oh, here we go. oh, kyra. what a laugh to start the day. happy monday, peeps. happy monday. [ laughter ] kyra, have a good show. we start off with presidential politics and the two states that will be critical in choosing the new president. the new presidential nominee. mitt romney is considered the heavy favorite. iowa is still up for grabs just 10 weeks before it hosts the nation s first caucuses. gingrich kicking off his day with a town hall. rick santorum holding several meet and greets across the state. both are touting their conservative credentials and seizing on the latest stumbles by herman cain. paul steinhauser has the big picture from washington. shannon travis on the campaign trail in iowa. paul, let s start with you. as romney files to get onto the new hampshire ballot, how strong is his lead? what do you think? very strong in the granite state. about 15 minutes from now, he ll be in concord, the state capital, and make it official there by putting
the u.s. embassy warned two days earlier of a possible attack. kenyan troops went to somalia to hunt down members of al shabab. nato commanders say afghan or coalition forces captured or killed 200 insurgents in two operations in eastern afghanistan in recent days. they say at least 20 of those had ties to the pakistan based hakani network. meanwhile, afghan president hamid karzai said in an interview broadcast over the weekend if the u.s. and pakistan ever go to war, his nation would side with his neighbor. if pakistan is attacked, afghanistan will be there with you. if fighting starts between pakistan and the u.s., we are beside pakistan. the state department spokeswoman said today the matter was not an issue because a war between the u.s. and pakistan would not happen. occupy wall street crowd could apparently use etiquette lessons. that s later in the grapevine. straight ahead, nevada moves. new hampshire closes in. romney files. ú(h cúcqhpbcdúg
the u.s. embassy warned two days earlier of a possible attack. kenyan troops went to somalia to hunt down members of al shabab. nato commanders say afghan or coalition forces captured or killed 200 insurgents in two operations in eastern afghanistan in recent days. they say at least 20 of those had ties to the pakistan based hakani network. meanwhile, afghan president hamid karzai said in an interview broadcast over the weekend if the u.s. and pakistan ever go to war, his nation would side with his neighbor. if pakistan is attacked, afghanistan will be there with you. if fighting starts between pakistan and the u.s., we are beside pakistan. the state department spokeswoman said today the matter was not an issue because a war between the u.s. and pakistan would not happen. occupy wall street crowd could apparently use etiquette lessons. that s later in the grapevine. straight ahead, nevada moves. new hampshire closes in. romney files. [ male announcer ] this is coach parker.