out front tonight mitt romney begins a battle in south carolina. five days until the primary in new hampshire, right in that s where the former massachusetts governor has a solid lead. so where he decided to spend most of the day was, south carolina. i want to restore to america the principles that made us the powerhouse, morally, economically and militarily, in the entire world. romney, his pal john mccain, and gal nicky haley, all there, giving a joint speech in charlston. this is a whole new ball game. one of the highest concentration of evangelical voters in america, nearly half of the population identifies itself as evangelical. which doesn t exactly mean good things for mitt romney. in iowa, 34% voted for rick santorum, only 14% for mitt romney. here is what is amazing. we don t know if romney has made it right with christians in south carolina because polls are about a month old. wisdom is that he wouldn t and didn t need to win south carolina. the vibe changed. no
to south america. tonight mitt romney s feeling so confident about his chances here in new hampshire, he isn t even here. romney started a quick trip to south carolina this afternoon leaving his rivals to snipe at each other. newt gingrich belittled rick santorum s record going all the way back to when they served together in the house, back in the 1990s. gingrich then was speaker. if you think of us as partners, he would clearly in the historical experience would have been the junior partner. he s not a bad person, i want to be clear about this. well, senator santorum took offense at being labeled a junior partner. i was no junior partner in that. newt was not involved in that revolution when it came to the corruption and scandal. he sat on the sidelines. cnn s jim acosta keeping up with the increasingly pointed back and forth. romney s in the lead here. i assume if gingrich and santorum are going after each other, they think they ve got to fight for second or thir
hauled before congress and impeached. newt gingrich outlines his solution to so-called activists and ignites a huge controversy. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. it s a rogue isolated nation on earth. now the state is in transition now with the death of their leader, kim jong il. a tearful woman announced the news on state television saying kim jong il died suddenly of heart attack at age 69. north korea is built on a cult of personality surrounding the kim dynasty and word of his death sparked near hisser toa on streets with people wailing and weeping openly. kim s death has huge implications. not only for the north and south korea, but for the united states and the entire world. following developments from seoul, south cree korea, what is the latest reaction there, anna? wolf, as you say, a great deal of uncertainty with the death of kim jong il but perhaps of an insight into what he was thinking in the weeks and days leading up to his death. can conf