good evening. tonight, we are live from jacqu jacksonville, florida. site of the cnn republican debate, which is just an hour away. the race between mitt romney and newt gingrich is really tied here. it s a big night. and issue number one for voters here, the housing crisis. no doubt florida residents felt the sting of this headline today. sales down 2.2% in december. may surprise you. no, and florida is one of the worst hit states in the country when it comes to housing. one in every 360 homes in this state received a foreclosure notice last month and almost half of mortgages are under water. you look at orlando, down 60%. they have fallen by more than half and miami and in tampa. in most cases, where there s a housing problem, there is an unemployment problem. and no place more so than here in florida. construction drives everything here and the jobless rate is at 9.9%, well above the national average of 8.5%. all of this playing out in the campaign here. romney and gingric
endorsement? and the bottom line on newt gingrich in the center of a big storm today, picking up a big endorsement from rick perry on the same day, a shocking interview with one of his ex-wives is set to air. which will have a bigger impact on saturday? on saturday? let s go outfront. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good evening. tonight, we are live in charleston, south carolina. and you know, it s a chilly night. a beautiful day, little chilly. the men don t wear jackets, the women do, isn t that the way the world works? cnn is going to be hosting the four remaining republican candidates in a high stakes debate tonight. in just two days, voters are going to go to the polls and south carolina has an impressive record. the winner of the south carolina republican primary has gone on to win the nomination every single presidential election since 1980. and despite new polls showing a very tight race between mitt romney and newt gingrich, an explosive interview with one o
cut. and that s why you have to think about the cutting, and stopping the inflation, and overall, you have to ask, once again, as our founders did, what should the role of government be in the free society? the role should be, they simple. the protection of liberty! bring us back the constitution, ron paul revolution. bring us back our constitution, ron paul revolution. wonderful, wonderful, you know, the constitution was written for a very precise manner. was not designed to restrain the individual, not to restrain you, it was to protect your liberties and restrain the federal governme government. (cheers). liberty, liberty, has to be reemphasized bah us we have been careless over the last
second. newt gingrich today hosting a town hall working to appeal to hispanic voters taking time out to target that bloc of voters hoping to get them to head to the polls for him. jon huntsman in speaking with him he says he is hitting every corner of new hampshire. he has spent a lot of time here, more than any other candidate in the last six months or so. he says even whether or not that will payoff we will see tuesday evening after those ballots have been cast. ron paul who professor smith says has the second strongest organization in the state he has a lot of followers, young, ardent followers we saw one of his followers walk down the street with a fake neck tattoo that says ron paul revolution. he has a little of the counter culture element going on. he talks about changing washington we ll see if that pays off for him. two candidates are headed off to south carolina today, santorum and perry.
second. newt gingrich today hosting a town hall working to appeal to hispanic voters taking time out to target that bloc of voters hoping to get them to head to the polls for him. jon huntsman in speaking with him he says he is hitting every corner of new hampshire. he has spent a lot of time here, more than any other candidate in the last six months or so. he says even whether or not that will payoff we will see tuesday evening after those ballots have been cast. ron paul who professor smith says has the second strongest organization in the state he has a lot of followers, young, ardent followers we saw one of his followers walk down the street with a fake neck tattoo that says ron paul revolution. he has a little of the counter culture element going on. he talks about changing washington we ll see if that pays off for him. two candidates are headed off to south carolina today, santorum and perry. perry has the sweetest event