pensacola clinic that provided abortions. year after that in 1994, the site of the other fire bombed clinic in pensacola was visited by an antiabortion activist named paul hill. paul hill shot and killed another doctor who provided abortions in pensacola, a doctor named dr. john britton. as well as a clinic volunteer. he also wounded the doctor's wife in the attack. yesterday on the first day of 2012, that same clinic in pensacola was gutted by fire. nobody was injured. the fire apparently happened after midnight on new year's eve. the building was reportedly burned as if from the inside out in a fire being investigated by the state fire marshal. and by the local fire marshall in pensacola. it's the same clinic that was previously fire bombed. and that is across town from the site of another abortion doctor assassination in pensacola. today it was announced the fbi and the federal bureau of alcohol, firearms and explosives will be joining florida state and pensacola local investigators who are looking into the cause of the fi

pensacola clinic that provided abortions.he man who was killed was dr. david gunn. a little more than a year after that in 1994, the site of the other fire bombed clinic in pensacola was visited by an antiabortion activist named paul hill. paul hill shot and killed another doctor who provided abortions in pensacola. dr. john britton. yesterday on the first day of 2012, that same clinic in pensacola was gutted by fire. nobody was injured. the fire apparently happened after midnight on new year's eve. the building was reportedly burned as if from the inside out in a fire being investigated by the state fire marshal. it's the same clinic that was previously fire bombed. today it was announced the fbi and the federal bureau of alcohol and firearms will look into the cause of the fire. we'll keep you posted as we learn more. >>> we have more news not about the iowa caucuses and some that is, coming up. >>> doors close and caucusing begins in iowa in less than 24 hours. so the republican party's process of picking its nominee is fi

i can promise you that outside of that media area, no one in pensacola knew that. no one invil jacksovill jackson that. resources matter and the question is has gingrich been able to devote enough resources to the state to have an impact on his numbers? >> let's hear from paul who joins us from gree bay wisconsin, an independent caller. good morning. >> caller: good morning, how are you in. >> go ahead. >> caller: the first thing is i have been watching all of the debates very closely. mitt romney and newt gingrich have not spelled out the details of their economic plans. that really concerns me. rick santorum has and he has a very good plan. he is the only one i would back. i don't know how you can vote without knowing what their plans are. >> go ahead, i'm sorry. >> caller: go ahead. >> i think they all have detailed economic plans. santorum has been very vocal about his plan and so have the others. what happened in florida and particularly in the two debates if you watched them, we had two candidates where their roles were reversed. mitt romney won new hampshire

just a short time ago, mitt romney spoke at a veteran's rally in pensacola, florida.rimary. polls show the massachusetts republican is surging after two strong debates this week. garrett haake joins me from pensacola, florida. what? no navy blue blazer from the beach? >> we're stick iing to the pasts today, trying to get into the spirit of the sunshine state. >> the pastel's working there this morning. tell us about what's going on. >> absolutely. this was a very comfortable, relaxed romney. seemed to be having a good time. had a couple of big introduchovnies. bob mcdonna from virginia, john mccain was here cracking jokes. they got an introduction if jon voigt, the actor. less talk about gop characters in the race and more talk about president obama. he went back to one of his favorite lines hitting obama for the speech he gave in disney world and the state of the union, talking about fantasy land. listen to this. >> that state of the union address, that really was amazing. did you listen to that? i mean, he was in florida at disney world a couple of days ago speaking

so these pensacola people are going to absolutely love you. joe, the first day that it was, i we came back for a nafta vote and you were in a training session on the floor of the house. and i walked into the well of the house and this big guy comes running down the center aisle, pointed his finger saying, i'm here because of you. i'll never forget that. i've now had to apologize to several people because of that. but nevertheless. >> exactly. it's all your fault. so i have, we've been shocked this morning. i just found out that paul ryan voted for the medicare part d plan, $7 trillion plan, doesn't pay -- >> he can't let go of this. >> this is important. rick, i just heard you talking about the federal government taking over, health care. you obviously also, i've heard you talk about this before, you also voted in 2004 for this medicare part d plan. i think there are some conservatives like myself, who were really disappointed that that bill passed. if i'm thinking about voting for you, in florida, next week, and the one thing i just can't get

