newt gingrich picks up an endorsement. egypt gearing up for parliamentary elections tomorrow. the first since the ouster of hosni mubarak. thousands continue to demonstrate against the military-run government now back to msnbc undercover. >>> take a ride on any prostitution track in any big city in america and you'll see waves of young women trading their bodies for quick cash. what you adopt see is the pain and despair burning inside many of these girls who are often coping with a fallout from child sexual abuse. >> i was sexually abused four times by the time i was 10. >> like many of the women and young girls forced to strip or perform sex acts for money, raleigh was a good kid whose innocent childhood was suddenly cut shortly sexual abuse. >> if this continuously happening to you, like it was to me, you start to feel like what are you good for, what are you here for. i sometimes used to ask myself, why am i here. >> she started ditching school. her grades sunk. >> raleigh's mother jean reached her wit's end as she watched her daughter go off the rails in high school. >> he

now it's newt gingrich's turn to get a chance at the top of the polls. republicans say this time it might be legitimate. in the race for the republican nomination, it's deja vu all over again. another week, another candidate surging. now, it's newt gingrich whose campaign was written off for dead last summer. he talked about the race with sean hannity on fox news. >> there will be ups, downs, counterattacks. certainly a long, long way from june and july. >> reporter: a new poll has gingrich neck in neck with mitt romney for the lead. >> the last debate saturday night really affected a lot of people. they sort of clicked and said yep i'm for him. >> reporter: since july, romney holding steady at the top or near the top of the republican field. but every month, a new face is there to keep him company. >> candidates, the republicans jump to, haven't been able to sustain a campaign. >> reporter: why would this gingrich surge be any different? >> newt gingrich has the capacity to have a staying power unlike the others in the race because of his experience apt

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. >>> republican presidential candidate newt gingrich is taking criticism today for proposing that illegal immigrants should be allowed to stay in the country. >> i don't see how the party that says it's the party of the family is going to adopt an immigration policy which destroys families that have been here a quarter century. >> his rivals fired back during last night's foreign policy debate calling gingrich's proposal a magnet for illegal aliens. a clear choice for the g.o.p. nominee has not emerged from the debates but in six weeks, voters will begin making the decision in iowa. >>> believe it or not, some people are already camping out for black friday deals. more than 50 million americans are expected to brave the crowds for the bargains. we have the report on the biggest trends this year. >> reporter: it's not even thanksgiving and santa has been settled in at the mall for days. it's the final countdown to black friday, the official start of the holiday shopping season, and consumer experts think it could be a big one. >> 55 million americans, around 29% of adults, tell us they're

gingrich, oh, newt gingrich is a washington police station, been around washington a long time, i'm a businessman, i'm not about politics, i'm not a politician. the guy first ran for the senate in 1994. he's been running for president for about a decade. more over, somewhat unfair to him, he physically, personality-wise, comes across as if he was designed by east german scientists to be the perfect android politician. and his answers come across that way. so in his interview he seems much more political than a lot of more political people. >> i want to play another clip, talking about the mandate, massachusetts healthcare law, and then we'll have a follow-up. >> this is not a federal plan. it's a state plan. and under the constitution states should be able to craft their own plan. >> so governor, you did say on camera, and other places, that at times you thought it would be a model for the nation. >> you're wrong, bret. >> no, no. i mean, there's -- >> no. the plan we did in massachusetts had many features that i thought should be adopted by other states. i thought there were good i

now newt gingrich is surging in the polls. cnn go in-depth with the candidate with a former colleague. >>> and holiday buyers beware. are gift cards a good buy? are store credit cards a good idea? we've ways to out-smart the stores on this holiday shopping season on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> and good morning to you. it is monday, november 21st. happy monday. ali and chris tootine have the off. >> counting down to friday. >> thursday, thanksgiving. friday a day you lay around and feel you're going to explode. >> after we do the show. right? >> right. >>> welcome to "american morning." i'm carol costello along with alina cho. >> up first, new details in a plot to plant pipe bombs in and around new york city. 27-year-old jose pimentel behind bars, arraigned hours ago. an al qaeda sympathizer and muslim convert who plotted to bomb nypd patrol car, post offices and returning u.s. troops and doing much more than just talking about it. our deb feyerick is here with the latest. good morning to

former house speaker newt gingrich is currently at the top of several polls but the republican field has been volatile so it's not clear if he's just the current favorite or something more. tuesday night he tried to solidify his spot. republican candidates faced off tuesday night on foreign policy and national security. >> i think the patriot act is unpatriotic. >> who would be profiled? >> muslims obviously would be someone you'd look at. >> i'd support israel. >> all eyes on newt gingrich, the latest candidate to surge to the top of the polls he may have raised conservative eyebrows for saying he would not expel all long time illegal immigrants. >> if you've been here 25 years, three kids, two grandkids, paying taxes and obeying the law, belong to a local church i don't think we're going to separate you from the family, uproot you forcefully and kick you out. >> that in effect is amnesty. >> amnesty is a magnet. >> gingrich insisted he's not talking about amnesty. >> i don't see how -- the party that says it's the party of the famently is going to adopt an immigration policy which

