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newt gingrich is creeping up in the polls after this week's debate, but mitt romney is still the national frontrunner. today, the two battle it out over breakfast. both candidates will be in the same diner at the same exact time. >> see you at tommy's ham house. >> tommy's ham house, newt gingrich didn't know about it until we talked to him. we talked to tommy of tommy's ham house live this morning. here's what he has to say about the excitement in his restaurant. >> i told you here's what he has to say, i want to tell you stay tuned and we'll tell you what he has to say. you want to hear tommy because it's really interesting. two possible presidents, one possible president, with two presidential candidates in his restaurant at the same time in less than three hours. we start this news cast in south carolina where polls opened one hour ago. voters there are choosing a

republican presidential nominee. let's get right to the palmetto state. don lemon is at a polling place in lexington right now. hello to you and what are you hearing from the voters there this morning? >> i'm getting an earful. you want to hear what this guy has to say. i brought him over right away. walter mallard, right? >> that's correct. >> you're up early and you came to vote. tell them why you came to vote so early? >> i'm fixing to go quail hunting. >> there you go. get your vote in before you quail hunt and tell hem about the jeans. >> their britches. >> go ahead. >> brichs to protect your legs, to keep your legs from getting cut up by the priors. >> thank you. glad you came out. >> can you tell white house you voted for? >> no, sir. >> come on. >> it's my knowledge only. >> have a good day quail hunter. walter is leaving. they come in here through, at first it was a through j they had folks come in, but as we were about to do our live shot,

they changed it from a to k. some business going on here. they're getting things adjusted. oh, it's a through k there. ot tis smith has been here, how long have you been running this place? >> about 20 years. >> are we going to have an iowa situation here, you said what? >> no way. >> no way. >> we have never had any problem like that. >> running it ship shape. >> when we run the machines through and get a count, everything is accurate and we take it down to the headquarters. >> you know that lady down there, don't you? >> yes, i do. >> >> who is that? >> that's my wife of 55 years come june. >> how many people have we had, shirley? >> 28. >> 28 people votes. i'm sorry, ma'am? >> 29, 30 in line there, since 7:00 this morning. >> most of them on a saturday they have to go to breakfast first or go hunting or fishing or whatever and then they come here about 10:00 or later. we'll have a larger crowd coming in about 10:00. >> they have to go quail hunting too. >> sure. we got all that going on here.

>> you're a good guy. >> these are good people. >> main thing, with all the workers, we make sure they laugh. you know, we got to have a group of people with a good attitude in here. >> the commissioner, the person who oversees it came a few minutes to go on and check on us. >> always checking on us. >> i said -- >> doing it right. >> i said you were ship shape. gary, i have a question for you, you know the answer to this, gary, ready for this? >> i'm ready for it, don. >> ask me who big bertha is. >> don, i have a question for you. who is big bertha? >> you know who big bertha is, right? big bertha is a machine, i'm told by the election commissioner, that counts absentee ballots and i think i'm going to get to meet big bertha later on tonight. so i just -- it's going to be fantastic. big bertha counts the absentee ballots. i thought it was a funny question. she said i nicknamed that machine big bertha once we went electronic. that's otis smith, by the way. he runs things around here. there we go. we have people voting over

there. 29, 30. right, shirley? >> yes, sir. >> he's 30. and we're expecting a lot more. you heard otis smith, after breakfast we'll get a bunch more people here voting because this is a bell bl wetter county probably where the decision will be made. >> there's a slot machine in las vegas called big bertha, those big slot machines, that's what they call them, seriously. that's a common name i guess. >> same thing. >> thanks, don. >> same concept. >> slot machines, counting votes, gambling, politics, thank you. we'll talk to you later. newt gingrich has been surging in the last few days in south carolina. making this a real horse race. cnn political editor paul steinhauser with the cnn election express in downtown columbia, south carolina. paul, thanks for joining us. what are we hearing from the candidates about what they expect today? >> you know, gary, i have to say i think don lemon had a lot of cups of coffee. no quail hunting here. we're at the university of south carolina campus downtown.

expectations, newt gingrich very happy. he had a strong debate performance on monday and another strong debate performance most people say at our showdown? charleston two nights ago and seems the romney camp may be tempering expectations here in south carolina. here's what all four of the remaining candidates said last night. >> i think it really began to change dramatically after monday night in myrtle beach the debate. we were pretty good before then, because you could -- we're back home, as a georgian, i feel pretty good campaigning in south carolina, and we're getting a good, positive response. but monday night seemed to galvanize people and it got better and then sarah palin said she would vote for me. >> we have a long process ahead of us, 1150 delegates to get. i sure would like to win south carolina. but i know that if those polls were right, regardless of who gets the final number, we're both going to get a lot of delegates. i want as many delegates as i can get, i want the most delegates coming out of south carolina. i don't know what the numbers will be. i'm pretty confident, cautiously

optimistic. >> i feel like we're coming down to south carolina and florida for the next two contests, we have a chance to make the case, now that the field has narrowed and end up as -- which i hope which is a one on one contest with mitt romney. >> it's a very significant election. we have a he had two so far in this primary season. iowa and new hampshire. and we've been very pleased with how they came out and we hope to do well tomorrow night as well. >> reporter: you know, gary, i tell you, the last couple public opinion polls here over the last few days indicated it's almost knotted up now between romney and gingrich for the top spot. romney's lead here evaporating over the last week. so much on the line, so crucial, such a crucial primary. you know it's important when you bring the cnn election express bus, it's a big day. turnout going to be getting out the vote efforts with turnout will be crucial and the weather could play a factor. supposed to have strong thunderstorms in parts of the state this afternoon. >> no snow like in iowa and new hampshire, right, paul?

