>> major funding for "digital nation," brought to you by the verizon foundation. empowering educators, parents and students with innovative tools and resources to navigate in a broadband world. to learn more, visit verizonfoundation.org. >> frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major funding is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. and by reva and david logan. committed to investigative journalism as the guardian of the public interest. additional funding is provided by the park foundation. dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. >> dretzin: so, it really hit me one night not that long ago. i was in the kitchen and i was cooking dinner, chopping vegetables. and my husband was in the next room on his laptop, and across the table from my husband was my oldest son, who was also on a laptop, doing his homework. wash your hands. did you wash your hands?

let's bring in our expanded panel tonight, fox news politics editor digital, national political correspondentlitical correspondent for "the new york times" and senior writer for the weekly standard. jeff, these debates, the one today on nbc pretty fiery. your assessment? >> i think the debate was fiery today because a lot of those republicans woke up this morning, saw the headlines and thought, i tried to go after mitt romney last night but they didn't, so they realized this was definitely about new hampshire. also about south carolina. without question, a lot of the messages we heard and some of the branding was about what is coming aftern new hampshire. i thought it was interesting specifically to watch newt gingrich go after he kind of had a joyous look in his face when he said the pious baloney line. i thought the debate was fiery, i'm not sure there were any specific winners or loser. mitt romney probably held his own. he didn't look as tall as he looked going into the debate. he must have felt good last night he walked away without a scrape not quite true today. >> bret: let's go to one

get any colder, but they are. >> temperatures have plummeted overnight to single digits in some locations. at reagan national, it is down to7 degrees. the dewpoint is an incredibly dry 3 below zero. keep the skin lotion handy. we've got a west/northwesterly wind around 5 to 10 miles an hour. look at the temperatures. it's down to 10 degrees in the

the wind "take off and by tuesday, a wind chill factors will be in the upper digits with highs around freezing. the national weather service has issued a whether -- whether storm watch for alleghany counties in the higher elevations. for us across the immediate metro, this front will move through dry. no snow or rain, just a lot of cold air. futurecast shows are clouds began to push in tomorrow afternoon. the cold front moves through. wind out of the north and west. 35-40 miles per hour. 35-42 for the beginning of the new year. mainly clear skies. winds out of the west at two-5 miles per hour. 57-62 for a daytime by tomorrow. the colder air will arrive by tuesday. temperatures around 32 degrees. the same on wednesday. "up to temperatures in the teens and then warming up by the end of the week and into the upcoming weekend. around 50 degrees. wjla.com that is where you should go. it is new year's related. >> a crystal ball. a close-up look. >> interesting. >>> i think sports fans in d.c. are going to be happy it is the end of 2011. quite a good day for the capitals tonight. we are running in the new year but

nationally. gingrich won that big double digit victory in south carolina. ten days ago. boosted him in florida. also boosted him in the national polls. now the dynamic has changed. and i just want to say, christine romans, happy birthday. >> we'll make sure we pass that on to her. >> thank you. >> i want to ask one more thing, paul. do you think that gingrich saying perhaps that we would have a moon base in eight years and that becoming a joke is acting the numbers? >> yeah, i was one of the contributing factors. i understand what he was saying. of course, jobs here in the space industry are very important in florida but at the same time it opened up to -- him up to attacks from both santorum and romney and they were effective. that along with the negativity that lenny was talking about and the two debate performances by romney and gingrich all contributing to romney rising in the polls here. gingrich sinking. >> penny, i want to talk about something completely different. after florida there are multiple races in february, starting with nevada. we have no debates though

