thank you for joining us. thank you. heather: what do the numbers mean for rick santorum s campaign? does he have what it takes to go the distance, congressman frost, i will start with you. also, we have to add in, the straw poll that happened. the cpac straw poll. santorum coming in second there today. you can t really tell. first of all, the cpac was 62% of the people wanted somebody other than romney. in terms of santorum, he s got the same problem that gingrich had and that he has a thinly funded campaign. we ll see how he does. the interesting thing is he may well emerge as the clear alternative to romney because gingrich is coming over as just a bitter old guy. now, the problem with santorum is he has extreme views and when people start focusing on them, he may not look so good. there was an interview where he was asked what would happen if his daughter were raped, he said he would counsel his daughter to keep the child, not to get an abortion.
so far there is no information on a possible motive. chris johns lives at the intersection. he shot video of the gunman and even engaged him in conversation to try to get his attention and he join us from los angeles. thank pup what were you thinking at the time in first of all, what drew your attention in the noise? yeah. basically, i heard pop, pop, pop. you know, i heard the gunshots. so that kind of drew my attention. i looked at the video and you said, hey, over here. look over here. why were you why were you trying to get him to come? you were asking him to shoot at you. yeah. i thought that i made a calculate calculated, kind of comparison. i thought, if people down there at point blank range to the shooter were going to get shot, you know, they were kind of helpless to avoid being killed. you know, me, i m four stories up, if i could take any of his attention and divert it towards me, any gunshots that he would shoot at me, i would have an opportunity to get
unwashington. the reason, a tax cut america might be about to lose. over the past year you have probably had $1,000 extra. thanks to the payroll tax cut. you will save at least that much next year, if democrats and republicans extend it. two bills are up for vote to do just that. the democrat bill taxes millionaires to pay for the extension. the republican one freezes federal pay and cuts millionaires off from some benefits like unemployment. both bills will likely fail. because surprise, surprise, the parties haven t compromised. now congress has 30 days to pass the payroll tax extension. if they don t. people with a salary of $35,000 will pay $700 more in taxes next year. if you make $50,000 you pay $1,000 more. $75,000 in salary, $1,500 more. get how this works. on and on. economists warn that if it is not extended the u.s. could tip back into a recession. the bottom line is this, american people want it. the economy needs it. and the two major parties agree on it. so, why
might be about to lose. over the past year you have probably had $1,000 extra. thanks to the payroll tax cut. you will save at least that much next year, if democrats and republicans extend it. two bills are up for vote to do just that. the democrat bill taxes millionaires to pay for the extension. the republican one freezes federal pay and cuts millionaires off from some benefits like unemployment. both bills will likely fail. because surprise, surprise, the parties haven t compromised. now congress has 30 days to pass the payroll tax extension. if they don t. people with a salary of $35,000 will pay $700 more in taxes next year. if you make $50,000 you pay $1,000 more. $75,000 in salary, $1,500 more. get how this works. on and on. economists warn that if it is not extended the u.s. could tip back into a recession. the bottom line is this, american people want it. the economy needs it. and the two major parties agree on it. so, why can t politicians get it done? at least the
the reason, a tax cut america might be about to lose. over the past year you have probably had $1,000 extra. thanks to the payroll tax cut. you will save at least that much next year, if democrats and republicans extend it. two bills are up for vote to do just that. the democrat bill taxes millionaires to pay for the extension. the republican one freezes federal pay and cuts millionaires off from some benefits like unemployment. both bills will likely fail. because surprise, surprise, the parties haven t compromised. now congress has 30 days to pass the payroll tax extension. if they don t. people with a salary of $35,000 will pay $700 more in taxes next year. if you make $50,000 you pay $1,000 more. $75,000 in salary, $1,500 more. get how this works. on and on. economists warn that if it is not extended the u.s. could tip back into a recession. the bottom line is this, american people want it. the economy needs it. and the two major parties agree on it. so, why can t politic