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that you would need to use to get into the garage band and the tenants would know who is in monthly parker and who is not. >> if we were talking about the 400 spaces, then i think that moving the the rise entrance would make a lot of sense but we are talking about 31 spaces with a card swipe and we can conditions something like a speed bump. on the rare times i drive, i am not sure which way to go. this is not occurred to me to remember. i don't think that this would make an ideal insurance regardless of the issue around the building which does seem to be a problem as well. if he were trying to build 400 spaces, this would be an endeavor worth pursuing. we can achieve the same goals of the community and allow the 31 spaces to move forward. that is my personal opinion. >> i neglected to mention that our original proposal was for 95 stalls in october. the owners sent a letter to the planning department complaining about that. they subsequently met with mr. peterson who is one of the property owners. we reduced this from 95 down to 31 to be responsive. >> thank you. >> having lived for 38 yea

kathleen parker and from "the daily beast" andrew sullivan. romney's problem is that just when the problem started paying attention, he's looking too rich for the times. he's made slip-ups like the $10,000 bet. and his tax return showed just how rich he is. newt is not much closer to every man than romney is. he'll be dragging along his deals at k street and charge accounts at tiffanys. a poll asked about whether gingrich cares about average people? 22% says gingrich cares about the average guy. 24% says romney does. when the president framed the 2012 election this way. >> can neither settle where a shrinking number do barely well, where a growing number do well. everyone does their fair share and everyone plays by the same set of rules. >> well the white house, the president included oftenly believes that's going to be how the pie is sliced in america. is that's how it's going to be how it makes it in america? >> i don't think that a candidate has begun his presidential campaign and put class at the center the way president obama did this wee

carol parker in with the traffic.morning, carol. >> thank you, tom. >>> no complaints about the weather, and we are not complaining about the traffic. bw parkway at the 32, you can see in our cameras traffic is moving. not a lot of volume yet. over an 270 at montrose road, you can see an awful lot of pavement. things are wide open. and 66 at nutley, a little bit of volume but absolutely nothing in your way. eun, joe, back to you. >> thank you, carol. >>> there remains a lot of uncertainty this morning on the eve of the iowa caucuses. the gop presidential hopefuls will make one final push across the state today trying to secure the state of republican voters who are unsure about the field. tracie potts is live in des moines with the candidates to watch. tracie, good morning to you. >> hi, joe. good morning, everyone. 4 out of 10 iowans say they could still change their mind. this is still a very volatile race or caucus we'll see tomorrowful the one to watch seems to be rick santorum. coming out of single digits a few w

carol parker is in for danella.d morning, carol. >> good morning, tom. >>> as the kids head out to the school buses, make sure they're bundled up this morning. around the area, 66, 495, 270, we are moving right along. no obstacles in your way. heading downtown, new york avenue and bladensburg, a little volume but nothing to report. over on chevy chase, connecticut avenue and bradley, wide open. eun, joe? >> carol, thank you. >>> who will stay and who will go? that's the question -- two of the questions facing the washington redskins this morning. the team finished the season 5-11. that's the worst nfl record for head coach mike shanahan ever. his players return to redskins park to clean out their lockers after sunday's bad loss to philadelphia. shanahan said he planned to meet with each of his assistant coaches over the next two weeks. quarterback john beck is under contract for next season, but rex grossman is a free agent. shanahan has also said that keeping linebacker london fletcher is a priority for him. the 36

how beautiful you look. >> reporter: beth parker, fox 5 news. >>> news tonight is far from over. >> thes edge at 11:00 starts right now. >>> five people confirmed dead after a luxury cruise ship hit a reef late friday night. about 4200 people were on board as the ship began to sank. >> now they're telling their story of the chaos during the ship evacuation. >> as thousands of passengers are recovering in italy, their stories are starting to come out. shaken survivors compare their experience to the movie "titanic" as they describe the moments the ship begin to sink. some crawled through hallways and down ladders, and others leapt overboard into the frigid sea. >> at the very end, before we jumped off, one of the crew members was telling us to stay on. mark was saying we don't need to stay on, because it was sinking so fast. where we were standing was under water now. that's when about, i guess 100, 150 people started swimming. >> many passengers were inside the restaurant having dinner at the time of the accident and say waiters instructed them to remain seated even as the ship began li