>> you and i share those times. no snow expected today in the forecast. thanks for checking, though. >> that's good. thank you. more from reynolds wolf about that. i'm glad you told us to. thank you very much. south carolina is the third contest in the republican race. but south carolina may be closer to the national pulse than cold iowa or cold new hampshire. here's the unemployment picture for the early voting state. south carolina is the highest at 9.9%. that is well above the national average. but iowa and new hampshire are way down in the 5% level. there's also a big difference in racial makeup. this is the percentage of african-american population in south carolina is 28% african-american, that's more than double the national picture. so be sure to stay with cnn all day for coverage from south carolina. it is crucial, it is important. we are not hyping this unnecessarily. this is a very big primary for these republican candidates. we will have all the results tonight, the best coverage there is, tune in 7:00 p.m. eastern time for our special on the winners, the losers of the south

carolina primary. now for some other headlines this morning. new arrest in a growing hazing scandal at florida a and m university. four members of the famed marching 100 band have been arrested. they allegedly beat other members of the band. these arrests are not related to an earlier incident which led to the death of a drum major after robert champion's death the school promised to crack down on hazing. a nevada man has come forward to possibly take the blame for starting a devastating fire in reno, nevada. police say the man admitted to improperly getting rid of fire place ashes. the fire which started thursday has destroyed nearly 30 homes. 10,000 people evacuated. firefighters now think they do have the upper hand on the blaze. roads have turned into rivers in parts of oregon, but floodwaters are slowly starting to recede in the northwestern town of turner, oregon. oregon's governor surveyed the damage there and has declared a state of emergency. the high waters forced hundreds of people from their homes. well, floods in oregon,

winter storm in the midwest and possible thunderstorms in south carolina, where the polls have now been open for an hour and ten minutes. meteorologist reynolds wolf joins me now. lot going on across the country. it looks like winter has finally arrived. i mean chronologically it arrived december 21st. >> we have the chronological list we watch but nature will have its own way. this is the first blast of winter coming in through parts of the northeast and the pacific northwest. we mentioned, of course, the flooding but in the high elevations we're talking about not several inches of rain but several feet possibly of snowfall. great news for the rockies. as we make our way to the southeast, though, let's take this full for a moment. you're going to see the story is going to be primary the rain. gary, moments ago was talking about the palmetto state of south carolina people trying to get out and rock the vote, so to speak. a rainy day heading out with a lot of umbrellas. when you go farther along the eastern seaboard the story is going to be a combination of sleet even some snow. how long will it last?

i'll let you mow coming up. back to you. >> thank you very much. thousands of confidential medical records are found dumped in the trash. authorities say they know who did it. but find out why they say they cannot go after him. and look at this, a nail in the middle of a man's brain. it was in his head for 36 hours, a day and a half, and he didn't even know it. until his fiancee say took him to the doctor. he's okay and we have the incredible story next.

good morning. thank you for joining us this saturday morning. it's 12 minutes after the hour. a live look from soggy, atlanta, rainy, foggy but warm. hasn't felt like winter in the south yet. as we said right now, 12 minutes past the hour. it's time for a check in with meteorologist reynolds wolf for the weather. and reynolds, big day in south carolina. i mean weather really affects voting. we were talking about there's not any blizzards in south carolina. >> not at all into maybe some rain. >> might be a big difference maker. i know all the candidates were hoping for perfect weather, perfect sunshine to go out and people head to the polls but that's not going to be the case today. let's go to the weather maps so you see the big problem we have in parts of the carolinas and gulf coast, even into the earn seaboard. you got that long blue skigley line which represents a cold front. that cold front is slowly drifting its way to the east. this is going to interact with the moisture from the atlantic

and gulf of mexico. behind it, got that big powerhouse area of high pressure that's going to come roaring in through parts of the great lakes. nice and cool for you through the ohio valley, snow possible in parts of the northeast. plenty of sunshine for the central plains and out towards the west. the pocket of cold air in places like minneapolis and back to billings and even denver. denver not bad at all. 58 degrees. when you get in the high elevations towards the extreme pacific northwest you see the snowfall totals there. everything in the dark purple indicates where you might see upwards of a foot for the c cascades and bitter roots of montana will see snowfall. parts of denver, along parts of say 70, our friends in breckenridge, colorado, may see up to a foot of snow in the highest peaks. anyone fly fishing along the blue river in colorado you will have some snowflakes to deal with. here's what you got in the northeast. the snow is going to be light but still it's snow. we haven't seen a lot of this in new york, anywhere from two to maybe four inches of snowfall for the next 48 hours. gary, that's a quick snapshot on

the forecast. looks like rain in south carolina, palmetto state, it's going to be with us through the weekend. >> still warm, though. easy to go out and vote. >> pick your poison. >> that's right. thanks, reynolds. you've got to see what we're about to show our viewers. this is an x-ray of a 33-year-old man, dante was working with a nail gun at his home in chicago when he apparently misfired. he thought he was lucky and the nail missed him. according to wgn he spent more than a day with a three and a half inch nail stuck in the middle of his brain. ouch. he only went to the doctor after feeling nauseous the next day. >> i'm still in shock. i still can't believe he had a three and a quarter inch nail in the middle of his brain. >> well, we're happy to tell you the nail has been removed and he's recovering from surgery at a local hospital. he's apparently eager to get back to work. don't know how you didn't know it. glad the guy is okay. paying tribute to world war ii heros.

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that's where more than a dozen suspected gang members are in custody. atf agents rounded them up last night. they had been investigating the gang, hell's lovers, for over two years. some of the suspects are expected in federal court monday. details of the case were sealed. a social worker in texas is accused of dumping thousands of medical files in the trash. gilbert ha deya found the personal information containing social security numbers and home addresses. >> i really feel like i'm a close to a lot of them because now where they live, how many kids, what their problem is, what their diagnosis is from psychology to pregnancies to drugs. >> the social worker told cnn affiliate kabb the files were in a storage unit that was auctioned. the state department of health says the person responsible can't be disciplined because he no longer works for the state. as red tails, a george lucas film about the tuskegee airmen hits theaters this weekend they're being honored in another

way. alabama's governor signed a proclamation friday honoring their contribution to world war ii. one airman was very happy to see this day come. >> as i retire for the evening, and i look at those 94 years that i have been here, and i say thank you, lord, for allowing me the opportunity to not only be a part of it, but live to see the results and reaction to some of it. >> the tuskegee airmen flew more than 15,000 missions during the war. forget those old-fashioned paper things we used to carry around. in one minute, how tablets could replace textbooks in your kids' schools.

