coming back with a very interesting situation, south boston, a democratic strong hold.l it go republican next year? we went down there to find out. that report is moments away. >> bill: south boston is a traditional irish enclave that usually votes democratic. that tradition has been in place for more than 100 years. but now, southy as it's called is suffering economically like almost everybody else so we sent "the factor" producer dan bank down to south boston to compare two irish guys. >> wanted to ask you about a couple of irish guys, o'reilly and obama. which one do you like more? >> bill o'reilly, there's no question about that. >> probably o'reilly. >> he's a real american. >> america! >> who do you like more? >> barack obama. >> i like obama. >> o'reilly all the way. >> i might be better looking, though. what do you think? >> i -- >> what do you got? >> oh, my god! >> hey, you look terrible. >> obama is not irish. >> sure, he's got irish roots. >> obama is not an irish guy. he wouldn't be able to hang five minutes. >> how do you like them apples? >> there's only

i spoke at a college in south boston here a few days ago, a community college, and before i spoke, the ministers t -- the administrator took up a payment not for tuition or books, but it is an emergency fund. it is for gas money, babysitting money, things like this because the students are not able able to go to school because they are trying to hold down full-time jobs which are close to minimum wage jobs carrot a lot of them are single parents. and he is having to beg people for this monday. i just came up on stage and i said, i reject this. this is what i grew up in, and i am not going to live in it . tavis: a quick programming of, talking about poverty. i was on a party to work earlier this summer all across the country. nine states, 18 cities talking about poverty for all races, colors and creeds. we're going to the week of october 10-14, a full week, five nights. a first time on national television in this country that the entire show for zero full weeks has focused in on party in america, the new phase of party, for an entire week. october 10-14 on the show every night talking a

we have gotten october snow in boston, hartford and providence but not sh far south. i'm thinking it's going to be too warm. i think the computers are overdoing it a little bit so my forecast is in the cities you will see snow. at worst it will get slushy. suburbs could see 1 to 3 inches in the grass yeah areas. the hills in connecticut, massachusetts, poconos in northern jersey the best chance of actually getting accumulating snows, even lalgts on the roads. that's a very difficult saturday forecast. keep it in mind for your travel in those areas. that's a look at your national forecast. now a look at the weather outside your window. miami florida, chance for showers and storms today. st. louis, we'll have a very, very important game seven world series, rare event. should be an exciting scene. weather looks fine. today, sunny, clear and cool skies. just way too early for me to be stressing over a snow forecast. it's not going to be an easy game to predict. >> but the pore thing, game seven 124. >> yes, it should be fine. >>> more on wall street's giant ral rally. meg

you were booked on the flight, i think, from boston that hit the south tower. >> uh-huh. >> and you didn't get on it. why? >> a combination of two things. i was giving a lecture at my college and went out with faculty afterwards and had a few pints. >> so you were drunk? >> yes. and coupled with the fact that my travel agent listed the flight on my itinerary leaving ten minutes later than it did. and i was generally late for flights. you know, i had missed a lot of flights prior to that. so it wasn't like it was anything crazily out of the ordinary and i got up to the counter and she said, you're too late. they closed the gate. i said, okay, i'll take the 11:00. i went into the lounge, woke up 45 minutes late tore a commotion and the first plane had hit and sat there and watched the second flight hit and i turned to the guy next to me and said, my god, that was the flight i was supposed to be on. i was late and missed it. >> what an incredible thing to learn what had happened to the plane that you should have been on. >> yes. the wonderful unity that we've completely abandoned, i never fel

chicago to boston, charlotte, georgia, atlanta, out to the south and west toward texas this is clear. huge ridge of high pressure. it's tough to get cloud cover going. highs today, you kind of see what i'm talking about. there is a cooler, pocket, the cooler this high pressure area should slide over us tomorrow and that could mean just a few degrees off the gauge. felippe should become perhaps a hurricane tomorrow. it's a healthy storm. it'll stay out in the atlantic, threat only to shipping. overnight clear and cool, beautiful blue skies again tomorrow. sapphire but -- that very slight cool off tomorrow, friday, saturday, in to the weekend. so -- there will be another warm up. when will it end? that will be toward the middle of next week. enjoy this stretch. still have several days to go. >> playing golf right out in front of the house. >> all weekend to do it. >> if you -- how about a dozen giant pandas? >> first a look at night line. >> coming up, a special broadcast, on the death of steve jobs. disney ceo and apple co founder join us to reflect on the life and career of their coll

