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plus their recent trip to afghanistan. rapid increasing gas prices. how high and how long? with former ceo of shell oil. im candy crowley. and this in is "state of the union." the afghan government says the man who killed two american soldiers inside a highly secured afghan government building is an afghan intelligence officer. president hamid karzai has offered condolences to the families of the four americans killed since news that u.s. personnel apparently inadvertently burned copie...

im candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." the afghan government says the man who killed two american soldiers inside a highly secured government african building is an intelligence officer. hamid karzai has offered condolences of the families of the four americans killed since news that u.s. personnel apparently inadvertently burned copies of the koran at an air base in afghanistan. karzai called for calm in his country but insisted the u.s. must prosecute those responsible...

Is there any chance that governor huntsman is the sleeper candidate in new hampshire? like what senator santorum did in iowa? >> i dont think you can rule that out. but we havent seen any evidence of it yet. i dont know how much -- how much hes up on the air. i dont know, you know, whether his message seems to be resonating or at least, you know, appealing to anybody. so you cant rule anything out. things can happen very fast in the state of new hampshire. i have seen it very many times and hunt...

>> thats correct. but it turned out to be enough. >> greta: let me ask but new hampshire. is there any chance that governor huntsman is the sleeper candidate in new hampshire? like what senator santorum did in iowa? >> i dont think you can rule that out. but we havent seen any evidence of it yet. i dont know how much -- how much hes up on the air. i dont know, you know, whether his message seems to be resonating or at least, you know, appealing to anybody. so you cant rule anything out. things c...

Unchallenged. thats remarkable. >> the other advantage, he pointed this out. if you run before it really matters and gives you a leg up on the people and the other thing he aint going for. is forget the rest of it. he was running against the weakest field ive seen and cant get more than 25. >> 75% are looking for-- >> thats why you have iowa, you winnow the field. >> winnow, winnow? >> and next charles krauthammer, the des moines register have in common, they think its going to be romney, santor...

Unchallenged. thats remarkable. >> the other advantage, he pointed this out. if you run before it really matters and gives you a leg up on the people and the other thing he aint going for. is forget the rest of it. he was running against the weakest field ive seen and cant get more than 25. >> 75% are looking for-- >> thats why you have iowa, you winnow the field. >> winnow, winnow? >> and next charles krauthammer, the des moines register have in common, they think its going to be romney, santor...

Conservatives in iowa are backing rick santorum. hes criticizing the 99% on the campaign trail saying quote, im for income inequality. i think some people should make more than other people because some people work harder, have better ideas, take more risk and they should be rewarded for it. santorum is expecting a surge in the mostly catholic state despite rising poll numbers from ron pauls camp. we have a special correspondent to "newsweek" as well as "the daily beast." its good to have you ba...

Reported unemployment percentage? >> right now, your criminal background is not a question thats asked during the household surveys when they look at calculating the unemployment rate. so what happens so many times when people are released from prison, theyre going back to communities that are already -- have been hard hit by the economy. so theyre going into situations where the unemployment may be double-digit already. and so they return home, have a difficult time finding employment and so th...

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>> thats correct. but it turned out to be enough. >> greta: let me ask but new hampshire. is there any chance that governor huntsman is the sleeper candidate in new hampshire? like what senator santorum did in iowa? >> i dont think you can rule that out. but we havent seen any evidence of it yet. i dont know how much -- how much hes up on the air. i dont know, you know, whether his message seems to be resonating or at least, you know, appealing to anybody. so you cant rule anything out. things c...