fox's steve brown has more. >> six republican presidential candidates taking the stage in manchester, new hampshire, ahead of the granite state's tuesday primary. >> we have to no nominate someone that can beat barack obama. that can get the tea party behind them. that can go to washington, d.c. and stop the corrupt spending that has been going on. >> mitt romney won iowa earlier this week by 8 votes. he is polling at the top of the new hampshire polls by a wide margin. so it's no surprise to see romney under attack tonight. >> this experience doesn't necessarily match up. with being the commander in chief of the country. the commander in chief isn't the ceo. >> like some other states, in new hampshire, undeclared voters are independent can take part in either primary. that is sending these republicans into high gear, appealing to those who are undecided. >> invested in over 100 businesses and taking out the ones where we lost jobs and those that we added, those businesses have added over 100,000 jobs. i have a record of learning how to create jobs. >> john huntsman is banking on new

fox's steve brown takes a look at whether a pair of weekend debates did anything to sway those voters. >> i spent a little bit of time this morning and i spent all of last night watching the die bait of. reporter: that makes evan drew -- debate of. reporter: that makes evan drew like a lot of voters in new hampshire. >> debates. i think this year is more on debates. reporter: it's suggested three of four every independent here spends some or a lot of time watching the gop presidential debates. >> i think social media in addition to the debates has been my no. 1 focus of. reporter: all those retail politicking events in new hampshire, according to research two/3 of voters don't go in-- 2/3 of voters don't go instead relying on debates and their own independent research. >> we get online. we have access to this all the time. reporter: jeff bradley who advises the mitt romney campaign on independent voter outreach is mailed to an independent voter. >> when there's a piece of mail to me, there's one to her. when there's a phone call to me, there's another one for her. reporter: there's tw

and we have team coverage and carl cameron will tell us on the campaign trail and steve brown will talk about the undecided voters and molly brown for the ground operations for these campaigns e let's start things off with our main man in new hampshire, campaign carl cameron, in exete exeter. >> as bret mentioned. undecided or likely to change their mind and mitt romney grew a big crowd here to exeter high school and the only rival he bothered to take the time to mention was barack oba obama. >> this president has failed on the budget, failed on the economy, getting people back to work and failed internationally, his vision for america is wrong. our vision is right. we believe in america. >> but at this morning's debate. romney was the target of the g.o.p. rival. >> could we drop a little bit of the pious baloney? the fact is you ran in '94 and lost, just level with the american people. you've been running at least since the 1990's. >> and we want someone who is going to stand up and fight for the conservative principles, not ball out and not run to the left of ted kennedy. >> i don't s

>> bret: steve brown live in des moines. steve, thank you. get some thoughts now about where the race may be going from senior political analyst brit hume. good evening. >> welcome home. >> bret: thank you. early morning. let's talk about newt gingrich. you heard him on the stomp and what about the strategy as he industries to regain footing in new hampshire. >> he told our friend laura ingram on the radio he could envision a combination between him and rick santorum. that really doesn't make any sense. what newt gingrich needs to do is to be where rick santorum is. the hold that position in the race. to be the leader of the non-romney candidates. makes no sense to join santorum and attack romney. it appears to me that newt gingrich's judgment about the political situation is clouded by road rage against romney. i'm not sure it will get him far. >> bret: john mccain's endorsement of romney today. john mccain has had success in new hampshire numerous times. what about that, as mitt romney is still trying to get conservatives to sign on to his

in manchester, steve brown brown. >> at one point the candidates also discussed gay marriage. gingrich said full marriage equality is going to far. >> a huge jump from being understanding and concerned which we should be to saying we are there -- going to institute the sackment of marriage as though it has no basis. >> late tonight the post reported a casino mogul has donated $5 million to gingrich's super pack. he is a long time supporter of gingrich and said he will spend as much as 20 million. gingrich blames romney's super pack money for helping him loose in iowa. >> someone whose name can be mixes up with ron paul also campaigned today. >> vote vote vote. >> reporter: rue paul didn't promote a particular candidate. he urged people to show up tuesday and make their own choices. he denied interest in running himself. >> you know i'm really not a political person by nature. i -- i do believe that every time a man puts on a wig and heels it's making i political statement. >> the crowd in the diner used to seeing candidates by now gave him a warm welcome. >> san francisco mayo

