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Century. martha: that was his big message there. hes defending a real controversial comment about why he thinks poor children should be put to work at schools. he says he believes they would get experience with real-world economics, saving and responsibility. so hes kind of trying to explain himself a little bit on that one. bill: also a scathing attack on newt gingrich coming from a prom manslaughter tea party republican. but he also happens to be the son of another presidential contender. repu...

The really big states come after april 1st for the most part. were stirring the p thats what you do and what i do. we are stirring the pot. we dont know anybody is going to do this but it is a live possibility. jon: all right, so lets think about who might be sitting on the couch hearing your words right now and pondering. some names that have been i can asked around. obviously sarah palin. not everybody is convinced she might not still want to be president. indiana governor mitch daniels, for i...

"war on religion." youre in "the situation room." but first, this just coming in right now at this moment, our brand new poll shows newt gingrich leading the pack in three of the first four states to hold republican presidential contests. with less than a month to go before republicans start voting, newt gingrich has double digit leads in iowa, south carolina, and florida. he trails mitt romney in new hampshire but they still have some competition. ron paul essentially tied with romn...

sentenced. we will let you know as soon as the sentence comes down. >> the new york district attorney investigating claims against former associate basketball coach bernie fine says the allegations are credible but no charges will be filed because the statute of limitations has expired. two boys accused fine of molesting them 20 years ago. bobby davis told the district attorney in 2002 that fine had molested him. fine denies all allegations. >> gave a rare tv interview to walters on tv...

This is a whole new newt. >> we heard it here first, the obama case against newt? >> i think it may be the publics case against him. i dont think people want to go back to that. >> the obama re-election team is taking notice. david axelrod, the chief campaign adviser, took a jab at the republican contender. lets show the newt ad. >> some people say the america we know and love is a thing of the past. i dont believe that, because working together i know we can rebuild america. we can revive our e...

>> thats correct. nbcs chuck todd. thank you for jog joining me now, senior political writer for politico, maggie haberman. thanks for joining me, maggie. >> thanks for having me. >> i want to read to you, i love the way serious republican world is going crazy about donald trump. i want to read to you what the editorial board of the "national review" wrote this morning about trump and gingrich. "as a serious contender running a campaign with maximal in its own seriousness, gingrich lowers hims...

Im just saying. >> thats correct. nbcs chuck todd. thank you for joining me. >> you got it, brother. joining me now, senior political writer for politico, maggie haberman. thanks for joining me, maggie. >> thanks for having me. >> i want to read to you, i love the way serious republican world is going crazy about donald trump. i want to read to you what the editorial board of the "national review" wrote this morning about trump and gingrich. "as a serious contender running a campaign with maxi...

were picking up new information and hes also getting a nut ew endorse. . im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." hes not just the new republican presidential front-runner, newt gingrich is leading the republican pack by double digits in several brand-new polls. a gallop national survey of registered republicans shows him 15 points ahead of mitt romney. 37% to 22%. less than a month away from the iowa caucuses. a new cbs new york times poll has gingrich 14 points ahead of romney...

Strong contender. i hope that that continues to be the case. >> reporter: romney told supporters hes been the steady campaigner and promised them he will run a campaign performance of a lifetime. gingrich and romney are on different sides of the country over the next several days and cross paths in washington wednesday. david kerley, abc news, the white house. >> im still shocked that gingrich is sort of raising money and he is sort of rising in the polls. now that cain we know is not a contende...

>> meanwhile, donald trump is going to have a big tree, i bet. he went from possible presidential contender to now a debate moderator? he will be firing off questions. we dont know if anyone will get fired before the iowa caucuses. >> someone wants to get hired watch is the media reaction to mr. trumps latest gig? liz trotta will join us, next. >> cant wait. ive got nothing against these do-it-yourself steam cleaners. lugging around a hot water extraction unit can be a rush! thats why im carpet ...