santorum can say i have nothing to do with it. again, this is going to be a test for santorum. can he appeal, to not just the conservatives in iowa because he ran a conservative race there. socially conservative. can he appeal to the independents. >> kimberly: andrea brings up the point, this is the alternative. it's also his time, right? he put in, i love that he put in the time there. he work and it paid off for him. victory for him in that regard. but is he going to be able to court the conservative base to the point they will show him the money he needs to have legs going forward? as everything is brought up in new hampshire, he has to try to move it to get momentum. >> eric: important observations from iowa. mitt romney got 25% of the vote. that's all he has gotten from the beginning. every poll they took nationally, iowa here. with the exception of new hampshire, he is at 25%. so clearly, 57% of the g.o.p. voters don't want mitt romney. santorum steps up. does a fantastic job. newt gingrich -- this is more important for newt gingrich than rick santorum. personally. becaus

i think is had biggest problem is rick santorum and the momentum that santorum has with him. he sort of sucks up not only votes that could have gone to rick perry among evangelical christians, but also, potentially, if rick perry were getting a bang for every one of his dollars you would see him higher in the polls now. the problem he's facing you don't see that yet and it's hard to imagine undecides, given with rick santorum and given the way that they've talked about an issues, suddenly flocking to rick perry. >> bret: if rick santorum had rick perry's money or perry had santorum's momentum. >>-- >> on the bus tour and spending time with people, rick santorum has been camped out in iowa and accounts for support he has and perry has been running an ad dawr where you need to be on the ground more and running a relationship. >> perry has, baggage is probably not the right word, but he's made mistakes and people have concerns about his debating style, can he debate barack obama in a one-on-one. and they don't have those with rick santorum. nothing is stopping rick santorum for

santorum 28% of the vote. in 2008, romney received 34% of vote in plymouth county and huckabee got 25%. santorum out per forming huckabee back then and romney under performing romney in 2008. as you look county by county, what are you seeing about the romney performance tonight compared to where he was in 2008. >> brit: let's bear in mind about the romney performance. except for the past week he did have good organizational efforts he didn't campaign that hard. none of us would have been surprised up to am in about week or temp days if romney was lower 18, 20%. so i think romney coming through this everything to have the breakout performance that creates the momentum where everybody says okay, it's going to be romney and everybody flocks towards him. he didn't get that tonight. i think he coming through where he was. in reasonably good shape. santorum i think is your story. >> brett: brit, as always, thank you very much. seven counties remain and nobody is over 33%. the one county that is really big is sioux c

his enemy is santorum. maybe he's trying to kill santorum with kindness and tell the voters who like santorum i'm just the same only better. but fundamentally, the big thing that happened last night is that it became a three way race instead of a two way race which is very good news for mitt romney. >> right. it's fascinating and great analysis by you this morning. you have me on the edge of the seat. thanks very much for joining us from florida. see you again sometime soon. >> thanks. >> straight ahead, one of the president's closest advisors calling romney's win, a pathetic. wow, that's pretty disturbing. >> shocking. >> yeah. >> then -- >> the real life kindergarten cop. a police officer tracks down a 5-year-old over an overdue library book. wonder if it was charlotte's web. >> first, happy birthday to julia orman, the actress turns 47. ♪ [ female announcer ] everybody loves that cushiony feeling. uh oh. i gotta go. [ female announcer ] and with charmin ultra soft, you can get that same cushiony feelin

santorum backed off eventually. as much as senator mccain shows disdain for mitt romney in 2008, he'll make it official today. meet me in new hampshire, i'm going to endorse you, mitt. that could mean a lot. >> you have the top two finishers, mitt and rick and you have the other candidates who you can see the writing on the wall for michelle bachmann to be asked by bob vander plaats to get out as he did last night and for him to say i'm going back to texas to reassess things, the concession speeches last night were heartfelt. listen. >> rick santorum, he waged a great positive campaign. i served with rick, we've had a great relationship over the years, and i admire the courage, the discipline, the way he focused and he also admire how positive he was. i wish i could say that for all the candidates. >> once again, we haven't had a fantastic showing for this cause and challenging people not the status quo that we have been putting up with for decades after decades but challenging them in saying let's challenge them an

