, the state party chairman believes neglecting western iowa republicans may have consequences for g.o.p. presidential campaign. >> we know republicans that turn out on caucus night. there are more republicans across the state, one thick you know in northwest iowa the republicans will turn out and do whatever it takes to start the process to replace barack obama. >> bret: they haven't come here but looking at the local tv. they are on the air. if you talk to folks here, it doesn't count for them. they need the in-person visit to seal the deal for them. as they can be ignored. >> do without. >> somebody in front of you can't be ignored. >> thanks. we'll talk about the 2012 campaign in iowa when fox all-stars join me on the road in sioux city. >>> zany is not what we need in a president. zany is great in a campaign. it's great on talk radio. it's great in the print. it beats, makes for fun reading. but in terms of a president, we need a leader. leader needs to be someone who can bring americans together. >> they should run their campaign the bay they want to. i'll run my campaign the way i

steve brown is in western iowa. sux city tonight. how much less attention steve >> some say a third of the visits happened in 2007. consider the visit by rick santorum the only visit in sioux city over the course of the last three weeks. no one here can remember when that happened last. far less attention than republicans out here are used to having. >> four years ago it just seemed like there was candidate all the time at a coffee shop. hotel room. want to talk about what they have done, what they want to do. this year it's, for some it's polar opposite. >> now, there still are a lot of republicans out here. they are wondering where the visits went. shep? >> shepard: i bet they are. if the republic vote has grown in other parts of iowa. what's wrong with candidates spending more time elsewhere? >> that does make sense but the state parties republic chair says that there are some candidates that may be facing some peril by not spending time out here in western iowa. have a listen. >> that may be a mistake. one thing that we know, the

if you talk to folks on western iowa like being asked at the last minute to the prom. if you're coming into town late it may not seal the deal. jenna. jenna: we'll continue to watch that state for sure. steve brown, thank you so much. jon: new information for you now from capitol hill on averting a government shutdown. yes, we are talking about it again. members of the house and senate meeting right now and the situation is getting more intense. as the deadline to avoid a shutdown is friday. mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. mike, republican leaders, what are they saying after that passage of a payroll tax extension last night? >> reporter: well, jon, in the house the view it is time for the united states senate to do something. you're looking at a situation where the government is due to run out of money late night friday night. the house says they have already passed a payroll tax extension. here is house speaker john boehner at an event this morning. >> it's time for the senate to act. and, when the senate acts, you know, they can take our bill and pass it. they

perry kicked off a bus tour through western iowa wednesday. michele bachmann starts crisscrossing the state tomorrow. susan mcginnis for cbs news, washington. >>> michele bachmann will set out on the bus tour which will take her to all 99 counties in iowa by the end of december. >>> the suburban hospital maintenance worker who was accused of killing his boss in a hospital boiler room has been found guilty. keith little was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of roosevelt washington jr. prosecutors say little stabbed his boss more than 70 times new year's day. they say little was upset about a schedule change and a poor performance review. >>> police investigating a series of church robberies in northern virginia believe their suspect may also be targeting churches in maryland as well. parishioners at 10 churches from bethesda to leesburg have been robbed of their wallets, checkbooks and keys. all of the robberies have taken place while in the middle of services. police are look at surveillance video in hopes of finding a lead but so

perry kicked off a bus tour through western iowa wednesday. michele bachmann starts crisscrossing the state tomorrow. so the pressure is really on this one, especially for mitt romney to try to stand out and stem the rise of newt gingrich. a lot of voters really tune out during christmas to new year's during those holidays, so this is really one big last chance for them to have an impact. >> we will certainly be watching. susan mcginnis in washington this morning, thank you. >>> take a quick break. coming up on a thursday, a brand-new list of the safest vehicles, plus why it's better to have a female boss. >>> but first, scott pelley with a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >>> she spent a lifetime taking pictures that never saw the light of day until they were rescued from the trash. the twist of faith that uncovered a remarkable talent, tonight on the "cbs evening news." plus, midnight madness! 6 pm to midnight, extra 10% off all game room. shop preview friday. sears open 'til midnight select stores. this was the gulf's best tourism s

