some critics say part of the problem is his wife, calista. lisa sylvester has more on that. >> reporter: wolf, newt gingrich's presidential campaign got off to a rocky start including losing more than a dozen key members of his team. one of the issues is his wife calista. she limits the amount of time he has for campaigning. newt gingrich is hitting back saying, lay off my wife. gingrich 2012 is not about the man who would be president but about the would-be first couple. by his side is calista beginning rish, featured prominently on his campaign website. she is his third wife, married 11 years. he is 22 years her season. they began dating while he was still the married speaker of the house and she worked for the house agriculture committee. he may be playing up his family man role but calista gingrich has become something of a political liability according to officials close to the gingrich camp. first, it was his credit line of

one of the issues is his wife, calista.ime she has for campaigning. he said lay off my wife. gingrich 2012 is not about the man who would be president, but by head side is calista gingrich featured on his campaign website. this is his third wife, married 11 years. he began dating while he was still the married speaker of the house and she worked for the house agricultural committee. he may be now playing up his family man role but calista has become something of a politicalliability according to officials close to the gingrich camp. first it was his credit line of up to $500,000 at the upscale tiffany's jewelry store. gingrich was put on defense. >> do you feel like -- >> i feel you are far more fascinated with that than most americans. normal americans actually ask about jobs. they ask about energy. they ask about all sorts of things that affect their lives. >> reporter: earlier this month, more than a dozen of gingrich's advisers resigned en masse over, quote, disagreements on how to move forward. calista's schedule took

newt and calista have a very healthy partnership. they make decisions together about their schedule as every other couple does. ultimately, this campaign will be about the challenges facing american and the solutions newt is putting forward. >> reporter: aides quit the campaign asking him to put off a luxury cruise to the greek islands but he refused. in iowa, a key state where it is all about aggressive retail politics, newt worked the crowds and was a great communicator meeting everyday folks. his former campaign adviser there resigned because he said he needed more of that from gingrich to move the political needle but it was challenging getting iowa on the schedule. there were also disagreements on newt gingrich's role, that he still liked playing the role of the strategist, the educator, the guy talking about the polling numbers. his former communications director said, no matter how good you are as a strategist, you can't be your own strategist when you are the candidate. wolf? >> lisa, thank you. >>> the gop presidential candi

and bachmann is that these planes are full of juice and full light you know calista i think is actually made up on the inside i think that she might actually be a creature of another dimension that is created entirely of ice and snow i don't know if i could get calista down quite frankly. ouch well i think that he was going to ask you to issue an apology just like you did with. sarah thanks so much for coming on the show was a pleasure to have you back thank you a lot. all right still to come tonight comment by a multimillionaire running for president lands him in tonight's bull's-eye full time segment and then stay with us for happy hour apple trying to take the fun out of concerts and a totally bizarre campaign ad for a man about to enter the presidential race lead guitar sometimes just a story and it seems so silly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear see some other part of it and realize that everything is ok if you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. the earlier the lead and you know. the a. lead. fuck fuck fuck fuck. let me get in w

calista gingrich is very very difficult to work with you know she is the one who dictates the schedule she is the one who says that she doesn't want to fly in the morning because she needs time to do her hair all right fine let's believe that for the sake of the conversation if that is the case and i do question that newt gingrich is the person who's campaigning to be president ok so he's the one who needs to figure out what the balance is ok i understand he would want to keep his wife happy but he's ultimately the one in charge so if he's allowing his wife to dictate his schedule and he's allowing his wife to make decisions about what goes on his campaign website then i don't know why he'd be a questionable president so i think that it's unfair to place all the blame on her and make her look like the bad guy why don't we put a little focus on newt gingrich and what he's really doing thank you it's exactly what i was thinking and anyway if he does get into that white house as a first lady i think she might have even more demand so that was very difficult thanks so much for joining us t

