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the nation's highest court. >> heather: and she just won the iowa straw poll and michele bachmann is going to chief competition. rick perry and our political panel weighs in. >> rick: victories and defeats as the race to the white house goes through major changes, a knockout punch for minnesota governor tim pawlenty at iowa straw poll. pawlenty ending his campaign for president earlier today calling his distant third place finish disappointing. michele bachmann emerge weigh a major win making her some of biggest shakeups. carl cameron is live in iowa with more? >> you know why people...

live from our nation's capitol we begin with karl in the ames straw poll. >>reporter: welcome to the lead off of the caucus states and historically significant test and what a political carnival it is. we'll give you a short tour here. as far as the eye can see on the campus of iowa state university. activists and supporters have convirged and it is fried food and barbecue and live music and getting together and community organize america politics in the future of the country. there are activist groups for special about in the court yard here and far outside of the compound there are...

we begin with karl in the ames straw poll. >>reporter: welcome to the lead off of the caucus states and historically significant test and what a political carnival it is. we'll give you a short tour here. as far as the eye can see on the campus of iowa state university. activists and supporters have convirged and it is fried food and barbecue and live music and getting together and community organize america politics in the future of the country. there are activist groups for special about in the court yard here and far outside of the compound there are activist tents for the candida...

thrown off her game? what do you think? >> the person it helped the most was mitt romney. he got to stay above the fray with the back and forth. a lot of the back and forth was with michele bachmann and tim pawlenty. the biggest move the target being president obama to the candidates trading barbs, a significant shift and we'll see this throughout the rest of the primary season. >> philip, the candidates like mark was saying attacked president obama. let's listen to what mitt romney had to say, he slams the president on his debt deal. >> look, i'm not going to eat barack obama's dog ...

street. this is the first time in history that we've seen the dow close with a net change of 400 points or more for a few days. you can see the volatility on the screen there. taking a step back, what stands out most to you about this week? >> reporter: how many were participating in it, jenna. volume, which is an indication of how many people are buying and selling shares will almost assuredly hit a record or close to a record that goes back to the october 2008 meltdown. that shows you the volatility and just the skittishness that was here and everywhere. this is a global phenomenon...