donald trump won this battle hands down. he grabbed this issue, he went to the top of the polls among republicans, then he gets the president of the united states forces him to march into the white house press room and reverse a decision he took o and a halfearsag >>eleanor, u knockedown negative stories right away. >> it's a basic political rule. why didn't he knock it down right away? >> first of all, the state of hawaii does not release this long form certificate. he had to send his personal lawyer over there in order to get a copy made, and he had to get -- ask future a special exemption. it looked like a joke among fringe people in this country, and there was no reason to take it seriously. it was independts who everybody seeks in the electorate were repelled by this, and you saw the republicans basically winking and nodding, saying we have taken him at his word he's a citizen. but kind of suggesting maybe not, because they like this feeding the activist element within their party. so it was working for both parties. bu

trump when bush became president where was donald trump like bill clinton became president how come he didn't question any of them because they're right so i think in reality what's at the bottom of this is donald trump is a racist. well i've definitely with you there right nobody questioned how bush really got into yale and somehow i just don't think that it was really based on his grades i think maybe his that might have something to do with it there but do you think that you know donald trump also you know the things that he's saying is going to translate to the rest of the republican base if we look back at some of the polls that we saw last week forty five percent of republicans still thought that they didn't think the president was born in this country now they've seen the certificates long form of birth but do you think that they're going to start questioning as well whether he deserved to go to an ivy league school there is still just paranoid about this idea of an other there is still just something that makes them uncomfortable about president obama sure donald trump is be

and his vast business connections with china he donald has a men's clothing line called donald trump signature collection and it's actually collection has suits shirts and ties for matt but if you look at the labels on those clothes well they say made in. china so what's some of trump's clothing is made in china how could that possibly happen he says the chinese are enemies so why would he be doing business there see trump asserted if he were president he would tax china so heavily to even out the trade differences between the two countries but would not hurt trump's bottom line what's funny about this story is the trump obviously is having his clothing line made in china due to the availability of cheap labor he then sells his signature collection for much higher profits here in the us and all around the world so he's making a profit with the help of china and i would call that being a hypocrite but what happens of trump is actually elect it would be heavily tax his own products coming to the us i doubt it so that's why donald trump is tonight's top time winner for his china bashing

caller: well, i'm more in with donald trump. while i don't know him personally and i don't always necessarily agree with everything that donald trump says, most of what he says and stands for i do. and i believe that he is a strong enough personality to possibly happen this country. host: thank you. we go to michael independent line from romulus, michigan, outside of detroit. caller: i want to make a comment about the birth certificate issue. host: sure. caller: i'm a disabled veteran and i'm in my 50's. i have a friend in his 90's who is a world war ii disabled veteran. they give us goes mileage to go to the hospital when we go and my friend is 92 and didn't have a driver's license or state i.d. he had to show his birth certificate, original birth certificate to get gas money, $15 reimbursed. so, why don't the president have to show his? thanks. host: from our twitter page you can go to twitter.com/cspanwj. a tweet saying donald trump a n nonpolitician refreshing to hear somebody say something without tip toeing through the tul

everyone else seems to be talking about as well donald trump the to pay and then the real estate mogul love him or hate him he seems to be everywhere these days and the mainstream media is eating him up so is the limelight a part of a bigger story say a run for president or perhaps he just hopes to boost t.v. show ratings joining me now to talk about this is amanda carey reporter for the daily caller all right amanda let's take a step back here you know before we get blinded by the light donald trump certainly a wealthy man but this is also the owner of the miss universe pageant this is somebody who's been married three times he is a multibillion air is this a person that america could could relate to could get behind. i don't think he's got a little ball that's my honest opinion and i don't know if it's his personal i guess background with his wives i mean that's not a huge issue here i don't think if you look at giuliani he is a fairly a contender and he had issues there and newt gingrich is a contender. but whether he's relatable or not that remains to be seen and he obviously has t