it took place in western iowa where 7 candidates took the stage but only one found himself under attack virtually the entire night by his rivals. newt gingrich fened off attacks and incest -- fended off hess attacks and insisted he could take on president obama. >> i think in 7, three hour debate he will not have a leg to stand on in trying to defend a record that is terrible and ideology that is radical. >> as a reminder, the iowa caucuses are less than three weeks away. they take place on january 3rd. >>> to keep up with the stories and others that affect you and your family you can down load the ipad app a great way to stay connected to keep 24 hours a day 7 days a week. now if you don't have the ipad down load the apps for iphone or other smart devices. >>> news time is 4:50 and for stories around the nation, some school are making news. we brought in education reporter sherrie johnson to tell us a little more about what's going on. >> reporter: there is always something going on in education. lots going on here today. a math teacher in tennessee may lose his job. alex is accused by

he has three back to back events followed by three in western iowa late or today. alex moe joining us from sioux city. good morning. >> how are you? >> i'm great. what is the main message he is trying to hammer home in the last week? >> speaker gingrich is making a final push in warks, the third event of the day and 75 people approximately here and this is simple. he has the experience to rebuild the economy and make washington work again. >> is there any feeling among the campaigners of disappointment that he was so far ahead and positive talk about him a few weeks ago and he seems to have fallen behind. do you feel there is rearranging of how they handle things? >> not really. they are optimistic and saidç reporters that finishing in the top three or four is good enough for him. south carolina is the must win. he feels optimistic and still pulling a lot of large crowds. we have a lot to see if he can do well to finish in the top here. >> alex moe covering the gingrich campaign. thanks so much. in five days the first republican votes of the 2012 presidential rac

thursday and friday there's a swing through western iowa, a very republican part of the state. the campaign sis senator rand paul will be making an appearance to campaign on behave of hi father coming up next week. >>> what is the campaign continuing to say about those newsletters? >> the campaign says he disavows those letter, and anyone that knows his hard knows he's not a racist. >> anthony, thank you for the report. >> thank you. >>> so is the general matchup already a forgone clues. joining mess is jamal simmons. rich galen, republican stratist is also here. rich, let me start with you. we are seeing a very different romney campaign today there it is right there, why don't they like me, one of the his strat cysts say this is all bum wrapped up. what's changed? >> the last hurdle appears to have sunday exactly the same flight past. >> and would provide them. this appear to have paid them back. we'll see what happens over the next 30 days or so. right now it look like it's going to be difficult for anybody to catch up with romney. and all the things that gingrich does not ha

michele bachmann has fallen even further in the polls and drew just a handful of sports in north western iowa. >> our effort wasn't to bring crowds out, we were just dropping in. >> this hasn't been a typical year in the leadup to the caucuses. national debates rather than face to face meetings with voters have driven the polls. but handshakes are all the candidates have left before tuesday night. after a poor showing in 2008, romney is making a final push to finish strong. >> he made a good decision to come back and be part of this community and be part of iowa. >> i can't remember the last time i went out of my way to see a political candidate. >> but ron paul and rick are close in the polls. they spent a lot of time on the ground here and their campaigns expect that to pay off. >> romney is leaving for new hampshire this evening, but he will return to iowa tomorrow to continue campaigning. in des moines, iowa, danielle nottingham, now back to you, anita. >>> thank you danielle. rick perry is holding a number of meet and greets in iowa today. a new poll puts him in fourth place, slidin

ron paul targets central and western iowa holding a salute to veterans wednesday night and as rick perry crisscrosses iowa all week, godfather steve forbes stumps for him in new hampshire. meanwhile, with the payroll tax deal wrapped up, president obama spends the week relaxing with the first family in hawaii. >>> and stay around for sunday's funnies are next. funnies are next. ababababababab >>> and now the sunday funnies. >> this one is entitled, things that we will miss about kim jong-il. ♪ >> nothing! >> republicans and democratic senators set aside their differences and exchanged gifts in the first ever senate secret santa. >> merry christmas, bob. >> thank you, george. >> of course. >> oh! >> he's too erratic, he does not have the discipline, the capacity to control himself, and he can't stay focused. >> that's who you're going to nominate for president? can't control himself, can't stay focused, too erratic? those last descriptions are usually followed by the phrase, disruptive at math time and a bit of a biter. >> we'll be right back. all because so many people wanted to visit