mitt romney was in pensacola criticizing president obama's decision to cut back the military.s comes as one of his ads stirs some controversy. it includes nbc nightly news content from 1997. the network has asked him to remove the material. he has opened up nine percentage points over new gingrich. newt gingrich called the fire that crowd the only way to defeat obama is with a solid conservative and the focus must be jobs. the latest numbers have ron paul coming in third with rick santorum in fourth place. ♪ bodys located a woman's inside the submerged cavanaugh of the capsized cruise ship. the death toll from the cruise ship accident stands at 17. firefighters have released new video of divers searching the vessel. the process of removing fuel will not be able to begin until early next week. the captain remains under house arrest while his actions are under investigation. pete is here. a big day of celebration. >> the last time towson won a game, herman cain was still a gop nominee. they go for the win against wilmington. we will check it out in sports. >> there is a weather

mitt romney brought star power with him to the stage in pensacola, florida. he's campaigning with actor jon voight and gop heavy weights like john mccain. the former massachusetts is attacking newt gingrich on the campaign trail, now questioning how effective gingrich would be as president, saying he already failed as speaker of the house. >> he was fined for ethnics violations, ultimately had to resign in disgrace. he can't re-write history. >> reporter: gingrich says he's the strongest candidate to take on the president, and florida is the key state to make that happen. >> if we win florida, i will be the nominee with your help! >> reporter: gingrich needs to gain momentum. the latest survey shows romney with a 9-point lead. the former speaker of the house was in orlando, courting hispanic voters, hoping they could help him close the gap. >> i like newt. i think he's got the experience. he has strategies in place. i think that will help the economy, help unemployment. >> reporter: some have a very clear idea of what they want a candidate to represent. >> we

>> jan crawford in pensacola, florida, this morning. thank you. >>> for more on campaign 2012, turn to former congressman j.c. watts. he is a newt gingrich supporter and the national co-chair of the gingrich faith leaders coalition. he joins us from jacksonville. good morning, congressman. >> hey, nancy. how are you? >> i'm great. thanks. it's been a tough week for your candidate. want to play for you what a few republican leaders are saying about him. first, senate majority leader bob dole who had harsh words for newt gingrich calling him difficult to work with, unpopular, and here's what he said when he talked about it. >> do you think he has any chance to be president? >> i hope not. >> and then here's what former republican leader trent lott had to say. >> i think maybe his assessments of his role is a little bit grandiose when you actually remember what was going on when you were there and a part of it. >> does it trouble you to hear these verywell-respected leaders saying things like this about newt gingrich? >> well, nancy, we ar

has five stops, on the way to pensacola after an event in jacksonville.tic. he is ready to rock through florida and go to nevada from here and beyond. so we've been asking on the trail if he doesn't win florida, winner take all, whether he would continue because he is well outspent in terms of money and resources on the ground and the romney campaign. he says they're going all the way to the convention. doesn't look like the speaker plans to get out. he makes the point when you add his voting support to rick santorum, the two conservatives in the race, they are outpolling mitt romney. at some point that seems to indicate there has to be a conversation between santorum and gingrich camps about consolidating that conservative vote. >> you said a hundred supporters, how have the crowds been? >> other than one event on saturday afternoon, he had huge crowds. last week, we saw almost 10,000 people at four events in a single day of the speaker, so he's had really good crowds. this morning was an average crowd, 100 people before kicking off work this morning. he

. >> reporter: mitt romney brought star power with him to the stage in pensacola, florida. he is campaigning with actor jon voight and g.o.p. heavyweights like senator john mccain, the former massachusetts governor is attacking newt gingrich on the campaign trail. he is now questioning how effective gingrich would be as president, saying he already failed as speaker of the house. >> he was fined for ethics violations. he had to resign in disgrace. he can't rewrite history. >> gingrich says he is the strongest candidate to take on the president, and florida is the key state to make that happen. >> if we win florida, i will be the nominee. with your help! >> but gingrich needs to gain some momentum. the latest survey shows romney with a 9-point lead. the former speaker of the house was in orlando courting hispanic voters, hoping they could help him close the gap. >> i like newt. i think he's got the experience. he has strategies in place. i think that will help the economy help unemployment. >> some have a very clear idea of what they want a candidate to represent. >> they wa

