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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 w...

>> a win is a win. and you've watched, this is our final number, wolf. this is our final number. 30,015 to 30,007. thanks to the dpraet work of our ladies tonight in clinton county iowa helping us crack the difference. clinton county, you don't think of this as much. it's a small county. 32% to 26%. this is the county that made the difference for governor romney tonight. if you pull out this map and you look at the breadth of this, you're seeing a lot of purple. that is rick santorum doing very, very well. a lot of comparisons to mike huckabee. rick santorum, all of this purple. however, many ...

Case you're just seeing it for the first time. so mitt romney eked ahead 30,015. to rick santorum's 30,007. only eight-vote difference. historic. never happened before. >> and there is the rest of the pack, a good story that comes out of rick perry, probably michele bachmann as well and jon huntsman, too. we'll tell you about that shortly. meantime, if mr. romney needed more momentum with an eight-vote win, he's going to need it. john mccain, the senator to who he lost that state in an ugly, ugly fight that man on the screen is about to go to new hampshire and put all of his weight and energy ...

Welcome back to "early start." we are at the cnn election center. have you been up with us all night? because it has been quite a nail-biter. eight votes actually separated these two men, mitt romney is declared the winner, 30,015 votes. rick santorum, 30,007. of course, they're both at 25%. santorum is being called the real winner here. our christine romans is working really hard for us this morning. >> you're the iowan. and if anybody knows iowa, it's you, my friend. there's a real breakdown on how people voted and we know this because we had entrance polls where we can ask people questions ...

Ooh! man, that's working it. >> and worldwide trending on twitter. so mark preston, i have to say this, he's the one who actually got those two women on the phone for us, so thank you for that. that was fantastic. >> our political director. good morning, everybody. there's mark. there he is. love him! it's 5:31. >> worki ining nonstop. i want your rolodex, by the way. >> you want to talk to them at 2:30 a.m.? >> yes, i'm up. if you were sleeping, what happened was this. take a look at this. mitt romney, 30,015 votes, santorum, 30,007, only 8 votes separated them. and the reason that wolf blitz...