candidate who does not eat meat. he told the times which is where i get all of my election news that his religion and health concerns inspired his preference for plants. his lifestyle may to the go over well with the meat industry in iowa, a key primary state. and a 2013 poll found 23% of republicans view vegetarians unfavorably. first of all why are you laughing? that is an excellent source for election news. vegetarian time. you have to get your reading in. we will get her a copy after the show. i was a vegetarian for years. i was a vegan. my body craved the meat. do you think the public at large, america at large could support a tofu eating president? i don t think anyone is surprised that dr. ben carson would be a vegetarian. each doctor says eat less red meat. eat more fruits and
between scott and christie almost as if they were in the witness protection program, you never saw them individually. you never saw them collectively. the best you could do was those cars running around. the problem for christie is after his recent reelection, this was his entree to america. not only to a key primary state, but this in effect was his introduction to america and instead in trying to control the narrative, it went haywire and it s proven to be very negative. these are two guys that have a lot in common and obviously florida, new york, new jersey, because that s both ends of the george washington bridge, and america are not any better for these two conspireing. does it help the democrats in florida to see these two together? i think it does. rick scott has always been one
and good morning, everyone. it s friday, december 2nd. ali and carol are both off today. i m christine romans along with alina cho on this american morning. so glad you got the memo. i know. we re both feeling a lot like christmas this morning. up first, the countdown is on for herman cain. he s heading back home to atlanta this morning in the decision to whether continue his campaign could be in his wife s hands. cain says we will know by monday at the latest whether he s in or out of the race, and yesterday for the very first time, cain admitted that getting out is an option. he okay knowledged he did give money to the woman he said she had a 13 jeer-year affair with . his wife only found out about ginger white when the rest of us did. that is correct, and she was hurt that she didn t know about this friend that i was helping financially. she was aware of many of the other friends that i have helped. ginger white spoke to lawrence o donnell on msnbc last night a
earlier this morning who said he s out here to see sarah palin. he said pennsylvania is not one of those places where you would normally expect to see sarah palin do well. he was speculating that perhaps a lot of this has to do with trying to go after those independent voters who maybe have some questions about her. a lot of polling has shown that recently and it doesn t hurt to ride around in a bus, suzanne, that s all about american history. who could argue with that? so we re going to have to see how all of this plays out over the next several days. but from what we understand, this tour is going to make its way to new hampshire at some point which as you know is a key primary state. we ll all be watching. okay, i m sure all eyes on sarah palin. thank you, jim. appreciate it. here s your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. today we are asking why aren t we doing more for our veterans? carol costello joins us with that question. it is unbelievable just the l
it s memorial day, may 30th, 2011. president obama is at arlington national sepl tore. live pictures paying tribute to those men and women who gave their lives to defend our country. shortly the president will speak at arlington s amphitheater. his address live, as well as remarks from mike mullen and defense secretary robert gates. arlington national cemetery, 624 acres of hallowed ground, the final resting place for fallen troops from all of america s wars, including the most recent. the war dead from iraq and afghanistan are laid to rest in an area that s known as section 60. our correspondent chris lawrence is there on this memorial day. chris, describe for us if you can the significance of this place that some call the saddest acre in america. reporter: well, suzanne, this is where most of the iraq and afghanistan war dead have been buried. so for a lot of these families the wounds are still very fresh. they have lost their loved ones in the last year, the last