he calls palestinians an invented people. a palestinian leader says the gop front-runner s comments are racist. thousands of white house visitors have done it. now president obama has, too. he sets off a metal detector at a white house security checkpoint. and across russia, angry protesters take to the streets. they say parliamentary elections were rigged. the target of their anger, the prime minister vladimir putin and his party. controversial words from newt gingerich today. he says palestinians are and i m quoting here an invented people. gingerich made the remarks in an interview on the jewish channel. here it is. well, i believe that the jewish people have the right to have a state. and i believe the commitments that were made at a time remember, there were there was no palestine as a state as part of the ottoman empire. i think that we ve had an invented palestinian people who were historically part of the arab community. gingerich went on to say it s