republic pack in a brand new fox news poll. he now leads mitt romney by a point. so it's obviously a statistical tie. look how far newt gingrich has surged and how far herman cain has fallen since just last month. of course, this is a national survey and voters actually choose their nominee state by state so take it for what it is. james rosen is live in our d.c. newsroom tonight. james, what are we learning from these polls aside from those headlines? >> study the numbers, shep, you find the resurrection of newt gingrich amazing for reasons that go beyond the fact that his campaign was left for dead six months ago. for one thing, g.o.p. primary voters put gingrich at the front of the pack despite only 8% of those surveyed selecting him as the most likeable candidate. despite gingrich's history of sometimes exul is i behavior and loose cannon statements g.o.p. primary trust him with the most with nuclear weapons almost twice as much as mitt romney, shep. >> shepard: james, newt gingrich's support seems to be coming from herman cain,