. >> reporter: big crowds cheered on mitt romney in pensacola, florida and followed the former massachusetts governor as he rolled into panama city. romney is crisscrossing the state, as he surges in the polls. the latest survey shows him with a 9-point lead over newt gingrich. romney's attacking the former speaker of the house over his past leadership. >> he was fined for ethics violations. he ultimately had to resign in disgrace. he can't re-write history. >> reporter: but gingrich says he's the only one who can beat president obama in november. >> we nominate a moderate, we are in real trouble. it's that simple. >> reporter: gingrich vows a loss here won't mark the end of his campaign. >> i will go all the way to convention. i expect to win the nomination. >> reporter: newt gingrich is courting hispanic voters to help regain some momentum before tuesday's primary. but for republicans like edwin martinez, it's not an easy choice. he's stuck between gingrich and rick santorum and says it may come down to the former speaker's position on immigration. >> i know that he has a plan in place or

it happened at an abortion clinic in pensacola, florida. bobbie jo rogers is charged with setting the fire which gutted the clinic. no one was injured. >>> oakland firefighters are crediting a smoke detector for waking up neighbors when a nearby vacant apartment caught fire. the fire started in the kiffin of a downstairs unit that was being remodeled. the neighbors called 9-1-1. the fire appears to have been started by a heater. >>> once again occupy oakland protesters faced off with police overnight. there were a number of arrests. the dispute over a tepee that prompted the police action. >> in a tense showdown, officers in riot gear pushed back occupy oakland protesters at frank ogawa plaza. they moved in around 11:30 last night on a small group of demonstrators. at least a dozen people were arrested in what many protesters call an unjustified raid. >> there is a paddy wagon. they were shoving people into it. people were saying they were claiming they had drugs on them when they didn't. >> this police action was prompted by a dispute over

a little cooler up around pensacola, tallahassee and jacksonville. temperatures near 70. a little bit of though this morning, not much of it, not much of winter. only northern new england adirondacks through vermont, new hampshire, a little bit of light snow, but especially the coast of maine, portland respect those are the only bad areas. i want to show you pictures before i get to the forecast. one spot yesterday called fulton, new york, they got nailed by an incredible mini band of lake-effect snow. they picked up three feet of snow yesterday. areas to their north picked up nothing, areas to their south picked up pretty much nothing. that's where winter was. let's get back to the forecast. it's looking warm coast to coast. not only warm where you are, they will be in the 60s today in d.c. we're not too jealous of you. just a little bit. >> then why feel quite as bad leaving you up there in the cold. we'll see you back at home soon. or not too soon. turning to sports. two of the best squared off last night as the clippers hosted oklahoma city who has the best record in

we begin with abc's jon karl in pensacola florida. >> reporter: mitt romney is surging in florida bute's taking no chances. at a rally in panama city, he lashed out at newt gingrich, bringing up in 1997 he was fined $300,000 by the house ethics committee for alleged tax violations. >> we allow him to lead our party. what happened four years later? well, he was fined for ethics violations. he ultimately had to resign in disgrace. >> reporter: while romney hammers gingrich on the stump, his campaign is up with a highly unusual ad in florida that consists of nothing but an nbc news report from the night he was fined. >> they found him guilty of ethics violations. they charged him a very large financial penalty. >> reporter: nbc asked the romney campaign to stop airing the ad, but one adviser told us they plan to keep airing it until florida's primary on tuesday. the newt gingrich campaign said the ad is dishonest. because two years after he was fined, gingrich was found not guilty by any violation by the irs. gingrich says he plans to continue his campaign no matter what happens here in

