: john mailer being the son of norman mailer. >> yes, and... and so he had two years with this cast album that i'd recorded, and he'd listened to it over and over. and so, you know, he... he said to me, "hi, we've just met but your third song needs to be first." ( laughing ) and luckily, you know, i think any young writer gets very precious about their material, but since it had... i'd had two year's distance on it i was like, "well, those are good ideas; what else do you have?" and that was the beginning of the process. >> hinojosa: the ability, though, to trust broadway to take this show-- well, off-broadway at first, right? >> oh, well, before that a basement in a bookshop. i mean, that's where.. >> hinojosa: that you would go to after... >> ...that's where tommy kail and i met. i mean, there were... it was literally a storeroom that they converted into a black box theater. it was being painted when we met in that basement. so this was not, "trust me to take it to broadway," this was, "i have some good ideas on how to make show better," and that's the mindset we always tried to stay in

the police department is sending out thousands of mailers telling homeowners and business owners starting january 1st officers will not have alarm fist there is no vercasion of a crime such as -- verification of a witness or a camera. they are worried about the policy it sends to criminals. >> it is saying, knock, knock, nobody is home or something. it is an invitation. a big invitation for burglars. >> the police say it is necessary for a department hit hard by layoffs. other cities including fremont adopted the policy and did not see a jump in burglaries but the key issue, san jose police responded to more than 16,000 burglar alarms last year. 98% were false alarms. >> pets setting off motion detectors. we are in houses that balloons or ceiling fans are. we are going out this and searching the houses and it takes several officers to do it safely. >> reporter: business owners are concerned but understand the dilemma. they acknowledge their burglary system sends out many false alarms. >> the vibration from the trains going by sometimes would set them off. sometimes kids would though rocks

it's called strong america now, and it shows the mailer shows basically an attack on mitt romney. and in the mailer it says that mitt romney is the second-most dangerous man in america, after barack obama. and the former speaker was asked about this at a media event in mason city. here's what the former speaker had to say. >> i would discourage them from sending out that nextive information. i think that's wrong. >> reporter: so there you go. he said he would discourage that organization from putting out that kind of information. he didn't condemn it, something he challenged mitt romney to do about his own super pac about ace week ago. so it's interesting to see the former speaker try to have it both ways. candy, he's in a box right now because he would like, i would imagine, to go after mitt romney and go after ron paul but that would mean going back on his pledge to stay positive. so i asked the former speaker at that same media veil, why don't you put that aside and go after your rivals? >> why not come out fighting for this nomination? >> i think if you saw the crowd here, i k

editor, he was not aware of the phone hacking, but a supporter said he had to know and that the voice mailer was an every day activity at the daily mirror and he worked there in the late 90s and said nothing happen at the paper without him knowing about it. he is denying any direct connection to phone hacking. >>> a group of celebrities have been called to testify. >>> the investigation is continuing tonight for the cause of a deadly plane crash on a busy new jersey highway. the pilot reported he had picked up some ice before the plane hit the ground. they removed a large portion of the plane from the trees near the crash site and they will look over that at a warehouse in delaware. >>> there is a call not to public all the research or the bird flu because they are afraid it could be used by terrorists in the united states. >> they are looking to withhold the new research on bird flu. the united states government paid to see if it could mutate and be a bigger threat to humans and are concerned what would happen if terrorists got this information. >> it could, if in the wrong hands cause terr

. >> sending out this mailer and you said that you want to criticize negative mailers.ne says calls mitt romney the second most dangerous man in america. talks about positive things here. very critical of governor romney and his spending proposals. does that cross the line in your opinion? >> i wouldn't call him the second most dangerous man in america. on the other hand f they have a factually mailing that he's for this, for this, i think the question is whether or not he's for it? i think being factually accurate and explaining someone's position is legitimate. when you're factually wrong or distorting things, that is wrong. >> we'll have much more with my one-on-one interview with newt gingrich, what he says about his relationship he has with ex-wife and what happened in virginia. >>> plus, behind the scenes of the republican race, what other candidates really like when it comes whenç they're in fund-raisers? and why is this the year of short-lived front-runners? but first, a look ahead at the president's schedule. remember that guy? he's in hawaii. he had dinner la

