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hour for the states primary. you are looking at the cnn express bus. gingrich is creeping up. romney is still the front-runner. today, the two battle it out at breakfast. they will both be at the same diner at the same time. well begin talking to tommy or tommys ham house live this morning. imagine being stuck in a greyhound station for more than 17 hours. thats what happened to these people after a winter storm moved in. heavy snowfall is expected today in parts of the u.s. reynolds...

Upstage the politics at the beginning of last nights gop debate in south carolina. could newt gingrichs past interfere with his political future just before tomorrows primary? these bombshell accusations from the ex-wife. and he really is in the midst of narrowing that gap big-time. now in some polls just seven points separating romney and newt here. so this could really derail his campaign. well see how it plays out. especially with conservative voters in that part of the country. >> and women....

she says ging rick -- and rick santorum trails his rivals, but a final count shows he actually won there. could that help him in south carolina and beyond? ill have an exclusive interview with rick santorum this hour. im wolf blitzer in charleston, south carolina, youre in "the situation room". an extraordinary day out on the campaign trail. today just hours before our cnn republican debate, only two days before the crucial primary here, the texas governor rick perry bowed to reality...

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, ...

lets go "outfront." >> good evening. im erin brunette. are super pacs super shady? >> i think when they know the truth, theyll find that governor romney is not as conservative as his pac and his campaign has said that he is. >> so super pacs came out of the ruling in 2010. what theyre not allowed to do is take any direction from the candidates. they have to be independent. but are they? we looked into it and what we found is that the ties between the candidates and the super pacs seems...

Not hers. but remember all the things we thought were certain to happen in 2008. that didnt end up happening. so, romney could stub his toe tonight or if he doesnt an the field narrows and there is a clearly identifiable anybody but romney candidate, thats what hes been fortunate so far in that weve lacked that. theres been no single person thats been the alternative. if the field narrowing so that person emerges, were going to have to see mitt romney get hazed a little bit in some of these stat...

stone but they got it wrong. the new memorial to dr. martin luther king jr. needs to be fixed but how? im wolf blitzer and youre in "the situation room." dramatic new pictures of the dangerous search and rescue effort off the italian coast where a cruise ship the size of a skyscraper lies on its side half submerged. the costa concordia struck rocks on friday night with 4200 people on board. six are known dead. 16 remain unaccounted for including two americans. look at these extraor...

On the train ride. the field will begin to narrow after south carolina but couple states out from that narrowing taking place. at that point i think you begin to see much more positive message. given how tight the race is here in south carolina and given the fact this is last stop for many folks, i would suspect again the sharp elbows to come out. >> gregg: governor, thank you for being with us. we appreciate it. keep it right here. tune in tonight for huckabee forum 2. he lead a discussion amon...

His frame of mind is, he is running as if he is three points behind. i think thats how you have to treat campaigning in new hampshire. we have honored their traditions. honored their status. mitt romney has done many, many events in new hampshire and we hope to do well. i think it is worth noting that the last three republican primaries there were decided by six points or less, so you can expect some narrowing, some narrowing of the contest as we get closer to the voting. but we like the state o...

Attack. and then that wasnt perceived as that great. do you feel the bar is being placed unfairly high? >> well, actually, six weeks ago, erin, nobody was predicting that mitt romney would win the iowa caucus. of course, were thrilled with the outcome there. now were in new hampshire. i know what the polls are showing. i can tell what you mitt romneys frame of mind is. his frame of mind is hes running as if hes three points behind. i think thats how you have to treat campaigning in new hampshire...