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On this program. they usually only do shows that suck up to the president. i dont suck up. >> look, i know you dont, but one of these days your bosses are going to come over and ask you why you keep having me on here because you have to stick up for me. >> fair and balanced, austin. you are here. let me start with a question that may seem a little off beat. if somebody makes definitive statements running for office, running for the office of presidency, should is matter if they fulfill their pro...

Campaign chest and trying to figure out what to do with it. why not run for a big job like mayor. i dont think its that off-beat he would win mayoral election in new york city. >> greg: the picture will come back. >> eric: its still the number one most amazing media event in the entire history in my life is when the helicopters waiting for this guy to step down and apologiz apologize. say i did it. waiting for him. in front of the podium. steal the moment. >> greg: he didnt want to go. the repor...

Prison or jail. they interview close to 100 inmates and staff in that period. everybody has a story. and some of the inmates we meet in prison are truly unforgettable. so it was really surprising for us to run into one of those inmates a few years later in another facility. >> hello, everybody. its me, the stone. i guess you people probably seen me once before at michigan city. now im down here at wabash. >> few inmates have ever made more of a lasting impression on us than james stone. we first...

About this guy? >> well, it tells us that hes got the al gore problem,s a was saying. the one bit of good news is, romney was in hiding for months away from the press. he came out because gingrich forced him out. hes going to go right back behind that. fewer interviews. fewer town hall meetings. fewer availability. >> ron, last thought. when he has to debate the president, what happens? is this going to hurt him? >> obama, i think, kicks his behind because hell get in his face a little and mitt ...

we begin this evening with the still growing political and legal uproar in the state of mississippi. state officials may ask for nation-wide help tracking down some convicted murderers pardoned this week by the outgoing governor halee barber. some victims families are worried and furious. >> we are in jail now and david is out of jail. we will forever be looking over our shoulder wondering if today is the day that david decided that he was going to finish what he started. >> cnns marti...

most polling places in new hampshire have been opened for about five hours. two, however, have already closed. were talking about, the super tiny towns of dixville notch and hearts location, voters there cast their ballots just after midnight. in dixville notch, romney and jon huntsman each got 2 votes. newt gingrich and ron paul each got 1. in hearts low case. it was five for romney, four for pul, 2 for huntsman and 1 for paul and gingrich. a new hampshire primary is mitt romneys to...

Stirl is way ahead in the state next door to his home base in massachusetts. ron paul holds the number two spot and both surveys of likely voters. jon huntsman has moved up to third place. ron fall may be positioning himself as the anti-romney candidate heading into tomorrows contest and the next critical battle in south carolina. our senior congressional correspondent dana bash is covering ron pauls campaign for us. dana, whats the latest for us? >> the latest, wolf, is that ron paul spent a lo...

is spending millions of dollars to flood the airwaves with anti-romney attack ads. is this payback time for newt gingrich? im wolf blitzer and youre in the "situation room." president obama dropped a bit of a bombshell a little while ago in an unscheduled appearance announcing bill daily is stepping down after just a year. hell. replaced by the budget director, jack lou. heres jessica yellin. shes working the story for us. jessica, whats going on over here? >> well, wolf, first of al...

Talk to you next, and thats what is part of what made him a great man. >> the you prayed with him several times, what was it lining. >> in prayer, very intense, no doubt. people called him mistic and he was, father jonathan, reported on off beat sense of humor and liked to play the bad boy, and twinkle in his eye and knew he was pulling your leg. always human, but what a saint, what a saint. >> one step closer. >> yes, exactly. >> father jonathan morris is in rome, earlier this morning told us h...

And the flight attendant at the center of this, steven slater was the problem. >> no way. >> as jeff rossen reports, they say slater was rude and angry the entire flight. >> reporter: even as passengers poked holes in his story thursday, steven slater stayed home and stayed humble. >> thank you all so much. its been amazing the support and the love and the -- everything that has been brought to me and given to me, my xunt community, my friends. >> his story struck a cord hit from a bag from an o...