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>> im not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there. if it needs repair, ill fix it. im not concerned about the very rich. theyre doing just fine. im concerned about the very heart of america, the 90, 95% of americans who right now are struggling. >> you just said, im not concerned about the very poor because they have a safety net. i think there are lots of very poor americans who are struggling who would say that sounds odd. could you explain in a? >> finish the sentence. i sai...

>> well, look. i mean, shouldnt he be worried about the very poor. 1 in 2 americans lives at or near the poverty level. you have social and safety net programs so im not worried about you. shouldnt we be concerned with pulling them out of poverty? >> its opportunity, right. its opportunity. >> you are running for president of all the people. >> shouldnt you care about everybodys plight. >> what we should do for the very poor is not only protect the safety net but give them the opportunity to gro...

Lets look. >> im in this race because i care about americans. im not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there. >> i think there are lots of very poor americans who are struggling who would say that sounds odd. >> well hear from the democrat party, the plight of the poor, and theres no question, its not good being poor and we have a safety net to help those that are very poor, but my campaign is focussed on middle income americans. you can focus on the rich, thats not my focus. y...

mitt romney in all 50 of the delegates beat newt gingrich by a wider margin and beat him in south carolina. the former house speaker let his lecturn do the talking. 46 states to go. seven states are up for grabs. the caucuses in maine goes on for a week. wolf blitzer was watching it all last night great election coverage once again. dominating florida, some might look at the comments that he made, certainly to our soledad obrien. he told soledad, im not concerned about the very poor. s...

suggest. we have will cain who is a columnist for "the blaze." i like the tweed. >> thank you. >> the actual professor though is next to you and that would be the former virginia congressman tom davis is back with us. i said a long good-bye to you yesterday and im like, oh, hes back. we loved having you. he is also the former chair of the republican house campaign committee. and he teaches political science now. and ron brownstein is the editorial director of the "national journal" and...

a new front in the battle for the republican presidential nomination, nevada, which holds its caucuses this coming saturday. mitt romney is there along with newt gingrich and ron paul. instead of relishing his victory, a huge victory in the florida primary last night, romney and his team are now in full damage control mode after something romney said right here on cnn. our senior congressional correspondent dana bash is in las vegas with us. shes watching whats going on. whats going on...

We are doing that? >> there is a skill short imagine this country. while her husband is a special case, we didnt get a lot of information in terms of what the background is which i think is fine for the president to ask for the resume so he can see what the issues are. there have been employers discriminating against people who have been unemployed for a long time. thats something the president has tried to tackle for the tax credits to hire people who have been long-term unemployed. megyn: you ...

Gingrich what george w. bush had done to john mccain in south carolina. ironically, enough. in 2000 where you had mccain really, he had-- forced a bond with voters in new hampshire, and had a stunning victory and then was just stopped for the full frontal south carolina, romney did the same thing here, and made their no way, bret, youre going to survive that kind of onslaught on advertising, but as bret if he ever had to. he responded the wrong way. exactly the way he did in ewe aye was to show ...

Or maintenance related? >> it pain meese to say this but i think we are finding more and more where it is repair related. >> there were at least two suicides in the wake of the incident. japan airlines employee who was working with victims families and an inspection engineer who issued a certificate of air worthyness for the doomed plane a of the 1978 tail strike. to this day, jal 123 remains the deadliest single aircraft accident in the history of aviation. we have seen the disastrous results o...

begin t. group is claiming responsibility form a series of attacks last weekend in the north that killed more than 200 people. the u.s. republican party presidential kanld dats faced off in the final debate in the u.s. state of florida. newt gingrich quickly fired the shot at miss romney over his immigration policies. both candidates have relentlessly attacked each over in the media in the past few days. a frightening day for australias prime minister left unanswered questions abou...