with scott pelley. glor: good evening, everyone. i m jeff glor. scott is off tonight. six days now before iowa s republican caucuses. here are the headlines romney and paul move to the top, santorum surges, gingrich appears to be sliding badly. a cnn/ time /orc poll of republican voters out tonight has mitt romney leading with 25%, ron paul right behind at 22, rick santorum now at 16%. newt gingrich at 14%, down from 33% a month ago. and rick perry in fifth at 11. we have two reports, dean reynolds is with the paul campaign. we begin with jan crawford, who is following mitt romney. jan. reporter: jeff, mitt romney had been taking a low profile here in iowa, but today he was all in, and everywhere he went he got an enthusiastic reception from voters who are focused on one thing taking the white house back from barack obama. i think to beat president obama, we have to have someone who has a vision of what america can be. and will make it stronger and more prosperous and
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions lehrer: good evening. i m jim lehrer. a drop in the unemployment rate announced today, even as employers shed jobs. brown: and i m jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we ok at the latest numbers, proposals for job creation and what it all means for the economy. lehrer: then, betty ann bowser reports on new figures on health care spending. brown: paul solman talks with reagan budget director, david stockman, and gets a surprising take on big banks and taxes. the republicans think their mission in life is to cut taxes. sorry, game over. the tax raising business and we re going to be in the tax raising business for the next decade. lehrer: mark shields and david brooks provide their weekly analysis. brown: and haitian poet michele voltaire marcelin reflects on the country s tragedy. no one knows the exact number of the dead. they were out. they were yours and mine. lehrer: that s all ahead on tonight s n
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions lehrer: good evening. i m jim lehrer. a drop in the unemployment rate announced today, even as employers shed jobs. brown: and i m jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we look at the latest numbers, proposals for job creation and what it all means for the economy. lehrer: then, betty ann bowser reports on new figures on health care spending. brown: paul solman talks with reagan budget director, david stockman, and gets a surprising take on big banks and taxes. the republicans think their mission in life is to cut taxes. sorry, game over. the tax raising business and we re going to be in the tax raising business for the next decade. lehrer: mark shields and david brooks provide their weekly analysis. brown: and haitian poet michele voltaire marcelin reflects on the country s tragedy. no one knows the exact number of the dead. they were out. they were yours and mine. lehrer: that s all ahead on tonight s