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President barack obama is calling on a long-time hollywood insider and former ambassador to go after the huge pool of campaign funds out in tinsel town. a.j. hammer host of "showbiz tonight" has more on hollywood's connection. hey, a.j. >> hey, kyra. a lot of money out there and one of the president's top fund-raisers and nicole avant is ramping up the effort to get it back on campaign. her father once also ran motown. according to "hollywood reporter" she's already got three fund-raisers in the works and, of course, a lot of speculation that perhaps president obama has lost some support in ho...

surging along with his poll numbers, i understand. tell me more about that. >> that's right, they raised a million dollars in 24 hours after those iowa caucuses and he is fighting hard for votes here in new hampshire. you know, the conventional wisdom was, kyra, that he would spend more time in south carolina because that's where a lot of social conservatives are, not so much up here in new hampshire. but keep in mind, rick santorum has a rust belt republican approach to how he wants to go after votes here in this new hampshire primary. he's talking about giving tax breaks to the man...

already responding. let's bring in cnn political producer shawna sheppard following the gingrich campaign. following us from des moines. you got the statement from newt gingrich. what else is he or his camp saying? >> moments ago we heard from newt gingrich's campaign press secretary. he sent a statement to cnn to clarify the former house speaker's remarks. he said gingrich supports a negotiated peace agreement between israel and palestinians. which will necessarily include agreements between israel and the palestinians over the borders of palestinian state. however, to understand wh...