leaders to submit the forms on time but they just weren t able to. martha: mr. stra u.n. thank you. it s quite a situation and it was a cliffhanger of an evening, and that will lead to a lot ofee mowings on both sides of this. and a pwot of sroebgs will band a lot of sroebgs will be talki folks will be talking about it for a longtime. bill: rick santorum folks are coming out with a statement. this latest defeat of governor romney in iowa is gus the beginning. he s continuing to fights the clear consistent conservative in this race. expect to hear that more from rick santorum and more tomorrow. we re waiting for rick perry. should mitt romney release tax returns now instead of waiting until april? with the latest nudge from alexis christoforous taoerbgs from chris christie and what that means. martha: the tennis meltdown that has everybody talking.
mitt romney did not win iowa by 8 votes. after anee figures alcount being announced this morning rick santorum got 34 more votes than romney. but the caucuses we are being told are official wally being called a tie because the results from eight precincts are actually missing, no one knows what happened to those and will never be certified. the man involved in certifying the results is man stra u.n. and he joins us live. good to have you here. good morning, mart that. if thermartha. if there was any question about the relevancy of iowa with rick perry s announcement the first four finishers are the only four remaining candidates. i think the impact and influence of iowa continues throughout the presidential race. martha: understandable that you would want to make that point this morning especially given the fact that so much has been throep thrown in flux.