jamie: i'm jamie colby, great to be with you today. jon: "america live" starts right now. >> thanks, guys, and a fox news alert. all eyes on iowa as the countdown begins. we are seeing a final push on the campaign trail with just eight days to go before the very first presidential caucuses. welcome to "america live," i'm rick folbaum. juliet: and i'm. julie banderas. you're probably still recovering. candidates criss-crossing the state in a final effort to win the hearts and minds of caucus goers, and we're seeing a surprising turn around in the polls. rick: carl cameron is live in des moines with the very latest. a couple of days off, but i gather the candidates are right back at it. >> reporter: they'll be arriving from all across the country. the ads took a break, but really for the last two or three weeks we've seen a number of the candidates really escalate dramatically their campaigning, their going to small diners and restaurants and visiting people's homes, knocking on doors and talking to the small groups that make up the iowa

good morning, everyone, so great to have you here, welcome to america's news headquarters, i'm jamie colby. >> eric: i'm eric sean, good morning, newt gingrich may be the biggest target but landed a few punches of his own in the debate. and peter doocy has the analysis. hi, peter. >> reporter: hi, eric and two notable attacks against gingrich came from two rivals, dealing with an old intergalactic idea the former speaker once had and his infidelity. >> places where we disagree, let's see... we can start with his idea to have a lunar colony that would mine minerals from the moon, i'm not in favor of spending that kind of money. to do that. if you wi . >> if you cheat on your wife and cheat on your spouse, why wouldn't you cheat on your bipartisan or anybody for that matter? >> reporter: but he didn't take it lying down, when mitt romney went after him for being a career politician, newt gingrich tried to paint him as jealous. >>. >> let's be candid, the only reason you didn't become a career politician is you lost to ted kennedy in 1994. >> that was the best thing i could have done to

. >> jamie: i'm jamie colby, great to have you here, happy holidays, and merry christmas. the pope focused on the middle east in his traditional christmas day message today. hoping for an end to the bloodshed, specifically, in syria, also, asking for the resumption of israeli and palestinian peace talks. and our greg burke is still standing by, streaming live from rome. hi, greg, merry christmas. >> reporter: jamie, that's right. you know, merry christmas, the pope, basically making a major plea for peace as you say, especially, in the middle east. the land where christ himself was born and it is an incredible crowd this morning, in and around st. peter's square lake and a crowd from all over the world as he gave his christmas greeting in more than 60 languages, he starts with italian and ends with latin and, chinese and arabic and everything in between, and, as he wishes everyone a happy and healthy christmas and two main messages, today it was about peace, praying for an end to so many places where there is violence, but, also, praying for people and asking krifrjs chris

i'm jamie colby in for jenna lee republican candidates gearinging up for all-out blitz. they tway to sway caucus voters and right now the race looks very close. chief political correspondent carl cameron is live in des moines. great to see you. there is so much talk, carl, about organization. how important is it there for the caucuss?. >> reporter: it is probably the premier and most important aspect to the campaign itself. for the last couple weeks the candidates have been busing all over iowa trying to do the type of retail politics frankly hasn't occurred this time really in years. historic lack of repail campaigning. which is to say hand-to-hand, small restaurants and knocking on doors to meet with voters. give you an idea what will happen week from tomorrow, the caucuses are not like any election. they only start at 7:00 at night. it is inside republican party event. there will be 1700 precinct locations across iowa that aren't at the normal places in many cases where votes are cast. they can sometimes be in alternative venues, and caucus-goers will have to go, list

. >> jamie: i'm jamie colby. keep it on fox because we'll cover all of everything moving out of iraq. take care. >>> wars end, nearly nine years after it began with shock and awe, the iraq war comes to a quiet end as the last time american troops rolled across the border into neighboring kuwait. we'll have a live report. >>> one on one, fresh off a major endorsement. mitt romney sits down with chris wallace. we'll give you a sneak peek. and seeking sarah, she's been called the only person who can possibly excite the gop base and grassroot reservetives are waiting to see who she endorses. a live interview with sarah palin about the presidential campaign and a whole lot more. speaking of, team tim tebow is taking criticism for showing his faith on the football field. is that fair? we'll ask the man who wrote a book on virtues. former education secretary dr. bill zenet. i'm shannon bream, america's news headquarters live from the capitol states right now. >>> it has been a long time coming. mitt romney made his firs

. >> every sunday at 10:30 and we -- jamie colby and eric and shawn, it's been a lot of fun. we're getting a lot of fans that are actually coming in and asking good questions and it's been very helpful. >> all right. good luck today. i think i will, i guess. >> there you go. >> judging by all the myths and the facts. meanwhile, let the trash talking begin with just 12 days until the iowa caucus. will negative ads make a difference? we'll ask. the taliban, the guys we've been fighting against in afghanistan for 12 years are apparently not an enemy of the u.s. at least that's what the vice president says. is he right? we'll report, you decide. >> tomorrow night is the first night of hanukkah. and the white house already had its annual hanukkah reception. yep, first obama lit a menorah and then biden made a wish and blew it out. come on, somebody keep him away from -- hey guys, i know i told you that head & shoulders is for more than dandruff. how it gives ma healthy scalp and great looking hair. but who used mine up? it was hines. seriously? you lying fool. [ male announcer ] h