then we will hear from the president and ceo of bower. first, mayor ed lee.ome to our port. we're all getting ready for america's cup. i want to remind everybody that this is a great opportunity for our city to host one of the world's greatest events. in doing so, we needed to make sure we will leave a good legacy for the city. part of that legacy and responsibility is to work with our report. i want to start by thanking the port of san francisco, the staff, consultants, lawyers on both sides for all the work you have done together to help us begin a complex process. we're changing some of the tenancies and making sure we make room for the new footprint. we want to announce today two very important tenants of our report -- port, bowers transportation and the other. they are here to speak specifically about it. i know from the beginning they were very worried. i would have been if i was a successful employer. gary has had over 100 people employed consistently and growing. norm has had 200 people artists and musicians that want to be the continued success of ou

bow cynthia bowers has the blow-by-blow of a rivalry that got way out of hand. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. captioning sponsored by cbs russ mitchell is off tonight. the 12th republican presidential debate last night was also the next-to-last debate before the first votes are cast in the iowa caucus, which is 23 days out. dean reynolds in des moines has more on the high-stakes free-for-all. >> as the latest king of the republican hill, newt gingrich came under attack, but mitt romney took a lot of punch, including some of the self-inflicted variety, for example, when he challenged the truth of an attack by rick perry, romney offered to put money on the table. >> rick, i'll tell you what, $10,000, $10,000 bet? >> i'm not in the betting business. >> critics scoffed that it was a sign of romney's wealth and elitism, noting that few iowans could pony up $10,000 to move a point. >> those type of elitist tactics may work. >> then there was romney's repeated assertion he's an outsider, a businessman, not tied to the culture of washington. gingrich, a creature of washingto

cynthia bowers gives us the glimpse into the future of the occupied with that. >> by weeks end of this was all that was left of the occupied la encampment. the spirited tent city no appellate debris. the occupation may be broken but the idea is not. >> occupied la organizer mario reda says there movement will regroup and refocus on foreclosures. >> banks, if you do not heed our call, expect to see our tents in the lobbies. >> two and half weeks after they were forced out of there the here, protesters to gather daily. today it are celebrating their movements with elements. >> occupy wall street has left the street and gone legit. they have rented office space and meet daily. >> we decided to propel the issues of inequality and injustice to the top of our agenda. >> in mid-january of call to pitch tents outside of congress. >> i wanted to do it inside the capitol. >> berkeley political science graduate josh green says the next that is to turn it into political movement. with his website he's hoping to recruit candidates to run for office. >> that's how you get them, someone who identifie

cynthia bowers looks at what the movement is planning now that most cities have closed the protest camps. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: and good evening. and then there were seven. acknowledging the harm charges of sexual misconduct have inflicted on his family, herman cain told his supporters today he was suspending his campaign for the republican nomination. that leaves seven candidates still in the race and a lot of questions about who stands to benefit. political correspondent jan crawford was in atlanta today for the cain announcement. jan, good evening. >> reporter: well, good evening, russ. cain was once a front-runner for the nomination but then came allegations of sexual misconduct, an accusation of an extramarital affair. today he suspended his bid for the white house. >> i am suspending my presidential campaign because of the continued distraction. >> reporter: cain continued to deny the allegations that rocked his campaign. >> these false and unproved allegations continue to be spinned in the media and then the cou

>> chief bowers you want to handle that? >> everybody in temple terms of passengers are off the bus. the driver is being treated and transported to a local hospital. >> were there other people on the bus not hurt? was it full? >> i do not know the specifics of that. we have patients on the bus other than the driver that are being treated. approximately ten. i do not have a final count at this time. >> thank you, chief. >> okay. >> thank you. >> again -- >> further updates -- >> thank you, chief. again, i don't know if you can hear me in the studio, you just heard montgomery county fire chief confirm a fatality in the incident. we know more about this. we understand from witness reports that a pick-up truck was seen by witnesses making some type of a turn, possibly a u-turn into the path of the metro bus. from what we heard, it appears the pick-up truck impacted the metro bus where the driver sits and the female driver of the bus was trapped inside by the collision. fire chief bowers told us they are trying to extra kate her

