so, you know, putting her in the same breath as sarah palin drives me insane. i mean, michelle bachman only had a few years as congresswoman and hillary brought more than. that is a deep seeded antipathy to women leading at the highest level. otherwise, we'd have more women governors. there are only five right now. you know, which is why it is hard to get a woman presidential candidate. sarah palin was one of the few women governors we had and she didn't even finish her term. so you know, you're right. qualifications matter. we had one with terrific qualifications, and it still wasn't enough. >> it wasn't enough that time. i think it is fascinating on the house side, the kind of the new energy among female legislators is on the republican side. there are nine freshmen republican women. what do you see on the house side or even in politics here in washington, what are the struggles that women still face just because they are women? in washington? >> well, i mean, it is still a good old boy's network. you know, that is the reality of it. and i have gotten into ma

>> most conservatives are relieved sarah palin's not running. i don't think she would have added a lot to the race. i was looking at the poll, when the top republican in the field is only 20%, people are completely undecided, they're not completely satisfied with the choices. i'll make a prediction to you. i still don't think it's too late for someone else to get in this race. >> who? >> maybe jim demint. >> he says no. he says people are asking him all the time but says no. >> maybe mitch daniels will reconsider. i don't think it's too late when you have the top candidate at 20% in mitt romney. >> excellent point. >>> ahead, update on tonight's breaking news. former governor sarah palin saying she will not run in 2012. >>> when a military widow lost a prize memory of her fall will hero she asked friends for her. tonight's number, it will warm your heart. we're america's natural gas and here's what we did today: supported nearly 3 million steady jobs across our country... ... scientists, technicians, engineers, machinists... ... adding nearly 40

it's sarah palin's pac and by pac i mean pack of money. it's her money, she controls it, she already used previous donations for her family vacation necessities like the 14,000 dollar constitution bus art, $10,000 on logistical trip consulting. $7,000 on lodging and $3200 that want to her parents, chuck and sallie heath for purpose of disbursement correspondence and card mailing. now you may say to yourself, wow, that is [bleep] crazy. but those are the rules that are set up. the only way that the little scheme would be dishonorable or shady is if palin had known all along what her decision was yet continued to dangle her indecision as a lure. to unsuspecting donors. how are you going to prove that. you would have to find someone close to the operation but perhaps too naive to realize she has inadvertently spilled the beans on let's say june 28th. >> do you get the sense that your mom has not made up her mind or do you think she knows and hasn't told us. >> you know, she definitely knows. we talked about it before, but some things just nee

. >> sarah palin said you're the flavor of -- flavor of the month. >> by the way, sarah palin made it official. >> the latest to drop out. >> i apologize to those whom are disappointed. >> in a white house press conference today the president said he has been watching the occupy wall street protests on television and believes this is what occupy wall street is trying to tell him. >> i think it expresses the frustrations that the american people feel that we had the biggest financial crisis since the great depression, huge collateral damage all throughout the country, all across main street, and yet you're still seeing some of the same folks who acted irresponsibly, trying to fight efforts to crack down on abusive practices that got us into this in the first place. >> the newest republican presidential front-runner in the latest economist/ugov poll herman cain said he has taken this message from occupy wall street. >> rather than going to wall street, complaining to people at big banks or big businesses, why not picket the white house? because the policies have failed. and so all it is

sarah palin's position in the polls. the latest poll that sarah palin's name is in has her running as meagan kelly accurately put it way down at the bottom against the existing candidates. sarah palin accused fox news of putting out misinformation. that's her word. misinformation. that would be my word for what fox news puts out every day and every night, but i don't work for fox news. who else in the history of fox news has accused fox news of putting out misinformation while still on the fox news payroll? and how perfect is it that the fox news employee accusing fox news of putting out misinformation was actually putting out misinformation in her accusation? fox news a constant purveyor of misinformation is actually not guilty of putting out misinformation in the one instance that the current fox news employee accuses them of putting out misinformation. how long will the misinformation network allow sarah palin to continue to use misinformation to correctly label that network as the misinformation network? the ice has

