brian ross spoke exclusively with one of newt gingrich's to go former wives. she says she thinks that there are things that voters need to know about her former husband. >> he asked to have an open marriage and i refused. >> he wanted an open marriage? >> yes. but i accepted the fact that he had someone else in his life. >> and heyou said? >> no. >> this into new -- this interview will air tonight. crews are searching once again for 21 people who are still missing six days after a cruise ship capsized. that ship was carrying more than 4200 passengers when it ran aground on friday. 11 people are confirmed dead. rough seas later today will complicate the search for the missing. and plans to start pumping fuel out of the ship. >> i just stared at him. he said, colistin does not care what i did. >> a bombshell for gop hopeful newt gingrich. his second ex-wife is wrecking her silence. we have a preview with her shocking allegations. critics of airport security have even more ammunition. a woman was able to board a plane carrying a pistol. the son is back today, >>

. >> newt gingrich the winner of the south carolina primary. >> very stunning gingrich win. >> won south carolina with 40% of the vote. the closest next was romney with 28%. >> jon: gingrich smoked romney by 12 points. that's beating him like by four-gaming winning overtime field goals. go, giants! ( cheers and applause ) sorry, sorry, i had a lot of fun last night. how did newt gingrich do it? let me explain. how did he turn it around? here's how gingrich turned it around. at the debate before saturday's final vote, the moderator asked gingrich about accusations by his possibly ms- stricken second wife mary ann whom gingrich had left for his possibly cancer-stricken first wife for... all right. when they were married. that sounds so terrible. they asked him about the woman for whom he had left his cancer-stricken first wife. that sounds better. all right. anyway, gingrich wanted wife 2 to be open to him having sex with yet another lady with whom he had already been for six years and now his third lady, our potential first lady all right. okay. so how did this help gingrich? all right. s

i think at this point it is romney and gingrich but who knows what might happen if, in fact, gingrich does implode and then there's a question within the republican party of do we really want romney? gwen: john, you agree with that? >> i do. we talk about the reversal of florida versus issues south carolina. going into the vote in south carolina, gingrich had all the momentum. he had the strong debate performances. the roll any folks feel like -- romney folks now feel like they have the momentum. the problem with gingrich's debate performances and he -- is he needed to continue to build his momentum and it's basically stalled. at this point with a few days to go before the voting, there's a feeling inside the roll any example that they're going to do very well in florida and that sets them up going forward because romney has the organization and money to compete in these other states and gingrich can't match that. gwen: hold on. there's a washington bully poll that all these guys are competing for. somebody is stealing the chair and president obama made the most of it this state of th

the polls show mitt romney has a 15 point lead now over newt gingrich. >> gingrich blames the gap on negative ads. >> mitt romney may be on the verge of a big. polls show mitt romney had surged ahead of newt gingrich. when paul was running leading by 15 points. even with what looks like a big advantage, romney is not letting up. >> he has painfully revealed himself over these last few days. it is so sad to watch. i think we're seeing some of the qualities that got him into so much trouble when he was speaker of the house. >> gingrich is trying to turn things around up more harsh words about mitt romney. >> i believe the republican party will not nominate a pro- abortion and pro-gun control moderate from massachusetts. >> the race in florida was much tighter before they launched a broad of attack ads, at spending $13.12 million. >> i have an opponent who has money power. we need people power to offset money power. >> the three old suffered from a rare genetic disorder. but last night he told supporters that she is improving. >> is a miraculous turnaround. she is doing great. she is wi

can gingrich catch you up? we'll fill you in tonight on a special palmetto state edition. >> i think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to attract decent people to run for offers. gwen: to almost everyone's surprise, south carolina has become a race to the finish. two candidates out in four days. >> i believe it is now time for our party to unit around the candidate best equipped to defeat barack obama. i believe that candidate is governor mitt romney. >> today i am suspending my campaign and endorsing newt gingrich for president of the united states. gwen: newt gingrich coming on strong, while ron paul and rick santorum still attract big crowds. >> this idea of the inevitability of mitt romney as the candidate is going to look so inevitable. >> the campaign has been doing very well but that doesn't mean things can't change. gwen: forcing frontrunner mitt romney to fight to hold on to his lead. >> this campaign is about taking back america and restoring american

