now to big business news. american airlines and u.s. airways completing their merger. they now rank as the world s largest airline. the airline name will live on. the u.s. airlines name will disappear. survived challenge from the government and consumer groups. guess what. you are no longer an owner o. the u.s. government selling all its remaining shares in general motors. government lost 10.5 billion on bailout of g.m. and that s is tonight s speed read. today, senator ted cruze introducing a report calling it lawless and abusive. is president obama violating the constitution? and what are the limits? georgetown law professor nicholas joins us. good evening, sir. good evening, greta. abusive and lawless is what senator ted cruz says. do you agree or disagree with senator cruze and why? senator cruze s point is that the way the president is implementing obamacare looks a lot more like rewriting the law rather than executing it.
mayoral control. thank you to both of you for talking us with this morning. the back story, like all school systems, there is lots of trouble there. big reforms, you know, lengthing the school day and school year to a parent going k through 12 will have 2 1/2 more jeers of instruction, another big split with the teachers union. they are making big changes. you are operating in a context of poverty already, in a context of gangs, of a budget that cannot really support what they have. the problems are just so deep and myriad, and good arguments on both sides. big business news to talk about. final read of what the economy did in the fourth quarter. the economy grew 0.4%. that s the broadest measure of the economy, and you will recall that originally, we thought it might have actually shrunk, the final number there is 0.4%,
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cruise working early to get here and do this. tim, i am forever grateful. i wouldn t miss this for the world. you are good people. so is willis. he came out of retirement for the tenth time to come here and be at the bar. sunny hostin, one of my loves. absolutely fantastic. yes, cannot wait to have the robarita coming up. a little side note, guess what? i will share this quick. the first suit and tie that i wore on this show july 12th, 2010. and i wore it again tonight because my, my, my thought on life is no matter where you end up never forget where you started. look at you. i wanted to come full circle tonight. we are doing it going back to the beginning. it still fits. it s been tailored a little bit. you gained 800 pounds on this shift. you will see. you will see. all right, we got to get to some news. start with the running of the bulls, wall street hitting a
happened. she received an award last week for saving the pilot s life. quick thinking. wow. all right, still ahead. you probably already know this. this is rob s last day. go on. you know you want to go. all right. and sending him off in style and with alcohol of course. there he goes. off to the bar. and the party is just getting started. you are watching world news now. whoa! what? what? yeah! announcer: world news now weather brought to you by finish quantum powerball. quantum powerball. it s happening now. people are switching to finish.