both states. a big deal given how different the electorate is in the buckeye state. intrade has him up 74%. all the ads against newt gingrich look to be paying off. he s down to fourth in iowa polling, with rick santorum surging. the people of iowa over the course of these last few months have been sizing up the candidates and looking for someone they can trust that s going to go out there and fight the battles and be the sharp contrast to barack obama. now they re coming to the guy that has the best and strongest record and the strongest plan to get this country going. major drama among political wonks. michele bachmann s iowa campaign chair stunned everyone by def t defecting to ron paul last night. and iowans, get ready for an onslaught of last-minute ads coming at you from every aniae. positive, negative, there s $10 million in ads clogging iowa tv and radio just this month alone. we start with peter alexander on the ground in mason city, iowa. it seems like madness o
pull it off. he leads the latest polling in both states. a big deal given how different the electorate is in the buckeye state. intrade has him up 74%. all the ads against newt gingrich look to be paying off. he s down to fourth in iowa polling, with rick santorum surging. the people of iowa over the course of these last few months have been sizing up the candidates and looking for someone they can trust that s going to go out there and fight the battles and be the sharp contrast to barack obama. now they re coming to the guy that has the best and strongest record and the strongest plan to get this country going. major drama among political wonks. michele bachmann s iowa campaign chair stunned everyone by def t defecting to ron paul last night. and iowans, get ready for an onslaught of last-minute ads coming at you from every aniae. positive, negative, there s $10 million in ads clogging iowa tv and radio just this month alone. we start with peter alexander on the ground
and humiliated by the people presiding over the ceremony. and the husband and wife had no idea why they were being made fun of today, saturday, idea why they were being made fun of today, saturday, october 30th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a saturday i m lester holt. and i m amy robach. we re already seeing heightened security measures following the discovery of those two suspicious packages from yemen. what a day it was yesterday. officials say the packages were actually copy or toner cartridges that contained explosives. they were on their way to two jewish institutions in chicago. the president called it a credible terror threat. we ll have much more of this unfolding story including a live intear view with homeland security secretary janet napolitano. and counting down to tuesday midterm elections. there s another big surprise involving a key senate battle. new revelations about the push to
presiding over the ceremony. and the husband and wife had no idea why they were being made fun of today, saturday, idea why they were being made fun of today, saturday, october 30th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a saturday i m lester holt. and i m amy robach. we re already seeing heightened security measures following the discovery of those two suspicious packages from yemen. what a day it was yesterday. officials say the packages were actually copy or toner cartridges that contained explosives. they were on their way to two jewish institutions in chicago. the president called it a credible terror threat. we ll have much more of this unfolding story including a live intear view with homeland security secretary janet napolitano. and counting down to tuesday midterm elections. there s another big surprise involving a key senate battle. new revelations about the push to get kendrick meek to drop ou