. georgia is the biggest delegate prize tomorrow night. cynthia tucker of the constitutional will give us an idea of what's going on from atlanta. part of our wall to wall preview of super tuesday this is the war room. glad that you are inside. now, we are going to go right here and show you a little bit of that preview to give you a taste of what's going on out in those states. in just a few hours, the polls are going to open. the caucuses will begin in 10 states holding super tuesday contests. front runners mitt romney and rick santorum were making last minute pitches to voters. instead of listening to them, we are going to go right here to talk about this georgia primary. as we can see, gingrich is up significantly over romney. not going to be a whole lot of surprise if, in fact, that turns out to be the case. in ohio, we have got romney up just one point over santorum according to public policy polling. we have a delegate count, 203 to 92 to 33 to 25. but all of these delegates tomorrow are proportionately given. after tomorrow it's not like people are going to go away. it is,

. newt gingrich the former speaker of the house wins georgia. this was expected and all of the polls showing he had a substantial lead, but we can now formally project that newt gingrich will win georgia. 76 delegates at stake. we cannot yet make a formal projection with two other states closing right now. virginia and vermont. although, mitt romney is significantly ahead according to the exit polls in both of the states. we want to get more information in both of the states before we make a formal projection, but right now, we can't make that. mitt romney though significant ahead in both virginia and vermont. standby, and we will be able to make a projection at some point. i want to go to mitt romney's headquarters in -- newt gingrich's headquarters in georgia, and some of them have not realized we have made a call. they are dancing there, and they will be fully excited when they know what is going on. let's share the exit poll information on the three states that have closed right now and put them up on the wall over he here. the georgia exit poll number, and here it will explain w

off. >> voters are deciding in vermont, virginia, and georgia. >> it's very important for to us do well in georgia. >> in ohio, massachusetts, and tennessee. >> we feel really good about tennessee. >> in oklahoma, idaho, alaska and north dakota. >> i want north dakota's votes. >> it's america's choice. and it's super tuesday. mrz mo mitt romney needs to finally prove he can close the deal with voters and rick santorum needs to move prove he can stop him. >> everyone is going out here scrapping and clawing. and we're doing all right. >> this may be newt gingrich's last chance for a campaign comeback. >> i'm not a team player. i'm a change agent. >> and ron paul's biggest chance to pick off more delegates. >> we do know that the strategy of building up delegates is a pretty sound position to have. >> will any one candidate emerge as the big super tuesday winner or loser? republicans are choosing. the world is watching. and nothing in this election compares to what's happening right now. >>> welcome to the cnn election sent they are special edition of "john king usa." there's a gold m

state of georgia. his first win in six weeks, keeping his struggling campaign alive. we're also estimating mitt romney is leading in the early vote count in virginia. only he and ron paul were on the ballot. we also have the former governor of massachusetts leading in next door vermont as the vote count continues there. here is how gingrich won georgia. our exit polling found the former house speaker won a number of key groups including women, conservatives, and tea party supporters. so gingrich takes georgia, romney leading in virginia and vermont in the early vote count. polls close in ohio at the bottom of the hour. stay with us for more super tuesday updates. i'm scott pelley. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, it's the biggest night of the presidential primary season and as you just saw newt gingrich is on the board with a win in his home state georgia. mitt romney coming off four straight wins in the past two weeks is leading tonight in virginia and in vermont. with ten states voting, we're just getting st

states are still actively legislating on immigration related matters and georgia just this week the senate passed as four fifty eight which would bar undocumented immigrants in the state from attending any university college or technical school currently undocumented immigrants are barred from attending the top five universities in the state have to pay out of state tuition fees to attend the others but if this bill passes through the state's legislative body then where will the students go well there is one option that's called freedom university it's located in athens georgia and according to the mission statement on the website freedom university is a volunteer driven organization that provides rigorous college level instruction to all academically qualified students regardless of their immigration status so let's find out more about it joining me is bethany norton assistant professor at the university of georgia and a professor at freedom university and the sabah magical undocumented youth in georgia and a freedom university student i want to thank you both so much for joining u

