moment of bipartisanship turning one of the most divisive confirmation battles in history. we did have a motion. this was all a gentleman s and woman s agreement. gentleman and woman s agreement. reporter: now, jeff flake did not say those protesters ultimately changed his decision today. but he said he had sleepless night last night and couldn t pinpoint one reason why he ultimately had this change of heart late. a big question going forward, how will key senators respond if the fbi does not complete its investigation within a week. jeff flake said all i can tell you is we re prepared to move forward within a week. they should get it done by that time. lisa murkowski, i asked her that same question, wolf. she would not say. she said we ll just deal with it at that point. and as for judge kavanaugh, he issued a statement just moments ago, wolf, saying he will, in fact, cooperate with the fbi investigation. wolf? all right. dramatic developments indeed. manu raju on capitol hill
presidentialness of romney, you would have the perfect candidate. if only it worked that way, huh? much more on the iowa stakes and the states in play. first the news you need to know. we ll shift to new hampshire. newt gingrich just wrapped up a debate with jon huntsman. it seem the real sparring was between speaker gingrich and mitt romney. romney threw the first punch saying gingrich should return the nearly $2 million in fees paid to him by freddie mac. one of the things that i think people recognize in washington is that people go there to serve the people and then they stay there to serve themselves. do you believe he should give that money back? i sure do. from the form he speaker, this counter punch. if governor romney would like to give back all the money he s earned from bankrupting company and laying off employees, over his years, i would be glad to then listen to him and i ll bet you $10, not $10,000, that he won t take the offer. and responding to c
in 1943 when the exchange first allowed women to work on the trading floor and, of course, we all remember scenes like this they draped a giant flag outside of the new york stock exchange after 9/11. trading shut down for four days as workers cleared out the dust and traders mourned their colleagues. the attack further cementing that exchange as a symbol of our nation. a basketball player, a cellist and a poet walked into the white house today and they walked out with the nation s highest civilian honor. president obama awarded the medal of freidman to 15 people among the recipients the basketball legend bill russell, the poet and author my anglo and the chilly lust ma. the artist gentleman s johns picked up a medal as did angela merkel. one award winner more accustomed to handing out these sorts of things than receiving them. the former president george w.w. bush. bush 41. we celebrate an extraordinary