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>> tonight we celebrate. tomorrow we go back to work. >> dana bash is in manchester. christine romans is in the election center digging into who voted and why. peter ham by is in south carolina, the next stop in this grueling presidential primary. lets begin with dana there. romneys two for two. he won iowa, he won new hampshire. this victory wasnt a surprise, not to most. he was expected to win. its the size of his win thats really grabbing attention, however. is it enough to get the ...

welcome, everybody. as i mentioned were at chez bouchon. we move right to the cake in is actually what i like to have for breakfast. this is a pistachio cake. the owner, everybody calls him b but his name is robert. he makes this for his mom every year for her birthday. this is a green cake with slightly green icing. were going to try that this morning. i like that, sugar to get us going. were really talking this morning about a historic night in new hampshire. and yesterday we were ta...

Our kids and our grandkids. >> i think youre going to hear mitt romney talk more and more about barak obama, the president, rather than the other candidates. one of those other candidates, newt gingrich, the former house speaker, disappointing fourth place finish in iowa. he was already up this morning, kyra. he was going after president obama over those recesses yesterday. he was saying he is the best person to beat the president come november. >> what about fundraising, whos doing well and whe...

surging along with his poll numbers, i understand. tell me more about that. >> thats right, they raised a million dollars in 24 hours after those iowa caucuses and he is fighting hard for votes here in new hampshire. you know, the conventional wisdom was, kyra, that he would spend more time in south carolina because thats where a lot of social conservatives are, not so much up here in new hampshire. but keep in mind, rick santorum has a rust belt republican approach to how he wants to ...

support him. hes followed by ron paul at 22%. rick santorum is now third with 16%. newt gingrich is at 14%. michele bachmann is on the campaign trail in des moines right now, a day after one of her high profile advisers defected. bachmann is likely to face questions about the decision by state senator ken sorenson to jump ship and throw his support behind ron paul. were keying an eye on bachmanns media event and well take you there live for some of the q and a session. he may be th...

i think shes stuck with the network because of the attacks. well is more in the next hour. live from studio 7, im drew griffin in for suzanne, whos on assignment in dangerous conditions in afghanistan. lets get you up to data on this tuesday, september 13. taliban fighters attacking the u.s. embassy with rocket-propelled grenades and guns. u.s. troops trying to flush these guys out. theyre in an abandoned building where the attack was launched. fewer than ten taliban are believed to ...

continuing with brooke baldwin. >> dont go far. i want to talk to you about that piece in mississippi. hello to you. good afternoon. im brooke baldwin. lets begin where drew sort of left off there. you know what, you need a scorecard today. or maybe a traffic cop to keep up with the presidential hopefuls. im giving you a map. des moines, iowa, ground zero ahead of the iowa straw poll. des moines, iowa, flooded with republican candidates. plus, yep, sarah palin. she turned up, arrived t...

this hour, this moment i came to declare my candidacy for president of the united states of america. >> her main cain there. mitt romney meantime is in south carolina focusing on jobs and the economy, also a hopeful for the presidency. its his first visit to the state since gearing up his political machine for possible presidential run in 2012. so far the former massachusetts governors candidacy is undeclared. peter hand by is at the event and joins us on the phone from suburban columb...

Look but from the straw polls taken at this event each time theyve had it, i wonder whos come out to actually be the person to run? do you know that information, last time they had it? >> yeah. its not very reliable predictor of future success to get the presidential nomination. in 2006 the last time they had this former senate leader bill frist, who was at that point mentioned as a 2008 presidential candidate, he won the straw poll when it was in tennessee, his home state. he didnt even run for...

Ahead of this problem. >> cnns political reporter, peter ham by, appreciate that. people along the mississippi delta today still watching the water levels there. now it is pouring in some areas, making an even muddier mess. take a look right there. pretty widespread. the rain comes as the mississippi was cresting in natchez, mississippi, at more than 60 feet. cn thfrnlthss brian cnns brian todd. >> these floodwaters have not receded. doesnt look like theyre about to any time soon. you mentione...