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
there on christmas day. the white house condemning these blasts. nigeria s president calling an end to the sectarian violence voug to catch those responsible. churches also bombed in nigeria last christmas season. more arab league observers are on their way to sir yeah here s why. an opposition group says security forces killed more than 20 people in the city of homs today. the observer planned to go there. u.n. says more than 5,000 people have died since syria s crackdown on protests began in march. a suicide car bomber in iraq got through six security check points before setting off an explosive device at the interior ministry. at least five people killed there, 39 wounded. this happened after iraq s prime minister was meeting with the senior security officials to talk about how to keep the country safe. a series of explosions killed almost 70 people in baghdad just last week. mexico says it s captured the chief of security for one of the most wanted alleged drug king
american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com all right. good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, december 21st. i m christine romans along with my friend ali velshi. i have to tell you. i m excited of the news of the new planet. it s different. not a political log jam. not pay rolle troll tax plan. new planets! we ll tell you all about it this morning. love it. other space cases. washington first. washington s dysfunction could mean less money in your pay cze paycheck yesterday. rejecting the payroll tax cut. and president obama during a surprise visit to the briefing room raled against this. the house republicans referred to what they re doing as high stakes poker. he s right about the stakes, but this is not poker. this is not a game. this shouldn t be politics as usual. kate bolduan live in washington for us. she s been following this at every step. good morning, kate. the president seemed a little mad yesterday. it was a surprise that he came ou
all-time auction record. more than 115 million dollars. early this wednesday morning, more than 115 million dollars. early this wednesday morning, december 14th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs and good wednesday morning, everyone. i m jeff glor. i m rebecca jarvis. yesterday we were talking about gifts for guys. well, the elizabeth taylor jewels, i think a lot of women would be happy with those, if you are thinking about what to get your wife, for example. the one from cleopatra went for 20 grand. amazing to think what an old head of hair could cost. the budget battle that might keep congress in session the week before christmas. voted last night to extend a payroll tax cut, but there is still a deadlock over the details. this latest impasse in congress threatens to block a spending bill that would keep the government running past this weekend. congressional correspondent nancy cordes has the latest from capitol hill. good morning, nancy. good morning, rebecca.
morning, september 13, 2010. this is the real monday in september when really this is it. back the school, it s really all over. summer is over. good morning. i m harry smith. on that uplifting note. i m erica hill. all eyes this morning, not just on the reality that is back to school and we re back to september but on hurricane igor which is in the atlantic. could be the first category five storm we ve seen in years. dave price is back this morning with the latest. good morning to you folks. let s get to the business. could be the first category five in the atlantic base innen three years. there is igor, there is julia. right now the storm 940 miles east of the leeward islands, british virgin islands, u.s. vrnlgen islands. wind speeds 150 miles per hour. it s going to get up to 155, that s category five. still west at 13, still plenty of warm water and not a lot of wind sheer. then let s watch it progress. it will run into shear, some cooler water. bermuda is a que