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campaign karl cameron life from myrtle beach south carolina. a week from tonight romney hoping to go three for three. >> he's leading the pollings and he has been drawing big crowds. but he has been drawing a tremendous amount of criticism. he recognizes south carolina's history being the state where no republican has gone on to become president or nominee without first winning here is a time for him to look inevitable. to the end he has taken a severe pounding for his arrivals. his record governor of massachusetts and record of business all trying to knock him down with growing number of conservatives across the country. it may be difficult to stop and this is the most important state of the first. >> i know we are hearing a number of conservatives upset on the attacks on business. >> newt gingrich has been p.m. critical of romney's state capital private equity firm. romney has tried to turn it around and argue as folks like ron paul have those types of criticism of capitalism are nonamerican. newt gingrich today getting ready for the huckabee

. >> chief political correspondent karl cameron joins us by phone from kampa tonight. the polls now showing at this hour mitt romney with a sizable advantage just two days out. what did he have to say today? >> well, it's a sizable advantage, indeed double digits in the latest policy and double digits in the most recent follows. and romney is playing like a frontrunner coast to go victory. he's been working it awfully hard, trying to make sure all his voters are ready to get to the policy on tuesday. on the sump, and shaking hands, he's been counterattacking newt gingrich's assaults on his character, his record, and hiss trust worthiness, having been in gingrich's words a massachusetts moderate. there's been debate audiences and they talk about the campaign attacks. today romney called gingrich out on it. listen. >> so mr. speaker, your trouble in florida is not because the audience is too quiet or too loud or because you have opponents that are tough, your problem in florida is that you worked for freddie mac at a time freddie mac was not doing the right thing for the

. >> karl cameron.o i guess it is too late now, congressman. >> i tell you, top three candidates that we have today are fantastic candidates and no doubt ron paul brings a unique part with young voters. we have to look at the military newt probably will carry the day. last week of debate and particularly the abc release of the ex-wife, the timing of it worked in newt's advantage. >> it really did if that is the case. right in it surprised some that are chosely conservative that it did and if it does. what do you make of that. what rallies a service base is an anti-media response. we rally around when the media is trying to pick. they are trying to

we'll bring in karl cameron, karl? guest -- >> everybody threw punches but few of them at mitt romney. >> i am not surprised to find the new york times and obama put it on trial. it is surprising from the colleagues on the stage. battling for second on the stage. >> it is a ridiculous charge. you should know better. >> there he goes again. >> they caught you not telling the truth. >> all accused of newt gingrich of avoiding the draft and voiding the war. >> i personally resent the comments and aspersions you make without information and slurs people. >> i am trying to stop the wars but at least i went when they called me up. >> marriage is based on man and woman. >> i would oppose an effort to ban contraception. >> this administration's war on religion is what bothers me greatly. >> romney pounced when huntsman accused him of trying to pick a trade war with china. >> governor, last two years you implemented the policies of this in chine a. the rest of us on the stage were trying to get republicans elect stop the presid

we'll get to the campaign with karl cameron who is in amhurst. >> the two debates are important . people are going to want to see those before they make up their minds. the undecided vote is always huge. >> when you add to the biggest block of voters and four percent and 29 per democrats it could hardly be more volatile. yes, he has a double digit lead. they are under intense attacks. he can't take anything for granted and it is an expression of the attacks he is taking. he is warning folks, it ain't over until it is over. >> let me tell you. don't get too confident with the poll numbers. i have watched pole numbers come and go and it is very fluid. i need to make sure you get your friends to vote and you vote as well. >> he was eight votes short of a caucus win in iowa. he comes in here ahead of steam and polls suggest he may not be multiplying as fast as hoped and he is getting a huge crowd and response. mr. santorum made a direct reference to romney and saying that mitt romney's job experience is great. america is not looking for a manager but commander in chief. >> we need som

