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Winner take all. nbcs peter alexander following the romney campaign, joins us from miami. good morning to you. romney opened up a commanding lead according to the nbc, marist polls. what is the campaign saying this morning? >> we had conversations with the campaign in the last 24 hours. they feel strongly about their position, like they did in south carolina, and before that. they are trying to reduce expectations of this campaign, even though the nbc news poll as we show you shows mitt romney l...

This republican primary. >> reporter: yeah, thats what it appears to be showing. "the miami herald" yesterday endorsing mitt romney saying the feistier candidate may be newt gingrich, but the better candidate is mitt romney. it still does carry a lot of sway in the hispanic community in this part of the state. its worth noting that almost 500,000 people have already voted. thats almost as many voted in all of south carolina. 462,000, i think, the number is that already voted by absentee or early...

santorum, its gingrich calling him a bunch of "l" words. not the ones you see on tv. its the liberal and liar. >> the pakistani doctor who helped track osama bin laden down. he could be tried for high treason. hes talking about bin laden saying someone in the government in pakistan must have known where he was hiding out. look out iran. a couple of guests are arriving in your fine country today. they are weapons inspectors of the iaea sort. they are looking for what you are up to. al...

even more throughout today. and herman cain is finally endorsing a candidate. is it going to make a difference in florida, is what people are asking at this point. lets get back to the volley of rocks, bottles, tear gas and gunfire we just showed you. heres more. what youre looking at is what happened in oakland, california, last night as occupy oakland protesters faced off with police. we know as many as 200 people were arrested. well get more on the classes and controversy now from...

the republican candidates take the stage in this, their last face-off before the florida primarily. ill moderate tonights republican debate right here on cnn. everyones talking about the tension on the tarmac. in your face airport encounter between arizonas republican governor. what was that all about? and newt gingrich vows to establish a permanent colony on the moon. will that idea take off with voters? im wolf blitzer on the campus of the university of north florida in jackson...

plus debate advice from the former florida governor jeb bush. you wont want to miss his advice to speaker gingrich. we learned today, surprise hillary clinton is not watching the republican debates. but the secretary of state did share some thoughts on her political future. you can seat energy and the excitement here on the university of north florida campus just two hours now until our republican presidential debate here. the last showdown between the four candidates before florida ...

Week at south carolina picking a winner. they pick someone who won the first two contest. not someone who did poorly in both. these voters said we want to fight. he won as you said across the board. forget it. everybody. lost only three counties. obviously creating momentum for him going to florida. we have to return to the caveat that florida is winner take all. important for all of them. >> there is 230,000 people that already voted, absentee or early voting. most of those happen before the wi...

Early voting is under way to the tune of over 200,000 ballots already sealed, signed and delivered. >> thats right. down in florida, there are 4 million registered republicans who can vote in the primary. so far, 220,000 have already cast ballots. the early ballots, about 191,000 are absentee and close to , lets see, 35,000 have been cast at polling places. we should point out they have been open for a couple of days, one week as opposed to two weeks in the last couple of years. meanwhile, as we...

>>neil: part of the independent vote that is frustrated with either party and he speaks to that frustration. >>guest: he has a lot of baggage and the fact is people just, look at the numbers. nationwide he is not going to be someone that will win the election. face it. and, yet --. >>neil: didnt they say that about ronald reagan? >>guest: let me tell you ron, i knew ronald reagan, newt is no ronald reagan. >>neil: so you dont think lightning strikes twice there. half the ballots in florida are a...

Week at south carolina picking a winner. they pick someone who won the first two contest. not someone who did poorly in both. these voters said we want to fight. he won as you said across the board. forget it. everybody. lost only three counties. obviously creating momentum for him going to florida. we have to return to the caveat that florida is winner take all. important for all of them. >> there is 230,000 people that already voted, absentee or early voting. most of those happen before the wi...