shannon: ron paul is expected to formally announce his plans to form an exploratory committee later this january noon. minnesota governor tame pawlenty, mitt romy and rick santorum have taken the same steps. new developments in the search for krista ditmier. blood was found inside her car. the engine was running with her 14-month-old baby girl still inside. reporter: krista s family and friends say she lived for her daughter and she would never abandon her baby girl. fox confirmed blood was found inside her vehicle. i should clarify, the toddler
floodwaters breachingw a levee in missouri. the governor deploying the national guard. with us on the phone, poplar bluff police chief roland. give us the latest there. we have been watching this levee moment by moment. we have had concerns of the levee in butler county of failure, and earlier this morning that did fail. and what it did was cause a large influx of water to rush through that levee and into rural butler county. there are several thousand residents in butler county affected and like i said, the national guard is assisting the butler county sheriff s office getting into that area and vac waiting those people. shannon: this area has had trouble before. what kind of devastation to you
resign right now to save the money going into his ethics investigation. it s an interesting argument and i think a tough one. i think this senator has himself an enduring adversary. the national journal here asked republican insiders which 2012 candidates had their fortunes rise the most over the past few months. who s at the top? mitch channels of indiana and tame pawlenty of minnesota. tied for the top spot, daniels and pa lenity stocks are on the rise. tied for number one. i wouldn t be surprised that the insider picked the most boring candidates. up next, newt gingrich s bonus i love my country too much about his marital affair be enough to win the republican nomination? i don t think so. what about women, will they buy the newt stuff? it is unbelievable what he s saying. you are watching hardball on msnbc. unbelievable. let fidelity help you find the answers.
and god, but i did something very terrible and regret it. i think that s what the public is looking for. not this happened partially because i loved my country so much i worked too hard. why is he doing this? why is he running for president with all his baggage and weighing into the religious part of the republican party? he s not running on taxes and government, he s running on up the values front. he s moved into the iowa values evangelical crowd. he wants to run in the western conference i m calling it. why is he doing this to us? first of all, there s a great gaping gap in the republican field. yes, you ve got you have santorum out there. he s not going to win either. right, but he s looked at the motto huckabee had last time. if you win the iowa caucus you get some attention. you get some money. you get a second look. and so he knows that if he wants to go play in iowa, romney probably won t go to iowa. pawlenty is not getting a lot of traction there. he s going to at le
4:50 eastern. discovery will head to the international space station carrying a crew of six, and a robot. this will be the 39th flight of nasa s oldest surviving shuttle. it has since logged 143 million miles. which politicalç story wil be making headlines in the next 24 hours? msnbc contributor, chris cillizza joining us now. what are you looking at tomorrow? there is a lot happening in wisconsin. tomorrow s a deadline to refinance their debt. no sign that the senators are coming back to town. we could nickname this not what s happening in the next 24 but what s going on in wisconsin. one thing to keep an eye on, a big national story the 2012 or potential candidates are starting to sound off on the presidential side. interesting. tame pawlenty, former minnesota governor, upper midwestern