hearing, just everything went dark right away. welcome to morning joe. it s tuesday, april 24th. with us we have msnbc contributor mike barnacle. former aid to the white house department, and former treasury department steve rattner. but first, after a week of mourning and celebrating the life of first lady barbara bush, the bush family is praying for its patriarch today. george h.w. bush, the 41st president of the united states is in critical condition in houston, hospitalized sunday for a blood infection. last night a spokesman said the 93-year-old former commander in chief was responding to treatments and appeared to be recovering. bush is the longest living president in american history surpassing gerald ford last
state assembly knowing we wouldn t raise taxes to pay for low income housing took a billion dollars away from education. moved it over to low income housing. why? because they think we ll vote to raise our own taxes to pay for education. so they moved that billion dollars. they re the ones who short-sheeted the education department to get what theo what they want. we are spending $15,000 a student, $15,000 a student, in the state of california, and we have gone from first to worst in the state of california, as far as education. this is a complete boondoggle, what is going on and it s controlled by the unions, and by the democratic party. we have a one-party rule in the state of california. i wrote an article about two weeks ago, and the article ended this way. the democrats in this state have gone nuts and the republicans have lost theirs megyn: we ll just leave it at that! michael, thank you! i should pont out that wall street journal article i mentioned was dated tuesday,
[ male announcer ] jetta tdi clean diesel. the turbo that gets 42 miles per gallon. that s the power of german engineering. good morning, everyone. it s tuesday, april 24th. i m gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing part of your day with us. voters go to the poll in several states and one state is a key testing ground for mitt romney come november and now we re getting word of a major announcement coming from newt gingrich? wow. who needs the supreme court when you can just go around them? first was health care. now democrats planning to bypass the justices on immigration? is that how our government is supposed to work? i don t think so. meanwhile, so much for standing by your man. a suspect s girlfriend going to great lengths to get the heck away from him! look at that. by trying to climb out of the speeding van. and in come the police. it never ends. using the luggage rack. why not? fox & friends hour two for
the standards i just talked about, those individuals will be held accountable. in other news former john edwards aid andrew young is back in court. he was called by federal prosecutors in the criminal trial. both sides gave opening statements after the jury was selected. edwards pleaded not guilty to violations of campaign finance law. and the sanford police chief s resignation was not accepted, they said who months of investigation is necessary, he heads the department facing national scrutiny of their handling of the trayvon martin shooting. investors are hoping to rebound from tuesday s triple digit dow loss and they are keeping a close eye on more fallout from the walmart bribery scandal, cnbc s becky quick joins me with the market rundown. all i keep thinking with the walmart deal it s almost inviting a justice department investigation, is it not? yes, it is, and investors see
today where he may reveal even more scandalous secrets from the 08 campaign. also this morning, a woman who donated a kidney to her own boss was fired after she had complicated developments after the surgery. she s suing, and she s demanding an explanation from her employer on new york s long island. give the boss a kidney and then get canned. get fired. are you kidding me? wait until you hear that story. also later, the troubled actress who may be playing the role of elizabeth taylor in a tv movie. you may be surprised who it is. well, not now since we showed you the picture. yeah, we give it away there. stay tuned for the skinny and more huge surprises like that one. but first yes, but first, edwards sordid personal life will be in the spotlight today in a north carolina courtroom. even his own attorney admits edwards has committed many sins but no actual crimes.