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and then alexander ovechkin with a great pass from alexander semin. 3-2. and then james neal in his seventh career game, gets his sixth goal. there's that shot by troy brouwer very late in the third period. >> mike: some of you may be waiting for the invitational. watch some exciting overtime hockey first. number six and number eight playing one another. both teams are guaranteed a point. pittsburgh has moved to 57 and washington to that 53. >> pierre: the dreaded three-point game hurts everybody in the standings, obviously. for buffalo and montreal and toronto, you're looking at that going, you've got to be kidding me. >> mike: dupuis and kennedy. niskanen and letang. the caps have already made a change. ovechkin takes this pass. moving back up is matthew perreault and gets to him. perreault lobbed it back in. alzner and wideman are the defense. brooks orpik moves it across. letang motors on. very deliberately circles back. head fake and the pass across to orpik. is there a trap to be played, four against four? i don't know, but the defensive scheme force
and then alexander ovechkin with a great pass from alexander semin. 3-2. and then james neal in his seventh career game, gets his sixth goal. there's that shot by troy brouwer very late in the third period. >> mike: some of you may be waiting for the invitational. watch some exciting overtime hockey first. number six and number eight playing one another. both teams are guaranteed a point. pittsburgh has moved to 57 and washington to that 53. >> pierre: the dreaded three-point game...
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our report from nbc's peter alexander. >> reporter: in suspending his presidential bid, he derided the toxic tone of the campaign. >> this race has degenerated into an onslaught of negative and personal attacks not worthy of the american people. today i call on each campaign to cease attacking each other and instead talk directly to the american people. >> reporter: but huntsman himself delivered some of the sharpest jabs against mitt romney. >> he's terribly out of touch with reality that is playing out on the ground in this country. >> reporter: the nasty campaigning began in iowa, zeroing in on newt gingrich's pst led by supporters of romney and ron paul. >> newt has a ton of baggage. he was fined $300,000 for ethics violations. >> reporter: the barrage derailed gingrich's campaign prompting former house speaker to counterattack. >> a group of corporate raiders led by mitt romney. >> reporter: escalating to this on saturday when he broke the even's rules by taking aim at romney once again. >> he said he created 100,000 jobs in the private sector. >> we said we will not allow any com
our report from nbc's peter alexander. >> reporter: in suspending his presidential bid, he derided the toxic tone of the campaign. >> this race has degenerated into an onslaught of negative and personal attacks not worthy of the american people. today i call on each campaign to cease attacking each other and instead talk directly to the american people. >> reporter: but huntsman himself delivered some of the sharpest jabs against mitt romney. >> he's terribly out of...
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nbc's peter alexander is in columbia, south carolina, where the primary is now four days away. peter, good evening. >> brian, good evening to you. tonight, mitt romney's republican rivals are scrambling across this state trying to cast themselves as the begst alternative to romney. this is really a mad dash with saturday's primary barely 72 hours away. to give you a sense, rick sanatorium in an effort to try to touch as many corners of this state today chartered a jet to make five separate stops across south carolina. after deflecting attacks from all sides in last night's contentious debate -- >> bain swept in, they picked that company over. >> reporter: mitt romney planned for a high-energy rally here in south carolina. but the front-runner was greeted by an unusually small crowd. and after pressure last night to release his tax returns -- >> the attacks on me, we cannot fire our nominee in september. we need to know now. >> reporter: romney, who opponents tried to portray as rich and out of touch, appeared to be knocked off message, promising to share his returns in april an
nbc's peter alexander is in columbia, south carolina, where the primary is now four days away. peter, good evening. >> brian, good evening to you. tonight, mitt romney's republican rivals are scrambling across this state trying to cast themselves as the begst alternative to romney. this is really a mad dash with saturday's primary barely 72 hours away. to give you a sense, rick sanatorium in an effort to try to touch as many corners of this state today chartered a jet to make five...
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peter alexander has that end of the story. good evening to you. >> reporter: lester, good morning to you. and roomy took the afternoon off, in fact, to relax and he took his family to the movies today. regardless of what happens here this evening, governor romney's advisers say he's in this for the long haul. for the romney campaign, proudly meticulous about every detail, that visit to tommy's country hamhouse featured an oversight that summed up a week's worth of stumbles. >> we came here. >> reporter: the crowd couldn't hear the candidate because his campaign didn't bring its own microphone. all week romney who is largely focused on attacking president obama -- >> repeal obamacare -- >> reporter: has struggled to fend off jabs from his rivals. newt gingrich and santorum and sidetracked about his personal wealth and wavering answers about whether he'd release his tax returns. >> maybe. i'll take a look at what the -- what our documents are. >> reporter: saturday morning romney tried to slow gingrich's momentum, and talking ab
peter alexander has that end of the story. good evening to you. >> reporter: lester, good morning to you. and roomy took the afternoon off, in fact, to relax and he took his family to the movies today. regardless of what happens here this evening, governor romney's advisers say he's in this for the long haul. for the romney campaign, proudly meticulous about every detail, that visit to tommy's country hamhouse featured an oversight that summed up a week's worth of stumbles. >> we...
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we begin with nbc's peter alexander at a romney rally in exeter, new hampshire. peter, good evening. >> reporter: lester, good evening to you. now we're hearing from mitt romney's wife ann romney. there have been several interruptions from occupy here tonight. the new hampshire voters are ruggedly independent, famous for primary surprises. with that in mind, republican candidates hope to take advantage of today's debate to knock romney off his perch. from the very start, mitt romney's republican rivals tried to cast the front-runner as out of step with mainstream conservatism. >> we want someone who is going to stand up and fight for the conservative principles, not bail out and not run and not run to the left of ted kennedy. >> reporter: newt gingrich challenged romney's authenticity, attacking his efforts to portray himself as a political outsider. >> this for me, politics is not a career. my life's passion has been my family, my faith and my country. >> can we drop a little bit of the pious baloney. the idea citizenship showed up in your minds, level with the
we begin with nbc's peter alexander at a romney rally in exeter, new hampshire. peter, good evening. >> reporter: lester, good evening to you. now we're hearing from mitt romney's wife ann romney. there have been several interruptions from occupy here tonight. the new hampshire voters are ruggedly independent, famous for primary surprises. with that in mind, republican candidates hope to take advantage of today's debate to knock romney off his perch. from the very start, mitt romney's...
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nbc's peter alexander has our report tonight from tampa. >> reporter: mitt romney tried to upstage tonight's state of the union address with a scathing critique of obama's economic record. >> three years ago, we measured candidate obam bah by his hopeful promises and his slog slogans. today, president obama has amassed an actual record of debt, decline and disappointment. >> reporter: last night romney abandoned what had been his above-the-fray style, instead aggressively challenging his republican rival, newt gingrich. >> i think it's about leadership and the speaker was given the opportunity to be the leader of our party in 1994 and at the end of four years he had to resign in disgrace. >> i'm not going to spend the evening trying to chase governor romney's misinformation. >> reporter: gingrich, whose combative tone in past debates energized audiences. this morning, complained that the rules set by nbc news limiting crowd outbursts affected his performance. >> the media doesn't control free speech. people ought to be allowed to applaud if they want to. >> governor, the speaker said no more
nbc's peter alexander has our report tonight from tampa. >> reporter: mitt romney tried to upstage tonight's state of the union address with a scathing critique of obama's economic record. >> three years ago, we measured candidate obam bah by his hopeful promises and his slog slogans. today, president obama has amassed an actual record of debt, decline and disappointment. >> reporter: last night romney abandoned what had been his above-the-fray style, instead aggressively...