the 30s item now. 47 at hagerstown, 55 to the south for fredericksburg, 51 for dc, 52 at baltimore, 48 at dulles. up the mid-atlantic, we've got 66 for boston at 60 degrees, and 50s are holding steady to the south as well for raleigh, as well as for richmond. we do have this real cool pool of air that's situated right here affecting us. we're feeling the effects of that, because it is just down right chilly outside. if you got up early this morning, you felt it as well. let's begin with a look at radar. we want to show you what's happening. we've got an upper level low pressure system that's affecting us, not moving anywhere too quickly. we've got pretty widespread showers here and there and then more to the east, a little bit more scattered in nature. heavier rainfall through westin and great falls. but this pattern will continue as we head into the forecast period. let's go to our weather maps and show you the clouds in full force as well across the area, and also to areas of our west, over parts of west virginia, actually -- take a look at this. this is actually wet snow that's kicked in, with air temperatures being below the 40-degree m

city on south glenndon near boston. 795 six minutes from owings mills to the beltway.. police are charging someone who worked there with setting it. monique griego has the story. >> reporter: good morning, the man arrested was a employee of the tire shop. 35-year-old jason hicks is facing arson charges after a flee alarm fire destroyed the store where he worked. the flames injured one person and sent smoke to the county reaching pikesville. ruben who owns the repair shop next door wasn't surprised and called police several times to be deal with hicks. hicks is facing criminal charges this morning. >>> five people injured after a crash in baltimore county. two cars collided in the 6400 block of liberty road. it's not clear yet what happened. all the injuries should be considered life threatening. one of the people went in to cardiac arrest. >>> police are investigating a double shooting this morning it happened saturday in a apartment complex in annapolis. one man was shot in the chest. she listed in critical condition in shock trauma. the other person took a bull tote

cumberland to the west, fredericks burg to the south, 56 degrees baltimore and 47 degrees as we mentioned at dulles as we head up that mid-atlantic, 57 degrees bostonouth in richmond an interesting take as we look at the national temperatures really distinct dividing line right here we have the warmer air here towards the east, once we get past dakotas and then we take a look at the west look at these temperatures, into the 30s this where we have a frontal system a cold front pushing its way toward the east on the backside getting more of a northerly flow we are benefiting from a lot more warmer conditions across our region nothing much to show you on satellite radar composites. clouds to the south ridge of high pressure in control, here is where that frontal system is producing a lot of wet weather down to the fart south as far -- fart south as far as texas is concerned, florida, where the low pressure system will develop and effect us as we move into the tuesday night, wednesday night period. we will be like 74 degrees, as we head closer to that 80- degree mark not bad at all. for today then, sunshine, temperatures 80s as i mentioned and a look a

boston. all the way to northern maine it is still 51 degrees. south of us heading down to virginia and the carolinas almost summerlike warmth. the outer banks of north carolina is 79 degrees. artificial high at the airport today is 74 degrees. downtown baltimore 75. it is normal to be only 66 degrees. next couple of days we will see a downward trend on those temperatures. we will see an upward trend on these numbers on the far right side of our almanac column. 72 degrees in cambridge and 71 in salzburg. temperatures cool a little bit. still 61 degrees in oakland at this time of the evening in october. it is pretty mild out west. it will help to keep the temperature is up tonight. the warmth today will be trapped underneath the clouds preaches the relatively mild. you see the new area of cloudy this coming up out of the carolinas. this blanket of cloudiness will overspread the regions. the overall trend will be for clouds pretty densely some wet weather. i think you really see to our south will be with some of the showers to the west. these two hours o

. >> they wanted to air not not only in south africa but abroad as well. >> they grew up in boston in the united states. they grew up, educated in the u.s. they went back they say for family reasons and business reasons back to south africa. that's where they're living right now. it's very tough to really know what the show is going to be about. cnn interviewed one of the granddaughters and here is how she described it. so let's see, in her own words. >> it's about us being independent women and us being independent african women, south african women. we've grown up having cameras around here or there, so i'm not too worried about it. >> do you like the camera? >> i wouldn't say i like the came camera. i wouldn't say i don't like the camera. the camera is just there. >> and they're just used to it. >> didn't quite answer the question. she is a single mom with a 3-year-old daughter. and she is interested in setting up a foundation for housing, education, and things like that. but there are a lot of concerns that, you know, no matter how much they try to respect their grandfather's lega

