i was at a manchester event friday packed with press. and so many voters that the fire marshals evicted everybody. and santorum ended up having the event in the parking lot. hardly anyone could hear him. that's how hot he is. for nearly a year high campaigned unmolested by reporters. in retrospect, wasn't that a major miscalculation? >> yes, short answer is yes. we did at abc -- we had our great iowa correspondent, digital correspondent out there, traveling the state with santorum. often she was alone with him catching a ride with him from event to event. but i mean, just the transformation was phenomenal. the interesting thing is that it happened with the first poll that showed him moving up. and suddenly, overnight, boom, he was mobbed. >> and it seems to me, roger simon, that the press creates a closed loop. santorum low in the polls. we don't cover him except for an abc producer or couple of others. he stays low in the polls. finally, the voter get to show up and register what they think. so does anything trouble you it, you know, th

reporting live from manchester. >> thank you so much. stay with us, your election station, for complete coverage. we will be in south carolina on election night for instant updates, go to wjla.com. >> we come closer to home. an alert in northern virginia where one bandit is breaking into churches. burglars have struck three churches. the latest happened at this morning. we are live there now. we have more on what a local pastor is saying. >> the pastor says early this morning he believes somebody went up to this window and kick it in or busted in with a hammer. they did fix it. this became the third church in a week struck by the thieves. authorities say although they cannot be certain it is the same people, it seems like it. >> class was all over in here. >> the pastor says he just received the warnings about church burglaries'. >> the next morning we are burglarized. >> the quote rifled through a whole lot of stuff. all they took was the safe in this corner which did not have sunday's of in it. >> we are blessed to have only lost -- su

. >> welcome back to manchester, new hampshire. just a few hours now from primary day. one of the benefits of making that's road trips is getting a chance to interact with voters and catch up with the candidates on the campaign trail. in something a little less formal than a tv studio. that's what we did today. a morning drive to the other side of manchester took us to a ron paul breakfast meet and greet packed with press. >> there's a lot of congestion. >> there were so many photos and reporters the paul campaign said the press created a mob like atmosphere that was unsafe for the candidate. we managed to catch up with the congressman with camera bumps. >> just a little bit chaotic. i'm used to more calm and delivering a message in a calmer fashion but i do the best i can. but it is exciting. it's great that they're interested in what i've been saying. it isn't like i'm a movie star. >> what about the fact you're skipping florida an going to the other states? there's folks that say are you really competing for the nomination? >> if this keeps up, we might have to recon

see you back here tomorrow from manchester, new hampshire. hopefully some of us will have a full night's sleep. next on msnbc, "chris jansing & company." 1:00, "andrea mitchell reports." don't forget, 11:00, we'll have the michele bachmann news conference from des moines. that's it. see you later. buh-bye. e non-op day starts with back pain... and a choice. take advil now and maybe up to four in a day. or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. way to go, coach. ♪ metamucil uses super hard working psyllium fiber, which gels to remove unsexy waste and reduce cholesterol. taking psyllium fiber won't make you a model but you should feel a little more super. metamucil. down with cholesterol. >>> good morning. i'm chris jansing. when would have predicted this? a month ago, the volatile republican contest marches on. first, mitt romney wins

a brilliant student and the manchester united fan, his debt -- his father tells me, and my best friend. >> it has left a big gap in my life. that cannot be filled. >> they first learned he was dead by -- from facebook, and ask why it took greater manchester police and so long to call when they had his mobile phone number. >> i'm really unhappy about this because having his cellphone along with him, my number, his mother number, his family is numbers were there. could it not be possible for the hospital authorities to contact us? >> criticisms that the police had to answers that -- an answer for themselves when they arrived. >> greater manchester police are now here at their offering condolences and try to clear the air. their presence has attracted a large crowd. after two hours inside, officers left without comment. on their way back to britain, the country the family chose because there they thought he would be saved. -- safe. andrew north, bbc news. >> kenya is internationally recognized as a giant in the field of long-distance running. when it comes to football, the nation has been

