i'm john berman for "nightline" in manchester, new hampshire. >> john berman and his unique take on thech diane sawyer and george stephanopoulos moderate a presidential debate on the eve of the new hampshire primary. and on sunday morning, george returning to host abc's "this week." he'll bring you the whole picture on politics. thank you for watching

thanks to john berman for that. once again, a mixed verdict out of iowa tonight. let's look at the leaderboards right now, as of this hour on the east coast. it is just too close to call, still, with 60,000 votes in. that's just absolutely too tight to call right now. and so the candidates go forward, rick santorum with the big momentum. romney, questions hanging over him. and the others coming in. governor perry has said he will turn to texas to think about things for a minute. so, down they go. thank you for watching. stay tuned for jimmy kimmel. watch "good morning america" tomorrow morning. they are working while you're sleeping. i'm terry moran.

so much to cover coming out of that photo finish in iowa and plenty of material for john berman's tonguen cheek take on the political news you may have missed. closeup this week. >> sure hollywood has its share of complicated marriages. who needs ben, jen, angelina, when you have mitt, john, rick and rick. in relationships you might say there's love, hate and then there's politics. just look at this happy couple. >> i'm proud to introduce a friend and an american hero, a giant among men, senator john mccain. >> reporter: according to mitt romney, john mccain is a friend, giant, a hero. >> he's consistent but he's wrong. >> reporter: that was 2008 mitt romney. understandable based on what 2008 john mccain was saying about him. >> i understand why he's talking about the future, since he spent most of his time running away from his past. >> reporter: according to john mccain, he's a flip-flopper, running away from his past but also -- >> honest, straight talking person of experience. >> reporter: but the only person who seems to love mitt romney as much as john mccain is rick santorum >> if

i'm john berman, for "nightline," in manchester

. >>> and finally some human help for those rare birds, trying to get to florida, here's john berman.is is nothing less than airborne hope. whooping cranes on a 1200 mile journey behind a special guide. for the last ten years operation migration has been leading the cranes south behind a aircraft known as ultralight. >> they're on their first adventure. sometimes they're insecure, sometimes they're overly confident. >> whooping cranes are 5'fall with a 7-foot wing span all but disappeared from the planet. there were as few as 15 in the 1940s. but through conservation efforts like this. their numbers have grown to 700 but their migration route is erased from memory. they're taught where to go. long route from wisconsin to florida. from the time the birds hatched, they're introduced to the planes on the ground, around the track to get used to the sound. and then -- >> they take flight. but this year, the migration, hit a bureaucratic snag. operation migration pays its pilots but the faa says ultralights can only be flown for recreation but not promotional use. for a creature that faced

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john berman says to those politicians, do not quit your day job. >> you're not funny. says, neither are you. get it? actually it's no joke. it's politics. which by and large is no joke. at least not a funny one. take the president in his state of the union. discussing government regulation and with a rule like that, it was worth crying over spilled milk. the sound you heard tuesday, 38 million groans and one stoic look from the first lady. we'll get back to that. mitt romney a new hampshire diner. get it. the joke is, the waitress pinched his rear end. but, first, no one had more consistent material than george w. bush. the master of the single. >> getting older if you know what i mean. you mean washington isn't exactly the real world. yes, we know. we always know. trust us. and if not us, trust ann romney. >> let people know the other side of mitt. that you might not get to see. oh, dear. >> the promise that was mitt romney's rear end again, more importantly that look on mrs. romney's face, the same look on mrs. obama's facet at state of the union. the same look husba

john berman, abc new, new york. >>> getting home with a little help from their friends. you right back here tomorrow night. good night.

john berman, abc news, manchester. >> and that is "world news" tonight. have with two images. one from the highway. check out the ron paul truck heading up the highway today. and then check out the dog, rooting for one particular candidate. receive you here tomorrow night. Ã0

john berman, abc news, new york. >>> getting home with a little help from their friends. you right back here tomorrow night. good night. s. i hope to see you right back here tomorrow night. good night. >> an amazing finish as the 49ers go down to the wire to win their first playoff game in nine years. good evening. i'm alan wang. what a game and what a finish. we are live tonight at candlestick park. sergio has the fan frenzy. first let's head to mike shumann. >> mike: i'm exhausted just watching the game. you can imagine what the players feel like. i just walked should the loomplet they're so excited. on their way to the nfc title game. let's show you how it happened. jim harbaugh. 17-0 lead,

