mitt romney did not win iowa. had the iowa result been clear the night of the caucus, had the iowa republican party not screwed it up, had rick santorum been declared the winner that night i'm not sure that would have had a huge effect on the overall race anyway. iowa republicans are seen as having kind of a mike huckabee problem. iowa republicans pick guys like mike huckabee and rick santorum, has no effect on the overall race it's iowa, kind of irrelevant, another case for iowa not going first at least on the republican side. in iowa, historical terms it was amazing that iowa republicans screwed up their caucuses so badly they wrongly reported the results and had to flip them after the fact. historically amazing. but in terms of the impact of the race, not so much. now though, if another state pulls an iowa, that would have a huge impact on the narrative of the race. therefore, it would have a big impact on who is likely to get the republican nomination for president. i think that is where we are right now. head

between the straw poll in iowa back in august to january's iowa caucus, the candidates had 20 weeks tonvince voters that they were the right man or woman to win the republican nomination. 20 weeks. that is a lot of time for the candidates to debate and to face some very tough scrutiny. >> how do you respond to people who say that your campaign has been a mess so far? >> i took seriously to put aside the talking points and i wish you would put aside the gotcha questions. >> customers, education, and the, as they would say in china, pitt, [foreign language] >> the current tax code, that dog won't hunt. >> i don't try to define who is rich and who is not rich. i want everybody in america to be rich. i want people in this country to have opportunity. >> the american navy picked up a bunch of fishermen, iranian fishermen that had been held by the pirates. >> ron, if we had your foreign policy, there wouldn't have been a fleet there to pick up the iranian fishermen. >> i would take the law, repeal it and go to the gop department of education, turn off the lights and lock the door and send al

and careers to iowa. in addition, my proposal will be structured so that the state investments in this program will decline over time and so the program will be self-funding within ten years as a direct result of the jobs that it brings to iowa. the third component of my jobs and careers action plan will encourage those small businesses that supplying key components to our strong manufacturing sector to grow their facilities and create new jobs in iowa. often major manufacturers have large supply chains filled with companies that produce vital components for the anchor manufacturer. manufacturing must remain an important part of our diversified iowa economy. i will offer legislation that removes the barriers that discourage suppliers from bringing their businesses closer to their best iowa customers. we have major anchor manufacturers like john deere in waterloo. let's develop a supply chain cluster wherein surrounding town attract those smaller support businesses that feed john deere. without question th

one was returned to iowa.ne was involved in numerous crimes in the state of missouri, i believe. and he is still in that state facing additional charges. the inmate that was returned to the iowa state penitentiary was charged for escape. he pled guilty and the sentencing is tomorrow. he'll receive a five-year consecutive term. >> one of the inmates, martin moon, now resides in cell house 220, a far cry from the freedom he had a few months ago. he is once again serving a life sentence for killing a man in a dispute over drugs. moon insists he is not guilty. >> me being an innocent person, i've been compelled more than say the person that knows they're guilty and have been found guilty. i feel they tend more to lay down and do their time and accept the punishment. i'm not willing to lay down and accept the punishment. i've been here going on my sixth year. i still got a couple steps in my appeal process left. when an opportunity arises to escape like i did, you've got to take it while the opportunity exists. the

the uss iowa will leave the bay area in a few months for good.itors are taking full advantage before the ship's final voyage. >> battleship iowa. >> walking on board begins a journey in time. the 18 deck world war ii battle deck is a history lesson brought to life by 87-year-old, jeff. >> these guns are not fired from inside, they are only loaded in there. >> john volunteers each weekend, sharing his stories from the iowa and world war ii. he's thrilled his beloved vessel is getting a makeover and soon be in museums. >> i am, you better believe it. >> iowa is being refurbished in the port of richmond before making its final stop in san pedro at the port of los angeles. >> it's like going back to your mom's place. you know it's not really yours, but you grew up there, so you are comfortable. >> david knows the iowa because he spent two years aboard the vessel in the late 1980s. now, he works as the ship's information technology director. >> 1940s battleship upgraded in the 80s and we didn't have all the communication equipment that we have availab

