she has a benign brain tumor. and one win away from the first stanley cup but it s what l.a. kings are doing off the ice that has us talking. they re on a crime fighting mission. good morning to you. i m carol costello. thanks for joining us this morning. the wisconsin recall is over. republican scott walker wins big. who knows. he may be in the running for the new job as mitt romney s running mate. there is still work to be done. wisconsin is still bitterly split. case in point, keep your eye on walker s democratic challenger tom barrett. you saw it there. one supporter reacted to him conceding before last night s votes were counted by slapping him. a reporter with cnn affiliate w wisn was up close and says the milwaukee mayor seemed stunned by the slap and walked away from the woman. she remained scowling because it was walker s night. when there have been leaders of courage what has sustained them is there were good and decent people who stood with them shoulder to shoul
the last time we ll see this happen in all of our lifetimes. wow. that is something to behold. good morn wk everyone. good to have you with us. welcome to early start. i m ashleigh banfield. i m zoraida sambolin. first, it is a failed recall. delivering a wake-up call to the white house this morn ing. wisconsin governor scott walker keeps his job, becoming the first governor in u.s. history to survive a recall election. a real slap in the face for democrats. literally. take a look at a female supporter slapping runner-up tom barrett. milwaukee s democratic mayor, for conceding the race too soon last night. she didn t have to, you know. walker, the tea party backed republican who broke his state s public unions register add comfortable seven-point victory over barrett. he was quick to put a national spin on his big, local win. tonight, tonight we tell wisconsin, we tell our country, and we tell people all across the globe that voters really do want leaders to stand up
the right. a new television ad that labels him as a fake. why? because he s a fake. while i was fighting to save the olympics you were fighting to save the bridge to nowhere. we re going to stay with cnn, full highlights from last night s republican debates live from phoenix in just a moment. and gas prices have jumped again. up 3% three cents, rather, overnight, according to aaa. average is $3.61. it is still going up. economists say the gas could jump to 4 or even $5 a gallon by the summer. you re going to hear from president obama on gas prices and energy policy. that s happening later today. president obama is apologizing for the burning of korans by nato troops in afghanistan. now, this incident set off protests across the country. after again president hamid karzai said president obama sent a letter calling the burning an inadvertent error. he also promised to take steps to avoid any reoccurrence. two u.s. troops were killed by someone wearing an afghan army
this is ali. chris seen on a well-deserved vacation. we have a lot going on today. let s get to it. high drama and high stakes over raising america s debt ceiling. we are now just 20 day ace way from the treasury deadline. president obama will meet again today with congressional leaders for the fifth straight day of negotiations that ended abruptly yesterday. republicans saying the president stormed out of the talks. this morning, democratic source is telling cnn president obama shut down the meeting after house majority leader eric cantor continued to push for a short-term extension of the debt ceiling. something that the president categorically opposes. that s when sources say the president got agitated saying, quote, this could bring my presidency down but i will not yield on this. end quote. then he added, talking to eric cantor, eric, don t call my bluff. i m going to the american people with this, end quote. let s go live to dan lothian at the white house. differ acco