the iowa caucuses. >>> good evening. m terry moran and we're breaking in because we can bring you tonight at long last, after an extraordinary night here in des moines, iowa, the results of the iowa caucuses. yes, there is a winner in the closest caucuses in history. and here it is. mitt romney has just been declared by the iowa republican party the winner. but look at this vote total. he defeats senator rick santorum by 8 votes out of 60,000. 60,000 between them, 120,000 all told. and coming up in third place, just behind him, ron paul in a strong showing here with a fervent, passionate support. he goes on. newt gingrich coming in fourth. texas governor rick perry, michele bachmann, and jon huntsman bringing up the rear there. but what an extraordinarily close race, just minutes ago here in des moines. the chairman of the republican party made the announcement. >> but i can report with 1770 precincts reporting, governor mitt romney received 30,015 votes. senator rick santorum received 30,007 votes. congratulations to gov

welcome to abc news special coverage of the iowa caucuses. your voice, your vote. iowa has spoken, but not with a clear voice tonight. an incredibly tight horse race. one of the closest in the history of the iowa caucuses. let's go right to the results as of this hour. and you can see just how close this race is. at this hour, rick santorum and mitt romney, locked in virtually a dead heat. look at that. almost 60,000 votes, ca s cast. ron paul coming up a strong third. and the rest of the field, the ones who will have an argument to make to voters that they can go on from here, newt gingrich hammered by negative ads falls to fourth place. rick perry there in fifth. michele bachmann, way down in sixth and jon huntsman didn't even campaign here. so, it is a nail-biter. we want to two right to abc news election headquarters in new york where diane sawyer and george stephanopoulos are standing by. and diane and george, what do you make of what the iowans have done here tonight? >> well, this is a season of phenomenal results. this is another one that confounds a lot of

so within two weeks, the republican party of iowa will have the final certified results of the iowa caucuses. but i can report with 1770 presincts reporting, governor mitt romney received 30,015 votes. and senator rick santorum received 30,007 votes. congratulations to governor mitt romney, winner of the 2012 caucuses. congratulations to senator rick santorum for a very close second-place finish and an excellent scprais congratulations to congressman paul and the other candidate who is competed in the 2012 iowa caucuses. thank you very much. have a good night. >> matt stran. >> 122,255. >> had to get that final turnout number back in. but mitt romney wins the iowa caucuses by 8 votes. mitt romney wins the iowa caucuses by 8 votes over former senator rick santorum. took until 2:34 eastern time for that to happen. the interesting thing was that it's going to take 2 weeks for all of these precincts to officially certify this result. but 8 votes separates 1 and 2. >> and the interesting thing at the end was the turnout, 122 thousand. someone suggested that they may suggest an enthusiasm gap on t

so within two weeks, the republican party of iowa will have the final certified results of the iowa caucusesbut i can report with 1770 presincts reporting, governor mitt romney received 30,015 votes. and senator rick santorum received 30,007 votes. congratulations to governor mitt romney, winner of the 2012 caucuses. congratulations to senator rick santorum for a very close second-place finish and an excellent scprais congratulations to congressman paul and the other candidate who is competed in the 2012 iowa caucuses. thank you very much. have a good night. >> matt stran. >> 122,255. >> had to get that final turnout number back in. but mitt romney wins the iowa caucuses by 8 votes. mitt romney wins the iowa caucuses by 8 votes over former senator rick santorum. took until 2:34 eastern time for that to happen. the interesting thing was that it's going to take 2 weeks for all of these precincts to officially certify this result. but 8 votes separates 1 and 2. >> and the interesting thing at the end was the turnout, 122 thousand. someone suggested that they may suggest an enthusiasm gap on the

establishment might have a different problem on its hands the likelihood that no one will win the iowa caucuses with the occupy iowa caucus movement recruiting supports to take the caucuses by storm and catapult uncommitted or none of the above to the top of the republican field for a win republicans and democrats for that matter could walk away tonight from the from the caucuses thoroughly embarrassed so how might this all play out joining me now from iowa is john nichols the washington correspondent for the nation. and tracy davis republican strategist and former speechwriter for george h.w. bush in our studios in new york welcome to both of you tracy doesn't look to me like you're in new york are you. i am not in your studio ok i'm sorry i did yeah there you go ok great to see you both john if i could ask you first uncommitted what's what's the strategy here with regard to the democrats or the least the democratic caucuses i mean most people don't even realize that there's a democratic caucus going on right now in iowa. well that's true most people aren't aware of the fact that there are dem

