saying today, he is still down to drain and adding an acronym for good measure adding, quote, we ll always be trying to dts. okay, donald trump says it s dts and don t forget it. and gingrich didn t, apparently, because right afterward, basically within the hour, he recorded a special video on facebook saying he made a boo-boo. i want to report that i made a big boo-boo. i talked this morning with president-elect donald trump and he reminded me, he likes draining the swamp. i mischaracterized it the other day. he intends to drain the swamp. so i want all of you to know, i goofed. draining the swamp is in. the alligators should be worried. and you ll hear me write more about alligators and the swamp, but i wanted i thought i owed it to all of the folks that follow me that when i make a mistake, i m going to be straightforward and tell you. i blew that one. deranging the swamp is in, president-elect trump wants to do it, and you re going to be part of it.
the government employees had to stay home for a while. but gingrich didn t willingly come to the table. boehner has been embarrassed. he could not get the vote of his own caucus, of his own conference to pass a benign piece of legislation, a piece of legislation that protected everybody up to a million dollars. i don t know how you get more embarrassed than that. now, i hope that these guys can get together, these men and women can get together and do something before january 1st. but i d check those airplane logs if i were you. if they re really serious, they re going to say you re going to get the final word. and i m creating this dynamic of making it difficult. john boehner was not embarrassed. the house works its will.
i tell you what i can spend. i do my best to make it work. i m back on the road safely. and i saved you money on brakes. that s personal pricing. i m be back with more of the big stories of the day at the top of the hour, but first here is your bottom line. the key to winning this election, getting you a job. good morning, everyone, i m christine romans. it s a presidential race that comes down to the haves and have notes. a president who until eight years ago still had student debt and his likely republican rival who has no debt at all and millions in the bank. which one is likely to guarantee you a job? joining us now to talk more about the politics is cnn s chief political analyst, gloria borger. good morning, gloria. good morning, christine. mitt romney claims that president obama broke his promises on jobs and the economy. he says median household income has declined by $4300. the unemployment rate has been above 8% for a record-breaking 38 straight months. nearl
that the cold war ended more than two decades ago. wolf blitzer is off today. i m gloria borger and you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com the average price for a gallon of regular gas today is about $4. make that $3.92. our new poll shows nearly half of americans expect that price to hit $5. that s $5 this year and most blame the oil companies. president obama tried to hitch a ride on those sentiments today. chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is here. jessica, is the president going after big oil? again. believe it or not, it really felt like today was let s play politics with gas prices day in washington. the president played his part from the rose garden. think about that. it s like hitting the american people twice. he called on the senate to pass a bill that would have eliminated billions in tax breaks for oil companies. american oil is booming. the oil industry is doing just fine, with record profits and rising prod
of god phrase. gingrich didn t seem pleased with pressure from the supporters to get out of the race. gingrich s campaign though did call alabama and mississippi both must win states and santorum has his own strategy. at this primary and the primary next door in mississippi, both of next week and we will once again for the ninth time reset this primary race. if we win mississippi, this will be a two-person race. if this is a two-person race, we will nominate a conservative as president of the united states. santorum s super pac is making that argument for him. saying in a super tuesday statement, based on his performance and his record, it is time for newt gingrich to exit the process. gingrich certainly fired back. we are staying in this race