this is cnn breaking news. >> this is cnn tonight, i'm don this is cnn breaking news. >> this is cnn tonight, i'm don lemon. the results are in in the biggest primaries in the mid terms. this is primary day in georgia, pennsylvania, oregon, idaho, oregon and kentucky. races that could determine the future of the democratic party, the republican party and the tea party. and set the tone for november, as a matter of fact. cnn's political team is here with the latest on every race for you. in louville, kentucky, a big night. wolf, i'm going to start with you because i understand we have new results in that you can report at this hour. what do you have for us?

>> not good news for the commanded bill clinton and hillary clinton families. chelsea clinton, her mother-in-law, tried to make a come back, to get elected as democratic nominee for congressional seat in pennsylvania, outside of pennsylvania. marjorie margolie will not win. brandon boyle, looks like he will cruise to a pretty impressive victory. even though bill and hillary went into the area to campaign for marjorie. a lot of our viewers will probably note, don, that our chief political analyst, did a analysis of her the other day and you have thoughts going on? >> i do. this race was very hard it gauge. she was trying to make a political come back, as you know, wolf, after 20 years out of congress. she had been a first term member of congress when bill clinton, who was president, called her up at the time and asked her to

cast the deciding vote on behalf of his big economic plan. she did. she was representing this district then, which was largely republican at the time. and she lost her bid for reelection. now, this was kind of redemption. bill clinton came back. hillary clinton raised some money for her. and she just couldn't do it. she lost by what looks like to be an almost 2-1 margin. even though now, wolf, this district is largely democratic. it is hard when you've been out of politics for two decades. >> so gloria, is that the issue, that she had been out of politics for two decades? because she did bring in the democratic big guns. >> the issue is she reintroduced herself to voters. facing three other democrats. and there were charges she wasn't participating in debates early on. she wasn't an active enough campaigner. as she said to me, she put it, you're damned if you do, you're damned if you don't when you bring in the clintons. if you bring them in too much, you're not a candidate on your own. if you bring them in too little,

people say, these are your in-laws, why aren't they coming in for you. in the long-term, though, hillary clinton did one fund-raiser for her. but people will say, oh, okay, she carry her over the finish line. that might be unfair. but the clintons haven't been campaigning for an awful lot of house candidate. >> stand by. wolf, i want you to take us through some other key races tonight. there were a number of them. >> some pretty significant ones. let's go to kentucky first. a lot of people were watching it see whether the republican leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell could hold on. matt bevin was one of the tea party favorites in kentucky. mitch mcconnell won impressively. he worked hard at it. it wasn't easy. but it looks like 2-1 on the republican side. she got the democratic nomination very, very easily. so now it sets the stage for a

major race between mitch mcconnell and alison grimes. as dana knows, she is there on the scene for us, as dana knows, this could be a very, very close race. >> before you answer, i want you to listen to what mcconnell said on grimes, then we will talk about that. >> my opponent is in this race because barack obama and harry reid want her to be in this race. a vote for my opponent is a vote for obama care. and the president who sold it to us on a mountain of lies. and that's why this race isn't about one party against another. it is about a government that thinks it can lie to its own citizens and get away with it. >> dana, strong words. is this going to be a close race? >> it could be. the next couple of months may be even month alone, could help determine the answer to that question. because up until now, it has been a largely unknown democratic candidate and alison

grimes, 35 years old, she won statewide as secretary of state. but beyond that hasn't been in politics, obviously, that long. up against mitch mcconnell who is very well known. if you talk to the grimes campaign, they are happy about the fact that he is well known and not that well liked. so what you're going to see, and you already are seeing, and you heard it in that soundbite just there, we heard it there in this room, he he is trying hard to define her before she can define herself. it is politics 101. particularly when you're entrenched in running against an unknown candidate. he is already doing it. but you heard also the really explicit appeal to the national level and national message that mitch mcconnell is giving. it is not about her. it is about barack obama and making mitch mcconnell the majority leader to try to stop obama and his policies the last two years he is in office. >> let's go to arkansas now. can we, wolf? >> yeah.

