the unemployment rate in des moines is 6.5%. if this trend continues, one enviable challenge some state officials are talking about is having enough people to work. >> really, we're going to have to grow our population to take care of some of the demands that we see in the pipeline. >> tom: debi durham's job is to attract new businesses to the state and get existing companies to hire. >> the jobs are not as numerous, i mean, they're not big employment numbers we're seeing. the jobs that are being created are wealth-creating jobs. they're paying more than a living wage. it's not just about the number of jobs that we need to create in this economy; it's about the kind of jobs we're creating. >> tom: among the industries the state is working to attract is renewable energy, both in advanced manufacturing for wind energy and bio-sciences. >> susie: american consumers continued to spend in october, but not as much as retailers had hoped. and that's making them worried about the holiday season. an index of 22 chain stores tracked by th

fund-raisener des moines.rry and gingrich, each at 7% in the poll, both deliver, so has santorum, who has visited every one of 99 counties. and bachmann, getting praise for unwaiverring intensity and ron paul who bought up more commercial time than any other candidate. >> we spend too much, we tax too much. >> romney's returned to iowa the following monday, signals this is still one big scramble. and the disastrous perry debate wednesday, he's followed on friday by new national polls that underscore, everything's still up for grabs. with the january 3 caucuses less than 7 weeks away, once again, the entire country is waiting to see what iowa voters will decide. history suggests two things about the 2012 iowa caucuses. there will be surprises and the results will have a substantial impact on who wins the nomination. so if, as the candidates claim and many americans believe, the united states is at an historical turning point, what iowans and a do here could reverberate around the world and even across generatio

fund-raisener des moines.ry and gingrich, each at 7% in the poll, both deliver, so has santorum, who has visited every one of 99 counties. and bachmann, getting praise for unwaiverring intensity and ron paul who bought up more commercial time than any other candidate. >> we spend too much, we tax too much. >> romney's returned to iowa the following monday, signals this is still one big scramble. and the disastrous perry debate wednesday, he's followed on friday by new national polls that underscore, everything's still up for grabs. with the january 3 caucuses less than 7 weeks away, once again, the entire country is waiting to see what iowa voters will decide. history suggests two things about the 2012 iowa caucuses. there will be surprises and the results will have a substantial impact on who wins the nomination. so if, as the candidates claim and many americans believe, the united states is at an historical turning point, what iowans and a do here could reverberate around the world and even across generation

fund-raisener des moines.ver, so has santorum, who has visited every one of 99 counties. and bachmann, getting praise for unwaiverring intensity and ron paul who bought up more commercial time than any other candidate. >> we spend too much, we tax too much. >> romney's returned to iowa the following monday, signals this is still one big scramble. and the disastrous perry debate wednesday, he's followed on friday by new national polls that underscore, everything's still up for grabs. with the january 3 caucuses less than 7 weeks away, once again, the entire country is waiting to see what iowa voters will decide. history suggests two things about the 2012 iowa caucuses. there will be surprises and the results will have a substantial impact on who wins the nomination. so if, as the candidates claim and many americans believe, the united states is at an historical turning point, what iowans and a do here could reverberate around the world and even across generations. that's our program. i'm bret baier. thanks for

fund-raisener des moines. and gingrich, each at 7% in the poll, both deliver, so has santorum, who has visited every one of 99 counties. and bachmann, getting praise for unwaiverring intensity and ron paul who bought up more commercial time than any other candidate. >> we spend too much, we tax too much. >> romney's returned to iowa the following monday, signals this is still one big scramble. and the disastrous perry debate wednesday, he's followed on friday by new national polls that underscore, everything's still up for grabs. with the january 3 caucuses less than 7 weeks away, once again, the entire country is waiting to see what iowa voters will decide. history suggests two things about the 2012 iowa caucuses. there will be surprises and the results will have a substantial impact on who wins the nomination. so if, as the candidates claim and many americans believe, the united states is at an historical turning point, what iowans and a do here could reverberate around the world and even across generations.

fund-raisener des moines. 7% in the poll, both deliver, so has santorum, who has visited every one of 99 counties. and bachmann, getting praise for unwaiverring intensity and ron paul who bought up more commercial time than any other candidate. >> we spend too much, we tax too much. >> romney's returned to iowa the following monday, signals this is still one big scramble. and the disastrous perry debate wednesday, he's followed on friday by new national polls that underscore, everything's still up for grabs. with the january 3 caucuses less than 7 weeks away, once again, the entire country is waiting to see what iowa voters will decide. history suggests two things about the 2012 iowa caucuses. there will be surprises and the results will have a substantial impact on who wins the nomination. so if, as the candidates claim and many americans believe, the united states is at an historical turning point, what iowans and a do here could reverberate around the world and even across generations. that's our program. i

