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wolf blitzer, gloria and john king will be here in a moment to talk about it. but first, two people that are very happy with the results. i spoke with newt gingrichs daughters, jackie and cathy. ladies, judging by the big grins on your faces, youre pretty happy down there. >> were thrilled to be here in south carolina. >> its a great place to be tonight. >> i bet it is. what an amazing turn around for your father. ive spoken to him a few times and he was dead on arrival in the summer. ...

Hes having an affair. >> it doesnt matter to the south carolinians. >> i think it does matter. for one minute he has a moment of strength on the stage that was brilliant. that is a character issue not that we go in private lives, but private lives do matter and character matters in the office and newt gingrich does not. >> you stuck with bill clinton when the character matters. >> i didnt dismiss it, i thought as a president he was -- >> you liked him. >> i really like his wife and i really like...

Peoples judgments of his character. and i think its a factor, it certainly seems to be a factor coming up in polls, in the way that women in particular are looking at mr. gingrich and his character. >> but, jamie, its not js about character, its what youre going to do as a candidate to create a better, more prosperous america and susan, you and i can agree, women want more than just jobs, they want more than a safer america, they want better than schools for their children, its not just a charac...

I never have before. i am agreeing with bill. this is a character issue. if we can talk about romneys political inconsistency, we have to talk to newt gingrich and character. i am not saying it should be the first question on debate. but to have that factor in, i think it is legitimate. >> what about the fact -- lets talk about timing. there is two elements of timing involved. the timing of the interview being released and the timing of when this actually happened 15 years ago. im not sure. i re...

Request for what she describes as his request for an open marriage. obviously, thats something that the gingrich campaign had to know whats coming. not like shes been totally out of the public eye, she has talked about this to a magazine in the past. what kind of an impact do you think its going to have in south carolina, is it a family-values electorate? >> yes, its a family-values electorate. i frankly dont see a huge impact on this primary campaign. now, i think its a kind of thing as a chara...

Marriage. obviously, thats something that the gingrich campaign had to know whats coming. not like shes been totally out of the public eye, she has talked about this to a magazine in the past. what kind of an impact do you think its going to have in south carolina, is it a family-values electorate? >> yes, its a family-values electorate. i frankly dont see a huge impact on this primary campaign. now, i think its a kind of thing as a character issue that can erode support for gingrich over time, ...

Request for what she describes as his request for an open marriage. obviously, thats something that the gingrich campaign had to know whats coming. not like shes been totally out of the public eye, she has talked about this to a magazine in the past. what kind of an impact do you think its going to have in south carolina, is it a family-values electorate? >> yes, its a family-values electorate. i frankly dont see a huge impact on this primary campaign. now, i think its a kind of thing as a chara...

Saturday. what is rick santorum doing to try to catch up to gingrich stp. >> two things. first of all hes angry at this sort of dismittal by newt gingrich, suggesting that mr. santorum cannot effectively compete against mitt romney and has said so. hes lashed back at gingrich pretty aggressively, pointing out that when he was speaker he was in many minds forced out of his speakership by conservatives who felt as though mr. gingrich had sort of betrayed the cause from 96 to nine # and santorum is...

Consistent policy on a whole host of issues but now when hes running for president of the united states, with ads out there that are absolutely certifiably false and he says theyre okay, because it gives him political advantage, this is a huge character issue on mitt romneys part. he needs to step up and do the right thing and quite playing dirty politics. >> reporter: santorum is saying that mitt romneys character is an issue. miss principle objection to the superpacket ad is it reports in the ...

concordia." today, divers blew a hole in the capsized cruise ship to make the search easier. soon afterwards, they found five bodies, bringing the total of known deaths to 11. now back on land, the ships captain still in jail, likely facing a host of criminal charges, up to and including manslaughter. not only did he not go down with his ship, an exasperated coast guard official had to order him, more than one, to go back and help rescue passengers. heres a portion of an extraordinary ...