cynthia bowers is covering a deadly blizzard in the plains and a high school football coach finds the team's toughest opponent is poverty. seth doane on what he did to defeat it. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, in just 12 days 160 million work could see a tax increase in their paychecks and nearly two million others are struggling to get by without a paycheck could lose their unemployment. the house today said the clock ticking toward that new year's day punch in the pocketbook when it turned down a bill that has been passed by the senate. that bill would have extended the 2% cut in the social security payroll tax and kept job benefits flowing. what happens now? congressional correspondent nancy cordes is on capitol hill, nancy? >> reporter: scott, we are now official in a total stalemate and tonight most lawmakers are heading home for the holidays. >> reporter: the motion is adopted. >> reporter: house republicans doubled down on their risky strategy today voting to reject a two-month tax cut and to establish nego

bowers limousine service with 100 employees will move to pier 50. the america's cup is projected to bring in $1 billion and more than 8,000 jobs to the city so the mayor says it's worth it to negotiate with the 75 other businesses in the pier that is still need to be relocated. >> we're in contact with every one of them. all of them, we're going to do our best and everybody has to be reasonable just as bower and others, i think they have been extremely reasonable. >> reporter: part of that reasonableness is they are getting tens of thousands of dollars from the port in ordermake the settlement possible and juliette, with 57 other businesses coming along and them also getting money from the port, you can see a lot more negotiations like this one. >> how does that work? do they get a notice beforehand? >> they got an eviction notice in january, time to go. the america's cup is coming. now they are just working out the details for the eviction. >> thank you, joe vazquez. >>> in other bay area news now, bart police are on the hunt tonight for copper thi

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cynthia bowers is covering a deadly blizzard in the plains and a high school football coach finds the team's toughest opponent is poverty. seth doane on what he did to defeat it. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, in just 12 days 160 million work could see a tax increase in their paychecks and nearly two million others are struggling to get by without a paycheck could lose their

bower and fattal released a year later in september. >> and we have more ahead coming up, do you unplug from work e mails after hours? we'll tell you how many people check into the holiday during breaks. >> it's tempting. and why the slogan "where america shops" may lo no longer be true for sears in some communities. >> fog confined just to early morning hours. we warmed up the day warmer tomorrow. and i'll tell you about it coming up. >> and thank you z air quality so bad in the bay area, it's making people sick. the fuss continues in one minute. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> sears says it will close 120 stores because of poor holiday sales. sales dropped more than 5% in the past two months for sears. oakland shop owners says possible closing is not a good thing. >> not having other anchor stores in this the area so i believe would it have adverse affect on small business in downtown oakland. >> every time something closes, what opens behind that always does not seem to be the right thing. >> in addition to bad economic climate, analysts say sears gets

bowers limousine service with 100 employees will move to pier 50.he america's cup is projected to bring in $1 billion and more than 8,000 jobs to the city so the mayor says it's worth it to negotiate with the 75 other businesses in the pier that is still need to be relocated. like this soccer field between piers 27 and 29 that will soon get the boot. >> there's a lot of disappointed parents. we're looking for new fields. >> we're in contact with them of the we are going to do our best. and everybody has to be reasonable just as bower and others, i think they have been extremely reasonable. >> reporter: the city is still negotiating with those other businesses as to where they will go. they will get some money from the port for the relocation. the theater will have its last performance new year's eve and i'm told it's going to be a blowout. >> thank you, joe vazquez. >>> san francisco 49ers have cleared another hurtle for the proposed stadium. the owners of the great america amusement park which is next to the stadium site has reached a deal with the

as cynthia bowers explains, tensions were running high at a rival game in cincinnati. >> reporter: it's called the cross twoin shootout. and with the schools less than four miles apart, the losers of the annual rival game is reminded daily. >> this year, it's going to be a lopsided win for xavier. >> reporter: then, with nine seconds left, the game took an ugly turn. you can see xavier's star, taunting the players and coaches. seconds later, tensions that had been simmering since last year, exploded into an all-out brawl. >> and this is the last thing you want to see. the benches clear. >> reporter: fists were flying. anyone in the way was a target. >> boy, that was a shot from yancy gates. >> reporter: before order was restored, xavier center, kenny freeze, stood beaten and bloody. both coaches appeared shell- shocked after the melee. >> i don't know another word, other than disappointing. >> i made everybody take their jersey off. and they will not put it on again until they have a full understanding of where they go to school and what the university stands for and how lucky they are

sin thee kwla bowers in salina, kansas this morning. >> reporter: good morning, chris.an here last night is still coming down. up to 8 inches is forecast. this is all part of a very dangerous system that triggered blizzard like conditions at places that don't normally see it, like new mexico and texas. the snow started yesterday. heavy snow whipped by 35 to 40-mile-per-hour winds in albuquerque, new mexico, forcing the closure of major interstates, such as i-25 and i-40 before moving into texas and the oklahoma panhandles. as you mentioned, so far, at least six deaths are blamed on this storm. in garden city, kansas, near whiteout conditions forced areas highways to see suvs, cars, semis, just pull off and stop stranded in the snow. snowplows were working throughout the night. but it's hard to keep up with a forecast of 16 inches of snow in the oklahoma panhandle area. the winter storm warnings will continue through much of the day today. motorists in these parts are urged to stay off the road if possible. schools and hard hit areas such as this one are closed, so the k

