the airport diner who allowed us to be under foot all morning and we'll be back tomorrow. so, hopefully they'll bear with us, once again. "cnn newsroom" with kyra phillips begins right now. this hour we're beginning with presidential politics and the campaign trails now blazing across new hampshire. let's take a look now at what we've got going. the primary there now just five days away. the republican candidates blitzing the state and newt gingrich is holding an event trying to rebound from a disappointing fourth place finish in iowa. jon huntsman also holding a rally. he ignored iowa and now relying on a strong showing in new hampshire to keep his candidacy alive. no candidate comes into new hampshire with more momentum than rick santorum. he has actually been on the stump already this morning touting his shocking photo finish in iowa. he came within eight votes of winning just weeks after barely registering in the polls. jim acosta is in manchester for us. jim, santorum's fund-raising

surging along with his poll numbers, i understand. tell me more about that. >> that's right, they raised a million dollars in 24 hours after those iowa caucuses and he is fighting hard for votes here in new hampshire. you know, the conventional wisdom was, kyra, that he would spend more time in south carolina because that's where a lot of social conservatives are, not so much up here in new hampshire. but keep in mind, rick santorum has a rust belt republican approach to how he wants to go after votes here in this new hampshire primary. he's talking about giving tax breaks to the manufacturing industry to get them to have a rebound. he's also talking about tax breaks for middle class families, so, all of that really aimed at those sort of factory workers and lunch bucket republicans who work in a lot of these towns here in new hampshire. at a town hall event earlier this morning, he was talking about what the difference is between iowa and new hampshire and how he feels he should be

rewarded here. >> that election, new hampshire did something that everybody says to me new hampshire doesn't do. they said iowa is the one that is conservative and new hampshire is the one, you know, they're the more moderate state. iowa voted for george h. w. bush, new hampshire voted for reagan. why? because they understood we needed bold contrasts on the issues at a time when our country is at stake. >> now santorum will get a lot of help up here, sort of from his other republican rivals because mitt romney is on top in the polls, as you know, kyra. almost all the rest of the republicans in the gop field are going after mitt romney, newt gingrich, jon huntsman. it seems that they all have something nasty to say about the former massachusetts governor because he's the big target here in new hampshire. >> probably going to get a little nastier, jim, of course. romney, as we're looking forward, heading to south

carolina today. is he that assured of winning new hampshire? >> you know, it is a sign of his confidence that he's going to win this state, but, keep in mind, a lot of the polling we've seen, a lot of the public polling that has come out from cnn and various other news outlets, those were all basically done before the iowa caucuses in that stunning near upset victory from rick santorum and interesting to find out what the new polls show. i would imagine that the fact that he's going down to south carolina suggests internal polling that makes them feel very comfortable here. he will have john mccain at his side in south carolina, as he did up here in new hampshire, and that's just one more message to republicans out there that, hey, the establishment is getting behind me, not these other guys. yeah, rick santorum, he's got some momentum right now, but stay with the guy that you think can win it. that's the message for mitt romney at this point. get the establishment behind him. sell the message that he's the most electable candidate in this field, kyra. >> that is another busy five to

seven days, again, jim. thanks so much. you can trust cnn and the best political team on television for complete coverage. join wolf blitzer, candy crowley and john king for live coverage tuesday night at 7:00 eastern right here on cnn. well, the pentagon is unveiling plans that could reinvent the u.s. military as we know it. the plan would actually target virtually every area of military spending. and its impact would be sweeping. under the new strategy. the u.s. will no longer be able to fight two ground wars simultaneo simultaneously. 4,000 u.s. troops will be removed from europe and at least 47,000 fewer troops within the next five years. chris lawrence at the pentagon. well, chris, if you look at the world right now, you have syria, iran, north korea, who knows what else could be a threat. it's kind of tough to move to a no more than two wars strategy. >> yeah, kyra. one official said it's like going from choosing the best, most comprehensive health care plan to trying to save a buck in

only getting insurance for the diseases that you think you're going to get in the future. some of the other concerns that i've heard are that it could worry and concern a lot of our allies that would still worry they get the same level of support and, perhaps, embolden some of the u.s.'s enemies to take advantage of this sort of pull back. on the other hand, the argument and the rationale you're going to get from a lot of pentagon officials is that this policy will still allow the u.s. to fight one major ground combat operation and deploy forces overseas to sort of what they call spoil the intentions of a second adversary who might want to take advantage. also, obviously, a lot of this comes down to money. you're still going to see a lot of investment in long-range capability like ballistic missiles and the special operations troops and new technology like unmanned subs. kyra? >> you talk about our especially

trained forces and new technology, i think it would be pretty hard to say that our u.s. military couldn't defend our country, if need be. with that said, chris, does the pentagon, how does it go about cutting nearly 50,000 soldiers and marines over the next five years without putting our security at risk? >> well, if you, the army, u.s. army officials i've spoke to said carefully because it's really the army and the soldiers that are going to take the brunt of those cuts. they're very worried that if the draw down in soldiers comes too quickly, you're going to end up with a situation where a lot of these noncommissioned officers are basically going to be laid off in a very, very tough economic climate right now. what they want to do is sort of, they know they've got to get smaller, but they want to draw it out and make it slower so it's not so rough a cut by pushing these people out into the civilian workforce.

>> that's scheduled for 10:50 eastern time. we'll take you live. all right, this morning, new signs that the u.s. auto industry is revving up, again. american automakers are seeing their strongest sales in three years. that rebound is being led by one company that was mired in bankruptcy not too long ago. christine romans here to break it down. what do you think the key was to the turn around? >> a healing economy in the u.s., some pretty savvy promotions from companies like chrysler. they were in bankruptcy and now the people that follow these auto companies say it shows the taxpayer investment paid off because now you have them coming back and you have a really good sales year overall for 2011 for the big three. the best year for 2008, by the way. u.s. auto sales 12.8 million. a significant rebound from the

depths of the crisis and gm overtook toyota as the world's largest automaker. it's interesting. the japanese automakers have trouble, kyra, because they have the tsunami and the earthquake and the supply lines were cut back and it really had a hard time getting over some of that, but, still, toyota has the number one selling minivan. they sold like 308,000 camries. no one is crying for toyota, but it does show you the u.s. automakers have shown some life. so, very interesting there. it shows that the american consumer is healing a bit. >> that's good news. >> that's what we want to focus on. what about these new job numbers? >> chris lawrence putting 50,000 people back in the workforce. we had jobless claims that fell a little bit, 74,000 jobless claims and then processing company adp came out with its tally of how many jobs were created in december and it came up with, wow, 325,000 jobs. now, sometimes this report can

be off, but economists i'm talking to this morning are saying, quite frankly, they're excited by this number and it shows what they have been seeing, which is a slow healing in the market and people are coming back on board and they think maybe in january we'll see more people come back onboard trying to find jobs because they're a little more encouraged. i will say one thing about jobs, though. what i'm hearing from companies is the best way to get a job is a referral or network and that's how people are getting jobs. companies need to add and they're looking around for people they need to know or for their former clients or co-workers. >> a lot of people apply online and they say they get lost in the shuffle. helps to know somebody and have that in. >> a waste of time trying to find a job online unless you're reconnecting with linkedin with people you know. tomorrow we get the big job's report and that will tell us how things looked in december and then january is an important number. january and february to see if things are really kind of

getting underneath us. a lot more job creation than we have now. a lot more. i don't want to sound like a pollyanna, we need more jobs created and things are slowly moving in the right direction. >> thanks, christine. >> you're welcome. once the darling of gop michele bachmann sitting on the sidelines and where will all her followers go? we'll talk about that coming up. plus, a young mother calls 911 with an urgent question while fighting intruders. >> i have two guns in my hand. is it okay to shoot if he comes in this door? >> find out what she did, next. i wouldn't do that. get married? no, i wouldn't use that single miles credit card. nice ring. knock it off. ignore him. with the capital one venture card you earn... double miles on every purchase. [ sharon ] 3d is so real larry. i'm right here larry. if you're not earning double miles... you're settling for half. really? a plaid tie?

