. >> welcome to manchester, new hampshire, a little over one day until the start of the 2012 new hampshire primary. i'm megyn kelly. >> bret: i'm bret baier, over the course of the next hour we'll show you why so much is still up in the air when the voting starts in the granite state. >> we'll hear from fox news correspondents and political experts about the state of the race tonight. >> bret: that and much more on this, america election headquarters special. 67 678 >> at the stroke of 12 a.m. in the far northern part of new new hampshire, 20 minutes from canada will be the first to vote. and polls all over the place will open doors to voters in this the first of primary elek season and as massachusetts governor, mitt romney is a favorite here, he has a home in the state. more than half of voters have yet to settle on a favorite. and we have team coverage and carl cameron will tell us on the campaign trail and steve brown will talk about the undecided voters and molly brown for the ground operations for these campaigns e let's start things off with our main man in new hampshire, campaign c

new hampshire has spoken. and tonight, the republican race for president boils down to one question. can anyone stop mitt romney? romney won new hampshire commandingly. about 40% of the vote. and the former massachusetts governor demonstrated resilience and staying power, after a week of fierce attacks from his opponents, aimed partly at his record at bain capital, the massachusetts investment firm he ran for 15 years. what does new hampshire mean? here are abc news election anchors diane sawyer and george stephanopoulos. >> that's right, terry. what a win it was tonight for governor mitt romney. we should point out who came in second and third in this race, as they poured it on in new hampshire, the candidates all did. and behind mitt romney was congressman ron paul. and behind him, jon huntsman, governor jon huntsman, former ambassador to china, as well, who, in the last few days, seemed to be surging, gaining some steam. but apparently didn't have enough to take him into second place. >> perhaps not enough

given law for new hampshire. the magna carta. the ancient list of feudal demands made of the king of england in the 13th century. that's what new hampshire republicans want to guide the state's lawmakers going forward. laws in the state of new hampshire will have to be guided by passages like this one -- "no man shall be forced to perform more service for a night's knee or other free holding of land than is due from it." or this one. "if anyone who has borrowed a sum of money from jews dies before the debt has been repaid, his heirs shall pay no interest on the debt for so long as he remains under age, irrespective of whom he holds his lands." one of the bills republican sponsors was asked about any legal hang-ups in requiring new hampshire bills to derive their authority from something foreign, from an english charter. he responded, "that's an interesting thought." as the eyes of the nation turn to republicans in new hampshire right now, it is worth noting that republicans in new hampshire right now are sort of

on to new hampshire! >> and this campaign's never been about me. it's about a movement of american who is are -- who see our country that's really not on the track that most of us want it to be on. >> i love the fact that this is the land of opportunity. let us restore the greatness of america and keep this land the hope of the earth. thank you so much for all of your help! on to new hampshire! >> i think in terms of beating obama, having a clearly defined, conservative is vastly more likely to win than having somebody who is confused. >> there is no place that does it better than new hampshire, with respect to the primaries. >> this is now essentially called the landslide lounge here. >> people of new hampshire don't want a coronation, you know what i mean? i they want people to earn the vote, as opposed to sitting down in south carolina, so certain of a victory. >> it is on to new hampshire. that's the battle cry. the g.o.p. candidates leave iowa in the rear-view mirror and the setstage is set for the f

new hampshire. he owned new hampshire. secondly, being conservative in iowa is something very different than being conservative in the live free or die state. so what you see is that the folks in new hampshire where conservativism really lends itself to individual freedom, live free or die, economic issues especially and that's what people voted on here. they voted for romney. in iowa, conservatives voted for santorum because he's a religious conservative and a social conservative. >> douglas? >> yeah, i agree with margaret. the new hampshire conservative is a much more moderate variety than iowa. moreover, 44% of the overall vote in new hampshire were independents. so this electorate is a different electorate than the one we saw in iowa. more moderate overall. even if they had a different self-characterization and a much healthier percentage of independents who could vote in either primary and there was only one primary to vote in yesterday. >> and ron paul got a sizable amount of the vote yesterday because a lot of peopl

