In advance of Saturday's Nevada caucus, tonight Ron Paul sits down with Piers Morgan at Planet Hollywood's Koi in Las Vegas. In an intense and revealing interview, the Republican from Texas addresses a wide-range of issues, including his reaction to Mitt Romney's recent comment about the poor.

"I think it was a big issue because of politics, because of the opposition, the demagoguing, the media jumping on this," said Paul. "Actually, I think I ended up probably defending him more than he defended himself."

The GOP candidate went on to say that he doesn't believe Romney really doesn't care about poor people, but actually, it's his views on finance that are the true issue: "I think the problem is he's a victim of his own economic theories, rather than him being cold and heartless."

Tune in to "Piers Morgan Tonight" at 9pm ET/PT as the Republican race's oldest candidate talks about social media, his exercise regime, his stance on abortion and much more.

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