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Jon: lunchtime in iowa now as voters make up their minds and the republican rivals are all crunching the numbers. hello, im jon scott with an all new hour of "happening now." >> they are definitely doing a lot of crunching. welcome to americas election headquarters. a mad dash for the republican candidates, and with just five days to go before the iowa caucuses, it all comes down to one word, momentum. carl cameron is live in sioux city, iowa. and, carl, of course, newt gingrich just opened his ...

theyve been on the ground for 48 hours and their initial statements are so far stunning. the chief monitor of the arab league observer force is a sudanese military commander mohammed mustafa al dabbi, hes the former head of intelligence in the government of omar basher. a man wanted for crimes against humanity. he told "reuters" that quote things were calm and there were no clashes in homs. he went on to say, the situation seems reassuring so far. he also said, some places looked a bit...

stood by his call for more negotiations. >> lets extend the payroll tax credit for a year. all were asking for is to get the senate members over here to work with us to resolve our differences so we can do what everybody wants to do. less than two weeks before the iowa caucuses republican ron paul, now the new leader of the pack. in a new poll 28% say paul is their man compared to 25% who back newt gingrich. paul is holding a town meeting. that is happening in iowa this hour. more on...

clinton is just wrapping up a meeting with the japanese foreign minister at the department of state. a joint statement is expected to follow shortly. earlier president obama called south koreas president to re-affirm his commitment to koreas security and stability. when it comes to the payroll tax cut, its one step forward and two steps back in congress. the house is expected to reject the senates two-month extension of the payroll tax cut. house speaker john boehner says the house w...

Gop -- under the gop candidacy, do you think they are being nice to get his voters. >> well, they are ron paul voters, and i dont think in this point in the process that they are starting to go that way, because theres not overlap between -- the reason some people are ron paul voters, its the issues with the war, and the federal reserve, some of those things, its not the overlap with some of the more mainstream, i guess you would say, candidates. i dont know if thats the calculous there. i was j...

7-year-olds. and its -- it doesnt have all the bells and whistle. >> its cute because they want to get in on the action. >> the vinty pad is an android tablet repurposed for kids. this is for today letters to -- toddlers to preschoolers. one of our kid testers actually chewed on it but it has a red bumper. >> in my house, toys get dropped and if youre dealing with an expensive electronic device you dont want it bouncing off the floor. >> these are built more ruggedly than ours. theyre hard plast...

shia compound where many gather on this important holiday and the photographer we spoke to describes how the explosion inside this crowded compound, bodies fanned out and were decimated. the death toll were hearing could be in one to two dozen but given the scene where we heard from witnesses we are expecting it to rise in the coming hours. zain? >> nick paton walsh. im zain verjee. "world business today" starts now. hello, im andrew stevens in hong kong. >> and from cnn london, im c...

From another maximum security facility for crimes that include felony possession of a firearm and conspiracy to escape. he will spend the next 16 months at indiana state. >> sad to say i was out only nine months and i was only out nine months. dirty drops, i mean drugs, and this is where i find myself, back in another maximum security facility again. >> smith is not alone. a large number of inmates who are brought to isp have previously served time. >> ive been in this business 26 years and ive ...

Rasmussen poll in iowa, again, three weeks ago, to last week, herman cain dropped 15 points and newt gingrich gained 23 points. looking at the overall national polls is sort of interesting for the atmospherics of the race. maybe its helpful for fund-raising. you have to look state by state in order to get a true sense of who might win the nomination because we choose the nominees state by state and state by state the same principle for now seems to be holding. when cain drops, gingrich gains. in...

>> if you take something like shoes, they took shoes, i know who it is. the other guys in the block, they know i know. so if i dont deal with it, then thats a weak spot on my point. so they can go, okay, hes weak and we can steal the rest of his stuff and thats what was coming next eventually. its not my first stab, not the first time ive had stuff stolen and probably wont be the last time. its what has to be done. >> since hes serving life without parole, its unlikely hell receive any additiona...