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paper textbooks, so a thing of the past. that's if apple has anything to do with it. the tech giant wants ipads to help revolutionize how your kids learn. joining me now from baltimore, is tech guru, hln digital lifestyle expert and the man who thinks the ravens are the next super bowl champs, mario arm strong. mar ro, this new push could keep

students from having achy backs, carrying around heavy books. this is important, before you tell us how these digital textbooks would work in schools, do you think by any chance, that the ravens not only will beat the patriots, but will go on to win the super bowl? >> yes. i absolutely believe that -- i mean ray lewis is mant of the team. we have joe flacco with the fu man chew. ray rice can't be held back. i believe purple. it's done. >> it's hard to explain to our viewers, we've had dolphins predict the game and predict the patriots over the ravens. >> that's a dolphin. i'm a human. i pick the ravens. we should really go with what humans say, not animals. >> we'll leave it at that. let's get to the topic at hand. here to talk about. is this the end of paper books in school and when would that happen? >> you know, i don't know if this is the end right now, but certainly people have a choices and this is what we're talking about. do we want to start carrying textbooks or start carrying

tablets that could have thousands upon thousands of textbooks inside of one device. what we do know for sure is that education hasn't really changed when it comes to crick slum and textbooks. textbooks themselves are flat, just pieces of paper. you cannot interact with them, can't search them, they're not digital. this is to me a welcome shakeup to an industry that is so important and that is education. >> how would that work? are they practical to use in school? >> yeah. so i've downloaded a couple. using an app called ibooks 2. this is a page in an ibook you're looking at. this is biology. i want to dig into this cell, i could actually tap this image, go into the cell and actually start to manipulate -- let me go back here. start to manipulate the cell to actually see the changes inside of the cell. if i wasn't getting enough, i could actually tap on this person and start playing back a video. so it kind of does impress me on the different ways that i can actually interact and learn and

we know that many learners have different modes of learning. different students learn different ways. >> so, is there an affordability issue, though? will parents have to pay for this in the public schools or the taxes have to go up to afford for the schools to afford to pay for them some. >> yeah. that's the big question and one of the major concerns. we have schools as you know that don't even have digital classrooms, don't have laptops in the schools. is this only going to go to private schools that can afford this? that's a big issue. i don't know yet if apple is planning to do any major special pricing. none of that has been announced in terms of schools. we know you can get educational pricing for certain things. but will they go beyond those discounts? will there be new grants made accessible and other creative ways like public/private partnerships where companies step in and dough mate ipads or other tablets. i'm not trying to make a commercial for apple. i would be happy to see any device whether the nook or the kindle, which both have education apps and educational tools that are being used in the

classroom. i think we need to be moving towards an electronic course and curriculum future. >> i think it's really cool. when i started kinder garten in 1965 or 1966 -- >> putting it throughout. >> i'm putting it out there. it's relevant. there were still textbooks that said in my classes in my school said there were 48 states and we got 49 and 50 in 1959. i think this is a good thing, updates things right away. >> i think it's a great thing. i think a lot of people are concerned does this lock people into apple and the apple world. i understand that sentiment. the bottom line someone needs to shake up the industry. three major publishers on board. 1.5 million ipads in the educational system and over 20,000 educational apps. if anyone will usher in any change let it be apple and bring the competitors in and make change for education in the classroom for the better. >> thanks so much for joining us. we really appreciate it. >> appreciate it. >> join us every saturday at this time as our digital lifestyle expert mario armstrong gets the scoop on the latest technology. it is voting day in south

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it's 29 minutes past the hour. welcome back. i'm gary tuchman. we thank you very much for starting your day with us. polls open in the south carolina republican primary around 90 minutes ago and the candidates are trying to squeeze every last vote out of the state. you're taking a live look at a polling place in lexington, south carolina. there are a full slate of events today. we're going to take you to spartanburg, south carolina, the northwestern part of the state, right off of interstate 85. newt gingrich event. he's at a restaurant in spartanburg called the grapevine restaurant. one of several stops the former speaker of the house will be making. he will later be, a great, unusual, fascinating story, newt gingrich and mitt romney will both be at the very same time, 10:45 eastern time, two hours and 15 minutes from now, at the same restaurant tommy's had ham house, should be a ruckus occasion. getting the supporters of both those candidates in the same restaurant. it is close at the top of the

polls right now, so it really is anyone's game. but newt gingrich has been surging this week. while a big question swirls around his campaign. >> reporter: a new tactic from newt gingrich on the question of his relationship with his second wife. >> mr. speaker, is it valid to bring up personal issue in the campaign? >> reporter: a reporter who tripped seemed to get gingrich's attention. so he asked again. >> mr. speaker, are personal issues valid in the campaign to bring up? >> reporter: his refusal to answer is a 180 from thursday when he was standing with his wife and asked a similar question by a man attending one of his south carolina rallies. >> i've been very open about mistakes i've made, very open about needing to go to god for forgiveness and seeking reconciliation. >> reporter: and then talked about it with reporters. >> an issue i confront every time it comes up and confront its same way. you watch the audience. >> reporter: the next president. during the last two days,

gingrich's crowds have grown bigger and louder as the stakes get higher. >> this is the event where it's -- >> reporter: on the eve of the iowa caucuses and new hampshire primary, newt gingrich knew he wasn't going to win but now he believes victory in south carolina is within his grasp. >> if we win on saturday, with your help, i believe i will become the nominee because i do think south carolina, in fact, has an enormous impact. you've picked the winner every single primary since 1980. and i believe that we will go on to win florida and then we'll go on to win the nomination. >> do you think it's critical you win here in south carolina? >> i think it's critical you win as often as you can. i think that this is -- the number one thing we now know is, that when this becomes a two-person race, that romney has a huge problem because he's too liberal for most republican voters. >> reporter: as gingrich's poll numbers have increased so it appears have his spirits. he's eagerly belted out the one liners. in this case, talking about

