the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. i saw a very upbeat newt gingrich this week. i spent time with him behind the scenes here in washington. before we sat down for our indepth interview. this is a man experienced big highs and big lows in his political career. and he s not ready at least publicly to presume he s got the republican presidential nomination all wrapped up. listen to our conversation here in washington. mr. speaker, thanks very much for joining us. we have new polls and i know you ve seen those numbers and you re doing remarkably well. double digit leads in south carolina, florida, and iowa. you re moving up even in new hampshire. but your critics say you, newt gingrich, are fully capable of imploding if you will, making a mistake, a blunder that can turn things around. are you worried about that? sure. that will be a bad thing to do. i mean is it possible? i guess. on the other hand, i have had a very long career. i have a very pub
gunman, and new emergency alert system put to the test. we have a deal. leaders of the eu crisis say they have a plan to save a continent. so how are stocks reacting and why isn t britain onboard. and iran shows off what it claims is a top u.s. secret drone, but is it the drone or dummy? some say iran may be pulling a bait and switch on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com and good morning to you. happy, happy friday. it is december 9th. carol s favorite day of the week. except for saturday and sunday. ali off, i m carol costello along with krrm krrm christine this american morning. new information on yesterday s deadly virginia tech shooting. ballistic tests are back and police confirming that both people were killed by the same gun in an apparent murder/suicide. police say a gunman shot and killed an officer at a traffic stop and apparently turned the gun on himself after a chase. this all happening nearly five years after the deadlie
trump. he s always outspoken, and his old possible presidential ambitions. he still has some. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get to breaking news. a chilling sense of da ja view. reports of shots fired, campus lock down, virginia tech university earlier this afternoon. it brings to mind the 2007 rampage by a student that left 33 people dead. today s incident was a shooting during the traffic stop by campus police. two people are are dead. brian todd is monitoring the developments for us. what is the very latest? as far as we know, a man hunt the still underway. officials say one of the people killed was a virginia tech police officer making a routine traffic stop in the parking lot of the sports complex. the second body has not been identified. they say the shooter fled on foot and a search is underway. the campus on lockdown. here is what one eyewitness told a local station. i was coming out of the gym and i was just walking to the sidewalk to