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carol parker has our traffic. good morning. >> good morning and thank you, sir. >>> we've got wind warnings on the chesapeake bay. hold on to your hat. federal holiday. most people are off. most schools are closed but not all. as we look around the area, things are moving beautifully. 95 at dumfries, not a lot of friends and neighbors out there. and continuing on to 395 to the 14th street bridge, everything is looking great. eun, joe? >> thanks very much, carol. >>> our time is now 4:43. still to come for a second year in a row, one city dealing with the mysterious death of dozens >>> good morning. welcome back. this morning investigators are looking for this man. they're calling this man a person of interest in a series of fires in southern california. los angeles police released this security video. you can see him dressed in black. police say he came up -- up the stairs from an underground parking garage where a fire had been set. they also say the man was spotted at the scene of another fire. >> fires, as soon

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carol parker is in for danella. good morning, carol. >> good morning, tom.ck to work and school, yikes. the good news, the outer loop, all lanes open at georgia avenue. as you can see in our cameras, the backups go past new hampshire avenue, all the way to 95, with a travel speed of only 21 miles an hour. in virginia, very heavy now, northbound 95 at the fairfax county parkway. but nothing in your way. and as you continue on 395 to duke street, heavy but moving. joe, eun, back to you. >> thanks, carol. >>> 6:32. and this may be why traffic is heavier than usual on 395 today. the last set of employees will transfer to the marc center in alexandria. 1,400 people are expected to start working at the site today. this is a live look at the facility off of 395. this is one of the side streets. traffic is moving there. still could be very busy today. in all, 6,400 workers were transferred to the complex as part of the base realignment commission's plan. they had been gradually moving into the building since last summer. >>> beginning today, metro riders will notice

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>> as the search continues parker's family hopes this latest video leads to a break in the case. >> you have to have hope that somebody knows something and that somebody will remember and call. i hope they do. >> so far police haven't charged dale smith. he's currently -- he currently has custody of the couple's 3-year-old twins. that's news 4 at 4:00. >>> news 4 at 5:00 starts right now. >>> the threat of slick roads prompts a late start today for federal employees. the roads may have looked clear but a year after carmageddon stranded commuters for hours officials aren't taking any

. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com michelle parker. we are going to talk to her mother tonight. president obama, meet ronald reagan? let's go, "outfront." >>> i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight is it morning in america for barack obama? the u.s. added 200,000 jobs last month. that absolutely trounce expectations and it brought the unemployment rate down to 8.5%. now, that is the fourth month in a row that we have seen a drop in the unemployment rate. we are now at the lowest level in almost three years. prior to the crisis. but where did we see the growth? health care and manufacturing are the two areas that stand out. manufacturing in fact may surprise you, but really been the area bouncing back all year. i want to put all this in perspective because it's really important for the election. i'm going to call this a pie. it represents the 8.7 million jobs lost since the recession began in 2008. that is a whole lot of jobs. all right. since then, though, 2.5 million jobs have been added. now, that's about 30% of the pie. so you can see

beth parker was there and has the story. >> they spilled on to sidewalks. hiked through corn fields, hoisted flags in the air. >> when i saw the flag when i got out of the shop, it about made me cry. i said you have to experience this. >> it wasn't just the grownups. children skipped school and held homemade signs. >> thank you for serving our country. >> and even those not known for their patience were willing to work. >> 4 1/2 hours. >> do you mind the wait? >> no. >> hour and a half, it doesn't matter. had lunch plans, but that doesn't matter either. >> their sacrifice could never be like the one made by ronald and his family. >> very proud of the man. >> he died december 11 when his truck hit ied in afghanistan. his is his final journey to woodsborrow, maryland. >> the family lives in the other town, but it doesn't matter. >> it's my friend's ink. >> uncle. >> main street is main street u.s.a. and honor guard in front of the funeral home. crisp white glove. >> you have to support your heros. >> maria knows just what he means. >> number one, they are our