. >> reporter: gingrich has also been hit by mailers including this one saying president obama wouldwith the gingrich nomination. then fox news debate. >> the speaker had his hand out taking $1.6 million. >> the speaker had a conservative he liewption against him. >> reporter: gingrich is attacking all these attacks. >> the next time you see one of the candidates running the negative ad, tell them to take it off the air. >> reporter: here's some good news for goingy. we have learned that the speaker of the house plan to endorse newt gingrich. >> all right. stay tuned. live from washington tonight. >>> coming up new at 6:00, one baltimore city community has come together with the police department to make sure those in need don't go without. how many families went home with more than just food today. >>> if you're a man or a survivori of certain types of cancer, we'll tell you why you're at risk for a certain type of skin cancer. nowçó we have añr preview of whs coming up on world news at 6:30. >>çó coming up on world news, wn it comes to fire, how risky is your house. what you can le

the san jose police department is now sending out thousands of mailers telling homeowners and businessners, starting january 1st officers will not respond to alarms where there's no verification of a crime, such as a witness or a camera spotting an intruder. one neighborhood association is worried about the message that's sending to burglars. >> it's saying knock knock, nobody is home. it's an invitation. >> reporter: the key issue san jose police responded to more than 16, 16,000 burglar alarms last year, 75% were the majority. >> pets are setting off the alarms, we've been to houses where helium balloons set off the motion detectors. >> reporter: sam's downtown feed a fixture acknowledges their burglary system sends out many false alarms. >> the vibration from the trains going by will sometimes set them off. sometimes kids would throw rocks up on the roof and that would set them off. >> starting tomorrow, thousands of homeowners and business will be getting this mailer informing them of the policy change. one neighborhood group told me it's already planning to complain to the city co

the san jose police department is now sending out thousands of mailers telling homeowners and businessners, starting january 1st officers will not respond to alarms where there's no verification of a crime, such as a witness or a camera spotting an intruder. one neighborhood association is worried about the message that's sending to burglars. >> it's saying knock knock, nobody is home. it's an invitation. >> reporter: the key issue san jose police responded to more than 16, 16,000 burglar alarms last year, 75% were the majority. >> pets are setting off the alarms, we've been to houses where helium balloons set off the motion detectors. >> reporter: sam's downtown feed a fixture acknowledges their burglary system sends out many false alarms. >> the vibration from the trains going by will sometimes set them off. sometimes kids would throw rocks up on the roof and that would set them off. >> starting tomorrow, thousands of homeowners and business will be getting this mailer informing them of the policy change. one neighborhood group told me it's already planning to complain to the city co

the law, to talk with small businesses about how the mailings to merchants, they will send out a mailers to any of the affected merchants. canvas bag distribution. burned and paid a media as well as leveraging social media. we worked with the chinese newcomer association and his food giveaway. that is what we have planned to do. we were the first u.s. city to pass a bag of land and that has helped us to be nominated and named as the green a city in north america. this is our opportunity to catch up with some cities that have leapfrogged what we have done to continue our role as lead greenest cities in north america. >> we are not alone. there have been more forceful laws than this particular law. of course, they have a very diverse population. the city of washington, d.c., the same exact those thoughts that have the exact same thing we're working on. -- they have the exact same thing we're working on. and it made sense to extend the implementation time. otherwise, this becomes a red herring. >> we were hearing a concern about the 25 cents. a number of small businesses said that once that

. >> and joe madison, ron paul is under fire for a mailer he supposedly sent out in 1993 advertisingn the mailer, he notes his newsletter have laid bare the coming race war in our big cities and warned of a federal homosexual cover-up on aids. i mean that and then, of course, some other questionable stuff dealing with race, where is this going to take his campaign? is this going to affect him at all, joe? >> it has to affect them, absolutely. not only is he not ready for the 21st century, republican party, he's not ready for the 21st century america. we have been so far from that. but really what i think irritates most people is that he says i didn't know about it. it had my name on it. but i really didn't know about it. i didn't write it. but he doesn't identify who wrote it. look, anything ed shultz has his name on, the nation magazine has their name on, i have my name on. we better know about it. and we better be able to explain it. and in terms of mitt romney's tax returns, again, yeah, he's going to have to release them and the american people want to see this. but, you know, th

