Temple firefighters responded to a fire that threatened several Central Texans' homes Monday after fireplace ashes were improperly disposed of in a backyard.
pull out if the next few days. police say a man has admitted to causing a destructive brush fire in reno, nevada, expressed extreme remorse saying this happened when he tossed fireplace ashes in the trash. we know how dangerous that can be. 29 homes have been destroyed by the fire and thousands of people have been evacuated from their home. were she is being called a miracle baby, a four-month-old girl leaving los angeles hospital for the very first time since she was born 16 weeks premature. at that point, she weighed 9.5 ounces. ounces. ounces. the same weight as a can of soda. now, at four pounds, she is still small and the doctors have cleared her to go home and her parents are understandably overjoyed. i am happy she is here.
be changing. an american research group poll out today shows newt gingrich surging ahead of mitt romney. 40% of south carolina s likely primary voters according to this poll say they would vote for gingrich. romney falls behind to just 26%. mid-week gingrich and romney were in a dead heat. south carolina is a big state but somehow this morning both gingrich and romney campaigned at the same greenville restaurant at the same time. but romney avoid ad showdown by arriving 45 minutes early and leaving just minutes before gingrich actually showed up. stay right here we ll have a live report from south carolina in a moment. also this morning firefighters contained a 3,000 acre wildfire burning near reno, nevada. flames destroyed nearly 30 houses. about 10,000 people had to leave their homes but evacuation orders were lift ad couple of hours ago. investigators think they know what caused the fire. they say a man came forward yesterday admitting that he improperly discarded firepl
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
way ahead of mitt romney. snow flooding, wide weather across the country. we ll have a look at what else is on the horizon. captions by vitac www.vitac.com big day in south carolina as people are voting right as we speak in the republican presidential primary. at a small ham house restaurant in greenville is the center of a showdown between mitt romney and newt gingrich literally. both candidates scheduled to arrive for breakfast, a meet-and-greet at the same place at the very same time, but romney got there first. maybe he needs that head start especially after a recent poll shows a stunning turnaround, gingrich surging ahead with 450% of the vote, romney a distant second now, 26%. our jim acosta is there. so, jim, tell us what s happening at the restaurant. reporter: hey, gary, we re live outside tommy s ham house. newt gingrich is inside as part of the ham house showdown we ve seen all morning long. you can see the former speaker was hamming it up inside the restau