your dirt. republicans are off track. >> debt, spending and taxes, that's where this race has to get back to for the republicans. >> i want to thank all our reporters, our analysts. tune in to cnn's next republican debate from jacksonville, florida thursday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. jacksonville, florida, on thursday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. from cnn center, this is "cnn sunday morning." it's january 22nd. good morning. i'm gary tuckman. it's 6:00 a.m. in atlanta and south carolina. let's give you the news.

newt gingrich takes south carolina. >> we proved here in south carolina that people power with the right ideas beats big money, and with your help, we're going to prove it again in florida. >> the former house speaker says he may not have the money, but he can take on mitt romney. we'll take you live to south carolina for the post-primary analysis. despite false reports swirling on social media, former penn state coach joe paterno is alive, but in serious condition. students lit candles in his support. we will take you live to penn state. and search and rescue teams continue working on the italian cruise ship this morning. they stopped briefly overnight for safety issues. we've got the latest in the investigation. plus, new audiotape from the ship's captain.

hello, and good morning to everybody. we start with the runaway victory for newt gingrich. in the south carolina republican primary. look at the numbers. it was a double digit win for the former house speaker. easily beating mitt romney. and then there's rick santorum and ron paul. we've had three contests and three different winners. santorum in iowa, romney in new hampshire, and now gingrich. let's bring in cnn political editor paulsteinhauser. who does the south carolina vote tell us about this race now? >> gary, i think it tells us we're going to be covering this race for the nomination for a little while longer. you mentioned three different winners. that hasn't happened in dating back at least to 1980 in the modern primary schedule. how did newt gingrich do it? he did it with a lot of force

and a lot of action right here in south carolina. >> thank you to everyone in south carolina who decided to be with us and change in washington. >> reporter: another comeback for newt gingrich. down in the polls just a week ago, the former house speaker stormed back to take south carolina's crucial republican primary by double digits over mitt romney. gingrich praised the former massachusetts governor, but he also got in a dig. sfoo we don't have the kind of money at least one of the candidates had, but we do have ideas and people, and we proved here in south carolina that people power with the right ideas beats big money, and with your help we're going to prove it again in florida. >> reporter: with the expensive fight for florida ahead, gingrich put out an on-line plea for campaign cash. for romney a setback. >> we still got a long way to go, and a lot of work to do, and

tomorrow we're going to move on to florida and a little taste of what we'll hear in florida. president obama has no experience running a business and no experience running a state. our party can't be led to victory by someone who also has never owned a business and never owned a state. >> reporter: rick santorum finished third, but he vowed to keep going. >> let me assure you, you will go to florida and then colorado and -- ron paul came in last, but the texas congressman was still encouraged. >> looks like tonight we will get four to five times more votes than we did four years ago. >> reporter: you look at the exit polls, and people said they decided just within the last few days about two-thirds of the people we questioned in the exit polls say the debates were important. gingrich won those people by a 2-1 margin over romney. you know what, we're packing up

the bus behind me. we're going down to florida. we've got a debate coming up on thursday night. wolf blitzer moderating. the primary just nine days away. gary. >> well, first of all, i like the tie you're wearing. >> thank you. sfwla i am blown away by what's happened. last weekend at this time we were talking, and gingrich is way behind the polls. i never would have imaged. do you feel the same way? >> you know what, gary, one of the story lines in this cycle has been debates matter, and they matter a whole heck of a lot. newt gingrich had two strong debates in south carolina. one in myrtle beach, and our debate in charleston on thursday night. mitt romney on the defensive with his taxes all week. that really came into play. one of the reasons why we saw the polls turn around and newt gingrich come away with a double digit victory. gary. >> debates matter big-time. you're right. paul steinhaur. they're each going to be talking

to candy crowley on cnn's state of the union. that starts 9:00 a.m. eastern time. what fueled newt gingrich's strong showing in south carolina? there were actually many factors across a wide range of voters. our wolf blitzer and john king break down the exit polls. >> we're studying all these numbers, john, and we're learning a lot about what's happened in south carolina and what it means down the road. >> let's try to look at the south carolina exit polls and project forward. what does snoout newt gingrich have to gain? what does mitt romney have to worry with? when gingrich is winning so big, you know he is winning across, but huge support among the tea party. there's a lot of tea party in florida. governor romney has to fix this number. that's one lesson there. evangelical christians, not as big a factor. 54% in south carolina. that will be much smaller in florida. especially up in the panhandle, those voters matter. 44% for gingrich. 22% for romney. he would like to improve that

will number in florida if he is to be competitive. reinforce not just by south carolina results. you can see this is a more conservative electorate. discount the numbers. if you listen to those independent voters and undecided voters with tom foreman. who has the right experience? 49% of south carolina voters said newt gingrich has the right experience. mitt romney has been saying you want a governor, not a guy who has been in congress. you want someone with business experience, not somebody who spent his life in washington. gingrich has convinced south carolina republicans that he has the right to be the president. this is a challenge into florida. this is a big gap. a 14-point gap there. these are the only two candidates with a large number of republicans think that this has been the entire underpinning of the romney campaign. you might not like me. you might not love me or get passionate about me, but can i beat barack obama. if this psychology of the race that newt gingrich can beat barack obama, that newt gingrich has the right experience and that carries over into florida,

mitt romney -- >> and there's electability questions, mitt romney does so much better in iowa and new hampshire. that's going to be key presumably in florida in ten days. sdoo yes. the changing that and change it fast. >> fascinating information. now, let's take a moment to look ahead to the next contest. the sunshine state. the florida primary. january 31st a week from tuesday. the latest cnn poll does show mitt romney with a commanding lead, but, remember, this poll was conducted before the south carolina primary. i'm guessing there was a great likelihood those numbers will change. as our erin burnett shows, mitt romney does have a head start in the sunshine state. >> the south carolina all in. you saw the numbers. mitt romney spending the most money. this is mitt romney, including all the super pac spending on his behalf on television ads. $2.7 million. now, to buy 30 seconds of advertising in south carolina, it's $300. it's a different story.