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take a look at stories across country now. a riveting 911 tape out of oklahoma. a young widow calls when she hears intruders breaking into her home on new year's eve. she acted quickly to protect her 3-month-old son. take a listen as she asked the 911 operator for permission to shoot. >> is it okay to shoot him if he comes in this door? >> you have to do whatever you can coo to protect yourself. i can't tell you that you can do that, but you do what you have to do to protect your baby. >> well, she did shoot and kill one of the intruders who was armed with a knife. he is alleged accomplice due in court today. in california, nearly $3 million bond has been set for a german man accused of setting dozens of fires in and around hollywood. prosecutors say that harry burkhart was motivated by a rage against americans triggered by his mother's arrest on fraud charges. he remains jailed in los

angeles. take a look at this, car in fresno, california, ends up on an apartment roof. the driver was allegedly speeding, missed a turn and car went airborne. two people inside that apartment were not hurt. now that michele bachmann is out of the presidential race, who stands to gain? she sended a run, one that ended pretty badly in iowa. there are a lot of questions now. will she endorse another candidate and who will her tea party backers gravitate towards? ron joins me live from washington. ron, where do you think bachmann supporters will go? >> right, well, you know, in this race, every vote counts. although she has very little support, or had little support about 5%, i think, nationwide average, you know, they're likely to go to the frontrunner

of the conservative-style candidates, the anti-mitt romney candidates. so, that's probably going to be rick santorum. they could also split and go to newt gingrich and to rick perry, as well. you may see some of that, especially in south carolina. >> so, what do you see as bachmann's future? do you see a role for her in the republican administration? >> that's a great question. i think she's more powerful outside of congress than she is inside of congress. going back and running, again, for her old house seat, probably wouldn't be that exciting, although she could do it and probably would win re-election. i doubt she would want to serve in a republican administration unless it was a significant cabinet post, but she is really like the sarah palin of capitol hill. she's more powerful on the outside. she's more of a speaking tour type of person who could head up a tea party organization and be a very effective voice. >> are you telling me the next reality show is going to be sarah palin and michele bachmann

behind the scenes? >> you could see that. i wouldn't be surprised if you could see something like that and they would have high ratings. >> probably would. is it important for conservatives to line-up behind one candidate? >> well, it is, if the candidate that they want, they want to beat mitt romney, dividing their support, you know, among newt gingrich or rick perry or santorum is not helpful. they need to have one consensus candidate and right now that seems to be rick santorum, although he needs to put together an effective organization and effective fund-raising campaign and he needs to hire operatives asap in both new hampshire, south carolina and florida. >> ron, i'm sure we'll be talking a lot more. thanks for your thoughts this morning. >> thank you. oil prices jumping as tensions with iran are running high. will it impact the prices at the pump? we'll take you live to the new york stock exchange. also, catherine middleton,

aka, the duchess of cambridge makes a big announcement about her future. a live report from london, next.

kate middleton the duchess of cambridge is taking a major step, she announced which charities she will support. max foster joining us now live from london. max, what organizations were lucky enough to get her support? >> well, four charities, kyra.

the charity action on addiction dealing with drug addiction largely. the director of that charity said that he really hopes that catherine can bring to addiction what diana brought to aids, really, transforming people's ideas and taking away the stigma from that. he is excited about the charities and extremely excited about it. she is the most famous person in britain and probably the world at the moment, probably the biggest celebrity. the children's hospices is another one. the art room which is a small charity, tiny charity, kyra, which uses art therapy, which is one of kate's big passions. it's about unlocking people's potential and people in the margin of society throughout art classes and also the national portrait gallery, which is the most prestigious portrait gallery in london. her big fascination is art, you see that in a couple of these causes. >> hey, we saw what it did for

van gogh. i love seeing her get involved in that cause. did she make up her own mind, max, or did the queen get involved? >> the queen wouldn't have been involved in anything. she has made her own decisions and she would have consulted, i'm told and we're told these will complement prince william's charities and she made the final decision just recently, we're told. and her charity, her charities will hook up with william's and harry. very powerful umbrella group here. you know, it's really about defining her public role. up until now, she only accompanied william with his causes and visits to his causes. this is a first taste of what she thinks the royal role she wants to perform should be performed. >> does that mean they won't be spending as much time together? >> yeah, she'll be on her own a bit more, i guess. but he's working a lot.

>> she's an independent woman, come on, now, max. >> you know, yeah. but this is the thing, a lot of people say she hasn't proved herself to be an independent woman but she hasn't done anything independent. she is asserting her independence and trying to define herself away from william. >> well, we will watch. i know you will be watching. thanks, max. on wall street, not one, but two upbeat reports on the job market. that's good news. alison kosik. >> hey, kyra. yeah, futures are still lower, but immediately when these reports came out, the numbers certainly moved off their lows. look, the market's not disappointed by these reports, but they're kind of taking these reports with a healthy dose of caution at this point. so, what we did find out from adp was that the private sector added 325,000 jobs in december. this is a huge number. it's almost double expectations. in fact, the best in a year, but it is odd to see a huge jump

like this and adp is telling dow jones some seasonal distortions in these numbers. also the government report on weekless jobless claims that came out this morning. that showed a nice drop. fewer people are lining up for the jobless benefits and we're hearing more and more talk, kyra, that the labor market has begun to stabilize. kyra? >> what about oil prices? those have been surging because of tensions with iran. how bad is it? >> oil settled yesterday above $103 a barrel. it is at its highest level in eight months and all this anxiety continuing about iran's threat to shut down the strait of hormuz. the critical strain of oil coming from the persian gulf and an analyst says a shut down could push oil prices up $40. most analysts don't expect iran to follow through. the fear playing out in the market and also at the gas pump, prices that pump are beginning to edge a little higher. aaa says the price of gas jumped

3 cents overnight to a national average of $3.32 a gallon for regular. not many things are certain in life, but i think higher gas prices seem to be a certainty these days, kyra. >> we're constantly watching them. thanks, alison. astounding story of a texas teen in the u.s. government. somehow she was deported to colombia. a u.s. citizen who doesn't even know spanish. how could it happen? that's ahead. believe it or not, this is casey anthony, or at least someone who looks a lot like her now appearing in a video diary. we'll show it to you, coming up. dry mouth may start off as an irritant. it'll cause cavities, bad breath. patients will try and deal with it by drinking water. water will work for a few seconds but if you're not drinking it, it's going to get dry again. i recommend biotene. all the biotene products like the oral rinse...the sprays have enzymes in them. the whole formulation just works very well. it leaves the mouth feeling fresh. if i'm happy with the results

