gingrich. mr. gingrich's stepfather, with him on the family trip in france at the time, said newt never mentioned anything about that trip was all that important to him at the time. "he never said anything about it. he never discussed it." regardless, that's the myth now. this whole my political career started when i was in france on vacation at the age of 15. that is part of newt gingrich's myth making, building himself up into an important seeming, serious seeming guy. buy my book. he's also told other origin myths about himself like the one where he only ended up in politics reluctantly after abandoning his long held dream to be a zoologist. that's another newt gingrich origin myth he tells whenever he's photographed near adorable animals. or when he was trying to sell himself as an environmental. one of his two dozen books has that environmentalist title. it's called "a contract with the earth." you can get an autographed copy of "a contract with the earth" at gingrichproductions.com for $9.99.

gingrich. in that biography mr. gingrich's stepfather, who was with him on that family trip in france at the time, said that newt never mentioned anything about that trip was all that important to him at the time. quote, he never said anything about if it. he never discussed it. this whole my political career started in france on vacation at the age of 15. that's part of newt gingrich's myth-making? building himself up into an important guy by the book. he told other orthopedic engine myths about himself where he ended up in politics reluctantly after abandoning his dream to be a zoologist. that's what he tells when he's photographed near adorable animals or when he was trying to sell himself as an environmentalist. do you remember when he was an environmentalist? one of his two dozen books has that title. it's called "a contract with the earth." you can get one for 9.99. newt gingrich will tell you whatever story you like to hear about him. whatever is most likely to motivate you to buy one of his books or dvds. ri

so here's the unadulterated truth about newt gingrich. mr. gingrich is a tired, adulterous, cantankerous, petty former speaker who was the first in the history of congress to be disciplined for ethical wrongdng. and he, that man, wants t

as of today the gingrich campaign says it's still counting. mr. gingrich has tried to explain this away by saying that freddie mac paid him that kind of money as a historian. a housing historian. housing historian is apparently a thing. it's a very well-paid thing. if we are taking newt gingrich's candidacy seriously enough now, that we are now looking into how he makes his money, the $1.6 million to be a housing historian for freddie mac, that's sort of as legitimate as it gets in newt gingrich's world. when you look at how newt gingrich makes his money, when you look at what his profession is, the $1.6 million for being a housing historian deal, that makes him look righteous compared to the rest of his portfolio. right before the 2010 midterm elections, you may remember the story about doctors all across the country getting faxes, faxes like this one from the desk of speaker newt gingrich. the facts complete with fake real handwriting, a font made to look like handwriting, was sent to alert these doctors they had been personally selected by newt

as of today the gingrich campaign says it's still counting. mr. gingrich has tried to explain this away by saying that freddie mac paid him that kind of money as a historian. a housing historian. housing historian is apparently a thing. it's a very well-paid thing. if we are taking newt gingrich's candidacy seriously enough now, that we are now looking into how he makes his money, the $1.6 million to be a housing historian for freddie mac, that's sort of as legitimate as it gets in newt gingrich's world. when you look at how newt gingrich makes his money, when you look at what his profession is, the $1.6 million for being a housing historian deal, that makes him look righteous compared to the rest of his portfolio. right before the 2010 midterm elections, you may remember the story about doctors all across the country getting faxes, faxes like this one from the desk of speaker newt gingrich. the faction fax complete with fake real handwriting, a font made to look like handwriting, was sent to alert these doctors they had been personally selected b

so here's the unadulterated truth about newt gingrich. mr. gingrich is a tired, adulterous, cantankerous, petty former speaker who was the first in the history of congress to be disciplined for ethical wrongdoing. and he, that man, wants to be president.

