kris van cleave joins us from south carolina, where he has been at the center of all of the action. a big victory for newt gingrich tonight, expected to win, but not by such a large margin. >> that is right. the gingrich campaign is ecstatic with the results. they had been hoping for a four- six. decisive margin of victory. to fall into a decisive -- to fall into double digits makes it a decisive victory. he was almost written off as having a chance of winning here then he hadn't at big surge. >> your at the victory party tonight. can you talk about the atmosphere? he spoke with some supporters. " were they saying? >> it was a big old party. the people were very excited. it was a mixture of relief and an awful lot of excitement. then as they started to see how big the margin was, it was an all-out celebration. it was a remarkable comeback if you look at where the polls for a week ago compared with were the numbers are tonight. >> rick santorum wins iowa, but romney new hampshire, newt gingrich take south carolina, nobody backing down. seems like anybody's race. >> florida will becom

an the guy who will benefit most from that is the guy who was sounding like al green at the apollo theater -- . joe tuman joins us live to examine the results from south >>> is it wrong to crush on the president? he sings like that, that's the question? >>> all right, what do we have coming up? >> we'll talk a lot more about the race for the presidential nomination and our political analyst is going to join us live, results from south carolina. a a look ahead to the next big contest in florida coming up >> tickets to today's niners game, some of the most coveted around. >> >> frank is live at candlestick park, people heading to the game for free, frank, that sounds like a dream come true. >> reporter: no doubt about it, but you had to be in social networking to win those tickets. tuesday, awarded a woman that actually gave birth during the saints game while watching the game on television. that was the tweet that won and parks and recs department set up a contest. this is the picture sent in, a wedding photo from 18 months ago. it has been -- a wedding photo from san francisco. he is streaming >>> she is dreaming of linebacker -- they are happily marr

year-and-a-half, we have started to see a lot more community by and, in the community coming to us from south -- for stories, but you have to recognize that they are a diverse community, that they are someone who might have been left out of the usual media stream, and let them know that you understand that, and they will slowly open up to you. >> he is the co-founder of the oakland local. >> i'm going to play devil's advocate a little bit here. you cover your local community. do you feel at all, as a non- profit, a bit -- dare i say -- not threatened, but some kind of competition has come in from the big boys? you were having a nice conversation earlier. i listen in. do you see yahoo! going local, for example, as a plus, or do you see them as competition? how did you see that? >> first, full disclosure, yahoo! is a content partner for oakland local. they distribute our content on their website. there is some back and forth. some people are wondering what the corporate industries are going to do in a hyperlocal space. i do think there is space for everyone to work together. one of the question

for more on this let's get right to it with dnc communications director who join us from south carolinasouth carolina, but shouldn't you go direct to florida. >> they have. we have found, to some extent, common cause on these issues. i went to the university of south carolina. i wouldn't miss the opportunity to come down here and try to set the record straight on mitt romney. i think you may have seen a pint in this debate where mitt romney appears to be hiding something from the voters. you saw that on fox news. he dodged question after question about his record, taxes, hunting. voters don't like that. >> to be fair, he didn't dodge the question about hunting. he couldn't remember what he did hunt. >> well. >> you know in the latest washington post poll, they have mitt romney beating the president by a single point in the general election fight. there we are 48 to 46%, two points. it's not easy, is it? >> it'sgoing to be a tough election. mitt romney should perform well in the primaries and should perform well here. he's got millions of dollars in his own bank account. he's got a super

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joining us now from charleston, south carolina, from michele bachma bachmann's presidential campaign,at to have you with us. >> i hope you're feeling better. >> i am. mike halpern wasn't lying about it. >> mark didn't have the issue to dole woo, but i'm trying to deal the best i can and the contrast 2008, weather was also a factor in 2008. actually today in charleston and across south carolina, it's beautiful and we had the same issue with governor huckabee in 2008. there was snow in the upstate area and the upstatier is a very, very conservative part of the state and it kept some people away which unfortunately drew some of the votes away from governor huckabee, and that's -- we don't expect that to be a problem today, but weather is always a factor in election day. another factor in comparing the two election years are the candidates. we have similar dynamics in terms of the makeup of the field and we had a moderate candidate in john mccain and we had the more social conservative candidates in mike huckabee and fred thompson. he stayed in there and pulled votes away in governor huck

