mr. governor? john: while we are talking about education, two more states received waivers. the 10-year-old federal no child left behind law. but the addition of washington of wisconsin, it brings the total to half of the states. administration began granting waivers this year to state tas promised to improve how they prepare and evaluate students. michigan republican congressman and former presidential candidate thaddeus mccotter has resigned. last month he failed to get enough ballot signatures to appear on the primary ballot and vowed to run as a write-in candidate. after state authorities began to investigate irregularities in the signatures collected for the primary, mccotter hung it up. in a statement today calling the last month-and-a-half, nightmarish saying he is leighing the house for the sake of his family. his seat will remain open until the november election. on thursday, we told you about republicans plan for healthcare should obamacare be repealed and replaced.
quits all together effective immediately. a congressman released a statement saying that recent, quote, indignities and deceit have weighed most heavily upon my family, end quote. he also encouraged michigan officials to continue their investigation into those signature irregular glats. ig regulators. the. california state senate has approved a multi-million-dollar plan to fund the nation s first high speed rail system. the bill would connect los angeles to san francisco. now, you may have known critics are calling this rail line a waste of money. especially in the tough economy. but supporters claim the state badly needs the infrastructure project. the bill now heads to democratic governor jerry brown for approval. we will let you know what happens with this. well, police in great britain report they have arrested seven men on terror related charges in northern england. the announcement comes just a day after in london yesterday they arrested six other terror
that s right, harris. the president would like to use money we re no longer spending on the war to fund more infrastructure projects in the u.s. he made reference to doing a little nation building in communities closer to home. there is work to be done building roads and bridges and wireless networks. there are hundreds of thousands of construction workers that are ready to do it. but with our nation s debt soaring and many arguing the massive stimulus package in 2009 didn t do enough, there is probably not much appetite for more spending of that kind this year. harris? harris: mike emanuel thank you very much. a republic congressman who launched a short lived presidential run has resigned from congress. just a short while ago. citing a nightmarish past month and a half. michigan congressman thaddeus mccotter failed to secure enough signatures as you may know to get on the primary ballot for his own house race. officials said many of the signatures he had were not valid. he att
securities. that s our goal. [cheers] we have got to grow the economy even faster and put even more people back to work. the president s policies have not gotten america working again. and the president is going to have to stand up and take responsibility for it. i know he has been planning on going across the country and celebrating what he calls forward. well, forward doesn t look like a lot like forward. well, two very different takes. but both agreeing our economy has a long way to go. ed henry with the news live in pittsburgh where the president spoke earlier today. ed, republicans are hitting the president hard for celebrating a little early? they are, harris. president trying to say if you compare things to last summer when the national unemployment rate was over 9%, things have gotten at least a little bit better and he is trying to make the case that his policies have had an impact, but he runs the risk of looking a little too optimistic as you suggest because
reporter: he did not mention last summer s was nicer on ma that s vineyard. romney said the voters wouldn t begrudge him time off. all americans would appreciate the memory they have with the children and grandchildren. republican group cross road gps is keeping the heat on the president with a new $25 million ad buy. barack obama has lots of excuses for the bad economy. head winds coming from europe. we have had a string of bad luck. th the said the super pac ads will reign down on his head but revived a line from 2008 to say he is ready. i m skinny, but i m tough. republicans are pointing to comments from senate candid 2004 where he said bush was overcelebrating economic stats. that month the economy created 31,000 jobs. much 310,000 jobs. much different time. john: much different. ed henry in sweltering pittsburgh. thank you so much. now to the chief political correspondent carl cameron on how the candidates are using a struggling economy in an effort t