a fascinating race in arkansas. incumbent dayer pryer, or i should say mark pryer. cotton, from arkansas, will be the republican challenger for the senate seat in oregon. tom cotton, an iraq war veteran. harvard grad. someone who made a name for himself in washington. he has only made himself in a little while. mark pryor will have his hand full in arkansas. even though, don, polls show prior ahead, at least some of the polls in arkansas but still a long time to go between now and november. expect this to be a very close race. but maybe gloria has a different analysis. >> no. >> before that, i want to get to georgia first. i want the analysis. if you can take us to georgia, then more on that. >> the georgia race will be significant.

michelle nun, daughter of sam nunn, former senator from georgia, long time senator, long time chairman of senator service et committee. someone always popular from georgia. michelle will be democratic seat. and she will face a republican, but we don't know who that republican will be. there are five republican candidates running for the republican senate nomination in georgia, in order to avoid a run-off, you need 50%. doesn't look like any of the candidate, there are more than five standing there, any of them will get 50% or close. looks like david per due, jack kingston, they look like when they are ahead with half of the vote, but there will be a run off first. one of them, resumably, could be, but so far the results are she is far behind. either purdue or kingston will face nun.

>> you know, tonight, john boehner, represented make simpson. if simpson's ties to boehner hurt him in this race in idaho? >> that's part of it. but i think simpson himself and where he stance or maybe where he sits, is a bet are way to put it. he is on the appropriations committee in the house. that might sound like inside baseball, but not if you are a conservative republican and a conservative who is very upset and fed up with spending in washington because of those historical who have been on that committee are, you know, helping in writing those checks or the least appropriating and directing that money. and so that is a -- a big issue for them. this is one of those, when you are looking at the big picture, at these primaries and what they mean for republican party. this is one of those that is fascinating to watch because it is a microcosm. you have the big establishment

groups like the chamber of commerce. like the nra backing and then the other lesser known but groups powered by the grass roots backing his challenger. so that's where this race is going. the answer to that and how the party really is going to go, will be -- that will be a very important race to watch. >> if i were going to sort of sum up tonight of what we are looking at, i think it would be sort of the establishment strike back, which is that after losing about a handful of senate seats, over the last two election cycles, republicans decided that they actually might want to take control of the senate. that would mean controlling the candidate they nominate, who they presume, or would like to get elected. so what you saw is money coming in from groups like the chamber of commerce, and more establishment groups, more political action committees, coming in an supporting people like mitch mcconnell.

some are saying that mitch mcconnell in his race, and after all it might be a race to become the majority leader of the united states senate, that that race alone could cost $100 million. >> goodness gracious. >> because the stakes are so high. but republicans are determined now not to let the purity get in the way of their potential victory in control of the senate. >> this is a big test. we will talk about that and the influence of the tea party. stick with me everyone. we've got lots more primary results to get to and what all this means for november and the balance of power in washington as gloria was alluding to a moment ago. also, the charges against donald sterling, including lying and destroying evidence. we'll be right back. he thought it was the endn for his dof the conversation.d... she didn't tell him that her college expenses were going up.

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we're back now with breaking news. the latest result from primaries all across the country tonight. joining me now dana bash, gloria borger, wolf blitzer. i'm so glad to have them here. this is their day job. tonight, their night job. wolf, we had very important results from the governor's race. take us through it. >> pretty significant. first one in georgia. we will talk about georgia, incumbent governor nathan deal, he get the republican nomination. but look who will be challenging him on the democratic side. a guy by the name of jason carter.

