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Jon: jay, quick thought. >> in congress find wheupbgs they passed the stolen value or act they said that fraudulent claims of being a medal of honor recipient -- jon: gentlemen, im sorry well have to leave it there. ♪

In a courtroom, and my basic concern is always the integrity and trustworthiness of the judicial process. >> we wanted cameras there, and we felt having everyone see the issues discussed in court would be helpful and, ultimately, it really was helpful. >> reporter: once again, jenna, these proceedings are taped, theyre not live, and its curious to see how justice john roberts responds after he has a chance to watch this pilot program, jenna. jenna: itll be interesting to watch. you dont know any...

City, iowa. steve? >> reporter: hey there, jon. turnout is expected to be a little heavier than normal. republicans say enthusiasm is on their side, theres been a lot of publicity for the debates. weve got the debate on fox thursday night, but traditionally evangelical christians have dominated the caucuses. a 2008 exit poll said maybe 60% of people who showed up were self-identified evangelical or born-again christians. it is suspected that newcomers to the caucus, those folks will be much less...

Freezing rain overnight into tomorrow. back to you, jenna. jenna: janice dean, thank you so much. >> you bet. jon: breaking news after this coming break. in the long island serial killer story. plus chos on a los angeles proway after eight big-rigs collide on i-5. what went wrong? thats next. california police on the hunt for a brazen bandit with an unusual taste for tybe bas. the we are not kidding. breaking details just ahead. ♪ . the best approach to food is tkeep it whole for better nutr...

>> we have to worry about it generally speaking, but we cant be involved in it. we watch it very carefully. >> reporter: the current thought here in israel is that assad leaving would be a good thing for the jewish state. in fact, the defense minister said, oh, we believe that assads weeks are numbered. the only thing, jenna, is there have been a lot of experts saying hell be gone in weeks. they said that in march, hes still in power. well see if he continues to hold on. back to you. jenna: lela...

Newcomers are likely to be less interest inside that, more interested in economic issues because likely they were previously independents, perhaps disgruntled republicans coming back to the fold or currently disgruntled democrats. those folks are largely interest inside what most of america is interested in chiefly, and thats economic issues and jobs. so if those folks start showing up, it may water down a bit the influence of evangelical christians come caucus night. could be interesting. jon? ...

Of the early states over mitt romney. it might be tightening in iowa, he might be able to explain away a loss to ron pauls good showing there. hes doing very well in south carolina and florida, hes nipping at mitt romneys heels in new hampshire where romney retains the lead, but it is diminishing. newt gingrichs momentum is a real threat to romney, and if he losesser thely in iowa, it could be a problem for him in new hampshire. jenna: some have suggested he tried to keep his distance from iowa,...

Until the tax cut is voted on, but republican congressman hal rogers says thats risky. >> we cant move until they sign the conference report. its a shame that they are toying around with government shutdown here. >> reporter: what you probably couldnt hear as well as you might have been in the room is that rogers says its a shame theyre toying around with a government shutdown here which is exactly what democrats say republicans are doing by holding the middle class tax cut hostage to extending,...

Jon: thanks nor coming in and sharing your thoughts th us. >> thank you, jon. had dinner with you, youre one of the good guys, thanks for doing that. jon: for a look at one of the legal ramifications lets talk with the chairman of the medal of honor foundation. john, the ninth circuit ruled that the government essentially cannot act as the truth police and punish lies that cause no direct harm. but you just heard leo say u know, for thos, you know, there is a lot of harm to them when a guy like ...

Alvarez, they just diminish what we fought for. jon: there is a book called the medal of honor, its put out by the congressional medal of honor society foundation. you are in this book as are many of the other living recipients, some of whom have already died since this thing was published. i would encourage people to buy the book and take a look, read your stories and find out what this medal really means, and what it takes to earn it, to receive it. it says in the book, in the forward to the b...