done or the fact that they're actually blaming it on the fact that calista needed to get her hair done and now a new gingrich maybe is somebody that can't control his own marriage they can't control his own team and just isn't cut out to be the president. you know i don't blame the investigative team for looking into it because newt gingrich has done some shady things in the past for instance he has a nonprofit organization and he used funds specifically two hundred twenty thousand dollars for that nonprofit and then he put it into a for profit company that you runs so i don't i don't mind the investigative team looking into it and i question whether or not calista gingrich is the real reason why the staffers resigned but let's let's give them a little credibility let's say you know for the sake of this conversation that that's what the investigative team really found ok calista gingrich is very very difficult to work with you know she's the one who dictates the schedule she's the one who says that she doesn't want slights in the morning because she needs time to do her hair or if i le

out there she is right there with her what's her deal on that are you going to impersonate maybe calista gingrich next. if only you know that he'll end bachmann is that these lasers are full of your sinful life you know calista i think is actually made of ice on the inside i think that she might actually be a creature from another dimension that is created entirely of ice and snow i don't know if i could get coolest it down quite frankly i wanna ouch well i think that new is going to ask you to issue an apology just like you did with. a ferret thanks so much for coming on the show was a pleasure to have you back on a few alona. i had still to come tonight a comment by a multimillionaire running for president lands him in tonight's all time told time segment and then stay with us for happy hour apple's trying to take some fun out of concerts and a totally bizarre campaign ad for a man about to enter the presidential race. one stream cascading from long slopes the view is miss murdstone. but this beauty brings dance at a speed of more than two hundred kilometers per. step along. the world.

could take our campaign insiders say the problem circling around the room with his third wife calista you know publicly supportive wife aides say privately a demanding one. really you do go your precious resources or do an investigation as to why no one wants to work with a man who's trying to become the president and that's what you come up with and i'm not even to get into the obnoxiousness of the whole blame the woman attitude. at least not yet that's later tonight in our show but i just can't help but wonder why they wouldn't do some investigative work on other stories like out about representative peter king's second round of hearings that took place today on capitol hill about american muslim radicalization you know it's not like this is a story the media hasn't heard about well the first time around they devoted a lot of time talking about the dangers to society at these hearings. some critics are calling this a straight up which on and congressman king a throwback to joseph mccarthy defenders so when the threat of homegrown terror is real and growing and while the administrati

wife and she was twenty three years his junior and a staffer for the house of representatives now calista is the wife who's been getting all this bad press for allegedly causing most of his campaign staff to resign because of her demands i know newt's love life is confusing and as more sex and lies than racy primetime so now earlier this year newt had to address his cheating ways and hope of winning over other conservatives and here's what he had to say. there's no question in the times of my life partially driven by. passionately i felt about this country. that i work for too hard and the things happen in my life that were not appropriate. do you get that new cheated because he loved his country so much that is still one of the best and there is a politician has ever tried to use an excuse but here's my two cents on it i don't really care how many times newt's been married he is free to marry anyone that he wants and as many people as he wants and gay people should be allowed to do the exact same thing with a divorce rate over fifty percent in the us straight couples aren't doing so well

. >> calista gingrich is featured on gingrich's campaign website. but not a good thing necessarily for mr. gingrich. she wears awfully nice jewelry. word gingrich had $500,000 account at tiffany they were put on the offensive. like she controls newt's schedule and she pushed him to take the two-week greek cruise which promised half of his campaign staff to quit. gingrich pushed back on, where else? fox news. >> for all of my years in public life, i don't mind people attacking me. i'm the candidate, i'm a big guy, i can take it but to go after anyone's wife, i think, is pretty despicable. >> reporter: gingrich says calista is being treated like nancy reagan. after all, he says calista and newt are a lot like ronnie and nancy. >> imagine having dinner with them. that could be very interesting. carol costello, thank you. >> reporter: sure. >>> rory mcilroy bounces back from his masters meltdown. coming up we will show you how well he is doing at the u.s. open. >>> david tyree was known for his great catches with the new york giants and now he is catchi

