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Us. and this way we still have room in the budget for me to go out tonight. >> you watch, it will show up as catering. >> she just found out right now. >> yes. its no problem and by the way, her number is -- >> come on. >> im only kidding. >> 212. >> well check back in with you in a moment. so here are the headlines and brand new video into "fox & friends", iran calling this a successful launch of a domestically built satellite into orbit. there are concerns about irans space program, of course,...

But the private space exploration, relative to china? in other words, are we currently in the same place? is there a place to collaborate from? can we help each other? >> i dont think anyone would argue the chinese space program has surpassed the american space program. theres too much history and institutional knowledge at nasa to make that argument. but at this moment, the chinese have a capability that we dont have. its to put astronauts in orbit. we have to pay the russians to do. we have ch...

Chinese taking americans to space than russians? >> its not necessarily. but thats just a way of saying the chinese space program is advanced. they have a lot of resources. they are opaque about how much money they are spending. >> whats in it for china? >> our resources. we have put people on the moon. they would like to put people on the moon. they would probably prefer to do it without our help, but nasa is the only agency that has succeeded in doing that. >> you feel confident that the wolf ...

Away that power with these groups to make themselves known and more relevant? >> first of all, florida has one of the highest unemployment rates, foreclosure rate. space program decimated. organize until the cows come home. floridas a tough state for the president this next november. a couple things. number one in the middle of a negative republican primary. all down among independents baufr the barrage of advertising. the president is still under water in florida. end of the day a two prong rac...

and you just watch it and shake your head. its been kind of painfully revealing to watch, but i think the reason he isnt doing so well is because of those last two debates. dont you think? >> for his part, speaker gingrich equated romney with president obama calling them the two twins of the establishment and accused romney of running a big lie campaign. >> we cant beat the money power romney himself. we cant beat the dishonest of his campaign by ourselves. we need witness who are prep...

in northern florida, interstate 75 is closed after a string of crashes overnight that killed at least nine people. officials tell us the highway will be closed in that area for most of today. the sheriffs office says visibility was poor because of smoke from a nearby brushfire. all right, in just two days, floridas primary, most delegate rich contest so far. and candidate newt gingrich is heading into it with a new endorsement. >> i hereby officially and enthusiastically endorse newt...

But more important under the assumption that electric cars are better than other cars. where does the electricity come from? it comes from coal. in some cases, some studies show that it can produce more pollution than internal combustion engines. so the reason for the stupid little cars is a lie. >> bob: wait a second. king let you get away with that. do you know government investment in the defense department that got us the internet. space program that we spent $1 trillion and they got us all ...

Moment in his speech the other night, i thought, look, we are looking for a candidate, in the country, a leader, who will come out with the vision and the for sight that newt gingrich has, he has the knowledge and leadership skills and vision. he goes back to rons days, reagan gave a speech in 1984 about doing what newt was talking about, we need to have a space program, we need to reform it. it does not we require a huge expense, we cannot it is back and let the chinese get ahead of us on space...

Average of 17% and paid 29% which is in line with what you expect from his income. and bill apparently showing no actual earned income other than drug sales, and so he had minimal taxes. lets go to our stories, shall we? thank you very much. you came back. story number one as we call it, the space race. newt gingrich has been talking about what he will do should he become president. the first space race was between america and whom, sherrod? >> russia. the only other country who has a space prog...

This morning on "world news now" -- political smackdown. republican front-runners mitt romney and newt gingrich fight for domination yet again on the debate stage. >> after the candidates sparred over campaign ads, immigration, and the space program, did anyone come out as the clear winner? its friday january 27th. good friday morning, everybody. im rob nelson. tgi friday. >> i was just going to say the same thing. were like on the same -- >> great minds. >> what am i thinking right now? >> we...