. >>> the insider, newt gingrich under scrutiny for the money he's made versus the words he's spoken about a big playein the mortgage mess. >>> and the pickup artists. the young guys on a mission that turned into making america beautiful. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. tonight a homeless man from idaho is in custody. he's accused of firing shots at the white house. at least two rounds hit the building from a shooting incident last week, while the white house is often called the people's house. most important people in it are the president and the first family going back to the early days of the republic. and while a modern city has grown up around it, and while every precaution is taken to keep the structure and its inhabitants safe, in this case it was apparently vulnerable to one man with a weapon, even though the president was not home at the time. we beginning tonight with our justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: investigators were carefully checking the white house today looking for other possible rifle rou

. >>> newt gingrich raising the stir at the latest republican debate saying the u.s. should not break apart families in its crackdown on illegal immigrants. >> i'm prepared to take the heat for saying, let's be humane and enforcing the law. >> could that position turn off gop voters just as gingrich is surging in the polls? we are live in washington with the late frst the race for the white house. >>> three american students remain under arrest in egypt accused of throwing fire bombs during violent prodemocracy protests. the u.s. embassy is trying to step in to get their story. we'll hear from the mother of one of the students. >>> a big day for one lucky bird. president obama preparing to pardon the turkey for thanksgiving honoring a white house tradition early this wednesday morning, october 23rd, house tradition early this wednesday morning, october 23rd, 2011. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. i'm chris wragge. little murky out there as we are just one day away from thanksgiving. >> little people worried about that. i'm erica hill. that is where we begin.

gingrich. >> reporter: it's the latest sign gingrich is back. >> a month ago, for newt gingrich to have been in the running to capture the manchester union leader endorsement would have been unthinkable. >> reporter: his rise surprised just about everyone. ask the democrat who once fought against him in 1990. >> i think he's doing well just because he's thinking and people are hungry for ideas that make some sense. >> reporter: he's surged to the top of the polls. almost entirely because of debates. while the other candidates have beat up on one another. >> i'm speaking. i'm speaking. i'm speaking. >> reporter: gingrich has attacked the press. >> i have yet to hear a reporter ask a question of the occupy wall street protesters about -- >> reporter: his three marriages. nearly $2 million earned from the failed mortgage company freddie mac. and his position on allowing some illegal immigrants to stay in the u.s. >> it will be very, very hard to get the american people to agree that we're going tear up those families and expel them. >> reporter: his union leader endorsement is especially b

it looks like newt gingrich is the last person standing beside mitt romney. it will be a fascinating race. i do not know what will happen. the tea party will not have a big effect but it has on the primary -- republican primary. if i were to make a prediction it would not be any good for more than 24 hours. tavis: in 10 seconds, barney frank announcing he will retire. how does that hurt the democrats to have a major leaders to decide? >> it hurts because he is knowledgeable about the banking and finance industry. it is tough when someone who knows a lot leave congress. he has been a great leader for the whole country, not just for the democrats. tavis: always good to have you on this program. next, after -- actor ralph fiennes. pleased to welcome ralph fiennes. he has starred in some any notable projects. his latest is "corialanus". the movie opens in december in select cities. many more on the way in january. here are some scenes from orialanus". >> corialanus. >> my lord and husband. >> you are a traitor to the people. >> cal me traitor? >> ♪ [heartbeat]

the candidate enjoying the latest surge in the polls is newt gingrich. quietly trailing the pack throughout his campaign. the former house speaker is now in a statistical dead heat with former massachusetts governor mitt romney and businessman herman cain according to the latest numbers from cbs news. >> people want substance because they think it's real. this isn't just politics. this is history and the future of our country. gradually, i am getting more and more rewarded by support very having serious substantive approach to how do we govern america? >> the cbs poll shows cain with a slight lead despite facing sexual harassment accusations but his support among republican women is dropping from 28% in october to 15% now. a new poll released today shows cain in third place behind gingrich with 19 and romney in the lead with 23% of the vote. debate tomorrow night in south carolina offers the white house hopefuls a chance to talk about national security and foreign policy. instead of the weak past. >> i can't. the third i can't. oops. >> it will give rick