president obama's thursday visit to walt disney world. >> the president's standing with mickey mouse on one side and goofy on the other. >> reporter: gingrich doesn't want to be backed into a corner. but if it doesn't have a strong performance in south carolina which neighbors his home state of georgia, he'll be increasingly unlikely to hear things like this for real. >> mr. president -- >> not yet. but with your help. [ applause ] >> reporter: it's interesting, these rallies how many times people call the candidate mr. president. seems to happen a lot, not just this year, other election years too. it's time to throw out the polls for right now. we want to narrow it down to one voter, one undecided voter in south carolina, the four choices, joining me on the phone is lynn bennett, the south carolina gop chairwoman for charleston county. okay. thanks for joining us. first, are you still undecided at this moment? >> i am. i am. i've narrowed it down to -- i

picked two candidates. i've been studying hem and watching them and i've got until 7:00 p.m. tonight to make a decision. >> well, first, you've led me to my next question, who are the two candidates you've narrowed it down to? >> i've narrowed it down to newt gingrich and rick santorum. >> and what made you decide to eliminate ron paul and mitt romney from your repertoire? >> well, i want to say i think they're both great candidates. i just have issues in their background and their past history that bother me. some of their votes, the way that romney has done governing in massachusetts, bothers me. i know he's changed his mind, but my concern is, will he change his mind again? i love a lot of stuff that dr. paul has to say, but i am concerned about his foreign policy issues. >> so now you are going to vote today. you have to figure it out. how the heck are you going to figure it out?

i'm looking at my watch, the polls are only open for about another 10 1/2 hours. what will lead you to that final decision? >> i have no idea. i am listening to, you know, to news. i'm checking my ipad all the time to see if something breaks or something happens that will help me make this decision. but, you know, it's -- we've got good candidates. i woke up this morning and saw that there's still 20% of south carolinians undecided. i thought thank god i'm not the only one. >> you're in good company, lin. do you have a quarter or a dime, nickel, penny near you? >> i do. >> take it. >> i might use that. >> by the end of the day if you can't decide, take it and flip it, okay? >> i will do that. thank you. >> lin, nice talking to you. thank you so much. >> you too. have a great day. >> you too. be sure to stay with cnn all day for coverage from south carolina. and tonight, we have got the results. it is the best election program in television, modestly say

that, tune in at 7:00 p.m. for our special coverage of the winners and losers of the south carolina primary. if you own a computer, smartphone, tablet, okay, or basically any gadget, your employer probably calls and e-mails you afterhours about work. should you get paid overtime for that kind of work? one country says yes. but first, time for travel insiders. cnn reporters and producers often have the inside scoop on great places to go. our karen wadegood gets an up close at sea manatees in florida. >> reporter: kings bay and crystal river is one of the best places in florida to find manatees. the water is 72 degrees year-round, pretty warm by manatee standards, a bit chilly otherwise. i picked up a wet suit on the drive down. >> what would you tell someone who wants to look cute in a wet suit? >> it's not going to happen. >> i'm going to use it. >> wet suits are not flattering. >> you kind of feel like a sausage when you're wearing one of these?

>> yes, you do. >> reporter: let's just say wearing a wet suit is part of the adventure. and you don't have to buy one. you can rent one. and everything else you need for a terrific manatee vacation. right on the crystal river national wildlife refuge. okay. i have my snorkel gear, wet suit and stand-up paddle board. first thing's first. >> there are certain things you cannot do. you cannot harass a manatee in any way. you don't want to change its behavior. if it's sleeping, you absolutely don't want to wake it up. you don't want to swim over to it and scratch it and try to get it to come up to the surface. nothing like that. you just want to hang back, watch it in its natural environment and if he wants to come over to you, that's fine. just let it do the interactions and don't you initiate it. >> reporter: keep in mind, harassing a manatee is illegal. you can be fined up to $150. it's $10,000 in extreme cases. plus a year in jail. >> mission accomplished.

we found a manatee cow and her calf in an inlet off the river. it was nice and quiet. we were the only ones here and we got some great pictures. >> reporter: karen wadegood, cnn, crystal river, florida. ok! who gets occasional constipation,

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pretty soon, hearing this sound -- will make some folks hear this sound. brazil's president has signed a law, this is a true story, that could make afterhours e-mails and calls eligible for overtime pay. a law. you heard me right. money for that extra work that you do over the weekends and your cell phone. your computer. our very own nadia bilchik joins us for this morning's passport. a lot of people might want to move to brazil. >> i want to qualify. she said overtime you will be eligible, you can qualify, but what it takes to qualify is pretty odd. it's not as simple as that. the president of brazil signed a law saying if you work overtime and if you have a great deal of action that has to be taken afterhours, it does make you eligible. so who's going to really benefit from this? the lawyers. because what are you going to have to go through? think about that.

also, gary, in the last five years, think about how much your life has changed now that you are accessible 24 hours a day? >> i think it makes it easier, though, for me. >> yes. >> because i can do a lot of things over the weekend, don't have to worry about it when i wake up on monday. >> that's fair enough. what they say is if it is being abused and you have a case, now they're really formalizing something happening in brazil anyway. a lot of employees were suing employers for taking advantage. they legalized it. it does need to go through the supreme labor court of brazil to review and that's going to happen in february. what lawyers are saying you're going to see more employees suing employers for overtime. what it's going to make people do is think twice before they request an action taken. but how are you going to actually prove it? because somebody can say, i didn't send you that e-mail at that time, there's a glitch on your computer. >> is it practical? >> it's going to take a lot to prove.

