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lets begin with the latest in the political plate underway in iowa. right now, dramatic, huge developments unfolding. looks like a three-man race if you believe some of these cent polls. newt gingrich, mitt romney and ron paul all basically within a margin. were watching all this unfold. jim akcosta is standing by. hes on the scene for us. gloria borker is joining us. newt gingrich, hes trying to project the positive image he is above the fray, but is he making a mistake by not -- thro...

political university for the republican white house hopefuls. most of the candidates have iowa on their schedule today with their eyes on the all important caucuses less than three weeks away. that includes newt gingrich, whos iowa campaign director resigned amid reports he called romneys mormon faith a cult. but do voters share that view? and could that be part of the reason why mitt romney isnt xweting even more support? joe johns is joining us with more. hes been taking a closer loo...

plus, the shocking end to an equally shocking case in saudi arabia. a woman beheaded for witchcraft. im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. just 24 hours ago, the mud was flying between newt gingrich and mitt romney as they campaigned in the first primary state of new hampshire. now gingrich is vowing to run a clean campaign and refrain from initiating the kind of attacks that have come to characterize the modern race for the white house. some question, though, whether newt gi...

one of them is leading the republican presidential pack. the other is bringing up the rear in this hour. newt gingrich and jon huntsman are facing off in a lincoln-douglas stale debate in new hampshire, where the first in the nation primary is just 29 days away wp. with the calendar closing in, flying between gingrich and its nearest rival, we are talking about mitt romney. jim has the latest for us. jim? >> with the holiday ises the debate, it could be summed up as newty versus nice. ...

"war on religion." youre in "the situation room." but first, this just coming in right now at this moment, our brand new poll shows newt gingrich leading the pack in three of the first four states to hold republican presidential contests. with less than a month to go before republicans start voting, newt gingrich has double digit leads in iowa, south carolina, and florida. he trails mitt romney in new hampshire but they still have some competition. ron paul essentially tied with romn...

with president obama and the first family, but hes with me this hour to explain more. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." hes come on through the rise and fall of michele bachmann, but this time, it might be different for mitt romney. newt gingrich is now posing a threat to romneys persistent high polling, opening up a new battle line in the republican race for the white house. joe johns the working the story for us. whats the latest between romney and gingrich? >> well, ...

im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com we begin with breaking news on wall street. a dramatic rescue and equally dramatic reaction on wall street. the stock market skyrocketing today on new that is the federal reserve and other central banks are taking direct action to prevent a financial meltdown in the euro zone using the their resources to keep money and credit flowing amid the staggering debt crisis. its the largest coordinated move ...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com republican presidential candidate herman cain tells his staff he is reassessing the viability of his campaign less than 24 hours after he dropped a political bombshell right here in "the situation room." during my interview with him yesterday, cain revealed that an atlanta woman is claiming she and cain engaged in a 13-year extramarital affair, a claim cain flatly denies. coming on the heels of sexual harassment allegations, this leaves his campa...

hoping to take on the candidate who may pose the greatest challenge to president obama. we are talking about mitt romney. herman cain is live with us here in the situation room this hour. we will talk about what is behind declined in the recent polls. criticism of his 9-9-9 tax plan and much more. im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. hes the only candidate whose been consistently at the top of the polls in the volatile republican race for the white house. that has mitt romne...

flaring and deadly political upheaval. were learning more about who these young men are and why their families are so frightened. im wolf blitzer ayoure in "th situation room." were coming to you from washingtons historic constitution hall, the scene of tonights cnn republican presidential debate in which well focus on national security and foreign policy. in just under four hours, the candidates will walk on stage. its been ten days since their last face-off an in that time, there h...