marianne gingrich: yes.rrporter: when he asked you for the divorce? marianne gingrich: yes. and he also was advised by the doctor while i was sitting there that he knew." gingrich flat-out story is false. every personal friend i have who knew us in that period says the story was false. we offered several of them to abc to prove it was false. they weren't interested because they would like to attack any republican." gingrich's daughters from is first maariage did appear on a-b-c to refute the claims. they say his second marriage was a troubled one...and that their father is a ddfferent man noo than he was then.i'm ninette sosa, reporting. right now we don't know how the allegations will effect gingrich's campaign... four polls overrthe last few days have shown gingrich catching up to romney's long-held lead in south carolina. and then to know that rrverend al green was here (singing... i... i'm so in love with pou...) cheers cheers that's the president... showing off his pipes... at a re-election fundraiser last night ii new york.the event back fond memories... for the .3 pre

gingrich angrily denies it. >> you chose to start the debate with it. don't try to blame somebody else. you and your staff chose to start the debate with it. now, let me be quite clear. let me be quite clear. this story is false. every personal friend i had who knew us says that story was false. >> reporter: earlier, the campaign also made available, his two daughters from his first marriage. >> the truth is, that our father and marianne had a difficult marriage. they had a difficult divorce. she's unhappy. this has been over for over a decade. >> he's a much different person than he was there. he's grown. he's gotten closer to god. his faith in god has grown. and people need to remember, this happened a very long time ago. you know, we wish marianne no ill will. we wish her the very best. but it happened a long time ago. >> reporter: marianne gingrich says she does have fond memories of newt. walking in the mall. hiking in the mountains. dressing up for halloween. a time when she says they did not have much power or money. did that create a desire to g

newt gingrich had made a charge. he gave a weenie answer about it's one thing to say it on a national tv show, but this is a debate where we talk about other issues. i think it resonated the way it did with voters and viewers because everybody knows the mouthy kick who pops off on the playground, and someone shows up and it turned tail. it looked like that. i don't think it's quite up there with ronald reagan's microphone moment, but i think wolf blitzer pushed it, and romney called him on his b.s. and said you are saying all this stuff behind my back in effect, so say it to my face, and that's why it was an effective moment and why it resonated the way it did. >> it's been replayed endlessly on television, jackie kucinich, but even though this makes a big splash in the media, how important are these moments? wolf is not running for anything. >> i do think they're important because voters -- one of gingrich's biggest things has been these debates, and because he has an issue with these debates, he wasn't as strong as

this is not gingrich. gingrich did not reach across the aisles. he's throwing fire and water and everything else at the other people, including within his own party. so he is more destructive. reagan was not destructive. so i think they're not comparable at all. >> he did reach across the aisle and worked with bill clinton when he was speaker. so have to give him credit. >> social security. >> but he's not sunny like reagan. raking han a sunny personality. newt has big ideas and some i like, and i like the fact he thinks we ought to inspire young people to get interested in math and science and all that. and romney is making fun of him. but there's just so many ways you can attack newt gingrich. it's just -- he's a walking target. >> you get close to his core and his substance and he's a center-right guy like mitt romney. it's his tone. >> i don't think me has a core or fundamental political core. i think he moved, a rockefeller republican, he comes out -- meeting him in '78, and he is knocking reagan. let me are me tell you will about south afric

by using newt gingrich's very own move on gingrich himself. >> unfortunately in this campaign when the pressure of a campaign has gotten a little higher, the wrong side of newt gingrich is being revealed. that's actually quite sad and painful. (laughing) >> jon: time for perhaps one more move. >> finish him! >> jon: yes. finish him. if only you knew gingrich's most vulnerable spot. >> my record, my integrity, my honesty has been demonstrated over my life. been married to the same woman over 42 years. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: we'll be right back. 3p everyone, meet my boyfrie!d hey. that's the guy i was telling you about. hi! i'm diet dr pepper guy. let me get you a drink. wow. i just didn't believe you. oh, i know! he thinks a drink as satisfying as has no calories! it's true. and diet dr pepper has the 23 flavors you love. it just tastes so good! oh no... anyone got a mop? ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: welcome back. now, you know, when it comes to florida voters, we can assume that newt gingrich has the key large headed white male locked up. can he win the support of a demogra

