happening later at noon, we expect emergency officials to update us on a fast moving wildfire south of reno, nevada. that's destroyed at least 20 homes now and killed one person. governor there has declared a state of emergency. and at 1:00, leon panetta holding a town hall with about 200 troops at maryland naval base. also expected to give his vote of confidence to the f-35 b

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 cause to her in 199 and asked her to enter into an open marriage. would you like to take time to respond to that? >> no. but i will. i'm frankly as tountounded that would take trash like that and use to open the debate.

i'm tired of the elite media protecting barack obama by attacking republicans. >> gingrich is back on the campaign trail in charleston. as for his ex-wife's claim that he asked for an open marriage, he says the story is false. gingrich and three other remaining candidates are scrambling now for last minute support ahead of tomorrow's south carolina primary. gingrich holding a town hall in charleston this hour. mitt romney is attending a rally in gilbert. santorum has a town hall in lexington and ron paul has that whistle stop event at the charleston airport. pentagon confirming six american troops were killed in a helicopter trash in afghanistan. they were all u.s. marines. military official also confirms that the helicopter was a ch-53 like this one. taliban say they shot down, but nato believes it was a mechanical problem. it is now a war on the web. the fbi just shut down mega

download.com. that's and online store house for illegally distributed contents. the hacker group an nobody mimo fighting back. we have the wlaetest elatest i hour. one week since the luxury cruise ship ran ag ground off the coast of italy. relatives of the missing an confirmed dead were taken out to the wreckage. you're looking at live pictures there of the costa concordia. it shifted more today forcing rescuers to once again suspend that i ever search. and mean while, a cook from the ship, he's speaking out. he says the captain sat down for dinner with a woman after the ship slams into the rocks. >> translator: i've had 12 years of experience as a cook on a cruise ship. i've even witnessed fires. so i wasn't that scared. but i did wonder why was he

still there. we gave him will his drink. after that i was waiting for the dessert to be served. >> so a woman has come forward defending the captain. she says media reports of the captain being among the first to leave the ship are not true. this woman says she works for the cruise line, but she was on the ship as a passenger. she says she had gone to the deck to help translate the captain's orders. after hearing a coded announcement. 10,000 people in nevada have been forced from their homes because of a fast moving wildfire. just listen to the roar of the flames. the fire just south of reno has killed one person, destroyed 20 buildings, unbelievable video there. nevada's governor has declared a state of emergency. 50 miles of a major highway have been shut down because of heavy smoke. it has reduced visibility to

zero. unbelievable. clock is ticking. race is tightening in south carolina. republican candidates are trying to build up their support heading in to the first southern primary. that's tomorrow. last night's debate, should you have seen it. it was amazing. a member of the audience brought up the issue of tax records. >> when will you release your tax returns specifically? >> an hour ago. >> i hadn't thought it through. i don't have an intention of doing it, 2000 a different reason. i'd probably be embarrassed to put my financial statement up against their income. >> i do my own taxes and they are on my excite computer and i home. >> i'll put these out at one time so we have one discussion of all of will. >> mark, it was an amazing debate to watch. very entertaining.

one of the big issues is the release of the tax returns. that has dogged mitt romney and he was asked last night about releasing not just one year, but multiple years like his father had in the past. he said maybe. g so got shall boos. did he do what he needed to do to put it aside? >> untorplunfortunately, i don' he did. he's also gets criticism from some of his rivals. we saw newt gingrich release his tax returns just as the debate started and challenged romney to do the same. we also heard from ron paul. he said he's not going to release his tax returns and of course rick santorum very humbly said i have them on my computer at home and when i get home, i'll send them. but for mitt romney who had a strong debate going up to that question, he did stumble over that and it's unclear how many

years he plans to release and exactly when he plans to release those tax returns. >> we know the moment of the debate out of gate, everyone's talking about it, this morning here, newt gingrich's tirade when asked about his ex-wife's accusation that he wanted an open marriage. he really pounded hard on john king on cnn and the media. do you think in a that he successfully put the issue to bed so to speak? >> well, he didn't put it to blbed in the sense that it will continue to be an issue in the campaign. however, i think for him politically, he addressed it correctly in the way that only newt gingrich could address it. he turned it around, he spun it on the media, said that we want to know the answers to this. but the fact of the matter is the question had to be asked. it was the story dominating yesterday. it had to be gotten out of the way. we should note that as much as the tirade that mr. gingrich put

towards john king last night, he also said after the debate to anderson cooper that he thought john did a very good job moderating the debate. so he will continue to be asked this question, but he was so forceful last night in doing so, he could just say i've answered it and i do not want to be asked ever again. >> yeah, quite startling. takes courage for a journalist to ask him again. but we'll see if the voters care either way. thank you, mark. good to see you. hrt. as we were mentioning, serious fireworks at last night's debate. newt gingrich comes out swinging when asked about an ex-wife's accusation that he wanted an open marriage. which brings us to today's talk back question. hey, carol. >> well, let's be honest. last night's south carolina debate will be remembered for john king's very first question. you know,s one about newt

beginning griffin's ex-wife being gingrich's ex-wife. >> would you like to take time to respond to that? >> no but i will. i think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office. and i'm appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that. >> as national public radio put it this morning, gingrich decided if there was going to be a villain, it would be the media, not him. although gingrich has talked about his infidelities in the past, most notably with the christian broadcast network last year. >> there's no question that at times in my life, partially driven by how passionate

employee felt about this country, that i worked far too hard and things happened in my life that were not appropriate. i felt compelled to seek god's forgiveness. not god's understanding. but god's forgiveness. >> but gingrich's ex said her husband wanted an open marriage so he could continue his affair with his mistress. herman cain, who has had his own problems with women accusing him of improprieties, is on gingrich's side. >> he basically re-established what the american people really want to hear about. they don't care about what happened 15 or 20 years ago. that's the same kind of crap that they levied against me. >> but maybe voters did care. cain was forced to drop out of the race after his poll numbers tanked after a series of women came forward with those sexual harassment accusations. so the talk back question today, are gingrich's failed marriages

fair game? facebook.com/carol cnn. i'll read some of your responses later this hour. >> quite ironic when you think about it. i covered president clinton during the whole monica lewinsky scandal. and newt gingrich was in the middle of all that. so interesting to see about if there's a double standard here. >> i do know this, people are responding in droves. so get your comment in now. facebook.com/carolcnn. here's a run down some of the stories that we're covering first. it's like a scene out of total recall. a machine that can tell if you're packing a gun from far away could be the reality in new york. and we're asking who is the real mitt romney. going talk to two guys who though. they wrote a book about him. and if you're looking for a new job, we have a list of the best companies here in the united states to work for right now.

