. >> duyn sally kidd. following the gop presidential -- i am sally kidd following the gop presidential contenders in concord, new hampshire. we will have highlights, coming up. >> a little bit of wintry weather in this january, 2012. we will check out the seven-day forecast, coming up. forecast, coming up. >> it is campaign crunch time in new hampshire. the first presidential primaries tomorrow, and today, republicans are campaigning hard at trying to chip away at mitt romney sleet. sally kidd is -- mitt romney's lead. sally kidd is live with the update. >> republican contenders have been making the rounds into the evening. they have been at diners and town halls and businesses all day. rick santorum has an event from across the street from us, his family -- his final rally of tonight. mitt romney unwittingly gave his opponents some fresh material. >> i like being able to fire people who provide services to me. >> jon huntsman seized the opportunity. >> governor romney enjoys firing people. i enjoy creatin

sally kidd has the very latest. >> the campaign cash is rolling in for newt gingrich.he attacks are escalating. the fight for board is heating up. >> i have been told by a variety of people that governor romney has been saying unkind things. >> new gingrich is fighting back. >> this is such baloney. it is to be pious baloney, but now is just desperate baloney. >> mitt romney is portraying his closest rival as unstable. >> he has gone from pillar to post, almost like a pinball machine, from item to item, in a way that is highly erratic and does not suggest a stable, thoughtful course. >> the romney camp unveiled its first direct tv attack ad. it accuses gingrich of cashing in at the expense of florida families. romney called on gingrich to release records associated with his time at freddie mac. >> we could see an october surprise to date. >> you get desperate, and when you get desperate, you say almost anything. >> analysts say do not expect the candidates to play nice in tonight's gop debate. >> both candidates will do whatever it takes. >> underscoring the importance

sally kidd is in tampa for the last minute campaigning. >> mitt romney is spending primary day here in tampa. newt gingrich is over in orlando tonight. the latest polls have given romney a 13 point lead. the sunshine state win is a huge prize, a 50 delegate haul, and is winner-take-all. mitt romney worked the phones at the tampa headquarters. he attributes his lead in florida in part to a more aggressive campaign style, telling reporters he was outgunned in south carolina. >> i will not stand by and let another candidate define me. the candidate recently attacking me has been quite sad and painfully revealing about the speaker. >> newt gingrich has seen his momentum evaporate over the past few days, but he says he sees a path to the nomination. >> romney is not getting anywhere near majority here. >> some florida republican voters believe he should fight it out, all the way to the convention. >> i think it is good for the parties to have opposition with each other. in homes and their skills. >> other republicans say a protracted fight would hurt the party. >> i look at the overall cand

sally kidd is in washington joining us for to the commitment 2012 update. >> this race has tightened over the past few days. overnight polling shows a statistical tie for second place. >> primary day in new hampshire. boaters heading to the polls, volunteers worked the phones. >> the candidates drop by a couple of polling places and navigated media. mitt romney expecting to win big here. >> i hope the people of new hampshire turned out. >> latest polls show a battle for second place between ron paul and john huntsman who is enjoying an 11th-hour shot of momentum here at >> college energy or whatever you want, it is real. >> some of voters placed their decision on an overriding concern. >> it is about getting the economy back on track. >> i vote for mitt romney because i believe he is the one who will be barack obama. >> many remain undecided until primary date. >> this was a decision i came to this morning. >> trailing in the polls, newt gingrich and rick santorum were just hoping to do better than expected. both are looking ahead to south carolina. mitt romney is battling and expect

sally kidd has tonight's 2012 commitment update. >> rick santorum rallied supporters at a campaign event across the street earlier this evening, and protesters shook things up. harrowing moments after a campaign rally in manchester. protesters watched the candidate as he left with his family and campaign staffers. a rattled rick santorum dashed to his vehicle. earlier in bedford, occupy demonstrators shouted down mitt romney and the candidate fired back. >> how about you talk. instead of shouting, why do you not say what you believe? >> and newt gingrich canceled a campaign event after protesters swarmed the entrance. romeny is expected to call off a victory tuesday. the only question seems to be by how big a margin. >> in this country is too important to hand over to president obama. >> can you feel little bit of momentum in the air. >> jon huntsman says he will surprise the nation tuesday. >> for the people of this state, they do not want to be told for whom to vote. and they sure do not what the italians -- establishment teeing up the same people. at midnight, the nine registered vote

sally kidd continues our commitment 2012 coverage. >> the new hampshire primary followed the script and mitt romney got his double-digit when. >> tonight we made history. >> cruising to victory, mitt romney becomes the first non incumbent republican to win both iowa and new hampshire since the 1970's. >> tonight we celebrate and tomorrow we go back to work. >> they fired up ron paul claimed second place telling supporters the enemies to liberty better watch out. quarks that are telling the truth because we are dangerous to the status quo of this country. >> jon huntsman has staked his candidacy in new hampshire and joined a last-minute rally to place third in. >> this campaign is going to go on to south carolina. >> newt gingrich and rick santorum or both hoping to beat expectations. rick santorum riding a wave of momentum and to do hampshire after a surprised second place and iowa. >> can win this case. >> now all eyes turned south and mitt romney is the man to beat. >> exit polling revealed mitt romney won strong support from conservative voters here. six in 10 voters say they would f

runner for the most part ignored them and instead focused attacks on president obama n manchester, sally kidd wbal-tv 11 news. >> tomorrow the republican candidates will debate on meantime. "meet the press." david gregory will post the questions on facebook. a 24-year-old airman from west minister died in afghanistan. first class airman matthew seidler died when an i.e.d. hit his vehicle in the hellmund province in afghanistan. two other airmen died in the attack. seidler entered active duty in november 2009 and was assigned to peterson air force base in colorado. baltimore city police are investigating the shooting of a man in northeast baltimore. police were called to the 1900 block of north comington avenue around 6:00 p.m. tonight. once on the scene found a man who had been shot in the back. no word on the man's condition or any suspects. meantime police say robbery may have been a motive in another shooting last night in northeast baltimore. police say a 29-year-old man was wounded in the 5700 block of the parkway. medics transported him to a hospital where he's in stable condition no. a