san santorum was the star but the media is focused on newt versus romney. >> the media ignoring a candidate? that possible? >> that never happens. i think even the establishment thing, i know the voters feel like we don't care with the establishment says because we're antiestablishment. newt is the establishment. the establishment is turning against somebody who is part of the establishment, not against him because he's this free-thinking, independent person. that's the distinction that's lost. he's not some pupulist that's out there. people now him. he's been part of the washington establishment as long as i can remember and then the establishment doesn't like him. >> a line jim used about theater. this has become theater and as i said a couple weeks ago, knowing no higher authority than myself, the republicans shouldn't put themself into a jeopardy-like game show with electric turns and letting wolf blitzer, john king, others formulate the questions and plot. mix it up and decide on their own venues. there's nothing written in the constitution where they have to submit themself to these p

hoy un sondeo revela que 37% del electorado lo apoya en carolina del sur, 18 puntos sobre rick san santorumanado en iowa, y segundo, el hecho que cada vez mÁs conservadores y republicanos se dan cuenta de quÉ, aunque no les guste romney, a final de cuentos tiene las mejores posibilidades, de derrotar al presidente obama. >>> romney respaldado por la gobernadora de carolina del sur, ha pasado gran parte de las Últimas 24 horas haciendo campaÑa en este estado, kufl selecciÓn ha ganado la presidencia desde 1980 >>> mientras en new hampshire, disfrutÓ el respaldo del boston log globo. y atacÓ a romney por no hacer campaÑa en ese estado. escenario de las prÓxima primarias el martes. pero quizÁs romney no lo necesita. el as pi rants le lleva mÁs de 20 puntos de ventaja a sus adversarios en new hampshire, segÚn el ultimo sondeo de nbc news. rick santorum se dio cuenta que no estÁ en iowa. un grupo de jÓvenes libÉralos lo abucharon. y solo le quedÓ recordarle a los vos tant votantes que ignoren la encuesta. pero gingrich debe en pie de guerra. >>> gingrich es su mejor terreno, el debate, tiene una

. >> and san santorum has called him disgusting. >> i want to abolish the tax code and do away with it. >> now at the back of the pack, rick perry sounds like the guy at front of the pack, mitt romney. >> this election is about stopping a president of the united states and his administration that is abusing the constitution of this country. >> final polls have romney with a small lead over paul with santorum polling third. >> we are going to win this thing with all of our passion and strength. >> so if the polls are right and the candidate descriptions are right, someone who is discussing, someone who is a liar are going to be one, two, and three. we should point out that the thomas jefferson campaign, that he had, quote, a hideous character which has neither the force or firmness of a man. the adams campaign responded by calling jefferson a mean spirited, low-lived fellow, the son after an indian, and quote, there is plenty of time for the 2012 insults to get better. new hampshire is only a week away and here's the part the bosses want me to say. results tonight at 11:00. >> definitel

>> he's liberal. >> san to your knowledge -- santorum is liberal? >> have you looked at his records. >> what makes him liberal? >> he spends too much money. >> reporter: rick perry and michele bachmann have faded in recent weeks as has gingrich who says he does not expect to win. >> on the other hand, if the des moines register was right and it's 41% potentially, who knows what's going to happen. >> reporter: the question, isn't it? the answer we hope right here tomorrow night. anita. >> we are counting on, gary. thank you. >>> the weather is known to have an impact on voters, so what will the temperatures be like in iowa? what about those dropping temperatures right here? >> topper shutt joins us with a breakdown. >> perfect day for them, considering we are in january for the caucuses. we will start with that because we are looking at sunshine or at least partly cloudy skies, clear there right now, and we are looking at, you know, temperatures primarily in the 30s. that's a bargain for them. that's probably golfable. so all of iowa pretty good shap

ron spualt kloest and jon huntsman in third place up above senators rick san santorum and newt gingrich and rick perry rounding out the field. governor romney so far out in front they may be banking to stay in the running. romney a win in new hampshire could make him the first non-incumbent republican to take new hampshire. he spent most of the 24 hours fending off attacks on his business record. many independent voters are known to make last minute decisions. carl cameron is live in manchester. how have all these attacks played out on the front-runner. >> as venture kayd lift is not going to go away. yesterday, attacks would like to feirp people have changed tone. romney is getting a huge turnout. he was swamped here when newt gingrich showed up he brought a lot, as well. gingrich said yesterday's attacks were out of context, an acknowledgement what was said was takes it a little bit over the edge because romney was talking about choice and healthcare coverage, not talking about his history as a venture capitalist and businessman. gingrich said it was context and romney loved that. he