national. when the wind picks up, this morning, it feels like we are in a single digits when you factor in theff to the west shown in britain. there is a weak disturbance in the midsection of the country. -- clouds shown in gray. chance of snow showers later today after sunset, kind of like the past couple days. highs today in the low to mid 30's. tonight in the '20s. we could have a few snow flurries in to the nighttime and her little morning. otherwise partly cloudy tomorrow, in the mid 40's, near where we should be. even more by friday, talking mid 50's. cooling off a little into next week. basically average for this time of year. mid 40's by monday and tuesday. a brief shower or mixed precipitation on sunday, something we will keep an eye on. >>> metro rail, marc rail, vre we feel good about that. everything running on normal service systemwide. travel times in our favor to and from the wilson bridge. looks good on 50 between annapolis and new york ave. looks good on the greenway and the toll road. no problems between centreville and the beltway of 66. looks good between father hurley boul

huntsman has single digit support in many national polls. iran is stepping up the rhetoric against the west. this morning the intelligence minister warned americans, israelis and the british that tehran will give a definitive response to the killing of a nuclear scientist last week. >>> the usual january drop in gas prices is not happening this year. aaa says the average price for regular rose four cent as gallon last week to $3.39, a mid-winter record blaming theet ethanol ta credit. >>> "contraband" scored a first place debut. disney's rerelease of "beauty & the beast" was runner up and "mission impossible" in third. now back to natalie, savannah and al, having fun in los angeles. >> we are. >> you bet. >> thank you. let's get a quick check of the weather. >> we have trouble on both ends of the country. starting in the pacific northwest, big scream dip bringing in colder air, a lot of moisture off the pacific. that's making for snow even along the coast. one to three inches. some areas inland picking up up to two feet of snow in the cascad

temperatures down in the teens and single digits. 17 officially at reagan national. 30 by noon with mostly cloudy skies. and just a couple of flurries will be possible late today. highs about 35. had those intense snow showers yesterday. in fact, in frederick county, virginia. one of the reasons winchester city schools are closed. right after sunset, they had a squall. still dealing with slippery conditions. clouds to the southwest while we're generally clear at the moment. look at the temps. down to 7 in winchester. fresh snow pack, clear skies. light winds. we're 17. mid teens for charles county over to andrews air force base and prince george's county. prince fredic coming in about 16, 17 with 10 up in frederick. wind chills, 7 in d.c. 8 in frederick. 12 in fredericksburg and only 4 in easton. monika samtani, good morning to you. >> howard, i have a pair of 180s if you need them. right here. i'll keep them right here. on the southbound side of the bw parkway, no laughing matter. an accident, single vehicle into a wall there and park police are on the scene. they've been blocking the bw

moscow in about eight minutes is the business but for now the leader of libya's national transitional council mustafa digital as i said a moment ago he says the country could be on the brink of civil war and follows a weekend of political turmoil with his deputy resigning over the suspension of six high ranking council delegates from benghazi it's the latest sign of discord in the country's interim leadership comes amid a rising tide of discontent among libyans riots swept through benghazi at the weekend as thousands took to the streets of a city where the antique death the uprising began enraged protesters accuse the m.t.c. of corruption being slow want to bring in reform and favoring former government loyalists there's also criticism from analysts the council is failing to unite the country. the gadhafi regime could control the whole of libya could find peace among all the tribes the new regime cannot even control something in one town or one area i mean they've turned libya into a war and of the hunting of black skins they have they're selling off their oil and natural resources and sovereignty to nato an

we factor in the wind and it feels like it's four above in gathersburg, 11 at national so we're talking single digitd chills across the metro area and temperatures continue to tank tonight. our coldest night in fact of the season. here is your wake up weather. 15-25 to start. 14-24 by 7:00, and 18-26 by 9:00 and good news, not windy. bad news you still need a hat, scarf, and gloves. we'll come back and tell you when the arctic air leaves and explain why we put an extra no flake on the seven day. >>> well new at 11, d.c. police tonight investigating the second homicide of 2012. it happened in the 1500 block of 45th street northeast just before 6:30. when officers got there they found a man with several gun shot wounds to his chest. they've not released his name or any other information on possible suspects. >>> take a look at this guy. it looks like he may have gotten caught the front end of a freight train. covered in bandages, am and a sling, don't feel sorry for him. this man walked into a cvs on christmas eve and he was all business. he threatened to pull out a gun and demanded not money but drug

