it is a very generous act on everyone's behalf. >> in evans, jeff todd, cbs 4 news. >>> now, that's a sweet story. ok. time now for the question of the morning this morning. according to a "usa today" poll, americans collectively eat 100 pounds of one of these things every second. is it a, chocolate. b, salt or c, cheese? add your answer to our facebook page. we'll read some of your comments throughout the next couple of hours and we'll reveal the answer at 6:00 a.m. we'll be right back. >>> good morning at 4:56, i'm olga breese in for howard bernstein on this chilly monday morning. we have mainly cloudy skies around reagan national airport. even out toward dulles. we'll see some clearing later on this afternoon. don't expect too much of a warm- up though. we have a wind chill in effect. winds mainly out of the north and northwest which means it is going to be quite chilly, even through the 9:00 and 10:00 hour, still in the very low 40s. we should make it close to the middle and upper 40s by late in the afternoon and then cool it down as we head overnight tonight. monika? >> well, we'

anyway, thank you, jeff zeleny. chuck todd, thank you as well.the biggest campaign operations here in iowa is president obama. there is a democrat caucus coming up tuesday night and his campaign is treating today those caucuses look like a dry run for november. we're going to go inside the obama campaign, the ground campaign. this is "hardball" from des moines, only on msnbc. >>> they said this day would never come. they said our sights were set too high. they said this country was too divided, too disillusioned to ever come together around a common purpose. but on this january night, at this defining moment in history, you have done what the cynics said we couldn't do.ç >> welcome back to "hardball." well, barack obama's victory right here in iowa back in 2008 proved the critical moment for his campaign, and in 2012, even though he's unopposed here, the obama re-election team is charging hard here in iowa. they've opened up eight campaign offices around this state. more than any of the republicans have, and on tuesday night, the president plans

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