. >> newt gingrich, with what a comeback for him. >> surging. newt is surging. it's never good for mrs. gingrich. >> it's always good for her. she gets to go back to tiffany's. >> the intellectual. >> you've been tough on president obama, too. >> that's my job, to hold their feet to the fire no matter what party and who is in charge. i'm an enthusiastic supporter of barack obama after watching the republican debates. >> they're almost filling the purpose of the primaries. >> i know. i'm off until mid january. i just hope that perry and cain and bachmann don't say anything stupid while i'm gone. what are the chances of that? >> what do you make of -- last week, we're riveted, horrified by what's going on at penn state. it is kind of stunning this could go on for so long. >> well, yes, it's horrible. you don't think of it happening at place like that. i was displayed and wondered what it said about the culture in the country that the kids at the school, first of all, they had a riot. sort of in favor of child molestation, you don't see that often. they wouldn't sa

newt gingrich was vocal. he said i don't know how the party that defends family can justify dividing families but he didn't call his opponents heartless. that may be a difference but this could hurt newt gingrich with the base. we'll have to see the fall yacht. >> suarez: there were several tough exchanges about getting out and under what circumstances and how fast from iraq and afghanistan. tell me about those. >> reporter: jon huntsman and mitt romney had one of the most heating exchanges where we saw former utah governor jon huntsman saying "we accomplished a lot in afghanistan and it's time to start bringing troops home." mitt romney aggressively said "you want to pull out tomorrow?" he described it as a cut and run approach. jon huntsman snapped back. i think jon huntsman was trying to prove his foreign policy bona fides. of everybody on the stage, he's the one with the most foreign policy experience and this was his opportunity to demonstrate. that and it didn't hurt for him to engage head on with the p

we start with newt gingrich. jonathan alter is an msnbc political analyst and michael scherr is the white house correspondent for "time" magazine. here's this from last night's debate getting the most attention and it's newt gingrich on illegal immigrants who have been in the country for years. let's watch. >> if you've been here for 25 years, three kids and two grandkids, you've been paying taxes and obeying the law, i don't think we should uproot you forcefully and kick you out. i don't see how the party that says they are the party of the family is going to adopt an immigration policy which destroys families that have been here a quarter century, and i'm prepared to take the heat for saying let's be humane in enforcing the law without giving them citizenship but by finding a way to create legality so that they are not separated from their family. >> governor? >> michael, he says he's prepared to take the heat. what is the extent of the heat? what's the net effect? >> well, there's going -- there's national hea

newt gingrich versus president obama. if mr. gingrich is the republican nominee, 45 percent of those surveyed say they would vote for the former house speaker, 43 percent say they would vote for president obama. now, this poll has a margin of error of 3 percent, essentially, you could say it is tied. scott rasmussen, whose company conducted that poll, joins us with more analysis in just a bit. we'll dig a little deeper with scott in a couple of minutes on "happening now". >> i'm rick folbaum at the assignment desk. in a couple of minutes, we're expecting herman cain to step up to the microphone in deiton, ohio, this is the first major campaign speech he'll be giving since announcing yesterday that he is re assessing his candidacy, his run for the gop nomination. we're going to monitor this speech out of deiton and let you know if any news happens. >>> the dow continues to soar after investors, very happy with news about the european debt crisis. as you can see, the dow up over 415 points. it's been hovering around that number. w

>>> newt gingrich jumps to the top of the polls in iowa, this as the former speaker comes de

and i think when you see the rise of newt gingrich, which is happening right now, that's cain beginning to deflate. and i think he'll be deflated very seriously within a week or two. >> lehrer: how do you explain the gingrich thing? do you agree it's part of that? >> there is a constituency in the republican party and probably david would be more familiar with this than i am that really is-- you could call them the anti-mainstream media constituency. i mean, that really is a route. sarah palin rode that horse, the lame-stream media, she called it. the sense that there are people out there believing that there is a conspiracy, that we meet in secret meetings and say, "this is the agenda and this is what the take is going to be." it really is-- they're waiting to support somebody, and that's what he's playing to. that's-- that's what cain-- that's cain's defense, blamed it on rick perry's campaign. he blamed it on the media. he blamed it on the democratic machine. i just thought his debate performance was abysmal. everything that came up, the european banking crisis, china trade 9-9-9. th

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of course the endorsement of newt gingrich. they say gingrich is by no means the perfect candidate but we would rather back someone with whom we may sometimes disagree than one who tells us what we think they want to hear. that is clearly a slap to mitt romney. >> we're proud of the strong endorsements we have in new hampshire. we have governor and a lot of strong conservative support in new hampshire. >> you know, governor romney knows this is an important election and he wants to take his message directly to each voter. >> i want to ask you about a bloom berg article. >> is -- with that history, is that similar to what we are seeing now in the match up between newt and mitt romney on immigration? >> governor romney discussed his position on immigration and illegal immigration extensively in the last campaign. that's nothing new. he proved that he does not support amnesty or illegal immigrants cutting in line between those who are trying to come to this country lawfully. if you look at his record, he vetoed for illegal immigra

