George h. W. Bush, the former president , resting this morning in houston hospital. He was admitted saturday for shortness of breath and a cough. Hes 92 years old, suffers from a form of parkinsons disease. His office says he is responding well to treatments. Joining me is cnn special correspond jamie gangel with more. What are you learning . Reporter we have very good news. But all accounts, former president bush or, as we like to call him, 41 is doing much, much better. As you mentioned, he was admitted to houston Methodist Hospital on saturday. Im told it was really as a precaution because he was suffering from shortness of breath and a persistent cough which they suspected might be early pneumonia. They have not had a diagnosis yet. As a result, cnn has learned that he was put on antibiotics, and im told he has responded so well that spokesman jim mcrath told me earlier this morning that everyone is so pleased with how hes doing, they hope hes going to be released and going home in
Votes. It is such a slim margin that cnn will not call this race at the moment, but if the margin stands this improbable upset in a deep red district could spell trouble for republicans in the 2018 midterms. Were bracing for more shakeups at the white house. President trump signaling he could be ready to dismiss more senior officials after abruptly firing secretary of state Rex Tillerson. Who else might the president fire this week . Lets begin our coverage with Alex Marquardt live in cannonsburg, pennsylvania. Alex . Reporter good morning, chris. Riveting night of Political Drama in the pennsylvania 18th. We have conor lamb up by. 2 . Thats 641 votes. At this point there are still votes to be counted but it would be a long shot for saccone. He has said there would be no decision made, no concession made until all the votes are in. The Lamb Campaign is very confident they have won. Listen to the candidates remarks from last night. It took a little longer than we thought, but we did it.
Special counsel charged him. He spoke with nbc news just moments ago. This was egregious overreach by mr. Mueller, the fbi director who had to have approved this raid should be fired over it because it was unwarranted i guess its an effort to intimidate me, but i am not intimidated. The allegation that two Campaign Officials instructed me or inquired of me about wikileaks is false i expect they can get somebody to say that but they will be people with an ax to grind or seeking reduction in their sentence. Stone was charged with seven counts of lying to congress, obstruction and witness tampering. Stones indictment goes further than before in trying to answer muellers core question, did donald trump or his campaign collude with russia. A pressing question now emerging from the indictment, who directed a senior Trump Campaign official contact stone about what and when wikileaks was expected to release more potentially damaging information on Hillary Clinton. President trump denying any c
toyota s electronics and software. the company recalled 8 million cars, trucks and suvs, and it blames driver error. the government connects 93 deaths to done acceleration. winter, back on the attack again today. a big snowstorm sliding out of the rockies into the plains. oklahoma could see a foot of fresh snow. dallas will get broadsided for the second time this month. when michael jackson s doctor goes on trial next month, you re actually going to be able to watch that on tv. a los angeles judge will allow cameras for the involuntary manslaughter trial of dr. conrad murray. jury selection begins march 24th. murray says that he is innocent. at the capitol hill today, committees are looking at bills to restrict abortions. one denies federal money for abortion period and the other prevents abortions under the new health care reform law. a presidential executive order already bars funding under the law except in cases of rape or incest. here is your chance to talk back
including children have died after a fire broke out on the 2300 block of homewood avenue. fire fighters said they started to attack the fire from inside, but had toback out, after wind gusts intensified the fire. it spread to three other nearby homes, firefighters discovered the bodies of six people inside. the victims names have not been released. the cause of the fire is under investigation. some of you woke up to a bit of a surprise on your front lawn this morning, a coating of snow. as many studen experienced their first school delay, many hoped to have that delay today. they didn t have that luck. some of the things to consider in deciding whether or not to close a school. are the sidewalks passable. can the children walk to school? it turned slushy, parents had mixed reviewed. as the snow fell early this morning, it seemed almost certain that conditions could be too much for school to start on time. mornlgs do we have a delay? there would be no late start and