a few showers around upper 50s and lower 60s from boston to new york and readings in the south back intoe south and then we're going to see a little snow in the mountains by the middle of next week. just a little later on the weather channel, check out "wake up with al." ♪ like so many great pioneers before me, guided only by a dream. i'm embarking on a journey of epic proportion. i will travel, from sea to shining sea, through amber waves of grain, and i won't stop until i've helped every driver in america save hundreds on car insurance. well i'm out of the parking lot. that's a good start. geico, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent, or more on car insurance. [ sighs ] can't wait 'til morning. wait, it's morning in china... [ male announcer ] it's sweet. it's nutty. it's absolutely delicious. kellogg's® crunchy nut™. it's morning somewhere™. >>> good news. some of your old favorite foods may be just what you need to help trim your waistline. >> keri glassman is a registered dietitian and contributor to "women's health" magazine. you're here with good news for us. >> i am. a l

martins burg 53 degrees as we head up the mid-atlantic, 55 degrees boston new york 55 cooler richmond to the southrees. well, as we take a look and compare ourselves to the nation, warmer air down to the south a frontal system pushing its way through a cold front giving us a dividing line between the 30s and 40s and 50s. take a look here 36 degrees north dakota. skies clear we will see just a few very light clouds into the course of the day nothing is going to dampen the spirit to have day at all we have a ridge of high pressure going to move its way out coldest air to the north frontal system we will keep an eye on as we move into the extended period today, nothing but sunshine, high will be about 70 degrees tonight mostly cloudy as that frontal system pushes its way through, 54 degrees but it is moisture starved if we see wet weather it will be across the potomac high lands. >>> for today's dedication, 53 degrees, mostly sunny skies winds from the southwest, 10 to 15, very pleasant. your day planner, sunny and dry, midday, 65, 4:00 p.m. hour, kicks in at 69 degrees and we know there is a footbal

boston. but the aurora borealis was visible as far south as oklahoma city, memphis, and atlanta. >> that means we had a strong solar flare. the ionized particles get ejected out of the sun and they get attracted to the north pole and the south pole. that's why you normally see them often in the north and in the south the closer you are to the polls. sometimes you can see them pretty far south. beautiful. and it's a vivid red color. nice picture from kansas city. >>> i have some more photographs sent from viewers. this is the rainbow yesterday. a lot of people witnessed this especially commuting around tyson's corner. dixie, thanks for sending this rainbow. that's due to the low angle sun and the rain yesterday. stands the fall colors, this is from lindsay at cunningham state park near thurmont. the beautiful colors along the shoreline on the trees. we have areas of fog this morning and a dense fog advisory until 9:00 a.m. in fairfax prince william stafford basically just west of the potomac in northern virginia. but in those locations we can anticipate reduced visibility and potential visibili

south. >> that's right, 80s, dallas to atlanta. upper 60s. new york, boston. 50s, detroit to fargo.hoenix hits 96. sacramento, 83. >> # 3. doesn't that sound nice. >> lovely. >> perfect. world series about to get under way. football season in full swing. we want to let you know pan am games, they're happening. they're happening. they might not be getting as much attention. u.s. making a pretty good showing. snagging 15 medals opening day alone. >> unfortunately we can't say the same for one cheerleader. performing a dance routine. she misjudged her location and oops, right there, you see it, fell into the pool. but she did go on to finish the routine. dripping wet. with a smile on her face. good for her. >> i'm laughing with her. not laughing at her. but honestly. you are going to set up a cheerleading competition on the edge of the pool? really? all right. >> poor thing. inevitable. you put her right there. going to happen. >> exactly. get on the video there. we'll be right back with more "world news now." ♪ i know that it's over [ queen latifah ] america's #1 long-wear lipcolor an

boston. your 80s are overwith. you don't need the umbrella today. we're dry. anywhere southf d.c., you have a chance of wet weather. but pennsylvania, ohio, michigan, up through new york and all of new england, it's a dry day. you can see what happens tomorrow. all that wet weather heads northward. we could see heavier rain in some cases as temperatures cool off dramatically. there's a little -- lynn, you were saying i was being a little gloomy today talking about the rain coming. here's the good news. saturday, the sunshine returns for the mid atlantic for a nice weekend. >> there you go. you redeem yourself. you always do. thank you so much. >>> coming up, one of the world's hottest celebrities unrecognizable in halloween makeup. plus, brad pitt learns the hard way that on his new film, it's tougher to make movies than just act in them. your first look at entertainment is straight ahead. you're watching "first look." of snowmen masseuse who cuddle up with your soreness and give out polar bear hugs. technology. [ male announcer ] new bengay cold therapy. the same technology

