leadership and stronger leadership. rick: a third party candidacy. i believe it will be a republican without any question. there will be very strong republicans competing for the election. i think it will be very duff for the democrats in the next election cycle. rick: who poses the toughest challenge to the president. i would say jeb bush, but i think chris christie would be strong. i think governor perry would be strong. mitt romney would be strong. i don t know who the republicans will nominate. either of these three will be the real alternative. the issue will be the president and his management of the economy. rick: thank you so much for your incite. good to meet you in person, sir. thank you. jenna: we have to take you to breaking news out of nebraska where we are getting word of a train derailment, 175 people on board this amtrak train, and again the information is spotty at this time but we do hear from a amtrak spokesperson that there
for 62 years, erv. thanks very much. great to talk to you. jenna, over to you. jenna: that was a key question, rick, is your wife onboard with that? that was key, very key. we ll see what erv decides. happy anniversary to him. wal also have some brand new numbers out on the economy. you see wall street right now after earlier losses rallying a bit, 150 points plus. we re going to look at key differences between president obama s economic policies and ronald reagan s. also, mexico declares three days of mourning after a casino leaves 52 dead. [ music playing, indistinct conversations ] the charcoal went out already? [ sighs ] forget it. [ male announcer ] there s more barbeque time in every bag of kingsford charcoal. kingsford. slow down and grill. whose non-stop day starts with back pain.
growth is anemic given the deep recession we ve just lived through, and by the way, this year so far we re growing at less than 1%, so this is barely treading water, and that s not going to create the kind of jobs we need. so this is a disappointing number, and it suggest we re getting close to a potential double-dip recession. jenna: obamanomics versus ray gone mommics, and is we hear this comparison made a lot. i hope he read my column. jenna: i don t know, but he did say he was reading about reagan during his christmas vacation that s the best news i ve heard in a long time. jenna: is there a lot in common, is it even fair to compare the two? is. no, there are a lot of comparisons. they both were tremendously popular when they came into office, both inherited terrible economic crises. reagan inherited the crisis from carter, and, obviously, obama came in during the midst of the
hours. so there s a track as of 11:00. we get an intermediate advisory at 2:00, and they ll give us the update on the winds. category two making landfall, our best guest mitt right now, around moorehead city and a second landfall across wen new york on western new york on sunday morning. rick, back to you. rick: all right, janice, thank you very much. jenna? jenna: well, rick, the governor of maryland declaring a state of emergency warning folks to get ready for this storm. in conjunction with the mayor of ocean city, we are ordering a mandatory evacuation of the barrier island of ocean city. it is our goal to make sure that ocean city is evacuated by 5 p.m. on friday. so people should not waste time. this is not a time to get out
installed. so the sectioning off, jenna, that you witnessed this morning is really what they re planning to do, just keep people back. but they re not going to try to cover the monument. so that s the very latest. we re getting some views now. four peat long, one four feet long, one inch wide crack that they placed sealant in. jenna: harris, it has been through hurricanes before, we have to remember that, and it s stood tall. harris, thank you so much. rick? is. rick: to libya, now, where rebel forces are hunting for the elusive moammar gadhafi and seeking to clear out pockets where there s still supporters. steve harrigan streaming live from tripoli. steve? reporter: rick, the next battle could be shaping up in gadhafi s hometown about 200 miles away from here to the east. there is speculation that gadhafi or family members have gone there but no hard proof. nato war planes are also beginning to bomb there, british war planes have bombed some bunkers there, and we ve seen