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newt gingrich takes south carolina. >> we proved here in south carolina that people power with the right ideas beats big money, and with your help, we're going to prove it again in florida. >> the former house speaker says he may not have the money, but he can take on mitt romney. we'll take you live to south carolina for the post-primary analysis. despite false reports swirling on social media, former penn state coach joe paterno is alive, but in serious condition. students lit candles in his support. we will take you live to penn state. and search and rescue teams continue work...

be changing. an american research group poll out today shows newt gingrich surging ahead of mitt romney. 40% of south carolina's likely primary voters according to this poll say they would vote for gingrich. romney falls behind to just 26%. mid-week gingrich and romney were in a dead heat. south carolina is a big state but somehow this morning both gingrich and romney campaigned at the same greenville restaurant at the same time. but romney avoid ad showdown by arriving 45 minutes early and leaving just minutes before gingrich actually showed up. stay right here we'll have a live rep...

we'll see more of you tomorrow morning as well. meantime, this is a pivotal day in the 2012 presidential race. the nation's first southern gop primary is happening right now in south carolina and the contest promises to be quite the cliff hanger. we'll 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. tommy's country ham house in greenville, south carolina. cnn national political correspondent jim acosta was there to see it all u...