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it's where we begin on this friday evening with nbc's peter alexander from the campaign trail. peter, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. tonight mitt romney's campaign feels very strongly that they have the momentum back in this race ahead of florida's vote four days from now. this is the biggest prize yet with both front runners crisscrossing the state trying to touch all four corners. >> i thought it was a delightful debate. i loved it. >> reporter: energized after his strong performance in last night's debate. mitt romney tried to assure florida's influential spanish population he's on their side, using his youngest son to warm up the crowd. [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: earlier, newt gingrich argued he is the candidate most sympathetic to the immigrant community. >> i would like a cuban spring in 2013 to help the people of cuba liberate themselves. >> reporter: while he rarely mentioned romney by name today, gingrich unleashed this fiery new ad attacking his rival. >> what kind of man would mislead, distort and deceive just to win an election? >> rep
it's where we begin on this friday evening with nbc's peter alexander from the campaign trail. peter, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. tonight mitt romney's campaign feels very strongly that they have the momentum back in this race ahead of florida's vote four days from now. this is the biggest prize yet with both front runners crisscrossing the state trying to touch all four corners. >> i thought it was a delightful debate. i loved it. >> reporter:...
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we want to start off with nbc's peter alexander. he is live from romney headquarters at the university of southern new hampshire here in manchester. peter, good evening. >>> brian, good evening to you. mitt romney is the prohibitive favorite here tonight, so as you say, this is a race for second place. mitt romney would become the is first ever nonincumbent republican candidate to win both iowa and new hampshire. battling through crowds of cameras -- >> governor huntsman -- >> reporter: the republican candidates made last-minute appeals across new hampshire today. >> this is bizarre. >> reporter: hoping for a decisive win here, front-runner mitt romney continued to face blistering attacks about what he's presented as an asset -- his business experience as the former head of bain capital that romney said created jobs and stronger companies. but newt gingrich today questioned bain's practice of sometimes liquidating companies and laying off workers. >> i am not saying anything that mitt romney has done was outside the law. i'm saying
we want to start off with nbc's peter alexander. he is live from romney headquarters at the university of southern new hampshire here in manchester. peter, good evening. >>> brian, good evening to you. mitt romney is the prohibitive favorite here tonight, so as you say, this is a race for second place. mitt romney would become the is first ever nonincumbent republican candidate to win both iowa and new hampshire. battling through crowds of cameras -- >> governor huntsman --...
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we begin with nbc's peter alexander with us here in tampa. good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. tonight the stakes are particularly high, as you note, for mitt romney trying to rebound from that loss in south carolina. today, a senior campaign official for romney said tonight's debate is going to be a contrast in character between romney and newt gingrich. romney is getting some help tonight from a top debate coach who four years ago advised john mccain. wounded by his defeat in south carolina, mitt romney has a new changed strategy. now directly attacking newt gingrich on several fronts. >> he's gone from pillar to post almost like a pin ball machine, from item to item in a way which is highly erratic which does not have a stable course which normally is associated with leadership. >> reporter: romney questioned whether gingrich broke the law during his time as a consultant and demanded the former house speaker release documents to shed light on his role at freddie mac. >> people should know if there's going to be an octobe
we begin with nbc's peter alexander with us here in tampa. good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. tonight the stakes are particularly high, as you note, for mitt romney trying to rebound from that loss in south carolina. today, a senior campaign official for romney said tonight's debate is going to be a contrast in character between romney and newt gingrich. romney is getting some help tonight from a top debate coach who four years ago advised john mccain. wounded by his...
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and that's where we find nbc's peter alexander tonight in orman beach. good evening to you. >> reporter: lester, good evening to you. it is looking more and more like a two-man race here between mitt romney and newt gingrich. after his dramatic win in south carolina yesterday, today gingrich said he's already raised a million dollars in campaign donations and is aiming to raise a million more for what he describes as the knockout punch. after his triumphant come from behind win, newt gingrich delivered a populous message, insisting his victory was a vindication. >> we proved here in south carolina that people of power with the right ideas beats big money and with your help, we'll prove it again in florida. >> reporter: while the resounding defeat upended mitt romney's position as the presumed front-runner, he said he's prepared for the long haul and without referring to gingrich by name, argued a washington insider can't beat president obama. >> our party can't be led to victory by someone who also has never owned a business and never run a state. >> rep
and that's where we find nbc's peter alexander tonight in orman beach. good evening to you. >> reporter: lester, good evening to you. it is looking more and more like a two-man race here between mitt romney and newt gingrich. after his dramatic win in south carolina yesterday, today gingrich said he's already raised a million dollars in campaign donations and is aiming to raise a million more for what he describes as the knockout punch. after his triumphant come from behind win, newt...
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the rest of the campaign begins now and our coverage begins tonight with nbc's peter alexander in manchester, new hampshire. peter, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. after a long night, mitt romney hustled here to new hampshire looking to translate the narrow victory into big momentum in the state announcing a key endorsement from a man who has won two republican primaries here in the past. mitt romney with his wife ann at his side, all smiles as they arrived in new hampshire after a dramatic late night iowa win. >> get any sleep last night? >> no. >> reporter: romney's slim margin of just eight votes over a surging rick santorum exposed sharp a divisions among republicans. >> many of the most conservative elements of the party have not embraced him. they will not embrace him. they do not trust him. so he has a long way to go to get conservatives in his column. >> reporter: the gop's 2008 presidential nominee, john mccain, today endorsed his former rival arguing new hampshire where romney holds a wide lead will erase any doubt that romney should be the republican nominee
the rest of the campaign begins now and our coverage begins tonight with nbc's peter alexander in manchester, new hampshire. peter, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. after a long night, mitt romney hustled here to new hampshire looking to translate the narrow victory into big momentum in the state announcing a key endorsement from a man who has won two republican primaries here in the past. mitt romney with his wife ann at his side, all smiles as they arrived in new...
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peter alexander starting us off from north charleston tonight. thanks. over to ron mott in orangeburg, south carolina. you spent the day on the trail with newt gingrich. if mitt romney is dialing back talking about cautious optimism after last night's red meat moment at that debate what's it like to be newt gingrich today? >> reporter: hey there, brian. newt gingrich is flying high right now. there is a lot of confidence in this camp. he is going in tomorrow full of optimism. they say they have seen late polling numbers that suggest that he has pulled ahead of mitt romney going onto saturday's big election here. what's striking about this reversal of fortune is that newt gingrich came to south carolina ten days ago limping after the lackluster finishes in ohio and new hampshire. he needed a big finish here. he might get it. he got not one but two standing ovations this week during the presidential debates. his crowds are large and enthusiastic. he had an overflow crowd here in orangeburg this afternoon. while the speaker seemed a bit tired of all the tra
peter alexander starting us off from north charleston tonight. thanks. over to ron mott in orangeburg, south carolina. you spent the day on the trail with newt gingrich. if mitt romney is dialing back talking about cautious optimism after last night's red meat moment at that debate what's it like to be newt gingrich today? >> reporter: hey there, brian. newt gingrich is flying high right now. there is a lot of confidence in this camp. he is going in tomorrow full of optimism. they say...