. >> with a double digit victory in the first in the nation primary, mitt romney sweeps new hampshire and iowa and becomes the man to beat. >> tonight we celebrate and tomorrow we go back to work. >> an energize ron paul claims the second prize. >> we have had a victory for the cause of liberty. >> jon huntsman is also looking ahead. he has staked his candidacy in new hampshire. >> i would say the third place is a ticket to ride, ladies and gentlemen. >> new gingrich and rick santorum finished further back. >> this campaign is going to go on to south carolina. >> we can win this race. >> they are all moving on to the next match up, south carolina on january 21. kate amara, wbal-tv 11 news. back to you. >> set the stage. what can we expect in south carolina? >> the republican that winced south carolina is starkly does go on to win the nomination. it has a more conservative electorate. newt gingrich and pricks santorum are expected to do better -- and rick santorum. >> kate amara, live in new hampshire. thank you. >> a full plate for state lawmakers. jennifer franciotti is live with a p

[cheers] >> with a double-digit victory in the first-in-the-nation primary, mitt romney sweeps both new hampshire and iowa and becomes the man to beat for the republican presidential nomination. >> tonight we celebrate, tomorrow we go back to work. >> an energized ron paul -- >> president paul! president paul! >> thank you, thank you. >> claims the granite state's second-place prize. >> he had a victory, but we have had a victory for the cause of liberty tonight. [cheers] >> jon huntsman is also looking ahead. >> hello, south carolina! >> he staked his candidacy on new hampshire and rode a last- minute surge to a strong third- place finish. >> i'd say third place is a ticket to ride, ladies and gentlemen! [cheers] >> new gingrich and rick santorum finished further back, trailing the leaders but pledging to fight on. >> this campaign is going to go on to south carolina. >> and we can win this race. [cheers] >> they are all moving on to the next match-up, which is south carolina on january 21. kate amara, wbal-tv 11 news. >> legislators are heading back to annapolis for what is expected t

he heads to louisiana for a leadership in change in education summit and first ever national digitalrning day. he's behind that promoting innovations in the classroom as he said in our sit down he plans to keep really busy and stay very involved. i want to thank jeb bush for his time in that interview. >> when you asked him whif if h would run for president he gave you that little laugh. >> yes, that laugh. >> in washington now where the senate is prepare ago key test on what's called the stock act. the bill would prevent members of congress from profiting from insider information. you would think that would be something illegal already. peter is live in washington to fill us in. >> hi, eric. when we talk about the stock act. it's an acronym for stop trading on congressional knowledge act. it has been bouncing around in congress for the last five years or so but never gained any steam until a 60 minute story late last year just this past tuesday president obama said this about stock act. >> give me a bill that bans insider trading by members of the congress i will sign it tomorrow. t

he's claimed a commanding double-digit lead among republicans in the latest national poll from gallopthe latest washington post abc news poll suggests romney is the only candidate who may win a matchup with president obama. >>> occupy congress protesters say they are taking aim at the influence of corporate money and politics among eother things. the demonstrations were mostly peaceful. >>> bond denied. that's the ruling for a man charged with home invasions across maryland. >> graphic new details were revealed about the crimes. >> reporter: why did kevin allegedly commit three home invasion robberies and two sexual assaults over a four-day period last week. prosecutors say he admitted to please that he and a partner in crime had been robbing drug dealers in the district when his partner was killed much peter says he claims he started this crime spree because he was on his own now. >> that's a statement he made to the officials here when he was being questioned that he is -- he was out there on his own, because his partner had been killed recently. >> police say he committed the crime

