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time zone. i'm veronica de la cruz. today we begin with next stop new hampshire. mitt romney is looking to widen the paper-thin lead he beat rick santorum by in iowa. michele bachmann has dropped out while texas governor rick perry says he is staying in. nbc's brian mooar has details now from washington. brian, good morning. >> good morning, veronica. yes, mitt romney won iowa, but his competitors are pointing out that the glass there was three-quarters empty. mitt romney's campaigning on home turf with a win in iowa under his belt, the endorsement of john mccain in his pocket, and a...

treacherous drop. so police weighed the risks and say no way they'll be going in. it's a different scene from last night. it's quiet here and there are no longer any cops standing by waiting to make an arrest. it's dark, the flood lights are gone, and if he's still here, the suspect is alone. earlier tonight police pulled back no longer waiting for the suspected burglar to come out of hiding. police crisis negotiators have made contact with him. they discovered his first name is dan. >> he keeps telling us he's not going to talk to us but we are -- he does keep answering our question...

late last night, the senate rejected dueling partisan plans on a payroll tax break that could have a big impact in the nation's fragile economy. all because lawmakers on both sides have differing ideas of how to pay for it. nbc's tracie potts joins with us more. tracie, good morning. >> lynn, good morning, democrats want to tax millionaires, republicans want to cut the pay of federal workers. neither of those plans passed the senate last night. the democratic plan came nine votes short of what it needed to move forward. only 20 senators voted for the republican plan, and so now, with...

all because lawmakers on both sides have differing ideas of how to pay for it. nbc's tracie potts joins with us more. tracie, good morning. >> lynn, good morning, democrats want to tax millionaires, republicans want to cut the pay of federal workers. neither of those plans passed the senate last night. the democratic plan came nine votes short of what it needed to move forward. only 20 senators voted for the republican plan, and so now, with just a few weeks left, the negotiation begins in earnest. republicans say they're concerned that allowing yet another payroll tax cut, extending...

of her two young sons. chopper 4 was over the scene of a horrific three-car crash that claimed the lives of two boys, one 11, the other 2 years old, frld night. it was just after 9:30 on route 50 east near martin luther king junior high way in the glen arden area of prince george's county. 84 yeah vindle was driving a honda accord, the boys in the back seat. police say she rear-ended another car. both drivers stopped in the left travel lane. that's when a third car, a mercury marquise, driven by william lewis abui, slammed into the honda. the car caught fire, trapping the two childre...