mark, i was out at a caucus site in altoona yesterday. they said we need someone that can defeat barack obama. they had different ideas about who that was. but that is the theme in this race. they have to get someone out there who can defeat the president. >> bun >> obama built a strong campaign structure in iowa and took it nationally. they say he knows how to run a campaign. we can trust him to win back the white house for us. rick santorum amongst the many challenges he faces now is can he show republicans he can build the kind of structure of the scale that is going to take republicans to beat the president. that's bag challenge for him now. mitt romney in iowa and nationally amongst republicans owns the issue. who is electable? >> what does this mean for rick santorum in terms of money? in terms of support? he can create an infrastructure he didn't have up to this point that could push through new hampshire and south carolina and on to florida and be a legitimate contender? >> millions of dollars are going to pour into rick santorum

>> i will tell you it just got a heck of a lot louder at the pizza ranch in altoona. we are going to get creative with the camera work. there is rick santorum. 300th pizza ranch event. 380th all tolled. comes here tonight knocking on the door for a caucus win in a surprise come from behind surge that nobody suspected and may set a record for its speed. week and a half back in single digits to a three-way tie with ron paul and mitt romney. romney has big organization. romney has got second time around the track. he ran here in 2008. but this time it may be the newcomer rick santorum who has campaigned in obscurity here to. pull off a win he will have to get byron paul. the texas congressman has a deep organization in iowa. there is tremendous buzz around his campaign today. in des moines, ron paul attracted about 1,000 people to an early morning event it was a lot of media and a lot of college students but still a thousand people is a very big deal in the state's largest city. ron paul is talking all about his libertarian brand of republickism. >> the american people a

altoona at the pizza ranch where rick santorum is expected in a short time. staffers have been pulling furniture out of the hall, expecting an overflow crowd. this is his first pizza ranch and third rally of the day. there is intensity behind many candidates. caucus campaign willing not stop. we are now 25 hours away and counting. >> ron pall! >> get out there and volt tomorrow. >> reporter: it look like three-way photo finish. ron paul drew 1,000 people to rally. many were out of state students and media. >> are we sick and tired of the expansion of government? the endless spending and the deficit doing the things they weren't supposed to do? and forgetting about doing things they should be doing. [ applause ] >> his son, kentucky senator ran paul made a bold prediction. >> we are going to win in iowa tomorrow. >> the last iowa campaign day fueled by growing conservative support, the late-surging rick santorum got a bus on the campaign trail. >> romney is a good man. conservative on a lot of issues. i think americans are looking for someone that has been mor

the streamers really carrying the snow showers on in from lake heron and lake erie and passing near altoonand south of state college. it could be clipping outside the mountains of chambersburg and harrisburg as well. we will pull it back a little wider. want to highlight this disturbance. a formation sft storm we initially talked about last week some computer models are given us a shot of getting the first slam winter. it's happening too far to the south and passing well out into the atlantic to impact us other than increasing the winds and yes one band of clouds trying to pass to the west this morning. we will get another surge of energy this afternoon and between 3 and 8 getting a surge of snow showers. otherwise, we clear things out and get another round to build in with the cold air tomorrow and modify things as we head toward the weekend. today, again, the chance of flurries this morning but really, probably less widespread than yesterday during the daylight hours until we get to about 3 or 4 in the afternoon. than we build in snow showers and 32 but the wind will feel like the 20s. 17

caucuses, republican presidential candidate rick santorum held a meeting agreed with supporters in altoonahird place, with 15% of the blood. from the pizza ranch restaurant, this is 50 minutes. >> do you think you can win tomorrow? >> we certainly hope we can. >> what do you think of this? >> we are feeling very good about things right now. >> the intensity of all of this? >> that is the caucus. i think we've got the momentum right now and hopefully we will have a good point. >> keep working hard. ok. there you go. >> i was an intern on capitol hill. we are in the russell building. right across all, everybody is talking about young, strong conservative from pennsylvania. i never got to meet him while i was on capitol hill. two years ago we sat down at a restaurant and talked. >> i think it s 380. >> we have had close to 380 town hall meetings. he has a strong conservative to someone like me. he is about the future. i am telling you, he catches fire. there is just desperation. i need your help. i need you to do something for me. i need you to join me in endorsing rick santorum. tell your fr

