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confiscated this time because they thought it was a security risk. but first, with eight days to go until the iowa caucuses, its a virtual dead heat and that ees bad news for the previously soaring newt gingrich. some are wondering if ron paul might actually take the hawkeye state. hi, joe, so just how close is it now? >> well, you said it, its very close, a statistical dead heat among the top three presidential contenders right now. the des moines register said it all this morning a...

Mostly because i know no one will have to go through this struggle again. >> today in afghanistan, troops took out for the holiday. servicemen and women in kabul attended christmas eve services, one soldiers comment summed up the sentiment. >> the message to my family, oh, i want to wish everybody back home in seattle and florida a very merry christmas and very happy new year as well. >> more than 90,000 american troops in afghanistan this holiday season. its already christmas day in afghanistan...

That as well as some family beach time, maybe some trips to get some had hawaiian ice. the first family is staying in a secluded residence here on the island of oahu. lester? >> all right, kristen welker. thanks. tonight in the face of international criticism over its nuclear program, iran has begun a ten-day show of strength in international waters off its coast. war games designed to show off tehrans abilities. it could bring iranian ships close to u.s. navy ships in the area. it is of cou...

I got mad, you know, and i took her life. i stabbed her with a kitchen knife. and after i killed her, then i took the vcr and went and pawned it for some more dope. i come to a place and realized that she didnt deserve what i did to her. you know, i was a bad person and i want to change. i want to be different. thats when i got saved. i embraced jesus christ as my lord and savior, and i believe hes really real. my hope is that people will see that people can be redeemed. >> would anyone else lik...

Gingrich is livid. >> he lives there. >> he lives there and cant get on the ballot there and has to be crucial to him and here is what hes saying so far. only a failed system excludes four out of the six major candidates seeking access to the ballot, voters deserve the right to vote for any top contender, especially leading candidates of which he is one, and we will work with the republican party of virginia to pursue an aggressive write in campaign to make sure that all the voters of virginia a...

Good evening, everyone. as christmas day fades into christmas night, cleanup continues from all the discarded wrapping paper kids are likely exhausted from all the stimulation, and shoppers are preparing to rally at least for one more visit to the mall. this time in search of post-christmas bargains. or in some case toss take back what didnt work, what didnt fit, or what they simply wouldnt be caught dead wearing. nbcs ron mott is a few floors down from me on rockefeller plaza to start our cover...

Around that wall and into this cell and it was pulled into this cell. >> the messages are often written in very small writing, we call it mini-writing, on small pieces of paper, where they can be easily rolled and stored in some place thats undetectable. one inmate who was going to a visit a couple of years ago was discovered with notes inside of his jumpsuit for the purpose of removing them to show his visitor during the visit. we only allow them to have pen-fillers, but they will sharpen those...

Rather than a write in candidates. >> dave: they dont allow write-in candidates to be clear. does it say something about the lack of organization and structure of the gingrich campaign. >> rick perry has 20 million dollars in the bank, he couldnt get on the ballot. no one could except for mitt romney all the money in the worlden ron paul all the volunteers in the world. >> dave: youre not saying its not a problem with knit gingrichs infrastructure and organization? >> i think when you have only ...

She said no. i got mad, you know, and i took her life. i stabbed her with a kitchen knife. and after i killed her, then i took the vcr and went and pawned it for some more dope. i come to a place and realized that she didnt deserve what i did to her. you know, i was a bad person and i want to change. i want to be different. thats when i got saved. i embraced jesus christ as my lord and savior and i believe hes really real. my hope is that people will see that people can be redeemed. >> would any...

things of which he didnt agree. >> and a holiday special. the best of our "getting to know" series. >> i didnt want to be a nun and i didnt want to be a congress wam. >> im candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." the politician of the battle over the extension of the payroll tax goes something like this -- the president, one, republicans lost. >> may not have been politically the smartest thing in the world, but let me tell you what, i think our members waged a good fight. we ...