killing three soldiers in the country s southern helmand province. cnn s chris lawrence is live from the pentagon. what are your sources telling you about this attack this morning? well, john, they say they are still trying to figure out whether this was actually a true afghan police officer or someone just wearing the uniform. although the taliban is claiming that this was an actual afghan policeman who lured these three soldiers to his residence or to a party and had planned to kill them for some time. u.s. military officials are now confirming that part of the detail. but again, it speaks to a larger issue, which is trust in the fact that if this is a so-called green on blue attack, where afghan troops turn on their american allies, it would be the third time just this week. in fact, in the big picture, there have been more attacks already this year of that kind than all of last year, john. all right, chris lawrence at the pentagon. the story developing at this momen
newt gingrich and rick santorum tied for third and fourth and rick perry moved on to south carolina. the new battleground will start late tonight. first the wig big winner, mitt romney taking on president obama and drew the biggest applause lines from the speech. the president has run out of ideas and now he is running out of excuses. i m going to be joined by somebody who was a candidate himself, tim pawlenty. has he sealed the deal yet? well, that s an understatement, piers, to say good. he won iowa and be many people s accounts and now won new hampshire convincingly, he s the first nonincumbent candidate to win iowa and new hampshire in history so it was a spectacular night for mitt romney and his vision for america, restoring america, rather than barack obama s declinist view of america. i notice in his victory speech again he resisted the temptation to whack his opponents and focused on president obama and on improving america. is that going to be the consistent
newt gingrich and rick santorum are in fourth and rick perry goes to south carolina where the new battleground will start late tonight. we ll talk about mitt romney s lead. first, the big winner new hampshire, mitt romney, he lost no time taking on the man he cease as his biggest challenger. president obama, one of the biggest applause lines from the frontrunner s speech. the president has run out of ideas. now he s running out of excuses. i m going to be joined by somebody who was a candidate himself, tim pawlenty. has he sealed the deal yet? well, that s an understatement, piers, to say good. he won iowa and be many people s accounts and now won new hampshire convincingly, he s the first nonincumbent candidate to win iowa and new hampshire in history so it was a spectacular night for mitt romney and his vision for america, restoring america, rather than barack obama s declinist view of america. i notice in his victory speech again he resisted the temptation to whack