. >> rick san tore santorum and ron paul will be watching from nevada. >>> back here it appears former prince george's county executive jack johnson won't have to report to prison. he will turn himself in on the 18th. >>> turning to the weather and a day we have been anticipating for a while. a live look outside where it is warming up and looks pretty good as well. we have got marty bass looking comfortable in the outback and meteorologist bernadette woods over in the first warning weather center. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. what a fantastic day it is shaping up to be. it is so hard to believe it is the end of january, 51 in baltimore, 61 cumberland, 60 ocean city. compared to yesterday 10 or 20 degrees warmer, cumberland warmer. so the warm up is underway, for more we send it out to marty who has the nice job. >> yeah i do. let's look at a couple of graphics. number 1, even with the wind shift moving our way tomorrow and gray sighs and showers, we are still looking for temperatures to be balmy, mid- 60s, 20 plus degrees above normal. take a look direct west. san francisco 9:00

. >> san to santorum says he's looking for a rematch in just a matter of days. >> we are going to go to new hampshire and take him on. >> as for the rest of the field, coming in third place, ron paul, who picked up a lot of the youth vote, followed by newt gingrich, then rick perry, jon huntsman who pretty much skipped iowa for new hampshire came in 7th behind bachmann. in washington, i'm sandra endo. >>> for all of you who think it's a fable, wait until you see the proof. >> a lady pumping gas suddenly gets shocked and then a spark and kaboom, we have a fire. >> last week we told you what stuff was going to cost you a lot more. tonight the stuff that will cost you less. abc2 11 comes back in less than 61 seconds. >>> a car stuck on a roof. it happened this morning in california. police say the driver made a sharp u-turn, hit a curb and then drove onto some large rocks which somehow launched him into mid-air. he came to rest in an apartment building. crews had to call in a crane to get the car off. police say the car was stolen, the driver broke his leg, the people who live in the bu

the iowa gop is now saying that upon a-- pun a full count rick san tore-- santorum was the winner, not mitt romney. >> stephen: first mitt romney won then he lost. classic romney flip-flop. meanwhile santorum has his own problems. for criticizing newt gingrich for doing this commercial, nancy pelosi, listen what santorum claims. >> did the only person i ever sat on a couch with was my wife. (laughter) >> stephen: folks, this attack on gingrich was a colossal blunder of santorum because a damning photo has come to light of rick santorum sharing a couch with a man. (laughter) i'm sorry, that is an affront to the sanctity of traditional sofa. >> you start accepting man on man couching and it's a slippery slope to accepting dog on couching. i just hope that these guys were not on a sofa bed because in my book, that is just a couch that has furniture reassignment surgery. (laughter) so with romney and santorum in trouble, it looks like smooth sailing for the hms gingrich. >> i'm king of the world. >> the new bombshell interview from abc news with gingrich's second wife maryann. >> he was as

the pro romney pac restore our future falsely accused san santorum of supporting a bill that would allow felons to vote from prison. >> i did not have a super pac run ads against you. that is something completely out of the control of candidates. one of the things i decry in the current financial system that gets behind campaigns is that we have these voting requirements that put these super pacs in power that say things we disagree with. >> what he's saying is that the ad that says that i said that i voted to allow felons to vote is inaccurate. it is inaccurate. if i had something of a super pac that was supporting me that was inaccurate i would go out and say stop it. you're representing me and you're representing my campaign. ( cheers and applause ) stop it. >> ifill: and gingrich who dropped in the polls after the same pac aired ads attacking him in iowa said the romney group twisted his record on abortion. >> this is typical of what both senator santorum and i have complained about with romney's super pac over which he apparently has no influence which makes you wonder how much infl

