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time now for cnn political update and national political correspondent jessica yellin joins me now from the political desk in washington. jessica, new jersey governor chris christie, and he should be used to this, because he was once again asked this familiar question -- >> that is right. hi, randi. i moderated this morning a panel discussion actually about education reform sponsored by the folks who made the documentary "waiting for superman." and chris christie the governor of new jersey has made education reform a central piece of the agenda, and he is something off a king maker in this political seasonings bau in 2012 all of the candidates are scheduled to come meet with him, so i asked him, is there any one likely presidential candidate on the republican side who is going to make education a central part of the agenda and will you push them to, and i had to ask, are you certain you are not running for president? >> i am not getting anywhere near that.
decision not the release the photos. we will keep an eye on the podium and as soon as the white house briefing gets under way, we will bring it to you live right here on cnn. meanwhile, it is time now for the a cnn political update. cnn deputy political director paul steinhauser joins me now from washington. paul, a new cnn polling shows that a majority of americans may not agree with the president's decision announced just a short time ago not to release these bin laden photos. >> yeah, let's take a look at the numbers. this is from the national poll, and we did it monday, and this is the day after the announcement of bin laden's death. 56% say yes, and 39% say no, the government should not release a photograph of the body. and more men than women say they would have liked to have seen the release of the body. >> and paul, what do americans think about the killing of bin laden in general? any numbers on that? >> well, overall, most americans
time now for a cnn political update. decision time is just about here for some possible republican candidates. joining me now from washington is wolf blitzer, anchor of "the situation room." hi, wolf. >> hi, randi. you remember four years ago at this time there were dozens of candidates running for president of the united states. i remember some of those early debates. right now there are a few in the exploratory committee mode, but more are expected on the republican side right now. haley barbour has suggested that by the end of this month he will be ready to decide whether to go forward. there are signs he will in fact go forward. donald trump says by the end of may after the season is over for "celebrity apprentice," he'll make up his mind but he says he a's very, very serious. don't be surprised, he says, if he runs.
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time now for cnn political update, and stocks are taking a tumble today on news of a negative outlook on the debt future which highlights the high stakes in the budget battle. cnn congressional correspondent brianna keilar joins me from washington with more on this. hi there, brianna. >> hey, there, randi. we are looking at the congressional reaction to the news you are talking about with s&p saying that the credit rating has been downgraded from stable to poor. and this is the next big spending battle we will see in congress which is whether to increase the debt creeling the amount of money that the u.s. can legally borrow. we heard from number two house republican eric cantor who says it is a wake-up call, and backs up things that the republicans want to do which to add conditions to the raising of the
away their playing time. samantha on our blog said, i think the nba was too hard on kobe. everyone says things that they shouldn't out of frustration. you obviously saw that he was frustrated with the knack it was his fourth foul. i think people need to stop being so sensitive these days and realize that not everything is against their community. mike said, fining kobe bryant $100,000 is like fining me a dime. he probably laughed and said it was worth it. make the fines $1 million and they will keep their mouths shut. ricky said on twitter, should have never been fined. so thank you all for weighing in on that topic. time for a cnn political update. another republican is taking steps for a possible 2012 presidential run. cnn chief political correspondent candy crowley joins me from washington with this. hi, candy. >> randi, the song, 50 ways to leave your lover, apparently 50 ways to keep your presidential question marks behind your name going. one of them, ron paul, now
welcome back. time for a cnn political update. cnn's senior political editor, mark cresston, joins me from washington. the president is headed home to his hometown. >> he is. always nice to go home, specially when you're going to thereby for fund-raisers. randy, they're saying president obama might have to spend upwards of $1 billion to win re-election in 2012. the only way he's go doing that is if he starts asking for money. tonight, out in chicago for fund-raisers. a larger event with about 2,000 people that will abtending. now the ticket price to attend events range anywhere from $100 up to $35, 800. it's just the beginning. we'll see president obama head out to california to san francisco, and los angeles. and then back east to new york to continue to raise money.
great resource. time for a cnn political update. brianna keilar is up on capitol hill, and what have you got? >> well, randi, the budget deal worked out between senate majority leader harry reid, a democrat, and john bay for toeb republican, and we found out a short time ago, and this is on the ticker, steny hower, the number two democrat in the house is not sure he is going to support it. he says he is still reviewing it, and that there are some cuts in this deal that he just doesn't agree with. so, we know that the last time that the house passed a short-term spending measure, republican leaders lost quite a few of their republican rank and file. coming up on the ticker, our deirdre walsh, is writing up something that eric cantor, the number two republican just said. he said he was confident it will pass, and asked if he needed