[Kyra Phillips, Cnn Anchor:] And it's 10 a.m. on the East Coast, 7:00 a.m. out West. I'm Kyra Phillips, thanks for joining us. It's a new day and new beginning for Newt Gingrich. A mass resignation takes place in his senior campaign staff. Today, he faces questions about what went wrong. In Arizona, firefighters finally gaining ground on the massive wildfires. It contained 5 percent of the worse blaze and hoped to make even more progress with weaker winds today. Bean sprouts grown in Germany now confirmed is the cause of the worst E. Coli outbreak in European history. At least 23 people died, more than 2,300 sickened. Newt Gingrich, he's looking for a new presidential campaign staff this morning. Just about his entire senior staff is leaving. Still, Gingrich says he'll soldier on. Our Paul Steinhauser live in Manchester, New Hampshire. So Paul, big shakeup. What's the deal?
[Paul Steinhauser, Cnn Deputy Political Director:] You know, Kyra, I think of the seven people on the stage Monday night at our debate right here in Manchester, New Hampshire. Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, he may be the one with the most to prove. I mean, this was a very big deal yesterday, as you said, nearly all his top staff. His advisers, his officials of his campaign jumped ship. They said they had differences with the former House speaker over how committed he was to the campaign. Over how he was fund raising and probably over some policy issues maybe as well. Also some talk that maybe Newt's wife, Calista Gingrich was not too enthusiastic about Newt Gingrich spending that much time on the campaign trail. Gingrich has responded very quickly. Yesterday, he put on his Facebook page that he was committed to this campaign. That he would be at our debate. That he would also be at an event this Sunday night in Los Angeles to give a speech. And I learned that he will also be next week, next Thursday at an event for the Republican candidates in New Orleans and Gingrich this morning telling reporters also that he remains committed. Now Kyra, this may also open the door to Rick Perry. The governor of Texas is thinking, thinking about running for the White House. Two of the top people who resigned from Gingrich's staff yesterday, are two people who advised Perry, in his successful re- election run last year. So stay tuned and keep a close eye on Rick Perry as well. Kyra
[Phillips:] You're keeping a close eye on Mitt Romney too. He's in Iowa today.
[Steinhauser:] Yes, and big news about Romney in Iowa. He announced he will not be partaking in the Aims' straw poll. That's a big event out there in Iowa. It's a major straw poll. He was there four years ago. He won that one. He put a lot of money and effort into it, but Mike Huckabee came in second and kind of grabbed all the spotlight. We know what happened after that. Romney did not win the Iowa caucuses. He did not win in New Hampshire and South Carolina. It seems this time around for the former Massachusetts governor, as he makes his second dip for the Republican presidential nomination. He's not going to concentrate as much in Iowa, maybe more right here in New Hampshire. Kyra
[Phillips:] All right, Paul Steinhauser, thanks. Join us as Republican hopefuls face off the debate the big issues, the New Hampshire Republican presidential debate, Monday night 8:00 Eastern only on CNN. President Obama's defense secretary slamming NATO for its mission there, war planes repeatedly bombing Moammar Gadhafi's Tripoli compound reducing it to rubble, but the dictator still reigns. Secretary Gates, not impressed. Earlier this morning, here's what he said, quote, "The mightiest military alliance in history is only 11 weeks into an operation against a poorly armed regime in a sparsely populated country yet many allies are beginning to run short of munitions, requiring the U.S., once more, to make up the difference." Nic Robertson has been following this war closely. So Nic, what's the deal? Is NATO not striking hard enough?
[Nic Robertson, Cnn Senior International Correspondent:] Or it's not getting the right targets, Kyra. I mean, Germany said, if you want to overthrow Gadhafi, you need to kill him or force him from power, which mean focusing pretty much all your efforts towards him. Because it doesn't matter how much you beat his army to protect the civilians in the country as U.N. resolutions calls for, Gadhafi is quite happy to see his army hit and to stay in power himself. So everything has to be about Gadhafi. We've seen NATO step up from not aircraft, jet aircraft, bombing, drones added into that mix, UAVs, unmanned aerial vehicles, now helicopters, attack helicopters are patches flown by the British- French attack helicopters so the effort has stepped up. But 11 weeks into this, Gadhafi doesn't seem to be any further moved at this stage to leaving. So there is a frustration. There's a growing feeling amongst the international community that Gadhafi's days are numbered. But nobody is willing to put a time on it. So I think what we're hearing here is a level of frustration that the job isn't done, despite all of this effort, expensive effort, nobody quite knows when the tipping point is going to come, Kyra.
[Phillips:] We're waiting. Nic Robertson live in London. Nic, thanks. New demonstrations and violence in Syria, the Arab country that's been embroiled in anti-government protests. The tension there is building and thousands of residents fleeing to the border with Turkey. They are afraid that a government crackdown will lead to slaughter of civilians and those concerns rippling across the world now. CNN's Max Foster in London with our international headlines. Facts.
[Max Foster, Cnn International Correspondent:] Yes, this is really difficult because foreign journalists are banned from the country so we're having to rely on Syrian state TV. But very clearly today, Syrian TV talking is about operations to restore security in Jshr al- Shagur. Read into that what you will. The Turkish certainly very worried about the situation. The prime minister, is has been pretty reluctant in the past to criticize Syria. This is what he told the news agency, he said that the Assad regime was committing atrocities against antigovernment demonstrators. The Irish independent talking about this today, saying the west fails to impress in wanting real change from Syria. Saying that while the U.S. and its allies want to raise pressure on Syria to end its violent crackdown, there are a few signs the west let alone the Arab world is ready for robust action that might make a difference. They're not getting involved basically. Gulf News talks about divisions over al-Assad's future, talking about the leader of the country, focusing on the president. Despite the most repeated cliche in every Arab country facing protest, Syria saying this case is different because all parties do not leave al- Assad is weak enough to be overthrown yet. So you were talking there to Nic about Libya, a lot of anti- Gadhafi feeling there. You don't have the same sort of anti-Assad feeling in Syria. So it's a different situation, one very delicate for the west to deal with.
[Phillips:] Max, thanks. Still ahead, Americans in battle, civilians at risk and a horrible mistake now under the microscope.
[Kaj Larsen, Cnn Correspondent:] So, if they did everything by the book, is there something wrong with the book? BRIG. GENERAL MARK KIMMITT, U.S. ARMY
[Phillips:] Haunting questions brought to life by whistle-blowing web site, Wikileaks. We'll take a look one tragic incident and the bigger issues that are demanding answers. Also ahead in just a few minutes, a rocket set to blast off carrying a satellite into space to observe the salty seas. Rob Marciano is going to tell us why this is so cool and so important.