for in ohio. >> jamie: we we will break it down. newt gingrich won his home state of georgia. he had said all along, he had to really win there. he did, by a nice margin, as i mentioned, we will wait for alaska. lots of races to come. it is not over. you need that 1144. >> gregg: it looks very close, within 3 percentage poigns,. anything could happen there. you want to stay with us. we will be able to call the race at some point in time, we anticipate. >> jamie: there are decision teams looking hard. and it was disappointing for newt gingrich. his only win was in his home state of georgia, as we mentioned. that led to some choice words from gingrich to the presumed g.o.p. frontrunner, mitt romney. we go live to atlanta with with that. what did he say, jonathan? >> reporter: yeah. he had definitely harsh words towards the presumed frontrunner. it's hard to be on top. this was a good night for mitt romney, who is the projected winner the at least five states. speaking in boston, earlier, rom nerks rather than criticizing the other candidates, congratulated his opponents on their hard-f

blast that out. it just has not happened. maybe it will happen and maybe it will not. >> georgia on his mind, newt gingrich is putting all his peaches in one basket, can he win his home state? we will ask rick tyler next on "now." [ man ] i've been out there most of my life. you name it...i've hooked it. but there's one... one that's always eluded me. thought i had it in the blizzard of '93. ha! never even came close. sometimes, i actually think it's mocking me. [ engine revs ] what?! quattro!!!!! ♪ why? i thought jill was your soul mate. no, no it's her dad. the general's your soul mate? dude what? no, no, no. he's, he's on my back about providing for his little girl. hey don't worry. e-trade's got a totally new investing dashboard. everything is on one page, your investments, quotes, research... it's like the buffet last night. whatever helps you understand man. i'm watching you. oh yeah? well i'm watching you, watching him. [ male announcer ] try the new 360 investing dashboard at e-trade. >> i think each of us has to carry other home state. santorum has to carry pennsylvania a

know, tennessee, alabama, georgia have been hit pretty hard also. typically, you know, tornadoes are not necessarily just around springtime or in march. but in indiana, we have experienced tornados in the summer, the dispawl even the winter. and they are not limited to just southern indiana. and the terrain in this area, if you are not familiar, it's rolling hills, as you go up north, towards indianapolis and the farther north, more flat, farm ground. we experience quite a few tornadoes in those areas, throughout the year. and they can come up at any time. and as i said before, it doesn't have to be in the spring. it can be in the summer or fall. we have even experienced them in december. >> and did people get ample warning? >> caller: yes, i mean, it is warning systems are in place. you know, there has been weather alerts all day. actually, they began yesterday evening. weather alerts... you know, the media sources and meteorologists have, you know, have put the information out. unfortunately, there are times -- not necessarily in this situation, where a tornado's just popped up wit

gingrich saying it is do or die time in his home state of georgia. >> we have really worked very hard to make sure we can carry georgia and all the polls now indicate we will carry georgia. >> the front runner, mitt romney, trying to close the deal tonight against his rival bus he is picking up baggage along wait that could hurt him long term. >> what does it say about the college coed, susan fluke, who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex? what does that make her? it makes her a slut, right? makes her a prostitute. >> it is not the language i would have used. >> msnbc brings complete coverage of tonight's super tuesday primaries and caucuses with the analysis of chris matthews, host of "hardball," ed schultz of "the ed show," lawrence o'donnell of the last word, al sharpton of "politics nation" and former john mccain senior strategist steve schmidt. we live for nights like this. and msnbc's coverage of super tuesday begins right now. >>> we live for nights like this, live to cover nights like this it is election night, super tue