when you look at the state of florida. now, here are our four candidates, all you have been saying going on to florida. mitt romney's campaign has already spent $2.4 million of television ads in florida, and when you add in a super pac, $4.9 million. that's more than he spent obviously in the entire state of south carolina. he has already spent in florida. that's going to buy him a lot of ads. now, some of his ads are already playing in florida. he has it in spanish to try to win over hispanic voters. you go to newt.org. i was there a couple of minutes ago. what does it say? we want a million dollar money bomb. try to get more money to buy advertising in the state of florida, but right now mitt romney is the only one with television presence in that state. >> erin, thank you. now that early spending advantage could be even bigger when you consider that early voting in florida actually started yesterday. on top of that more than 100,000 absentee ballots have been passed. the absentee ballots by

themselves are almost as many as all the votes cast in the iowa caucuses. you can see all the candidates face off in florida that all begat the florida debate. it begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. other news, joe paterno is not dead, but he is in serious condition in the hospital this morning dealing with complications from lung cancer. several web sites reported that the former penn state football coach had died. then it pretty across social media sites like facebook and twitter. the family says it's absolutely not true. last night's students and non-students gather around the paterno statue on the state college campus. jay paterno, joe's son, tweeted that his dad was inspired by the support. joining me now on the telephone is my friend and colleague, susan candioti. what else is the family saying about joe paterno's condition right now? >> well, good morning, gary. it certainly has been a difficult day and night for them, but they seem to be buoyed

by the support they're getting from all the people who have, for one thing, as you mentioned, gone over that iconic statue of joe paterno over on campus. and many of them going up as they traditionally do to touch the hand of that statue. i talked to many of them last night and overnight. they're very late saying they were there to pay their respects to the family, and surely are praying for them and hope they can pull through. >> susan, do we have any idea right now how dire his condition is? >> reporter: we don't really because the family is only speaking to their spokesperson. we know that it is, indeed, very serious. we know that he is being visited and is with family members and other close friends of the family. and the hospital has asked for privacy. they're not allowing reporters anywhere near there. we know at the home it's also being protected by the state

police, as they often do when the media comes to inquire, and even area residents come out down to inquire. people who love joe paterno. so it's a very quiet and respectful time over on campus right now, as people hope that someone they consider to be the heart and soul of penn state can pull through. >> susan, thank you very much. well, meteorologist reynolds wolf is in the weather center right now. reynolds, what's coming up? >> we have two big things we're following. one is the potential of a severe weather outbreak for parts of the midwest and into the deep south. that could really occur later on this afternoon, evening, and into tomorrow. then the other big story is that it is game on for ski country in central colorado where they could be seeing anywhere up to, say, a foot or maybe even more snowfall for the central rockies. that comes with winds of 30 to 40 miles per hour. get this, some gusts approaching 70 miles per hour. almost hurricane force. we'll have more on that coming up in a few moments, gary. >> 70 miles per hour in ski

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the snow has stopped falling right now in the pittsburgh area, but police are warning drivers to be careful. look at this. because of the icy road conditions. they responded to several accidents like this major pile-up. about four inches of snow fell in the city of pittsburgh yesterday. they're also shoveling snow in iowa. some parts of the state got up to 7 inches this weekend. and in the base state massachusetts. it's also a cold winter weekend, but these kids ask this dog do not seem to mind. many people and animals decided take it easy and enjoy the snowfall. about half a foot fell in the middle part of the state. after all, reynolds wofrl, you know, it is winter, so we should expect this kind of thing. it's been so warm that this has become a story that it's snowing in the end of january. >> it really has been. it's amazing. in some places, especially like colorado, who have been waiting all year long for mother nature to show up. at least old man winter. he is definitely here. in parts of the rockies, you have 18 inches of snowfall.

we're talking about 70 merp gusts. that is serious business. anyone making a drive along parts of i-70 from denver trying to make their way back into parts of utah, it's going to be tough going. especially high mountain passes where i wouldn't be surprised if we get gusts. even stronger than 70. it's going to be a tough day. both hands on the wheel. you have to be careful on a day like today. the concern for potential for severe weather into the afternoon. the atmospheric setup that we're going to see across the west and the deep south is going to be very interesting to say the very least. we've got a line of moisture coming in from the gulf of mexico. we've got this frontal boundary that is going to provide a bit of lift. the real kicker is going to be a couple of things. we've got this area of low pressure. you could even fold in the jet stream and that low level jet could cause the possibility of severe storms by late afternoon. look at what we're expecting. it's going to be mainly later this afternoon where the atmosphere is going to really destabilize, and that low level jet is going to kick in. it's going to be -- possibly