new hampshire. also independent voters are a huge element here. unlike other states registered independents can walk in and vote in the gop primary. that will be a huge indication which way things are going here. most of the polling is showing a lot of them don't know who they will vote for yet. >> if i'm president of the united states i will use all of my energy not to protect my job but to create jobs for the american people and to make things better for americans. >> we're at the extreme ends of the political spectrum engaging in this hyper charged political rhetoric. all the while the work of the people isn't getting done. >> if something happens much greater than we are anticipating and do very, very well here tomorrow as well as doing well in south carolina, you can always reconsider. you sort of take one week at a time. >> selection is wide open. it is a classic new hampshire, last-minute, you pollsters thought you understood us and boy were you wrong. >> second place would be a dream come tr

gwen: and path out of new hampshire for him? >> there's a following for ron paul within the republican coalition at large. i think there's going to be a piece of that in many, many states. >> the problem, gwen, it's not an expandable coalition. he has no shot at winning the republican nomination. the cerealing that dan talked about is the ceiling that exists pretty much everywhere for him. gwen: what about jon huntsman? he spent all of his time and put all of his attention new hampshire and still isn't in any double digit in polls i have seen recently? >> he wants tobt rick santorum of new hampshire. and he refers to himself that way. i did the state work here in new hampshire, just as rick santorum did it in iowa. santorum, by the way, did a lot of work in new hampshire and south carolina. wlopt it pays off in the end, we don't know. he's done all of the work but romney is much more tore mid-able here than he was in eye a. and we're also seeing one other thing on romney, his numbers are starting to go up in south carolina, whic

i hope we get some votes here in new hampshire to back that up. >> shepard: it's all about new hampshire for jon huntsman. he skipped iowa entirely and basically moved to this state. he has spiked in the polls down the home stretch in the last couple of days. i talked to him this afternoon about it on "studio b." >> nothing like catching that buzz at the very end. that's textbook timing. you never know if it's going to happen or not. all i can tell you is i woke up this morning with the belief that we have done everything possible in new hampshire. we have worked it tirelessly. we have done 170 public events, town hall meetings and house parties. we have deployed my dearts, my wife. we have been honest, sincere. >> shepard: the candidates out in force. one last time today. now they can only wait and see what the voters have to say. 12 delegates up for grabs. don't take it for granted. we have team fox coverage here in new hampshire. molly line our new england correspondent live at ron paul's primary headquarters. steve brown with the santorum campaign. first, let's get to campaign carl c

won't be going to new hampshire. minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann who finished seventh in iowa is heading straight to campaign in south carolina. and texas governor rick perry who came in sixth. >> i've decided to return to texas, assess the results of tonight's caucus, determine whether there is a path forward for myself in this race. >> reporter: now today, mitt romney gets another boost. arizona senator john mccain, the gop presidential candidate in 2008, comes here to new hampshire to give his endorsement to mitt romney. >> and that is big, because mccain has said he might not endorse anybody this time around. >> yes. it was a very close night. >> bit whitaker, thank you very much. >> joining us is former massachusetts governor mitt romney. i'm thinking a few of your sporters eat some chicken wings and watch some college basketball last night we would be talking about a second place finish for you. a little too close for comfort on the narrow margin victory? >> you have to 2k34i9 admit, i think iowa is a

hampshire. >> reporter: front runner new hampshire rolled in new hampshire touting the endorsement of john mccain and the slimmest iowaca cuss win ever over dark horse rick santorum. >> what a squeaker, but it's nice to have a win. the question i have for you can we do better in new hampshire? >> reporter: new hampshire is a state that will catapult him on to victory in a short period of time. that is why i'm here. it was a small subdued crowd compared to new hampshire welcome rallies for past victors. tough audience question created tense atmosphere. >> you had your turn. now it's my turn. >> reporter: iowa's strategy from the start to spend as little money as possible and still win. new hampshire, he has huge lead in polls and way more money. the man from pennsylvania is man of the hour. >> game on! >> reporter: in a two-week surge from counted out to second by eight votes in contest of 122,000 iowa republicans, santorum set a new standard for grinding out a come-from-behind triumph. now he will take it to romney and try to unite the g.o.p. ardent conservatives. this tonight we have

