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candidates are today. front-runner mitt romney has two stops after arriving from new hampshire this afternoon. newt gingrich, rick perry and michele bachmann each have two events as well. rick santorum who just surged in the polls puts in the drive time with five stops throughout the state of iowa. one face missing from that map of iowa, ron paul. he says he'll ring in the new year at home in texas. two fresh faces you will see in iowa, cnn's political editor paul steinhauser and political director mark preston. they are both out at our forward operating base in des moines. paul, i...

Degree of concentration by being far from what's going on here. >> has the obama camp been gearing up for a challenge from romney and with the endorsement of newt gingrich does that change that and do you think he would rather face gingrich instead in. >> i suspect they would be salivating is too strong a word but hoping for somebody other than romney. they have been for quite some time counting on romney as their opponent. as much as they would have hoped for rick perry at one point or before that sarah palin even. they were always hoping for somebody who they could cast as an extreme republi...

Times so we can enjoy the good ones. it comes from the love that binds us. that's what makes a family. now, with the next fou hours we'll he has plenty of testimony how damaging having gay parents is by kids. not once have ian confronted who realized independently i was raised by a gay couple. you know why? because the sexual orientation of my parents have had zero effect on the content of my character. thank you very much. now to the best, most under covered storied of week, new york city's ban on smoking in public parks. for more we go to amy holmes. she is co-host of the radio show "ameri...

>> john yang, outside the courthouse has he has been for several weeks now, thank you. and some sad news from the sports world, justice in to us, the death of a man who hit the shot heard around the world. bobby thompson had been in failing health for several years and he died at his home last night. but he had hit one of the most storied home runs in baseball history. winning the 1951 national league pennant for the new york giants against the brooklyn dodgers. bobby thompson dead at the age of 86. next on msnbc, new details about a possible gulf coast cover-up. did a contractor for bp te...

Nobody's given us answers and children continue to be born sick. >> reporter: we want to emphasize that there has been no official connection between the hazardous waste facility and the alarming number of birth defects. also, the lawsuit filed against kings county is still pending. here's what waste management told us once the epa's findings were released. the epa, quote, detected very low levels of pcbs con find to the inside of a pcb storage and flushing building and a small area of soil adjacent to the storage building. the inside of the building has already been cleaned, according to to e...