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The former ohio attorney general richard cordray now heads the newly formed consumer financial protection bureau. today he described the goals. >> consumers deserve to have someone who will stand on their side, who will protect them against fraud, and who will insure that theyre treated fairly in the financial marketplace. the new consumer bureau was create to do make sure these things are achieved for all americans. >> shep: meantime, new outcry from republicans over the presidents use of a rec...

And in a piece a couple of months ago, a piece said he can beat barack obama in any circumstances that are thrown at the race. >> jon huntsman, obviously i would love to talk to you, we know immediately what will happen in new hampshire. ill buy you a foaming bit of bitter. i want a yes or no to this. newt gingrich, mitt romney unloaded bombs on him through the pacs. it clearly so far has backfired. if mitt romney decides you are a serious challenge to him during new hampshires race, are you pre...

Bitter. i want a yes or no to this. newt gingrich, mitt romney unloaded bombs on him through the pacs. it clearly so far has backfired. if mitt romney decides you are a serious challenge to him during new hampshires race, are you prepared, yes or no, to get down and dirty with him? will you fight fire with fire? >> absolutely. absolutely, piers. >> good answer. >> we have contrasting records. thats the only way to proceed. thats the way the game is played here in new hampshire and beyond. the st...

Voting record to some of the more extreme things he said. i think of things like leak information to john ensign when he was about to be pursued? >> absolutely, martin. this is how it works generally and specifically in this presidential primary process. all of these candidates have surged at times from obscurity in most cases and gotten the thorough vetting that in some cases led to a plateau or even a downward trend on their surge. rick santorum though he peaked at the perfect time going into ...

>> jon huntsmans staking everything on new hampshire. tonight ill ask him can he win that huge bet? plus wild card donald trump. he has a lot to say about the republican field. were going to have him grade all the candidates. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. we expected the iowa caucuses to be close but not that close. in a dramatic evening we saw mitt romney win by just eight points. and now we go on to new hampshire where he has a much larger lead at the moment. today he...

>> jon huntsman is taking everything on in new hampshire. tonight i ask him can he win that huge bet. donald trump has a lot to say about the republican field. hell grade all the candidates. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. we expected the caucuses to be close, but not that close. mitt romney wins by just eight votes. and on to new hampshire, where he has a much larger lead at the moment. today he pukd up an endorsement from john mccain. >> mitt romney and i and you believ...

heres piers morse an. next stop, new hampshire. i asked ron paul if he thinks he has a real shot there. >> its a live free or die state. theyre very freedom oriented. >> can a front-runner mitt romney now break out? >> its sure nice to have a win. can we do better here in new hampshire? >> now its the challengers. the news media continues to say hes the most electable republican when he cant even break out in his own party. >> in the end, nobody cares. >> jon huntsman is taking every...

And thats exactly why the pentagon reports it has zero plans to leave it. so what from iran? "the fox reports" correspondent jonathan hunt is in our new york city newsroom. this saber rattling is all about irans nuclear program, right? >> absolutely, shep. to try to force the iranians to back off that nuclear program, the u.s. just announced a whole new round of economic punishments targeting irans central bank and, therefore, its oil experts. so now you see iran staging these war games and issu...

Pentagon reports it has zero plans to leave it. so what from iran? "the fox reports" correspondent jonathan hunt is in our new york city newsroom. this saber rattling is all about irans nuclear program, right? >> absolutely, shep. to try to force the iranians to back off that nuclear program, the u.s. just announced a whole new round of economic punishments targeting irans central bank and, therefore, its oil experts. so now you see iran staging these war games and issuing these kind of threats ...

Change that in year as they are in more than a dozen other states. jim angle live in washington with details on this. lots of controversy here, jim. >> absolutely, shep. have you got six additional states have now passed laws requiring voters to show photo i.d. in future elections bringing the total number of states to 15. and more are coming in spite of democratic complaints that such laws discriminate against minorities and the poor. >> why are we making this, you know, a precondition to exerc...