sarah palin is not running for president. (laughter) feels like my heart quit halfway through its first term. (laughter) and palin, ever the rogue, did not hold a self-serving press conference like chris christie, no, she bowed out of the race the way our founding fathers intended, by having talk show host mark levin read a press release on his show. >> i've just received a statement from governor palin, this is breaking news. and she writes, after much prayer and serious consideration, i have decided that i will not be seeking the 2012 gop nomination for president of the united states. thank you again for all your support, god bless america, sarah palin. governor sarah palin, how are you, my friend? >> how are you, great one? i'm feeling just fine. (laughter) >> stephen: folks, i am as speechless as sarah palin must have been while she was pretending she wasn't there the whole time. (laughter) and in response i have prepared a statement of my own. jay? jay, come out here and read this. jay, the internal, everybody. (cheers a

sarah palin is not running for president. feels like my heart quit halfway through its first term. [ laughter ] >> are you telling me that driving around the country in a bus with a giant picture of her face next to the constitution was nothing but a publicity stunt because i find that difficult to believe. palin said she won't be campaigning or presidenting. but she will continue with her speechmaking and tv commentating. i guess we'll never get to see a snowmobile one. a shame. >> we spent time analyzing over the past few months that sarah palin has been traveling around the country in a constitution-wrapped bus, frequently primary states. which suggested two distinct possibilities. you are either running for president of the united states. or you are a crazy person. [ laughter ] last night, sarah palin went on fox news, bravely supporting the lapel pin that could have easily carried her weight, to get the answer. >> no, i'm not running. >> so, i'm ready to call it with 100% of sarah palin's reporting. the winner is, crazy

tonight sarah palin says she has made up her mind. she told a radio interviewer that she will not enter the race for the republican nomination for president. political correspondent jan crawford is in washington with more. >> reporter: well, scott, after months and months of teasing people with would she run or would she not run, sarah palin has just released a statement. let me read it for it. after much prayer and serious consideration i have decided i will not be seeking the 2012 g.o.p. nomination. she goes onto say as always my family comes first, she gave it a great deal of thought, and then she says in the statement that she believes she could, quote, be more

sarah palin is a cultural phenomenon. there is no question about it. but she has been giving us hints over the past couple of weeks that she is not ready for the presidency, saying, "i think it is better for me to be on the outside. i can effect change on the outside. i do not need a title." i think she has been giving hands for a number of weeks. -- hits for a number of weeks. >> do you think it was a tax on her personal life, or the polls? >> i do not think either. i think she had a conversation with her family. whether she wanted to go through the rigors of a national campaign -- 3.5 years ago, she was on a national ticket. we saw her up close. she has set herself that she does not necessarily follow a script. i do not think she thought she could follow the national script for so long and the on message. that is not her personality. >> many republicans will welcome this. >> if i am mitt romney, i am jumping for joy. even if i am rick perry, i am jumping for joy. rick perry is a tea party conservative. sarah palin could have taken some money and vote

sarah palin news, and christy turlington. >> that's right. we've got all of the ladies on the show tonight. sarah palin story. also on the front lines in pakistan, i'll gowin side a women's jail tonight. our guest, supermodel christy turlington shines a light on a disturbing statistic. >>> newark magazine calls us out, seriously. and the bottom line on sarah palin. breaking news, she is not running for president. let's go "out front." >> breaking news, sarah palin choosing not to run for the republican presidential nomination. she went on the mark levin radio show, made it clear she's not running and also released a letter to her supporters. she said, she can be more effective in a decisive role to help elect other true public servants to office. well, why now? scott conroy of role clear politics and co-author of "sarah from alaska"s has spoken to the palins since the decision. you've been rushing to get on the phone with us. so what can you tell us? >> erin, great to be here. i spoke to some members of palin's inner circle tonight and two po

well, if i may ask you governor palin then what were you doing. >> sarah palin has started a nationwide bus tour. >> she also crashed mitt romney's party. >> she rolled into the state fair. >> hour tour is stealing the political thunder. >> the worst part is she's like a guest up a wedding but wears a wedding dress but insists i'm not here spoiling your big day but want to get your message out about if i dealt. oh, and if you don't mind i have some vows i want to read. it won't take a minute. ♪ erent cream. i challenge that with olay. i've found one cream with everything i'm looking for... olay total effects. with 7 age defying effects in just one, easy to use cream. i've swapped to all-in-one total effects. why don't you swap too? she's supporting breast cancer programs for her neighbour's tennis instructor's daughter's 1st grade teacher who's also her mom. help fund breast cancer programs in your community. redeem your lids today and people. and the planes can seem the same. so, it comes down to the people. because: bad weather, the price of oil those are every airline's reality. an

