today s news is what the president wanted to focus on, the economy added 28,000 jobs, he repeated that message to voters for continued economic success and sticking to candidates he endorsed. under republican leadership jobs are booming, confidence is soaring, wages are rising, crime is falling and the nation is stronger than ever before. we are an economic powerhouse. we have never been in a position like it. reporter: the president covered a number of topics during his rally, went after house democrats for the decision to formalize the impeachment inquiry process and went after
have been problematic for boehner. so perhaps there s an opportunity to build a bridge there. but it s not like they re working from two different play books. if mccarthy gets this big job will try to set a new tone. he s using words like changing the culture within the republican conference. he has been a part of leadership for a number of years, but he s at least trying to strike that note. he s got boehner s endorsement as well as that of other prominent republicans in the house. so there doesn t seem to be a threat to mccarthy getting the speaker job. it will really be more of a battle for subsequent leadership jobs which also change when they take these leadership elections. kelly o donnell on capitol hill, thank you very much. they re now going through the rules on that house oversight committee. as soon as see seal richards testimony begins, we ll bring it to you. but developing now, president obama s meeting with cuban leader raul castro as we speak, just the second meet
remember, there was tremendous opposition to mayor bloomberg s attempt to get smoking out of restaurants and bars, and that was considered a personal freedom issue, and now, not only is it enormously popular in the united states, it s spread throughout the whole world, this ban on smoking in bars and restaurants. i just think that, you know, slippery slopes, it s always easy to argue about the next controversy, but i think we should focus on this controversy. this is not much of a limitation on freedom. if you are desperate to get a soda, you can buy two. but most people just get the large and this is a common sense attempt to limit what people will eat. drink. as you said, he s going to appeal it. we will continue to watch him. guys, thanks very much. just ahead tonight, the backlash over a new book that suggests women may be their own worst enemy when it comes to landing top leadership jobs in the workplace. what do women want and are they going after it? also tonight, disturbi
that suggest that hasn t helped either. so i think there s a much deeper issue that can t be solved here by sort of, quick fix bits of regulation. michael moynihan, jeff toobin, thanks very much. just ahead, the backlash over a new book, that suggests women may be their own worst enemy when it comes to landing top leadership jobs in the workplace. what women want and are they going after it? also tonight, disturbing reports about the mental health of the so-called blade runner, oscar pistorius, accused of killing his girlfriend. there s word he may be suicidal. his family denies this vigorously. we ll get an update from drew griffin, who just got back from south africa, and more here from rome about today s conclave, later on. everyone s retirement dream is different;
he s talked about salts, you know, regulating how much salts restaurants use in certain dishes. i mean, there has to be, at some point, an end to this. will this ban, if it were to be overturned, have a significant impact on waistlines? it s doubtful. and there s not really a lot of evidence to suggest that. and in his news conference today, he talked about the menu labeling. and there s a lot of studies that suggest that hasn t helped either. so i think there s a much deeper issue that can t be solved here by sort of, quick fix bits of regulation. michael moynihan, jeff toobin, thanks very much. just ahead, the backlash over a new book, that suggests women may be their own worst enemy when it comes to landing top leadership jobs in the workplace. what women want and are they going after it? also tonight, disturbing reports about the mental health of the so-called blade runner, oscar pistorius, accused of killing his girlfriend. there s word he may be suicidal. his family denies th