host: charles bierbauer joining us from columbia, south carolina. d linda feldman from the christian science monitor. this headline to set the stage. what can we expect over the next 10 days? guest: the debates have been central to this race. newt gingrich has not had organization and monday, but he has remediate the maximum a bandage. mitt romney was even talking about skipping some debate. now he has to take part and he will in the next two debates. foulard is the next primary on january 30 -- villard that is the next primary on january 31. -- florida is the next primary. in florida, you have 16% of the republican electorate that was non-white from the primary in 2008. you also have less of and evangelical vote. romney goes in back on his heels, but he certainly has an excellent shot. another thing about florida, many media markets. at least eight to 10 depending on how you look at it. you need a lot of money to compete in that many media markets. romney is well positioned to do that. host: let me take that one step forward, because you are familia

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newt gingrich joins us from charles town south carolina this morning. good morning, mr. speaker. >> good morning. good to be with you. >> schieffer: thank you very much. mr. speaker, mitt romney dumped a load of negative ads on you in iowa. you responded by attacks on his veracity and his business record. some republicans are saying you're just doing barack obama's work for him. are you uncomfortable with that? >> well, look, none of those folks were complaining when mitt romney spent $3.5 million on negative ads in iowa because they were for romney. now that all of a sudden somebody is willing to stand up to him and is willing to argue the other side of the case, they think it's unfair. whoever we nominate has to be prepared to take on barack obama, and the president already has $240 million in the bank. he plans a billion dollar campaign that will overwhelmingly be negative. our nominee had better be capable of standing there telling the truth, withstanding the negative ads and winning the debate this fall. that's frankly i think one of the biggest advantages i have as

some stuff will take back at us from the south. even chilly waves will be moving along the front and it will be pushing moisture back in. high pressure to the north keeps the cold temperatures trapped in. when the moisture gets up here and it starts increasing our ring chances to our night, we could see some freezing rain in the area. mostly cloudy tonight we will see some breaks in the clouds. overnight low and the north woods tonight and east wins tomorrow. we may start with some sun. rain and freezing rain after dark is in the forecast. by tomorrow evening here comes a mix of precipitation. rain and freezing rain and snow coming up from the south. then it changes to rain during the day on monday. by tuesday we start running out once again. one more time the game weather looks good tomorrow in foxboro. there will be some snow on the ground but that was from today. our forecast, 30's tomorrow for highs. near 50 degrees on monday and that is the highest rate chance. ranchettes is again on thursday and saturday. next week will be wa

and she joins us now from south carolina. and here in new york goldie taylor.h of you. goldie. i have to put this to you. it looks as though mitt romney is doing well with female voters but gingrich is doing better with male. do you think this proves that newt gingrich's second wife interview, do you think that has injured newt and helped romney zm. >> i don't know that it was an injury that wasn't already there. republican women who weren't going to vote for newt gingrich already knew he was a thrice married man. they knew the circumstances of his divorce. this man is right for america s what they're saying. for romney's part, he had a difficult time firing up gop voters, male or female, no what what the circumstances are on marriages or open marriages or closed marriages. he's had a very, very difficult time. the problematic thing is nikki haley, a gop woman out of the south has endorsed mitt romney. she's going to be primary come next election for it. >> you really think that? >> i really do. >> grace, you've been covering the race on the ground and speaking

he joins us from south carolina. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. the stakes are especially high here. in every election since 1980, the candidate that won here went on to win the nomination. ♪ born free >> reporter: mitt romney is running hard here in south carolina. he got rock star treatment last night at a rally in greenville. [ chanting ] >> all: we need mitt, we need mitt. >> you know what, you know what, you're going to get me, i'll tell you that. >> reporter: romney's been sliding in the polls here. the last debate, he found himself booed by a republican audience when asked about how many years of tax returns he plans to release. >> i'll look at what the documents are -- >> reporter: romney advisers are now privately saying he may lose in south carolina. romney himself seems to be bracing for a victory here by newt gingrich. >> speaker gingrich is from a neighboring state. well known. popular in the state. and frankly, to be in a neck and neck race at the last moment is kind of exciting. >> reporter: gingrich is riding high, surging in the p