, virginia, tennessee ohio y georgia los premios mayores pero la votaciÓn ha sido a cuenta gotas. >>> no me convence mucho romney por la historia que tiene aquÍ en massachusetts cuando estaba aquÍ pero, el otro tampoco me convence. >>> 3 de los 4 precandidatos usaron sus Últimas hora para criticar a obama, ron paul espero resultados de sÚper martes en idaho. >>> gingrich estÁ en georgia, estado con mayor nÚmero de delgados y segÚn las encuestas le darÁ la victoria. >>> con este comercial dice planea su regreso victorioso, aunque no se espera que hoy ningÚn gane la nominaciÓn algo nociÓn dicen ex el que mÁs delgados acumule tendrÁ la tarea de de ganar obama en noviembre. >>> tenemos y como republicanos ten nos la responsabilidad de ofrecer nuevas ideass para lo problemas que nuestro paÍs enfrenta porque es lo que va a capturar la imaginaciÓn del votante americano. esta noche pudiera ser una gran noche para mitt romney si gana ohio como ganÓ florida aquÍ estarÁn tiraÁndola casa por la ventaja. >>> desde boston, gracias, desde que comenzaron las contiendas republicana en

mitt romney is in georgia today, a state with 76 delegates, the most of any super tuesday state. and rick santorum, newt gingrich and ron paul all making the rounds on the sunday morning talk shows. today, ten states are holding primaries and caucuses on tuesday with a whopping 419 delegates at stake. that's the most delegates up for grabs on any single day of the primary season. the contenders need 1,144 delegates in all to clinch the gop nomination. and here's where they stand. romney has 182 delegates. santorum has 79. newt gingrich with 39. and paul with 38. mitt romney now has the backing of two top conservatives in congress. how majority leader eric cantor. and tom coburn. >> i look to super tuesday, i look to mitt romney winning all of virginia's delegates and, in fact, i cast my vote already in virginia for mitt romney, and i'm here today to tell you that i'm endorsing mitt romney in his candidacy for the presidency of the united states. >> senator coburn endorsed romney today in an op-ed piece in the oklahoman. romney is also celebrating a victory in washington state. he won

home state of georgia. he had said all along, he had to really win there. he did, by a nice margin, as i mentioned, we will wait for alaska. lots of races to come. it is not over. you need that 1144. >> gregg: it looks very close, within 3 percentage poigns,. anything could happen there. you want to stay with us. we will be able to call the race at some point in time, we anticipate. >> jamie: there are decision teams looking hard. and it was disappointing for newt gingrich. his only win was in his home state of georgia, as we mentioned. that led to some choice words from gingrich to the presumed g.o.p. frontrunner, mitt romney. we go live to atlanta with with that. what did he say, jonathan? >> reporter: yeah. he had definitely harsh words towards the presumed frontrunner. it's hard to be on top. this was a good night for mitt romney, who is the projected winner the at least five states. speaking in boston, earlier, rom nerks rather than criticizing the other candidates, congratulated his opponents on their hard-fought victories and reserved attacks for the obama administration. listen

. but there are the southern state, tennessee, oklahoma, georgia, newt gingrich's home state, all of a sudden in play. virginia is on the ballot. but only ron paul and mitt romney vote there. and then have you caucuses in states like north dakota, alaska and north eastern states, massachusetts, vermont, where governor romney is expected to do well. there is something for everyone. caucuses, primaries and lots of delegates and lots of opportunities. >> so a cliff hanger, in my sense on tuesday -- ohio for senator rick santorum and also speaker gingrich in georgeia. >> those are must wins. if rick santorum will win in ohio, he is leading in the polls and that's an opportunity for him to make an argument that he is the candidate who can take on mitt romney and barack obama. he had the opportunity in wisconsin, didn't get it done. ohio is a chance fora i do-over. for speaker gingrich, georgia is a must win. if he can't wane win, there is no rationale. and he has to win and dominate and have a spillover effect in the other southern states and do very well in tennessee and oklahoma to make