boston towards savannah, georgia. a couple showers possible in extreme south florida. take a look at the temperatures.up across the plains. 75 in k.c., 60 degrees in new york city. not too far off the average for this time of the year. but keeping it cool with the clouds around seattle with your temperatures in the mid 50s. cool enough for snow to mix in moving into montana and idaho. denver, enjoy that 78 degrees while you can. those temperatures are going to come crashing down tuesday into wednesday with the snow moving into the higher elevations. scattered showers moving across the great lakes and denver, 35 is all we can muster on thursday with a chance of snow across the rockies. "wake up with al" monday morning 6:00 a.m. eastern time to get your work beat started. [ male announcer ] this is lara. her morning begins with arthritis pain. that's a coffee and two pills. the afternoon tour begins with more pain and more pills. the evening guests arrive. back to sore knees. back to more pills. the day is done but hang on... her doctor recommended aleve. just 2 pills can keep arthritis pain away all da

south carolina, down to tampa and miami. >> upper 70s in atlanta. upper 60s in new york and boston. than normal in the upper midwest. fargo and the twin cities in the upper 40s. 60s in the pacific northwest and northern rockies. >> okay. >>> you'll like this one. a man in wisconsin says it was totally worth it because he fiy

heading up the mid-atlantic 42 degrees for boston, new york 43 degrees and to the south a chilly 39 degreesichmond. once again another cool night. as we look across country, we'll see some of that warmer air gradually to the south push its way very slowly into the mid-atlantic. we will get a bit of rise in temperatures and we'll get to appreciate that by the time we get closer to the end of the week, but tonight here's a look at your lows. some 20s on here, 27 in winchester, 27 hagerstown, 30 degrees at bowie, 35 at alexandria. as we move into the course of tomorrow we'll still see a fair amount of sunshine, ridge of high pressure in control, not a lot going on now, a few clouds rolling in. what we'll have to watch is going to be a coastal low and a frontal system that's out here to our west. that it's going to give us a combination of a bit of a change in our forecast. plenty of sunshine tomorrow, but this coastal low will gradually move out. it will bring a chance of evening showers. i'm thinking it might hold off a bit into late, but there is a slight chance. in the early evening for the

a few showers through the south, delays could develop around atlanta, charlotte, even miami. temperatures are going to be cool along the east coast 48 boston low 50s new york and d.c.. mid to upper 50s most of the country. phoenix and miami 83. any time you travel our flight tracker is waiting for you abc7news.com at the bottom. >>> not sure main street is feeling it yet but there's a new sense of optimism on wall street now. the dow closed above the 12,000 mark yesterday. overnight the asian markets went gangbusters. katie, signs that we may an individual a double dip recession? >> that's what they are saying. there are three pieces of good news regarding the economy this morning. asian stock markets already closed up. european leaders made that deal to stabilize their economy assuming they follow through. it does include forgiving half of greece's debt. here the dow closed up 340 points yesterday afternoon. that up in means october is on track to be the single best month for the stock market in 25 years. and from july to september, the american gross domestic product grew 2 1/2%. experts say people are spending money and businesses are s

at mile 15 they are just south of patterson park here, working through boston street.are continuing to run strategically. what will become interesting is in the next five miles they will be fighting each other instead of the wind. >> i talked to bill rogers, legend bill rogers this who said, what we are looking at here is a running poleton. as you said, they are working against the wind and drafting off each other. which is, you run behind someone else, you get a little bit of a break. you feed off their energy, and then maybe if you are nice, you come out in front and let them take a break behind youor a minute. >> for those of you who like me have never run in a marathon, an analogy would be if you are driving on 83 and you get behind a tractor trailer. you will notice if you are behind the truck, you don't feel the effects of the wind. that's what these runners are doing today. >> the main thing is, oh, the cutest race in the world. >> the fun run! >> if that doesn't put a smile on your face. a thousand kids here. you grow up and do something great for somebody else