santorum is catholic. there's a big catholic vote, a county chairman in all of new hampshire's counties, even the sheriff in mitt romney's vacation home county. it's organization but dwarfed by romney but he's the man of the hour in new hampshire, at least in the wake of the second place showing in iowa. then newt gingerich is obviously fighting for it. the two of them are sandwiching mitt romney, hitting him from both sides calling mitt romney too liberal and unreliable. notice the reception one expects in new hampshire. >> shepard: karl, thank you. texas governor rick perry created confusion among his campaign staff after a tweet today on south carolina. the texas governor flew home to reassess his campaign as he put it but later sent this tweet saying, quote, the next leg of the marathon is the palmetto state. here we come, south carolina. rick perry included this picture with the tweet. he's apparently in running gear. according to the website politico, governor perry's decision to stay in the race sur

. >> and rick santorum becomes a hot media topic, are they out to burn him? not to let the republicans get all the intention, the president takes time out from important duties to inspires the demograph, did he inspire the media as well? girl scouts are known for selling tasty cookies and doing good deeds. do you know they're on the lookout for media bias. getting their guidance from an extreme lefty media manipulator, how could that happen? and some lighter moments during a long, long night of political coverage. >> on the panel this week, writer and fox news contributor, judy miller. national review editor, rich lawrie. jim pinkerton, contributing editor the american conservative magazine and former president of the media center, jehmu green. i'm jon scott, fox news watch is it on right now. >> mitt romney, rick santorum, ron paul, the top three finishers in a race out of iowa this week and now trying to ride that into new hampshire and the media continues to grind away. a media coverage of the horse race itself. now that the horse race denial is over, who

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and santorum, it did him no good. this had resonance everywhere, it's been up, been down. >> we're going to show rick santorum going after mitt romney on a big part of what he's running on, health care. let's show that. >> when he was governor of massachusetts he put forth romney care, which is not a bottom up free market system, it was a government-run health care system that was the basis of obamacare and it's been an abject failure and he has stood by it, stood by the fact that it's 8 billion dollars more expensive than under the current law. >> jason, the first time in a long time any of the competitors have raised that issue which a lot of people thought, including me, was one to be one of the main, governor romney's main liability in the the election, did he score points with that? >> absolutely. rick santorum's finalest moment in the campaign. he went after mitt romney there on health care and he went after gingrich in the same debate on character, and i thinks' scored direct hits there. but, back to dan's poin

hrick santorum has 34 more votes. for the pr precincts that weren't able to get votes in i don't understand why they wouldn't respond to our phone calls. we wanted to make sure that every iowa citizen had their vote reflected. martha: i hope you're hearing me okay and we don't have any problem with that. the rick santorum folks are upset when being told it's a tie when they have 34 votes ahead. the precincts weren't in the picture either when the win was called on election night for mitt romney. the santorum folks, because as you know the romney folks have said this is a historic win for a nonincumbent republican to sweep iowa and new hampshire. this would take away those boasting rights. it's a big deal if you've been a rick santorum supporters all along. what do you say to them? >> i looked at our job as making sure we were able to certify as many precincts as possible and provide accurate information. we'll let the pundits and the campaign officials spin it any way they want. you can't take away that he received mo

santorum. santorum surging in the polls at just the right time and promising now he is ready for a fight. >> game on. [cheers and applause] bill: all right. game on indeed. we're on. good morning, everybody. i'm bill hemmer, live here in "america's newsroom" and a big welcome back to jamie colby. martha is working later for megyn getting on the big bird coming back to new york. >> she got a little rest jamie: i'm jamie coal by in for martha. the republican county chairwoman was woken up in a panic by a friend pounding on her windows. can you imagine the friend telling her the state party needed missing results from a precinct. bill: 53 for romney and 33 for santorum. sleep deprived john roberts in iowa this morning. turns out rick santorum's surge was real in the end. john, good morning. >> reporter: it shows awe couple things, bill. what a difference a week makes. shows you value of every vote. iowa will always end up surprising you in the end. what a rocket ride for rick santorum. mitt romney