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coincidentally a lot of the clients told them "we started getting the mailer in the last few days. >>> as we hit the first days of winter, looks like santa is about to deliver a lump of cole so to speak to our region's ski resorts. many open, but just barely after weeks of unusually mild weather. liberty mountain resort has 1,200 seasonal part-time employees sitting idle. the resort managed to make snow during cold nights last week, but hasn't been enough. >> i think people will be really surprised once they see how quickly we can turn a mountain that doesn't have any snow into a mountain that does. if we get some halfway cold temperatures, around 28, 29 degrees over two or three days we can start skiing. we'll open up slopes very quickly. >> a lot of waiting for that. this map shows the region's resorts. the ones open in green. but in most cases snow is limited. hopefully we'll see the map. even if not, topper what's the chances they're going to have snow? >> well, the key is when it gets cold enough for them to make it. and i think it will saturday night christmas eve and christmas

there is a problem because avery hess real estate says in order to get the word out, they sent 4700 mailers. but the post office never delivered the flyers. so instead of having 300 toys like they had last year, they only have 35. >> if i would have known that the post office wouldn't deliver our mailing, i probably would have taken the $2,000 that we spent on it and just bought toys for the kids. >> post office says that it mailed the packets and it will not reimburse the company. officials say if that were the case, they would have received more toys. avery hess will be open this weekend. they'll be able to take donations. >>> thanks to the uso here in washington, more than 1,000 active military moms and dads will have something special to put under the tree for their youngsters. project elf is a unique holiday gift program because it matches the military families' wish lists to sponsors in the community. and that way, a child gets exactly what he or she wants for christmas. the uso of metropolitan washington handed out the goodiest lastnitis at fort -- last night at fort belvoir. everyon

. >> mailers, phone calls, and tv ads, hoping their campaigns can pick up those undecided voters and gain some steam heading into next tuesday. they are also making as many face to face pitches as they can. newt gingrich, and rick perry kicked off bus tours across the state to win over voters. >> this is an election where you got a choice. and i'm the limited government conservative in this campaign that will give washington a complete overhaul. >> voters in iowa are listening. and candidates have one week to do that before the nation's leadoff caucuses. danielle nottingham, des moines, iowa. >> ron paul will be back on the campaign trail in iowa tomorrow. >>> time to move on. that's why nebraska senator says he's not running for reelection next year. the two-term democrat announced that decision today. republicans need to take four seats from the democrats to take back that house of congress. >>> and congress will have a full plate when it does get back to work next month. the white house said today it will ask lawmakers to raise the nation's debt limit by $1.2 trillion. that's beca

they are sending out thousands of mailers explaning their policy. officers will not show up if there is no independent verification of a crime. that will include a witness or surveillance spotter. that could send the wrong message to criminals. >> it's saying knock knock nobody is home. or something. it's an invitation. it's a big invitation for burglars. >> police say they responded to 16,000 burglar alarms. 48% of them were false alarms. they say that takes more staffing than they have because of layoffs. >>> firefighters spent the night looking for a hot spots for a fast moving fire. it all broke out yesterday afternoon at a junction between highway 37 and 29. high winds spanned those flames feet from homes. neighbors had to jump in with their own water hoses. no structures were damaged. this winter is an unusually dangerous one for fires because of the recent dry conditions. >> we have not experienced significant rain fall. in fact no rainfall in the entire month of december. >> the lack of rain and strong winds has led cal fire to call for an o

