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turtle doves that flew up 25% since last year. our coverage continues with one mr. wolf blitzer in "the situation room." i'll see you tomorrow. happening now, breaking news. ten more israeli hostages are now free and safe in israel, including a woman who also is a u.s. citizen. we're standing by for new information about their release just a short while ago and their condition after more than seven weeks in brutal captivity. all this comes as the truce between israel and hamas is due to end just a few hours from now following a six-day pause in the fighting. the u.s. secretary of s...

Establishment republicans that we have to change our policies to be more like democrats but we do need to change our tactics to be more like they are. >> nbc's casey hunt is in iowa now more. casey, we know that rick santorum won the iowa caucus back in 2012. is he still the toast of the town there in iowa among republicans? >> reporter: he certainly got a very warm reception. this is the family leader summit, this is his crowd, social conservatives, evangelical christians who embraced him as you said and actually led him to a victory in the 2012 caucuses. i'm hearing' a lot of buzz on the gro...

>> i think that concern is deeply felt in iowa. especially after michele bachmann won the iowa straw poll, there's a history of kind of what happens in iowa stays in iowa. ron paul is i think broadly considered and correctly considered someone who cannot be the republican nominee because his views are too far out of line with the republican party so the iowans are worried about that. i don't know that it will kill the caucuses, but it will be a problem. i think that ron paul could very well win the iowa caucuses. the fracturing on the right means one thing, the fact that the christian conserva...

Another upswing for obama. if that continues he's going to be in a strong position. but if europe goes to pot, which could happen just to throw the field a little more broadly, then romney is going to be looking good. >> go to pot, cocaine? >> well i want to talk about someone else who rarely comes up in the conversation regarding the republican primaries, but who is running for president, is rick santorum. we talk a lot about ron paul, we talk a little bit michele bachmann, we focus on rick perry's bon mots, but rick santorum got two endorsements yesterday from christian conservatives. family...

Is holding in the hawkeye state today. mitt romney will be a no-show in wa this weekend when social conservatives hold a candidates cattle call. who's he afraid of? alex burns is "politico's" national political reporter and joins me now. thanks so much for being with us. >> thank you. >> why isn't he going to iowa? is this part of his decision? has he made his decision not to make a big play for iowa or is he still deciding? and is it just that he doesn't want to be in the group he wants to go on his own? >> mitt romney has been trying to have it both ways in iowa for some time. and this event...