we will hear mr. gingrich's answer complete answer to mr. pelley in reality check coming up in the next segment. first joining us from miami purveyor of goldberg.com mr. goldberg. a lot of people thought, including brit hume that scott pelly betrayed his bias there that he thought that the criminal court should take care of this that washington shouldn't have the power to obliterate people on a secret panel's that they are dangerous people. i think pelley did betray a little bit of his belief what say you? >> i have been following this debate all day today. there are a whole bunch of people who i respect tremendously, whose political opinions i respect and whose intellect i respect. and, ma'am, i'm just on the other side of this one. what did scott pelly do what that was wrong? he asked a question if you were president, mr. gingrich, would you sign off on killing a suspected terrorist who was an american who is overseas? and who hasn't had a trial? has not had a trial? gingrich said yeah, you don't need a trial. if a panel has found you to b

caller: i would pick mr. came over mr. gingrich. just because, mr. cain -- you know, he has got all of this stuff out there in the wind as far as being a womanizer or whatever. it is not believable. on our line from democrats calling from florida. caller: i think that the republicans are willing to overlook anything to get a republican in the white house. newt gingrich has taken money that he is not willing to except the fact that he has taken. i think the republicans right now are scrambling to find someone. someone that will fit and fight obama. but we will vote for obama again this year. i think it is sad that they are willing to overlook anything to get a republican in the white house. host: more from the internet this morning. this comes from "at the new york times" blogs. on top of his surge in the polls and fund raising, mr. gingrich has rehired two of the aisle a staff members who quit during a massive -- mass exodus during his campaign in june. the article goes on to say that more than 12 paid organizers in iowa, new hampshire, and south car

mr. gingrich. let's go now to capitol hill whereç congressman barney fran is thankfully not in handcuffs. good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon. >> newt gingrich called for your good self to be tossed into jail following the financial crisis in 2008 but he never mentioned once that he had earned almost $2 million from freddie mac when he called for your incarceration. can i have your response, sir? >> it's part of a pattern in which the republicans who were the ones responsible for fannie mae and freddie mac during the bad times incredibly tried to blame us. newt gingrich was speaker of the house in 1995 through 1998 for four years. during that period, he never moved anything to restrain fannie mae and freddie mac. his fellow republicans continued to control fannie mae and freddie mac until the end of the 2006. george bush tried to get congress to do something about fannie mae and freddie mac, although he was contradictory there and the republicans refused. nothing happened to restrain those two

gingrich. in order to understand the wa way in which newt gingrich is peaking in the post-thanksgiving flush, in order to understand that, you have to understand this guy. >> america, we do not promise that everyone wins. only that everyone gets a chance to try. and you have given me that chance. i took advantage of it as well as i could. i appreciate it. and thank you for it. >> that is pete du pont speaking in 1988 about five seconds after losing really badly in the new hampshire republican presidential primary. pete du pont came in fourth out of five candidates in new hampshire that year and promptly dropped out, never to be heard from again. pete du pont was a late '80s version of one of the koch brothers today. he was a zillionaire inheriter of his family's chemical company, a company not called koch industries in his case but called du pont. mr. du pont used his family's fortune to run for office and create a big intrusive government for regular people, government all up in your business

gingrich. in order to understand the wa way in which newt gingrich is peaking in the post-thanksgiving flush, in order to understand that, you have to understand this guy. >> america, we do not promise that everyone wins. only that everyone gets a chance to try. and you have given me that chance. i took advantage of it as well as i could. i appreciate it. and thank you for it. >> that is pete du pont speaking in 1988 about five seconds after losing really badly in the new hampshire republican presidential primary. pete du pont came in fourth out of five candidates in new hampshire that year and promptly dropped out, never to be heard from again. pete du pont was a late '80s version of one of the koch brothers today. he was a zillionaire inheriter of his family's chemical company, a company not called koch industries in his case but called du pont. mr. du pont used his family a's fortune to run for office and create a big intrusive government for regular people, government all up in your busines

