make a big decision when he made the call to go after obama. vice president joe biden shows the behind the scenes details on how that decision was made. this is cnn saturday morning. i m christi paul. so glad to have your company. let s start together here with the republican presidential race and the battle between newt gingrich and mitt romney in florida. take a look at this poll showing mitt romney with a nine-point lead. here s a significant thing with these numbers. just days earlier, the numbers were virtually reversed. newt gingrich was on top. today they re in florida trying to reach as many people as they can before tuesday s republican primary. let s go live to miami. peter, in your opinion based on what you know down there, has this turned into a two-man race down in florida? reporter: it actually has. partly because ron paul and rick santorum have decided not to race down here. after they were seen on the debate, mitt romney is the prohibitive favorite to win.
politics in-depth. i m wolf blitzer in florida, you re in the situation room. the dust is settling here in jacksonville, florida, after our very exciting cnn republican presidential debate last night. and there s new evidence that mitt romney is gaining support four days before florida puts its stamp on the republican race for the white house. the new poll shows romney nine points ahead of gingrich among likely gop primary voters here in florida. the survey was taken tuesday through thursday entirely before our debate last night. gingrich was leading romney in florida earlier this week. right after he won the south carolina primary, but in the last couple of days, he clearly lost some of that momentum here in florida. and he s now trailing romney. newt gingrich came out swinging in debate here in jacksonville, but some campaign watchers think he was off his game last night. our chief political analyst gloria borger listened to every word of the debate. she was here in jac
we go there tonight. let s go outfront. good evening. tonight, the super rich surtax. okay, i keep stumbling on that one. but president obama today went on the road to press a theme from his state of the union address telling millionaires they need to pay up. if you make more than a million dollars a year you should pay a tax rate of at least 30%. all right, the president s proposal would affect about 240,000 tax filers across the country. an expert tells us it would effectively raise the top margin rate about 44% for millionaires. now, that s the highest it s been since the middle of this guy s administration when he was cutting taxes. now, putting aside the debate over whether it s fair, here s the math. taxing this dplup would bring in $41 billion in revenue a year. that adds up to about 380 billion over ten years. thanks to david logan for running the numbers for us. that sounds like a lot of money, right? but here is an interesting thing. compare it to our debt a
honor to be nominated but you really do want to win. and that little problem he had with words with friends. we can be playing a smart word game rather than watching reruns of nbc sit-coms all the time. what kris osborn could be more of a waste of our time. alec baldwin, unapologetic, and very, very funny. but i must ask you, piers, have you been properly in love? i was instructed by your staff to pose this very question. al an lek baldwin, piers morgan interview starts now. if you re alec baldwin, life is pretty damn good right now. the man s at the top of his game, starring in 30 rock, making movies even hosting the new york philharmonic radio show. he s so busy, apparently he doesn t have time to run for mayor of new york city. he s not afraid to say what he thinks or to leave a plane when he feels annoyed. it s time for me to have some words with a friend, alec baldwin. welcome. thank you, good to see you. now, we re going to come to that remarkable moment
wealthiest americans at thfrt point in time looking at the economy as it is should pay more in taxes. he is of the same mind on that front at george soros who we spoke with here in davos as well who also believes the wealthy should pay more in taxes. two of the many headlines today. we ve got a lot more coverage on c nnnmoney.co cnnmoney.com. brooke. thank you very much? a snowy switzerland for us today. for more details and all kinds of other money stories, cnnmoney.com. and we continue here, top of the hour. the republican presidential candidates hours away from squaring off in a huge debate tonight. our cnn debate. went wa to take you behind the scenes as they make the last minute preparations. time to play reporter roulette. cnn has political producers traveling along with these candidates morning, afternoon, night, following their every move as they crisscross across the country. but today it s unique we get all of these guys and gals together in one spot. but that s