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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...

Place to hold the structure. >> i can see the scar. does it go up your harm? >> yes, sir. it's a little over a footlong. >> how does a young man who suffers an injury like that end up competing in czechoslovakia and coming to the attention of the olympics? >> it's funny you ask. i am wearing team semper fi. it's under the fund that is a nonprofit that helps injured marines and their families. i was helping them raise money and triathlons and stuff and they took us to an olympic training center for a triathlon camp. while i was there, it was my first event with the team and i was excited about ...

a week after irene hit the east coast, the central gulf coast is getting ready for storm with flooding rains. louisiana governor bobby jindal already declared a state of emergency. oil companies are pulling workers off the rigs in the gulf. some places including new orleans could get as much as 20 inches of rain. texas could really use some of that rain from the tropical system. it doesn't look promising. 14 big wildfires are burning in that state. just one of them west of dallas. firefighters are finally making some progress. they've got about the fire half contained or so. >> we ca...

bridge collapses. sending a tourist bus plunging into the forest below and the death toll could get higher. clock is ticking and tensions are soaring and if you want an idea how things heat are over the debt crisis, listen to this. president obama storms out of yesterday's meeting vowing he will veto any extension of the debt ceiling that is only short term. reports say he said to aeric cantor, quote, many could bring down my presidency. the august 2nd deadline is looming and pessimism is growing. a major rating agency says it will review the nation' sterling bond rating for a po...

Here. >> what event -- i have told everybody you are a marathon runner but you also mention cycling. what is your favorite event? >> well, i do several events, sir. i do running. i have ran 18 marathons in the last four years. within the last six weeks i ran three marathons. boston, north shore hawaii and i just came back sunday from running the poconos. my longer distance marathons, 26.2 miles. done a 50-mile ultra, coming up here in june. a bike ride, 400 mile bike ride, cycling. and triathlons. and skiing. if there is something out there that's to be done, put my name down for it. >> and si...