rick santorum is showing strong. he has to skip new hampshire and go right to south carolina and make the south carolina argument to the voters if he has any hope but it's a slim hope. >> bill: you are saying if rick santorum performs well in iowa and everybody says he will that he doesn't bother with new hampshire next week. >> no. >> bill: he goes. >> huckabee went to new hampshire and he got destroyed. remember he just got lacerated there. it was a total waste of time. he needs to go to south carolina, bill and say to the voters look, if you don't deliver this state for me, it's mitt romney's nomination. let's keep this debate going. it's good for the people. it's good for the conservative base. i am the conservative alternative to romney. it's taken a long time to get to me. let's keep this going. that's the only argument he can make without organization or money right now that's going to be hard to make. that's the way he is going to have to do it. skip new hampshire all together. you are not going to get any tr

rick santorum doesn't appear to be heading to a tremendous finish in iowa. >> in that regard if santorum finishes fourth or fifth do you discount him? despite the fact that new hampshire is so different than south carolina does it effect south carolina? >> one thing we know for sure candidates go to south carolina there will be a lot of money spent down there a lot of advertising. leading up to the aspect of mitt romney's career i suspect he will get the same treatment as gingrich got in iowa. the question will be if mitt was damaged at all by that, who can gain from it? what gingrich and santorum and huntsman are going to be fighting about is who will be able to go to south carolina and say i am the real alternative? >> you know in new hampshire, is it a state given to last minute changes? >> the numbers here don't show the things we are likely to show a mast minute change we saw in iowa. partly because it is romney, he was the governor tof the state next door. a lot of people made up their mind this time around. what we are hearing is there seems to be a sense that is not quite as vibr

rick santorum and governor perry from texas. two from texas governor perry and congressman ron paul. now that we've got you straightened out on all the numbers, bill do you have that down? you're mr. county. bill: mr. sir county to you. martha: sir county. bill: come over here real quick. near lie left shoulder -- actually it's near lie left foot right now, that is the countdown clock. fox news is your home base for the first in the nation iowa caucuses. there is special coverage of the caucuses that starts at 6:00 eastern time right here on the fox news channel. we'll take you clear into prime-time and deep into the night for all reaction, the candidates, the winners, the losers, the speeches and then the strategy will move very quickly, this time tomorrow we'll be talking about new hampshire. martha: yep. bill: which comes up in a week. martha: so will the candidates, some of whom are hopping on planes tonight to head to new hampshire. it keeps rolling and it's getting very exciting. a family that was trapped in their car in a

>> take a look at senator santorum. he lost his last election by a wider margin than any other sitting republican senator. he lost that race. i won four races in the last four years in the toughest years for republicans in a liberal state like, minnesota, i won. also if you look at the spending issue, senator santorum voted for the bridge to no, no where. he defended ear marks. he is spending which is the number one issue, he has been a big spender in washington, d.c. that is not what the american people are looking for. they want someone who is a fiscal conservative. i'm a tax lawyer who has gone to washington to fight the out of control spending. my record is one of being a fiscal conservative as opposed to -- and i'm not trashing the candidates. it is just a point of clarity. senator santorum as stood for ear marks and stood for spending. that is not what we want. we have to look at our records. >> chris: since you came to congress you have gotten almost $4 million in ear marks for your district and when republicans

can he knock rick santorum out? i think this is going to go on for a while. >> neil: i'm looking at mitt romney saying a few weeks ago, it seems like ancient history but governor romney was criticized by the governor of the iowa for not campaigning enough in iowa and embarrassing romney to come to iowa to campaign more there. he was not giving romney a chance in iowa, focuses instead on new hampshire. to win after all that, by eight votes, a win is a win is a win, is it not? >> that's right. that is something he's going to say. it was a close win. i wasn't there all the time. i didn't put resources that i did in 2008. it's a pretty good showing and of course then the pressure builds, he's been in new hampshire a lot, that's his backyard. he did not win by 2008, shocked by senator mccain, who endorsed romney today. he's going to have to come up big in new hampshire and he probably will. >> neil: what about a more independently minded streak emerging, huntsman is 10%. could anyone give much of a challenge, leaving the

