was the only tv producer invited to whitney houston s funeral from any network. so we ll have not only the inside look, but also the explanation from bobby brown as to why he bailed on the ceremony. did you hear about the deadly avalanche near a ski resort in washington state. skiers buried in snow after falling 1500 feet. there were warnings of high avalanche danger. they were not supposed to be in that area. reports were it was an out-of-bounds area they were skiing in. we have all the details of that deadly avalanche coming up. the polls just keep coming in on his side. you might call it the santorum surprise. he s opened up an eight-point lead right across the nation in a brand new nationwide poll. does it mean what some people think it means? or is it a blip? we ll talk about it. mardi gras is getting an r rating. they are attempting to enforce a curfew for kids under 16 in the french quarter. how are they going to accomplish that? we ll try to find that out. i a
nomination. that is what they are saying this morning. think could be wrong. they re recognizing that is a pretty big statement at this point but do you think that s true? basically they re saying if you can win this second-tier group and they pit you against mitt romney they think you can win. martha, i don t have any doubt that if it is just me and mitt romney who the republican primary voter will pick all across this country. they will pick the true, authentic conservative, not a conservative of convenience that mitt romney is. martha: let me ask you this. you talked the past couple days about a politico story that said your campaign was very poorly run. if you do okay tonight, if you come in and i know you want to win and you may win, but let s say, worst case scenario you came in third or fourth, would you make any changes in your campaign? do you foresee having to sort of ramp it up if that s the case? look, i think our campaign is running fine. the politico story is insi
third you will win the gop nomination. that is what they are saying this morning. think could be wrong. they re recognizing that is a pretty big statement at this point but do you think that s true? basically they re saying if you can win this second-tier group and they pit you against mitt romney they think you can win. martha, i don t have any doubt that if it is just me and mitt romney who the republican primary voter will pick all across this country. they will pick the true, authentic conservative, not a conservative of convenience that mitt romney is. martha: let me ask you this. you talked the past couple days about a politico story that said your campaign was very poorly run. if you do okay tonight, if you come in and i know you want to win and you may win, but let s say, worst case scenario you came in third or fourth, would you make any changes in your campaign? do you foresee having to sort of ramp it up if that s the case? look, i think our campaign is running fine. t
presence in the state and the time we ve paid there and the vision that we ve khan communicated to the people of iowa is starting to catch on. you spent a lot of time in politics. republican party has its history. that is they always go to the next guy. yeah. doesn t seem to be working out this year in that there really wasn t a next guy and it seems wide open. there s been a lot of fluctuations in the polls. what do you make of it? people are locking for the, you know, the authentic conservative. someone who they can trust, that s going to stand by their principles, someone who is a person with courage to be able to fight that fight. we ve got huge problems, sean, and i think people are just going through in their role decks of candidates and trying to figure out is this person the real deal. do they have the courage? do they have the integrity? do they have the authenticity? does their track record back up what they say they are going to do? and i think as a candidate has ris
presence in the state and the time we ve paid there and the vision that we ve khan communicated to the people of iowa is starting to catch on. you spent a lot of time in politics. republican party has its history. that is they always go to the next guy. yeah. doesn t seem to be working out this year in that there really wasn t a next guy and it seems wide open. there s been a lot of fluctuations in the polls. what do you make of it? people are locking for the, you know, the authentic conservative. someone who they can trust, that s going to stand by their principles, someone who is a person with courage to be able to fight that fight. we ve got huge problems, sean, and i think people are just going through in their role decks of candidates and trying to figure out is this person the real deal. do they have the courage? do they have the integrity? do they have the authenticity? does their track record back up what they say they are going to do? and i think as a candidate has ris