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He lost among hispanic voters 71% to 27%. he attributes it overwhelmingly to obama care and the fact that that was so attractive to lower income voters especially according to their polls hispanics. do you think that is right? >> i dont but this is the line the campaign took and they claim their polls and focus groups showed it lower income hispanics were not put off by the self-deportation and attacks on gingrich and perry. even though the national polls showed obama care is unpopular that this...

He lost among hispanic voters 71% to 27%. he attributes it overwhelmingly to obama care and the fact that that was so attractive to lower income voters especially according to their polls hispanics. do you think that is right? >> i dont but this is the line the campaign took and they claim their polls and focus groups showed it lower income hispanics were not put off by the self-deportation and attacks on gingrich and perry. even though the national polls showed obama care is unpopular that this...

Well, you know, there are three weeks left and we havent done all of our invitations, stay tuned. looks like christy who i believe in his own state is probably the most popular republican governor right now, 74% approval in new jersey, and not going to be elected. not going to be invited and the big thing is, everybody else is going to be there. rubio, jindal, ryan, bush, palin, perry, santorum. everybody who is anybody in the world. >> greta: that wasnt an accident, i dont think. >> no when you...

Well, you know, there are three weeks left and we havent done all of our invitations, stay tuned. looks like christy who i believe in his own state is probably the most popular republican governor right now, 74% approval in new jersey, and not going to be elected. not going to be invited and the big thing is, everybody else is going to be there. rubio, jindal, ryan, bush, palin, perry, santorum. everybody who is anybody in the world. >> greta: that wasnt an accident, i dont think. >> no when you...

Raise taxes another penny. so does neither party have incentive to resolve the sequester fight quickly? >> you know, nationally in that same pew poll it showed that republicans in the house of representatives had about 25% of the american support. but back in their districts they are very popular. and they have campaigned on this issue of not raising taxes, not getting new revenue because they think every time we get new revenue the president just spends it. so democrats are dug in and republica...

Actually happens and it does affect the economy the way that some people have said it might, nobody wins here, right? the president looks bad. because when the economy tanks everyone in america looks at the white house and says this is your fault. but at the same time, people may blame the republicans because they didnt do anything to prevent it in terms of people have the opinion that theyre obstructionist. so i think both side here are politically liable if the economy tanks with this. >> perr...

Raising somebody elses taxes. >> they are. >> not their own, but they say rich people. >> rich people, yes. >> raise that guys taxes. >> and actually all the proposals to try to trim are still targeted at the wealthy people, even here in washington. and so in our poll when we asked, are you for a sliding scale on social security benefits or medicare benefits, typically the response on a straight question on social security and medicare cuts is, no, no, dont do it. but when we added what about a ...

Great similarities between what rubio and the working group and the senate has talked about and what obama and what the white house has leaked by virtue of it having obamas name on it, it kind of makes it a nonstarter. >> ken and perry, great conversation. thank you. >> thank you. this morning in south africa, paralympian oscar pistorious broke down in tears at his bail hearing for murder. he told the packed courtroom he shot his model girlfriend on valentines day by mistake thinking she was a...

>> the most amazing crash ive ever seen. the car went about 15 feet in the air, it spun sideways and did a barrel roll, at the same time flew 35 or 40 feet going over an embankment. >> police immediately descend on the car including officer perry. miraculously, both the driver and the passenger survive the crash, but they are not ready to surrender. >> watch his left hand. his left hand. >> as we approached he was still trying to get a gun. >> youre going to die if you do. >> ill shoot! >> the s...

The pistols were deafening. as i was ducking down i remember bullets hitting the car. there were a lot of kids out, and on the video you could see a couple of them running across the street just prior to him jumping out of the car and shooting. >> for that reason, perry holds his fire. the quick-thinking officer throws his cruiser in reverse creating distance between himself and the hail of gun fire. >> i was simply trying to survive and get out of the way and at that point they got back in the ...