Should be raised, that republicans dont care as much about the poor as democrats and rand paul doesnt stand a chance in the Republican Party. Its a conservative party and will nominate a conservative, not a libertarian. Rick santorum joins us for party talk. Plus we like voting during the president ial years and during the midterms we dont vote. His 43 Approval Rating isnt exactly inspirational. The challenge for democrats. Joe bidens back hand at the Clinton Administration and a blast from the past, Monica Lewinsky at 40 and talking. Our panel takes it on. This is state of the union. Good morning from washington. Im Candy Crowley. First this morning, citizens in Eastern Ukraine are voting on whether to separate from the rest of their country. Russian president Vladimir Putin urged them to delay the vote. Government leaders in kiev and the west called the vote illegitimate and worry it could push the country closer to civil war. Cnn International Correspondent Nick Paton Walsh is in sl
Preparedness to respond to the disease. On wednesday 29yearold Amber Vincent was the second nurse to die from ebola after caring for ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan of the Texas Health Presbyterian hospital in dallas. Zin sent received the diagnosis two days after boarding a plane to return from cleveland, where she was flown last friday to prepare for her wedding, including a visit to the bridal shop. She said vincent was running a slight fever and should not have boarded the plane in cleveland. But when they called before the flight to report her temperature, the the cdc did not advise her against getting on the plane. The cdc director offered a different opinion when she said given her temperature reading and her close contact with duncan, she should not have traveled on a commercial airline. Who were on the Frontier Airlines flight from cleveland to dallas. Although, frieden said there was an extremely low likelihood anyone on the the flight is exposed to ebola. So this new inform
The day president obamas state of the Union Address the speech that sets the agenda for the new year is 12 hours away. It will be his sixth of the presidency and first since he acquired the lame duck label u. Despite that status the president is on something of a roll. Take a look at these numbers from our new wall street journal poll. The president s approval rating, 46 , the highest since the fall of 2013. A big part of that is the economy. 45 say they are satisfied, the best number in over a decade. 49 say the u. S. Is in a state of decline. It may sound like a big number but its the lowest since nbc started asking the question in 1991. Heres what the chief of staff had had to say on today. What the president is saying is the middle class economics we pursued since 2009 have gotten us to where we are. More and more americans are feeling better about the economy. Theres still yet to be done and thats what we want to talk about tonight. And no better person to discuss what all this me
Protesters urged shoppers to boycott black friday in response to the grand jurys decision not to indict a Ferguson Police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed teenager. One of the most popular shopping malls in st. Louis, demonstrators actually lay down on the floor. More rallies were held outside Big Box Stores in st. Louis county. In san francisco, meanwhile, on the west coast a group of about 300 protesters marched through the downtown shopping district breaking windows in union square. Across the bay, about 20 people chained themselves together through the doors of a b. A. R. T. Subway system, one heavily used by shoppers. Meanwhile back in missouri on the streets of ferguson, police made 15 more arrests in front of the Ferguson Police department. Richard lui joins us now from ferguson. Richard, thanks for taking the time this morning. Looks calm behind you. I was on the air the night before thanksgiving and it seemed calm then. Whats the expectation for today and for this w
An inspiring internet sensation. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley this is our western edition. A notorious moscow bank that acts as a front for russian espionage is now part of the investigation into contacts between the Trump Campaign and the russian government. This time it is the president s soninlaw and Senior Adviser Jared Kushner who will be questioned by Senate Investigators about his meeting with the russian veb bank. The bank used to be chaired by russian president Vladimir Putin, and it has funded so many of putins pet projects that it had to be bailed out by the russian government. Already two trump officials, the president S National Security adviser and his former campaign chairman, have been forced to resign over contacts with russia. Major garrett has details on todays revelation involving mr. Trumps soninlaw. Reporter the previously tdisclosed meeting took place during the trump transition, afore Jared Kushner stepped down as head of his real estat