unfolding. there s a lot more to still happen. we re not going away. reporter: but as the night dragged on in iowa, this one came off the rails. wolf, before i send it back to you and anderson, we ll do a little reverse flick. oh, are you kidding? i wanted to do my reverse flick. it failed? oh, hold on. one more try. oh. backhanded. all right. ready? are you ready? yes. third time s the charm. excellent flicking. reporter: the tightness of the race, the lateness of the hour, wore down our seasoned team. let s go to anderson right now. or ali. are we just giving up? is it like 1:30 and everybody s like reporter: and ideas that seemed good earlier didn t anymore. it s evident from the social media screen that people are going to sleep.
a little reverse flick. okay. let s see that. ooh. or maybe not. oh, are you kidding? i wanted to do my reverse flick and failed? oh. hold on. one more try. one more try. oh. the backhanded this is okay. ready? ready. yes. very good. third time s the charm. third time is the charm. excellent flicking. reporter: the tightness of the race, the lateness of the hour, all wore down our seasoned team. all right. anderson? let s go to anderson right now. anderson. ali. don t ask me to flick it. have we all just given up? is it like 1:30 and everybody s like let s just flick it. reporter: and ideas that seemed good earlier didn t anymore. it s evident from the social media screen here that people are going to sleep. the social media screen? again with the social media screen. my lord it s a picture. this is the third hit. i still don t understand what the hell this thing shows. reporter: it was not just the tricky technology. i added th
your mike dropped. reporter: this one came off the rails. wolf, before i send it back to you and anderson, we ll do a little reverse flick. let s see that. maybe not. oh, are you kidding? i wanted to do my reverse flick. it failed? oh, hold on. one more try. oh. backhanded. here we go. all right. ready? are you ready? yes. third time s the charm. third type s a charm. excellent flicking. reporter: the tightness of the race, the lateness of the hour, wore down our seasoned team. anderson? let s go to anderson right now. or ali. don t ask me to flick it. have we all just given up? is it like 1:30 and everybody s like just flick it! reporter: and ideas that seemed good earlier didn t anymore. it s evident from the social media screen that people are going to sleep. the social media screen? again with the social media screen. it s a picture. this is the third hit. i don t understand what the hell this thing shows. reporter: it was not
the pun dants are laughing. we ll be right back. reporter: wolf blitzer is resorting to internet shorthand. i can only say three letters, omg. look at this. reporter: we have lost control. reporter: that s the director chiming in. it was a night when the magic wall wasn t always magical. that would be the key to his success. wolf. reporter: look at this. we will do a little reverse flick. . reporter: when it was supposed to be doing this. by the wee hours of the morning geography started to look like anatomy of the neter regions. governor romney my eke this out. reporter: once an anchor starts getting slap happy, he s liable to start slapping even his own network. have we all given up? is this like 1:30. reporter: election night is when networks trot out their latest gizmos. if only we had some new high