iowa or whether it's in des moines, they're thankful perry as well as some of the other candidates are really putting in on the ground. that's very meaningful to them. the crowds have been small venues but ranging between about 75 to 150 voters coming out to give him a second look. >> nbc campaign embed carrie dann, thank you so much. >> thanks a lot. >>> rick santorum is telling iowans to pay attention to the candidates that have made their votes and opinions a priority. >> thank you for getting our message out there about we've got the conservative kre dengs, we ha we have the track record. we have made the case we're the best candidate out there that they can trust. >> nbc's andrew rafferty joins me by telephone. santorum is doing things the old-fashioned way which could pay off at the caucuses. >> that's right. rick santorum is living off the land is the old term you can really apply to his campaign. of course, you heard from a couple other embeds, we're on buses following around their candidates. rick santorum doesn't have any of that. he's in an suv just going stop to stop today

iowa a place where people don't have momentum, desperately needed to get a boost before they head to the holiday season and the january caucus, that they will be coming out swinging, the most combative, the loudest and energized audiences of the debate this year. >> harris: steve, thank you very much. now for the bet heard around the campaign trail. former massachusetts governor mitt romney trying to make a bet with rick perry and some are using it against him. the candidates whether romney showed support for the so-called individual mandate in health care. the part of president obama's health care overhaul that will soon require every american to buy insurance and perry accusing romney of being for it and then against it. >> you know what? you've raised it before. >> it was true then and it's true now. >> rick, i'll tell you what, 10,000 bucks? $10,000 bet? >> i'm not in the betting business. >> oh, okay. >> harris: earlier today, romney responding to reporters who had asked him what that was all about? >> after the debate was over, ann came up and gave me a kiss and said i did grea

perry kicked off a bus tour through western iowa wednesday. michele bachmann starts crisscrossing the state tomorrow. susan mcginnis for cbs news, washington. >>> making news now at 5:51, an investigation is underway of a fraternity at the university of vermont. members of sigma phi epsilon are accused of circulating a survey asking frat brothers who they would rape if they could. the questionnaire surfaced online this week. it is not known how many people were involved. >> the u.s. soldier accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of sensitive documents to wikileaks will make his first court appearance tomorrow. former intelligence analyst bradley manning has been in custody since his arrest in june 2010. the military tribunal is taking place at fort meade, maryland. >>> the commute was a tricky one for drivers in new mexico wednesday. snow and ice caused long back- ups around the city of santa fe. lots of schools around the state shut down. good news is the system has given way to fair skies today. >> time now to take another look at the ques

she had only 60 people and she was out in western iowa. rec santorum seems to be moving up. >> quick prediction. do you think newt gingrich places better than third in iowa? >> i think it will be better than gingrich and santorum. >> for third? >> for third. >> i think ron paul can win this one. >> i think they'll have a poll on sunday, right? >> we'll get to see a week from tonight what happens. >> still ahead, thanks to all of you for being with us. thank you. >>> still ahead, did santa bring you any weapons? if so, you're not alone. why so many people bought guns this christmas. >> plus, they were headed to twos court and now we're learning that arnold schwarzenegger and maria shriver are spending time together. new details about who might be having second thoughts when we come back. this new at&t 4g lte is fast. did you hear sam... ...got promoted to director? so 12 seconds ago. we should get him a present. thanks for the gift basket. you're welcome. you're welcome. did you see hr just sent out new... ...office rules? cause you're curr

