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he arrived with a swagger fresh off his impressive south carolina victory but what a difference nine days have made for newt gingrich in florida. on this, the eve of the state's closely-watched primary, gingrich is facing an all-out assault from mitt romney formidable operation in florida. joe johns is seeing it first hand and he had a one-on-one interview with newt gingrich earlier in the day and we'll see that at the bottom of the hour. mean time, joe, 15 hours until the polls open. what's the latest? >> well, wolf, it has been a very hectic 24 hours for the gingrich campaign and a...

Them. >> let alone, trying to bury their own dead. >> yes. >> we have the u.n. and bath party members. they are resigning. 200 to 300 have resigned in a southern province. this hasn't been confirmed by cnn but it's significant and we need to keep in mind that a country like syria as was true in iraq, usually you are a member of the bath party but that does not mean that you are a party out of conviction. but it would still be symbolically significant. and now to donald trump. president obama has released his long form birth certificate. how is he responding to the president's move of releasi...

Because it's the real politc company with no real reason to be allied with one country or another, it can move. syria was and has been iran's ally for 20 years, mostly because they hated the bath party in iraq. they're also the bath party. two different wings of the bath party. so they make an alliance with iran against iraq. so because it's so conceivable that syria could change alliances, people always look at it, they hope, they try to maneuver syria into a new position. unfortunately for the last 15, 20 years, that hasn't worked very well. >> so if all politics is local, you sound as if th...

Effect since 1963. the move comes amid widespread protests that have left dozens of people dead throughout the country. cnn's mary snow is following the story for us. everyone, thought that bashar al assad yesterday was revoking this emergency law. didn't happen. what's happening now? >> yeah, wolf, there was such widespread disappointment after that speech. today's announcement might be seen as a gesture to protesters, but there's little hope that government will make any big changes. it may look like a small protest. demonstrators throwing shoes at timmage of syrian president bashar al assad...

Analysts i've spoken to, carol, say that bashar assad has a tight grip on the country. the bath party and the regime controls the military, the security forces, they are all the arm of the government, okay. the other thing, the protests have been very localized and they haven't spread yet. it doesn't really pose a real threat to the regime right now. >> many thanks. we're keeping a close eye on libya this morning. gadhafi's forces attacking the city of misrata. we'll have much more of that at the top of the hour. back here in the united states, a state with rampant unemployment decides to ...