from the cruise ship that ran aground off the coast of italy. rescue workers finally resuming the search for missing passengers. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. tonight, we are live in charleston, south carolina. tonight, newt gingrich, whose performance tonight here will make or break his run at the presidency. no doubt the former speaker is surging in the polls. you can look around, you see that left, right and center. the latest show him within striking distance of mitt romney. he s also ignited a fire storm, slamming the media over his ex-wife s allegation that he wanted an open marriage. i think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office and i am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that. i caught up with newt gingrich today about an hour and a half away from here in a town called orangeburg, sou