we will take you whale-watching early this thursday morning, december 29th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs good thursday morning everyone. i m jeff glor. are you sure about that? my name or the day? i don t know. i get confused about both at times ist it is times. well, it is the holiday. good morning. i m debbye turner bell. welcome, by the way. new polls show significant changes in the republican presidential race in iowa. it s good news for mitt romney and bad news for newt gingrich. chief political correspondent jan crawford is in cedar rapids with the new lineup and a surprise for michele bachmann too. good morning, jan. reporter: good morning. the latest iowa has more movement. mitt romney at the top followed by ron paul and then a name we haven t heard lately rick santorum. the biggest surprise of the day came from the camp of michele bachmann. the sometimes bitter battle for iowa took a slightly unexpected turn monday when state senator kent sore