we went to a polling low occasion in manchester -- location in manchester where mitt romney happened to show up. mitt romney is hoping that tonight's results will propel him to the nomination. if appearance are everything, mitt romney sure looks like the front-runner. the numbers back that up. he hold has commanding 19% lead -- holds a commanding 19% lead over the rest of of them. >> this is nuts. i've been here since 1988. i've never seen this like this before. >> i like jon huntsman. >> i'm supporting mitt romney. they would be a wonderful family to represent us. >> reporter: manchester's mayor said the excitement started a long time ago. >> they want to meet you at least three times before making a decision. >> reporter: jon huntsman is banking on that notion. >> the pundit class that likes to roll in and tell you what the order of the universe will be will be surprised. >> reporter: perhaps they see the writing on the wall. rick perry spent the day campaigning in south carolina. >> we want south carolina to be that place that gives us the second wind. >> reporter: while newt ging

live in manchester new hampshire, now back to you. >> and away we go. new hampshire first onto south carolina. thank you very much. >>> the president announced today that white house chief of staff is quitting. he has been on the job for only a year. he comes a prominent chicago political family but didn't have any washington experience. some insiders say the transition was difficult but the president praised him as highley effective. >> over the last year he has been involved in every decision around the end of the war in iraq, support of the people of libya as they fought for freedom. he was important in developing the american job's act and making sure taxes didn't go up on the middle class. >> his replacement will be jack leu who started on capitol hill, isn't a decade as policy advicer. >> the san francisco sheriff started his new job under a cloud today. a neighbor has accused him of domestic abuse saying that he roughed up his wife. the couple deknight charges. the da is investigating and will decide soon whether to file charges. >>> at his new o

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we are in manchester where the candidates are hoping to chip away at the strong lead and finish in the top three. >> reporter: the pressure is onto come in first. this gush -- the new hampshire voters don't always vote for the front runners here. they sometimes do -- surprises and romney's rivals looking for any stumble from him. >>> a plea to new hampshire voters mitt romney. >> how are? many are he manned the phones at his headquarters trying to lock in his double digit lead. his rivals are fighting to the finish even attacking him for a comment he made this morning to business leaders. >> i like being able to fire people who provide services to me. >> reporter: his comments were taken out of context. he was talking about having option when is it comes to having insurance, not laying people off. gingrich is a ban donning his plan to run a positive campaign. >> you count compete with romney. if you are positive and he is running three and a half million dollars of attack adds. >> reporter: paul is running second here because of loyal followers. tattooing temporarily at least his suppo

it's the bid of former manchester united footballer into french politics. his quest to run against sarkozy is not what it seems. there is flash photography. >> the mercurial talent. the mezsmerizing feet. the kung-fu kicking in 1995 followed by the no less eccentric, much-derided philosophy. >> [unintelligible] >> the move from football to acting was an obvious transition and popular. >> [unintelligible] >> just the kind of profile you would need to become the president of france. he needs the backing of 500 elected officials by the end of may. it is less a bid for power and an attempt to raise an issue on which he has campaigned before. mainly, the poor quality of social housing. he takes you, the prospective tenant, on the tour of our run down flat. the kitchen needs a bit of work, he says. the sitting room is full of life. are you going to take it? he seems an unlikely champion of the poor, but it rose between highly paid players and the paying public. brilliant, predictable, it is what made him the star of the first place. >> i can't quite see it myself

. >> with analysis is rebecca cooper from manchester, new hampshire. >> what were the headlines tonight? >> midevening. i think the headline from tonight was that while the candidates did criticize mitt romney they did not focused their attacks on him. a lot of the bickering was between the second tier candidates. rick santorum, they did not focus their fire on mitt romney. many feel like mitt romney was able to come out relatively unscathed. he might not have won over any converts but he did not lose any. for that, it was a win. >> amazing how he has walked away unscathed. what was the focus tonight? >> they did talk a lot about the economy. the focus was supposed to be jobs but there was a lot of discussion of other social issues, gave rise, contraception, foreign policy. -- gay rights, contraception, foreign policy. rick perry says he wants to send soldiers back into iraq now. we saw some differences and not much focus on jobs and the economy. that is where mitt romney wants to stake his claim saying he as been able to produce jobs in his previous life. rick santorum says he is a man

into this manchester elementary school. >> glad it is finally here. seemed like it took a lot longer than i expected. >> how do you feel about your vote? >> pretty good. pretty good. it is still early though, you know. always room for change. >> reporter: front-runner mitt romney was out early shaking hands to lock in a win. >> we worked very hard. we started thought campaign, organized the effectiveness. >> reporter: newt gingrich plans to drop by polling sites all day. while he doesn't expect to win, he says the surprise will be that romney won't do as well as predicted. even though mitt romney has a commanding lead, the state has a large block of independent voters who will likely decide whether this is a landslide, a tight race or an upset. ron paul and jon huntsman hope many independents will go their way. >> ladies and gentlemen, can you feel a little bit of momentum in the air? >> all of the candidates are feeling a surge of momentum after romney made a comment about firing people. his opponents took it out of context and went on the attack. th

