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is getting ready to fly it texas to reassess whether he should bother, whether he should continue in new hampshire and south carolina. michele bachmann coming in sixth. she says she will continue but we will see if she does. jon huntsman in new hampshire. we are waiting it speak with the chair of the republican committee right now that is going to announce that one final precinct. we are going to speak to that precinct captain shortly. we will try to find out what is going on. has there been a snag, a snafu, a hanging chad. we don't know what is going on. but one precinct would color...

Not only for the government but the people of libya. >> ayman, thanks for coming on. i'm joined now by republican senator chuck grassley of iowa. he is somebody that when he came to the senate khaddafy was already there power. senator, you hear reports today that khaddafy may be killed. what are you thinking? >> well, i am thinking that so many times we heard them on the news during the conflict in libya that he was going to stick it out and die a martyr. and it seems to me he got his wish and beyond that, i think it's probably good for the future of libya from this stand point. i think your...

When president obama unilater unilaterally asked to do this, to participate in the nato operation. yet, in hindsight, should congress have given the president more authority on this or frankly deferred to him rather than publicly creating little bit of a political issue about it? >> well, you know since the korean war, u.n. has had a lot to do with the united states. there was u.n. decisions in this particular case. there was decision by nato to get involved and we are a leading member. also you have the war powers act in which he informed congress what he was going to do. let me remind you th...

Gimmicks and outraged politicians. they were waving their three-point plans for $2 a gallon gas. you remember that. drill, baby, drill. we were going through all that. and none of it was really going to do anything to solve the problem. there is a lot of hue and cry. a lot of fulminating and hand ringing, but nothing actually happening. imagine that in washington. the truth is, none of these gimmicks, none of these slogans made a bit of difference. when gas prices finally did fall, it was mostly because the global recession had led to less

Their three-point plans for 2-dollar a gallon gas. you remember that, drill baby drill, and we were going through all of that. and none of it was really going to do anything to solve the problem. there was a lot of human cry, a lot of full ma naturing and hand ringing, but nothing actually happened. imagine that in washington. [laughter] >> the truth is none of these gimmicks, none of these slogans made a bit of difference. when gas prices finally did fall it was mostly because the global recession had led to less demand for oil.