they're on stoppable yes women question is whose responsibility really is it i mean will donald trump not actually be polling tied for first or second if it weren't for corporate media stream media talking about him without citing any of the reasons why we should be completely horrified that he's running i mean let's talk about corporate interests is there anything more corporate than donald trump and by the way bankruptcy and part of that corporate history as well. so i'm just wondering do you think that perhaps we are seeing though you know you could say dollar dr it's often publicized but the point is it's working do you think we're seeing a huge change within the g.o.p. maybe revolution is to going too far maybe revolution isn't going far enough but we're all the old rules are being thrown out it's no longer pay your dues wait your turn everyone goes at it now you have to do and many people are going to rock obama went very quickly he didn't wait his turn so to speak but the thing is i think the change we're seeing in the republican party is not represented by donald trump i think

the core anition, donald trump couldn't have gotten the traction. but now people know his name, it's registering by the in the polls. >> there are some people outside the white house who have made the argument that the birther argument was simply a proxy for people going after the first african-american president, people were uncomfortable seeing him in the white house. if that's the case that could move on to other conspiracy theories. donald trump immediately started talking about his academic brack -- background and how he got into harvard. >> exactly. gwen: they've always had a kind of tightrope they walk when the question of race is raised. >> approximately -- well, it is true, we have seen the circumstance come up in previous presidential campaigns where a candidate actually was born outside the united states and it was not made an issue. >> john mccain? >> john mccain. mitt romney's father who ran in 1968, he was born in mexico. so there is clearly i think the president's defenders say there is a racial element to this and there is also this

donald trump for president. paid for by big hair. >> he's the hood ornament on your car of creation. >> jimmy: i agree with that completely. [ applause ] fire members of congress one by one until only a weeping john boehner is left. tonight, on "american idol," which is not actually american, it was born in england. nine contestants were whittled down to eight, though the judges liked everyone last night. they are really not judges, they're highly paid compliment givers. last night, not one even slightly critical comment from steven tyler or jennifer lopez and the closest randy got to criticizing somebody is tilting his head and telling the contestants, i'm not jumping up and down this really flies in the face of all the misery simon cowell work sod hard to create on this show. i think one of the reasons steven tiler is not saying anything negative is he doesn't want to hurt his chances of having sex with the contestants. tonight, pia was eliminated. i think she was steven's favorite. he looked like he was going

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>> well, i think donald trump will take credit for a lot of things. he is a person of no small ego as we've seen over the years, not just in the political realm and he is a master at drawing attention to himself and taking credit for things whether he deserves it or not. but there's probably no question that he helped get the president to where we were today so he'll get some credit for that among people who think this was something that needed to be done. but whether that will enhance him as a political candidate or, in fact, draw attention to him as somebody who has focused more on extraneous issues or distracting issues than on real issues i think is the challenge he'll face. >> lehrer: what do you make of his quote that we just saw in the clip, trump said "i hope it's true." >> i don't know what to make of that, jim, frankly. i mean, there is nothing more than can be put out. the state of hawaii has done an exception to its normal policy and rules in releasing the actual certificate of live birth as to what they called the certification, which was

. >> sean: coming up much more of my interview with donald trump. believe it or not he was just getting started. that -- speaking of obama's radical friends from the past. bill ayers in the spotlight. once again we'll play you his shout down with radio talk show host larry elder and get larry's reaction, coming up. >> sean: welcome back. we continue now with the final installment of my interview with donald trump. i spent more time than anybody in the media on the issue of reverend wright and bill ayers. he was asked one question, he's a guy in the neighborhood. we discovered he started his political career in bill ayers house. he gave speeches with him and sat onboards with him. >> acted like he hardly knew him. >> sean: his answer is he is some guy in the neighborhood. on 9/11 of all days he had that in "the new york times." media ignores it. reverend wright i was fortified by him he rode around listening to tapes of him. he's like family to me. of course ego thrown under the bus. there's a picture in that church magazine -- >> both of these guys

