lin-sanity. that s some excitement, leading the niknicks to a 17-point comeback. that wonderful three-pointer, look at this place going bananas. we ll talk about what lin-sanity means coming up. even toronto loves him, that s where they were playing. new details on whitney houston, a report on a drug investigation now. folks really want to say their good-byes but they re saying, the family is saying there s no michael jackson-like farewell scheduled for her. they will have a small service at her childhood church. also, it was such a big story, amanda knox being cleared and heaving italy after having spent several years in prison. guess what. story may not be over, the prosecutors want a second crack and they are appealing that conviction being overturned. could she be headed back to italy? could she be going back to jail? we ll let you know all about that. up first here, congress on the verge of allowing you to keep more of your money. negotiators reached a tentative
this is the fox report. it s the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news. ignore the pundits. ignore the polls. that from the presidential hopeful, rick santorum, as he campaigns in new hampshire following his big shakeup in iowa. rick santorum finished in second place there, just eight votes behind the winner, mitt romney. but in several major upcoming primaries, it appears rick santorum may not even be on the ballot. mike emmanuel is live with more. tell us about santorum s campaign problems, if you would. shep, senator santorum missed the deadline to be on the ballot here in washington, d.c like a number of other candidate, missed the requirements in virginia. all eyes will be on springfield, illinois late tomorrow afternoon to see if he gets it done there. his campaign insists it will. then vermont is monday. mississippi is the saturday after. but officials there say he has qualified. this all illustrates the challenge of being solely focused, shifting from being
this. it kind of cheered everybody up. i m shepard smith. this is the fox report. it s the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news. ignore the pundits. ignore the polls. that from the presidential hopeful, rick santorum, as he campaigns in new hampshire following his big shakeup in iowa. rick santorum finished in second place there, just eight votes behind the winner, mitt romney. but in several major upcoming primaries, it appears rick santorum may not even be on the ballot. mike emmanuel is live with more. tell us about santorum s campaign problems, if you would. shep, senator santorum missed the deadline to be on the ballot here in washington, d.c like a number of other candidate, missed the reirements in virginia. all eyes will be on springfield, illinois late tomorrow afternoon to see if he gets it done there. his campaign insists it will. then vermont is monday. mississippi is the saturday after. but officials there say he has
all the campaign problems, he ll hire staffers. that will all come. if he can convince primary voters this close to when voting starts in early states that he is electable in a general election, that is the final straw against mitt romney. it becomes a real threat to mitt romney s hopes. the tea party is set to be the major factor here. i spoke with a woman in iowa who is a tea party member, loves sarah palin, she has gone down the list. i think she even liked donald trump at one point but here she is, saying she is willing to support newt gingrich. he is not a washington outsider. he is not social conservative on issues that this woman and others say means something to them. but she told me, he is a fighter. she in her mine can visualize newt gingrich going at it with president obama. is that what this is about at this point? absolutely. the problem for mitt romney is that he hasn t shown that fight.
bill: i want to talk about dick cheney and donald rumsfeld and you, all right? you guys will be forming a rock group soon and going out on a road. more on that with dr. rice in a moment. bernie goldberg on hysteria. news busters have compared the coverage to president obama s campaign problems. wait until you hear this. coming right back.