fly out there she is right there with her with her deal on that are you going to impersonate maybe calista gingrich next. if. you know . bachmann is that these laser college you sinful like you know i think it's actually made of the inside i think she might actually be a creature from another dimension and is created entirely of ice and snow i don't know if i could get all this down but frankly i don't know ouch well i think newt's going to ask you to issue an apology just like you did with. sarah thanks so much for coming on the show is a pleasure to have you back on you alone. all right still to come tonight a comment by a multimillionaire running for president lands him in tonight's all time full time segment and then stay with us for happy hour apple trying to take some fun out of concerts and a totally bizarre campaign ad for a man about to enter the presidential race lead guitar sometimes you see a story and it seems so silly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything is ok if you don't i'm sorry w

he went on that long-planned vacation cruise with his wife, calista, in the greek isles.mes over entitlement reform. and brooke, one last thing, the other angle we are working on is that some of the people connected to the campaign who may have left might also have some allegiances to texas governor rick perry and there's been some talk that rick perry is considering getting into the presidential race. so, that is another level of intrigue entirely to explore. >> that would certainly be some news if they decide to go that way. joe johns, thanks so much. >>> and now this -- >> for those of you who may have queasiness or uneasiness about viewing these type of photographs, i ask you to leave. >> emotions run very high in the casey anthony murder trial after the judge issued that warning. what happened next? what made casey anthony burst into tears? that's coming up. >>> but first, cyberattacks, they are on the rise. and if the government is getting hacked along with major companies and banks and kate middleton, how safe are you online? up next, i will talk to a convicted hac

recently, gingrich and wife, calista, left the campaign for a two-week mediterranean cruz and then theatter of a steep bill at tiffanys. >> it's very odd to me that someone would run up a half million dollar bill at a jewelry store. >> go talk to tiffany's. >> reporter: the campaign has been plagued from the start. gingrich angered many for attacking the congressional republican plan to overhaul medicare. >> what you did to paul ryan is unforgivable. >> i didn't do anything. >> yes, you did. you are an embarrassment to our party. >> now, a former gingrich aide said last night his campaign was coming to a quick and merciful end and he added it's like watching a really great prize fighter come back for one last fight that he never should have. erica? >> is this officially the end of the road despite his pledge to restart in l.a.? >> reporter: yeah. he says he is restarting his campaign at a speech in beverly hills. last time i checked, that's not a key primary state for republicans at this point. listen, the problem for gingrich is money. when he started talking about the republican medi

staff who's got hundreds of years of campaign experience, are going to run this thing, or you and calistay is it going to be, and i think obviously -- >> and professional is the key word. these are professionals that wanted to runt campaign. >> david carney in new hampshire goes back years running campaigns. katon dawson the south carolina chairman of the republican party. bruce schoenfeld in iowa -- >> veterans. >> veterans. and sonny perdue. let's talk about the polling. speaker gingrich had a challenge to begin with. he has high name recognition. every republican knows who he is. but he was running about 8%. we put the graphic up there for you. rudy giuliani who's not even running still thinking about it but not even running, governor romney, governor palin who again is just thinking about it. a lot of people, a lot of people above speaker gingrich to xwin-w jeff zeleni and there was always the question a would he have the splirngs b could he raise the money because he is unpredictable and combustible. and c would republican voters looking for a new leader want to go back? could he rec

leading the impeachment effort against president clinton he was having an affair with his now wife calista. the house leadership from president obama said he would resign if he were in congressman weiner's shoes and tonight on the evening news the president was urging him out the door >> i wish representative weiner and his lovely wife well. it's obviously been a tough incident for him, but i'm confident that they will refocus and he'll refocus and they will end up to being able to bounce back. >> president obama tonight on abc. so what are the rules? where are the lines, if there are any lines at all? joining us now, dana bash and melanie sloan of citizens for ethics and responsibility in washington. dana, was this resignation unavoidable? i mean, was it just that -- i mean, was there another way he could have handled it that he could have survived? >> reporter: i talked to some of his colleagues as i have over the past several weeks, particularly today, and they say, yes, actually. the way that he handled it was atrocious. i mean, there's really no other way to say it. never mind the cor