trump is talking a lot about donald trump-- even his failed marriages. >> it's very difficult for a woman to be married to me because i work. i work all the time. >> reporter: and he's saying things most politicians don't. but that famous candor also can be a problem. >> is there a muslim problem in the world? >> absolutely. absolutely. i mean, i don't notice swedish people knocking down the world trade center. >> reporter: then there's his focus on president obama's citizenship. >> he hasn't proven... he hasn't shown his birth certificate. he shows a piece of paper that has nothing to do with the birth certificate. >> reporter: never mind that the president produced a certificate of live birth and it's a widely discredited issue, and one other republicans have all but discarded. >> facts and donald trump do not always coincide. and he doesn't need to. he's not a public official who has to be held to a higher standard. >> reporter: everything about donald trump is exaggerated. his reality t.v. shows. >> you're fired. >> reporter: the beauty queens. that hair. and his gold-plated rea

then you have a donald trump. [laughter] i cannot imagine the republican party doing it to itself. >> is it just because he has been on television and what? >> i refuse to accept on behalf of the party. [laughter] i turn it down. even for free, i will not take it. look, it is name recognition. it is not serious. if he runs, he will run and it will be a sideshow. it is away for the media to amuse itself between now and when we get serious, and why not? the race has not begun. but is not serious. it is a joke. >> i want to quote my good friend charles krauthammer rid this country has a nativist streak in it -- is small, but it is there. >> if the right candidate comes along -- i don't know who this would be, and 1992 bill clinton type -- vulnerable is president obama? >> he is a vulnerable as long as 20% of americans think the country is headed in the right direction, unemployment is at 818%. any in common is vulnerable, -- on a planet is on 8.8%. any incumbent is a vulnerable. on this issue of donald trump, what ha

. >>> trump stumps. donald trump and the tea party today. new partners? one famous republican now calling trump a joke candidate. >>> and the wolf whisperer. why are so many wild animals now listening to this man? >>> and good evening. as we come on the air tonight, breaking news. tornado watches and warns up across eight states as it barrels eastward. look at this map tonight the tornadoes touching down, 167 of them now. nearly four dozen twisters in the last couple of hours alone. at least 17 people have now died. hundreds of homes and businesses destroyed. in alabama this image tonight, a church reduced to bricks. just look at the watches and warnings, as they barreled across the country. tens of millions have dealt with this tornado theft. ryan owens in the middle of it in prattville, alabama tonight. >> reporter: good evening, david. this small town particularly hard hit. three people lived here. they lived in two homes side by side. you see some of the trees behind me. take a look at this. talk about a haunting image. these are the 41 steps that led

and donald trump for president. who wants donald trump to be president? commentary coming up on that. this is the story that fires me up tonight. president obama and the senate democrats need to take a stand for the middle class to stop capitulating to the tea party on this budget fight. politico reports a crowd of roughly 200 tea party faithful showed up on the national mall in washington, d.c. today. the small crowd was there to push republicans to pass $60 billion in cuts to the federal government. now, a handful of republican lawmakers showed up to their fire up the crazies. >> cut the budget. get this government under control. it's not good enough to slow it down. we've got to reduce the size of this government. >> we've got to say to harry reid and liberals in the senate, this far and no farther. we got to borrow a line from another harry and say "the debt stops here." >> i believe we can surmount any problem. we can climb any hill. i believe as ronald reagan said that government is not the solution to the problem. government is the problem. >> make

but not donald trump. he said he can't run because he has the number one show on nbc, which is kind of like having the nicest house in haiti. it's not that impressive. but still he appears to be very serious about turning this country around. >> the world laughs at us. they won't be laughing if i'm president. >> jimmy: they won't? [ laughter ] i think they will. donald trump wins, my guess is america will look a lot like it did in "back to the future ii" when biff was in charge. you remember that? white house a casino with his giant face on the front. most of trump's platform seems to be based around his disbelief that president obama is an american citizen. you know, for someone who places so much importance on that sort of thing, trump doesn't seem to care about buying american when it comes to wives. [ laughter ] and he told meredith vieira that he sent a team of investigators to hawaii to look into this issue. unfortunately the invest gators he sent are gary busey and meat loaf. he said the people who

