donald trump s snake story, right? his snake story? you know, sam? you invited him. you invite the snake in. what do you think it s going to do? it s a snake. ron is completely right, right? prior to running for office, he led the birther movement. and we suddenly act like, well, he s a political figure. but obviously, he s always been a conspiracy theorist. we ll have more of this misheg mishegas, as people say, complete craziness, with my guests who are sticking around. coming up, donald trump s delusions of grandeur have gone biblical. somebody had to do it. i am the chosen one. that s going to go in the history books. he s now calling himself, as you saw there, hands up in the air, the chosen one. he tweets a quote calling himself the king of israel.
it was a personal display who clearly was feeding off the crowd. what was even more chilling is the crowd was feeding off him. what was said before is right. in the context of people hurting down in florida, in the context of people being homeless in puerto rico, in the wake of the hurricane. with everything going so wrong in this country, to have our president perform like that for 70 minutes was a spectacle. there s nothing politically to gain from this. also from a public policy standpoint. it was an embarrassment. what was he doing, jonathan? giving his crowd, his base red meat. the story of the snake, what was that, a veiled message? the snake story was a message to the immigrants, they ll bite you if you let them in. as people know, immigrants commit fewer crimes than native-born americans. so the whole premise of that ridiculous story was wrong. but this is rank demagoguery.
the verdict for michael dunn. and accusing north korea of atrocities, starving, killings comparable to the nazi area. a kentucky pastor took the snake-bite handling style of preaching all the way to a reality tv show. he is dead tonight of a snake bite after refusing medical treatment. it is all at the top of the hour. we are looking forward to that. john mentioned that snake story. it is compelling to imagine how it happened. the snake handling pastor who appeared on snake salvation has died. he was bitten on saturday. snake handling was not something funny. it was a key part of his faith.
campaign s negative ads. also gingrich says he won t vote for ron paul if the texas congressman wins the republican nomination. plus a frightening day at country s biggest shopping mall and nothing to keep from happening the a mall near you. first in iowa, the skating criticism newt gingrich levelled at two of his republican opponents, mitt romney and ron paul. just a short time ago wolf blitzer asked gingrich about the barrage of attack ads both romney and paul are running in iowa. republican voters caucus exactly one week from tonight. listen to some of what newt gingrich had to say about mitt romney. mitt romney made fun of you today. i don t know if you heard. no. about the virginia snafu and all of that. i ll play the clip, watch this. okay. you know, i i think you compare that to pearl harbor. i think it s more like lucille ball at the chocolate factory. so i mean, you ve got to get it organized. he was referring to a statement that your campaign
the run since he wasn t on the run, he s missing since friday. the 20-inch egyptian cobra has venom strong enough to kill a human but then zoo insists it s probably hiding out somewhere. nbc s peter alexander live in new york city at the bronx zoo. incredib incredible. if the cobra get hungry, that cobra will venture out. reporter: it s safe to say, it s not on the run, maybe on the slither, at least for the last five day flouz. they believe it is locked inside a safe, nonpublic area of the reptile house. easy to say, not comfortable to hear. they have locked off that area, so it s closed to the public. in a dark, warm space, they say. when it gets hungry and thirsty, that s when they hope to catch it. this story has evolved. darwin would be proud, the snake story has grown legs. it s online all over the place with someone tweeting as the bronx zoo s cobra, 55,000