. >>> then a story we've been following closely on this show, florida's missing mom, michelle parker, disappeared on november 17th. her mother "outfront" tonight with a plea. >>> and the bottom line on employment. 200,000 jobs added in america in the past month. president obama, meet ronald reagan? let's go, "outfront." >>> i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, is it morning in america for barack obama? the u.s. added 200,000 jobs last month. that absolutely trounces expectations and it brought the unemployment rate down to 8.5%. now, that is the fourth month in a row that we have seen a drop in the unemployment rate. we are now at the lowest level in almost three years. prior to the crisis. but where did we see the growth? health care and manufacturing are the two areas that stand out. manufacturing, in fact, may surprise you, but really been the area bouncing back all year. i want to put all this in perspective because it's really important for the election. i'm going to call this a pie. it represents the 8.7 million jobs lost since the recession began in 2008. that is a whole lot o

in washington, beth parker, fox 5 news. >>> happening on the redline in the morning rush hour. the workers discovered the crack near the tenleytown station. i tried the single track service from should end help -- friendship heights to van ness and caused delays. >> we apologize for the delays. trained control systems and everything else. >> that crack was in the older section of the rail and it was replaced around noon. right now, the service is back to normal. >>> while the agencies deal with customer frustrations, it's considering raising rates. the agency has 50 possible fare changes on the table including raising the basic rate on metro rail to 210 during peak hours: the peek-of-the-peek charge might be eliminated and the maximum peek could be raised to $6 and metro will hold public meetings. >>> police confirmed the human remains at the bottom of the with well in fort washington. maureen umeh is there with new information from police. >>>y that calling it a death investigation. the public information officer julie parker told us that the body, a body was discovered here i

beth parker in the newsroom now. beth?sident began his speech last night, he said something interesting. he paid a compliment to the defense secretary leon pinetta. >> good job tonight. >> reporter: good job tonight. we now know the words were a reference to a daring rescue mission. it had just been carried out by an elite team of navy seals. they rescued two hostages, an american woman and danish man. the two were being held hostage by somali pirates. jessica buchanan is an aid worker in somalia and has ties to bedford, virginia. after the state of the union with the first lady by his side, the president called buchanan's father to let him know his daughter is okay and on her way home. the pentagon said that buchanan's health was deteriorating and that is one of the reasons the u.s. moved in when it did. this is seal team six, the same team that killed osama bin laden. the pentagon said in this case, they hoped to capture and detain the kidnappers. instead, all 9 were killed. the pentagon has not said why, but a spokesman

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in dupont circle, beth parker, fox 5 news. >> yeah. >> and the sign of the times. >> yeah. >> hopefullyely. >>> and into the weekend that you're talking about. >> and changing the delivery method. the southwest wind will bring in a rebound in our temperatures, and we saw a sign of that at 6:00, when the temperature went up by 1 degrees and more good stuff to come. so, it's still cold out there and it will be another cold night tonight. but it will not be as cold as last night and for some of you, it will be 20 degrees warmer because last night was one of the coldest nights we have had since last winter. the temperatures now in the 30s, upper 20s, we'll probably not get a lot colder than this tonight and the reason why we're staying warmer, one, the wind direction changeed. it's out of the southwest and we have some clouds out there. to give you hope for what is coming, can you see we have our cold here in the mid-atlantic and the northwest. as we look across the rest of the country, we bring on the warm colors, the yellow s and oranges can mean one thing. warmer air is on the move and t

in washington, beth parker, fox 5 news. >>> and another bad sign for the economy.kly jobless claims. 399,000 people filed unemployment benefits the first time in the latest week and that is barely under the key 400,000 level and way up from last week. >>> and december was supposed to be a great month for retailers and that did not turn out that way. new numbers show that retail sales were 1/10 of a perrent is higher in of december than december. discounts were the reason. they were still buying and paying less. >>> in consumer news now, several hundred grocery workers will find themselves out of a job the next 30 days. the parent company of food line announced it's closing 126 stores nationwide and some here in our area. fox 5 money reporter melanie alnwick has a closer look at the stores. >> reporter: and the announcement affects food lion, bottom dollar and bloom stores. seven bloom stores in maryland and virginia will be closing and one bottom dollar store on richmond highway in alexandrea. the entire bloom brand is being retired. the company wants to focus on t

