the land, now rejecting a challenge to a california law that allows illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition for college. as you may know, state college costs less for people who actually live in that state, and now, illegal students can get that same perk, for example, at the university of california, in-state students pay just over $11,000 a year, meanwhile, out of state students pay $34,000 a year. california congressman brian bilbray is chairman of the house immigration reform caucus and joins us now. hello congressman. what do you make of the supreme court decision that basically what their rationale was, in siding with these noncitizen students, was that the law is based on graduating from a california high school, not on citizenship? it s rated on spending three years getting a free education in california and graduating, and even if it means those three years you
public and to his wife: i haven t told the truth. and i ve done things i deeply regret. i brought pain to people i care about the most, and the people who believed in me. and for that, i m deeply sorry. and i apologize to my wife, and our family. as well as to our friends and supporters. i m deeply ashamed of my terrible judgment. bill: it was a remarkable statement from yesterday. so when ris days numbered? doug mckelway, what happens now? reporter: all it takes for a formal investigation to commence in the ethics committee is a referral from a member and we have that from minority leader nancy pelosi saying i am deeply ice a disappointed and saddened for anthony s wife, his staff and his constituents. what happens in this procedure is secret, deliberate and methodical. the commitly will take time and we won t know much of what s happening but a subcommittee investigation will be impaneled, that panel will issue a report and if it recommends punishment the entire house
ask yourself why, why, why would you believe a word she told you on the stand? whoa, kelly williams boler just out of jail after serving nine days of a ten-day sentence. the case has set off a national debate. on the phone with us is brian pow, superintendent of the school district where she improperly sent her daughters. thank you for joining us, mr. powe. good afternoon. thousands of people have been giving very public support to this mother who only wanted to send her kids to the very best schools. now she s a felon, she spent time in jail. do you regret that this came to this? we never wanted to see this come to this level. since 2005 weave had 48 residency cases. we re able to effectively resolve 47 of those 48 cases. why did it come to this? you re able to when we hold a residency seas, you re
clearly republicans and democrats, both sides of the aisle involved in this yelling match which did not end. they would change the way the state government would operate. democrats wanted to continue debating an amendment. republicans did not. eventually the democrats stormed out of the room. the bill now heads to the full house. we ll keep you posted. these california congressmen, though, had no problem crossing the aisle. democrat bob filner planted a big one on republican brian bilbray. isn t that sweet? the two were being interviewed by a san diego tv station from d.c. they were asked about the president s state of the union address and bipartisanship. and their answer? hugs and a big kiss. a tea party lawmaker may be considering a white house run. paul steinhauser, live from the political desk in washington. so what s this about, paul? carol, before i get to that, i just saw that beautiful story, the congressmen kissing. i promise i will not be kissing steve, our coverage
2008 financial meltdown is out with its final report today. the commission says the crisis could have been avoided had the government been on the ball. the report faults the actions taken by just about every major government figure involved in the crisis in both the bush and obama administrations. slammed and slammed again. much of the mid-atlantic and northeast are reeling from another big snowstorm. and philadelphia, a new one-day record, more than 14 inches. just over a foot fell yesterday in central park. toppling the record set in 1871. in newark, new jersey, 11 inches. and some areas have gotten more snow today. as the storm moved through washington, it dumped about an inch of snow an hour. just the right amount for a snowball fight. and to give you a great big headache. we ve got live coverage all across the region. reynolds wolf in washington and rob marciano is tracking the storm for us in the cnn weather center. so reynolds, let s start with you in boston. repor