. >>> brian orakpo said on his twitter that he had successful shoulder surgery today in pensacola, floridaod job. i'm dave feldman. brian is back with more of the edge right after this. have a good night.  >>> instead of beautiful like today tomorrow we'll have rain, but keep in mind it comeses in late morning of so the morning -- comes in late morning. so the morning commute will be dry, evening commute different story. high temperature tomorrow middle 40s. one more nice day on thursday 53. >>> taking the edge off now with this viral video, a staring contest between a little girl and not so little lion at a new zealand zoo. the lion cracks first taking several swipes at the 3-year- old girl. to her credit she never flinches. she was never in any danger thanks to the safety glass. the video has been up a week or so and already has had 95,000 views. now you have the news edge. of course, the news is always on www.myfoxdc.com. thanks as always for staying up late. see you. it's where you spend a lifetime so your kids can go to college. so you can actually visit that beach proudl

. >> reporter: mitt romney brought star power with him to the stage in pensacola, florida. he's campaigning with actor jon voight and gop heavyweights like senator john mccain. the former massachusetts governor is attacking newt gingrich on the campaign trail. he's now questioning how effective gingrich would be as president, saying he already failed as speaker of the house. >> he was fined for ethics violations. he ultimately had to resign in disgrace. he can't rewrite history. >> reporter: gingrich says he's the strongest candidate to take on the president and florida is a key state to make that happen. >> if we win florida, i will be the nominee, with your help. >> reporter: but gingrich needs to gain some momentum. the latest survey shows romney with a 9-point lead. the former speaker of the house was in orlando, courting hispanic voters, hoping they can help close the gap. >> i like nute. i think they have experience. he has strategies in place. i think that will help the economy, help unemployment. >> reporter: some have a very clear idea of what they want a candidate

. >> reporter: in front of a packed crowd along pensacola's famed shores, romney focused on the president and mocked newt gingrich's complaints about the crowd participation in last debates. >> speaker gingrich said he didn't do so well because the audience was so loud. the one before he didn't so well because the audience was too quiet. it's like goldilocks, got to have it just right. >> reporter: and then there was an all-out assault on gingrich, including john mccain who called him desperate. >> a desperate candidate is a candidate who attacks someone who succeeds in the free enterprise system. >> reporter: while romney may be leading in the polls he's still battling, as the latest edition of newsweek magazine notes, to win the support of the party's conservative base. ♪ on friday night, it was florida's influential hispanic vote he was after. touting the endorsement of puerto rico's governor. and the ad wars continue. the latest romney ad lifting a 1997 clip of "nbc nightly news," the day the former house speaker was found guilty of ethics violations. nbc news has asked the romney cam

. >>> big crowds cheered on mitt romney in pensacola, florida and followed the former massachusetts governor, as he rolled into panama city. romney is crisscrossing the state as he surges in the polls. the latest poll shows him with a 9-point lead over newt gingrich. romney is attacking the former speaker of the house over his past leadership. >> he was fined for ethics violations. he ultimately had to resign in disgrace. he can't rewrite history. >> reporter: but gingrich says he's the only one who can beat president obama in november. >> if we nominate a moderate, we are in real trouble. it's that simple. >> reporter: gingrich vows a loss here won't mark the end of his campaign. >> i expect to win the nomination. >> reporter: newt gingrich is hoping to court hispanic voters to help regain momentum before tuesday's primary. >> reporter: but for some like edwin martinez, it's not an easy choice. he's stuck between gingrich and rick santorum and say its may come down to the former speaker's stance on immigration. >> i know he has plans in place to help immigrants become legal citizens. >> rep

the new flights will begin in two-phases on march 25th and july 11th for destinations including pensacolaida, memphis, tennessee and little rock, arkansas. it is complete u.s. airways says it will offer more than 230 flights to and from washington up from 171. >>> lion king is bringing in the bucks for the hippodrome. last year they grossed 1 1/2 million setting a box office record for the theater so. far, the lion king made 5.3 million dollars and a week remaining for the engagement in baltimore. show runs through sunday, january 8th and you've not been to see it it is highly recommended. >>> a dollar general is expanding and that means thousands of new jobs. the company says it would add 625 stores and 6500 new jobs in the coming year. the new stores would be in 38 states including maryland and the chain for the release has not had specifics nor the locations for the stores and they don't know those either. >>> consider the. [audio not understandable] when you consider the 1% who do you see? how about yourself. world bank economists crunched the numbers in the book the haves and have no