brazilians typically do work many hours afterwork and they're also apparently very late for meetings. what she's trying to do, instead of wasting your time and waiting two or three hours for meetings, it's a way of just formalizing the situation and making it easier for the employee. by the way, brazil is a labor-friendly country already, so there's concern about what is this going to do. >> labor friendly, no kidding. could this happen in the united states? >> i can't see it happening, but it would be nice if it happened here. i like don lemon's tweet. if it happened to him he would be a gazillionaire answering all the e-mails. we do publicly what we used to do privately. you used to answer e-mail where you would have to go into an office or office in your home, open your computer. you can now both send e-mails and receive e-mails publicly from anywhere. so what this really is doing is just saying to people, let's not abuse the system. what happens to these workaholics, crackberry addicts, smartphone addicts what is this

doing to us long term. it's hard to quantify because it's unprecedented. >> excuse me for a second, i have an e-mail i have to send. >> exactly. how many times are you having a conversation with somebody, i love how seinfeld says it, suddenly they do that and it's almost perfectly acceptble. >> it's rude! >> exactly. >> that's my editorial comment for the day. >> no afterhours e-mails, that aren't necessary. that's what it's going to hopefully stop in brazil. >> nadia bilchik, thank you very much. we asked for your thoughts on this story and twitter and some person as nadya said, i believe his name is pronounced don lemon, said, you and i would be gazillionaires i say yes. i agree with you there. but one of our viewers, jazz shaw disagrees. i think jazz is a he f you're not i apologize. if companies want to pay people for o.t. calls, tweeting, fine. making them do it? forget it. systemic abuse alert. we want to hear what you think. should companies be faced to pay

overtime for afterhours calls and e-mails? tweet me @garytuchmancnn. we'll use your answers on the air and these tweets are not eligible for overtime pay. don't ask us or your bosses for pay to tweet us on the weekends. faith in politics in south carolina. we gave voters an open mike to say whatever they wanted. we'll play some of that for you.

it's primary day in south carolina. and as we will throughout the day, we're going to be checking in on the republican presidential candidates. we go live to an event in greenville, south carolina, and that's mitt romney.

mitt romney event. greenville is in the northwestern part of south carolina near spartanburg, we showed a gingrich event there a short time ago. an election office where he's meeting with campaign workers and supporters. later this morning in greenville, he's expected to be not far away from where he is at a restaurant called tommy's ham house and newt gingrich is also expected to be at tommy's ham house at the exact same time. they did not plan that. as a matter of fact, one of our producers let newt gingrich know yesterday he and romney were going to be in the same place at the same time. it wasn't planned. it will be a hoot when it happens. i promise you that. we'll be reporting about it when that visit happens at 10:45 a.m. eastern time. religion plays a big part in many people's personal lives, but what is its place in politics? the republican party is close to a first. mitt romney is mormon, newt gingrich and rick santorum are catholics, the gop has never had a nominee from either religion. by the way, ron paul is protestant but the other three are not. what role do voters think faith

has in this election and in the government? we opened up our mikes to let people sound off and here's some of what they said. >> i'm a christian and i think that our government was founded on christian values. i mean, my preacher said to pray for obama. i prayed for the government and i -- i have a hard time praying for you because you're not a christian. it's apparent in everything you do. >> well, i believe in god very much. and i believe that's what our country's lacking to start off with. i pray for the right leadership. i pray that we keep -- quit borrowing so much money and start paying our debts. >> the most important issue is what america does with god. we may fix the economy in the short term, but unless america turns back to god, our economy repairs will be wasted. >> i think faith and politics is

something that used to be huge but it's just not anymore. some schools are taking the pledge of allegiance out, not praying, taking god out from the pledge. i think that religion should be a big thing, but it's just not anymore. >> a person's faith or belief in a god or divine entity is not a big issue for me from the standpoint of who i would support. i think they all need to try to compromise a little better. >> faith is an important part of my life, but when voting it's not something that i necessarily focus on as the primary reason for voting for a candidate. i kind of lean more towards moderate candidates. >> joining me now -- that's fascinating -- cnn.com video producer jared. he sets up the mike and puts together these great pieces for us. jarrett, were those responses typical for the people you saw there in that part of south carolina? >> typical for the people in that restaurant. i don't think they necessarily speak for everybody in the town but at this restaurant

charlie's, sort of an upscale restaurant in lancaster and i don't know that, you know, the -- everybody's hurting there, but jobs wasn't the only thing on their minds. faith and social issues were important to many people we spoke to at charlie's. >> tell us more about that town. >> this town used to have one of the world's largest cotton mission. this is cotton town. and the mill is now in brazil. the jobs are gone and they're really hurting there. we were on main street on a friday afternoon, and i looked left and right, and it's empty. the guy who owned the restaurant actually said that the place closes down at 9:00. there's nothing happening in this town. so, you can feel there's a little bit of desperation and there's no life. >> is there a difference between the younger people and older people? >> i was surprised. there wasn't that much of a difference. the people we spoke to, faith was important to everybody. i spoke to a youth pastor about my age and he echoed a lot of what the older residents were saying. god is important, faith is

important, but i also don't want people to think that, you know -- that they're not forgiving of other people and that they're very hard on their stances because they were forgiving of the people and more accepting. >> that's an important part of their faith. i would also encourage viewers to go to cnn.com and check out the article about the town. it gives a much deeper understanding of the people who live there. >> jarrett, fascinating. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> lots more from jarrett and the voters in south carolina on cnn.com as jarrett was saying. so check it out. how would you like a slice of tim tebow? i'm serious. this what is one pizza shop is offering its customers. where can you find this hand tossed tebow? we will tell you, it's not in denver. back then he had something more important to do. he wasn't focused on his future. but fortunately, somebody else was. at usaa we provide retirement planning for our military, veterans and their families.

