missionary in seoul, tim peters asked himself a question that changed the course of his life. >> what's wrong with this picture? 50 miles north of here is possibly the worst human rights situation, including christian persecution, in the entire world, and here we are in south korea living a lifestyle that's probably on par with the united states and europe, and even the south korean churches were sending armies of missionaries all over the world and yet, there seemed to be nobody in china to kind of catch, the play catcher to all these refugees that were coming across. >> reporter: peters just returned from china where he operates an underground railroad helping north korean refugees, most of them not christian, escape to other countries. they are not welcome in china and forcefully sent home if they're caught. pastor phillip buck has a long history of helping north koreans. his daughter grace interprets. >> so i once asked a chinese -- chinese person, why do you do this? i mean, these are so desperate people. even if you can't feed them, at least don't arrest them and send them back to

hampshire followed by ron paul 33%, john hunts man, 17% for more on these results mean let's check with tim, peter away this week we are happy to welcome back david brown welcome to both of you. >> good morning. >> leet's talk what happened last night in new hampshire, we expected mitt romney to be at the top i am not sure what percentage you expected him to have but it is in line with what most people felt what about the rest of the field. >> let's address the romney thing he was there six years the rest of the field some of them in the field made some mistakes rick santorum in particular thought he could compete, you cannot compete in seven days with a guy who has been running six years they know him he lives there all the rest of that stuff. his victory was fine i think what you are seeing now is a splinter of the anti romney crowd, i mean what did he get, 35, 37% of votes, 60 to 65% of republicans still don't like mitt romney, they are not really ready, no, i can't do that. i think that is his problem of going forward if they were to coalesce. if this was a head to head mitt romney against ano

tim, doreen, rita, ann, peter, helen, joseph, louise, martha, teresa, thomas michael, all together to course their children. >> been quite a lot started this year. >> for as long as i can remember. >> reporter: jacob is one of the grandchildren. one out of 93. that means, 93 coats. 93 shoes, and 93 curious minds. >> a lot of mouths to feed. >> reporter: like a well-greased assembly line, they do just that. only, they may have grown out of grandpa's kitchen. >> because it is such a big group, we have been using the community center. >> reporter: this year they booked the community center. but this wasn't the first year size has been an issue. >> before that we want to the -- went to the center of city hall, didn't we? >> reporter: you see, community hall gives them a little breathing room. >> i have a two. >> reporter: for everyone to play their favorite games. all 93 of them. >> there is cousins. probably about 96. >> reporter: though the count may be off, here comes the real math -- adding in the great grandchildren. >> 73 great grandchildren. >> reporter: with new ones arriving ever

says it will use force to keep it open in just over twenty minutes peter the cross-talk to base the effectiveness of sanctions. we had tim geithner going around the world trying to get countries not to import raney and oil i mean from trans perspective that's basically an act of war you're going to choke off their economy why should be why should these people be punished. when it's punished as between economic sanctions and military action one is to within the realm of the. peaceful measures the other something that could spark a war. just could spark a war and it's go to go back to go ahead. and fire too many make the mistake of implying the sanctions are just peaceful means they're not they are coersion they kill the innocent and for the latest round of sanctions i mean you go back to iraq half a million children died the future of iraq was destroyed and madeline albright turned around the city was worth it now you apply sanctions because you don't want to expend the military expenses you cannot iran to sit back and have no casualties and the war chest would definitely be depleted so sanctions are imposed hoping the ir

today one of their surrogates, tim pawlenty saying about mitt romney being the nominee, really? >> peter alexander for us in tampa this morning, thank you. the candidates have eight days, that's it, to navigate a state they are going to have to spend more money than south carolina. six times larger than new hampshire, five times more hispanics than iowa. msnbc political analyst richard wolffe and joy-ann reid, great to see you both this morning, we have a lot to talk about, especially on the heels of south carolina. republicans there made it clear who's the most conservative, that is, in their estimation, newt gingrich. who's the most electable, again, newt. if mitt romney's back against the wall in the short-term at least, does he come out firing tonight, does he have any other options? >> no, he doesn't, there are two reasons for that. first of all, two questions, you might expect him to lose on the who's more conservative, but the lktibility question is the most damaging one. these character questions that have popped up have been translated through these hesitating responses that sug