karl cameron tells us the romney campaign was brought off guard by huntsman dropping out of the race. >> governor huntsman will hold a news conference tomorrow at the myrtle beach convention center. he will announce while he was encouraged the results he doesn't have the money and doesn't appear to have the sports of the polls and doesn't have the structure to go the distance. the city is proud of the race he ran. he will talk about how he thinks it is important the country restore trust in the political system and government and trust in one another, then he will step aside. he will say he didn't want to go up against barack obama. he will be out. he will not be in the debate planned for tomorrow night. there will be one left. he will have it all on new hampshire. >> he had a billionaire father. it is ironic mitt romney didn't see it coming. >> huntsman senior was in there the night huntsman juanor's disappointing showing. he needed to come in second or first. it was not the kind of night he was hoping for. as a consequence a lot of that -- it was a difficult choice for the huntsman

chief political correspondent karl cameron is in des moines iowa tonight and has the latest on the seemingly ever changing race. >>> the holiday weekend has done nothing to slow the candidate's request for caucus support. at thats wide open race. >> the finish line is in sight and no one is in front of mitt romney. >> get out of the caucus on tuesday night. thank you. >> the register poll shows romney barely ahead of ron paul with santorum in third. he blasted romney. >> it has been driven by message connection hawith the voters debates, experience and i think those are the features that are driving the campaign so far. >> the recent polls show romney and paul deadlocked in a tie for third among son tore rum gingrich and perry. they have the largest caucus location. he could win but he has been severely hammered by rivals outside of a gop mainstream. >> to elect me the country has to change. you have to go back to believing in the constitution and personal liberties and a different foreign policy. >> rick santorum may be the come from behind conservative with a wave of last minute support fr

chief political correspondent karl cameron is in des moines iowa tonight and has the latest on the seemingly ever changing race. >>> the holiday weekend has done nothing to slow the candidate's request for caucus support. at thats wide open race. >> the finish line is in sight and no one is in front of mitt romney. >> get out of the caucus on tuesday night. thank you. >> the register poll shows romney barely ahead of ron paul with santorum in third. he blasted romney. >> it has been driven by message connection hawith the voters debates, experience and i think those are the features that are driving the campaign so far. >> the recent polls show romney and paul deadlocked in a tie for third among son tore rum gingrich and perry. they have the largest caucus location. he could win but he has been severely hammered by rivals outside of a gop mainstream. >> to elect me the country has to change. you have to go back to believing in the constitution and personal liberties and a different foreign policy. >> rick santorum may be the come from behind conservative with a wave of last minute support fr

and karl cameron live in south carolina. thank you very much. and just a little perspective on the economic perspective in south carolina. unemployment is 9 9 percent. and that is higher than the national rate of 8 and half percent. and those collecting unemployment are seeing smaller checks than the jobless in most other states. south carolina pays out 235 a week. >>> and greg, they have seen hard times which may explain why so many team are showing up to the polls. and what is it they need to hear and see from the candidates who are making last ditch efforts for the issues. what do folk in south carolina care about? we'll talk to congressman from south carolina. >> good afternoon. >> what is it that is most important to the folks in south carolina and do you expect a larger turn out today? >> i think the rain is not going to be a factor and folks are engaged in south carolina. and starting in myrtle beach beech and in charleston. i think chad connelly is doing a great job focusing on south carolina. they are looking for a candidate to inspire

karl cameron has more on his year of the campaign trail. >> thanks, governor. year, not a lot of time left on the iowa caucus. had you been available here folks thought you would have win the first of the caucuses coming up. it is a historically different cycle and year. a lot of the candidates chose not to run. mitch daniels and chris christ yepaul ryan and donald trump and sarah palin . the absence of many of the republican luminaries who chose not to run is note worthy. as it is their absence from the campaign trail in states like iowa and new hampshire and south carolina compared to years past. your campaign four years ago in iowa dwarfs what the candidates have done. a great deal of that is because of the debates. we have had 13, and there is going to be a lot more as the campaign trail winds on in the rest of the states. that's shattered all record and provided the candidates an opportunity to communicate with votersses nationwide at the expense of the retail politics. and personal stuff that new hampshire and iowa provided the country for decades. it eve