." >> i was out at a caucus site last night watching the process in altoona, about 12 miles from here, and there was a surrogate for the perry campaign handing out these. and i figured -- sensed on some of the returns coming in, the end might be near. so i grabbed a collector's item. >> is the end near for rick perry? >> it would be a rare thing for someone to announce they're canceling their campaign schedule in south carolina when there's not that many days -- it would be really unlikely for rick perry to come out and say, i've thought about it now, i'm going to still stay in this race. you're right when he said in the next 24 to 48 hours, he will most likely be goep gone. >> he still has $3.5 million he's not spent. all that support, i've got to believe, mark haleprin goes toward santorum. >> i'm not sure all of it does. south carolina, the primary there has been dominated by the establishment candidate. i think rick perry in south carolina was in some ways pitching to that pro-military political establishment part of the party. and i think mitt romney with john mccain's endorsemen

later, rick santorum at a restaurant and altoona, iowa.joined by his family in clive, iowa. texas governor and republican presidential candidate rick perry held his final campaign events the night before the iowa caucuses at the hotel in perry, iowa. it is located in the central part of the state north of them on parade is joined by republican governors of jindal palm louisiana and sam brownback from kansas. this 30-minute event begins with a talk-show host mark davis. ♪ ♪ where all-american in god we trust living the dream and never getting out what we believe in we're all american and we work real hard trying a barbeque hard every july for ♪ >> is it a good act -- is a good night to be in perry, iowa for rick perry or what? [applause] we are surrounded by all sorts of gubernatorial, future presidential talent, who knows what is going. let's start with the gentleman who down in texas, mark davis, dallas-fort worth, occasional them off the land, ok, i am done. down in texas, this gentleman is a neighbor. this tenement is a competitor. this

it's 29 in altoona. 42 in annapolis. the temperatures today are either going to hold steady, maybe even drop off a couple of degrees. we'll just say upper 30's to around 40. it's going to be breezy. there's even a slight chance for snow flurries, especially north and west of town. it's going to get even colder tonight and tomorrow. we'll take a look at the forecast when i come back. >> a couple of stories of interest this morning to those of you who work the overnight shift in this morning's medical alert. >> and none of it is good news, i hate to say. the crazy hours might bring an increased risk of diabetes. researchers at the harvard school of public health analyzed data collected from more than 170,000 nurses, and they found the longer women work the night shift, the higher their risk to the extent those who work nights for 20 years or more had a 60% increased risk for diabetes. experts say shift workers tend to sleep less, eat poorly, and smoke more than those who work during the day. all those factor increase the r

wesley, altoona, pa. as a journalist who has devoted much of his work to the coverage and analysis of war, what do you make of carl van white house wit's declaration that war is a continuation of politics, and what advice would you give to a recent college graduate -- i presume it's g -- interested in pursuing foreign correspondence? >> well, war is not the continuation of politics by other means, war is about the destruction of all living systems, economic, political, familial, social, communal. war is something very different from politics which is about compromise. war is about death. the essence of war is death. van carouse wit is wrong. in terms of a future as a print journalist, it's really tough because the monopoly that newspapers once had connecting sellers with buyers is gone. and that no nonly -- monopoly has seen newsrooms that once had hundreds of people radically diminished, the "philadelphia inquirer" once had 7, 800 reporters, they're now down to about 200. this is being replicated across

