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weeks ago. the cruise line has offered about $14,000 to each of the survivors. london police make several arrests in a tabloid phone hacking scandal. the investigation now centers on allegations of police bribery. among those arrested a police officer and several current and former employees of the "sun" newspaper. jerry sandusky wants a pennsylvania judge to modify his bail so he can spend more time with his grandchildren. the former penn state assistant coach is accused of sexually abusing young boys. the judge has forbidden him from having unsupervised visits with his grand kids o...

florida is a big prize, with 50 delegates up for grabs in a winner-take-all contest. it's time to turn to cnn political reporter peter hamby who's live in plantation, florida, a suburb just west of ft. lauderdale. >> reporter: they are not letting up on newt gingrich. i've got to tell you, every television ad i've seen has been negative and most of them have within negative from romney or his allies against newt gingrich. today they're out with a brutal new ad that's sat rating air waves here. it features tom brokaw talking for 30 seconds in a news clip from 1997 after the house vote...

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...

Too. today 61 in washington, d.c. should be 40 degrees. so incredibly mild, right? fredricka from there. she knows. should be in the 30s from boston to new york. 50s in atlanta, georgia, mid-60s 60s, should be at 52. on the whole incredibly warm for today. we're going to cool off the next couple of days. >> more of the same. incredible being home for christmas. we didn't have to wear coats. >> washington, d.c. >> thanks, alexandra, appreciate that. checking today's top stories now, republican presidential candidates furiously campaigning in new hampshire. the state holds the primary. rick sa...

>> fredricka whitfield is here. take it away. >> thank you so much. see you tomorrow. >> thank you. we've got lots straight ahead including, of course, there's no teime to waste in ne hampshire. in three days the state holds the primary and every presidential candidate is there today trying to win over voters in a contest with so much at stake. joe johns is live with the bus. in manchester, joe, most of the new hampshire polls showing mitt romney leading by more than 20 points. what are his rivals doing to try to make up some ground? >> well, the question is how much are they tryin...