fox's karl cameron has the latest. reporter: surging ahead in south carolina polls after another commanding debate performance newt gingrich sounded increasingly confident of a first in the south primary win. >> tomorrow is going to be a very, very important day. with your help and with the help of other good citizens across the state of south carolina we are going to take the first big step towards ensuring that a conservative is nominated for president of the united states. reporter: mitt romney has seen a double digit lead in the south carolina polls vanish in a week and is looking at a provide tracted bat with gingrich after a south carolina loss -- a protracted battle with gingrich after a south carolina loss. >> he's a fiesty candidate that will take us down the road a ways. reporter: paul has it slightly over rick santorum within the margin of error. romney has a strong organization in upcoming states like florida, but a win in south carolina for gingrich would help him keep up. he's within 10 points now of romn

during the course of the tee bait i got an e-mail from karl cameron that your tax return went up on the web so immediately i nabbed it and figured out the math. it's about 32% for the year 2010. but i wondered because one of the oldest trick in the books is if you release one, that may be enough to satisfy everyone. but in order for me to understand your finances i need several years. are you willing to release 2009 and 2008 so we can take a look at it. >> we will release 2011 and i'm not going to go beyond that at this moment. governor romney hasn't released anything yet. >> i understand that. but you got out ahead of him with the one year but in some ways when you did the one year, i immediately became curious about the two years preceding. >> i knew you would. i knew you would be and eventually we will get around to doing that. we set the standard and we've been more open than any other candidate in this race and i think we set the right standard tore openness. anyone who wants to, you go to newt.org and we filed our -- >> i got that. 2010 i got. 2010 i got. everybody's got it. we al

for more on the final week of campaigning, we'll get the latest from karl cameron. >>reporter: good morning, chris, happy new year. two days left of campaigning for the candidates and 41 percent of the caucaus goers likely to change their mind. once again the iowa caucauses are coming down to the wire and the -- anyone can pull out a win. mitt romney is confident for a win. romney's organization is well respected and he's been first and second in the polls. ron paul has the iowa republican establishment rattled. he's led the poll and strong get out the vote. but paul has been under the withering attack for a foreign policy that is dangerous and out of step with the gop main steam. rick santorum is far to exceed them with a ground swell of support of religious conservatives that make up half of the caucaus vote . newt gingrich could place fourth. he's looking past iowa and new hampshire and planning for a come back in south carolina. rick perry has spent more money on tv ads and a pro perry super pack spent more out. an army of texans arrived to organization his supp

the final weekend of campaigning let's get the latest on fox news chief political correspondent karl cameron. >> good morning, chris, happy new year. with two and a half days of caucus campaign time left for the candidates and up to 41 percent of likely caucus goers still likely to change their minds according to the des moines register and many other polls, it's indisputable. once again the iowa caucuses are coming right down to the wire as the volatility is every where any one can pull off a victory here. >> after nine trips to iowa a confident mitt romney iowa caucus when he was denied four years ago. romney is well respected and he has been in third or second place in iowa and national polls. he has the iowa republican establishment rattled, ron paul has strong get out the vote operation yet he has been under withering attack for a foreign policy they say is dangerous and out of step for the gop mainstream. the caucus game is one of and rick santorum will far exceed them in the from behind support from conservative religious who make up more than half of the caucus votes. gingrich with a