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might take surveillance just a bit too far. mary snow has the story. >> reporter: in the movie total recall, there was nothing arnold schwarzenegger could conceal. now the stuff of science fiction is edging closer to reality on new york city streets. if you were carrying a gun, it would look like this with technology the city's police force is developing with the u.s. defense department. the device would read the energy of a person's body. >> it's a radiation that in essence comes from lots of things, but it can come body. what it doesn't penetrate is metal. >> reporter: and since the radiation can't penal trait met penetrate metal, it makes the outline of a gun visible. right now the devices only work from a couple of feet away and

the nypd is hoping to stretch that to about 80 feet. just the possibility of using will technology is setting off alarms among veteran civil liberties advocate norman seigal. >> your first reaction. >> it's fantasy land. it's 1984 coming to new york city and if it takes hold in new york city, it will ripple all across america. and that's not the america that i grew up in. >> reporter: but the new york he grew up in as changed dramatically. s surveillance cameras blanket the city. >> the government will not only know where you are, who you're associating with, but also know what's in your pockets and body. >> reporter: the city's mayor sees it is differently. he's been a strong advocate for crashing down on illegal guns and defends the technology. >> you can argue that's an invasion of privacy, but in the world we live in, that's something that we just have to

live with. the alternative is intolerable. >> mary snow is joining us from new york. first of all, the nypd handling the legal issues, the criticism about the privacy. what are they doing? >> the nypd has been petedly challenged on privacy issues. we saw the cameras, eye scanners that they were talking about. so this is something that is not new for the nypd and the commissioner is saying the department is working with its attorneys. still norman seigel hopes to press the nypd to use this this limited circumstances. but it's still unclear when these devices would hit the streets of new york city since it's still in development. p. >> all right. thank you, mary. how would you like to go to work, get a free lunch every day or maybe go bowling? there are companies that do that. they made the list of the best places to work. that's next.

we're also told to invest in the stock market for the long haul. but 401(k)s, we'll see if they do a little better. and how long do you think u.s. investors actually hold on to stocks? is it two months, 22 days, 2 minutes or 22 seconds? hold on to your stocks. we'll tell in you a minute.

so how long do you think investors hold on to their stocks? the a average, just 22 seconds. that's actually two seconds longer than last year. and it is all thanks to computer trading. some companies dish out a

lot of persons, free food, game rooms, to keep everybody happy. fortune magazine has named the best companies to work for after interviewing more than 250,000 workers. felicia taylor is joining us from the new york stock exchange. should we ask if our coma the list? i'd like to see free gym membership or something and i like the free food idea. that's a winner. >> yep, it definitely is. >> we all respond to donuts, right? >> my waist doesn't so these ni but, yeah the number one company to work for is google. everybody knows it's a fun workplace. it's back into the top spot that it held back in 2007 and 2008. this is one of those companies that does offer free food, free laundry, they even have bocc chlt ball and a bowling alley. so then in the second spot, there's boston consulting and

then software company s.a.s. s.a.s. has unlimited sick time and free health care. those for me are the best perks. and the best perk of all, these companies have actually been hiring. chlt c ocheo of great place to works that's where the real feel good moment lies. >> they also work hard to keep and retain talent because while we know it's a tough environment, the glass isn't just half full, its -- ite's no just half empty, it's half full. google created 31% job growth last year. top ten, over 100,000 jobs. average job growth, 13%. >> that's pretty good, 13%. this is all about employee satisfaction with their jobs. let's face it, we spend a lot of time in the workplace. so if you're happy at work, it's good and important for overall morale.

>> i think that's a great idea. but can you imagine all of a people who are coming down with a cold, unlimited sick time there? but from a business standpoint, why do you think it's important it make the list? >> let's face it. if you're happy at work respect then you're more likely to be productive and put in the hour has it takes even during a weak economy. people are also more loyal. for example, turnover at these top companies is very low. sas, intel and jen mills have a turnover rate of about 3%. if you compare that to the rest of corporate america which sees a 20% turnover rate, you can see there's a big difference. so it turns in to happy employees, more profits for the company, so it's a win/win situation. so to any ceo that might be listening, go ahead, offer some perks. it go as long way. >> build that bowling alley. all right. have a great weekend. and cnn heros, every day

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i want you to listen. >> my dad as you know born in mexico, poor, didn't get a college degree. became head of a car company. i could have stayed in detroit like him and gotten pulled up in the car company. i went off on my own. i didn't inherit money from my parents. what i have, i earned. i worked hard the american way. >> all right. so we're asking the question who is the real romney? want to find out from who two men who wrote the book the real romney. the authors join us from boston. first of all, great read. you heard mitt romney last night. he points to his mexican roots saying he had been poor, his family grew up humble means here. does that ring true, is that the real romney? >> well, it's interesting that romney would bring that up. it's not something that i've heard imtalk about much. in the book we have a whole chapter where we talk about his family history, his great grandfather went to mexico on to create a colony for mormons who wanted to continue practicing polygamy and that's why they