: plus, we focus on two key states in play on super tuesday: tennessee and georgia. >> suarez: and we close with another in our "daily download" series. tonight, we look at how candidates use photos on social media. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> suarez: rebels fighting the syrian military were forced to give way today, in the face of an unrelenting siege. fighters in the heavily damaged city of homs said they were pulling back from the district of baba amr. some 100,000 people once lived there, but that was before a month-long bombardment by president assad's army. we have a report narrated by jonathan rugman of "independent television news." >> reporter: aft

. >> there are 50 of them, and each one has a story. here's scott. >> georgia is one of our original 13 states. during the civil war, however, georgia changed allegiance from the stars and stripes to the stars and bars, the first national flag of the confederacy. at the battle of bull run, georgian soldiers discovered it was difficult to tell the two flags apart. so, they created the confederate battle flag, also known as the southern cross. when the war ended, georgia returned to the stars and bars, but without the stars. >> georgia is the most controversial state flag. it set national records for having eight different state flags, and it was a controversy steeped in the history involved with their ties to the confederacy. >> many people believed those ties were too reminiscent of slavery. others believed georgia's confederate past needed to be recognized. in 2003, georgia introduced a flag that addressed the concerns of both sides. >> it features the stars and bars, which is the first flag of the confederacy, but in the canton, you see three pillars, which are supposed to represent t

-presidente de la camara de representantes newt gingrich que se apunta georgia, fundamental en sus aspiraciones. >>> son 34 los delgados ganado por gingrich, pauli no se ha apuntado, romney comenzÓ con 119, gingrich 30, santorum 17 y paul 8, ellos sumaron hoy, 81 romney. para un total romney 200, 64 gingrich 42 santorum, se necesitan mil 61 para ganar la candidatura y enfrentar al presidente de los estados unidos obama, asÍ esta la carrera hasta el momento. >>> gracias habla bas de massachusetts estado que ganÓ mitt romney en un momento gobernador de ese estado, y nos vamos directo a boston ahÍ estÁ angie sandoval con los detalles de lo que ha pasado ahÍ. >>> quÉ tal, buenas noches estÁ siendo una buena noche para romney ya se anota tres victorias se le proyecta ganador en virginia, vermont y massachusetts aquÍ sus simpatizantes le esperan con ansias tenemos entendido que el ex gobernador esta esperando ver los resultados de ohio, un estado que se le hace muy difÍcil de ganar a santorum a pesar de haber invertido en ohio, por lo menos 4 millones de dÓlares, contra santor

took georgia. that ended up paying off for him. it will win a lot of delegates. he has a strong showing in the south but he face as bit of an uphill battle. then there is ron paul. he was hoping to bupull off one victory. he came in second in a number of states. he says he still managed to get his message out there. it is a resounding one. nobody managed to stake the claim on the nomination yet. more than 1,000 delegates are needed to do that. we will continue on with more contests and some of the bigger states are coming. >> ron paul did pick up a few delegates. >> here's what each candidate racked up on super tuesday. romney 212 delegates. rick santorum 84 as you can see. newt gingrich 72. 46 of those came from his home state of georgia. ron paul managed to get 22 delegates. 6 of those came in from alaska alone. >> now to total delegate counts. magic number to secure the nomination 1,144. mitt romney is in the lead with 415. rick santorum in second place with 176. newt gingrich has 105 and ron paul has 47. >>> now to the exit polls so we can see why people voted the way they did in oh

gingrich an opening to mount a comeback. he's favored to win the prize in georgia and hopes it will propel him to win more wins to squeeze past santorum and be the romney alternative. gingrich will spend super tuesday night in georgia. mitt romney will be in boston. rick santorum will be in soup beville -- stupenville, ohio, which is in one of those congressional districts he won't be on the ballot. they joke it's a metaphor for his ailing candidacy. >> bret: we head out to ohio tomorrow. let's bring in our panel. a.b. to docard. thoughts on this win and how it breaks down. charles? >> it's a significant win for romney in washington. it shows the limits of intensity. i think it speaks for ron paul. this was his one shot, this was the place he wanted to come home with a victory and he's way behind by about 13 points or so. he could end up third behind santorum. but i think for romney, what it says is he's maintained the momentum that he gained last week and up until now, whenever he's had the momentum after he did well in new hampshire or in florida, he has not been able to put it aw

