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full fledged congressional showdown with a tax hike for millions of americans hanging in the balance. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." this just coming in. our brand new poll numbers hitting pitting president obama against the republican candidate. the survey puts each toe to toe the president and even though the election is still almost 11 months away, the results still troubling for the gop. lets go inside the numbers with ron brownstein of the national journal. than...

mitt romney is picking up a significant endorsement in south carolina today. one that could help boost his standing with tea party republicans who continue to question his conservative credentials. romney now has the backing of governor nikki hailey, who herself was propelled into office with tea party support. can she convince those same tea party voters to back mitt romney? joe johns is joining us now. this is a huge day for mitt romney. tell us what we know. >> mitt romney continued...

lets begin with the latest in the political plate underway in iowa. right now, dramatic, huge developments unfolding. looks like a three-man race if you believe some of these cent polls. newt gingrich, mitt romney and ron paul all basically within a margin. were watching all this unfold. jim akcosta is standing by. hes on the scene for us. gloria borker is joining us. newt gingrich, hes trying to project the positive image he is above the fray, but is he making a mistake by not -- thro...

political university for the republican white house hopefuls. most of the candidates have iowa on their schedule today with their eyes on the all important caucuses less than three weeks away. that includes newt gingrich, whos iowa campaign director resigned amid reports he called romneys mormon faith a cult. but do voters share that view? and could that be part of the reason why mitt romney isnt xweting even more support? joe johns is joining us with more. hes been taking a closer loo...

plus, the shocking end to an equally shocking case in saudi arabia. a woman beheaded for witchcraft. im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. just 24 hours ago, the mud was flying between newt gingrich and mitt romney as they campaigned in the first primary state of new hampshire. now gingrich is vowing to run a clean campaign and refrain from initiating the kind of attacks that have come to characterize the modern race for the white house. some question, though, whether newt gi...

one of them is leading the republican presidential pack. the other is bringing up the rear in this hour. newt gingrich and jon huntsman are facing off in a lincoln-douglas stale debate in new hampshire, where the first in the nation primary is just 29 days away wp. with the calendar closing in, flying between gingrich and its nearest rival, we are talking about mitt romney. jim has the latest for us. jim? >> with the holiday ises the debate, it could be summed up as newty versus nice. ...

congressional stalemate that could mean a bigger government bite out of your paycheck. im wolf blitzer. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room". -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com the lines have been redrawn in the battle for the republican presidential nomination and after months of focusing his fight on president obama, mitt romney is now going after the newest front-runner, the former house speaker, newt gingrich. romneys latest assault is the classic campaign tactic of ...

trump. hes always outspoken, and his old possible presidential ambitions. he still has some. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." lets get to breaking news. a chilling sense of da ja view. reports of shots fired, campus lock down, virginia tech university earlier this afternoon. it brings to mind the 2007 rampage by a student that left 33 people dead. todays incident was a shooting during the traffic stop by campus police. two people are are dead. brian todd is monitoring ...

"war on religion." youre in "the situation room." but first, this just coming in right now at this moment, our brand new poll shows newt gingrich leading the pack in three of the first four states to hold republican presidential contests. with less than a month to go before republicans start voting, newt gingrich has double digit leads in iowa, south carolina, and florida. he trails mitt romney in new hampshire but they still have some competition. ron paul essentially tied with romn...

a new week and new shake-up for the battle for the presidential nomination. newt gingrich is now the solid front runner in the state of iowa. but today his focus was on new york. and a meeting with donald trump. lets go to new york. theres jim acosta following this for us. whats the latest with newt gingrich the front-runner and donald trump? >> well, he is in the big apple and you can say he is singing new york, new york, start spreading the newts. he his message he is can win the rep...