gresham barrett. haley fell just short of the 50% needed to avoid a run-off. the winner tonight will face the democratic state senator vincent shaheen in the race to replace this man, the love gov, mark sanford. our chief political correspondent carl cameron is in columbia, south carolina. polls are now closed. what s the sense there tonight. very strong sense that nikki haley will be the republican nominee tonight. as you say she fell short at 49.5% in the primary a couple weeks ago shvment she was almost double what her opponent got so in this run off tonight it was widely expected that he would find that 27 point deficit very hard to surmount in just two short weeks. nikki haley has taken a lot of abuse in this case. allegations of infell delegates two separate men. allegations about christian faith she was raised a sikh
it s going to lead to a lot of impaired people walking around. still, shep, the latest l.a. times usc poll finds that a slim majority 49% of voters in california favor the idea of legalizing the drug. shep? shepard: like there are not a lot of impaired people walking around already. one year after south carolina s love gov mark sanford disappeared without telling anyone. there is another weekend missing in action. details ahead. help pay for gas? ..the mortgage, all kinds of expenses? aflac! aflac. we ve got you under our wing. aflac, aflac, aflac. aflac, aflac, aflac a heart attack at 57.
ship and the man you just heard there said if they do it this time it will be with absolutely overwhelming force. so a violent confrontation still very possible, shep. shepard: jonathan hunt on the road in washington tonight. jonathan, thanks the united states coast guard admiral thad allen discussing back-up plans today. in case of a hurricane in the gulf. that s because any major storm there would force the ships collecting the oil at the blown out well site to seek shelter. we would need in total to disconnect, recover to a safe harbor and return probably around 10 days to accomplish that and we would probably have to start doing that anywhere between 3 to 7 days in advance of the hurricane. shepard: of course, if the ships aren t there, the oil would presumably, well, pour back into the gulf. admiral allen says teams are considering a couple of ways to stop that including the possibility of running oil through undersea pipelines to
south carolina s love gov hooking up with his soul mate again. this time it s allowed because is he divorced now. governor mark sanford telling reporters that he met with the argentinian woman over the weekend in florida. he says he was in touch with his office the whole time, unlike last june when he disappeared for five days for a rond day view. the affair broke up sanford s marriage and earned him a formal rebuke from the state legislature for ethics violations but he is still the governor. he will leave office because of term limits in january. there is word of a new clue in the mysterious death of a young professional golfer tonight. her father says she was supposed to be leaving for a tournament and that the whole thing just doesn t make sense. now, the text message she reportedly sent just before she died. that s next. the smell of freshly juiced wheat grass
we re just getting word on the love gov. mark sanford agreed to pay $74,000 to settle charges his travel and campaign spending violated state ethics laws. excuse me. the republican governor is accused of breaking 37 laws, including pricey plane tickets to argentine, where he saw his mistress, his soulmate. governor sanford does not admit any guilt but does for the contest the charges. the charges after the associated press investigated, sanford is accused of improperly reimbursing himself with campaign money. mark sanford paying $74,000 to settle things up. extreme weather alert.