makes news this monday. rick santorum is sidelined to care for his critically ill daughter. plus, what caused this massive and deadly pileup on a highway. drivers behinded by smoke. and actors honor their own and get goofy at these s.a.g. awards. and good morning, everyone, i'm paula faris.

>> newt gingrich is hoping that an appearance with president reagan's son michael will amake a boost appeal. >> tahman bradley is joining us from washington with a look at the race. good morning, tahman. >> paula and rob, good morning to you both. it looks like newt gingrich is on the ropes in florida. he's upping his attacks on romney. basically calling him a liar. >> reporter: mitt romney may be on the verge of a big victory in the sunshine state. >> i feel good about florida. >> reporter: on the final day of campaigning in florida, polls show romney has surged ahead. one poll has romney leading by 15 points. even by what looks like a big advantage, romney is not letting up. >> speaker gingrich has painfully revealed himself over the last few days. i think it's sad to watch. i think we're unfortunately seeing some of the qualities that got him in so much trouble when he was speaker of the house. >> reporter: gingrich is trying

to turn himself around with more harsh words about romney. >> i believe the republican party will not nominate a pro abortion, pro gun control moderate from massachusetts. re launched of attack ads. >> i have an opponents who has money power and we need people power to offset money power. >> reporter: over the weekend, santorum stepped off the trail to care for his daughter bellang who has pneumonia. >> sgreat. doing great. we've still got a long way to go here. she's without a doubt turned the corner. >> while away was away in philadelphia caring for young bella, santorum oldest daughter

took over for him on the campaign trail. >> is she well enough for her dad to get back on the campaign trail? >> well, rob, th indicates that the doctor s she should be able to be leased in two to four days. bella suffers from trisomy 18 which would have made the pneumonia more serious. but she is improving and she'he be back on the trail today. in iran, u.n. officials are now in they're second day of nuclear inspections. during their stay, those inspectors are likely to visit a heavily fortified enrichment site under a mountain. it could help to determine new steps that the u.s. takes against iran's disputed nuclear program. and this video shows rebel fighters.

clashes with dissidents and others villed more than 60 people. some of the fighting is three miles from damascus itself. back here at home,home, interstate 75 is back open after a horrific deadly pileup yesterday. people were killed yesterday in a series of crashes shrouded in smoke from a nearby brush fire. it involved a dozen cars. fire burned so hot that part of the road actually melted. and city hall in california is coming up a mess as well, courtesy of dozens of occupied protesters who broke in over the weekend. they smashed also left also left graffiti behind. demonstrators took to the streets of new york to show solidarity with the folks in california. some of them were also arrested but there was no major violence. three members of an afghan family face long prison term.

>> announcer: a controverinvolvr killing in canada. three teenages daughter as well as the father's first wife were killed. victims prosecutors say the victims were drowned by dishonoring the family in dress and social rules. the father commentsed calling his dead daughters prostitutes saying nothing was more important than his honor. police in birmingham, alabama thought they were responding to a robbery, but when he entered the house, they found the bodies of five bodies. the police chief says the horrific crime was not a random act of violence. the first family wrapped up the weekend with a family outing. the president, first lady and malia and sasha went to the

museum to an exhibit. it looks like the obamas pretty much had the place toselves. themselves. quality time for the first family. >> a night at the museum. time for weather across the country on this monday morning. stormy in the northern rockies of up to a foot and a half in idaho and montana. also a light dusting from northern minnesota to the upper peninsula, the u.p. up to 3 inches of lake-effect snow and stretching to northern new england. >> a wet 66 in dallas. 42 here in new york. kansas city gets up to 61. chicago, 44, and minneapolis 38, phoenix, 73, and 54 degrees in salt lake city. and super bowl fever is taking over in indianapolis as the teams arrive. also, the new video from

italy inside that wrecked cruise ship, eerily similar to photos from the "titanic." and uggs getting the boot say it isn't so, because of what students were hiding inside. "america this morning" continues right after this break.h@

welcome back this monday morning. the social media giant facebook is creating a frenzy over the company's plans to finally go public. reports say the paperwork for an initial public stock offering