i understand why mr. gingrich is angry at me. it's now clear he was apparently getting $30,000 a month from freddie mac for many years. i gather he first said he was a historian making him as i said the world's highest-paid historian in history. and it ended. i just learned. this in 2008. and it ended because of legislation that was enacted when i became chairman of the committee that put fannie mae and freddie mac into conservatorship. the basic point here is that when the republicans controlled congress for 12 years from 1995 through 2006 they adopted no legislation to restrain fannie mae and freddie mac or to cover up sub prime loans. we know one of the reasons was newt gingrich was helping to talk them out of it. it wasn't until 2007. earlier in that period i wasn't for the legislation. i changed my position. but i was irrelevant first a house run by newt gingrich and then tom delay. in 2007 when chris dodd and i first became chairs of the committee, that's when the legislation was adopted. it's now very clear. we gave the se

gingrich. and in order to understand the way in which newt gingrich is peaking right now in the post-thanksgiving flush, in order to understand that, you have to understand this guy. >> for in america we do not promise that everyone wins, only that everyone gets a chance to try. and you have given me that chance. i took advantage of it as well as i could. i appreciate it. and thank you for it. >> that is pete du pont speaking in 1988 about five seconds after losing really badly in the new hampshire republican presidential primary. pete du pont came in fourth out of five candidates in new hampshire that year and then he promptly dropped out, never to be heard from again. pete du pont was sort of a late '80s version of one of the koch brothers today. he was a zillionaire inheritor of his family's chemical company, a company not called koch industries in his case but called du pont. perhaps you have heard of the dupont company. mr. du pont used his family's fortune to run for office and to promote

her mother asked for the divorce, not mr. gingrich. mr. gingrich took his two daughters to drop them off to see their mother and decided to go up himself. he and his wife got into a heated argument. so what? people who go through divorces tend to do that. people who are not getting divorced tend to do that. everything about being rich is going to be back in the fight. -- everything about being rich g going to be magnified -- ingrich is going to be magnified. guest: newt is the man. his philosophy is largely based on the fact that he is a historian. i should remind people that 15 years ago, he almost got us a balanced budget amendment. we would not have these problems right now if he had gotten us back -- gotten us that. we cannot throw money at the economy. it is too big for the government to throw money at. the only thing we can do is stop hurting its as much. the only way we will get out of this is to grow the economy. in order to do that, we have to make our environment and attractive environment for corporations to stay here or come he

at least newt gingrich has a spiel about his baggage. we've seen mr. romney, mr. flip-flopper coming up with some kind of explanation for his baggage. they have really between, it seals like a vanity project between him and trump and perry's ridiculousness. they've really turned this race for the presidency into a reality television show. and it is just despicable. >> but herman cain does have a response. he said everyone of these women by inference, is lying. >> he said his wife wasn't going to get involved in the campaign. what did he do when he got in trouble? he brought his wife in. and he said race i, there is no racism in america and we're not going to inject race into this campaign and other people will do that. what does he do? sends a mailer in iowa saying i'm the descendant of slaves so i can beat barack obama. this guy is not to be believed. >> your politico colleague jonathan martin calls cain's campaign team the key stone cops. i mean, seriously, is cain running the most hapless bundle of all time? do you think he is setting a new standard for chaos?

gingrich who now see him as the guy to do the job. >> right. you know, i've talked to a lot of people in new hampshire, actually, about newt gingrich, and they all told me today they really don't think newt gingrich is going anywhere. it's just really a matter of someone has to be an alternative to mitt romney. >> if he wins iowa before he comes to new hampshire, and i've showed "the washington post" article, if he wins iowa that will change new hampshire, south carolina and it's easy to see now, a few months ago we were saying it was the end of his campaign, his staff walked out, half million dollar credit line he owed at tiffany's. now he's number one in the polls. if he wins iowa it seems like none of this stopped him. in fact he's gone up in iowa. >> that's true, but if you look at iowa specific polls, iowa is now a four-way tie between herman cain, mitt romney, and newt gingrich, and ron paul. so it's not necessarily that newt gingrich is poised to win iowa. it's a four-way tie so it's a free-for-all right there. i think that's why we're s

