>> shepard: carl cammeron live in manchester. fox news hosts the final debate before the caucuses this thursday 9:00 eastern time, 8:00 in oxford from sioux city, iowa. don't miss it. nearly nine years since united states invatedded iraq, two weeks until the last sets of troops set to withdraw. president obama hailed a new chapter. nouri al maliki was at the white house for talks with president obama about what happens next. iraq has been our second longest war since the american revolution. second only to the one that's still going on in afghanistan. more than a million troops have served in iraq. 4500 have died in iraq. 32,000 injured in iraq. the war has costs nearly $1 trillion by government estimates. and president obama says the loss of american blood and treasure must not be in vain. >> what we are doing here today and what we will be executing over the next several months is a normal of the relationship. we have a strong friend and partner in iraq. they have a strong friend and partner in us. as one based on iraq sovereig

carl cammeron will have the latest from the hawkeye state. >> the top. >> i think most americans want to get into that top 10%. >> president obama's class warfare strategy facing criticism from unexpected precincts. we will debate it? >> what was the biggest thing you were wrong about? >> and o'reilly, romney. we will show you the best of that no spin interview. >> bill: does he scare you? does barack obama scare you? >> caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services >> eric: hi, everybody, i'm eric bolling in tonight for bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us. we hope everybody had a very merry christmas. lots of political news to get to tonight beginning with polling in iowa that shows ron paul with a slight lead over mitt romney while newt gingrich is appearing to fade with just days to go before the iowa caucuses. as the candidates begin to descend on the hawkeye state, could there be a dark horse candidate? joining us now from des moines iowa is fox news channel chief political correspondent carl cammeron. carl

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our own zany guy carl cammeron live in des moines tonight. it's the people who have not made up their minds and who could decide, right? >> listen, we know from all of these polls that gingrich has a lead but he doesn't have the organization required. mitt romney is in second and basically tied with ron paul. we are looking at a three way race to the finish that really is going to ultimately be decided by undecided voters. all the polls suggested half of the some 120,000 so 150,000 republicans caucus on january 3rd have not made a decision and likely to change their minds. it's quite open. in the last 19 days two priorities for the candidates. tomorrow night's huge debate hosted by fox news in sioux city and it could be a game changer. get them to the ballot boxes and to make the decision. >> shepard: there is the potential for surprises this time. >> oh yeah. and we're going to see in the next two weeks very aggressive old style bus tour campaigning. rick perry is going to head out and hit 45 cities in the next 15 days. look for the polls to

carl cammeron live for us tonight. no criminal charges for more than two dozen arizona lawmakers who got free tickets or trips to the fiesta bowl. no evidence to prove it was illegal. pushing to ban gifts for lawmakers. 28 current and former arizona officials were linked to this investigation. the former state senate president topped the list after reportedly getting $39,000 worth of tickets, trips, and other freebies. the fiesta bowl gets to keep the championship game but had to pay a 1-million-dollar fine in connection with this scandal. another cyber attack on the united states from china. hearings there got access to a major organization and millions of americans' personal information. live in d.c. plus a champion boxer charged with beating up his ex-girlfriend and threatening the kids. now he finds out how much time he'll spend in jail. we're approaching the bottom of the hour and the top of the news on fox report. [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation, so i used my citi thank you card to pick up som

first, let's go to carl cammeron live in ames, iowa. mitt romney has to be feeling pretty good when you take a look at the poll numbers right now. >> clearly he takes a look at the crowds that he is attracting and feeling even better about it this morning at 8:00, on the friday before the new year's holiday weekend. mitt romney managed to draw a crowd of nearly a thousand people in a drizzle and 36-degree temperatures. that's a sign that's something going won mitt romney. i had an opportunity to talk with him right after that rally and while he was clearly confident, he refused to predict victory. just listen to this. >> i sure hope we do darn well in the iowa caucuses. got a long way to go. it's a long road. i have got to get 1150 delegates. it would be great to get a terrific sendoff in iowa. i think we will do well here. >> it's worth remembering that mitt romney did fairly well last time around. he came in second with 25% of the vote. much of that organization and support didn't go away in the last four years. in fact, he has been c

campaign carl cammeron as we like to call him is live in rockwell, iowa. it could hardly be more tense at this point. ron paul like virtually every other republic who has crested 20 points and challenged mitt romney for frontrunner status has for several days endured a pounding from his rivals. >> virtually one or the other has come forward and said he is out of the main step. he would not be able to compete against barack obama. mitt romney on the other hand is showing signs of big confidence. almost a little bit cocky with a spring in his step and his talking about winning in iowa and new hampshire and moving on to challenge president obama. and romney's aides say looking back at his 2008 second place showing they would go over all the counties that mitt romney won four years ago and they say he has pretty much got them sewn up now. puts him in good position. after tomorrow, the campaign sort of goes into suspended animation. we have a three day new year's eve holiday weekend. takes a lot of attention away from the caucus voters before tuesday. >> harris