overnight and into tomorrow morning the moderate risk for storms. we could see it really pop up in places like memphis, perhaps even jackson, miss mess, and maybe even little rock before the day is over. again, slight risk of severe storms, and a moderate risk in parts of tennessee, miss americas and arkansas. certainly a possibility as you make your way into the end of the weekend and into the start of next week. that is a quick snap shot of your forecast. gary, again, this is what happens when we have this change of seasons. we always have potential for these storms and tonight and tomorrow could be one of those periods. >> reynolds, have you seen these pictures of the solar flare? >> they're pretty compress he have wrish. >> they come from nasa, the oout of alaska's geothermal. if you live in the seattle area, des moines area, chicago, or cleveland, those specific areas, you may get a light show tonight at nighttime. a solar eruption from the sun is creating these spectacular

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and it's a key transit point for one-fifth, 20% of the world's oil. iran is threatening to block it, which would result in sky-high prices. the u.s. navy has a plan to thwart those threats, and it involves these guys right here. this is a serious story. it involves dolphins. we are joined for this morning's passport. the navy wants to use dolphins? >> what iranians are saying we will block it, and one of the ways they're going to block it with underwater mines, and the best detectors of underwater mines are not submarines or satellite communications. they are dolphins. what the u.s. navy has done is ramped up their training of dolphins. they've been training these dolphins for years, and interestingly enough, whales and dolphins are the only animals in the entire world that have echo location and sonar underwater. they are and these particular dolphins, atlantic bottle nose

dolphins are the only dolphins that can be trained to do this. i have the pleasure of speaking to hans larson. he spent time with the navy s.e.a.l.s. training these dolphins, and he said it was extraordinary seeing what they were capable of doing. >> so you're saying, though, that these dolphins are being trained to help u.s. military? >> absolutely they are. they have this unbelievable, as i say, echo location and sonar. they are perfectly designed to do this, and the way the marines do this is by classic conditioning. they reward them. they reward them with fish. they love sardines. if you want to understand how a dolphin sees, you -- >> i actually know him. dr. salangi used to run the aquarium in gulfport, mississippi. is that was destroyed by hurricane katrina.

many dolphins ended up in the gulf of mexico. most of those dolphins now are at the atlantis resort in the bahamas. >> a superb period of time when it comes to dl dpins, as you know. he says with a dolphin -- when you go for an ultrasound he says that is what a dolphin can see. that is literally the kind of x-ray vision that they have. the u.s. navy is training these dolphins. now, it's interesting to see how would they transport them? >> how do they get them to the strait of hormuz? >> they can be there in 72 hours. they can transport them into circular giant pools. they would put them on a c-130 and then airlift them to the ship. dolphins have been used since the gulf war. >> that's an amazing story. thank you very much. hopefully we won't have to use them do on that, but it's nice to know that the u.s. has the dolphins on its side. >> absolutely. >> thank you. new york city police and the

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welcome back. i'm gary tuckman. it's 31 minutes past the hour. checking top stories, joe paterno is alive. several news outlets scrambled last night to report that the former penn state head football coach had died. not true. it all started with an initial report by a penn state student website that turned out to be very wrong. the managing editor has since apologized and is stepping down. paterno's family says he is in serious condition, though, suffering from lung cancer. students concerned about his health put candles around his statue on campus. we have new audio today recording the morning from the itsian cruise ship disaster. the captain who is blamed for last weekend's wreck. the captain is under house arrest. he faces possible charges of manslaughter and abandoning the ship wreck. the audio you're about to hear is the captain telling a coast guard official he would do the right thing.

>> i just want to have on the deck to see if we were leaning towards the mountain, to see what was going on. >> please hang on a second. captain, one question. everybody will abandon the ship or will somebody remain on board? >> i will stay here. >> will it be just you or somebody else will remain on the ship? >> i think it will be just me. >> at least 20 people are still missing after divers recovered a 12th body from the costa concordia saturday. officials say they may shift focus to removing more than 2,000 tons of fuel from the ship and they may start doing that very soon. >> afghan president hamid karzai is meeting with a top u.s. envoy for a second day today. they're trying to find ways to end the bloodshed and achieve a peaceful resolution to afghanistan's very long conflict. karzai has made it clear his country should be in the driver's seat when it comes to

talks with the taliban. we've now had three different winners in the first three contests for the republican nomination. joining me from florida right now is patricia murphy, the founder and editor of "citizen jane politics" and she's a daily beast contributor, and next to her is cnn political editor paul steinhauser. paul is the guy on your right, and patricia is the girl on your left. what's the first thought that comes to mind when you look at these results -- stunning results, especially compared to just a few days ago in south carolina? >> yeah. two things come to mind and first is how big the win comes to newt gingrich. 12 points, which is double what the most positive poll says to him, which says that gingrich is on a swing, and he is on the swing on the way up, and he is not done yet. the other thing that these results -- what i was surprised with was who is voting for newt gingrich. people that said the economy is

