gingrich in june, and he came in 4th in new hampshire and now with the win, onto florida, the primary there, january 31, in nine days and he has 20 points to make up against mitt romney. last night, he told his supporters, now is the time for optimism for our country. we want to run not a republican campaign, we want to run an american campaign. [cheers and applause]. because we are optimists about the future, because america has always been optimistic about the future. and, we believe, as our new sign, which got made today points out, if we unleash the american people, we can rebuild the america that we love. [cheers and applause]. eric: breaking news this morning on the political front, mike emanuel live in columbia, south carolina. with that. mike, it has to do with mitt romney? making an announcement? reporter: that s right, eric. over the past week or so, particularly, mitt romney has been dogged by the question of why we went he release tax returns and he said h
remained connected to a ventilator until his family communicated to the hospital his wishes not to be kept alive through extreme artificial means. his family released a statement earlier today saying he died as he lived. he fought hard until the end. he stayed positive and thought only of others and constantly reminded everyone of how blessed his life had been. his ambitions were far reaching, but he never believed he had to leave this happy valley to achieve them. he was a mandy voted to his family, his university, his players and his community. paterno leaves behind a sports legacy that will be nearly impossible to match. the most successful football coach, college football coach in history with 409 wins and two national championships while honing the lions. but his success is scared by a child sex scandal involving sandusky in which joe paterno was accused of not doing enough to stop the assault. it lead to him eventually being fired by the board of trustees after announci
see you. dave: great to see you. what a morning, what a might, i m eric sean, and, his candace was considered politically dead, twice, the staff quit on newt gingrich in june, and he came in 4th in new hampshire and now with the win, onto florida, the primary there, january 31, in nine days and he has 20 points to make up against mitt romney. last night, he told his supporters, now is the time for optimism for our country. we want to run not a republican campaign, we want to run an american campaign. [cheers and applause]. because we are optimists about the future, because america has always been optimistic about the future. and, we believe, as our new sign, which got made today points out, if we unleash the american people, we can rebuild the america that we love. [cheers and applause]. eric: breaking news this morning on the political front, mike emanuel live in columbia, south carolina. with that. mike, it has to do with mitt romney? making an announcement? repor
children and 17 grandchildren. paterno died at state colleges medical centers where he underwent treatment and remained connected to a ventilator until his family communicated to the hospital his wishes not to be kept alive through extreme artificial means. his family released a statement earlier today saying he died as he lived. he fought hard until the end. he stayed positive and thought only of others and constantly reminded everyone of how blessed his life had been. his ambitions were far reaching, but he never believed he had to leave this happy valley to achieve them. he was a mandy voted to his family, his university, his players and his community. paterno leaves behind a sports legacy that will be nearly impossible to match. the most successful football coach, college football coach in history with 409 wins and two national championships while honing the lions. but his success is scared by a child sex scandal involving sandusky in which joe paterno was accused of not
good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a sunday, i m lester holt. and i m jenna wolf. and what a difference a week makes in the world of politics. we were in such a different place a week ago. looked like romney could run the table. now you look back and we ve had three winners of the first three contests. we re going to be in this for awhile. newt gingrich pulled out a big win in south carolina. now rewriting his political playbook. just a couple weeks ago mitt romney was expected to wrap up the nomination with a victory in south carolina. now the race seems wide open. we re going to get reaction to saturday s primary and look at what s next for the gop candidates as things get very, very interesting. then, as mentioned we re going to head to pennsylvania to get the latest on former penn state head coach joe paterno. the 85-year-old is said to be in serious condition after experiencing health complications while battling lung cancer. paterno s family says he s i