second at 18%. another poll out of iowa shows it much closer. let s go to south carolina, as well. south carolina, of course, the first southern state to vote, it goes number three in the calendar and votes on the 23rd of january. this is also, again, showing newt gingrich on top. far ahead of mitt romney. romney at 23%. gingrich 18 points ahead and rick perry at 9%. kyra, i guess newt gingrich to take his national poll numbers and translate it into an operation and make sure he gets the teams in place in theearly states to get the voters to the caulks and primary sites, kyra. nancy pelosi is saying that she has information on gingrich and newt is sending her a warning. what the heck is going on here? yeah, this started yesterday and, remember, this goes back to the late 1990s when gingrich was house speaker and he was facing 84 ethics investigations and pelosi said she maybe will unearth some of the stuff that was never made public. here s what she said. i know a lot abo
cain says it s time to set the record straight. i will talk about all future firestorms. here s one thing people don t know about herman cain. i m in it to win it. i m not going to be discouraged. well, mary snow has the latest developments and mark preston is looking at the political fallout. mary, let s go ahead and begin with you. what caused cain to reverse course all of a sudden and decide to hold this news conference? you know, kyra, last week when herman cain railed against the press for bringing up these allegations of sexual harassment he was highly critical of anonymous users, but that all changed yesterday with a person who came forward who now brings a name, a face and specific allegations. and, you know, yesterday when sharon bialek had this news conference, herman cain s campaign came out with a general, broad statement saying that all allegations of sexual harassment against him were false. by last night, the campaign had started raising questions about s
audience, the g8 leaders. the search for the missing becomes more desperate by the day in the u.s. towns slammed by a massive tornado. and meet the opposition, but who s arming the anti-gadhafi fighters in libya? we ll bring you a live report from tripoli. we want to begin in yemen now where the violence there is dramatically escalating, as the president is dismissing all appeals for him to step down. explosions have ripped through the small, sanaa since late last night. take a look at this video. eyewitnesses said clashes are start to spread. violence has taken a turn for the worst since sunday when mr. saleh again walked out of a deal to give up power and washington is really worried. they said there is a threat for civil unrest and terrorism. they are ordering all nonessential diplomats and their families out of the country. president barack obama said yemens leader should honor an earlier promise to leave office. president saleh has tens of thousand frz suppos of supp
has severely strained washington s relationship with pakistan, a country that was once considered a key partner in the war on terror. today, comments between the two countries are testy and the stakes are getting high. zain verjee is live in london with an international perspective for us. zain. hi, carol. let s take a look at what the sydney morning herald from australia is saying. it has this headline, u.s./pakistan tensions increase. relations have been tested by the u.s. raid on bin laden s hideout in the garrison town of abbottabad, north of islamabad, and suspicions about how much pakistani officials knew about bin laden s whereabouts. check out the scotsman. furious pakistan fights back over cold blooded killing. it goes on to say both countries rely on each other, but their relationship has increasingly become defined by mistrust, as if in a failing marriage. and take a look at the wall
how the mood has soured. zain? let s take a look at what up ins around the world are saying about this. the uk s guardian, president refuses to go as gun fights raise fears of war. it goes on to say the conflict appears to be the climax of long souring relations between the president and the ahmar clan, which are believed to be bankrolling the opposition. and this headline in the scotsman the conflict, sharply increased chances yemen s three-month uprising could turn into a militia-led revolt. finally gulf news has 48 dead as fighting rages between tribesmen and government troops. it says in a country where the tribal system is well established, influential and deep-rooted, the outcome of any