never before have we deployed our garden reservists as we have in oif and oef. the infrastructure in the department was really not set up for geographically dispersed family members. in 2007 we did change some of our programming and how we approach reservists. our active duty folks who sometimes go back home and live with extended family while their loved one is deployed. i want to share some of the resources and our thinking along those lines, how we reach and contact those people. in your dark blue folder, i just kind of listed some of the programs that fall under military community and family policy. we say we cover the cradle to the grave because we start at birth in our early childhood programs and we also have casualty assistance, mortuary affairs and funeral hon irs in our portfolio. we look at all aspects of support during those times. a lot of websites and a lot of information. i think when you're informed about what is available, you can then share it with the right people in your spheres to make sure they are ambassadors to share this information. one

enforcement is attuned to the fact that they should ask a person who they stop, have you served in oaf, oef, because it may be telling. their behave sir based on what they lived through, not that they're trying to be not a good citizen. so i think that's really important. and as brad said, access to health and especially mental health services not only for our service members but also for their families. this has been a tremendous toll on our children in particular. it has been also a toll on spouses, because they're trying to keep the homefront stabilized while their spouse is deployed, and that's challenging. and then i think we also have a -- an emphasis on predatory lending, and not -- financial entities that prey on military families, because they know they have a paycheck coming in every month, and so we're working very closely with the new consumer federal protection board and the office of service members with mrs. petraeus to ensure that our families are safe from predatory lenders and from predatory practices. what i would like to you take away with are two things. one is that our

public policy polling had i am proegs with romney oef gingrich by 8 points 40-32 percent. that story was public saturday before romney's attacks obliterated the speaker's attempts to fight back. the information comes from the brand new rasmussen report romney over gingrich. for the former government 28 percent for the speaker the gap is righting by the hour. buddy, what do you think? is it really opening up to gap minute by minute. >> one week ago evidences fresh up on his south carolina victory. this disappeared by midweek we had romney up by 8 the same trend is heading in that direction. part of it is the financial retorses. he did so el the debates in south kirl line gnaw. >> it is really that a single debate performance could sway their prep. >> i think that's over stating. what we are really seeing is republican voters have one criteria that tops all of the others. that is what is the candidate -- what is the strongest potential candidate against obama. mitt romney through out almost this entire rel election season. as being seen as the most electable. that change for

of clips of the laugh night's debate, there's been a lot of sound bites from these republican rival oefse past couple of weeks that will be used in commercials by democrats, by independent expenditure groups as well as the obama campaign. and right behind me on thursday night, they're going to make their closing arguments to the south carolina voters here. so expect newt gingrich, rick santorum, rick perry all trying to make their mark just two days right behind me. as you said at the top on saturday, that's when the south carolina voters head to the polls and a lot of people think that that could be the end, suzanne. >> all right. mark, thanks very much. good to see you. >>> i have new tapes released showing the captain of the italian ship had abandon it moments affairs hit the rocks. next, we're going to talk to an experienced seaman about what duties a captain has in a time of crisis. [ female announcer ] water was meant to be perfect. crisp, clear, untouched. that's why there's brita, to make the water we drink, taste a little more, perfect. reduce lead and other impurities with the

he is the man under attack and that his chief an antagonist is mitt romney who is taking the gloves oef gingrich wholesale on a list of things that mitt romney says would disqualify newt gingrich from the nomination and the presidency. he says he is erratic, and has ethics problems. romney went and talked to the press about gingrich. >> saying that newt gingrich is a lobbyist is just a matter-of-fact. he indicates that he doesn't fall within the narrow definition of lobbyist that he might have in mind but if you're working for a company getting paid for a company through one of your many entities and you're speaking with congressmen in a way that would help that company, that's lobbying. if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it is a duck. >> reporter: very tough stuff from mitt romney who in five consecutive appearance necessa appearances in florida has attacked him as speak e of the house. he said gingrich was forced to resign in disgrace. reminding folks that 88% of house republicans voted to reprimand speaker gingrich back in the 90s. a very, very aggressive attack clearly s