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michael, nice to see you, what do you make of the fact that mr. herman cain is on top, with with a telephone poll, but nonetheless, he's on top of this one? >> well, hi, gret a. thanks for having me. it's a remarkable thing. i think it's further evidence that there was a line from the internet video that got so much attention, where the chief of staff was smoking a cigarette and there was a lot of controversy. but the line at the end was that the country had never seen a candidate quite like herman caifnlt i think this is evidence that cain is defying the laws of politic, leading the polls in iowa, despite the fact he hasn't been there. his supporters don't seem to be troubled by the mounting allegations. i will say, i think that could change. i don't think this story's going away. i think it is getting worse. i don't think he's handling it well. however, there does seem to be some redill sillience in his support. >> i always think the polls, when you see a situation like this when the pundits or the journalists are aghast at things and suspicious

first, republican presidential candidate newt gingrich goes on the record. mr. speaker, nice to see you, sir. >> great to be with you, greta. >> i'll give you the easy one first. where are you? >> i'm in des moines at the annual republican state party reagan dinner. >> now we go into a little bit harder ones. breaking news out of greece tonight, the prime minister has survived the vote of no confidence. what does that mean for him, and what does that mean for us? >> well, it means that the effort by france and germany to ton bail out the euro zone will continue. it post poans a crisis for probably another month or two, and i think in that sense it's probably better news than having greeps collapsgreececollapse to. the country is overwhelmingly against what's being done. the two major parties, both of them, have less than ten percent support each. they're the major parties because the country is so angry. it's a great achievement i think in the face of very, very stern blackmail from germ my and france saying they will cut off the greek economy totally if he lot

former speaker of the house newt gingrich joins us. good evening, mr. speaker. >> good evening. it's good to be with you, greta. >> let's talk about some news that i think you will probably call very good news tonight. the rasmussen poll in the state of iowa, where the caucuses come january 3rd are, you now lead. 19% for romney, 13% for cain and you have 32%. what do you attribute that jump to? >> i think a lot of people have been looking for substance. i think they have been looking for solutions as big as 9% unemployment, solution as big as $2 trillion annual deficits. and my sense was in the last couple of debates people sort of checked off and began saying to each other, gee, i think newt has the right ideas and as they went to newt.org and looked at our 21 century contract with america, i think they thought maybe having done it before in the 1990s with four balanced budgets and welfare reperform and bringing unemployment down from 5.6 to 4.2% maybe newt gingrich actually has the right solutions and the right experience 20 -- to do it. i think that conversation has made a di

. >> meanwhile, while the attention is on mr. herman cain tseems like speaker gingrich is slipping up the side. like the kentucky derby, the horse sneaking up the side that people are not paying attention to. but he's moving up, not hugely, but he has moved up to third place. >> yeah. what i would say about newt, i think he has put himself in a position to capaitallize. if herman cain -- cain likes to joke that he's the black walnut ice cream, not the flavor of the week. but if the black walnut ice cream melts into a puddle, newt has put himself into a position to capitalize on that. he has moved up, only to where he was when he joined the race in the spring. he joined the race in the low single digits. he had a terrible launch and sank down a few points. he's back to where he was. i think if this story does bring cain down and his followers scatter, i think newt is a natural landing place for a let of -- for a lot of those people. he has positioned himself to be ready to capitalize on a cain meltdown. >> he will be on our show t

mr. cain is here from michigan. >> hello, greta. it's a pleasure to be with you. >> tonight, sir, speaker gingrich said that he would fire ben bernanke and audit the federal reserve. in the 1990s, you were the board of directors on the kansas city federal reserve. i am curious whether you agree with him that hee we should audit the federal reserve and dump ben bernanke and the role of the federal reserve in our economy and monetary policy? >> two out of three -- yes, i would fire ben bernanke. i would also audit the federal reserve because there has been some bookkeeping going on that i don't think the public knows about in terms of where the t.a.r.p. money went in, who got bailed out. that's the reason for the audit. in the 1990s, we didn't deal with a $frail 14 trillion debt. so we didn't try and basically tweak the economy with monetary policy and control unemployment and price stability. the federal reserve's role needs to be refocused on just price control, monetary price stability of our currency, that should be the only focus

there's been an allegation against mr. herman cain about sexual harassment. all this sort of, is this significant in the race or is this sort of going to be collateral 2012? >> it's not exactly a great boost. and i think herman has worked very hard to get rid of that. it seems like a lot of things are unfounded. nobody knows are they true or not true, but they don't have any evidence or any proof. and it certainly is not a positive for herman, and it certainly is not a positive for newt. in fact, i just see now he's doing well. they were leaving him alone but now that he's doing well i'm starting to see all the vicious stories come out about newt. it will be a tough period of time. but it is not positive. it certainly is not positive. >> ron paul, congressman paul. out? totally out? >> he's an interesting guy. he has some interesting views of things. whether you agree or don't agree, he has interesting common sense. i view it as common sense not libertarians views on things. but it will be very hard for him to win. no question about that. a couple of the vote

gingrich is at 23% with governor mitt romney inches behind at 22% and third place, 15% goes to mr. herman cain. as we know, that's tonight. tomorrow could always be a big surprise. the republican national committee chairman ron joins us. good evening. what do you think about the latest nationwide fox poll? >> i think that it is obviously i think good news for the republican party in the sense that i think it just shows that there's a lot of horsepower on our side of the isle. i think it shows a lot of interest and a lot of discussion right now on the republican side. i think primaries are good for our party. i think that they create better candidates, and i think that we will have a great candidate coming out of the primary. and somebody that we know that we can rally behind as a party and get behind to help save this country from a president who is intent on keeping us in the ditch and pursuing policies that haven't worked. >> well, right now it seems, and quite understandably, that the politicians and republicans who are running, the 8 who want it, or however many the number is,

, folks who previously haven't weighed in on this were pretty critical of mr. cain saying he's got to go out and explain it. i think they sense a vulnerability among his supporters, they're casting about looking for a candidate. once they start to smell the blood, it's becoming a harder political situation to weather. >> greta: he didn't have their seven votes to begin with, but i'm curious to see what the response is in polls in the next week or two, and also to see what else develops because there's, you know, i'm sure that this is the kind of story that everyone'everyone's digging at. >> you've got debates and polls. herman cain is the man in the spotlight for the foreseeable future. >> greta: rick, thank you. >>> who approved personal bonuses for fannie an fannie mad freddie mac. >>> senator john mccain said the guys should be fired and billions are headed to the billions are headed to the company in the form of another@ music music music we're centurylink we're committed to improving lives and linking americans to what matters most with honest personal se

, folks who previously haven't weighed in on this were pretty critical of mr. cain saying he's got to go out and explain it. i think they sense a vulnerability among his supporters, they're casting about looking for a candidate. once they start to smell the blood, it's becoming a harder political situation to weather. >> greta: he didn't have their seven votes to begin with, but i'm curious to see what the response is in polls in the next week or two, and also to see what else develops because there's, you know, i'm sure that this is the kind of story that everyone'everyone's digging at. >> you've got debates and polls. herman cain is the man in the spotlight for the foreseeable future. >> greta: rick, thank you. >>> who approved personal bonuses for fannie an fannie mad freddie mac. >>> senator john mccain said the guys should be fired and billions are headed to the company in the form of another[ bailout. senator john mccain goes on the record.n that's next. ion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arth