>> sloochlt the mast followed on the lines of the supreme court decision which ruled against the bowers earlier supreme court decision that basically found that laws on sodomy were okay. the supreme court basically threw out these laws and in doing so it cited opinions by among a european court of human rights in strauss burg, and the people arguing this case it is been a tradition of the united states to pay a decent respect to the opinions of others. >> who is the chief justice in massachusetts >> it was margaret marshamarsha. >> originally from south africa >> an antiapartheid been marrieo the former new york city tony lewis. >> not only the echo and the language of the courts ruling didn't she a peel separation of the human rights she. >> she talked about canada. >> the appeals of some canada ontario. >> yes. so you feel that willy-nilly -- and it's going to seep into our institutions. i think what he's saying steven into our institutions notably the supreme court the massachusetts and even the supreme court itself on the reversal on sodomy. >> absolutely. i don't think it's willy-n

controversy by plastering the proposed building on its front page with the question "inspired by twin bowers?" no way says the firm. we never intended to design a project looking line an exploding building. why on earth would we? this is quite discussion, and this discussion that people think we might have done this on purpose, no. >> i think somebody had this in mind when they designed it. i don't think this is an accident. >> reporter: really? >> do you ? >> reporter: who would do that? >> pr. you're talking about their building. >> reporter: folks are talking, all right. and for once, the left. >> yep! that's what they want to build! >> reporter: >> you look like ghouls! >> reporter: and the right, glen beck, sound alike. >> is this the most offensive building i have ever seen. >> reporter: the so called cloud would actually connect the two luxury apartment buildings and contain restaurants, a wellness center, pools >> that's really nice. they should do it . >> reporter: she and an engineer were the only ones we talked to who defended the project. >> this is typically what an architect do

cynthia bowers live in salina, kansas. >> smart people are hunkered down. half a foot of snow is forecasted and that may fall by the end of the day. winter storm warnings went out well ahead of this dangerous storm. fast falling snow whipped by furious 40-mile-per-hour winds made a dangerous situation turn deadly. four people were killed and two seriously injured in a two-vehicle accident in eastern new mexico near the texas border. authorities believe heavy snow and high winds are to blame. the storm is also being blamed for two deaths in colorado when a van lost control on an icy highway, with snow and wind and obscured the midwestern landscape, the southwest snow storm made its way east to kansas. in garden city, to the west, the storm slammed the heartland's highways affecting cars, suvs and tractor trailers alike all left stranded along the road. the blizzard started monday in new mexico, forcing the closure of multiple interstates around the town of ratone. >> they told us it's whiteout conditions. >> reporter: more than 150 mile of i-25 from santa fe

recap for you, at least 10 people were vented to the hospital and the assistant fire chief richard bowers told us the injuries range from very minor to very serious, and there is at least one fatality. the chief wants to remind people that this section of rockville peek will be shut down for several hours while we investigate the fatal crash. back to you in the studio, shawn. >> audrey barnes for the latest out of bethesda. thank you. >>> and to a news alert out of northwest d.c. a woman is recovering after being kidnapped and sexual assaulted said said a van. she got out of the van and he pulled out a knife and forced her into the vehicle. the man was wearing a mask so she didn't get a good look at his face. she dropped hear off in northwest delafield. anyone with information call police. >>> a major development in the gop presidential primary. according to cnn, newt gingrich said fraud is the reason why he won't be sore not on the virginia ballot. gingrich reportedly said 1500 of the signatures he turned in were voided after being fraudulently collected by a paid campaign worker. the ca