were in mexico. george was born there and at five, he had to flee mexico due to a revolution. it's an interesting story. i had a chance to meet with rom any cousins still there and it gives you a better sense of the romney family, their drive, their determination. mitt romney has not felt comfortable talking about that part of the story, so it's interesting he brought up the mexican roots of his father trying to make a little bit better connection to the average working class person describing his father initially as being poor and then working his way up. >> does it seem strange to you that -- it seems as if he feels he got no advantages from his father's life and -- his father is now a billionaire. that he was able to do it on his own. does that seem right in the way in terms of the way he sees his success? >> i think that's probably a bit of an overstatement. clearly romney has done a lot by himself and he's right he's responsible for much of his success. but he did grow up in a very

wealthy household. his father set an example for him not only in their faith, but as a leader of a family and in business. i know george romney and his wife gave them a little money to buy a house. so certainly he is his own man will in many way, but he grew up in a comfortable supportive household for sure. sgli want to talk about that relationship with his dad because covering george w. bush, it was always clear that he aspired to be what his father wasn't. he portrayed himself to be a texas cowboy, not a privileged new englander. george failed to win the presidency. do we think he's chasing his father's dream? >> absolutely. there's really no question that milt romney has been trying to succeed where his father failed. going on a similar path both were in business, both governors of a state, both have run for president. so there doesn't seem to be much question about that. what's interesting is the way mitt romney has tried to run

differently than his father. his father of course made this infamous statement that he had been brainwashed by generals in vietnam and that one sentence pretty much exploded george's presidential campaign this 1968. mitt romney is a little bit more cautious. his sister is quoted in the book as saying as a result of moment with his father, that mitt is more scripted, and you can see it a lot of times where he certainly is more careful. he has a certain number of people around him, he's protective about his appearances. so that may heed him to have a little bit of disconnect with the public. so he's trying to a so i had his father's mistakes, but he also is trying to get a little bit of the free flowing nature that his father had and he probably needs that if he's the nominee. >> does seem like it's quite a challenge to make that connection there. and you mentioned about how his mormon faith was such a critical part of his life growing up. can you give us an example of

how you think this would guide his decisions as president? >> well, i think one of the most fascinating things of his life as you say is his commitment to his mormon faith. his whole family. the life of his family is inseparab inseparable. but it's not something he talks about at all on the campaign trail. and i think him walling that off is the reason people don't quite get it or they describe him as this presence. as far as how he would bring that outlook to the white house, i think he's demonstrated a lot of leadership ability at many points in his life. family is super important to him. so i have no doubt that he would promote strong family-if he were president. and i think like presidents before him, he would look to his faith to sustain him in times of

difficulty. >> and real quick here, i want you to listen to how he portrayed himself as a man of the people last night. >> we need so-to-send to washington someone who has not lived in washington, but someone who has lived in the relaal streets of america, who started a business, has led a bit. >> tweets are flying because of that. one of them saying here, by real he means gated. and do cayman islands count. they're referring to the millions of dollars here. did that ring true to you this idea that he's just an every day joe? >> i think that's his central problem. we've seen comment after comment the last few weeks about whether it's i like to fire people or the money he made from speaking fees, $375,000, wasn't that much. he really needs to figure out a

way to talk about himself as somebody who is wealthy but knows what it means to struggle and not have a job. i don't think people expect him to be able to really relate to that so much as just to empathize with that situation and understand it. and see what it's like to really live when you have economic uncertainty. i think that's his challenge, number one going ahead assum assumesiassumeing he's the nominee. >> thank you very much. it's a great read. we'll see who the nominee is. there is a mystery disease that is ripping through a high school in upstate new york. doctors are searching for answers. the six students are running out of time. >> she does not have time for i feel or guesswork or anything like that. she's deteriorating. >> elizabeth cohen will take a look at what are the options.

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it's a mystery illness striking 12 students at a high school in upstate new york. the experts are puzzled about what is majoring these kids sick. jason carroll has our story. >> very heartbreaking to me, to be honest.

knowing that right now i can't do what i love. >> reporter: she was a cheer lead, an honor roll student and as a senior in upstate new york, well on her way to planning her college future. when she woke up from her nap last october, everything changed. >> i couldn't stop stuttering. >> the stuttering took over. really con torting on the left side with her mouth and neck. >> reporter: doctors said her condition was brought on by stress and she would get better. but once the stuttering ended, it soon gave way to uncontrollable twitching. >> and this goes on all day long? >> yes. all day long. >> reporter: this video was taken in the hospital in in mid october by her mother soon of a der she brought her daughter in for twitching. it was on that day a nurse told her she wasn't the only one who had been brought to the hospital with the condition. >> she had said not to alarm you, you know, but somebody needs to contact be somebody because you're the fourth girl

in a week to come this with this. >> reporter: in all, health officials say 12 girls from the high school have exhibited similar symptoms. they were from different grades and some didn't know each objection but many did did, including lydia. >> they said that they're not sure and that they'll keep looking into it. but besides that, they haven't told anyone anything. >> reporter: hundreds of parents met with health officials who said tests showed no evidence of any environmental factors at the school. more tests ruled out infection or communicable diseases. so what is going on? a doctor who has evaluated 11 of the 12 girls says it's conversion disorder. >> what happens is there is a stressor or multiple stressors that provoke a physical reaction within the body. this is unconscious. it is not done purposefully. and it's almost like thinking

that the stress builds up and has to come out in some way shape or form. >> reporter: the doctor could not explain why the disorder typically affects women or why it would happen in a group. thera doesn't believe stress triggered her condition and her mother worries whether time is on her side. >> she does not have time for i feel, or guesswork, or anything like that. she's deteriorating. >> i don't think this is in my head. i don't think i can wake up from a nap and this just happened. >> reporter: until doctors can do something, she hopes one day she'll just wake up and be herself again. jason carroll. elizabeth cohen is joining us to talk about this mystery illness. i find it disturbing to see this story and i wonder if we have any idea of the cause behind this disorder, about there's something that brings all of these young girls together that they might be experiencing at this school. >> we've seen it at other schedu

school. it happened in virginia. and conversion disorder is a fancy way of saying a physical manifestation of stress. i'm not making comparisons, but just to put it this 1i6r78 terms. a kid is worried about a math test and gets a stomach and i can. it's a similar kind of thing. and what they'll try to do with these girls is see what the stresses are in their life and what they can do to treat it. whether with drugs or therapy. i know some of these parents and clearly this young lady, they don't think that it's stress. they think it is something physical. >> is there a treatment for them, do we know? >> you would reetreat it the wa you would stress. therapy might work well. drugs might work well. but again i'll be interested to see as these parents and students move on are they push to see maybe it is something other than stress. and i think they'll push to find that if it exists. >> all right. thank you, elizabeth. well, it was a big moment in the republican debate last night. newt gingrich's response to a question about his ex-wife.

