good evening. outfront tonight, we have some breaking news. new details are are just coming out about the u.s. army staff sergeant accused of killing 16 afghan civilian, including nine children. this is that house to house rampage that happened yesterday. here is the latest. we have learned that the staff sergeant is in his 30s and was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury after a vehicle roll over accident in 2010 in iraq. he was treated for that and then found fit for duty. he has served several tours in iraq. this was his first deployment to afghanistan. now, we also know he s a qualified infantry niper, which means he s trained to hit to kill at 800 meters. they say all evidence indicates he acted alone. he remains in nato custody and we have new details about how the u.s. military learned about the incident and what happened as soon as they found out. let s get to chris lawrence at the pentagon. what more can you tell us? one of the biggest tipoffs is when the the
government tanks and troops. we are going to show you more of that very dramatic video. presidential candidate mitt romney addressing an empty stadium. more to the picture than meets the eye. we are going to explain. ever want to hand pick the person sitting next to you on a flight? good news. there s an app for that. from cnns world headquarters bringing you news and analysis from across the nation and around the globe. live from studio 7, this is cnn saturday morning. good morning, everyone. we start with a developing story out of south africa. former president, nelson mandela has been hospitalized with an abdominal complaint. his health declined in recent years and p has been living quietly with few appearances. what are you hearing? what s going on there? well, deb, as you can imagine, the african nation and many people who love and adore nelson mandela are holding their breath. he was admitted into the hospital. they are telling us it was because of a long st
i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with a stunning turnd around in south carolina where mitt romney has nearly downed his support in the past month to take a solid lead. in our latest cnn orc poll, 37% of likely voters are now backing romney in south carolina. santorum and gingrich are battling for second and 18% respectly. but santorum is soaring. while gingrich has dropped 25 points. paul has jumped up to 12%. perry has slipped to only 5% in south carolina. jon huntsman stands at 1%. with a look at what s behind romney s south carolina surge, let s go to joe johns. wolf, taking a detour from new hampshire, mitt romney decided to go somewhere he thought he could use some help, hoping a little extra attention to the palmetto state would pay off. looking stronger than expected in south carolina, mitt romney wrapped up his brief swing with a rally in conway. it s a state where the candidate came in fourth in the last presidential primary, but this ti