bob schiffer shows the state's important role in the election. but first here's today's eye opener@8. >> up to 12% of voters in the republican presidential primary decide who to vote for while standing in line. >> would not make predictions but it would be difficult for her to make up the ground she needs to win. >> if john kasich has a strong opportunity to offer the alternate to cruz. >> the winds with soar hard the building was shaking. >> forces advance to less than 20 miles from here. refugees. >> the anthem of the seas is expected to dock here tomorrow. many question why the ship list in the first place. >> one test on the market could give patients a false sense of security. >> you don't make the claim you can detect cancer? >> everything around us is awesome. how about that monkey baby. that shouldn't be a thing. >> most disturbing -- on a night that had a walking coil of large intestines. >> i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell. voting their favorite candidate. they are hoping to find last minute support in the crucial ra

. >> bob schiffer is with us this morning. good morning. >> you must be proud right now. >> i'm here to support you, charlie. i remember when i used to raise eyebrows around here wearing purpose le socks. what a master of understatement. charlie standing there in those pants, but first our eye opener. i'm telling you, charlie, the eyes were already open before we got to the eye opener on that one. >> more real news ahead. >> exactly. >> given the overview you saw on the democratic side very close and republican side three big stories. >> the giant sigh that you heard coming out of washington last night. i think you could hear it all the way out to iowa was mainstream republicans finding out that marco rubio made this a three-man race. i was saturday night at the alfalfa club dinner in washington. this is the establishment of the establishments, republicans and democrats. mainstream republicans, it suddenly dawned on them -- ted cruz or donald trump could actually wind up with the nomination. i think for a long time they didn't

cbs news contributor bob schiffer is with us. he's our retired chief washington correspondent and good morning. >> good morning. may i start off by saying political year. this. name in the sentence with disgrace. >> in the same sentence. the closeness of both races and their increasing nastiness is revealing a trend about the themselves. >> except for mitt romney in 2012, every republican who won the south carolina primary went on to win his party's nomination. when south carolina speaks, republicans listen. but what they are hearing this year is different -- a party tearing itself apart in public. >> my mom is the strongest woman i know. >> she should be running. >> it is not about my family. >> you are the single biggest liar. probably worse than jeb bush. he lies about marriage. >> this guy will say anything. nasty guy. why do you lie? >> you pushed him. each other. >> yeah, i know. >> it got so bad john kasich said this. the election to hillary clinton if we don't stop this. >> reporter: that could be right in a normal year b