peter brady? >> yeah. >> cold air is moving in. we'll enjoy this last day. bill, thanks so much. let's turn to sports. after a week of tebow mania, tim tebow and the broncos finally play a game tomorrow night against the patriots. it's a game that could be more watched than the match finale. he was voted america's new favorite athlete sat down with usa today for an interview in a glowing profile tebow reveals a modest lifestyle saying he stays focused on faith and family. he's too busy for a girlfriend. still, he's got plenty of fans including, how about this, 1980s hit maker john parr. he rewritten his song "st. elmo's fire" for the denver quarterback. the new name of the song, tim tebow's fire. >>. ♪ tim tebow's fire >> that's right. he rewrote the song with no sense of irony whatsoever to be "tim tebow's fire." in honor of parr's tribute, jimmy fallon offered this performance last night inspired by tim tebow and david bowie. ♪ tim tebow to jesus christ tim tebow to jesus christ ♪ ♪ can't win by myself but with your help i might ♪ ♪ this is jesus christ to tim tebow ♪ ♪ please leave me alone force tors don't you know my day of rest

peter brady. we turn to sports now. a new poll confirms what everybody already knows. tebow mania is an epidemic. the poll conducted to determine america's favorite athlete now finds tim tebow as number one. second to kobe bryant, aaron rodgers, peyton manning and tom brady. only 11 athletes have ever held that top spot. the include includes michael jordan, tiger woods, lebron james and now tim tebow. he had the country mesmerized for last sunday's wild card game. the game was watched by an astounding 42.4 million people. making it the most watched program on television since last year's super bowl. they're expecting huge numbers saturday night when the broncos play new england in prime time tebow and brady. on twitter, tebow's overtime touchdown pass inspired more tweets in the united states than any other event in recent history with 9,420 tweets per second. even lady gaga tweeted after the game writing i'm a giants fan but wow, that's what the f a champion looks like. lady gaga watching the broncos and steelers. >>> rg-3 is going pro. the quarterback that won the heisman trophy and brought it to baylor university, leading his team to a ten-win season. he announced

peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dave. this party was invitation only and big time director, time. here is why, according to the book by jody cantor, white house officials were nervous how the flashy hollywoodesque party would look to jobless americans or their representatives in congress, the event was not discussed publicly and burrton and dep's contributions went unacknowledged. and the president and first lady welcoming trick-or-treaters with the white house, and you can see in his sweater and the first lady dressed as a leopard with cat ears and the real party was inside, for officials and kids of military service members where johnny depp was dressed as the mad hatter welcoming guests and in the state dining room, according to the author, fit perfectly with tim burrton's creepy comic style. but the white house is dismissing all of cantor's claims, even though she interviewed 30 staffers for the piece since she hasn't interviewed the obamas since 2009, the white house says this is the author's take reflecting her own opinions on a remarkably strong relationship between the p

tim tebow playing in the football game. maybe it was the fact there was a little blowout going on there. so people tuned in to the pageant. >> steve: that's great. >> peters. these are clean photos that i can show you. just kidding. these are the former miss americas with the newly crowned miss america from wisconsin there. and a little bit of a closer shot, susan perkins and susan powell and heather french doing the bunny ears. these are former miss americas. my parents were joining me again as well. my mom had a little bit of a fall. she has a broken shoulder, but she's in recovery. you have to explain that because you wonder, that's not part of her dress there. that's an actual splint and cast. mom and dad, thanks for everything you've done for me. she'll be better. >> steve: looks like a fun weekend in vegas. >> gretchen: it was fantastic i that. >> peter: the republican battle for south carolina is heating up this morning. just as the candidates prepare to face off in a fox news debate tonight. rick santorum is already blasting front runner mitt romney. >> gretchen: john roberts live in myrtle beach to give us more. his message is he wants the negat

tim tebow. >> tebow time, baby. >> does tebow have any chance, willie, there? >> i don't think so. they're basically a .500 team, lucky to be there, i think the steelers will blow them out. we'll see, though. petering and mike florio will be here. >> so penn state is moving on. >> yeah, moving on. hired new england patriots offensive coordinator bill o'brien to be the next head football coach. the move will be made official, we're told, tomorrow. o'brien will finish the season with the patriots who are the number one seed before he moves on to his new job. o'brien inheriting a program in disarray after the sexual abuse scandal involving former assistant coach jerry sandusky blew open last fall and paterno was fired on november 9th. this marks the first time -- >> looks like a calm guy. >> this will be the first time in 60 years -- o'brien's best known for blowing up at tom brady on the sidelines. they shout at each other. maybe the first guy to scream at tom brady in public. >> and this is, i guess, he was going to get fired and maybe he had nowhere else to go so he went to -- >> well, with that offense, i don't think he was going to be fired. they're doing well this year. but they got blown out