. >> 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 hampshire to boost his campa

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

we are helping the homeless veterans in manchester. there are 300 of them. they put these on the ground so they can lie on the ground and sleep outdoors all night. >> that is such a great thing on your part. >> you inspired me. >> thank you, ma'am. >> didn't she do a wonderful job? a lot of what is in there is very appropriate for today. >> isn't it amazing how timeless it is? >> i liked everything you had to say and the way you said it. >> thank you. i need your help tuesday. tell your friends, ok? >> i'm in the medical device business. >> tell all of your friends. they are screwed up, stupid and ignorant. >> tell all of your friends in the industry. >> ted kennedy was a big advocate. >> thank you. >> come on up. thank you very much. i need your help tuesday. >> you've got it. >> let your friends know. ok. >> let all of your friends know. >> i will. thank you. >> thank you. >> i will step down. let me step down. >> welcome to new hampshire. >> i'm glad to be here. >> we are glad to have you. >> i need your help from now to tuesday. go home and tell all of y

. >> karen is live now from manchester, new hampshire with more. karen? >> the candidates hit the road hard but there is a growing sense that the primary may be over before the voting begins. on the campaign trail today here in new hampshire the only jabs from mitt romney were aimed at obama. >> the president has made it harder for this economy to be booed. he did not cause this recession. he just made it worse. >> mitt romney has a comfortable lead 24 points in one poll. his republican opponents are starting to sound frustrated. >> it does not mean anything to you because you are the front runner. >> they had chances to get in shots at mitt romney. they largely pulled their punches. today, they came out swinging. >> can we stop it with the pie is baloney? the fact is, you ran in 2004 and lost. rick santorum. >> or rick santorum blasted mitt romney as a massachusetts liberal. >> we need somebody to not bail out and run. >> but jon huntsman turned down several opportunities to go on the attack but even he seemed upset with him. >> this nation is divided be

matt ackland went with them and has more from manchester. reporter: this was a crushing blow for those who have been fighting for d.c. statehood. the decision came town right around 5:00 -- down right around 5:00, an 8-3 vote against the resolution. this came after hours of testimony in concord, new hampshire, including the mayor and several council members. the delegation arrived at the airport for the first flight out touching down in manchester. the group boarded three vans heading to new hampshire's capital, concord. arriving at the statehouse mayor gray and five council members at his side were greeted by new hampshire representative cindy rosenwald. rosenwald proposed house bill 26. >> your license plates club me over the head with it every time i'm in the district, taxation without representation. it's just unfair. reporter: the bill in front of the state federal relations and veterans affairs committee would express support for admitting the district of columbia as the 51st state. it was council member david catania who worked with n

. >> 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

carl cameron is live in manchester. how have all these attacks played out on the front-runner. >> as venture kayd lift is not going to go away. yesterday, attacks would like to feirp people have changed tone. romney is getting a huge turnout. he was swamped here when newt gingrich showed up he brought a lot, as well. gingrich said yesterday's attacks were out of context, an acknowledgement what was said was takes it a little bit over the edge because romney was talking about choice and healthcare coverage, not talking about his history as a venture capitalist and businessman. gingrich said it was context and romney loved that. he is talking about a win in new hampshire and they he thinks win the nomination perhaps with a win in south carolina and florida. >> this is a big statement in new hampshire. you see excited people behind me. talking about winning this one and hopefully had a spirit carries on to south carolina next. >> reporter: not only did mitt romney get back-up from gingrich but ron paul came here just a sho

from manchester, new hampshire. tracy potts. >> the nfl divisional playoffs are said and they will not include our rival, the pittsburgh steelers. in a stunning end atim twbow and the broncos beat the steelers and overtime. that means there will be a new afc champion this year. denver took a quick lead, but by the third quarter the steelers were back in it, tying the score by the end of regulation time. we go to ot, and the steelers lose the coin toss. not a good sign at all. but check out thomas with the stiff arm to ike taylor. it's the 80-yard touchdown. denver gets the w -- 29-23. a win that takes the broncos to new england. nicely done. still ahead, details of every talk -- recall involving several over-the-counter drugs. if you have a new iphone 4s, might -- why you may want to check your next bill. first, an american sense to death for spying. >> covering the world, an iranian court sentenced a former u.s. marine to death for allegedly working for the cia. iran's intelligence minister says the u.s. citizen wa