iowa wonder, is this what all our effort was about? >> do you think that the electorate is in its dissatisfaction that you were describing there, do you think the electorate is angry in the same way that we saw republican electorate in new york state in 2010 that picked carl paladino to be the republican nominee for governor? he wasn't much qualified but horrified a lot of the establishment. >> that's a wonderful comparison you you've drawn with lazio and paladino. i think the difference this year is that two years ago with the rise of the tea party, there was a certain dark element to it but also an exuberance. it was like mickey and judy were going to the barn to put on a show. this year i think there is kind of more dispektic quality among the voters looking at the field. they don't want to put on a show in the barn, they don't want to build something. they want to burn the barn down. i get a sense that like two years ago, people didn't like obama. and early on. they want to beat obama on the republican side. it's more than that now

iowa wonder, is this what all our effort was about? >> do you think that the electorate is in its dissatisfaction that you were describing there, do you think the electorate is angry in the same way that we saw republican electorate in new york state in 2010 that picked carl paladino to be the republican nominee for governor? he wasn't muchw horrified a lot of the establishment. >> that's a wonderful comparison you you've drawn with lazio and paladino. i think the difference this year is that two years ago with the rise of the tea party, there was a certain dark element to it but also an exuberance. it was like mickey and judy were going to the barn to put on a show. this year i think there is kind of more dispektic quality among the voters looking at the field. they don't want to put on a show in the barn, they don't want to build something. they want to burn the barn down. i get a sense that like two years ago, people didn't like obama. and early on. they want to beat obama on the republican side. it's more than that now. they don't

michele bachmann this afternoon is in western iowa campaigning. and rick perry today is on a bus tour across the woman stated. and gingrich though, interestingly, is in virginia and he will do a teleconference with folks in iowa and spending the bulk of the time in south carolina. >> this with the backdrop of the polls look, like this, romney according to the latest out of iowa leads and romney first, gingrich second, and ron paul would clearly could win the state of iowa, and just over 100,000 people will turn out. and so you can win this thing with between 30,000 and 40,000 votes so it is about getting out. the most interesting thing about the polls in iowa two thirds of the people are open to change. and they say they are not issue, the other half. >>alisyn: romney has not put a lost eggs in the iowa bask but he has in new hampshire and he is setting sights on south carolina where he did not do well in 2008 and trying to turn that around with a big endorsement in south carolina. >>clayton: it could help or clear. governor haley giving her endor

disturbance to the west is circulating over the mississippi river, western illinois, eastern iowa. that will be moving east in the next 24 hours. it will produce more clouds and maybe a sprinkle or shower overnight tonight and tomorrow. luckily, with the warm air flow, it does not mean that snow flurries. the general flow pattern -- here is the system coming in. this will drag another system in by the end of the weekend. that will be coming to a mild air but also brought in very cold air from the north into the area for next week. sunshine and clouds. right now we have the signed -- sun. the winds are solely on the day, five to 10 knots. insta-weather futurecast shows this activity coming through. we could come overnight tonight, pick up a brief shower sprinkles. we want dry out over saturday and saturday into sunday, we could see a little more activity across the area. what is major is behind the front. temperatures will take a tumble. here is the forecast for the next several days sprinkel, shout or overnight tonight and early on saturday. snow is not very likely. rte. 50 on sund

he did some campaign events yesterday in western iowa and has taken some time off, headed back down to his home in texas and we're trying to find out when it is the copingman may be back in iowa in advance of the caucuses. and interesting development. top tier, three days left and he's gone. we're headed to a rick perry event in port dodge, going to a coffee house do a meet and greet. he's aggressively attacked iowa in the month of december. earlier this week brought in a strike force of 200 folks, supporters, people on the payroll, from around the country, to come and work up the ground gam here in iowa in advance of the caucus and getting the people out to the 18 caucuses and on the air with the des moines register, 3 million dollars, something like that, of ads. that's a lot of ads. and chances are you'll see a lot of rick perry ads and any mention about religion or perry's face seemed to resonate with folks out here in iowa and then rick santorum, who's got five more events here today and he's rapidly moving up in the polls, and it is suggested that he could bust into the top three