but sarah palin is tough as nails. she's a smart cookie i can't wait to see what her next chapter is going to be. she did say in her statement she's going to commit herself to defeating barack obama next year, and to getting republican control of the senate and maintaining the house. and she's going to have an unbelievable influence in rallying the conservative base, rallying the tea party, keeping the momentum going which is essential for next year. >> we did lose an incredible, bright human being. steve jobs passed away. i kind of sensed when he stepped down works all his health problems, i kind of sensed something wasn't right. >> you don't step down from something that you love and that's in your bones and blood and sweat and tears unless you are really ill. >> do you have an ipad. >> we have one, yes. >> ipad, i-phone. >> i love them. >> and my husband has more of these things. but i do play on them and such. they are great stuff. my kids have the touch, the ipod touch. we have them all. >> back to the presidentia

dollars that she raised for sarah palin super pac which she can spend any way she wants is now using to run for political office will she a trade in her turn tour bus for a one point six million dollar yacht to sarah sarah palin frenzy global for global because she started where i work i'm here to be will she buy a high powered binoculars so that seven thousand residents of you know two thousand dollars per binoculars can keep an eye on russia or c. will she hire a team of high priced lawyers to sue roger ailes for colorado for sexual harassment two words some party so it was that. i think she's going to use the money to start a hot hot hot sarah palin bus tour and she'll become that and roger ailes the same real. yeah i think that's what i mean if you take you. all right and i i'm i'm you know i think it's probably one point six million dollars divided into you know how much is it for a day in the spot maybe two hundred three hundred dollars you know i will say maybe she'll reimburse the r. and c. for all the you know could improve his game and i don't know. thank you very much rose

sarah palin got her on movie. her own tour bus and then went on the road allowing speculation to build that she might run until last night. still was anybody really surprised that she didn't run? the answer just a little bit. die hards in places like iowa for example held out for months supporting anyone else hoping palin might just get in the race. now, they're looking for somewhere else to go. >> you may see them go to rick perry, herman cain. it's really hard to tell. i don't think they'll go in one block as it were. i think you'll see people choose different candidates over time. >> tea partiers and social conservatives said the guy with most the lose the mitt romney because he looked stronger with social conservatives vying for the same group of votes. the other question still on the table is about who palin might endorse. in the last midterm elections, her endorsement meant a lot. think of nikki hailey, elected governor in south carolina. ford o'connell thinks palin's blessing could be a big help for any of

sarah palin doesn't have that financial heft. she has appeal and it will be an important factor. >> jonathan? >> marginal, craig, marginal. >> jonathan capeheart, robert costa, always appreciate you, come back. >> quick look at the markets right now. you can see there the dow up about 103 points. s&p, nasdaq, both up slightly. we'll be right back. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement, if your car is totaled, we give you the money for a car one model year newer. liberty mutual auto insurance. >>> day eight in the trial of michael jackson's doctor just got underdy way, an investigator with the coroners office gathered evidence at jackson's home. wednesday prosecutors played the full recording dr. conrad murray made of michael jackson just six weeks before the singer's death. on that recording, michael jackson, opening up about his younger years. >> i didn't have a childhood. i had no childhood. heal the world. we are the world. will you be there? the lost children. these are the songs i've written

and sarah palin keeps it interesting. so we're disappointed. >> you get points for candor. he apparently loves to needle the press. it is columnists and pundits and talk show host who kept her in the headlines until now. >> i disagree that it was reporter driven. i was one of those following her for weeks in iowa. she had a big bus tour, making speeches, premiering a documentary. she gave a major speech in september. >> but who cares if she's not running? then she doesn't get the press -- >> unlike chris christie whoa had many on-the-record denials, palin never did. we're following a former v.p. contender, going around making speeches, going to eat fried butter at the state fair. this seemed pretty presidential to me. >> lots of people eat fried butter. let me get to nia -- i remember when mitt romney announced his candidacy in new hampshire. she went on the bus tour -- all the reporter there rushed to her. she was on the front page. how can it not be reporter driven? it was urltly media driven. >> it was media driven, but i sort of agree with robert in the sense that she w