>> good morning, from manches r manchester, new hampshire. huntsman got his surge, but you're right, it may have been too little too late. it started on sunday and he started getting bigger crowds later. it's very hard to identify these independent or undeclared voters to see exactly what they're going to do. we're going to have to wait and see, although it is significant that he is probably going to get something more like second or third rather than the fourth or fifth that we thought before. >> what are his plans for south carolina? has he said he's going to be there for sure no matter what the results are tonight? >> yes. i was told to buy a ticket to south carolina. he will be heading there tomorrow morning. he's got two events, one in charleston and one in columbia. he plans to go full bore there. people on his behalf have already bought television ads starting on monday, so we'll see what happens. we do know from new hampshire that the superpack ads are not enough to put him over the top, so he'll have to raise money for the primary. >

again, you're looking at romney headquarters here in manchester. some members of the extended romney clan. he's got all of his sons there. he knew that the kids were there in various spots in the crowd. they've all been assembled now on the stage. all of the romney grandkids who are here again, long-time home winner in this state. mitt romney. we will take a break here, and up next, as "nightly news" continues, some of the other news of this day, including new questions tonight about nicotine patches and the like. do they and really help smokers quit as they say they do. also the fight over decency on television. are your favorite channels, your favorite shows about to get even racier? and later, two towns that winter has not forgotten. so much snow it's taking the national guard to dig them out of there. >>> we're back now from manchester, new hampshire with some of the day's other news. the u.s. mil >>> we're back now from manchester, new hampshire with some of the day's other news. the u.s. military has rescued iranians from the persian gulf aga

walmart. >>> we're back live here, manchester, new hampshire. six days until the famous first in the nation primary. but we still want to digest iowa a little bit. for an in-depth look at what really happened in conservatives last night in iowa, i'm joined now by republican congressman steve king from the conservative part of that state. congressman, i know you didn't caucus last night. you didn't go to your home caucus. you had a personal friend in this race in michele bachmann, but you always kind of backed off in actually endorsing. who were you pulling for last night? >> well, i have to tell you, chuck, that if i wasn't willing to make it an endorsement before the caucus, it wouldn't be an act of political courage to make one now, so i have to defer thoon one. we'll see how things unfold. as i see the results of this, i count more than one personal friend. absolutely michele bachmann a very close personal friend and he's in the process of making a very difficult decision right now. but i would say this to all of the candidates that were in t

fight back to win three to attend our rivals manchester city to knock out the holders in a pulsating f.a. cup third round of the against the run of play rooney headed united in front after ten minutes and it got immediately worse the city as captain vincent kompany was controversially sent off for a two for to tackle on which the club later announced they would appeal however united took full advantage of danny welbeck volley them further in front of the half an hour and rooney headed in the rebound from his own penalty to make it three no by half time but it looked to exact some revenge for sixty six wanted to create a traffic tobar but the home side fought back straight after the break through and found a lot of free kick and so where i pulled back another following error from returning substitute scholes after sixty five minutes however despite a frantic finale penalty goals for both sides we wanted to go through to the fourth round. chelsea scored three times in the last five minutes as the blues won for now it's time to portsmouth the second half goals from sebastian lawson and

from manchester with special report, megyn kelly joins me at 8:00 eastern. the man the republicans are trying to replace is replacing his right handyman. president obama's chief of staff is calling it quits after one year. ed henry reports this comes in the wake of a new book about problems in the west wing. >> officials say president obama was caught by surprise when bill daley confided he wanted out as chief of staff a year early. >> this was not easy news to hear and i didn't accept bill's decision right away. >> after rethinking it, daley, who had been sidelinedded after giving up some duties came back and told the president he was sure so the white house is getting the second shakeup in 12 months with jack lew taking reins at chief of staff. >> during his first tour under president clinton jack was the only budget director in history to preside for three consecutive years. >> a year ago this week the president timeouted daley's credentials as a sign he was moving to the middle, to right the ship after what mr. obama called the shellacking. >> few americ

that is ahead as fox report continues from manchester, mr. bill o'reilly top of the hour, don't touch that remote. >> shep: u.s. military is investigating the disappearance of so-called sensitive equipment at an army base in washington state. sensitive according to a base spokesman, not dangerous. somebody apparently stole the equipment at joint base lewis mccord which south of seattle and infantry is lockdown while they are looking for the stuff. the thief or thieves might off with night vision goggles, laser sights and weapon scopes, somewhere in the six figure range. trace gallagher is live. there are no weapons missing but why all the concern? >> reporter: there are hundreds of pieces missing and all this stuff, night vision goggles, range finders and scopes be can be used to launch attacks at night. the military wants to know, who stole the stuff and what they planned to do with it. military is pointing out you have to have other stuff to make it dangerous and you have to know how to use it. it's not something the average joe can attach