called rock iowa. and we are taking the democracy class from rock the vote and incorporating it with our own iowa education if you go to the secretary state's website, you'll see on our banner the pro motion where we have teachers and home school groups that can sign up and a member of our staff will bring the class to different groups and classes to discuss this. so, we personally have really enjoyed this partnership with heather and i would like to have everyone join me in welcoming her. thank you. >> [ applause ] >> thank you so much, matt. secretary schultz and secretary ritchie. it was quite a way to spend caucus day this year. we called on teacher all across the state and promoted it to every high school, we said when the whole country, if not the world, is thinking about elections let's use this moment to prepare students to participate in it as well. so we provided free resources on that day to run mock caucuses, they happen at over 25 schools across the sat of iowa and secretary schultz and i

next, we'll show you the evolution of the uss iowa.here in the bay area, but not for long. upper deck of the bay bridge. it's clearing up all over t >>> take you back expowdz check on the traffic conditions, because the closure of the upper deck of the bay bridge, hey, it's clearing up all over the bay area, including the golden gate bridge, which has been sluggish until an hour ago. >>> one of britain's greatest actresses has entered the world of darkness. diagnosed with macular degeneration. 77-year-old oscar winner tells the daily that her eyesight is so bad that she cannot read scripts. instead, she relies on her daughter or friends to read to her. doctors are trying to save what is left of her sight. she says her mother also lost her eyesight. >> days are numbered. the uss iowa will leave the bay area in a few months for good. what's being done to make it a learning experience for everyone? >> walking on board the uss iowa, begins a journey in time. with its large guns, bridges, the 18 deck world war ii battleship is a living hist

and so, we didn't try to buy the iowa straw poll. we continued to stay on message and get as much media exposure as we could and it started to connect with the american people. but when we went from the straw poll, we then went to florida for that florida straw poll. mike, what a lot of people don't realize is that i was out there with my message of simplicity relative to those issues even before i ever declared myself as a candidate. and what happened was, that message started to connect with people and that's when we started to build that momentum. now, jump to the florida straw poll. and it was an upset victory. and that was because i wasn't supposed to win it and i did and that made a lot of people believers in my campaign and you know the rest of it from there. for a full week, i was number one in the national polls. and we were doing just great. until my character was assassinated, deliberately, because i was being too successful u were you surprised. >> involved in the process. >> mike: were you surprised in the intensity of a

and the uss iowa will leave the bay area in a few months for good.ington shows how visitors are taking full advantage before the ship's final voyage. >> reporter: walking on board the uss iowa begins a journey in time with the large guns and bridges and turrets the world war ii battleship is a living history lesson brought to life by 87-year-old john wolfenbarger. >> these guns are not fired from inside the turret. they are only loaded in there. >> john volunteers each weekend sharing his stories from the iowa and world war ii and thrilled that his beloved vessel is getting a makeover and soon will be a museum. >> i am. you better believe it. >> reporter: the iowa is being refurbished in the port of richmond. before making its final stop in san pedro at the port of los angeles. >> you grew up at your mom's place. and you know your way around. >> and dave has spent two years aboard the ves until the 1980s and now works at the technology director for the refurbishing project. >> it is a battleship upgraded and we didn't have all of the communications e

for some like dale veers at iowa state penitentiary, that means the chance to pick up a new skill or two. >> you start out with a block. then cut it down. and then i keep grinding and shaping it until i get it where it's supposed to be. >> a life sentence for kidnapping has given viers a chance to master bird carving. >> i kept the very first bird i ever carved because i just knew that i would get better. that is the first one i carved. that's my duck head. duck's getting a little bit better. i have another bird here. they get better. >> when we met him, viers was hard at work on his most elaborate piece yet. >> a robin pulling a worm out of the ground. >> he even had a live model to work with. >> i've got a worm in here. see? he's alive. i've had him for three weeks. so i can get the color and everything right when i make it. >> viers is hardly alone when it comes to finding creative ways to kill time. at first our crew thought indiana state prison inmate donte kidd's stack of toilet paper with a mirror on it was abstract art. but he had a far more practical reason for pushing his c