is reporting that say what sarah palin is officially now running for president as i mentioned just a minute so the question what's she going to do with one point six million. dollars and she raised for sarah palin super pac but she can spend anyway she wants just never use it to run for political office will she a trade in her trade tour bus for a one point six million dollar yacht take the sarah sarah palin frenzy global tour global because it started where i walk i'm here to be will she buy power but ocular so that all seven thousand residents of was so you know two thousand of her america was keep an eye on russia or see will she hire a team of high priced lawyers to sue roger ailes for. her sexual harassment two words awesome party simply was that. i think she's going to use the money to start a hot hot hot sarah palin bus tour and so become that and put roger ailes seem real and. yeah i think yes that's what you take you. are and i and i'm you know i think it's probably one point six million dollars divided into you know how much is it for a b. in the spot maybe two hundred thre

many people moved there to work for sarah palin. in your latest abc news poll, people said if the first choice was sarah palin their second choice was mitt romney. interesting to watch where the palin voters go. john berman, abc news, new york. >>> coming up next, the rain is not going away yet. spencer will be back to show us how long until the sun sunshines once again in the bay area. >> a place out of local history. workplace violence and what we know about the people who commit these crimes like the terrible tragedy that happened at bank of america, we're lending and investing in the people and communities who call the bay area home. from funding that helped a local entrepreneur start a business... to providing grants to a nonprofit which offers job training and placement... and supporting an organization working to help the environment. because the more we do in the bay area, the more we help make opportunity possible. it's all about jobs. it's all about respect. security. the american dream. [ jamaul ] good jobs in tough times

. >> republican sarah palin decides against a presidential bid. what does that mean for the rest of the field? and cycling for a cause. joining forces of for a new mission. welcome to our viewers some pbs in america and also around the globe. from the president of the united states to ipad users worldwide, the tributes are flowing for apple founder steve jobs. his visionary spirit transform the lives of millions. he died at the age of 56 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. as our technology correspondent reports, he leaves an enormous legacy. >> we're going to make some history together today. >> a man with a sense of theater and charisma rare in the technology world. to steve jobs, this and other apple products were revolutionary. >> good morning. can i help you? >> yes, i would like to order 4000 coffees to go, please. just kidding. >> tributes, too, from his greatest rival. bill gates says the world has rarely seen a man with the impact steve has had. even the president used water to show condolences'. -- used twitter to show condolences'. >

he hired sarah palin because she was high ratings were his exact words which which could just cracks me i mean i don't really doesn't explain every other person on your channel it still has a political bias but i guess sarah palin you know is hot gets every rule has she is i don't know i think i mean i am not a person that would normally defend roger ailes but i think the majority of people who make decisions about who to put on air on all the mainstream media in this country that would be a reason why they're attractive. people are you know you don't say like she's hot and that's what i mean and that's why she can find as you say she's not biased but the funny thing about this is you know we haven't heard sarah palin say have people said but when newsweek put her on the cover a little while ago and she was wearing some little you know teeny shorts. she got angry at newsweek she called it sexist i guess it's not sexist but roger ailes well who's we part of the lame stream media ok but i mean she had a lot on her mind today to be fair she had this whole announcement that she was geari

her announcement came in the form of a web video and a written statement where sarah palin said the main factor in deciding not to run for president was the impact of a campaign on her family. and in that web video she said that you don't need a title to make a difference. now, analysts say this isn't really a big surprise that she had not laid the groundwork for a national campaign. her popularity had been sinking in the polls. the big question now, what other candidates will it benefit? some analysts say romney may have benefitted if she got if the race to split the conservative race. the big question, who will the tea party now support? also saying no to a presidential run, florida senator marco rubio, republican who had been seen -- is seen, in fact, as an up and rising star. asked yesterday would he take a vice presidential slot? he said no. >> tracie potts in washington, thank you. >>> here's a look at other stories making news "early today" in america. it was a rough way to start the morning for a houston light rail commuters. a metro train crashed into a dump truck causing passen

disappointed maybe, but they, they still love themselves some sarah palin. they really still wish she were rung. rob, tanya. >> some of the other candidates. rick perry said money is not an issue. apparently raised $17 million. donors from all over 50 states. >> not a shabby number. an am sis, yesterday, chris christie not running helps mitt romney. palin not rung helps perry now. so. >> see how it all shakes out. >> two clear front-runners now. see what happens. a roller coaster so far. >> for sure. moving on to weather. your thursday forecast. more than a foot of snow in central rockies. scattered thunderstorms, new mexico to montana. showers in southern california. thunderstorms from western texas to nebraska. >> 81 in omaha. 77, twin cities. 75, detroit. mostly 60s from boston to baltimore. 79 in atlanta. 86 in new orleans. phoenix hit 79. sacramento, 62, boise, 57. >> fair to say they're getting into the halloween mood early in wisconsin. check these folks out. >> it was their successful attempt to set a world record for gathering the most people in vid

