the closure for the collision is on south hilton between south kayton, and frederick road. we continue to follow dense fog warnings on the area roadways and traffic patterns are building, especially south of the city, on 29 as well as the bw parkway. reports of traffic now, on the bw parkway in the southbound lanes between 198 and 197, if you are heading through the lorel region. no reported troubles, on the harrisburg, no reported troubles, live at 83, shawan road. on the beltway, traffic volume continues to build in the outer loop lanes on the west side, reported delays or accidents there. as far as our drive times go, we are okay as far as no delays to report on the west side of 695, 7 minutes from 795 to i- 10, on the topside, outer loop, bel air to providence, a 6 minute drive. over to lynette. >>> we have dense fog advisory out there. i will show you that in second. we are dry now. not dealing with moisture in the form of rain or snow. we have moisture at the ground in the form of clouds, we have reduced visibility this morning in to baltimore, looking at three mile v

south hilton, shutdown between south kayton and frederick road. also around the area, dense fog, we have fog advisories in several counties. heavy fog warning on i-95, here is a look at i-83 and shawan, drive from the harrisburg to the pennsylvania state line. looking pretty good, for the most part with brief delays. live look at 95 and maryland 43, the advisory to 695. >>> mitt romney's campaign released tax returns. new polls show newt gingrich has pulled even with mitt romney and mitt romney now changing his strategy, he released the tax returns amid enormous pressure. his tax returns show he drew in $21 million mostly from investments. >> my income tax will show that's where the profits and rewards came. he paid 14% in capital gains taxes on the investments. last night it was the 18th debate for gop hopefuls with romney and gingrich so close, the fireworks were flying. coming up, we will have a live repot out of tampa -- report out of tampa. >>> moving on, news up and a look around the nation, crews in oregon will continue their search, hoping

that's south hilton at leaf street. nt to take south kayton avenue to avoid this closure all together. we are also dealing with another couple of accidents reported one on 95 south at the 895 split. crash 95 near route 100. the fog is your biggest road hazard as we look live at 95, maryland 175, area of the bay bridge, u.s. 50 and maryland 8, extra caution on the bridge spans this morning. >>> executives highlight as new program focusing on veterans. sherrie johnson is live with a look at the hiring preferences for the veterans. this was a big initiative and focus with the vets returning home. >> we are here live, in front of the national guard armory. later this morning, baltimore county executive kevin cabinet will highlight the program. i am standing in front of the mobile career center. this is awesome. this program it ofs new resources and a hiring pref preference for veterans that want to become employees. we have a disabled veterans outplacement representative and anthony smith is joining us with a mobile career c

south hilton remains shutdown between south kayton and frederick, we are suggesting that you get on southmorely, that may get you over to frederick or south culver street. they are saying there is lots of debris, a block that has to be cleaned and overturned vehicle. one of the vehicles remains overturned. south hillton closed between south kayton and frederick road with a deadly crash. we follow this for you. another closure in the city, this is going to be on fulton avenue, baker street and press berry street. carry is a good alternate for you. there 95, traffic patterns starting to build, northbound and southbound, as you make the drive past maryland 175. a check of the forecast, and over to lynette. >>> let's talk about what is going on, a dense fog advisory in effect until 8:00 p.m. we will get sunshine as we go through the afternoon. the advisory is for the counties shaded in the grayish color, again, we are dealing with visibility that is really low this morning. we can see over in to fredericks around one mile visibility, go in to baltimore. we will make it that way through the remainde

also south hilton at south caton avenue. let's take a live look.ee, traffic definitely beginning to get heavier there, at providence road. and we'll take another live look. as you can see, still a pretty easy drive. although it is picking up just a bit there, 95 top of the fort mchenry tunnel. this traffic report is brought to you by the cochran firm. if you or someone you know has suffered a personal injury, call 1-800-the firm or visit them online at cochranfirm.com for your free consultation. >>> in today's pump watch, it's more bad news for cash-strapped drivers. the price rose 8 cents this past week alone. analysts credit several causes. including near an oil shipping route near iran. if the current trend continues, some experts say prices could break $4 a gallon by spring. >>> things aren't that bad yet in our area. it's up 10 cents from last month. and almost 30 cents higher than this time last year. >>> a gospel sensation. shirley murdoch performed in washington, d.c. but not before speaking with wjz. and monique griego has more. >> shirley