. >> bret: august 2010, des moines, iowa. 17 months until the 2012 caucuses.s 100-degrees at the state fair. and former minnesota governor cartim pawlenty is stealing the heat. it is his fourth trip to iowa in mine months. >> bret: you hired a staff in iowa. are you running for president? >> i haven't decided that yet. >> my brother. >> bret: newt gingrich is here as well. >> i shouldn't do it but i'm going to just for you. >> bret: officially, he is just testing the water, too. >> several conservative analysts say newt is a brilliant thinker. but every once in a while he is a grenade-thrower and he goes too far. >> i think if you are going to be somebody who is trying to develop ideas, develop a conversation, lead people to new ways of thinking, you're occasionally going to say things the wrong way. >> bret: a month later, former alaska governor sarah palin hits des moines. >> i'm going to ask you, iowa, do you love your freedom? aren't you proud to be an american? >> bret: where are you on a 2012 run? >> if there is nobody else that i think wants to do the j

. >>> august 2010, des moines, iowa, 17 months until the 2012 caucuses. it is 100 degrees at the state fair. former minnesota governor tim pawlenty is feeling the heat. >> fast forward with me. what are you going to do? >> it's his 4th trip to iowa in nine months. >> hired a staff in iowa. are you running for president? >> i haven't decided that yet. >> he's a huge fan. >> newt gingrich is here as well. >> i shouldn't do it but i am going to just for you. >> officially he's just testing the waters, too. >> several analysts say newt is a brilliant thinker but every once in a while he's a grenade thrower. he goes too far. i think if you are going to be somebody who is trying to develop ideas develop conversation, lead people who new ways of thinking, there are occasionally be things you don't like. >> former alaska governor sarah palin hits iowa. >> i am going to ask you iowa, do you love your freedom? are you proud to be an american? >> where are you on the 2012 run? >> there's nobody else that i think wants to do the job and is willing to make the tough d

there were some emotional moments during last night's thanksgiving family forum in des moines, iowa. six of the republican candidates were there to talk about faith and their values with the conservative crowd. herman cain got choked up when he was very emotional about talking about the moment that he and his wife found out five year ago that he had stage four colon cancer. >> i will never forget -- walking out of -- [ applause ] >> i will come back to you. i want to hear this story. >> let me try. walking out of that surgeon's office, after he had just told us, stage four -- >> take your time. >> i said i wasn't going to do this. it's as bad as it gets. i will never forget before my wife and i were about to get in the car, i said, i can do this. she said, we can do this. >> amen. [ applause ] >> rick santorum also stirred the crowd when he described how his youngest daughter struggled for life after she was born with a genetic disorder. >> i decided that the best thing i could do was to treat her different differently, to not love her like i did, because it wouldn't hurt as much if

shannon travis is at this thanksgiving family forum in des moines, iowa.'s talk about mitt romney. he's not there tonight. but i hear he is making news. >> reporter: yeah, mitt romney is not here tonight. but as you just mentioned, he is making news. we just found out that he's opening his very first campaign headquarters here in iowa. this is significant, don. he hasn't had a campaign headquarters thus far this political cycle and this suggests that he could possibly be ramping up his activities here in this first in the nation caucus state. i talked with his top political strategist here in the state a little while ago. and he kind of downplayed it and said, we needed a bigger space. i asked him how big was it? he said it's about 3,000 or 4,000 square feet. it's a large space. this will be received as a major step for mitt romney. we know that he has not been to iowa as much -- nearly as much as the other candidates. one other development, don, that's been happening here, occupy des moines has been protesting -- or earlier they were protesting outside th

downpours will spread to chicago, detroit, des moines.to six inches of the white stauf cross n sta stauf -- stuff, iowa, southern minnesota, wisconsin. showers from seattle to northern california. >> 59, sacramento. 47 albuquerque. omaha gets up to 44. and detroit 62. 68 in new york. 81 in miami. >> the next story brings together two of our favorite things, family reunions and football. >> stacy lowe there in the pink jersey on the field at kansas city's arrowhead stadium sunday expecting her soldier fiance to be home that night. in a video he said he was delayed. >> that's then with the crowd cheering, staff sergeant, william bell ran on to the field. that's right. cue the tearful, heartfelt reunion there. bell has completed three overseas tours and the couple plans on getting married come may. you cannot get enough of those moments. >> that always gets me. i am such a romantic. >> tearing up over here. >> i love weddings and all that stuff. >> that's good. you don't feel that story, you have no heart. we'll be back with more "world news

