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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...

Southern california. we are concerned that san onofre, diablo canyon and others in seismically active areas are not designed with sufficient levels of resiliency against the sort of earthquakes scientists predict they could experience. congressman markey advocated for measures that were just announced in germany. they ordered seven nuclear plants that began operations before 1980 temporarily closed to conduct safety tests. critics claim merkel's decision is politically motivated. "the new york times" says monday, 110,000 people in 450 towns across germany demonstrated against nuclear power. jo...

More information on the safety of domestic nuclear reactors, particularly those right here in southern california. we are concerned that san onofre, diablo canyon and others in seismically active areas are not designed with sufficient levels of resiliency against the sort of earthquakes scientists predict they could experience. congressman markey advocated for measures that were just announced in germany. they ordered seven nuclear plants that began operations before 1980 temporarily closed to conduct safety tests. critics claim merkel's decision is politically motivated. "the new york times" ...

Was slow to admit during safety tests, one of the nuclear reactors overloaded, exploded and melted down. the enormous burst of radiation killed dozens of emergency workers, spread across europe. and scientists say in the years that followed spiked the number of thyroid cancer cases in the region. >> an area half the size of new jersey is uninhabitable and may be that way for hundreds of years. >> reporter: it remains a silent specter. the empty schools, abandoned soviet buildings, the amusement park that never amused anyone set to open days after the disaster. and the aging sarcophagus, the st...

Ukraine near the chernobyl site. >> reporter: chernobyl was the worst nuclear accident in history, an uncontained explosion 25 years ago next month. and to this day, there's this 20-mile radius exclusion zone around it. need special clearance around it which they haven't granted us this time around. there is also still a higher level of radioactivity in some places here than is normal, but it's diminished enough that ukraine is now ready to offer chernobyl as an extreme tourism destination. overgrown, eerie, much of it touched only by time. since then. april 1986. russia was slow to admit that...