otherwise we have two accidents still working in the city, south hilton at leads and brighton heights avenue at mary. there is your speeds open the beltway, they are all at full speed. a live look at the west side, running smoothly there at liberty road with the exception of damp roads and fog, you can see the fog in that shot on the harrisburg expressway. remember wjz is always on, so for traffic information you can always log on. >> mark viviano reports from what is now a very quiet ravens training complex. >> reporter: good morning. well ray lewis told us after the loss in new england on sunday that a super bowl for the ravens just wasn't meant to be. but as ravens players cleaned out their lockers in owings mills on monday it was hard for them to hide from the thought that a super bowl for them was meant to be. instead of preparing for a super bowl the ravens met monday morning to clean out their lockers, say goodbye to teammates and poppedder the pain of a tough loss. the ravens believe their season would not end for another two weeks. >> it just sucks because we done so much and

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we had an earlier street closure, due to a deadly accident on south hilton, shutdown between south kaytonnd frederick, that's been re- opened. traffic remains a little bit heavy in the area. we are dealing with the dense fog advisory in the area on i- 95, from delaware state line to 695, on the hayden bridge, and the beltway, not bad on the harrisburg expressway. >>> watch parties across maryland tonight in preparation of the state of the union address , the president's final state of the union before being up for election. we will air it at 9:00. the president will focus on the economy and job creation. opponents say it will be likely be a reelection address. back to new york for good morning maryland. what makes the sleep number store different? the sleep number bed. with the sleep number bed, it's not about soft or firm. it's about support where you find it most comfortable. the magic of this bed is that you're sleeping on something that conforms to your individual shape. on a traditional mattress, there is no adjustment. you get what you're buying that day. with our bed, you change th

nbc's peter alexander in hilton head, south carolina, tonight. good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. these candidates try to dash around the state, mitt romney nearly missed his event here in hilton head tonight because he was stuck in paralyzing traffic so bad that he ultimately needed a police escort. he actually called in by cell phone to the room filled with veterans. the crowd gave him a groan, but ultimately cheers when he arrived. campaigning across south carolina today, front-runner mitt romney tried to present himself as a sympathetic conservative. >> i want to get jobs for americans. by the way, i'm concerned about our poor in this country. >> reporter: at the same time, romney launched a new ad responding to his opponents' accusations he callously killed jobs while running bain capital. >> this is a business mitt romney helped start. and this one. and this steel mill. >> reporter: newt gingrich continued to challenge romney for mischaracterizing his record at bain. >> he claims he created 100,000 jobs. "the washington p

south carolina governor. it will be at the ballroom of the hilton oceanfront resort. earlier today, the former massachusetts governor got the support of a number of retired or non-active-duty veterans in south carolina, including the former president of the citadel. we will be looking shortly at south carolina and mitt romney holding a campaign event there. while we are here in south carolina waiting for the former massachusetts governor, mitt romney, to attend this veterans campaign event, news about another primary, the virginia primary, where most of the gop presidential candidates failed to get on the ballot. earlier today, a judge ruled against a lawsuit that candidate rick perry had brought. rick perry, new gingrich, rick santorum, and jon huntsman were all trying to sue to get on the virginia primary ballot. that means the failure for them to get on the ballot means only two main candidates will be on the march 6 virginia primary. it will be ron paul and mitt romney, who we will be hearing from shortly here in south carolina. >> we are at a mitt romney campaign

they have shut down the intersection at hilton and lead. take south kayton to get you around that. we are trying to get more information and pass it on as soon as it becomes available. if you are traveling through the city on the interstates, we are looking good on 95 and 895, through the tunnels. harrisburg expressway, the drive through, looking a

