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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 soldier's name but says he's an army staff sergeant in his mid 30s. he served several tours of duty in iraq but on his firs...

From the u.s. army's 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. >> it's the sixth straight day of around the clock operations. the men are exhausted. >> we'd been up for about 36 hours at this point, and we're making our way back to our combat outpost. >> the battle worn neighborhood is known as an insurgent hot spot. >> the terrain favored the enemy immeasurably. the bombed out buil...

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 macy's day parade but we have our surveillance blimp circling above trying to keep these guys safe from the insurgents in the area. >> the top army commander is just arriving here at c...

Thanksgiving to my sister in oklahoma city, oklahoma. i hope you're 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 and happiness that giving, heather. we are streaming to you live from a plywood and sandbag bunker h...

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, there's no running water, there's very little electricity and get this, guys, daily food is brought up, hot food is brought up on a donkey. we're up about 2,000 or so feet above kunar valleys here in this area. there's a lot of insurgent activity here...