most important, and people that said electability was the most important to them. those are the two areas that we thought mitt romney would have wrapped up, so the fact that newt gingrich won big and that he took over mitt romney's turf is what i find fascinating, and it has to be worrisome to the romney camp going into florida. >> it is politically fascinating. i want both of you to listen to this sound from last night from newt gingrich. >> rick santorum showed enormous courage in iowa when he had no money, nobody covered him, and he just kept campaigning. here's a guy who articulates the values of social conservatism who articulates the importance of manufacturing and who may have been as right about the dangers of iran as anybody in this country in the last ten years. >> my question to you is newt gingrich trying to be a nice guy, or are there political motivations for talking like that about his opponent, rick santorum? >> yeah, a little politics. what a surprise. gary, one of the storylines this past week is newt gingrich

saying, hey, rick santorum, get out of the race, and he is saying no, not happening. no thanks. listen, i spoke to santorum aides yesterday. as you know, they've already -- they're up with ads in florida. they say they're going to do more. you heard rick santorum last night. on to florida. i don't think we're going to see rick santorum stepping out of the race any time at least in the next few days. we just heard from gingrich. let's hear from rick santorum from last night. >> this is a long race, and this is one of the things i think people have to understand. as a result of what happened here tonight, this race isn't going to be over next week or the week after. this is going to be the best thing that can happen for whoever the eventually nominee is. >> the best thing that could happen. now, we did have a republican presidential nominee. that particular person could start spending all their money and devoting all their time to beating barack obama, so is what santorum says true?

is this good for the republican party, a long battle? i'll ask you, patricia. >> i feel like -- oh, sure. i feel like the amount of time that's coming at these candidates really is going to be the best thing and the worst thing for them. it's going to help them strengthin themselves as candidates and help them tighten up their arguments, but then you reach a level of diminishing returns at some point, and then it starts to get really bloody, ugly. i think that they can tighten up these candidates and help them refine their own messages, but then there will be a point where the republicans, especially the establishment republicans, want to wrap this up, get their nominee ready to go up against president obama. >> bloody. that sounds scary. is mitt romney scrambling now? is he concerned? is he worried? >> listen, they knew things were not going to go well. they had internal polling, and it indicated he was going to lose maybe not by 14 points, but they were aware. they know also that florida is a very different state than south carolina. not nearly as conservative.

it's a much more expensive state to run a campaign in. big markets like miami, tampa, st. pete, money is needed there. the romney campaign has a lot more cash right now than the gingrich campaign, so they're looking to more favorable climates. gary, let's -- maybe you're going to see mitt romney release his tax return soon, and maybe you'll see mitt romney -- we saw a touch of it last night. maybe more feisty against newt gingrich, and really point out where gingrich has fallen on the attack. he has more on defense in the south carolina. >> it is fascinating week and two days away from that very important primary in florida. thank you both for joining us. appreciate it. >> thank you. zirchlg well, strong storms could stret threaten the south and the midwest again today. some areas are bracing for possible tornadoes, hail, and thunderstorms. reynolds wolf joins me with your weekend weather forecast next.

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remain above freezing. still scattered showers and thunderstorms, but the snow, thankfully, will be long gone by that point. the bad weather spreads into parts of the northeast and caused all kinds of problems in the roadways. in fact, take a look at this scene in southwestern pennsylvania. tractor-trailers carrying cards slid right off the highway. anyone hoping for that car there on the top might have to wait for a few days. they might have to reorder. drivers are urged to be cautious because roads are still very slick. given another 24 to 48 hours, temperatures will be above freezing, and conditions should be better. there is more snow expected for the heavy areas of the sierra nevadas. we're talking to the sierra nevadas and the wasatch range, where there's a winter storm watch for the sierra nevadas and into the central rockies from noon today. the story is not just going to be the snow, though. it's going to be the strong winds. we're in parts of the central rockies, and winds of 30 to 40 miles an hour established, but gusts could be even stronger. lnl doubling that. possibly 70 miles per hour.

it could be very rough times to say the least. big concern we have, though, is right here in parts of the southeast into the upper -- actually the mid midwest. we have a chance of severe storms into the afternoon. we're talking between the hours of 3:00, 4:00, 5:00. possibly overnight into tomorrow morning. places like memphis, tennessee, little rock, maybe even jackson, miss mishgs maybe with strong storms, maybe even the possibility of a few tornadoes. as we wrap things up, a glimpse of your temperature shows that cool air will remain in place with the upper midwest. minneapolis, going to 31 degrees. 42 in chicago. 35 in new york. 40 in salt lake city. 64 in el paso. houston with 76. that's the latest in the forecast. gary, let's send it right back to you. >> it's cool air, but not frigid air, reynolds. >> very true. >> you bet. >> the state of florida and florida voters are on the clock right now. they've got the next republican primary.

newt gingrich got the big prize last night. the state of south carolina. look at the numbers. a double digit win for the former house speaker. very much like the polls we were shown yesterday. almost exactly similar, the numbers. could he easily beat mitt romney, and fourth place ron paul, 13% of the vote. that means we have three contests, three different winners. santorum in iowa, romney in the granite state of new hampshire, and now the former speaker of the house. this is the first time that has happened. three different winners in the first three contests or precisely iowa, new hampshire, and south carolina since the primary system kicked in 32 years ago.

