i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, newt on top. the former speak of the house dominating polls nationally and in crucial primary states. brand-new numbers out today, let s show you this, this started a week ago and has gotten stronger and more consistent. nationwide, this is what you re looking at here, gingrich holding a 15-point advantage over his competitors as you see, 37-22 for mitt romney. in iowa, caucusgoers there rival mitt romney at 17%. ron paul s at 16%. as we all know, mitt romney needs to come in 1 or 2 there. down in south carolina, gingrich 38%. versus 22 for mitt romney. despite the double digit leads gingrich still has a lot of critics inside his own party. one of them outspoken among them, congressman peter king. he came outfront a few moments ago and i asked him whether he s happy to see the polls. i m really not. to give newt credit, republicans took back the house of representatives for the first time in 40 years because of newt. he s a very good
i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, newt on top. the former speak of the house dominating polls nationally and in crucial primary states. brand-new numbers out today, let s show you this, this started a week ago and has gotten stronger and more consistent. nationwide, this is what you re looking at here, gingrich holding a 15-point advantage over his competitors as you see, 37-22 for mitt romney. in iowa, caucus goers there rival mitt romney at 17%. ron paul s at 16%. as we all know, mitt romney needs to come in 1 or 2 there. down in south carolina, gingrich 38%. versus 22 for mitt romney. despite the double digit leads gingrich still has a lot of critics inside his own party. one of them outspoken among them, congressman peter king. he came outfront a few moments ago and i asked him whether he s happy to see the polls. i m really not. to give newt credit, republicans took back the house of representatives for the first time in 40 years because of newt. he s a very good
second at 18%. another poll out of iowa shows it much closer. let s go to south carolina, as well. south carolina, of course, the first southern state to vote, it goes number three in the calendar and votes on the 23rd of january. this is also, again, showing newt gingrich on top. far ahead of mitt romney. romney at 23%. gingrich 18 points ahead and rick perry at 9%. kyra, i guess newt gingrich to take his national poll numbers and translate it into an operation and make sure he gets the teams in place in theearly states to get the voters to the caulks and primary sites, kyra. nancy pelosi is saying that she has information on gingrich and newt is sending her a warning. what the heck is going on here? yeah, this started yesterday and, remember, this goes back to the late 1990s when gingrich was house speaker and he was facing 84 ethics investigations and pelosi said she maybe will unearth some of the stuff that was never made public. here s what she said. i know a lot abo
countries. experts saying the risk of the recession of 2012 is all too real. nasa found a new planet, a so-called goldilocks planet. and good morning to you. this is your a.m. wake-up call for tuesday, december 6th from the time warner center in new york, i m carol costello. here are this morning s top stories. the pressure is on in the euro-zone. standard & poor s has threatened to downgrade the credit rating of 15 nations in the european union including france and germany. the agency says it will announce any rating changes as soon as possible following this week s summit. oil giant bp filed a lawsuit against hall by burton during last we re deadly reexplosion in the gulf of mexico. bp saying halliburton destroyed key evidence that pointed to problems with its cement slurry. millions of gallons of oil spilled into the gulf. this is what it looks like in new mexico this morning. yes, that is snow. a wintry storm slammed into the state yesterday. some areas could get
shia compound where many gather on this important holiday and the photographer we spoke to describes how the explosion inside this crowded compound, bodies fanned out and were decimated. the death toll we re hearing could be in one to two dozen but given the scene where we heard from witnesses we are expecting it to rise in the coming hours. zain? nick paton walsh. i m zain verjee. world business today starts now. hello, i m andrew stevens in hong kong. and from cnn london, i m charles hodson. this is world business today and these are our top stories much there had a cautious mood on the markets after a downgrade warning in europe. a change of tact by china breathes new life into climate change talks. and a trickle of tourists return as thailand recovers from devastating floods. the timing could hardly have been worse. just as leaders of the euro-zone s biggest economies put on a united front standard & poor s threw a big spanner into the works and put 15 eur