we will see how it happened and how much it could cost. but, first from fox this monday night, we are getting close. the iowa caucuses are four weeks from tomorrow. and newt gingrich is leading the republic packet in the latest polls. the republic speerk in first place in a new des moines newspaper survey. ron paul jumping into second place ahead of former massachusetts governor mitt romney. michele bachmann and herman cain tied at 8%. this was taken before herman cain suspended his campaign this weekend. now gingrich is trying to keep his momentum going. today he met with donald trump who is hosting a debates of sorts in iowa one week before the caucuses. of course i want his endorsement. he has got to do this debate. shepard: back in september, a fox news poll showed the donald trump endorsement might not be such a big help. 1/3 of voters said it would make them less likely to vote for a specific candidate. carl cameron life in our d.c. newsroom. first time we are seein
magazine. plus, the super car smashup. ferraris, mercedes, and a lamborghini in a chain reaction wreck. we will see how it happened and how much it could cost. but, first from fox this monday night, we are getting close. the iowa caucus are four weeks from tomorrow. and newt gingrich is leading the republic packet in the latest polls. the republic speerk in first place in a new des moines newspaper survey. ron paul jumping into second place ahead of former massachusetts governor mitt romney. michele bachmann and herman cain tied at 8%. this was taken before herman cain suspended his campaign this weekend. now gingrich is trying to keep his momentum going. today he met with donald trump who is hosting a debates of sorts in iowa one week before the caucuses. of course i want his endorsement. he has got to do this debate. shepard: back in september, a fox news poll showed the donald trump endorsement might not be such a big help. 1/3 of voters said it would make them less li
swing state. plus, danger behind the wheel. startling new numbers show how many drunk drivers share our roads every day. it s august 26th, 2010. i m chuck todd. savannah guthrie is off this week. we ll begin in alaska where 16,000 or so absentee ballots stand between joe miller and one of the biggest political upsets of the year. mark murray, okay, 100% of precincts reporting but but that s right. all precincts are reporting right now. joe miller leads lisa murkowski by just more than 1,600 votes. there are absentee ballots. as many as 16,000 ballots. as we have calculated, lisa murkowski needs to win 56%. we won t have a final count until after labor day and doesn t look good for murkowski. she is not giving up hope but talk she might perhaps maybe run as an independent. alaska s elections division told our own domenica she can t run because you d have to file by june 1st. she could run as a write-in candidate or the libertarian nominee to step down. that is the situ