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Elizabeth: all right. now to the major terror investigation underway in the united kingdom. british police releasing new images today of the fake bomb belts wrapped around the three islamic extremists who killed eight people and wounded dozens more. more than eight days ago. our own mike tobin is on the story from london. hi, mike. >> reporter: hi, elizabeth. it seems with each day we learn a little bit more about the attacks and get a look at more of the evidence. london metropolitan police have released the images of those fake bomb belts in the siege, if you will, last saturday night in the...

Mike, good to have you on the program tonight. when you hear that tim pawlenty is on the hot list in being reported by the wall street journal and politico that hey, he could be the guy, what goes through your mind? is he ready to be vice president, maybe even president? >> well, i think there's two viewpoints, the political viewpoint is he doesn't make a lot of mistakes. maybe doesn't get more than 2%, but he doesn't make mistakes. the rubio moment you mentioned earlier, probably not something that a presidential candidate wants to see for a running mate. so listening to the rubio comment, pa...

Let's turn to mike hatch who ran against tim pawlenty and lost to him by just a few thousand votes. mike, good to have you on the program tonight. when you hear that tim pawlenty is on the hot list in being reported by the wall street journal and politico that hey, he could be the guy, what goes through your mind? is he ready to be vice president, maybe even president? >> well, i think there's two viewpoints, the political viewpoint is he doesn't make a lot of mistakes. maybe doesn't get more than 2%, but he doesn't make mistakes. the rubio moment you mentioned earlier, probably not something ...

District tape going on in minnesota, and property taxes went up, college tuition shot through the roof. people spending went down for students, for kids, and we were left with a $5.5 billion deficit as he left office. that's hard to reconcile that you have a balanced budget approach to anything. >> why would the romney camp want tim pawlenty? >> well, i can give a good reason, and that is simply balance. he is, you know, a governor from a blue state, as romney is. they're both governors from northern states. much like -- i'm telling it like it is, look at clinton and gore. they did have some c...