the more they see of gingrich and romney, the two current frontrunners the more they think they need a stronger candidate outside the current field. but where is that candidate? they ve all said no. martha: we ll be at that convention. i d certainly like to cover a brokered convention. that would be a first. reporter: me too. martha: we would find it fascinating. we ll see what happens. larry, thanks so much, great to see you as always. reporter: thanks, martha. bill: 19 minutes before the hour. washington is in a tizzie over taxes again. if the payroll taxes are not extended what will washington do with all that money? because you asked, an answer momentary. a beautiful model walks right into the propeller of an airplane. as her life hangs in the balance we ll get an update from her family this morning. we really believe that this is one of those horrific accidents that just happened. i asked her if she could hear me to squeeze my hand, and she did. payout from a legal settlem
check that out today. bill: michelle bachmann is warning her rivals not to count her out despite declining numbers. gingrich, romney and ron paul have surpassed her in iowa. she describes how she thinks she can still win. the only race we ve had in the country, i won the straw poll in less time than any other candidate and the only woman to ever win the iowa straw poll. what happened after that is we had new candidates getting into the race and the voters were enamored and looked at the other candidates. it comes back they are going to come back home. bill: we ll see if she is right later today. later today bachmann talks to megyn. you can check her out then. martha: fox news will be hosting a debate next thursday, december the 15th, 9:00pm eastern, 6pm
everything else went to the side and not proven in the end. are you reaching for the tums on this, bob. actually, newt is right about this by the way. it is a violation of house ethics rules. what, and you also right about the christmas present. what better foil for him with republican base right now than nancy pelosi? i mean, you couldn t ask for a better person to come out and attack you. so, i wish nancy would just be quiet here or let somebody else say something. let s keep in mind that the house is full of more senior members who really don t like newt, both democrats and republicans. it goes back a long way. he has got a lot of other timber back there that is still . bill: you made the point some of his own colleagues will sure. bill: by the way, let me tell viewers what pelosi said to talking points memo.com that started all this. she said, i know a lot about him. mining gingrich. i served on the committee that investigated him. four of us locked in a room
a few weeks ago those supporters would have said, listen, gingrich is another flash in the pan, another flavor of the month, but they see him now as a real threat, as you look at all of these polls that are coming out, and there is a want, a need when you talk to romney supporters for the romney campaign to step up their aggressiveness against beginni newt gingrich. the problem is that places like iowa and new hampshire don t like negative attacks directly from candidates, particularly, and there s been backlash before about that. whether the super pack that supports mitt romney starts getting involved in negative ads or whether you see surrogates like chris christie and others saying things about newt gingrich and his ability to be the gop standard bearer. martha: chris christie has played the attack dog role for mitt romney, saying things that