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seriously, something more serious, the miami dolphins hired a head coach who went through incredible tragedy recently. >> 12 days ago, joe philbin had to bury his 21-year-old son michael drowned in a river, very unfortunate situation, he left the team for a week, then went back, joined the squad, obviously the packers were knocked out of the playoffs, they were super bowl favorites. it's just been a really gruelling couple weeks for this man. but then he came to find out that the miami dolphins were interested in hiring him. jeff fisher turned down the job, took the job in st. louis. miami officially announced they were going to hire him as the new head coach yesterday. introduce him to the media today. this is a man who has great credentials when it comes to running an office. the packers a great high-flying offense. top ten the last seven years. he's been a coordinator for them since 2007. he has the coaching credentials. this is a man who is praised by his players, praised by other coaches for what he's been through, his reputation in the

league, his reputation as a family man. they went to twitter yesterday, giving him all kinds of compliments, personally and professionally, and the dolphins saying they just really appreciated how well, he's handled the situation, how professional he's been through it all. like i said they'll introduce him today as the new head coach. >> on a lighter note, what is this about tebow pizza? >> tim tebow, he's fascinating, if you're a tebow fan or not, there is a pizzeria in alabama of all places, called famous joe's pizzeria in madison, alabama. long ways away from denver. and a pretty long way away from gainesville or jacksonville where tebow has some ties. a little pizza sauce, cheese, tebowing there as well as his face. it's a great way for you to get a slice of tebow mania. >> at the least we'll have some pizza. even if it's not tebow pizza for the games tomorrow, right? >> well, at least the fans in alabama. this guy, he does all kinds of faces. you have to give him 24 hours notice. he'll do any face on any pizza

for you. >> thank you very much. got us hungry even though it's early in the morning. >> the voters of south carolina are writing their own story today. it's republican primary day. we'll take you there live to hear from the voters and from the candidates.

overlooked in history, and couldn't get a break decades after the civil rights movement. the tuskegee airmen, the nation's first black fighter pilots, struggled to fight for our segregated country in world war ii. that struggle lasted decades. not just for the airmen but also for those who wanted to tell their story on the big screen. george lucas, says hollywood refused to fund his black cast. so what did he do? he paid for it himself. the result -- "red tails." >> slip just a little. congratulations, captain. you are the first to shoot down a jet.

>> cuba gooding jr. one of the actors who stars in that film. we caught up with him during a special screening just for the tuskegee airmen. >> we've been given the order to provide air cover for the atlantic. i'm cuba gooding jr. and i'm here to introduce "red tails" a heroic tale of the tuskegee airmen. they were 332nd fighter group, the first all-black fighter group that was stationed in italy. they had to fly with the b-17 bombers as they did the raids on berlin. >> come on, junior, fire. >> they helped to save a lot of these airmen in the b-17 bombers. >> this is a b-51 d, with the bubble canopy. it has the red tail and it's a great airplane. i'm dr. roscoe brown jr., tuskegee airmen, commander of the fighter squadron and some of my exploits are portrayed in the

movie. we won lots of medals, shot down lots of planes, blew up lots of trains. in my generation, and the generation of segregation, there were many african-americans who knew that we could do anything that whites could do, all we wanted was the opportunity. >> stay with the bombers. >> they called us the red tail angels because we stayed so close to them and protected them. i like to say that the message was excellence overcomes prejudice, excellence overcomes obstacles. >> the legacy will be of heros, american warriors, who were sacrificing their lives for our country and they did it selflessly and they did it as a unit of african-american men, which meant an accomplishment that helped win the war. >> "red tails" is in theaters nationwide this weekend.

checking top stories at the top of the hour. a lot at stake right now in south carolina. the polls opened two hours ago. the latest numbers showed newt gingrich is gaining ground on mitt romney. those are the poll numbers, not the actual vote numbers just yet. both are in a virtual tie in polls for the lead. so the next ten hours will be crucial. that's when the polls close. rescuers in italy are back inside the costa concordia, desperately searching for survivors. italian authorities say it's unclear how long it will take to clear the cruise ship wreckage. while search and rescue remains priority number one, the environmental risk is becoming an urgent factor. this is what parts of oregon are dealing with right now. major flooding in towns like turner, oregon, and the surrounding area. the governor has declared a state of emergency. you can see the flood forced many families to evacuate their homes, but the water levels are beginning to recede. we start this hour in south carolina where polls opened two hours ago. voters there are choosing a

republican presidential nominee in a crucial primary. let's get right to the palmetto state. our don lemon is at a polling place in lexington, south carolina, right now. when you walked in there, at 7:00 when the polls opened, you said there was a line and people rushed to vote. how is the voting going right now in that polling place? >> i got here at about 6:30, maybe a little bit earlier. i've been here early. i'm making my own coffee, i made some for the folks here. how did you like my coffee? >> it was different. >> oh! >> it was definitely different. >> come on, marilyn, it was good. you didn't like it? >> it was different. >> the reason i'm standing outside the polling place is inside, let's just say you were injured, you're ill, you can't make it all the way inside the polling place your happenen to disabled, you can -- >> vote. we accommodate voters any way possible. >> they called me and said listen, we're going to do a curbside vote, someone who was disabled came, their person came in and said i need you to come

outside and you do curbside. this is a machine. what do they do? >> this is the vote system we take. we bring it out to the car and get all the documentation, bring it inside and she'll make sure that they are registered and everything and then they'll be able to make their selections and vote and bring it back in? >> thanks doug, marilyn, even though you didn't like my coffee. i'll try it again later. let's get the folks inside. there's someone coming in now. let's let this voter go in. this is what happens when you come inside here. i'll take you through the voting process. pardon the back of my head. don't mean to turn my back on you. if you need a sample ballot here's one. listen, michele bachmann, herman cain still on the ballot. i'll explain that later. jon huntsman, rick perry, mitt romney, rick santorum. when you go over here, they will tell you that herman cain, michele bachmann, jon huntsman have suspended their campaign no longer on the ballot, same thing for rick perry, and, of course -- but they're still on the ballot. they've suspended the campaign.