steve brown in manchester, looking at the power of independent voters. first campaign, carl cameron in bedford. how are they responding to the attack adds there? >> reporter: it's not the first time he heard it. as he said himself, he would expect this from liberals and democrats. gop field has been attacking romney from the right saying he is insufficiently conservative but came out on the left. >> things can be taken out of the context. that is what the obama people will do. you know i was speaking about insurance companies and the need to be able to make a choice. my comments reflected that discussion, we should be able to choose the insurance company of our choice and not have one forced on us by obamacare. >> reporter: he was talking about health insurance coverage but it's a republican primary in which his rivals have been pounding him and today they chose this one. >> shep: carl, they say it's the battle for second place. i distinctly remember hillary clinton being down 13 points this time four years ago. >> reporter: that's right. romney's lead a

so let's start our coverage at the bottom of the hour from polk city, iowa with steve brown who is just the road from us here in des moines. steve, this is partly because of how the iowa caucuses work. you don't just walk in and make your choice. have you got to talk it over. >> no. there are speeches. at the 1774 caucus sites, campaigns try to make sure there is somebody at each one of those to give impassioned speech on behalf of their campaign. congressman steve king here of iowa say sometimes those speeches for the undecides can win them over. >> when you listen to those speeches, something galvanizes in your mind and you begin to hang on the big pluses that come out. and maybe you are pushed off by a negative or two that might emerge. >> steven king appears to be an undecided himself. he tweeted tonight he would not be endorsing any of the presidential candidates here on caucus eve, shep? >> shepard: is there a sign that some republics are still waiting? >> some of them just want to know that the can they are going to back will have what it takes, finances are resource what is have

steve brown live in des moines, iowa tonight. first campaign carl cameron in manchester, new hampshire. carl, you're there with newt gingrich, who came in a very disappointing fourth place. i thought there were only three tickets out of iowa? >> yeah. he's a professor of history and he's trying rewrite it. we're at the new hampshire institute of politics here which has been a proving ground for candidates in the present for years and an archive of campaigns that goes back over 75 in the first of the nation primary state. in the past, if you haven't gotten the first three tickets, you haven't done very well there. but gingrich says this is just the beginning. he launched with a full page ad in the union leader, the state's largest newspaper, criticizing mitt romney and comparing romney's record on the issues against mr. gingrich's, and the former speaker of the house has said quite clearly he plans to spend the next week here in new hampshire trying to do well, but mostly emphasizing issues that will play out loudest in south caro

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steve brown with the santorum campaign. first, let's get to campaign carl cameron live at romney headquarters in manchester. is mitt romney running away with this thing or what do we know? >> it looks from the antidotal information heading into today's primary and exit polls that mitt romney is going to have a big night. all the polls suggested he was leaning for 15 to 20 point victory. if he holds that that will be the bounce and victory he will be hoping for. he visited a couple of polling places today. he was absolutely mobbed by both the media and supporters. it was the equivalent of a media mosh pit in ward one in manchester. huge crowd. romney who has been cautious to not boast was once again quietly very confident. listen. >> we have worked very hard. we started off this campaign, organized the real effective effort. i think we show that we're going to be on the ballots around the country. and i think we have good support around the country. i have go to get 1150 delegates. this is a big statement in new hampshire. a

>> shepard: steve brown live with us tonight. thanks. iowans have their choice of more than 800 caucus sites across the state including schools and libraries. in a few cases people's homes. and even at one winery, which is probably what i would choose. but it's not like a primary where you just walk in and cast your ballot. no, we're full on arcane here. you listen to speeches from supporters of each republic candidate. write your choice on a little piece of paper or in some places you just do a show of hands if it's a small group. then a representative from each campaign can watch the ballot counting. democrats do things a little bit differently when they do. this supporters of each candidate gather in separate corners of a room to show their support for different candidates. but this is republicans. of course, president obama is running uncontested in iowa. more on his campaign a little later. first, shannon bream live in walk key wisconsin? i know it's 20 miles west of us. explain exactly who exactly is allowed to show up at these cau

steve brown is in rochester tracking down independents to see what they are thinking. we are in rochester outside the city hall which doubles as the opera house. it appears that the former mass governor is soon to be making his way out of the building. when it comes to independent voters in new hampshire a couple of things that are absolute. they are the largest voting bloc and also among the tougher votes to track down here whether you are talking about a statewide contest or in a primary particularly because they have different patterns of behavior. for one, they debate o dee pe s quite a bit. 65% in that same research probably didn't attend the campaign event over the course of the last six months. all that retail opportunity and independents would prefer go it your own way or do it yourself sort of search process to try and filter out which candidate they are most interested in. according to research done by suffolk university it looks like mitt romney is winning the independent partly because of the primary interest is jobs and the economy and romney with his part