trumpeting newt gingrich. it will give a lot of coverage to newt gingrich and a lot of favorable coverage to newt gingrich. that makes it important. in fact we saw an analysis by nate silver today that said that the union leader doesn't guarantee someone a victory in the new hampshire primary but it probably boosts the candidate by about 11 points. 11 points! that is a big gulf in politics. >> ifill: how real is this surge, this gingrich rise in the polls? we've seen so many other rise and then fall? >> it's pretty clear that there's a group of republican voters who do not want to vote for mitt romney. maybe they'll support him if he gets the nomination but they are looking for an alternative. they thought they had one in michele bachmann. and then in rick perry. then in herman cain. those candidates have all but collapsed so newt gingrich is the latest one. maybe the last one. it's hard to look in the field and see who else could emerge as that contender? so maybe his timing has turned out to be just right. >

gingrich is, newt gingrich probably does know who the president of uzbekistan is. we know when he sits at the table, he is ready to play. >> thanks to all three. >>> "outfront" next, american airlines files for bankruptcy. they don't have showers on their planes. i'll explain. >>> a crowd of protesters storms the embassy in tehran. >>> and the latest from the syracuse molestation scandal. the police chief admits his force failed to follow up on tips of abuse they got nine years ago. i've been in your shoes. one day i'm on p of the world... the next i'm saying... i have this thing called psoriatic arthritis. i had some intense pain. it progressively got worse. my rheumatologist told me about enbrel. i'm surprised how quickly my symptoms have been managed. [ male announcer ] because enbrel suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for t

>> to newt gingrich, i think. i think right now that anti-romney vote has coalesced arm around the former speaker. >> jon: voters leaf cain because they don't like he had an affair and go to the guy who had two of them! i guess newt gingrich becomes the candidate for people who like herman cain but think he was too monogamous. jason jones is sanding by. jason, where are you? >> i'm at rick santorum's campaign headquarters. >> jonquick note, if you're looking to directions for his headquarters do not-- and i cannot stress this enough-- search google ma maps. >> jon: i'm sorry, i'm just waiting for people do that and come back to the program. what's going on at santorum headquarters? >> he's what i can only describe as frothing mad. (laughter) about cain voters going to gingrich. >> jon: what why is he mad? >> what does he have to do to get respect? his credentials are unmatched. he's pro-life, anti-immigrant, strict creationist, he equates same-sex marriage with get to gt (bleep)ing. he blamed the catholic church's

you have newt gingrich who is surging in the polls, surging with some money, even hiring new staffers, that have joined him on the ground in places like south carolina, trying to beef up iowa. he's trying to engage mitt romney in a one on one. meanwhile, you have the front runner, milt romney, who's trying to ignore gingrich. he's trying to engage the president in a one-on-one attack. and the dnc is running attack ads against him. what's the obama campaign doing? trying to prevent the -- prolong the republican primary, so they're throwing these attack ads out on romney so rick perry or newt gingrich pick them up in the primary, because they want the primary to go long, not short. it's an interesting circular attack going on between those three candidates. >> you mentioned rick perry, i want to play a clip that he stars in. it's been on cable news all day. folks say he makes two errors in the span of one sin tense. >> those of you that will be 21 by november 12th, i ask for your support and your vote. those of you who won't be, just work hard. >> chuck, what happened there? >> reporter

gwen: newt gingrich is not the only one being scrutinized this week. how the 2012 candidates would fare is also out there. would they bomb iran, challenge china? intervene in syri a? these and other questions are playing themselves out as challengers try to set themselves apart from the president and as the president tours the world. major was one of the questioners at last week's foreign policy debate. what jumps out the you? >> you can't summarize everything but i will try. as we saw in the opening, mitt romney said if he becomes president it's going to be a dominant part of whatever he does to confront iran. he said if president obama is re-elected they're going to get the bomb and if i'm elected they won't. you talk to anybody in the foreign policy department, say that kind of statement may work wonders on the campaign trail but it boxing you in, creates a very difficult environment as president. what are you going to do with sanctions with iran? are you going to use military action and what kind? gwen: what are those in the foreign policy communit

newt gingrich, a little more specific. and he'll try to defend that position. >> you mentioned milt rom mitt romney, he criticized it as an magnet for illegal behavior. he made an appearance in 2007 when he appeared to have a different view. let's take a list. >> my own view is that those people who come here illegally and that are in this country, the 12 million or so here illegally, should be able to sign up for permanent residency or citizenship. >> how much of a reversal is that? >> mitt romney has a problem on this issue and many other issues. he appears to be on all sides of some of these very controversial and core issues, depending on what point he was in the political process. newt gingrich has responded to criticism from romney, by saying he's been on both sides, because of romney's reputation for having taken multiple positions, that will be an effective counter for him. romney's position is clearly the most popular one in the party at this moment. >> thank you. have a great holiday. >> you too. thanks. >> and n

