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wolf blitzer, gloria and john king will be here in a moment to talk about it. but first, two people that are very happy with the results. i spoke with newt gingrichs daughters, jackie and cathy. ladies, judging by the big grins on your faces, youre pretty happy down there. >> were thrilled to be here in south carolina. >> its a great place to be tonight. >> i bet it is. what an amazing turn around for your father. ive spoken to him a few times and he was dead on arrival in the summer. ...

charleston, south carolina. tonight, newt gingrich whose performance in tomorrows primary election here will make or break his run at the presidency. no doubt, hes surging in the polls. you look that left right and center. the latest show him in striking distance of mitt romney. hes also ignited the fire storm, slamming the media of his ex-wifes accusation he wanted an open marriage. >> the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern the co...

a war. and the latest from a cruise ship that ran aground off the coast of italy. lets go outfront. >> good evening, everyone. im erin burnett, and outfront tonight, were live in charleston, south carolina. tonight, newt gingrich whose performance in tomorrows primary election here will make or break his run at the presidency. no doubt, hes surging in the polls. you look that left right and center. the latest show him in striking distance of mitt romney. hes also ignited the fire sto...

well see more of you tomorrow morning as well. meantime, this is a pivotal day in the 2012 presidential race. the nations first southern gop primary is happening right now in south carolina and the contest promises to be quite the cliff hanger. well get you the latest dramatic poll numbers in just a moment. but first, the two leading contenders in the state, newt gingrich and mitt romney, actually ended up campaigning in the same spot this morning. tommys country ham house in green...

i want to start with peter hanby in charleston, south carolina. talk to me about the romney camp managing the expectations going into tomorrows primary. >> yes, after a week ago when they were up for ten points in the poll, they aare bracing fora second-place finish here which is not expected. last night, romney said it is a four-person race and we never expected to win here, and sure we could lose, but we will go down to florida to where we have a organization and a lot of support. an...

on the issue of taxes, on the issue of bain capital. so, it takes out of the debate a candidate who in the past 72 hours or so has been dead on hitting the front-runner, suzanne. >> and john, are you rejiggering any of your questions now as you move forward and look at what youve got tonight? >> those perry questions are going into the shredder, suzanne. thats just, you know. were going to have to -- look, we want this to be about the issues. this is the candidates debate, its not mine...

>> 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...

tonight, our super pacs super shady. the presidential candidates seem to think so. >> the people of south carolina need to know the truth and when they know the truth, i think theyll find its not surprising that governor romney is not as conservative as his pac and his campaign has said that he is. >> so, super pacs were born out of the controversial supreme court case citizens united in 2010. the the ruling allowed so-called super pacs to raise and spend unlimited amount of money on c...

>> you will have to answer all my questions. >> what about condi rice and you offering to cook her gumbo? how much are you worth? if you could relive five minutes of your life, what would they be? >> i thought you might ask me that. my first year as piers morgan and one-on-one with my interviewer, chelsea sea handler. >> happy first anniversary, piers morgan. >> thank you. >> congratulations on a very commendable year so far. >> commendable. that was a very delicate choice of words. >>...

passengers boarded overload life boats. mitt romney finally tells us how much he pays in tax. just wait until you hear his definition of not very much money. and wick paid yeah is shutting down in protest at midnight. should you share its concerns about new rules for the internet? we begin, though, tonight with the tragedy in italy. today searchers used explosives to blast through the walls of that capsized cruise ship. they found five more bodies but no survivors. the confirmed deat...