to gingrich. it divides the vote. rick santorum dropped out before florida vote would go to gingrich. ron bad news for mitt romney is in florida, ron paul won't contest it. he will be telling us, the delegates are looking to nevada and colorado amend minnesota. other places and maine. he says in his he is looking to hang in until the end. it's a battle for delegates. he doesn't need the flash of winning florida. he is not the nominee. it does help romney on the debate stage. take votes from gingrich. that is not the case. >> on santorum a greater been if it to romney he is splitting the vote. not much more in the debate. they aren't going to be as many debate. not with the same frequency. they have done so effectively. the fact he is staying in and presenting himself as the real conservative alternative to romney. newt is not that con seventive. look at the things he has done. he is not really conservative. santorum calls himself consistent conservative alternative. >> bret: have you heard in ging

gingrich up 16 points from just a week ago. rick santorum and ron paul trail the front-runners by more than 20 points. >>> when it comes to the general election, look at these numbers. a new suffolk university poll in florida more republicans believe mitt romney leads by five points. newt gingrich far behind the president, trailing president obama by nine points in a potential matchup. the florida race tightens up. an appeal of the state's large hispanic community. gingrich and romney argued over immigration policy. gingrich blasted romney for comments made at monday night's debate where they suggested the solution to illegal immigration is, quote, self deportation. >> i think you have to live in a world of swiss bank accounts and cayman island accounts and automatic $20 million a year with no work to have some fantasy this far from reality. remember, i talked very specifically about people who have been here a long time who are grandmothers and grandfathers, who have been paying their bills, they've been working. they're part

and unfortunately, newt gingrich unfortunately for mitt romney, newt gingrich has been on his game. especially he's uncomfortable with his wealth. a lot of people have pointed this out. when someone brings up your tax returns and how much you paid in taxes, you need to have an answer as to, you know, that you can use the next day that shows up on tv the next day. he hasn't been able to do that despite the fact he couldn't have been surprised those kinds of questions came up. he needs to have those answers. >> point two you say romney needs to disqualify newt. what do you mean? >> well, somehow -- and we've seen it start. we saw it with bob dole, a romney supporter, seen it start in some conservative outlets and some conservative columnists all says, whoa, he's crazy. he can't be trusted. we don't know. he's per mercurial. somehow mitt romney has to find a way to take that message and have it come from him without alienating newt gingrich's supporters. it's a really tricky business. but he's got to -- he's got himself to carry that disqualifying message. >> also tricky your final rom

all of them came out and harshly critized newt gingrich when dole trashed newt gingrich as well and palin said he is being critized by a gop establishment not ready to make reforms that are necessary. palin considers herself a maverick outsideer . so obviously she sees a way for newt gingrich said the same thing. and in florida. a state that is got a lot of the establishment republicans who play in national politics. mitt romney has a tremendous number of people in office in the state and national level backing him. it is a fair hit for them to say that the establishment has aligned against newtingrich and for mitt romney. that makes it tougher for newt gingrich to win and come back. it is a lataino vote that could be key. one florida leader that is a high profile player is the congressman. her name came up at this year's debate. >> we have many qualified historic leaders . >> and mel martinez is back in the private sector. >> there you go. they join us with more on how latino voters could make a difference. >> great to be here. i am excited about the race. >> there is a battle underway.

gingrich pushed him. he said he would approve the dream act for those who joined the military and that those in college. -- but not those in college. >> romney is so much like nelson rockefeller in 1964. he is from the northeast, he had to move right to get the nomination, and he made himself into a pretzel. barry goldwater, mr. conservative, had his way with rockefeller, and went to san francisco and won the nomination. got clobbered, but won the nomination. >> got crushed in the general election, and who won the next cycle? richard nixon, who was not a movement conservative. >> as a part of romney's narrative against him -- it is a parcher from the boston area against and that he is if tha -- a part of romney's narrative against and that he is a . -- is a flip-flopper. >> my net worth is within that number -- between $150 million and 200-some million dollars. >> i don't blame mitt romney for paying the taxes he paid i blame the u.s. congress. >> warren buffett's secretary pays a higher tax rate and then