do these voters listen to governor perry and go to one candidate or seen senator san santorum pushinghis really began in monday night on myrtle beach when gingrich mixed it up with juan williams with fox news network. >> right. >> and that's really where it began. and it's really happened in about 72 hours. and then of course that was repeated last night on the debate in the exchange between you and gingrich. >> you say that works with debates. >> there's no question about it. i've been doing this for 30 years. i was in the audience on monday night. i've never seen a spontaneous standing ovation for a presidential candidate in a debate. they were standing on their chairs chanting his name. so i think it was that. i also think the voters were looking. they weren't yet ready to close the deal for romney. and this is all happened very quick. if we'd have been together five days ago we would have been talking about romney maybe going 3 and 0 in the first three contests. never happened before in modern presidential politics. instead, if things continue as they look going into tomorrow he w

former speaker of the house of representatives, newt gingrich, and former senator rick san tore r -- santorum tied at 6%. >>> over the past 30 years, the winner of this primary ended up clinching the party's nomination every time. romney's the front runner and will close in on the nomination with another win. iranian authorities see it as an ominous pattern and say foreign agents are to blame. the government says a car bomb wednesday killed another of the country's nuclear scientists. nhk reports from the capitol, tehran. >> reporter: this area in central tehran was a site of a huge explosion today. >> iranian security authorities say a moving car suddenly blew up. a 32-year-old university professor and another man died. a third person was hurt. investigators say a motorcyclist placed a bomb on the vehicle. >> translator: after a huge blast, i saw black smoke coming from a car and a man was lying on the street bleeding. >> the dead professor wasn't just a university lecturer, he was also a nuclear scientist. he'd worked at iran's uranium enrichment facility. investigators blame israeli intell

. >> the poll are leading toward san tore rum. >> santorum. >> see what confidence we have in them. >they haven't made their final decision either and they probably won't until they caucus tuesday night. danielle nottingham, cbs news, des moines, iowa. >> well after a mild start to 2012, you'll need to pull out the cold weather. more on that coming up in the seven-day forecast. plus, the new year will also bring a change in what kinds of lightbulbs. yes, lightbulbs you can buy. >>> melwood and wusa9 salute all who serve at home and abroad this holiday season. >> this is sergeant first class andrew, currently stationed in korea. i would like to wish my wife, christina, my daughters caitlin and megan and my two sons nicholas and zachary a merry christmas and a happy new year. >>> after this weekend, it might be tough to find a 100 watt lightbulb. the 100 watt bulb is being phased out under a federal law that requires lightbulbs to be 25% more efficient. newer fluorescent bulbs use less energy to emit the same amount of light. stores won't start carrying them, but starting tomorrow, they

. >> the poll are leading toward san tore rum. >> santorum. >> see what confidence we have in them. >they haven't made their final decision either and they probably won't until they caucus tuesday night. danielle nottingham, cbs news, des moines, iowa. >> well after a mild start to 2012, you'll need to pull out the cold weather. more on that coming up in the seven-day forecast. plus, the new year will also bring a change in what kinds of lightbulbs. yes, lightbulbs you can buy. i boldly went to socialsecurity.gov, and it's out of this world! patty: socialsecurity.gov is a website for everybody! george: even teenagers? patty: absolutely! young people can help their grandparents with retiring online or getting extra help with their medicare prescription drug costs! george: so really, everyone, of all ages, should go to socialsecurity.gov. patty: boldly go! >>> melwood and wusa9 salute all who serve at home and abroad this holiday season. >> this is sergeant first class andrew, currently stationed in korea. i would like to wish my wife, christina, my daughters caitlin and megan and my tw

one can only imagine what rick san santorum was thinking. >> ifill: not agreeing. >> possibly not agreeing and possibly not planning to pick governor daniels as his running mate if he becomes the nominee. >> ifill: also, david, you can talk about that if you like. i'm curious about what he said about how divisive he found this presidency to be. is that something you agree with. >> brooks: i don't think obama is particularly an ideological polarizing figure. we saw daniels at his most charismatic. he tends to be a very, very low key. if you are in a room with ideological war and he walks in, somehow it gets sucked away because he wants to talk about accounting. that's the kind of politician he is. i don't agree that obama is, you know, he's not, al franken or somebody like that. i do... one point about europe. i think europe will play an interesting role this whole year. i agree with ruth we're not greece. we're kind of close but not that close. we could have another europe crack-up. so i was interesting the way the two parties would see it. >> ifill: very interesting the way that the two p