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alexander semin. bottom of your screen here. rips one to the back of the net. that beats cam ward. see it again. semin goes top shelf for mama, hides the cookies. that's tasty. caps take a 1-0 lead. third period tied at 1. jason chimera bottom of your screen here along the near boards, chips it ahead. ward makes the stop. bounces along. dimitri orlov in the right place at the right time. scores on the rebound. his first career nhl goal, and it's the game winner. caps edge the hurricanes 2-1. washington has won three straight. college hoops today. john thompson iii and georgetown visiting st. john's. hollis thompson was scoreless in the first half. second half different story. buries the three ball. and the junior from los angeles just getting started. ensuing st. john's possession, they turn it over. otto porter comes up with the steal. jason clark, quick pass to his buddy thompson. caps a 7-0 hoyas run. georgetown takes a ten-point lead. just over six minutes to play. hoyas only up three now. clark throws a cross-court pass to thompson, and he knocks down the three-pointer. thomps
alexander semin. bottom of your screen here. rips one to the back of the net. that beats cam ward. see it again. semin goes top shelf for mama, hides the cookies. that's tasty. caps take a 1-0 lead. third period tied at 1. jason chimera bottom of your screen here along the near boards, chips it ahead. ward makes the stop. bounces along. dimitri orlov in the right place at the right time. scores on the rebound. his first career nhl goal, and it's the game winner. caps edge the hurricanes 2-1....
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nbc's peter alexander on the trail in columbia, south carolina tonight. good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. these candidates try to dash around the state, mitt romney nearly missed his event here in hilton head tonight because he was stuck in paralyzing traffic so bad that he ultimately needed a police escort. he actually called in by cell phone to the room filled with veterans. the crowd gave him a groan, but ultimately cheers when he arrived. campaigning across south carolina today, front-runner mitt romney tried to present himself as a sympathetic conservative. >> i want to get jobs for americans. by the way, i'm concerned about our poor in this country. >> reporter: at the same time, romney lost a new ad responding to his opponents' accusations he callously killed jobs while running bain capital. >> this is a business mitt romney helped start. and this one. and this steel mill. >> reporter: newt gingrich continued to challenge romney for mischaracterizing his record at bain. >> he claims he created 100,000 jobs. "the washington post
nbc's peter alexander on the trail in columbia, south carolina tonight. good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. these candidates try to dash around the state, mitt romney nearly missed his event here in hilton head tonight because he was stuck in paralyzing traffic so bad that he ultimately needed a police escort. he actually called in by cell phone to the room filled with veterans. the crowd gave him a groan, but ultimately cheers when he arrived. campaigning across south...
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peter alexander from new hampshire tonight. >>> today's attacks on romney picked up where things left off yesterday during our nbc news "meet the press" facebook debate yesterday morning moderated by david gregory, who is also part of our team in new hampshire tonight. i guess this becomes the question. is mitt romney stoppable or unstoppable coming out of new hampshire? >> the rival campaigns see an opening tonight, brian. it's not a huge opening, but since the debate and on the campaign trail today, romney's rivals see an opportunity to touch a chord with conservative voters who already are not entirely sold on the idea of romney as a conservative. to now make the argument that he's vulnerable in a general election. he is not electable because of his experience at bain capital. because he may be gap-prone. they say take a second look, new hampshire, and take a look at him again in south carolina. a veteran republican from south carolina told me tonight, brian, he actually sees evidence of consolidation around romney in his favor. his rivals don't have a lot of time left. >> was inte
peter alexander from new hampshire tonight. >>> today's attacks on romney picked up where things left off yesterday during our nbc news "meet the press" facebook debate yesterday morning moderated by david gregory, who is also part of our team in new hampshire tonight. i guess this becomes the question. is mitt romney stoppable or unstoppable coming out of new hampshire? >> the rival campaigns see an opening tonight, brian. it's not a huge opening, but since the debate...
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we want to begin first with the reporting of peter alexander in florida. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. make no mistake right now, mitt romney is the heavy favorite going into tuesday's primary in florida. the bitter back and forth between romney and newt gingrich continues. today, romney was attacked by gingrich as dishonest and romney mocked gingrich back as desperate. >> what a welcome. oh, my goodness, you guys are amazing. >> reporter: with less than a day to go and the polls showing him with a commanding lead. >> this is fun what a day this is. with a turnout like this, i'm beginning to feel we might win tomorrow, what do you think? >> reporter: a confident mitt romney is dismissing his rival newt gingrich. >> i know, it's sad. he's been flailing around a bit. trying to go after me for one thing or another. you watch and shake your head. it's been painfully revealing to watch. >> reporter: this morning on the "today" show, romney credited his campaign's new strategy to be more aggressive for his recent surge. >> we were getting wailed on by speaker gingrich and didn't resp
we want to begin first with the reporting of peter alexander in florida. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. make no mistake right now, mitt romney is the heavy favorite going into tuesday's primary in florida. the bitter back and forth between romney and newt gingrich continues. today, romney was attacked by gingrich as dishonest and romney mocked gingrich back as desperate. >> what a welcome. oh, my goodness, you guys are amazing. >> reporter: with less than a day to go...
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peter alexander on the campaign trail tonight. thanks. >>> by the way the final debate before the new hampshire primary will be here on this nbc station. it's the nbc news facebook debate. it's sunday morning on "meet the press" with david gregory. >>> still ahead as we continue tonight, a mother protecting her own doing something un-i madge nably brave to save herself and her baby with intruders just outside the front door. >>> also ahead, millions of americans have reason to ask what's the deal with the winter of 2012 at least so far? and later, he was a star on the slopes before a tragic accident. tonight an nbc news exclusive. kevin pearce meeting the greatest challenge of his life. meeting the greatest challenge of his life. . so i'm glad it's with fidelity. they offer me one-on-one guidance to help me choose my investments. not just with my savings plan here at work. they help me with all of my financial goals. looking good, irene. thanks to fidelity, i can stay on top of my financial future, huh? good one. why, thank you. w
peter alexander on the campaign trail tonight. thanks. >>> by the way the final debate before the new hampshire primary will be here on this nbc station. it's the nbc news facebook debate. it's sunday morning on "meet the press" with david gregory. >>> still ahead as we continue tonight, a mother protecting her own doing something un-i madge nably brave to save herself and her baby with intruders just outside the front door. >>> also ahead, millions of...
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later in the first frame, caps with the power play again, they convert again, alexander seven, to troy brower, brower from a tough angle. caps on top 2-0. brower far from done. second period now, grabs the puck, fires on net. rebound out to brower. he shootings and scores. brower in the right place at the right time. and it's 3-0 capitals. but it's not over. one minute to play in the third, caps holding on to a 3-2 lead. empty net for tampa. chips it ahead to brower, that's sweet. it's brower's first career hat trick. the capitals edged 4-3 leaving them 6-0 at home. >> it's a special fete, but at the same time, i'm excited about the wins tonight. two pointses closer to florida. that's what we're really striving for. >> he's a tough guy, and he's also got skills so it's one of those player combinations that every coach likes, and if he stays in front of that, he shoots it pretty hard. but he's been doing it well for us this year and screening and also going in the dirty paint and getting good goals. >> up next the capitals home game tomorrow against carolinas. >>> turning to basketball.
later in the first frame, caps with the power play again, they convert again, alexander seven, to troy brower, brower from a tough angle. caps on top 2-0. brower far from done. second period now, grabs the puck, fires on net. rebound out to brower. he shootings and scores. brower in the right place at the right time. and it's 3-0 capitals. but it's not over. one minute to play in the third, caps holding on to a 3-2 lead. empty net for tampa. chips it ahead to brower, that's sweet. it's brower's...