and he has claimed a commanding double-digit lead among republicans in the latest national gallop poll. >>> with house lawmakers back to work today, demonstrators affiliated with the occupy wall street movement rallied outside the capital. they received video of protes r protesters. >> stocks ended the day higher after better than expected global economic news. the dow closed up 60. the s&p 500 gained 5 points after trading briefly above the 1300 level. >> now, to a health mystery, in upstate new york. >> at least a dozen teenaged girls have come down with a very strange illness. their parents want some answers. >> 17-year-old sara sanchez says she isn't the same teenager she was a few months ago. she suffers from uncontrollable body movements, ticks and verbal outbursts, much like terrets syndrome. things she once loved are now nearly impossible. >> i used to cheer every day. i would go to art class. i used to go to two art classes every day. now i'm not in school. >> this is home video of sarah from october when she says the symptoms first appeared. barely able to speak. >> i was alw

rick santorum is in double digits at 11, and moving up, but slowly. the latest national gallup tracking poll out today, mitt romney leads nationally at 29, but followed by rick santorum with 21. so joe klein, it looks like rick santorum is slowly edging up to be the number one challenger to romney. >> the south carolina number is really interesting. i mean, i don't want to break any news here, but this new hampshire primary isn't all that interesting this time. you know, the next really big deal is south carolina. except for the two debates here this weekend, i might add. >> doesn't what happens this weekend set up what happens on tuesday? that sets up what's happens in south carolina. it's dynamic. >> but in the past, you could see the dan milk asserting itself by this point in the week between iowa and new hampshire. i just don't see all that much happening here and you can see that in the polls. >> it seems like such a short chasm between the two. i remember that ronald reagan had like 36 days to make up what he lost in 80 to george herbert walker bush. >> this is one

digits from time to time. this is the coldest morning since last winter. reagan national, if it drops to 16 degrees, it will be the coldest. there could be a few light snow for hours -- snow showers after sunset the this evening. >>> b-w parkway closed. an accident outbound after the beltway. someone went out of control. southbound after 410. you cannot get on to the southbound parkway until 202. between the beltway and 410 there are no exit. by encouraging you to use 50, route 1 kenilworth avenue so many options. virginia, it's ok. the beltway looks good in this camera at colesville road. metro will deadline is still on a delay. earlier broken-down train now gone. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:21 right now. 13 degrees in fairfax. >> virginia tech and michigan battle into overtime get the sugar bowl last night. >> is reached an alley or a bitter end to the season? >> even though this man does not know you, lies about you can be posted on his website. >> my sexual preference. >> i try to expose dirt. >> how to keep your on-line reputation safe. >>> the kick is perfect.

win for rags santorum in that he was polling in second digits just weeks ago and he comes within eight votes much winning the first in the nation. what it does is catapult him into the next primary, new hampshire. also giving him a forum, a stage to introduce himself. also, this is key in this nomination process, probably get him some money, lots of money. >> tracie potts for us in des moines, iowa. we always appreciate it. >>> here's a look at other stories making news early today in morning murder. a crime spree by bonnie and clyde came to an end in nevada. they gave up after a fight after an air unit found them by air. they killed an early he would couple in their home and shot a woman in their head. the couple faces numerous charges. >>> a collision between a tractor-trail and jeep led to a a multivehicle crash on a dallas highway causing the truck to crash into a concrete divider. hazmat crews were called in to clean the diesel fuel spill. one person of the hospitalized. >>> a georgia naeighborhood is looking like a scene from a hitchcock movie, invaded by a flock of hurricany vultures. wildlife officials are assessing the

national. it's very dry. winds out of the north/northwest around 5 to 10 miles an hour. windchills in single digits. it's not much wind, certainly not as much as we had yesterday, but look at these temperatures. it is down to the upper single digits. that's near 10 degrees now. shenandoah valley and around the blue ridge and as well out in western maryland and much of west virginia. closer to washington, only the low teens to near 10 degrees. just west and north of washington. south and east in prince george's county and fairfax county, mid-teens. upper teens eastern shore and much of southern maryland. a few clouds coming in from the south and west. those clouds are covering the sky over the southern shenandoah valley and west of fredericksburg, but closer to washington we have a clear sky. you may see a few spraetreaks o light. we've got a meteor shower under way. you may see a few if you take a couple of seconds to look up at the sky. i know it's so cold. you don't want to spend much time looking up at the sky. here's your day planner. we'll have sunshine this morning and quickly clouding up this