south. new york city metros, delays under an hour. same story for philadelphia, boston and detroit.he freeze threat that will extend through friday morning for parts of the upper midwest, western great lakes, central plains and to the southeast, here in atlanta, we expect the chilly temperatures to continue as we round out the workweek. 37 in minneapolis, 59 in washington, 67 in new york and 61 in los angeles. your forecast of the day, it looks like you'll see the rain in parts of the great lakes and upper ohio valley drift its way to the east. plenty of sunshine for the central plains and for the world series, here's what you have for tonight, rangers and cardinals first pitch, expect around 8:05 clear skies, a little bit of a breeze out of the west at 10 miles an hour. that pushes the ball to the outfield. if you get something that flies close to the warning tracks it might give it the old heave-ho if you're looking for the long ball. >> the texas rangers needed the long ballast night. for some reason the bats have died down. who knows. >> sorry if you're a fan of the detroit tige

hartford and boston, you will see showers this morning but not as bad as what you dealt with yesterday morning. to the south, the next batch of rain through west virginia and now heading up through virginia. notice the bright yellows popping up in central portions of virginia. that's going to move up into the greater washington, d.c., area, right through the peak of the rush hour. do expect a slow commute there as the rain moves in. definitely an umbrella day today. baltimore and d.c. this morning and then later today up around philly and new york and later on this evening up to boston and hartford. the forecast today, more rainfall, but this is it. once we get rid of this all the great weather from minneapolis to chicago, all of illinois, missouri, oklahoma, arkansas, new orleans fantastic weather and florida looks good. that's what's going to translate. here's your weekend forecast. saturday, we get rid of all the messy weather. it will be windyp. that's the one word of the wise out there. i mean really windy in some places. especially around lake buffalo and syracuse and rochester where we could have tre

boston street. tunnel traffic looking good. no accidents at the key bridge. 10 minutes to travel south on i- 95 from the beltway down towards the 32. we start with the west side. we do have some inner loop delays. kind of strange to have delays on liberty on the inner loop. some light rain is falling around the area. the key bridge traffic is in good shape so far despite the rain. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. back to you. >> thank you. it is now official. teachers will soon get a new boss. >> dr. joe hairston is stepping down. jennifer franciotti is live in towson with details on the search for his replacement. good morning. >> dr. hairston's contract is up in june, so the board has about nine months to find a replacement. he made the board president aware of his decision to leave on monday. schmidt would not confirm public reports that the board had already decided not to extend hairston's contract several weeks ago. schmidt praised hairston for his work during his 12 years as superintendent. he announced the search for his replacement will begin immediately. >> i have established a committee to institute and to beg

boston, we're going to see it last longer. and in philadelphia, farther south, rain and wind happening right now. mixing with snow tonight and potentially 1 to 3 inches. so a few things to note about this. it's heavy, it's wet. the winds have strong power outages will be a story. 60 million people impacted in one way or another with rain, wind or snow. certainly this is quite a storm we'll be talking about for tomorrow. >> i know it's going to move out pretty fast, but what a mess in the meantime. and i think i smell airport delays. >> absolutely. already have some delays. already, actually, some of the airline carriers are offering those winter weather advisories. you can move and change your flights so look into that if you're traveling. >> i will be tomorrow. thank you, alexandra. >>> in bangkok, residents were urged to leave but many stayed put. many areas around the city are already under water. nearly 400 people have died, millions more forced from their homes. >> reporter: this lady has told us that she has run out of money. she is afraid for the safety

south carolina done to florida. sunny indian summer day here in the northeast. >> 80s from boston to baltimore.chicago. 74, kansas city. 80 in dallas. a wet 60 in seattle. 67, salt lake city. >>> a meatball cooked up at an italian festival in ohio may now hold the guinness record as the the world's heaviest. >> where is it? wait for it. wait for it. >> there it its. >> that's it? >> is that it? that thing? must be in that, guess it is in there. >> it was so heavy, workers used a forklift at the weigh-in at the italian festival in columbus. started out at nearly 1,500 pounds. after cooking off 400 pounds of fat, it ended up notching 1,105.5 pounds precisely. >> must have been a huge george foreman grill to get all that fat off. >> how do you cook that? >> only a few people got a taste. you need a huge refrigerator to keep the meatball from spoiling. >> does it make you hungry or nauseous? >> i am eating my sandwich under the desk. a hoagie right now. trust me, that made me hungrier. >> i'm feeling like i might ralph. >> come on now. >> sorry. >> we'll be back with more after this. i'll eat this