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nbc's peter alexander is in charleston, south carolina, with the details. >> reporter: as most of the republican field gathered in charleston today, hoping to sway the large socially conservative block, rick santorum got a big boost from 150 evangelical leaders in texas who decided to endorse the pennsylvania senator. >> we're of course going to be in touch with all the people who were there and encourage them to be as supportive as possible with -- within their group -- their area of influence. >> reporter: santorum's strong second-place finish in iowa was largely fuelled by his focus on social issues. important to evangelical voters. >> we always need a jesus candidate. >> reporter: the influential leaders called in the support. john mccain won south carolina's primary, representing six out of ten voters split between huckabee and fred thompson. but with barely a week until the state's primary the endorsement impact is unclear because the group made no effort to push newt gingrich or rick perry out of the race. >> i'm not ashamed to admit i'm a christian. >> reporter: several are di
nbc's peter alexander is in charleston, south carolina, with the details. >> reporter: as most of the republican field gathered in charleston today, hoping to sway the large socially conservative block, rick santorum got a big boost from 150 evangelical leaders in texas who decided to endorse the pennsylvania senator. >> we're of course going to be in touch with all the people who were there and encourage them to be as supportive as possible with -- within their group -- their area...
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peter alexander, matt and ann are off. savannah in iowa are covering the caucuses, we'll hear more from her coming up in a little bit. >>> next -- first we want to talk about the new year ushering in cold weather, starting out with heavy snow into the great lakes and the northeast. this is what's being described as a fast moving storm that could dump as much as two feet of snow in some areas today. we're going to have the live -- the latest live coming up in a living report. that's a cold mouth. >> about time we experienced a little bit of winter around here. >>> also if it's a new year, new year, you've resolved to be better, save more money, get to the gym, lose weight, we're going to have great advice for our experts to get you back on the right track, keep you going well into 2012. i'm not much for new year's resolutions but we have good advice. >> we have good advice for embarrassing health questions, too. every time we do this, we get flooded with more of them, the people aren't comfortable asking so we'll do the com
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darcy spencer joins us live from the alexander section of fairfax county. >> earlier today, we were battling the 12340e asnow and t. tonight, it was the roads. here is seminary road in the alexandria area. you can see the slush to the entrance of this roadway. and warnings are being warned to look out for icy patches. in old town, alexandrso kpanexa bitter cold didn't stop people from going out. >> where did you get that hat? >> i got it online and the weather here is mild because i'm here from boston. >> this is nothing? >> this is nothing. >> an overnight blast left a layer of snow and ice across the area. >> this is the first time we've been out in a while, date night. >> it's colder than i thought it would be. it's chilly. >> a little brisk. >> we've been spoiled. >> some didn't even bother to bundle pup . >> first snow of the year, so it was nice. >> reporter: are you enjoying it? >> yeah. it's on the weekend so there wasn't a lot of rush hour traffic. >> reporter: earlier in the day, residents had to scrape, shovel and chop their way out. icy road conditions were at times treacherous.
darcy spencer joins us live from the alexander section of fairfax county. >> earlier today, we were battling the 12340e asnow and t. tonight, it was the roads. here is seminary road in the alexandria area. you can see the slush to the entrance of this roadway. and warnings are being warned to look out for icy patches. in old town, alexandrso kpanexa bitter cold didn't stop people from going out. >> where did you get that hat? >> i got it online and the weather here is mild...
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the teen was last seen yesterday afternoon in rockville, maryland. 14-year-old anthony alexander escobar was wearing a gray and tan hooded sweatshirt and sweat pants at the time. he was 5'9" and weighs 140 pounds. anyone with information is asked to call montgomery county police at 301-279-8000. >>> metro riders should expect delays this weekend. crews will be fixing the tracks on 4 of the 5 lines. as a result, trains will be single tracking. on the red line trains will single track between dupont circle and friendship heights as well as between takoma and forest glen stations. on the blue and orange, trains will single track between smithsonian and eastern market stations. on the green line, trains will single track between georgia avenue-petworth, and the fort totten stations. works will begin tonight and continue through sunday night. everything is expected to be back to normal on the blue and orange lines when metro opens 25 minutes from now. riders saw major delays yesterday afternoon while crews repaired a crack along the tracks at the stadium armory station. trains had to single t
the teen was last seen yesterday afternoon in rockville, maryland. 14-year-old anthony alexander escobar was wearing a gray and tan hooded sweatshirt and sweat pants at the time. he was 5'9" and weighs 140 pounds. anyone with information is asked to call montgomery county police at 301-279-8000. >>> metro riders should expect delays this weekend. crews will be fixing the tracks on 4 of the 5 lines. as a result, trains will be single tracking. on the red line trains will single...
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matthew perreault leaves it for alexander semin. sends it to ovechkin. one-timer beats marc-andre fleury. it's oafy's 20th of the season. evgeni malkin skates through the defense, falls down, stays with it, james neal somehow puts it past michael neuvert. wide but check out the friendly bounce. malkin on the doorstep. he scores the game winner. malkin leads the game in scoring with 55 points. the penguins defeat the caps 4-3 in overtime, winning their sixth in a row. the caps meanwhile have lost three of their last four. at verizon center sunday basketball, doc rivers and the celtics visiting flip saunders. and the wizards. fourth quarter wizards down. wide open dunk. but then young called for a technical foul for taunting pietrus. young certainly pumped here. but can't show up an opponent here. young finished with 19 points. later celtics up five. paul pierce goes to work on jordan crawford. drives, flips it up and in. pierce pumped in a season high 34 points, ten assists. wizards lose to the celtics for the third time this season. 100-94 is the final.
matthew perreault leaves it for alexander semin. sends it to ovechkin. one-timer beats marc-andre fleury. it's oafy's 20th of the season. evgeni malkin skates through the defense, falls down, stays with it, james neal somehow puts it past michael neuvert. wide but check out the friendly bounce. malkin on the doorstep. he scores the game winner. malkin leads the game in scoring with 55 points. the penguins defeat the caps 4-3 in overtime, winning their sixth in a row. the caps meanwhile have...
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peter alexander is traveling with the romney campaign. peter? >> reporter: kate, good evening to you. the campaign officials believe what the campaign is doing is working. they say the candidate has a renewed focus after his loss in south carolina. and has done a better job being more aggressive, consistently against newt gingrich and emphasizing their belief that he is the best candidate to improve the american economy. mitt romney says he's feeling like the front-runner again. >> i just feel that things are going in our direction. i'm hoping for a big turnout on tuesday. and i think we're being to win here. i sure hope so. >> reporter: in front of a packed crowd along pensacola's famed shores, romney focused on the president and mocked newt gingrich's complaints about the crowd participation in last debates. >> speaker gingrich said he didn't do so well because the audience was so loud. and the one before it was too quiet. it's like goldilocks you have to it right. >> reporter: and an all-out assault on gingrich, including john mccain who call
peter alexander is traveling with the romney campaign. peter? >> reporter: kate, good evening to you. the campaign officials believe what the campaign is doing is working. they say the candidate has a renewed focus after his loss in south carolina. and has done a better job being more aggressive, consistently against newt gingrich and emphasizing their belief that he is the best candidate to improve the american economy. mitt romney says he's feeling like the front-runner again. >>...
