sergeant. his children were so glad to see him just a few months ago. hello, everyone. it s the top of the hour. i m don lemon. thank you for joining us. we re going to begin tonight with the rescue of an international yacht racing team hundreds of miles off the california coast. the crew is competing in the clipper around the world race. it s like the tv show survivor except on the high seas. everyday people, cab drivers, teachers, bankers, compete against other teams circling the globe. and they chronicle their journey, as this video shows. now in the final leg of the 4500-mile race, they hit a monster wave and took out the communications equipment and injured three of its group, including these two members. now the coast guard has a cutter close enough to launch a helicopter. they re about 40 miles off the coast of sapphire but tn franci weather is getting in the way here. joining me on the phone is petty officer caleb critchfield. thank you for joining me. has the cut
translator: bashad is no longer able to control these human monsters. reporter: two weeks after he fled syria, he has this message for the outside world. translator: we have received a phase of genocide and this can t be tolerated under any circumstances. reporter: cnn, beirut. republican presidential candidate mitt romney squeaked out a win. talking eight votes here at the iowa caucuses this week. new hampshire is next. coming up, we have a brand new poll out from new hampshire. we ll share the latest number with you next. but, i have to support my family, so how do i go back to school? university of phoenix made it doable. a lot of my instructors were principals in my district. i wouldn t be where i am without that degree. my name is dr. carrie buck. i helped turn an at-risk school into an award winning school, and i am a phoenix. [ male announcer ] find your program at phoenix.edu.
barack obama. i think it will be very hard for him to win the general election because i think it just blurs everything. i think a real conservative who stands for solid values, essentially for new hampshire values the former massachusetts governor holds what looks like an insurmountable lead in new hampshire so he is moving on to south carolina. that state s primary is january 21st. it has been a deadly day in iraq. at least 60 people were killed in attacks in baghdad and other cities across the country. most of the victims were shiites raising fears of renewed sectarian violence. the deadly attack was a suicide bombing targeting shiite pilgrims west of the city of nasiriyah. at least 36 people were killed. dozens wounded. the iraqi military blames the attacks on terrorist groups. president obama says a fighting force that costs less can still be the best in the world and it will be. in an unusual visit to the pentagon, the commander in chief unveiled a rewrite of co
keep your taxes from going up on january 1st. the president also made a point of thanking voters for telling congressional republicans to block the payroll tax cut extension. you reminded people in this town what our debates and all of our debates should be about. it s about you, it s about your lives. it s about your families. jessica yellin was right there when the president said aloha and walked out of the briefing room is few hours ago. the president won this fight. the question is, how much of it carries over to the reelection year and the reelection campaign? reporter: it carries over, john. i ll tell you why because first of all this wasn t just a short-term victory over what he likes to call a dysfunctional congress, in this case, house republicans. but this also gave him a chance to act out the role he wants to play during the campaign. and that is champion of working americans. there s not just the sound you played of the president but you also heard him say t