>>> the hour big news this weekend of course the final push in iowa . just three days now before the caucuses that officially kick off the republican presidential race. and for most of the candidates there was no time to rest this holiday weekend. nbc's peter alexander is in iowa again tonight. peter, good evening.
>> reporter: kate, good evening to you. the republican candidates are ringing out the old year the same way they will ring in the new year, stumping for every last vote ahead of tuesday's caucuses. most of the republican candidates wooed voters in iowa today. while jon huntsman continued to focus exclusively on new hampshire.
>> so i'm asking for your vote.
>> reporter: but frontrunner mitt romney campaigned in both states, looking to earn potentially insurmountable back-to-back wins.
>> we're going to win iowa in the general election . thanks, you guys.
>> reporter: meanwhile, ron paul went home to texas for the holiday weekend. his supporters looking to distance him from decades-old racist news letters published under his name released this new video, touting dr. paul's care for a biracial couple in the 1970s .
>> when ron paul came to my rescue, he just stepped in and went to work with my wife.
>> reporter: also saturday, newt gingrich the target of an aggressive advertising blitz that's caused his poll numbers to plummet e-mailed supporters attacking the media and asking for money. still to be determined, whether gingrich's show of emotion friday speaking about his late mother's illness will help the former house speak connect with undecided voters .
>> um she was dealing with the real problems of real people in my family.
>> reporter: michele bachmann is struggling to regain the momentum that won her the ames straw poll last summer.
>> we did this together! rick santorum is enjoying the attention that's come with his recent surge among conservatives. on friday looking to win fans wearing gear from iowa 's rival universities at consecutive events. and rick perry fighting to overcome divisions within his campaign continues to hammer away at santorum's record on earmarks in congress.
>> the pork barrel spending where senators, they scratch one another's backs, is not federalism. that's about fleecing the american public.
>> reporter: finally, the latest bus tour here in iowa belongs to the occupy movement's protesters. today some of whom were arrested demonstrate straight dem onni demonstrating.
>> reporter: in the virginia primary where they vote on supertuesday in march today alerted officials in that state they're joining forces with rick perry filing suit to have their names added to that state's ballot. kate?
>> peter alexander in iowa tonight.
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