as opposed to manipulating the process from the outside. this is about real issues, it s not about show business. martha: how about that? here is donaldrump s response earlier today to that, watch that. i think he ll admit it, he has to come and see me. and i said, you know, really i just sort of turned him down in a very nice way, and all of a sudden look what happened. i wouldn t feel too good if i had 1%. when i left i was leading in the polls. martha: just in case you forgot he was leading in the polls when he left larry sabato. always good to have you here. good morning to you. he loves to remind us of that, and it s true. he was leading in the polls. he is the direct he shall of the center for politics at the university of virginia. what do you think about trup trump s influence? does he have any at in point. reporter: from time to time until very recently trump has hinted that he might still run as an independent for president
she says the stacks lien was a mistake, a little understanding. parts of phoenix looking more like a winter wonderland than a desert paradise. look at the snow coming down. don t worry, much of it already melted. bill: where was that? martha: phoenix, arizona you can t ski there, right? martha: no, no. we ll find snow this places where you can. bill: you can get married in a sandstorm in phoenix. martha: we saw that. bill: and make the national news. a war of words between nancy pelosi and newt gingrich, the former house speaker says she has a lot of dirt on the republican front runner she gathered in the late 90s. newt gingrich not being baing down on that report. i want to thank speaker pelosi for what i regard as an early christmas gift. she is suggesting she will use material she developed while she was on the ethics committee? that is fundamental violation. rules of house and i would hope members file charges
were killed, including many women and children and an older man waiting in line to see a shrine. this is a holy day that marks the day from the prophet s grandson was killed so many years ago. this day is being remembered for something much worse here today. many people are pointing the finger at pakistan and wondering, because sectarian violence is so rare here about it is more common across the border in pakistan. many people are pointing the finger at pakistan because of the history there, and because they think the hakani group which is a taliban backed group is responsible for this. interestingly the taliban denied responsibility for this attack. martha: that is interesting. thank you very much. conor powell at the site of that disaster, an awful day in kabul. bill: it is one of the most sophisticated weapons we have in our military. today it is in the hands of
gingrich beats romney romney in every category including electability. bill: they are interesting findings. iowa could be a different picture than new hampshire. that s why we watch. byron, good to have you today. thank you, bill. bill: byron york in washington. martha: well it is the white house versus the gop and wall street and president obama is going all-out to push the unlikely confirmation of a man named richard cordray. he has been nominated to head this big new consumer watchdog agency that was created to right all the wrongs of the financial institutions that hit us so hard back in 2008. but 45 republican senators already said they are pledged to block this confirmation. so that makes a filibuster for democrats highly unlikely. but the whole thing does provide the president with a way to say that the gop is protecting wall street which has been a major point of his re-election effort. he will go on a huge media
debate at the end of december. all the major candidates are attending except ron paul and jon huntsman. that debate before the first in the nation caucus in iowa. that is on the 3rd of january. this is 6th of december. 28 days until the caucuses vote. martha: all right. so there are some new concerns today on the international front we want to talk to you about as well. iran may have their hands on one of our cutting-edge drones. this aircraft we are now under the, understanding that it went down in iran over the weekend. it is believed to be largely intact, which is also a bit of a problem. steve centanni live in washington with this very significant story this morning. good morning, steve. reporter: good morning, martha. well, yeah, senior u.s. military source telling fox news this could be a major coup for the iranians in terms of capturing and studying u.s. technology after this drone went down in their territory.