it is the topic of our talk back question today. are gingrich's failed marriages fair game. your responses just moments away.

you've been sounding off on our talk back question. hey, carol. >> a lot of people have strong opinions about this one. the talk back question today, are gingrich's failed marriages fair game?

nicole says if the gop candidates and gingrich can tout their beliefs on gay marriage, doesn't that mean the subject is on the table? this from carol. good old newt was busy throwing stones at clinton and he was not without sin. how can any good republican evangelical vote for newt? this from mark. no, i don't think gingrich's marital past is fair game. a man's past does not lend they weight to his future. this from brennan. we're a country of gossiping hens and water cooler talkers then sure. go ahead, tear another presidential candidate from running just because he had an odd marriage. you know, i think that newt stood up at the debate and told people to forget the whisperings of the tabloids and focus on the real issues that we're facing in our country. and i think we should. so go newt keep the conversation going. i'll be back with you in about a half hour. or actually just 20 minutes.

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debate but did it change the race? you know, we may not know until tomorrow night when we get the results in here in the primary. the last two polls that we saw, one from politico that came out yesterday had romney up by 7 points. another one by american research group had gingrich up by 1 point. remember, those two polls taken after monday night's debate and our explosive debate right here behind me in charleston. suzanne, this morning mitt romney getting an endorsement of a major southern governor. they are going to team up in charleston later today. he also got the endorsement of the big newspaper. gingrich campaigning with his wife, they toured a children's hospital. that is the lay of the land, as we speak. >> so the top two, very, very close, if you believe those polls. but santorum last night, too, there was late breaking wind in iowa. could he still be a contender going forward after tomorrow? >> reporter: he had a huge, huge night last night, any pundit

analyst would say he really was aggressive going after gingrich and going after romney. right now i think we have live pictures. he's campaigning in lexington, south carolina. he got a late start, dana bash reporting, one of the convoys, his daughters were in it, got a flat tire. and only two and a half weeks late. >> that happens, a flat tire every once in a while. the road to the republican nomination stops next in south carolina for its primary election. watch cnn saturday night at 7:00 p.m. and as you and i wait for the final results. all right. you can overcome a lot of problems, physical, mental, simply by exercising. dr. sanjay gupta talks to a

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everybody's had a bad boss at some point in your career but is your's a psychopath? >> it's 18-year-old scotch. if you want a promotion, you've got to earn it. >> all right. so we can all laugh about when it's in a movie, right, like the clip from "horrible bosses" but a new study suggests there are actually four times psycho papa in management. i can imagine how many people are thinking, is that my boss? there's a real definition of a psychopath. explain the difference between someone who just annoys you and you think is occasionally crazy.

>> suzanne, we do know that psychopaths share three distinct traits. they are very ego centric, narcissistic, they don't have much empathy, and they have no conscience, no remorse or guilt. we also know that they can be very cunning, very aggressive, very manipulative, very charming, and they certainly do lie. >> and why are these people showing up in upper management? >> because they are perfect for these kinds of jobs because they are risk takers and we know in upper management, no risk, no reward. and we don't tend to stay at these jobs for an extreme period of time. they tend to move on after two or three years. once upper management realizes that they have a psychopath or sociopath working for them and they are no longer bringing in all of the corporate profits because they are now enriching

themselves, their own pleasure principle, they tend to move on to another company. >> all right. so two things here. how do you know if your boss is a psychopath? what should you be looking for and if you are, what should you do? >> well, one of the ways to tell if your boss is a psychopath, they don't care what happens to you. as long as you're producing for them and making money for them, then they will keep you within their world. however, once you stop producing or you're having some issues, they will fire you. they will get rid of you. they don't care about you. and you can actually notice them ma anybody lating other people, breaking rules, not necessarily laws, but you will see them acting out in that way. what do you do? first of all, don't follow their motto. that's the first and most important thing. and if you see that they are breaking rules, begin to distance yourself because at some point they will get in trouble. they will get fired and you will be swept out right along with them. >> and, jeff, finally here, this

study takes it further, suggesting that these psychopaths are the ones responsible for the global financial meltdown. is that true? >> i think where there is smoke there is fire. we do know that a lot of these people in the financial industry, they lie to the people who invested with them. they went from one source to another to take from them, to plunder the funds and then would go on to another source and that is a prime psychopath. they don't have the empathy. they don't care who they hurt as long as they can pull everything out of their investors, out of a company. i think there was a company called bain who did that, but maybe that's a topic for another day. >> whoa. okay. that is a topic for another day. take a quiz to find out if your boss is a psychopath at cnn.com. check it out. top of the hour, i'm suzanne malveaux. i want to get you up to speed.