after that, another look at mitt romney at hilton head, south carolina. host: in this episode, we will look at rick perry's climate change. >> the truthfulness of political figures and others. >> if a politician says the same thing over and over again, even when it has been pointed out that it is untrue, but they know that they're saying something untrue and they will say it anyway. >> glenn kessler sunday night at 8:00 p.m. on c-span's "q&a." >> charles clark, senior editor of government magazine. then craig gilbert looks at

south carolina. the republican candidates hitting the road early today. we're awaiting rick perry in a moment. he will be at a meet-and-greet in hilton head, south carolina. that is nice place to stop on the campaign trail. arthel: i think so. bill: perry along with rick santorum and mitt romney making several stops across south carolina today. as you see on the map on the southeast and the north, along the border with north carolina. john roberts, myrtle beach now. we hear mitt romney is releasing an ad in south carolina. what's in it? what is the message? >> reporter: good morning, to you, bill. the ad is touting what his campaign says are successes at time with bain capital. companies like staples and sports authority. clear that the merciless attacks against him about some factories were closed is taking a real to. we started in south carolina where one of the factories was. we stopped by daddy joe's barbecue for lunch. we ran into jim koch. he is the executive director of local economic board. he had done research what happened when that photo album factory closed back in the early 1990s. here's what he found. >> the overall eco

rick perry in orangeburg, south carolina, you've got rick santorum in hilton head, south carolina, newtoe johns. this is a turning point in this campaign because this could be a political brawl. it is getting pretty darn ugly there. tell us why. >> reporter: well, a lot of reasons why. because there are some questions as to whether candidates are going to have to get out of the race because they don't have a good showing here, quite frankly, suzanne. this is the lawn of the state capitol in columbia. we're waiting for former newt gingrich to get here along with j.c. watts. the big controversial here in south carolina is about the questions that newt gingrich continues to raise about mitt romney and his days at bain capital, where he was laying off officials and gutting companies and a venture capitalist. it's a proxy debate over the merits of free market capitolism. capital lichl. newt gingrich defended himself with piers morgan. >> then concede every effort that i made to stay positive, every effort that i made to talk romney out of this failed. you can't disarm him unless you get him

he has an event in buford, south carolina, near hilton head.ick perry will hold a news conference 11:00 a.m. eastern time. will they be together? we'll see if the reports are true that he will endorse gingrich. before we go, i want to bring in carl cameron talking to folks in south carolina. good morning. what have you gathered? >> reporter: rick perry will take a decisive test, some suspend canada sis for legal reasons and financial reasons closing out the account. rick perry will say he is done. there is no suspension here. he is quitting. it is a full on and full out from the texas governor. he will do it 11:00. there is a news conference at hyatt a few blocks from where we are in charleston. mitt romney has a event at his local headquarters. definitely adds to the intrigue what is surely to be crucial if not desigh sieve south carolina primary. runing into this with newt gingrich catching up to mitt romney but still a little bit off the pace, still trailing. for rick perry to pull out does raise questions where his supporters might go. star

want when he wants. >> republican presidential candidates mitt romney speaks to veterans in hilton head, south carolina. he is joined by john mccain, john bolton, and the south carolina's governor nikki haley. it will hold the republican primary on january 21. this is about one hour. ♪ >> thank you so much. what a great crowd. i just came in from the overflow room. i am so proud to be back in our second home. we love to come here often. this is where michael is from. we get to come often. we will start with the fact that i am very blessed to be married to a man who puts on a military uniform every day. michael haley, stand up and say hello. [applause] we have had an amazing time. the reason we have had an amazing time, there is a groundswell in south carolina that understands all eyes from around the country are on our great state. i could not be more proud. what we are seeing is a great debate about what we will do, how we will do it, and being smarter about it. what i am thrilled to say that we're backing the man that has a record. it is not what he said, it is what he has done. he has a rec

