fired? in my view, it absolutely does. as a lawyer, i m wrestling with why. i know he wasn t involved yesterday. but i m still wrestling as to why he hasn t been fired. my hunch is, it may have to do with his status as a whistle blower. my hunch is that it may have to do with the fact that he was deemed very credible by the grand jury and that penn state now doesn t want to see itself as having fired someone who will become a critical prosecution witness. unless there s more to the story as relates to mcqueary, he should not be employed by penn state. it is interesting, though. as he stays on the sidelines, people will not be able to help but think about everything that s gone on when they look at him. he s indelibly intertwined here no doubt. al ebbs, you know, there s so many different aspects of this that are remarkable. among them, we keep wondering, what happened back in 1998? why was there a report made to the d.a. and you know he s the fellow who later disappeared.
about, you know, a lot of national scrutiny that has come on the campus. they re ready to move on. it s a hell of a great school, northwestern. i know they don t want this to straint the university overall. patrick, thank you very much. we re looking inside the polls and what the wall street journal found out about the race for politics 2012. mark murray, good morning. good morning, al ebbs. i know you guys are on the edge here. you re looking ahead to the next presidential cycle here. let s see where the potential republican candidates stand. you have mike huckabee coming in at 25%. mitt romney close behind with 21%. bit of a space down to newt gingerich at 13% and sarah palin down to 12%. it s a tale of two republican parties. our scale broke down tea party supporting republicans. among that group, mike huckabee is the overwhelming favorite. but among nontea party supporters, it s mitt romney in the big lead. in a way, that type of split is
they did publish today in the paper was she talked about want to go move forward economically and her concerns about the fact that maybe america was falling behind, that not enough young people were graduating from college. and here you have a 22-year-old college dropout who was rejected by army. it is an incredible tragedy. absolutely. many thanks. we are waiting for doctors to update us on the congresswoman giffords and the other victims fighting for their lives right now. kristin welker is joining us live with that side of the story. good morning. good morning to you, al ebbs. we are just being told that congresswoman giffords underwent a two-hour surgery yesterday. she was still listed in critical condition. that is according to the spokesperson here at the hospital. she s apparently been unconscious ever since this shooting occurred. she was one of ten victims here recovering at the university medical center. this center, the same place
months. the trend of online television is making its clear. that s where julia boorstin joins us from. hey, al ebbs, new gadgets and new service webs a lot of which should give you more way toes conserve entertainment on the go and in your home. cab lets are a huge topic here. even rim, they re introducing new devices, a lot like the ipad to try to compete with apple. ipad is the dominant player in this space. 3d, another hot topic here. 3d televisions are everywhere. this year, they re less expensive and they re a lot more accessible. now, one thing with 3d this year is it s becoming certainly. sony is introducing 3d cam recorders and cameras to allow you to take photos of videos of your family and watch them at home on your television set. media is a huge force here. the media giants are here.