now, joining us from south carolina congressman tim scott, who is going to be our host when we're in south carolina next week. [applause] >> and he'll have the town hall meetings with individual candidates and next week we'll bring the candidates on the stage in a similar format to the first forum last month and equal time to answer questions, but the questions will come from undecided south carolina voters in the audience. congressman scott, welcome, it's great having you here and we're looking forward to being with you next week. >> thank you, governor, always good to be back with you. we will have an exciting time next week and looking forward to the showdown of our primary process and season on the 21st. >> mike: when i hear that 48% of the south carolina voters are undecided that's staggering. why are people in south carolina waiting so late and what is it that they are looking for in a candidate? >> governor, huckabee, i endorsed you last time. thank you for reminding me of that. >> and (laughter) >> we wouldn't have as many up decided voters, but we had very good candidates thi

kris will join us live from south carolina. you can watch special coverage starting at 7:00 as we broadcast on our sister station with our partners from politico. the other big story of the date is the weather. we had our first big snowfall of the season. let's check in with steve rudin in the weather center. >> we will have colder temperatures overnight. the rain and snow is long gone. it is moving to the north and east. the skies will clear a bit overnight. temperatures will tumble into the 20's. any wet spots will freeze again overnight. we could be looking at slick conditions early tomorrow morning. we have a big warm up on the way in the coming week. the full forecast is coming up with a look at the extended outlook in a few minutes. >> many of us started the day clearing off driveways. we have more on the big cleanup. >> it is a cold night. you can see that the road surface is what -- wet the could have been a lot worse. there were challenges on the roads today. just when you thought the roads were safe, a dash cam caught

. >> and joining us from south carolina is craig bosswell.h jon huntsman out of the race now, who does this benefit at this point? >> that is probably determined tonight, when you have five candidates opening up the stage for more questions and answers and might expose weakens and open up the stage for more attacks as you mention, the campaign overwhelmingly went negative the last week or two and certainly, shows in some television ads here, and they very, very negative. of course, we'll find out saturday. here we are, five days away from the south carolina primary. we'll see. you would think since jon huntsman was polling in such low numbers, that it won't pick up any momentum for any candidate. >> you know, craig, south carolina has this rough and tumble reputation. you look back to 2,000 with george w.b and mccain. tough act to follow in iowa and new hampshire. what are you hearing on the ground? is this resonating well with voters? do they like the tough talk or is it turning anyone off? >> depends on who you talk to. there is certainly a

david mattingly is joining us from south carolina.he scene there for us, because right after new hampshire, new hampshire is on tuesday, all eyes will certainly be on south carolina. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. what a defensive a month makes, forever i was standing here the first week of december, we would have been talking how great newt gingrich was doing, what a commanding lead he had in the republican pack at that time. it shows you how quickly things are changing after iowa and soon after new hampshire. mitt romney now at the top, doing well among conservatives here. this is a huge conservative test for the entire field. mitt romney with these poll results showing he's appealing to conservatives as well as to born again christians, to evangelicals, almost across the board. i spent a lot of time the last couple of days, talking to evangelical voters and telling me they were looking at the field and seeing all the candidates are saying all the things they want to hear when it comes to their positions on gay marriage and aborti

now, joining us from south carolina congressman tim scott, who is going to be our host when we're in south carolina next week. [applause] >> and he'll have the town hall meetings with individual candidates and next week we'll bring the candidates on the stage in a similar format to the first forum last month and equal time to answer questions, but the questions will come from undecided south carolina voters in the audience. congressman scott, welcome, it's great having you here and we're looking forward to being with you next week. >> thank you, governor, always good to be back with you. we will have an exciting time next week and looking forward to the showdown of our primary process and season on the 21st. >> mike: when i hear that 48% of the south carolina voters are undecided that's staggering. why are people in south carolina waiting so late and what is it that they are looking for in a candidate? >> governor, huckabee, i endorsed you last time. thank you for reminding me of that. >> and (laughter) >> we wouldn't have as many up decided voters, but we had very good candidates thi

