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Facing opposition from both sides of the aisle, Larry Summers pulling out of the race for fed chairman. The onetime Clinton Administration secretary called the president to notify him. In a letter following the call, he wrote, i have reluctantly concluded that any possible confirmation for me would be acrimonious and would not serve the interest of the federal reserve, the administration or ultimately the interests of the nations john gog economic recovery. Janet yellen seen as a leading candidate, seen by the markets as less likely to scale back the Stimulus Program as aggressively as summers would have had he become fed chairman. Is this all about summers or Something Else . Summers is a patriot. He knew this was going to tear the country up. I know he wa ....
expects to help him turn the economy around if he s elected? and later, an unlikely police chief, a swimmer who won t give up, and the woman on the arm of the v.p. hopeful. we ll bring you this week s most intriguing people. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. it is 7:00 on the east coast. 4:00 a.m. on the west. thanks for starting your morning with us. in about 30 minutes we expect to hear from julian assange, wikileaks founder, who sparked international outrage with the release of classified u.s. cables. but who has been out of the spotlight in recent months. you re looking now at the ecuador embassy in london where assange has sought refuge while he fights britain s attempt to extradite him to sweden for charge of sexual assault. for his part, assange has denied those allegations saying they are in retribution for disclosure of american secrets. and if assange thinks that he will be leaving that ecuadorian embassy any time soon, he is in for a tough challenge ....
try to escape. we ll have a report from the scene. plus, an exclusive look at romney s economic team. just who are the pele that he expects to help him turn the economy around if he s elected? and later, an unlikely police chief, a swimmer who won t give up, and the woman on the arm of the v.p. hopeful. we ll bring you this week s most intriguing people. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. it is 7:00 on the east coast. 4:00 a.m. on the west. thanks for starting your morning with us. in about 30 minutes we expect to hear from julian assange, wikileaks founder, who sparked international outrage with the release of classified u.s. cables. but who has been out of the spotlight in recent months. you re looking now at the ecuador embassy in london where assange has sought refuge while he fights britain s atmpt to extradite him to sweden for charge of sexual assault. for his part, assange has denied those allegations saying they are in retribution for disclosure of a ....