a minute, is that further than hawaii? ok, washington, d.c., hawaii.y people from hawaiiy fromay. i think there is somebody from kansas. there she is. where is alaska? catherine, yes, from alaska. where is she? where is catherine? oh, there she is drinking. yeah, all the way from juneau, alaska. we have a special assistant to the ceo and beneficial a city council, a woman of juneau, alaska. who else? where? georgia. who is from georgia? oh, georgia, yes. there is april from georgia. she was our tech person, helping with all the presentations. new york, ok. whoo-hoo-hoo. who else iso elseh, new york, ok, i see you. we have somebody from pittsburg. who else? texas. yay, ok. who else? what other states are represented? oregon. where is maria? maria is from oregon, right? oh, washington state, sorry. who else? ok, good old california. san francisco, daly city, concord, danville, oakland, vallejo, san diego. oh, we have the honorable arlee from san diego. come on, thank you. who else? hercules, california, yay. you know, this evening is really the mayor's r

it was a fairly dark time in washington, d.c. the republicans controlled washington at that time. at least on the senate and house side. there are many things that immigration advocates were not able to get done. i moved here for many of the reasons that i think we're all here in san francisco. we're a city of compehensive immigration refoimmigrants. we know that san francisco was built on the backs of immigrant labor. we also know that for the past 10 years on so, it has been fairly dark nationwide for our immigrant community. we've had a new record number of rates belief had a tremendous backlog of applications of legal immigrants that are trying to become citizens. there have been countless stories of constitutional and civil rights violated of many of our family members and friends. i used to be an immigrant rights attorney. i can tell you firsthand that i would visit the ins detention center and see individuals who had been beaten by ice agents. this conversation cannot be more timely and more important with the new administration and a new recognition and importance of build

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it is we, the people that wants change in washington, d.c. people that are responsible for this massive movement that's going on across this country. i call it a citizens movement, the tea party movement, the conservative movement. it is a movement by we, the people that are going to insist on change in the united states of america and plan b is that i will continue to be a voice for the people. [ applause ] that's why today we're launching thecainsolutions.com where the people will choose, not the media, not the politicians, and the people will show that the people are still in charge of this country. through this new organization, i will still be promoting the biggest change and transfer of power out of washington, d.c. back to the people since this nation began, and that is the 9-9-9 plan. it's not going away. i will still be actively supporting and promoting a foreign policy that starts with peace through strength and clarity. i will still be promoting actively an energy independence plan for america. we can and we will become energy inde

barack obama knows me in washington d.c. because i've taken him on. i've been on the tip of the spear fighting him on obama care, on cap-and-trade, on issue after issue. there's a clear distinction in the candidates. i'm the proven candidate who has been tested by fire in the lion's den of washington d.c.. >> schieffer: let me ask you this question about the other half of newt romney. that is mitt romney. why do you think he is having such a problem? he got to about 20% with voters but he just can't seem to get away from that. we continue to see others come and go as the alternative to romney. what's his problem? >> well i think it's because when you look at mitt romney's record you see someone who has stood firm for socialized medicine. last night on the stage again he was supporting and agreeing with himself for socialized medicine. the american people don't agree with that. he also was for cap-and-trade and for the $700 billion bailout. when it comes to issue after issue mitt romney is not reflective of where the base of this party wants to go. the

we know washington, d.c. could use some of that. >> i'm rick perry, and i really approve this message. >> can we please see that a few more times? come on. come on. >> washington, d.c. could use some of that. >> i'm rick perry scpirks really approve this message. >> washington, d.c. could use some of that. >> i'm rick perry, and i really approve this message. >> washington, d.c. could use some of that. >> i'm rick perry scpirks really approve this message. >> washington, d.c. could use some of that. >> i'm rick perry, and i really approve this message. >> he is a ninja. for more campaign news let's go to our "red eye" even yes, sir cory -- senior correspondent at the touch screen. >> for the record, i think -- well, now i am blanking on his name. i think he does a much better job. >> a bunch of the republican candidates picked superman. at least obama was born on this planet, right? >> yes, i mean, i am actually surprised that ron paul punted on that. i thought he would say something like, i refuse to partici