from president obama's campaign. presidential candidate and texas governor rick perry joins us live from south carolina. are you today? >> shannon, fine, thank you. >> shannon: you got six days left to connect with voter there's in south carolina. how are you getting it done? >> we are making lots of stops in cities across south carolina and obviously we have got our tv ads up talking about our veterans and our veteran support and our military background and being the commander in chief of 20 plus thousand troops in texas for the last 11 years and how we supported our veterans and our programs and what have you and that and jobs is the real issue here in south carolina. federal government is absolutely at war with south carolina whether it is their justice department taking on the immigration issue, justice department taking on the voter i.d. issue and then, of course, the boeing plant that nlrb tried to stop from coming in until they leveraged them to go take the union's position on some of those. i mean south carolina people understand we need a president that is a pro jobs capitalist all the way and

us in tucson, casey, thanks. texas governor rick perry skipped the nation's first primary as he put it to focus on the first in the south primary and he'll join us live fromarolina straight ahead, plus in a study there's a claim that mitt romney's tax plan would actually raise taxes on some americans and increase the deficits. details and reaction from a romney supporter. romney is trying to be the first nonincumbent to ever win iowa and new hampshire since they became the first presidential contests in '76. metamucil uses super hard working psyllium fiber, which gels to remove unsexy waste and reduce cholesterol. taking psyllium fiber won't make you a model but you should feel a little more super. metamucil. down with cholesterol. ♪ feel the power my young friend. mmm! [ male announcer ] for unsurpassed fru and veggie nutrition... v8 v-fusion. could've had a v8. >> more ahead, but a tourist is fighting for her life and tops the other news around the world in 80 seconds. >> zimbabwe, an australian woman took his new year's eve jump and the cord snapped and plunged into the river below. and the woman struggled to swim and her feet tied together when she hi

he joins us from south carolina. good evening, sir. >> how are you doing, greta. you. >> good to have you. you came out swinging tonight. take a couple swings at, for instance, speaker gingrich, calling him grandiose, saying he had big ideas but he didn't carry through. i guess the strategy is to go after him from your perspective and not governor romney and not so much president obama? >> i sort of go after everybody, if you want to know the truth. they have been beating us up pretty bad hearby in south carolina, and we decided if they are going to try to beat us up on television then we are going to take our opportunity on television to lay out the case for us versus the case for them. what i said with respect to his ability to execute that plan as speaker is something that i think if you go and talk to a lot of folks who served as i did with him during that time, that they would back me up. we are looking for a leader who not just can have good ideas and big ideas, and it's great, and newt has been a big idea guy. i'll give him that 100 times over. the question

ron mott is with us from columbia, south carolina, tonight. good evening. >> reporter: hey, brian, good evening to you. political push came to shove today here in south carolina about what many considered to be mitt romney's achilles' heel, whether he put profits ahead of people when he ran a powerful venture capital firm. the sniping over mitt romney's tenure as ceo of bain capital. >> when mitt romney came to town. >> reporter: dramatized in a 27-minute documentary and tv ads, as well as by two opponents, sparked an intense fire fight within the republican party, with one candidate effectively declaring a cease-fire, while another stays on the offensive against the front-runner. >> are you attacking bain or asking questions? >> i'm asking questions. i'm shocked how defensive they are. >> reporter: today former speaker newt gingrich didn't retreat, expressing surprise at the criticism aimed at him for questioning one of his party's hallmark positions, pro-capitalism. >> there is counterpressure among the elite about raising questions. the ame

howard fineman, aol "huffington post" editorial director and msnbc political analyst, both joining us from south carolina. gentleman, we've never seen the start of a debate like that before. explosive, right off the bat. to each of you, howard, first, how did you rate, how did you score round one? >> oh, well, round one went overwhelmingly to newt gingrich in that crowd. >> i can't -- >> there were 1,500 staunch republicans in there, the southern republican leadership group, tea party people. if newt gingrich was looking for a way to cement his comeback in south carolina, and to win the south carolina primary, that was the way to start out, by making the media the enemy, the crowd ate it up. i guarantee you that southern republicans and south carolina republicans will do the same. listen, if life and politics were only debates, newt would be king. they're not and he's not. but, certainly, that was a home run for newt at the beginning, with this crowd and with this constituency. >> joe klein, if you're having trouble with your ear piece, i'm going to have howard fineman -- >> i am having trouble