. >> pensacola, florida. rita, republican line. >> caller: good morning. i just want to thank you for the opportunity to say something that i think needs to be said. my son is an 18 delta, which is a special forces medic. he's been in the service almost 30 years and is evidently very talented. he's had many commendations and bronze star for his duty and things that he's done. in fact, one of the things that attached to the commendation medal said he was the lead surgeon. my problem is when he gets out of the service next year, what kind of opportunity does he have because he says he can't get a job as a physician or anything like that at the v.a. hospitals or anywhere. seems to me all this talent is being wasted. so i would like you all to comment on what other options a person who is good at what he does and evidently likes it, how he can continue on. thank you. >> wow. thank you and thank you for your service as a military mom. i know my mom would appreciate that. you know, you're absolutely right. you are 100% right and that's what frustrated us so much

. >> reporter: in pensacola, romney was greeted by big crowds and conservative supporters like shirley mccraw. >> we need somebody that has good morals and we need somebody as a role model. >> reporter: for mccraw, that candidate is romney, not newt gingrich. >> it seems to me that every time he gets a new wife, he gets a new part of his religion. >> reporter: at a ship building yard in panama city romney hit gingrich on ethics charges when he was house speaker. >> he ultimately had to resign in disgrace. he can't rewrite history. >> reporter: that message is resonating with panhandle voters like francis johnson. >> we all forgive, we do, but i just cannot vote for a man with that kind of baggage. >> reporter: now, with supporters like that, romney was sounding even more optimistic this afternoon. after his event here, he sahd he thought things were going in his direction and that he was going to win on tuesday. now here's my colleague dean reynolds with the gingrich campaign. >> reporter: jan, i'm here in orlando with gingrich, and he is well aware that the polls here in florida show

mitt romney is in pensacola, florida. so much is at stake!ck the u.s. military? pakistan is dangerous. . it the world is not a more safe place. hall and the world can you justify reduce the military at a place like how -- can you reduce the military? >>marty: mitt romney is leading nine points. some state of the union address controversy about a joke and spilled milk. environmentalists and farmers are concerned and conservatives. >> some of these moments were good to some were not. >> one could have of forced dairy farmers could have spent $10,000 to make sure that they did not spilled milk. with a role like tellike that, i guess they did cry over spilled milk. >>reporter: not only grown but environmentalists were concerned. spilt milk can be a serious issue. >> if milliken gets into a waterway if -- milk can extract the oxygen and the fish cannot survive. >> in petaluma, thousands. and in sabathis has happened in california derris bills is treated as the same as oil. dairy-spill contains oil but non-petroleum based. the international dairy f

mitt romney holding a rally in pensacola. florida primary, as you know, just three days away right now. ron paul and rick santorum are skipping the sunshine state today. sanatorium is home in pennsylvania. ron paul is in maine. why maine? >> it's almost 80 degrees in florida where three of the republican presidential candidates have been campaigning. why is ron paul here in maine? we'll let him explain. >> -- that i'm not important. we have some enthusiastic supporters in maine and we wanted to come and share with you. so thank you very much. >> those delegates dr. paul is talking about, 24 here this maine. he's competing heavily in states like maine, like nevada, like colorado, like minnesota. he stands to do pretty well in those contests. he's pretty much seated the florida primary that's coming up on tuesday to his rivals. but he's hoping up to rack up delegates through the caucus process in order to win the nomination. but should he not win the nomination, he could play a prominent role at the republican convention with t

