front. well, good evening, everyone, i m erin burnett. out front tonight from cnn s election center. an episode of survivor how republican presidential candidate, rick santorum described the iowa caucuses. here is the thing about iowa, no offense, iowa, you are really important. you are also small. only 2 million registered voters. 640,000 republicans. if the 2008 caucuses were an in caution of what is a head for tomorrow, only about 100 tough those republicans will actually go out on a cold january night to cast their votes. and those who do, only a 50% success rate when it actually comes to picking the eventual nominee. so what s all the hype about iowa? the bottom line is it has a huge influence in who stays and doesn t stay in the presidential race. maybe small, but it packs one big punch. listen to candidates today. they know what is really at stake tomorrow. we are not looking for a chief executive officer for this country. we re looking for a commander-in-chief. w
2012. we were getting you up to speed on the bizarre fires. look at this man with the ponytail. he s been arrested. this is the worst string of fires in that city since the riots of 92. get this. there may be annism grags beef allegedly involved with this arrest. lots more to tell yu about that. that s coming up. he looked like he was kind of smirking in that video. a man accused of killing a park ranger is found dead fats down in a waterfall. apparently the exposure to all the cold there. the mountain is shut down as the rangers regroup and mourn the loss of one of their own. we don t worry so much that the sniper is out there. they ve shut down the search. they pretty much figure they ve got the guy. also, did you feel it this morning when you woke up or did you have to shovel it? it has been a serious cold day in the midwest. it s basically slamming us this weather. it s actually moving into the east as well. a couple feet of snow in some places in the great lak
good evening, from cnn s election center because, yes, it has begun and it s an episode of survivor. at least that s how republican presidential candidate rick santorum described the iowa caucuses. here is the thing about iowa. no offense, iowa, you re really important but you re also small. only 2 million registered voters. 640,000 of them republicans. and if the 2008 caucuses were an indication of what s ahead for tomorrow, only about 100,000 of those republicans will actually go out on a cold january night to cast their votes. those who do, it only is a 50% success rate when it actually comes to picking the eventual nominee. so, what s all the hype about iowa? the bottom line is, it has a huge influence in who stays and doesn t stay in a presidential race. it may be small but it packs one big punch. listen to the candidates today. they know what s really at stake tomorrow. we are not looking for a chief executive officer. for this country. we re looking for a commander i
good evening, from cnn s election center because, yes, it has begun and it s an episode of survivor. at least that s how republican presidential candidate rick santorum described the iowa caucuses. here is the thing about iowa. no offense, iowa, you re really important but you re also small. only 2 million registered voters. 640,000 of them republicans. and if the 2008 caucuses were an indication of what s ahead for tomorrow, only about 100,000 of those republicans will actually go out on a cold january night to cast their votes. those who do, it only is a 50% success rate when it actually comes to picking the eventual nominee. so, what s all the hype about iowa? the bottom line is, it has a huge influence in who stays and doesn t stay in a presidential race. it may be small but it packs one big punch. listen to the candidates today. they know what s really at stake tomorrow. we are not looking for a chief executive officer. for this country. we re looking for a commander i
there are some that are going to remain, right? couple thousand until next year. some counterterrorism folks and others there. officially, on the books, it s over. like we said last week, though, so many questions, though, about what iraq what happens there now. can it take care of itself? and ongoing debate that will never end. we know that. moving on, now. some damaging testimony at a pretrial hearing for army private bradley manning, who, of course, is accused of giving military and government secrets to the web site wikileaks. an army investigator said he found more than 10,000 state department cables and other classified material on a computer used by manning. assessments of guantanamo bay detainees were also on that computer. manning s attorney will cross-examine that investigator when the hearings resume later today. a month after the hazing death of a florida a&m drum major, the school s board of trustees is meeting today to consider the governor s request to suspend th