newt gingrich may make a distinction, but going for a more liberal position. >> you have three kids and two grand kids. you belong to a local church. >> you are talking about legalizing them, but it is a fine distinction. what is interesting is no one has concentrated on him because he was not a front runner. he appears to be going for a general election. >> what about issues on national security. we tend to think of the republican party as homogenous, but that was not the case last night. >> it is not the case, and that is why it is an interesting debate. the consensus that 9-11 is breaking up, and we are seeing some of the older attitudes. some are more isolationist and others who want america to have a big role in the world, so debates about what you do with iran, pakistan, and what you do with troops in afghanistan. >> we have not done a good job of defining and articulating what the end point is in afghanistan. i think the american people are very tired about where we find ourselves today. >> let me respond. are you suggesting we should take our troops out next week? >> i said we s

and the resurrection of newt gingrich. last summer his campaign all but collapsed. but thanks to some solid debates, he's climbed back to the top of the pack. the latest challenger to front-runner mitt romney. that means he's drawing some fire. and abc's jon karl joins us with more on that. the former speaker spent most of yesterday fend fending off questions about the big money he made from a firm at the center of the financial crisis. >> reporter: he sure did, george. and he is finding out just how bright the spotlight is hen you are the fastest-rising republican in the poll. returning home overnight, newt gingrich had nothing to say when asked about the money he received from failed mortgage company, freddie mac. >> the answer is no. >> can you give us any comment at all? >> nope. none. >> reporter: while gingrich appears uninterested in discussing his role, his opponents aren't. michele bachmann lashed out yesterday. accusing going the rich of, quote, shilling for the company responsible for the financial crisis. >> the point is, is that he took money to also in

. >>> the campaign of 2012, how a newt gingrich stance on illegal immigrants. >> witt johnson is in washington this morning. >> moderate position on illegal immigration may have raised eyebrows in the recent debate but now it's putting mitt romney on the defensive, accusing him of flip flopping on the same issue. >> i'm prepared to take the heat for saying let's be humane in enforcing the law. >> reporter: that heat came as newt gingrich expected, after saying in tuesday's debate that long-term illegal immigrants should have a way to live in the united states legally. mitt romney led wednesday. >> we make a mistake as a republican party to try to describe which people who come here illegally should be given amnesty, to be able to jump ahead of the line of the people who have been waiting in line. >> gichlt ngrich hit back on twitter, pointing to this 2007 interview. >> 12 million or so that are here illegally should be able to sign up for permanent residency or citizenship. >> reporter: picking up a key endorsement from south carolina senator and rising republican star, john thune. >> what imp

tomorrow newt gingrich heads to new hampshire to unveil what the former house speaker says is a plan to reform social security. the next day, all the major republican presidential candidates will be a few blocks from the place they hope to move into, the white house. on tuesday night, they face off at a cnn national security debate at constitution hall, just down the street from the white house. cnn's teaming up with the heritage foundation and american enterprise institute to put on the debate. on wednesday, the front-runner in the race, mitt romney, returns to iowa, the former massachusetts governor hasn't spent much time in the state that votes first in the caucus and primary calendar, but he's still tied for the top spot in the latest polls. ted? >> and for the latest political news, you know where to go, cnnpolitics.com. >>> another reminder, tuesday night at 8:00, cnn hosts the presidential debate, focusing on national security and the economy. that's at 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. >>> well, "cnn newsroom" with don lemon coming up in a few minutes. don is here to tell

at one point, newt gingrich took a swipe at some of the occupy wall street protesters gathered around the nation. >> go get a job right after you take a bath. >> reporter: back here in washington, all eyes are on congress looming wednesday's deadline for the supercommittee. they are supposed to come up with $1.2 trillion in savings. right now, it looks like they are going to fail. that would trigger deep cuts. >> thanks for the promotion. thanks so much. >>> firefighters say they have the upper hand on a wind driven wildfire in the foothills of reno, nevada. it's burned more than 2,000 acres and damaged or destroyed 32 homes. there were 200 car wrecks in three hours, if you can believe it after a couple inches of snow fell in minnesota saturday. 25 people were hurt. none of them seriously. >>> finally, a marine corps sergeant runs from afghanistan to a hot day with mila kunis. she accepted an invitation to be his guest at a marine corps ball in greenville, north carolina. that is the news. back to lester, jenna and janice. >> trying to wipe the grin off his face. >> hey, janice. nice

when you were talking about the republican candidates, newt gingrich wasn't sounding so christian-like about the occupy movement. >> no, he wasn't. and then he turned to herman cain, and he became more emotional talk about us had health scare. and many were attacking mitt romney. he wasn't there so that seemed to be easy prey for them. >> when you are not around, everybody picks on you. >> exactly. >> thanks. we will look for you at 7:00. >> have great day. >> you, too. the raiders are in minnesota trying to stay atop the afc west. this afternoon the niners will try to improve to 9-1 when they host the cardinals at candlestick park, and last night stanford tried to avoid being upset by cal in the 114th big game. here's schuh. here's the highlights and this morning's sports. >>> good morning. when it comes to the big game between cal and stanford, throw everything out the window, record, stats heisman candidates, everything, because you never know what is going to happen. cardinals fans ready for the game. montgomery takes the reverse. the freshman's first big game and he has all kind o

