race. i m focused on super tuesday. if you think it s wild from your side, you should see from us. i m looking to have a good time sunday night. nobody knows more about hollywood than harvey wienstein. people did the secret of the oscars. also one of the best oscar pundits around predicts who will walk away a winner sunday night. and why it s an honor just to be nominated for the oscars? this is piers morgan tonight. our big story tonight, newt gingrich taking aim at president obama on gas prices. so the president uses very strong language and says that those of us who believe he can get back to $2 gallon of gas is politics. that s baloney. it was $1.13 a gallon when i was speaker. that s a historic fact. in a moment i ll ask newt gingrich did he can really bring it down to $2.50 a gallon. and i ll talk to harvey wienstein about the movie the artist. this is the biggest gamble the company took. it is the craziest thing ever. we begin tonight with newt
newt gingrich s head. newt gingrich did come out with that ad we saw that leads with mike huckabee. mike huckabee has come out to say that s an unauthorized use of his image in that sound bite. so that ad might come down. now, rod, you talked about how the voter is not connecting. whether it works for next tuesday or not, willard made some mistakes last night. like when he was caught last night s debate lying about an ad running on florida radio. let me let you hear this. you ve had an ad running saying that speak eer gingrich calls spanish, quote, the language of the ghetto. i haven t seen the ad. i m sorry, i don t get to see all the tv ads. i doubt that my ad but we ll take a look. it was one of your ads. it s running here in florida. and on the radio and at the end you say i m mitt romney and i approved of this ad. so it is here. let me ask you a question.
tonight, eight republicans, one goal. to win the white house and kick barack obama out. cheering them on, their powerful allies and fierce critics. the grassroots movement putting a bold stamp on this election. tea party. tonight s players i love america. i ll fight for america. mitt romney. the early front-runner. obama care. focused on attacking the president. now, turning his attention to a more immediate opponent. i m going to be a pro business president. now, i m not going to make any apologies about it. rick perry, the newcomer. he got a late start, then surged to the front of the pack. with a conservative voice, folksy and brash. michele bachmann. the firebrand. we re here to win. she aced an early test in iowa. proving she s a top tier contender. as well as a lightning rod. ron paul! henry cain! the rest of the field in search of a breakthrough. jon huntsman. the diplomat. carving a more moderate path to try to defeat his exboss, the president.
1995, gingrich becomes speaker. he of course sparred repeatedly with the democratic president bill clinton including government shutdowns in 1995 and 1996. remember, they also worked together on welfare reform and a balanced budget agreement. in 1998, the speaker, dealing with ethic problems and other issues announced he would not seek a third term as speaker. he left the united states congress. he s been a fox news commentator. been active in conservative causes since. he has flirted with running for president before. but today, today, newt gingrich, the former republican speaker, from georgia, made it official. return america to hope and opportunity, to full employment, to real security, to an american energy program, to a balanced budget. no one doubts speak eer gingrich s intellect. this is a veteran republican strategist, former top bush white house adviser who knows the speaker well from his days