>>> welcome to "world news" from manchester, new hampshire. jobs jolt. 200,000 new jobs and we find optimism on elm street in new hampshire tonight. >>> showdown. mitt romney pulls way ahead of the pack as his rivals prepare to take their last best shot to stop him. >>> america to the rescue. u.s. sailors save a ship full of iranians from pirates. and iranians so grateful, he dons a u.s. navy cap. >>> hospital secrets. a new report about the biggest hospital mistakes and how you can avoid them. >>> and made in new hampshire. we show up in the kitchen of some viewers who wrote us delicious ideas to power up made in america. >>> will face off right there on that stage for the abc news debate. addressing big news today about jobs in america. 200,000 jobs added in the past month. more than predicted. and the unemployment number down from 8.7% to 8.5%. and the zbrout driven by a surprising surge, not only in health care but in factory workers, pumping out new cars and appliances. and tonight, we're going to dive into those numbers. abc's dan harris

now we're in new hampshire where people actually vote >> in new hampshire, the iowa people are proud and the new hampshire people are proud as well. you get a race now. governor romney comes out with an eight-vote victory. this is an unfair question to ask you. it's t-ball, you're against romney and for gingrich, but be as far as you can can. where's the bar for governor romney? who would be a convincing win in new hampshire for him for people to say, okay, he's our front-runner now? >> oh, i don't know. 40% or more. i -- i don't think romney did that well in iowa last night. he did six votes fewer than he did last time around, and he virtually tied with an unknown, santorum, and with ron paul who has his vote and is going to stick with it. i think the game is really up here in new hampshire. i heard what rick santorum said earlier and what ralph reed are said, and i really think that this is a fight for second place in new hampshire, and i think it's tougher for santorum than it is for the others because the base was good for him out in socially conservative iowa, and it's not so co

new hampshire doesn't. >> as important as new hampshire is for all of the candidates, it is a matter of do or die for jon huntsman. >> but he has a not so secret weapon, his daughters. we are going to meet them when we ret >>> republican presidential candidate jon huntsman is betting big on new hampshire. he has been crisscrossing the state hoping to overtake mitt romney as rick santorum did in iowa. >> but he is not going it alone. his three daughters are out on the stump with him and they have become internet celebrities in their own right as the jon 2012 girls, mary anne, abby and liddy huntsman, good morning. i've heard you referred to as the three most famous sisters and not kardashians in the state. i want to give you a behind the scenes how we get little notes who is who. all i'm told is mary anne, shorter blond hair. and abby, the only brunette. and liddy, longer blond hair. i'm so sorry but i've been trying so hard. what has it been like? >> thank you for having us on. >> we are happy to be here and working hard and excite week and been here the last few months and i think y

out of new hampshire. here's the story in the "wall street journal." mitt romney is republican rivals thought to weaken the central plank of his campaign. that is experienced as a corporate marauder who profited off the misery of others. it is an extraordinary debate over what is acceptable behavior. here is what mr. gingrich said on nbc's today show. looking at the front page of the "washington post," and image of derry, new hampshire were throngs of reporters and tv cameras were gathered with rick santorum. he defended his business career and need -- and there was a story about ron paul. saving paul. there was no fanfare and bodyguard. dr. paul, for the past three years, had come from believing and barack obama into believing that the country was riding toward total economic and social collapse. it talks about a 32-year-old at the event, giving the microphone to representative ron paul. he is to ron paul is appealing to. and whether not expected to come in and second place? some are saying that mitt romn

spaghetti dinner in new hampshire. mitt romney is feasting on promising poll numbers in both states, hammering president obama friday even as the nation's unemployment rate fell to a near three-year low. >> i'm sure the president wants to take credit for it, for any improvement. guess what? he doesn't deserve it. >> reporter: latest nbc news/ r news/maris poll gives mitt romney a commanding lead. with romney up double figures in south carolina polling as well, sharper attacks from opponents are now filling the air perform. >> won't create jobs and timid certainly won't defeat barack obama. >> reporter: friday newt gingrich aired his first tv ad. casting romney as a moderate. to close the gap between the front-runner romney and the field could make for a pair of highly charged nationally te televised debates this weekend. >> there's a battle for second place. and rick santorum, if he could emulate the pat buchanan showing of 1996 and get 25%, he could actually get momentum going into south carolina. >> it's great to be

new hampshire. mccain has huge backing in that race. new hampshire votes next tuesday. more details on that item as we get them here. >>> there is more breaking news. michele bachmann will hold a press conference this morning. we're awaiting bachmann in iowa. she has canceled a trip that had been scheduled for south carolina after finishing in sixth place last night. her campaign manager late last night telling the associated press he was not sure if bachmann's campaign could continue. details on both the stories as we get them here in "america's newsroom". so it is 9:00 in new york and wherever you are, how about that for some drama? then there is this. eight votes determine the winner of the iowa caucus with mitt romney proving victorious in the end. this from last night, 12:30 a.m. roll it. >> this is campaign night where america wins. we're going to change the white house and get america back on track. [cheers and applause] s. bill: former massachusetts governor, edging out former pennsylvania s

