ifeel like i need to hold my breath. 0h, breathe in! does that hurt or is thatjust like getting your ears pierced? yeah, it s going to hurt, but it s going to. save your life at the same time? yeah. tomas is about to celebrate 30 years of working with turtles in senegal. his work has brought him awards and recognitions from around the world. he s so gentle with it. i mean, you can see that these turtles actually are his babies. that s quite an impressive sight. i ve never seen it, and i m sure all of these people haven t either. everyone should just run down to the beach and see this release. tomas started as a teenager rescuing african spurred tortoises the second biggest species in the world. since then, his work in northern senegal has saved the last remaining colony of adanson s terrapin from collapse.
i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with a stunning turnd around in south carolina where mitt romney has nearly downed his support in the past month to take a solid lead. in our latest cnn orc poll, 37% of likely voters are now backing romney in south carolina. santorum and gingrich are battling for second and 18% respectly. but santorum is soaring. while gingrich has dropped 25 points. paul has jumped up to 12%. perry has slipped to only 5% in south carolina. jon huntsman stands at 1%. with a look at what s behind romney s south carolina surge, let s go to joe johns. wolf, taking a detour from new hampshire, mitt romney decided to go somewhere he thought he could use some help, hoping a little extra attention to the palmetto state would pay off. looking stronger than expected in south carolina, mitt romney wrapped up his brief swing with a rally in conway. it s a state where the candidate came in fourth in the last presidential primary, but this ti