jason carter happens to be the grandson of the former president of the united states, jimmy carter. there he is, jason carter, democratic nominee. ji son carter against nathan deal, we will see what happens in georgia. one another gubernatorial race, pennsylvania, an incumbent republican governor. tom corbit, the republican nominee, seeking reelection. but tom wolf will be the democratic challenger to tom corbit. tom beating alison swart. that is the seat that chelsea clinton's mother-in-law tried to get. tom wolf will face tom corbit in pennsylvania. normally a democratic state but there is a democratic governor in pennsylvania at left for now. >> can we go back to this? this mitch mcconnell race is a very important test. rand paul is a tea party favorite. how important is rand paul's

support? >> very important. i think dana can tell you, he endorsed mitch mcconnell before the tea party candidate got in, running against mitch mcconnell but he stuck with his republican leader. i think mitch mcconnell owes him in a very big way. i think as rand paul thinks about running for the presidency, someone like mitch mcconnell who he would like to see as majority leader of the senate can be very useful to him. but in terms of get aing tea partiers to kind of take a look at mitch mcconnell, who after all has been around for decades, part of the establishment, who represents everything that a lot of tea partiers dent like, i think he was hugely important. one other thing, i want to mention here, which is, that every establish et candidate ran like a tea party candidate. hard to tell the difference this

time around. because they had a uniting factor in opposing obama care. but also, they unite owned things like immigration and trade and climate change. so it is very hard. establishment republican party ran to the right this time. >> first, i want you to listen to house speaker john boehner this morning, what he said about the tea party. then we will talk, all of you. >> there's not that much big a difference between them. the tea party and average conservative republican. against obama care. we think taxes are too high. think the government is too big. so i wouldn't continue to sing that same song. >> gloria was just saying, it is hard to tell the difference between a tea party candidate and republican candidate. they kind of ran on the same platform. >> he was saying that. and he's rice. right. and there has been a shift to

the right since 2010. it's part of the reason, maybe the reason, why republicans were able to take the house and the sweep they did in 2010. and john boehner knows better than anybody the kind of shift that he has had to make as leader and the kind of compromises he was not able to make as leader. but having said that, you know, there is still a difference and maybe tea party, we all use it, everybody uses he he if, as short handed way it talk about a certain wing of the republican party. but you see it here in kentucky. certainly matt bevin, the republican challenger didn't win, didn't come close, but he he still got a significant amount of republican support and those are people who are just many of whom say that they are fed up with not just washington but with republicans in washington and it's because of the fact that they are still spending too much money. and it does come down to, at its core, the financial issues. >> wolf, i have a little bit of time left.

sorry, gloria. can you just sum it up for us? what does this mean for the balance of power in washington, this election now. what does it mean for 2016, if anything. >> by all accounts, almost everyone agrees, democrats won't take the a majority in the house of representatives. senate, republicans need to pick up a net pick up of six seats. that is possible. i wouldn't say it is definite by any means. way, way too early to take a look and see what's going to happen in november. so much will depend on where the economy is. so many other issues. a lot of issues become local issues. certainly republicans will run against obama care. run against the president of the united states. but moderate democrats will have the opportunity it stay in office. it'll be close. it will be very, very close i suspect, whether the democrats manage to make enough majority in the u.s. >> i will pull a wolf blitzer here. stand by. i will talk a lot about these subjects tonight. thank you.

when we come back, more bad news for donald sterling. his racist rants are likely to can cost him the clippers. proof that while you can say pretty much anything you want in this country, doesn't mean you won't pay the price. here is mclemore. his song became an anthem for american equality. but he says, this get-up, which he wore at a show in seattle, is a random disguise, quote, a jewish stereotype never crossed my mind. tweet us, using the hashtag, ask don.

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welcome back. we have new details of the nba charges against donald sterling. they include removing evidence and releasing a false statement. the nba is alleging sterling tried to persuade v.stiviano to say those were not comments on the tape. rabbi, latest book called "kosher lust" and mark omara and mel robbins. welcome to all of you. michael, we will start with you. we heard from the commissioner, today, adam silver today, he talked about how this process will work and the hearing that will eventually take place on june 3rd. and he says, it's the right thing to do.

>> yeah, it is the right thing to do. because adam silver knows that he has to establish that there was a process involved before expelling donald sterling. because he knows that donald sterling will likely file a lawsuit against the nba. so silver wants to be sure that he is following the constitutions guidelines for exiling an owner. that's really what this process is about. it is about following the rules to make sure that sterling can't later on say, you made a mistake in how you threw me out. i now have a valid legal claim. >> he also says, it is not going to be easy. take a listen. >> the timing is in the nba constitution. we are following it to the letter in terms of numbers of days that mr. sterling has to respond. then when the hearing will be held. as i said, i know we're doing the right thing here. this is an unprecedented proceeding. will there be bumps in the road? presumably yes.

