any other time. he s not going to say anything that anyone has predicted. i guarantee that. pete, that was beautifully succinct. newt gingrich has had say big week. a big bill at tiffany, and the medicare plan. and look at this video. it shows gingrich covered in glitter. man, is this campaign over? is it in trouble? dana? i think newt gingrich say very smart man, that s why i don t think he misspoke sunday morning. i don t get the glitter. i feel bad for his p.r. people. i don t know how he can come back from this, i honestly don t. cornell? i don t know how you spend $500,000 in tiffany s. i ve been in tiffany s. i don t understand how you spend
dealing with the fact he has a half brother nearly his age posted a tweet using his mother s maiden name. he says and his 21-year-old sister wrote newt gingrich is having a really bad week and it s only wednesday. there was that big bill at tiffany s, the ill received criticism of paul ryan s medicare plan and he was also covered in glitter. paul steinhowser joins us, it s been such a bad week for him. some are saying his campaign is already over. just one week ago today that the former house speaker from
albright and lawrence eagleburger. we re following the news in the newsroom. let s check in with stan grant. reporter: yeah, carol, a lot of speculation as how much money pakistan gets from the u.s. every year. billions of dollars, now, this relationship at a new low. some are asking, is the u.s. getting what it pays for. more of that at the top of the hour. reporter: a new chapter in the recovery of the congresswoman gabrielle giffords. i have an exclusive interview with her neurosurgeon, he talks about he s going to close up the gaping hole in her skull. reporter: i m kareen wynter in chicago, the fans, the famous faces, the fantastic performances, oprah winfrey s farewell spectacular. it did not disappoint. i ll have all the details coming up. thanks to all of you, also it s been a tough week for newt gingrich. reports of a big bill at tiffany s and then got attack
kim, who is her neurosurgeon is attached it with plates and screws. it s actually that big? it is actually that big. people have holes in their skull that big before they get it put back on. oh, my gosh. so is this a serious procedure? i mean, it seems like it would be? you know, it s interesting. i think it s kind of a meat and potatoes procedure for neurosurgeons. he do this all the time so it s not a particularly risky operation. i ask that because her husband is in space maybe he would want to be there. right. and it s important to say that we don t know when this surgeon is going to happen. but it is the next step. and it s the next step so she can get out of there. also so she doesn t have to wear this. this is a helmet that people wear when they have a hole in their head from the craniotomy. so her, anybody else when they have a hole in the head, if they want to get up, walk around, physical therapy, they have to wear this. so while she was watching the
strict and almost orthodox. just to follow up about that, tiffany s bill. anything new about that? yeah. this is how he responded last night. he said on fox news, i don t want to play the games in washington and i m not going to participate saying the washington post asked me to respond, he said no. and do you want more? check this out. let s go to the videotape as i would say. in minneapolis, he was there with his wife. this was a book signing. a gay protester hit gingrich and his wife with confetti. a liberal blog posted the video. the guy was rushed out of the room and gingrich said, nice to live in a free country, so it just doesn t end. interesting week. stay tuned. we will. we ll have your next political update in one hour and for all the latest political news, go to our website. he wrote an open letter to