CBS Evening News - 2009-02-12
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[0:00] Tonight,
[0:02] a stunning announcement in Washington.
[0:04] The president's nominee for commerce
[0:06] secretary withdraws. Jud Greg, a
[0:09] Republican, cites philosophical
[0:11] differences on a number of issues,
[0:13] including the economic stimulus package.
[0:16] >> Bottom line is this was simply a bridge
[0:17] too far from them.
[0:18] >> I'm Katie Kurrick. That package will be
[0:20] approved just the same. And we'll tell
[0:23] you what's in it for you, including tax
[0:26] breaks. Also tonight, judges breaking
[0:29] the law to plead guilty to taking
[0:31] millions in payoffs to send juvenile
[0:34] offenders to private lockups.
[0:37] And the growing backlash against that
[0:39] mother of octuplets.
[0:45] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Katie
[0:48] Kurrick.
[0:52] >> Good evening everyone. And it all seemed
[0:53] to be going fine for President Obama and
[0:56] his economic stimulus package. Congress
[0:58] is ready to approve it and he was out on
[1:00] the stump selling it. Then a surprise
[1:02] announcement caught the White House
[1:04] offguard. The president's choice for
[1:06] commerce secretary, Jud Greg, withdrew
[1:09] his nomination, citing disagreements
[1:11] over the package and more. Greg is a
[1:13] third-term senator from New Hampshire.
[1:15] Nominated nine days ago, he would have
[1:17] been the third Republican in the Obama
[1:20] cabinet. Chip Reed at the White House
[1:22] has the story behind Greg's about face.
[1:26] >> At almost the exact moment President
[1:28] Obama took the stage at a Caterpillar
[1:30] plant in Peoria to pitch his stimulus
[1:32] package, Jud Greg, his Republican
[1:34] nominee to be commerce secretary, issued
[1:36] a statement withdrawing his nomination,
[1:38] citing irresolvable conf