good morning. thanks for being here. good morning. pleasure. let me read the way the washington post puts it, in a sense, the whole world seemed to know what emanuel didn t seem to wa the to admit up front, the chicago police department has a problem. that was then. let s listen to him now speaking, this week, very candidly. my voice is supposed to be for those who are powerless, to make sure their voice matters as much as those who are in power or have power. we were adding to the suspicion and distrust. i did not fulfill the job in the magnitude of being a mayor. some may say we re glad to hear it. some may say, too little, too late. mark lamont hill, where do you fall on this? the people of chicago need good leadership and structural change. changing the face of chicago, changing the leader or making a new business manager of the same corrupted reality isn t going to
to this open letter to iran informing iran that it may not fully understand our constitutional system. and a warning that the senate must ratify international agreements which in reality isn t the case for a deal like this. they go on to say that any nuclear agreement not voted in by congress will be viewed as nothing more than an executive agreement between president obama and ayatollah khomeini which the next president could revoke with the stroke of a pen. this president had a pointed response. i think it s somewhat ironic to some members of congress wanting to make common cause with the hardliners in iran. an unusual coalition. reporter: the surprising move was led by senator tom cotton who today defended it. the only thing unprecedented is that an american president negotiated a nuclear deal with the leading sponsor of state terrorism without submitting it
withstand. reporter: as for the temperature, being cold might actually have helped lily. when you become hypothermic, it slows the body down. metabolism drops. your oxygen consumption drops. your glucose metabolism in use drobs. ends up being drops. it end up being neuroprotective. reporter: the main reason lily survived is her mother buckled her in a car seat so she didn t go through a window or drown. something that isn t surprising to jennifer participates sister. she loved lily with all her heart. reporter: primary children s medical center says the toddler is in stable condition and improving. the family shared this today her improvement is astounding. right now shows watching dora and singing wheels on the bus with grandma. she s smiling and laughing for family. we re blown away by lily s progress and so grateful to her rescuers. cnn reporting. of course we send our best
criminal charges will be filed. another big story we re following for you, u.s. republican lawmakers are defying the traditional notion that politics stops at the water s edge meaning the president dictates foreign policy. instead, nearly four dozen senators have publicly addressed themselves to iranian leaders with a warning about their nuclear program. michelle kaczynski has more. reporter: 47 republican senators put their names today to this open letter to iran informing iran that it may not fully understand our constitutional system and a warning that the senate must ratify international agreements which in reality isn t the case for a deal like this. and they go on to say that any nuclear agreement not voted in by congress will be viewed as nothing more than an executive agreement between president obama and ayatollah khomeini, which the next president could revoke with the stroke of a pen.
despite the news today that unemployment numbers are inching down, the u.s. economy is growing at an anemic rate. not nearly fast enough to keep up with the nation s continued unemployment problem. 12.5 million americans are still unemployed, 4.8 million of whom have been unemployed for six months or longer. and this bleak picture is before sequestration takes its full toll. when all is said and done, the sequester will kill an estimated 700,000 jobs. 48.5 million americans live in poverty, but even for those who have jobs, the reality isn t pretty. half of the jobs in the u.s. now pay less than $33,000 a year and a quarter of jobs pay less than the poverty line of $22,000 for a family of four. yesterday, here in new york city, hundreds of fast food