he is not -- less of an opportunity for him. >> carl cammeron thank you sir. see the debate 9:00 eastern time in hannity's normal spot. 8:00 in oxford. talk with chris wallace who will be coming up inside fox report. first though it started with an explosive show of what they then called shock and awe. today the american war in iraq ended. with somber silence. troops in baghdad folding the official flag in iraq and wrapping up nearly nine years of war. no celebrations at today's ceremony. to banners declaring victory or anything else. instead the defense secretary leon panetta solemnly condemned -- i should say solemnly commended our service members sacrifice. tonight, we are told just two u.s. bases remain open in iraq down from the hundreds of installations during the height of the war. and the roughly 4,000 troops still there are preparing to leave. meeting the president's promise to bring them home for the holidays, since the u.s. led invasion began in 2001, close to 4500 americans have died in the fighting and more than 32,000 troops wounded. then there i

cammeron. carl, good to see you. you look as charming as ever. what's going on out there in iowa? >> we actually had one of the places where it's happening right now. rick perry conducting a town hall meeting. got to go with the golfer voice here. >> greg: i like it? >> standing here with a crowd couple hundred people. the crowds are beginning to grow and people are beginning to make up their mind as the caucus is less than a week away. there is really two important headlines today. two things we were told would not happen this year. one, newt gingrich is aggressively criticizing one of his rivals mitt romney. mr. gingrich had said he would be relentlessly positive and not criticize his rivals and not violate the 119 commandment. today newt gingrich is doing that. it's been ramping up for the past week and now we are in the final week and gingrich is going at mitt romney's integrity as a conservative and potential president. conversely mitt romney has been keeping iowa at arm's length not campa

campaign carl cammeron is live in our d.c. newsroom. carl, you talked with romney today and is he going after the new republic frontrunner, right? >> yeah. you are talking about newt gingrich. romney made it pretty clear that he will go after gingrich not only on public policy but also on more personal matters and when i spoke to him, he sort of listed a whole series of issues on which he intends to criticize gingrich. >> speaker gingrich has said that we ought to get rid of our child labor laws. that, i think, is a mistake. he has indicated that for people who have been here a certain length of time, we should let them stay in the country with a form of amnesty. i think that's a mistake. the list will go on and on as we get a clear indication of exactly where the speaker stands. >> the list will go on and on. and in a new ad launched today, romney focuses on himself, his wife of 42 years and he he pledges to be true to his family. it's an intentional values in character contrast gingrich who has admitted affairs and been married three

carl cammeron is live sioux city iowa tonight. carl, governor haley's endorsement is a big deal not just because of the tea party, right? >> not at all. important to recognize when she says she doesn't want someone who is part of the washington chaos. that's essentially writing off newt gingrich because of course he led congress as the speaker back in the 19 1990s. nicly kayly's endorsement is important because all governors have the finger on the puls of their states. she has a network that's constantly active as executive that she can reach and share with mitt romney. that's a big deal. the tea party signal is very important not just in north carolina but across the country. nikki haley's win was historic. first woman governor in south carolina and did so with a tremendous amount of support. it's also worth noting that south carolina's primary is very important for republicans. no republics ever win the presidency without first winning the first in the south primary. nikki haley is a big boost for mitt romney. all the the candid

carl cammeron is live in d.c. so, some reports indicate he may have showed his hand. what's your sense, carl? >> we know that mr. cain is opening his national headquarters in georgia tomorrow. that he just launched his supporters that it's full steam ahead. his polls and fundraising has taken a huge hit. his crowds are still enthusiastic, shoulder to shoulder. to some dropping out might look like admission of guilt. he says all the agencies are false. makes sense to call a news conference if he is staying in. not so much if he is bailing out, shep. >> shepard: newt gingrich informed us all he will be the candidate. he said so last night. did mitt romney weigh in at all. >> he tried to paint him as presumptuous and arrogant. -- what mitt said was that he was self-began dyeing about the polls and that's not the way you win. it was as the ultimate insider and wheeler-dealer. >> newt has had a long history of working in washington with various governmental and nongovernmental industries. i don't think that's the background that has s. ideally suited one to replace barack

carl cammeron live with us. thank you. most registered republic voters don't seem overly enthusiastic about these candidates. nbc and the "wall street journal" which is owned by the parent company of this network conducted a poll and look what it found. a 1% of respondents view the republic field as average. 27% say it's weak. 21% say it's strong. no matter who the republicans choose. president obama could have a tough fight on his hands in some crucial battleground states. we will show you why coming up in just a few minutes inside fox report. first though, the former penn state football coach who prosecutors say sexually abused at least 10 young boys decided today not to face his accusers at least not yet. jerry sandusky in court today waiving a preliminary hearing that would have required his accusers to go "on the record." now the case will instead go to trial. coach sandusky's decision came to a big surprise to court watchers. especially since he says he looked forward to facing his accusers. we're told the judge even

carl cammeron with the news live davenport, iowa tonight. other than the obvious, what does this poll mean? >> well it, doesn't show a lot of growth for mitt romney and a really serious plummet for newt gingrich. it's obvious but it breaks thought a really interesting way. last week newt gingrich lost a half dozen points on his poll numbers. the week before that he lost a half dozen points on poll numbers. that's when the attack ads started on television. it is still very much a two person race nationally. with gingrich falling nationally. folks here in iowa where the first caucuses are 15 days away. they hear it. it makes them nervous and it makes it harder for them to no, nominate them or give them the caucus victory. here in iowa they say they care about retail politics and they want to find somebody they can get behind. the truth is they want somebody electable and gingrich is under fire for that. >> shepard: he sure is republic after republic under fire including peter king the republic of new york. all those votes for gingrich, where a

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