jonathan carl reports. >> reporter: mitt romsdz is running hard here in south carolina. last night he got rock star treatment at a rally in greenville. >> you know what? you are going to get me. >> reporter: but romney has been sliding in the polls here. in the last debate, he was boo'd by a republican party after being asked about how many years of tax returns he would release. >> i'll take a look where the documents are. >> reporter: romney advisors announced he may lose in south carolina. romney seems to be bracing a victory for newt gingrich. >>> speaker gingrich is from a neighboring state and frankly to be in a neck-and-neck race at the last moment is kind of exciting. >> reporter: gingrich is surging in the polls and gag big boost from two debates where he got standing ovations by attacking debate moderators, first with fox news. and then with cnn where he attacked the moderator for asking questions about abc news' interview with his ex-wife. >> i am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on topic like this. >> reporter: also comic relief. steven colb

jonathan carl says it's not about who win buzz who loses because losing big in iowa can kill chance autos the most to lose here is probably newt gingrich. he's someone who just a couple weeks ago was winning here. he was a guy that was looking like he's way head. now, he can come in fifth place. this will make it tough to come out. there is one michelle bachmann from iowa. she stakes her campaign on running in iowa. now, she's looking like she could come in dead last f she does it's hard to imagine her campaign going on. >> and with that at the back drop we should find out who will keep going and which candidates will be heave r.heading home. caucuses again again at 4:00 our time. and so stay tuned for that. >> and big changes for medicare. >> complying with a new booster seat law. michael finney offers advice on where, and why wr not to buy car seats. >> plus, how ups is turning to social media to help public return gifts. the news continues in one minute. >>> some alameda residents are advising their opposition starting today smoking is banned in most public places including city sidewa

jonathan carl, abc news, manchester, new hampshire. >> and make sure you stay with abc news as we coverew hampshire primary. our team on the air and online tomorrow night. for results watch "world news now" wednesday morning. a lit plug for our show. >> that's right. to a major recall involving popular medicines that are sold over the counter. the drugmaker novartis recalling excedrin, no-doz, bufferin, and gas-x dwu to recent production problems at a plant in nebraska. some pills may be mixed up, broken in the wrong bottles. no complaints from consumers. novartis will disclose more details about the recall later today. >>> the dream season of the denver broncos and their quarterback tim tebow continues for at least one more week. the first play of overtime against the steelers, tebow hit his receiver for an 80-yard game winning touchdown. quickest overtime in nfl history. broncos fans were loving every second of it even before the game, as russell heythorne reports. >> reporter: the atmosphere before the game was electrifying. >> we're going to win! go, broncos! >> reporter: there were

here's jonathan carl in south carolina. >> newt gingrich is on fire.look at what when john king of cnn asked about the interview abc's brian ross did with his ex-wife. >> would you like to take some time to respond to that? >> no, but i will. i think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office, and i am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that. >> his ex-wife talked about the affair that ended their marriage, but gingrich lashed out at us for telling the story. >> to take an ex-wife and make it two days before the primary a significant question in a presidential campaign is as close to despicable as anything i can imagine. >> judging from the reaction, the crowd was clearly with gingrich. as for romney, his own aids are privately saying gingrich is likely to win here. romney himself seems to be bracing for a loss. >> i said from the very beginning, south carolina is an uphill battle for a guy from mass

here's jonathan carl in south carolina. >> newt gingrich is on fire.ust look at what what when johg of cnn asked about the interview ross did which is his ex-wife. >> would you like to take some time to respond to that? >> no, but i will. i think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office, and i am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that. >> his ex-wife talked about the affair that end their marriage, but gingrich lashed out at us for telling the story. >> to take an ex-wife and make it two days before the primary a significant question for a presidential campaign is as close to despicable as anything i can imagine. >> judging from the reaction, the crowd was clearly with gingrich. as for romney, his own a's are privately saying gingrich is likely to win here. romney himself seems to be bracing for a loss. >> i said from the very beginning, south carolina is an uphill battle for a guy from massachuse

