. >>> when the news continues at noon, our update on our colleague briewsh bruce la shan and what he and his family are dealing with after a tree almost destroyed their house during hurricane sandy. >>> plus we will speak to former republican presidential candidate newt gingrich and his wife is here, and they will talk about pearpship and they have books coming out. we will get it all in when we come back. >>> welcome back to the news at noon. one of the most well-known names in republican politics joins us now. he was a recent presidential candidate and of course, a former speaker of the house, newt gingrich is here and so is his beautiful wife calista. they have books coming out. i had a chance to read them a little bit already. quite good. and first we want to talk about the future of the republican party and some of the things going on as we move forward into the next four years. one of, and we've been talking about this locally in the newsroom, we've seen it on tv, and one of the biggest criticisms the president is facing during the first term and now we're starting to hear it a