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now, how important are the iowa caucuses for the rest of the campaign? >> there is no importance to the iowa caucuses at all because iowa does not represent the cross section of america. so, you get bragging rights from winning iowa but that's about it. after today, you won't even hear the word iowa again for the rest of the presidential cycle. >> the attention now is turning to new hampshire. so, the question is how important will new hampshire be? doesn't this give the candidates kind of an idea of how voters are thinking? >> no. because iowa and new hampshire are two of the widest states in the country. and so you'll get a real flavor for where the candidates stand in my view, when you get to south carolina with a 25% black population and florida which has black and hispanic as well as white and south carolina, the black vote is a negligible part of the republican primary but at least candidates have to talk to more than just a white constituency. >> do you really feel the black vote is going to have an impact in the republican presidential race? >> no

the pundits get to decide who won iowa. so says the iowa republican party, which runs the caucuses. again why these guys in iowa are entrusted with the great honor and privilege, not to mention the monetary win fall that comes with first in the nation status. in 2008, the candidates are estimated to have spent $51 million in iowa. this time around, more than $12 million was spent on ads alone. every presidential election season, iowa gets not just millions of dollars spent in the state, they also get a year's worth of attention for even their most parochial issues and they get the whole of the national media essentially for a year, all for something they do not take seriously enough to capably pull off. we don't know who won the iowa caucuses, and the iowa republican party doesn't really seem to care about it. enough, okay, next time around, first in the nation maybe we should draw straws, anyone? law. my high school science teacher made me what i am today. our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo

the pundits get to decide who won iowa. so says the iowa republican party, which runs the caucuses. tell me again why these guys in iowa are entrusted with the great honor and privilege, not to mention the monetary win fall that comes with first in the nation status. in 2008, the candidates are estimated to have spent $51 million in iowa. this time around, more than $12 million was spent on ads alone. every presidential election season, iowa gets not just millions of dollars spent in the state, they also get a year's worth of attention for even their most parochial issues and they get the whole of the national media essentially for a year, all for something they do not take seriously enough to capably pull off. we don't know who won the iowa >>> i want to thank the tea >>> i want to thank the tea party express and tea party hd for inviting me to speak this evening. >> that was republican congresswoman michele bachmann last year giving the second break away, rogue, republican response to the state of the union address last year. congressman paul ryan gave the official republican respo

we will be the iowa caucuses talking iowa as we continue -- we will the iowa caucuses be iowa. ill be talking with michele bachmann. we will also talk to jesse benton. you can find all the coverage on c-span.org. next, we will look at the caucuses with craig robinson. we will be right back. ♪ >> that side has already made up his mind. this side has already made up its mind. >> rice is a university. >> you just be quiet. you be quiet. >> you did not know me. >> i pay your salary. >> i will remain -- >> the confrontation at a congressional hearing between representative young of alaska and historian douglas brinkley rank does the fourth most watched video in the c-span video library. watch it former self at c- span.org/videolibrary. it is what you want, when you want. >> "washington journal" continues. host: craig robinson is th"the iowa republican" a different shape. thank you for being with us. what are you thinking and making of the latest polls showing mitt romney and ron paul fearing well right now? guest: when i looked at the polls, i see there are three candidates that are

the iowa caucus after all. jim acosta is at a stop in charleston, south carolina. jim, first of all, his reaction to the iowa caucuses and that reversal? >> reporter: i got to tell you, suzanne, he had no reaction to the iowa caucuses and it was not for a lack of trying from the media that trailed him from campaign stop to campaign stop. he was peppered with questions from various reporters outside of his office in charleston about what his take was on the iowa caucus results and he did not answer those questions, quite frankly. he did stop for just a few moments to answer some questions about what rick perry had to do this morning, which was basically drop out of this race, and -- but very brief remarks from governor romney. here's what he had to say. >> we're going to miss him on the stage tonight. >> how about governor, is it fair to call it a tie when rick santorum came out on top? governor, it's been a big news day. can you just give us a couple of comments, sir? >> reporter: okay. so those were not the full remarks from governor romney on rick perry but i can basically paraphrase what he said. it was just befor

caucused before iowa that year. no 2000, orrin hatch dropped out of the race after finishing last in the iowa caucuses. 2004, congressman democrat dick gephardt dropped out after finishing fourth in iowa. chris dodd and joe biden dropped out of the '08 race after losing big in iowa. lamar alexander, now a senator, dropped out of the 2000 presidential race in 1999. after a disappointing finish in the ames, iowa, straw poll which is kind of a fake thing. he didn't make it to the real voting. republican tommy thompson, former wisconsin governor, did the same thing in 2007 heading into the 2008 race as did former minnesota governor tim pawlenty. remember when tim pawlenty was running for president last year? that was fun. iowa can narrow the field on both sides. it can cause people to quit. this year, the candidates you could see as being least viable, if they don't do well in iowa, at least don't appear to be prepared to drop out as the result of a bad showing. newt gingrich, for example, says he knows he won't win in iowa but he definitely won't drop out no matter how he places. he's already announced hi