wmur up here in manchester. it's got romney moving up to 44%. getting close to 50 up here, at least, in a very favorable state to him. ron paul in second place at 20%. and santorum and gingrich still stuck in single digits at 8 points each. that's not a good picture for the challengers. >> it's not. and i will say it again, what we were talking about a second ago, this has been the one state that's been the exception for romney, for a lot of different reasons, where he was able to break through that 25% ceiling that we always talking about, but today in the south carolina poll, it has romney at 37. 37 in south carolina is a pretty good number for mitt romney. and if he starts building that out from state by state, does well in south carolina, florida. i think the ceiling may disappear, or you'll start to see romney rise above it. >> thank you very much, john heilemann, a real pro. that's "hardball" for now. up next, "your business" with j.j. ramberg. ants in our environment. or zero dependency on foreign oil. ♪ this is why we at nissan built a

manchester, new hampshire. right to my first read of the morning, voters casting ballots in the first of the nation primary and if romney performs according to polls, a double-digit win tonight and leave new hampshire worse than when he came. after the campaign's worst 48 hours yet, damaging the central rationale of his candidacy, that his business experience makes him the best qualified to be president. monday morning started with romney's rivals jumping on his off the cuff claim in a sunday town hall that he once worried about getting a pink slip. >> i have no doubt that mitt romney was worried about pink slips, whether he was going to have enough of them to hand out. >> well, then talking about health insurance providers at a breakfast, romney had this, perhaps, unfortunate line. >> i like being able to fire people that provide services to me. if -- you know if someone doesn't give me the good service i need, i want to ge get somebody else to provide that service to me. >> ironically, a little bit, probably,

he is live from romney headquarters at the university of southern new hampshire here in manchester. peter, new engla peter, good evening. >>> brian, good evening. as you say, this is a race for second place. mitt romney would become the first ever nonrepublican candidate to win both iowa and new hampshire. battling through crowds of cameras -- >> governor huntsman -- >> reporter: the republican candidates made last-minute appeals across new hampshire today. >> this is bizarre. >> reporter: hoping for a decisive win here, front-runner mitt romney continued to face blistering attacks about what he's presented as an asset -- his business experience as former head of bain capital that romney said created jobs and stronger companies. but newt gingrich today questioned bain's practices of sometimes liquidating companies and laying off workers. >> i am not saying anything that mitt romney has done was outside the law. it may have been bad judgment, it may have been an exploitation. it may be inappropriate. just because you have the right to do something doesn't mean it's the right thing to

msnbc's election headquarters in manchester. mitt romney's lead in nearly every new hampshire poll has left the rest of the republican field jockeying for second place. this always has been a crucial state. if you want to sound smart tell your friends since 1952 no republican presidential candidate has won the party's nomination without finishing either first or second here in new hampshire. george w. bush was the last nominee to finish second in new hampshire. he did that in the year 2000. >>> enough of the real news. let's huddle up around water cooler. this was at c in n -- cnbc's debate. >> i would do away with education, commerce and -- let's see. i can't. the third one, i can't. sorry. oops. >> yesterday morning's nbc facebook debate over in concord, new hampshire, perry found himself an opening again. >> let me answer the question that you asked earlier, what are the three areas you would make reductions that people would feel some pain. it would be those bureaucrats at the department of commerce and energy and education

i saw him in manchester yesterday. he'll finish fourth, fifth. he's going nowhere. he is very excited about this bain capital attack. he says -- he's really casting the most uncharitable light, governor romney's business success, saying it is -- newt gingrich saying it is a legitimate question to ask where the millions came from, where the millions went. >> a lot of republicans, though, mark, are uncomfortable with that line of attack. you see some conservatives. mike murphy was here saying yesterday saying why is another republican making the obama case against mitt romney in the primary? >> it is going to escalate the calls for gingrich to get out of the race if he does as poorly as mike suggests he might. i think a lot of republicans would say it is time to close ranks around mitt romney because we can't have a south carolina primary where the rules are different and it is pretty rough. we can't have that dominated by attacks on the central calling card of the man who is likely to be our nominee as business experience. >> mike, you're looking inside the numbers h

