a war. and the latest from a cruise ship that ran aground off the coast of italy. let s go outfront. good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett, and outfront tonight, we re live in charleston, south carolina. tonight, newt gingrich whose performance in tomorrow s primary election here will make or break his run at the presidency. no doubt, he s surging in the polls. you look that left right and center. the latest show him in striking distance of mitt romney. he s also ignited the fire storm, slamming the media of his ex-wife s accusation he wanted an open marriage. the destructive, vicious, negative media of much of the news media makes it harder to govern the country, harder to attract decent people to run forophilfor office, and rm i m appalled you would open a presidential debate with 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, south carolina, to talk about the race, the issues, and ye