beth parker, fox 5 news, in maryland. >>> a whacky 48 hours.ating snow yesterday. >> yup. >> and it was beautiful out there today. >> perfect. >> the temperatures into the lower to mid-50s. yesterday, upper 30s and lower 40s and continues the whacky winter weather pattern. you know, i think it's going to start settling down to a winter pattern. we get a blast of some cold air this weekend and probably over the next two weeks to three weeks, two weeks, i think this pattern will begin to regulate itself and turn into more of a winter pattern. let's see what happens. one thing, the rainy day tomorrow, looks like this really starts to move in and we get potentially a little bit of sunshine tomorrow morning. the morning commute is sit destroy-- still dry, okay, and this is consistent the last few days. watching this weather system come on in and this is 8:00 a.m. and maybe some sunshine to start. watch how quickly this comes in and looks like 11:00 p.m., noontime, everyone gets into the rain. the early commute dry, the afternoon-evening commute is w

fox 5's beth parker has the story. reporter: are you tiffany's or target? and what's the middle ground? >> i feel like the gap has a widened, that there's a lot more have notes thans have and not as many in -- than have's and not as many in between. reporter: a new research survey finds americans are changing. 66 of those questioned believes there is a strong or very strong conflict between rich and poor. >> i wouldn't say conflict, but i believe that there is a divide. reporter: when pew asked people about the potential sources of conflict in american society, young versus old, black versus white, rich versus poor, immigrant versus native, most people now say rich versus poor is the greatest divide. at community barbershop in northeast d.c. they've seen a lot of change over 50 years. >> i think that the middle class is rapidly evaporating to the point where they will become the new working poor. reporter: the census bureau says the rich are getting a bigger slice of the pie. in 2005 the richest 10% of americans held about half or 49% of the wealth in this

i sat down with cuba gooding, jr., and nate parker. >> thank you for being here. me about why this film is so important. >> it is so important on so many levels. one, we get to celebrate our heroes, black men, masculine men that are making decisions to determine the outcome of the film. >> when you say that, the cast, the director. >> yes. in the sense of the film, oftentimes we do a film about the black experience and we have other people telling the stories and you have other people that are heroes and now you have a chance to celebrate black heros and to be a part of it as actor, it's an incredible experience. >> you've had a lot of experience, obviously, in hollywood. how rare is it to have the opportunity to have black heroes in the film? >> very rare. if you look at the films that i really go after and i get excited about doing, "men of honor," dory miller in "pearl harbor" and the tuskegee and "red tail," it inspires me to get involved in films that tell a story of black history. when i was doing the first tuskegee airmen, i had finished my schooling and kn

michelle parker was reported missing just hours after it was taken.t how this may help them in their search for her. >>> plus, are you trying to sell your house on line? you have only one chance to make a good first impression. contributor barbara couric ran has tips for marketings your house on the internet. >>> chef and author andrew zimmer is the hoefts of "bizarre foods america." he's got dishes off the eaten path, shall we say. raccoons anybody? >> we're going eat it too. >> interesting. >> i want you the think of one thing. taste like chicken. >> is this going to be a competition between us? >> no, because i think i would win it. >> he wins. >> i think you'll let me win that one anyway. a lot coming up. >>> let's get the morning headlines. nbc's tom llamas is at the nbc news desk. >>> we begin in south carolina where republicans are going to to polls today to pick the person they want to match up against president obama. nbc's peter alexander is following the first primary gop primary. they're already at the polls, correct? >> reporter: yeah, th

reporter: beth parker, fox 5 news. >>> convicted of corruption, now leslie johnson has inspired calls for change in maryland. shawn yancey is everywhere at 11:00. >> two prince george's county delegates introduced legislation to close a loophole that allows convicted felons to stay in office before they go to prison. leslie johnson wanted to stay on council until sentencing. johnson eventually resigned after a public outcry. >>> a maryland man pleaded guilty trying to set off what he thought was a bomb outside a military recruiting station. an fbi sting caught antonio martinez in 2010. agents provided the phoney car bomb and arrested martinez trying to detonate the device outside the armed forces recruiting center in baltimore county. martinez will be sentenced in april. >>> 12,000 people packed penn state's basketball arena today to remember former football coach joe paterno. the public memorial wraps up three days of remembrance ceremonies on campus. paterno's wife, children and other family members attended the service. paterno who was 85 years old died of lung cancer sunday. >>> u

