mitt romney on the defense. we are just three weeks away from the first presidential contest of the 2012 campaign, and the attacks are in full force. let s be candid. the only reason you didn t become a career politician is you lost to teddy kennedy in 1994. wait a second. now wait a second. that s wait a second. paul steinhauser is joining us from des moines. gingrich survived. how did he do it? exactly, kyra. listen, newt gingrich, the reason he jumped in the polls and surged the last couple of months is because he has been doing very well in these debates. we saw it again saturday night. as everybody suspected, newt gingrich now that he is a front-runner here in the first state to hold a contest in the caucus of primary calendars, we knew he would come under attack. he did. from mitt romney and from the others. but he seemed to have the measured response each time. now, this squabble that you just played over the debate saturday night has been continuing between
usual, no agreement on how to pay for it. candy crowley is cnn s chief political correspondent and anchor of state of the union. political theater aside, you think congress will eventually get this done? i absolutely think congress will eventually get this done. particularly because we have seen republicans now saying we even the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell said even if you don t believe that this actually helps the economy, it certainly will help the people that get the break from their payroll taxes. this is just not you don t want to go home at christmas and having raised everybody s taxes. not going to happen especially when it is your point of view that you are never going to raise taxes on anyone for any reason. that s a little hard to square that. also with us this morning, former new york times columnist, distinguished senior fellow. stephen moore, editorial writer at the wall street journal. candy dealt with, you know, whether congress will e
justice served? i ll ask a man who knows the legal system inside out. another best-selling author, john grich grisham. we have the crime of the century every six months. so for people like me who enjoy taking the stories and writing about them, the material send lsz. plus, she was born to make it in hollywood. why aren t you as a productive two superstars just lying on some sun lounger in a bikini spending daddy s money being a brat? that s a really good question. i often ask myself that. she is sharing the screen with the muppets. this is piers morgan tonight. . she sold 100 million books and scared the living day lights out of people. patricia joins me now. this is going to terrify me. i know it is. i think it will. i won t tell you why. you ll start looking around your kitchen in various places and thinking, i don t feel so good about certain things. you wait, you ll see. where do you get this desire to scare people? you know, i don t know. but when i was
a new week and new shake-up for the battle for the presidential nomination. newt gingrich is now the solid front runner in the state of iowa. but today his focus was on new york. and a meeting with donald trump. let s go to new york. there s jim acosta following this for us. what s the latest with newt gingrich the front-runner and donald trump? well, he is in the big apple and you can say he is singing new york, new york, start spreading the newts. he his message he is can win the republican nomination. he is willing to take this battle to all 50 states. at a news conference in new york, newt gingrich insisted he can go toe to toe with mitt romney in a 50-state battle for the nomination. even with a much smaller operation. we have all these articles about how businesses are getting leaner. how they are flattening their hierarchies. doing all sorts of things. have you people who work from home. you have virtual organizations. all of these cutting edge ideas. you have a gr
i m going to be 85 years old and weigh 85 pounds. claiming the tsa agents at jfk airport pulled down her pants and strip searched her. now she s talking about taking action on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com all right. good morning, everyone. it is monday, december 5th. ali and carol are both off this monday morning. i m christine romans along with alina cho on this american morning. nice to see you. good morning. nice to see you. a highly classified u.s. stealth drone may be in the hands of iran. iranian officials are claiming that they shot down the drone after it invaded its airspace. american military officials confirming one of their drones is missing. now iran is vowing an aggressive response. here is pentagon correspondent barbara starr with more. reporter: christine, alina, iranian authorities say they shot down a highly classified u.s. unmanned spy plane over their territory along the eastern border with afghanistan. iran sa