now that sarah palin declared herself not in the running where does all the tea party animosity, the republican conservative base animosity toward him had, mitt romney, where does that all get channeled? where does it all go? ize discussed earlier with pollster jeff list, it has about strategically vehement in washington for people to complain how beholden they are to tea party loyalists? they love to support things they have always supported, love to sit down together, brother, and reason, but they just can't, the tea party won't let them, the tea party will have their head it is they do that. because the republican establishment and officials areless before the power of the tea party, we must all pay lots of attention to the tea party and excuse the republicans their radicalism. how are we supposed to simultaneously believe that and that mitt romney is going to be the republican party's nominee in the stop mitt romney e-mail people founded and funded by the same people who do the tea party express earthquake the big vinyl-wrapped tea party buses that fox news spent so much time pro

it's sarah palin. joining me to talk about this, this republican field and other big stories of the week, comedian lizz winstead, cocreator of "the daily show" and eric burns, founder of bullfight strategies and former president of media matters. great to have both of you with us tonight. eric, okay, i feel the earth shaking that sarah is not in the race. i think she was a headline on websites for about 15 minutes. >> yeah. >> but is she going to have any kind of an impact at all? what do you think? >> of course she will. she's the darling of this ubar conservative tea party base that seemed to have grabbed the party and is controlling it. i feel like the news is manned by its dog because she has been flirting with this but clearly focused on making money and exploiting the supposed run. i don't think that anyone is disappointed but i think she will have a king making role with this apple dumpling gang of making candidates. >> admit it, liz, z. >> i'm so exhausted i'm happy and needed a break. the medi

if you had sarah palin in her republican presidential pool, you lost. she ended speculation yesterday saying she decided not to run for president in 2012 either as a republican or third party candidate. palin says, "the run was prayfully considered but believed she can be on the right path without being a candidate." >>> herman cain has a blunt message for those wall street protesters in an interview with "wall street journal" cain said, quantity don't blame wall street, don't blame the big banks. if you don't have a job, and you're not rich, blame yourself. these are herman cain's words, before you tweet me, herman cain said it, not me. >>> a milestone in stem cells. they are able to clone human stem cells. hope that personalized cells can be replace damaged cells without rejection by the immune system. >>> tributes are pouring in from around the world this morning for apple founder steve jobs. so many that they froze twitter for a while and the business world now wondering about the future of apple, a company that became the most valuable one in the w

herman cain needs sarah palin's support the most. tea party spoeft is floating on indecision, attached itself to michele bachmann, attached itself to rick perry. now it's floating over to herman cain. they know they don't want to patch themselves to mitt romney. whoever can be the alternative to mitt romney will be that tea party support. if herman cain gets her endorsement, he can be the option to romney. >> i very much agree with robert on this. this republican race is shaping up to be mitt romney and anybody but mitt romney. sarah palin, if she can throw her support behind mitt romney, he needs to brain this group together. we saw in the 2010 election, sarah palin not popular across the board, but incredibly popular even still with republican voters. if mitt romney can get that support behind him, she could be a bill help. >>> herman cain doesn't sympathize with the unoccupied protesters the. listen to what he told t"the wal street journal". >> don't blame wall street, don't blame the banks. if you don't have a job and you're not

now that sarah palin declared herself not in the running where does all the tea party animosity, the republican conservative base animosity toward him had, mitt romney, where does that all get how are we supposed to simultaneously believe that and that mitt romney is going to be the republican party's nominee in the stop mitt romney e-mail people founded and funded by the same people who do the tea party express earthquake the big vinyl-wrapped tea party buses that fox news spent so much time promoting these last couple of years and that incredibly, cnn co-hosted a presidential debate. those are the stop mitt romney e-mail people. we are supposed to take them seriously enough they get to co-host presidential debates with cnn but not seriously enough to care about their full-on, fire-breathing no mitt romney, never, campaign in the dick armey corporate funded tea party group, freedom works, says the republican party will have to pry a mitt rom nomination out of their cold, dead hands. joe miller who beat incumbent senator lisa murkowski in the alaska primary only to lose to her as a w