so, for rick santorum what would that mean? well, if mitt romney stint going for the hat trick in south carolina, he is actually one and one. g.o.p. pollster, what do you think, chris wilson? >>guest: well, it gets the media talking about it and it is a huge win for rick santorum, a couple big wins in the last few days after the endorsement of the evangelicals that got together in houston and moving into that, it spells momentum and momentum matters, because we move into the primary on saturday the south carolina election, late breaking voters will be decided based on momentum and if rick santorum has that going into it you could see a situation coming at of saturday where santorum has won two out of three, a game changer moving into the next round of elections. >>neil: would it change sentiment in south carolina that those who were looking to vote for mitt romney, at least in all the substantial polls, not by a lot but he leads, they would swish saying i thought he was inevitable and maybe i will consider rick santorum or any

santorum, his is good, too, beyond manufacturing. >> hold that thought. we'll talk about that in the next block. when we come back, the candidates and the working class. rick santorum has the blue collar background and not afraid to use it. afraid to use it. is he an about thor bet than [ men grunting ] [ male announcer ] great things can come out of sat. ♪ so don't let odor stop you. gillette odor shield. turns odor into freshness. but for some of us with overactive bladder, our pipes just don't work as well as they should. sometimes, i worry my pipes might leak. but i learned there's something more i can do. now, i take care with vesicare. once-daily vesicare can help control your bladder muscle and is proven to treat overactive bladder with symptoms of frequent urges and leaks day and night. if you have certain stomach or glaucoma problems, or trouble emptying your bladder, do not take vesicare. vesicare may cause allergic reactions that may be serious. if you experience swelling of the face, lips, throat or tongue, stop taking vesicare and get emerg

it may be the surprise in new hampshire, if huntsman takes second or santorum. what fire does it give somebody to go into south carolina, where does newt gingrich end up in there, it's unclear and it's a fractured field. >> one point we make with everybody with those who haven't made up their minds. thank you very much. megan, i want to point out that the karl rove brought his white board to the battle and i didn't think he was in in iowa, but he's in. >> megyn: i thought graphics banned that. >> no, no, they love that. >> bret: and got his own department. he goes out to staples and gets his white board, costs $9. >> megyn: and himself? >> i don't know, that's fine. >> megyn: thanks, chris, looking forward to tuesday night. >> bret: we will hear some of those fiercely independent people in new hampshire when our america election headquarters special returns. >> all you need to know about the independent streak of people here in new hampshire is the official state motto. live free or die. let's talk about how the independent and undecided voters will affect tuesd

an aide says santorum was the real deal. >> it's hard to attack rick santorum because he's someone who really believes in all the stances that he has. so he has not flipped or flopped op different issues. he's someone who actually walked the walk. not just talked the talk, and so for that reason, it's hard to attack him in a primary for being too solid on the issues that he feels strongly about. >> that aide points out santorum served eight years on the senate armed services committee, which is longer than hillary clinton served on the very same committee before she became secretary of state. >> shep: okay. mike emmanuel on capitol hill. thanks very much. allegations of a series of assaults now rocking the air force academy. military officials have charged not one, but three cadets in what they say were separate and unrelated incidents over the past 15 months. in some of those cases, they accused the suspects of assaulting female cadets who were, quote, substantially incapacitated. now more from our denver bureau. these accusations have been going on for a while. academy officials say

rick santorum is 4%. mitt romney is over 40 -- >> he'll be well into the high double digits by the morning. but the question is: how much he gets there? and as i said, he will be challenged -- he doesn't have the resources. but he is a new face. three weeks ago, two -- three weeks ago, newt gingrich was at 38%. as i have said to you before, we have this huge group of very -- people looking for something and they keep landing somewhere. they just landed -- rick santorum's lucky, they landed on him last. but he will have a tough problem. this is a man who lost a senate race by more than almost any incumbent in history in a re-election. it's going to have a hard argument on the winning. he's very sincere. but the social issue problem, we'll see how it works. i don't think in a general election, he has a prayer. the question is whether voters will see that -- >> but he has pointed out several times. i asked him about this earlier this week on my afternoon show. he has pointed out that even though he is defini