for newt gingrich we'll see. the first time he popped he didn't survive but a week under the glare of the presidential spotlight. it is a very intense glare. there is a report this morning from the newport news, the amount of money he received from freddie mac was $1.6 million and something he began one year after he left congress. the problem for gingrich, the message that would work in the republican primary is being an outsider, what rick perry said yesterday in iowa, if you're an advisor, not a lobbyist but advisor to freddie mac, one of the ultimate go. insider institutions, it is hard to say you will be a change agent in washington. >> what is it that republican voters are looking for they're not getting contributing to the wildness described in this race? >> reporter: a couple of things. one, they want confrontation at president obama. it's wise the candidates that have popped the not mitt romney candidate whether donald trump earlier, sarah palin, michele bachmann, herman cain, they all have one thing in

newt gingrich, rick santorum, ron paul and michele bachmann all attending. they give speeches throughout the event. they will fan out through iowa first gnat nation caucus for meets and greets and town halls. rick perry is making major push in iowa. he added days to his schedule. at first he was only going to be here for a couple days. now he is going out to iowa staying at least through friday. he sees opportunity to get back on track and make a play for the first caucus state. mitt romney is not going to today's jobs forum even though it is supposed to be in his wheelhouse as self-professed job creator and lifelong businessman. he is waging only small campaign in iowa. he will be absent even though it is his strong suit. herman cain is in d.c. for another round of media interviews. jon huntsman will give an interview in new hampshire. he is skipping iowa all together. martha: very interesting. larry sabato minutes away. thank you very much, carl cameron. >> we're only weeks away from the first big election contest going down in iowa. the candidates are zer

newt. and he's got a reputation as the right idea man. so why can't he win? well, because every one of those ideas is seasoned with just a hint, just a pinch, just a lot of what can be best described as dickishness. (laughter) >> the news media doesn't report accurately how the economy works. my colleagues have done a terrific job of answering an absurd question. to say in 30 seconds -- >> you have said you want to repeal obamacare. >> let me finish, if i may, what is amazing to me is the inability of much of our academic world, much of our news media and most of the people on occupy wall street to have a clue about history. >> jon: hmmmm, you know, if i may, newt, everybody loves the pillsbury doughboy. but nobody's going to vote for his angrier know it all brother. >> what the elitist in the mainstream media won't tell you is-- eat a [bleep]. >> jon: all right, moving down. because-- no, looks like the pillsbury doughboy a little bit. (laughter) moving down the list. ron paul? the guy's for gay marriage, legalizing drugs and against military spending. he's

following the debate with newt gingrich and the g.o.p. front runner became agitated when he was asked about the sexual harassment settlement that haunted his campaign. >> don't even go there. can i ask a question? >> no. we are getting back on message and end of story. back on message. read all of the other accounts, read all of the other accounts, what they're saying has been answered, end of story, we're getting back on message, okay? >> and cain also requested the reporter who asked that question be handed a journal code of et next. no word on whether he's right. activists in california and around the country came together for bank transfer day, we reported on it yesterday and the deal was to get as many people as possible to switch their money from the banks to nonprofit credit unions. >> this is the first time in my life i have he an ever seen like a real grass roots movement that seems like it has the ability to be consistent, be nonviolent and really affect change in a positive way. >> alisyn: the idea originally started when bank

but look at this -- >> if anyone's dirty, it's newt gingrich. a man whose personal morality has been drawn from the sewer. >> what explains the lever of vitriol toward newt on the airwaves including from some on the right? the media clearly expected super things from the super committee which turned into a debacle. did news agencies hype the consequences if the panel failed to decrease the debit. >>> he's one of most popular bloggers in cyber-space. can he still call himself a conservative? our conversation with andrew sullivan. >> especially during the iraq war to have made such a massive blunder and be forced to hold myself to account for it and have my readers do so and stick with me, that was a very maturing experience. >> plus, the "huffington post" expands to canada. so what's up with the canadian woman who's running it, eh? we'll meet her. i'm howard kurtz, and this is "reliable sources." >>> in an increasingly shrill media environment, running for president means being attacked, assailed, mocked, ridiculed, bashed, and otherwise denigrat

bill, is it possible that newt gingrich could really win this marathon? >> well, first off, ed, i have to say there's a connection between this conversation and the last story you did, right? because i think it's pretty clear one of the reasons fox viewers were so badly misinformed is for the last five years newt gingrich has been a commentator on fox, right? so they've been listening to this. ed, i thing you're absolutely right. this is the most morally challenged candidate out there. the most ethically challenged candidate out there. the biggest flip-flopper of them all. and these republicans, they put all of that aside because, number one, they can't stand mitt romney, and number two, they'll take anybody, the biggest sinner in the world, rather than barack obama. it's pretty sick. >> joe madison, what's it say? where's the christian right going to stand on all this? aren't they concerned about personal moral character? >> as a matter of fact, they are. i've been interviewing them and watching interviews of him, and he is not one of their favorites and

