"the new york times" helene cooper and tim magazine's rick stengel. all of a sudden we have rick perry shaking up both the republican race and maybe the whole she bang. how about this for a notion? that we're looking at 1980 all over again. like ronald reagan, the werner dethroning the establishment, mitt romney in the way reagan pushed aside george bush 41. reagan found a way to play a big debate moment in new hampshire to make bush look too small for the role. >> i am -- for this microphone -- chris: democrats hope barack obama won't be like jimmy carter, whose economic times were so tough they got reagan elected and reagan's far right views weren't even in focus. could the same be true for rirk perry? if he were the republican nominee, would his controversial views get ignored? >> i'm not real sure you're a bunch of right wing extremists, but if you are, i'm with you. >> john is this what the republican parties wants? a guy wo -- who kids around and embraces the far right? >> certainly i think that the republican party right now is a very it logica

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all right. >> hey, rick stengel, thank you so much. great cover. >> this is a great cover. the decline and fall of europe. get pat buchanan to autograph mine. >> up next, congressman peter king. also, we're going to bring in chuck todd live from des moines. but first to bill karins for a check on the forecast. bill? >>> sunny and beautiful forecast, mika. good morning, everyone. if you're waking up in the northern half of the country this is one of those days you've been waiting for, lots of sunshine, dry weather, low humidity. the perfect summertime. 80 to 85 degrees. what's so nice, too, all the lakes and the pools and the ocean are still very warm from the hot sunner. very enjoyable to head to the pool or the beach. in texas that's the exception. 40 days in a row with 100-plus temperatures. all the way back to june for the last 90-degree day. friday is the day we're going to tie the record. saturday we would break it. some clouds around so the high may not get to 100. that would be a close call. the rest of the country showers and thunderstorms likely in the southeast. g

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