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an ogden, utah, police officer died part of a narcotics task force trying to serve a search warrant when they came under fire. another person was shot and wounded, as well. president obama and leon panetta will unveil a new policy. the u.s. being able to conduct two wars at once, if needed. and is part of a plan to cut billions of dollars in the defense budget. iraqis have been concerned about an increase in violence after u.s. troops withdrew from the country. all right, out of the headlines for month, now, suddenly, casey anthony or someone who looks and sounds just like her is back in a new four-minute video diary posted on youtube and facebook. cnn has reached out to anthony's attorney, jose baez is waiting

comment, but until then, we can't identify the person in the video. but if it is her and it looks a lot like her, it would be the first that we've seen of anthony since a jury acquitted her of killing her little daughter, caylee. take a look. >> so, this is my first video diary. it is, october 13th, which is a thursday, 2011. and i'm just starting to figure out my new computer and, i don't know. i guess i'm liking it so far. >> ashleigh banfield has seen the video and tells us more about what this tells us. welcome. >> thank you. >> you were at court tv for a number of years and tremendous court background, tell us what you make of this. >> i looked at that face in a

courtroom for 80 days and it looks a whole lot like her. i reached out to george and cindy, and have not heard back from them, which is not surprising. but i did talk to somebody specifically who has spoken with her camp who says it is her and she never spoke in the courtroom, but for a few quick moments where she answered the judge and it was hard to hear her and it does sound like the voice. what i was really struck by is just how little was actually said by her in all of this. >> i want to tell you what, let's look at a little bit more and then i have a couple questions for you. >> just a little surreal how much things have changed since july and how many things haven't changed. but the good thing is that things are starting to look up and things are starting to change in a good way. >>le all right, you covered, as you said, 180 days --

>> it felt like 180 days. >> but it went on and on for more than that. but, just listening to that, watching that. she doesn't mention anything about her baby. >> no. >> i don't know, what is your reaction to what she says and doesn't say? >> well, first of all, no mention of the trial. no mention of little caylee. no mention of her family, who many say she threw under the bus in her defense. that worked out well, she was acquitted of the murder charges and facing the death penalty. not like this person hasn't been through the ringer and then just this rambling four-minute video that talks about buying a computer and finally leaving the secret location she's in, perhaps in february. having her probation cut short. it just seemed odd to me that maybe she's detached from how big this story was and how big she was in it. she has been in hiding, maybe she doesn't know. >> psychiatrist would have a field day depicting or taking a look at this video. >> she also said it's not the

last one, she is going to do more. >> is she watching charlie sheen? >> she doesn't have his energy, i'll tell you that much. >> doesn't mention anything where she is, either. no clue to her whereabouts. >> she has to stay in florida. she's not allowed to leave that state, so she's probably somewhere in florida and you can't really tell from the location. but did you see her appearance. short hair, blonde -- >> there was concern about her safety, obviously, too. a lot of people not happy with her. >> they have great sources. i work woued with many of them they're convinced through her camp it is her. >> we'll stay on it. you start, again, 5:00 a.m., bright and early tomorrow morning. >> just about same time you're in here. she's definitely a troubled teen. a texas run away and doesn't speak a word of spanish. how in the world did u.s.

immigration officials wind up deporting her to colombia. her family is demanding answers. ed lavandera out of texas with more on this. ed, what do you make of this? >> kyra, this is simply a bizarre story. . started in november of 2010 when jakadrien turner runs away from home here in dallas, texas. her family searched, her grandmother, really, who spent hours and hours tracking her friends through facebook, started getting inklings that perhaps jakadrien was in houston. in april of last year, april 2011, she is arrested for theft. shoplifting at a mall there in houston. but, instead of giving authorities her real name, we're told that she gave them the name of tika cortez with a birth date that suggested she was 21 years old. she then makes it through the local criminal court and she pled guilty and spent four days

in jail and then gets remanded over to custody of immigration and customs enforcement. i.c.e. puts a hold on her and then she goes through a deportation process because i.c.e. officials say she told them that she was a colombian citizen. they did not have any indication of who this person was, jakadrien turner gets deported to colombia. that's where she is now. family members continue to see the pictures on facebook through various people who know her and never got in touch with her to bring her home before she got deported and no one could figure out how this 14-year-old girl were essentially able to dupe local authorities, federal investigators and then the colom be been government were convinced to give the paperwork after she was deported. her family, we spoke with them at length, believe something

much more sinister is going on here. do you have any idea how she could have gotten to where she is using this fake name? and getting to colombia? >> i mean, there has to be adults involved. no 14-year-old can change their name and get to colombia on their own. >> i just don't understand how it could happen. someone made a goof. and i think this was i.c.e. or someone. they may have goofed up. >> yeah, they dropped the bomb. >> kyra, our cnn colleagues are working in com lombia to track down where she is now. she is being held by a government agency that essentially takes care of foster children, but should not be allowed from what the family understands to be brought back to the united states. we're working on that angle of the story to figure out what exactly is going on with that

angle to figure out how quickly she could be brought back to the united states. kyra? >> ed, we'll follow up, thanks. in just a few minutes, we'll ask bill bennett what rick santorum has to prove his success in iowa was not a fluke. the president calls in one of the biggest fund-raisers to bring in california campaign dollars. she's also a former ambassador. that's next in "showbiz headlines." technology. [ male announcer ] new bengay cold therapy. the same technology used by physical therapists. go to bengay.com for a $3 coupon. thrilled. wait. we can have shakes? and boston cream pie. did you say pie? pie. she said pie. pie. [ male announcer ] get back on track with low prices on everything you need.

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president barack obama is calling on a long-time hollywood insider and former ambassador to go after the huge pool of campaign funds out in tinsel town. a.j. hammer host of "showbiz tonight" has more on hollywood's connection. hey, a.j. >> hey, kyra. a lot of money out there and one of the president's top fund-raisers and nicole avant is ramping up the effort to get it back on campaign. her father once also ran motown. according to "hollywood reporter" she's already got three fund-raisers in the works and, of course, a lot of speculation that perhaps president obama has lost some support in hollywood, but, kyra, if you'll excuse the name drop, i just spent some time with rob lowe yesterday. he told me, he's a big political junky. despite what you might have heard, the entertainment industry will be very supportive of the president, again, this

year. he actually told me, he's such a junky in politics, that he may try to attend a debate. i actually suggested to rob that he moderate one, at which point he launched into a terrific wolf blitzer impression and i'm just sorry i didn't have cameras rolling at the time. >> does that mean we'll get west wing" back? >> i don't think that is going to happen. he watches cnn and watches you all the time and he's really into this stuff. he's paying attention. >> i love it, i love it. he's been one of my favorite for a long time. all right, the largest celebrity "apprentice" group ever. what is donald trump thinking? >> ratings, of course, kyra. >> he's got singers and stars and a couple mob wives in the mix.

18 altogether. cheryl tiegs and victoria gotti. he told me this show, remember, he went through the ringer on "american idol," this show is one of the most challenging things he has ever done. so, you don't need to think for one moment that she's celebrity contestants aren't working really hard when they're competing to win this thing. >> i know you'll be following it, a.j., thanks so much. he's coming back next hour and talking about a new campaign ad making kim kardashian the ad. find out who is behind the campaign. you'll have to watch next hour, of course. a.j. is bringing us more "showbiz headlines." near victory in iowa was remarkable. now the question is, can he keep that momentum going? we'll talk with bill, coming up.

