it s 9:00 a.m. here on the east and 6:00 a.m. on the west and get to what is happening out there. new twists in the presidential race hours before the nevada republican caucuses so let s go right to las vegas and ron mott with a good morning to you. what kind of a turnout are they expecting in first half? reporter: good morning to you, alex. we could see a pretty good turnout today especially among mormon voters. a recent poll showed 86% of americans surveyed identified them ses as mormon and caucus for mitt romney. he could have a big day today. start voting at 12:00 eastern. at least two of these gop presidential candidates tried to turn that to their advantage. with the nation s worst unemployment, nevada would seem the best place in the country to celebrate friday s dip in the national jobless rate. down 0.2 of a.to 8.3% in january, the lowest level in three years. instead, republican front-runner mitt romney attacked the white house at a business round table in sparks,
super bowl. good morning, everyone. welcome. it s 9:00 a.m. here on the east and 6:00 a.m. on the west and get to what is happening out there. new twists in the presidential race hours before the nevada republican caucuses so let s go right to las vegas and ron mott with a good morning to you. what kind of a turnout are they expecting in first half? reporter: good morning to you, alex. we could see a pretty good turnout today especially among mormon voters. a recent poll showed 86% of americans surveyed identified them ses as mormon and caucus for mitt romney. he could have a big day today. start voting at 12:00 eastern. at least two of these gop presidential candidates tried to turn that to their advantage. with the nation s worst unemployment, nevada would seem the best place in the country to celebrate friday s dip in the national jobless rate. down 0.2 of a.to 8.3% in january, the lowest level in three years. instead, republican front-runner mitt romney attacked the w
dollars on taxes of businesses appoints liberal judges to apiece democrats and wants the rest of us to believe he s a conservative. when andrea mitchell tried to get a response from romney, the front-runner remains mum. governor, newt gingrich called you a liar today. what do you say about that? we re not taking questions. governor, is that the way to campaign? calling you a lier? we re not taking questions. how are you? good to see you. nbc campaign inbed alex mo with the gingrich campaign. does newt gingrich think that these swings at mitt romney are going to boost his chances, at least come out guns blazing today, this morning? well, speaker geneva hopes iowans will see through the negative ads that mitt romney and the other candidates have been running against him in the state and he believes that those ads have been dishonest and the iowans will vote for him tonight. he s had one event this morning.
dollars on taxes of businesses appoints liberal judges to apiece democrats and wants the rest of us to believe he s a conservative. when andrea mitchell tried to get a response from romney, the front-runner remains mum. governor, newt gingrich called you a liar today. what do you say about that? we re not taking questions. governor, is that the way to campaign? calling you a lier? we re not taking questions. how are you? good to see you. nbc campaign inbed alex mo with the gingrich campaign. does newt gingrich think that these swings at mitt romney are going to boost his chances, at least come out guns blazing today, this morning? well, speaker geneva hopes iowans will see through the negative ads that mitt romney and the other candidates have been running against him in the state and he believes that those ads have been dishonest and the iowans will vote for him tonight. he s had one event this morning.
day. small in numbers but a very big message. so you carry a lot of weight in this state. to send a message which way we re going. the stakes are high in the hawkeye state. after a dozen debates, seven different front-runners $16 million in ad spending and over 150 different campaign stops. tonight somebody may not be headed to new hampshire when all votes are counted. but let s put all of the factors together. turnout, timing, moan tum, expectations game, and look in the caucus crystal ball we do that with chuck todd, nbc political director host of the daily rundown here on msnbc. and we hope, we hope, that you have already eaten that chicken soup that savannah brought you earlier to battle off that cold. i have. we re lucky we have it it around here. let s get straight to this because we ve seen iowa front-runners come and go, seven in fact set stage for us. how does this history fore shadow what we could see happening tonight? we are lucky enough, mitt romney ran