she says she did that out of fear for bower and fattal. they were released this past september. she said she feels the u.s. could have done more to prevent or lessen their imprisonment. she was -- they were detained after straying into -- >>> in asia tens of thousands lined -- thousands -- [ unintelligible ] >> reporter: as north korea's military elite, the body of kim jong il made a grand entrance. escorted by his son kim jong un and the head of military, right behind the new leader the man reportedly in control of power behind the scenes. the hearse passed places he used to reside and work. citizens shown on north korean state television displayed incredible emotion. are these wailings genuine? >> i can't imagine anyone having genuine sorrow and condolences for this leader. but they are scared. these are all staged. >> reporter: look closer the crying is proportional to the proximity of the camera. the big question is, will this young 20 something leader of 1.2 million strong army be able to carry on his father's iron grip? >> it is 4:45. >>> next, governor brown in a franken

bower will be moving to. pier 50 along with other tenants and other things kept in storage. these are two significant moves. they demonstrate the level of cooperation we have always wanted to have with our tenants at the port. we need to move them in a sensitive way. they are moving to new places. i think when you talk to them and into the details of this site and. pier 50, they're going into better sites that will allow them to grow and serve our city and visitors in great foer ways. i want to thank you for your wonderful stewardship of your companies and employees, working together with the port, our office, our event authority, and organizing committee to make this even successful and do so in a sensitive and smart way. these are great, solid businesses for the city. they employ a good number of people. we want to keep the entertainment and transportation going. thank you for your cooperation. thank you to the port for their leadership on this. [applause] >> we would like to invite gary bauer to say a few words. >> i appreciate the kind words. we could not make this happe

today they announced -- to move to the site of a parking lot, bowers is headed for pier 50. >>> the stronginds last week are gone but the damage is still causing headaches. work crews are busier than ever. if fact they're booked for week. >> this is where the tree was standing. >> but not standing anymore. 79-year-old sally say it is tree came crashing down last week. >> well it came down about 5:00 in the morning, and it made that woof sound. >> it could have come through my bedroom. >> the only thing that kept the tree from crashing where where she was sleeping was this oak tree. >> it was going like that back and forth, back and forth. >> with one treat in the front yard in lines and another in her backyard with unstable roofs that need to be removeed. >> this woman resident with a tree on top of her house. decided to cal a friend instead. >> $2,400 just to get it off the roof, and he's doing it for way less and these going to cut the wood up and make firewood for us. >> phone technicians today were still working to restore service. >> i just got my phones turned on about three hours ag

formed many in russia waiting for the privatization program to get back on the priority list bruce bowers from verna capital says the government has done a good job so far to encourage investors to inject some cash into the state owned companies the government for several years has been making an effort to improve transparency to improve governance companies but now you're actually seeing the fruits of that effort so last last week when gazprom announced its dividends were higher than expected of you know almost two hundred billion rubles gas from as dividend yield of almost five percent that's higher than exxon time chevron and opec and petrobras successor so the government is actually taking you know very dramatic steps to pay you to be a minority shareholder and then you see increasing transparency in dividend payouts from a host of other state owned companies so you know the general story is that the government's efforts to improve corporate governance among state and companies are now rewarding you substantially as a minority shareholder so that's you know that we keep an eye on. and

here is cynthia bowers. >> reporter: the normally talkative rod blagojevich had little to say when hecing hearing that will term his future. the former democratic governor was convicted on 18 vounts of corruption after caught on a profanity laced wiretap offering political favors in return for financial game. >> i'm stuck. it's no good. it's no good. i got to get moving! >> reporter: the most notorious recording captured blagojevich seeming to offer the newly seat vacated by then barack obama. >> i am appointing roland burris the next illinois senator. >> reporter: blagojevich appointed a relatively unknown roland burris to the vacant seat. his defense contended that blagojevi blagojevich's actions were political horse trading and at the time of the arrest no money had changed from hands. rather than shrink then, he went on an offensive appearing on talk shous touting his innocence to anyone who would listen. ironically, i was first elected on 2002 on a platform of cleaning up corruption, in a state known for dirty politics. what is it about this state that breeds this kind of corrupt

from kansas tonight, cynthia bowers reports this blizzard changed a lot of travel plans. >> reporter: the estrada family from florida was supposed to be in denver today. instead, three generations were stranded in salina, kansas. >> we were only able to drive 25 miles west from here and we saw ten cars in the ditches. >> reporter: 200 miles to the west near the colorado border, a foot of snow and 40 mile per hour winds created whiteouts. abandoned cars and trucks littered roads across the great plains. >> i slid off in the median, was there for several hours waiting for help and took me three hours to get 30 miles. >> reporter: the blizzard closed more than 150 miles of i 25 from santa fe north into colorado. texas authorities say they've rescued at least 100 stranded motorists. as the storm pushed off to the east, that snow turned to rain. the only good news about this system, scott, is that it brought much-needed moisture to drought-ridden parts of oklahoma and texas. >> pelley: cynthia, how are the roads now? >> reporter: the roads in central kansas are fine, now the west near the

