Best known abolitionist. now harriet tubman may end up on the $20 bill. it s not imminent but a grassroots group women on the 20 has been petitioning to retire the current bill featuring andrew jackson and is advocating for harriet tubman to be the face of the 20. the decision to make the new bills lies in the hands of jack lew and his department and if the treasury decides to print few bills it would take years for its partner, the federal reserve to distribute all of the redesigned bank notes. this week the federal reserve and its bill distributing power at the center of another money story. the trans-pacific partnership trade deal. the agreement has been many the works for almost ten years and would update the terms of the trade between the united states and 11 countries bordering the pacific ocean. as the largest trade agreement in decades the deal would be a major part of president obama s legacy. if you think the idea of putting harriet tubmap on theroversial it
there s been a lot of discussion about the lack of robust primary challenge would have on hillary clinton s candidacy. in some of the early voting states this is not just a political story but a money story. you have television ads, hotels, campaign stops. they re not going to see that this time around. it s a reminder that politics has become a big business beyond the campaigns of the super pacs. that s right. especially in the early states. you re encouraging democrats to get in. open a headquarters. open a headquarters and spend some money. robert? senator marco rubio has been watching the fast decent of governor walker and governor bush carefully. he s been wondering, how do i get to the top tier. he s been interesting. he s reaching out to mitt romney and mitt romney s inner circle building those relationships.
On wednesday. facebook is getting long in the tooth. it recorded record results, even better than what wall street had expected. the news came after the closing bell on wall street yesterday, and facebook s stock is soaring in premarket trading. it is up 12%. facebook says it now has 1.2 billion users. that s a big number. but the pace at which it s adding users isn t keeping up with past quarters. watch that. a lot of questions about how the age of their users, too, they want that really young, young user, and there s not as much good growth there. all right, hottest money story this morning, no question. google selling its motorola mobility smartphone opportunito lenovo. it s been a money loser for google, which it bought just about a year and a half ago, and it s a muscle move for lenovo. lenovo already the world s largest pc-maker. with this purchase, it says it will now challenge apple and samsung in the smartphone market.
i am. i don t use it very often. did you change your password? a lot of people did overnight. drives me bananas. with all the things that are password protected, i hate having a lot of passwords. they say you have to make it super complicated. you re a mom of two kids, working full-time, hard to remember those details. it s 5:00 in the morning, welcome to early start, i m ashleigh banfield. i m zoraida sambolin. i m 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s get started for you. this is cnn breaking news. we do begin with breaking news this morning. defense secretary leon panetta making a surprise visit to afghanistan. panetta arriving after a deadly wednesday in afghanistan. a twin suicide bombing on a market in kandahar killed 22 people and injured 50 others. nato also under scrutiny after an air strike killed 18 people, including women and children believed to be civilians. the u.s. also saying one of its armed helicopters was shot down by enemy fire, killing two crew
should be able to get married. pretty strong words. pretty clear, too. dan lothian is live in washington, d.c. with us this morning. it took a long time for the president to evolve to this position. but why now? and why this way? that s right. well, the president had been under a lot of pressure to really state his position on this. and some top members of his administration over the last few days had come out and made their positions clear. and so the president finally came around on this after almost two years. he said after talking to his friends, his daughters and the first lady. me personally, it is important to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. reporter: president obama made the announcement wednesday in an interview with abc news. becoming the first sitting u.s. president to publicly support same-sex marriage. his remarks come on the heels of north carolina passing a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex