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glad to be here i'm griff jenkins and this is "america's newsroom." cheney is one of 10 house republicans who voted to impeach the former president and she conceded early last night and gave a concession speech comparing herself to abraham lincoln. rich edson kicks things off with us from the teton village in wyoming. >> good morning, griff. also in that speech she compares the times and divisions of the united states today to the divisions of the civil war back in the 1860s. congresswoman liz cheney will launch an effort to oppose any donald trump run for president. that's according...

Point. debate was a tie but you score a slight advantage to the president. why? >> look, i think if you have to decide on a winner i think the president maybe did more to help himself going forward because he had come off such a listless performance before. so it was the case he won by just showing up. i don't think it was enough, to, the phrase that everybody is using, stop the bleeding. he did that but he didn't do anything to really propel himself forward or fundamentally alter the trajectory of the race we had coming out of the first debate we had in denver. bill: i see. one more question ...

There and says there's been a drop with him and independents. >> if he has 44% as the poll states with independents and more of the poll -- same people polled prefer romney's politics, is that a likeability issue? >> absolutely. and again, if romney doesn't close that likeability issue, that empathy factor, i think he's got real problems in november. i suspect, you know, he needs to bring out one of his giant guns which is ann romney. ann romney comes across as very likable, very much able to relate and i suspect we'll see much more of ann romney in helping to close that likeability gap. >> th...

Segment out those parts that are most easy to handle in the american domestic debate. >> >> neil: secretary, one quick question to pass along to you. the iowa event where all of the republican prospective presidential candidates, he wrapped up his remarks right one thing about a potential run is a so-called likeability issue. on that level, he's not highly rated. but be that what it may, he said that richard nixon was not likeable and -- the end all and be all. richard nixon was not liked when he was elected president. >> newt gingrich is one of the most intelligent and in a way