brian todd is joining us from hilton head, south carolina. >> rick santorum score d big in iowa withd other social conservatives. that block is also crucial here in south carolina, where a lot of attention is now focused on a candidate whose faith has truly shaped him. politically and personally. literally minutes after stunning the political world in iowa, rick santorum said game on. paid tribute to his wife. then -- >> i've survived the challenges so far. by the daily grace that comes from god. >> santorum called his relationship with god a sacred friendship. a friendship forged over a lifetime. >> you literally had to be on your death bed not to go to church and -- >> did you guys ever try to get out of it? >> we tried to get out of it, but it never worked. >> dan santorum, rick's younger brother, told us that he, rick and their older sister might have missed church twice in their lives. growing up in the small house on the grounds of a va hospital, rick was an alter boy. dan brought wheelchair bound patients to services. >> position of honor to be up there and to be with the prie

south carolina, 6:30 eastern. you can see that live on c-span. ron paul has no public appearances scheduled for today. as we mentioned, former massachusetts governor mitt romney is meeting with veterans in hilton head, south carolina and you can see that live coverage at 5:05 eastern on c-span. several of the republican presidential candidates will be participating in that candidates forum tonight in duncan, south carolina. it is hosted by republican groups in greenville and spartanburg counties. among those appearing, newt gingrich and rick santorum. c-span will have live coverage again at 6:30 eastern. >> president obama announced today that he will ask congress for the power to merge agencies, to streamline government and improve efficiency. "politico" reports the proposal calls for merger of commerce department, the small business administration and office of u.s. trade representative and other independent business agencies. here's the 15-minute announcement from the white house. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> good morning, everybody. please have a seat. welcome to the white house. i see all sorts of small business people here and i am thrilled to have you

south carolina. here's a live look from hilton head. it's a diner. he's chatting with some of the folks in there. he is holding a meet and greet with supporters. he was practically a no show in new hampshire, with less than 1% of the vote. if he don't do well in south carolina, chances are he will likely drop out after this primary. we shall see. eight days away. >> trying to play the "southern card." >>> there may be one more candidate. steven colbert on the comedy central show last night said he was launching a run for president in his home state of south carolina. he said he plans to form an exploratory committee for the nation's top job. apparently the stunt is part of his effort to expose the absurdity of u.s. election laws. >>> funny guy. >>> a boycott of girl scout cookies is prompting a debate on whether the organization should include transgendered kids. a video from a california group called honest girl scouts was posted online and in that video it urges people not to buy the cookies because of a colorado troop which accepted a 7-year- old boy as a member. >> i ask all fellow girl scout

according to some polls here in south carolina, behind comedian steven colbert who says even he is considering a presidential run. >> so it goes. peter alexander in hilton head tonight, thanks. >>> monday night on "rock center," ted koppel will have a special report on these new big money super pacs that are changing the face of presidential politics this year. monday night on "rock center." >>> now to the rising tensions overseas with iran, over that country's threat to close a vital oil-shipping lane in international waters in retaliation for sanctions over its nuclear program. the u.s. is warning iran now publically and through back channels privately, not to try anything. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel has more on this high-stakes dangerous standoff. >> reporter: today in tehran, the funeral of a nuclear scientist assassinated this week, and everyone knows who to blame. "death to israel," "death to america," they shout. u.s./iran relations are plunging fast and military analysts warn this could escalate well beyond angry rhetoric. the likely slash point, the strait of hormuz, the most important waterway on earth. 1/5 of the world's oi

look down south in south carolina towards hilton held.s and town halls today. he'll hit sun city, bufort and charleston almost crossing paths with governor jon huntsman who has one event today, a breakfast with the berkeley county g.o.p. in daniel island, a little further west that long red line represents governor rick perry covering a lot of ground. starting his day in blythewood with a meet and greet around breakfast time. be in orangesburg by lunch and walterboro by dinner time and driving past that baby blue spot on the map, that's speaker gingrich staying in charleston all day long and governor mitt romney who is up 9.3% on gingrich in the latest real clear politics average of polls, it's just going to have one event in south carolina today for a rally in greer where weather will be in the 50's. then he'll skip town and head for a rally where the weather is a little warmer. west palm beach, florida, high 70's and low 80's today. the latest real clear average in polls has romney up eight in the sunshine state. if he wins south caroli