things for newt gingrich. rick perry was out of the race and throwing his support strongly behind newt gingrich. i think a lot of social conservative voters who had been confused about who to vote for got a very strong message that that person was newt gingrich. a lot of people going after romney for his wealth and his experience at bain capital as a venture capitalist, that really hurt romney at a critical time and gingrich had to really great moments in the debate on thursday. he really showed the qualities that romney simply does not have namely the ability to get very very angry. i think that helped him a lot. >> we saw him on the sale of it there, sought a different side of him. talk about ravi on the topic of wealth. he finally came out today and said he will release his tax returns for last year this coming tuesday. has he finally put that issue to bed or has it already created too much of a problem for him? >> we will see. on thursday, he was asked if he would release more than a single year like his f

by using newt gingrich's very own move on gingrich himself. >> unfortunately in this campaign when the pressure of a campaign has gotten a little higher, the wrong side of newt gingrich is being revealed. that's actually quite sad and painful. (laughing) >> jon: time for perhaps one more move. >> finish him! >> jon: yes. finish him. if only you knew gingrich's most vulnerable spot. >> my record, my integrity, my honesty has been demonstrated over my life. been married to the same woman over 42 years. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: we'll be right back. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: welcome back. now, you know, when it comes to florida voters, we can assume that newt gingrich has the key large headed white male locked up. can he win the support of a demographic even greater in number in the sunshine state. we sent jason jones to miami to find out. >> reporter: if newt gingrich is going to win the florida primary tomorrow he'll have to win over one of the most influential voting blocks: the ladies. so i assembled a panel of florida women to gauge gingrich's chances. okay. is there anyt

he and gingrich go back to gingrich's speakership. they became close over the issue of israel. adelson found a very powerful ally in newt gingrich and been a loyalist ever since. i don't think it's an issue where adelson like some donors have a particular problem with mitt romney, but newt's his guy, so newt is reaping the benefits of that. without it, he would have been dead in the water after iowa. >> as far as we know just to make clear, what he is doing is perfectly legal under citizens united, correct or under current campaign law. >> exactly. >> is there any reason people should think if this guy gives so much money now during the campaign that he would have an impact on god forbid, a newt gingrich in the wide house presidential policy. >> for the one issue that adelson seems really passionate about, it's hard to imagine, he and newt are sort of of the same mind frame. it's not like he's buying newt's views on this. you can imagine a megabillionaire who found a candidate who didn't necessarily share his views, gave him the money he needed to win the presidency and that ca

his aides say in the state-by-state fight still to come, romney will not let up on gingrich. i'm steve handles helsmanhandel. >> just go to nbcwashington.com to join the conversation. >>> a first tonight at the white house. president obama took live questions from a videoconference roundtable on google plus. the president answered questions on the economy, his small business policies and foreign policy issues. that videoconference was broadcast online via youtube. >>> now to that stairwell collapse in southwest washington tonight. it trapped some people in their apartments. jackie bensen is live along mlk boulevard near bowling air force base. jackie? >> reporter: doreen, we're told this apparently happened while a man was trying to move a heavy piece of furniture into the building. residents of the upper floors of the garden apartment complex leaned out the windows and watched as firefighters assessed the damage to the stairwell. it collapsed very suddenly about 7:00 p.m. francis carson was among those stuck inside. >> actually, i just heard one of the residents fall. i assu

gingrich for president. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> now the tea party helped elect governor rick scott, senator marco rubio, and alan west, and that's just in florida. why have they not come out for newt? >> a lot of the tea party have. and we're going to see what the results are tonight. a lot of the polling indicates that the race is tightening a bit. >> judson, the poll was 20-point difference. that doesn't suggest narrow. >> as of today, it was 9%. the polls seem to be narrowing a bit. there's a lot of them out there. we'll see the results tonight. we can have that discussion what actually happened next time i'm on. >> do you think it's because mitt romney has been effective in explaining that gingrich claims to be an outsider and just completely bogus. he claims he's not a lobbyist. he hasn't persuaded anyone. as a contributor said, he hasn't given a persuasive enough answer for the things he's done. >> romney has been in florida just absolutely carpet bombing florida with negative ads. >> 92%

