fear of the assad regime. a rear window inside a brutal crackdown. i want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m blitz and you re in the situation room. a tightening race heading in to south carolina s republican primary one week from today. a new american research group poll of likely primary voters in that state puts mitt romney on top but, but in a statistical tie with newt gingrich who is just ahead of ron paul. the texas congressman has surged in south carolina from 9% just a week ago while rick santorum has taken the biggest hit down from 24% last week to 7%. joe johns is joining us in south carolina right now following that increasingly bitter battle in the state. joe, what s going on right now, look ahead a little bit. this will be a tough week. reporter: that s true, wolf. the 30,000-foot view here is all about independent expenditures being made by so-called super p.a.c.s breathing fresh new life into campaigns that may be on lif
dukes of hazard. former governor barb bour ran the state like boss hog. he didn t follow the law. governor barber didn t follow it. it was very clear he had to have this information. he department obtain it before he signed these pardons. now he s caused a public safety issue. these families are afraid out here. these victims have been through a terrible amount. martin savidge is in jackson, mississippi, this morning. martin s what s the constitutional issue here? is haley barbour giving any explanation? i know you tried to talk to him at the beginning of the week and you couldn t get anything. yeah, in fact, we just tried to talk to him again. we put another request in to his officials. once again, flatly turned down. let me point out what the mississippi constitution says when it comes to the issues of pardons, especially pardons granted as a result of the governor. it says in writing in that constitution that there has to be a formal 30-day notification published i
unemployment drops to 8.6. that is the lowest level for unemployment in about three years. a big psychological headline, but a closer look. 120,000 jobs added last month really isn t great. frankly, that is barely enough to keep up with population growth, never mind put a dent in the 9 million jobs lost in the great recession. still, the president hopes that america will focus on the unemployment rate and he s also hoping he can get some of what this guy has. oh, that bill. he is the love of so many voters. recently some republicans have said bill clinton isn t sold on barack obama term two, but the two men appeared together at a green building event in washington today. i am thrilled that president clinton has been willing to take this on. as he pointed out, partly thanks to me, he s home alone too often. and this has been a passion for him for quite some time, so i am very grateful for his involvement. well, president obama needs all the bill he can get. bill clinton s
race. but just minutes from now, cnn s elizabeth cohen will join me now live right here with the high cost of not ensuring everybody. the pennsylvania charity founded by the former penn state assistant football coach accused of child rape needs a new ceo. the long-time head of the second mile has resigned in hopes he says of restoring faith in the organization s volunteers and staff. the group put a top to jerry sandusky s involvement with children in 2008 when he told them of one allegation. it s also come out that the judge who freed sandusky on $100,000 bail against the wishes of prosecutors has herself been a second mile volunteer. cnn has tried to ask her some questions but she has not responded. today the occupy movement is a lot less occupy, a lot more movement. police in oakland, california are carrying out an vic order handed down saturday after somebody ended up shot to death allegedly by a resident of the occupy campsite. tents are being cleared, demonstrators
attempt, congresswoman gabrielle giffords i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. first, an apparent shake-up in the republican race for the white house after a turbulent week that saw herman cain finding new allegations of sexual harassment and rick perry stumbling sadly in a debate. newt gingrich leaping towards the top of a pack in a stunni stunningcome back. jim acosta is watching the race for us as he always does. where do things stand right now? some candidates are stepping in it, newt gingrich is stepping it up. what s old is newt. he s back. it is a wide open race. consider campaign road kill over the summer, newt gingrich is peaking at just the right time. he is leaping ahead of herman cain in a new poll and falling within the margin of error for the lead in another poll from cbs. the former house speaker may be scoffing at his numbers. all of this effort to create a two-man race when it was perry and romney. reporter: he already has a new racer l