captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live and in hd, this is abc7 news washington weekly, on your side. >> after months of trying to shake off newt gingrich, mitt romney is starting to sense an important victory in the air. >> with the clock winding down before the florida primary, mitt romney is sounding of beach. >> i feel good about florida. as i watch speaker gingrich

flailing about and casting about and attacking i have to think that he is seeing a diminution of support. >> the latest poll mitt romney surged to a double-digit lead. >> the only reason any of this is happening is this relentless dishes attack from mitt romney on gingrich. >> -- a vicious attack from mitt romney on gingrich. >> new to gingrich came to power after preaching a higher standard in politics. >> it is pretty clear, i have an opponent who has money power. we need people power to offset money power. >> gingrich hopes coming can's support will get some of that people power.

-- herman cain's support will get some of that people power. regardless of tuesday's outcome gingrich has his set -- sights set on the convention. >> republican presidential candidate rick santorum is far from florida. heat is on the pennsylvania hospital bedside of his youngest daughter. >> the three-year-old has already defied the odds, surviving with a genetic disorder that kills most children before their first birthday. in november, santorum told us this is what he feared. the campaign made a video and the former center has talked openly about his youngest child. >> they told us she had a fatal condition. she was going to die.

it is like down syndrome. >> i was the guy you held everything together. it was alive. -- a lie. i decided the best thing i can do was to treat her differently to not love her like i did because it would not hurt as much. >> his daughter filled den at the florida campaign events today. >> family comes first. >> doctors say pneumonia for a child with her condition is serious. >> an infection can sometimes move faster than at what somebody else. >> the simplicity and the loveseat immense -- love she

emits. it is clear to me that sheet -- that we are the disabled ones. >> when will he return to the campaign trail? his daughter said as soon as he can. he trails a distant third in the latest polls in florida. >> this wednesday, gov. martin o'malley will deliver the state of the state address. the speech begins at noon in annapolis. it is not now with the governor will speak about. among the items on the agenda, more taxes and fees. he is expected to push a higher income tax for some as well as an expanded sales tax. the governor will also backed a same-sex marriage bill. on wednesday, federal officials to release new numbers unemployment rates for the d.c.

metro region. the report will be issued by the euro of -- euro of labor statistics. the biggest area of growth is the health-care industry. >> a big event on the national mall, a lighting ceremony. the new lights is 65% less energy. the ceremony begins at 5:30. >> space camp in huntsville alabama, is special for all the kids who go there. for two maryland boys, it is even more special. pamela brown has their story. >> 11-year-old joshed and 14- year-old matthew are typical brothers. >> they share something that makes them different from most. >> i was born as the same disease as my brother. >> by age 6 both of them

started going blind. >> i started out a feeling almost bad bad. >> what makes them feel alone in the real world makes them just like everyone else out space camp. >> being with 180 other people better just like me to know that i am not the only one. >> they operate shuttles a minute -- simulators and swim their way out of a sinking helicopter. even hollywood is beginning in on the action would be made for television and movie about eight teacher who broke through barriers. >> you can overcome any obstacle. >> two years after that first class, at this was a virginia

native brought the first group of the visually impaired kids to camp in 1990. he made sure they had brail larger print screen magnification, and audio. >> i am opening up an opportunity for them to know they can be all they can be. >> the boys cannot waste -- cannot wait to blast off for another week of camp. >> this is the brothers' fourth time going to the space camp together. >> still to come, a look at stories that made headlines this week. including any white house experiment with social media. >> new tapes are released from jfk in his final days of the white house. >> the university of maryland launches a life saving smart phone at app. >> snow showers have come to an end. the skies will clear. are you ready

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>> a contempt of court hearing is scheduled for former john edwards staffer. his former mistress is suing young to return what is believed to be 86 tape shown herself and and words. -- a sex tape showing herself and edwards. >> janet napolitano

will deliver the state and homeland security address. she will give a speech at the national press club at 1:00. it is open to the public. >> president obama will participate in a unique event. tomorrow the president will do a 45-minute video chat room. the exchange will appear on the white house google + page. >> the caps are in camp but tuesday to take on the lightning. a stake in florida for a game against the panthers on wednesday. after that, they had to montreal. the wizards and their new coach start tomorrow at home against the chicago bulls. wednesday, they hit the road and had to -- had to orlando. >> it is a revolutionary new app

for smart phones and is aimed at helping crime victims in real time. >> and many believed it will soon have wider use. >> when it comes to keeping the university of maryland free from fogs as of tonight, there is an app for that. what has achieved so excited is an app developed on campus by a renowned professor. >> the idea is to make everybody feel secure. >> it is available for free download by all students, staff and faculty a student to feels endangered or sees a problem can pull out their smart phone, and hit the button to activate it and the connection is made. cooks everything is recorded in

the campus dispatch center. also gives police and exact location of the caller and the video can be afforded to responding officers. for students, it is designed to create a safer campus and provide peace of mind. >> i would definitely want to download it. i live near the metro so i get scared at night. >> safety is a big concern around here. >> you may have noticed, there is one glitch. it is only available for android funds. the professor says it will take in a few more months before he can make it available on iphone as well. >> still to come, the final page -- tapes from the jfk administration are released. >> we're back with your complete forecast.

>> this thursday is groundhog's day. if the groundhog sees his shadow that means six more weeks of winter. if the groundhog does not see his shadow, the winter-like whether we have not had will end soon. >> with the weather we have been having, and he does not know

that newsday is quickly approaching. >> it is crazy out there. the weather we have had this january, it is coming to an end. it could be in the mid-60's for high temperatures. we are looking at a nice evening out there. the snow showers have come to an end. nothing that is going to add up. there are no delays tomorrow morning. 34 degrees in gaithersburg right now. look at the wind gusts. 48 miles per hour. some wild weather out there in terms of what is going on. our final stop takes us to leesburg. 34 degrees. earlier, they had wind gusts of 35 miles per hour. our temperatures are cooler this evening. the frontal system has moved

through the area and conditions are going to improve as we move to the overnight hours. this is what it looks like on satellite and radar. this clipper moves off towards the north and east. more clouds come early tomorrow afternoon and evening. this is ahead of a shot as milder air that will arrive on tuesday. stick around, all day wednesday. a little bit of a mixture, and not adding up to a whole lot. nothing is ticking towards the ground. -- nothing is sticking towards the ground. are futurecast looks like this. clear skies for the early- morning hours. frederick county, montgomery county, partly cloudy skies. the big warmup arrives on tuesday. the sky began to clear, a lot of

sunshine. mid-60's on wednesday. isolated showers come to an end on the -- this evening. temperatures in the 20's. tomorrow not so bad. partly to mostly cloudy. 45 to 50 for a daytime high. high temperatures will jump into the 60's tuesday and wednesday. slightly cooler, a chance for showers on thursday. by friday and saturday, back into the 40's. welcome, february. >> i will welcome it with open arms. new audio tapes released from jfk is presidency. >> they reveal what pres

>> that canada central library recently related the final 45 hours of recordings made during the last month of john kennedy's presidency. >> the final tape was recorded two days before his death. >> those last few tapes in the last few months, he had one more reelection campaign and was thinking color television for the convention. his children apparently.

the office door when a certain foreign minister was there. then he brings up their dog. we know another part of the story. she met the russian leader chris jeff at a dinner and ran out of things to say so they talked about a dog'ss in space. those tapes are much more audible than the secret recording system, one that can

be last used in 1963. making plans for the following week. trying to juggle his calendar. for jfk, it would be reminded that never came. -- a monday that