Open us to govern in the true spirit, amen. Why is it so imperative that you take office now . United states attorney for the middle district of tennessee called me at noon and said he had substantial reason to believe governor blanton was about to let out of the state prison a person who was a target of a grand jury investigation and alleged payoffs connected with parole. With that information, i concluded immediately as i told the speaker and Lieutenant Governor that that was new and specific information that demanded i act as i could. What is your feeling tonight . In many ways a very sad moment in tennessee but in many other ways it is a great moment. It will be recorded that ray lamar ray blanton was his own worst enemy. Broad this on himself, there was no other choice. The United States attorney today did what he had to do when they heard from the United States attorney, i think Lamar Alexander did what he had to do. The attorney general who assured me in the afternoon that if i
You look at the poles in the subway car, you have to clean the cars. And im grateful to the front line workers for coming out. They need the Public Transit. We owe it to them that its safe and clean. And to do that, you have to close it down to 1 00 a. M. To 5 00 a. M. Also 92 reduction in ridership. Your ridership is down to, like, 8 . And 1 00 to 5 00 a. M. Is the lowest period of ridership. So people will work literally in the middle of the night to clean the trains. Its the least. For the essential workers and everyone. We have to be able to say our Public Transit system is safe. And it is clean. Especially getting ready. Planning to reopen. You cannot do anything without a Public Transit System People have confidence in. And knowing its clean and disinfecting it, i think its vital to confidence in new york. Just confidence and comfort with the situation in new york and the midst of this pandemic. Right. [ inaudible question ] whatever we can do to help is great. But this is also a
Donald trump, he holds his first rally of the day in just a few minutes kicking off in council bluff. Hes been laser focused on evangelicals conceding nothing to ted cruz. Theres his wife melania. He was with one of his prominent new supporters. And john kasich has switched his focus to New Hampshire, the primary in nine days. A new poll this morning has sent politicos into a frenzy. The des moines politics poll, donald trump is up 5 points over ted cruz. This is the first time that trump has held a lead this big in this poll. As for the democrats, Hillary Clinton is up 3 over Bernie Sanders. The iowa poll shows the same thing on the democratic side. Donald trump is up 6 . We have Team Coverage joining us across the state. M. J. Lee and joe johns at a Bernie Sanders rally. Manu raju and mark preston, you have a big announcement about New Hampshire . Reporter i do, john. The focus has been on iowa and it will be for the next 24 hours but the campaigns are already looking ahead to New Ha
Naval classmate admiral chuck larson. Mccain talked about this decision before his death in his book the restless wave. And then take my leave bound for a place near my chuck larson in the cemetery back where it began. It was a pact the two made decades ago. A true testament to the senators loyalty and pride in his roots. Chuck larsons wife telling cnn chuck has his wing man back now. Outside the u. S. Naval academy we saw the streets were lined to the entrance of the academy there for people who are also paying their final respects in what is now however a private ceremony, right . Thats right. It is a private closed ceremony. The media is not allowed in, the public is not allowed in, but that didnt stop hundreds of people coming here. Its an emotional day. The final leg of john mccains incredible journey and the final of the five days of his sendoff to the American People and so hundreds of people felt compelled to come out and line the streets as you mentioned to the gate leading up