could be could be filed as early as this wednesday. it's a deal worth billions and could leave its founder mark zuckerberg worth as much as $20 billion. well, time for a check of market activity starting overseas as investors await. tokyo's nikkei average was down 48 points. hong kong's hang seng was down 320. in london the ftse opened down as well. on wall street, the dow closed 74 points for the week and the nasdaq was up 11. millions of americans are being hit in the wallet by record-high prices for beef. the cost of beef has soared 25% in just a few years. one reason is the severe drought in the southern plains has pushed the number of cattle to its lowest level in 50 years. well, students at a philadelphia-area middle school will not be wearing those uggs style boots this morning. the popular footwear has been banned because students are

tucking cell phones in boots. of course,lowed in class.ot allowed in class. administrators say uggs can be worn to school but they have to be left in the kids' lockers. >> it makes sense, kind of does. the survival story "the grey" is atop the box office. liam neeson leads a group. "under world: awakening" bringing in $12.5 million and "one for the money" bringing in $12 million. >> it got a lot good news. they say oscar future for him in that. they say liam neeson is very good in that. coming up this monday morning, parking wars, who's better at it, men or women? >> got to say men. and a prestigious college told students they got in but then they got it back. ouch.

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well, check out the winter x games. snowmobile competition. it went very well for rider colton moore who all but came off his sled. it flipped successfully. but it did not go so well for this dude, justin hoyer. >> oh! >> oh, his double back flip. yeah, that's going to leave a mark. they eventually stretchered him off, x-rays at the hospitals. it came back negative, believe it or not, he is okay. wow, look at that. >> oh, my word. he's going to need painkillers. well, for a look at morning road conditions, use on i-90 from boston to buffalo. and i-75 in michigan, and i-35 in minnesota. snow on i-84 and 94 in idaho and montana. wet on i-5 from seattle to portland. and on parts of i-10 and 35. >> it's easy going if you're flying today. no weather-related airport delays expected across the country. >> that's the first time that's

happened. well, turning overseas to italy where officials are saying it could take up to ten months to completely remove that crippled cruise ship. >> slow going there. efforts to find the missing and to empty fuel from that ship are moving very slowly. meanwhile, we're seeing new and pretty haunting video of the disaster scene. with more on this, here's abc's jeffrey kofman. >> reporter: the images show a modern-day "titanic." dishes caught in a net. on the sea bottom, mattresses, clothes, even a black shoe.ew pt haunting new pictures captured by divers searching the sunken cruise ship, "costa concordia." with 17 dead and 17 still missing, including a couple from minnesota, recovery operations were suspended because of bad weather. the situation is different in different parts says this italian police diver. some points are not acceptable, especially where the ship is on the rocks. the immediate focus is on the environment, removing half a million gallons of diesel fuel

from the ship's tank before it leaks out. and social sobering news about the salvage operation. it may take ten months to remove the stricken ship from the island that doomed it. jeffrey london. london. well, joy quickly turned to misery for dozens of students hoping to get into new york's prestigious vassar college. 76 students from the u.s. and abroad were told they were accepted to the private school. 30t 30 minutes o its website later, vassar says it was a big mistake caused by a systemses error. >> she went from total elation to -- the air was knocked out of her. >> i felt like i achieved something and then it was taken away with me. >> many students shared the good news with friends and family, posting it on facebook in some cases. once the error was announced some of them were simply too distraught to even talk about it. an ugly mistake. and a just released study

says women are better at parking than men. >> not by an inch. >> this is a flawed study. british researchers observed 2,500 drivers, and they found that women are better at finding a space and putting a car in that space, however, it took them longer to do it than men. >> because we're smart enough to actually use the camera. in the rear view mirror. today, the new york giants traveled to indianapolis for sunday's super bowl. quarterback tom brady and the rest of the new england patriots got there yesterday. best dressed had to go to new england linebacker branden sykes. he looks like the pink panther. and nba action, we get highlights from espn news. good morning, my name is hour jorge andres. let's start with the nba. lebron and the one-hand, miami up early. the one-handed slam. miami up early. still in the first.

