pro pro proliferation, and it strokes israeli anxiety with a lot of reason. it s important that the deal proceed. if the deal falls apart, we re going to see another rush to another kind of security instability in the region. so what we see unfolding right now has unbelievably important security stakes in the region. if it goes bad, we re going to see a lot of worsening of things going on in the region. a lot of countries muscling up with greater military capacity including potentially other countries beginning to sniff around building their own potential nuclear programs. all right, definitely watching the crucial developments there. steve clemens, thank you very much. appreciate it. thank you. and now to a major day for all of the 2016 candidates in the money race with the 14th republican candidate, chris christie expected to enter the race in a couple hours. today marks a major dollar milestone, the end of the second fund-raising quarter. this comes as msnbc s parent company,
we have to get involved, sending troops to this area, going to war with iran. it s very scary for the american people. the same advisers that they brought us last time, when you look at the new york times, she called romney s foreign policy adviser dan and perpetuate one of the biggest foreign policy bungles in american history. off the record, he says, paris is burning and then a year into the war on the record security instability is are returning to iraq. for romney, like for most republicans, the default is the neocon option and more specifically a more dimensional support of sticks, used by
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