paul will be visiting central and western iowa starting wednesday. he is bunched at the top with romney and gingrich in the latest polling here posing a question few would have asked just months ago. but paul's rise has been accompanied by closer scrutiny from the news media of the controversial publications he oversaw some 20 years ago. newsletters that contained disparaging articles on blacks and jews. paul has disowned the content, said someone else wrote the newsletters, and, in any case, insists they do not reflect his views. >> nobody talked about it for 20 years until they found out the message of liberty was taking progress. everybody knows i didn't write them and it's not my sentiments. it's politics as usual. >> reporter: fresh ads are also airing. rick perry's takes a swipe at washington lawmakers. >> if washington is the problem, why trust a congressman to fix it? >> reporter: mitt romney concentrates on the economy. >> it is a moral imperative for america to stop spending more money than we take in. >> reporter: perry and gingrich failed

iowa. what is the big challenge? >> reporter: candidates go where the votes are, where the voters are. in the state of iowa they have been missing things. we have videotape of a rick santorum visit in western psion november fifth that was the first time sioux city had seen a presidential candidate in two weeks. you might shrug your shoulders at home but consider this. this is rock-ribbed republican votes. traditionally candidates spend a lot of time. in the summer there was a drought of campaign visits if you will lasting over a month. campaigns and candidates have not been as active in republican turf in iowa. we're just winding down towards the caucuses, martha. martha: boy, it is fascinating, steve. seems like this process relied a lot more heavily on the debates. that certainly helped newt gingrich. but in terms of that handshaking on the ground, important factor in iowa as it has historically been, have these candidates made a mistake in that regard? >> reporter: well the state party c

iowa yesterday. we did have a chance to talk with some of his campaign staff and consultants and they like the way that their guy has spent his time, has spent his time well in iowa. >> precious resource is time because it takes time to meet and make a connection with all these iowa caucus-goers. if you want to do it the right way you better get started early. >> reporter: and santorum has been to all 99 counties in iowa and did so earlier this year. michele bachmann currently on a bus tour will accomplish that goal. santorum did it a little bit earlier. those sorts of things do count quite a bit out here, heather. heather: who has the caucus campaigns that are working in iowa? >> reporter: i think you have to put santorum in that group. most certainly michele bachmann based on how she did in the straw poll winning that event earlier this year definitely has a core group of very effective campaign staff but you also have to talk about ron paul. by acclamation, iowa republicans say the paul campaign i

one of the lawmakers questioning holder today is iowa congressman steve king, the republican from western iowa. my next guest and well company back to "america's newsroom". >> thanks for having me back. bill: eric holder will say the actions are inexcusable. he will also argue that his department has been fully cooperative. do you agree on both counts? >> i can't agree on both counts and i think eric holr has yet to take responsibility for this and another thing he has not done yet is to tell us and especially under oath, what's the highest level approval or authorization came from his department in operation "fast and furious"? i want to know who that is? i want to know if eric holder held that individual responsible. we knowt this point no one has been fired or no one has been disciplined. we can't identify exactly who the players are. aside from the media that is the best information i have. i want to drill into that. bill: do you expect to get those answer today, sir? >> expect he has found a legal way to talk his way around the questions knows are coming and i think we'll have to pro

advancing from central iowa western illinois eastbound think it will get into the city probably four- 5:00 tomorrow morning similar out west and the storm circulating through wisconsin ice public freezing wind and north changing back over to iran snout in the form perhaps tomorrow night advisories for the icy weather issued across southern wisconsin back into the plains states went advisory's 100 mi. per hour wind in parts of montana earlier today clouds thickening tonight rainfall still out west by 530 see this area right here rainfall in the city itself morning rush-hour up to 9:50 p.m. rainfall at times to a lunchtime and you can almost see the circulation cooler air might be a brief period flakes of snow fall extend letter tomorrow not a huge amount of this either the pattern what we have been shelling see this band of clouds? parallels a 200 mob of or jet stream this thing coming into the country at buckles in a big buckle which will bring arctic air in later in the weekend. but each one of the buckles makes a disturbance rainfall comes through tomorrow with snow in wisconsin pas