santorum third. if you count gop voters surveyed on the last two days of the four day poll, san tore up is tied. ould win him the endorsement of conservative steve king. >> closer on the social issues with rick santorum of those three. no question. >> reporter: mitt romney, sounding like the nominee. >> president obama and i offer extraordinary stark contrast. >> ron paul with a shot of winning ruled out a third party bid for now. >> i am essentially tied for first place. and why would i kid doing anything like that. newt gingrich fourth look ford a bright spot. >> 41% in the des moines rez stej po -- register poll were open to changing their mind. >> in iowa at churches, the buzz was about san tore up. a santorum. >> it's what rick santorum hoped for. looking past iowa, santorum has been campaigning in new hampshire and south carolina and polling poorly like he was here until now. i'm steve handlesman, nbc news, des moines. >>> virginia's attorney general is reconsidering his call to change the state's ballot access law for primaries. while he says he believes virginia needs to change the law, h

been on the down swing and not necessarily moving up and the one with motor momentum is rick san tore-- santorumd i think his hope he'll see some gingrich report and bachmann support break for him. >> it seems like gingrich is trying to pin this on romney, his slip in the poll and he came out and suggested that mitt romney is trying to buy this election and came out and said even more than that. take a listen to newt gingrich today. >> you calculate tuesday night, and in the five years he's been campaigning, the total number of dollars romney has, per vote, it may be greater than the amount that bloomberg spent getting reelected as mayor. >> do you feel short voted? >> no, i feel romney voted. >> and he feels romney boated, fair? >> chris? >> i think it's a lot of whining and that speaker gingrich ought to spend more time talking about the problems that people of iowa has and less about the problems he's got. he's got a strong message and distinguished record. what did romney do wrong? he's run tough ads in which he's talked about gingrich's record. i don't know what the complaint is. they're ru

two for san santorum. two for ron paul. they're mere opposites of each other. thread that connects the two men. in fact, there's very little common thread between bachmann, perry, cane, gingrich, and now santorum. why is perry moving among this different group? i think it's all about style. the only thing that unites them is their passionate opposition to obama and to some extent romney. that's why romney's speech was so good. he was able to put out and connect on an emotional level. that is going to be one of the first times to connect with the tea party. you've got the stats there. 40% of tea partiers voted for romney here. that means people are being quiet and, in the end, kind of shuffling over and supporting the romney. >> i did the double take on it. hilary rosen, something that our jessica gyellin at the white house getting her finger on the pulse of the democrats watching new hampshire. she said her sources were saying they were having a laser focus on the enthusiasm, the turnout, and james car vel last night went off on how it wasn't as enthusiastic as

been on the down swing and not necessarily moving up and the one with motor momentum is rick san tore-- santorumd i think his hope he'll see some gingrich report and bachmann support break for him. >> it seems like gingrich is trying to pin this on romney, his slip in the poll and he came out and suggested that mitt romney is trying to buy this election and came out and said even more than that. take a listen to newt gingrich today. >> you calculate tuesday night, and in the five years he's been campaigning, the total number of dollars romney has, per vote, it may be greater than the amount that bloomberg spent getting reelected as mayor. >> do you feel short voted? >> no, i feel romney voted. >> and he feels romney boated, fair? >> chris? >> i think it's a lot of whining and that speaker gingrich ought to spend more time talking about the problems that people of iowa has and less about the problems he's got. he's got a strong message and distinguished record. what did romney do wrong? he's run tough ads in which he's talked about gingrich's record. i don't know what the complaint is. they're ru

santorum with 21%. paul with 18%. indicating some san-mentum. n, you have been somewhat bullish on santorum for time. >> i have. he's the one who has room to grow. when you look at the other candidates, what happened to bachmann, to perry, to cain, they all fell because voters began to realize that they weren't really prepared. they didn't have enough preparation or knowledge to be president. newt gingrich, a lot of social conservatives still can't get over the three-marriages parts. he has fallen after all of these negative attack ads. when you asked them what the problem was santorum was, they always said, he can't get elected. i really like him, but he can't get elected. if you take away that problem that is gone. he has room to grow. gingrich is apparently still falling. and there are some voters who still can go to santorum. >> and neera, you work for hillary clinton, who in the des moines register poll right before the 2007 or 2008 -- >> we don't have to remember. >> she was neck and neck with john edwards. ultimately at the e end she cam i