oprah winfrey wants to end her iconic show by getting her hands on donald trump's iconic hair. we hear the queen of daytime talk reached out to the "the apprentice" creator along with a series of other big names to come on for a makeover by top stylists on one of her last oprah installments. according to sources, the e-mail invitation to trump's office said the eyes of the world will be upon these episodes. given that oprah will end its 25-year run in may. sources told us that the production team promised to let the real estate mogul promote "celebrity apprentice" and talk about his presidential bid." oprah producers also promised to treat trump's makeover with integrity and not let it become those historical television moments that will become iconic. donald's hair may be the only thing he hasn't changed for his current 15 minutes in the political spotlight. on october 31st, 1999 he told fox news, "i'm totally pro choice. i want to see the abortion issue removed from politics." on february 14th of this year he told fox news, "i'm pro life. i think that's a big social issue." o

>> donald trump is an american original. for 25 years he has been the most brilliant marketer of his own personality and this is another chapter in that. i assume he's going to run because it's a great amount of publicity. chris: a reality show or is he actually run for in the >> i don't know but why not do it? but the impact of this, the reason we should care, donald trump, michelle bachman, palin if she gets in, they have the effect of freezing the race. it makes it very hard for tim pawlenty, mitt romney to emerge through that process. it freezes the republican race and raises the possibility that a chris christy will get in late or a jeb bush. chris: is he dealing with people who are truly alienated and willing to buy the birther stuff? >> i think one of the most interesting things was the very conservative part of the poll that showed a party guy like donald trump? come on. but he does have high name recognition in a field where many of the folks don't? how many voters know who tim pawlenty, for example, is. so he does

of course, everyone remembers little trump because he was the little kid going, -- [ as donald trump ] "welcome, everyone, to the trump sand box and play area. [ laughter ] it's the number one sand box in the world. huge sand castles, please enjoy yourselves in the beautiful marble monkey bars. [ laughter ] it's my beautiful girlfriend natasha, she's 2 1/2 years old. she's a beautiful girl and i'm a beautiful 4-year-old boy." >> steve: "take a nap, you're tired." >> jimmy: oh! that's a good, you missed it -- you're tired. [ as donald trump ] "nap time. nap time, you're tired." [ laughter ] just stole your joke and said it louder than you. i just said it louder -- i just said it louder than you. >> steve: it's yours, i'm giving it to you. happy st. patrick's day. >> jimmy: thank you, my friend. thank you, my man, i appreciate it. hey, this fall mcdonald's will display calorie information at all restaurants in the uk. [ scattered groans ] yeah, so the cheese burger it says 300, for the big mac is says 540 and for the mcrib it says, "yeah, like you give a crap." [ laughter ] i could pro

that grenade is donald trump. at some point, however, the spotlight has to move from what he's not, which is washington, to what he is, which is a very unstable political figure. you know, his plan to put a flashing "trump" above the white house is not going to go over well. >> i disagree with that. i think he's much deeper. the guy's been on since the '80s and he stands for something. he stands for success, the gospel of success, that you can start out small and make it big in this country -- not that he did, but he stands for that. he's been preaching this for 20 and 30 years. he attracts 60,000 people before the tea party ever happened. so, i take him seriously as a political force because he stands for the idea that the small guy can get ahead and he has trump university, has thousands of books and lectures -- >> he also has controversial views. just to name a couple, that he would go in in libya and take oil wells away, take control of the oil. he's got a very -- some facile answers for some of the vexing pro

