going in a mad dash. we re seeing violent scenes even. they re tearing down doors. people being arrested. you know what they re all after? a shoe. not just any shoe, though. an air jordan. we ll explain. also, possible ground breaking lawsuit against the nfl. a number of former players suing over concussions they say they got while playing the game. one of those players, jamal lewis, in studio with me in just a matter of minutes. don t miss that. let me start with this major political road block now for newt gingrich and rick perry. both candidates failed to qualify for the virginia primary. neither of them came up with enough valid signatures. this means now that there are only two candidates that will square off in virginia s march 6th showdown. let me bring in our athena jones. first of all, how could this happen? how could they not make the ballot? virginia has stringent rules. among the most stringent of all the states. you have to get at least 10,000 signatures from a
this is one of a number of embarrassing videos from 2011. we ll show you. and a pretty big setback to tell but now for newt gingerich and rick perry. two presidential candidates have not collected enough valid signature to appear on the state s primary ballot. athena, everybody is wondering, how in the world if you re a serious candidate for the nomination, can you, i don t know, just forget to get your name on the ballot? they didn t forget, but still, how can this happen? i mean, it s really baffling to a lot of observers here. people were surprised, especially about newt gingerich. but we have gotten a statement from each of these campaigns. the perry campaign says in part, they re going to closely review the facts and law to determine whether an appeal and challenge is warranted. now, gingerich s campaign called the whole way virginia handles its ballot requirement process, they said it s a failed system and they said they re going to pursue an aggressive write-in campa