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good evening upon. im ali velshi sitting in for erin burnett tonight. out in front, campaign is kicking into high gear. candidates are criss-crossing the state, trying to pick up last-minute support for the first con tefrt in the race for the gop nomination. lets go straight to the political correspondent. jim acosta is on the ground in iowa. good to see you. lots of campaign events and everybody is back in the game. a recent poll shows 12% of voters in iowa, still undecided. you spoke...

Water. >> dana: i dont like the word. its like having -- >> eric: if you had $2 million to spend in addition? >> dana: i dont know how much it is. but if you work at a place one thing you have to do is operate a business, you need to have operating funds to do that. you cant expect the members of congress to pay it out of their own pocket. >> kimberly: why cant they mail christmas cards? >> bob: they do that and we pay for it too. thethe new scam now, they have town meetings to inform our consti...

Water. >> dana: i dont like the word. its like having -- >> eric: if you had $2 million to spend in addition? >> dana: i dont know how much it is. but if you work at a place one thing you have to do is operate a business, you need to have operating funds to do that. you cant expect the members of congress to pay it out of their own pocket. >> kimberly: why cant they mail christmas cards? >> bob: they do that and we pay for it too. thethe new scam now, they have town meetings to inform our consti...

this is important, because its the last day before the iowa caucuses, just 19 days away. and while newt gingrich remains the national front-runner, he has been losing steam. take a look at the latest poll. this is a gallup poll that shows in the beginning of december, just ten days ago, 37% of republican voters say they will pick newt. 22% picked mitt romney. but heres how it looks now. newts number has dropped to 29%. romney, as no doubt hes incredibly frustrated by, remains the same....

once it was hijacked? and the federal government fails us time and time again. lets go, "outfront." im "erin burnett." countdown to shutdown. 28 hours to go. feel like deja vu? me too. i feel like bill murray in "the ground hog day." ♪ put your hand in mine >> the government is due to shut down tomorrow. ♪ then put your little hand in mine ♪ >> were now less than 30 hours away from the government shutting down. ♪ >> only this isnt "ground hog day." this is our reality. this...

hello, everyone. im erin burnett. outfront tonight, the republican candidates for president have just finished debating in iowa. this is important, because its the last day before the iowa caucuses, just 19 days away. and while newt gingrich remains the national front-runner, he has been losing steam. take a look at the latest poll. this is a gallup poll that shows in the beginning of december, just ten days ago, 37% of republican voters say they will pick newt. 22% picked mitt romney....

stage of voting last month after voting for the lower house, egyptians will elect an upper house. unconfirmed reports from syrian activists say at least 36 civilians and 7 members of the security forces were killed in fighting on tuesday. the u.s. state department is calling on russia and other countries on the u.n. security council to speak out against the lethal crackdown in syria. a blistering attack by one iraqi politician against another. in an interview with cnn, deputy prime...

Underdogs. >> bob: won the heisman trophy. >> greg: he is not really an underdog. >> bob: i know you didnt mean this. you meant this today at the usual comment to the conversation. but jesus suiting up in the locker room, frankly is a little much for me to -- >> kimberly: my point is he is religious so why do you discount it and give credit to the kicker? >> bob: jesus on the back of n.f.l. jerseys and they sell. >> kimberly: dont wear one. >> bob: this is a risen savior, not someone who involve...

Underdogs. >> bob: won the heisman trophy. >> greg: he is not really an underdog. >> bob: i know you didnt mean this. you meant this today at the usual comment to the conversation. but jesus suiting up in the locker room, frankly is a little much for me to -- >> kimberly: my point is he is religious so why do you discount it and give credit to the kicker? >> bob: jesus on the back of n.f.l. jerseys and they sell. >> kimberly: dont wear one. >> bob: this is a risen savior, not someone who involve...

Republicans started a holiday package drive to send goodies to troops overseas. candy, socks, toothpaste and puzzle stuff. basically the stuff bob softlifts on saturday night. normal people embrace this, but academics are not normal people. take instructor thomas walker who penned a note mocking the drive where he said, "arent girzzs paid enough to buy what they need and even what they want? what are the troops doing for us? nothing. but against us, they are doing a lot, creating anti-american t...