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south carolina could be the place where rick santorum can prove iowa wasn't a fluke and given some of the rumblings in south carolina about mitt romney, santorum's chances are looking pretty good. the leader of spartanbering tea party told mpr, i do not personally know anyone that does not despise mitt romney and

doesn't hate the idea of him being our nominee. despise and hate in the same sentence, ouch. bill bennett, so, bill, that tea party reaction to romney pretty much borders on revulsion. >> yeah, ouch is right. you know, that's very strong. that's very strong. now, i heard, my radio show, i've heard a lot of people call in and a lot of people call in and say they just don't take to romney. you know, they just don't warm to him. he's got to keep working on it. he won by eight votes, but 75% of the votes went for somebody else. rick santorum has a shot. he has a shot in new hampshire. i think he has a good shot in south carolina. >> well, let's talk about how important the south carolina primary is in shaping the gop field, bill. >> well, if you concede new hampshire to romney, you then have, essentially, what was a moral victory for santorum in

iowa. romney was, obviously, hoping to do a lot better. a real victory for romney in new hampshire. so, this becomes the next big one, the third one. what is the conservative strength behind santorum. do they feel they know him well enough to support him? now, interesting factors here, kyra, the fact that rick perry has not dropped out and newt gingrich has not dropped out. there are santorum supporters who are saying and believing that perry's failure to drop out will hurt them in south carolina where they think perry is strong and his voters might have gone to santorum. we'll see. that comes up pretty quick and then florida. but rick's job is to introduce himself to people who don't know who he is. >> you actually talk about what ron paul supporters there will do in south carolina. what do you see happening there? >> well, you know, what was good, what was encouraging to me, i was not a ron paul fan, i'll be very candid about it and

i'm pleased to see the republican party of iowa rejected and a strand in the state of iowa. i think the paul people will be out for him in south carolina, but it won't be as strong. i think that was the high water mark for ron paul, iowa. >> right towards the end of the column, you mentioned newt gingrich still in it. south carolina could be considered a stronghold for him and finishing forth inurth in i not so bad, right? >> not so bad. he needs more debates, kyra. this is how newt made his mark in these debates taking on the moderator and moderator beware when newt gingrich is in the debate and there will be two debates saturday and sunday. so, so, we'll see. but it was a struggle for him in iowa. he was way up and then way down. he's now aiming himself as the kind of human missile launched at mitt romney, which is not going down in a lot of precincts very well. >> bill bennett, appreciate your time this morning.

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pregnancy were more likely to develop hyperactivity at the age of 6. researchers, though, do note that the study does not prove gestational diabetes directly causes adhd. let's fast forward to a few stories we're watching for you today. at 11:00 house minority leader nancy pelosi holding a news conference. also at 11 the newly appoint the director of the consumer financial protection bureau richard cordray gives his first speech. then at 11:30 a special honor, boys to men. after 20 years of hit making the singing group gets a star on the hollywood walk of fame. we're following lots of developments for you. let's start with chris lawrence. >> kyra, downsizing the army and marine corps, pulling troops out of europe and no more fighting two wars at one time all part of president obama's new defense

strategy. he's going to lay it out here at the pentagon in one hour. >> christine romans in atlanta. what will the job market be for all of those people who will be downsized out of the military. the job market is getting a little bit better. it depends where you look and how you look. >> reporter: i'm paul steinhauser in manchester, new hampshire. we've got just five days till this crucial primary. the battle for the granite state is on. i'll break down brand new poll numbers at the top of the hour. >> thanks, guys. all eyes on the new hampshire primary but not all new hampshire voters are excited about t. local radio talk show host joining us live to tell us why this race is so different than the ones before. so, this is delicious

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lots of scoring in these college bowl games. jeff watching it all. >> that's right. the rose, the fiesta. we saw tons of points. this one was great. offensive explosion, the orange bowl. it was a defensive play that turned it around, kyra. clemson on the west virginia 1. it looks like he was in the end zone. the ball was stripped. mountain nears take off the other way. 99 yards for the touchdown. the mountain jeers put up 49 points in the first half. this is the first half. the mountaineers quarterback threw for 28 yards. >> the mascot gets creamed.

>> they keep going. he had four touchdowns. 70 points for the mountaineers. one big bowl game left that is the bcs bowl game. >> a scary moment for miami fans watching lebron james go down. watch him with the steal. he gets tangled up. hurts his ankle as he lands on the floor. he will only play a few more minutes after this. even banged up, he's lebron. unstoppable. sweet lay-up there. would he leave the game. the heat beat miami. he got a sprained ankle. dewayne wade was out of the game with a sore foot. the hoop of the night though, watch sacramento and denver. the nuggets get the loose ball. roody fer than dez, over the head alley-oop. three for the slam. you don't need to look, turn around, just toss it up and down. nuggets rolled 110-83.

this is team u.s.a. soccer goalie. tim howard. he's playing in the english premier league. they call it football. he kicks the ball the full length of the pitch. bounces and in for a goal. length of the field. only the third time in premier league history a goalie's scored. he took it kind of casually. he should be jumping up and down. they did lose 2-1. oo nhl, this was the best. the spinorama. that's nice. four goals in the game. canadians win. for the habs. >> that's pretty good. >> bilingual. >> thank you so much. things got a little whacky during cnn's late night coverage of the jeanne moos collected the best bloopers and giggle attacks. >> reporter: we don't usually cover our own coverage this extensively, but you know it was a special night when the

anchor's giggling. the pun dants are laughing. >> we'll be right back. >> reporter: wolf blitzer is resorting to internet shorthand. >> i can only say three letters, omg. look at this. >> reporter: we have lost control. >> reporter: that's the director chiming in. it was a night when the magic wall wasn't always magical. >> that would be the key to his success. >> wolf. >> reporter: look at this. >> we will do a little reverse flick. >>. >> reporter: when it was supposed to be doing this. by the wee hours of the morning geography started to look like anatomy of the neter regions. >> governor romney my eke this out. >> reporter: once an anchor starts getting slap happy, he's liable to start slapping even his own network. >> have we all given up? is this like 1:30. >> reporter: election night is when networks trot out their

latest gizmos. >> if only we had some new high tech thing. look at this, the weebles. >> reporter: what's a weebles? >> imagine they're iowa republicans. >> reporter: cnn used its weebles to demonstrate how a caucus works. >> if you miss any of this you can see it on the daily show. >> they remind ds us of the cucumber can did i dates and psychic snail steven could he bare used to try to predict. >> who the winner is. >> reporter: cnn actually scooped everyone on caucus night when a couple of iowa republican officials named carolyn and edith saved the day. >> i added them up a couple times. oh, man. >> reporter: they explained a glitch that cleared up the mystery of some missing returns that put mitt romney over the top. >> these are the final numbers. >> what do you mean the numbers don't match? >> i'll explain it. >> reporter: by 3:30 in the

morning caucus coverage was temporarily renamed cnn after dark. news music. it was replaced by barry white. bill anderson wasn't loving this gizmo. >> media. >> again with the social media screen. my lord. this is the third hit. i still don't understand what the hell this thing shows. >> reporter: anderson had his weebles in a knott. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. as you just saw, caucus nietd in iowa would not have been the same without caroline and edith, they are the republican official alzheimer's that went that extra mile to relay critical voting information to the state's republican party. they knew they had the vote tally for a missing precinct. edith was asleep but that didn't stop caroline. >> i took off and went in the night to wake her up. running across her yard and banging on the door. >> reporter: you particularly have been called the modern day

paul reveer for going and waking up edith. >> okay. >> reporter: how does that feel? >> actually, i thought of that myself. i thought, i guess i am. thanks again to both women for clearing up that voting day mystery. it's the top of the hour. happening right now, president obama is going to unveil plans that could reinvent the u.s. military. that plan would target virtually every area of military spending and its impact could be sweeping. under the new strategy the. u.s. will no longer be able to fight two ground wars simultaneously. 4,000 u.s. troops will be removed from europe and there will be at least 47,000 fewer troops within the next five years. chris lawrence is at the pentagon where the president will be joined by defense secretary leon panetta and jill dougherty is at the white house with the political fallout. let's go ahead and start with you, chris. what are the risks of abandoning the two war ability? >> reporter: you know, it's like