south carolina primary just one day away. republican candidates are making their closing arguments to the voters. they try to turn up the heat at a cnn debate. newt gingrich also turning up the heat on the news media all started when our john king asked about an accusation by gingrich's ex-wife. >> 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 debate. it is now one week since the luxury cruise ship ran aground. a woman has come forward defending the captain. she says media reports saying

that he was among the first to leave the ship was not true. she said she had gone to the deck to help translate the captain's orders after hearing a coded announcement. however, there's a cook here from the "concordia" who says that the captain sat down with the woman for dinner after the ship slammed into the rocks. >> i have had 12 years of experience on a cruise ship. i've even witnessed fires. so i wasn't that scared. but i did wonder, though, what was the captain doing? why was he still there? any way, we gave him his drink. after that he was also still waiting for the dessert to be served to the woman that he was with. >> my love has come along. >> she was a true original. her music defied etta james died at a legendary hospital. she had been suffering from

leukemia, among other illnesses. her husband and sons were with her. etta james was 73. we're going to miss her. the pentagon confirms that six american troops were killed in a helicopter crash in afghanistan and they were all u.s. marines. the helicopter was a ch 53, one just like this one. the taliban says they shot it down yesterday and nato believes it was a mechanical problem. some penn state alums are angry about how joe paterno was fired. they plan to show up at a meeting at the school's board of trustees. the group says paterno was fired without dues process. they don't like the fact that he was told over the phone that they want to replace all of the trustees. joe paterno was fired, you may recall you can in the wake of the child sex abuse scandal involving one of his coaches. he was penn state's head coach for 46 years. you're now looking at some live pictures.

these are protesters in front of the u.s. supreme court today. members of the occupy movement going to mark the two-year anniversary of a ruling that allowed for the rise of super pacs. we've been hearing a lot about the political action economies. occupy planning protests outside of courthouses around the country. 10,000 people in nevada have been forced from their homes because of this fast-moving wildfire. just listen to the roar of these flames. unbelievable. this fire south of reno killing one person and destroying 20 buildings. firefighters say they managed to contain half of the flames. the trees are bent over as the wind takes over. nevada's governor has declared a state of emergency.

i want to get back to the story of the doomed cruise ship that is off the coast of italy. we are now hearing conflicting reports about what the captain did. it's seven days after the disaster. we're still trying to figure out what actually happen tld and now there are different stories about the role of the captain. what have you been able to piece together so far? >> reporter: well, there are two conflicting records. one that he hit the rocks and then completely failed in his duty to ensure that everyone was evacuated by even ordering dinner after the accident and sitting and waiting for his dessert, according to the chef on board and one colleague of his and others saying that he

did everyone that he could, to stay on the ship until almost midnight which is the testimony of the port authority. so two very different series of events being portrayed by his friends and those that have criticized him and probably any way that we're going to drill down and get to the truth of all of this is if it comes to a court case in italy and he is forced almost to give evidence along with other people that they are doing things, for example, like testing a strand of his hair to see if he has any traces of narcotics in his system. we haven't heard back on that yet. but there's going to be a lot of evidence coming out over the coming months. >> family members, some of those who died and some of those who were missing, they were taken out to the wreckage of the ship there. what was that for? what are authorities trying to learn or show them as they go out there to the ship?

>> reporter: i think firstly it was sort of to pay their respects, really. they offered some flowers into the water that we saw when we went out shortly afterwards that was still floating near the wreck. of course, the people who went out, including the mother of the 5-year-old missing italian girl are still clinging to the hope that there could be good news. but it's been one week now since this happened and i think the reality is beginning to dawn on them that the chances of fining their loved ones now are very remote indeed. i think it was their chance to see for themselves the massive wreck behind me and just to reflect really on what happened. >> dan, thank you very much. appreciate the update.

all right. if you are watching, some serious, serious fireworks at last night's debate. newt gingrich came out spinning when asked about an ex-wife's accusation that he wanted an open marriage. carol costello in washington with the question. >> hi, suzanne. let's be honest, last night's carolina's debate will be known for john king's very first question, the one about gingrich's ex-wife accusing him of wanting an open marriage. >> would you like to take some time to respond to that? >> no, but i will. i think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it

harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office and i am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that. >> as npr put it this morning, gingrich decided if there was going to be a villain, it would be the media, not him. although gingrich has talked about his infidelities in the past, most notably with the christian broadcast network just last year. >> there's no question that at times in my life, partially driven by how passionately i felt about this country, that i worked far too hard and that things happened in my life that were not appropriate. i felt compelled to seek god's forgiveness. not god's understanding but god's forgiveness. >> but gingrich's ex has said that she wanted an open marriage. herman cain, who has had his own problem with women accusing him

of improprieties is on gingrich's side. >> he basically re-established what the american people really want to hear about. they don't care about what happened 15 to 20 years ago. that's the same kind of crap that they leavitted against me. >> but maybe voters did care. cain was forced to drop out of the presidential race after his poll numbers tanked. so the talk back question today, are gingrich's failed marriages fair game? go to facebook.com/krarlcnn. >> during the monica lewinsky and infidelities around that, gingrich was key to pushing that at the time that he was also carrying on this affair. it would be interesting to see if that is is actually something that they bring up or if this is completely a moot point. >> a lot of people say despite president clinton's infidelity, he was a good president.

so why should it make any difference what your marital past is in the case of newt gingrich he could make a great president. >> all right. let's see what folks got to say. thank you, carol. here's a rundown of some of the stories that we're covering over the next hour. first, gingrich's campaign. and if that cruise ship, "costa concordia" tilts even further, it could cause more problems than it already has. and the government website was hacked and the group anonymous talks to us behind the mask. >> massive group of people coming together, they are not happy and this wouldn't be possible with one or two people. also, why some psychiatrists want to change the definition of autism. and, later, a gay beauty pageant contestant made history