came to tour a couple of iowa farms.they were there, there were five people and they stayed with residents of musketine, and now fast-forward 26 years, he says if i'm coming to iowa, i want to go back and visit with the same people. this was his first trip to the u.s. so he is going to detour from his trip here in des moines and head over there and meet with the same people in one of those same homes there, apparently they're going to have a little champagne and some tea. but we talked to a couple of folks there, and they are absolutely thrilled. one of them ran upstairs when she found out that he was coming and dug out an old photo, and there he is, the going to be the new leader of china standing in her kitchen just great story. >> it is a great story. i know you talked to them. and here is a quick clip of how they feel about him. here it is. >> you are looking at the logistics and the cost of him coming to this little town that is 35 miles removed from an airplane that will accommodate him and the entourage, and there

the state of iowa for example enacts a mandate that health insurance drug plans in iowa cover contraception. it's the republican legislature in iowa that does this. they overwhelmingly back a contraceptive coverage mandate in iowa and there are no exemptions for religious employers of any kind even churches in iowa must cover contraception in their health insurance prescription drug plans, right? so say the republicans in the year 2000. in arizona, same deal. they exempted churches themselves but not church affiliated institutions like universities and hospitals. a republican introduces that in arizona and passes through the legislature and signed into law in arizona by a catholic and republican governor. in new york state, a mandate that insurance plans have to cover birth controls not only passes but gets a bunch of support by republicans in the legislature. new york's republican governor george pataki signs it. by 2005, news made its way to mike huckabee in arkansas. arkansas under mike huckabee passes a law to require health insurance drug policy to cover contraception. like in arizona

from iowa public television andrew-- reports. >> reporter: this was a return visit to iowa for xi jinping. but times have changed significantly since his visit in the mid 1980s for the agriculture economy and the business between america's farms and china's kitchen tables. for midwestern growers, the rising demand from china shows few signs of cresting anytime soon. over the past decade chinese purchases of all iowa commodities have skyrocketed, from less than $25 million in 2009 to nearly $600 million in 2010. >> how do you read market signs and signals? >> that is probably the toughest part of farming-- to market our crops. >> reporter: iowa corn and soybean farmer rick kimberely hosted the chinese leader and his 2,000 acre operation. he believes the asian power is a premiere buyer of u.s. grain today and well into the future. >> to give you a little background, exports-- we export 55% of the soybeans that are grown in the nation, not only in iowa but in the nation. and 60% of that number if exported to china. so that is a huge number. >> reporter: in 2011 the multi- billion dollar chin

united states and he met with president obama and vice president joe biden, but why is he going the iowa? of course we will tell you. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone. "outfront" tonight, questions and sorrow over the death of whitney houston. this is what we know right now, family and close friends will say farewell to the poplar pop star saturday in newark, new jersey. chris christie has ordered the flags at half-staff in honor of whitney houston. sources tell us that her body was found by her assistant mary jones who she often called aunt mary. her ex-husband bobby brown released a statement about bobiy kristina saying this, obviously the death of her mother is affecting her. however, we will get through the tragedy as a family. bobbi kristina, as you are aware had been taken to cedar sinai hospital following the death of her mother. while the official cause of her death may not be known for weeks, police requested a security hold on the coroner's report which is a common request in high-profile cases. don lemon talked with the medical examiner today, and what did you f

in iowa, i went to a lot of santorum events. he takes a lot of questions and he is really detailed, sometimes really detailed. seems to connect, especially in place where is they ask tough questions. what about the campaigning styles? >> it is interesting that the colorado republican party chairman said that senator santorum came in and made a lot of contact with the voters, doing campaign events. he meets with the voters. he doesn't stand up on stainless steel and do a speech and run out the door. what has happened with the mitt romney campaign, he was meeting with the voters and in mid-january, he stopped doing voter contact and doing rallies. so while they were very organized and controlled, there was questions from voters and the back and forth and a dialogue. and that ended mid-way through the month and he resort to the rallies that were big and exciting and lots of signs. but he his secret service and he looks more presidential, but he is removed he says things and they clap and he sings anthems and scoots ow the door. thi