the blues. >> [applause]. >> the book was published this year by the university of georgia press. it is available at the back of the auditorium this afternoon. it is called blood ties and brown liquor. and he is also been the finalist for the 2006 poetry prize. please, join me in welcoming mr. sean hill. [applause]. >> i want to read from blood and brown liquor today. this book is about my home town in georgia. it's also where [inaudible] is from. and i started researching the history of [inaudible] and sort of fell into the history of black people there because it was not taught in school. so -- in order to write about the history i had to invent a character to explore this history. the character's name is si loss wright. >> first poem i will read is titled silos write at age 71914. it's about silos follows a fishing riggel in the shallows. he describes the line in his tablet as much pride in that line as a man and his son. he giggles and goes on. the next letters come easy. with this he will have more than a mark to bind. rambling across the page again and again in messy rows along

gingrich has won georgia, ohio, tennessee too close to call. >> bret: let's get to our fox news panel tonight. fox news senior political analyst brit hume, juan williams. steve haste senior writer for "the weekly standard." brit, give us the take so far, what you are seeing and what the night looks so far. >> brit: so far it is on forum. we expected romney -- santorum i think we more or less expected him to win oklahoma. so far we haven't had any real surprises. nor any real disappointments for anybody unless we begin to drill down and see that some of this second place, third place finishes were disappointing. we have to do that as the night goes on. >> megyn: so far, juan, each candidate with exception of ron paul although i is faring pretty well in vermont. so far, each candidate has some bragging rights so far to go? >> i think they do. i think santorum's win in oklahoma is an example of that tennessee is whereas you guys were saying we will be watching carefully if santorum is able to hold on in tennessee, knowing as we do that newt gingrich won georgia, what does that say

>>> it is 7 p.m. in theeast coast, polls are now closed in georgia, vermont and massachusetts. it is projected that newt gingrich will win the georgia primary, the home state of the former house speaker. now to virginia, a state where only mitt romney and ron paul are on the ballot. in virginia, this is interesting, too early to call. same story in vermont, too early to call. again, nbc news can say mitt romney is leading in the green mountain state. again, newt gingrich, the winner in georgia. that is the second state he has won during this campaign. he also won south carolina. as of this hour, we are too early to call in both virginia and in vermont. newt gingrich lives to fight another day, chris. >> i think it's very important, he saved his dignity, i think that's what he had to do making clear, you got to carry your own state, he is not going any where he is finished. >> ed schultz, looking ahead at newt gingrich's future, what -- looking ahead at mitt romney's future? >> he has been furious since day one, hasn't been represented, doesn't have the money expect one guy bankrol

second place. fox news projects newt gingrich will win the primary in georgia. >> fox news projecting that mitt romney has won the state of vermont. those are the standings as we know them. five seconds now to the next poll closing. >> bret: it's 8:00 on the east coast and polls just closing in massachusetts, tennessee, and oklahoma. fox news can now project that rick santorum will win oklahoma. that western state leaving mitt romney and newt gingrich to battle for second place there. ron paul will finish fourth in oklahoma. based on fox news exit polls and the raw data in. >> megyn: that's a significant win for senator santorum who battled hard in oklahoma. fox news is also projecting that mitt romney as expected will crush all competitors in his home state of massachusetts where he once served as governor. >> bret: in tennessee santorum is leading mitt romney but the race remains too close to call. romney and gingrich are battling for second place in tennessee while ron paul will finish fourth there. this is a very close race in tennessee. this could be one we are watchin