events in new hampshire instead. to the new arrivals with their iowa results, he offered this greeting. >> it was the welcome to new hampshire nobody cares. >> reporter: two of the major contenders won't be going to new hampshire. michele bachmann who finished seventh in iowa is headed straight to campaign in south carolina. texas governor rick perry, who came in sixth -- >> i have decided to return to texas, assess the results of tonight's caucus, determine whether there is a path forward for myself and this race. >> reporter: now, today mitt romney gets another boost. arizona senator john mccain, the gop presidential candidate in 2008 comes here to new hampshire to give his endorsement to mitt romney. >> and that's big because mccain said he might not endorse anybody this time around. >> it was a very close night. >> thank you so much. >>> joining us now from des moines, iowa, governor mitt romney. governor, i'm thinking with the margin of victory that if just a few of your supporters decided to watch college baske

my campaign manager is from new hampshire. he started out as my new hampshire guy. so he knows how to win races. we've got a lot of frank's organization that was able to win a tough congressional win up there. about 25 state reps already. this is before tonight who have signed up. not just signed up, we have hard-working reps. new hampshire is all about politics. we feel very good we're going to climb that ladder just like we did here. >> senator, piers morgan is here and wants to ask some commonwealth of pennsylvanias as well. >> feeling a bit like rocky balboa tonight. how are you going to knock out mitt romney? >> well, there's going to be a rematch, and we're going to go to new hampshire and take -- and take him on, and, you know, we're going to run a campaign talking about my vision for this country. you didn't hear me go on after people tonight. i just laid out what, where america needs to go and how the republicans need to address those issues, and talk about, you know, a strong economy and make sure the economy is going to be vibrant for everybody in this ec

coming to you from manchester, new hampshire. in search of the new hampshire surprise, could the state that made bill clinton the come back kid, that rode in henry cabot lodge one time. pat buchanan, a national reputation. each of the candidates now vying for second place in the granite state is hoping to cut into mitt romney's double-digit lead. romney has 41% of voters, ron paul's support is eroding and huntsman moved into third place. with time running out for romney's rivals to stop him from turning from front runner to de facto nominee, they piled on him in the msnbc face book debate. >> if his record was so good why didn't you run for reelect none if it was that great, why did you bail out? we want someone who's going to stand up and fight for the conservative principles and not bail out and not run to the left of ted kennedy. >> i didn't go there to begin a political career. >> run again? that would be about me. i was trying to help get the state in as best shape as i possibly could. you've got a surprised look on your fac

it doesn't mean a lot for him to win in new hampshire. he should win in new hampshire. only means something if he lost, frankly. bill: be careful of our assumptions. the voters will have their say. >> yes, they will. bill: i'm thinking back six nights ago when no one thought iowa would go the way it did. >> remember, bill, most of these polls still have 40% of the electorate --. bill: 37%. matt, thank you. >> they haven't finalized it. bill: you bet. thanks, to you, matt and kirsten, enjoy new hampshire. >> thank you. bill: viewers at home, everyone is getting ready to face off ahead of the south carolina primary. that debate a week from tonight on the fox news channel. can only get it right here. comes out the myrtle beach convention center, monday the 16th. martha: the hits keep coming. bill: they say south carolina can be mean country when it comes to politics. we'll see if it matches the definition this year. martha: that can get interesting. this is interesting too. a colorado high school student that and aspiring model, and they said the photo she picked for year

the new hampshire primary that runs on multiple networks currently and new hampshire provides a sort of. ideal of i solved you know should know what america is or should be to a certain segment of the population and you know it's quaint and the people are playing in it and also the caucasian state and so i think that that's really what new hampshire is well it's the stage that. and they enjoy being that right i mean this brings in a lot of money doesn't it brings in a lot of attention a lot of money it brings in south and it brings the clinical clout to a state that would otherwise have not you know it. turn them all you know small town political brokers into it just every every four years you know. the guy who orchestrates the merrimac fourth of july parade has some power because all the candidates kick off their campaign is separate so and that's really the way it works here and we have just a minute a minute left adele let's let's play a little bit of punditry let's play playing for a little bit as it is should there be any surprises tonight should we expect well i think i think t