live in des moines, iowa. the latest news you need to know now.ng ready for no confidence vote or frm george papandreou of greece because of his handling of the debt crisis. president obama back to the g-20 summit after telling reporters it laid a foundation for building financial stability in europe. >>> jitters about europe and pessimism about the u.s. economy pushed the dow lower today. >>> this afternoon the white house lawyers rejected a congressional committee subpoenas for documents related to the clean energy company solyndra, the white house calling it a significant intrusion on executives that had an interest of being driven by partisan politics. >>> a general lost his job for making disparaging comments about afghan's leaders, saying some afghan leaders are isolated from reality. >>> herman cain isn't the only georgians making big headway in the republican race. state by state, there's an unmistakable trend. newt gingrich is moving up, still in the second tier, he's changing the race a few months after most reporters and many of his riv

>> bob: first, the "des moines register poll" is the most accurate poll in iowa. has been and one we depended on. do one 30 days out and do one before the caucuses. half the caucus attendees in iowa show up anyway. they go. the other half you have to pull out. the problem cain has got, he has no organization. to poll voters out. i don't know if perry does or romney does. how hot he is, how well he has to do in the poll. he has to get them to come to the caucus. >> eric: this was in advance of this. bad timing for cain. you point something out. maybe he is the one that is going to make his way. he hasn't been attacked yet. >> kimberly: he made the prediction. >> bob: the reason i made the prediction, you see everybody else back up to him. the reason i am talking about gingrich, he is one guy throughout the debates who acted like an adult. he hasn't gotten in a fight. or told people not to get in fight. he attacked the media. republicans like that. just like herman cain was in new hampshire. he was so far behind. i predicted he'd come back to win this thing. not bec

and three to six from des moines to madison. >> 45 in boise. 61 in sacramento. and 72 in phoenix. mostly 40s in the middle of the country. dallas only gets up to 60. new orleans, 74. and miami, 81. 60s from atlanta up to boston. >>> and coming up after the break, the airline that plans to offer something new on its flight, porn. >>> plus, the plan to bring portable internet to millions of americans who can't afford it. >>> and the surprising friendship being forged at occupy wall street. yes, it involves that horse right there. >>> welcome back, everybody. well, you might call it the berlusconi bounce. the stock markets are up on news that italian prime minister silvio berlusconi will resign. investors believe that will clear the way for a leader who will be more aggressive in solving the nation's debt problem. the news dit spark a late-day rally on wall street, which is continuing today overseas. >>> and tokyo's nikkei average is up 100 points today. hong kong's hang seng jumped 336 points. in landon, the ftse opened higher. and on wall street, the dow rose 102 points yesterday.

"des moines register" poll, herman cain 23%. mitt romney 22%. the "washington post" and abc news did a poll, this just came out this morning, the numbers are fresh out of the oven. how will the controversy of herman cain impact your support for him? 4% said it was more likely they would support him. 23% less likely. almost 7 in 10, no difference. the controversy is new. we're four days. it seems like it's always been with us. we're only four days into it. do we have any sense how iowans are receiving this? iowa republican voters? is this something people are paying attention to out there? >> well certainly the people who are planning to attend the caucuses. that's a narrower sub set than is reflected in that poll. they're paying a lot of attention to what's happening here. the poll that we released on sunday was a very positive poll for cain, for herman cain. we went looking to say, where is the guy vulnerable? and we couldn't spot anything. we found several areas of vulnerability for romney just by comparison. but a story like this breaks the n

nbc's mike viquiera has the latest. >> reporter: in des moines, republicans are counting the days until the first vote is cast. >> 60 days from right now we start the process of choosing barack obama's republican successor. and it starts here in iowa. >> reporter: with frontrunners mitt romney and herman cain no-shows at last night's reagan dinner, five gop presidential hopefuls spoke to party faithful. >> you might say that, newt, we're involved in a project called operation occupy the white house. >> reporter: newt gingrich counted out over the summer is now gaining ground in some polls. last night he won praise for pledging if nominated he'd challenge president obama to a series of lincoln/douglas style debates. >> i will announce that from that date forward for the rest of the campaign the white house will be my scheduler, and wherever the president appears i will appear four hours later. >> is that better? >> yes! >> reporter: with the field unsettled, gop candidates are fighting for the conservative base. >> i've been in washington all week, and i've attracted a little bit of atte

