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happening. and the big jobs report for december is coming out today. christine romans calling it the big granddaddy of them all. its probably good news for the democrats and shell share details. and theres this thing that climbers like to do. seven peaks, its a big deal for anybody. but if youre 15 years old. its a huge deal. well tell you about this kid. who happened to just globe-trot the world and climb the seven highest peaks. >> and were going to add in an eighth one. >> which...

Formidable force against mitt romney right now. newt gingrich is beating mitt romney 31% to something in the teens. now, maybe that changes when south carolina goes and does another poll today after iowa. but i think that that is the man right there on your screen that mitt romney still fears the most at least in the south. >> listen, newt is so angry and he made it clear last night in which our reporter said was a dead speech. there was no cheering. there was nothing. you could easily spin that...

>> i love super bowl ads. i cant wait. christine romans, thanks. >> thank you. time to check top stories at 16 past the hour. down to iowa. tonight -- the first nominating contest still could be anybodys race. horse race. theyll begin caucuses at 7:00 central time. 8:00 eastern time and right now if youve been watching the pollsish mitt romney on top. ron paul going in strong. rick santorum, tick, tick, tick, tick, fighting for that number two spot. maybe number one. and iowans saying, are you...

Distract international monitors from continuing their work in syria. in los angeles, an arrest in connection with that string of arson fires. police say 24-year-old harry burkhart is a pesuspected of mo than 50 fires. looking at an immigration dispute as a motive there. and mount rainier closed again to the public while authorities investigate the death of a park ranger and mother of two margaret anderson and the man suspected of killing her. the alleged gunman, benjamin colton barnes, he wa...

Injuries. in los angeles the arrest of a man has apparently stopped a series of 52 arson fires since friday and here he is, charged with arson. and if hes proven guilty, the question is why did he do it? what exactly do we know? he has sort of an interesting back story. >> reporter: he sure does, kyra. i want to start out by mentioning that los angeles police chief charlie beck in a news conference last night said its highly inappropriate and pri premature to speculate about a motive at this p...

Dispute he had over an immigration-related issue with his mother, but i should point out that los angeles police chief charlie beck pointed out last night its highly inappropriate to conclude that was the motive in the arson fires. its way too early to make that conclusion, ashleigh. >> ill bet. theyve got a lot of investigating to do with 50-plus fires and doing all of their work trying to put them out let alow investigate them. casey, great work. let us know if you hear anything else later on ...

Takes place in the iowa caucuses. watch it happen, special live americas choice 2012 coverage from the iowa caucuses at 7:00 p.m. eastern on cnn. up next, were turning two of our political buzz players into fortune tellers. theyre going to give us their predictions on tonights iowa caucuses. also, the arson fires in southern california have stopped s. police arrested this man and say that hes the one who started them. but who is he and what set him off? we have details. >> announcer: with noth...

Kuwaiti-flagged oil tankers during the iran and iraq war. there was an incident where a u.s. ship hit an iranian mine, and it damaged the u.s. ship. the u.s. and the iranian navy got into a little bit of a vimmish, so, number one, the u.s. views the straits of hormuz as something worth fighting for, and number two in that naval battle, the iranians did not fare very well. back to you. megyn: leland vittert, thank you. we are also tracking new developments today with more than three dozen arson...

Kuwaiti-flagged oil tankers during the iran and iraq war. there was an incident where a u.s. ship hit an iranian mine, and it damaged the u.s. ship. the u.s. and the iranian navy got into a little bit of a vimmish, so, number one, the u.s. views the straits of hormuz as something worth fighting for, and number two in that naval battle, the iranians did not fare very well. back to you. megyn: leland vittert, thank you. we are also tracking new developments today with more than three dozen arson...

Then keep it here for our special time coverage. later, chris hayes wraps it up with late night coverage and results. in los angeles, there was a major break in the case of dozens of arson fires over the holiday weekend. fires which caused millions in damages and left area residents on edge. nbcs stephanie stanton reports. >> reporter: for four days, los angeles area residents have been on edge after a string of arson fires have swept across the city. >> this is scary. you know, i live -- i me...