eight position and nonmetal weapon called a tactical spike was found in the sock of a passenger at a pensacola airport number seven in our landlines from a passenger in a salt lake city airport number six is a stun gun as disguised to look like a cute little pink smartphone thanks to a female passenger l.a.x. and there is a flare gun which also comes in at number five. top ten list ninja knives hidden inside of a hollowed out book called the shadow warrior those committed number four but we should note that this was not brought to the airport by an actual ninja coming in a number three is a broad topic with handguns in general over twelve hundred fire. those are found in airports in two thousand and eleven some of which were loaded number two is one firearm in particular a three eighty pistol that was strapped to the ankle of a passenger at a detroit airport and the number one good catch of last year small chunks of c. four explosives they were found a bag of one thousand on his return flight not even on his first flight with the c four it's now going over all these good catches you're probabl

after two morning shows at a jacksonville stop, he flew to pensacola, fort myers and orlando. >> i am in the legitimate heir of the reagan movement. >> reporter: romney campaigned in jacksonville and followed by the villages, largest retirement community. >> with a turnout like this we may win tomorrow. >> reporter: he is going to have a bigger crowd at the villages. he is expected on the stage any moment now. in the winner all take all delegates. santorum was campaigning in missouri and minnesota. ron paul will be on the stump in nevada tomorrow. leaving romney and gingrich to fight over here. >> brett: bringing you a sense of the different voting areas. a little later, trying to track down the candidates. our coverage of the florida primary continues tuesday. at 6:00 p.m. when special report comes live from american election headquarters in new york. we'll be there throughout the evening with results and analysis. >>> now the international news, iran's top diplomat is offering to extend the stay of u.n. weapons inspectors currently in his country. chief white house correspondent ed

today, both are making multiple campaign stops to connect with florida voters, romney in pensacola and panama city. check out gingrich's schedule. very busy. stuart, port st. lucie, brooksville, winter park and west palm beach. even though gingrich is still riding a wave of support from his big win in south carolina, a new poll shows she has groundwork to do. a new poll shows romney in the lead at 38.7%, seven points ahead of the former speakerer receiving the support of 31.5% of voters. as always, these numbers could change drastically before tuesday as undecided voters make up their minds. >> it may seem like the gop candidacy is a two-man race now. but rick santorum says he isn't quitting any time soon. the former pennsylvania senator returned to the philadelphia area for a fund raiser last night. he told reporters when he arrived he hasn't had any discussions for dropping out and will be in the race for quote a long long long time. he scored a surprise win in the iowa caucuses but since been beat out both by romney and gingrich in south carolina. >>> presidential hopeful ron paul i

meanwhile newt told fans in pensacola that big money was an issue in this race. >> we will only win if the american people decide they're sick and tired of the establishment thinking that we're dumb enough to let them buy an election. >> who is buying an election? well according memo democratic source romney and his restore our future super pac have spent more than $15 million compared to about $4 million for gingrich and his winning our future super pac. is that all it takes to win an election? outspend your election 4-1? no justin sayfia says, no, no. it's a lot more complicated than that. it may be sometimes but probably not this time. either way obama senior adviser and campaign strategist david axelrod does not seem unhappy at all the way the g.o.p. primaries have turned out so far. >> you have to accumulate the delegates necessary to win. i believe this will go on for a while. >> but that doesn't make republicans john mccain happy it could go on quite awhile, which would not be to our benefit. >> and now what we can expect from tomorrow's g.o.p. florida primary, craig crawford wh

fayetteville north carolina where fort bragg is located savannah georgia and nonstop flights to pensacolahe expansion there will be 125 additional jobs that will be available at the airport. the flights take off on march 25. >>> thank you very much. from the air to the road, let's get a look at the traffic situation. mike joined us with the latest on the evening commute. >> heavy delays on the outer loop from a river load at 266 and on the interlude dealing with some slow traffic. you are slow from 95 to pennsylvania avenue and from the legion bridge to the 270 spur. all of your travel lanes are open in that stretch. >> thank you, mike. >> a head on abc 7 news, a child died from a mysterious allergy at school. see why her mother -- >> at 6:00 a big changes on the way if you are a frequent dunkin donuts c >>> one team he was a member of that program has now gone on to become a mentor there. that is what makes in this week's harris heroe. >> it was not too long ago that he was just like the young boys he tried to mentor. >> i tried to have a higher standard. -- for themselves. >> the 19-yea