. >> i'm matt schultz, secretary of state of iowa. and i have the pleasure of introdu introducing -- a national organization dedicated to the political engagement of young people. under heather's direction and leadership during the past two election cycles. breast practices of continued edge gaugement of new voters, setting the highest voter registration in both mid temple and -- prior to rock the vote, ms. smith founded and directed young voteer strategies, a nonpartisan strategist and partnership with the glooj wall school of political mblgt at the george washington university. in 2004, she served as national field director for the new prgs. it rocks the vote, and young voters, and before she comes up, speak more specifically about the departments that the state of iowa has put together with rock the vote w the caucuses we had a great event called rock the caucus. we brought to it a high school in des moines. we had 600 kids there, we actually went out of our way to print t-shirts to make it a more special event for them. and i'll j

, that certainly damaged him there and gingrich just did not fight back against it very much in iowa, it took him to south carolina to have a super pac. >> and it made a difference. >> it is interesting, the super pacs in some way, if gingrich had to rely on his own fundraising abilities, i do not think he would have lasted as long as he has, the super pacs have equalized the field for minor candidates. >> i think they have extend today race and fight. ken, you were talking about it's not a worry so long as there's equal money. we tend to focus on the p presidential race, where there's enough money on both sides to bury each other alive. i think, you are more of an expert on this than i am. i went to north carolina earlier to do a piece about what happened in 2010 and i think that after citizens united they were seeing money in smaller races where you can really see people defined by secret groups, who were putting up negative ads that were hiding behind organizations where you cannot identify who their and sometimes in local races there's not inequality in money. that is what it look

and it went from, beating expectations in iowa and new hampshire, to underperforming and i think it'sfor his supporters to get this sort of secretly we're collecting delegates, strategy. when it could have been a big headline tonight, that hey, ron paul won a state. >> actually won a state. >> is ron paul actually running for president? i don't mean that to be funny at all. people run for president for a variety of different reasons. so it, you know, part of how national media cover paul. but i think part of how paul self-presents, it feels like he's not running for president, he's running to preserve libertarian issues. it sounds like he made a big mistake by not winning some of these other ones, it sounds like you're talking about a presidential campaign to win the nomination. >> agree with you he's not exactly running for president, i think what he's doing is barn-storming the country, getting his issues out and identifying activists, identifying phone numbers and addresses that his people can call, write letters to and solicit fundraising from for maybe rand paul in another race.

in iowa, i went to a lot of santorum events.e takes a lot of questions and he is really detailed, sometimes really detailed. seems to connect, especially in place where is they ask tough questions. what about the campaigning styles? >> it is interesting that the colorado republican party chairman said that senator santorum came in and made a lot of contact with the voters, doing campaign events. he meets with the voters. he doesn't stand up on stainless steel and do a speech and run out the door. what has happened with the mitt romney campaign, he was meeting with the voters and in mid-january, he stopped doing voter contact and doing rallies. so while they were very organized and controlled, there was questions from voters and the back and forth and a dialogue. and that ended mid-way through the month and he resort to the rallies that were big and exciting and lots of signs. but he his secret service and he looks more presidential, but he is removed he says things and they clap and he sings anthems and scoots ow the door. this

it is uation before iowa and aftermath of iowa he had a lot of money and decided to go neg95. he's having resource with his personal campaign. they are looking at potential funding mitt romney down the road. >> shell nettleson owns the venetian and a backer of the super pack that backs newt gingrich. >> there are questions of how long he would back newt gingrich or this super packment and suggest that ha is open to supporting mitt romney down the road if he is the nominee. the kind of speculation or one that is out there if you are backing away from newt gingrich. >> we have received our second two minute warning. >> i think that why heard from newt gingrich tont that he lost florida by 14 points and he would come up with a new campaign platform and a policy based plan to campaign on. and it did not materialize before the vote . he's telling us tonight that he will announce direction in the campaign. charles is right. it is a delegate based strategy. he's said that for a long time now. it is a long way to go before anyone becomes the nominee and has 1144 delegates. and i think