>>> coming up on news nation shows romney with a double digit lead over gingrich. developing medical news, the fda approved a drug that will treat the most common type of skin cancer and a college told dozens of students that they were accepted when they did not get in. they apologized but is that enough? >>> today the u.s. issued the strongest statement yet regarding the escalating violence in syria, insisting that the president has lost control of his country and his paul is now inevitable. comes amid reports that tuanks are being used to crush the uprising. secretary clinton will condemn the violence in syria. >>> -- think this could be a stalling tack ticket to soften economic sections. ali, joining me now, thanks so much, there's been a lot of promises from iran in the past and frankly a lot of skepticism in the west. you recently had an opportunity to go to the strait of hormuz and see the ship traffic how close it really is in terms of the narrowness of the strait and how easy it would be for iran to mine that area and to go after the global shipping and als

digits. we talked about this latest blast. >>> childhood obesity is a growing concern in our nation.rgia-based organizations a produced videos to raise awareness. the desired result may not have been achieved. >> mom, why am i fat? >> reporter: this psa was designed to take childhood obesity off the back page and make it a front page issue in georgia. it's a campaign that wants to fight against childhood obesity amid the claims they have one of the highest rates of obesity among children in the nation. when this high school cons splore viewed it, you can see in her expression that something got her attention. >> it's alarming. the adolescent child. tow3 -- . tips from a professor at wake forest. first, make sure exercise -- make this fun and exciting. kids like to play games. try to do things that are game oriented. goat your kids involved by making a fitness wish list and change it a couple time has mofnltd make it a family afair. maybe you can swap that pizza night for a family fitness. >>> if you live within a few miles of the school, encourage the kids to walk instead of driving

national average. up around double digits. what does that do to the chances of launching yourself into the good life? make it wondering if they gave them the right start after all. so this ain't the magic kingdom. this sunshine state is the land of empty condos, mile after mile of them. once this stuff that middle class dreams were made of, now the empty hopes and failed properties of those who can't figure out how to unload them. no, it's not bad for everyone. there's still the big yachts that the republican high rollers are looking to dock here in tampa for the convention. we all feel for their inconvenience. their lack of a chance to lord it over those who get to walk past their parties. watch those on-board parties knowing they haven't gotten invited to them. but that's the way it is as walter cronkite once put it. that's why people sore angry. so angry at obama, at the republican establishment, at us at the media, at anyone they can be angry at. anyone who will liste

digits. quite a change from yesterday. 34, reagan national. upper 20s in prince georges counties.t's near 30 around the panhandle of west virginia. farther west, it's warmer, in the mid 30s. we've had some clouds coming throughout night. those have dissipated. where the flurries are stronger, especially on the eastern shore, watch out for slick spots there. day planner, sunrise, 7:27. clouds breaking up by mid morning and we'll have it into the might tell mid 30s by then. low to mid 40s by afternoon. partly cloudy, a bit milder tomorrow, climbing into the low 50s and milder on saturday. partly cloudy, into the mid 50s during the afternoon. then a bit cooler on sunday with increasing clouds and there's a small chance of a sprinkle saturday night and sunday. danella, how is traffic. >> if you're traveling in d.c., have a problem for you. sterling, you cannot access the ramp to northbound 295. a crash closes the ramp for you. gop going to keep watching that and luven when it will reopen. heading down to i-95 in virginia, you are slow as you make your way towards the beltway. a live l

