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Delivering him an important and historic victory. megyn: well, that was white house spokesman jay carney moments ago talking about president obamas plans to rally the democratic troops in iowa tonight. these two polls may show the reason why. the latest nbc poll is finding only 45% of iowa voters approve of the job the president is doing. anything under 50% is considered not good for an incumbent president. the current numbers are a far cry from a gallup poll taken during mr. obamas first six mo...

its going to be hilarious. stay home. deep on cnn. stay with us. the countdown to the republican caucuses. the first contest over who will face president obama in november. well take you live to des moines. and a corporation bows to public pressure. verizon convenience fee, fuhgedaboudit. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com we start with iowa and the republican presidential race. there are just three days now until the first votes are cast, which means plenty of action this wee...

going in a mad dash. were seeing violent scenes even. theyre tearing down doors. people being arrested. you know what theyre all after? a shoe. not just any shoe, though. an air jordan. well explain. also, possible ground breaking lawsuit against the nfl. a number of former players suing over concussions they say they got while playing the game. one of those players, jamal lewis, in studio with me in just a matter of minutes. dont miss that. let me start with this major political road ...

stood by his call for more negotiations. >> lets extend the payroll tax credit for a year. all were asking for is to get the senate members over here to work with us to resolve our differences so we can do what everybody wants to do. less than two weeks before the iowa caucuses republican ron paul, now the new leader of the pack. in a new poll 28% say paul is their man compared to 25% who back newt gingrich. paul is holding a town meeting. that is happening in iowa this hour. more on...

talk more about it in our "crime and consequences" segment in 20 minutes. the clock is still ticking toward a midnight deadline to avert a partial government shutdown but the pressures gone down just a little bit. thats john boehners way of saying both parties in both houses have agreed on a trillion dollar spending package. now they just have to vote on it. the house will vote first. then start its holiday recess. the senate will vote after that. and will try to agree on extending a...

National security may be one that they talk about but the unemployed, the economy is the number one issue. understandably so. >> i dont have a doubt about that but a president has to walk and chew gum at the same time. we dont know what the next president will face >> greta: we learned that once before ambassador, thank you. the hits keep coming. they make a new move to kick out eric holder. did you hear what the lawmakers did to attorney general holder today? you. will stay here. congressman gr...

♪ ♪ dont let nobody turn you around. >> ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee. ♪ [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much, everybody. after the cbs gop candidate debate, a lot of frustration spilled out and understandably so. the network only aired the first hour of the debate and directed them to finish people to watch it on a website that didnt work. the moderator wanted to debate the candidates. and awn as the case. candidates got short changed with no time to answer the ques...

Understandably, they got bin laden, got rid of qadhafi with regime change without spending a lot of military resources. but one issue -- its true, they have a strong hand on some of those issues, but depending on where iran goes, the ia/ea report, the news we got about the terror plot. is there a sense that iran -- its my sense that iran could completely change the discussion about foreign policy. and it could be presented as such, a case study in failure in foreign policy for the obama administ...

sure he cant win? as the penn state tragedy unfolds, is stwitelevision let something defend themselves in brief interviews that dont say much? >> in retrospect, i -- you know, i shouldnt have showered with those kids, so -- >> thats it? >> yeah, thats what hits me the most. >> plus, well talk to the young pennsylvania newspaper reporter who broke the story. and nbc hires chelsea clinton as a correspondent while msnbc brings megan mccain on board. is a famous last name now more impo...

How many hours? >> two hours of therapy. >> yeah. here at the house. >> congresswoman giffords has missed about 98% of the votes in congress in the ten months following the shooting. understandably. she also spoke about her future in washington. >> today, does she really think she can go back to washington? >> no. better. >> its better? >> oh -- >> she wants to get better. >> better. >> you want to get better. >> better. >> and so you think to yourself, ill go back to congress if i get better? >...