oh, here we go. oh, kyra. what a laugh to start the day. happy monday, peeps. happy monday. [ laughter ] kyra, have a good show. we start off with presidential politics and the two states that will be critical in choosing the new president. the new presidential nominee. mitt romney is considered the heavy favorite. iowa is still up for grabs just 10 weeks before it hosts the nation s first caucuses. gingrich kicking off his day with a town hall. rick santorum holding several meet and greets across the state. both are touting their conservative credentials and seizing on the latest stumbles by herman cain. paul steinhauser has the big picture from washington. shannon travis on the campaign trail in iowa. paul, let s start with you. as romney files to get onto the new hampshire ballot, how strong is his lead? what do you think? very strong in the granite state. about 15 minutes from now, he ll be in concord, the state capital, and make it official there by putting
once again, a mistrial declared in the roger clemens trial. back to you. jon: new developments in the crisis in libya, and rebels there running into a minefield when they recaptured a front line village from pro-gadhafi forces. it s all fresh evidence that government troopses are using mines in that uprising, despite denial from tripoli. new offensives south of the libyan capital, leland vittert is streaming live from misrat the that. reporter: right now we are under rocket attack here in misurata, a couple of hours ago six rockets landing about a mile from the hotel. take a look at what the view was as those rockets came in, and then you can see on the ground the effect. when they land, they are indiscriminate, they are not aimed very well. six burned-out cars, a number of destroyed cars, a number of people who were close by certainly could have been hurt, though they were not. it goes to show you that even after a number of months of nato