national airport, 28 degrees. dew points are in the single digits and low teens all across the area.nd with a clear sky and very light wind out there, temperatures will continue to tumble down into the teens and low 20s for overnight lows tonight. so if you have something to do early on your martin luther king holiday monday, tomorrow, bundle up, first thing. 18 now in gaithersburg. 22 in rockville and bethesda. down into fairfax city right now. 25 degrees. 24 reston town center. 19 in manassas. and the cold air goes all the way back out west of the blue ridge. and you folks along the interstate 81 corridor up into the mountains of west virginia have an eye out for you for tomorrow late in the day as this cold air is stuck in place and the moisture is coming our way. might have a little bit in the way of some sleet to concern ourselves with late tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening. west of the blue ridge mountain. not expecting any problems of any kind here in the washington metro area tomorrow. or even tomorrow night. nothing coming all too close to us on doppler just yet. here's t

we are in for system digit wind chills and part of or area will get snow. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> we are going to get started with the weather because parts of our region are under a winter storm warning right now. we will be seeing some dangerously low wind chills the next 48 hours. our meteorologist is tracking it from the weather center. >> the cold front has finally moved toward the east of the d.c. metro area. now all the cold air will come in. we look at satellite and radar. area of low pressure over the great lakes. that is the energy that will bring the snow to western maryland and will bring us very windy conditions over the next couple of days or so. in terms of wind chill factors already out west of us it feels like three degrees in minneapolis, 18 in chicago. this is the cold wind chills that are on the way for us the next couple of days. we should note we have a winter storm warning in effect garrett county and western allegany county until tuesday afternoon. they could pick up 12 or more inches of snow the next 24 to 48 hour

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digital goods. we passed a resolution urging lawmakers to establish a national frame work that provides certainty andiformity for state and local governments in the taxation of digital goods and services while protecting consumers from multiple and discriminatory taxation and supporting the continued growth of the digital economy, and so we have to refrain from measures that may put our people at risk for multiple discriminatory taxation of digital goods and service, and as we look forward to seeing increased adoption rates, we must be certain that the consumer privacy protection that we seek, that that protection, is in place, and that these protections are simple, that they are flexible, that they are effective, and that they don't do harm to broadband users. by performing these tasks, we demonstrate to women how they and their families reap the benefits of broadband and encourage them to dupe it so this we women are up to speed and well prepared to have a first class citizenship in today's digital driven society. thank you. [applause] >> good morning or good afternoon, i don't know where we're at

digit lead over ron paul. rick santorum and newt gingrich are also competing for votes. a new nationalpoll shows romney would fare the best against president obama. >>> a jump at the pump. if you filled your car this evening, you probably noticed an increase. last month we were paying 3. $3.26. it's up to a winter record. >>> but if you think prices are bad now just wait because lawmakers want to raise the state's gas tax. derek valcourt breaks down what we're paying now and where prices could go. >> reporter: the city says it's top transportation priority is to build the red line. carol county's top priority is to improve heavily traveled route 22. in fact, add up the costs for just the top priority project in each of the 23 counties in the city and the state would need an extra 12 billion dollars. governor o'malley says that's money the transportation fund doesn't have. >> you get what you pay for. there's no way to pay a $100 million bridge for $10 million. >> reporter: that's why the state's blue ribbon commission recommends raising the state's gas tax by 15-cents a gallon over thr

nations he is in trouble here. >> homicidal surged to a double-digit lead over newt gingrich. >> the reason this is happening is relentless vicious attacks. >> they are out spending gingrich including this one with tom brokow. >> newt gingrich is preaching a higher standard in american politics. >> he can't refuse the request to take it down. and gingrich fought back. >> it was pretty clear if you look at the volume of ads, i have an opponent that has money power and we need people power to offset it. >> herman cain's endorsement on monday will help get some of the people power. >> i believe the republican party will not nominate a pro abortion, pro-gun control moderate from massachusetts. >> reporter: gingrich has his sights set on the convention this summer. >>> taking a break for three-year-old daughter. lella is in the hospital for pneumonia, santorum says he hopes she can go home in a few days. she has serious genetic condition that is usually fatal. >> nearly 400 redevelopment agencies will dissolve on wednesday. more than 100 employees in san francisco will get layoff notices. they won't leave their jobs until marc

