today here. remember in iowa, the former massachusetts governor, mitt romney, beat former pennsylvania senator rick santorum by just eight votes, with the texas congressman ron paul in third place. the polls show mitt romney heavily favored in new hampshire. in fact, the latest real clear politics average of polls shows former governor romney up by 20 points over his nearest challenger. and today former governor romney picked up an endorsement from the 2008 presidential candidate, senator john mccain. i am really here for one reason and one reason only and that is to make sure that we make mitt romney the next president of the united states of america and new hampshire is a state that will catapult him on to victory in a very short period of time. that s why i m here! shepard: so will that just add to the blowout or is new hampshire more up for grabs than it appears? we have team fox coverage
shepard: of course, with michelle bachmann now out of this race, rick santorum and his fellow republicans will try to coax her supporters over to their respective camps. team fox coverage continues, steve brown live in des moines. steve, who is in the best position now to pick up congresswoman bachman s supporters? well, short of an endorsement from the congresswoman, you have to take a look at who her supporters were or have been. arguably, you could say it s tea partiers and people of faith, people who have on top of their list, definition of marriage and abortion. in our entrance polling here in iowa before the caucuses last night, rick santorum won both of those categories. but those categories were split among six different folks. nobody really dominated a category or captured a majority of the categories. her support might get splintered among the rest of the candidates. shepard: hard work paid off in a big way for rick santorum in iowa. man, there is not enough time
things. there is ways to do this. shepard: rick santorum from studio b today. also today the former frontrunner newt gingrich says he does not expect to win iowa but he is vowing to fight on in the next two contests in new hampshire and south carolina. we have team fox coverage tonight from iowa and beyond. john roberts with the romney campaign in marion, iowa outside of cedar rapids. steve brown in polk city with all those undecided voters. get to the main man on politics carl cammeron live in al tuna, iowa down the road from us in des moines, how is the buzz at the pizza ranch there? i will tell you it just got a heck of a lot louder at the pizza ranch in altoona. we are going to get creative with the camera work. there is rick santorum. 300th pizza ranch event. 380th all tolled. comes here tonight knocking on the door for a caucus win in a surprise come from behind
inappropriate situation, relationship. he made it very intriguing. it was fun. it was something that took me away from my sort of hum drum life at the time. and it was exciting. shepard: well, about two hours before white s interview aired herman cain went on tv and warned this news was about to break. he acknowledged he knows ginger white but denies they had an affair. i mean, i am asking awkward questions but these are questions you are going to be asked. was this an affair. no, it was not. was there sex. no. shepard: doesn t flat out deny the affair at all but does include the following line. shepard: in other words, kindly butt out. we have team fox coverage
shepard: the white house says president obama is not changing his plans to visit all three 9/11 sites on sunday. team fox coverage tonight, jonathan hunt on the extra security here in the big appear he apple. first to catherine herridge in washington. catherine, i m told you are hearing about the suspects for whom they are looking tonight. that s right, shepard. according to this intelligence report by homeland security and the fbi. the searching for suspects that may include american citizens or green card holders. carrying u.s. documentation. the attacks would be intended to cause panic in the public and delay first responders. in addition, individuals say this could be another sign that al qaeda is really looking at a new generation of american recruits. what s particularly troubling is, we are seeing use these operatives with the u.s. documentation not just doing minor tasks like surveillance, but they are taking leadership roles in some of the affiliate organizations.