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newt gingrich wasnt even on the ballot there. santorum cruised in his home state of minnesota. ron paul finishing second. santorum clearly seizing the momentum he desperately needs. >> ladies and gentlemen, i dont stand here to claim to be the conservative alternative to mitt romney, i stand here to be the conservative alternative to barack obama. >> well, cnn political editor paul steinhauser is live in washington. paul, what do you think, a game changer? >> reporter: wow. if you dont...

he visited a l pos precinct near orlando on the eve of the primary. he pledged to stay in the race. >> well beat a big lie campaign with a big truth campaign, beat money power with people power. we are going to go all the way to the convention and we are going to win in tampa, and we are going to be the nominee with your help of the republican party soinchts but if the polls are right mitt romney is likely to be the big winner, his healthy lead hasnt topped him from taking a few final ...

>> as an investigator responsible for this, were looking at, is our bad guy here? its not uncommon for people who commit the crime to circle right back around, be present, learn, see whats going on. >> by this time, the fbi had also entered the investigation. supervisory special agent joe boyers first question, had brooke been taken by someone who lived at the apartment complex? and could that person be among the tens of thousands of oregon state students who would soon be leaving town for the s...

Office and i am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate with a topic like that. every person in here knows personal pain. every person in here has had someone close to them go through painful things. to take an ex-wife and make to two days before the primary a significant question of a president shall campaign is as close to despicable as anything i can imagine. >> its hard to imagine him handling probably the roughest topic in his background and in his candidacy that strongly and re...

Needing to go to god for forgiveness and to seek reconciliation. calista and i have a wonderful relationship. we are very close to our two daughters and their son -- their husbands. >> in case you are wondering when he says our two daughters he means his daughters from his first marriage. one is the same age as wife calista, the other one is older. john roberts live charleston, south carolina, tonight. have you been talking to voters around there how is this sitting? >> as can you imagine, shep,...

details. we wrap it up here. "starting point." im going to hop on a plane and get to south carolina. we hand it over to "cnn newsroom." ill see you back here tomorrow ill see you back here tomorrow morning. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning, everyone. we start this hour with that doomed cruise ship off italy and fading hope to find anymore survivors. people are still missing in those frigid waters. two americans. at least 11 people have been killed. rescue operations...

Tebow. >> and let me tell you something, im not joking here. this is dead serious, it plays into this fact. weve got friends in south carolina who called us up last night and told us that one of the poll questions was when they were trying to figure out what kind of voter you were, question number one, do you like tim tebow. >> is that right? >> first question. >> ridiculous. >> its not ridiculous. its defining. tim tebow has become a cultural marker and liberals for the most part -- >> hes a fo...

Breathing on her own now. 73-year-old grammy winner remains in a california hospital and is in the final stages of terminal leukemia. its time for your political buzz. rapid fire look at the best political topics of the day. three questions, 30 seconds on the clock. playing today, maria cardona. talk show host and comedian pete dominick and cnn contributor will cain. first question. everyone is talking about iowa this morning. for jon huntsman the focus has never waivered from new hampshire. >...

>> thats right. one of the big questions in this day before the iowa caucuses is whether the man in the sweater vest can make mitt romney sweat. rick santorum is in the enviable position of being the final surging non-romney conservative to do well. before these iowa caucuses so we are chasing him from stop to stop to stop today. he is chasing the undecided caucus goers. and you get the sense looking at the poll that came out over the weekend that showed rick santorum in third place. i...

1st, 160 million american workers will see their paychecks shrink. an average of $1,000 over the course of a whole year and no politician wants to take the blame for that. >> heres where the debate is. the senate wants to punt the ball. they want to do a 60-day extension. house republicans, frankly, this is one of the few times we agree with the president. we want to extend it for a full year. thats what the american people ask for, its what the president agreed for. >> kate bolduan is...