washington, beth parker, fox 5 news. >>> and i have a compliment for you, laura evans.nd the prompter's not working. >> it's not working. >> no, it's going to be a great day. it's all better from here and you -- . >> i love you, sue, and you look so nice today. >> thank you. >> and -- . >> that is sump a great job with the weather. today's a day where we will take the terrific compliments by the weather. what a nice day. >> wow. >> and 55 degrees at 6:00. and it didn't start out so nice if you were up early. >> yeah. >> you saw the fog, right? yeah. >> and it was not this bad everywhere n. northwest, it got thick. the visibility dropped and we're kind november our foggy season. once the fog burned off, though, a good amount of sunshine and the temperatures really respondd this afternoon. now, fog is a cloud on the ground and some of that moisture was likely contributed by this, you see the picture behind me, the snow over the weekend. my weather photo, the kids were enjoying it this weekend and a lot of that melted off with the warm temperatures. it's easy to send us a

native michael parker. you know the rest. maryland down stanford, 75-53 and the largest margin of victory, the terps won six in a row. >>> and to george washington hosting delaware state. krom katherine egberts gw off to a -- kroma gets gw off to the good start here and added 15 points. later off of the steal, brian ahead to pelham for the dunk and gw at that point, down by one point. in the first half, kroma, this time to edwards, the alley-oop. gw led by 10 at the half and defeat delaware state 77-59 and ending a serve-game losing skid. >>> -- seven-game losing skid. >>> virginia tech beat oklahoma state, 67-61. howard falls to kansas state, 82-46. >>> and let's switchgears. five wins and 10 losses have come and gone since september 11th and tomorrow, the season finally philly and that is meaning something to either team in terms of the post season and eagles won three straight and if they win. the redskins lost three of four and can tie last year's record of 6-10 with a win and could finish 5-11 if they lose the first time

>> reporter: as the search continues, parker's family hopes this latest video leads to a break in thewill now be somebody who knows something that gives them a tip that ultimately helps them solve this crime. natalie? >> kerry sanders in fern park, florida. thank you. now for a look at what's trending today, our quick round-up of what has you talking online. legendary penn state coach joe paterno is a top search on yahoo and facebook as fans debate his legacy. paterno died sunday from the lung cancer that was diagnosed just days after he was fired over the child sex scandal involving a former assistant. paterno was 85 years old. >>> a story we mentioned earlier also trending on twitter. users are tweeting surprise over the break-up of "project runway" host heidi klum and singer seal after seven years of marriage. in a statement the couple say ises they have grown apart. on friday seal tweeted the message "the end." and facebook posters either love or hate steven tyler's version of the american anthem. ♪ and the rockets red glare ♪ as bombs bursting in air >> the aerosmith frontman wit

. >> steven parker is serving a life sentence for the murder of his stepmother. >> a lot of people, youknow, they villainize me for that. i grew up with parents that didn't give a [ bleep ] about me. i'm not trying to excuse my behavior, you know what i mean? i take full responsibility. i pled guilty. >> parker claims to be a leader of the aryan brotherhood prison gang. >> i wasn't racist until i started landed in jails and prisons and kept getting jumped on over and over again. then i became racist. i wear it proudly. i got the swastikas and got the bolts. >> when we met him, he was serving his time in administrative segregation because his desire for another tattoo nearly turned deadly. >> about six months ago, i cut a dude's throat down in population. he was supposed to do some tattoos. i was going to get some swastikas tattooed on the side of my neck. he didn't want to run them. i said, well, you just need to give me my money back. he didn't want to do it. i pulled out a box cutter and i cut the side of his throat. and he went running away and tried to run behind an officer. like an

"the washington post's" kathleen parker. and "the boston globe's" neil swidey. first up, even with his bad last two weeks, full of slipups and slowed momentum, mitt romney still looks like the heavy republican favorite. that means he's got a 50-50 shot to win the white house this november. but a "new york times" poll shows that half of the voters don't know mitt romney well enough to support or oppose him. who is he? today, we look at romney's motivations, for running. and his personality. first, let's look at these three possible motivations for mitt's run. his father, george romney, ran himself in 1968. but dropped out when he slipped and said he had been brainwashed by the generals in a visit to vietnam. second, is mitt romney driven by ideology or philosophy? and third, did he have a big career in business to build a life for himself? or was it also always a foundation for politics? neil swidey, you're on the spot. you've covered him for years for the globe. let's get to some basics here. i grew up knowing a lot of us here with george romney who ran for pres