let's take a look ahead to the next contest. the sunshine state of florida. florida primary january 31st, that is a week from tuesday. the latest cnn-orc poll shows mitt romney with a huge lead by 24 points. 43% to 19%. this poll was conducted before the south carolina primary. what do florida voters think about last night's results? here's cnn's tom foreman. >> hey, gary, we gathered all these voters here in florida, all republicans and all undecided with a night beginning, and look at this. how many of you feel closer to making up your minds now? look at that. that's the prize these candidates have been after. when we had this dial test where they told us minute by minute how they felt about the speeches of the candidates, one thing that was clear, many people here are hungry for a positive message of hope, of things

getting better, and newt gingrich tapped into that. watch. >> you sort of just now captured the heart of this campaign. the fact is we had to run not a republican campaign. we want to run an american campaign. >> what is it that you like about newt gingrich's message? >> there's two reasons. one is his debate perform i can't beses over the last two debates where he was the first conservative county to really bring out the media bias over the last two campaigns. the other was the speech he gave tonight. he was the most eloquent we ever heard. >> i like that he included the aspects of the other candidates' campaigns. you know, the positives of ron paul, of his financial -- rick santorum with family. mitt romney -- >> mitt romney also seemed to

hit on a key here. one of the strongest reactions from our group last night was when he defended his income and the idea that that's what america is about. >> ours is the party of free enterprise and free markets and consumer choice. >> the republican party doesn't demonize prosperity. we celebrate success in our party. >> all in all a fascinating evening seeing what the voters here in florida think and, again, i want you to see those hands one more time, gary. how many of you are now closer to making up your minds? that's what this contest is about, and that's what it's going to be about. the campaign steamed florida. >> that's fascinating information. thank you very much for that report. remember, you can see all the candidates face off in the sunshine state. they will all be at the cnn debate jacksonville, florida.

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a man is fighting to keep his sister buried in a jewish cemetery. a lawsuit has been filed to remove her body because she wasn't jewish and had no ties to the congregation that owned the cemetery. a national correspondent susan candiotti has the story of this inter-faith fight. >> reporter: paul steer followed his sister's wishes when he buried juliette, a christian, in this jewish cemetery. she was only 47 and died of lymphoma. >> paul, what did juror sister love about this place? >> it's nice, peaceful, quiet.

>> reporter: there's been little peace since congregation board member maria maliban did what some consider the unthinkable. suing to get juliet steer's remains dug up and moved out. sthoo she's not jewish. i had no idea what she was. >> reporter: paul steer was flabbergasted when the lawyer called him. >> so what is all this about? well, my client don't believe your sister accepted the faith and she have to be exhumed. i said, man, get out of here. you can't do that. >> reporter: maliban is also suing her own congregation, even though they say she voted two years ago to create an inter-faith section. >> this to our right is the jewish section, and to our left is the newly opened inter-faith section. >> reporter: baliban says this inter-faith section was never supposed to include non-jews

without any ties to the congregation. >> i would never approve that, and i did not approve it. >> reporter: paul steer is troubled that baliban hasn't objected if you are other plots in the inter-faith section. they're reserved by white families. >> the other four that that have reserved plots is white. >> you think the woman behind this lawsuit is racist? >> well, my belief, yes, i think so. >> reporter: are you racist? >> no, i am not. >> reporter: shes the other four plots reserved by white families have ties to the jewish congregation and that her long track record as a social worker helping black teens speaks for itself. >> i did not want to hurt the -- she thought she was going to be buried in a peaceful place. i'm fighting for those who approved that. >> reporter: her fellow board members maintain she knew what

she was voting for. >> anybody of any faith can be buried in an inter-faith cemetery. >> do you think that juliette should be moved? >> absolutely not. >> jt will give us justice, and i know my sister will be at peace. >> reporter: next no a judge may decide whether baliban's religious objections will force juliette steer from her final resting place. julie candiotti, colchester, connecticut. >> troubling story. well, high school sports and texas, they seem to be hand in hand, right? but according to the corpus christi caller newspaper the premont independent school district is cancelling sports. the idea to save money and focus on academics. after this basketball season students will go in the spring time without tennis, track, and baseball and then in the fall there will be no volleyball, and the big sport in the lone star

state, no more football. other activities like fine arts not will not be affected. we've been asking for your thoughts about the story. william told us in a tweet, "finally, sports are canceled first. they can learn to play football on the weekend and physics during the week. smart move." but brian disagrees. "bad idea. games bond students, rallies help instill pride. have bake sales, car wash, and find a young coach who will work for less." we want to know what you think. is this a smart move or bad decision? tweet me at gary tuchmann@cnn. what a former marine is doing to help make the transition easier. he joins us live next. that sing. hey, aren't you... shhh. i'm researching a role. today's special... the capital one venture card. you earn double miles on every purchase. impressive. chalk is a lost medium. if you're not earning double miles... you're settling for half.