one of the officials that i spoke with would say, you have a he got two big risks. one is that it really concerns our allies who may be wondering if they're still going to be supported in the same way that they're used to. on the flip side, there's also a concern that it could em bolden some of our adversaries to try to take advantage to what they see as a pullback by the united states. of course, you have to look at everything in the context of money. the pentagon in the middle of cutting half a trillion dollars from its budget. you can't do everything, you know, with limited resources. so what you're seeing is a smaller military in terms of manpower in a bigger focus on asia and the pacific. >> now we're talking about cutting troops, and already, chris, you know we are seeing the issue with men and women coming home and the issue of homelessness. are they actually going to be laid off? >> reporter: yeah. these men and women sacrificed a lot. the thing, kyra, you have to remember, five, six years ago

the economy was humming and iraq was extremely violent so to get people to come into the military you got a lot of pay raises, you got bonuses. those things carry over. the expenditures per troop are very high. so to sustain a larger force means you're paying for health care, retirement, housing, pay, benefits, all of that. what the army would like to see and what some pentagon officials are saying is they would like to see this slow and gradual. so they're not in a position of laying off a lot of these non-commissioned officers. they would be slow. you could let people get out on their own as they normally would. you could let some retirements happen and not be replaced. so sort of cushion the blow rather than pushing all these people out into a really bad civilian economy. >> chris lawrence at the pentagon. thanks. let's head over to the white house for some perspective there. jill dougherty is there. jill, the timing is pretty interesting here.

we're right in the middle of a presidential election. >> reporter: well, it is, but i think you'd have to say that this review has been going on for at least eight months. so eventually this was going to come out, but that said, you know, it is a rare visit by the president to the pentagon really. a lot of people over there saying they do not remember when the last time a president came over and did a major briefing. you know, you talk about the political ramifications, if you want to get into that. i think you can say the president has three opportunities here. the first would be to remind people that the war in iraq is basically, you know, over, at least for the role of the united states. that the war in afghanistan is winding down. and he can take some credit for that. then he can also talk about budget cutting because as chris said, that's really the nub of the issue here. he can make the point, you know, he's been involved, the white house says, in about at least half a dozen meetings with the

top brass in the military. he can say, look, i'm a responsible budget cutter. then finally i think the most important thing is that he can shift and make that big strategic shift to asia which is really where the game is now. you know, chris also was talking about the allies. there are a lot of allies in asia. japan, south korea, they've been worried that the united states would either ignore asia, pull back, etc., and remember that visit by the president to asia in november. he was saying, we're here to stay. we're not leaving. of course this is all aimed at countering the influence, military, economic, every other way of china. >> so overall what's your take and what's the word? does it help or hurt him? >> i think ultimately this is a very long term thing, but i think ultimately it helps because if you look at that, the overall focus on asia, that

really is a switch from the wars, those big wars, expensive wars in the middle east to a way for the united states to project power where people actually want the u.s. to be and be in not necessarily wars in asia but be prepared for them but also participate in the other part, the economic part of asia, which is critical to the united states. >> our jill dougherty at the white house. jill, thanks so much for that perspective. we'll have live coverage of president obama's remarks at the pentagon. that's scheduled for 10:50 eastern time. we will take it live. let's talk presidential politics now in the campaign trails blazing across new hampshire. the primary there now just five days away and this morning we've go the a brand new poll to show us how things are stacking up. paul steinhauser's in manchester. paul, what's the latest? >> reporter: five days to go, as you said. look at, this brand new numbers on the horse race here.

this is among people likely to vote in that republican primary on tuesday night. kyra, this poll is conducted on the 3rd and 4th. that was the day of the caucuses and the day after. no change in the top spot. mitt romney the former governor of massachusetts, you can see ron paul at 18%, everybody else at least on the top five there in single digits. 17%, that's pretty high, accord to go this poll, still undecided. talking about that front-runner, we saw him this morning about an hour agoing in salem, new hampshire. that's where my in-laws live. personal touch there. he was teaming up with john mccain again. mccain endorsed him, kyra. the two of them, plus nicki hailey, they're heading to south carolina later today. south carolina has the third contest in this primary caucus battle. mitt romney was talking about president obama. take a listen to what he had to say. >> this president is a crony capitalist. he's a job killer.

it's going to keep america from creating the jobs we need for our kids and our grandkids. >> i think you're going to hear mitt romney talk more and more about barak obama, the president, rather than the other candidates. one of those other candidates, newt gingrich, the former house speaker, disappointing fourth place finish in iowa. he was already up this morning, kyra. he was going after president obama over those recesses yesterday. he was saying he is the best person to beat the president come november. >> what about fundraising, who's doing well and where are your in-laws supporting? >> reporter: well, my in-laws are independent. they haven't told me yet which way they're going. fundraising, brand new news in the last 24 hours. i learned this morning, confirmed this morning, that ron paul, the texas congressman, $13 million. that's what he raised in the fourth quarter. that's october, november, december. that's a pretty impressive haul. peter ham by learned last night that rick santorum after that second place finish, he raised

$1.1 million, most of it online. kyra, one last thing. i was wearing a coat earlier this morning. i saw jim acosta without a coat. he showed me up. i have to go without the coat the rest of the day. it's cold here. >> you two always competing with each other. paul, great to see you. let's shift gears just a bit. talk about the economy. pretty encouraging numbers this morning on jobs. christine romans here to break it down for us again. >> one of the headlines is the jobless claims. that's the number of people every week who file for a jobless check. when you look at a four week average it's better than it's been in three years. adp, private payroll processing company. process those paychecks. they say that they think 325,000 jobs were created this december. most economists tell me it wasn't that much, but maybe 150,000 jobs were created in december. when you look at the path of job creation over the past year, kyra, i have a chart that can show you how we added all those jobs in 2011. in some cases not enough to keep up with population growth but still all the positive direction. that last column on the right is

the forecast for december. we'll get that number tomorrow. things are slowly getting better. not gangbusters but getting better. people who recently are unemployed are reporting they're finding an easier time getting a job. people out of work for six months or longer are saying it's deadly out there. small businesses and service jobs, that's where you're seeing the action. small businesses starting to hire. >> good news. >> thanks. six police officers shot while serving a search warrant in ogden, utah. we're talking with a lieutenant about what went wrong after this. ? no problem. you want to save money on rv insurance? no problem. you want to save money on motorcycle insurance? no problem. you want to find a place to park all these things? fuggedaboud it. this is new york. hey little guy, wake up! aw, come off it mate!