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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

[applause] ♪ [beautiful day-u2] ♪ >> we will hear from warwick santorum from manchester, new hampshire after his strong finish of one week from a high water and -- i was. >> thank you very much. thank you for all the folks up here. thank you for everything you have done in new hampshire. we came up about 10 days ago and the poles had is lagging about 1% or 2%. the most recent bull was about 3%. -- the most recent poll was about 3%. we wanted to respect the process here. when you run in a state like new hampshire, we knew it would be tough. going out and believing in the american people is our message and we believe we had opportunities we need is someone who would go out and speak for all americans to have the opportunities we took the message to talk about faith and family as the bedrock of our society. [applause] by your work and a grass-roots efforts and the crowds we had, we built this campaign here in new hampshire in a short period time we did not spend a lot of money but was put a lot of effort into this. we came with a campaign was and we delivered a message not just for new ha

>> 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. >

imf toward three polling place in manchester, new hampshire. how is the turn out so far? >> very good. nice and steady. >> it started it 6:00 a.m.? >> 6:00 a.m., and the poles will stay open until 7:00 p.m.. ifclassify an undeclared war and want to vote for republican candidate, what do i do? >> you walk up to a ballot instructor and will be given a piece of paper that says you must declare one party or the other. you'll also get a piece of paper that will let you change back to undeclared after you submit your vote. >> i can become a republican just for the election? >> that is correct. >> that is unusual? >> live free or die in new hampshire, but it is a federal law. >> new hampshire people love that. >> absolutely. >> bill gardner is estimating a turnout of about two hundred 50,000 people. is that what you are seeing here? >> i would say that is probably about right. he would no more than me. i'm just a moderator. >> you are doing a great job. thank you for talking to us. i will give you the numbers according to the director of the polls. mitt romney is that 37%. ron p

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

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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

with a review of last night let's go to tj in manchester with a live look. >> reporter: good morning. the night went just about as expected up here in new hampshire which means the next primary, south carolina, is being seen as make or break by several of the candidates. mitt romney is on a roll. the first republican since 1976 to win both the iowa caucus and now new hampshire. >> thank you, new hampshire! tonight we made history! >> reporter: the former massachusetts governor was gracious, didn't back down from recent attacks on his work as a venture capitalist. >> president obama wants to put free enterprise on trial. in the last few days we've seen desperate republicans join forces with him. >> reporter: almost half of tuesday's voters identified themselves as independents. due to ron paul's second-place finish. >> there was another victory tonight. he had a victory but we've had a victory for the cause of liberty! tonight! >> reporter: jon huntsman experienced a recent surge of support, only good for third place. >> third place is a ticket to ride, ladies and gentlemen! >> reporte

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

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

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,

danielle in manchester, new hampshire. thank you so much. >>> a six-year-old boy found all alone in the parking lot remains in the custody of child protective services. a passer by found him wandering at 3:30 this morning. the good samaritan called police and stayed with the child until police arrived. they arranged for child protective services to get involved. police say the boy is safe and unhurt. >> we have a child involved. child protective services takes the primary lead with the investigation and through that, will be determined if there was criminal negligence or if this was just an accident. a simple mistake. something happened. >> police have notified the boy's parents, but he will remain with cps while the investigation continues. >>> a woman's body found in an oakland home and police are trying to figure out what happened. that's in oakland's district. the woman has not yet been identified and it's not known how she died. >>> a four year battle over parking at the new 49ers stadium in santa clara is over, but t

touching down in manchester. the group boarded three vans, heading to new hampshire's capitol: concord. arriving at the statehouse, mayor gray and five council members at his side, were greeted by new hampshire representative cindy rosen wald. she proposed house resolutions 26. >> we are all about full representation, and your license plates club me over the head with it. taxation without representation is unfair. >> reporter: the bill in front of the state federal regs would express support as admitting the district of columbia as the 51st state. it was this man who worked with new hampshire lawmakers to get this bill introduced. >> we're asking for something we're entitled to by birth. we're miles an hour. we pay our -- taxes, work hard and swear a lonelyiance of the country. i'm asking on behalf of the 625,000 people we represent, bring us to the family. many tough questions from gun control and local funding and the crime rate in d.c. >> new hampshire is the safest state in the country to live in and when you

