danielle noddingham is with the candidates in lancing. >> reporter: on sunday morning at the church in michigan, it's filled with music and praise. for these conservative christians, their faith has a heavy influence on their politics. jennifer gunther is following the presidential race closely. rick santorum is her candidate. >> he stands for the family value, which will be very important to our family. >> reporter: santorum's appeal to voters helped push him to the top of the polls in michigan. mitt romney who was once the favorite in his home state, he now finds himself struggling to connect with michigan's conservative voters. and he says that he cannot identify with romney and admires santorum's positions on social issues. >> i realize that e he sounded a lot like me in a few ways. >> reporter: he admits that he has little time to make up a lot of ground here in michigan, but he says that he expects to come away with a victory on tuesday. the former massachusetts governor shrug off the criticism -- criticism that he is out of touch. >> i got into this race with a lot of guys in th

and now as danielle noddingham reports, they say it's a violation of the first amendment rights. >> reporterconservatives gathered in washington for their annual convention, rallying against the new white house policy on birth control. >> and one thing is for certain that this attack on the religious freedom, they cannot and they will not stand. >> reporter: under the president's health care reform law. the church affiliated schools, hospitals, and charities, that provide insurance to their employees, they must cover the cost of contraceptive. gop leaders call it the violation of first amendment rights. and they say that they will try to repeal it. >> the top white house officials, they appear to be looking for a way out of the controversy. now, they say that the parking light, they are exploring how to ease the concerns of the religious groups. now, he's getting support from his fellow democrats on capitol hill. >> we'll commend their decision and we'll find hard to make sure that the women of america in the 21st century can get the insurance coverage they need for family planning and birth

i'm danielle noddingham. i'll have the story coming up. >>> but first, the department says that this is the next big terror threat and find out how the local students are helping to crack down on the cyber security crimes. that's up next. >>> time to board the big yellow bus. this time bound for montgomery county. that's where some of the crime fighters are out there honing their skills. hackers have targeted everything from fbi to facebook. so finding them is important to the authorities. as mike hidak shows us, they are some of the best at doing just that. >> they had embedded the images. there is also a sound file that results that this. >> reporter: criminal investigators call it network trap and trace. >> and they were encoding their conversation. and to avoid detection. >> reporter: a cyber attack is on it way. it -- is on its way. finding criminals, securing the cyber space, the next big challenge for the u.s. government and they need more experts fast. >> we will suffer a catastrophic cyber attack. >>