the hawker proposal made it technically unacceptable and resulted in an unacceptable risk. with 700 already in use by the u.s. military, they say the american company is a victim of politics. in a global economy the ooh noted states and brazil should expand trade and investment so we create new jobs and new opportunities in both of our nations. reporter: the u.s. overlooked its u.n. voting record, the close ties with iran, and an investigation for bribery and corruption. that is absolutely wrong when you have people of american who understand that obama is out sources national security jobs they will be upset. reporter: they said that they won not because of politics but performance, that their plane was simply better in the air. we are told that hawk eris now taking their protest to federal court. bill: interesting we will follow it then. 19 minutes before the air. martha: governor chris christie
saturday. it s a remarkable turn around. bill: thank you for that. we ll get back to all you mentioned here including the relevance of iowa right now because that is changing as we speak. carl, back up a little bit for me here, layout the reason as to why perry would not go forward, knowing the votes only 48 hours away? reporter: well a couple of reasons. one there is the aspect of him having come into the race back in august around the ames straw poll and immediately soared to the top of the polls and not lived up to expectation and the anticipation of his candidacy. he announced here in south carolina and had a series of very poor debate performances by his own accounting and made tactical errors and misstatements that really tripped him up. there was a pretty tough and definitive backlash against him at that point. he never recovered. a lot of time candidates like newt gingrich will have an implosion or near death
decide the former speaker newt gingrich is best suited to be the republican party nominee to go up against barack obama. gingrich has been closing in the polls behind mitt romney in last few days. he did pick up some momentum after the last debate. it has shown at events. the romney campaign where we are now at his headquarters in suburban charleston has been taking notice of mr. gingrich and pounding him back for the first time really since before iowa, recognizing that gingrich is surging and is a threat. polls expected later today are likely to show the trend for gingrich putting him within the margin of error and in some cases perhaps surveys will show that gingrich is now leading and we will have rick perry on the campaign trail, not on the trail really but at least supporting newt gingrich. so a major development. the loss of another candidate from the roster and support to newt gingrich. bill: only two days ago, gingrich said perry and santorum should both drop out and support h
announcement about all of that during a news conference at 11:00 this morning eastern time. when that happens we will take you that way as soon as that gets underway. that s how we start a brand-new hour of a hospitalizin a hopping america live. bill: the race has potentially a seismic shift when you look back on history. perry has been under pressure to get out. according to bret baier, conversations with newt gingrich, gingrich went public a few days ago asking perry and santorum to get out. he gets half of that. let s go to our chief political correspondent carl cameron on the road in charleston now. what are you hearing, carl? reporter: the way it s framed in south carolina is, and now there are four. and the question is whether or not rick perry s withdrawal from the race will in some way reduce the split of conservative voters
experience and causes them to come back and say, i ve been through trials and tribulations and lived through it. perry wasn t able to. he never got a second look. rather than stand on a debate stage tonight and come in fifth in a field of five, he takes himself out of the play, he s no longer in it and newt gingrich gets the benefit of his endorsement. bill: thank you, carl we ll be back with you a little bit later this hour. carl is in charleston. martha: back to new york and back to charleston again, john roberts is standing by speaking with governor nikki haley and getting her reaction to a very volum volatile situation on the ground, john. reporter: governor nikki hayley is here. you ve supported mitt romney. what do you make of rick perry dropping out of race and throwing his support behind newt gingrich. this is what primaries are all about. they decide who they like. certainly the voters will be the ones who decide on saturday.