immigration debate confirms he is gay. another outspoken lawman sheriff joe arpaio weighs in on that controversy. plus, a natural wonder that isn t. what it seems a water fall that looks like red hot lava. more evidence tonight that if there is a front runner the republican race, it is at the moment rick santorum, not mitt romney. it the nomination is won state by state and arizona and michigan are up next a week away. as we prepare for a big debate wednesday night, check this out. santorum now surging to a ten-point lead over romney in the national gallup tracking poll. no surprise the former pennsylvania senator is getting more scrutiny from rivals annen democrats, too. some goes back to his record in congress. some focuses on new more pointed santorum rhetoric like his weekend accusation that president obama is imposing his own theology on americans. this is what the president s agenda, it s not about you. it s about you. it s not about your quality of life. it s no ab
back to hardball. now if the sideshow. first up, clarence thomgs answers his critics sort of. pushing out there to push for the supreme court justice to recuse himself on the constitutionality of obama s health care because thomas wife lobbies on behalves of tea party partyers. in a saturday speech to law students, justice thomas shot back. one of the things i want to do is i want to go to my grave knowing that i gave everything i have trying to get it right. i ve watched my bride, who is doing the same thing, when she started her organization. she was able to give them 24/7 everybody day in defense of liberty. we love being with each other because we love the same things. we believe in the same things.
job growth is picking up. however, it s not enough to bring down the jobless rate, which is still just under 10%. the flu is making a comeback. the cdc says five states have widespread reports of flu last week, up from zero two weeks earlier. four of the states were in the south. alabama, mississippi, georgia, and virginia. the other, right here in new york. flu-related illnesses kill about 23,000 people every year. well, preparations are being made around the world to welcome in the year of 2011. but nothing compares to what will be going on just a few blocks from here, or in the studio. at new york s times square. aaron katersky has a look at what they re calling the ring of steel before the thousands of partyers arrive. three, two, one! happy new year! reporter: since 1907, it has been emblematic of new year s eve. the ball, dropped from a stanchion above times square. the first new year s eve ball was made of iron and wood.
she vanished on saturday. police question their father and stepmother and say there are inconsistencies in their statements. police don t know what caused 50 underage partyers to get sick at an off campus party. the students involved in the party could face sanctions. police think someone spiked the drinks. no drugs were found at the scene. they re waiting on drug tests to see what was put in that. and a new report says dropping out of college costs taxpayers billions of dollars. 6.2 to be exact. states put aside that much money to pay for the education of students who do not return after the first year. and nearly 60 million americans will not get a raise again this year for the second year in a row. i can tell you what we re talking about. and miley cyrus is 17 and some say, too sexy. in fact, some people want her to be disney s hanna montana from the rest of her life. from this video, it s obvious
much, sir. how do you know that was a republican? it was on the republican side. mig the latest reports were it may have an prolife democrat. it may have an prolive democrat or a republican. whoever did it was wrong, but that s not the only thing, hailing the n word at lewis, at representative lewis? the homophobic comments from megyn: that was from a tea party person. not a republican. and we saw republican congressmen yesterday incyte the tea party crowd yesterday and kill the bill and all this stuff. megyn: what s wrong with kill the bill, what s wrong with protesting? nothing wrong with kill the bill but you re inciting tea party partyers whose behavir has been atrocious. this is on the part of republicans behaving like sore losers, rather than graciously accepting defeat. it s going to hurt them. megyn: there are so many things in that statement that i want to talk about. i m your guest, i m sorry. megyn: why should they just