he and his wife calista spent too much time, selling his book, promoting documentary films. there's one time they were trying to get him. get gingrich to go down to south carolina for a memorial parade. he wouldn't do it unless a film premiere is set up. that was not set up. so they did not go to south carolina, instead went to the kennedy center to take in the oprah. >> okay p-continue this conversation in the green room and we will be back after a break with all of the politics and economy needed to put americans back to work. our expert economic page is coming up. to put ous back work. that's all coming up. rgy. the world needs more energy. where's it going to come from? ♪ that's why right here, in australia, chevron is building one of the biggest natural gas projects in the world. enough power for a city the size of singapore for 50 years. what's it going to do to the planet? natural gas is the cleanest conventional fuel there is. we've got to be smart about this. it's a smart way to go. ♪ it's a smart way to go. 66% of new products have some kind of intelligence built i

there are reports that he and his wife, calista, were on a cruise overseas. >> carol? >> you can call me whatever you want. i got your name wrong. you got mine wrong. we are back on track. >>> there has also been some trash talk coming from the bachman camp to palin. a little cat fight going on. >> reporter: we reported that if bachmann does decide to run for president, we expect she will, he will steer her campaign. this is what he said about sarah palin. on a radio show, she has not been serious over the several years. she had the vice presidential thing handed to her. she didn't go to work in the sense of trying to gain more substance. she gave up her governorship. that's some smack talk from ed rollins, gop strategist. he was the guy that steered ronald reagan's re-election in '84. stay tuned on that one. >> paul, thanks so much. >>> a reminder for all the political news, you can go, of course, to our website, 24/7, cnn politics.com. >>> we told you this morning that president obama is going to be holding this video conference with his afghan counterpart, hamid kar

also some talk that calista gingrich was not enthusiastic about him spending that much time on the campaignd briefly saying, he was committed to this campaign, that he would be at our debate. that he would also be at a debate this sunday night. and i lenned he'll be at an event for the republican candidates in new orleans and gingrich this morning telling reporters also he remains committed. this may also open the door to rick perry. the governor of texas is thinking, thinking about running for the white house. two of the top people who resigned from gingrich's staff yesterday, are two people who advised perry, in his successful re-election run last year. stay tuned and keep a close eye on rick perry as well. >> you're keeping a close eye on mitt romney too. >> big news about romney in iowa. he announced he will not be partaking in the straw poll. he was there four years ago. he won that one. put a lot of money and effort into it. mike huckabee came in second. we know what happened after that. romney did not win the iowa caucuses. did not win new hampshire. seems this time around for the fo

this revelation comes, as you know, kyra, after a month ago, it was revealed that he and his wife calistaad a first line of credit at tiffany's worth $225,000. the adviser to newt gingrich who confirmed this to cnn did say the former speaker of the house has paid this second line of credit in full, that he doesn't have a debt to tiffany's at this point but this is going to renew the calls his name should be newt blingrich, not newt gingrich. your next political update in an hour. always get all of the political news 24/7 at cnn/politics.com. >>> coming up, a developing story out of yemen. dozen of of al qaeda militants on the loose and there is conflicting reports on exactly how they escaped from prison. >>> first lady michelle obama drawing cheers in south africa challenging young women to make a difference in people's lives. you love the aroma of beef tenderloin, don't you? you inspired a very special dog food. [ female announcer ] chef michael's canine creations. chef inspired. dog desired. [ female announcer ] wake up to sweetness with honey nut cheerios cereal. kissed with real honey

