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Missionary, converting people to his religion. if newt had converted to mormonism, to the lds church, would he be criticizing him for this? no! watch this. this is dangerous territory. i want you to get in here for a minute, jennifer, and then we'll show the ad. your thoughts? >> i think the bottom line is, every time romney brings up religion, he loses votes in iowa. i think it's dangerous and he knows it. i think that's why he hasn't gone all in in iowa. and he had an opportunity to do that about a month ago, but he didn't do it. and i think gingrich has gained traction in iowa. it's looking...

Mitt romney spent two years as a missionary, converting people to his religion. if newt had con visited to mormonism, to the ldls church, would he be criticizing him for this? no! watch this. this is dangerous territory. i want you to get in here for a minute, jennifer, and then we'll show the ad. your thoughts? >> i think the bottom line is, every time romney brings up religion, he loses votes in iowa. i think it's dangerous and he knows it. i think that's why he hasn't gone all in in iowa. and he had an opportunity to do that about a month ago, but he didn't do it. and i think gingrich has g...

That you are a dad running for mayor of san francisco, there was some negativity thrown your way back in 2006 when sidney was born. >> yes. >> public criticism. >> yes. >> explain why, because you have been in the public eye there working for the city for years now. so explain the fact that there was this backlash toward you. >> well, there was a person who was a news anchor and a radio commentator, sort of a very conservative radio commentator, and oddly even though he supported same-sex marriage, he felt it was wrong that i had had a child with a lesbian friend of mine. he felt there would n...

Through this, because it did not look good. >> when it stopped, there was a car in his bedroom, the other bedrooms just gone. they brushed themselves off, shaking still. and there was his dad running toward him. >> i started waving my hands, you know, telling him, here we are, we're alive. and you know it just killed me to see his face and the anguish that he had thinking we were dead. >> had you ever seen that look on his face before? >> no, i haven't. we embraced, and told each other we loved each other. >> now people drift back to pick through the personal bits the wind deigned to leave int...

>> one last question for you. the one everybody wants to know. is your dad running for president? >> he won't tell me. i've asked him several times and he says he might. and he says he might not. he hasn't decide. but he has an amazing amount of support. every time i go through the airport, the baggage handlers and the cab drivers they love him. and most of them will tell me, i'm a democrat, but i love your dad. he really does well with independents and democrats and republicans too. but he has a cross appeal that very few of them actually have. and i think it's because he will honestly assess...