john berman, abc news, manchester. >> and that is "world news" tonight. have with two images. one from the highway. check out the ron paul truck heading up the highway today. and then check out the dog, rooting for one particular candidate. receive you here tomorrow night. ♪ i'm feelin', feelin' a sunny day ♪ ♪ sunny day ♪ i'm feelin', feelin' the taste i crave ♪ ♪ subway ♪ i'm makin' it, makin' it how i like ♪ ♪ it's meant to be ♪ i'm feelin' subway ♪ i'm feelin' subway today [ male announcer ] hey, capital area! are you feelin' subway®? then heatp your day with the big hot pastra melt! it's fresh toasted and piled-high with pastrami, then topped with pickles, mustard, and cheese. head into a subway® restaurant today for this melty, mouthwatering sub!

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for john berman's take on it. here's closeup this week. >> reporter: what is ron paul's favorite michael jackson album? >> dangerous. >> reporter: what is newt gingrich's favorite type of dark meat? >> elephant. they have 105,000 muscles in their trunk. >> reporter: okay, neither of those things are true. we took their words out of context. in politics it's safe to say that out is in. this got a ton of buzz. mitt romney was talking about firing insurance companies not down and out workers. >> in politics, they'll try to take it out of context. make something it's not. >> reporter: sure can. a little like say this ad from mitt romney. >> if we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose. >> president obama wasn't talking about this economy, he wasn't even talking about this decade, he said those words in 2008. >> john mccain's campaign said and i quote, if we keep talking about the economy we're going to lose. >> reporter: context has plagued the romney family for generations. >> i just had the greatest bra

john berman, abc news, new york. >> you're not funny look.at look. >> i'll be back to answer some of the questions that you had for this week. but first, we remember and honor our fellow americans who served and sacrificed. this week, the pentagon released the names of three soldiers and marines killed in afghanistan. when bp made a commitment to the gulf, we were determined to see it through. here's an update on the progress. we're paying for all spill related clean-up costs. bp findings supports independent scientists studying the gulf's environment. thousands of environmental samples have been tested and all beaches and waters are open. and the tourists are back. i was born here, i'm still here and so is bp. when it comes to preparing for your financial future, it helps to have a team that performs well together. pacific life offers life insurance, annuities for lifetime income, mutual funds and retirement solutions. ask a financial professional about how pacific life's more than 140 years of experience can bring strength to your team. pac

john berman, abc news, manchester. >> and that is "world news" for this sunday from manchester. a couple of images. this campaign slogan headed up the highway. and this dog clearly in it for one candidate. diane sawyer back at the desk tomorrow night. good night. >>> a day of pomp and circumstance in san francisco as newly elected leaders are sworn in thank you for joining us. >> today's swearing-in ceremony had a bittersweet taste for one official. sheriff mirkarimi was facing allegations of domestic violence. >> his wife was at the ceremony and joined him at a news conference, stood by his side. this is an investigation that continues even as he takes office. [applause] >> a newly elected sheriff soaks in the pomp and circumstance of his

with co-moderator george stephanopoulos and abc's john berman. john, let's start with you, not what we were expecting. >> reporter: good morning, dan. not what we expected. more reportedly what the romney campaign expected. they thought they would face incoming fire from his opponents that desperately need to move up in the pool. it may be that mitt romney has emerged fire-proof. >> my question is -- >> reporter: see mitt romney smiling. see mitt romney with his hands in his pocket. that's because he barely needed to lift a finger. not with newt gingrich swinging at ron paul. >> i personally resent the kind of comments he routinely makes without accurate information and then just slurs people with. >> not with ron paul swinging at rick santorum. >> you're a big spender. you have a convinced a lot of people of it. somebody has to put out your record. >> reporter: not with rick santorum pushing back at ron paul. >> but really the whole thing -- >> there it goes again. >> they caught you not telling the truth, ron. >> really, really -- >> reporter: t