. >> you know some of his former aides are blaming his third wife, calista, for these problems.that's fair? >> for any candidate, man or woman, the candidate is responsible for their campaign. not the husband or wife. and that's a side issue and i don't like seeing that kind of comment about any politician. >> as somebody who's been involved in seven presidential campaigns, this has nothing to do with republican or democrat, you need a candidate who is disciplined. what i'm learning now is perhaps he's not as disciplined as we once thought he was. tony, the fact is, he has to raise a bucket load of money. >> have to raise a bucket load of money, particularly if you're running the convention -- which may still be the right one. i'm not arguing the conventional method is necessarily wrong. i'm saying if you go the digital route, and then the conventional raising a bucket full of money isn't quite as necessary. we'll find out. >> you have to get the delegates in order to win the nomination. >> i understand. >>> let's talk about another politician in trouble for different reasons. a

you think about it, maybe 16, 20 of his staffers quit a couple of years ago after he and his wife calistaediterranean to the greek isles and turkey at a time when everyone thought he should be raising money going to iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, florida and trying to get engaged shortly after he announced he was running for the republican presidential nomination. shortly after he came back from that eastern mediterranean cruise they quit and now today we're learning his two top fund raisers have quit as well. his campaign fund raiser and a top campaign consultant. the newt gingrich campaign and press secretary issued a statement saying newt 2012 continues its reorganization to achieve a grassroots-driven, substantive solutions campaign. we wish the members of the finance team who decided to leave the best. the campaign continues forward as committed as ever, but only yesterday in announcing his schedule for the week, you're in atlanta. >> right. >> where he's spending most of his time in georgia and a little bit of time in washington, d.c., area. missing in action and in any activi

this comes right after he and his wife calista returned from a vacation, shall we call it curiously timedthe radio, he made it sound like this breakup with all the staffers was more philosophical than anything else. take a listen. >> well, it's just a falsehood. >> short and sweet. >> i think we got the short version there. i don't know what that was. anyway -- >> paraphrase, my friend. paraphrase. >> bottom line is, he's taken the high road, essentially. he says, look, i wanted to go because my guys, my consultants or whatever were telling me i needed to do attack ads, and the only person i wanted to attack was president obama. so newt gingrich taking the high road. who knew? >> okay. >>> story number two. we have a little bit of a golf summit. why does everything have to be a summit? we'll finally be seeing speaker boehner and president obama -- >> yeah. >> taking to the -- >> that's not all. for true political junkies, there can't really be any more important golf match than this one. president obama, vice president biden, house speaker john boehner, and ohio governor john kasik. how d

a gingrich spokesman says that he was on a planned vacation with his wife calista.d him and his wife as passengers on a ship called the seabourne odyssey. >>> a guy on the qew highway in canada was pulled over for having a blowup doll as his plus one in the lane. there's a cup holder on the top of her head. it's a 100 fine plus the embarrassment of lieding along with a blowup doll that has a cup holder in the top of its head. >> i'm sorry. >> how many traffic can there be on the qew. i'm a canadian. >> i don't know. good try with that one. ahead on "american morning" delta charges -- most airlines, they do charge soldiers for extra bags. in this case, almost three grand. now they're backtracking after a big pr disaster that went viral on youtube. >>> plus two high rollers take one casino to the cleaners. we'll tell you how much they want. ♪ [ instrumental: upbeat ] hey, max. [ announcer ] your dog's one of a kind. and now, you have the power... [ giggling ] to help significantly extend his healthy years. a groundbreaking 14-year study by purina... proves that puppy

this was frustration with calista. he's bruce willis in "the sixth sense." everyone else knows it's over. >> he did get off to a bad start. he had new hampshire but he started over and got the nomination. >> the difference was john mccain fired his staff. john mccain took over, realized, oh, my god, my campaign is bleeding money. these guys are giving me bad advice. this is a case where the staff said, what are you doing? there is no money. you're not doing the basics. they left him. it's a big difference. actually, this is very newt. this is how he does things. undisciplined. >> speaking of bad starts, remember in 2008, rudy giuliani got off to a bad start. he was out before he got traction. there is rumbling that he may want in this time around. does he have the organization and money to get it done? >> he may not. he wants in. there are people around him who were in the second ring of influence in 2008 and they are encouraging him not to do this. most of the key people a lot of people say cowl help him in the 2012 bid are waiting for chris christie. they