romney still on top. herman cain now tied with him. but look at this, newt gingrich is in double digits. he s at 10%. he s on the move. i don t know, our digital, chief digital editor says if you look for gingrich to move, move up and it looks like he is starting to move up. governor perry will be joining us shortly on this show. he is fourth. he s actually coming up in 20 minutes. he is fourth and that s got to be a discouraging number. right. also in the poll, 51% expect romney to be the nominee. but a majority of them think that either cain or romney could beat president obama. newt gingrich has done so well in these debates, that s not a surprising number. if there were to be any kind of a prediction, you might say that he will continue to go up in the polls. there s 13 more debates coming up. if he continues to do well, that could play to his advantage. in florida, the american research group did a poll. cain is up on romney by seven and newt is in double digits, the only
which is part of the debate, how many questions do you get to get your poll numbers to rise? i like them sitting around like that. i didn t like the fact that the audience couldn t react, though. they were like an oil painting. for newt gingrich, they did. they clapped even if they had been told not to. i thought gingrich performed in this debate as well. whenever he speaks, he also says something relatively smart so you want to listen to it. again, i don t know if he had enough time to make a difference in the polls. the person that was absent from this debate was rick perry at least for the first half of this debate, he hardly had any questions going his way and he doesn t have his economic plan yet which is going to be a problem, i think. but it s coming! the star of the show was herman cain and you look at the polls, yesterday, a poll came out from south carolina, the american research group, cain tops romney in this. cain has got 26%. romney has 25%. perry has 15%. one of th
security checks but veterans benefits, other right. that s a scary process. starts to get mathematical. we have to figure out what gets paid and what doesn t get paid. another big story right now, a massive and dangerous heat wave is gripping much of the nation. here s how it looks and feels across the country. take a look at the red quarter. temperatures expected to reach 104 degrees in parts of texas today, in the southeast, temperatures are expected to reach the upper 90s and more than just uncomfortable, it s dangerous. heat has already claimed the life of at least one person in illinois and adding to that, the heat is causing drought conditions in the deep south to intensify. also this morning, hundreds of thousands still without power in the chicago area after strong thunderstorms rolled through. officials warn the power there might not be back on until saturday. let s go live to rob marciano outdoors this morning, silly rob, in atlanta s piedmont park. sun stil
legislature that would have forced presidential candidates to prove they were born in the u.s. carol, she said she thought it was a veiled attack on president obama. donald trump is going on the campaign trail, right? reporter: he says he s not. he s thinking about it, yes. he s hitting some important places, but again, he is not announcing yet. he s waiting until i think may 22nd for the season finale of celebrity apprentice to say whether he s really doing it ornor not, carol. we ll see. he s still visiting very important states that presidential candidates must. what do you hear about mike huckabee? reporter: good news in the early primary state of south carolina. there s a new poll out from the american research group. it shows that the former arkansas governor is leading the pack of gop potentials for 2012. he s got 20% in this poll among registered republican primary voters.
right around this time one week from friday, we will be showing you the launch of the second to last space shuttle endeavor going up in orbit commanded by mark kelly. and his wife will be there. we are now learning and thus we show you the white house that president obama will be going to florida for the big launch in addition to his wife and two daughters, sasha and malia. so a big star-studded event in florida. we ll take it live on this show at 3:47 p.m., lunchtime, one week from friday. and a new look today at how the iowa caucuses are shaping up, at least for now. gloria, so far, any surprises? well, there are some surprises. we have a new poll out from the american research group. and this is of likely caucus going. these are the brave souls who go out in a snowy night in february and the republican caucuses this