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. -- john kely is doing the skating here. he's throwing me off. 44 now. >> new this morning the latest nbc polls show americans are starting to feel more optimistic about the economy as president obama starts talking jobs in the western states. 37% of americans think the economy will get better this year, the president making stops in nevada and colorado this morning to talk about clean energy and job creation. yesterday he told a crowd in arizona he wants to create more jobs by ending corporate tax breaks. >> let's get it done. let's stop rewarding businesses that ship jobs overseas. >> a poll also finds most americans think the country is heading on the wrong track. that's fueling republican candidates in florida. newt gingrich and mitt romney continue to trade jobs over immigration. romney wants to end the public benefits for illegal immigrants so they will deport themselves. gingrich says that's a joke. meantime, a comment by newt gingrich is causing a stir here in the bay area. here's the deal. he slammed san francisco w

thanks, keli, for kicking us off. that does it for us. i'm matt miller in for dylan ratigan. d.r. is back tomorrow. "hardball's" up right now. >>> giving newt the boot! let's play "hardball." >>> i'm chris matthews, the best place to be for the iowa caucuses. java joe's in downtown des moines. we've got one day to go and a rapidly changing race and no one is confident enough about who's going to win to make firm predictions. leading off tonight, the politics of destruction. mitt romney has swooped into iowa, essentially at the last minute, and destroyed newt gingrich. on the stump, romney floats above it all, reciting america the beautiful, and pretending to remain positive, but his doctor jekyll and mr. hyde campaign has flooded the airways with a sewer full of negative ads that have been dumped on newt. you can't turn on a tv here without seeing newt destroyed. beat the only guy who can beat you, that's romney's strategy, and that's our top story. also, donald trump had his moment, so did michele bachmann, rick perry, herman cain, newt gingrich, and ron paul. and now it's rick s

a terrifying real-life drama for first grade teacher kely lynne groves and her two daughters, 10-month-oldand 10-year-old sage. this big truck rear ended the groves moments before it burst into the creek below and burst into flames. the truck driver, charles allison jr. killed instantly. inside, kelli lynne groves and her two daughters struggled to get free. >> they were teetering over the edge. >> reporter: then a stroke of luck. a u.s. navy construction crew, seebees, they're called, just happened to be driving along on this california highway. and just happened to have the exact equipment needed to rescue the groves. >> they came out and wanted to help. they had a large forklift with them so they could support the bmw as it was teetering on the side of the bridge. >> reporter: the seebees forklift kept it steady. these photos captured 10-year-old sage as she was wheeled away. surprisingly, 10-month-old milo had barely a scratch. >> i think that car seat did save her life. >> reporter: obviously it wasn't just the car seat. the rescue workers and the navy seebees never gave up. heroes sa