just days ago, south carolina looked like it could be the third punch of a one, two three, mitt romney primary knockout. but this morning, ohio s republicans took away romney s first win, announcing rick santorum won the caucuses by 34 votes. then governor rick perry of texas pulled out of the race and immediately endorsed newt gingrich who s been surging in several new south carolina polls. a conservative visionary who can transform our country. we ve had our differences, which campaigns will inevitably have. and newt is not perfect. but who among us is? the fact is, there is forgiveness for those who seek god. and i believe in the power of redemption. for it is a central tenet of my christian faith. that redemption remark from governor perry an apparent reference to new allegations from the former speaker s second ex-wife, in interviews with the washington post and abc news, marianne gingrich accuses her husband of once coming to her and asking for a open marriage.
face of everyone in law enforcement, he will be with us with jeff toobin in a bit. first, four of the convicted murderers that got pardons were released sunday, according to department of corrections. one link between them, they all worked at the governor s mansion on a work release program. one of the men is david gatlin. the shooting victim he left behind and family of the victim that didn t live to tell the story are in a word scared. martin savidge joins me live. martin? reporter: it has been a chaotic last couple hours as the legal wrangling is under way to try to bring to a halt in some way the pardon process that was brought about as a result of former governor haley barbour. as you point out, there has been success on the part of the mississippi attorney general. they have that temporary injunction. what that means, those in prison, 21 that have not been released will stay in prison. as for the murderers, they are out, but ordered now to report through department of
out from quinnipiac university, romney on top again. ashleigh, listen, these polls, people said they were likely to change their minds, nothing set in stone. so great to join you on tv, not get up at 4:00 in the morning. i don t know if you saw the schedule. one of the guys i used to work with, chris matthews, who nobody knows, said something hilarious this weekend. yeah, right. he called south carolina he said it was going to be five vet eggs and a funeral who do you think the funeral is going to be? perry doesn t get numbers up, saw the poll numbers there it could be his funeral, last stand unless he pulls off a miracle there same thing for gingrich, doesn t do well in south carolina, end of the road for him, time will tell, 11, what, 12 days left until south carolina, stay tuned. get your caffeine all geared up, you know how last week went.
my son had a lot of friends back then. they all hang out together, hang out with jerry sandusky and i think you should talk to these other boys, too, not week in they would say. she pointed them in these boys direction. amir hekmati an ex-marine, born in arizona, raised in michigan. his family says the 28-year-old was arrested in august while visiting his grandmother and other relatives in iran. they say his reported confession, quote unquote, had to have been coerced. also in the news, emotional moments last night at a memorial service marking the one-year anniversary of the tucson shooting mass sack they re left six people dead. congresswoman gaby giffords, one of 13 people wounded, recited the pledge of allegiance. one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. such a goose bumps moment. she, by the way is still recovering from her injuries from that incident. and the pharmaceutical company novartis is recalling several of its products bec
good evening upon. i m ali velshi sitting in for erin burnett tonight. out in front, campaign is kicking into high gear. candidates are criss-crossing the state, trying to pick up last-minute support for the first contest in the race for the gop nomination. let s go straight to the political correspondt. jim acosta is on the ground in iowa. good to see you. lots of campaign events and everybody is back in the game. a recent poll shows 12% of voters in iowa, still undecided. you spoke with the iowa gop chair about the race. what did he have to say? reporter: ali, basically he said this is a caucus race in iowa that he has never seen before. basically, this is the most unsettled field of candidates that a lot of republican operatives have seen in the state in a long time. if you look at the polling you have three candidates at the top right now. mitt romney, newt gingrich and ron paul, and below them is a medium tier, the other three candidates campaigning in the state, rick