iowa. >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, january 4th, 2012. good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. >>> if the iowa caucuses were a horse race, the result can only be described as an unlikely photo finish. mitt romney, who had just about written off iowa, won by a nose with the recently surging rick santorum right on his tail and iowa may have claimed a political casualty. rick perry, following a fifth place finish, he says he is reassessing his campaign. here are the numbers. a record 122,255 straw poll ballots were cast last night. in a truly amazing finish, mitt romney beat rick santorum by just eight votes. ron paul finished third, followed by newt gingrich. susan mcginnis is in des moines with more on this race. some people were surprised at rick santorum. >> reporter: yes, absolutely. that was unexpected really. this was quite a nail-biter and really something to watch throughout the night. the closest vote, like you said, in iowa caucus history. in the end, mitt romney wins to be the challenger to president obama, at least so far, and he has won by the slimmest margin ever. mitt romney barely squeeze

>>> today is the last full day of campaigning for republican presidential candidates before the iowa caucuses. usually the only top three or four finishers who keep going. mitt romney is looking for a win that seemed unlikely one month ago. one day to go, the race is anybody's to win. a poll finds 41% of likely caucus goers still don't know who they will vote for. susan mcginnis is in des moines with the latest. >> reporter: a lot of debate and arguing here just how important the iowa caucuses in determining who ends up being the actual nominee but there is no doubt that a win here can go a long way toward being a springboard of success in new hampshire and the primaries and that is why that 40% of undecided voters are so critical. mitt romney got some laughs in iowa at the expense of president obama. >> the gap between his promises and his performance is the largest i've seen -- well, since the kardashian wedding and the promise of till death do we part. >> reporter: one day to go before the iowa caucuses, the massachusetts governor is trying hard to hang on to his lead. the latest des moine

>> mitt romney narrowly wins the iowa caucuses. two candidates who did poorly may be dropping out. >> reporter: and peninsula city trying to put the brakes on expanding facebook. >>> well, good morning. i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. it's wednesday, january 4th. >>> happening right know, san francisco police are -- right now, san francisco police are staking out a cliff on telegraph. tara moriarty is live where police believe there could be a new development. >> reporter: there's a police car here and down the street there's two officers standing there at the base of the cliff there. the police say they believe he's still in the area where the search light is on the hillside. but they were using their flashlights scanning the cliff to see if there are any routes that the suspect might have tried to -- used to escape. last night a woman called 911 staying a mom had stolen her ring. the building management confronted the suspect, he jumped over the cliff. he had two backpacks on him. police don't know if it's -- i

this drives me crazy covering the iowa caucuses for so many years. le so -- haven't decided quite yet, able to change their minds? >> i think the people of iowa really do take this so seriously, and so they want to make sure they get this right. i think there's even an anticipated, highly anticipated sense this year in particular because republicans are really united about a desire to defeat president barack obama in november, so they want to make sure that they are focusing in on the candidate that can do that, and also reflects their values. >> sure. and, carol, the latest polls showing that up to 40% of iowans perhaps can still be persuaded to go in a different direction in terms of who they vote for. what do you think they want to hear from the candidates? what are they waiting for? what do they need to hear before they make up their minds? >> well, all along they have told us that they're very focused on the economy. just as americans are across the rest of the country. but iowans, too, many of them are evangelicals. they're waiting to hear -- to

the iowa caucuses could set the tone for the rest of the race for the gop. but those who are strong in iowa may not be as strong elsewhere. the cnn political team is here to break it all down for us in two minutes. [ gargling ] oo-ay-ow. savings. savings. savings? progressive was the first to offer online quoting. you can do better. first to show comparison rates. ding! the "name your price" tool. oh! gosh, don't mind if i do. who was the first to offer pet injury coverage? we were. and when did you know you wanted to sell insurance? i said i wouldn't cry. um... whee! it's flo time. now, that's progressive. call or click today. will be giving away passafree copies of the alcoholism & addiction cure. to get yours, go to ssagesmalibubook.com. >>> less than 48 hours left until the first votes are cast in the 2012 presidential race. the iowa caucuses. they are tuesday night. many of the republican hopefuls spent their holiday making their last sales pitch to voters. here's how the field looks in the latest closely watched des moines register poll. take a look at