son for -- look at the latest going after santorum. >> santorum pushed for billions. voting for the bridge to new where. indoor rain forest. santorum voted to raise the debt limit five times increasing spending three trillion and voted to let convicted felons vote. >> reporter: that last part has rick santorum the former senator from pennsylvania infuriated. this morning he called for the romney campaign to insist that ad come down. once released and paroled from prison there's a possibility for former felons to their voting rights back, possibility. he said romney is wrong to have done this. romney continues lead in the polls he's considered a favorite here now it is getting tough anything can happen in the final six days. lastly newt gingrich polling second within the margin of error against mitt romney not backing off. newt gingrich led the charge on romney's business history adopting what an many said was the obama and democrats attack. today gingrich is calling for mitt romney to release his tax returns. ding rich says he with will release his -- gingrich says he

when it sees movement, rick santorum stomps over there, and it tries to eat rick santorum. jon: what do you think about that, alan? >> let me go back and say what i wasn't allowed to finish finish. i think it shows a certain lack of judgment, i think it shows a certain behavior which is questionable, and i think it's something people do can think about and consider when they're looking at a candidate. he has said a lot of other crazy things like consensual sex in the home will lead to other bizarre behavior. i mean, what the media really needs to focus on is some of the things he has said and done, and once they do, he is so far outside the mainstream that he can't be taken seriously as a candidate. >> first of all, i even think some of the dastardly characters we have in the mainstream media are not going to go as low as you just have, alan, to make fun of that incident. >> i disagree. >> two, rick santorum has traditional, catholic attitudes toward morality, and, yes, manhattan liberals, that will strike them as bizarre and threatening. i think the media tsunami we'll see

right now paul is a strong lead over santorum. as you mentioned paul is doing very few events, only two by the time of the saturday night debate tonight. compared to 19 events for santorum which is big disparity. i think ron paul has a feeling. a lot of people coming to support him are from out of state. santorum is really a workhorse here. >> gregg: jamie, what about jon huntsman? is he in trouble there. >> he is being eclipsed by rick santorum that came in momentum from iowa where huntsman didn't campaign. huntsman spent all his time here. he has to show something, third place finish. >> gregg: you know what is important tonight, jamie, two debates tonight and tomorrow will be widely watched by voters there. could a standout performance by one are more of the candidates dramatically alter the electoral equation. they get to vote here in the republican primaries? >> i think for romney the key is to stay above the fray. go against obama, not just the candidates on stage. if somebody lays a glove on him, that could hurt him. with s

they look to santorum. not saying he didn't deserve the victory, he worked for it but he was lucky with his timing. >> he had a loser label because he was an ex-senator that had disastrous last campaign. all of the others got a shot around they all were not of presidential stature. when they at last had a look at santorum, he was a guy with experience, and articulate, he knows the issues. unlike a couple of the other pretenders. he's a serious guy with a track record. i think that in the end, the system worked. yes, haphazardly but that is how america works. churchill once said america always ends up doing the right thing after it's tried everything else. well, that's how iowa worked. >> so then does south carolina become this real conservative battle with perry in the game and santorum? it looks like newt gingrich, that is his firewall. >> yeah, yet another southern politician. i think new hampshire is going to be discounted to a certain extent because it's romney's second home state. i think there is a hi

rick santorum. romney campaign says they're not waiting to talk to the santorum campaign they're just waiting for results like the rest of america. >>> welcome to america's election headquarters. it's too cross to -- close to you call. rick santorum over mitt romney. we're still waiting on votes, actual from story county. that is the university of iowa. sorry, iowa state. ing forrive me. and ames, don't e mail. associate td press just report that had quote, some guy is driving the vote tallies in his truck to the reporting centers and we're waiting on that guy from that guy n that truck. probably to determine this race as you look at the differential there, it's so close. you're talking about hundreds of votes from a place like story county. right now it's 113 separating rick santorum and rit mom knee. >> just comes down to that guy. and what about that guy? do they know that guy? are they waiting for that guy? is there any idea how fast that guy is driving? >> it's iowa. there are some highways wit

