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craig bosswell has the story from washington, d.c. >> hillary clinton ran away from the south carolina presidential primary. cbs news projects that clinton beat vermont senator bernie sanders by a wide margin. >> thank you so much south carolina. >> exit polls showed 84% of black voters went with clinton and she also dominated among women by nearly 50% and hopes americans give clinton a chance >> the main thing on her mind is to see that the americans have what they need to have. >> with more than 800 delegates up for grabs next tuesday, sanders looked past south carolina and the next few days is on vermont, massachusetts, vermont, oklahoma and colorado. sanders was in texas earlier on saturday where he is fighting an uphill battles in the poll >> if all of you come out to vote and you bring your friends and your neighbors and your co-workers, we are going to win here in texas. >> thank you, alabama. thank you. >> clinton campaigned in alabama before returning to south carolina for her victory celebration. >> we're going to compete for every vote in every state. we're not taking anythi

craig bosswell reports. >> cbs news projects that donald trump has won the south carolina republican primary. trump came out ahead of marco rubio and ted cruz who finished >> i want to begin by thanking the people of south carolina. this is a special state. >> jeb bush finished in the bottom three and he told supporters that this was his last primary as a 2016 presidential candidate. >> the people of ohio and new hampshire and south carolina have spoken. i really respect their decision. tonight i am suspending my campaign. yeah. >> south carolina voters say the most important quality is that they share issues and the most important issue is terrorism. >> for rubio and cruz, victory in south carolina means heading into tuesday when almost 600 delegates are at state. >> we can stand together with a proven consistent constitutional conservative and bring back morning in america. >> the 21st century of the a bartender from cuba who stands close to being the president of the united states of america. >> donald trump will try to make it two in a row in the nevada caucuses. >> lydia: meanwh

craig bosswell is live in tampa, florida, tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, will. while we talk, you will probably hear the band behind us. they put the final touches on this and the reshuffled national convention is underway and immediately adjourned. >> it's my privilege to proclaim the 2012 republican national convention in session and called to order. >> reporter: monday's opening seg was largely symbolic after republicans cancelled the first day of activities because of tropical storm isaac. isaac is expected to make landfall as a hurricane somewhere between louisiana and miss sippy n. today's opening event, republicans introduced a four-day debt clock. >> at the end of the convention on thursday, when chairman boehner gavels the convention closed, it will stop, the clock and we'll see how much accumulated the last four days. >> i like my speech and our sons are at tampa, they staid terrific there and -- >> reporter: vice presidential candidate paul ryan will deliver his speech on wednesday night before hea

craig bosswell live from florida. thank you so much. >>> and looking finished, democrats are look at this from their perspective as well and not only have the republicans been out there, but the chairman of the democratic party went out and show started in on mitt romney again on this issue of taxes. y that coming not only within and without of the republican party, but now they coming in from democratic side as well. >> and thank you. >>> the democrats outraged at the head of the committee and from that captain. 17 people died in that disaster. they made the analogy on the sunday morning talk show and today, he defended the comments. >> i was referring to acting like a leader in a moment of crisis, and i was referring to the fact that this president is in love with campaigning and with the job of getting the country back on track now. i think it's awful. and people died, of course, terrible and they went to a question. and that is wrong, too. and that is political gamesmanship as well. >> democratic party chair debbi

. >> and joining us from south carolina is craig bosswell. with jon huntsman out of the race now, who does this benefit at this point? >> that is probably determined tonight, when you have five candidates opening up the stage for more questions and answers and might expose weakens and open up the stage for more attacks as you mention, the campaign overwhelmingly went negative the last week or two and certainly, shows in some television ads here, and they very, very negative. of course, we'll find out saturday. here we are, five days away from the south carolina primary. we'll see. you would think since jon huntsman was polling in such low numbers, that it won't pick up any momentum for any candidate. >> you know, craig, south carolina has this rough and tumble reputation. you look back to 2,000 with george w.b and mccain. tough act to follow in iowa and new hampshire. what are you hearing on the ground? is this resonating well with voters? do they like the tough talk or is it turning anyone off? >> depends on who you talk to. there is certain

and craig bosswell joins us live from manchester with the latest. craig? >> reporter: good evening to you. mitt romney is pulling so far ahead, the rest of the republican field is hoping to finish near the top and in a states where second place could be considered a victory. john huntsman has a feeling about the chances in the granite state. >> there is an energy and excitement on the streets out there that is real. i can't wait to see what it means. >> reporter: ron paul is in manchester, predicting a closer- than-expected finish against mitt romney. newt gingrich is in campaign mode trying to pick up last- minute support and rick santorum is looking to the next primary and in south carolina. >> we'll get this race to two people and i believe and hope that it mean linebacker myself and governor romney when that hopes, the game will be on at that point and conservatives will have a choice and i'm confident that we will pull the race out. >> reporter: already in the palmetto state, rick pei have getting a head start. >> from the candidates running for the r

craig bosswell has a look back at 2011, the year in politics. >> 2011 started off on a somber note in washington. just three days after being sworn in by newly minted house speaker, arizona representative gabrielle gifford shot and six died in the attack, gifford was there to meet with constituents and bystanders tackled the suspected gunman, 22-year-old jared loefner, he has kind of a troubled past, i can tell you that. >> reporter: the shooting brought a brief moment of unity for the congressment she did make a surprise turn back in august, voting in favor of raising the nation's debt ceiling. ten hours remaining before a potential u.s. default and we've seen in the past few days, that washington has the ability to focus when there's a timer ticking down. >> within days of raising the debt by 2 trillion dollars, standard & poor's downgraded to double a plus from hits triple-a rating. >> it's about the difficulty in all sides in finding, you know, a consensus around fiscal policy choices now and in the future. >> it's feared after the congressional super committee set up as part of t

fox's craig bosswell reports. >> reporter: it was perhaps the most important speech of president obama's young presidency. on wednesday, during a fatly televised address before a joint session of congress, president obama asked lawmakers to set aside partisan fighting to reform the nation's health care system. >> there are now more than 30 million american citizens who cannot get coverage inform just a two-year period, one in every three americans goes without health care coverage at some point. >> reporter: president obama says his plan provides more security and more health care choices for the insured while offering coverage to people who cannot now afford it. the price tag to do so is about $900 billion but he says it can be done through spending cuts. >> to prove that i'm serious, there will be a provision in this plan that requires us to come forward with more spending cuts if the savings we promise don't materialize. >> reporter: there was an unusual moment during the speech when the president attempted to stress that the health care plan does not benefit illegal immigrants. south

bosswell takes us around the world with a look at what we might. >> the kiwis were among the first in the world to welcome the light show in new zealand's capital. >> 3, 2, 1... happy new year! >> in australia, seven tons of fireworks lit up the sky over the opera house in sydney, and the clock ticked closer to 2011, celebrations continued. a giant 15-ton bell marked the new year, at the temple and revellers released balloons containing hopes and notes for the new year. crowds in hong kong watched an elaborately choreographed show on the roofs of the buildings. a pyrotechnic display, with the tallest building. >> dubai's festivities included a colorful fountain and a light show, just an hour later, fireworks made the sky with color. >> in europe, when big ben struck midnight, the show over the river thames in london kicked into full year and people rapping in the new year with the eiffel tower in the background, from madrid, rio de janeiro with one spectacul spectacular celebration after another and at the crossroads of the world... confetti rained down on about a million people jamme