we're live in manchester, new hampshire. after his impressive second pleas finish, he lost my eight votes, maybe less. former senator rick santorum is hoping to keep it going in the granite state. and joining me is presidential candidate rick santorum. >> how are you doing? i promised you on the radio shoe he i h'd bring you something. you get your own rick santorum sweater vest. >> sean: if i came out and supported you, would i get jackets and hats? >> i do, this is a sweater. >> sean: and this is the afire of the campaign. we've heard from several retailers that sweater vest sales have gone up since i started displaying the sweater vest and. >> sean: you need to get a cut of this. >> goen 0 our website, rick santorum.com and order a sweater vest. >> sean: you may have to be careful because bain capital may come in. >> this is not a business eventual and they will be made in america, by the way. >> sean: what do you think of the criticism of bain. legitimate as mitt romney was saying, you know what? i would expect this from

we are in manchester, new hampshire. joining us again, chrysalis and joe williams, white house reporter. on your left you see the shaker heights, ohio, even you for the president of -- venue for the president of the united states. on your right, manchester, new hampshire, where we'll see mitt romney to be shortly endorsed by john mccain. the significance of the mccain endorsement on the day after iowa? >> well, you know, andrea, my guess is the romney campaign wants to blunt any talk he could be vulnerable in new hampshire. that a santorum surge in new hampshire could make him vulnerable. mccain is the third senate president of new hampshire. he won it in 2008 when he ran for president. i would say be careful what you wish for here. i think mitt romney is going to win new hampshire no matter what. john mccain may help him win more in new hampshire, but it also reinforces the kind of mitt romney as an establishment candidate, mitt romney as moderate which is not a great narrative for romney as he goes to south carolina ce

now our team here in manchester. our political director chuck todd, several feet away from us in the same room, andrea mitchell is here with us, and the moderator of "meet the press" david gregory. andrea, the race for second place really is by all provable accounts, true. you have a guy who's a homeowner here, governor of massachusetts. but second place becomes everything leaving here. >> absolutely. and we remember that bill clinton in 1992 came in second but made it sound as though he won and had the bragging rights going forward. it's even more important this year with those big super pacs. you've got three or four big money people watching this to see who has the goods to go forward. one of the most important ones ironically is jon huntsman's billionaire father. if jon huntsman father who came out of nothing and created the clam shell, the styrofoam clam shell -- >> the big mac container, that's right. >> he only put up $50,000 for his son's race in south carolina, according to our ad trackers. if he sees his so

then he will fly to manchester, where he will have an event in manchester tomorrow afternoon. there is talk about more big-name endorsements for romney tomorrow. he will try to make himself look inevitable, but he will be fighting a tremendous amount of ink, the state's largest newspaper endorsed newt gingrich. he will go right at mitt romney aggressively. so look for two conservatives -- newt gingrich and rick santorum, to cample out in new hampshire and try to pummel mitt romney. the idea is to bring down what newt gingrich has called the massachusetts moderate. if not in new hampshire for a disappointing second place finish, at least ding him up badly before he gets to south carolina. the finish line has been crossed. 49 more states to go. and two -- a whole new two-person race with a candidate who will be dubbed the conservative alternative, rick santorum against mitt romney. back to you in new york. >> karl rove, could you hand me that piece of paper? [chuckles] >> karl, through all the speeches by santorrum and perry, he has been working the computer, checking every dist

there's a lot of avid paulites in manchester. mccain got 40% of the independent vote in 2008 and romney got 27%, something mitt romney needs to turn around. promising to be back, from the "daily beast," and sad about it now, because it's cold. independents, i know you're passionate about it. it's my duty and responsibility to make up my mind and vet these guys for the rest of the country. i take it seriously. how will it go tomorrow? >> that's the great x factor in this election. ron paul and mitt romney competing heavily for them. if they can eat away at the independent voters, disgusted with hyper partisan ship, they can make a competitive showing. that's what's so unique about new hampshire, open primary where independent voters can vote and why it makes it a swing state and exciting, all about independents. >> in the cigar store, everybody all about their party and want to share. why do you think independents should go for jon huntsman, >> i think jon huntsman will appeal to the moderate independents. there are two types of i

