investigation. plus appropriate or despicable? we put my controversial opening question from last night s big debate to the truth test. and a deadly day in afghanistan leaves six u.s. marines and four french soldiers dead. the french now threatening to the french now threatening to pull out for good. captions by vitac www.vitac.com we begin tonight in south carolina where the republican candidates for president down to their final night of campaigning before tomorrow s all-important presidential primary. everything we expected at the start of the week now turned on its head. polls show newt gingrich surging. the one-time frontrunner mitt romney sees the state slipping away. today governor romney fought back by demanding speaker beginning rich release more details of the ethics investigation back when he was the house speaker in the late 1990s. i think over 80% of republican congressmen voted to reprimand the speaker of the house? first time in history. and nancy p
ac360 starts right now. we begin tonight keeping them honest with breaking news. 360 has learned this waw not the first time that the costa conco concordia steered so close to shore. the cruise line not only knew about the route but approved it. the company that owns the ship said the accident was the result of a rogue decision that the captain and only the captain made. we learned the previous close call happened back in august. we have video, this is the video of the incident in august taken from the shore. the cruise line said the ship was a safe distance from the coastline. lloyds lip said it was dangerously close, closer, in fact, than it came on friday night when it hit the rocks. here is new satellite imagery of the wreck. look how big it is against the coast, just a massive, massive ship. the search for nearly two dozen was suspended when the wreckage began shifting. really dangerous for the rescue divers. a dutch salvage team has arrived to offload diesel fuel. als
much much. much. here we go, hour two. captions by vitac www.vitac.com welcome back. i m brooke baldwin. news just in from the mitt romney regarding those iowa caucus results. this as rick santorum declares victory and newt gingrich cuts into romney s leads in south carolina. time to play in all political roulette here. cnn politics style. we ll begin with jim an costas following team romney this charleston, south carolina. jim, it looks like iowa is out of now romney s you know, win column. the newly certified tally shows santorum actually won the caucuses by 34 votes. what s romney saying? that s right. that s a good question, brooke. we re not really sure right now, to be quite honest with you. our paul steinhauser told me a few moments ago that he got a call or that he called hogan gidly with the santorum campaign and the santorum campaign says mitt romney called rick santorum to concede the iowa caucuses. now, candy crowley has said she has heard from the romney
the turn too late. and also in politics, newt gingrich is making up some ground you might call it. he is closing the gap the front-runner mitt romney in south carolina. trouble may be brewing, though. his daughters are having to come to his defense after an interview which is scheduled for today is about to go after him from his ex-wife. and a rare winter storm that pounded the pacific northwest. it is now heading east. rob is tracking the forecast. where it will go next and how much snow we are actually talking about this morning. don t know if you re a tune or it s been a while since you were a student. things are different now. reading on an ipad. how about reading your textbook on an ipad? that would be fantastic. how nice would it be not having that backpack that weighs 50 pounds. rescuers resumed their search for the nearly two dozen missing cruise ship passengers. new fears this morning that stormy weather could push the doomed cruise liner into deeper waters
release your income tax so the people can see how you made your money. we know why releasing is so hard for mitt. rom nay pays a tax rate closer to 15%, and part of the reason why it s a loophole. not only legal, but pretty standard, but it doesn t feel fair and square. here s the bottom line. he was the founder and partner in bain capital. when you re a partner in a private equity firm, you get a cut of the profits you make. usually, 20%. now, stay with me because what happens here adds up to tens of billions of dollars in lost tax revenue for america. say my buddy, will, you ve probably heard me talk about him. works at cnn. say he invests $5 million in bain capital. and mitt romney, as he has done, does a really good job. he invests will s money well. so a year later, will s investment doubles in value to $10 million. ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. mitt s cut, $1 million. and that money is taxed at 15%. now, the reason this is unfair is that it wasn t mitt romney s money