systems set up in homes and businesses, the san jose police department is now sending out thousands of mailers telling homeowners and business owners officers will not respond to alarms where there is no verification of an actual crime such as a witness on camera spotting an intruding. one neighborhood homeowners group is worried about the message that policy sends to criminals. >> it is saying, knock knock, nobody is home or something. and it's an invitation. it's a big invitation for burglars. >>> police say it's necessary for a department hit hard by lay offs. officials say other cities including fremont adopted that policy and did not see a jump in burglaries. but the key issue, san jose officials responded to more than 18,000 home alarms, more than 28% have been false alarms. >> we have been to homes where helium balloons or cats have set off alarms. >> reporter: business owners are concerned but understand the dilemma. one sam's downtown feed is aware that several things set off their alarms. >> the vibrations from the trains, kids will throw rocks up in the on the roof. and the neighbor

. >> reporter: the republican candidates are flooding residents with mailers, phone calls and tv ads hoping their campaigns can pick up those undecided voters and gain some steam heading into next tuesday. they are also making as many face-to-face pitches as they can. newt gingrich, michele bachmann and rick perry kicked off bus tours across the state to win over voters. >> this is an election where you got a choice, and i'm the limited government conservative in this campaign that's going to give washington a complete overhaul. >> reporter: voters in iowa say they're listening. >> state your claim as to why you think you should be the next president and why you think i should vote for you. >> reporter: and can'tidates have just one week to do that before the nation's leadoff caucuses. danielle nottingham, cbs news, des moines, iowa. >>> our cold weather can't put a chill on lottery fever. >> the bay area market that has twice paid out a multi-million dollar jackpot. >>> where there's a gold mine, it needs to be mined. >> a wealth of scientific data in your mouth. the medical breakth

. >> reporter: and the pac is blanketing households with mailers hitting gingrich as the candidate president obama thinks he could easily beat. now, romney is starting a three-days but tour through the state and his wife ann and three of his five sons will be campaigning here as well as surrogates like new jersey governor chris christie. so while he may not be expecting a win here, jeff, this time second place might not seem so bad. >> glor: jan, thank you. besides crisscrossing iowa, the the superpacs have been buying up all the t and radio time they can. the "des moines register" reported today more than $10 million has been spent this month alone on political ads in iowa. the economy remains the number-one issue in this election, of course, and the house i crisis remains a drag on the recovery. today the case schiller index said year over year home prices fell 3.4%. in atlanta they dropped 11.7%. in minneapolis 8. and los angeles 4.9%. lee cowan is in l.a. >> reporter: in the city of angels, the housing market this holiday season was anything but charitable. for a second straight month, h

and they've been getting really sharp and pointed mailers in their mailboxes. almost every day from the romney campaign or his allies. but to -- dan is absolutely right, the romney campaign made a decision to really over the last like 10 days or so just to throw everything but the kitchen sink and even on most the kitchen sink at gingrich but wanted to close on a high note. he knows iowa republicans don't love him all that much. he knows that he wanted to sort of leave this a sweet taste in their mouth as opposed to sour taste in their mouth and that he is the guy who can beat president obama. so he was pushing the long-range goal. not the short-term hit. >> dan, ron paul has been coming on strong. there are some people who think he might pull an upset in iowa. i wonder if you all think that could actually happen. and then also, his foreign policy remarks last night where he said he would withdraw all troops and withdraw really from the world, could that be a disqualifying position for him to take with republican voters? >> there are a lot of people in iowa who

you learn nothing. >> the controversy surrounding that anti romney mailer is only getting bigger. as it turns out, the chairman of the iowa republican party was also the co-chair of strong america now, but we learned today from the iowa republican party that match strong has resigned now, wolf. >> i suspect though that in these final six days, if we think it's been rough and tumble so far, it's only just beginning. >> that's right and newt gingrich is caught in a box at this point and it may have something to do with his poll numbers. how do you square that with this insistence of his to stay positive in this campaign and it really fights against the newt gingrich branding. part of the reason why so many conservatives like the form rer speaker is because he comes out with the gloves off, with the brass knuckles at times and what gingrich is trying to do is say wait a minute, i'm going to wage a positive campaign, but at the same time, when i need to respond, i'm going to respond. and you heard this yesterday in your interview with the former speaker, he responds sharply. >> he cer