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all right. we are watching two live events taking place at this moment. republican presidential candidates hitting the campaign trail in south carolina. you're looking at live pictures there. mitt romney, he is in gilbert. that is where he is holding a grassroots rally on jobs. also, rick santorum holding a town hall in lexington in south carolina. he's calling it a faith, freedom, and family town hall. newt gingrich is back on the campaign trail as well after

blasting the news media in the debate last night. our john king asking about his ex-wife's accusation that he wanted an open marriage. gingrich denied the accusation and then this -- >> this story is false. every personal friend i had during that time period says the story is false. we offered evidence to abc to prove it is false but they are not interested because they will attack me and i'm sure they will get around to santorum and congressman paul. i'm tired of the elite media protecting barack obama by attacking the republicans. >> let's go to david gergen to talk a little bit about this. i remember doing 2008, joe biden had harsh words for me in one of the questions he didn't like but it was nothing like what we saw last night when newt gingrich went up against cnn and the media. one of the most explosive

moments you have acknowledged in debate history. >> reporter: a tumultuous day, and then to have the first question out of the box, boom, right there with john king, an appropriate question i might add. but newt gingrich saw it coming and from a political point of view, he knocked it out of the park. i think in retrospect, at the end of the debate, newt gingrich told anderson couper on cnn air that john king had done a great job as a moderator and newt had a private moment with john which was quite civil. i think there was a lot of theatrics involved with this but even so newt gingrich brought the crowd to its feet twice. he brought a lot of voters to the poll tomorrow. >> do you think this could be a game changer even allowing gingrich to grab south

carolina's primary? >> reporter: well, suzanne, certainly when you and i spoke in atlanta, not very long ago during the new hampshire primary, we looked around down the road and saw south carolina, romney built up a big lead. it appeared he would win and basically seal the nomination, that the fight would be over. newt gingrich was suggestsing that he might withdraw. so to have this rapid change so that they can neck-and-neck and newt having the monday men tum, that has transformed this race. i might also add that the gallup organization has said that they have a new tracking poll coming out showing that nationwide newt gingrich has cut mitt romney's lead in half over the last couple of days and it's a much closer national race. that gives the gingrich people a lot of incentive to go on. rick santorum clearly wants to go on if he can. ron paul is going to go on. >> sure. >> i think we've got -- whatever happens tomorrow, this race is

going to go beyond south carolina. >> and romney tried very hard to keep the focus ongoing after obama. here's how he described it last night. >> he's changing the very nature of america. he's turning us not from a merit society, an opportunity society where people are free to choose their own course but instead he is making us an entitlement society where people think that they are entitled to what they have, where government takes from some and gives to others. we need to return to the principles upon which this country was founded. >> david, do we think that is the narrative going into the general election? because we've heard newt gingrich calling president obama the food stamp president. rick perry reminding americans that there are 50 million people on food stamps. is that their main theme, the republicans? >> reporter: clearly the republicans are trying to energyize their base that it

goes back to the birther movement. he's sort of other. someone else. i don't think that's going to win a national election, that this election is going to turn on jobs. middle class is much more concerned with that. but you can certainly hear within the debates that theme coming back again and again. let me just say about governor romney in contrast to newt gingrich, both of them had difficult issues to deal with last night. and newt gingrich, as we just said, he seemed to do well with the crowd. by contrast, governor romney, who had 90% of the debate for him was fine. it was his normal very, very good debate. so when it came down to that extra 10% about his taxes and his wealth, i'm not the only one to say that he clearly was uncomfortable and the crowd even booed when he talked about his tax returns.

he is stumbling on this issue for inexplicable reasons and there is this sense that he's someone else, he's someone who lives in a stratosphere and, yes, he's been very successful and we should praise him for that, salute him for that, but somehow in the process he's lost his emotional touch or tie toll normal folks. >> david, thank you. we'll be watching on saturday, of course, the south carolina primary. the road to the republican nomination for president certainly stopping next in south carolina. watch cnn saturday night, 7:00 p.m. eastern as the contenders, you, me, we all wait for the final results. a shoot out in cyberspace, the hacking group anonymous is taking revenge now on the fbi for shutting down a popular piracy site. 8% every 10 years. wow. wow. but you can help fight muscle loss with exercise and ensure muscle health. i've got revigor. what's revigor? it's the amino acid metabolite, hmb

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an online and amber, tell us how this all went down. >> this all happened yesterday. anonymous says the shutdown of mega upload.com is the straw that broke the cambelback. and this is something that could turn into a slippery slope leading to the shutdown of larger websites like youtube, facebook. the department of justice says megaup load.com is the 13th most website visited on the internet.

generating more than $175 million in illegal profits. almost immediately after mega up load was shut down, they began an attack on u.s. government websites. an attack occurs when computers flood a site with so much traffic that it actually causes that site's servers to crash. i spoke with some anons that were involved in the successful attacks against the fbi websites and they say they were watching this operation very closely. here's what went down. >> so anonymous sees the shutdown of mega upload as a type of internet censorship? >> exactly. it's a violation of a freedom of speech and anonymous and a lot of other movements on internet is independent from the government and the government is

interfering in the free flow without stepping outside of the jurisdiction. >> and most of those targeted websites are found online. we spoke with a law enforcement official who says that the fbi is investigating. they say they are looking into computer forensics to figure out who the culprit is, suzanne. >> yes, because it was up and running until this morning. do we know if it's a second attack or do we know if anonymous is responsible for that in. >> anonymous had said some anons had said that they were going back and reattacking the site. at one point i tried to log on and it didn't work and then moments later it worked again. one thing that anonymous is saying that yesterday's attacks were epic and now they've given the average doe the ability to have the average joes to sit at home and use this software to maybe simultaneously watch

football and be atalking the fbi's website with a ddos attack. >> thank you, amber. the rescue workers have again suspended the search of the italian cruise ship. chad myers is joining us to talk about that. this is a big ship? >> as long as the empire building is tall and laying on a steep slope. it's not laying on a beach. if it was laying on miami beach, they wouldn't worry about it. but it's laying on a difficult slope. it's going to go from about 20 feet to 70 feet in less than a football field. so as this moves, if this slides into the ocean, this entire boat could stop being literally stopped by the ocean bottom and slide farther down. that's why they had to pull the divers out. i went on our site here at cnn and they have put workers back into the boat but only above the water line.

