captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> it was a good night for newt gingrich on saturday night. he bested the former front- runner meant romney by double digits in a spectacular come- from-behind effort. now the race heads to florida as mitt romney tries to regroup and newt gingrich tries to keep his head up to speed. >> we prove here in south carolina that people with power and the right ideas beat big money. >> a 12-point upset of mitt

romney and he credited his success to an electorate fed up with elites. the gingrich nomination means that one to change things. we will make the establishment very uncomfortable. we will demand real change in washington. >> south carolina was a bitter setback in south carolina. >> we still have a long way to go and a lot of work to do. >> today, he was back on the attack against gingrich. >> i do not think that the people of this country will choose as the next president of the united states a person who spent 40 years in washington as a congressman and a lobbyist. >> he tried to settle the flap over his taxes. >> i will release my taxes for 2010 on tuesday of this week. >> rick santorum finished a distant third and pledged to soldier on. >> just wait until the next race. that is in florida on january

21. he needs money and resources for a contest that has now become crucial. >> i will keep fighting for every single vote. i will compete in every single state. >> and now he is competing with what is being called newtmentum newfound confidence. >> the president state of the union address this week -- a recent poll said that six in 10 americans want president obama to focus on two things, jobs and the economy. they want to hear concrete ideas from the president not just a sweeping vision. we will have complete coverage of tuesday night's address right here on abc 7 live. we will carry it starting at 9:00 p.m. with more now on the race to the white house and be with

politico. lots to talk about. this weekend was a crazy one. we saw newt gingrich win by such a large margin in south carolina. >> there were a couple of fortuitous things for newt gingrich. rick perry was out of the race and throwing his support strongly behind newt gingrich. i think a lot of social conservative voters who had been confused about who to vote for got a very strong message that that person was newt gingrich. a lot of people going after romney for his wealth and his experience at bain capital as a venture capitalist, that really hurt romney at a critical time and gingrich had to really great moments in the debate on thursday. he really showed the qualities that romney simply does not have namely the ability to get very very angry. i think that helped him a lot. >> we saw him on the sale of it

there, sought a different side of him. talk about ravi on the topic of wealth. he finally came out today and said he will release his tax returns for last year this coming tuesday. has he finally put that issue to bed or has it already created too much of a problem for him? >> we will see. on thursday, he was asked if he would release more than a single year like his father did. that issue will not go away. people will be very skeptical about just one year, saying maybe this was a fluke. we want to see the full picture of this man's past and his financial wealth. i think he has a lot of questions to answer. he needs to put that to rest. tuesday will be a very good thing for him, but there is a lot of potential that this can come back and hurt him. >> on the win, was this more than just a boost for gingrich? does this put into question the electability for romney? will it take the wind out of his sales? >> 21% of the voters voted for

him in south carolina. that is what he has gone in every contest until now. that is a real problem for mitt romney. he cannot get past the 30-mark consistently. that means republican voters are very unsure about him. the new twin was a very decisive win. romney need something like that in florida. it is a hard-fought battle for him. it is a difficult electorate and an expensive place to run a campaign. >> we had talked earlier that most people expect, by the time you get to florida the race is all but a done deal. it is not that way. there are still for people in this and it still seems to be anyone's game. >> absolutely. rick santorum is staying in this race because it is anyone's race. if any of these candidates are able to pull out a win going forward, this could really give them momentum to win this thing

for someone like mitt romney who had hoped to kind of wrap this up by this time, but florida appeared. it will be much more expensive for him to run his campaign and it will take months and months of hits on his own colleagues before he gets the nomination and before he meets barack obama in the general election. >> there has been a lot of early ballots already cast. almost two hundred thousand. will that play in romney's favre? >> considering that he has been the front-runner, you can expect those ballots to favor him. we will see whether that helps. but on the ground, ballots on election day if newt gingrich has a decisive edge advantage, like he did in south carolina, that will matter more at the end of the day than the head start

that mitt romney has or perhaps has with early ballots. >> it is still far from over. thank you for giving us your time tonight. today, congresswoman gabrielle giffords announced she is stepping down. she made the announcement today via a video posted on social media. she says that she needs to focus on recovering from last year's shooting. she will make a special appearance at this tuesday's state of the union address. she is expected to formally step down by the end of the week. copperanti-abortion demonstrators will gather for a rally on the national mall at noon. at 1:30 p.m., protesters will march up constitution avenue toward supreme court. pro-choice demonstrators will also rally outside the high court. this will cause major traffic backups in the area. metro stations are also expected

to be packed. it is that time of year again, the d.c. auto show. it gets underway this friday. more than 700 makes and models of cars are on display. parking will be limited, so metro may be your best option. still to come, we will take a look at the stories that will make headlines this week, including a legal challenge to the controversial inmate pardons in mississippi. plus a deeper look at apple's announcement and its potential impact on education. a new maryland university study. >> a freezing-rain advisory for the metro area.