i'm donald trump. prove me wrong. [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: this has been a fireside chat with donald trump. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ [ cheers ] >>> jimmy: welcome back, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] our first guest is a founding father of gangster rap and an accomplished actor who stars in nbc's "law & order: special victims unit" which airs wednesday at 10:00 p.m. his new memoir, "ice," is in stores right now. please welcome ice-t! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ >> jimmy: good to see you again. >> what's up, man? >> jimmy: how you doing, buddy? thanks for coming back. >> congratulations. i was here kind of early, right? >> jimmy: you were, like, first year. yeah, you're one of our first guests. >> see, and we doing big things now. >> jimmy: see. that's right. thank you for coming back. congratulations on this book. you're getting crazy good reviews. >> yeah, it was amazing. "new york times," i was worried about getting reviews. in books, it's different than records, and it's almo

donald trump has attracted headlines and polling numbers early on. but now comes the scrutiny. and tonight we'll look further into the trump empire, and we find all that glitters under the trump name is not gold. >>> texas tinderbox. bad fires on the run tonight in the lone star state. firefifighters have their hands full, and we'll take you to the fire line. >>> setting the stage. a big change in the way doctors will diagnose alzheimer's. and tonight, how this news could affect a lot of american families. >>> making a difference for friends and neighbors who are victims of a staggering natural disaster. >>> also here tonight, why the plane carrying the first lady is in the news. plane carrying the first lady is in the news. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. while it's early yet and there are no established candidates on the gop side, donald trump is running first or second in a lot of the early polls. he is among the best-known names in this country, in part because that name is all over the place, on everything from bui

. >> yes, i was told a donald trump was on the line. so i put on a seat belt and held the phone if it away from my 8 year, thinking he was going to go into a tirade, considering what i have said about him. what is surprising is he simply called and was rather courteous and composed. to make his case for how race -- houser is a candidate he is. i do not exactly excepted. when i mentioned the birther issue, he said, well, the media keeps asking about it. and i said, well, mr. trump, you're really not a victim of the media on this. you raised it. but i must say, he was a gentleman. he had every right to start screaming, and he did not. but because of his demeanor, i am infering that he is running. if he were not a serious candidate, he would have unloaded on me and felt the arctic. but in fact, east and a few minutes. he made his case. i am not in any way sway. i think he remains unserious in the extreme. >> serious about running, perhaps. >> unserious as a candidate. but there's no doubt, the way he interacted with me implied that he want

trump's flirtation with a presidential campaign is all about donald trump. shows the lack of seriousness and frankly a disrespect for the office he is pretending to want to seek. >> alan: the chairman of the orange county republican party is calling for anth thiks investigation into one of its top officials. the orange county weekly newspaper says it obtained an e-mail with this altered photo of president obama as an ape. the i'm eel was reportedly send by marilyn davenport. davenport claims it was a joke meant to be viewed by a small number of people but the orange county republican party chairman called the pick tire tess speckible and racist. >> the already sky-high gas prices could reach record-shattering territory as soon as memorial day. >> seeing gas guys up bay penny a day in the last week or so, and all stars seem to be aligned to make prices go up. >> alan: the all-time average high for san francisco is 4.62 set back in june of 2008. at it currently 4.25 a gallon and going up daily. a trip from san francisco to seattle and back will cost you $500.

all i think that donald trump i mean this whole birth of the one percent of americans or believed in it or whatever i mean the hard core i believe right fifty five percent of the republican so you're saying that fifty five percent of the republican party is racist i mean that's absurd that's absurd not to say are racist. actually his friends and i defy racists but i don't i don't recall any but can you name one white politician who's ever been asked or is it has burst in the midst of this guy dr no while of artics along to present it could have been nipped in the butt a long time ago by his just saying here's my stereotypical it he had the money for a lot of controversy i mean i agree that birth there said stop talking about it when he showed it but he's a what you can admit to about a lot i wasn't really israel logical strategy joe you know what's interesting and i don't think either excuse me. i'm old enough to know exactly what racism minutes i've lived through it i've experienced it i know what a metaphor is when i hear one and this is all that it's been i've lived through jim cr