i'm beth parker.tell you about a new survey coming up.  >>> coca-cola blew the whistle alerting the fda about low levels of fungicide in its own orange juice and juice made by its competitors. coca-cola makes minute maid and simply brands of o.j. the warning caused prices to rise and increase government testing for the fungicide. it's believed the chemical may be coming from brazilian imports. >>> breast fed babies may be harder to soothe and may cry more frequently than bottle fed babies. it's a natural part of communication between mothers and infants. analysts say bottle fed babies may appear more content, but research suggests they may end up being overnourished and gain weight too quickly. >>> it's a pain experienced by thousands of war heros who have lost limbs. doctors can't find, it but a 20- year-old college student from maryland has an invention that might help manage it one day. fox 5's beth parker has the story. reporter: her father's air force combat bag carries a lot of his

. >> kathleen parker who just won a pulitzer for her column, had a column recently and i use it for statistics and she's talking about history and historical. she says america's growing historical illiteracy is well known to educators and policymakers. in 2006, for instance, the intercollegiate studies institute tested the civic literacy of 14,000 freshman and seniors at 50 colleges and universities. the average senior failed with a score of 54%. >> you know, they've been doing these things for a long time. what do you think they would do -- i mean, it's a tribute to history that they do it, but what do you think the score would be if you went out and tested their knowledge of biology or of chemistry. >> about 10%. >> maybe. so, you know, that doesn't bother me so much. something that bothers me you have what's going on with texas now and that's not the university education, it's high school and middle school and elementary school where they are rewriting the textbooks along with a particular ideological line, and that's troubling. again, it's a tribute to how important history is that people

. >> parker, chelsea sea, blake, vivian. how are they all? >> they're good.nage years is much different than i expected. you have teenagers, i know. you have boys i think are easier than girls. >> my brother has four girls and my sister has three, definitely true. a much simpler thing. you basically talk about sport, all you have to do. >> which for you works well. >> my 18-year-old and 14 message me all day long about football, i know you love because you follow me on twitter. >> i unfollow you when the games are on because you're so annoying. you get so upset. how about when you threaten to kill yourself, will jump out this window. >> i threatened to throw myself off sanita monica pier. it was more shocking the number of people encouraging me to do that. >> don't listen to those people. >> do you like twitter? >> i do. i think it's a great way to interact with friends and fans. >> let's talk about you as a mother and you as a wife. you're about to become a wife again. >> yes. >> i want to know whether you think you're good at either. i suspect you are. >> i

i'm beth parker.tell you why people in this store are crying and hugging.  >>> welcome back. macy's has announced it will close its store at the laurel mall. the company said it is closing the store and seven others nationwide due to poor performance. final clearance sales will start on sunday and last about 10 weeks but it is not all bad news. the company is planning to open five new macy's and one new bloomingdale's over the next couple of years. >>> the music is fading away in one of d.c.'s most beloved stores. >> with so many people buying music online, the bricks and mortar stores are having trouble surviving. >> beth parker has a report. >> reporter: for 34 year, you could hear just about anything at medicine ollie record shop. >> today, it is the sound of sadness. >> i am heart broken. i had tears in my eyes. >> reporter: leon has come here at least once a day for 30 years or so. >> this is my home away from home. this is where i go wham sad or bored or -- i mean they're

and then michelle parker vanished on november 17th. her mother out front with a plea. and stephen he could bare. last night on his show he flicked and then flushed me. i have a number of problems with that. let's go out front. >> hello, i'm erin burn the and mitt romney begins a battle in south carolina am it's five days until the primary in new hampshire, right? that's where the massachusetts governor has a solid lead. so where he decided to spend most of the day was south carolina. >> i want to restore to the america the principles that have made us the power house morally, economically, and militarily in the entire world. >> romney, his pal john mishg ca mccain and nicky hayley were there. the primary is january 21st. the palmetto state has the highest concentration of he van gellic all voters in america. nearly half the population identifies themselves as evangelical. in iowa, 44% of ivevangelicals voted for rick santorum. but here's what's amazing. we don't know if romney made end roads with the christian right in south carolina because the last polls are about a