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an hour ago. we reached out to your campaign, and they said you would not release your tax returns. why? >> i havent thought it through. i dont have an intention to do it. i would be embarrassed to put my financial statement against their income because i dont want to be embarrassed. >> back in 1967, your father set a groundbreaking standard in american politics, he released his tax returns. he released them not for one year but for 12 years. will you follow your fathers example? >> ma...

financial statement against their income because i dont want to be embarrassed. >> back in 1967, your father set a groundbreaking standard in american politics, he released his tax returns. he released them not for one year but for 12 years. will you follow your fathers example? >> maybe. i dont know how many years ill release. ill take a look at what our documents are. and ill release them, multiple years, i dont know how many years, but ill be happy to dathat. let me tell you, i know...

media, specifically john king, and he calls his ex-wife a liar. were going to play all sorts of stuff for you this morning, get all sorts of answers and let people weigh in. >> talk about political heat. unbelievable stuff. and, also, and the story weve been watching, the italian cruise ship where the rescue operations have been on and off is teetering eight feet from an underwater ledge that could drop that ship 200 feet down. and rough weather is moving in, so this is a bad combinati...

an hour ago. we reached out to your campaign, and they said you would not release your tax returns. why? >> i havent thought it through. i dont have an intention to do it. i would be embarrassed to put my financial statement against their income because i dont want to be embarrassed. >> back in 1967, your father set a groundbreaking standard in american politics, he released his tax returns. he released them not for one year but for 12 years. will you follow your fathers example? >> ma...

them, has apparently crashed. six peace-keeping troops were aboard and have died and the taliban is claiming responsibility by sending a text message to cnn. >> and last nights debate. newt gingrich calls out the media, specifically john king, and he calls his ex-wife a liar. were going to play all sorts of stuff for you this morning, get all sorts of answers and let people weigh in. >> talk about political heat. unbelievable stuff. and, also, and the story weve been watching, the ital...

governor, attacking me, theyll get around to senator santorum and congressman paul. >> when are you going to release your tax returns, specifically? >> an hour ago. >> mr. speaker posted his online an hour ago. we reached out to your campaign, and they said you would not release your tax returns. why? >> i havent thought it through. i dont have an intention to do it. i would be embarrassed to put my financial statement against their income because i dont want to be embarrassed. >> back...

Appealing to evangelicals who like him, but they knew he simply wasnt that guy, but the last weekends meeting, still showed a split. at one point james dobson raised questions about gingrich -- is this the guy we want? so they remain divided. what perrys move today could do is help coalesce things and provide extra momentum for gingrich, who was not the first chiles either. >> again, i want to remind everybody, we are waiting for the formal announcement from rick perry. hell be speaking in charl...

rick santorum for his strong performance in the state. great start to defeating president obama in iowa and else where in the general election. he leaves out a big thing which is, really, is he 34 points behind rick santorum and does it matter? lets get to shannon travis in des moines this morning and also bring in our panelists. lets start at the far end this morning. roland martin, finally, has joined us here. ron brownstein back with us, again. shannon, update us here on what happen...

another debate? >> he did poorly in iowa, came straight here, has been showing up in polls well below 10%. he had are a choice to see things through through saturday, do very poorly, or try to control his departure more effectively. we saw jon huntsman do the same thing. sources of suggesting hes going to endorse newt gingrich. he got in in part by the notion of stopping mitt romney from being the republican nominee. he has a chance to help newt gingrich do what he could not do himself...

things through through saturday, do very poorly, or try to control his departure more effectively. we saw jon huntsman do the same thing. sources of suggesting hes going to endorse newt gingrich. he got in in part by the notion of stopping mitt romney from being the republican nominee. he has a chance to help newt gingrich do what he could not do himself. moments like this really hurt him. these are some of the gaffes. take a look. >> commerce, education, and whats the third one ther...