marriage signed a personal fidelity pledge. michele bachmann and rick santorum heavily courted evangelical leaders and rick perry even preached from the pulpit at the point of grace church in des moines. i stand before you today as flawed man. aim sinner who has been saved by the grace of god. reporter: why do evangelicals have so much influence in iowa? because they represent an overwhelming number of caulk kiss goers. in 2008, they participated in the gop caucuses. a full 60% of them identified as evangelical christians. they helped propel mike huckabee, former arkansas gov never in and former baptist preacher to win the state. i love iowa whole lot. reporter: drake university political professor says for years evangelicals sat on the political sidelines but issues like prayer in schools led to a new activism.
the world. also this morning. iran says it has produced and tested nuclear fuel rods. what does that mean for the u.s.? a live report from tehran coming up. and republican presidential candidate rick santorum seems to have the momentum. the last few days before the iowa caucuses tuesday. we ll take you live to des moines. but right now we get back to the new year celebrations. you were probably enjoying your own party so we wanted to show you how other folks celebrated. check this out. five, four, three, two, one. happy new year! that was the scene in times square. the ball dropped as it always does but this year there was something new. see if you see this in it. show that video. but it was the mayor, oh, there s mayor and there s lady gaga. no, cut away. they kissed. enough said. i wonder what his gir friend thought about that? anyway. nashville, that is what was happening there. the big twang, the biggie tar music note dropping. it was the third annual music ci