>> and those bumps in the road, mel, what do you think they are? >> one of the things that i think might happen, don, is donald sterling is going to get denied this extension that he is requesting. so what is he going to do? try to stall it anyway. the only way he can do that is by filing a preemtive lawsuit accusing the nba of breach of contract. i still think that won't be, in the end, very successful at all. >> i think pretty much that silver said, listen, we're going by our time line. he didn't mention an extension. i think that extension, they're not going to do it. mark omara, this release was on-line last night. claiming sterling lied to the league during the investigation into his comments and destroyed evidence that it was seeking. they don't appear to be swayed by his comments or legal moves. >> not at all.

they will follow the constitution. do it the right way. give him his due process as defined by their constitution. i agree with mel, min highsing his ability to saw either preemtively, which could be a good time to try or afterward. i think the question is will he go quietly and with any honor whatsoever or make it another mockery. >> and what about the allegations that tried to get stiviano to change her comments, mark? >> within the context of what the nba considers, that's horrendous attitude that will work against him. this is a set for felony charges he could be facing. he need to be careful of what he is doing. if he want someone to admit perjury by coming in under oath and lie, that's a separate felony. >> and then destroying evidence. mark, i want to hear more about what adam silver said. i thought it was fascinating. let's listen, then we will talk. >> there is something particular

about race issues when it comes to sports. and maybe the nba in particular. it is no secret, we have a league with majority of the players are african-american. vast majority of owners are not. the boundaries of my authority, i feel an obligation it protect the people within this league. >> i felt there he was speaking directly to americans and not to people who own teams. play verse been concerned about this when it first came out that it not drag out. does that help protect the relationship, do you think? >> absolutely. he goes down as the most popular commissioner in nba already. he protected pliers interest, and saying they would strike if he did not do this. some of this is pragmatism. he also knows he can't have a league with players sitting out. it is bad for business. he also knows that certain types

of offenses are treated in this way. if sterling was on tape saying awful things about women and that they shouldn't be players and he didn't like women and didn't care if he came to the game or not. there is a different attitude toward sexism. >> also mentioned, he mentioned disparaging things to americans, and comparing them to jewish people, saying they don't support their community. >> let's be clear. donald sterling is an embarrassment to the jewish community. i would normally never bring up ethnicity, but he himself brought it up. he brought it into his racist rant when he said jews take care of our colleagues. african-american community is not as good. that is so despicable because we jews taught the world in the first chapter of genesis that every human being is taught in the eye of god. have a class of judaism before you drag our community into this.

jewish community believes in the quality of every human being. donald sterling is not known for his involvement in the community. he may be doing great philanthropy behind the scenes. i don't want it venture any guests on that. he is not involved in judaism that i know of. i can mention ten philanthropists who are american jewish who do that. it is like what mark said, not that he made the racist rant, but that he didn't repent. i believe in repentance. if he got caught up in this rant and said, i'm so sorry, i got ashamed of myself, i got caught up. i will do charity. people will forgive him. but he refuses to. he will not apologize. >> if he had shown repentance in the very beginning.

so what happens next? we heard from a adam silver. he has until tuesday to respond and then they are going ahead june 3rd to do their thing. >> that's right. there is the possibility as commissioner -- [ inaudible ] >> michael, we are having a hard time hearing you. michael is on skype. i think what he is saying, chances of him fw seeking an injunction is a possibility. on june 3rd he they will vote. after that, they will hire an investment banker to deal with this because they he have a judiciary -- fiduciary responsibility to sell it to the highest bidder. stick around. when we come back, macklemore, you know him for his tolerance of love. what is he doing dressing up like this? a lot of people say it is anti-semitic. we will get into that. all stations come over to mission a for a final go.