rick santorum has all the head liens and lots of momentum now. santorum scared hill. romney is doing it differently this time. it is much more low-key than one might have expected for someone who just won the iowa caucuses. jon: carl cameron in new hampshire for us. carl, thank you. we'll be back with more coverage straight ahead that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. plus veggie nutrition. whee wheeeeeeeeeeeee! wheeeeeeeeeeee! whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee-he-he-heeeeee! whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! pure adrenaline. whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! everything you love about geico, now mobile. download the new geico app today. whee wheeeeeeeeeeee-he-he-heeeeee! your doctor will say get smart about your weight. i tried weight loss plans... but their shakes aren't always made for people with diabetes. that's why there's new glucerna hunger smart shakes. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. and they have 6 grams of sugars. with 15 grams of protein

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ron paul got 19% and santorum got 15% but in iowa, santorum got almost 30%. romney about 6% behind that and ron paul behind that. margaret, what do you make of the conservatives going for romney in new hampshire but santorum in iowa? >> well, first i'll say this, steve, i think i see two overarching themes as you look at the polls. one is that mitt romney didn't work nearly as hard as santorum did in iowa vs. new hampshire. he owned new hampshire. secondly, being conservative in iowa is something very different than being conservative in the live free or die state. so what you see is that the folks in new hampshire where conservativism really lends itself to individual freedom, live free or die, economic issues especially and that's what people voted on here. they voted for romney. in iowa, conservatives voted for santorum because he's a religious conservative and a social conservative. >> douglas? >> yeah, i agree with margaret. the new hampshire conservative is a much more moderate variety than iowa. moreover, 44% of the overall vote in new hampshire were i

santorum is doing something that smart. it may cost him vote in new hampshire but emphasizing his social conservative values that may not serve him in new hampshire, but it will help him in south carolina and he is taking the pat buchanan model that sells so well in new hampshire. all he has to do is finish second and he has the greatest opportunity for a contrast than he had even in iowa last week in the caucaus. put the speech rick santorum made against romney it is a stark contrast f. he does and comes in second in new hampshire. he not only meets mitt romney in south carolina he has a chance to beat mitt romney in south carolina. >> we'll watch the debate tonight and tomorrow as we countdown for the big vote on tuesday. i know it is going to be quite interesting. thank you, ladies for joining us. >> thank you . in other news. one arizona school district could face delays. and all because of a mexican american study program. high, casey. >> it is the teson program that makes sense considering that 61 percent of the total

>>eric: and we heard rick santorum throw out your name, as well. >>guest: i did praise rick santorum and i praise him again and i heard him an hour ago of shep smith and he reminded me of why so many of us do respect rick santorum. here talked about america's judeo-christian foundation, how important it is that we stand strong on it, and that we build upon it, not in a judgmental and condemning way, when it comes to anyone's lifestyle or any individuals. he was able to answer shep smith's questions about social conservatives which is important to rick, and, in that interview, alone, it made me, again, really respect what rick stands for and it is no surprise that he has the support that he has and his pay -- patient way of campaigning is pay off in the support not polls moving up in the last couple of weeks and as i said a few weeks ago, yes, he would be very, very well in iowa, and, i look forward to seeing the results of what he is able to produce tomorrow. >>eric: take a listen to this, we ran, had this gentleman on last week, this is the vote r

they look at rick santorum with all due respect, nobody knows who rick santorum is. not even the conservative base knows who he is. >> dana: they have four days. >> bob: this is a guy from pennsylvania who lost by 17 points. >> andrea: he ran against a pro-life democrat. >> eric: in south carolina -- [ overtalk ] >> andrea: i am defending rick santorum. this is a politician, say what you want but he has been consistent on his position. and that is so rare to find in washington. and i'm not just going to say well, you know what? it's mitt romney. throw up my hands and just roll over. >> eric: here is an issue. this morning we woke up, karl rove op-ed and ann coulter op-ed. both backing mitt romney. literally, i picked up the phone and said ann, really? you have been a far right conservative, spokesperson for tea party, et cetera, et cetera. why do you back romney? how can you do that? she said well, it's about beating obama. she in a sense is right. her column was great. >> brian: she took apart every other candidate and said this why mitt is the only one that can do