. >> steve handelsman, live for us from columbia, south carolina, thank you. >>> coming up next, at 5:00, the giants made a $40 million offer to their ace, tim lincecum, but the pitcher says it's close, but not close enough. how far apart the two sides still are, right now. >>> and we're going to take you out to heavenly valley and find out what the recent storms have done for business there. >>> and taking a look at our bay area weather here in the nbc bay area weather center, we have 50s and little breezy no rain yet, but get ready for round three arriving just in ti for the nfc championship ga,me possibly with som thunder as well. we'll talk abouthe s rest of the weekend forecast, when we come back. >>> in the oakland hills, heavy rain is being partially blamed for causing a road to collapse overnight. and now crews are trying to fix it. it happened at the intersection of oakwood drive and wild currant way, not far from skyline boulevard. monty francis is at the scene an update. >> reporter: good evening, about 200 yards from here the pavement gave way, slid down the hill. you can

heard from the candidates and whether their answers brought them a little closer to making a decision as it may have happened with you. stay with us. we will be right back from charleston, south carolina. i wouldn't do that. get married? no, i wouldn't use that single miles credit card. nice ring. knock it off. ignore him. with the capital one venture card you earn... double miles on every purchase. [ sharon ] 3d is so real larry. i'm right here larry. if you're not earning double miles... you're settling for half. really? a plaid tie? what, are we in prep school? [ male announcer ] get the venture card at capitalone.com and earn double miles on every purchase every day. what's in your wallet? was gonna say that. uh huh... >> mike: a lot of undecided voters in south carolina. we have brought them here to ask their questions. let's find out have they made a decision. let's go out to brant. you had a question earlier. i want to ask you, tell me your reaction to the answer that you got and are you closer to a decision? >> well, i think that he kind of skipped away from the question and started talking about military spending. >> mike: your question was to governor romney. >> eve

don lemon is joining us from south carolina. it's great seeing you. is anybody at the polls yet?t's 7:03 right now. >> reporter: are you kidding me? if you wouldn't have done that fire thing, you would have seen them running in here. are you ready to vote? this is a county that decided the election in 2008. they believe they are going to decide this election as well. they had a dozen people lined up. right at 7:00, they said the polls are official open. they walked right in. it's only been four or five minutes. she's already voted. tell me your name. >> jean sauls. >> reporter: why are you up so early? >> i'm on my way to charleston. >> you are excite snd. >> yeah. >> reporter: do you think you are going to vote for the next president? >> yeah. >> reporter: who did you vote for? >> newt. >> that's interesting. everyone is surprised about the woman thing. >> i think it was late for her to bring all that up. i made my mind up. it took me awhile. i wasn't real sure to begin with. he's my choice. >> reporter: thank you. be careful going to charleston. you have 90 minutes. you have a

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earlier we would be joined by mark tompkins, who is at university of south carolina as a political science professor there. joining us from columbia today. rick santorum just suggested that the race was shaken up in the last 24 hours. let me ask you, through the lens of today's south carolina voters, give us a snapshot of how important social conservativism is in that state today and how the news from the gingrich campaign might play into that community. >> sure. it seems to me it's pretty important. it's important for your viewers to recognize south carolina is relatively diverse state. we have significant part of the party in the upstate of evangelical conservatives and santorum's careful answers suggested some of the folks will be distressed to learn things that some of us have known for a long time. former speaker gingrich's personal life has been messy, i guess is the word. that may distress some of the folks he's been trying to appeal to. the other side of the coin is former governor romney seems to be holding on to his support we think the base of that is toward the coast where republicans dominate primary election