reporter: we spoke exclusively to that ex-boyfriend. he will only go by the name of jose right now, and he wants his face hidden and his voice changed because he fears retribution. but it is absolutely extraordinary that a 34-year-old mexican migrant finds himself in the middle of presidential politics in a bruising political year. these allegations that were in one of these newspapers are absolutely completely false. reporter: it s a grand canyon sized political shocker. we re outmanned. of all the illegals in america, more than half come through arizona. reporter: the tough on immigration sheriff outed by his ex-boyfriend. this is my personal and private life, but now it s not no private any longer. and it s an awful position for me to be in. reporter: he is in that position because of this man, jose, a 34-year-old mexican national, afraid to be identified but speaking out because he says he was threatened by his powerful ex-lover. and then at some point, yo
math have to do with each other? a teacher gives a math test with word problems such as, if frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in one week? we ll tell you the full story, and we want your reaction. send your thoughts to gary tuchman cnn on twitter. he s on trial for murder. joran van der sloot sits in court yawning. hear what the judge had to say about his behavior. we start with the republican presidential race and the battle for the granite state, new hampshire. the candidates have two debates there this weekend. but that doesn t mean they re scaling back on the personal appearances. this is mitt romney holding a rally in dairy, new hampshire. he s been dominating the polls in new hampshire, but now rick santorum may have some momentum. paul steinhouser joins me from manchester, new hampshire, early in the morning.
mitt romney is in front, ron paul second, santorum third, and gingrich in fourth. in the polls right now, in the critical primary in the state of new hampshire. paul will face off against his republican rivals in two debates in new hampshire this weekend. paul steinhouser joins me now from manchester. is this now a battle for second place? we know mitt romney is strong in the polls, he was governor of massachusetts. is this second place? reporter: gary, i think that s a very, very fair statement. everybody knows him here, you re absolutely right. he owns a vacation home up here. and he s up here a lot helping out fellow republicans. he s a known commodity here. as you said, the battle is for second place. hopefully with the candidates battling for second, what they re hoping for is getting a little mojo to move on to south carolina. where it could be a little more wide open. you mentioned romney just a few minutes ago, he had that rally not too far from where i am.
soil this morning. we ll tell you how the 15-year-old dallas girl ended up in colombia and how she was located. and what does slavery and math have to do with each other? a teacher gives a math test with word problems such as, if frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in one week? we ll tell you the full story, and we want your reaction. send your thoughts to gary tuchman cnn on twitter. he s on trial for murder. joran van der sloot sits in court yawning. hear what the judge had to say about his behavior. we start with the republican presidential race and the battle for the granite state, new hampshire. the candidates have two debates there this weekend. but that doesn t mean they re scaling back on the personal appearances. this is mitt romney holding a rally in dairy, new hampshire. he s been dominating the polls in new hampshire, but now rick santorum may have some momentum. paul steinhouser joins me from manchester, new hampshire, early in th
reporter: yeah, this is face thatting. you would think most of the candidate that is survive and go on go right to new hampshire. that state goes second. no, perry s campaign sayings the texas governor is going on to south carolina. that state votes third 11 days after new hampshire. what s going on here? are the candidates going to avoid new hampshire? maybe. if you look at the polls, mitt romney is the overwhelming front-runner in new hampshire. maybe for rick perry and some of the other kand dads that move on looking for the social conservative vote, you go to south carolina instead because south carolina has an electorate a lot closer to iowa. new hampshire much different, independents are a big factor in new hampshire. social conservatives are not. one thing about iowa, listen, it may not crown the nominee, the gop nominee, it normally doesn t do that, but what it may do is it may now narrow the field a little bit. gnat sflooe. that s what it will certainly do, probably, perha