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nonincumbent to win both the iowa caucuses and the new hampshire primary. romney was the heavy favorite. unlike the win in iowa, he easily outpasted. susan mcginnis is there with more. susan, good morning. >> reporter: hi. good morning. terrell. after winning only these first two contests, mitt romney is already talking as if he is the nominee. meanwhile, the other candidates are struggling to emerge as the conservative alternative to romney. mitt romney hopes to continue his winning streak down south. >> we made history. >> reporter: he'll head to south carolina today after scoring ...

>> reporter: he is expected to take south carolina. so far he's the front-runner there. deface a tougher time than he did in new hampshire. he needs to work pretty hard there and his rivals again with the ad blitz, they're going to be all over him. he's also spending $7 million on ads. he still at this point is expected to take that state too and he wants this nomination early in the first four states. >> taking a look at john huntsman, a surprise win coming in at third place there? >> reporter: somewhat. huntsman spent weeks here campaigning so to many it was not a surprise. all of ...

they say the victim would have fits of rage and scream obscenities at his family. >> and he'd be working on something in the yard, and screaming and terrible cursing. and horribly, terribly verbally abusive. >> reporter: this woman said the abuse was so violent, she thought he would hurt someone. and is guessing the teen acted up in desperation. >> now i wish i had followed up on that lead more. >> reporter: officers have responded to the house a dozen times. most of the calls for help came from right inside. >> reporter: and that said, homicide detectives have not confirmed a motive...

obscenities at his family. >> he would be working in the yard and just start terribly screaming, and horribly, terribly, verbally abusive. >> reporter: officers have responded to the house a dozen times. most of the calls for help came from right inside. >> that said, homicide detectives have not confirmed a motive in this murder as they investigate. richardson is being held at the county detention center without bail. in bel air, weijia jiang, wjz eyewitness news. >> richardson's bail review is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. a shocking case of animal cruelty to tell you about t...

after post primary parties, most of the candidates are headed straight to south carolina to start campaigning. so who will be left behind? joins us live from manchester is chief washington correspondent, as we have been saying, all indications point to mitt romney. how important is his margin of victory and who gets the number two spot? >> i think his margin of victory is very important. i mean, this should be, by all accounts and all indications mitt romney's best state. afterall, it's next door to the state where he used to be governor, massachusetts. if he doesn't win by a sizable...