and eight he won one county in iowa and now he's you know double digits and he's coming in second in some polls have him you know nationally of there with the front runners i think because of the situation on the ground people waking up that is why ron paul is having the success he has and as we continue down this road of being totally and completely lied to by washington d.c. and wall street we can't help but to wake more people up because that and that is going to be the only solution christiane's enough people wake up to say this is it we're done all right the founder of wide awake news dot com charlie mcgrath in bozeman montana thanks so much. also ahead on r t iran is on the brink of arming its atomic arsenal or so u.s. lawmakers and media outlets would have you think but is it a real threat or just a bunch of nuclear nonsense or question more when we come back. that just burns your eyes right right i mean it's like a derivative of actual pepper it's a food product essentially. much stronger than anything you'd be by obviously. our rules of the arms were stronger than any kind of debris and they were putting them. int

no-hand-shows today is down to polling in single digits, nobody is taking him seriously, on the verge of being a national laughing stock. the website fredthompsonisinherentlyfunny. com comes in being. by the time it's time to vote in iowa for the 2008 race, the huge surprise awesome iowa showing of the night? ends up being the social conservative guy, mike huckabee, under-funded guy who nobody really takes seriously except on abortion and what is wrong with gay people, maybe he should be taken more seriously, maybe he can go the distance, he has done well in iowa. that iowa success translates in essentially nothing for him in new hampshire. the campaign suffering from all the old weaknesses, goes back to puddling along and isn't heard from again. the dream candidate turns out -- turns out to be a laughing stock. tries to make a go of it in south carolina. the media is interested in the elder statesmen married a lot guy. social conservative went no where. ron paul keeps being ron paul. this guy the republican establishment guy, hated by the base, is so -- he inspired the other characters to get in the rac

nation are on new hampshire for the first national primary vote set to start in the matter of an hour. romney the overwhelming favorite carrying a double digit lead over rick santorum, ron paul and huntsman, all of that could be changing as the former massachusetts -agovernor had a political gasp. let's check in with tj winnick live in manchester. >> reporter: good morning, it is primary day here in new hampshire, the only surprise might be who will finish second to mitt romney. the votes are in in dixville notch, known for casting the fist ballots in the nation's first primary. 6 republican ballots cast, jon huntsman and romney tied with two votes apiece. >> i'm very happy. >> reporter: the former massachusetts governor leads in one recent poll by 24 points. yesterday, made a big slip on the campaign trail. >> i like being able to fire people and tha provide services to me. >> reporter: trying to make the case that americans should be able to choose heaven insurance and drop a company if they like. his opponents jumped all over the remark. in the multimillionaire front runner uttered this line earlier. >> i know what it's like to worry abou

and eight he won one county in iowa and now he's you know double digits and he's coming in second in some polls have him you know nationally there with the front runners i think because of the situation on the ground people waking up that is why ron paul is having the success he has and as we continue down this road of being totally and completely lied to by washington d.c. and wall street we can't help but to wake more people up because that and that is going to be the only solution christiane that people wake up to say this is it we're done all right the founder of wide awake news dot com charlie mcgrath in bozeman montana thanks so much all right well the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff army general martin dempsey is in israel today and no doubt the number one issue on the agenda i'm going to give you a guess are you got it iran there are a few reports out now that show iran has abandoned any and all plans to develop nuclear weapons but there are also several other reports that suggest at least that that's not the case the question is how does the rest of the world react to what they think is going on tell me said