steve brown is showing us live in west des moines, iowa at the bachmann headquarters. g about the developments? >> reporter: i have had a chance to talk with some staff. they have not disclosed the content of what it is that miss bachmann may be saying this morning but did disclose so far that it was hastily put together about 8:10 this morning, her iowa campaign manager was asked to start making phone calls to local media. that was followed up by her national campaign manager alice stewart to try to put this hastily together. still setting up this particular venue. this is the venue where the caucus reception was for the bachmann campaign last night. as noted at the top of the hour the national campaign manager for the the bachmann campaign suggested -- getting out of the race may be a course she may want to consider. sarah palin said something similar on the air last night, while she was complimentary of congresswoman's bachmann's effort and her role in her campaign that her best role may be back in the house as a u.s. congressman from minnesota. if you read voices an

steve brown has more from fort dodge iowa. >> harris, rick perry is heavily invested in the iowa campaigntelevision advertising. it is hard to watch tv in iowa and not see a perry political commercial. his campaign has outspent all others and dropping three million on advertising this month . his campaign internal research said ads with perry talking about face and move congress to a part-time institution moved caucus goers and he's had a morning event in fort dodge and in addition a strike force of several hundred perry backers are flowing in iowa to help out before the final week of the caucus and even with that polls suggest he is in the back of the pack. he is going after santorum and he critize for spend earmarks. >> you can't overhaul washington d.c. with a senator who voted to raise the debt ceiling 8 different times. >> he is knocking santorum's record on earmarks as well perry believe that is santorum's rise inclus voters he can attract and going after santorum to get them. >> steve brown, reporting, thank you. and a programming note. don't miss special edition of studio b and fo

steve brown is live in urbandale, iowa. you are outside newt gingrich's headquarters right now. a lot of people talking about rick santorum and where he can make this latest surge in the polls turn into votes. >> it's a question he has put in the most time on the ground whether or not he can translate all of those visits and all of those voters that he met. all of those volunteers and turn it into a ground became. what is interesting from the santorum folks is in addition to the traditional door knocking sort of things they hope for a bit of organic grass-roots work. the people org niedz on their own talk to their neighbors and drag folks to the caucuses kind of independent of the campaign. harris? >> i know texas governor rick perry is raising eyebrows with a number of boots he has on the ground that means money he is spending. >> he is spending quite a bit on ads alone. apparently also on travel to get folks here. i was sitting next to a guy with a strike force of 200. the governor was talking about 350 dectexans coming up. that suggested something in the neighborhood of 500 f

steve brown has more from fort dodge iowa. >> harris, rick perry is heavily invested in the iowa campaign. television advertising. it is hard to watch tv in iowa and not see a perry political commercial. his campaign has outspent all others and dropping three million on advertising this month . his campaign internal research said ads with perry talking about face and move congress to a part-time institution moved caucus goers and he's had a morning event in fort dodge and in addition a strike force of several hundred perry backers are flowing in iowa to help out before the final week of the caucus and even with that polls suggest he is in the back of the pack. he is going after santorum and he critize for spend earmarks. >> you can't overhaul washington d.c. with a senator who voted to raise the debt ceiling 8 different times. >> he is knocking santorum's record on earmarks as well perry believe that is santorum's rise inclus voters he can attract and going after santorum to get them. >> steve brown, reporting, thank you. and a programming note. don't miss special edition of studio b and

correspondent steve brown reports on today's news about the iowa caucuses. >> guess what?defeated mitt romney in iowa. [ applause ] >> today, rick santorum declared caucus victory in iowa's republican chairman did confirm the math. >> there is no question among those precincts we are able to certify, rick santorum received more vote on caucus night. >> in the eye of the iowa g.o.p. it's a split decision because while santorum now holds a slim 34-vote edge over mitt romney, votes from eight precincts were not counted because official paperwork was not turned in before yesterday's deadline. >> each of the 1774 precincts receive what is called a form "e" certification form and that document is signed by the precinct chair and the precinct secretary and delivered to the county chairman. >> of the eight precincts without certification paperwork, four are county in eastern iowa where the local chairman say they were electronically turned in on caucus night but not the forms. >> they did not turn out the forms. the forms are a waste of paper. >> the rules say no paperwork no, vot