the east coast, 7:00 p.m. in iowa. at this hour the results of the iowa caucuses are too early to call but based on early entrance polling, ron paul, mitt romney, and rick santorum are competing to win in iowa tonight. chris matthews is at the convention center in des moines, iowa and joins us now. how quickly do you expect the caucuses to move from this point? at this point too early to call but those three bunched at the top? >> i'm hearing it's going to take a while tonight, rachel. i think that's a statement in itself. too early to call can be misinterpreted to meaning it's going to be a close race. i'm taking it that way because romney is not racing above this pack or out in front of this pack. the fact that he's being challenged by someone so limited in their political appeal as rick santorum who was defeated in pennsylvania by 17% for re-election shall the fact that ron paul is able to challenge him in a serious race for president, with all his baggage, tells you that the republicans are not lining up behind mitt romney yet. now maybe late tonight i'll change that view but i've watched this thing and watched this

well, the results of the iowa caucuses are in now. candidates that may now be dropping out of the race. >>> we are live in san francisco where police are staking out a hill fight as they search for a burglar suspect. we will tell you how close they are to catching him. [ male announcer ] get ready for some deli-style delic-ious-ity: the subway big hot pastrami melt. dive into piled-high pastrami, spicy mustard, pickles and melt-a-licious cheese. treat your taste buds to a fresh toasted subway big hot pastrami melt. subway. eat fresh. >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. there it is live in new york. the opening bell. looks like actually a pretty quiet opening. couple of pretty big hats over there on the nasdaq. that is the professional bull riders chief operating officer. silly me. i didn't know that was a pubically traded company. they are celebrating sixth annual invitational at madison square garden. pbr is their symbol. professional bull riders. lower part of your screen dow jones down a little bit. we'll have all t

the iowa caucuses are a reality show. let me show you something. is is the numbers that everybody's playing for in iowa. the winner if the polls hold true right now will win 7 delegates. the second place guy will get 6 delegates. here's new hampshire. the winner suggests they would get 4 and the second place guy would get 26789 you're playing for a spread of three on your way to 1144. what are you playing for? you're playing for the conversation. what we're all talking about for the next week. that, i think, is a reality show. >> will cain's magic board, ladies and gentlemen. maria, what's your take? >> well, with all the back biting and nastiness and negativity and snarkiness, i think i'd have to say first of all house wives of d.c. the housewives of d.c. ultimately because all of these candidates will have atrocious policies for the american people, it would have to be deadliest catch. >> pete? >> kyra, i've got a lot of different ideas of what reality show the republican race can be. how about america's got less talent than we hoped? perhaps who

the clock. we're just 11 hours away until iowa holds its presidential caucuses. heartland voters will crush some dreams and, of course, fuel some others. every candidate is hoping for the most elusive iowa export, political momentum pushing them towards the white house. our crews are covering it all. jim acosta is pretty tired. christine romans will show you why iowa voters may not be asking the same questions as you. let's go ahead and begin with jim in west des moines. you've been with rick santorum almost 24/7. you do let the guy sleep. what's that been like? >> reporter: it has been amazing to watch, kyra. who would have thought when all of this got start that had we would be chasing rick santorum around in the final 24 hours before the iowa caucuses that the international press, he had the japanese, the german and the french, the british press all tailing him yesterday and testifies drawing some very big crowds partly because he is sort of the last alternative to mitt romney to emerge in this process because a lot of evangelical voters in the state have final

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the iowa caucuses are set for tonight. the presidential candidates have made their final push for voters. the herd from the iowa republican chairman said it is not typical. >> this level of liquidity shows how serious republicans take responsibility for replacing president obama. >>darya: you can see all these cars stranded in indianapolis. >>darya: a similar scene in pennsylvania. they had a massive pileup. look at all the ambulances, cars and trucks involved. 20 vehicles including big rigs. 17 people had to go to the hospital. >>james: when we come back, the opening bell on wall street. we have some strong indications oversees the we will have a strong start. everyone is positive. asian and european stocks are positive as well. >>james: there it is. the opening bell on wall street. trading will get under way. there is a lot of positive momentum looking at the overseas market serious a lot of strong upward sentiment coming into wall street. we will see what happens once the numbers start rolling in. >>darya: the big story

the pundits get to decide who won iowa. so says the iowa republican party, which runs the caucuses. why these guys in iowa are entrusted with the great honor and privilege, not to mention the monetary win fall that comes with first in the nation status. in 2008, the candidates are estimated to have spent $51 million in iowa. this time around, more than $12 million was spent on ads alone. every presidential election season, iowa gets not just millions of dollars spent in the state, they also get a year's worth of attention for even their most parochial issues and they get the whole of the national media essentially for a year, all for something they do not take seriously enough to capably pull off. we don't know who won the iowa that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. living with the pain of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis... could mean living with joint damage. help stop the damage before it stops you with humira. for many adults with moderate to severe ra, humira's proven to help relieve pain and stop joint da