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stories cross-country. a riveting 911 tape out of oklahoma. a young widow calls when she hears intruders breaking into her home on new year's eve. 18-year-old sarah dawn mckinly said she acted quickly. listen as she asks the 911 operator for permission to shoot. >> i've got two guns in my hand. is it okay to shoot him if he comes in this door? >> well, you have to do whatever you can do to protect yourself. i can't tell you that you can do that, but you do what you have to do to protect your baby. >> mckinly did shoot and kill one of the intruders who was armed with a knife. his alleged accomplice due in court today. in california nearly $3 million bond has been set for a german man accused of setting dozens of fires in and around hollywood. they say that harry burkhart was motivated by rage against americans triggered by his mother's arrest on fraud charges. he remains jailed in los angeles. take a look at. this a car in fresno, california, ends up on an

apartment roof. the driver, allegedly speeding, missed the turn, hit a tree stump, the car went airborne. police say the man fled but was captured. two people inside the apartment were not hurt. the voters who have called into our next guest, they're not happy. they say the field stinks. they'll tell you why. live this hour president obama and the pentagon brass announcing a major shift in defense policy. the u.s. would no longer fight two major ground wars at the same time. stay with us for that. 8% every 10 years. wow. wow. but you can help fight muscle loss with exercise and ensure muscle health. i've got revigor. what's revigor? it's the amino acid metabolite, hmb to help rebuild muscle and strength naturally lost over time. [ female announcer ] ensure muscle health has revigor and protein to help protect, preserve, and promote muscle health. keeps you from getting soft. [ major nutrition ] ensure. nutrition in charge!

you political junk kiss may be getting excited about new hampshire and the tuesday

primary, my next guest says the field stinks. paul wes could the minces no words when he tells you how he feels about the presidential quest. he gets more fired up when they call in every morning on his talk show on wgir in manchester. paul, what was the biggest buzz on your show this morning? >> i have to say it continues on that theme. the field stinks. people are looking at it right now and they're trying to decide between -- it seems like the hold your nose and vote type of primary. you have candidates that people cannot get behind and they can't feel themselves getting behind. you have a field that quite frankly didn't campaign in new hampshire or iowa in that retail style that a lot of these voters are used to. people are upset, frankly, with the turnout of these people. >> well, what do you think of mitt romney? his razor thin win in iowa and popularity in new hampshire? is this guy unstoppable? >> i mean, right now it's funny. i was talking to the editorial editor of "the union leader" and he said it would take a meet at

the or to stop mitt romney. it would take some cat at that chris mik type of event to stop mitt romney. he is polling at least ten points above any other candidate. people know him. that's what new hampshire voters like. they like to know a candidate similar to john mccain in 2008. >> i've talked to three political pundants this morning. they say santorum should not be underestimated. his story is remarkable. you talked to him this morning. what do you think? >> rick santorum, i would not underestimate him. you look at the schedule today. this is the one chink in mitt romney's arm more at this point. 's going down to south carolina. he's choosing to go down to south carolina this afternoon. rick santorum is here. his schedule shows him here in the granite state for the next few days so quite frankly we're at a point where santorum is gaining a lot of appeal. i had a caller this morning that said i haven't voted in the last three primaries but i'm going to vote for rick santorum. when you have people that are that passionate at the fringes, there might be other people, new voters who are taking a second look. >> do you think new hampshire voters actually got the personal

touch from these candidates that they are used to? >> absolutely not. this was one of those years, i have heard from a number of people that this has been, for people who have been here a number of times, this has been one of the worst years in terms of the retail politics in the state of new hampshire. you want to smile about it and say the state's going to bring in a lot of money. typically they bring in $300 million. right now by estimates campaigns aren't spending nearly as much. the candidates, they're doing some events but they're doing it a lot more on the national level. they're going on cnn and doing debates and things like that rather than coming to the state and reaching out and touching people. >> paul wescott, wgir in manchester. we'll have you on again. thanks. >> thank you. the president calls in one of hollywood's biggest fundraisers to help bring in california campaign dollars. she's also a former ambassador. that's next on "showbiz." have ? and boston cream pie.

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in ogden, utah, police officer is shot and killed while serving a search warrant. five others were wounded. the officer killed was jared francom. he left behind a wife and two kids. lieutenant, i would like to talk about jared in a moment. first of all, can you tell us exactly what happened? >> tonight we had our narcotic strike force unit execute a search warrant. they executed a search warrant at 3268 jackson avenue in ogden, utah. went on scene. officers announced.

they were fired upon. the suspect was in a position of advantage to the officers. we had six officers that were injured by gunshot wounds. they were taken to area hospitals. officer francom was shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at 2:00 a.m. this morning. our condolance gs out to his family and loved ones and law enforcement everywhere. >> understandably. as this has gone down, lieutenant, the narcotics strike force, will this change in any way moving forward from this incident how they execute search warrants? >> everything is under investigation. we will look at procedures and protocols and adjust accordingly. >> now the suspect was wounded. he's under guard at a local hospital. what charges will he face? >> he could be looking at

aggravated murder charges. like i said, that's preliminary. charges have not been filed at this time. the investigation is ongoing. >> i can't imagine what the wife and children are feeling right now, losing a husband and a dad. i want to take a moment to lift up jarrett francom. could you tell us a little bit about him and his time on the force? seven years, i understand. >> he has been with ogden police for seven years. he was an exceptional officer with high integrity and was always trying to do the right thing. he has spent the last several years of his career working as an agent with the narcotics strike force. >> ogden police, appreciate you calling in. let's check in with alison kosik for a quick check on the markets. it's about 25 after the hour. alison? >> hi, kyra. we're watching stocks sit in the

negative column right now. the dow down 79 points. we got some pretty decent jobs data today but you certainly wouldn't know that by looking at the numbers. payroll processing firm adp said that 325,000 jobs were added in december. that's good, but wall street is kind of taking a cautious or more skeptical view of this data because of seasonal issues in december. they're going to go ahead and wait, looks like, for the big jobs data to come out tomorrow from the government. that's the jobs report where we get the number of jobs added to the economy in december as well as the unemployment rate. we've got our eye on a couple of movers and shakers. barnes & noble shares are plunging 21%. that's after they cut its guidance for the year and said it is considering spinning off its nook and also we've got our eye on kodak shares. they're down another 5%. trading at 45 cents a share. kodak, the iconic brand. there are reports that it may file for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

president obama calling on a long-time hollywood insider and former ambassador to go after the huge pool of campaign funds out in tinsel town. a.j. hammer for more on his connection. >> kyra, nicole avant is one of the president's top fundraisers. until recently she was the ambassador to the bahamas. now she is hard at work trying to get hollywood back on board. she's got some pretty big ties to hollywood too. former executive in the music industry. her father once ran motown. quite the rolodex to call on there. according to the hollywood reporter she has three big fundraisers in the works. certainly we all remember how four years ago president obama enjoyed a lot of celebrity support. we will see if he's able to gain that same level of support this time around. >> largest "celebrity apprentice" group ever. what's donald trump thinking? >> well, if you ask trump, kyra, this season of his show is bigger and better than ever

before. something he says every single year. trump has assembled the largest group of celebrities that the show has ever had. 18 in all. clay ang ken, lisa lampanelli, cheryl tiegs, victoria gotti among all the people you see here all hoping to get hired by trump. they raise a lot of money for their charities as well. he joked on "the today show" how it might be difficult to fire victoria gotti in light of her background, kyra. i spoke with clay aiken last night. he told me you can expect a lot of heat this season. once again, one of the reasons this show works so well, you've got so many big personalities involved and that's not including donald trump's. >> last but not least, kim kardashian's name being put out there by a campaign to raise taxes. what's going on with that story? >> kyra, if you do want to make headlines these days all you have to do is mention the kardashians and we'll talk about it. that's what happened here. the people behind an initiative to raise california's income tax

for millionaires said we might get attention if we use kim kardashian's name and guess what, it worked? i spoke with one of them last night on "showbiz tonight." his basic point was she only pays 1 percentage point more than someone who earns around $47,000 a year, this is reportedly. considering the budget issues in california he thinks somebody like kardashian who reportedly earned $12 million last year can afford to pay a little more. again, i think the big story here is you bring kim kardashian's name into the mix and you get attention for whatever it is that you're trying to peddle. >> oh, yes. a.j. thanks. if you want information on everything breaking in the entertainment world, a.j.'s got it. even when it mentions kardashian. every night 11:00 eastern on hln. john mccain endorsed mitt romney. coming up we'll ask our political buzz panel how huge or irrelevant endorsements are. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics...

