jackie. you can see where the severe storms are hitting the united states. there have been a couple watches in places. even yesterday as i was in south carolina, watches all over that state. this is a new storm system. it s a vigorous one. something with this much energy for nighttime tornadoes is somewhat unusual. this is a rare event. it s particularly dangerous. we call it a pds watch. a lot of that because of the storm risk we have. there s a high level of certainty to have multiple tornadoes. some could be large and stay on the ground for a long period of time. the other thing that makes this dangerous is that this is happening at night. people are going to bed. you can t see what s going on. so you could be sleeping when the storms come on through. there you can see the watch area. eastern parts of arkansas and western tennessee. northern parts of alabama and even into the boot heel of missouri. the thunderstorms are initiating just to the west of little rock. the who
also, wow, two more contests within a fortnight. are you kidding? they are heading to florida. it s getting ugly. romney is calling gingrich a failed leader. but why? the mayor of the island where the cruise ship capsized is warning of an ecological time bomb. there may have been more passengers than originally thought that weren t on the roster. head s up football fans, super bowl sequel, giants and patriots meet again at this year s super bowl. we ll begin this hour with powerful and very dangerous weather sweeping across the southeast this morning. and if you didn t see pictures, here is what it looked like in arkansas, listen closely. the sound of really intense wind and rain in the dark, someone had the forethought to get pictures. a hot lot of people were sleepi multiple tornadoes r from illinois to alabama. reports of widespread damage, luckily no deaths. thousands waking up without power, indiana, kentucky, tennessee, mississippi, alabama all in harm s way rig
good morning, everybody. i m gary tuchman. newt gingrich is celebrating a big win in south carolina. the biggest thing i take from the campaign in south carolina is that it is very humbling and very sobering to have so many people who so deeply want their country to get back on the right track. speaking of the right track, mitt romney is hoping to find it in florida. we ll get voter reactions from the next big campaign contest about what happened in south carolina. despite some immediate ra reports to the contrary, joe paterno is alive but in serious condition this morning. we ll get an update from state college, pennsylvania. we start with what was a runaway victory for newt gingrich in the south carolina republican presidential primary. look at these numbers. it was a double digit win. 12 percentage points for the former house speaker. easily beating mitt romney. rick santorum came in third place. ron paul in fourth. now, check out this cnn exit poll. there were man
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.
good morning. i m ashleigh banfield. and i m zoraida sambolin. it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s get started. we ve got a lot of breaking news coming into our offices from around the world. you know this story already, remarkable pictures out of italy, and now we re hearing the rescue operation of that cruise ship listing on its side has been suspended once again because the ship is moving. not only that, one of the res e rescuers had to be rescued as well. we ll get you detailed. and wikipedia and other websites going partially dark. right after midnight that happened. they re protesting anti-piracy bills. that s google right there. if you thought that all s fair in love and war and even the fringes of war, the u.s. and pakistan are having trouble right now. pakistan has said to the united states, you know that special envoy you sent us? send them back. we don t want them. weem get to the details. mitt romney reports that he pays about a 15% tax rate. how do you fe