administration officials supposedly stood chest to chest like a schoolyard fight. a new book tells of tensions in a white caught up in a war against terrorism. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. early hours away from a critical vote in wisconsin, an extraordinary i attempt to develop scott walker. the recall was stripping most public unions of collective bargaining rights. this war for wisconsin pits unions against tea party loyalists and it s attracted millions of and millions of dollars in outside money. it s also seen as a dress rehearsal for the presidential vote. let s go to the scene. madison s ted rollins is at the scene. reporter: you can a lot of an tigs pace when the vote takes place. voters have been inundated months, 16 months of eeds and money being spent in their states and the core of this is about unions. we talked to two teachers who are on opposite sides of this vicious battle. michelle and john are teachers in madison. craig is a teac
hour for the state s primary. you are looking at the cnn express bus. gingrich is creeping up. romney is still the front-runner. today, the two battle it out at breakfast. they will both be at the same diner at the same time. we ll begin talking to tommy or tommy s ham house live this morning. imagine being stuck in a greyhound station for more than 17 hours. that s what happened to these people after a winter storm moved in. heavy snowfall is expected today in parts of the u.s. reynolds wolf will have the latest forecast. but, we start in south carolina where the curtain comes up on the republican presidential primary in a little while from now. where do we stand? paul steinhauser has a quick look. reporter: good morning, gary. polls open in an hour from now. so much at stake in this primary. listen, we saw the battle between romney and gingrich two nights ago. romney s lead shrinking in the polls here. gingrich moving up. don t count out rick santorum. he had a strong
cruise liner is suspended. rescue diver face new difficulties while the captain may face years of prison. i m wolf blitzern charleston, south carolina. you re in the situation room. just releasing right now, a latest poll showing a tightening race. newt gingrich is charging ahead, trying to keep the fight for the republican nomination going, and the new cnn/time/orc poll shows him closing the gap here in south carolina. mitt romney remains the front-runner with 33%. gingrich up now, though, to 23%. rick santorum third at, and rick perry 6%. joining us now our chief political analyst gloria borger and time columnist joe klein. gloria, let me say, the gap seems to be narrowing in these recent days. what evidence do we see? take a look at this, wolf. in the poll we did january 4th to 5th there was a 19-point difference. now, in our current poll there s a ten-point gap. i think we can explain that by the fact that quite honestly mitt romney hasn t had a good week. and the
nine many period in court in london today to face terror charges. they were among 12 suspects arrested in a series of raids one week ago. three of the 12 have been released but the other nine are accused of conspiring to cause explosions likely to endanger lives. dan rivers is standing by in london. you were in court today, dan. what are you learning? well, we are learning the identities of these men, they re aged between 19 and 28 years old, they re from three different locations around the uk, kardiff and london. all charged with two main offenses, conspiracy to cause an explosion between the 6th of november and the 21st of december and preparing for an act of terrorism between the same dates that, involved things like downloading, researching material online, conducting reconnaissance of different
and may i never die. we have remember the acclaimed bud greenspan. if you know and care about the olympics you know and care about his work. he chronicled the games for six decades on film and in books. bud greenspan died christmas afternoon from complications of parkinson s disease. he was 84. nine men accused of planning terrorist attacks appeared in court today and all denied bail. cnn international correspondent dan rivers is standing by in london. what happened in that courtroom? reporter: obviously, it was very heavy high security at westminster majesty court as the nine men were brought in in three different groups. they re from three different areas of the uk, cardive, and london. they re all brought in and basically only spoke to confirm their identities, addresses and ages. they heard the charges that were read out to them. all nine charged with two main charges conspiracy to cause