heading on to the south bay highway one problem northbound 101 approaching bowers avenue, great americarkway aluminum in the two right lanes. more metal debris in the livermore area westbound 580 at the first street springtown boulevard off-ramp metal debris in the roadway you may want to watch out for that, avoid tire problems. catch traffic any time day or night at abc7news.com/traffic. >>> our time is just about 6:18. >>> coming up, a groundbreaking rock band announces a comeback. >>> oh dear, okay i said it. look at what caused a big mess inside a house. am >>> 6:21 now. good news for van halen fans. the band is getting back together for a 2012 tour. featuring eddie van halen his brother alex on drums his son wolfgang on bass and david lee roth. announcement was made on the band's website tickets go on sale january 10th, even though no dates have been set yet. van halen last hit the road in 2007. >>> on christmas eve a utah family heard such a clatter they got up from their beds to see what was the matter. i was a deer, a five foot buck had fallen into the window well and broken thr

just like chief bowers, we responded for the collision.he response was fire-rescue and we did confirm there was a fatality involved. because of that, as was standard operating procedure, our collision reconstruction unit was called and they have responded to the scene. they will be investigating the collision. at this time, we do not have any preliminary causes to what happened or why it happened and that is why that were here. the only thing we asked was the section of roadway 355, north and south, will be closed for several hours and we ask the people to avoid the area if they can. >> commander, where are these vehicles? what side of the road are they on? and how close are they? >> and to this time, you will see the truck involved are situated in the northbound lanes of rockville pike and where they were procedure to the collision and that is under investigation. >> and are you releasing that person was in the bus? >> and we're not releasing that at this time. >> can you tell us whiff the person was killd -- [ indiscernible ] >> we don't

bower and fatal were released this last september. shourd says she feels the u.s.e more to prevent or lessen their imprisonment. they were detained during a hike in july of 2009. >>> tens of thousands of north koreans line the streets in pyongyang to watch the funeral procession of kim jong il. a national service will be held tomorrow. judy cho reports from seoul. >> reporter: as the military elite spill into the snow-covered plaza the body of kim jong il made a grand entrance escorted bay his son and heir kim jong un and head of military -- the hearse passed by places that kim jong il used to reside and work. citizens shown on north korean state television displayed incredible emotion. are these wailings genuine? >> i can imagine anyone having genuine sorrow and condolences for this leader. butter scared. these are all staged. >> reporter: look closer the crying is proportional to the proximity of the camera analysts say. the big question is will this young leader of the 1.2 million strong army be able to carry on his father's iron grip? >>> 5:44. google plus may

joining me right now is chief richie bowers. thanks for your time on this busy afternoon.t can you tell us? >> as you indicated, around 4:20 this afternoon, we had a collision here between cedar avenue. very serious collision involving multiple vehicles and multiple patients. >> we were told at one point there might be a metro bus involved. what can you tell us about that? >> we can confirm a metro bus was involved. >> and the driver of that bus? >> the driver of the bus is being extricated and treated and being transported to the hospital. >> can you describe some of the injuries? >> multiple victims, as i said, various injuries. some minor to serious. we do have confirmation from montgomery police that we have one fatality. >> it's very early in the investigation. is there any sense about a cause? >> not at this time. i turned it over to the county police to answer that question. >> so, if you could first identify yourself and talk about the cause of the information at this point. >> i'm the commander here in bethesda. all i know is we have two vehicles involved. one bei

cynthia bowers reports for wjz with reaction from both schools. >> it's called the crosstown shootoutd something the loser is reminded daily. >> this is going to be a lop- sided win for xav gerrier. >> reporter: with nine seconds left, it took a -- an ugly turn. seconds later, tenzs that had been simmering since last year exploded into an all-out brawl. >> and this is the last thing you want to see. the benches clear. >> reporter: fists were flying. anyone in the way was a target. >> boy, that was a shot from yancy gates to kenny freeze. >> reporter: before order was restored, xavier forward kenny freeze stood beaten and bloody. both appeared shell shocked after the melee. >> i don't know another word other than disappointing. >> i've never been this embarrassed. i made them all take their jersey off. and they will not put it on again until they have an understanding of where they go to school and how lucky they are to even be there. >> reporter: but xavier players, holloway and mark lyons seemed independent. >> they're grown members over there. >> at the end of the day, if somebody p