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a former u.s. marine who had trouble getting back on his feet after serving in the iraq war is giving back to fellow vets. lamar jones was once homeless. he is now working with spike tv on a campaign designed specifically to help men and women returning from combat to find jobs here at home. lamar, thank you for joining us, and tell us about this campaign. how does this work? >> thank you.

thank you for having me. the campaign is really simple. at spike tv we came up with something called salute our troops, and it's something we have always done. it's a tradition we've had for a while in saying, you know what, let's give back to the men and bethlehem e women who serve our nation, and during events such as guys choice last year, we did a big thing around saluting the troops. we give them a thank you, but how about a paycheck? hire a vet is about that. getting companies to hire veterans and say let's try to give back to americans' heroes, something that's actually tangible. they can go out every day and provide for their families the way that all americans want to provide for their families, and their future. so what we've done is we've said if you are a company who has a veteran hiring practice, we want to salute you. we want to honor you. what we would like to do is we would like to know more about

your program, know more about how you are actually helping veterans and we're giving you free on air promotion. we're giving you on-line promotion, and we're doing it free of charge as basically viacom saying we're going to be the hub, the horn, if you will, to what you're doing and bringing organizations out there doing so many things for veterans. >> there are incentives then for the companies who work with this campaign. >> correct. there are huge incentives. it doesn't even have to be a fortune 50 company. you can be a small mom and pop shop and have a veteran hiring practice and the price of admission is one. if you can hire one veteran, we're willing to give you free ebbing posure on spike and honor you and if you go to hire a vet, our website is www.hire a vet.com. you'll see that we already honored companies like pepsi and honored companies like citigroup, and the list goes on. american airlines does a huge amount in that space for veterans.

we're honoring those companies, and i really hope that a lot of small businesses will come out and really honor veterans by giving them a job. >> how did you i understand up homeless? >> we came home to a market -- a job market that was really dismal, and with no college education at the time, you know, we thought that we were going to be able to have every company in the world trying to hire me because that's what your recruiter tells you, but the reality of it was that it just didn't happen. it just didn't happen, and, you know, you didn't want to bug family and friends, and you have a lot of pride and a lot of honor too. you figure, you know, i'll just deal with it on my own, but job market was horrible, and we did the unemployment thing for a while, and that's really what it was. >> lamar jones, your story is important and very inspiring. thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you.

from cnn center, this is cnn sunday morning. good morning. i'm gary tuchmann, and newt gingrich takes the state of south carolina. >> we have proved here in south carolina that people power with the right ideas beats big money, and with your help we're going to prove it again in florida. >> the former speak of the house of representatives says he may not have the money, but he can take on mitt romney. we will take you live to south carolina for the post-primary analysis. despite false reports swirling on social media former penn state coach joe paterno is alive, but in serious condition. students lit candles in support. we will take you live to pern state. and search and rescue teams back on that italian cruise ship this morning. they stopped briefly overnight for safety issues, but weave got the latest in the investigation. plus, new audiotape from the

ship's captain. we start this hour with the runaway victory, quite a stunning victory in the south carolina republican primary. look at the numbers. a double digit win. 40% of the vote for the former house speaker. mitt romney, 28%. rick santorum, a third place, 17%. ron paul ended up with 13% of the vote. newt gingrich, a big win. that means we've had three cob tests now. iowa, new hampshire, south carolina. three different winners. santorum in iowa, romney, new hampshire, gingrich, south carolina, and now it's the first time that's happened since 1980, the modern era of political primaries and caucuses. we'll bring in political analyst paul steinhaus who is live in the state capital of south carolina this morning. paul, what is the south carolina vote telling us about how the race is now progressing?

>> this race is going to go on for a little while longer, gary. you know, south carolina usually, usually, brings clarity to the republican race for the nomination. think george bush's victory here back in 2000, and four years john mccain's victory. it sure wasn't the case this time around. >> thank you to everyone in south carolina who decided to be with us and change in washington. >> a comeback for newt gingrich. down in the polls a week ago, he stormed back to take south carolina, crucial primary by double digits over mitt romney. he also got in a dig. >> we don't have the kind of money at least one candidate has. we do have ideas, and we do have people, and we proved here in south carolina that people power with the right ideas beats big money and with your help, we're going to prove it again in florida. >> well, with the expensive

fight for florida ahead, gingrich put out an on-line plea for campaign cash. for romney, a setback. >> we still have a long way to go and a lot of work to do, and tomorrow we're going to move on to florida. >> and a little taste of what we'll hear in florida. >> president obama has no experiences running a business, and no experience running a state wrfsh our party can't be led to victory by someone who also has never run a business and never run a state. >> reporter: rick santorum finished third, but the former senator vowed to keep going. sfoo we will go to florida, and then we're going to arizona and colorado and everywhere else. >> reporter: ron paul came in last, but the texas congressman was still encouraged. >> it looks like to not we will get four to five times more votes than we did four years ago. >> reporter: how did nit newt gingrich do? the exit polls tell the story. listen, about two-thirds of the

people there in south carolina say they decided in the last couple of days, and those people went to gingrich over romney by a 2-1 margin. gary, we're hear in the campus of the university of south carolina. got the cnn election express right behind my. we're packing up and heading to florida. >> heading to the sunshine state. hey, everyone knows that ron paul is going to be sticking around no matter what happens, but can rick santorum really stick around in florida and beyond if he doesn't have good showings coming up right away? >> reporter: he needs a strong showing in florida, no doubt about that, but as of now, you heard rick santorum on cnn air last night saying he was going to florida. they've already put his campaign telling us they put up ads in florida and they're going to put up more in florida. it's tough right now. santorum, gingrich going after that same conservative crowd trying to be the conservative alternative to mitt romney. only one of those two can survive. >> we also heard jon huntsman say in new hampshire that his third place finish was enough to punch his ticket to south carolina, and he dropped out, so sometimes when candidates say those things, we don't always know if they're exactly true.