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macklemore won best rap performance at the grammies. but he changed his look since

then. he called this a rnd om costume worn during show in seattle. a lot of other people call it anti-semitic. we have to put these pictures up. look at the pictures. okay? so macklemore is in hot water after he wore that costume on stage on friday. that some consider to be a caricature after jewish fan. rabbi? intentionally or unintentionally is macklemore's costume anti-semitic. >> well, i don't care about intention. i look at action. the important ingredient is he swore this while singing a song "thrift shop." of course it was intentional. here the same thing with donald sterling. if you get caught, apologize, people are forgiving, and missouri move on. but instead gives us this ridiculous garbage, that he

accidentally put on a hook nose and beard and saying how cheap people are, and only buy stuff at the thrift shop. >> the two pictures on the side, black and white, were older traditional depictions of jewish people. >> it is the old depictions, with the hook-nose jew. just say you are sorry, stop the ridiculous defense. >> when a producer showed me and i said, why is he dressed up like a religious jew from time gone by, and he said, well, he is saying he did not. mark, are you agreeing here or saying, mark -- mark omara? >> i'm not in agreement. i think we have to look at what

he did in context. he doesn't have anything in his background that would suggest any anti-semitic behavior. this is something he did, he apologized for it almost quickly. what i like is almost this. we in the media are telling everyone we are looking, going to inquire and we want an answer and in this case, what he did was, i thought, perfect. he said, i really didn't mean it. if i offended anybody i'm sorry. now that i know about the adl, which i didn't know about before, anti-defamation league, i think they are a great organization. look at their website and support them. i think he did what we want. if it was a faux pas. >> hang on. mark hill. he didn't know about the adl? come on. he is a grown man, right? >> he also spelled anti-semitic wrong. he may not know what the adl is. i will grant him that. his initial response was on twitter where he said a witch nose and beard. that's anti-semitic?

he dismissed it. right there. fake witch's nose, wig and beard, not my idea of a stereotype, anybody. he was defensive. he rejected it. i can't get into macklemore's head. i don't know what he thinks. he went so heavy to be seen as the progressive artist probably didn't intentionally do something anti-semitic but it still is anti-semitic. clearly anti-semitic. >> and he apologized. >> let me read this piece. you mentioned, marc, he was spending to seth rogen. a twitter battle before then. macklemore, first you trick people into thinking you're a rapper and now you trick them into thinking you're jewish. >> the witch nose, wig, outfit, not my idea of anti-semitic. >> mel robbins, go ahead.

>> i'm not jewish and this doesn't hit a hot button for me. but i saw the nose and i was like, oh, my god, he he is the wicked witch of the west. i thought he he looked more like sasha cohen in one of his movies in character. and i get get what you're saying, rabbi, about the fact he is singing a song about a thrift shop. so that adds weight. but the truth is, unlike sterling and you're trying to draw a comparison here, he doesn't have a history of any kind of anti-semitic behavior whatsoever. and in fact, he has written songs about tolerance. >> i have to go. >> i buy his explanation. i give him the benefit of the doubt. and i accept his apology. and we all need to move on. >> come on, he has a controversial history. let's not pretend he is some boy scout he's not. >> listen, we can't pretend that -- you can't claim ignorance of the law. you can't claim ignorance of racism or anti-semitism or

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most of us have a story of at least one run-in with a bully

we we were growing up. but a lot of people say bullying today has reached epidemic proportions. >> reporter: the sobs of an 8-year-old girl in minnesota as she explains to her mom what it feels like to be bullied. >> it makes me feel sad. >> yeah? >> and scared. >> yeah? >> and i don't like it. >> reporter: her mother, frustrated with the school's response, posts the video on-line to show the pain bullying causes children. almost 2,000 miles away, the mayor of porterville, california says he is all too familiar with the problem. >> i think it is a huge deal these days. i was bullied as a child. and my event started in 7th grade with a guy that kept pulling a knife on me. >> reporter: that may come as a surprise to those outraged over his comments at say they council meeting discussing safety zones for bullied children. >> i'm against bullying. but i'm getting damn tired of it being used as mantra for everything and ills the world

