Coming up the governments challenged over its plans to delay its proposals to clean up our air. Should children be able to take their books into their English Literature exams . And with Parliament Due to come to an end this week, so mps can hit the campaign trail, a Lords Minister is gearing up for a busy time. When all the mps disappear to try and get re elected, it is the Lords Minister who does all the work. The Environment Secretary says the government will publish draft plans to tackle Air Pollution on 30th june, with a final plan in mid september. The courts had given ministers until 4pm on monday to set out measures to combat illegal levels of Nitrogen Dioxide pollution. On friday the department for environment, food and Rural Affairs lodged an application with the high court to postpone publication of its draft clean air plan until after the election. It argued the move was necessary to comply with election purdah rules limiting Government Announcements with political implicat
mitt romney is picking up a significant endorsement in south carolina today. one that could help boost his standing with tea party republicans who continue to question his conservative credentials. romney now has the backing of governor nikki hailey, who herself was propelled into office with tea party support. can she convince those same tea party voters to back mitt romney? joe johns is joining us now. this is a huge day for mitt romney. tell us what we know. mitt romney continued to get a bunch of big endorsements. this goes up on the top shelf. republicans of south carolina have been telling the romney organization to make more of a play for voters in the state and stop acting like there s no way he can win there. the nikki hailey endorsement suggesting the romney camp is responding. the nomination race in the early state of south carolina, the first primary in the south, just got interesting. nikki hailey endorsing mitt romney for president. today is the day i m thro
13,000 gay troops were kicked out after their secrets leaked out and the taxpayers spent more than $100 million replacing them. today don t ask, don t tell is no more. repeal took effect at 12:01 a.m., nine months after signing the measure from the waining days of a lame duck congress. gays can now serve openly in every branch of service and all of those discharged service members can try to reenlist. key word, try. turns out repeal is one thing but reality is much different. more on that in our next segment moments from now. more than 22 years after former army ranger and offduty police officer was shot to death in savannah, georgia, the man convicted of killing him is once again set to die. the georgia board of pardons and paroles rejected the last ditch appeal for clemency. the state relied almost entirely on witness testimony and seven out of nine witnesses who implicated davis have since recanted or changed their stories. amnesty international is one of several group