south carolina? >> he'll be a strong candidate. actually he has family at hilton head, dan and missy santorum. proud of them. a great focus for senator santorum. the bottom line, we can't wait for all of the candidates to come. people of south carolina have truly been looking forward to this. and you've pointed out, this is the super bowl. this is the state. this is the primary. with over 500,000 people likely participating. it's a huge turnout that does pick the nominee of the republican party. >> political junkies, get your doritos ready. congressman joe wilson, thank you. nbc's david gregory will moderate the final presidential debate before tuesday's new hampshire primary. nbc news facebook debate airs sunday on nbc, special edition of "meet the press" and here on msnbc starts at 9:00 a.m. eastern. post debate analysis with chris matthews. you have a question for the candidates, logon to our facebook page to join the conversation. back with more after this. yoo-hoo. hello. it's water from the drinking fountain at the mall. [ male announcer ] great tasting tap water can come from any faucet

south carolina today. mitt romney will be joined by senator mccain in hilton head for an event with veterans at 5:00 eastern. at 6:20 eastern on the other side of the state, local republicans in greenville and spartanburg counties will hold a presidential candidate forum and we will have live coverage from duncan, south carolina. the u.s. supreme court took up a texas redistricted case this week. we will talk about some of the possible political implications. 22 states have

republican presidential candidate mitt romney will meet with veterans today in hilton head, south carolinand be joined by john mccain and south carolina governor, niki haley. you can watch live coverage at just after 5:00 eastern. and at 6:20 eastern, on the other side of the state, local republicans in greenville. so far newt gingrich and rick santorum have said they will be duncan. here on c-span. >> it's easy to follow the presidential candidates through social media. go to c-span's campaign 2012 website and find out what the candidates are posting in real time. read what viewers like you are saying on facebook, twitter and more. and access the most recent video from a candidate. >> in this episode of chat voorks we're going to look at rick perry's surprising claims behind the research. >> i think there's a substantial number of scientists who have manipulated data. >> i rate different comments by politicians on a one-to-four scale. if you say something completely outrageous you're going get four pinocchios. >> in his "washington post" column, glenn kessler rates the answers by politici

hilton head. so we really are identifying with the candidates. >> all right. well, southson, good to see you. thank you. >> thank you so much. >>> new alarming reports on iran and u.s. concerns that israel is preparing to take military action against iran and the pentagon has released video of three iranian boats approaching american ships in the strait of hormuz. it is warning israel do not attack iran. joining us for more perspective is p.j. crowley. nice to see you. >> hello. >> it feels like we could be reaching some sort of a tipping point any day now. how are you reading all of these reports? >> i'm not sure we are yet at a tipping point. i think on both sides they believe their strategies are working for the u.s. and the west imposing sanctions on iran and clearly those sanctions are having an effect. iran, by the same token, has recently just doubled down on its nuclear program and it opened a second facility and stepped up its enrichment of u ra uranium to get to a level it desires. >> it's reported the u.s. is using secret channels through which they are warning

it also means that when you get to south carolina, and you go down state, particularly charleston, down through myrtle beach, hilton retirees, near retirees, remember, john, this is a very different state demographically, socioeconomically than it was when bush and mccain went mono a mono in 2000. the suburbs around greenville and spartanburg look more like atlanta than they did 12 years ago. >> that's up here. >> look for romney to do extremely well here, look for santorum and perry to do well up here and the election's won in the center speen of tine of the >> perry says i'm reassessing. he wakes up this morning and goes for a jog and says, i'm going to stay in this. skip new hampshire, come here. south carolina's now rick perry's alamo. the question is, if santorum stumble a bit, if gingrich comes in fourth again, is there a chance for perry to reassert himself here, or is he likely to end up being fred tompson, a spoiler role, taking some of the vote up here and denying santorum or a newt comeback. >> a lot of it, as you indicate, depends what santorum does in new hampshire. i think if he were to finnish the to

