does not have the experience of being an effective leader. i am in fact the legitimate heir of the reagan movement. not some liberal from massachusetts. well, mitt romney has surged ahead in the race. and a win in florida could be pretty critical. cnn political editor paul stein haweshaus hauser is in tampa. we have four polls out over the past 36 hours, and they all indicate the same thing, that mitt romney is up by double digits over newt gingrich along people likely to vote in that primary tomorrow. take a look at the most recent out about two hours ago. you can see right there mitt romney with about a 14-point lead. 43% are backing him. 29% say they are backing gingrich. you see santorum and paul both further down at 11%. when you break that poll down, it s interesting. among tea party supporters, among social conservatives, these are the base voters for gingrich. but romney has the edge there. one more poll i want to share with you. take a look at this. it came out
six pack. first, the nfl playoffs are starting and after a season where the issue of player safety and head injuries landed center stage, at all levels of the game. more than 100 former professionals are suing the league over safety and health issues. one a former star on the road at georgia tech, latary pro bowl running back with the green bay packers and played for the giants and eagles. retire fld 2004 and now making a documentary. about the struggles of many former players. i start way clip. you re about to see ellis hobbs talking about the hit he took running back a kickoff that ended his career. as i braced myself, there he was right in my face, and my next reaction was, just like last time, even worse. i just ducked, buckled in. it just so happened he did the exact same thing with his helmet. when he hit mine, had compressed my head down worse. when you see it onni inning ang the initial camera, okay, he got hit. when they flipped it around and i saw it from the
as these holidays wind down. the president yial campaign sean is heating up. one week from tomorrow, the iowa caucuses will mark the first formal votes in the 2012 race. right now, it s too close to call, statistically speaking. according to a poll from the american research group, ron paul, mitt romney, and newt gingrich are locked in a three-way statistical tie. you can see it there. 21, 20, 19% apiece. paul steinhauser is in des moines with more on this three-way battle. and no clear front-runner at least for iowa, paul. reporter: no clear front-runner. and that poll you just showed from arg came out on friday. the most receipt polling we have of people likely to take part in that caucus on january 30. it also indicates with just a week to go 1-10 still say they haven t made up their minds. and a sizeable amount are saying, i m backing this candidate or that candidate, but i may change my mind. three-way traffic jam, i guess you could say, for the top spot. ron paul, tho
after a shocking tape has come to light. also, the markets getting a bit of a black friday bounce. pakistan puts the u.s. on notice after a deadly nato strike. and a wet, dare i say possibly snowy, day for the southeast. i m going to play reporter roulette here on this monday. ed lavandera, in syracuse where syracuse university fired assistant basketball coach bernie fine, fine is accused of sexually abusing kids. ed, also news fine s termination just hours after the world heard this tape recording of his wife. tell me about it. reporter: well, this was a recording between one of bernie fine s principal accusers, a man by the name of bobby davis. in that phone recording he was talking with bernie fine s wife, and it was a dramatic phone call. these are phone calls that lasted quite some time. we can listen to a little bit of it, and it really seems to bolster what bobby davis has been saying here over the last few weeks accusing bernie fine of molesting him hundreds o
if they fail and that s expected what happens? reporter: it seems that despite the very we call it the super committee and they had super powers. this committee written in law had the power to bypass many of the procedural hurdles that slow down and hold up legislation up here on capitol hill. despite having the power these 12 committee members were not able to bridge the gap on a philosophical difference on what they believe. a big issue that s held up negotiations to this point, the issue of taxes. democrats increase the tax revenue increased taxes need to be part of any final deficit deal, any deal to reduce the deficit as part of a balanced approach as they like to say. it s no surprise republicans on the flip side are very opposed to tax increases unless it is part of a broader effort to reform the tax code that would bring down tax rates. that s really what it seems this has come down to. they were not able to bridge the divide on that issue. if they don t reach