eve bash in the world on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning, everyone. so glad you could join us. it is friday, december 30th. i m deb feyerick along with alina cho on this american morning. thanks for joining us, everybody. up first this morning, mitt romney trying to steal the deal in iowa. former massachusetts governor is the front-runner now, a few points ahead of ron paul. with four days to go before the caucuses, romney is tweaking his schedule, planning to spend a lot more time in iowa over the next 96 hours telling voters this election is about saving the soul of america and he is the man for the job. cnn political editor paul steinhauser live in des moines, iowa this morning. good morning to you. so romney is enlisting high-profile help on the trail today. isn t he? sure is. thinking here and across the country, iowa, chris christie. a lot of people wanted christie himself to run for the white house. in october he finall
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hello, there. it s not quite 2012 yet. we still have some news to get to before the new year. i m hala garani in washington. kyra phillips has the day off and we begin with the latest out of the united states in terms of politics this morning. let s get you straight to iowa and expecting any minute now, by the way, the new jersey governor chris christie will join mitt romney in iowa. christie is a rising star and many republicans wanted in this presidential race. he endorsed romney back in october and this will be their first joint appearance since then. just four days before the iowa caucuses. and mitt romney is going into this confident, according to the polls, still leading four days as we said before these iowa caucuses. cnn political reporter jim acosta is awaiting the event. he s in west des moines this morning. hi, there, jim. what can we expect today and how much might this appearance bice chris christie help mitt romney? well, it will help him a lot. chris chri
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