solidarity with russia. now again, keep in mind the timing here, this is february this year. this was the time of the whole world was on tenterhooks expecting that putin was about to start a big war and invade ukraine. and there is brazil s president hopping into putin s proverbial lap. he goes to moscow, does this big three day official trip to moscow, has this big meeting, this big photo op with putin. he denied that putin would launch any war in ukraine. for good measure he explained how brazil was closer than ever to russia. don t worry world putin is great. he s not going to do anything bad. he s my guy. one week later of course putin invaded ukraine. which was awkward for the brazilian president. but now today, brazil s president has decided that he will handle that very embarrassing turn of events the way i m sure we all wish we could. he has decided that he will dump it down the memory hole
expecting that putin was about to start a big war and invade ukraine and there is brazil s president hopping into putin s proverbial lap, goes to moscow and does a three-day official trip to moscow, a big meeting, a big photo op with putin and denied that putin would launch a war in ukraine for good measure and explained how brazil was closer than ever to russia. don t worry, world. putin s great. he s not going to do anything bad. he s my guy. and putin invaded ukraine. which was awkward for the brazilian president. but now today, brazil s president has decided that he will handle that very embarrassing turn of events the way i m sure we all wish we could. he has decided he will dump it down the memory hole and close the door on it. jair bolsonaro today decreed that all public records
christine romans will show you why iowa voters may not be asking the same questions as you. let s go ahead and begin with jim in west des moines. you ve been with rick santorum almost 24/7. you do let the guy sleep. what s that been like? reporter: it has been amazing to watch, kyra. who would have thought when all of this got start that had we would be chasing rick santorum around in the final 24 hours before the iowa caucuses that the international press, he had the japanese, the german and the french, the british press all tailing him yesterday and testifies drawing some very big crowds partly because he is sort of the last alternative to mitt romney to emerge in this process because a lot of evangelical voters in the state have finally said, you know what, let s go with rick santorum inside this high school gymnasium later on this morning along with michele bachmann and ron paul to make some final arguments as a rock the caucus forum here in west des moines. so we re go
historic supreme court chamber here in the capitol building. tonight rick santorum s once little noticed campaign is riding into attention. thanks to the poll here in iowa, santorum is basking in the political spotlight at just the right time, five days before iowa s public caucuses. joe is trying to keep up with a man who is suddenly very money in demand. joe. hey, candy. i think you call it steady. that s the word he uses. he s had steady events, a steady flow of people coming out to see him. and rick santorum has been here for a long time, 99 counties, pretty much the only one to make 99 counties until michele bachmann said she s done it. very busy here in this state. good news on polls. also good news on fund-raising. the candidate told me today off camera that they ve had their best fund raising day ever online. this has been a campaign that has never been sort of a factor when you compare it to a lot of the other larger campaigns in terms of fund-raising, but one sour
inside four weeks until iowa. a brand new poll showing newt gingrich as running away with it. now his past used by conservative critics. more disturbing allegations against jerry sandusky. another man saying he abused him and gave him alcohol as a boy. i have been excused of being a tramt traitor to both sides. a woman goes from wall street protester to wall street professional on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com all right. good morning, everyone. it s wednesday, december 7th. ali is off today. i m christine romans along with carol costello on this american morning. welcome, everyone. welcome and good morning. up first this morning, newt gingrich threatening to run away with the republican race. his bid for the gop nomination going gang busters. it s beginning to look like a gingrich juggernaut. look at the latest gallup poll. among republican voters nationwide, 37% now say gingrich is their choice. he leads mitt romney by a whopping 15