here's abc's john berman. >> reporter: this is nothing less than airborne hope.0-mile journey behind a very special guide. for the last ten years "operation migration" has been leading the cranes south behind this special tiny aircraft known as an ultralight. >> they're just learning their wings. they're just on their first big adventure. sometimes they're very insecure. sometimes they're overly confident. >> reporter: whooping cranes, the largest north american bird at five feet tall with a seven-foot wing span, all but disappeared from the planet. there were as few as 15. 15 in the 1940s. but through conservation efforts like this their numbers have grown to several hundred. but their migration routes have been erased from memory. they need to be taught where to go. the long route from wisconsin to florida. from the time the birds are hatched they're introduced to the planes on the ground, around a track, to get used to the sound. and then -- they take flight. but this year the migration hit a bureaucratic snag. "operation migration" pays its pilots. but the fa

and john berman is there in manchester. >> reporter: new hampshire picks presidents. st ask past new hampshire winners. presidents gary hart, pat buchanan, john mccain, and president hillary clinton. >> thank you, thank you. >> reporter: okay, maybe it doesn't always pick presidents. but it is the next great step on that yellow brick road to the emerald city of the nomination. and guess who has a lake house by the yellow brick road. >> i've got a summer home here, we've got a lot of friends here. >> reporter: mitt romney, the former massachusetts governor, has a vacation house here and has been campaigning here since 2007. and will be very hard to beat here. >> good to see you. >> reporter: also waiting for the candidates here? >> welcome to new hampshire. >> reporter: former governor jon huntsman skipped iowa and has been camped out in the granite state for months. he knows if iowa is the place for candidates licking their wounds, new hampshire is the place where they come to pour salt in them. do you anticipate sharper elbows in this state starting tomorrow? >> hard

i'm john berman for "nightline" in manchester new hampshire. >> and that. i'm terry moran, good night. america. >>> this morning on "world news now," your voice, your vote. iowa voters prove that, this was no easy choice and last night's republican caucuses. >> at one point three candidates were in a virtual tie. this morning it came done to eight votes. good morning, it's wednesday, january 4th. >> the republicans declared a winner. romney won by less than 10 votes. rick santorum so far behind. check out contenders as this big contest could already be costing a couple of campaigns. >> i can see how tight it is there. the rest of the field right there. very close race this morning. those are the rest of the people. lots of questions this morning about what folks will do. reassessing. michele bachmann did not do well. lots of questions. lots of fallout. big night for democracy and big night in iowa. >>> also the murder mystery on the queen of england's property. detectives will return today after a woman's bed was found not far from a royal country estate. >

john berman has the skinny. ♪ [ dog barking ] >> reporter: so charming, but so chubby. so adorable. gosh, obese. ten dogses at month-long doggie fat camp. who will be the biggest loser? chase, a 90-pound black lab who used to run around a farm. now -- >> the golf cart is the way we get around. he used to chase us. now he sits on the cart. >> reporter: will it be house mates. sugar and sasha. >> her veterinarian recommend she be at 30 pounds. >> reporter: you may have the furthest to go. could it be lucky, the 84-pound lab mix. >> he's overweight. has been for quite some time. >> reporter: or will it be oliver, at 38 pounds. >> a little bit of a belly hanging. >> reporter: oh, you have a belly. it might not be boot camp. but it is paw camp. these dogs are put through a fitness regime like they have never seen. there's pool, group play. >> come on, come on, come on! >> reporter: there's even the doggie treadmill. this might look over the top. >> about 54% of all dogs and cats in america are now classified as overweight or obese. that equals about 93 million dogs and cats. >> reporter:

john berman, abc news, new york. >> that was an awful spilled milk joke during the state of the unioncan be a funny guy. that was not one of his better lines. >> and those two photos, the caption of michelle and ann romney. michelle was like -- come on. don't. it was bad. >> made me look bad. herman cain during the campaign i remember he said something along the lines of he wanted to bring a sense of humor to d.c. because america's too uptight. >> it's not the real world. right? isn't that what 43 -- >> what bush very cleverly said. yes. coming up next, what is next for hip-hop star questlove? >> hear about his love of music, food, and politics. you're watching "world news now." you're watching it now, too. ♪ >>> one of your favorite bands, right? >> yeah. >> i know you wanted to go to the sundance film festival. >> i did. i've never been. >> wrapped up this week. maybe next year. >> next year. >> questlove, the drummer for the hip-hop band the roots is there. >> he is so serious about drumsticks he's now making his own fried chicken that he shared at a slopeside party. we caught up w