not unless you think that in the year 2000, steve forbes and alan keyes and gary bower were the real competition for george w. bush and not john mccain. not unless in 1996 you think pat buchanan was a real threat to go all the way. sorry, pat. not unless in 1988 you thought televangelist pat robertson had a better shot at the presidential nomination than george h.w. bush. iowa republican's parochial picayune conservatism. while the iowa caucuses on the republican side are fun to cover and they are of interest in their own right, iowa republicans do not pick presidents. they pick huckabees. and who doesn't heart huckabees? there he is tonight in des moines. weight loss self-help guru, fox news, activist, supporting the personhood thing that could have banned birth control pills in mississippi. all the republican candidates are kissing his ring because he's the last republican to have won iowa. if you want to know what a lot of good winning iowa does for him in the long run, you're looking at it tonight. i'm not going to lie to you, it would be fun to watch ron paul win it in iowa this

. >>> reporter: megan bower is just the kind of shopper that the pop-up hood hopes to attract. she works nearby and is doing holiday shopping. >> i think it's great they are trying to make the area more friendly for people who work and live here and revitalizing the area. >> reporter: by all accounts the pop-up hood is off to a good start. it consists of six businesses that are now filling formerly empty storefronts in old oakland. they all opened at about the same time and are all getting free rent for six months. >> it's been going fantastic. there's a constant stream of people. >> reporter: nicole buffet runs the pop-up piper and john general goods and says she has been surprised at how well the concept has been received. >> business has been pumping, just flowing, yeah, a little bit more than i actually -- we my partner and i anticipated but that's okay with us. >> reporter: the great thing about the pop-up program is it's something that's taken off with little city investment. >> reporter: oakland's assistant city administrator says the pop-up hood is a bright spot for oak

if you guessed "c" and eddie bower ford bronco 2, you were wrong.steve! ah, beautiful. welcome back, everybody. i'm here with seth meyers and josh meyers. ♪ all right. so you guys ready for the "sibling-wed game," holiday edition? >> ready to go. holiday edition. all right. yeah. >> jimmy: we -- we don't have a soundproof booth. so, josh, put these noise canceling headphones on and press play. i'm going to ask seth a couple of stories, and then we're going to see if you remember them. but let me know when it's on. i want to make sure it's -- no cheating here. >> just got a slow bleed in but -- yeah. >> jimmy: it's my new album. [ light laughter ] all right. you're good? >> uh-huh. >> jimmy: okay, good. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: all right, ready. here we go. >> all right. all right. >> jimmy: what was the -- what was the worst gift you've given someone for christmas. >> the worst gift i've given someone? >> jimmy: yes. >> i guess, like -- one of my first years on "snl" -- like, i was really desperately wanting to get people in my family good new york gi

in 2000, the combined evangelical vote for gary bower and alan keys exceeded the evangelical vote foreorge w. bush. there are voters here willing to make a statement. but the electability comes in as you move down the road. just because romney is stuck at around 25% or 30% in the national polls, that doesn't necessarily mean that all the other 70% are dead set against him. one of the things that may be happening, especially if he does well here and in new hampshire, voters say, he wasn't my first choice, i want somebody more consistently conservative than he is. but he looks like he can beat barack obama and i'm not going to go lay down in front of the train tracks. if romney does well in iowa and new hampshire, the idea of a big stop romney movement may be much more difficult to assemble in large part because of those findings on electability. >> one name we haven't mentioned, michele bachmann. >> she's obviously really faded. she's faded here. her high point was the straw poll last summer. if she continues to fade, that would be an important potential for someone like santorum or pe

gary bower got almost 10% of the caucus vote. iowa traditionally has been secured toward the-- skew erred toward the extremes of both parties. and at a time when lots of americans feel disenfranchised by the political process, they look at this and they see this is in many ways an example of what contributes to their frustration. the purist its, the ideaological hard-liners. the true believers, the angry electorate. >> brown: jeff stein, that's one of the charges, that this actually skewers and hurts our politics by the way it's set up. >> well, i concur with the earlier comment that it is how it's interpreted in terms of how we look at it from a media standpoint. whoever is first is going to be overreported, i think. i think what we have to look at is that iowa is one step in a much longer game. where new hampshire has a very different way. south carolina, florida, and i think they all work together toward the nomination process. if you simply look at the iowa results and take them too far, that's inappropriate, that's misreport