i spent a day on the way back from argentina in washington, d.c. our deputy of projects joined me there to have meetings with the federal highway administrator to try to sort out the final stages of the federal funding byrd is a vision for the second phase of the presidio parkway project. which, as the chair mentioned earlier, is nearing completion on the first phase, which will be open to traffic on -- in february, but we need to make sure we do not have a gap on the start of the second phase in the private-public partnership. i anticipate that we will need further work with the mtc commissioners on this issue. there are some complex issues related to the funding plan . i will keep close to, but i am hopeful we will resolve one of our issues in time for the financial close of march 2012. the van ness windy environmental impact statement and report, the draft, as you know, is circulating. i want to remind people that the close of public comment is in december 19, just next monday, and that the public can obtain information about the project in the

i think it was reported that someone in washington, d.c., i got back down here in florida yesterday. this is the thing. i would rather have our leadership team than the house democratic leadership team or the senate republican or democrat leadership team. i don't want to have the president of the united states, who is really absent in leadership. i have to tell you, i feel like charlie brown, when he goes up to kick the ball with lucy. we were told, everyone said they wanted a one-year extension on this. we came up with a plan. that was paid for, that would not bring about any detriment to social security and we go to kick the ball and the ball moves. it becomes a simple two-month plan. so i think that what happened to echo, what michael grimm said, you saw the politics of demagoguery, trump policy and principle in washington, d.c. today, i think that's a sad thing for america. >> greta: if you believe that, then it appears you got politically outmaneuvered and you caved and deviates from your principles. in theory, they were eight days lift and people could have stayed in washington

>> throughout the far east, to the british and all over washington, d.c. about everywhere you you can imagine except for hawaii. >> oliver: this is the original decoded bomb plot message in which yoshikawa detailed the layout of the fleet's moorings. a japanese bomber pilot recalls using this bomb plot. >> we knew the geological formation of pearl harbor. the japanese spy reported where the u.s. pacific fleet was. >> oliver: there is no conclusive evidence that president roosevelt saw this communique but by mid october it was seen by the new director of naval intelligence, captain theodore wilkinson and the chief of army intelligence, general sherman miles. they reported to admiral stark and general george marshall both of how many would ever deny seeing the message. shockingly, admiral kimmel never received it. >> is seemed to them prepostorrous that the japanese would attempt to attack the powerful bastion of american might, the fleet at pearl harbor. >>> president roosevelt sends a secret. secret. >>> from america's news headquarters i'm marianne raffer

>> throughout the far east, to the british and all over washington, d.c.n imagine except for hawaii. >> oliver: this is the original decoded bomb plot message in which yoshikawa detailed the layout of the fleet's moorings. a japanese bomber pilot recalls using this bomb plot. >> we knew the geological formation of pearl harbor. the japanese spy reported where the u.s. pacific fleet was. >> oliver: there is no conclusive evidence that president roosevelt saw this communique but by mid october it was seen by the new director of naval intelligence, captain theodore wilkinson and the chief of army intelligence, general sherman miles. they reported to admiral stark and general george marshall both of how many would ever deny seeing the message. shockingly, admiral kimmel never received it. >> is seemed to them prepostorrous that the japanese would attempt to attack the powerful bastion of american might, the fleet at pearl harbor. >>> president roosevelt sends ... >> gregg: live from america news headquarters, i'm gregg jarrett. we're getting new reports that t

so washington, d.c. has the highest net income, and seven of the ten wealthiest counties int the united states are counties that border washington d.c. and i think that those two statistics are indicative of the problem that we face today and the subject that i'm here to. talk about today which is, i think, crony capitalism. differm >> free market capitalism i would give as an example of that steve jobs, the late founder of apple computer. y giving some examples. one example is steve jobs. he joined with the occupy wall street crowd would be called the 1% decorating products and services that people want to buy. he became very wealthy as they bought the apple products. that is free market capitalism steve jobs did not have any lobbyists. he was not active politically it was the voluntary purchase people made of his product that made him a very wealthy man. but the crony capitalist this less interested in a voluntary exchange but making money out of the political system. not services but to have connectio