santorum a close second. the question is going to be, how big is romney's victory in new hampshire and who is in second place and if it is santorum, how close is it? bill: you're likely right about santorum. we'll see how it plays out in next 48 hours. huckabee 11% in the end coming off victory in iowa four years ago. karl, see you down the road. >> you bet. martha: sounding the alarm on iran's nuclear progress and he says one of his opponents is dangerously underestimating the threat from tehran which could become a big story in months to come. bill: a family dropped in a drowning car, freezing, nowhere to go and oxygen running out. how they lived to tell about it. >> for the first time in my life i had zero, zero control and i knew that whatever happened was in the hand of god. juice drink too watery? ♪ feel the power my young friend. mmm! [ male announcer ] for unsurpassed fru and veggie nutrition... v8 v-fusion. could've had a v8. or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements

santorum at 10%. perry had 6%. a race that is as close as gingrich and romney, a few votes can change. >> eric: don't you think the gingrich issue will split -- it will bring people who are kicked off abc news, whomever, attacking conservatives and they may rally behind newt. help him. >> bob: there is a healthy disregard for media in south carolina. it could work to his advantage. santorum, all of his work on the family stuff has not move moved. >> greg: it's preaching to the choir. he literally has to preach to america. >> andrea: i can't get my mind off greg's analogy of bob in a yoga class. i can't get the visual bob in a downward dog position. >> bob: i know what the downward dog position but it's not yoga. >> greg: that is bob beckel, ladies and gentlemen. >> andrea: i want your thoughts. gingrich went after romney -- >> dana: save you from yourself. >> andrea: serious. focus, bob. focus. >> dana: i'm with you. go for it. >> andrea: newt gingrich went after mitt romney for the bain capital stuff. i think it h

rick santorum moves in behind them with 15%. nearly half of those polled say they could still change their mind before the caucus. some people in ohio are assessing the damage done by an earthquake that struck this weekend. the 4.0 magnitude quake hit on saturday afternoon leaving cracks in the walls and the chimneys. that was the 11th earthquake to hit in 2011. and a broken watermain causes big problems in denver, colorado. thousands of gallons of water gushing into the street damaging cars and homes and causing a driving nightmare. no word on what caused the pipe to burst and those are your top stories of the day. >>> during the holiday, it is important to remember those who are less fortunate. we hope our next guest's story inspires you to do just that. she is a gospel and country singer who has created an organization to feed and clothe the homeless. it is called the bridge ministry and it is found with candy christmas in nashville where she started it all. today's economy, candy, poverty has increased causing many families

the trouble is he wants to be the next santorum. but santorum is going to be the next santorum. what the rasmussen poll shows me is santorum will surge in new hampshire and compete for paul for second place and i suspect huntsman will not make it in new hampshire. >> do you worry about that with huntsman? >> i don't see it. i see motion in the polls but, you know, given the amount of time he spent there, given he has put everything there, you would think there would be more. >> bret: we didn't see polls in iowa for santorum until the last several days. >> but we did see something big was coming. the last few day he is had a sudden surge. >> bret: that was saturday before tuesday. that would be. >> two days before. >> bret: if t "des moines register poll" and. >> tomorrow is friday. >> okay. >> next up, president obama defense cuts, what do you think of them? vote in the online question of the day. at the home page, foxnews.com/specialreport. results after the break. we know a place where tossing and turning have given way to sleeping. where sleepless nights yield to restful slee

santorum at 11%. now the average of the most recent polls, this includes a few from before the debate and the ones that popped in the past couple of days, as romney and gingrich neck this neck. put in perspective, the gingrich day. the good side, bad side, and the impact. just this close to the primary. charles? >> well, i think number one, iowa will have no effect on romney or santorum. it's result of a tie. everybody assumed. and he has eight precincts missing and you absolutely announce you have no idea how it ended up. it has no effect. the endorsement by perry was important. you think from numbers it wouldn't be. perry is down to about 4%. people, they have actually been polled, perry supporters in the past. the second choice is evenly split among santorum and gingrich and romney. so it would have no effect mathematically on gingrich, romney race. second, the gingrich numbers as we saw in the polls, are rising rapidly. at the same time in the days, the perry numbers were collapsing, which would i