>> a hearing will be held on monday on the controversial pardons by haley barbour. some are convicted murderers but barbour says they have changed. the attorney general says that he violated the state constitution. prisoners seeking a pardon are supposed to place a notice in the newspaper 30 days prior. one day before the state of the union, the senate gets back in session. they begin work tomorrow. there are two more republican

presidential debates this week. the first one is in st. petersburg fla. a second one is thursday night in jacksonville. tomorrow is the start of the chinese new year, also known as the lunar new year. it celebrates the first new mood of the year. celebrations will be held across the world tomorrow. d.c.'s chinatown will hold a parade a week from tonight. the wizards art in philadelphia tomorrow. then they come home to take on the charlotte bobcats on friday. then they're back on the road when they head to a houston and then charlotte on thursday. then the boston bruins come to town. then the team has a week-long break. there will not be back in action until january 31. apple is taking education to the next level. its announcement was made this last week.

bad >> the first product announcement from apple would have made steve jobs proud. >> i am extremely proud to be the first to tell you about the brand new ibooks 2. >> they unveiled a splashy new technology. in this case an application for the ipad that makes textbook prettier lighter and full of things you cannot do on paper. >> a great intro wii. >> and new software for creating textbooks and a partnership with three companies that make most of the textbooks that students use now. >> if you want to add a note, tap on the notes. >> itext books costs $15 but the ipads start at 1500 -- at $500. >> it is taking off a very

quickly. >> apple argues that, over time the ipad is cheaper than books. students got used to seeing this logo in school. many of us remember when the mac was called the macintosh. >> we hope that educators will look back on today's announcement just as fondly and see the more profound impact on education. >> this may be a lesson in marketing. apple already knows that kids wanted ipad more than anything else this christmas. now they can tell their parents is for doing homework. >> still to come, how wearing headphones can be dangerous. and then

>> more on that freezing rain advisory. >> it is different from a freezing rain warning. tomorrow, a sheen, like a phone nothing sticky. you will munsey it on the trees. >> -- you will not see it on the trees. the federal government has a two-hour delay in the morning. looking at the jefferson memorial, you can see a bit of fog and a bit of haze. this is what will freeze on contact. it will not really build up, but just enough to cause some problems. 32 degrees at reagan national airport. the u.n. has now become nearly

calm -- the wind has now become nearly cdalm. upper northwest d.c., one of the highest points over in northwest d.c. with 29 degrees. their high today was only 30 degrees. temperatures never even made it above freezing for them. 31 degrees in alexandria. temperatures for the most part are holding in the 20's and lower-30 plus. this is what will happen over the next 24 hours. the milder air to the south and west of us mid-40's in indianapolis -- it will move overhead. we will have a shallow layer of cold air on the surface. that will be around for the freezing in the overnight hours. then temperatures will warm as

we move into the morning hours more. the advisory will then cancel up for the district. the cold front, look at hell these thunderstorms are -- look at how these thunderstorms are beginning to form from indiana and into western kentucky and tennessee. this cold front will be eventually move to the north of us. so we will not look for any severe weather past our area. temperatures will action warm up a bit for the day on monday. this is what it will look like in terms of the expansions for the freezing rain advisory. pennsylvania into new york and upper new england. 6:00 a.m., that is the cancellation time for the district. points north and west of loudoun county the expiration time will be 9:00 a.m. for the advisory. heavier rain later tomorrow afternoon. you definitely want to grab the umbrella after that late morning

start to the day. be careful of the slick spot. tomorrow, temperatures will be 45 degrees to 50 degrees. on tuesday, it will be in the mid-50's for the daytime highs. then we will cool down a bit on wednesday. there is a chance of unsettled weather by thursday and friday. temperatures will be well above freezing. the careful tomorrow morning. a lot of guys out there. -- a lot of ice out of their. >> a new study shows how wearing headphones ♪ ♪♪ [ male announcer

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>> >> the majority of pedestrians hit by cars had headphones on. >> listen up. if you wear headphones while walking or driving, you much a high risk of getting hit by a car or train. >> i am aware of my surroundings. i am always looking around. duh. >> not everyone is paying such close attention. look at the statistics. two-thirds of the victims were males under the age 30. 70% of the injuries prove fatal. in one-third of the incident the striking vehicle sounded

some kind of warning, such as a horn. >> this is occurring more and more. >> he says that when someone puts on a headset, they'll take their attention to what they're hearing while also monitoring their surroundings. >> you cannot do both of those things at 100%. >> when she is out and about her mind is on her music. >> it drowns out to the beeping cars and stuff. >> bbc podcast actually. >> he says he knows the risks and tries to use his eyes to detect dangerous he does not hear. >> there are a lot of alleyways and dark places that i used to pull up to first and then peak across. i tried to be mindful about that. >> we will be right back.