jonathan carl reports. >> a big vote of confidence for newt gingrich. >> i hereby officially and enthusiasticallyorse newt gingrich for president of the united states. >> her man cain was in sections with comedian steven colbert. >> i endorse the people. >> now herman cain is all in nor newt gingrich. >> we're going to elect speaker newt gingrich as the next president of the united states. >> even before the cain endorsement, he said his campaign will continue no matter what happens. >> it will go all the way to the convention. >> in panama city, romney escalated his attacks. >> he was fine but eth -- he was fined and he ultimately resigned in disgrace. >> in a one of a kind ad, they attacked gingrich using an nbc news report from 1997. >> they have asked the romney campaign to stop running the ad but one advisor told us they plan to keep running it until tuesday's primary in florida. gingrich campaign said the ad is misleading because gingrich was cleared of wrongdoing two years later. >> carolyn: newt gingrich says he is not giving up on this week the former house speaker renewed his vow to cha

jonathan carl reports, it's a whole new republican race. >> newt gingrich is back. >> thank you.veryone in south carolina who decided to be with us in changing washington. >> reporter: little money or organization compared to mitt romney, but newt won big anyway. >> we showed here in south carolina people's power with the right ideas beats big money. with your help we'll prove it again in florida. >> reporter: for romney was a major blow. jaws week ago, polls showed had i am with a double digital lead in south carolina. >> tonight i want to congratulate speaker gingrich and on hard fought campaign. >> but romeny's lashed out on gingrich on romney's work at bing capital. >> when my opponents attack free enterprise, they not only are attacking me, they attack every person that dreams of a better future. i will support you and i will help you have a better future. i'll make sure that america is an opportunity for all. >> reporter: he offered a reminder it is romney that has money to run a national campaign. >> in the coming weeks and month i'll keep fighting for every single vote. i

jonathan carl, abc news, des moines. >> thank you, john for that report. the political year is heating up big time after tomorrow's iowa caucuses, it's time to get ready for the next one in new hampshire. abc news is hosting a republican candidates debate in five days with diane sawyer and george stephanopoulos. moderating once again. tune in saturday night, 9:00 p.m. eastern, 6:00 pacific. twist and turns of the gop hot debate in new hampshire. i love to see all the mudslinging -- >> dirty, not good, but it's fun. >> fun to watch. >> exactly. >>> here's your monday forecast now, everybody. some of the coldest air of the season for the eastern half of the country. up to a foot and a half of lake effect know from grand rapids. cleveland, buffalo. don't want to hear that. snow in the appalachians. rain from seattle to portland. snow in the cascades. >> 42, salt lake city. 62, sacramento. it's warm somewhere. 80 in phoenix. 10 in fargo. 16 in minneapolis. 22 in my old stomping ground, chicago. all my peeps back there. 40s boston to atlanta. >> new york may no

carl marks all day. >> i envy you guys. it's fun out there. jonathanonathan martin of politico. when we return, let me finish with the joy i'm getting watching this fight from here between newt and mitt. you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. hey guys, breakfast! ♪ [ female announcer ] if whole grain isn't the first ingredient in your breakfast cereal, what is? now, in every box of general mills big g cereal, there's more whole grain than any other ingredient. that's why it's listed first on the side. from honey nut cheerios to cinnamon toast crunch to lucky charms, get more whole grain than any other ingredient... without question. just look for the white check. >>> let me finish tonight with this. how can you not love this battle in florida? here we have two candidates, one, the prince of the establishment. the other charging with his battery ram. one bereft of spontaneity, robot like in his earnest to learn how people actually behave. the other speaking from the gut of every ticked off voter watching him from the sidewalk. what a display of pers

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carl? >> here in new york the son of the city's police commissioner, a local tv anchorman has been accused of raping a woman. jonathan deanst has the latest on that. >> reporter: prosecutors in new york haven't filed criminal charges but the investigation is ongoing. they are taking a hard look at whether there is evidence to back up the claim that a night out drinking with a new york anchorman ended in some sort of forced sex attack. he's a popular anchor, a one-time fox news channel war correspondent. >> we'll be here for a while. >> reporter: and the son of nypd commissioner ray kelly. now greg kelly is off the air, dealing with what could be the toughest story of his life -- a rape allegation. kelly denies the charges. we know the district attorney's investigation will prove mr. kelly's innocence, his lawyer says. >> a nightmare scenario. >> reporter: this week the woman went to the 13th precinct to file her rape claim against kelly. she claims in october she met him on the street and they went out drinking at a downtown bar. she said kelly went back to her empty law offices and it was there, she claims, the sex