newt gingrich right behind him at 41%. herman cain not far behind 38%. >> reporter: the fascinating thing now is that newt gingrich has said he is not going to directly attack romney. the others who have had their moment in the sun and faded, whether it's michelle bachmann, rick perry, herman cain fading a little bit, certainly, they went after romney. newt is saying, listen i'm not going to go after hip, i'm going to go after president obama. he's won a lot of applause in the debate on that point. scolding republicans foray tac republicans for attacking each other. other. jon: it will be interesting to watch. thanks for being with us. >> reporter: thanks. jenna: new information now on a powerful weapon aeu participate lee just added to our military arsenal. it's 30,000 pounds, the biggest bunker bustin busting bombs in the world. steve centanni is live with more on this. >> reporter: we knew the bomb was being developed. now for the first time the pentagon is confirming it has been delivered and they are talking openly ab

gwen: newt gingrich coming on strong. the 2012 candidates and foreign policy. the supreme court tackles health care and a supercommittee lurches towards the deadline. tonight on washington week -- newt gingrich is soaring in the polls. you know what that means. new scrutiny. >> the 1.6 million. >> i don't know. we'll check. gwen: plus, what affects might the election might have on u.s. foreign policy? >> one thing you'll know and that is if we re-elect barack obama, iraq will be a nuclear weapon. >> i am making it clear that the united states is stepping up its commitment to the entire asia-pacific. gwen: those choices get more clear and in congress the superacademy's choices become less clear. >> i'm still optimistic but i'm realistic as well. >> they're well aware of what we're willing to do. you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. gwen: and the supreme court agrees to an election-year review of the national health care law. covering the week, jeanne cummings of bloomberg news. major garrett of "national journal." lori montgomery to have "

newt gingrich, herman cain, rick perry and the others. are we to assume that president obama can't believe his luck given these opponents if. >> somebody's going to be the republican nominee, up to the choice that's presented to the american people. but, what's interesting regardless of the personalities all of them are exposing the same policies that the president inherited in 2009. not one has had a new idea that was tried. as i noted in the speech, george bush and republicans got handed a record surplus, they got handed off a record deficit. financial system that was frozen up. an auto industry that was near collapse. and then, everybody made some choices. mitt romney was clear about the choices. he would allow the auto industry to go bankrupt. millions of jobs associated with that. those are the choices the values, that's the leadership, that will be measured by the american people. you look at field, obviously, you drew the conclusion that you said, the policies the same. >> you talked about the promises made and the change brought a

now we find out that newt gingrich was a consultant to freddie mac to the tune of about $1.5 million. so, what you are say something correct, these organizations historically have helped politicians in both parties financially. >> they sure have. gingrich maintains that he never lob idea for them. >> he advised them. >> they basically gave him an effective $20,000 a month consulting contract. which is pretty reasonable and normal in this business. but, what newt has to do now is not just treat this as a financial scandal because i don't think it is. he has to explain what he did -- what advice he gave them because if it turns out that in 2002, newt gingrich wrote them a memo saying don't give these mortgages out. then it becomes an asset for him. becomes a positive for him. >> you know those memos are around. >> newt gingrich would love to give this money back. >> the speaker has to say what he did. >> right now the issue is repealing 13 million in bonuses. i have a petition on dick morris.com. we have gotten 30,000 signatures so far. sending them to each congressman and senator. i th

not a surprise coming from him. >> another candidate is newt gingrich. as you and i talk, sir, he is doing a live event at this moment in jackson will have, florida. he was paid to give advice as a historian. i wanted to ask you. you are an educated man. do you know of another historian who got paid $1.6 million to give advice to a company that prepares loans to be given to individual citizens? >> i think studying history is a labor of love and no story i know had gotten paid so handsomely in such a way. it's another thing that proves newt gingrich again is not one to be the president. i haven't seen anyone in the field that the republicans put up who is even worthy of the candidacy let alone the presidency. they are an interesting cast of characters. i am ever more grateful for barack obama. >> i'm sure you are. rick perry said he believes the current president, barack obama, has been privileged and hasn't worked for anything in his life. >> wow. >> is this anotherplate -- discriminating who implied that he never achieved any of his qualifications. >> i