flooding on i-5, from oklahoma city to des moines. i-40, from little rock. icy on i-35, from northern iowa to minnesota. rain drenches i-80 and 94 in the midwest. and i-10, from san antonio to baton rouge. >> and if you're flying today, some airport delays are possible in dallas, houston, kansas city, chicago, detroit, and minneapolis. >>> and now, to the guilty verdict for conrad murray. for now, the doctor hired to help a severely sleep-deprived michael jackson will be spending his nights and days in a los angeles jail cell. >> the jurors unanimously reached their decision after less than nine hours of deliberation. jim avila was at the courthouse. >> reporter: michael jackson's parents, two of his sisters, two of his brothers, in the packed courtroom. just a few feet away from dr. conrad murray. >> we, the jury in the aboved titled action, find the defendant, conrad murray, guilty of the crime of involuntary manslaughter. >> reporter: outside of the courtroom, hundreds erupted in shouts of justice. and in a moment, judge michael pastor, sent conrad murray

louis and 30s in des moines. moines iowa one of the places looking at rough weather for some reason we got the map shifted focus and there's the storm producing that wrap around cold air and snow through iowa. we wanted to highlight the fact we have the storm system wrapping on into the midwest. that works into the great lakes. warm air ahead of the low pressure system that takes the energy to the north. we have a diminished form of the front but we will get the cold air behind it. off the southeast coast, not a direct influence on us. we are watching rough seas along the eastern seaboard and this storm, tropical storm sean 50-mile-per-hour sustained wind pulls to the north and out to sea in response to the front. pushing it off the east coast there. will be rain make its way through new england and not for us. so basically keowee get the squeeze play between two storms and hardly touched by both of them. we will get showers tomorrow afternoon and evening. once that passes through and heavier rain gets out here t

the latest des moines register poll of likely republic caucus goers has herman cain at 23%. mitt romney 22%. ron paul 12% and the rest of the candidates are in single digits. joining us now from washington is fox news senior political analyst brit hume. great to see you, brit. >> thanks, monica. thanks for having me. >> you bet. you know what's interesting to me about this iowa poll is neither herman cain or mitt romney have spent a great deal of time of money in iowa, yet, they are leading the pack. how do you explain it. >> i would explain that by the fact that about all there has been to this campaign has been the debates. and that for all that you may accomplish eventually in a state like iowa or in new hampshire by retail campaigning that is going out and shaking hands and appearing at, you know, relatively small events, you can't beat the size of the audience given the intensity of interest that you get with the debates. that's really been the substance of the campaign so far. and both romney and cain, it seems to me have done reasonably well. romney hasn't done as wel

i mean, it's probably likely that a lot of groups outside of des moines will come into iowa for this, for this major event, again, to get more attention. i've talked with some republican critics of this plan and they're telling me, you know what, this just means a lot of overtime for the des moines police department. kyra? >> shannon travis, we'll be watching it. >>> one thing we deaf finitely know, unemployed, fed up and the same across the globe. zain verjee joining us from london. zain, what are the headlines saying about it? >> youth unemployment is grabbing the headlines today just ahead of the g-20 summit. let's take a look at the herald in south africa, jobless youth are a ticking time bomb. the greek crisis, the american governments, bailout of banks and the onset of a double dip recession all points to a crisis in capitalism and a need for a global rethink on how business is done. let's take a look at the south china morning post. act now on the global jobs crisis or risk a lost decade. as a guest editorial written by the labor organization and it says with the slowdown in th

. >> the governor, mitt romney, opened a new headquarters in des moines, iowa. >>> president obama back at the white house this weekend, after nine days in the asian pacific. he was at the economic conference, negotiating trade agreements to help bolster the american economy. u.s. lawmakers say ex port policies cost americans jobs. >>> philadelphia marathon organizers have confirmed two runners passed away today. they're not being identified, but the university of pennsylvania says one of them was a student at the school. it appears both suffered heart attacks. race officials say they're deeply saddened. >>> three illinois high school students arrested for sexting. the girl sent a photo to a boy, and today that boy sent the picture to a friend. each student is charged with distribution of harmful material. >>> we didn't have a lot of sunshine today, but our temperatures were up. 65 at national airport. temperatures from 9 to 13 degrees warmer than the average norm for the day. a lot of clouds, more clouds than sun into the course of today, however. those clouds continuing to stream thro