cities of nassua and rochester. bret: thank you. we thought we d bring in the panel early tonight at st. anselm college. introduce them. juan williams, columnist with the hill. jeff zellany for new york times. seasteve hayes weekly standard the polls are still open and they will close at top of the 8:00. it feels like a lot of independents are showing up, according to what we have seen in the exit polls. that is good news for jon huntsman i think. all ind cases are much the way we saw surge for santorum in the latter days of the race in iowa that we are seeing something similar. i don t think of the same magnitude take place here in new hampshire. that could shake things up. because i don t think there is any doubt again according to the polling in the sense of what i have seen on the ground here that mitt romney is going to win. i m not sure how big that margin is going to be.
good morning to you. it is tuesday, december the 20th. i m ali velshi joined again by alina cho this morning. good morning. good morning to you. so glad you re with us and up first, the u.s. keeping an eye out for advancing troops and any other threatening moves after the death of a dictator in north korea. north korean media show the images of kim jong-il s body laid out in a glass coffin. his third son and successor, kim jong un, paying respects. and live for us in seoul, south korea, anna, good morning. the south korean government sending its condolences along with a dose of what some are calling christian mystery diplomacy. what s that all about? reporter: that is right, alina. the sense of condolence, the official wording from the south korean government. this is a real thorn in relations because relations between the two countries hit rock bottom of late. it s worst of the relationships for years. offering sympathies certainly seems to be an act of south korea reach