Although i do acknowledge that the garden state punches way above its weight when it comes to political scandals. [indistinct conversations] in 2004, the democratic governor of new jersey, Jim Mcgreevey, stepped into a press room just like this and became an Overnight Sensation when he admitted to a gay affair and resigned in the same speech. A governor coming out of the closet was genuinely shocking, a careerkiller at that time. Looking back, though, i cant help but feel that we were also quick to embrace the headline that we may have forgotten to dig a little deeper, because the reason why Jim Mcgreevey resigned is a lot more complicated than we remember. Ah, new jersey americas communal jacuzzi, or cesspool, depending on who you ask. [glass shatters] a land with its own unique culture and customs and a Political Landscape than can be rather. Shall we say, in your face. Youre done. Its 4 30. Youve maximized your tan. Get off the beach. New jersey is a roughandtumble place, man, you k
they by potentially reinforcing this image of extremism that hurt republicans so much through purple states. there are others, but for me those are the biggest known unknowns for 2024. and that last one is a great question because you have heard republicans, you know, they have been basically chomping at the bit to take over the majority for obvious reasons. but with such a small majority, you negotiation i heard from republicans who say, we re concerned about what these investigations look like and what path this goes down and do we look like we have a strategy that we have it together or we don t know who is going to be the house speaker next week when the new congress takes over. good point. ron, thank you very, very much. thank you, guys. happy holidays. thank you. cnn this morning continues right now. good morning. it is 8:00 a.m. eastern. we re so glad you re with us. it is december 27th. welcome to cnn this morning. all right, so we will begin with
bret: good evening, welcome to washington. i m bret baier. breaking tonight two u.s. adversaries raising eyebrows this national security circles causing real concern here in washington as both country s leaders touted their nuclear ambitions today. russian president vladimir putin saying he will revisit his country s policies on using nuclear weapons while iran is drastically expanding one of its not so secret nuclear sites. we begin with russia. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin has details tonight lye from the pnc. good evening, jennifer. jennifer: good evening, bret. more nuclear saber ratling from vladimir putin during his second stop in acre shah in search of friends. weapons for his war in ukraine, and a return to the cold war. the veiled threat came thursday during a press conference in vietnam. putin said he was thinking of changing russia s nuclear doctrine, lowering the threshold for the first use of a nuclear weapon. currently russian doctr
i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. first it s today s new round of attack in the presidential race campaign and the much winning battleground state of ohio this afternoon. president obama slammed the tax proposals, warninging they ll send thousands of u.s. jobs overs overs overseas. > the romney campaign is accusing them of another dishonest attack. why did the president level this new corporate tax attack on romney in ohio? reporter: well, wolf, the president is trying to draw sharp contrast between his campaign and romney s campaign, trying to suggest romney is looking out for the people at the the very top. specifically in ohio the people are making the argument that romney supports are eliminating tax. this will lead to job creations overseas. and that will come at the expense of jobs in ohio. we have not found any serious economic studies that the economic plan would actually create jobs until today. i ve got to be honest. today we found out there
honor to be nominated but you really do want to win. and that little problem he had with words with friends. we can be playing a smart word game rather than watching reruns of nbc sit-coms all the time. what kris osborn could be more of a waste of our time. alec baldwin, unapologetic, and very, very funny. but i must ask you, piers, have you been properly in love? i was instructed by your staff to pose this very question. al an lek baldwin, piers morgan interview starts now. if you re alec baldwin, life is pretty damn good right now. the man s at the top of his game, starring in 30 rock, making movies even hosting the new york philharmonic radio show. he s so busy, apparently he doesn t have time to run for mayor of new york city. he s not afraid to say what he thinks or to leave a plane when he feels annoyed. it s time for me to have some words with a friend, alec baldwin. welcome. thank you, good to see you. now, we re going to come to that remarkable moment