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peter alexander is in pompano beach to lead it off. >> reporter: the bitter feud between mitt romney and newt gingrich continued tonight. even as romney goes on the offensive against gingrich, the romney campaign is saying that it's trying to dismiss gingrich's attack on romney's character, calling them both desperate and over the line. with strong poll numbers showing him in the driver's seat, mitt romney didn't let off the gas. at the largest rally of his entire campaign. >> he's now finding excuses everywhere he can. going from station to station, complaining about what he thinks were the reasons he's had difficulty here in florida. but we've got a president who has a lot of excuses and the excuses are over. it's time to produce. >> reporter: this morning, den give once again challenged romney's honesty. >> this is a smart man, as you point out, he was well-coached. he came into the debate prepared to say things that were false. >> reporter: later calling himself the legitimate heir to the reagan movement toughened his stance. >> i just think it will be very, very clear and increa
peter alexander is in pompano beach to lead it off. >> reporter: the bitter feud between mitt romney and newt gingrich continued tonight. even as romney goes on the offensive against gingrich, the romney campaign is saying that it's trying to dismiss gingrich's attack on romney's character, calling them both desperate and over the line. with strong poll numbers showing him in the driver's seat, mitt romney didn't let off the gas. at the largest rally of his entire campaign. >> he's...
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here now from councilwoman alexander. >> my thoughts are with ward 5. they, you know, let's hope they get their representation and we are going to move forward. >> reporter: it's one of the largest wards in the city with 74,000 people. it's bounded on the north by eastern avenue on the south by florida avenue, west north capital street and on the east the anacostia river. vincent used to represent ward 5. he's at large now. he says he will act as a foster councilman for the ward. >> it's my intention to call a meeting for the ward 5 leadership and talk through this matter and see how we move forward pursuant to the law. >> reporter: this is unchartered territory for the city. it's unclear how deep the impact will be for the people of ward 5. the people of our city. back to you. >> pat collins, thank you, pat. >>> the harry thomas case is one of three scandals investigated by prosecutors right now. mayor gray's campaign is under investigation for corruption allegations. his campaign staffers have been accused of giving cash and promising a government job
here now from councilwoman alexander. >> my thoughts are with ward 5. they, you know, let's hope they get their representation and we are going to move forward. >> reporter: it's one of the largest wards in the city with 74,000 people. it's bounded on the north by eastern avenue on the south by florida avenue, west north capital street and on the east the anacostia river. vincent used to represent ward 5. he's at large now. he says he will act as a foster councilman for the ward....
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peter alexander is in charleston, south carolina, this morning with the details. peter, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. and then there were five. governor jon huntsman will make official today the announcement he's coming out of the race at 11:00. one adviser says huntsman's concern was that his path going forward would only take votes from governor mitt romney saying he was not one to stand in the way of a candidate best able to beat barack obama. just hours after winning the endorsement of south carolina's largest newspaper, former utah governor jon huntsman told advisers he's dropping out of the race. short on cash and struggling to revive the campaign after a third place finish in new hampshire he's expected to endorse mitt romney today. barely a week ago he got into this exchange with mitt romney. >> this nation is divided because of attitudes like that. >> reporter: south carolina may also be the last stand for romney's remaining republican rivals who this weekend courted the large block of social conservatives. >> we are endowed by
peter alexander is in charleston, south carolina, this morning with the details. peter, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. and then there were five. governor jon huntsman will make official today the announcement he's coming out of the race at 11:00. one adviser says huntsman's concern was that his path going forward would only take votes from governor mitt romney saying he was not one to stand in the way of a candidate best able to beat barack obama. just hours...
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alexander payne, the director, said you'll run downhill in flip flops. i kind of know what you want, even though he didn't say it out loud. i started to run like a goose, and then he laughed. the minute he laughed behind the cam remarks i knew i would have to do it 40 more times and it would get more and more humiliating. >> you were in nice looking clothing throughout the film. >> whenever you get the khakis up high and tuck the hawaiian shirt in, that's a good look. >> your political thriller this year was an important project to you. i saw it in this theater. >> i was very interested in politics. my father ran for congress and i spent about four months working on a show called k street in d.c. and shareded an office with james carville and mary matalin and some fun, nutty people. i thought it would be interesting how you elect people. >> is there an office you go to? >> yes, i have an office. >> you have mundane get me coffee office hours. >> i get my own coffee. not all of us are brian williams. look, i grew up doing some really crappy jobs over the
alexander payne, the director, said you'll run downhill in flip flops. i kind of know what you want, even though he didn't say it out loud. i started to run like a goose, and then he laughed. the minute he laughed behind the cam remarks i knew i would have to do it 40 more times and it would get more and more humiliating. >> you were in nice looking clothing throughout the film. >> whenever you get the khakis up high and tuck the hawaiian shirt in, that's a good look. >> your...
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on the power play, alexander seven passes to troy brouwer and goes 5-hole. from a tough angle, caps on top, 2-0. brouwer far from done. empty net for tampa bay. brooks light chips it ahandout to brouwer and he scores his third goal of the game. it's his first career hat trick, capitals edge 5-3 winning their sixth game at home and washington near 6th place in the division. >>> another embarrassing game for washington. third quarter, bad pass, stolen away by andre iguodala and have 18 turnovers. they out-scored wizards 38-18 in the third quarter. and a high game of 26 points and wizards drop their record, 1-10. that's your sports. i'm hakeem determirmishdermish. have a great day. >> thank you. >>> we begin to talk about our annual nbc health and fitness expo. stop by the washington convention center today or tomorrow. doors will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., both days. best of all, it is absolutely free. we'll be showing you some of the fantastic exhibits and booths at this year's expo. on news for today, 9:00 this morning. the news4 team is down there
on the power play, alexander seven passes to troy brouwer and goes 5-hole. from a tough angle, caps on top, 2-0. brouwer far from done. empty net for tampa bay. brooks light chips it ahandout to brouwer and he scores his third goal of the game. it's his first career hat trick, capitals edge 5-3 winning their sixth game at home and washington near 6th place in the division. >>> another embarrassing game for washington. third quarter, bad pass, stolen away by andre iguodala and have 18...
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. >> we love reed alexander. give him our love. >> what was it like when the first lady was on the set? how did you guys feel and how was it? >> it's crazy because there's secret service everywhere. they come about two weeks before. there's just so much preparation. a lot of people, too, like secret service. she was just really nice. she came to the set and she was so easy to talk to and just, like, she loves fashion and dancing. i met them before, but she said they helped her with her dances. >> how did the dancing come about on the show? >> we do random dancing on "i carly." >> nothing choreographed. >> no. just for fun. random. >> how would you rate her as an actress? >> really good. >> seems natural. >> she's funny in real life. i they's why. >> you've been doing the show for several years. how is everything going? >> amazing how it keeps building. >> thanks. i started when i was 13 and now i'm 18, so i've been doing it for a long time. i have a great time. it's really fun. >> you don't feel trapped by -- lik
. >> we love reed alexander. give him our love. >> what was it like when the first lady was on the set? how did you guys feel and how was it? >> it's crazy because there's secret service everywhere. they come about two weeks before. there's just so much preparation. a lot of people, too, like secret service. she was just really nice. she came to the set and she was so easy to talk to and just, like, she loves fashion and dancing. i met them before, but she said they helped her...
