just days ago, south carolina looked like it could be the third punch of a one, two three, mitt romney primary knockout. but this morning, ohio s republicans took away romney s first win, announcing rick santorum won the caucuses by 34 votes. then governor rick perry of texas pulled out of the race and immediately endorsed newt gingrich who s been surging in several new south carolina polls. a conservative visionary who can transform our country. we ve had our differences, which campaigns will inevitably have. and newt is not perfect. but who among us is? the fact is, there is forgiveness for those who seek god. and i believe in the power of redemption. for it is a central tenet of my christian faith. that redemption remark from governor perry an apparent reference to new allegations from the former speaker s second ex-wife, in interviews with the washington post and abc news, marianne gingrich accuses her husband of once coming to her and asking for a open marriage.
this is hillside new jersey west of newark. there could be power lines in the floodwaters. it s ironic, look at this police car in newark alone six police rescues getting people out of their cars that were stuck in stranded roads because of this water. that s incredible. the force of the water can t be underestimated. it s amazing how it could probably move like that picture demonstrating, moving that park bench. why they call it flash flooding. it s pretty significant. this alone, 6 inches is drown a person. alexandra steele. thanks very much. for now, welcome back. top of the hour and we want to bring you up to date on this tropical storm irene. i m fredericka whitfield. the storm is chaurning over new england and upstate new york pounding the area with wind and rain. it hit little egg inlet in new jersey and weakening to a tropical storm, it hit land at coney island, i rerene s march accompanied by death. 15 people are dead acrond more n 5 million without power
jonathan martin, chris cillizza, and pete seat. all right. pete, i m going to ask you first. bays don t know if you ll get a word in otherwise. i appreciate that. the new york times today writes a prebituary on the candidacy of tim pawlenty essentially saying it s straw poll or bust for him. you re in a campaign situation and that story hits. it s in the new york times. yes, republicans will all publicly say oh, the new york times always hates republicans. but come on, that s tough on fund-raising. you remember ricky bobby s dad in talladega nights said if you re not first you re last. and they ve been fighting that storyline, that narrative for months. pawlenty. yeah. it got away from him. and it became engrained within the political conversation that he had to win ames and the iowa caucus or he was out. and so now they re fighting against that narrative and trying to lower expectations. chris, but one of his excuses today, and i was stunned, tim pawlenty says he h
women going to the hospital. bottom line, three hours after the story hits, he resigns. i m told the work of the office, the a.g. s office, will continue. that s an important point to keep in mind. the lawsuit the, the work against trump, all that continues but the man on the top, he s gone. yeah. he tweete out something earlier, but then an official statement. here it is. he said it s been my great nonnor and privilege to serve as attorney general for the people of the state of new york. in the last several hours serious allegations which i strongly contest have been made against me. while these allegations are unrelated to my professional conduct, the operations of my office, or the operations of my office, they will effectively prevent me from leading the office s work at this time. i therefore resign my office effective at the close of business on may 8th, 2018. tomorrow. yeah, what do you think of that? he is in a situation here, a prominent democrat, a rising star in th
the story hits, he resigns. i m told the work of the office, the ag s office will continue. that s an important point to keep in mind. the lawsuits, the work against trump, all that continues. but the man on the top, he is gone. he tweeted out something earlier, but then an official statement, here it, he said it s been my great honor and privilege to serve as attorney general for the people for the state of new york. in the last several hours serious allegations which i strongly contest have been made against me. while these allegations are unrelated to my professional conduct of the operations of my office or the operations of my office. that will effectively prevent me from leading the office s work at this critical time. i therefore resign my office effective at the close of business on may 8th, 2018. tomorrow. yeah. what do you think of that? he is in a situation here, a prominent democrat, a rising star in the democratic party who clearly saw no way out of in situation.