. >> julie peterson, cnn, tuscaloosa, alabama. >>> hello. it's 3:00 on the east coast, noon on the west coast. i'm gary tuchman. let's get straight to the news. the florida primary is looking like a two-man race for sure. front-runners newt gingrich and mitt romney have fanned out across the state ahead of tuesday's primary there. supporters of both camps have released new negative ads and both campaigns are courting the state's hispanic vote. >> we are very committed to having every american of every background come together. i talked about inclusion rather than outreach and i remind people outreach is when five white guys hold a meeting and then call you. inclusion is when you are part of that process. we are working with the hispanic community across the country to develop policies and issues. >> challengers rick santorum and ron paul have left the sunshine state. we'll go live to florida in a few minutes for an update on the campaign. the arab league is out of the monitoring business in syria for now. too violent, too many people killed,

here's julie peterson. >> reporter: the university of alabama, a 180-year-old institution.h its recent national championship serving 31,000 students. one of them, senior and former foster care child, shawn hudson. the social work major has a 3.7 gpa but his path to success has not been easy. >> it was always this thought in my head to just give up. >> reporter: hudson writes about growing up with his biological family before he was put into foster care when he was 11. he writes about a difficult childhood that included an absent father who spent time in prison. but it wasn't until after he was removed from his family for the second time at age 15 that he hit rock bottom. in the course of your life, what has the lowest point been for you? >> i was constantly switched around to different group homes and it was just that feeling of where am i going from here? am i going to keep moving around to different group homes? what is the point of me even trying? >> reporter: and then a life line. social worker alice westary entered his life looking past foster care stigmas and opening