hilton street. benton heights avenue, another accident. 11 minutes on the outer loop northeast side. five minutes to travel south on on 95 from the 895 split down to the fort mchenry. this is the parkton region. that fog is thick. no delays from parkton on down. some slow going on the outer loop. delays falling into place on liberty down towards 70. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> traffic is back to normal after an accident stop the southbound traffic for more than an hour last night. three tractor-trailer's and two a passenger vehicles collided in tube one of the tunnel just after midnight. the tunnel was closed for about an hour. the drivers of the cars were taken to the hospital. an investigation into the cause of the crash continues. a new jersey dr. is charged with murder. the doctor is accused of bringing a teenager to elkton to terminate a pregnancy. two doctors are both indicted under maryland law. closing arguments are set in the federal civil trial of a former deputy who fatally shot a man with a stun gun. the parents of jarrel gray are seeking money for what they claim was excessive force a

south carolina. so okay, anderson, this doesn't look so great, right? charleston area, retirees, second home, hilton head, down 14% from the peak in housing prices. 10% in the center of the state, 2% in the piedmont, unchanged up at myrtle beach and pee dee. nationally, 24% in housing crisis compared to the united states. no matter where you go in south carolina' better than that and that's a little bit of a sign of hope for the state. >> good news there. erin we'll continue to check in with you. back to our analysts over here. how much are you watching turnout, and who will, if there is low turnout because of the weather or lower turnout who might that help in. >> obama. >> it would be indicative, matching the 2008 numbers in iowa and in new hampshire in the republican, they're supposed to be gassed up, they have to exceed those numbers. i guess if you would take conventional wisdom it would hurt romney because his supporters are believed to be less passionate than the others of other people but i it every to my republican colleagues about that. >> you see more men than women which is not often the

south carolina. the major event tonight is a form with gingrich santorum, and and jon huntsman. gingrich is opening his campaign headquarters in florida. mitt romney and rick perry also keeping busy with events in hilton head. a federal judge will hear arguments today on rick perry's fight to get on the virginia primary ballot. he filed a lawsuit after failing to qualify for the march 5 primary. the lawsuit claims the provision in the law is unconstitutional. several other presidential hopefuls have joined in on his lawsuit. abc 7 will have a crew in south carolina on election night. count on us as your election station for instant updates in every newscast as well as on our web site, wjla.com. coming up on abc 7 news at noon -- >> i am very relieved. we were pretty confined and had no idea what was going on. >> a 73-year-old grandmother and her husband share their amazing story after being part of a fake bomb extortion plot. then searching for a sperm donor, the extreme lengths some couples are taking try to have a baby. and a startling new report links america's favorite food to cancer. winter is back with a vengeance. >> this was an ugly scene outside and apple store in beijing. customers became vi

mitt romney will hold a town hall meeting in hilton head, and joining him will be john mccain and south carolina governor nicki haley. our road to the white house coverage continues today at 6:20 eastern as santorum, gingrich, and huntsman take part in a form today in duncan, south carolina. it is hosted by the greenville county republicans, and that begins live at 6:20 eastern on c-span. >> this place, you will stand for all time, among monuments to those who have fathered this nation and those who defended it, a black preacher, with no official rank or title, who somehow gave voice to our deepest dreams and our most lasting ideas. >> saturday at 9:30, president obama is torn by civil rights leaders and the king family for the dedication of that martin luther king jr. memorial on the national mall this weekend on american history totv. civil war scholars look at the history of the war, and sunday at 3:00, from serving in the navy, now senator john kerry begin a vocal opponent of the vietnam war. his story on the american history tv this weekend on c- span3. this weekend, but t.d. looks

