in custody in the maximum security prison at fort leavenworth, kansas. we re learning things more about sergeant bales, his family and career. john yang is there with the very latest. good day, what it is the latest? reporter: hello, alex, bales is making his first day on u.s. soil since he was deployed in afghanistan in december, but he is not back in his own house in washington state. he is in fort leavenworth in solitary confinement. staff sergeant robert bales seen here training at a military facility in california is housed in a pre-trial detention facility. he s awaiting formal charges in connection with the shooting rampage that left 16 afghan civilians dead including women and children. he s the married father of two young children of his own who have all been moved on to a military base in washington state for their own protection. they re suffering a lot. they re confused a lot. more than anything, everybody is very concerned. they re scratching their heads more
s. a turning point in the race for the white house. the obama campaign is now going directly on the attack against the republican presidential candidates. they are naming names, and fighting back after months of largely turning the other cheek. but it s not the president taking on his gov challengers. that task is now falling to the vice president joe biden. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is joining us now. jessica, this is clearly a new phase in the obama reelection campaign. it is, wolf. after months of saying they re just watching the republicans duke it out on the trail, now team obama is officially in campaign mode. remember president obama said this? all of them determine who their standard bearer is going to be. until the republicans have a nominee, we don t have a campaign. reporter: when he hits the stump, he never names the gop candidates. a lot of folks who are, you know, running for a certain offi office, who shall go unnamed repo
a scary moment as the defense secretary leon panetta arrived to afghanistan. an afghan vehicle drove onto the runway area of a military base and set it afire. just as panetta s plane was landing. another major security breach but pentagon officials say no explosives were found in the vehicle and secretary panetta went on with his schedule, which includes a face-to-face promise to the afghan president hamid karzai for a thorough investigation of the shooting rampage blamed for the deaths of 16 afghan civilians this week. military officials confirm the suspected gunman, an army staff sergeant, was flown out of afghanistan tonight heading for another detention facility in kuwait, and that afghan officials were alerted to this transfer beforehand. this and other tensions have brought calls for a quicker withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan. but at the white house today after talks with the british prime minister david cameron, president obama insisted progress is being
rick santorum has been declared the winner the mississippi republican primary in terms of the vote in mississippi. this is important to say. this is, most of all, a bad night for newt gingrich. let s be honest. its within a great night for risks but mostly, a bad night for newt gingrich. i want you to hear from rick santorum addressing his supporters in lafayette, louisiana, a short time ago. we did it again! i just want to say first to the people of alabama, you made a great difference tonight, thank you very, very much for your support. we ll compete everywhere. the time is now for conservatives to pull together. the time is now to make sure, to make sure that we have the best chance to win this election and the best chance to win this election is to nominate conservative to go up against barack obama and take him on every issue. now as good a night as this was for rick santorum, it has been that bad a night for newt gingrich. newt gingrich, essentially staked his ent
mississippi, rick santorum has been declared the winner tonight in the mississippi republican primary as well in terms of a vote that s in mississippi, 99% of the mississippi vote in. rick santorum projected to win with 33% of the vote. this has most of all, i think this is important to say, because i don t think it s the way it s being headlined right now, but this is most of all a bad night for newt gingrich. let s be honest. it has been a great night for rick santorum, but it s mostly been a bad night for newt gingrich. and as a courtesy to the winner tonight, i want you to hear first tonight from rick santorum, because he did win, addressing his supporters in lafayette, louisiana. this us just a short time ago. we did it again. i just want to say, first, to the people of alabama, you made a great difference tonight. thank you very, very much for your support. we will compete everywhere. the time is now for conservatives to pull together. the time is now to make sure, to