did you hear my producer whispering still on the ballot. no concealable weapons allowed. when you go up here, just as important, no laptops. walk in, divide the alphabet halfway through, two lines. so i would be over here since my last name is lemon. i stand in this line right here, they look my name up, come over here on one of these things. they look it up. and then you sign. who signs it? >> as they come in. >> so so far on this one we've had 51 people on this side. >> correct. and on that side -- shirley, how many have you had over there? >> 47. >> 47 on that side, 51 on this side. they look your name up, get this blue card. have to have this blue card to go over here. once you go over there, i'm not going over to the machine because i'm not voting, and then they go over and it's really quick. one guy earlier came in and i turned around before i know it he was walking out. that was quick. he goes, hey, listen, half of

them aren't on the ballot anymore. it's fast. so he said, half of them aren't on the -- he used another word they would use down here i can't quite use on television. the ratings would probably go up if i used it but then i probably wouldn't work here anymore. they're open until 7:00 p.m. >> e-mail me that word. i'm curious what it is. i can't imagine what that word is. >> i'm afraid to put it on my blackberry. >> okay. and your coffee -- >> we have a lot of folks. check it out. a lot of folks coming in. they told us earlier it was a little bit slow. people were lined up earlier at 7:00 when it opened and then there was a lull and said people are eating breakfast and honestly, some of them are going hunting and it's going to get busy later after breakfast. guess what, hope you don't get whiplash for turning around it is getting busier. 40 some on that side, 50 some on the other side. are you ready to vote? >> yes. >> yes. >> all right. there you go, gary. >> the man with the different coffee. >> here until they're done. >> don lemon, thank you very much.

newt gingrich has been surging in the last few days in south carolina. making this a real horse race. cnn political editor paul steinhauser is with the cnn election express in downtown columbia, south carolina, the state capital. what are we hearing about the candidates today? i mean today is a wild scramble, right? >> yep. some of them are already out. you mentioned newt gingrich, the former house speaker, his same message this morning we've heard for the last week or two, that he can be the conservative alternative to mitt romney. here's what he said about a half hour ago. >> everybody turns out to vote and we need to convince every wavering conservative that the only practical conservative vote in order to stop a massachusetts moderate is to go vote for newt gingrich. >> reporter: you know, i tell you, gary, things have changed so much over the last week in south carolina. you go back a week ago and in the public opinion polls mitt romney had a double-digit lead. that's disappeared. the most recent surveys indicate it's lotted up between romney

and gingrich. don't count out rick santorum either. former senator from pennsylvania, we know he did win iowa. romney won new hampshire, of course. he had a strong debate performance at our showdown in charleston on thursday night and remember, ron paul as well. got a lot of devoted followers. here's what the rest of the candidates are saying. seems like romney's camp may be lowering expectations. take a listen. >> we have a long process ahead of us, 1150 delegates to get. i would like to win south carolina, but i know that if those polls were right, regardless of who gets the final number, we're both going to get a lot of delegates. i want as many delegates as i can get, i want the most delegates coming out of south carolina. i don't know what the numbers will be. i'm pretty confident. cautiously optimistic. >> i feel like we're coming down to south carolina and florida for the next two contests and have a chance to make the case, now that field has narrowed, and eventually end up, which i hope, a one-on-one contest with mitt romney. >> it's a very significant election. we've had two so far this

primary season, iowa and new hampshire, and we've been very pleased with how they came out and we hope to do well tomorrow night as well. >> reporter: and gary, one last thing, you know because you were here for a couple days, you turn on the tv and an onslaught, barrage of campaign ads. when you look at the numbers here, seems like romney and his pro super pac are spending a little more than the other candidates. gary? >> happiest people in south carolina are the owners of the tv stations with the commercials, paul. is that fair to say? >> you got it, gary. spending a lot of money. >> i'm sorry. >> it's really -- i hear the train horn in the background. it's a noisy place no question about it. one more thing i want to ask you, paul, seems like everyone wants to be the last alternative to mitt romney, is that correct? >> yeah. exactly. very good point. and gary, remember, when we all wrap up here we move on to florida. ten days from now that is the next contest. looks like all four candidates on the ballot here will be moving on to florida. gary? >> paul steinhauser, thank you very much. there are plenty of story

lines to watch in south carolina today. let's focus for a minute on four crucial counties that could tell the whole story of this race. we start in the northwest part of the gstate, greenville, thats probably why the candidates are falling over themselves to be at tommy's ham house in greenville. two candidates, gingrich and romney will be at the same time today. lexington county has around 150,000 registered voters. the vote there in 2008 almost exactly mirrored the final results of the whole state. it's a bellwetter area. charleston along the coast is considered to be more moderate than other parts of the state and could be a strong spot for mitt romney. and finally, ori county, home of myrtle beach, a mixed bag, a place where a lot of the transplants have settled. be sure to stay with cnn all day for coverage from south carolina and tonight, we've got the results, saturday night results, tune in at 7:00 p.m. eastern time for our special coverage "the south carolina primary,"

the winners, the losers, it will be critical in the race for the president of the united states. now, for some other headlines this morning, new arrests in a growing hazing scandal at florida a&m university. four members of the famed marching 100 band have been arrested. they allegedly beat other members of the band. these arrests are not related to an earlier incident which led to the death of a drum major after robert champion's death, the school promised to crack down on the hazing that happens there. a nevada man has come forward to possibly take the blame for starting a devastating fire in reno, nevada. police say the man admitted to improperly getting rid of his fire place ashes. the fire which started thursday has destroyed nearly 30 homes, at least 10,000 people were evacuated. firefighters now think, however, they have the upper hand on the blaze. gas prices going up. and banks aren't freely lending money for auto loans. which car will get you the most bang for your buck? we'll ask the chairman of the