gingrich told voters that the mailers sreuf been receiving, they're all junk and dishonest. we will break down the race for the republican nomination in just a few minutes when david gregory joins us live in our studio. chris? >>> a young man may soon have a date with the first lady. how he asked mrs. owe ma and where they plan to go. >>> this is specialist nolan. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more people to innovate... putting momentum behind our economy. and we can reduce the deficit... with more than thirty billion dollars paid by america's wireless companies. it's simple -- more spectrum means more freedom. for everyone. the newest droid armed with motocast. granting you wireless access to files on your home computer from almost anywhere. 4g lte equipped to pull pictures, music, and movies. all at mind-melting speeds. powered by verizon, this droid is too powerful to fall into the wrong hands. >>> welcome back. t

as you said, there was a slew of negative mailers in iowans' mailboxes. at least eight and five of them were specifically targeting newt gingrich. one from ron paul, mitt romney campaign, and two from a pro-mitt romney super pact, all targeting newt gingrich. and the one from -- the two from the -- from the pro-mitt romney super pact saying that mitt romney they dant -- barack obama, excuse me, didn't want to run against mitt romney. he wanted to run against newt gingrich. all these mailers are coming and hitting the new front-runner, newt gingrich. and ramping up their negative ads here in in. >> yeah. but, you know, it's hard for those of us who are osd of iowa to get a sense of how vicious the attack campaign is on the ground there. tell us what it's like for people watching tv and see the slew of tv commercials and open their mailboxes and see all these pamphlets. i mean, how negative is it? >> it's getting more and more negative as we closer. only 18 days left until the caucus. you know, i wafed last night the 6 p.m. news here on our affiliate and ju

he told them not to believe the mailers they've been receiving because they are junk and dishonest. >ccupy wall street protest tphers new york once again clash with police as demonstrators try to take over a vacant parking lot. they tried to occupy a church parking lot for a new camp site. however, the church that owns the lot says it is not safe for an occupy camp. about 1,000 protesters gathered across the street but it appears this clash was not violent. now, police in new york are searching for a man who ambushed a woman as she got off an elevator, setting her on fire. security cameras captured the deadly attack on the 64-year-old woman. in her brooklyn apartment building saturday afternoon. this is an image of the suspect. police say the cameras showed him waiting for the woman by the elevator before spraying her with an act sell rant and setting her on fire as the elevator doors opened. >>> 9:37 is the time right now. still ahead, the first lady, she's asked out on a date. and it wasn't the president doing the asking. >>> and santa occupies d.c. the celebration that brought st.

. >> and a mailer political development that could affect why they held on to the senate last year. ben announced he would retire after seeking a third term and isest is years ole. the time is right for him to step away and he wants to spend more time with the family. republicans need to take back the senate and have the eyes on nelson's seat. >>> president obama is getting in work whole vacationing in hawaii. earlier, he nominated jeremy steen, an economics professor and republican jerome powell who served in the treasury department under president george h.w. bush and nominated then both to sib on the federal reserve board -- to serve on the federal reserve board. >>> president obama is asking congress to raise the debt ceiling. this time by $1.2 trillion this is the third and final income. it would boost to 16.4 friday and without that mean, the country will come close to running out of cash. >> coming up, a new statue inside the u.s. capital is reigniting the calls for equal rights in the district. >>> and find out who is calling for a major odd it ahead of a big renovation at u

the mailer asks resident to give their credit card information to make a donation. department says it does not solicit donations by the mail or by phone and that any such requests should be ignored. >>> still ahead, iraq releases three contractors including two americans. more on that after the break. >>> plus the young boy is making a big impact on soldiers heading off and coming home from war. we'll explain, coming up. >>> first, we'll check the markets. very light volume yesterday with the holiday week. but the dow was still pretty much flat, down maybe two and a half points. nasdaq was up 6 1/2 yesterday. the nikkei lost 17 point after china announced slowing economic growth. we are back in a minute.  is the a congressman from new york says iraq has released three security contractors including two americans. congressman peter king announced the releases last night. iraq held them since december 9th because they did not have the correct paperwork. they were not charged with any crime. >>> another example of why you might want to think twice before you pos

