As the votes continued to come in john kasich was projected to take second place. While ted cruz, marco rubio, and jeb bush were locked in a fight for third place. House democrats in washington wednesday on the ongoing water crisis in flint. Separately, michigans governor will ask the state for nearly 200Million Dollars to help solve flints water crisis. But hes not ready to commit to replacement of all the pipes unlike mayor karen weaver. Meanwhile, there could be criminal charges coming. Kim hutcherson reports replace flints residential lead pipes as quickly as possible on wednesday, Governor Rick Snyder will ask legislators for an additional 195 mllion dollars to deal with the problem but he hasnt thrown his support behind pipe replacement yet. Hell only commit to reviewing the proposal, according to a spokesman, who said experts recommended that pipes be coated with a chemical to prevent corrosion before determining which lines should be replaced. Snyder said he isnt necessarily op
Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. We just gave away our lead guest. Right there, donald trump, live in our studio. A man of his word. Yesterday, he said, if i win, ill join you in your studio. Guess what . Here he is. The big winner, wasnt even close on the republican side or democratic side. Huge shifts on the left and the right. Lets get to where thing stand this morning. Fueled by recordsetting voting turnout, Bernie Sanders won over Hillary Clinton more than 20 points. Hillary clinton conceded moments after the poll closed. Things arenen closer on the repupuican side, at least at the top. Closest competitor, the surprise of the night, john kasich. Cruz finished third after a win in iowa. Followed closely be jeb bush and marco rubio with Chris Christie in a disappointing sixth. Well talk to trump and kasich in a moment. Firsrs lets start with e
Senate today. That means, as of now, medicaid will still become privatelyrun at the end of the month. House republicans released their budget plan for fiscal year 2017 today. Its estimated at just over seven billion dollars. The plan includes an additional 143 Million Dollars for k through 12 schools. Thats a two percent increase in school funding. The budget also fully funds property tax credits. The plan is about 89Million Dollars less than what Senate Democrats proposed. 22 28 42 this budget has been put together in a mindful manner to make sure that we are living within our means but also funding the priorities of iowans, yes its a difficult time for us to do that, but every budget should be tough as we are spending the money of the tax payers of iowa 28 56 the plan also takes into consideration 111Million Dollars worth of savings from the privatization of medicaid. A bill that would make it more difficult for athletes to return concussion. Is moving forward in the state senate. Bu
Accused of operating a doping program. The coverup is worse than we thought. In oak oh, trying to stop an alleged drug thief. Scare on the slopes. A skier dropped more than a thousand feet in less than a minute. Oh, no. All that here is lakalaka doing the forecast for you. Rain, rain, go away, thats what all the haters say. A touchdown by zach miller. One man snatched it on the end. The Chicago Bears got it done in the 4th quarter. And all that matters its been four years if you can believe it. On cbs this morning. I saw photographs of the inside of ben carsons home, some of the stuff hanging on his walls is unbelievable. How great is this painting . This looks like something a record producer would pain in the rehab. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. [ music playing ] welcome to cbs this morning. Tonight, the fourth republican president ial debate in milwaukee could be the most important one yet, donald trump is already taking aim at two rivals who are g
3 nat sot maybe we should boycott starbucks. On the eve of the fourth republican debate. Donald trump sought to win over christian evangelicals in illinoisangry over a decision by starbucks to replace its christmas themed cups s with what the Company Calls s a simple red design sot trump if i become president , were all going to be saying Merry Christmas again, that i can tell you. The latest polls show the billionaire candidate in a statistical dead heat with ben carson in south carolina. Despite looming questions over carsons personal story. In an appearance monday on fox news the former neurosurgeon fired back against the media for vetting claims hehead angegeissues as a child sot carson i would much rather lose an election, than to lie. Carson and marco rubio are getting a boost from a new mcclatchymarist poll. Unlike trump, it found the more candidates, the more they like them. sot rubio in this election we are not just choosing the next president but we are choosing the direction