when all most people have to do is grow a pair. >> it is hard to stand up and grow a pair when you're maybe a 10-year-old little girl. >> then maybe the other 10-year-olds that think they want to stop bullying will stand up for her. >> did you mean to sound sort of insensitive and even sexist with this comment? >> i don't think so. i think it was something i was thinking about. i read a book a while back called "grow a pair." and it was in the back of my mind. and when i'm thinking, they want government to solve every issue that there is, and so i said, they need to grow a pair. in other word, be responsible for yourself. be responsible for your friend. and it kind of went viral. >> he worries about whether we are creating a generation of whiners. >> i think the people that actually stand up are getting punished for standing up. and we have seen if time and time again. >> i would like to say that the mayor is actually coming off as

a burley. >> human behairyist doesn't think americans are coddling their children. >> if we put the responsibility for children to do an adult's job or poll tilgss job or teach are's job, then what we are doing is asking children, children, to be adults. >> as for the mayor of porterville, he took care of his own childhood bully. what some might call, the old-fashioned way. >> finally came to a head, dropped him like a rag doll, everything was cool again. >> he said he does not be a decate violence, but in this instance, seemed to work for him. >> all right, sarah, thank you for that. you just heard mayor cameron hamilton of porterville, california. he joins me now along with mark omara and mel robbins are back with me now. mayor, your remarkes have upset a lot of people. do you want to take this opportunity to apologize to

victims of bullying to say that kid should grow a pair and stick up for their damn selves? >> i think that you might have just put words in my mouth. what i said is people have to stick up for themselves. i didn't use the word youngsters. i didn't use the word 10-year-old girls. so i'm just saying that in today's world, we've gotten to the point where we don't take any accountability for ourselves. or for those that are around us. our friend. or for what we are doing in our schools. >> so you think that your remarks were taken out of context? i think most people are opposed to, you know, to the words "grow a pair." >> i believe that we were in an adult council meeting with no children around. and i probably could have used my words better because it grew into national attention, of course. but it also caused a national debate on the merits of what is

going on in our great nation. >> well, that is -- that's actually a very good point. who is groaning there? >> me. >> mel? >> yeah. >> i know it was at least me. but i'll wait my turn. >> so you're going to have to take it now. have you at least two people who are not very happy with what you said. we will start with mel, go ahead. >> look. so mark, you and i will probably say the same things. with all due respect, player, you're talking about kids growing a pair. i think you need to grow some brain cells. basically, who is going to teach kids how to stand up to bullying except for schools and adults? and so, when i think about the way to respond to bullying that not only these days happens in school hallways and school classrooms, but happens on social media, is i say to myself, schools are the one place where kids should be safe both physically and mentally. and kids that bully are taught

how to bully. typically at home. and how are we going to teach kids how to respond to bullying except for to have communities inside of schools that have a zero tolerance policy and that stick up for kids that are getting bullied. >> mel, i want to get in here. i think everyone is getting caught up -- hang on, mayor. everyone is getting caught up on what the mayor had to say instead of the intention of what he was saying. there does seem to be a lot of reporting on bullying. and some people feel that, you know, being pushed around a little bit, and not be a decating violence is part of the maturing process. when i was a kid, if someone picked on me, hit on me or said something, i would go home. and my parent would say, did you hit them back? i would say, no. they would say, go back and hit them harder. >> i don't think hitting a kid

back is the right thing do. >> okay, go ahead. mayor, you want to defend yourself? >> i would love to get in on this, yeah. not to defend myself but i want it speak on the zero tolerance policies that are in our schools right now. they are teaching just the opposite. they are teaching our children that want to stand up for themselves to stand down because they are going to get in the same amount of trouble as the kid causing the problem in the first place. >> if they hit someone, yes. >> if they hit somebody, what? >> if they hit somebody -- >> they are not allowed to stand up. >> depend on how you deal with the situation. you may have dealt like that 20 years ago but it is not appropriate in 2014, mayor. >> let him finish. >> i think that's a very naive point of view. i think we as a nation told ukraine to stick up for themselves. vietnam to stick up for themselves.