so they are working above the water line now back into those cabins that are above the water line. let me take you here. here's italy, here's rome. we'll zoom you into the island. here's the island and the ship as it lays on its side. if you're a mariner, if you're a boater or even a fisherman, be if you look at the shore, you look at how the land above the water is sloping, go ahead and tilt that. if you look at the slope, you can assume that the slope continues into the water. now, of course there could be jagged rocks, shoals, many other things. but, in general, it slopes in the same direction. go ahead. spin me around. this kind of falls off this rock that the captain was sitting on down into literally the bottom of the ocean. many, many feet down from here. here's a graphic that mariners will understand and i'm going to try to get you to understand. there are lines of equal distance or depth. this line right here is 30 feet, 60 feet, 150 feet. the ship is laying right there.

if this ship decides to slide into the ocean, it will float for a while but there's big holes in the bottom. and you will never see the boat again. that's why it's so dangerous for these workers to be here. they are above the water line. if it moves out, they are back out of the ship. i guarantee it. >> we're just getting word here that the part of the boat, the ship that's not submerged, they are going to resume their search in that particular area. i'm assuming that that is good news. >> that's good news because that's where you find survivors. i understand they wanted to get down below and find what is under there but you're not going to find survivors under the water line. you're only going to find them in the dry cabins if they are still alive. they would only be above the water line, not below. so i'm glad the energy now is above the water line looking for those people. >> chad, thank you. one day before voters in

south carolina heading to the polls, one day after a fierce and fiery debate, are we seeing a shift in the republican race for president? we're going to talk with political strategists from both parties.

hoarse a here's a rundown of some of the stories we're working on. south carolina voters are getting to vote in the primary. then we talk to the first openly gay woman who ran for the california title her challenges. it's fun, right, you call your boss psycho. what do you know? is it really true? they could really be a

psychopath. we have a way for you to find out if that's the real deal. it was a show-stopping moment in the republican debate. newt gingrich engaged in a smackdown against the news media. newt gingrich was asked about an accusation from his ex-wife that he asked for an open marriage. >> what's the big issue today is whether or not newt is the jerk that we think he is. >> i think it's relevant but i think it's uncalled for. >> i look at it like this. we elected clinton. >> his answer was the highlight of the evening. >> if he's cheating on his wife, what else is he cheating? >> i think it was appropriate for newt gingrich to answer the way he did, absolutely. and i think the audience and everybody else agreed with me. >> all right. joining us to talk about that and the other debate highlights, a democratic strategist and

principal of the tirade and the question and the answer. jamal, i'll start with you. do you think it's appropriate? >> well, whether or not it's appropriate is one thing but was it good policy, absolutely. the one thing gingrich clearly has learned we do southern politics. when you're attacked, it is better to come back strong and hard and attack back than it is to sit there and shuffle your feet. that's the difference between gingrich and mitt romney. when he asks about questions about taxes or his wealth, you can see his body moving around. when newt gingrich gets asked a question about his personal life, he immediately goes back at the questioner and it's good politics. >> and jamal says he had taken this question a couple of times before the debate. he was very calm, very conservative measured in his defense here. why do you suppose so explosive last night?

what does it do for him in south carolina? >> i think jamal hit the nail on the head. it was political theater at its best and shows newt gingrich in the leader in chief. newt handled that inappropriate question like he said it was disgusting. it was something that we would expect maybe from a tabloid newspaper and he said, look, i'll answer it, but here's my answer. you know, it doesn't matter. we should be here talking about jobs and romney on the other hand gets his -- his feathers get ruffled and even chris christie says it's a no-brainer. just release your taxes. at the end of the day, newt comes out the stronger leader and romney has issues here and that's what we see playing out in south carolina. >> let's talk about romney. there was another contentious moment in the debate, the call for mitt romney to release his tax returns and we saw newt gingrich with a pretty slick move. he releases his tax returns. here's how romney responded when he was asked for his.

>> you know, i don't know how many years i'll release. i'll take a look at what our documents are. and i'll release them multiple years. i don't know how many years but i'll be happy to do that. >> jamal, do you think that hurt him? do you think south carolina primary voters care about that? >> yeah. you could also feel him -- when the crowd reacted to his initial half hearted laugh and then his initial response, you could almost see him change his response and he says he will produce multiple years. all he said we'll release it if we're the nominee. until then, we'll not talk about it anymore. the other day he said, we'll release it in april but i have a 15% tax rate. now everybody is jumping on that. instead of getting all of your

bad news out in one day, it's all over the place. >> crystal, weigh in on that. >> again, it makes romney look like a flip-flopper which he doesn't want to be. he needs to get the tax thing out of the way and just move on. i mean, his best moment last night what is when he defended capitalism. he said, look, there's nothing wrong with making money. there's nothing wrong with making a profit. that's the romney we need to see. the tough romney. there's a reason why in american millions of people buy lottery tickets. we live if a democracy. people want to be rich and aspire to something. he needs to get the taxes out of the way and talk about how he's going to fix the economy and jobs and there's nothing wrong with capitalism. i think that's where he shined last night. >> let's throw in rick santorum into the mix. he went after gingrich for what he called his grand yos tea. gingrich fired back. >> grandiocity has never been a

problem for newt beginning rigi. he handles it prit fee well. >> i'm steady, solid, i'm not going to do things that you're going to worry about. >> i think grandiose thoughts. these are big people doing big things and we need big leadership to take on big projects. >> jamal, who would democrats like to see president obama go up against? which republican would be more successful in making obama the issue? >> well, frarvnkly, all of thes candidates have flaws. santorum's stance on issues is a problem. he doesn't want birth control. newt gingrich learned manage

last night. if you have a witness, turn that into a strength and he did that last night. romney is more separate and detached from where people are. he was called a continue man and that gets at what you start to feel about mitt romney, that there's nothing inside him guiding him. >> crystal, you get the last word. >> i think romney or gingrich can beat president barack obama because president barack obama is probably one of the -- he's the most flawed candidate that -- in the 2012 race and what democrats really fear is gingrich gets the nomination. he will vericiat -- newt gingrich is grandiose. he worked with bill clinton. he balanced a budget. he brought republicans back in power after 40 years in siberia. and he reformed welfare. with newt gingrich, you know what you're getting.

