in the 1960s, when i was drafted in the military, he got a deferment. he chose not to go. bret: you weren t asking about that. not at all. what i was asking about was the ad he is running here in iowa that we see all the time accusing newt gingrich of bag hip trit. he said hypocrite. he said he is not sorry. he said i didn t list all the things, i forgot something important to me. he listed that. i think we hear more about that tonight. clear he wanted to get point airwaves. maybe a new well to spell blood in the water. keith jackson used to say before a game on saturday, these two guys don t like each other. i don t think ron paul and newt gingrich have much use for each other. i think it s political. but in their particular case it s personal as well. bret: last word, chris. 32 weeks, 12 debates. these people have been across country, viewed by millions through the process. we started it in south
iowa caucuses here january 3. it will be must see tv. there will be questions you haven t heard tonight. join us at 9:00. you participate in a live chat with fox news contributors at foxnews.com/debate. also, you can tweet me. @bretbair. in washington, a new plan emerging to fix medicare that comes from the same lawmaker who came up with another proposal this year. jim angle reports this time he has help. reporter: republican paul ryan joined forces with democratic senator ron widen on a new medicare proposal to affect the 2012 election and cause of entitlement reform.
whether this will be a country where working people can earn enough to raise a family, build a modest savings, own a home, secure their retirement. that speech was a clear rebuke of republicans especially the tea party, and music to the ears of democrats who too often find their president too timid. their philosophy is simple, we are better off when everybody s left to fend for themselves and play by their own rules. i am here to say, they are wrong. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is here to up his game today. clearly framing the campaign. why today? reporter: that s right, he is framing the campaign. and it s because essentially it s heating up now, and he has to get in he has to get in campaign gear before the frame is set for him, john. the republicans that you know are on the campaign trail every day trying to make this a referendum on the president s leadership on the economy. they think they ll win if it s a referendum on how the economy is
globe. live from studio 7, this is cnn saturday morning with t.j. holmes. just got that breaking news from the nba. just a matter of hours ago. they were working overnight. we ve got a live report on that coming your way literally in seconds. i do want to get you caught up on other morning headlines, including out of pakistan. where pakistan is saying nato helicopters opened fire killing 20 soldiers. this happened near the border with afghanistan. pakistan and military officials say another 12 soldiers injured in this attack. nato is saying they are aware of the incident but have yet to release any details. we have a live report from afghanistan coming up just a little later in the show. also, three american students arrested during protests in egypt are all expected to be headed home this weekend. they re accused of taking part in the sometimes violent protests in tahrir square. but parents of at least two of the teenagers say they didn t do anything wrong. tens of thous
and occupy wall street heads uptown, targeting millionaires row on the upper east side. and in d.c., protesters take on the capitol. good day, i m andrea mitchell live in washington. a busy day today. new polling in key battle grounds as republican candidates get ready to face off tonight in hanover, new hampshire. let s get right to the daily fix. chuck todd, host of the daily run-down down, and chris is managing editor from post politics.com. thanks to you both. chuck, you have the nbc polls in new hampshire and iowa, talking about a big shift where mitt romney is way out in front. herman cain is second, ron paul third, rick perry, a poor fourth, jon huntsman falling behind. and some warning signs for all of the candidates. what is your look at the internal? i think when you look and