2012 republican presidential field appears to be narrowing. mitt romney and newt gingrich. gingrich s campaign has gotten another boost in iowa, latest poll has the former house speaker seven point as head of his nearest competitor. his campaign isn t the only one getting good news this weekend. reporter: newt gingrich is closing in on mitt romney in new hampshire too according to the nbc poll as republican leaders express little surprise that cain suspended his campaign yesterday. i think that he provided a big voice in the debate. certainly his numbers were falling over the last few weeks. he was having trouble raising money. i think is only natural if your numbers are falling and you can t raise the money you get out of race. reporter: clearly, others see an opportunity here to pick up the cain votes and climb in the polls with cain out of the way. michelle bachmann is one, rick santorum is another. we think we going to do well. we have a strong consistent conserva
this is the end for colonel gadhafi. for me, it s not like the end, it s when. he s the most important question. because it s not now, a couple of weeks ago i was certain he was going to last for a long time. we need to start to think about months, you know, at least. talking about days or weeks or something. i think it s unrealistic. because he managed successfully and deliberately to come from a peaceful regime to be a war situation. he was very successful in this tactics. and i d like to emphasize here, he is successfully as well, immediately switched from the mood of the leader as like a king or president, whatever you are going to label him, to be a warfare leader. and it s were dangerous. the mood now, he s operating. he s very comfortable in that roll. he s very comfortable. he was ready for this. we should focus as well. because it s war, you know, we can t talk about just the people protesting outside in the streets. just if you see or if you followed the protest
for defense spending, which includes the first cut in military since september 11, 2001. the pentagon is proposing $78 billion in military cuts, 47,000 fewer troops over the next five years. this would also include raising fees paid by retired, and working age of veterans for their health insurance and elimination of a number of major weapons programs. we will talk about this and the politics of it this morning. it here are our phone lines. the numbers are on the screen. good friday morning to you. as the pentagon was announcing its budget plan for the next five years, at the same time yesterday we learned that more than 1000 extra marines are going to be deployed in afghanistan. anne flaherty with the associated press. she wrote about the proposed budget. she is starting our day off with us. good morning. guest: good morning, susan. let host: start with the substance of the announcement host: let s start with the substance of the announcement yesterday. what was he? guest:
the fire began on arf avenue. jade has the details. reporter: good morning. the chief informed us this is a suspicious fire. firefighters are still out here with hayward police. one resident told me he heard an explosion and the call came in as a dumpster fire that spread into a carport. four vehicles went up in flames. when firefighters arrived they had to make evacuations. residents tried to move their cars away from the flames, fortunately no one was hurt. only one apartment had damage. we will show you that in a later report. we know for sure 20 people have been evacuated. firefighters just making sure they are mopping up the mess. about seven minutes this fire burned. for about seven minutes. you are taking a look at some of the video from this fire. you can that see that four vehicles, altogether a truck, suv, van, and car, all went up in flames this morning. this came in as a fire in a dumpster that spread to a nearby carport. the chief this morning told me this is d
are voters preparing to usher in a gop majority. the similarities between 20shgsz 10 and 94 are scary. the master minds of the 94 republican revolution leave the conservatives behind the 2010 pledge to america. they see me and they think wow a black guy, a republican and it s because of the ideal principals to our country and that i believe the republican party goes further to try to uphold those ideals. maybe it s not what people usually think when it comes to republicans. hispanic americans we believe in work ethic. we believe in the american dream. the ability to create for the next generation a better way of life. those are fundamental principal bedrock principals of the republican party. i am dana perino look at minorities who are looking to be a part of the new majority. politicians are starting to understand the reckoning time is coming near. what is putting fear into the hearts of the politicians the tea party movement affecting more than midterm ele