worth it for the pay but rather for the principle. can guess the access, power, and prestige make it even better. since it helped him meet his cadre of billionaire friends who seemingly love to larvish him with really expensive gifts while he sits on a court that continues to deliver major victories that just so happen to appeal to their idealogical beliefs. just ask yourself, dear viewer, if clarence thomas didn t rule the way he did, do you think he would be invited on these trips to the clubs, to the yachts? joining me is down fox, general kourn of the u.s. government of ethics. he was quoted in the propublica piece. thank you for being here. that is my challenge with the thomas defense and those who defend him. number one, and i think you might have said this in the piece, were these people his friends before 1992 when he got on the court? no. number two, if he didn t rule the way he did, would they still take him on the yacht and take him on the chopper? i would argue no. and so t
the right. a new television ad that labels him as a fake. why? because he s a fake. while i was fighting to save the olympics you were fighting to save the bridge to nowhere. we re going to stay with cnn, full highlights from last night s republican debates live from phoenix in just a moment. and gas prices have jumped again. up 3% three cents, rather, overnight, according to aaa. average is $3.61. it is still going up. economists say the gas could jump to 4 or even $5 a gallon by the summer. you re going to hear from president obama on gas prices and energy policy. that s happening later today. president obama is apologizing for the burning of korans by nato troops in afghanistan. now, this incident set off protests across the country. after again president hamid karzai said president obama sent a letter calling the burning an inadvertent error. he also promised to take steps to avoid any reoccurrence. two u.s. troops were killed by someone wearing an afghan army