and one, i think newt gingrich stood out given his broad experience in government. i think his answers were pointed and it is one confrontation with the moderator was interesting . i thought he stood out and i think huntsman stood out for the way he differentiated himself. i haven't seen polls on it. and i suspect the water boarding issue would be popular with the republican base and he stood alone and gave a very articulate answer as to why he didn't think it made sense made him stand out as well >> i totally agree with governor stanford and why huntsman is not getting traction. and you can answer that on the other side of the commercial break and i want to ask whether herman cain is confronting an immovable object with gloria allred to the white house. [ female announcer ] new crest complete multi-benefit plus deep clean. you feel it working, so you know you're ready for whatever the day brings. compared to ordinary toothpaste, you feel a deeper clean. up to a two times cleaner feeling. new crest complete. feel it working. when someone changes lanes without warnin

poll showing newt gingrich, 38, mitt romney 18. >> stephen: it makes sense gingrich is rising. he appears to be the only candidate who appears to be made of dough. newt's campaign got off to a bit of a rocky start. back in june, instead of campaigning in iowa, newt wont a two-week luxury cruise through the greek isle aborn the "seaborn odyssey." in response his staff quit and his donors abandoned him, but yesterday we learned that was no pleasure cruise. it was a pleasure fact-finding mission. as newt explained to iowa voters, "i visited greece in june. i talked to people about what they were faced with in greece, and i listened to them, and i tried to understand that they faced a crisis of enormous proportions." yes, and we have some actual footage of the economic summit where newt got firsthand information about the greek debt crisis aboard the luxurious "seaborn odyssey," rubbing elbows and white gloves with your average jorgos, on the red carpet at the awl you can swill mion moasa bu-- mimosa buffets, and the roman baths. i believe that's the greek parliament there. there w

. >>> former house speaker newt gingrich is at the top of the polls and in the line of fire. now, a presidential candidate who has dropped back in the numbers is coming out swinging again begin driven. and as fox's peter doocey shows us, he is hitting back. >> congress woman michele bachmann came at former speaker of the house newt gingrich with guns blazing saying that the ideas he had laid out in a new york times article where he said that he wanted to keep the doors open for those with a will to get here equals amnesty. >> even barack obama could not get the amnesty idea through congress because the american people opposed it. now, newt gingrich wants that. >> the begin driven came spain saw that and e-mailed us a fiery response. and said, quote, two things going on. g on. >> as gingrich continues to tell supporters, he does not support amnesty. he did have his biggest crowd of the campaign so far yesterday down in florida. 750 it strong. most people consider romney the front runner, gingrich could be the one to knock him out of first place. >> romney does have a number of

. >> bret: newt gingrich is here as well. >> i shouldn't do it but i'm going to just for you. >> bret: officially, he is just testing the water, too. >> several conservative analysts say newt is a brilliant thinker. but every once in a while he is a grenade-thrower and he goes too far. >> i think if you are going to be somebody who is trying to develop ideas, develop a conversation, lead people to new ways of thinking, you're occasionally going to say things the wrong way. >> bret: a month later, former alaska governor sarah palin hits des moines. >> i'm going to ask you, iowa, do you love your freedom? aren't you proud to be an american? >> bret: where are you on a 2012 run? >> if there is nobody else that i think wants to do the job and is willing to make the tough decisions then i'd be willing to go forward. >> bret: so if you didn't see people who felt could do as good as job as you, you'd get in it? >> yes. >> the next president of the united states. michele bachmann. >> bret: to understand presidential politics, you have to understand the iowa caucuses. >> what a great day. >> b

it wasn't long ago that newt gingrich was nearly through. even his campaign staff was quitting. now he's running at the head of the pack for the republican presidential nomination, and that puts him under a spotlight. in a debate last night, the front-runner surprised many with what looked like a slight step to the left. gingrich said that some illegal immigrants should have a pathway to becoming legal. he said that before, but now, it's touching off a debate within the party, and we asked jan crawford to look at the words of the former speaker of the house. >> i don't see how the party that says it's the party of the family is going to adopt an immigration policy which destroys families that have been here a quarter century. >> reporter: gingrich made the case that longtime illegal immigrants with children and deep ties in their communities should be able to live in the united states legally. >> and i'm prepared to take the heat for saying let's be humane in enforcing the law without giving them citizenship, but by finding a way to create let so that they are not separated from

ron paul follows at 17% and newt gingrich is next with 11%. >> after some delay, the president is finally in australia. >> president obama had to cancel two prior visits to the country because of urgent matters here in the united states. the president is scheduled to spend a day and a half in australia meeting with the prime minister and members of parliament there. he's also expected to announce the u.s. is expanding its military presence on that continent. >>> our time is 4:35. here is a look at other things making news now. occupy wall street protestors are back in a lower manhattan park but this time, they cannot set up camp. police removed administrators early yesterday morning to clean the park saying it had become a health hazard. protestors were allowed to return but a judge ruled they could not pitch tents and camp out indefinitely. the demonstrators are plentying to carry on with their protests of corporate greed. >>> one of the antiwall street protests from california was disrupted when authorities found -- alerted the person on campus of a nearby shooting. about a half-mile fr