original race in 2010 and his victory speech put a national spin on the local win. tonight, tonight we tell wisconsin, we tell our country, and we tell people all across the globe that voters really do want leaders who stand up and make the tough decisions. cnn s ted rowlands for us this morning is in madison. good morning to you, ted. reporter: good morning, soledad. you see the video of that woman slapping tom barrett, and a lot of talk about that, obviously, this morning. we don t know who that woman is and we ve been trying to find out who she is, and whether or not she was questioned by police or anything, if this was something that did raise the eyebrows of people at the event. barrett did comment to a local reporter about it saying he was shocked about it, claims the woman asked him just before she slapped him, may i slap you in the face for conceding too early, and he said well i d rather get a hug from you so he says he leaned in and she slapped him anyway, so
get a lot because the data is protected but the loss of certain types of things such as how we coat it and the altitudes we bring, that kind of information, it is unfortunate. we will lose out on some of the invest president. shepard: and is one piece of news and the other the computer attack on their oil industry . there is a cyber war going on it appears. guest: there is. obviously this is just, we will keep seeing this ratcheting of tensions between the united states and israel on one side and the rest of the western powers. and iran as they try to pursue their nuclear program. so that is actually why it was over there, it was in western afghanistan, not an area relevant for taliban and the long term future of afghanistan but we were flying out of there to keep an eye on iran so there will be a lot more of these interactions where they attempt to use any weapon they can
newt gingrich takes south carolina. we proved here in south carolina that people power with the right ideas beats big money, and with your help, we re going to prove it again in florida. the former house speaker says he may not have the money, but he can take on mitt romney. we ll take you live to south carolina for the post-primary analysis. despite false reports swirling on social media, former penn state coach joe paterno is alive, but in serious condition. students lit candles in his support. we will take you live to penn state. and search and rescue teams continue working on the italian cruise ship this morning. they stopped briefly overnight for safety issues. we ve got the latest in the investigation. plus, new audiotape from the ship s captain. hello, and good morning to everybody. we start with the runaway victory for newt gingrich. in the south carolina republican primary. look at the numbers. it was a double digit win for the former house speaker. easily be
university sports program. a coach is faced on leave and we will hear from a friend of the accuser. it s called 821. you probably haven t heard about it. a united nations development program has become a code word for conservatives and newt gingrich is taking full advantage. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. first, herman cain. he certainly has become the first of the 2012 republican presidential candidates to get protection from the secret service. there are some questions about the timing and reasons why. herman cain himself is due to meet with reporters live this hour. we will hear the q&a. we will go to joe johns looking into this story. what do we know? reporter: cain is the first to get this protection but not going to be the last. we all know that. frankly it is to be expected, doing well in the polls and qualifies as a major candidate. when and why certain presidential candidates get secret service protection may seem like a big mystery. it s n
get on a plane or even successfully get on a plane and having not bought a ticket. when you give us all these details, a lot of folks are probably thinking what is the tsa doing, what are they saying to explain this? reporter: well, they are saying that number one, he of course acknowledged the obvious fact that they missed the mismatch here, but that he did go through the regular screening so that he did go through the physical screening both times, both when he got on the plane from new york to los angeles and again when he got down the concourse in lax to try to board the plane to atlanta, when delta stopped him. pete williams, thank you so much. watching that story for us. appreciate it. a computer attack has shut down a website used by al qaeda to distribute its messages on the internet. experts are saying it could be several more days before it s back up and running. counterterrorism analysts here say it s unclear who carried out the highly sophisticated attack. a similar