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state until the final push. what the heck is a caucus any way? and are you looking for a job? one employer says you better not smoke. well show you how they are testing job applicants for nicotine. happy new year to you. if youre celebrating new zealand style. thats because its midnight there. lets look at auckland. there it is. they are among the first to ring in the new year. they do it in amazing style. we will spend the next couple hours showing you the new years celebrations fro...

for something called gasgasohol. it then became known as ethanol and we renewed it. big oil tried to kill it and chuck grassley said i was the one person that saved ethanol from big oil. why do i believe in ethanol? pretty simple. if i have to choose between the next billion dollars going to saudi arabia or south dakota, i pick south dakota. if i have to pick between iran and iowa, i pick iowa. and the fact is, if we could make sure we retain the renewable fuel standards, go to e-15 as...

News/marist poll puts romney in the lead. newt gingrich tied for fourth after the leading the poll earlier this month. the only major candidate not in iowa is jon huntsman who is focusing all his efforts on the next contest in new hampshire. join be us, paul west, national correspondent for the tribune newspaper group. paul, we should point out many of these iowa voters are still undecided and even todays frontrunner might not see the undecided voters break his or her way, right? >> thats right,...

When he lost new hampshire, in part because the iowa -- the victory in iowa is so dramatic and it made it seem like he would win this nomination pretty easily. i think in the same way if youre the underdog in particular its really helpful. like if a rick perry or rick santorum -- its not going to happen, but if they won this caucus it would be very powerful for them as well. for romney less so because hes already perceived as the front-runner. >> why is he making such an effort out here? eight s...

Santorum -- its not going to happen, but if they won this caucus it would be very powerful for them as well. for romney less so because hes already perceived as the front-runner. >> why is he making such an effort out here? eight storefront headquarters out here in this state. why so much of an effort this time without an opponent? >> because i think they need to get started really early this time. obama is not going to be campaigning throughout the caucus process. and for the last year nine dif...

Is a true conservative. thats a real problem in a place like iowa where conservatives, evangelical, tea parties, thats where its all about and they are very splintered. for mitt romney, no anti-romney force has coalesced all the support of the anti-romney ç votes. thats why this could be a romney dream scenario where he might just eat this thing up. >> our partner here at nbc/marist and we have done all the transparency you want, everything, the entire way we conducted this poll is available b...

Think tradition is going to rule in the foreseeable future. >> it is always good to see you, professor. thank you so much. happy campaign season. look at that. since 1976, only half of iowa winners have even won the gop nomination. for now, iowa remains the center of the political universe and much like barack obama in 2008, huge teams of college-age volunteers are descending on the state, but working for 76-year-old ron paul and make sure they dont say or do anything to embarrass the campaign, ...

santorum, gingrich, ron paul, rick perry and mitt romney all have campaign events this hour and we will dip in and listen in where we can. speaking of moving, michele bachmanns campaign is moving on without the former chairman of its iowa operations. he left to work for ron paul and bachmann claims she knows why. >> i had a conversation with kent sorenson. in the direct conversation i had with him he told me that he was offered money. he was offered a lot of money by the ron paul cam...

Gingrich, prior to that mccain and prior to that perry. when we talk about frenzied chase for caucus goers in iowa. last year and a half republicans have been playing about their field saying they want a stronger christian conservative to mid romney. that lack of conservative, division among conservatives in the caucus process is part of why the enthusiasm is tempered here. republicans desperately want to beat barack obama but they are still not entirely thrilled by their choices. as we head int...

With days to go until the iowa caucus, protesters are following the candidates wherever they go. that was newt gingrich as he was forced to pause during a speech at the iowa capitol. the demonstrators with ties to occupy movements say they will keep going up until the vote january 3rd. joining us this morning, iowa secretary of state, matt schultz. good to have you back on again. i want to get right to it. there is concern the protesters are going to disrupt the caucus process. matt strawn telli...