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political buzz. your rapid fire look at the best political topics of the day. three questions, 30 seconds on the clock. playing today robert zimmerman. dino. and rob. >> weesh' ten minutes away from president obama's news conference on the shifted u.s. military strategy. will this become a campaign issue for the candidates. ron? >> i think it actually will be, although this year is going to

be an economic election. the issue over defense and the strategy and the defense cuts will definitely be an issue for republican candidates this fall, absolutely. >> robert? >> well, certainly the republican candidate is going to try to make this an issue this year. mitt romney's advocating keeping troops in iraq. he's advocated zeroing out our foreign aid to countries like israel. the reason it won't get any traction is because the president's policies in terms of military strategy have gotten -- have achieved great success, therefore, it's got broad appeal. for example, his relentless pursuit against terrorists and dismantling the leadership of al qaeda, including osama bin laden, extracting us from the civil war and forming coalitions to defeat dictators like gadhafi. >> dean? >> therefore, it's not going to be a partisan issue. >> of course it's going to be a part at thisson issue. this is an election year. republicans can say we can't defend ourselves.

the best we can respond is an angry e-mail or tweet about countries. the polls are clear. i saw a recent poll, 80% of voters, the number one issue is economy. it's the economy, stupid. that's what it is, all about the economy. who can get us working. who can get the economy working again. that person wins. not about national defense, only about the economy. >> americans are divided on whether they would elect a mormon president. this is according to a recent poll conducted by poll position. it had more than 1/3 of respondents saying no. is there anything short of converting to win over these voters, robert? >> the reality of life is religious bigotry, sexism, racial discrimination is spart of our culture and tolerated in too many corners of our so he iet and the media. the great accomplishments we can take pride in is how our political process helps us overcome these discriminations. for example, john kennedy's election to the presidency as a

roman catholic. certainly barak obama's election to the presidency. there are many reasons why mitt romney should not be elected president, but i hope religious discrimination is not one of them. >> ron? >> there were polls out in the 2008 campaign on president obama and on electing an african-american president. we saw that that was not a problem at all. i think that with mitt romney s he's going to have to overcome that. he has to make sure people know who he is, that he's a competent leader. once people identify with the actual candidate, those other problems usually go away as long as you can overcome the issue based upon personality. >> dean? >> i think honestly the best way to break this down is exposure. romney's got the money. invite everyone in america to a free ski trip in utah. get to know mormons. i found them to be the warmest, nicest people i met anywhere. it is like robert said, like john kennedy. 1960 he went to houston and gave

a speech to the southern baptist ministers, addressed it openly. i found as a muslim touring the country they have an open mind. you have to answer the questions directly. publicize it, put it in the media. answer the questions that americans have and you'll see. it'll be overcome. >> all right. buzzer beater here, 20 seconds each on this one. let's take a listen to what con than o'brien had to say about mccain's endorsement of romney. >> big story john mccain has endorsed mitt romney for president. now it didn't help that mccain began his endorsement by saying, from the man who brought you sarah palin -- >> so what do you guys think? do endorsements matter? ron? >> i think they do matter. clearly the romney campaign calculated this out. they wanted to bring in john mccain who won new hampshire in 2008. they thought it would be a good idea to fill that day up with a key message. these guys are very calculated. they've won iowa and clearly this is working for them.

>> robert? >> the joke in political circles is that john mccain had to decide amongst the choices to endorse who he hated least. he came up with mitt romney. the reality is, yes, endorsements like that create a good degree of media excitement and political buzz but the real trick is whether it puts troops on the ground and pull a vote. let's not forget senator kennedy endorsed barak obama with great fanfare. hillary clinton swept massachusetts in the democratic primary. >> dean? >> i look to people who sway me. i'm waiting for the kardashians. whoever the stepfather goes with, i'm with him. i'm half italian. i'm looking for mike to come out, maybe snookie. >> dean, that is so frightening. thank you very much. try to wrap your head around this. a run away teen in texas manages to dupe local police, the federal government, and the

government of colombia. she was deported. her family was pretty angry and wants her back home. ed, how exactly did this happen and what's the government doing to get her back? >> reporter: well, i.c.e. officials tell us, they just found out about the story a couple of days ago, they're trying to fully investigate and figure out what the facts of this case are. kyra, this is just a simply baffling story. it starts out in november of 2010. jakadrien turner, 14 years old, now 15 years old, runs away from home in dallas, texas. family is able to follow her a little bit on facebook pages belonging to some of her friends. they had some idea of where she was. she turned up in houston. clearly a kid going through a lot of issues running around with a bad crowd. her mother was very worried about it. the girl ends up getting arrested for shoplifting at a mall in houston in april of last year, but when she's arrested

she gives authorities the name of tika cortez claiming to be 21 years old. then i.c.e., immigration customs enforcement here in the u.s. puts a hold on her. she serves four days in jail, pleads guilty to the local charge and then according to i.c.e. officials claims she's from colombia. she gets deported to colombia. having to get to that point she had to convince apparently colombian authorities she had the right paperwork. she ended up getting deported. her family says that they do not understand how a 14-year-old girl could essentially fool local authorities and local judges on this criminal case, the theft case, and then fool the immigration and deportation system and then fool the colombian government. they believe there's something more sinister going on. we spoke with her mother and grandmother at lengths last night. >> reporter: do you have any idea how she could have gotten

to where she is using this fake name and getting to colombia? >> i mean, there has to be adults involved. no 14-year-old can change their name and get to colombia on their own. >> i just don't understand how it happened. someone made a goof. and i think it's within i.c.e. or someone. they goofed up. >> yeah, they dropped the ball. >> reporter: some of the initial reporting on this story, kyra, suggested that this young woman had given authorities the name of this tika cortez name, it would have been someone who was already in i.c.e. files and someone who was scheduled to be deported. i.c.e. officials say that is not the case. we have been able through our colleagues at cnn espagnole, jakadrien turner is in a foster care situation in colombia.

we're trying to figure out how she can be returned. mitt romney, he won iowa. he's way ahead in new hampshire. is he unstoppable? we're talking about that with barbara crowley of "time magazine." by blocking some of the fat you eat. let's fight fat with alli. ♪

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well, mitt romney, he won iowa. he's way ahead in new hampshire. do the voters like him now

finally? that's what "time magazine" is asking in the issue that hits stands today. in an earlier issue the question was, why don't you like me? we're talking about that with michael crowley. he's "time magazine's" deputy bureau chief in washington. michael, something that struck me, one of the articles. a series of articles, obviously. the headline that said how obama saved romney. romney is on campaign trail ripping apart the president, your headline is saying the president is saving romney. >> what romney wants more than anything right now is for this to feel like a romney versus obama campaign. he wants inevitability. he wants a sense that he's already kind of passed the primary process, that these guys like santorum, gingrich, perry, nipping at his heels but it's a formality. you'll notice in interviews when he's asked about rivals like gingrich or santorum, he pivots to talk about the president and how he's going to take the fight to the president in november. so the more the president

focuses on romney and obama's advisors are attacking romney, that actually plays into something he wants, which is a sense that this is already underway. game on romney versus obama. republicans need to get behind him and unify for this come willing fight in the fall. >> and also within a series of articles another line that stood out to me, iowa always crowns a cinderella somehow. the poor thing never seems to win that second slipper. santorum's ticket is for a pumpkin in need of some bipety bopety magic. that's a quote from the magazine. >> wonderful writing in that story. it is the case that you have these sensations who will frequently come out of the iowa caucuses. everyone gets excited about them. they don't go anywhere. look back four years ago at the republican caucuses. mike huckabee vaulted out of iowa and then pretty much fizzled. he couldn't take his game anywhere else. i think the question with rick santorum is here's a guy who

