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im erin burnett. presidential candidate michele bachma bachmann. the congresswoman from minnesota is running for president. i want to start with the latest headlines we have. congresswoman, thank you for the time for being with us. >> erin, its wonderful to be with you. thank you. >> let me start with vice president biden this morning on abc. he was talking about the terror plot, he said it was an outrageous act and the iranians will have to be held accountable. if you were president, ...

And the former massachusetts governor had this to say. >> poisonous language doesnt advance our cause. >> and others criticizing the pastors anti-mormon message tonight . for more on that here is more from washington. who else is speaking out about the cult comment. >> probably the strongest condemnation coming from the secretary of education and radio talk how host bill bennett who let pastor jeffreys have it with both barrels. >> you stepped on and obscured the words of perry, sanatorium and c...

The disappointment, i think is for rick perry. this is an audience that was tailor made for his marriages but they didnt respond to it. >> what is the latest with that cult controversy we mentioned at the top? >> reporter: yeah. you are talk about the pastor, the dallas pastor, robert jeffers with a flock of something like 10,000 in his dallas church who, in introducing rick perry refer to the mormon church as a cult. bill bennett and the former secretary of education in the reagan administratio...

Coming in second with 23% of votes. ron paul winning with 37%. ill begin with you. big surprise you to here that cain continues to rise his popularity? >> values voter poll, he is probably the most socially conservative but he is gaining momentum. i think people am in gop have such a hung foer for a social conservative. if you see from each poll the support that has disintegrated for bachmann has gone to cain. it hasnt gone to romney. romney has maintained a lead but herman cain seems to get the...

Secretary of education during the reagan administration, excoriated them for the remarks, listen up. >> i would say to pastor jeffers, you stepped on and obscured the words of perry, and santorum, and cain and bachmann and everyone else who has spoken here. you did rick perry no good, sir, in what you had to say. >> romney, as you also heard, criticized remarks without jaming the pastor nor his rival perry by name. it will be interesting to see how it plays out in the next couple of weeks and mo...

Bennett who -- listen to his remarks. >> i would say to pastor jeffreys. you stepped on and obscured the words of perry and sanatorium and cain and bachmann and everyone else. you did rick perry no good, sir in what you had to say. >> and then romney took the stage and he is adroit and managed to weigh in on the issue and remn above the fray. heres romney. >> speaking of hitting it out of the park. how about that bill bennett, he is something else. romney received a warm welcome from a socially ...

for being a mormon. shortly after producing perry to the crowd of social conservatives texas pastor said they shouldnt select mitt romney because hes mormon, a religion the pastor described as a cult. later cnn political correspondent jim acosta asked the pastor how he responds to voters who insist that romneys religion shouldnt be an issue. here is what he said. >> the southern baptist convention, which is the largest protestant denomination in the world has officially labeled mormoni...

protestant denonnation in the world is a cult. i think hes a good moral man but those of us who are good followers of christ should prefer a competent christian to a competent nonchristian like mitt romney. >> well, reverend jeffress leaves a huge baptist church and we should note that he also supports romneys rival, rick perry, for president. bill bennett today joined the debate, linking the ministers comments about romney and mormonism to bigotry and questioning the pastors political...

for mitt romney, theyre giving some credibility to a cult. you stand by that comment? >> absolutely. thats not a fanatical comment. thats been a historic position of southern christian ee advantage gelky. i think mitt romney is a good, moral man, but i think those r of us who are born again followers of christ should always prefer a competent christian to a competent non-christian like mitt romney. >> what do you say to those voters out there who say that religion as mormonism shouldnt...

numbers and what it tells us about the economy. right now this morning at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. >> its a solid base hit. hows that? not a grand slam, but a base hit for the economy. you had job creation a little better than people had thought and remember the big zero in august, no jobs created in august. well, the government, kyra, came back and upgraded its assessment for what happened in august. now, 57,000 jobs created in august. also, july revised higher, as well. so, when you l...