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lorenzo alexander, one of the longest tenured redskins. he got his take on everything from a new quarterback to a crummy season. >> you were a standout this season on special teams. my question for you, as a team, where do you think things went wrong this season? >> well, the thing i've been saying all along is inconsistency. we have the talent, the coaching as far as skiing. you saw we competed with guys like the patriots, the giants. that's been the story since i've been here. i think we have to find that gap to where we have to play those high games. once we are able to do that, we can be a competitive team and a playoff team. >> does it start with a quarterback? >> i think so. you see around the league, all the quarterback plays is phenomenal. you can go on and on the list, all the playoff quarterbacks. guys talk about rg, iii, peyton manning, there's a lot of name dropping right now. hopefully during this offseason, the coach and gm will get together and find out the best fit. >> what makes you confident mike shanahan had kuturning th
lorenzo alexander, one of the longest tenured redskins. he got his take on everything from a new quarterback to a crummy season. >> you were a standout this season on special teams. my question for you, as a team, where do you think things went wrong this season? >> well, the thing i've been saying all along is inconsistency. we have the talent, the coaching as far as skiing. you saw we competed with guys like the patriots, the giants. that's been the story since i've been here. i...
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nbc's peter alexander is following the first primary gop primary. they're already at the polls, correct? >> reporter: yeah, they are already casting their voting today, tom. this is really coming down to the wire between newt gingrich and mitt romney it's becoming increasingly clear. mitt romney has a large 15-percentage point lead. now things have flipped. newt gingrich by leading roughly 6% as the voters begin casting their ballots. fueled by a fiery debate performance and surging poll numbers, newt gingrich greeted an overflow crowd friday insisting he can win south carolina. >> if every conservative in the state decided to vote for newt gingrich tomorrow, that would be goon. >> reporter: with the help of south carolina governor nikki haley, celebrating her birthday. still they're trying to lower expectations it's always an uphill batter for me in south carolina. came in fourth last time. i'd love dom in first, but we're making progress. we'll keep battling. >> reporter: rick santorum continued to emphasize the differences between him and his rep
nbc's peter alexander is following the first primary gop primary. they're already at the polls, correct? >> reporter: yeah, they are already casting their voting today, tom. this is really coming down to the wire between newt gingrich and mitt romney it's becoming increasingly clear. mitt romney has a large 15-percentage point lead. now things have flipped. newt gingrich by leading roughly 6% as the voters begin casting their ballots. fueled by a fiery debate performance and surging poll...
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here now from councilwoman alexander. >> my thoughts are with ward 5. you know, let's hope they get their representation. we are going to move forward. >> reporter: ward 5 is one of the largest in the city with 74,000 people. it's bounded on the north by eastern avenue, on the south by florida avenue, on the west by north capital street and on the east by the anacostia river. vincent used to represent ward 5. he's at large now. he says he'll act as a foster councilman for that ward. >> it's my intention to call a meeting of the ward 5 leadership and see how we move forward. >> reporter: let me correct something i said. it came as a result of information not indictment. that means a plea agreement would be forthcoming. this is uncharted waters for the city. it's unclear what impact this will be on the people of ward 5, what impact it will have on the people of our city. back to you. >> pat collins reporting. thank you, pat. >>> the thomas investigation is one of three major scandals being investigated by federal prosecutors. major gray's campaign for cor
here now from councilwoman alexander. >> my thoughts are with ward 5. you know, let's hope they get their representation. we are going to move forward. >> reporter: ward 5 is one of the largest in the city with 74,000 people. it's bounded on the north by eastern avenue, on the south by florida avenue, on the west by north capital street and on the east by the anacostia river. vincent used to represent ward 5. he's at large now. he says he'll act as a foster councilman for that ward....
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." >> actually, alexander payne directed it. >> i call it the clooney movie because he's the one everybody's heard of. meryl streep won for "the iron lady," which i'm dying to see. talking about that. >> best motion picture musical or comedy was the artist. >> haven't seen that yet. >> i want to see that. >> you've seen this, just unbelievable, michelle williams in "my week with marilyn." >> terrific. >> good for her. >> best actor in a drama was jean dujardin. from "the artist." i don't think there were too many surprises. i think "the help" didn't get as many awards. octavia spencer -- >> i was so glad when she got that. >> absolutely lovely. who did you think the most absolutely most beautiful? >> i like when people don't look so coifed and pinned up and buttoned and sprayed. i like the natural. >> reese witherspoon. >> heidi klum. i know they spent a lot of time getting ready but it didn't feel like that. >> what caught my eye as soon as she walked out, and because we don't see her very much, was elle mcpherson. she's 47 years old, had several children. she is still -- i've known her for
." >> actually, alexander payne directed it. >> i call it the clooney movie because he's the one everybody's heard of. meryl streep won for "the iron lady," which i'm dying to see. talking about that. >> best motion picture musical or comedy was the artist. >> haven't seen that yet. >> i want to see that. >> you've seen this, just unbelievable, michelle williams in "my week with marilyn." >> terrific. >> good for her....
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peter alexander this morning. chuck todd is nbc's political director and the chief white house correspondent in orlando, florida this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, ann. >> even the word tumultuous seems inadequate to describe what has happened in the gop race in the last 24 hours. where does this race, the republican race, now stand as we're now looking at the day before south carolina? >> reporter: we're at a moment where we could see about 48 hours ago we thought mitt romney was going to make history. he was going to be the first nonincumbent republican to win the first three, go 3-0, become -- go from being front-runner to defacto nominee. now we may be making history because three different people, rick santorum, mitt romney, and newt gingrich might win the first three. i think at this point gingrich has momentum, nothing last night probably stopped that momentum in south carolina. we're here in florida. we've got that next debate on monday night. florida is supposed to be one mit
peter alexander this morning. chuck todd is nbc's political director and the chief white house correspondent in orlando, florida this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, ann. >> even the word tumultuous seems inadequate to describe what has happened in the gop race in the last 24 hours. where does this race, the republican race, now stand as we're now looking at the day before south carolina? >> reporter: we're at a moment where we could see about 48 hours...
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. >> peter alexander, thanks. david gregory is preparing to moderate the "meet the press" debate on facebook. good morning. >> good morning, lester. >> it looked like a battle for second place in the debate last night? >> you have a number of candidates fighting for second in new hampshire, fighting to keep their campaign as live. to try and create a firewall in south carolina. no question, governor romney a bit cautious last night. didn't want to lash out at other candidates, up in the polls here in new hampshire, and i think the reality of this debate following within ten hours is another opportunity and really another test for all of them to make the case here to try to slow romney down. >> trying to slow romney down. rick santorum came the closest in iowa with his results there, and he has a lot of momentum. did he do anything to change that position last night? >> i don't know that he did. the reality is that governor romney understand that new hampshire can do some pretty tough things to front-runners. he na
. >> peter alexander, thanks. david gregory is preparing to moderate the "meet the press" debate on facebook. good morning. >> good morning, lester. >> it looked like a battle for second place in the debate last night? >> you have a number of candidates fighting for second in new hampshire, fighting to keep their campaign as live. to try and create a firewall in south carolina. no question, governor romney a bit cautious last night. didn't want to lash out at...
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peter alexander is in south carolina. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you from the city of charleston. there's going be a forum for a lot of people to make up their minds in the state of south carolina. mike huckabee, the former candidate in this state is going to be hosting this event. they're going to try to whoo christians here o who represent nearly 60% of the state's voters. campaigning across south carolina friday, mitt romney tried to present himself as a sympathetic conservatives. >> i want to get jobs for america. and by the way, i'm concerned about our poor in this country. >> reporter: at the same time romney launched a new ad responding to his opponents' accusations that he callously killed jobs while running the private equity firm bain capital. >> this is the business mitt romney helped start and this one and this one. >> reporter: he's accused of mischaracterizing the claim. >> he claims. "the washington post" two days ago reported in their fact check column that he gets three pinocchios. now, pi
peter alexander is in south carolina. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you from the city of charleston. there's going be a forum for a lot of people to make up their minds in the state of south carolina. mike huckabee, the former candidate in this state is going to be hosting this event. they're going to try to whoo christians here o who represent nearly 60% of the state's voters. campaigning across south carolina friday, mitt romney tried to present himself as a sympathetic...
