record. peter doocy joins us live from washington. hi, peter. reporter: we still don t know the specific motivation behind the alleged attack but we re piecing together bits and pieces of his life thanks to a blog kept by his wife caroline who was pregnant in 2006 when she wrote i only want the days to go by fast when it comes to bob coming home. when their daughter was born, sergeant robert bales was overseas. his wife wrote again in december of 06 about a phone call. it was bob calling from the airport in kuwait. it was so good to hear his voice. i told him how the birth went, and he got to hear quincy squeaking in the background. carolyn clairl thought if the family was pro active, they d get their next stop. she listed as germany and italy as their top choices because they had the best adventure opportunities. we also know that her husband, the suspect here, joined the military after 9 l/11 because ty thought being a stock broker at that point was insignificant. he h
commentary. good morning, liz. good morning, eric. you know, you can see it like carnac, he s now anointed the frontrunner. he is, but media still loves newt gingrich, the evil genius, the guy that gives great copy and the guy they hopes gets into another media fight with a reporter, because it will make a great story. in fact, one of the commentators said last night, i believe over at cnn, said, well, you know, at least he didn t pick on reporters. that wasn t quite true. this isn t his news conference that he gave after the primary victors had come out and spoken for a while. he said, but the fact of the matter is, he was wrong. one of the reporters, it was hard to hear all of what he said, did suggest that romney was in gingrich s head. now, that s really pop psychology from the 60s or the 70s. and gingrich certainly didn t
newt gingrich making his way to the front of the g.o.p. pack in many recent polls and we are seeing his career once again come under the media micscope. he had a big newspaper endorsement nahalf hamp this morning. but how is the rest of the media treating him? liz trotter has a commentary, as she has one every sunday morning at this time. reporter: good morning. eric: he got the man chester union leader endorsed him. they have had some history in presidential politics in that state over the past decade. reporter: well, i don t believe much in endorsements, however the bad news is the worse news, shisay is the knives are really out for newt. a survey just reading the copy all week and the postings all
spread the word. i feel good to have a job and bible to pay my bills and call myself responsible. i feel good to have a bank account. reporter: he says, he hopes to lead by example, showing people they can make positive choices and prevent the chances of going to prison. jamie? jamie: great story. thanks so much. eric: newt gingrich is enjoying a surge in the polls. but with that comes increased scrutiny in the media. up next, liz trotter has her commentary on how newt is being treated. [ sniffs ] i have a cold. [ sniffs ] i took dayquil but my nose is still runny. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn t treat that. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose.
now, pakistan also booting the u.s. from an airbase that has been used to service drones and despite the measures, some believe pakistan has not gone far enough. this. the reaction was not enough. we ve taken enough abuse from u.s. and nato and we have taken enough insult and now we have also, now, had injury, big time and i think, there is a time, one says, okay, enough is enough. jamie: peter doocy live in washington with the latest. concern weather a capital-c this morning. reporter: and the last hour a spokesman for isap, international security assistance force said the ground lines of communication with pakistan now are closed and because of the area, how it is and how dangerous the area is, the cross-border attack, where it took place, close communication lines only benefit the bad guys. closed communication lines only benefit the bad guys. this is the area where terrorists are operating and terrorists operating on either side of the border, use it for safe ha