wade, alley-oop, time to change, james. james elevated. 35 in the game. 11th 30-point game of the year. under a minute to play, rose for the lady, and the bucket and the foul. he will make the free throw. under ten. rose, trying to float it, but it won't go. bosh with the rebound. the heat go on to win, 97-93. now about the spurs taking on dirk nowitzki and the dallas mavericks. picks up with seven seconds remaining. nowitzki to jason terry. and terry pulling up for the "j." knotted up at 91-91. half a second remaining. spurs on the inbound. danny green throws it up. it goes in! but take another look at this one. the shot will be reviewed. green doesn't get it off on time. we have free basketball called overtime. under ten seconds in o.t. spurs down one.

matt motto with the inbound. can't get it to go. and spurs lose 101-100. well, that was your espn news update. i'm jorge andres. for more sports news and highlights make sure you tune into espn news. all right. one more sports item, novak djokovic is the new aussie men's winner. and boy did he earn it. >> he waited 5 hours and 5 minutes to win over nadal. he ripped off his shirt and got a little crazy on the court. that's paula's favorite video of the day. >> him kissing the trophy, right? >> yeah. >> it was the longest ever, grand slam, epic. coming up next, the winners of last night's s.a.g. awards plus the red carpet. and later, a sneak peek at

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best actress went to viola davis. alec baldwin and give it up for betty white for "hot in cleveland." >> abc's modern family" won the best comedy ensemble. and the 13-year-old luke on the show stole the night while accepting for the cast. >> and i think it was the late great w.c. fields who said never work with kids or animals. well, he can kiss my -- [ laughter ] and also, i am good, guys. thank you to the union for making sure we're properly fed, have all our shots, cleaned and put in our pens each night by sundown. >> congratulations to "modern family." those guys are all so good, so funny. >> speaking of "modern family" sofia vergara. >> this is my favorite video of

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coming up a look at damage and new proposal the mayor hopes will keep this from happening again. what protest are planning to did next. mike has the forecast. cooler weather on the way we'll search for morning showers or sprinkles then the weekend may be warmer. frances upda stories now. mitt romney is riding high on the polls. heading to the final full day of campaigning in florida. romney also leads in nevada where the next race will be held saturday.

rick santorum rejoins the campaign after a family crisis. his daughter bella who has a rare disorder was hospitalized with double pneumonia but she's made a miraculous turn around. and interstate 75 is also reopen again after a series of accidents that left ten people dead and also smoke from brush fire made it impossible to see. and take a look at today's weather. heavy snow for idaho and montana. rain in southeast texas and lake-effect snow from buffalo all the way to new hampshire. and finally from us this morning, by this time next week, we will know whether the giants or the patriots are super bowl champs. >> for now, though, there's a whole lot of buzz about that other part of super bowl sunday. not the food. the commercials. here's abc's anchor david muir. [ barking ] >> reporter: one of the first big changes here, the super bowl ads coming out long before the game even begins.

volkswagen's minute-long teaser of a canine chorus for the darth vader theme. and skechers opening to run away with the ad get condition even before the game. the second biggest change in ads this year, many of them will be much longer. there's a one-minute ad from audi celebrating its highlight technology. the only bad news if you're a vampire. and lastly, the ads this year will try to reach out to your technology. it's estimated 60% of viewers will have a second screen right in their hand. their smartphone. this ad has that pattern in the box. viewers can hold their smartphones righ will take it r it will take it right to the smartphone's website. >> this phone i got will get us anything i want. send me more doritos.

>> repor to cash in oopes to cash in on that. and the iphone siri. who who helps viewers find things. >> send me three hot wild girls. >> send me three rotweilers.. >> hot girls. >> we all have that trouble, too. i do look -- love that commercial, too. actually put this question up on our facebook page as well. folks have pretty interesting comments. they're asking for the commercials or the game, they're asking are you a man or a woman. >> i like the game, what does that make me? >> that makes you one of the cool girls. >> call me paul. >> all right, paul. thanks a lot, everybody. have a great morning. stay tuned for "good morning america." stay tuned for "good morning america." >> have a great day, everybody.s closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc >> reporter: good morning i'm am