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keeping them honest, how clean are are speaker gingrich s hands or rick per yis or anyone else s? we ll start with the concession speech speaker gingrich praised iowans who ignored the attack ads. they would listen and they really wanted to get to the truth rather than the latest 30-second distortion. i would not have survived in this campaign against millions and millions of dollars in negative advertising if it wasn t for the thousands of volunteers who showed up and who helped us in every town and in every precinct. it s part of what made these negative ads so shameful. every one of us should remember, this process survives because young men and women risk their lives to allow us to do this. speaker gingrich last night. now here s a sampling of ads that ran all over iowa in the last few weeks. newt has more baggage than the airlines. newt gingrich supports amnesty for millions of illegals. gingrich was fined $300,000 for ethics violations. whatever you think of
how he overcame childhood tragedy. i was at a piano recital. it was in the intermission my aunt jesse came and said your mother just died and brought me home. it was then i kind of realized for the first time she s not there anymore. and a traumatic brush with his idol. i said i have to ask you mr. sinatra you hit this high a flat. how did you do it? i just opened my mouth and it was there. this is piers morgan tonight. i ll take you just the way you are harry connick jr., welcome. thank you. you are a man of so many hats, it s ridiculous. a singer, pianist, big band conductor, a composer, and actor. three grammys, 25 million albums sold worldwide. you starred in a broadway musical on a clear day you can see forever. and you have your first children s book. not content with dominating every other genre of entertainment, you re into the kids market. well, i guess what makes me want to do this stuff is that i guess what drives me is real interest in all
also, would you ask your boss wife out on a date? especially if your boss is the president of the united states? we ll explain this and you ve been chiming in on it this morning as well. let s start with the senate. open for business today. they ll be in session. first on that agenda is extending the payroll tax holiday. this is a compromised keel that appears to have been reached. it s just an extension that goes for two months. it means we have to come back and do this all over again in 6 house today. athena, the white house at least happy to know that the taxes for a lot of folks in this country will not go up january 1? well, yes, they say they are. they say this deal meets the test that the president set out. he s been saying for days and weeks, really, that the important thing is that taxes for 160 million americans don t go up on january 1st and even though they ll have to return to this whole issue in another two months, for now this is a significant step and it s
you know, first off, no grip on science? science, no. no science! did these people ever look? did they all flunk it? do they think science is a lo y lobby? can you imagine what will happen tonight when i turn lewis black loose again? also, new golden globe nominee claire danes shared the secrets of president obama s favorite show. does somebody die? from homeland claire danes, this is piers morgan tonight. when i made the decision to leave america s got talent i wondered who simon cowell could get to replace me. now we know. i want to say, i feel a tiny slither of sympathy for the first poor tone deaf singer to face the rough of the great howard stern. and howard joins me now. howard, congratulations. well, piers, i thought it was appropriate i called you first. i mean, after all, you created work for me. you left america s got talent , and i became fascinated by this idea of replacing you, although i have to say you were one of the greats. you are definitely o