mitt romney is rallying up support in conway, south carolina this morning and then heading to hilton a series of bombings rocking afghanistan today leaving five nato troops dead. they died in two separate attacks in the part of the country. just yesterday, three nato soldiers were killed in another bombing. no word yet on the nationalities of any of the victims. taking a live look now. this is lima, peru, joran van der sloot will be arriving at the courthouse there for the first day of this murder trial. the 24-year-old charged with killing stephanie flores, a woman he met at a casino in 2010. authorities say van der sloot confessed to murdering her in his hotel room later that night after finding her researching his connection to natalee holloway on his computer. prosecutors want a 30-year prison sentence for van der sloot. he could get as little as 10 years behind bars. moments ago, pope benedict named 22 new cardinals, two of them from the united states. one of them, a friend of the show. timothy dolan, archbishop of new york as well as ed win o'brien, former archbishop of baltimo

hilton in columbia. we've got people very excited, they worked very hard in social and we're so thankful for the people in south carolina that once again picked the right man for the nominee. >> go and have a good celebration, ladies. >> thank you. >> has tonight's big win for newt gingrich reset the republican race? welcome back to you guys. it was after new hampshire i was with you in atlanta there at the mother ship as we call it. and it seemed then like this race was over, this was mitt romney, 2 for 2, ahead in all the polls in south carolina. and we really thought this might be the beginning of a very, very quick end to the raise. now mitt romney is not even 2 for 2. he's now 1-3. we now see gingrich not just winning tonight but absolutely thumping romney. everything has changed, hasn't it? >> it certainly has. i think it's going to be a race. because florida, ten days from now, a lot could happen. here's one thing that i think is definitely going to happen. there's going to be an enormous amount of attack advertising that's going to be broadcast in the south. you're going to see a tremendous amount of th

hilton in columbia. we've got people very excited, they worked very hard in social and we're so thankful for the people in south carolina that once again picked the right man for the nominee. >> go and have a good celebration, ladies. >> thank you. >> has tonight's big win for newt gingrich reset the republican race? welcome back to you guys. it was after new hampshire i was with you in atlanta there at the mother ship as we call it. and it seemed then like this race was over, this was mitt romney, 2 for 2, ahead in all the polls in south carolina. and we really thought this might be the beginning of a very, very quick end to the raise. now mitt romney is not even 2 for 2. he's now 1-3. we now see gingrich not just winning tonight but absolutely thumping romney. everything has changed, hasn't it? >> it certainly has. i think it's going to be a race. because florida, ten days from now, a lot could happen. here's one thing that i think is definitely going to happen. there's going to be an enormous amount of attack advertising that's going to be broadcast in the south. you're going to see a tremendous amount of th

hilton in columbia. we have a great dj. we're having a lot of fun. people are very excited. they've worked very hard here in south carolina. we're so thankful for the people here in south carolina that once again have picked the right man to be the president and the nominee nominee. >> well, a great night to be a gingrich. have a great night. >> thank you, piers. >>> so some of the biggest smiles of the night. has tonight's big win for gingrich reset the presidential race? with that, my colleagues. woel come back, guys. >> thank you of i was just reminding myself it was after new hampshire i was with you in atlanta there at the mother ship as we call it, and it seemed then like this race was nearly over. this was mitt romney two for two, ahead in all the poefls in south carolina and we really thought this might be the beginning of a very, very quickened to the race. now knit romney is not even two for two. he's back to one out of three. santorum won in iowa and now gingrich we see not just winning tonight but actually thumbing romney to second place. everything's changed, hasn't it? >> it certainly has. i think t

look at the three distinct regions of south carolina you have the coastal area, lowcountry where we are here in charleston and the hiltontends to be republicans, fiscal conservatives and more moderate than further up state and you have midmidlands, the area of columbia and the swath of conservative voters to the east of that and the top, where your evangelicals and social conservatives are centered, your bible belt. now, i talked to a lot of undecided voters here in charleston over the last little while and they've looked for an alternative to mitt romney, over the last few months and seem to have found it inu newt gingrich and, electability was the big issue with them and, he came into today's primary with a huge head of steam, leading among several critical electoral dream graphics and republican party members an evangelicals, tea party members and women and if he had any weakness going in today, and we don't know at this point, 35% of people said, come election day, i may change my mind. we talked about what newt gingrich needed to do, he needs to rack up votes along the lowcountry and the coast and then needs go aft