. >> mr. gingrich also talk about social security, and here is a listen to the former speaker. >> anybody who wanted to could shoes of personal savings account. -- could choose of personal savings account. you are allowed to put your half of the social security tax into your account. it turns out half the amount comes with two or three times as much money. >> but as a point he has made quite a bit. our folks responding to it two months -- to it much? >> i do not know. herman cain has been big on social security change, soup. the region -- change too. we talk about medicare and the prescription drug benefit and he ticked off a bunch of fraud and waste and savings that could be made, and he said, he taught to visa and american express about having them in charge of making payments rather than the federal government, and it was quite a substantial amount. is that kind of thing that is outside the box we are in. >> i what 0 week prior. -- thought was a week prior. he is in an effort to make this p

. >> newt gingrich is surging in the polls. >> mr. gingrich at 32%. romney 19. cain 13. >> jon: stunning. and not just because gingrich is what you would diplomatically refer to as... likeability challenged. ( laughter ) ( applause ) but because in may of this year, his campaign was declared dead. >> it keeps getting worse and worse for newt gingrich. >> it newt finishes. >> charles krauthammer, just in two words. >> he's done. >> it is now functionally over for gingrich. >> jon: can't believe it. when newt gingrich was on his death bed, the media just divorced themselves from him. who does something like that? ( laughter ) but that's the political media. they care about two things-- are you anything to win ear are you dead?" bachmann got a taste of it back in july. >> look who is surging now. >> michele bachmann rockets up the ranks. >> michele bachmann. >> let's face it, michele bachmann has been surging in every single poll. >> jon: at this pace, by the time of the election, she'll be at 5,000%. she can't go wrong. but, sadly, not two months later. >> is it o

gingrich was reprimanded for lying. he has a history of doing that. >> when you elect me president, i'm going to take a nap. >> the unappetizing protect of waking up in bet next to newt gingrich. >> how do you say delicious in spanish? >> all i need is the 85%. >> holy [ bleep ]. >> let's bring in dana mill bank, columnist at "the washington post." good afternoon. >> hello. >> we had a little bit of fun as you have seen. mr. romney basically gives us nothing. he is just invisible. is the strategy working for him. does he hope to come out of this unscathed? >> if you see how well his competitors are doing by making their appearances he is looking smart by comparison to be quiet. this is a classic front-runner strategy and let these other guys burn themselves out and make their mistakes it. worked brilliantly and couldn't have worked better the way cain self destructed the way perry self destructed and you see newt causing himself all kinds of problems. it will be more of a headache in the -- chris wallace in fox news are

obama mr. gingrich loses 46, 41. he defeats 41% 42%. when asked if they regret that vote now, just 9% say they do. and that's good news for the president. joining us now from washington, radio star and fox news analyst laura ingraham. can newt gingrich win the nomination in your opinion, ms. laura. >> i think he can i think it's going to be really difficult. look, the fact of the matter is, if you are going to be able to take it to, let's say it's romney who is the nominee. and i know you love it when i cite intrade. they have him at 70% today. likelihood of his being the nominee. >> bill: are you a compulsive gambler with entrade? >> only before i come on this show. i bet whether i'm actually going to get the best of you in the seeing: >> bill: i don't know what you are talking about. this is online betting site, can you bet almost anything, right. >> you can bet on anything and bet on hot nominee is going to be. >> bill: 70% on romney. >> 12% gingrich, okay? >> bill: what is it that are holding the gamblers back? >> well. >> bill: fro