they can't be sending out mailers for the closest rival. he is talking about raising taxes in massachusetts. and he has released this ad in iowa. >> i approve this message. >> there is a certain segment of voters who respond to ads like that. they have done the research. >> taking it to the gutter, man. >> i lost my questions here. jim, what do you think is going on in iowa? >> ad libing. >> let's just do it. >> i don't like any of them. i don't like mitt romney. i kind of like ron paul more than any of them, even though i don't think he is perfect for the job unless it was 1812, but i still like him because he the people's way of saying the system sucks. >> it is like romney is the last one at the dance and voters may take him home, and possibly you could get some over the sweater action? >> maybe, but they are looking like the least awful republican right now. i don't like any of them. newt is awful. how could anybody vote for a guy with hair like a lego person. his hair is creepy. i like the fact that he woman man nighed at one point. >>

. >> reporter: they are flooding the residents with mailers, phone calls, and tv ads. hoping their campaigns could pick up the undecided voters and gain some steam heading into next tuesday. now, they are also making as many face-to-face pitches as they can. newt gingrich, michele bachmann, rick perry kicked off bus tours to win over voters. >> this is an election where you got a choice. i'm the limited government conservative in this campaign that will be giving washington a complete overall. >> reporter: the voters in iowa say that they are listening. >> and what is your claim as to why i should vote for you. >> reporter: candidates have just one week to do that before they lead off the caucuses. ron paul is emerging as a candidate to beat in this race where he is very organized here in iowa. he has a big following. he'll join the other candidates on the campaign trail in this state tomorrow. live in des moines, iowa. danielle noddingham, back to you, derek. >> all right, as always, we'll be watching. anita? >>> it is nothing new to learn that taxpayer dollars can be

. >> reporter: the republican candidates are flooding residents with mailers, telephone calls and tv ads hoping to pick up the undecided voters and gain some steam heading into next tuesday. they are also making as many face-to-face pitches as they can. newt gingrich, michelle bachmann and rick perry kicked off bus tours across the state to win over voters. >> this is an election where you have a choice. and i'm the limited government conservative in this campaign that will give washington a complete overhaul. >> reporter: voters in iowa say they are listening. >> state your claim as to why you should be the next president and why i should vote for you. >> reporter: and candidates have one week to do that before the nation's leadoff caucuses. in iowa, danielle nottingham, washington washington eyewitness news. >>> mitt romney will be in iowa later today and ron paul will be on the campaign trail tomorrow. >>> and still to come, chairs flying in the food court. what caused this chaotic fight at our nation's largest mall. >>> was there foul play? tonight we know the cause of a deadly c

. >> reporter: the republican candidates are flooding residents with mailers, phone calls and tv ads hoping their campaigns can pick up those undecided voters and gain some speed heading into next tuesday. they are also making as many face-to-face pitches as they can. newt gingrich, michelle bachmann and rick perry kicked off bus tours across the state to winner voters. >> this is an election where you have a choice. and i'm the limited government conservative in this campaign that will give washington a complete overhaul. >> reporter: voters in iowa say they are listening. >> state your claim as to why you think you should be president and why i should vote for you. >> reporter: and candidates have one week to do that before the nation's leadoff caucuses. in iowa, danielle nottingham, wjz. >> mitt romney will be in iowa later today and ron paul will be in iowa tomorrow. >>> and still to come tonight, don't get stuck holding on to unwanted holiday gifts. dos and don'ts of re-gifting. >>> this is mark viviano. we go inside the baseball and family life of the showwalters. a special int

