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What brokaw said. you never know what happens when people go to the polling place. and when i lost in the senate when i had so many people who came up to me that said i voted for you and i wish you won and i had some people not so enthusiastic about my opponent, he said i wondered if you would be too close to the democrats. it led me to believe i would rather lose with a majority of unenthusiastic people. so well see as this night progresses. dont get me wrong, i love the enthusiasm about suppor...

Who support that are going for mitt romney, he has the strictest position on immigration of all of these candidates, and hes doing well with those voters. lets look at the arizona electorate, favorable toward mitt romney this evening. michigan is going to be a little tougher for him. that one is going to be the longer story of the this evening, were going over the exit polls and picking up trends in michigan as well and get more for you as the night progresses. >> bret: martha, thank you very mu...

The overriding issue tonight is the economy. it seems the voters are willing to vote for the person they think could better solve economic problems in the best way. so far those numbers lead toward mitt romney. >> shep: martha, thank you. much more ahead, key to victory in florida and what is mitt romney and gingrich campaign teams are going to be watching o as the night progresses. plus knew fallout from the fast and furious gun scandal tonight. well tell you why a powerful lawmaker is threaten...

Steer peoples support at all of these caucus sites. theyve got about 169 lined up in new hampshire. what happens is when the money flows so do the support and help of professionals in the republican party but it is a huge transition. watching lots of campaigns in the past that dont have all the infrastructure. it can be difficult. it puts an enormous strain on the candidate who will be tested at every turn and on advisers to make sure events look right. for example tonight weve seen them change ...

1300 precinct captains to help steer peoples support at all of these caucus sites. theyve got about 169 lined up in new hampshire. what happens is when the money flows so do the support and help of professionals in the republican party but it is a huge transition. watching lots of campaigns in the past that dont have all the infrastructure. it can be difficult. it puts an enormous strain on the candidate who will be tested at every turn and on advisers to make sure events look right. for example...

Apparently met with vice president suleiman, who is expected to take over, at least for a transition. our coverage continues with nbcs richard engel, "nbc nightly news" anchor and managing editor, brian williams, and nbcs rachel maddow. we begin in cairo with nbcs chief foreign correspondent, richard engel, who broke this story earlier today. richard, can you bring us up to date? >> reporter: we are waiting now for president mubarak to speak. weve been told that he will make an announcement that...

Flooding and then the aftermath. with regards to the wind, i spoke with a meteorologist here with the national weather service, felix castro, who said the island experienced about an hour ago an 86-mile-per-hour wind gust. keep in mind that the eye wall of this storm, much closer to puerto rico than earlier expected, so now about 30 miles off the north shore, so we will be closer to that more intense churning, the wind gusts that get anywhere from 185 miles up to 200-plus. we could experience a ...

Interesting. it was all happening just as the protests were dying down. people were going home. this thing was almost over right? >> yes, the commanding officer from ferguson police department, he actually sent most of the officers home that were from the other police departments. so it was dying down. typical ferguson protest, gets heated and dies down as the night progresses. thats ferguson for you and thats how it was happening and then this happened. >> and you were there as it happens. ive ...