tonight the congressman has been called the intellectual godfather of the tea party. just barely to bachmann in the ames straw poll this weekend. joining me is ron paul. you are the most untalked about contender today after this weekend i can ever remember. you should be getting as many headlines as michele bachmann. you nearly beat her but the media seemed obsessed with her and not you. why is that? i should be asking you. you are part of the media. it is the media that picks and chooses. i ve got you on. i m making my statement. i ve got you on my show. i m looking for an explanation, too. my supporters are convinced. they are afraid of me. they don t want my views out there. they are too dangerous. we want freedom and we are challenging status quo. we want end to the warred and the gold standard and views people can t handle. they can t handle the freedom. they want dependency and socialism and welfarism. i don t think they like to hear our views. but i think we will
and now, this is the man who allegedly strapped that thing in place in hopes of prying money out her parents. paul doug peters, age 51, an australian finance executive. paul doug peters arrested yesterday outside of louisville, kentucky, by a local fbi swat team in connect with the case that has gripped australia for nearly two weeks. let me take you back to august 3rd. this was the scene in a wealthy enclave outside of sidney where this sl-year-old spent a heldish ten hours. she was fearing this mechanism would explode. it turned out to be a hoax. but the assailant s demands were very real. he wanted money from madeline parents. the demands were that it was financial, demands made. again, i can t go into too much detail on exactly what they were and that they needed to be some follow-up contact. and further instructions would be given. like i said, a truly bizarre story. let s go to susan candiotti outside o the federal court in lieu louisville. i know you want to talk a
romney served one term as governor, perry is in his third. that s what this is about. i m running for office because i believe that having spent my life in the private sector meaning in business, that i understand what it takes to get business going again. and perry s rebuttal? give him my love. and claim to have the job creation bragging rights. 40% of all the jobs created in america from june of 2009 until the present were created in texas. i know how to create jobs. a packed hour ahead, including putting that claim from governor perry to the truth test and showing you how the early 2012 map is so different from 2008. here to get us started are jessica yellin. and from austin texas tonight, mr. herman. to you first, my friend. governor perry is in the race. president obama is in the midwest. they re in the same state of iowa. suddenly today we have a campaign of contrast? yes. it took a while for him to say it officially. you saw it officially saturday in sout
in american history is almost treason in my opinion. because he never served. perry told a military gathering, quote, i want to make sure that every young man and woman who puts on the uniform of the united states respects highly the president of the united states. in fact, perry even seems to question obama s patriotism. listen to this. you need to ask him. [ inaudible question ] i m saying a good reporter. go ask hm. cnn s shannon travis is in iowa. governor perry had a gem for you, i understand, in your cameras? that s right. reporter: he did have a gem for me. it s important to question whether the newly republican presidential candidate if this is his texas swaggering bravado. he is just getting into this race and has more established contenders who have been in the race longer. as you yu just mentioned he did say a little bit of things and say he sealed it with a kiss. romney took a swipe at you today saying he has private sector experience and that makes hi
minnesota s cannon river, president obama coming out loaded forbear saying the dead debate say that some politicians and he didn t mention parties would rather see their opponents lose than see american win. tough words. take a listen. we ended up creating more uncertainty and more damage to an economy that was already weak. now, we can t have patience with that kind of behavior anymore. i know you re frustrated. i m frustrated too. three states in just three days. by bus for president barack obama. you have minnesota, iowa and then illinois. my colleague, wolf blitzer, is standing by. he hit the road. he got a break from washington. he ll be doing the situation room from the president s next step in iowa. wolf, let s go to you. we heard from the president. pretty tough words today from the president. clearly aimed at the republicans. caller: he s really beginning slowly but surely, but he s beginning to get into that campaign mode that republicans have been obviously i