short time and that s when the caucuses are. what have we been hearing from both of the candidates, mark? well, hala, you re absolutely right. so much on the line, so much at stake here. six days until january 3rd when iowa republicans will caucus and will really kick off what has been already a very long presidential season. well, newt gingrich had pledged not to go negative in this campaign. he had said that he would only go positive and talk about his plan to try to turn the american economy around. well, the gloves have come off and, in fact, he is going negative. yesterday on the situation room with wolf blitzer, he went right after mitt romney. in fact, let s listen to what newt gingrich had to say. all i say mitt is, if you want to run a negative campaign and you want to attack people, at least be man enough to own it. that s your staff and that s your organization. those are your millionaire friends paying for it and let s be clear. i am willing to fight for rea
confidence. i felt like there was bigger crowds and a lot more people out than last couple years. so feels like things are kind of looking up a little bit. reporter: optimism reflected in the latest consumer confidence index. it was 64.5 this month up 9 points from a month earlier. seeing people walk around with shopping bag and buying not just looking rubs off. kit is a consumer psychologist at golden gate university school of business. she talked to us by apple face time at electronic store. certainly some of this increased confidence has to do with crowd mentality. that people feel like other people are feeling more positively, that makes them feel more positively. reporter: real test comes in the weeks and months ahead as credit card bills roll in and income tax time approaches. i feel in like january is the time when people have the new years resolution, starting the diet and going back to the gym and might not think they are going to eat cup cake a lot in januar
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like somebody grabbed it and i don t even know. the violent storm system late yesterday sparked tornadoes, hail, high winds and driving rains, pushing through the middle of the country and into the southeast, shattering buildings and tossing mobile homes and snapping trees. so far the weather has been blamed for several deaths across oklahoma and arkansas. at least two of the victims, young children. today as the storm continued to push to the east the target was mississippi and cars were rolled on their sides. back in tushka survivors are trying to piece together what s happening and what comes next. some of the most severe damage was at the high school. from a school standpoint, a total loss. i don t see the point of having school in these buildings again. we don t know where we ll hold our graduation. just one of so many questions this community and others in the strike zone must answer as they work through the mess the storms left behind. jay gray, nbc news. tod