by using newt gingrich's very own move on gingrich himself. >> unfortunately in this campaign when the pressure of a campaign has gotten a little higher, the wrong side of newt gingrich is being revealed. that's actually quite sad and painful. (laughing) >> jon: time for perhaps one more move. >> finish him! >> jon: yes. finish him. if only you knew gingrich's most vulnerable spot. >> my record, my integrity, my honesty has been demonstrated over my life. been married to the same woman over 42 years. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: we'll be right back. thrr for $12.95. start with either unlimited homemade soup or our fresh crisp salad, and all the warm breadsticks you want. then, enjoy one of five new specially created entrees, like our smoked mozzarella chicken or five cheese marinara with shrimp. finish up with one of five desserts. like our chocolate mousse. our new three course italian dinner, just $12.95. try it tonight at your olive garden when you're here, you're family. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: welcome back. now, you know, when it comes to florida voters, we can assume t

can you actually attack gingrich. he is like the blob from a movie, is there anything left that could discredit this man. let hear what mitt romney had to say earlier today. >> we responded to the attacks. if you are attacked i'm not going to sit back, i'm going to fight back and fight back hard. >> john, you are this miami, you have a lot of time that you logged with the romney campaign. has mitt romney learned to be a better candidate in this last weekend, do you think he takes the lessons with him going forward into nevada? >> well, alex, first of all, my connection is not that great, i'm pretty sure you referred to me as the blob. that is not a very nice thing to say. >> never, a lean mean fighting machine. >> no question, mitt romney was not a good negative campaigner in 2008 and it turned voters off. in this campaign, no question in florida, what we have seen is that mitt romney and his team are very skillful and brutal in the act of beheading newt fwini gingrich, i don't know that he has learned to sunday out a

saturday night. >> speaker gingrich is a patriot, speaker gingrich is not afraid of bold ideas. >> cain is a tea party favorite and may give gingrich the much needed momentum. gingrich trails mitt romney by 8 points in the latest survey. but the former speaker of the house says he's the only one who can beat president obama in november. >> we nominate a moderate. we are in real trouble. >> the two front runners have thrown a lot of punches leading up to tuesday's primary. florida is a key state, 50 delegates are at stake and the winner takes all. in panama city, romney questioned how effective gingrich will be based on his past leadership. >> he was fine for ethics violations. he also had to resign in disgrace. he can't rewrite history. >> despite the fact he trails in the polls, gingrich says his campaign won't end here if he loses. >> i will go all the way to the convention. >> the gop hopefuls have three more days to make an impression on if on florida voters. >>> just heard, newt gingrich will stay in the race until the national convention this summer. even if he loses in florida. >

rebuked gingrich. >> i'm not anti-immigrant. my father was born in mexico. the idea that i'm anti-immigrant is repulsive. >> reporter: gingrich who repeatedly denied attacks he lobbied for freddie mac, criticized romney for profiting from investments in the lender. >> maybe romney should tell us how much money he made off how many households have been foreclosed by his investments. let's be clear about that. >> first of all, my investments are not made by me. my investments for the last ten years have been the blind trust managed by a trustee. have you checked your own investments? you also have investments for mutual funds that invest in fannie mae and freddie mac. >> reporter: trying to make up ground, rick santorum who pressed romney on his state's health care plan. >> in massachusetts, everybody is mandated as a condition of breathing in massachusetts to buy health insurance. if you don't, and if you don't, you have to pay a fine. what's happened in massachusetts is people are now paying the fine. >> reporter: also tonight, the romney campaign is touting

gingrich pushed him. he said he would approve the dream act for those who join the military, but not those in college. >> romney is like nelson rockefeller in 1964. from the northeast, he added to move to the right to get the nomination, and he turned himself into a pretzel. the tourist, mr. conservative, has his way -- the purist, mr. conservative, has his with rockefeller, went to san francisco and won the nomination. >> who won in the next cycle? richard nixon? not a movement conservative. >> it is a part of romney's narrative against him, that he is a flip-flop portra -- flip- flopper. of all the candidates, it is hardest for romney to move left. charles is right, he did start moving, but flip-flop will stick to him. >> basketball. >> let's talk about taxes and warren buffett's secretary. >> my net worth is within that number, between $250 million and some-odd million dollars. >> i don't blame mitt romney for paying the taxes he paid. i blame congress. >> warren buffett's secretary pays taxes at a hig