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now for the top of the news life from manchester. polls in two towns here brook line and kensington, scheduled to close at any minute now. and in about two dozen other towns across the state folks have the last half hour to cast their votes. as you know, mitt romney is widely expected to win this primary. and, if he does, he will make history as the first republic who is not an incumbent president to win iowa and new hampshire. with us now the co-anchor of america's newsroom bill hemmer. show us, bill. >> hey shepard, good evening to you. 30 minutes away the whole state will be open and we will watch this map slowly fill in on the touch screen billboard behind me we can show you the results and the economic picture and the look ahead too as this primary process rolls on. the results at the moment, there are not many in new hampshire but we do have a few. in this state about 1% reporting now, this is realtime at the moment. so these numbers can change at any moment. 1% reporting, romney at 35%. paul at 27%. huntsman in third at 14%. a

here in manchester, new hampshire we get to the news. after last night's vote it would take something catastrophic now to prevent mitt romney from becoming the republican nominee for president. he rolls down to south carolina this morning, ten days ahead of the january 21st primary there. here in new hampshire, the final tally reflects broad support for romney across the state. he won 5 of new hampshire's 12 total delegates. ron paul came in second with three. jon huntsman has two. mitt romney has a total of 16 delegates after this near win in iowa, son tore rum comes in second overall with 11 kel gatts. ron paul rounding out the top three. south carolina's 25 delegates, florida's 50 delegates still up for grabs. both of those states, winner take all primaries after the decisive victory in new hampshire, the romney camp hopes this will send a signal to the republican party that it's time to rally behind the front-runner. romney turned his attention toward the general election and president obama while taking a swipe at his republican riv

manchester now a wind chill at 11. why do i point that out? they are on the edge of the next cloud line and flurries trying to cross the border and may get there hampstead and westminster. as we watch the cold environment pulling through the region and more snow showers coming out of great lakes that will likely cross the mountains and could give us flurries this morning. one more disturbance could give us a burst of snow showers by this afternoon. the best timing is between 3 and maybe 7 or 8. temperatures barely at freezing. and wind chills down into the 20s. it's 4:59 and i suggest a hot cup of tea. maybe some orange juice. that's just for me. for you, get on with the morning and let's see what's going on with the roads. the wind factor at bridges before we do that let's show you how the city is taking it seriously. it's a shoc

we're live from manchester, new hampshire tonight and the results are in. first winner in the nation's first primary mitt romney and with analysis and much more, romney supporter, congressman chavitz and he's been in a bunker, good to see you. >> good to see you. >> sean: the results are in. this is historic and mitt romney has now won iowa and new hampshire, nobody has done that before. he's got good numbers in south carolina, good numbers in florida. newt gingrich went out tonight and said this is between a conservative and a massachusetts moderate. will that resonate more in south carolina than it did in new hampshire and why? >> first of all, congratulations to governor romney, a great win and we're all republicans and so we want to move on. look,it's going to go to south carolina and it might, i mean, a massachusetts republican in the south, i don't know. that's, that hasn't been tested for a while. so we're going to have to wait and see, but many' optimistic. i mean, basically it's a choice in south carolina. whether we want to go that route, with the

i spoke with two of the candidates today here in manchester. rick santorum and jon huntsman, about their chances in tomorrow's vote. then, president obama. his chief of staff is stepping down. will the democratic be partially responsible, one of his top a advisers here tonight in person. and iran sentencing an american marine to death. they say he's a spy. let's go "outfront." i'm erin burnett, tonight, live from a seasonably chilly new hampshire. polls open less than 12 hours in the state's gop primary. the second contest in the race to the white house. it's romney's race to lose here tonight. we went to some l of the campaign headquarters today. we talked to volunteers, went into a cigar shop and i smell a little bit and some passion for a guy that a lot of people say doesn't spark passion. now, we got some good shots of the candidates calling supporters and asking for their vote tomorrow. we also got to talk to mitt romney's only brother and he revealed something interesting about his brother that i had never heard before i will virtually gu