here's mr. ideologically pure mr. gingrich who sees all who is essentially on the take with the same enterprise.ç >> rich, welcome back to the table to discuss your former boss. >> you two guys sound like c captain renaud shocked to find out there's gambling down. this is washington, d.c. this is what people do. if we stopped former members of the house and senate or administrations, both parties, from doing what newt did, which was not lobbying by the way, as you know very well lawrence in washington lobbying has a fairly specific meaning and this is not. if we stop them from doing that, first of all, the unemployment rate would go to up 10% because so many are doing it and our parking problems would be over. >> i do define it as lobbying. i know what you're saying. there is a task called the registered lobbyist, and a lot of these guys, especially the high profile senators, when they leave they say we're not lobbying. they go into a firm that does lobby, and they open the doors for them. they get them the appointm

gingrich -- defending mr. gingrich. saying and that what mr. gingrich has laid out is even too severe for them but at least it is tethered to the national world. that is "the wall street journal" opinion on that issue this morning. some more headlines as we continue to take your phone calls this morning. is no budget deal better for the economy? what is your take? john, independent from pennsylvania. caller: i seem to be in the minority, but i am definitely against letting those expire. the common sense reasons for that -- and i don't understand why more americans don't understand it -- is the last place that we want to hand money to is the federal government. history and the facts have shown time and time again that they are the most inefficient managers of money in the world, and we don't need that kind of ways. host: "the washington times" article says not only letting the tax cuts expire but also going through with the spending cuts, including the $1.20 trillion in the sequestration. spending cuts and letting the tax cuts expire. is that ok

is mr. gingrich serious or does he worry about the fallout later? he is the front-runner. >> here talks about being hollow. i think the opposite. there is too much stuffing in this big bird. whether it's the three wives or the major mean spiritedness. he talks about the wall streeters needing to find a job and take a bath, here's a guy with a million dollar expense account at tiffany's telling the unemployed they need to find a job. he sounds like marie antoinette saying let them go eat cake. he is so unattractive on so many levels, it's hard to see why the air doesn't come out of this balloon. >> can you top that assessment of newt gingrich? >> i don't know if i can top it, but i'm amazed by newt gingrich's obvious disdain for middle class workers and for the working class in general. i think his comments about saying we should fire the janitors in schools and let children do their jobs? i never heard anything more offensive in my lives. to say the janitors who are doing back breaking work coming from someone who makes $30,000 an hour to advise fre

and mrs. gingrich, i've gotten to know her better on the trail. i know all of the sowses except one, i met karen, and what a beautiful woman. there's no many. but interestingly enough i have saw cindy mccain the night before last and she said how are you? and i gave her a big hug and i said only you know. >> on that we thank you very much. >> thank you for having me. >> coming up, the showdown for the united states supreme court over president obama's healthcare law. florida attorney general pam bondi is leading the charge and she joins us next. also, could new clues help find missing florida mom michelle parker? our top-notch legal panel weighs in. [ coughs ] what is thishorty? uh, tissues si i'm sick. you don't cough, you d't show defeat. give me your war face! raaah! [ male announcer ] halls. a pep talk in every drop. give me your war face! raaah! now there's no need to hold back. new revolutionary scope dualblast obliterates strong food odors leaving your breath minty fresh. hey. [ male announcer ] so there's no trace of evidence... new scope

and mrs. gingrich, i've gotten to know her better on the trail. i know all of the sowses except one, i met karen, and what a beautiful woman. there's no many. but interestingly enough i have saw cindy mccain the night before last and she said how are you? and i gave her a big hug and i said only you know. >> on that we thank you very much. >> thank you for having me. >> coming up, the showdown for the united states supreme court over president obama's healthcare law. florida attorney general pam bondi is leading the charge and she joins us next. also, could new clues help find missing florida mom michelle parker? i know the name of eight princesses. i'm an expert on softball. and tea parties. i'll have more awkward conversations than i'm equipped for because i'm raising two girls on my own. i'll worry about the economy more than a few times before they're grown. but it's for them, so i've found a way. who matters most to you says the most about you. massmutual is owned by our policyholders so they matter most to us. massmutual. we'll help you get