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Before bringing a transport helicopter in to drop off the marines. right now you're seeing two ah-1 koefrs. these are attack helicopters. yesterday i went flying in a ch-53, one of the transport helicopters. i was with a number of marines. they touched down in the middle of a baseball field in a high school. marines came out of the helicopters and essentially set up a perimeter, a security perimeter around the helicopter to show how they would secure that area and let the helicopter safely take back off. one of the marines described how important these events are to the community. take a liste...

Helicopter went down late this evening in southern afghanistan. it's believed there were casualties. there were no reports of enemy activity in the area at the time. the chopper was a ch-53. on the home front a lot of people are upset about the decision over who will build a new air force plane. correspondent william la jeunesse is following the story from los angeles. >> air force had the brazilian mate against the hawker at-6, manufacturered in the wichita factory. ceo, bill. >> we think the planes are 35% more extensive than our airplanes. >> the figures aren't available but they awarded th...

them, has apparently crashed. six peace-keeping troops were aboard and have died and the taliban is claiming responsibility by sending a text message to cnn. >> and last night's debate. newt gingrich calls out the media, specifically john king, and he calls his ex-wife a liar. we're going to play all sorts of stuff for you this morning, get all sorts of answers and let people weigh in. >> talk about political heat. unbelievable stuff. and, also, and the story we've been watching, the italian cruise ship where the rescue operations have been on and off is teetering eight feet from an ...

took the spotlight. >> he was asking to have an open marriage and i refused. >> he wanted an open marriage? >> yeah. that i accept the fact that he has somebody else in his life. >> she says that you came to her in 1999, at a time when you were having an affair. she says you asked her, sir, to enter into an open marriage. would you like to take some time to respond to that? >> no, but i will. and i am frankly astounded that cnn would take trash like that and use it to open a presidential debate. i am tired of the elite media protecting barack obama by attacking republicans. >> joe jo...

fighter jet. hope you have a great weekend. we'll be back here bright and early monday morning. >> it will be a great weekend just watching -- happy friday. we'll watch that primary, as well. >> it will be a great saturday. live from studio 7, i'm suzanne malveaux. want to get you up to speed for friday, january 20th. it's the eve of the south carolina primary. republican presidential race is now hotter than ever. newt gingrich turned up the heat on the news media in last night's debate. it started when our john king asked about an accusation by gingrich's ex-wife. >> she says caus...