iowa caucuses dropped substantially this year. south carolina hoping to break that trend. you want to sound smart today, tell your frindz that south carolina s largest turnout for the republican primary was during the 2000 election when 573,101 voters showed up at the polls. and then george w. bush won the south carolina primary that year beating john mccain 53% to 42%. now off to the real news, let s huddle around the water cooler to show president obama showing off skills at the apollo in harlem. he held a fund-raiser at the theater on 125th street where he took the stage and played tribute to the great al green who was in the room. and then to know that reverend al green was here. i m so no love with you those guys didn t think i would
extravagant. nevertheless, the president is very active on the fund raising circuit. he s only raised about as much as george w. did at this point in 2004. president obama s night at the apollo last night, he addressed something like 1400 supporters and he paid tribute to the great al green who was in the room. take a listen to this. and, then to know that reverend al green was here. i so in love with you those guys didn t think i would do it. i told you i was going to do it. the sandman did not come out. i was going to ask you to
life on the american street? lastly, president obama and his thanks to big time attendees at a fundraiser last night had a special shoutout to singer al green. and then to know that reverend al green was here i m so in love with you those guys didn t think i would do it. i told you i was going to do it. the sandman did not come out. my hunch is that romney and gingrich isn t going to try to match that. the audience at the debate took newt s side when asked about his second ex-wife s charge that he
more on the political follies including president obama doing reverend al green with our mega panel later. but we are live now here in california s treasure island, smack in the middle of the san francisco bay. behind us, you can see the bay bridge. that bridge links oakland to san francisco, and it is getting a $7.2 billion taxpayer upgrade. it s the biggest public works project in the history of california. and it should be a great opportunity to celebrate and create thousands of u.s. jobs. but guess what? this bridge is being made in china. 3,000 chinese workers received new jobs instead of americans. if that s not enough, those chinese manufacturers are using 50,000 tons of fabricated chinese steel instead of american steel. on this trip, as you know, we
can t. sorry. oops. we regoing to take a look back at some of the rick perry s most memorable moments. wait until you see the good-bye put together for mr. perry. here are some things we thought you should know. and the home of the brave play ball. up to 4000 people in charleston came out to see stephen colbert and herman cain. colbert urged supporters to vote for mr. cain. cain is telling people don t waste your vote. president obama surprised the crowd during a fundraiser in harlem last night. if you ve not heard already, singing a little al green. then to know that reverend al