avery hest real estate says they sent 4700 mailers but they say the post office never delivered the flyerso far they've only collected 35 toys. >> i would have known that the post office wouldn't deliver our mailing i probably would have taken the $2,000 that we spent on it and just bought toys for the kids. >> however the post office says it did mail out the packets and therefore won't be reimbursing the company. if that were the case she would have received the one she sent to herself. avery he is will be open this weekend to take donations. it's hard protecting our freedom and getting holiday shopping done. thanks to the u so here in d. c., more than 1,000 active military moms and dads will have something special for their children. project elf is a unique holiday gift program because it matches the military families' wish list to sponsors in the community. that way the child gets exactly what they want for christmas. the uso of metropolitan washington doled out the goodies last night at fort belvoir. >>> in nine minutes a story you will see only on channel 9. >> father outraged by the

also, if you're a frequent shopper and you have the mailers and the like, you can also perhaps use onethese 20% off cards. all of this stuff adds up. we are seeing some really, really deep discounts. there are folks who say it's ridiculous to get up at this hour and go shopping. however, there are people who are actually doing it, including a woman over there. we talked to a couple, two women earlier this morning. they have been here, believe it or not, since 9:00 p.m. last night, and they expect to be here all day. >> no. i leave everything to last minute. she's a shopaholic. she does shop all year round. >> yes. right now it's like a lot now just for me because i've basically finished my shopping. >> reporter: all right. and just describe what the store looks like when you walk around, walk up to the checkout. what's it like? >> aull the salespeople. no customers this early. so it's great. get all their attention. >> reporter: and look at this. this is the checkout. absolutely nobody standing in line. all toyou have to do is grab yo merchandise, waltz on up, no waits. it's beautiful.

the press democrat reports employees are now sending mailers to customers warning them about the closure. >>> wall street executives won't be receiving as big of a bone thus year. compensation experts predict companies will cut back between 15 to 30%. investment firm goldman sachs already reduced compensation by 24% in the first three-quarters of the year. banks blame volatile global markets and tough new regulations from washington. >>> the l.a.p.d. used undercover detectives to infiltrate an occupy encampment. los angeles police shut down the encampment outside of city hall on wednesday. now a police source tells the los angeles times the department sent a dozen undercover detectives into the encampment to gather information on possible violence and resistance. a source says none of detectives actually slept at the camp. the l.a.p.d. is not commenting on the story. >>> some of the 300 occupy protestors arrested during wednesday's early morning raid are finally free this morning. they're left a los angeles county jail yesterday after posting bail. >> those who refuse to go cooperate wit

he can't get on the air or can't get radio ads and mailers. all the candidates who have more financial backing are making iowa voters familiar. the silver lining is that he has a strong base. he has the people who like him are strong in canvassing forums. that will translate likely to them coming out on caucus night despite bad weather and gold and the x factors that can influence the final results. >> let's talk about the tea party vote. it is fairly fractured according to the information we have from the poll. nobody busting over 15 to 20%. that's in play at the moment. is santorum doing anything to court that vote? >> right nowy we have what he calls the social conservative caucus. you want to throw him in there and rick perry and bachmann. those are the people he really needs to beat out in order to get that momentum going into new hampshire. that tea party vote with the emphasis on fiscal responsibility. you see the perry ads taking shots at him with the earmarks. that's an appeal to the tea party saying he was a wasteful spender and he s

romney world around the romney campaign and in iowa, i think he's going to get hit pretty hard in mailersoing to take some damage over the next few weeks on this. >> yeah. i don't think that debate moment, which was strong for him, is going to be the final word on this. the question is whether there's infidelity advertising dropped on his head. >> it's a big business this time around. i want to say as long as we're talking foreign policy, we're saying newt gingrich, he's been called the human hand grenade. as much as he is tackling the marital infidelity thing okay, there is the possibility he goes off at the mouth. he went into history of the ottoman empire. how much do comments like that hurt him? >> certainly for the republican primary where fidelity to israel, it doesn't hurt him at all. >> you're saying cheating on israel is worse than cheating on your wife? >> oh, zingers. >> mitt romney would love that one. the serious point about it is i think that, yes, newt can go ballistic at any point. but i think this was deliberatively said by him to pander to a very conservative jewish audi

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