abc's john berman is at the site of tonight's big fight with the lat latest. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. six candidates on the stage, all with different goals. after this debate and what happens here on tuesday, there will likely not be six of them left in the race. this could be their last chance to break out. at a spaghetti supper last night, mitt romney was walking, talking, eating like a front-runner. taking nothing for granted. >> they can kis appear overnight. >> reporter: a new poll shows romney with a huge, 24-point lead here. enough to try and look a bit beyond republicans and focus on the president like he did overnight. >> this president doesn't understand how this economy works. he's failed here in our own economy. he failed to put americans back to work. >> reporter: so mission mitt? stay above the fray. look at this fight for third. gingrich, santorum, huntsman. mission newt? he's made it clear, it's rough up romney. >> there's a point where you have to say get real. he's a massachusetts moderate. >> reporter: mission hu

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john berman reporting that the mitt people are working to lineup an endorsement from jeb bush. >> he'sot money and polls. but if newt wins today, the bump will make florida dead even by tuesday. >> matthew dowd, incredible stuff. we'll get your anal citizen as we continue. don't forget, die january sawyer will cover the returns from south carolina tonight along with david muir. >>> we're going to turn overseas. italy, one week aefr the cruise ship disaster that left 32 people feared dead, has more concerners this morning. the company says the captain misled them and the crew as to exactly what was wrong. abc's lama hasan has the latest from giglio isnd. >> reporter: just moments ago, at a press conference, the commissioner in charge of the operations here said they will still keep looking for the 21 people missing. this morning, rescuers were back on board searching above and below the water. this morning, rescuers were back in the water. this time using controlled explosions to open up new routes to explore inside the ship. 21 people are still missing. though this is essentially a rec

abc's john berman covering it all. romney's early strategy? soar above it. >> reporter: yeah, soaring above armageddon. that's what newt gingrich has called the south carolina campaign. armageddon. do or die for newt gingrich. menacing. for mitt romney it's not quite that dire. this morning it's filled with big smiles and small friends. mitt romney hit the ground in south carolina overnight with wild crowds and wide smiles. >> it's so warm outside. this is different than new hampshire, i gotta tell you. >> reporter: it's not just the warm weather. but the warm welcome to his ever more scathing anti-obama message. >> i think you have to say this has been a failed presidency. i don't think he's tried to make it bad, he just didn't know what to do. he's over his head. >> reporter: another reason to smile. his fat, bulging war chest. he raised $24 million last quarter and still has $19 million in the bank. to unleash on his foes. but with all of the smiles, reason to frown -- the constant attack on his work running an investment company that creat

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john berman reporting that the mitt people are working to line up an endorsement from jeb bush.t would be huge. mitt has advantages in florida. >> he's got money and polls. but if newt wins today, the bump he'll get out of this will make florida dead even by tuesday. >> matthew dowd, incredible stuff. we appreciate it. we'll get your analysis as we continue. don't forget, diane sawyer will cover the returns from south carolina tonight along with david muir. queep it here on abc for that. bianna, over to you. >>> we're going to turn overseas. italy, one week after the cruise ship disaster that left 32 people feared dead, there are more questions. this morning, the head of the company that owns the wrecked luxury liner says the captain misled them, as well as the crew, as to exactly what went wrong. abc's lama hasan has the latest from giglio island. >> reporter: just moments ago, at a press conference, the commissioner in charge of the emergency operations here said that they will still keep looking for the 21 people missing. this morning, rescuers were back on board searching ab

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john was coming in to use office space, and i didn't know why. and my boss at the time michael berman> you are from the bronx. >> yeah. so my bronx came out a little bit and i -- that's exactly how i talked about it. >> probably, he appreciated, a little bumpy of a start. but you earned his trust and he earned your trust. and became truly friends? >> yes, yes. and john had a great sense of humor. when he saw that, he thought, i'm going to get her. first it was going to be like i'm going to ignore him. like that was going to work. he wore me down. he had great sense of humor. he liked to tease. he treated me like a younger sister. so it was fun. >> we learned a lot about carolyn. i know people used this phrase, oh, she was misunderstood. in reading the book, you really had the idea that maybe people didn't know as well as they thought they did? >> yeah, i don't know misunderstood, i think because she was so private people put their own assumptions on her. i think because of the fact it was john, america's most famous bachelor. she was a little bit of a target for people, you know. they