mccain won in a landslide by 19 points. this is an unpredictable state. there are two debates over the weekend, one that usual part of. that s going to be huge. that s going to be something that people will be watching. i remember in 2008 when both sides were open and independents were standing in those ballot boxes shifting on their feet, trying to decide who am i going to vote for. this time you re going to see a lot of people who are democrats, who are registered independents pick up ballots for the republican ticket and vote for huntsman and vote for paul. okay. they are going to send a message. new hampshire always sends a message, you know in a. what s that poll up here, the american research group, arg? what is that group up here, that poll? leaning right. that poll was used up here in 96 saying dole was going to win. sorry, totally wrong because they were polling as if the state was made up of old yankees. right. didn t have all the new irish-italian and all the
intensified. the army shelling its own people as the arab world steps in to try to end the slaughter of civilians. and an all-out brawl at the mall. police with guns drawn, shoppers scrambling for exits. chaos after christmas on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning. it s tuesday, december 27th. this is american morning. i m alina cho along with ali velshi. good morning. good morning to you. we re so glad you re with us today. there s a lot going on. let s get right to it. starting in iowa. it s the place to be this morning. five top republicans plan to visits hawkeye state today. not going for the corn. seven day rees main until the iowa caucuses. the first in the nation, a nomination is up for grabs. cnn political director mark preston is live in des moines this morning. mark, the week begins with newt gingrich trying to distance himself once again, not from someone else, but from his own past. reporter: yeah. from his own p
two. hoping it will be a christmas black morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning. this is monday, december 26th. i hope some of you are watching from home. did you get back from toronto okay? i did. boxing day. like the black friday of canada. right. good shopping. a lot of news right now. right. eight days to go m s ts to go ba caucuses, paul steinhauser is live with us in des moines, iowa this morning. hi, paul. good morning. reporter: good morning. quiet over the weekend. things pick up today and one week to go until the iowa caucuses. the first contest in the primary caucus calendar. this is a poll that came out friday afternoon. the most recent poll here. people are likely to go to the iowa gop caucuses. three-way traffic jam at the top. ron paul at 21%. mitt romney, former massachusetts governor, 20%. newt gingrich 19%. basically it s upgrabs here in iowa with just under a week to go. newt gingrich was the front-runner in polls. look at t
syria today. it is supposed to observe, and therefore, discourage the government s brutal crackdown on its own people. a crackdown that seems to be in full force despite a promise to the arab league just last week. this is amateur video reportedly from the flash point city of homs. the opposition says 22 people have been killed here today alone. the global intelligence website stratfor is still down after hackers stole thousands of client names. a group called anonymous says it has no brief with stratfor who it considers an unbiased source for information. stratfor is in the business of providing geopolitical information the way the sort of state department does about political climate, on a very granular realtime basis. both to the general public in a more broadway an more specifically in their e-mails that people pay for. so in a sense they are in the security business, so that makes them kind of a ripe target for headline purposes, i guess. stratfor says it is dilige
be for the rest of my life. there s too much to learn in a lifetime. there s something beautiful and challenging and humbling about that that i don t want to let go of. i m always seeking out new sounds and new technique. i could be hung upside down and play guitar. all sorts of tricks out there. they re not artistic, beautiful or moving. so, so talented. check out brooke s blog for her music monday reports at cnn.com/brooke captions by vitac www.vitac.com right to it. this is reporter roulette where in iraq it s another deadly day with threats of more violence. back here in the states somebody out there is a lottery multimillionaire, but haven t claimed the money yet. will the weather hold up today across the country as millions of people head home from their holiday travels? first to washington and our own correspondent barbara starr. the army and air force are dealing with a possible serious online security breach today. tell us about this case of cyber hacking.