union together, despite the fact that some states would be free states and others slave states. if they don t want to talk about race, they ought to not bring up the blah people and not assume the people at the naacp people who are middle class and assume they are all on food stamps. if they want to play the 1860 race cards, we re going to correct them on the accurate history. dick harpootlian and meliss athank you. thanks for joining me tonight. race is the elephant in the room in south carolina right now. and it s the republican elephant. it s a small room with a big elephant. thank you very much for joining me tonight. melissa, your new show starts? february 4th.
new york times that he has been, quote, awed by how inflamed and emotional the issue has become. cnn s soledad o brien will have an exclusive interview with him tonight on larry king live at 9:00 p.m. eastern. cnn is welcoming a new member to the family pierce morgan to take over larry king s primetime hour. starting in january the british tv personality will host the 9:00 p.m. eastern hour with what s being called a candid, in depth, news maker interview program. morgan is best known in the u.s. as a judge on the television show america s got talent and recently hosted the uk program. here is morgan s life stories. welcome to the family. we welcome him and wish him success. exactly. 9:00 p.m. eastern his new show starts in january. we ll be watching. thanks very much for that. republican ron paul is no fan of the president s economic policies but does he like anything at all that the president had to say about taxes and economic growth? congressman ron paul is standing