foxes steve brown has the highlights. >>> six republican presidential candidates taking the stage at st. an tons college. >> we have to nominate someone who can beat barack obama, get the tea party behind them and go to washington dc and stop the corrupt spending that has been going on. >>> he is polling at the top of the new hampshire polls by a wide margin it is no surprise to see romney under attack tonight. >>> with being a commander and chief of this country the commander and chief of this country isn't a ceo >> undeclared voters or independents can take part in either primary. this is appealing to those undecided. >>> in the business i had, we invested in over 100 businesses and taking out the ones, where we lost jobs, those businesses have added over 100,000 jobs i have a record of learning how to create jobs. >> john hunts man is banking on new hampshire to boost his campaign, holding more than 160 events since declaring his bid for the presidency. >> i delivered a flat tax for my state i took my state to number one in job creation. >>> it was fox's steve brown reporting here

steve brown is live in urbandale, iowa. you are outside newt gingrich's headquarters right now. a lot of people talking about rick santorum and where he can make this latest surge in the polls turn into votes. >> it's a question he has put in the most time on the ground whether or not he can translate all of those visits and all of those voters that he met. all of those volunteers and turn it into a ground became. what is interesting from the santorum folks is in addition to the traditional door knocking sort of things they hope for a bit of organic grass-roots work. the people org niedz on their own talk to their neighbors and drag folks to the caucuses kind of independent of the campaign. harris? >> i know texas governor rick perry is raising eyebrows with a number of boots he has on the ground that means money he is spending. >> he is spending quite a bit on ads alone. apparently also on travel to get folks here. i was sitting next to a guy with a strike force of 200. the governor was talking about 350 dectexans coming up. that suggested something in the neighborhood of 500 f

in an interview, steve brown told us how he stepped in to help stop the bank robbers. >> i was on my way to work and noticed the car driving erratically some tough, it shot inside her teeth in it several other cars on the freeway. these guys were going easily up to 90 mi. per hour. both of the occupy and ran out and ran towards this side of the freeway. if when they did that i realize no one was saying before the accident. at that time i thought my duty was to try and stop them. i ran after them, i ended up dead is one of the show him my badge in tried to get him on the ground. we ended up wrestling in back of him in an arm are on the floor. that is what i called 911. about 10 minutes went by and then at the calvary arrived. one of the officers saw me with my dad has through its share of kansas at me, i cost the suspect in the eye told him where to go. s. fly >>darya: it is meets each year what people v. he is a trained security guard, but still, flickr action and quick thinking helped the police. half of those two men are in jail after the bank robbery in san jose. >>mark: in san fr

steve brown.artha: mitt romney is at a campaign stop in eastern iowa, and here he is speaking about what he hopes to do if he can lead america. listen. >> are we going to remain america, the shining city on a hill with freedom and opportunity, or are we going to become something we couldn't recognize? and that's what i think this election is going to come down to. we can remember a time when things were better. these have been a tough three years. but these years have been a detour, not our destiny. we remember a time when you didn't have to worry about looking at the gas pump, and you didn't have to worry about looking at your retirement and account. and when you spent your week thinking about what movie you might take the kids to on the weekend as opposed to worrying whether you could put food on the table until the weekend. i know that those good times are still out there. and we can reclaim them. as long as we have a president who believes in the foundational principles of this nation. martha:

. >> reporter: steve brown says he watched the car enter highway 85 and slam into a mini van. and when the two men ran, he says he chased one down. >> we got into a wrestling match and i threw him to the ground, and placed him under citizen's arrest and called 911. >> reporter: the second suspect ran to the baseball field at the high school. >> lock down. lock down. teachers lock your doors. >> students were in the building and the suspect -- >> reporter: police shut down highway 85 for 5 hours. light rail was stopped by the bomb squad moved in to investigate if an explosive device was in the car. news chopper 2 was there when police detonated the device which was not an explosive. >> reporter: both men are in police custody today. we will have more on the actions of the security company coming up at 10:00. reporting live, maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> san francisco mayor ed lee announced a new task force. he detailed the plan. it would create a permit source of revenue for housing. >> just because the state and the feds don't find this to be their highest priority,

>>shepard: steve brown, live from west des moines, thank you.emocrats are focusing their attacks in iowa on romney. the experts say that suggests the former massachusetts governor is the most likely person to win the republican nomination, really, and the biggest threat in the general election. but our next guest says democrats are ready for whomever wins. the chair calls all of the candidates interchangeable and says they cannot beat we president obama. >> the republicans in general are not enthusiastic about their choices. and, that is one of the reasons, i think, that there is not a single one of them that is showing in any poll right now they would beat president obama. in iowa. and nationally, president obama beats any of them. >>shepard: but president obama is in a dead heat with romney including last month's fox news poll. the g.o.p. nominee will face the re-election machine in iowa after winning in 2008 and the campaign staffers have opened eight offices and volunteers made 350,000 phone calls to supporters. in iowa. so they called every