senate for that reason. it wasn t even changed substantively. it was changed in a very minor way. but this came after the senate had released a reconciliation package that republicans don t like, and there is an issue about an amendment that pat toomey wants, that chuck schumer said he could have at a 60-vote threshold. so they would need 60 to get that amendment in. chuck schumer s going to bring it up again on monday. many in the capitol here see it as retaliation. and it s sad to say that, although people deny it. there are many people in the capitol who see this as retaliation for democrats doing that reconciliation measure, releasing that reconciliation measure after signaling they would not release it just weeks ago. so it is a sad to be honest with you, a sad statement on the state of politics in d.c. juanita, senators who voted no who previously voted yes say this isn t payback, it s policy.
settlement that some folks have missed is when was the last time you got 49 state attorneys general, 49 republicans and democrats having to do anything together? i think one of the important things here is this is a step towards doing big things across party lines. we ll leave it at that because end point ended a minute ago. fredricka whitfield i apologize for the 43 seconds i ve stolen from you. that s okay. that s okay. i m willing to share. captions by vitac www.vitac.com hello everyone, i m fredricka whitfield in for kyra phillips who s on assignment. we begin with whitney houston. as her family prepares for saturday s funeral, new details suggest troubling behavior in houston s final days. don lemon is in los angeles. what are you hearing about those final moments? reporter: some really sad information that i got yesterday from a source who is briefed on whitney houston s activity and behavior just days before her death. i m told that on wednesday and thu
his own white house run, and who now plans to host a republican debate, after christmas. then there is ex-candidate herman cain whose endorsement could go to gingrich eventually. though he now says he s going to take his time. stay with us, we ll bring you those comments live at 1:45 eastern time. also, president obama, we are told, is going to have some sort of statement or briefing in the briefing room of the white house. the subject is going to be taxes. a lot of talk of that up on capitol hill. we ll hear what the president has to say this hour. and what does first class mean to you? to the debt-laden u.s. postal service it would mean two to five days instead of one to three days. trying to help trim $20 billion a year from the postal service by 2015. it would mean closing more than half the agencies 463 mail processing facilities across the country. going to mean a lot of layoffs, too. i ll have some questions for the post master general in our face time segment
hoping to take on the candidate who may pose the greatest challenge to president obama. we are talking about mitt romney. herman cain is live with us here in the situation room this hour. we will talk about what is behind declined in the recent polls. criticism of his 9-9-9 tax plan and much more. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. he s the only candidate whose been consistently at the top of the polls in the volatile republican race for the white house. that has mitt romney increasingly targeted by president obama s supporters. now in an unusual move, the democratic national committee is targeting romney in an effort to sway the gop nominated contest pmt cnn s joe john says working the scene for us. joe, what is going on here. it raises the question, whose primary is this anyway. it was much easier to keep track of this when it was just republicans fighting among themselves. the latest in the republican battle comes from the democratic national committee,
i would have to tell you, rick perry walked in here as a front-runner tonight. and i imagine he walked out as the front-runner. it s 10:00 eastern time, we re live with this special edition of ac 360. the tea party republican debate just wrapped up in tampa, florida. a lot to talk about. all the usual suspects, but some surprising moments as well, and a very pointed and contentious moments. we have analysis of all the candidates and key issues. we ll replay some key moments from the debate in case you missed it, and the facts thrown out in the heated it debate, to see whether there was truth to them, or there was stretching going on in tampa tonight. a look at some memorable moments from tonight s debate. take a look. it has been called a ponzi scheme by many people long before me. but no one s had the courage to stand up and say, here s how we re going to reform it. the term ponzi scheme, i think is over the top and unnecessary, and frightful to many people. the questi