we begin this hour with campaign karl cameron live at a romney event in naples, florida. hi, karl. >> it's a big gop bass bastian. with me is connie mac junior the former senator connie mac senior is also on stage. in a moment we will be hearing from mitt romney. big crowd in naples. they had to close down the street in order to let a couple hundred maybe thousand of people to come to this event. 48-hours before the primary in florida. this morning and last night newt gingrich on the attack. last night gingrich got the endorsement of herman cain a boost that will certainly resinate on the campaign trail particularly with tea partyyers. this morning the former speaker ripped into mitt romney complaining that romney is essentially running a dishonest and misleading ad campaign making it difficult for gingrich to compete. gingrich insists he is closer in the polls than some of the surveys suggest. listen. >> he has a basic policy of t carpet bombing his opponent. he doesn't try to build up mitt romney he tears down who he is running against. it has an effect. we are in a toug

campaign karl carl cameron is at the romney campaign headquarters in des moines. what's happening there? >> well, we are stating waiting on the crowds here for the rally afterwards what the mitt romney camp hopes will be a victory rally. they ache knock they don't know entirely what will happen tonight. they hope to win. anything short of second would be a real set back. he came in second four years ago in iowa. this time around he hasn't spent as much money nowhere near as much time as he did last anytime. nor as much time in iowa as other candidates. romney criticized for not having invested enough in the first caucus campaign. here is he possibly knocking at the door victory. one two punch so favored in new hampshire. there romney has a big big lead in the polls. when it comes to the pocketbook romney has advantage as well. while there is some truth that he was caught a little bit off guard by the late breaking rick santorum surge they have adjusted pretty quickly. romney will be adding to his ad campaign in south carolina and putting his own ads on in florida

carl cameron in manchester, new hampshire. karl, it's not a surprise mr. nice would turn mr.any mean -- mr. mean if he feels its fair game to respond. >> surprise, surprise. newt gingerich knows how to throw a punch. mr. gingrich has been pretty good in the last two weeks of saying when i get to new hampshire i'm going to call mitt a bunch of names and he did but it's not negative, in the gingrich view, he's not giving mitt romney hell as he likes to say, he's saying it sounds like hell. the former speaker of the house was in manchester campaigning around new hampshire's largest city today. he got here early having flown from iowa last night. a union leader full page ad contrasted romney's position to gingrich, a pro gingrich ad, critical of romney. gingrich recognizes he's got a big, steep hill to climb and is on a mission to go offer mitt romney and ding up the massachusetts moderate unworthy of the republican party and part of the reagan legacy. while gingrich is on the attack he's not alone. rick santorum comes into new hampshire roaring, coming in second by eight votes a

carl cameron and karl rove. thank you both. jenna: our focus remains on iowa but we have a couple stories to tell you about today. a chain-reaction accident shutting down a busy interstate. dozens of cars involved in the pileup. the dangerous weather that played a part and if it is headed toward you. that will be next. jon: a murder mystery with ties to the british royals? what police are saying about the investigation. we're live with that story. jenna: an interesting story there. much more on the all-important iowa caucuses, how they work and what it means outside the hawkeye state. rick has more on the day's coverage and our live chat. >> reporter: hi, jenna. nice to see you. fox news channel the place to be right here 6:00 p.m. eastern time right here on fox news channel. join me at 8:00 eastern time on foxnews.com. we'll be chatting live. you can talk with your fellow people out there what they're thinking about as the results start to come in. right now we want you to go to the america's asksing tab on the "happening now"

carl cameron live in mount pleasant, south carolina just outside of charleston. karl, it doesn't sound like he is going to cough up those documents, right? >> no it doesn't. he says that a charge from romney is incredible. romney is a moderate from massachusetts and won't release his tax returns to explain where his money comes from. romney has plenty of artillery left. accused by many not responding quick enough. the romney campaign today have been down playing suggestions saying they know they might be defeated by newt gingrich tomorrow. as a kant sequences they are looking down the road florida other states that vote later counting on romney has a bigger organization down the road. if gingrich pulls off a win tomorrow. he would immediately get windfall of cash from around the country that could help build his campaign looking forward. gingrich has an awful lot of reason for confidence. crowds growing steadily all week. two strong debate performances dominant all week and polling information that continues to show him surging. internal gingrich poll numbers and thin