rick santorum is in double digits at 11, and moving up, but slowly. the latest national gallup tracking poll out today, mitt romney leads nationally at 29, but followed by rick santorum with 21. so joe klein, it looks like rick santorum is slowly edging up to be the number one challenger to romney. >> the south carolina number is really interesting. i mean, i don't want to break any news here, but this new hampshire primary isn't all that interesting this time. you know, the next really big deal is south carolina. except for the two bdebates her this weekend, i might add. >> doesn't what happens this weekend set up what happens on tuesday? it's dynamic. >> but in the past, you could see the dynamic asserting itself in the week between iowa and new hampshire. i don't see all that much happening out here and you can see that in the polls. >> it seems like such a short chasm between the two. i remember that ronald reagan had 80 days to make up what he lost. >> this is one week. one is, as joe says, the debates. everything's kind of stalled, waiting for the weekend -- >> thi

national average to start off a year. and that is tonight's fox 5 top 5. brian. >> single digits in some parts of the area. >> the windchill is there, and below out in hagerstown. the wind is not quite dying down as much as we hoped it would and we had gusts to 35 and 40 miles an hour. still gusting to 20 and that's noticeable with these temperatures that are so bitterly cold now. so yeah, it's official. this is the coldest air we've had so far this season and you have to go back into last winter to find a day similarly cold. as a matter of fact, we can show you that this today, 34 degrees, the coldest day since february 10 of 2011 and this will be the coldest night since february 9 of 2011. of course the big news today, some excitement with these snow showers. in particular, it was this persistent streamer of lake effect snow that set up for about four hours tonight between winchester and really warrenton. it is gone now. that skinny band produced an inch to 2 1/2 inches of snow. out in these regions. especially frederick county into clark county, we want you to be aware there c

it's 24 at reagan national, and most locations that started out in the single digits, they are now in the mid and upper 20s in many locations. southern maryland, northern neck and eastern shore, they bottomed out in the low and mid-teens. temperatures are in the mid and upper 20s as well. as we look at what has been happening in the last 12 hours, we had sun this morning but clouds closed in and they will passover us here as we get in the afternoon hours and there may be a few flurries coming through as well later in the afternoon with the cloud cover. we will have a light wind with temperatures climbing into the low 30s in the next couple hours. a warmup on the way, and we will talk about the weekend in just a couple minutes. >> we could use a warmup, tom. thanks. see you in a few minutes. thank you. >>> the winter blast is causing cracks on some metro rail tracks this morning, and that's delaying riders. right now metro is single tracking on the yellow line between pentagon city and the plaza while repairs are under way. that's causing 20 to 30 minute delays out there. metro tells n

and mitt romney has a double digit lead in the real clear politics average of the latest national pollse surveys were taken before last night's fox news and "wall street journal" debate. did you watch that thing in the candidates and the crowd really got into it at some point, especially when it came to the issue of race in america. james rosen live for us in washington this evening on the top story at the bottom of the hour. hey, james. >> shep, i watched that thing. it was rick santorum's support for the restoration of voting rights for felons who have completed their sentences that launched the g.o.p. presidential candidates on one of their few extended discussions of race. >> this is a huge deal in the african-american community. because we have very high rates of incarceration, disproportionately high rates, particularly with drug crimes in the african-american community. >> rich white people don't get the death penalty very often. >> newt gingrich defended his characterization of president obama as the food stamp president arguing the label is not racially insensitive because reco

huntsman has single digit support in many national polls.intelligence minister warned americans, israelis and the british that tehran will give a definitive response to the killing of a nuclear scientist last week. >>> the usual january drop in gas prices is not happening this year. aaa says the average price for regular rose four cent as gallon last week to $3.39, a mid-winter record blaming theet ethanol ta credit. >>> "contraband" scored a first place debut. disney's rerelease of "beauty & the beast" was runner up and "mission impossible" in third. now back to natalie, savannah and al, having fun in los angeles. >> we are. >> you bet. >> thank you. let's get a quick check of the >>> good morning. it has been a frigid monday morning for the king day events. you will need to layer up. still below freezing, reagan national at 29 and below 20s in much of the region and still below freezing in much of west virginia. and thursday, ne near 40 degree. and a little sleet in the shenandoah mountains and rain in the 50s and cold and dry weather move