>> you are talking national policy overseas and how we treat kids in school. that's ridiculous. >> mel, let him finish. then you will get under. good ahead, mayor. finish. >> when you speak over somebody and we are having a strong debate, it shows somewhat of the ability of others not to bully them that you are doing, correct? >> yeah. okay. so stand by, everyone. mark, you wrote an article entitled, we are raising a generation of wimps. do you think the mayor has a pint that you can't protect children from all things all the time? >> absolutely. i mean, that article wasn't specifically addressed to bullying but about our culture in general. we are overprotective. we have a zeal of overprotectiveness to create ultra safe environments for our children. it is not realistic. i don't think we are serving our children very well as children or as the adults they will be in the long run by doing that.

in terms of bullying. i think it is easy for us to get fixated on the phrase, grow a pair, which of course is not appropriate for kids. i'm in agreement with the mayor on the sentiment behind it. which is that, we need to teach kids, parents and adults, need to teach kids how to deal with these things. emotionally and psychologically and physically if necessary prepare kids for dealing with bullies. >> mark omara, you've been dieing to get in here. can you talk about the impact of bullying as well. but what's your response? >> let's keep it in context. the mayor, his knee andre that will response, in talking about a safe place for children who were bullied. we are talking about children being bullied. the suggestion that a 6 or 8 or 10-year-old has to grow a pair. how would you like the child to respond to bullying. the suggestion is to teach our children to react to violence with violence. that is not an appropriate schematic for a good well

balanced child. i don't want to grow wimps. but when you say grow a pair, get over it. then what you did and what your history was with the knock the heck out of the guy pulling a knife on you, i'm not saying that's the best response anyway. it certainly should not be the response we teach our children. there are more appropriate wayes it handle violence. what we do know is people who are getting bullied are jumping off towers in florida. killing themselves. or getting guns out of mom and dads houses and taking them to school and doing what you are telling them to do. which is to take it into their own hand. they are children. teach them as children. don't make them adults at 8 or 10 years old. >> hold that thought, everyone. don't go anywhere. [ female announcer ] there's a gap out there. that's keeping you from the healthcare you deserve. at humana, we believe if healthcare changes, if it becomes simpler... if frustration and paperwork decrease... if grandparents get to live at home instead of in a home... the gap begins to close.

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this is awkward. check your speed. see how fast your internet can be. switch now and add voice and tv for $34.90. comcast business built for business. we're back now talking about bullying. i have to say, during the commercial break, about six or seven people said the best way they dealt with bullies is to, in a sense, fight back. to stick up for yourself. my final thoughts, first i will start with you, mayor. >> well, first, i would want to thank you for allowing me to speak. but i want you to understand that i say that there's a mantra now with bullying, we don't even define what we think bullying really is. when we speak up that somebody should stick up for themselves we automatically think that it is violent back. and physical way. there is a way of sticking up

and am i running out of time? >> yes. there's an appropriate response to everything. >> i'm sorry. >> yes. >> there is an appropriate yit response for everything and not everything is bullying. >> mark, quickly. >> i just think that bullying it an epidemic and it's been done because social media, impersonality of social media makes it easier and we have to deal with it with our young children or we will deal with it as young adults. >> mark? >> i want to stick up for defensive violence as one of the tools in the tool box. >> ten seconds. mel? >> the only people that need to grow a set of whatever are educators so they can teach kids how to respond to this appropriately as a community. >> i wish we had more time to talk but by have to deal with a lot of politics at the top of the show. thank you very much. i appreciate all of you. see you back here tomorrow at the same time, same place. "ac 360" starts right now.

good evening, everyone. a very busy night. breaking news. election results from big primary races across the country and the nba commissioner making it clear donald sterling has got to go. also, tonight, the va scandal investigation growing and questions of president obama knew about the game playing and book cooking. joining us only 0n the program, the doctor that first blew the whistle at problems at one of the now 26 hospitals under investigation. 26. later, michael jace's accused of murdering his wife. sad and puzzling case. we begin with the breaking news and states across the country as results coming in from a big and potentially consequential string of elections. especially in kentucky with mitch mcconnell. over the weekend, he predicted that tea party candidates would get crushed in the primaries. tonight he appears to be doing