nashua, new hampshire, martha s exchange. look at that time here, a bustling restaurant on main street in downtown nashua. you look behind me, you might see some tanks, yes, it is a microbrewery. funny we would end up here, isn t it? also a sweets shop. local artisans make these sweets, nonparallels, jelly beans, yogurt covered cray since, truffles, coming back to the staff in washington, d.c., courtesy of laura bernadinny. vote is four days away, ron paul s third place finish in iowa, since he is rising, his poll numbers they make him a target, lately, rivals have taken to calling him and his views, especially when it comes to iran, dangerous. when the texas congressman arrived in new hampshire this afternoon, he had an answer for those critics. you know, some of our opponents have labeled us and i just want to talk about that for a minute. they call us dangerous. you know in a way, we are, to their empire. that s what we are dangerous to.
13 sailors being held captive by somali pirates in the straigts f hormuz and draws the fury of the iranian military. up first tonight, the enormous stakes of new hampshire s presidential primary. remember, it was in this state, the hillary clinton come back four years ago, sent the democratic race into the historic obama/clinton marathon. tonight, starkly new numbers suggests former massachusetts governor mitt romney could all but lock up this cycle s republican race this month with a one, two, three punch. his iowa victory was by a mere eight points, but consider this, a new wmur poll just out tonight in new hampshire has romney leading with 44%, ron paul a distant second at 20%, rick santorum, gingrich, tied third at 8%, governor huntsman one point behind them at 7%. the race moves next to south carolina and this is eye-popping. new cnn/ time /orc polling shows governor romney leading 37%, a two to one lead over the second place rick santorum. governor romney is in the dr