panelists, whether or not they could determine on why we have lost the essential, how can i put this? how we have lost the fundamental understanding of what capitalism is, political association with capitalism is, and ultimately, the nature of what is going on in our society today, particularly among the parties? thank you for the call. next week, we will talk more about the personality and political career of thomas dewey as we bring you our live coverage from the roosevelt hotel in new york city. to the caller s point. in understand what the caller is saying and there are days when i would agree with him. but overall, most of the time, in the long run, i do not agree with the pessimistic view. i am still a great american optimist. part of my optimism is the hope that there will be candidates offering us the choices that wendell willkie offered us in 1940, and especially the wendell willkie after 1940. david, what was your grandfather s legacy? there were many aspect
the first time in more than two years! we remember that fist pump. tiger woods back in the winner s circle. is this the beginning of his comeback? first victory anywhere in two years, three weeks. a fog on a monday morning. a little eerie here in times square. hope everyone had a good weekend. a growing military mystery. iran claiming it shot down one of the u.s. s most advanced spy planes. is top secret intelligence in iranian hands? they ve claimed. haven t shown anything yet. check this out. this could be the most expensive car crash ever. eight ferraris, a lamborghini, two mercedes, even a prius. they were all speeding on major highway side by side. i love how you add the prius in there. and a rare interview with angelina jolie. and why she stepped behind the camera for her new movie. we begin with politics. herman cain is out. and newt gingrich has the edge and getting his endorsement. newt is on top in iowa and closing in on mitt romney in new hamp
they ve claimed. haven t shown anything yet. check this out. this could be the most expensive car crash ever. eight ferraris, a lamborghini, two mercedes, even a prius. they were all speeding on major highway side by side. i love how you add the prius in there. and a rare interview with angelina jolie. and why she stepped behind the camera for her new movie. we begin with politics. herman cain is out. and newt gingrich has the edge and getting his endorsement. newt is on top in iowa and closing in on mitt romney in new hampshire. john berman has more. good morning, john. reporter: good morning, george. less than a week until the crucial abc news debate. the entire republican race literally just got under the up side down. he might look like he s on top of the world, but more importantly, he s on top of iowa. in just a month, he s gone from fifth to first in iowa. today, his once broke campaign is launching his first ad there. yes, working together we can and wil
security. iran says they have shot down a supersecret u.s. drone. the cutting edge technology may have fallen to america s enemies. abc s tahman bradley joins us from washington. good morning, tahman. reporter: good morning, dan and sunny. the kind of aircraft that iran says it has recovered is made by lockheed-martin. the aircraft was reportedly used to spy on osama bin laden s compound in pakistan. now iran says it s recovered the aircraft. the claim was made on iranian state television that iran shot down and captured an unmanned u.s. spy plane in the eastern part of the country. they say it was the rq-170. a secret drone that can presumably go without detection. they have lied about such things in the past. but if true, it could be a significant capture. important secrets can be lost by looking at the kind of material on the skin or looking at the kinds of shapes employed. reporter: the u.s. military acknowledges that a reconnaissance plane crashed. official says it
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