either way, paul, we really appreciate you talking to us and giving us analysis. it was really a stunning primary in florida. could be even more so. thank you. as paul was mentioning, the sunshine state primary next on the political calendar. it's set for january 31st, a week from tuesday. voting is actually started already. early voting got underway in florida yesterday and run through next saturday. then there's a break before the primary election day on tuesday. the miami harrold reports that more than 11,000, 11,836 ballots cast on saturday. there have been more than 185,000 absentee ballots cast. that's significant. in the state of iowa and the caucuses, there were only 120,000 votes cast total. already just absentee ballots. more of that cast in florida. this is a big primary. lots of people voting. it's a small percentage. the absentee ballots of 185,000 of the registered republicans in florida, you are talking a few millimillion. mitt romney was leading the early polls in florida, but that's certainly dramatically

changed given what we saw in south carolina last night. in other news, we must tell you, joe paterno is not dead. there were lots of rumors about it. you may have seen it on the internet or your blackberry or iphone. he is, however, in serious condition in the hospital this morning dealing with complications from lung cancer. several web sites did report last night the former penn state football coach had died. it spread across social media sites like facebook and twitter, and the family says not true. last night students and nonstudents gathered around the paterno statue on the state college campus. jay paterno, joe's son, tweeted that his dad was inspired by all the support. joining me now live is cnn's susan candiotti. what else is the family saying right now about joe paterno's condition? >> reporter: good morning, gary. well, they're saying that he is continuing to fight this battle against complications while he is being treated for cancer, and in fact, one of his sons, jay

paterno, also tweeted that he had grichb drifb by this iconic statue of joe paterno that stands here on campus and said that when he saw all the people that were here last night, he told his father about all the support he was getting, and that, as you indicated, it was inspiring him. of course, joe paterno has been hospitalized swoois twice in the hospital sense november, being treated for complications from lung cancer. what they said at the time was a treatable form of it, and also being treated for a brecken pelvis. now this news from a family spokesperson that doctors have placed him in very serious condition and the family is gathering here at the hospital to be with him. overnight dozens and dozens of people here at this statue paying homage to joe pa. they were coming by to pay their respect and give support. here's what some of them told me. >> you know, when you say joe

paterno, what comes to mind? >> just greatness and honor. >> people think of him more as a coach. they think of him as a leader, and he devoted his life to the community. >> everything that joe stands for academically and everything off the field be football field and all the good things that he has done for this university and the library and everything else, it just means so much to me that i just felt compelled to be here. >> reporter: among the many reasons that people were coming out here in the bitter cold to pay their respects to him, and one man even shovelled the snow around the statue so people have woo have a place to stand. they've been placing candles and memorabilia from penn state. the back drop to all of this, of course, a terrible penn state scandal that started late last fall. joe paterno fired during the midst of that scandal over allegations of children being sexually assaulted here at penn

state, and the allegation or concern about penn state in his regard is that perhaps he could have done more about these allegations when they were brought to his attention, but joe paterno has consistently said that he told others about it as he was legally bound to do by university standards and he thought that other people would take care of it. everyone is rallying here to support joe paterno and praying and hoping that he will get better. gary. >> susan, so much sadness at that university. thank you very much for your report. susan candiotti, state college, pennsylvania. a new audio recording of the italian cruise ship captain who is blamed for last weekend's wreck. the captain is under house arrest and faces possible charges of manslaughter causing and abandoning the ship wreck. in the audio you're about to hear, he is telling a coast guard official that he would do the right thing. >> i just went out on the deck to see if we were leaning towards the mountain, to see

what was going on. >> please hang on a second. captain, one question. everybody will abandon the ship or somebody will remain on board? >> i will stay here. >> will it be just you or somebody else will remain on the ship? >> i think it will be just me. >> at least 20 people are still missing. after divers recovered a 12th body from the costa concordia yesterday. officials say they may shift focus to removing more than 2,000 tons of fuel from the ship and they may start that very soon. parts of the united states look like a winter white-out, and storms could threaten more parts of the country today. reynolds wolf is tracking it all for us. reynolds. >> the biggest and baddest storm we're apology is one that won't provide much snowfall. maybe heavy rain and scatter storms and possibly tornadoes later this afternoon and into the evening and by tomorrow morning. we'll give you the full scoop in just a few moments. see you then.

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let us take a look at, well, some chilly news across the country. the snow has stopped falling in pittsburgh, p.a., but police are warning drivers to be careful because a very icy and treacherous road conditions sxsh the cars are piling up. police responded several accidents like this major pile-up. about four inches of snow, it's not that much, fell on pittsburgh, but the ice flew down. some parts of the hawkeye state got up to 77 inches this weekend. in massachusetts also a cold winter weather, but these kids, this dorringy, they don't seem to mind. many people decided to take it easy, enjoy the snowfall. about a half a foot fell in the middle part of the state. meteorologist reynolds wolf is with us now, and reynolds, you know, it's january 22nd. you know well, expect this kind of weather, but it's been so mild in much of the country this year. that's why this is such big news. >> it has been.

