i think with the process we re going through, the whole primary process, the whole point to figure out who is the best candidate to beat president barack obama. i think that means you have to go through all of their activities. let me give an example. donna brazile said after the debate on saturday night the democrats were thrilled that romney is front-runner because they say he is the weakest candidate. that is strong statement from a democrat. we republicans have to make sure we vetted all our candidates. that the american people have rendered judgement who the best candidate is before we move forward that is clearly the process. martha: that is clearly the process. thank you so much for being here. the process is far from over. jackie gingrich, thanks for coming to america s newsroom. we ll see you soon. thank you very much. martha: all right. bill: 36 minutes past the hour now. want to go to a former u.s. marine sentenced to die in iran. a court convicting. amir hekmati. born
my son had a lot of friends back then. they all hang out together, hang out with jerry sandusky and i think you should talk to these other boys, too, not week in they would say. she pointed them in these boys direction. amir hekmati an ex-marine, born in arizona, raised in michigan. his family says the 28-year-old was arrested in august while visiting his grandmother and other relatives in iran. they say his reported confession, quote unquote, had to have been coerced. also in the news, emotional moments last night at a memorial service marking the one-year anniversary of the tucson shooting mass sack they re left six people dead. congresswoman gaby giffords, one of 13 people wounded, recited the pledge of allegiance. one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. such a goose bumps moment. she, by the way is still recovering from her injuries from that incident. and the pharmaceutical company novartis is recalling several of its products bec
iranian state television as we ve been telling you, airing a report claiming this man is a u.s. citizen born in arizona and in iran to infiltrate the service and our kathericatherin herridge is making phone calls moments ago, there s no evidence he works for the agency and u.s. officials are saying whoever the young american is though, they say he is obviously under duress and in the hands of the enemy. the ceo not commenting directly on this. and we ll bring you up to speed as more information becomes available on that story as well. thousands of people in russia, protesting what he they called rigged elections and rescuers in china rush in to save a man after he fell off a cliff. as we go around the world in 80 seconds. indonesia, a refugee ship lost at sea. more than 200 people escaping
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frank luntz and his focus group of arizona residents. they are fired up about their state s new immigration law now on hold. frank, i paid very close attention. i love the passion in the debate going on there. my question is, cause, cause, a lot of people express concern about racial profiling. not only does it not encourage racial profiling, it specifically prohibits it. i want to ask you, did they understanding that and did the president totally, completely mischaracterized the bill and does that bother them? let s ask. first question, this comes from sean. do you realize that the legislation actually discourages, prevents racial profiling? yes. why are you nodding your head no? because the policeman is going to stop you because you look like you might be illegal who is going to look like they are illegal, maybe not me because i m light skinned but my parents and grandparents