he's not afraid of the tough questions. he will hit obama head on and that's what democrats are most afraid of. romney is going to really pull this off, if he sales into the nomination, he's going to have to get a lot tougher because this is only a glimpse of what he's going to face in 2012 if romney would be the nominee. >> crystal, i've got to leave it there. i'll bring both of you back to continue this debate. thank you both. have a great weekend. >> thank you. next, thousands of kids have been diagnosed with autism but now there are some psychiatrists who want to change the definition. back then he had something more important to do. he wasn't focused on his future. but fortunately, somebody else was. at usaa we provide retirement planning for our military, veterans and their families. now more than ever, it's important to get financial advice from people who share your military values. for our free usaa retirement guide,

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the new york times says that there is a new definition of autism and it could dramatically reduce the number of autism diagnosis. elizabeth cohen is here with the details. why would they want to do this? >> the definition of a disease like autism is not set in stone. it's not like a broken arm where you've been x-rayed and you see the broken arm. in some ways it might always be changing and where the change might happen. you might have a child who rocks back and forth, doesn't respond to his own name, can't speak a

word. and maybe he has trouble with socialable and conversations and functions perfectly well. they may be considered -- >> how would parents react to this change? >> i think some parents where the child is more on the mild end of the spectrum, has asperger's syndrome, when you are declared autism, you get certain services. >> if it is changed, what do we think will happen? >> this could happen for a year or even more. 12% of the kids who currently have a diagnosis of autism would no longer be considered to have that diagnosis. hopefully they would get have that autism diagnosis any more.

>> elizabeth, thank you. newt gingrich's failed marriages, are they fair game? if gingrich didn't want this to be part of the record, he should have lived his life differently.

here's free advice at the help desk. jack on thor is the editor and senior editor at "money" magazine. thank you both for being here. what's an appropriate percentage of annual family to spend on a vacation. that's a good question. >> i think she needs to do a little bit of budgeting. what are the absolute necessities in my financial life? rent, mortgage, a car if she needs one, utilities, the emergency fund. subtract that from your monthly income. what you have left is where you can get your wants in, whether it's a kitchen renovation, a flat screen tv and you have to parcel that money according to your priorities. now, one thing i will say is behavioral economists say that we are happier when we buy

experiences rather than objects. >> uh-huh. >> i would say make that vacation a high priority but don't buy a lot of needs. >> donna, your question comes from antioch, california. i'm 123 years old and have my identity stolen. how long will it take to rebuild my credit? >> we know that it can do a lot of damage to your credit score. it doesn't have to. the key is to act fast. she probably contacted the bank or credit card holder. you want to get a victim of a identity theft and then you want to also file a police report. you want to regularly check your credit score and credit history. of course, pay your bills on time and all that kind of stuff.

it actually is more time consuming to do something like that but well worth it. >> absolutely when it comes to your credit score. thank you so much. if you've got a question you want answered, send an e-mail to cnn.com. this is $100,000. we asked total strangers to watch it for us. thank you so much, i appreciate it, i'll be right back. they didn't take a dime. how much in fees does your bank take to watch your money ? if your bank takes more money than a stranger, you need an ally. ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense.

we are sounding off on our talk back question. carol costello with your responses. i understand you got a tremendous number of people who weighed in on this issue today? >> it was an avalanche and i appreciate it. thank you. the talk back question today, are gingrich's failed marriages fair game? if he can be unfaithful to his wife, will he be unfaithful to the american people? that's like saying we should o.j.'s character as long as he spouts out what we want to hear. i for one will not judge newt based on his transgressions within his personal life. i will judge each man on his ability to put forward those plans and to out of obama in 2012. and by the way, i have yet to find the story of the happy ex.

keep in mind, there are two sides to every story and the truth lies somewhere in between. and if you're applying for a $30,000 a year job, why shouldn't gingrich's moral character be fair game when he's applying to be president? and linda says, he's not asking us to marry him or sleep with him, he's asking us to let him sleep his country that is on the brink of disaster. keep the conversation going. facebook.com/carolcnn and thank you for your responses. the first openly gay woman to ever compete in the california beauty pageant. now we'll hear why she entered the competition.

the first woman to ever compete in the california beauty pageant and she's gay. >> who can forget sandra bullock's physical transformation in miss congeal yalt, playing an undercover beauty and real-life beauty pageant molly tom mass can definitely relate. >> i just learned how to put on eyelashes. >> she joined the race for miss california usa. and along with 26-year-old janelle hutchinson, became the

first openly gay women to compete in the 6 oh 0-year history of the contest. >> i wanted to put out a real person and someone can say, i can relate to this girl. >> painful stereotypes when sandra bullock's makeover looks and traits led to this question. >> are you a lesbian? >> so many people have an image of what a lesbian looks like. i grew up with the comment, you're too pretty to be gay. there is no such thing as too pretty to be gay. >> reporter: not for the cash or the crown, she ran openly gay in her first ever open beauty pageant. >> it's never been done before and anything knew is always scary. >> reporter: she tells "showbiz tonight" that the risk was forth it. >> i had my phone out all weekend because it was going nonstop and just interviews and press and media. >> maul molly just hopes that

her story admires people to be themselves. women like movie star amber herd. she co-starred with johnny depp and is an inspiration to molly. she went public with her sexual orientation in 2010. she later told the gay pop cultural website, if you hide something, you're inadvertently saying something is wrong. i don't feel like i'm wrong, that millions are people are wrong. molly says she's not interested in hiding either and the miss universe organization which running the miss usa pageant was happy to have her center stage telling the miss universe organization embraces diversity. >> i just