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states. newt gingrich and rick santorum are fighting romney for the conservative vote in the south. tiger woods suffered a tournament ending injury. watch him after this approach shot on the 10th hole at doral. look at him. favoring that left leg. tiger withdrew after the 11th hole. he injured that tendon in the masters last year. we begin this hour in afghanistan where an american is accused of a cold blooded killing spree. the pentagon has not released the soldiers name but says ...

From the u.s. armys third quad run third armored cavalry division are on patrol in mosul, iraq. captain conrad brown is on command. >> mosul was mostly al qaeda insurgents that had been pushed out of the sunni triang until the presurge 2006/2007. they had taken root in mosul. >> its the sixth straight day of around the clock operations. the men are exhausted. >> wed been up for about 36 hours at this point, and were making our way back to our combat outpost. >> the battle worn neighborhood is kn...

Service and sacrifice. our conor powell is in afghanistan. >> the days start early at combat outpost nevada in afghanistan province even on thanksgiving. >> pretty much a regular day for us. i mean, we have got to stay vigilant. have guys maintain their areas of security. >> 2,000 feet above the valley, this base is cold small and remote. most days donkeys carry food to the soldiers living here. >> not quite the macys day parade but we have our surveillance blimp circling above trying to keep th...

Thanksgiving to my sister in oklahoma city, oklahoma. i hope youre having a great thanksgiving and enjoying all the turkey. love you dearly. all right, bye-bye. ♪ heather: a very special message there from our troops stationed in afghanistan. on this thanksgiving day, nearly 100,000 meals are being prepared creating a little taste of home for those serving overseas. our conor powell caught up with some of the troops enjoying the holiday in afghanistan. connor? >> reporter: well, good morning a...

Connor, good to see you. tell us about the thanksgiving day celebrations going on over there right now. >> good morning and happy thanksgiving. we are coming to you live from a bunker at combat outpost nevada. this is a very remote and rustic combat outpost overlooking kunar valley. to put it in perspective, just what this combat outpost is like, theres no running water, theres very little electricity and get this, guys, daily food is brought up, hot food is brought up on a donkey. were up about...

Food to this combat outpost so these guys can eat here. today, however, thanks giving turkey, stuffing, potatoeses, everything was flown in on a helicopter, so they actually got a warm, good meal. and im happy to be joined here by private first class timothy strong whos here serving in afghanistan to talk a little bit about what thanksgiving is like here at combat outpost nevada. >> its been an eventful day, a lot of activity, a lot of insurgents, so its nice to sit downith the family weve got h...

were standing here with cops and firefighters whose jobs are threatened because states an communities are cutting back. this bill will keep cops on the beat and firefighters on call. so lets pass this bill so that these men and women with continue protecting our neighborhoods like they do every single day. im standing with construction workers. weve got roads that need work all over the country. our highways are backed up with traffic. our airports are clogged. and there are millions o...

that is simply nonsense. instead of bizarre conspiracy theories, the arab world needs to focus on the dire statistics they highlighted almost a decade ago. the arab spring is a first step for those countries that it has touched. but it needs to be a spring board for 300 million arabs to look deep within and address the fundamentals that the leaders have neglected for decades. education, womens rights and economic reforms, jobs and real freedom. and we will be right back. >> it was a fo...

the attack and what it means to them professionally as well as personally, t.j. >> all right. also a reminder on this day as well, suzanne, of what they are fighting for. there was an attack in eastern afghanistan. tell us about that. >> reporter: youre right, because theres a certain sense of anxiety, anticipation, what to expect today, if there was going to be retaliation. it happened on the eve of september 11th. it was just last night about 5:30 local time. we are told it happened ...

>> this is miserable. >> this is video those soldier took just days before the battle. >> doesnt this look fun? go army. >> the 49 soldiers digging in by hand, trying to establish a new combat outpost in a village called wanat, the afghan contractor responsible for bringing heavy equipment had not shown up. >> theres people up here, they want to shoot at us. is what is happening. >> the company was warned the taliban was planning an attack, and that is exactly what happened. jonathan brostram wa...