reporter: destination virgin islands and among the thousands of passengers ready for fun in the sun. people are not ready for the mad charge to the left. reporter: members of a rising political movement are having a meting of the minds. led by former republican presidential candidate allan keyes, more than 100 conservative tea party activists and their families rented out space on the ship for what was billed as the cruise for liberty. we believe in free enterprise. reporter: the cruise organizer michael fallon organizes this voyage as a chance to talk about politics in paradise. right now, people are wanting to be with other conservatives and maybe they feel like they are out on an island somewhere by themselves. reporter: so to speak. yeah, so-to-speak, exactly. hello, everybody, we will give you access to health care
america and are fellow patriots. reporter: when it comes to obama, this is no love boat. they say through this caribbean, this cruise is another picture perfect example of how the tea party movement can go overboard. democratic strategist worries that tea party events on shore and off is getting out of hand. are we talking about voting differently or something more edgier than that. reporter: listen to how allan keyes refers to president barack obama. he questions his citizenship even though the government and the state of hawaii have produced evidence to refute the charge. i don t know how you impeach is somebody who may not be president in the first place. that is your position? if according to the constitution if you are not eligible for the presidency and that does turn out to be the case, then barack obama was never president. you don t impeach somebody who would
and if you don t want it, we will shove it down your throat. reporter: at this pre-cruise kickoff, allan keyes explains why this is gaining steam. it is not about democrats or republicans, but it is about the failure of the whole party system. reporter: and allan gottlieb knows about the frustration. i that are venting frustration by al tending the rallies. reporter: and you get them involved in. capitalize and mobilize them. we could easily slip back into slavery. reporter: and these two have a website calling for president obama s impeachment. i know that all of us need some encouragement in fighting this battle, and who is against yoigs w obama who is trying to destroy america and i know you love
[ applause ] ouch. so the taping was today, but it will air on monday, so perhaps, wolf, the best hint must have been who is the best guest dancer on the ellen degeneres show most recently and he would have gotten it right. it is barack obama the president of the united states who is a much better dancer than i was. no, you had it hands down. let s replay the tape. no, no, no. we have enough. all right. this is the situation room, not the situation. all right. fred, thank you very much. very cute. tea party at sea and the movement against big government charts new waters with the former presidential candidate allan keyes at the helm. standby. and an invention to help severely paralyzed people communicate with their caregivers. stick around. you are in the situation room. e up something more strenuous. you have different needs and desires. - i m reading a book. - what s a book? so we tailor plans for individuals,
president obama couldn t spell the word vote or say it in english. who is number one? akio toyoda apologizing today for the problems that triggered an 8 million car recall. he says toyota will shell out more than $2 billion to fix all those cars. akio toyoda topping t the list don t want 2 be on . wolf blitzer here now in snowy washington in the situation room. rick, thank you. happening now, a new move by the u.s. military to make the so-called morning-after pill more available. this hour, the troops, unwanted pregnancy and the culture wars. plus critics say a new apology from the new chief is too little too late. the recall crisis is rocking the japanese car maker to its very core right now. and bracing for the whiteout at the white house. a winter storm is bearing down on the mid-atlantic, and it could paralyze the nation s capital with up to 30 inches of snow. we re tracking the travel delays, the danger across the region. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the