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polling station with the final numbers from iowa to show us who's on top right now and why everything could change on tuesday. and our ali velshi is over at the social media screen keeping tabs on what americans are saying online about the candidates. it's been a very busy new year's day out on the campaign trail in iowa. cnn's jim acosta is covering the last big push for votes. jim, set the scene for us. a very important day today. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. and newt gingrich is not crying anymore after weeks of taking abuse from mitt romney. the former speaker sent a clear me...

They don't like government run health care. they know that con strains personal freedom and liberty. number one and number two, we've seen from the obama care bill with respect to abortion coverage, con tra septemberive coverage and all of those things can be tram ped by obama care. this is a big issue among social conservatives. the issue of global warming, huge expansion of government. we've seen the ron paul commercial showing nancy pel loiscy and newt gingrich sitting on the couchç talking about ho they can work together on something that most social conservatives don't believe in manmad...

Karen, first of all, let's weigh in on this sticking point. i heard mike pence this morning saying, look, it's really unbelievable that senate democrats are willing to shut down the government over the funding the largest abortion provider in the nation. >> right. contessa, i'll be very frank here, that's such crap. as we know, private funds through planned parenthood go towards the abortion coverage that they provide. predominantly a lot of what they do as has been discussed is well women health care services. and, you know, it is interesting we're talking about the troops, but what a lot of ...

There is a long-standing sort of bright line. you may not like it, a lot of pro-life people, pro-choice people don't like it, but basically a woman has the right to choose under some restraints under the roe versus wade decision, and also because the hyde amendment which is passed generally every year, the government will not pay for abortion. you have a right to choose, but the government is not involved in it in terms of financing it. why is this border that had been sort of respected changing now? what's going on? so, chris, just at the time when americans care about jobs and the economy, t...

You now can't buy abortion coverage, you can't buy full reproductive coverage in these health exchanges or even in the private insurance market. this is an extreme and divisive bill that goes so far beyond what we've ever seen before. it would basically say, people can't get tax credits if they offer health care policies that give full reproductive services give full reproductive services. so it would reduce people's right to healthcare and it would actually raise taxes. why they're doing this, i think it shows their true colors, which is they are trying to cater to the far right. >> what woul...