joining us now, a familiar guy, mitt romney. good morning to you, sir. good morning, steve. how are you doing? steve: doing okay. so you are in the midst of a bus tour in iowa. you know, in the beginning a couple of months ago, it didn t sound like you were going to spend much time in iowa. but now you re surging in the polls. has there been a change in strategy? the response here has been very positive. i had a big event last night in davenport. we expected about 150. i think close to 800 people showed up. there is a loft enthusiasm. so we re gauging that enthusiasm as a sign we ought to put more time and energy into do real well here. clayton: it s hard to monday morning quarterback, but you look back and say we re kind of neck in neck. maybe if we had poured more resources into this thing from the beginning, it might be a walk. do you look back on this? no, clayton. i guess what s important to us is to make sure that we re the team that comes up with 1150
by the way, we ve had ten or 12 debates where we ve debated each other, along with others. we have two mo scheduled for january. if it comes down to this, the two of us, at some point we will debate person to person. but right now, there are a bunch of folks in this race that are still in the race. newt and i are not necessarily number one and number 2 across the nation. so we ll have to narrow it down and see where it leads us. i m gog debate all the major candidates. clayton: you mentioned other candidates in this race and there have been some who have been critical of you, including newt gingrich, calling you a massachusetts moderate, is the new moniker. and rick santorum this week says there are three primaries happening right now in iowa. ron paul s primary, and then the one between you and newt gingrich as the moderates, and then he as the true conservative in the race. you re being painted as a moderate. are you not conservative enough for iowa? well, the good news is that p
alisyn: good morning, everyone. it s wednesday, january 28. as the deadline approach, the gloves come off. newt gingrich attacking mitt romney days before voters hit the polls. the former massachusetts governor is here live to respond. steve: meanwhile, president obama wants to increase the spending limit on america s credit card. why he says the debt ceiling must be raised and raised now to the tune of over a trillion bucks. clayton: bad economy got you down? mcdonald s wants to pick you up with free coffee. that s right. no purchase necessary, but it depends where you live. we ll get to the bottom of that cup. fox & friends hour three starts right now. you re watching fox & friends. that s the great way to begin your day.
all evacuated without injury. all over the place, shaking really hard. everybody got real scared real fast. never heard anything like that on the plane before. just waiting for some fire to come out at that point. alisyn: no word on what caused the tire blowout. but the investigation continues. bad economy getting you down? here is something to perk you up. free coffee. no purchase necessary. here is the catch, only in northern california. the free coffee program will last two weeks ending on sunday, january 15. the program is local mcdonald s way of saying thank you to their customers and offering a helping hand at the start of the new year. those are your headlines. clayton: brilliant. you know you re going to get coffee and buy an egg mcmuffin. steve: speaking of egg mcmuffin, they don t have them at this particular place, but i think now we re going to ellie s tea and coffee in iowa and
steve: thank you very much. it is exactly 8:00 o clock in new york city and now we ve got something alisyn: look who is back and returned to the scene of the crime. steve: sitting on this desk, it belongs to, ladies and gentlemen, stewart varney. clayton: we went through your secrets. alisyn: we sent some e-mails. steve: nice to see you again. clayton: there s a lesson. never leave an electronic device on my seat. alisyn: right. near clayton. clayton: i checked all your e-mail for you and returned them all. steve: not only do we have the great stewart varney in attendance, but in just about two minute, we will go live to iowa to chat with mitt romney who wants to be the president. alisyn: meanwhile, let s get to your headlines. tell what you you missed overnight. late north korean leader kim jung-il was laid to rest today. tens of thousands of people lined the snow covered streets to pay their respects. they appeared to be screaming