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really across the country here in north america. >> give us an idea, for someone looking to buy their first car or buy a car that won't bust the budget, what's affordable? >> well, there's a lot of new offerings. being a chevrolet dealer, we have the chevy cruise is just an excellent offering. you're right around 20 to $22,000. you can get some a little cheaper than that. then we have the sonic that is actually around 16 to $18,000. but all of the manufacturers have so many offerings and all of these are on display here at the north american international auto show, that anyone that is actually looking for a vehicle, they can go to just about any of their local dealers and find a car to fit their budget. >> i rented the sonic recently. i really enjoyed the ride of that vehicle. what's getting the best mileage these days if you're looking for a car you don't have to go to the gas station very much, what would you recommend? >> naturally i would say the

chevrolet volt, because it's -- you know, it's a combination of electric and also gasoline but the new ford focus that has been introduced. it's getting -- it's getting a lot of good reviews and, you know, you've got the chevy cruz, anything within the chevrolet line, they've done such a good job with improving the fuel economy on -- throughout their line that any of those vehicles are going to get you excellent gas mileage. >> it's been good times lately for gm. i heard gm is number one again. so gm is having a resurgence. let me ask you about a foreign car, the hyundai sew nat ta, named car of the year, why? >> well, because people like it. that's the main reason. it gets excellent gas mileage, it has new styling. people are very, very in tune and they feel that a car like that fits their budget. so when you see a car that has excellent styling, gets good gas mileage, people are going to buy it. >> final --

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good morning, everybody. it's now 20 minutes after the hour. let's take a look at news cross country. we'll start in denver.

that's where more than a dozen suspected gang members are in custody. atf agents rounded them up last night. they had been settinging the gang hell's lovers for over two years. some of the suspects are expected in federal court monday. details of the case were sealed. a social worker in texas is accused of dumping thousands of medical files in the trash. gilbert hadea found the personal information containing social security numbers and home addresses. >> i already feel like i'm close to a lot of them because i know where they live, how many kids, what their problem is, what their diagnosis is, from psychology to pregnancies to drugs. >> the social worker told cnn affiliate kabb the files were in a storage unit that was auctioned. the state department of health says the person responsible can't be disciplined because they no longer work for the state. as "red tails" a george lucas film hits theaters this weekend they're being honored in another way. alabama's governor signed a

proclamation friday honoring their contribution to world war r. one airman was very happy to see this day come. >> as i retire for the evening, when i look at those 94 years that i have been here, and i say, thank you, lord, for allowing me the opportunity to not only be a part of it, but live to see the results and reaction to some of it. >> the tuskegee airmen flew more than 15,000 missions during the war. a lot of severe weather across the country. winter has arrived. meteorologist reynolds wolf is busy keeping an eye on it all. let's check with him at the severe weather center. >> you nailed it. winter has arrived in the northeast and northwest, but in the southeast, believe it or not, almost like a spring-like setting we're getting for the time being. it's been very mild and with it we have a chance of some spring-like storms. unfortunately, the chance of a few tornadoes. let's take these maps full and notice there's a little bit of a -- looks like a rectangular

box in the southern part of the screen, bottom part of the screen, listen to me as a meteorologist, southern part of the screen, including georgia into alabama and tennessee and the carolinas. that is a tornado watch area that will be in effect until about midday. however there's the chance we may see this extend into parts of the carolinas on this primary day. certainly a huge concern for turnout. of course, huge concern, obviously, for anyone traveling throughout parts of the southeast. i would expect some delays in many of the airports including charlotte, obviously in atlanta, perhaps even into charleston before the day is out. the reason why, we have the moisture coming up from the south. we've got that frontal boundary coming in from the west. a very unstable atmosphere will keep things rumbling. the top half of the system, a snow maker that could bring three to five inches of snowfall in parts of the northeast and pacific northwest, though, snow may actually accumulate up to feet in parts of the cas dades and into the bitter roots of montana and northern rocky mountains. for the northeast in terms of snowfall, anywhere from two to four, maybe five inches of snowfall, especially south of boston. it might see some towards

martha's vineyard before the day is out. in terms of your temperatures, only 33 degrees. that's it for kansas city. that's as high as you're going to go. minneapolis 19, with the wind from the north it's going to feel much, much colder. 40 in billings, 57 in san francisco, 69 degrees in atlanta, 78 degrees in new orleans, 29 in new york and i got to tell you, gary, we're probably going to see the rain stick around for parts of the southeast i think for a good part of the weekend. the frontal boundary is going to become stationary so looks like the clouds, scattered showers will stick around through maybe the start of the work week. >> it does feel like spring time here in atlanta, georgia, but 19 in minneapolis, that's spring time for them too. they're hearty people. >> they're hearty folks. well, we're just two and a half hours into the south carolina primary. the polls close at 7:00 p.m. eastern time. we got a while. but we already have a winner. we have a winner. the winner is tommy's ham house. apparently it's the place to be today for the frontrunners. we'll hear from this man, the owner, tommy himself, next. g fo.

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crews are looking at how to remove 2300 tons of fuel from the vessel to prevent a possible environmental disaster. polls have been open in south carolina for about two and a half hours now. newt gingrich is looking to do what he did not accomplish in new hampshire or iowa, far from it, as a matter of fact, and that's score a victory over mitt romney. one of the best places to be today may be tommy's ham house in greenville, south carolina. that's because both newt gingrich and mitt romney are scheduled to be there at the same exact time. they isn't plan it that way, but it's happening. and we'll be there, too, of course. it's scheduled to happen at 10:45 a.m. eastern, an hour and 15 minutes from now. i had a chance to talk with the owner, tommy stevenson, about how this happened. >> i don't know exactly how it happened, but gingrich people called me yesterday and told me that he would be here about 10:45 and we, you know, were getting ready for him this morning and during the night

last night, i got a call from karl caroline vinvick, one of newt's workers in greenville and said -- woke me up, i go to bed early -- and she said, is romney coming tomorrow too? i said, well i didn't know it if he was, you know, that will be fine. so i went on back to sleep. this morning i get to the restaurant at 3:00 and i opened the front doors and come to my office and look back out, here comes caroline vinvick in, wanting to put up newt gingrich signs and i said, well that will be fine. and they are the ones that really told me that romney was coming, which we've never had two here at the same time, but we'll take care of it. we'll be glad to have them. >> this is not the first time you've had a candidate stop by for breakfast thp pes particular time, how do you design the restaurant in do you allow them to put up their posters wherever they want, barbed wire to separate -- i'm kidding, by the way. do you do anything to separate the portions of the restaurant? >> no. we got a wide