these families are afraid out here. and these victims have been through a terrible amount. it s a slap in the face. i was a district attorney. some of them need cut loose. i haven t had a chance to check the list for my former prosecutors. so this is a significant problem. but i think we re going to get a handle on it. i think the evidence that we ve seen. he violated the constitution and most of the so-call eed pardons will be held. we ll have more on the story in just a few minutes. so much for southern hospitality. one republican presidential candidate is using the word armageddon to describe the political plight that is happening now in south carolina. the state s primary is just nine days away. several candidates have campaign stops in south carolina in the next hour. you re looking at rick perry, newt gingrich, rick santorum, all holding events there. mitt romney campaigns in florida after an earlier stop in south carolina. more violence now out of syria. you are wa
keep your taxes from going up on january 1st. the president also made a point of thanking voters for telling congressional republicans to block the payroll tax cut extension. you reminded people in this town what our debates and all of our debates should be about. it s about you, it s about your lives. it s about your families. jessica yellin was right there when the president said aloha and walked out of the briefing room is few hours ago. the president won this fight. the question is, how much of it carries over to the reelection year and the reelection campaign? reporter: it carries over, john. i ll tell you why because first of all this wasn t just a short-term victory over what he likes to call a dysfunctional congress, in this case, house republicans. but this also gave him a chance to act out the role he wants to play during the campaign. and that is champion of working americans. there s not just the sound you played of the president but you also heard him say t