now? so let s be real clear about one thing, there is no actual crisis here. this is entirely a crisis of their making if it occurs. president joe biden continues to call out house republicans over the debt ceiling, delivering, what sure sounded like a 2024 stump speech. meanwhile on capitol hill republican senators air their grievances with the attorney general. and also ahead, a major move on the price of insulin that will bring much needed relief for millions of americans. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, march 2nd. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin on capitol hill where attorney general merrick garland faced a barrage of attacks from republican lawmakers yesterday during a senate judiciary committee hearing. as is customary for an attorney general to do, garland appeared before the new congress to answer questions about a wide range of topics. but the a.g. spent a large portion of the four-hour hearing de
headlines of late but posted strong guidance after the bell. that s right. expectations were pretty low for salesforce. part of the reason we ve seen a double digit bounce in the share price after releasing better than expected results after the close yesterday. the ceo of salesforce essentially said they re focusing, laser focussed on cost. he hopes the company could become the most profitable software company in the world, quite a claim. and the pressure is on. a number of activist investors have taken an interest in salesforce and put a lot of pressure on them to improve profitability. salesforce announced back in january major cost cutting initiatives in. and salesforce offered this sweetener, they re expanding their share buy back program to $20 billion. and as you said the earnings continue today. we re going to get a fresh look at the retail sector with costco, nordstrom all on deck. yesterday was a tough one for elon musk. twitter was down for a while
a man rushes to the rescue of a man still inside that vehicle, pulling her out of the burning rv. the hero and victim were treated for smoke inhalation. both are now out of the hospital. there could have been such a loss of life there. that s incredible when you see this video. ball of fire. good man. what a hero. cnn s first post-debate poll is out. everyone has been waiting to see the numbers. because trump s lead has slipped but carly fiorina and marco rub rubio s have soared. let s listen to marco rubio downplay his double digit bounce. i m not sure the mid-september winners are where you want to be obviously. you want to do well. they re relevant because they re deciding who gets on the stage but they re not going to decide this election. all right. here to break down the shake-up in the gop race and so much more are cnn political commentator tara setmire and ben ferguson. great to have you here. thank you.
meeting that was on the record they told us to be worth a double digit bounce in the polls for mitt romney. that is not uncommon for the announcement but in this very tight race, where the margin between mitt romney and barack obama has seldom gotten more than six points all year, the idea running mate and convention could boost romney by 11 points speaks to the confidence of the romney campaign and staffers their pick will be an exciting one that will energize the nation and signal to moderates that the republican nominee and running mate are serious about tackling big challenges. as if the campaign has been criticized for name calling and nasty attacks but brings paul ryan on to the ticket and potential of signaling for, to