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asking for your help in finding a teen who was last seen yesterday in rockville. 14-year-old anthony alexander escobar was last seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and tan sweat pants. he's about 5'5" and weighs 140 pounds. anyone with information is asked to call montgomery county police at 301-279-8000. >>> crews will be fixing tracks on four of the five metro lines. as a result, trains will be single traging. on the red line, trains will single track between dupont circle and friendship heights as well as between takoma and forest glen. on the blue and orange lines, trains will be single tracking between the smithsonian and eastern market. on the green line, trains will single track between georgia avenue, petworth, and ft. totten. the work will begin at 10:00 tonight and last through sunday night. >>> everything is expected to be back to normal on the blue and orange lines after a rough afternoon commute yesterday. riders saw major delays while crews repaired a crack along the tracks near the stadium armory station. trains had to single track between the stadium armory and eastern market
asking for your help in finding a teen who was last seen yesterday in rockville. 14-year-old anthony alexander escobar was last seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and tan sweat pants. he's about 5'5" and weighs 140 pounds. anyone with information is asked to call montgomery county police at 301-279-8000. >>> crews will be fixing tracks on four of the five metro lines. as a result, trains will be single traging. on the red line, trains will single track between dupont circle and...
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. >>> it will not be in montgomery, prince george's, fairfax, alexander re, a et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. >> so don't worry about it. i wonder if they'll have time to look at it. what's up down there? >> reporter: we're doing a little streaking in this sportscast. i hope it's okay with you. the capitals, streaking. trying to make it four wins in a row. the terps doing the same. the wizards streaking also, only in the other direction. >>> the caps have their slow period in december and now in january we're going to crank it up. could that be it? >> reporter: i like that. they're trying to keep this going into the new year. like stella, they're looking to get their groove back. they've won three games in a row. it is their second longest win streak in the season. their longest winning streak since dale hunter took over as head coach. mike green is finally back. the all-star defenseman missed 23 games. they need this guy and finally, mike green going to be back on the ice. he was plagued by injuries all season long. has not played since november 11th because of a strained groin. he a
. >>> it will not be in montgomery, prince george's, fairfax, alexander re, a et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. >> so don't worry about it. i wonder if they'll have time to look at it. what's up down there? >> reporter: we're doing a little streaking in this sportscast. i hope it's okay with you. the capitals, streaking. trying to make it four wins in a row. the terps doing the same. the wizards streaking also, only in the other direction. >>> the caps have their...
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. >>> a letter alexander graham bell wrote to his parents just sold for more than $92,000 at an auction in new hampshire. the letter is seven pages long and includes rare and elaborate drawings of the telephone he invented. it was written two years after bell made his first call to his assistant thomas watson and obtained a patent on the telephone. the inventor was responding to news from his parents that a lightning strike damaged their wiring. in the letter he instructs his parents on how to ground the telephone to prevent harm from future lightning strikes. >>> from bell to poe for the third year in a row the anonymous toaster failed to show up at edgar allen poe's grave site last night in baltimore. since the 1940s a man dressed in black had been placing roses and half an empty bottle of cognac on poe's grave the night before his birthday. today would have been poe's 203rd birthday. >> wow. >>> much more ahead on news 4 at 4:00. facebook adds to its timeline with an assortment of new apps. >>> plus a blizzard couldn't stop delivering a baby. hear from the proud parents comi >>> the
. >>> a letter alexander graham bell wrote to his parents just sold for more than $92,000 at an auction in new hampshire. the letter is seven pages long and includes rare and elaborate drawings of the telephone he invented. it was written two years after bell made his first call to his assistant thomas watson and obtained a patent on the telephone. the inventor was responding to news from his parents that a lightning strike damaged their wiring. in the letter he instructs his parents...
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"the descendants," jim burke, alexander payne and jim taylor, producers. "the tree of life," nominees to be determined. "midnight in paris," steven tennenbaum, "the help," chris columbus and michael barnathan, producers. "hugo," graham king and martin scorcese, producers. and "extremely loud & incredibly close." [ cheers ] >> scott rudin, producer. >> please join us february 26th when we celebrate the magic of the movies. thank you. thank you, jennifer. >> thank you. >> there you have it. starting off with best picture there were nine nominations. we said five to textbon. i counted nine. >> i believe i got nine as well. >> any surprises there? >> i think a e pleasant surprise for steven spielberg whose "war horse" hasn't had as much awards action as he would have liked. "the tree of life" which is a small independent movie that did well, but a lot of people thought it was confusing, bizarre. the academy loved it. terrence malick did well. brad pitt is the big winner. he produced "the tree of life" and "moneyball." that's a testament to his power as an acto
"the descendants," jim burke, alexander payne and jim taylor, producers. "the tree of life," nominees to be determined. "midnight in paris," steven tennenbaum, "the help," chris columbus and michael barnathan, producers. "hugo," graham king and martin scorcese, producers. and "extremely loud & incredibly close." [ cheers ] >> scott rudin, producer. >> please join us february 26th when we celebrate the magic of the...
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that's where we find nbc's peter alexander, good morning. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. welcome to the peanut warehouse in conway, south carolina. this place was actually built more than a century ago to store tobacco. today it will be hosting a mitt romney rally. as one analyst put it, with two back-to-back debates scheduled this weekend, romney may be treated like a political pinata. mitt romney so confident of a primary win tuesday in new hampshire, is already campaigning here in south carolina. >> that's a great endorsement and that's quite a speech. i should just stop there. that's fabulous, thank you. >> reporter: with the state's governor, nikii haley, could attract social conservatives to the state, who's correctly picked every republican president since 1980. jon huntsman criticized him. >> the people of new hampshire don't want a coronation, they want people to earn the vote as opposed to sit in south carolina so certain of a victory. >> reporter: thursday night huntsman grabbed the endorsement of "the boston bloeb." "while romney proceeds cautiously, strategic
that's where we find nbc's peter alexander, good morning. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. welcome to the peanut warehouse in conway, south carolina. this place was actually built more than a century ago to store tobacco. today it will be hosting a mitt romney rally. as one analyst put it, with two back-to-back debates scheduled this weekend, romney may be treated like a political pinata. mitt romney so confident of a primary win tuesday in new hampshire, is already campaigning...
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peter alexander has more from miami. hey, peter. good morning. >> reporter: ann, good morning. mitt romney's campaign is feeling very confident that the debate gives him momentum into tuesday's vote in the state of florida now four days away. the romney campaign from the start was aggressive. mitt romney going after newt gingrich, beginning on the topic of immigration here in a state where nearly 20% of the po population is foreign-born. embracing aggressiveness mitt romney chastised newt gingrich for calling him anti-imgrant. >> my father was born in mexico. the idea that i'm anti-immigrant is repulsive. >> reporter: newt gingrich fired back. >> we're not going to grab a grandmother and kick them out. >> the problem isn't 11 million grandmothers. [ cheers and applause ] >> our problem is 11 million people getting job that legal immigrants would like to have. >> reporter: romney delivered a defense of his personal wealthiest mated to be as much as $250 million. >> it's important for people to make sure we don't castigate successful individuals. those investments lead to jobs in
peter alexander has more from miami. hey, peter. good morning. >> reporter: ann, good morning. mitt romney's campaign is feeling very confident that the debate gives him momentum into tuesday's vote in the state of florida now four days away. the romney campaign from the start was aggressive. mitt romney going after newt gingrich, beginning on the topic of immigration here in a state where nearly 20% of the po population is foreign-born. embracing aggressiveness mitt romney chastised newt...
