candidates are today. front-runner mitt romney has two stops after arriving from new hampshire this afternoon. newt gingrich, rick perry and michele bachmann each have two events as well. rick santorum who just surged in the polls puts in the drive time with five stops throughout the state of iowa. one face missing from that map of iowa, ron paul. he says he ll ring in the new year at home in texas. two fresh faces you will see in iowa, cnn s political editor paul steinhauser and political director mark preston. they are both out at our forward operating base in des moines. paul, it s down to the last few hours there. good to see you with that beautiful backdrop behind you. break it down for me, what is the logic behind the two front-runner strategies, is ron paul heading back to texas this weekend? mitt romney not leading after spending a whole lot of time in iowa in the first place. good question. that s surprising to people. there s the state capital behind me. let s s
philippines. 436 people dead, hundreds missing. the storm dumped as much as eight inches of rain in 24 hours. a journalist told us the focus is now on search and rescue. reporter: the storm is supposed to exit this evening but it s not longer the storm itself but its aftermath. we re turning to aid and rescue workers looking for the hundreds missing. they are trying to supply drinking water. they re asking for volunteers to try to get food and clothes. friday night the floodwaters rose alarmingly fast reaching roof level while residents were sleeping. the government estimates some 100,000 people have been displaced by that storm. and a second day of hearings for the army private accused of being behind the biggest intelligence leak in u.s. histories. a technical glitch delayed an army investigator s attempt to testify by phone from hawaii. bradley manning is accused of providing classified government documents to wikileaks, which, then made them public. supporters for m
today, there are just eight shopping days let me tell for christmas. do you actually know what not to buy? it was less than three weeks ago since the iowa caucus, the state s largest newspaper is getting ready to endorse its republican pick for the white house. the des moines register will make that announcement today. romney picked up a key endorsement in another early voting stays. we re talking about south carolina. it is with great pride, great respect, great support that michael and i are very proud to say that we are endorsing governor mitt romney for president of the united states. now, that s south carolina. that s nikki haley. how big of a deal is this south carolina endorsement? it s going to be a pretty big deal. these candidates rack up pride after prize. in iowa, you ve got a lot of people still undecided and so this could the sway them towards a particular candidate, tip them over the tip the scales for one candidate or another. but the other thing int
she has served her country and now she ll be serving so many communities. that really speaks to her heart, who she is. jessica lynch, following her dream as you are. you re going to continue to follow your dream. you ll be watching. this has been so super great working alongside you all these years. you know i love you. we ll all cross paths again. that s why i m not saying good-bye. i ll call you later. so long. i ll tweet you. i ll never hear from you. just kidding. we ll be in contact. but everyone will continue to follow you and watch your career and grow and we ll all be rooting you on. thank you, fredricka. you re the best, t.j. you want me to stay? you want to stick around a little longer. i m going to he s making a quick exit. thanks so much, t.j. all right. we ve got a lot of big developments taking place today especially on capitol hill. the u.s. senate has given final congressional approval to a spending bill that will keep the governmen
short time ago the focus is now on search and rescue. the storm is supposed to exit this evening, but it s no longer the storm itself. it s aftermath. we re turning to the aid and rescue workers who are looking for the hundreds missing. they re trying to supply drinking water. they re asking for volunteers to try to get food and clothes. friday night the flood waters rose alarmingly fast reaching roof level while residents were sleeping. the government estimates some 100,000 people have been displaced by the storm. and some technical problems today as army pfc bradley manning s pretrial hearing continued in maryland. an army investigator s attempt to testify by phone from hawaii was delayed. manning supporters held a rally today outside the main gate. he s accused of providing classified government documents to wikileaks, which made those documents public. the barefoot bandit will be cooling his heels in prison for the next seven years. 20-year-old colton harris-moore