map out your traffic. map it out. how was your weekend? it was very nice. something unique happened. unless it s me singing, can we cut the music? that is rude. had a fun weekend, dinner, this is the most surprising thing about my weekend. jay and i are walking down broadway in the 70s. jay, love him. we go into duane read. you re not going to believe what we saw. will you show this picture? there is a bar in duane read. look at it. it s only beer. i think because they can sell beer, okay? not to minors. they have set up a full-on bar. you can get your prescription filled from upstairs and go down is that unbelievable? am i the only one shocked? duane reed has a beer bar in the drug store. is that your favorite thing? no. i m shocked. we saw life with marilyn. loved it. you had a pretty big night last night, fancy. i don t like big weekends because i have a big week so, yeah, i recuperate. but saturday night we went out to dinner with regis and j
that newt gingrich is leading in iowa and his lead is very likely to continue to grow when you factor in voters who were supporting herman cain before he suspended his campaign over the weekend. we understand today gingrich will meet with donald trump who s become a big voice in the republican race and a man who may still be flirting with a run of his own. gingrich is the only candidate to sign up for trump s debate in iowa coming up on december 27th. two candidates have already said no way. the event is being blasted by conservative critics. we ll talk about that and much more with donald trump when he joins us live in just a couple of minutes. but we begin with nbc news political director and white house correspondent chuck todd. good morning to you. reporter: good morning, matt. by just about every measurement it s safe to say for the moment that newt gingrich has surged to the top with mitt romney. when you dig deep within the polls in new hampshire, a strong argume
captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning. welcome to today on a monday morning. i m matt lauer. i m ann curry. good morning, everybody. it s good to have you back from a week in iraq. safe trip home? very safe. i leave iraq really impressed with all those men and women in uniform. it s always sobering to go, but they re all coming home as of december 31st. nice to say that after a long time. meantime i came back to a lot of breaking news over the weekend. because with less than a month to go to the first votes in the republican primary season, there s a new marist poll released on sunday and it shows that newt gingrich is leading in iowa and his lead is very likely to continue to grow when you factor in voters who were supporting herman cain before he suspended his campaign over the weekend. we understand today gingrich will meet with donald trump who s become a big voice in the republican race and a man who may still be flirting with a run o