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Guantanamo bay detainee? plus, big developments in the republican race just days ahead of the south carolina primary. a serious contender drops out. next, a brand new poll of voters in that state taken just before this breaking news about governor rick perry. what it tells us about the fallout. this is $100,000. we asked total strangers to watch it for us. thank you so much, i appreciate it, ill be right back.

With the state of south carolina, hes on the phone now. governor, how are you doing and good morning to you? there has been so many headlines today, not just with perry in south carolina, but the iowa caucus as well, which apparently has given the nod to rick santorum by 34 votes, although not officially for whatever reason. apparently six or eight precincts have been lost. what do you make of the headlines now that this field is winnowing so quickly before the big vote on saturday. >> the big s...

Number of months left. i think the assumption, of course, is that hes the nominee. i know that gingrich is somewhat surging in south carolina. but give him time, dont count him out yet. one thing you did learn during that campaign and he admitted it afterwards, he said, look, the one thing that kills me here is that i could never really tell people what i was about, what my message was. and i think you are seeing shades of that. but, remember, this campaign, you know, he does have a message. its...

10%. thats much higher than the national average which is 8.5%. president obama was greeted with a counter offensive by mitt romney. hes the lead republican contender right now. mitt romneys released an open letter in a local florida paper. we have a little snippet of this. it says if you have brought new ideas to florida for creating jobs, why have you waited three years to unveil them. have you had a revelation or is it because 2012 is an election year? whatever the case, what youre offering f...

Rick perry, 8%. we have three other names on the ballot. bachmann, cain, huntsman, maybe they get another 5%. thats 40% of the pie thrown away, leaves 60% of the vote between mitt romney and newt gingrich, if thats the percentage up for grabs, ro as 31%. okay. a game of math right now, it seems, as far as the romney campaign is concerned. >> very much so. similar to what john mccain was doing four years ago, hoping there would be a split among his rivals, which there was. he won with 33%, mike h...

>> outrageous and very very funny. >> im going to crawl over the table and try to seduce you in a few minutes. >> tonight, rosie odonnell tells all. >> i think i have an image of me being like a bossy tiger, soprano, you get over here and you dont say anything. no, im a little cuddly hug me love me. >> proper lin love. >> ive been properly in love, id say three times. >> donald trump. >> i made fun of him and it seemed to upset him in a very very intense way. >> rosie or dont for the h...

table and try to seduce you in a few minutes. >> tonight, rosie odonnell tells all. >> i think i have an image of me being like a bossy tiger, soprano, you get over here and you dont say anything. no, im a little cuddly hug me love me. >> proper lin love. >> ive been properly in love, id say three times. >> donald trump. >> i made fun of him and it seemed to upset him in a very very intense way. >> rosie or dont for the hour. this is the piers morgan interview and it will be outrageous...

>> tonight, rosie odonnell tells all. >> i think i have an image of me being like a bossy tiger, soprano, you get over here and you dont say anything. no, im a little cuddly hug me love me. >> proper lin love. >> ive been properly in love, id say three times. >> donald trump. >> i made fun of him and it seemed to upset him in a very very intense way. >> rosie or dont for the hour. this is the piers morgan interview and it will be outrageous. >> for the last year, ive waged a relentless...

cruise liner is suspended. rescue diver face new difficulties while the captain may face years of prison. im wolf blitzern charleston, south carolina. youre in "the situation room." just releasing right now, a latest poll showing a tightening race. newt gingrich is charging ahead, trying to keep the fight for the republican nomination going, and the new cnn/time/orc poll shows him closing the gap here in south carolina. mitt romney remains the front-runner with 33%. gingrich up now, ...

A particular candidate in a $10 million, a billion dollars, not out of reach for some of these very ideological donors. could that make essentially anyone a contender, could that -- how many political sins does half a billion dollar donation make up for? >> well, it could make anybody a contender. a half billion dollars certainly a billion dollars could make almost anybody a contender if they chose to do so which raises not predicting this, this is the kind of climate in which an independent can...