it was the longest 3 1/2 minutes. why would the killer wait 3 1/2 minutes until someone sees him? one of the jurors said they got in the jury room and laughed at her. now it was time for richardson to go after the state s star witness, pat cone. after some soul searching, shawn buckner agreed to testify against his old friend. he testified that pat cone was extremely drunk that night, that in addition to that he had doubts about what he saw. patrick had told shawn buckner, i feel like i m sending an innocent man to prison. but richardson knew he had to answer one last question. in the back of their mind, the jury still saying, well, the kids saw something. if it wasn t your client, who was it? so richardson called his next witness. the back doors burst open and everyone in the courtroom turned and looked around. the prosecutor says, who is that? that was as close to a perry
captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. for so many months the word front-runner seemed almost permanently attached to mitt romney s name even as challengers surged even to fizzle out. but landscape in the early caucus state of iowa has taken a dramatic shift. tonight romney finds himself behind and losing ground to newt gingrich. of course, in the primary season one contest does not make or break a campaign but it can offer at least the perception of momentum. so, as the republican candidates prepare to debate each other tonight in des moines, look for newt gingrich to be in the middle of a cross fire. nbc s mike viqueira starts us off tonight. reporter: now a distant second in iowa polls, mitt romney is mounting a late push, campaigning today in des moines with wife ann, highlighting their marriage of over 40 years. this is my middle son. we have five boys, as you know, and josh had an extraordinary talent. he really should be the politician in t