you're right. it's kind of sad when it's a welcome change to have winter-like conditions in the middle of winter. folks, my friend on the other side of the camera, let's show people what's happening. snow will be forming in the western great lakes. at the same time we have very dry conditions in parts of, say, central and eastern west texas, but this is the big concern. a chance of severe storms across portions of the southern midwest and into the central mississippi valley. mainly late afternoon, evening, and tomorrow. strong storms, and perhaps even tornadoes. the reason why all that's going to happen is sempl. we have the frontal boundary driving eastward. moisture coming in from the gulf of mexico. as we get to the late evening hours, it will have that low level jet stream that could cause a few of these storms to span some of the super cells, and that will give us a chance of tornadoes popping up. right now just an isolated chance of the tornadoes, but, still, you never know. if one falls in the wrong place, it could be problems for a lot of people. we'll keep a sharp eye on it. the snow is warming across the

overhead of minimum men. we are seeing some back in the ski country, places where thief been desperate for the snow. the sfoe will be coming in, especially to the sierra nevada. several feet possible over the 48 hours. denver, we're seeing snow farther to the west and to the mountains, and right in denver itself, some delays. major delays expected over an hour in atlantis. even into los angeles and san diego. could have back-ups. san francisco, may have delays anywhere from an hour to perhaps even a bit longer. that's the latest in the forecast. gary, your turn. >> reynolds, thank you very much. ramping up the pressure on iran. the country could soon face tougher international sanctions, but is it already the target of covert bombings and assassinations? we'll explore that next. [ todd ] hello? hello todd. just calling to let you know

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new step in the world's effort to pressure iran. tomorrow the european union is expected to announce sanctions on the country's oil industry, and this is just part of an extensive campaign against iran, which analysts say approves methods like bomb and assassinations. >> pressure is mounting, and it's going to get bigger. what i want to do is here is talk about extensive sanctions. they're coming from the united states and the united nations and that expected announcement after the european union, and all of these are aimed at one major thing. getting iran to cooperate they say iran is building -- here's what secretary of state said just the other day. >> iran does have a choice to make. it can come back to the table, as we have consistently made clear to them, and address the

nuclear program concerns that the international community rightly has, or face increasing pressure and isolation. >> so that is what officials are talking about openly, but overtime last couple of years there have been unexplained events in the country, and i have been talking to analysts who tell me those events are often coming from other countries and are part of this growing web of pressure. let's talk through just a few of these. there have been mysterious slowingses at nuclear facilities. here's stories about that on cnn.com. here's satellite images we have for you after the blast at a facility. iranian officials have called explosions accidents, but analysts say they could be targeted attacks. that's one thing. we have seen these mysterious assassinations of three nuclear scientists. after one assassination recently an israeli official said he did not know who was behind it, but he would not shed a tear. the u.s. said it had no involvement. there was also a cyber attack, a computer attack on a nuclear facility in iran. analysts are saying they believe all that is part of this web of

pressure that they can just guess who is behind it. we know the u.s. does surveillance over iran. remember this drone crash we've been seeing in the country. iran sent what they said was the drone. u.s. officials said the drone was on a mission to survey suspected nuclear sites. keep in mind. when this announcement comes out tomorrow that iran is facing more and more pressure, and iranian officials have said they're willing to go into talks, but european officials saying, u.s. officials say not sure what that means. we have a lot more for you about this on cnn.com. gae, what this boils down to is a mounting web of pressure on iran, and what we are seeing is there will be this announcement and the u.s. official is hoping that iran will sit down at the table and talk out nuclear issues. >> it's a big story. sthoo huge. >> josh, thank you very much. >> you bet. thank you. >> take a look at this. ♪ i ♪ this little light of mean moat

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what a week. this time -- gary, this time last week, okay, mitt romney had won iowa. he had won new hampshire. he was on the way to winning south carolina. then on monday on the fox news debate he goes after juan williams. standing ovation, and thursday night he goes after my paul john king, tries to rip his face off. gets another standing ovation. mitt romney stumbles with a tax question, and now you have newt gingrich winning big in south carolina. people are saying, well past super tuesday into may. a gop said this might be an open convention, gary tuchmann. we go from a boring campaign thinking it's conventional wisdom it's going to be mitt romney. it gets exciting. it's anybody's race now, gary. >> it may not -- >> i mean, it may not be a conventional convention. exactly right. are you stunned? are you surprised? >> i really am. i mean, i am really surprised,

and, frankly, really impressed. i said on cnn i don't think newt gingrich is going to last much longer than that whole, you know, the tiffany's thing and he had so many problems. he had no money, no organization. i thought he was on a become tour. now it looks like he could be the nominee. it's an impressive comeback for newt gingrich with an impressive debate performance and going after the moderator and really going after obama. really, really aggressive. that's what these gop primary voters are really looking for. >> i take it you are cynical, though, about tashging john king at that opening question. >> this is always newt gingrich's whole formula. john king knew that. i mean, he knew that what he asked that question that newt gingrich is going to come after him like that. he is always, always gone after, you know, the elite media, the mainstream media, which he is going to be on later on today here on cnn.

that has always worked for hem. gary, i want to mention a couple of the stories that kind of go under cover. all this campaign stuff covering up the whole grassroots campaign, we haven't seen anything like this that overturned this major on-line piracy, the pipa acts completely turned on their head and put on the shelf because of grassroots. not to mention nobody knows probably paying attention to six marines lost their lives in afghanistan on thursday, and, of course, yes, president obama singing. that did get a lot of coverage. do we have that? i wouldn't mind seeing it one more time, gary. ♪ i ♪ so in love with you >> oh, my -- >> barack obama's own people said they didn't know the guy sang. >>