. >> and donald trump can't even get taken seriously by bill the scams ever -- >> absolutely. but i don't think that's the case. >> why doesn't he issue his birth certificate? >> he did. >> he did. >> good evening from new york. tomorrow the republicans in the house are expected to vote on a lie. they are expected to vote on the government shutdown prevention act as foreshadowed by house majority leader eric cantor. >> on friday we will bring to the floor the government prevention of -- excuse me, the prevention of government shutdown act. and that will say to the american people the senate's got to act prior to the expiration of cr. if it does not act, hr-1 becomes the law of the land. >> the government shutdown prevention act says, "if the senate fails to pass a measure before april 6, 2011, providing for the appropriations of the departments and agencies of the government for the remainder of the fiscal year 2011 hr 1 as passed by the house on february 19, 2011 becomes law." everyone in congress except eric cantor knows that the mere passage of a bill in the house never bec

i heard donald trump was in the hospital. he tore a rotator cuff. >> you would say that. >> i understand why people really like donald trump. it is because he speaks his mind. he says what a lot of people would like to say. the problem is, with our politics, he cannot go into congress. >> why can he stand up to people and say, you are messing with the strongest nation in the world? >> when he was to get something it is not congress stumb, like a board room. you are a dictator. despite what rush may think about obama, he is not a dictator. >> how did we get to rush? >> for those of us to listen to rush. >> welcome back to the jim fisher show. i am dan kennedy. we are overlooking the flooding mississippi. we are not as bad as a lot of places. a tornado ran through. we know how to deal with a flood. a 200 year flood comes every three years. we are prepared. they have taken steps over the years. one side is a river. the iowa side has neglected to build the flood wall. the people of our community have weathered every flood and sto

recently potential republican candidate donald trump turned it into a debate. finally last week the president requested a waiver and today released the original certificate. this afternoon he and the first lady drove the point home in an interview on oprah that airs monday. >> he was born here. >> and confirmed again that you are born -- >> once again. >> -- in the united states. >> reporter: why did he wait until now? the white house said previously it was not worthy of a response but they saw it as a golden political opportunity for the president to insist he is focused on issues that matter while his critics are not. >> we do not have time for this kind of silliness. we won't solve our problems if we get distracted. >> reporter: some republican strategists say the birther issue is a political trap but if it is donald trump was happy to step in it today taking full credit for forcing the president's hand. >> i am really honored, frankly, to have played such a big role in hopefully -- hopefully getting rid of this issue. donald trump has already moved onto a n

it's the same thing with donald trump. i don't think that he is seriously going to be shlepping through new hampshire and iowa going door to door, going to town hall meetings, doing all the things that you would actually have to do to win the republican primary. >> what was interesting, i brought up the bankruptcy, and he said they weren't bankruptcies, they're chapter 11s, which is -- >> reorganization. >> a reorganization. >> where you cut down on some of your debt and stuff like that. he was very sensitive to that. do you think he's going to be able to handle the business scrutiny when it comes? you know, the birther stuff, it's become an entertainment side show. the business stuff would be a whole new ball game. >> the short answer is no, he's not going to be able to handle it. which is one of the reasons he's not going to run. the other reason is he'd have to take his show off the air, which is making i presume for him quite a bit of money and getting him an additional amount of attention that he so desperately craves

