Abbot the case against our children. He fought for 5 billion in education. Now he is proposing standardized tests for fouryearolds. Heard enough question . The answer. Is she will use education to build an economy for all hardworking texans. You decide. Who will be best for texas. Wendy davis is embroiled in scandal again. To sheer influence profited from her day job. She crossed from potential to real conflict of interest. Now that legal work as part of an fbi investigation. Unfit to be governor. He was a texas surgeon, performing operations for well using cocaine. Two patients died and others were patient paralyzed. Families and victims sued. Campaigner accepting a contribution from the hospitals chairman, greg abbott got involved. Using his office to go to court against the victims. Another insider not a working for you. We will have debate coverage for the race between wendy davis and greg abbott and 9 00 eastern live from dallas here on cspan. The head of the White House Council s
Thank you so much, joe. Hi there, i am stephanie ruhle. It is friday, february 7th. And right now in the race for president , the focus is on the state of New Hampshire where voters will cast the first primary ballots in four days. The focus shifting after iowa where the Democratic Party released all its results last night with 100 of the precincts. Pete buttigieg leads Bernie Sanders by. 1 . Now even those results are in question. The decision desk at nbc spotting a dozen precincts where there are errors or inconsistencies as the chairman of the Democratic National committee tom perez distanced himself from the misstep, calling for recanvas, saying enough is enough. I want to make sure every iowa voter knows their vote was counted and want to make sure every voter across the country knows their vote was counted and that we take our commitment to accuracy very seriously. The candidates move to New Hampshire with seven of them taking the debate stage in manchester. Latest polls from the
messages to women he never met, congressman anthony weiner stepped down. if this whole thing has seemed like a circus, today s final act was definitely fit for the center ring there. were reporters in the crowd as well as supporters. and of course a howard stern prankster which explains some of the noise you re about to hear. i m here today to again apologize for the personal mistakes i have made and the embarrassment i have caused. i make this apology to my neighbors and my constituents, but i make it particularly to my wife huma. today i am announcing my resignation from congress. so my colleagues can get back to work, my neighbors can choose a new representative, and most importantly that my wife and i can continue to heal from the damage i have caused. weiner stepped down before the house possibly voted to censure or ex spell him before the ethics committee voted before it even issued a report and without any evidence he broke any laws. he ate parentally didn t get ph
a comment there. you can also call us and let us know what you think. 877-742-5760. we will share some of your messages and comments on the air throughout the newscast. other big stories that we are following for you this wednesday morning, republican national committee chairman michael steele struggles to charm tea party bosses. he held four hours of q & a with 50 activists scouting common ground ahead of the 2010 midterms. but when asked if they left the talks as loyal republicans, the group shouted no. it was con jean yal. everybody wanted to figure out what kind of assets he could bring to the game. i want to return to commerce their rights and responsibilities. if his agenda or the people that he backs don t support that, i find that i ll put my energies like they will in an area where i think it will achieve the most good. yeah, like where is the
exclusive to best buy. all right. tony harris, you ready to pick it up from here? yeah, we put together a really terrific panel to talk about the stimulus one year later. i m sorry, the recovery act one year later. all the names escape me. i m kidding, it s a terrific panel. that s happening next hour. have a great day, kyra phillips. see you tomorrow. it is wednesday, february 17th. here are the top stories for you in the cnn newsroom. federal stimulus dollars hard at work. and a caribbean playground. why does paradise need taxpayer money. the government scrambles to handle a fictional cyber attack. cell phones die, the power grid goes dark. it s all fake, but what if it wasn t? and a blind musician rises from haiti s earthquake rubble to play again. a music legend gives him a keyboard to recovery. good morning, everyone. i m tony harris and you are in the cnn newsroom. so here we go. it is the largest economic stimulus plan in the nation s history. today m