all on "fox news sunday". hello again from fox news, today in new hampshire. we are just outside downtown manchester on the campus of the college. in two days voters head to the polls for the first in the nation's primary and even though former senator rick santorum got a boost in iowa support here has cooled and mitt romney looks like the overwhelming favorite. this is where the race stands in the latest university tracking poll. romney leads with 39 percent x. ron paul second with 17 percent . newt gingrich at third in 10 percent. and santorum and huntsman tied at nine and perry is last. for more on the debate on saturday night. we'll bring in karl cameron, karl? guest -- >> everybody threw punches but few of them at mitt romney. >> i am not surprised to find the new york times and obama put it on trial. it i surprising from the colleagues on the stage. battling for second on the stage. >> it is a ridiculous charge. you should know better. >> there he goes again. >> they caught you not telling the truth. >> all accused of newt gingrich of avoiding the draft

ther new hampshire. ronald reagan won iowa and new hampshire back-to-back but he was sitting in office the second time he won. romney's absence here makes him vulnerable to criticism. he can't respond himself in person. ads and radio interviews and tv appearances don't cut it in the granite state, people want to shake their hand and sniff around the candidate a little bit. rom no's absence is an issue. rick santorum is a little more liberal than much of new hampshire, he's getting aoupbl huge crowds. conservatives are flocking to him in an interesting way. the boston globe, the liberal newspaper from down in massachusetts is backing jon huntsman. rick santorum and romney are going head-to-head and the voters will have the final say not the media. martha: thank you so much from the red arrow diner, a storied place in new hampshire, carl cameron, we'll see you soon. bill: carl, thanks. how does the state of new hampshire compare to the rest of the country? in new hampshire 5.6 unemployed rate well below th

in new hampshire, it's 5.2%. in south carolina, unemployment, 9.9%. >> so if there's a market for populism -- >> that would be it. >> anti-mitt romney populism, going after his vulture capitalism, as they've been saying, that would be the place for it. >> and a company that was the victim of bain in south carolina, if they intend to pursue that. so south carolina can be very interesting. but i think, what the established order there from the governor, now demint, going where they're going, romney gets a little more strength than one would think. he comes in 2-0. i think two factors, he's going to be paul and i think he's going to be just as much of a problem in the tent for the republicans as he will be out. and i think that you're sleeping on romney's message tonight, i think, will helpç energize the moderate independents and the democrats. because he's running on appeasement, which he cannot get anywhere with after bin laden and also. he's running on talking about the economy. and he's certainly going to have

skies for new hampshire. now, one place that's getting a lot on the radar is texas, across the gulf coast states, where we could actually see the potential for severe weather today. look at this, how interesting this is. they got 10 inches, over 1 inches in midland, texas just yesterday, close to 19 for their seasonal average. 19 inches of snow. and look at this comparatively speaking to places across the northeast in new england, only 5 1/2 inches for buffalo, new york, that's typically a snowbelt, new york city, close to 2 inches, boston, 1 inch. a really topsy turvy weather pattern, places in texas seeing more snow than spots across the northeast. >>> we are talking about severe weather, a tornado was south of the houston, texas area, the potential again across the gulf coast, certainly large hail, damaging winds and isolated tornado tornadoes. we'll keep an eye on it. if you live in new hampshire, rock that vote today jon scott! jon: they finally got moisture in texas. >> reporter: you always have the sil

, new hampshire. special western edition. good evening. mitt romney is now 2-for-2 in the race for the republican presidential nomination at this moment he is giving his victory speech here in manchester new hampshire. cbs projects he has won today's new hampshire primary with the help of both moderates and conservatives. ron paul is leading jon huntsman for second place. here's a look at the tabulated votes so far. 21% of the vote in, ron paul is running strong in second place with huntsman at 17%. our projections are based on the early vote count. on the polling that we did of voters after they cast their ballots. when we asked those voters what they were looking for in a candidate, 34% told us the ability to defeat president obama. and the majority of them, 59%, believe mitt romney is the candidate who can do it. we have our entire campaign 2012 team covering the primary. we'll go first to our chief political correspondent jan crawford who is with the romney campaign tonight. jan? >> well, scott, t

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