>> romney said to santorum, stop it. and there is something i've learned in testing and focus groups. three words are better than four. two words are better than three. stop it. win that conversation. >> and so you think romney won that exchange? >> santorum needed to draw attention. and if he was able to achieve differences between him and mitt romney and there are many key differences but if romney were more explois plisit about his response in the attacks he would be more effective. >> and let's talk about rick perry and ron paul. how did they do? >> rick perry maybe too little, too late but he was clearly the outsider and he drew a distinction. perry would try to say hey. i'm not have fr washington. >> is that kind of repetitive? >> i agree on substance. he was the first candidate to talk about a war on religion and a war on the catholic church. and to raise attack issues. but here is what i thought was interesting. mitt romney said the top tax rate should be ta%. newt gingrich said 50%. and mitt romney said zero. go

rick santorum says you know what? i was representing my state in congress and of course trying to do the best for my state and bring some money home, he was unapolojettic. >> i would send troops back into iraq because i tell you i think we start talking with the iraqi individuals there, i think it's a huge error for us, we're going to see iran, in my opinion, move back in at literally the speed of light. they're going to move back in and all of the work that we've done, every young man that has lost his life in that country will have been for nothing because we've got a president that does not understand. >> reporter: you know, this was a, you know, exceptionally bold statement on the part of the texas governor. it will be interesting to see how well it's received. ron paul is doing pretty well here in new hampshire and running second place behind mitt romney according to the polls, mitt romney still has a commanding lead and a much more, as you may have noticed over the course of this campaign. a much more conservati

some with newt, santorum, perry this is the nonromney. no unity, no sense in which somebody has captured all of it. the truth is, with newt and rick even if one gets a significant vote, even 8%, from someone else could keep romney in the first place. that's very much what is beginning to look like. although, things can change dramatically in a week in south carolina politics. it is a full bore brass knuckles get out the chains and knives. it is fun to watch. not as much fun to be on the receiving end of the pummeling, as i can attest. >> for sure. governor always good to see you. fascinating forum last night. hope you do some more. >> i hope we do too. it was healthy that the candidates have to answer questions they get time, everybody gets the same amount of time. >> exciting race in is. we'll see what happens next saturday. governor, always good to see you. >> thank you. >> tonight there will be a special encore of the forum. 8:00 tonight eastern time right here on the fox news channel. >>> there have been insults, taunts and threats, b

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ron paul is big, risk san dorm -- rick santorum. this is national data we have seen, he is not trending in searches. now, we have more recent information, and this is polling from hours ago. >>reporter: everyone is wondering santorum's bounce is continuing. >>guest: that represents 7 1/2 times more senators for rick santorum in iowa today compared to a week ago and the other candidates how they compare to rick santorum. >>reporter: and rich is -- rick perry is bumping up. >>guest: and this is a voter asking a question of santorum. >> i want to bring up your record. (inaudible) gingrich and paul are on my telephone telling me of your past record 689. >>reporter: with more and more attention, there are more and more questions on his record. and now the fiscal conservatives. you have some data? >>guest: you can see we have gone back to 2004 up to today, and we look at a few different things, unemployment deficit, abortion, gay marriage. in 2004, social issues, very high. and we look toward 2008, they are all roughly the same. as we get

gingrich, perry, santorum. and perry was the one that failed to get off the first ballot, but you wonder, it still sounds like they're fractured, doesn't it, guys? will it matter right now for rick santorum who has campaigned very well. are they coalescing around one person? it sounds like they're split. >> it sounds like this he did. came to the conclusion that romney westbound the best alternative for them. three criteria they based on decisions on repealing the health care reform law, obama care, the debt, what you want to do about the debt and of course, abortion. >> what's amazing to me, there's no daylight on the issues on the candidates if you think about it. of course, mitt romney has been criticized for flip-flopping or pro choice and working to pro-life and when you actually look down the issues, mitt romney pro-life and rick santorum pro-life. >> and they want to overturn obama care and reduce the deficit. very little daylight. >> alisyn: what weight will this carry in south carolina? the decision ma