so there's an opening here for santorum, rick san tore rum, and there are a lot of evangelicals in southarolina. social issues are big. they seem to be resistant to the charges about beg capital, but they are going to be responsive, i think, to the flip-flopping on abortion and other social issues. but even if santorum comes in second, even if he wins, i agree with pat, so what, because he's not going to be able to compete in florida when you're looking at that $19 million you showcased for romney. so romney looks like he's got it sewed up, but the voters often deliver a surprise. so you hate to say absolute, but he sure looks like the likely nominee. >> south carolina voted republican in every presidential race since 1960 except what, pat? >> jimmy carter carried south carolina in '76. >> defeated republican gerald ford. >> yep, but ronde reagan got south carolina back and got 10 of the 11 southern states from georgia, right, clarence? >> solidly republican. michelle what are your insights? >> one of the things i think is going to be an interesting test for south carolina is what happen

for the most partisan san -- part, rick santorum was getting the headlines. >> it's nice to have a win. the question is, can we do better in new hampshire? yeah, yeah. >> reporter: virtually the entire town hall meeting they took questions. many were particularly aggressive. the first one was from an occupier type, there were a couple kids who asked questions by written prepared notes that seemed like they were deliberately designed to be chin music. he was asked about his assertion corporations are people too. >> would you be willing to reverse the policies of the obama administration and his predecessors around corporate sent trick economic policies that only see wealth and income go to the top? >> where do you think corporations profit goes? when you hear a corporation has profit, where does it go? >> i mean. >> where does it go? >> if they retain it, retained earnings, they're not distributing it and not using it for capital expenditure. >> now the facts. there are two places it can go. hold on, it's my turn. you've had your turn, it's my turn, all right? >> reporter: pretty uncome

those endorsements are doing quite as much, but they put santorum on equal footing as the guys you are paying attention to. one thing that could hurt san to -- santorum, that could be where you have to go somewhere else. the only thing that i see restricting santorum is if you are a diehard bachmann or perry person, you might not jump over. because if you listen to the radio and read the mail, all of these guys seem like great people. and there is no other person in the race voters tell me they don't like. >> we will take a break and come back and talk about ron paul and more on mitt romney as well after this break. bud i'm stild stubbed up.cel [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't un-stuff your nose. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your stuffy nose. [ deep breath ] thank you! that's the cold truth! what is this shorty? uh, tissues sir, i'm sick. you don't cough, you don't show defeat. give me your war face! raaah! [ male announcer ] halls. a pep talk in every drop. how about both? with covergirl lashblast fusion. our biggest brush meets our fiberstretch f

ron paul is big, risk san dorm -- rick santorum.his is national data we have seen, he is not trending in searches. now, we have more recent information, and this is polling from hours ago. >>reporter: everyone is wondering santorum's bounce is continuing. >>guest: that represents 7 1/2 times more senators for rick santorum in iowa today compared to a week ago and the other candidates how they compare to rick santorum. >>reporter: and rich is -- rick perry is bumping up. >>guest: and this is a voter asking a question of santorum. >> i want to bring up your record. (inaudible) gingrich and paul are on my telephone telling me of your past record 689. >>reporter: with more and more attention, there are more and more questions on his record. and now the fiscal conservatives. you have some data? >>guest: you can see we have gone back to 2004 up to today, and we look at a few different things, unemployment deficit, abortion, gay marriage. in 2004, social issues, very high. and we look toward 2008, they are all roughly the same. as we get c

really, over the past three weeks, votes got to go somewhere, and the only guy left is rick san tour rim santorum>> lenny, after tuesday how many candidates are done and who are they? >> i think the person we really need to keep a focus on is going to be the person that pushed tim pawlenty out of the race, just in august, michele bachmann cannot afford to come in fifth or sixth place. it is very ironic because she pushed pawlenty out of the race with a major hand in pulling rick perry down in the polls. if she doesn't do well on tuesday, the woman that claims to be the native of waterloo, iowa, may have her waterloo on tuesday night. >> same question to you, alex, what do you think? >> well, i think it is a slightly more complicated issue. when newt gingrich failed to counter attack when ron paul and mitt romney started to launch the negative campaign to bring gingrich down a few weeks ago, when he didn't respond he opened iowa to mitt romney and now we have seen romney go up in the polls. everyone else go down. romney has an opportunity to take this race. the other candidates now, there's really