hi, everyone. news nation is following newt gingrich finally calling it quits. the former house speaker will officially announce the end to his presidential campaign in about an hour. newt won only two primaries, south carolina and his home state of georgia. he has been almost non-existent in the polls ever since and is more than $4 million in debt. newt gingrich announced last week he was spepding his campaign and lost secret service detail thursday night. many of the comments during the campaign were controversial and some say incendiary and joining me is news nation political panel michael smirk con itch and steve dace who also endorsed newt gingrich. i won t make you eat crow. we don t do that to steve because we like the guy. i will give you a chance, steve. tell me how does it feel to have your fellow falling off the map here? well, i think in the eyes of a lot of people newt has been out of this race for at least a month, month and a half and i don t think he really
campaign and lost secret service detail thursday night. many of the comments during the campaign were controversial and some say incendiary and joining me is news nation political panel michael smirk con itch and steve dace who also endorsed newt gingrich. i won t make you eat crow. we don t do that to steve because we like the guy. i will give you a chance, steve. tell me how does it feel to have your fellow falling off the map here? well, i think in the eyes of a lot of people newt has been out of this race for at least a month, month and a half and i don t think he really ever got his mojo back after what happened in the florida primary and some say that romney and the super pac spent 15 to $20 million destroying newt gingrich in that state and it is unfortunate because really there were only two republicans throughout this entire process who can say they controlled their own destiny. one, of course, mitt romney that will not nominee and the other newt gingrich, not once
been fired or resigned. and five more are on administrative leave. truly an epic boondoggle for sure. lisa, great to see you. thank you. criticism of ann romney s choice to be a stay at home mom has came cat take pcat take putted her on to the national stage. how much do the candidates other halves really factor into voters decisions at the ballot box some joining me is allison samuels, author of a new book about the first lady called what would michelle do. great to see you. let s get straight into this with the visibility that ann romney has gained significantly increased since this controversy began. she called it defining. so will it make a difference for her husband s candidacy as he tries to close the gender gap? it absolutely will given that
much more sort of free willing and spitballing if you will on policy last night than he does on the stump. two things really jumped out, the first was one cabinet agency he said he might get rid of it he said things like housing and urban development, which my dad was head of that might not be away later. so there s one agency that could be on the chopping block. specifically interesting when you consider his reverence for his father. he also talked about the department of education in response to a question from one of guests. he said he wouldn t get rid of the department, but that it s probably going to shrink significantly. another quote, he said the department of education i will either consolidate with another agency or perhaps make it a heck of a lot smaller. i m not going to get rid of it entirely he said. and that s because he learned a lesson in 1994 against ted kennedy when he suggested getting rid of the department of education and got railed againsts as being unca
so it really unfortunate situation for him. newsweek s allison samuels. nice to have you back on. thank you. here s a look at other sto e stories topping the news. naif fighter jet crashed in virginia beach last week will start getting rei m borsed today. the navy said initial payments will begin at $2300. dozens of apartments were destroyed when the fighter jet crashed on friday. no deaths were reported. today the world remembering legendary broadcaster mike wallace, the veteran 60 minutes interviewer has sat down with thousands of politicia politicians, heads of states and celebrities. wallace will be most remembered for his tenacious interviewed style which will liken to an interrogation. how many blacks are there on your top campaign staff, governor? i couldn t honestly answer you. that speaks for itself? uh? i said that speaks for