and butter issues like gun control, criminal justice reform, she brought up eric garner, the case out of staten island where the man was killed in a choke hold after selling cigarettes. and that was sort of a way in south carolina, a state with much larger african american population in iowa or new hampshire. sort of get at key issues there. the things that we re going to hear the candidates talking about on the stump today. let s take a look at the latest poll showing hillary clinton, i mean, she s got a double digit lead here nationally with just a week before the next debate, you see martin o malley there with just a hash mark in the latest poll. possibly, you know, she s not going after the other candidates because she doesn t think she needs to. now that joe biden has decided not to run for president, hillary clinton is much stronger. it s tilted her way. so she s feeling a bit more comfortable. she joked last night about being
opportunity to build his brand. trying to transition into a presidential candidate it doesn t work so well. there s negative impact on his business. the pushback you are seeing by social media, it makes it clear there s a limit to how much people will take. he s a celebrity. there s a character nature to him and he is a salesman. it is good to see what won t sell is being insensitive and harsh to ethic minorities. well put, my friend. let s talk about christie who s getting into the race, how he s getting into the race. any sign it is working for him? the candidates who underestimate christie, do so at their own peril. if you are advising me he s almost a hash mark. why worry about him? because it s a long race.
you? how many more would you have gotten? i probably wouldn t be here today. [ laughter ] brian: hash mark, gifts that matter and go on to twitter for that. good job. always great to see you. straight ahead, americans on the verge of the fiscal cliff. just don t ask them what it actually is. what is the fiscal cliff? honestly, we re from new mexico, just helping out here to clean. no idea. the cliff? a cliff? how tall is it? i have no idea. brian: you got to ask americans. not new mexicans. what you should do about the fiscal cliff, coming up. speak of america s money crisis what, does this have to do with it? that former u.s. senator doing gangam style. he s trying to inspire you. i couldn t believe this. starbucks is now introducing i guess for the holidays a $450 gift card. [ cheering ]
again, why the long delay? was race a factor or is this just a local tragedy that s been turned into ideological fodder for television news. mitt romney wins the illinois primary but most of the chatter is about a top aide who likens it to a certain children s toy ze wanted to talk about his victory but the debate over this iconic children s toy, the etch-a-sketch threatens to erase all of that. our twitter turned that into a viral moment. plus define that. how far will you go. i don t want to campaign for candidates. he came up with the idea of televising what happens in congress and made c-span and its passionate callers part of the landscape. now he s stepping down as chief executive. this is reliable sources. it was back on february 26th that 17-year-old trayvon martin walking down the street was killed in the town of sanford, florida. the man who killed him is hispanic. it wasn t until ten days later that the killing drew a bit of national media att
this was the best scenario. we took the appropriate precautions. i ll ask a woman who may be new york s next mayor if the city get it done and cory booker from the front lines. and maverick billionaire mark cuban is not afraid to say what he thinks about the economy, sport, politicians, just about anything. tonight he says he ll raise hell. watch out, america. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. of all the places to be hit by a tropical storm who expected vermont to take such a pounding? the creeks and rivers are a raging torrent tonight, one the governor fears will take many more lives. 27 people in nine states have died in hurricane irene. millions are still in the dark and irene s price tag could go as high as $6 billion. in the wake of the storm administration officials will visit virginia, north carolina, and vermont tomorrow. all of this six years to the day after the massive tragedy of katrina. joining me is gary tuchman in brattleboro. what s the latest