south florida. already have seen 3 to 5 inches of rain. could see that much more today. a nor'easter that moves into washington, d.c., new york, and boston. a big storm to watch. there's the warmer temperatures across the south. >>> good morning. temperatures a few degrees at 60. we'll pick up the breeze again with an afternoon with more sun and 7467 as we are headed into tonight, we are looking for temperatures back into the low 50s. that storm brings in more clouds tomorrow but the rain will hold off until wednesday. could turn wet and windy at 66. near 06 thursday and then we cool it down friday into next weekend with temperatures below normal. >> big pocket of arctic air also breaks free this week. we have to talk about who gets hit with that. robin? george? >> who does? >> we'll get that in the next half hour, george. it's called a tease. come on. come on back to 7:30. >>> coming up on "gma," one on one with the parents of baby lisa. dan abrams talked to each of them separately. did their stories match up? >>> and ashton kutcher going solo. his wife a no show this weekend. is it another sign that one of hollywood's hottest couples i

south florida. already have seen 3 to 5 inches of rain. could see that much more today. a nor'easter that moves into washington, d.c., new york, and boston. a big storm to watch. there's the warmer temperatures across the south. >>> mostly cloudy over the day annapolis. a mixture of sun and clouds throughout the day. front dropping in right now. 50 degrees in cumberland, 53 in hagerstown, over 60 in lexington park. for the high temperature for most of us. to the north an >> big pocket of arctic air also breaks free this week. we have to talk about who gets hit with that. robin? george? >> who does? >> we'll get that in the next half hour, george. it's called a tease. come on. come on back to 7:30. >>> coming up on "gma," one on one with the parents of baby lisa. dan abrams talked to each of them separately. did their stories match up? >>> and ashton kutcher going solo. his wife a no show this weekend. is it another sign that one of hollywood's hottest couples is breaking up? >>> and a 3-year-old girl that gobbles up everything from cardboard to lightbulbs. when my asthma symptoms returned, my doctor prescribed dulera to help prevent them

. >> warm in the south. 80s from dallas to miami. 73 in new york. 67 in boston. fargo, indianapolis. albuquerque, 74. phoenix, 96. >>> she is one of the symbols of our nation and most visited landmarks here in new york talking of course about statue of liberty. >> lady liberty. call this her little sister. an exact 9-foot replica unveiled yesterday just over six miles from the real thing. >> it cost the owner more than $1 million. he says it will be illuminated 24/7. and that little liberty offers everyone a chance to see the real statue's finest details. that's very nice. >> i like that. nice replica, monument to the real thing. >> vignette. have you been, yet, to see the real thing? >> i did it with my dad. the water taxi. played "new york, new york" with sinat sinatra. >> impressive. ellis island. >> i liked it. >> good thing. we'll be right back with more "world news now." ♪ she's a lady she's a lady ♪ talking about that little lady ♪ let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare

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boston, you get to see them. but last night it was seen as far south of oklahoma city, memphis, and atlanta. >>> next, to amarillo, texas, where the nation's very last b-53 nuclear bomb is being dismantled today. the 10,000 pound bomb was first put into service nearly 50 years ago, back in 1962 at the height of the cold war. the final components of the bomb, about the size of -- take a look here. about the size of a mini bus. it will be broken down today at the assembly and disassembly service in am mill row. >>> they are supposed to serve and protect but today officers are under arrest in this massive gun smuggling ring. they trafficked more than $1 million in illegal weapons and stolen goods. the fbi calling it a brazen misconduct. >> it's really embarrassing to have a story like this. we just had a shoot wearing a woman was shot and killed trying to cover up her kids. this is not far from the precinct where this happened. it's really disheartening to the new york city police department. but like the commissioner said, not everybody is like that. there are a lot of good officers out there. >> certainly. these o

south carolina. let me go back to iowa for a second. i spent time up in boston with the romney people. when you ask them about iowa, they just smile. what they're really saying is we're not going to go out there and overtly contest iowa but with all of this divide and conquer going on, if these conservatives keep splitting themselves, this could be a romney dream come true in iowa. >> it's hard to secretly contest iowa because you have to organize all of these caucusgoers and bus them into the caucuses. >> herman cain is doing a good job with that. >> at this stage, you are still in iowa. even if you don't physically show up there, they still have tv sets and radio stations. they get this stuff. at a certain point, you have to organize and you have to get people out on a caucus night, which is an organizational feat. the time is coming. the romney people are very happy with their standing in iowa without having done a lot of work in iowa. >> it's fascinating stuff, ari. thank you very much. gloria borger, as well. thank you so much. >>> one other political note. last night we have corn