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>> peter alexander in south carolina this morning. thank you. karl rove was the chief strategist for george w. bush's presidential campaigns and served as his deputy white house chief of staff. he's a fox news contributor now. good morning. >> good morning, matt. >> how did mitt romney handle the onslaught in your opinion last night? >> fine. he's the pinata and the front-runner has to walk in and know everybody will be throwing things at him. last night was a debate of consolidation. romney solidified his hold on first place by making no major gaffes. newt gingrich solidified his hold on second by having an effective performance and cleverly planting juan williams as his foil as a questioner. ron paul helped rick santorum solidify his position in third place by having terrible answers for a state with a lot of military and very nationalistic attitude toward foreign affair as. >> the attacks over bain capital, critics said to the rivals, hey, you're going to mortally wound this guy before he becomes the nominee. they seem to have found cover in
>> peter alexander in south carolina this morning. thank you. karl rove was the chief strategist for george w. bush's presidential campaigns and served as his deputy white house chief of staff. he's a fox news contributor now. good morning. >> good morning, matt. >> how did mitt romney handle the onslaught in your opinion last night? >> fine. he's the pinata and the front-runner has to walk in and know everybody will be throwing things at him. last night was a debate of...
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no-brainer, it's the united states military, and with that it's my distinct honor to welcome captain alexander w. >> good job, good job. >> recently returned home from iraq. when you got back from iraq, we should have thrown you a parade like this. >> it sounds great, just great to be here tonight. >> at least there's a little in the air tonight. >> i'm feeling the energy, carson, i love it. >> when did you get back? >> early october. >> not that long. >> how long were you in iraq? >> 12 months. >> where were you this time last year? >> spent the last new year's in iraq, so we were doing operations last holiday to assist iraqi security forces. >> you were on detail. >> but i was thinking about you guys. >> tell me about the number one game changer, what you see, the 2,000 troops you oversee, what is it about them, their bravery? >> it's a selfless service, carson, it's putting something bigger before yourself. i'm very proud to be a part of that team. >> what's it like for you to be here in new york right now? >> just the energy right now is crazy. to go from iraq last year to new york city ne
no-brainer, it's the united states military, and with that it's my distinct honor to welcome captain alexander w. >> good job, good job. >> recently returned home from iraq. when you got back from iraq, we should have thrown you a parade like this. >> it sounds great, just great to be here tonight. >> at least there's a little in the air tonight. >> i'm feeling the energy, carson, i love it. >> when did you get back? >> early october. >> not that...
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nbc's peter alexander is in tampa this morning. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. after being badly beaten in south carolina mitt romney hustled to florida to get a head start. having spent millions in this state already since the beginning of the month. romney's senior advisers say you can expect him to ramp up the rhetoric against newt gingrich going forward, that we'll begin to see a more confrontational mitt romney and we are already beginning to see it on the campaign trail. looking to capitalize on his resounding south carolina win, newt gingrich arrives in florida today, focused on momentum and money. >> in florida my case is simple. you have a clear establishment candidate in mitt romney. you have somebody whose entire career has been a reagan populist conservative going all the way back to the 1970s. >> reporter: on twitter, gingrich boasted he raised more than $1 million in less than 24 hours and asked supporters to donate more to help him deliver a knockout punch. >> this is a decision p
nbc's peter alexander is in tampa this morning. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. after being badly beaten in south carolina mitt romney hustled to florida to get a head start. having spent millions in this state already since the beginning of the month. romney's senior advisers say you can expect him to ramp up the rhetoric against newt gingrich going forward, that we'll begin to see a more confrontational mitt romney and we are already beginning to see...
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peter alexander. thank you so much for your reporting this morning. let's bring in nbc's david gregory the moderator of "meet the press" and chuck todd who is nbc's political director and chief white house correspondent in manchester, new hampshire this morning. good morning to both of you. >> good morning, ann. >>> four years ago rick santorum endorses mitt romney over john mccain and we all know what they say about payback. but does a mccain endorsement really help mitt romney in the race for the conservative vote? david, you want to take that? >> well, look. he is an establishment favorite in new hampshire. he's won it twice. this is mitt romney who's already got a lead trying to spike the football a little bit early here and build momentum. he is a front-runner but comes out of iowa still pretty fragile. santorum is doing well. perry is still in the race. gingrich is at least trying to build that resurgency in new hampshire so he is guite to actually demonstrate that he can win and win big in new hampshire. >> and dealing with of course the accusa
peter alexander. thank you so much for your reporting this morning. let's bring in nbc's david gregory the moderator of "meet the press" and chuck todd who is nbc's political director and chief white house correspondent in manchester, new hampshire this morning. good morning to both of you. >> good morning, ann. >>> four years ago rick santorum endorses mitt romney over john mccain and we all know what they say about payback. but does a mccain endorsement really help...
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. >>> but let us begin with a tense day on the campaign trail, nbc's peter alexander is in miami this morning. peter, good morning to you. >> matt, good morning to you. you can expect another round in the heated back and forth between mitt romney and newt gingrich again today. gingrich will be meeting with tea party activists and veterans in the state of florida. romney will meet with small business owners. and for his part, the president facing one of his critics at a pretty tense exchange of his own. immigration policy as -- the campaign battle shifted to immigration policy as front-runners mitt romney and newt gingrich courted florida's hispanic population. gingrich mocked romney's position. >> for romney to believe that somebody's grandmother is going to be so cut off that she is going to self-deport? i mean, this verges, this is an obama-level fantasy. >> i want to see more legal immigration in this country and to protect legal immigration, i think it's important for people to recognize that illegal immigration has to stop. >> at a candidates' forum in miami, gingrich faced blunt
. >>> but let us begin with a tense day on the campaign trail, nbc's peter alexander is in miami this morning. peter, good morning to you. >> matt, good morning to you. you can expect another round in the heated back and forth between mitt romney and newt gingrich again today. gingrich will be meeting with tea party activists and veterans in the state of florida. romney will meet with small business owners. and for his part, the president facing one of his critics at a pretty...
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>> peter alexander in south carolina. thank you very much. >>> new jersey's governor chris christie campaigned for mitt romney in iowa and new hampshire. he's with us this morning exclusively. >> good to be back, matt. >> you're a full disclosure guy. you like it when politicians reveal their financial situations and tax returns. is mitt romney missing the boat? >> i don't think he's going to. i think he'll release the taxes. >> why wait? >> the most relevant information is the most recent. he'll release when he files in april. that's going to be up to him. my practice all along is i release my tax returns every year as soon as they are filed. >> the appearance here is you wait until april, the nomination would be secured by that time and you don't have to worry about fallout in the primaries. >> he already started to speak yesterday about the rate he pays. i would say if you have tax returns to put out, you know, you should put them out sooner rather than later because it's always better in my view to have complete discl
>> peter alexander in south carolina. thank you very much. >>> new jersey's governor chris christie campaigned for mitt romney in iowa and new hampshire. he's with us this morning exclusively. >> good to be back, matt. >> you're a full disclosure guy. you like it when politicians reveal their financial situations and tax returns. is mitt romney missing the boat? >> i don't think he's going to. i think he'll release the taxes. >> why wait? >> the most...