polls in the palmetto state show newt gingrich surging. with rick perry dropping out and endorsing gingrich, there was one less conservative on stage. >> i think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country. and i'm appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that. >> reporter: he was referring to the opening question that his ex-wife made about infidelity in an exclusive interview with brian ross. >> he was asking to have an open marriage. i refused. that i accept that he has somebody else in his life. >> and you said? >> no, no, that is not a marriage. >> the story is false. >> reporter: also last night, rick santorum, who it turns out won the iowa caucuses, tried to position himself as the conservative alternative. >> i'm steady. i'm solid. i'm not going to go out and do things that you're going to worry about. >> reporter: romney took heat for his career as an investor. >> i find it strange to have to describe that. >> reporter: mitt romney was asked

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when newt gingrich became speaker, they turned earmarks into an art form. >> gingrich is fighting back, though, against what he calls the washington establishment. defending his candidacy and noting helpfully those two romney supporters didn't actually do so well in presidential races. >> i think the republican establishment believes it's okay to say and do virtually anything to stop a genuine insurgency from winning because they are very afraid of losing control of the old order. we tried a moderate in 1996 for president. he lost. we tried a moderate in 2008 for president. he lost. it's very hard to take romney care and obama care and have a debate and have the republican win that debate. you need to have a conservative who's a big distance away from obama because you've got to have the space so that in fact you can communicate with the american people. >> injoing us now to help make sense, the chief white house kpon for politico, mike gallen and john heilemann, co-author of "game change." the dresses they were wearing before they changed into their tv clothes, inappropriate is probab

best of all, he was able to discombobulate gingrich. his campaign over the last few days has besieged gingrich in the news media, conference calls, sending people to gingrich's events to kind of heckle him, former members of congress, members of congress, romney took the environment in which gingrich found himself already a little bit on edge and angry. he just got under his skin and frustrated him. and gave a great performance both on offense and defense. >> he was really strong last night and aggressive deciding not to play anymore four corners, i guess. can mitt romney make hay out of those nbc news/"wall street journal" poll numbers we showed where the race is tight nationally, tight in florida but if you show head-to-head matchups, president obama beats newt gingrich by 18%. can romney go back to this electability argument? >> there's a double whammy there. one is the electability argument from the polls. where a lot of republicans who want to win behavior all else will look at that and say if we nominate gingrich he doesn't have a

>> it's not all clear skies ahead for newt gingrich. abc is set to air an interview with gingrich's ex-wife maryann. >> that's never a good thing. (laughter) >> jon: yes, rick perry's endorsement of newt gingrich gave the former speaker a three minute respite from the news that gingrich's ex-wife was about to go divorce court on his ass. three minutes, gingrich barely had time to have a victory affair. still, it's not surprising that newt's ex-wife is not a fan of his. >> it's been long reported that gingrich discussed his divorce from his first wife while she was recovering from cancer surgery. >> she was the second mrs. gingrich. >> jon: oh. oh, it's the second of his three wives. maryann, the jan brady of mrs. beginning itches. the meat in his wife hoagie, the empire strikes back of his wives. who it ends kind of sad but in retrospect is really the best one in some respects. well, at least i can't imagine maryann had as big a beef with the former speaker then as his first wife. >> in the case of maryann, she just been diagnosed with

romney seized the opportunity to go after gingrich. let's watch. >> is he still the most anti-immigrant candidate? >> of the four of us, yes. >> i'm not anti-immigrant. my father was born in mexico. my mother was born in wales. i think you should apologize it and having differences of opinions on issues does not justify labeling people with highly charged epithets. >> susan page, even when he gets mad and angry, he uses terms like highly charged epithets. i guess he won that round clearly. what do you make of that? he came very formally, as always, but very in control of the other guy like a bull fighter who's learned how to play the bull or the bully. >> one of the raps on mitt romney has been he doesn't reveal much of himself. he's kind of a stiff guy, but that wasn't the case in that answer. luckily for mitt romney, that was the first question out of the box last night on immigration. he was able to turn to this attack on newt gingrich that i'm sure would have been planned. but it came off as strong and newt gingrich, who ought to h