race. fox news confirms the republican governor charles crist decided to run as an independent and plans to make the announcement tomorrow. governor crist has been locked in a tough primary race with florida s republican speaker of the house marco rubio. he was once the frontrunner, crist, but polls show he trails rubio by big numbers. crist said many times he would not drop out. he s keeping that pledge but some staffers may jump ship. carl cameron is live are more. there s a lot of fallout, right? sure is. but it was simple math for charles crist and the incumbent governor of florida against marco rubio, well, mr. crist was losing by 20 points. but when polls looked at a three-way race with him as an independent against rubio as the republican and kendrick meeks as a democrat, suddenly charles
the big banks and investment firms are making big money again. many of you are not. and that disconnect between wall street and main street was a big part of the president s focus today in a big speech in new york. but if you were expecting red-hot in your face rhetoric, you are disappointed tonight. for starter it isn t the president s style. he would be the first to tell you he is not a natural-born populist. plus, he thinks the political debate is trending his waned the speech was more about gaining momentum, not about making enemies. i m here today specifically when i speak to the titans of industry here, cause i want to urge you to join us instead of fighting muus in this effort. i am here because i believe that these reforms are, in the end, not only in the best interest of our country but in the best interest of the financial sector. the details are complicated, but the goal is fairly simple, new rules to prevent financial institutions from the risky and reckless
last week, he vetoed a bill to condition teacher pay in state on improvement. labor led by the teacher union sharply opposed the bill. this morning, rubio s average lead among republicans grown to 23 points. charlie crist who ruled it out last month said he s thinking of running as an independent. which raises a question, have the republicans abandoned charlie crist or as he abandoned them? bret: in your opinion, what happens if he does run as an independent? well, one thing he is looking at is the current poll out that shows he would actually be ahead as an independent if he became one. over time, the lead would fade so might not win. but he might take enough votes away from rubio that the longshot democrat in race kendrick meeks might win.
much? no shock there. similarities between hooked on her w han win and hooked on texting. title ix, equal opportunities. but some schools are allegedly find a way to skirt title ix. this hour the obama administration is doing something about it. we look back on the life of civil rights pioneer dorothy height and look ahead as to who might fill her shoes. who will the next crusader be? top story. if you re stuck in an airport, city, continent thousands of miles from home, the two most beautiful words in whatever language you happen to speak are, progressive resumption. progressive resumption. those words appeared on a flight departure screen at charles due gal airport today. the best day for european travel since that icelandic volcano erupted last wednesday. 14,000 flights or just over half of the usual weekday traffic. here s the big picture. this sweeping red blob is the danger zone. you can see it extends to newfoundland and canada. this is where volcanic ash is ramp
says, with sufficient foreign assistance, iran could probably develop and test an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the united states by 2015. but with the u.s. saying it will not have a missile defense system capable of protecting europe until 2018, one expert says the obama administration has wasted valuable time. the bush administration was going to put a third site in western europe. which the administration would have said would have been in place by 2013. but which essentially would have accomplished everything this administration says is going to happen almost half a decade later. reporter: still, as the iranians continuing showing off their military might, another expert says perfecting technology may take time for iranians and the u.s. missile defense. we haven t seen a technology that would have been deployable prior to 2018. and the administration is hoping to have an interim capability before that date. reporter: on iraq, the report