live coverage from manchester new hampshire as we get ready for the gop primary. i'm charley crowson. let's get a check of the weather and traffic. we start with justin berk. >>> we had ourselves snow yesterday. if you were watching, it wasn't a surprise, watched the snow build in, enough to cover some of the areas but not much ice, 34 pasadena. let's check on the road conditions with angela. >> no reports of accidents so far this morning. lane closed 395 in to the city that should be open in pominutes. looking good on 29, no delays to report at this time. >>> let's head to manchester new hampshire from tj winnick as we are getting ready for the new hampshire primary. mitt romney has a double digit lead. will that hold up? let's go to tj with a live report from new hampshire. [no audio] [technical difficulties] [no audio] >> reporter: good morning. it is primary day here in new hampshire. the only surprise might be who will finish second to mitt romney? the votes are in. the tiny new hampshire village refound in for casting the ballots. huntsman and romney tied wi

they know i am concerned about theireneration. >> ron paul, election day in manchester in. if you attend ron paul events like mark and i have, you appreciate the intensity of his young supporters. >> the yououth cdidate in 2008 was barack obama. the youth candidate of 2012 is definitely ron paul. his phone was monitored by veterans -- phone bank was monitored by veterans. part of his appeal, make no mistake about it, is his authenticity. this is a m who says exactly the same thing wherever he is. it is not make any difference whether he is before daddy warbucks or firefighters and blue collar workers. he gives the same mesge, and obviously,nd has an appeal. charles >> did a whole column on him. >> i am now an acolyte. it is an interesting phenomenon. all of us are looking at who will win the race this year and that is an important issue. he's not going to win the race or be the nominee and at is why he has gotten less attetention paid historicall speaking however he might be the most important. he is bringing a libertarianism out of the wilderness --hese pathetic third-part

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

manchester valley. one of the coldest spots in maryland at a crooked 7. that's the actual temperature. wind speeds have come up. i said they would calm down but they seem like they have picked up. averaging 5 to 10 miles per hourch gusts to 21 and -- hour. gusts to 21 and that and 7- degree temperature will take you down. 13 current temperature at northeast and sparrows point. down to 12 in annapolis. cold air worked all the way across the bay even eastern shore and the teens and there are some single digits or below zero 6 below current wind chill. we are clear and clouds to the west and next disturbance tries to slide out of the great lakes and by the afternoon, after the clear cold blast this morning we get our way with maybe more snow showers or flurries. high of only 31. it's 4:40 on the clock and here's angela with traffic. >>> all right. on the roadways this morning, got a problem reported for a motorists taking 95 southbound through the fort mchenry tunnel a disabled vehicle block one lane in the tunnel. we have one more southbound shut down for o

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

. >> the republican candidates will be facing off in a prime- time debate and manchester, new hampshire. >> take a look back at some of cnn caucus night bloopers from iowa. watch the videos on wbaltv.com. >> there is much more ahead. >> including were 700 jobs will be available in maryland. >> one of the soft-spoken baltimore ravens continues to have an impact with the loud as personality on the team. >> warmer weather moving into the region. the insta-weather forecast is coming up. 44 degrees in downtown baltimore. >> the 145,000 square foot super market with two lower parking garage will open and made a june of this year. they range from entry level management customer service to culinary positions. if you would like to uplight you need an online appointment. click on passing on -- click on as seen on wbal. >> use it to you in reps and there are vowing to mobilize members to push to go through. supporters hope the announcement will give their fight some additional muscle. >> the equal pay act that is now the law of the land would not have passed without a growing support of organized

tracie potts has the latest from manchester. >> the polls are open. >> after midnight mitt romney and jon huntsman died for first with two votes each. this morning the rest of new hampshire decides. >> i hope you're going to give me a bigger margin of victory than 8 votes i got in iowa. >> romney is the clear front-runner. will it be a big win? newt gingrich and others hammer away at his record. gingrich predicts he will do better than expected. >> mccain was ahead in 2000. we'll see. i sense a lot of momentum. >> ron paul is polling second. jon huntsman told a standing room only crowd she hoping for a strong finish. >> you feel momentum in the air. we're going to surprise a lot of people in this country tomorrow night. >> stick to the romney. >> his supporters predict success today. >> he's worked incredibly hard in new hampshire. that deserves to be rewarded. >> rick santorum is not expected to pull off an iowa surprise. rick perry focused on south carolina. >> new hampshire, they are a winowing process. south carolina picks presidents. that's what you do. >> in 60 years, no republi

he appealed for support at a gathering in the largest city, manchester. he said the country needs a leader who can run the economy. >> it's time for barack obama to go home and for someone who understands our economy to lead this country. he went out and said he was going to borrow $787 billion from your generation to pay back, and he was going to do that to hold unemployment below 8%. not been below 8% since. >> romney accepted the endorsement of senator john mccain, the republican nominee in the 2008 presidential election. romney enjoys a strong lead in new hampshire polls. santorum will try to build on his momentum with support from conservatives. he and others including former house speaker newt gingrich will need better results if they hope to stay in the race. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." reporting from tokyo, thanks for joining us. -- captions by vitac --

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