rick santorum hosts a meet and greet at a local pizza restaurant in altoona, iowa. a reporter covered the center at another pizza parlor earlier today. the restaurant named their signature dish after santorum. but a staff member said they are not sure how long it will keep its name is he loses the nomination. we will have live coverage of rick santorum tonight at the block -- at about 7:00 p.m. michele bachmann, who is in last place in the polls, is on washington journal. our conversation begins at 9:30 eastern. caucuses are being held tomorrow in some 800 locations in the state at homes, schools and church basements. we will have live coverage from inside to caucuses tomorrow night -- one from central iowa on c-span with a preview program starting at 7:00 eastern and another caucus on c-span-2 from western iowa. >> it is essential that our spending habits take per 180 degree turn starting right now. at midnight, the government will shut down if congress does not pass the continuing resolution. >> forecasters at goldman sacks have warned that a shutdown could shave

rick santorum is in altoona. mitt romney, this evening in the campaign grassroots rally.nd -- in a campus -- in a campaign grassroots rally. we will go to our studio in des moines iowa,, a des moines -- -- des moines, iowa, coming up. host: -- >> tuesday, c-span coverage of the iowa caucuses continues, talking with political experts and taking your calls. later at 7:00 p.m., our preview program on the process and the state of the republican presidential race. 8:00, our live coverage followed by caucus results and speeches. we will have another one from western iowa on c-span 2. it is also available on c-span radio, as well as online, c- span.org/campaign2012. >> there's no debate that copyright infringement is a serious problem. we have a system for dealing with now. there are ways that we can improve on it on a bipartisan basis. but the fundamental difference is that we would not to all of the damage to the architecture of the internet. >> tonight, the different versions of legislation in congress, from senator ron wyden. >> it is essential that our spending habits take

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but santorum will be hosting a meeting in altoona, iowa. he is coming in at third place in some of the polling over the last few days. mitt romney will be in clive iowa tonight. the former massachusetts governor is holding a grassroots event. nearly half of the caucus goers in the polls last week raided mr. romney the most electable candidate in the general election. michele bachmann, in last place in the polls, will be on "washington journal," tomorrow. that conversation gets underway at 10:00 tomorrow here on c- span -- 9:30 a.m. eastern, tomorrow, here on c-span. >> our c-span coverage of the iowa caucuses continues at 7:00 p.m. eastern. talking with political experts and taking your calls. later at 7:00 p.m., our preview program and the state of the republican presidential race. at 8:00 p.m., live coverage from central iowa. we will have live coverage of another caucus on c-span 2. the c-span coverage of the iowa caucuses is also available on c- span radio and online, c- span.org/campaign2012. >> it is essential that our spending habits

here's a look yesterday at an event in altoona, iowa. >> can we get a couple of pictures?e are not disrupting your dinner too much here. good to see you. our you? thank you. >> how are you? >> timing is everything. >> hi, how are you? >> i am from great britain. >> how are you? thank you. >> and good luck. >> thank you so much. how are you? >> do you think you can win tomorrow? >> we came here to win, and we hope we can do that. we are certainly working hard at it. we have a few folks here and we are feeling very, very good about things right now. energy and enthusiasm is what wins caucuses. i think we have the momentum right now and hopefully we will end up at a good place. keep working hard. >> let's get this thing started. [applause] >> i was an intern on capitol hill. we are in the russell building. right across all, everybody is talking about young, strong conservative from pennsylvania. i never got to meet him while i was on capitol hill. two years ago we sat down at a restaurant and talked. we have had close to 380 town hall meetings. i am telling you, he catches fi

i was in altoona last night and it was really moving.true believers, they like the fact he's the underdog and i teased him a little about the sweater vest because it's different, right? you've seen barn jackets. you've seen suits with jeans, two coats with jeans and he shows up with a sweater vest. people find it endearing. they kind of like it. so i teased him about t. he was good natured and now apparently the "new york times" has written about it. >> steve: we have some sound. let's listen. >> i was at a speech two weeks ago and it's -- i just happened to wear a sweater vest that day. the speech actually went over very, very well and if there was one event that i would have to say that really began the moment, it was that speech. now, i think most people recognize that here and so all of a sudden, the sweater vest was like fear the vest. >> steve: brian was on stage where he would wear vest, but it passed. >> brian: right. so did any chance to become president. >> the sweater vest surge. that's what they're calling it. beyond that, th

eastern in altoona and later a chance to see mitt romney in iowa at