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Marine, when our commander-in-chief makes a strike against an enemy combatant abroad, i am prone to give him absolute credit. but the fact is, this cast republicans over the last several years have more than proven, if this president says the sky is blue, they will say pits purple and they dont care if the person people suffer as a consequence. you have to wonder who will climb out of clown car next. >> indeed. in the latest nbc poll prork if he issor dyson, "wall street journal," those asked li...

one of them is leading the republican presidential pack. the other is bringing up the rear in this hour. newt gingrich and jon huntsman are facing off in a lincoln-douglas stale debate in new hampshire, where the first in the nation primary is just 29 days away wp. with the calendar closing in, flying between gingrich and its nearest rival, we are talking about mitt romney. jim has the latest for us. jim? >> with the holiday ises the debate, it could be summed up as newty versus nice. ...

Senator john mccain said he totally grease. from the stubbornly high unemployment rate to the housing crisis, allñr indicators he says has gotten worse since he took office. thats one thing we discuss with him tonight. nice to see you. >> thank you, greta. >> and what to do about detainees who may have some contact with al-qaeda. what do you want to do? >> well we want to make sure that detainees -- anyone who is apprehended, no matter where, that is after a thorough investigation, is viewed as...

>> who makes that decision? take the guy on the plane, the underwear bomber. at least it took several days to sort of track down what was to be done with him. he was already in u.s. custody and had already been mirandized. how practical is it? >> theres a thorough investigation conducted by the fbi, cia and the military. and a termination is made. after a authority reinvestigations of the circumstances of the apprehension. and also that individual has a rate to habeas if he or she is an american...

>> who makes that decision? take the guy on the plane, the underwear bomber. at least it took several days to sort of track down what was to be done with him. he was already in u.s. custody and had already been mirandized. how practical is it? >> theres a thorough investigation conducted by the fbi, cia and the military. and a termination is made. after a authority reinvestigations of the circumstances of the apprehension. and also that individual has a rate to habeas if he or she is an american...

Senator john mccain said he totally grease. from the stubbornly high unemployment rate to the housing crisis, allñr indicators he says has gotten worse since he took office. thats one thing we discuss with him tonight. nice to see you. >> thank you, greta. >> and what to do about detainees who may have some contact with al-qaeda. what do you want to do? >> well we want to make sure that detainees -- anyone who is apprehended, no matter where, that is after a thorough investigation, is viewed as...

Hyperinflation, money-printing and ultimately policies that do not create work, and if you dont create work, its fertile ground for all sorts of all of, all of, all of things. i want to move to a different subject that may or may not be more or less inspiring than the last one. the senate voted to keep a controversial provision. in a nutshell it expands/validates the u.s. governments power to detain terrorists as determined by them, so if they decide youre a terrorist, youre a terrorist. if they...

The whole point. the point is as was made in the debate last night that during the 2000 election george w. bush was not asked once about al-qaida. 2001, 9/11 changed that. we now know we have people who want to commit acts of terrorism in the united states. that justifies more of a response and it justifies the patriot act. im sensitive to the act that we do want to protect our freedoms, we dont want to gulf coast become a police stage. america is the freess country on earth and thats our compet...

That was wrong? he asked a question if you were president, mr. gingrich, would you sign off on killing a suspected terrorist who was an american who is overseas? and who hasnt had a trial? has not had a trial? gingrich said yeah, you dont need a trial. if a panel has found you to be an enemy combatant, you dont have any civil rights, you have no right to a trial. we can kill you. and pelley says, what? he says -- you havent been found guilty in a court of law. im trying to figure out where does ...

That was wrong? he asked a question if you were president, mr. gingrich, would you sign off on killing a suspected terrorist who was an american who is overseas? and who hasnt had a trial? has not had a trial? gingrich said yeah, you dont need a trial. if a panel has found you to be an enemy combatant, you dont have any civil rights, you have no right to a trial. we can kill you. and pelley says, what? he says -- you havent been found guilty in a court of law. im trying to figure out where does ...