and we talk about overhauling washington, d.c. americans eyes and i know the citizens of iowa's eyes brighten up when we talk about making washington as inconsequential in their lives as we can and we do that and we get the economy back on track. as the governor of texas i created a million or i should say i helped create a million net new jobs with the legislature by getting government out of the way. i know how to do this and iowa wans will have a very good handle on it by the time they go to the caucus in january or i should say -- >> chris: i was going to say you spoke to the des moines register editorial board on friday and you had what some people are calling another oops moment. you criticized president obama about's appointments to the supreme court. here it is. >> inarguablably activist judgs whether it was -- not to -- not mayor. >> sonia sotomayor. >> sotomayor. >> and then you said that there are 8 judges on the court as you know there are nine. how do you respond to those who say you know, i like rick perry, i like his

i know in my heart that if washington, d.c. work under those same kind of parameters -- i am going to walk into washington and i am going to bring a budget for word that is going to cut $5 trillion out of obama budget that he laid down. we are going to eliminate departments of government. we're going to create millions of jobs, whether it is opening of federal land so that we can use the energy that is under the federal land -- we have 300 years of energy in this country, the we're spending hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign countries for their ordeal, a lot of times countries that are hostile to the united -- for their oil, a lot of times countries that are hostile to the united states. that is a kind of leadership we need in this country. i am the anti-washington, anti- street outsider that america needs. again, if you have my back on january 3rd, i will have your back in washington, d.c. god bless you and thank you for being here today. i'm going to open it up for a few questions if i may. hey, buddy. how are you? tha

carol han is in our washington, d.c. newsroom to tell us how this could affect all of us. >> reporter: let's take you live. the lawmakers just held a first of a series of votes on the payroll tax holiday. it's a procedure for the republicans who are one step closer to sending the entire issue back to the negotiating table. house republicans want to extend the payroll tax for an entire year. the house is choosing to ignore the senate deal. we just heard this from house minority leader, san francisco's nancy pelosi, who is furious, that republicans are not allowing an up-or-down vote. >> it's just the extreme who are standing in the way of a tax cut for 160 million americans. >> reporter: back live on the house floor, republicans say they want a congressional conference committee to hash out a long-term extension. the house will be voting on this later on this afternoon unless a deal is worked out. the bottom line is your taxes will go up in just 11 days. live in washington, d.c., carol han, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the ci

it is we the people that wants change in washington, d.c. we, the people, that are responsible for this massive movement that's going on across this country. i call it the citizens movement, the tea party movement, the conservative movement. it is a movement by we, the people, that are going to insist on change in the united states of america. and plan b is that i will continue to be a voice for the people. that's why today we are launching the cainsolutions.com where the people will choose, not the media, not the politicians, and the people will show that the people are still in charge of this country. through this new organization, i will still be promoting the biggest change and transfer of power out of peace through strength and clarity. i will still be promoting actively an energy independence plan for america. we can and we will become energy independent. now, i know that many of you are disappointed. i understand that. i know that many of you all are disappointed and i certainly understand that. i am disappointed that it came to this

this country back working, how we are going to balance the budget, how we are going to overhaul washington, d.c., i'm going to talk to him about making congress a part-time body just like they have here in iowa and i can promise you the people of iowa think washington is spending too much money, they are spending too much time in town so make the legislature or i should say the congress like their legislature here part time. let them come home and have a real job, work within the citizens, with the citizens and have their opportunity to live within the laws that they pass. and america will be a whole lot better off and i can promise you they will be spending less money and getting into less mischief in washington, d.c. >> chris: your latest campaign commercial doesn't talk about congress, doesn't talk about the economy. it talks about faith and it is causing some controversy. let's take a look at it. >> i'm not ashamed to admit that i'm a christian but you don't need to be in the pew every sunday to know there is something wrong in this country when gays can serve open in the military but our k

and we talk about overhauling washington, d.c. ericans eyes and i know the citizens of iowa's eyes brighten up when we talk about making washington as inconsequential in their lives as we can and we do that and we get the economy back on track. as the governor of texas i created a million or i should say i helped create a million net new jobs with the legislature by getting government out of the way. i know how to do this and iowa wans will have a very good handle on it by the time they go to the caucus in january or i should say -- >> chris: i was going to say you spoke to the des moines register editorial board on friday and you had what some people are calling another oops moment. you criticized president obama about's appointments to the supreme court. here it is. >> inarguablably activist judgs whether it was -- not to -- not mayor. >> sonia sotomayor. >> sotomayor. >> and then you said that there are 8 judges on the court as you know there are nine. how do you respond to those who say you know, i like rick perry, i like his v