catastrophic flooding. the mayor says that this could watch out the main roads leading into myrtle beach. obviously, this is a concern for two reasons. it could cuss off access to myrtle beach and 60% of this county, they ve evacuated. these people want to come back to their homes. mandatory evacuation order is still in effect. especially if the road is washed out. these people won t be able to return to their homes if that happens. back to you. tammy, thanks very much. tammy lightner, about 15 miles north of me in myrtle beach. look, we now have seven confirmed deaths as a result of this storm. we hope it doesn t go higher. authorities have told us it might, however. three of those deaths were in wilmington, north carolina, killing a month and her 8-month-old child. the father is in serious
unanswered question is if it s not going to be newt gingrich, are republican voters really going to go back to mitt romney again, if newt gingrich is just the new bubble guy, are they going to go back to romney? is this all there is? peggy lee? joining us now, eugene robinson, washington post columnist, msnbc political analyst. gene, is peggy lee the answer? i think peggy lee is the answer. we re all going to be singing that song at some point. it s amazing. it is. it is. you know, there s mitt romney. the constant one. i mean, nobody s excited about him. he stays at his 21%, 22%, 23% in the polls everywhere and doesn t go higher. he doesn t go lower. and now you ve got newt gingrich who is hypocritical. gee, you know, that s a story that we can t tell often enough. but he is who he is. and he has a long, long history of being kind of intellectually