let me give you an example here in western iowa. there is a small farm where two women are raising goats for milk. they have been classified as industrial, they have been required to jump through ridiculous groups and hurdles, paying a thousand dollars to upgrade equipment. it is ridiculous. but get big corporations, some of the huge multi-state operations here get away with all sorts of things and much more minimal regulated requirements. you see it with small business owners, restaurateurs will have to play ridiculous rate stood at a table on the sidewalk. those are way over the top. we need to get rid of those. let me be clear. but we need a framework that allows people to compete without having to be crushed by some big corporate competitor that not only can crash because of size but because of the cozy relationship with political power. again, the goals -- the problem is so big and so deep and it has taken ourselves so long to dig out of the whole, that it will take a walk to dig ourselves out and it will take a lot of initiati

two caucuses that night, one from central iowa, here on c- span, and another from western iowa, on c-span2. everything getting under way tuesday night at 7:00 eastern, here on c-span and c-span2. earlier today, in des moines, police arrested five individuals of the occupy movements outside the offices of ron paul after the republican party decided to tally the votes from the caucuses from the precincts at an undisclosed location, instead of that party headquarters. we were there earlier today simulcasting the jan mickelson radio show. one of their guests, candidate michele bachmann. we have ron paul coming in later. we get the chance to talk to you this morning. she is proud that her family own a station wagon as a kid. >> it was huge. my dad loved it. it was a two-toned lime green 1959 station wagon. i do not think there is another one man like across the country. we would drive up to my uncle's farm in minnesota. we would say, faster, faster. we were so excited. >> there is no statute of limitations with speeding tickets. >> i spoke to freely. >> you have been all over the place? >> yes,

an example here in western iowa. there is a small farm where two women are raising goats for milk. they have been classified as industrial, required to jump through ridiculous hoops, paying $800 to upgrade their equipment. yet, these big, multistate corporations get away with all sorts of things, and much more minimally regulated requirements. you see it with small business owners, restaurants that have to pay a ridiculous rate to have a table on a sidewalk. those kinds of regulations are over the top. we need a framework that allows people to compete without having to be crushed by some corporate competitor that can crush you, not only because of its size, but because of its cozy relationship with political power. the problem is so big and deep, it has taken so long to dig ourselves out of this whole. it will take awhile to dig ourselves out, a lot of initiatives. -- out of this hole. we could reinstate glass- steagall. a fair bank settlement. the attorney general's are working on a bank settlement. right now, it is a slap on the wrist. it need to be significant, to hold the banks

we add colorado, new mexico, nevada and that western state of iowa. you know you got to stick this into the framework. na gets him to 272. not a huge victory but democrats have had gains in the west of late. how likely? >> let's start with the least west. iowa the economy is in good shape. >> right. >> i'm assuming time for a change, it won't be that strong. so i would be willing to sort of say the president probably, as my chair starts sinking to the ground, he probably does iowa. new mexico, i think that they're going to have real turnout problems with latinos but new mexico is democratic enough where that's going to be okay. i think it's the nevada is the tough one. the economy's so horrible. and heavily dependent upon latino vote, that's the problem of that group. >> the midwest. stu, starting at 246le. weep include iowa, belongs in the midwest. and and ohio, 18 votes. this is the path i fine the most fascinating, the industrial midwest, where he struggled the most during the prime plaer and in the general election tougher. this is critical, this

then live coverage of a caucus from central iowa on c-span and another from western iowa on c-span 2. and results will be on c-span. you can join the conversation by phone on tuesday night and on facebook and twitter. yesterday afternoon preparing made a campaign stop in cedar rapids, speaking at the blue strawberry coffee company. he called rick santorum a prolific earmarker. also to a question that the 50- minute event. >> how are you? >> i am good. >> he's a good man. howdie. >> i ambrose. >> the yellow rose of texas. -- i am rose. >> the yellow rose of texas. you go, girl. >> my pleasure to introduce a strong conservative comes from a farming community, grew up on a cotton farm, participated in the 4-h club, and earned the title of eagle scout, serve our country as a pilot in the u.s. air force to, and has served the state of texas as governor for more than a decade. his home state has created more than 1 million jobs. during his tenure as governor, even as america has lost jobs. please welcome the americas and jobs governor and a candidate for the republican nomination, rick perr