Away from election day. Two key races in new jersey. A big Chris Christie win might make him the gop president ial frontrunner. And in virginia, can republican Ken Cuccinelli pull a fast closing upset . Those races tomorrow night. All those stories and much more coming up in the kudlow report beginning right now. Good evening, everyone. Im larry kudlow. This is the kudlow report. Were live here at 7 00 p. M. Eastern and 4 00 p. M. Pacific. We have more headlines breaking today on the failure of obama care. Heres the latest. A new study shows up to 129 people could lose their Current Health plans and face an average premium hike of 41 because of obama care rolls. We have more on that in just a couple minutes from the author of the study. And documents acquired by nbc show that Administration Officials are worried that more and more americans will be angered when they learn about the real costs of obama care and that they may lose their doctors. But the big story is this. Because of the
Didnt surface. They dropped a dime on his son. There was a secondary list of people to go into there. If you got to detroit, he would have been gone to the secondary for additional screening. That was an example where the apparatus didnt work or maybe that is an unfair critique of the apparatus. It is down to what you think the mission of intelligence is. Are you going to prevent every little event . The answer is no, you will not be able to always operate perfectly. But i think the Intelligence Community is doing a better job on Counter Terrorism and we are safer from a largescale attack. The question that peter raises is that because of the constitutional reform, or because we were spending double what we did before 911. So increased money, focused and lessens learned from 911, or rather overtime whether the commission is leading to increased National Security down the road. The Institutional Reforms are open questions and being debated but the Intelligence Community has improved per
The morning. This afternoon president obama will formally name his chief of staff, jack lew, to replace treasury secretary tim geithner. A sign the white house expects a big fight over the federal budget lew is the safe pick. He has been confirmed twice by the senate before. Just in this administration. If confirmed in time, he can face his first test next month over the debt ceiling. Lew is a walk among walks. Described in one profile by the huffington post. Quote, as harry potter grew up and replaced his magic wand with excel spread sheets. If confirmed lew will be the highest ranking orthodox you dont in government. He grew up in queens. Brings his own lunch to work. Chose sandwich and an apple which he eats at his desk and still commutes back and forth to new york. Catching a train home every friday to spend weekends with his wife. He is well liked in the white house. The p came to depend to the act not many people in washington know the budgeting process. Jacks economic advice has
70s. Nabors and his partner have been together for 38 years. Barbara streisand performing at the Academy Awards for the first time in 36 years. Can you guess what she sang in 1977 . The theme from a store is born that. Does it for me here. Check out the latest interviews. Cnn. Com brooke. Now, wolf blitzer. The situation room begins right now. Hey, wolf. Brooke, thanks very much. Happening now, deadly weather. A thousand mile long of dangerous storms and tornadoes stretching from the gulf coast to new england. Also, he listened to his wifes impassioned plea for gun control and then spent hours answering senators questions. Mark kelly joins us this hour live in the situation room. Plus, the mother of an American Woman making her very first visit overseas and vanished in turkey. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room we begin with a deadly storm here in the eastern part of the United States. There is wind damage all across the southeast, some of it from tornadoes. One death is repo
President obama was and governor perry apostate speaking in dallas talking about governor perrys state in dallas talking about the obamacare law. Tonightsreview of speech and some comments on the appearance yesterday. President obama was fundraising in dallas yesterday. Rick fundraising and i with this evening. Washington bureau chief for Dallas Morning News joins us by phone. Texas is one of the chief sources of resistance to the healthcare law. What did the president accomplish in his visit yesterday . The primary goal seemed to be fundraising and he raised a large sum and we dont know the exact amount for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign committee which will go to states other than taxes because Texas Democrats are not very competitive. Up for reelection but the democrats dont seem to be making a run at him. I was clearly a top goal. Far as pitching obamacare, it does make sense for him in a lot of ways to go to a place like are a high there number of uninsured americans, a High P