trump está a punto de anunciar su candidatura, pero hay cuestionamientos a su persona . >>> donald trump aún no anuncia su candidatura, pero en caso de hacerlo lo haría con el partido republicano . >>> mi prioridad será respeto por este país, no haríamos tratos con corea, con china que hacen que luzcamos ridículos. >>> el posible aspirante a la presidencia de estados unidos, solo ha participado en dos elecciones primarias desde 1989. >>> en los últimos 21 años, el señor trump ha votado en dos elecciones primarias. >>> trump insiste en cuestionar el lugar de nacimiento del presidente barack obama, para muchos es una táctica que puede perjudicarle. >>> el presidente barack obama nació aquí, este debate, ha sido usado por más de nada peras, tenemos inmigr, el déficit la economía, esos son los temas que interesan al público . >>> tambiÉn muchos dicne que una persona como donald trump puede dividir el grupo . >>e> en caso que trump se lanzara como candidato independiente cómo afectaría?. >>> mucho. >>> la decisión será tomada a finales de mayo o principios de junio . >>>

donald trump takes another significant step toward running for president heading to new hampshire to meet with voters but this morning, new questions about the donald's interests in politics. we're going to take a look at his voting record. >>> and live from the royal wedding. the big event is just five days away, and we're live in london as the city gets set to host one of the biggest weddings ever. this morning, the royal family's final trip to church before the big event. join us as we begin our coverage live from the royal wedding. >>> hey, everybody. good morning and happy easter. my co-anchor and weekend compadre bianna is over in london this morning ahead of the big day. hey, bianna. >> hey, dan. i wish you were here. it is so beautiful and sunny in london. what a scene we have here. easter sunday is gorgeous in the college gardens here, offering a beautiful view of parliament and big ben behind me, dan. as you can see, much of the royal family is going to church today. now, this is significant because it's the last time they'll be inside a church before the wedding at westmin

. >>> a reality check tonight on some of the surprising things donald trump said to meredith vieira on his interview. >> and embracing life. a proud mother, her new baby daughter, and a fight she refuses to lose. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. i'm ann curry in tonight for brian williams as today a major aftershock, a 7.1, the strongest yet, and not far from last month's 9.0 quake and tsunami struck off the coast of japan, and after the shaking, again, the fear of another tsunami and worries about whether the nuclear plant was further damaged. if you're wondering just how much japan can take, you're not alone. lee is in tokyo. good evening. >> reporter: this certainly was a powerful quake, and it hit along the same stretch of battered coastline hit so hard from the earthquake and tsunami last month. there weren't a lot of people left to evacuate, and so many places, the damage there had been done, but the big question is what happens to the stricken power plant that so many fear is already hanging on by a thread. it struck nearly four weeks to the day since last month's ma

donald trump is joining that group. celebrity goes far in america i am not sure if it will go all the way to the white house but we will have to see what happens. >> never know with trump. >>> if you are looking for more spirited talk and debate after our newscast stay tuned for face the nation, republican congressman paul ryan wisconsin and mark warner offerer gin yeah will square off over -- of virginia, will square off over deficit. >>> another case of an air traffic controller nodding off on the job still to come. >>> what federal regulators are doing to keep them awake. >>> free vacation, partially free at least where you can spend some time this week, without paying admission. sounds good. >>> good morning jim bernard here cbs 5 weather center lots of fog around the bay, slow to go to be replaced tonight by increasing chance of rain showers we will look at all those details coming up for you in just a few minutes. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> welcome back to weekend early edition 7:45 a.m. guess what national park week star

now look, donald trump is not what i would call the tea party candidate. and i want to make clear, the tea party movement is much simpler than people give it credit for being. it's simply a phenomenon that has occurred as tens of millions of americans, whether they call themselves tea partiers or not, have recognized the federal government has become too big and too expensive. >> what about jon huntsman, our ambassador in china? you've worked for him in the past, also from utah. he wrote a letter to president obama. "the daily caller" obtained a copy of it. and he's positive about the president. he writes -- "i am most grateful for the graciousness and kindness you have shown me and my family, particularly your confidence in my ability to represent you in china. you are a remarkable leader and it has been a great honor getting to know you." do you think that will rear its head in the primary fight for jon huntsman, if he's a candidate? >> that letter, coupled with the fact that he was in the administration, ambassador to china during president obama's time