newt gingrich has won his former home state of georgia. a state he said he had to win to stay alive in this race. but our decision desk tells us vermont and virginia are too close to call. and, get this, mitt romney is in a tight race with ron paul in each of those states. of course, rick santorum and newt gingrich didn't even qualify for the virginia primary so it was just romney and paul on the ballot. our exit polls show mitt romney is generally winning among voters who say their top concern is the economy but not everywhere. and rick santorum is leading among voters who say they want a candidate with a strong moral character. but that's also not across the board. much more on the exit polls in just a moment. again, fox news now projects newt gingrich has won his former home state of georgia. 419 delegates up for grabs across 10 super tuesday states tonight. that's more than the total that need to win the nomination. less than a half hour away from the polls closing in the biggest race of the night in the state of ohio. so stay tuned. first, to campaign carl cammeron live at romn

special report on today's voting from alaska to georgia .. >> mitt romney had hoped to over wellment his rivals tonight, instead he found himself in a fierce struggle with rick santorum. >> romney claimed wins in three states, massachusetts, where he was once governor, and vermont and virginia. but santa santa bested him in the north dakota caucuses and the oklahoma and tennessee primaries. >> and newt gingrich came up with a single win in his home state of georgia. >> one of the night's biggest prizes, ohio, remained too close to call, with santorum and romney in a virtual tie. romney spent this election night in massachusetts and addressed his support in other words boston, here is some of what he said. >> this, it is wonderful to be able to go home tonight for the first time in two months. [ cheers and applause ] >> and what cash ann said it right. what a great night. we are so excited to be in the bay state tonight, celebrating with family, with friends who have worked just tirelessly on this campaign. and of course it is such an on or to have the citizens that i served as govern

tornado watch is in effect for southeast, georgia. meteorologist maria molina is in the weather center with the latest. >> good to see you. unfortunately we're looking at tornado watch that is still in effect in southeastern georgia and northern florida until 8:00 p.m. this evening across the eastern time zone. that threat for more storms to develop that could produce some severe weather along that area. i do want to update, we did receive a new update, 108 tornadoes have been reported between yesterday and today. that is all associated with a very same storm system. record right now for the month of march, most tornadoes report out of a severe weather event is 74. so most of those tornadoes get confirmed, we're looking at a record setting tornado outbreak, that occurred during the 2012 and peak of the season isn't until may or basically the springtime from very early. unfortunately this has occurred. hopefully this doesn't mean we're going to be looking more severe weather as we head through the upcoming months. northern florida, northeast georgia, conditions are still favorable for m

, dana bash. meanwhile, david mattingly standing by for us in georgia. newt gingrich hoping to get back in the win column here tonight. he is the favorite son in georgia, after all. >> reporter: that's right, brooke, and the headline coming out of super tuesday isn't going to be that newt gingrich won georgia. he probably is going to win georgia. this was his home state. this was his district here where i am right now. he is still a very influential republican figure within the party here and among voters. but at this point, the question is by what margin of victory can he win georgia tonight? it's got to be very strong for him to come out of this state and hope to be able to have any life for his campaign after super tuesday. so right now he's looking for a very big win in georgia to take most, possibly all, if he's able to arrange a big turnoutn his favor across the board here in the state of georgia for the 76 delegates that are up for grabs. he's been on the ground here five out of the last seven days campaigning. you know he's going to win here but that just shows you how much

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gingrich is mainly focused on one, georgia, the state he represented for 20 years. with just one primary win so far, he needs a victory in georgia to remain not just viable but relevant. that's tonight's "weekend journal." >> please welcome home, speaker newt gingrich. ( applause ) >> cordes: newt gingrich hopes georgia will be his firewall. >> i have to win georgia. race. >> cordes: speaking before the cobb county chamber of commerce this, we gingrich made an appeal to the voters who know him best. >> we need to control spending, reform government, and balance generation. theory. it's what we did. >> cordes: what gingrich did from 1979 to 1999 was represent georgia in congress, the last four years as speaker of the house. >> i ran for five years and lost twice before i finally won. then we spent 16 years creating a majority. the folks here were very supportive for a very long time. >> cordes: he's been campaigning down memory lane this week from atlanta and savannah to carlton, the west georgia town where he taught college in the 1970s. attorney randy evans was his student and has serve