basically moved to iowa, staked everything on that one state. campaigned like a madman there but does he really have any oom of anywhere else. does he have organization? does he have appeal in new hampshire, swi most important right now and in south carolina. i think it's a bit of an open question. i'm skeptical. i would say the one big thing to look at is the super pacs, the groups that can support a candidate and take unlimited donations. if santorum had one donor come in and give a 5 or $10 million donation, boom, suddenly he's shooting some very heavy artillery at mitt romney. so i think it remains to be seen, but i think given history, cases like mike huckabee, there's reason to be skeptical that somebody can take their game from iowa when they're coming out of nowhere like this. >> the issue talks about the ron paul effect even though it will never go away even though the candidate might. his effect could actually dog romney all the way to the convention. >> well, you know, ron paul is a fascinating candidate. he's kind of a unique candidate

really in recent years. he has this very loyal core of supporters. he's not like a lot of other republicans who rise and fall, fizzle, michele bachmann, herman cain, people try them on like a suit, decide they don't fit well. the people who love ron paul, they are there through thick and thin by and large. the number may waiver, but there is a core team that is there for the duration. he can raise money. he's demonstrated that he can raise a lot of money through thick and thin. i think the issue is will he hang on through the primaries for a duration of weeks and months? republicans are awarding their delegates now more like democrats did last time around which is proportionally. you can lose a state and still win a bunch of delegates. you could see ron paul hanging in there state by state and going to the convention this summer with a big bundle of delegates and being kind of a power broker there. the republican establishment and the romney campaign, whoever emerges as a front-runner, has got to treat ron paul with some

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minutes from now president obama is going to unveil a new

military defense strategy at the pentagon. a u.s. official says that that strategy will no longer require the u.s. to maintain the ability to manage two ground wars at the same time. joining us live from washington, former u.s. secretary of defense, william cohen. i'm curious, mr. secretary, do you feel that these changes would in any way impact the safety of americans here at home and abroad? that seems to be the concern from americans as they hear the word cuts. >> well, first we should point out that this i think is the first time that the president of the united states has gone to the pentagon to announce a change in strategy. normally you would expect the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs representing our uniform military to make a recommendation to the president and then have the president review it and then endorse it. it looks as if the president is very clear on this. this is going to be his policy that he's announcing as the commander in chief. so that's something of a first

in my experience at least. secondly, by articulating a change in strategy to basically a one-war strategy and a win so called hold that will be controversial. the question will become if we were to be engaged in a conflict, let's say with iran, which i hope doesn't take place but possibly, what does that mean about north korea? are we going to try to, quote, just hold north korea? so there are lots of issues from a geo strategic level. the question's going to be raised, what does that mean for our partners in the gulf area if iran decides to take belligerent action and aggressive action against a u.s. air craft carrier? does that mean that's going to be the one major war and everything else is secondary? maybe we won't be able to win the others. so lots of questions have to be raised. i think this will be a broad statement about the fact that we're shrinking the size of our military, and as we're shrinking the size of the military we have

to do less with less. that's going to raise issues with our allies to be sure and our adversaries to say maybe the united states can't carry out the missions they once could. maybe that gives us a bigger opportunity to take advantage of it. those are the kind of questions raised. >> so doing less with less, but when it comes down to it, and you know how to answer this question straight on because you have been the secretary of defense, if our safety is at stake, our military -- well, let me ask you this. would our military ever be in a position where they said, we can't do this? >> the obligation of the military and our chairman of the joint chiefs and the chiefs is to give the president the best possible military advice. they have an obligation. there's a book called "dereliction of duty" that we all had that said let's have no dereliction of duty here.

the advice has to be straight and unvarnished. they have to go to the president and say, mr. president, if we have this strategy and only these resources, we cannot carry out what we're being asked to carry out. the military will do whatever the commander in chief and the congress and the nation asks them to do provided you give them the resources, but they have an obligation to say, if we only have these resources and you want us to do x, y, and z, we may into the be able to do y and z, maybe only x. so that's the kind of debate that's taking place within the building itself. it'll shift now to the campaign trail because i'm sure the president will be attacked by republicans at this point saying, there goes our national security because the commander in chief has decided we can only fight one war at a time and not be able to protect our allies on the second front. i think that's going to be the level of debate. then the third part of it will be on the part of our allies. the allies are worried are we on the second tier or first tier as far as the president of the united states is concerned.

these are all issues that will have to be sorted out. you'll have generalities today. the blanks will be filled in in the coming weeks. you can be sure this is going to be controversial. >> so what exactly would this mean for your business that is involved with defense contractors? >> well, it's only a small portion of the business of the cohen group so it will have minimum impact on us in that sense. what we do is give advice to major companies who do business globally. in terms of those in the aerospace sector, look, the president has talked about shifting resources. less on the ground, more in naval assets and air assets. so those companies that are engaged in the shipping industry as such, making submarines, destroyers, aircraft carriers, they will take some heart from this if this is carried out as

will some of the aerospace and cyber space industries. so that appears to be what the president's suggesting to the secretary of defense. we're going to look less at major land wars, more at denial, countering denial of access types of activities. that will mean more sea based, maritime based, more space based, more cyber based types of technologies that will be used. i think that's the message that's likely to come out of this, and those are the companies that will be affected. >> when it comes down to air superiority, i think we well know where our military stands. we are unbeatable on that front. >> i think we have to remain there as well. >> thank you for your time. once again, we're waiting for the president at the pentagon. we're going to take a quick break. we'll be right back. i sprinted here... wow! from your house?! from the car. unh! ooh. [ male announcer ] get back on track with low prices on everything you need. backed by our ad match guarantee.

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quick check on sports. we have three great scores to show you. hoop of the night. sacramento kings and the denver nuggets. rudy fernandez, over the head alley-oop. ken nest faree got the slam. want to watch it again? maybe. rerack. there you go. nuggets score 110-83. soccer, american goalie tim howard shocked everybody at this

match by scoring a goal. upfield kick takes a big bounce, goes over the other goalie's head for the goal. oh, yeah. only the third time in english premier league history a goalie has scored. howard's team lost the game. now to the nhl. montreal center scores four goals. his last, the best. watch this. a spinorama move. canadiens win 7-3. let's fast forward to a few stories we're watching. at 11:00 nancy pelosi holds a news conference about the need to extend the payroll tax cuts for a whole year. at 11:00 the newly appointed director of the consumer financial protection buyer row gives his first speech. then at 11:30 this morning a special honor for boys to men. after 20 years of hit making, singing group gets a star on the hollywood walk of fame.

caucus night in iowa wouldn't have been the same without caroline and edith. they went the extra mile, shall we say, to relay critical voting informs to the state's republican party. caroline knew that edith had the vote tally for a missing precinct. edith was asleep. that didn't stop caroline. >> i took off and went in the night to wake her up running across her yard and banging on the door. >> reporter: you particularly have been called the modern day paul revere for going and waking up edith. >> okay. >> reporter: how does that feel? >> actually, i thought of that myself. you know, i thought, i guess i am. >> again, a big thanks to both women for clearing up that voting-day mystery. just about the top of the hour. you know what that means. we're out of here. suzanne malveaux is in. i can't get enough of those ladies. it's great to see them. you heard their voices. >> that's right. i'm waiting for the new show. the