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here is chuck todd with "the daily rundown." as always, my friends, thank you for your patience. patriots day, it has a big new meaning today with the running the boston marathon. we'll go live to boston as the great race gets under way. also this morning, foreign affairs dominate d.c. on two fronts. with vice president biden in ukraine and president obama getting set for a week-long trip to asia. we'll have the latest on both front with top white house foreign policy adviser ben rhodes. >> and democrats are banking on top names for their ticket in florida, including a former president's grandson, jason carter. and can the dynamic duo make a run in georgia. >> we got to focus on patriots day. boston's back, one year and six
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days after the deadly bombing that killed three onlookers near the finish line of the boston marathon. 36,000 runners will hit the streets for the 118th running of this great race. the field includes about 5,000 people who were on the course at the time of the attack but were unable to finish. >> it was important to come back this year to finish not only for myself but for everybody else. >> terrorism won't stop the running community and it won't stop boston. >> the first wave of runners, those whose mobility is impaired, they've already started. those using wheelchairs and hand psy cycles will go next, the elite females go off at 9:30 and then the elite male runners and then the first wave of the rest of the field go at 10:00 a.m. due to some restrictions from the boston runners association,
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we're unable to bring you live pictures. preparations have been going on for weeks, frankly months, and security measures have been stepped up. cameras everywhere, 3,500 members of law enforcement will be present, about twice as many as last year. homeland security secretary jay johnson is also there to show support. >> i will say that we've tried to strike a balance between enhanced security and preserving the family feel of this day. >> and of course massachusetts governor deval patrick. there were a number of weekend va events leading up to today's race, including the blessing of runners at boston's south church. and we'll go to boston live in just a few minutes for the latest on the ground. of course with patriots day, you not only get the boston marathon but that super early red sox game that begins at 11:00.
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guess who's coming to town for that game? none other than the new york yankees. now let's turn to my first read of the morning. vice president biden landed in kiev moments ago for a two-day trip to meet with ukraine's leader. he expected to announce a package that will focus on the energy sector and aid. and ukraine security and the situation on that country's eastern border. a senior u.s. defense figure also has confirmed the u.s. will send about 150 troops to poland for training exercises, a way to reassure allies in the region if the crisis in ukraine continues. >> last weeks' fragile truce was tested sunday with a deadly shoot-out at a check point guarded by militants.
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members of the group, the right sector said the gun battle was staged and they're blaming russian special forces. the pro-russian mayor of slavnik appealed to russian president putin for weapons. this morning putin did approve something else, new legal amendments that would make it easier for russian speakers that live in former soviet republics to acquire russian citizenship. it's another ominous step from putin who reflected last week on how under czarist rule he says parts of eastern and southern ukraine belong to russia and were known as new russia. then he said "all these were territories which were handed offer to ukraine in the 1920s by the soviet government. why they did that, god knows." >> ukraine's prime minister responded sunday on "meet the press." >> president putin has a dream
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to restore the soviet union. and every day he goes further and further and god knows where is the final destination. we need to overall ukrainian military, we need to modernize our security and military forces, we need the real support. >> now, the white house has said it's prepared to levy more sanctions on more russian individuals in the next few days if moscow does not follow through on the geneva agreement but so far have stopped threat of threatening the sanction hold section of the russian economy. president obama has given up on trying to create a positive relationship with putin. sunday russia's ambassador to the u.s. warned against sanctions and said that the russian economy would still survive them.
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>> the sanctions that have been introduced certainly significant gesture of the cold war mentality, but it's russia. it's a very solid state, well to do, well developing country, we can withstand pressures. >> well, turning now to the president's upcoming trip to the other side of the world, to asia, of the three major foreign policy initiatives that the president has taken on, the pivot to asia may be the successful by comparison. earlier with a forced preoccupation with an unstable middle east, the president claimed the global center of gravity with his foreign policy was shifting toward the asia pacific. >> after a decade in which we fought two wars that cost us dearly in blood and treasure, the united states is turning our attention to the vast potential of the asia pacific region.
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our new focus on this region reflects a fundamental truth. the united states has been and always will be a pacific nation. >> now with his other major foreign policy efforts in trouble, the plan to restore relationships with european allies following the iraq war hit a major speed bumps with the revelations by edward snowden, the peace process is languishing, and the white house believes that asia is one of its most successful relationships but it's not in great shape either. and tomorrow the president leads on a four-nation trip aimed at restoring confidence, visiting japan, south malaysia and the philippines, a trip that is in many ways a make-up visit from octob october, one he was forced to
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cancel because of the government shutdown. and china has flexed its muscle in the south. the u.s. and japan have been engaged in negotiations over how to resolve their trade differences in this big 12-nation transpacific partnership agreement the united states is trying to strike, which so far ee eer -- so far essentially has been blocked by democrats, by the way. i want to bring in ben rhodes. he joins me now from the north lawn on the big easter egg roll day. good morning. >> good morning, chuck. >> i want to start with ukraine and what vice president biden is bringing there and some of the criticism you guys are taking. at what point do you see decide russia is no longer cooperating with this geneva agreement? and is that the trigger to do
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sectoral sanctions? >> well, chuck, we're going to watch this over the next couple of days. we have said that the osce should be able to get into those eastern towns and cities and monitor whether or not this agreement is being -- we have not seen the pro-russian forces disarm, leave the buildings and follow through on the agreement reached in geneva. if they do not follow through on that agreement, we will move to traditional sanctions. you mentioned individuals. it's not just individuals. if we go after some of these cronies, some of the people will significant interests in russian economy, we can also go after their companies. banks and companies they control can also be a target for sanctions. we believe that is the likely next step if we have to pivot to additional sanctions, whereas sectoral sanctions are kept in reserve for the russians. >> what does putin have to say or do to believe he's going to go forward? he certainly sounds like
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somebody who believes eastern ukraine should be part of the russian federation. when you say things like he doesn't understand why the old soviet union handed over parts of what we called new russia over to ukraine, doesn't that tell you he's got ambition? and so why delay? why doesn't those words trigger the decision to go forth now? >> well, chuck, we're focused on of course his words but also his actions. his words have been problematic for some time, for years actually. in fact, we have already imposed sanctions and we put before the russians the package they're going to be faced with if they're going to continue down this path. it also important for us to bring along the europeans. we're doing this together. the sanctions will be much more effective if it's us and the europeans together. >> let me stop you there. if the europeans were ready to do sectoral sanctions, they'd be in place already? >> no, we have a range of
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options. we start with individuals and sectoral sanctions would have a significant impact on the economy and the global economy. you want to hold those into reserve. if they move those troops into ukraine. even where we see those pro-russian forces destabilizing the east, we can ratchet up the pressure with sanctions that will have an impact on the russian economy. >> are you concerned that if russia is essentially allowed to redraw borders in eastern europe with what they're trying to do in ukraine, that it emboldens china in its disputes with japan and its disputes with korea? what do you say to that concern, for instance, that some in japan have as they're watching the united states deal with russia and ukraine right now? >> well, of course we have a concern if russia can essentially flout the international order by trying to redraw these borders. that's why we're working to
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isolate them political and economically, to show they'll pay a severe cost over the coming years. for china, this cuts both way, chuck. on the one hand, i don't think they like the principle that people can come in and have a referendum on self-determination. they've long opposed that self-determination for their own people. we need to reassure our allies and neighbors that our america's commitments are rock solid and we're not going to allow a situation where a bigger nation can push around a smaller nation in a tear tearial dispute. that will be a focus point of the president's trip in the coming days. >> it is a fair concern of key allies. you understand them watching this dispute why they would be concerned about what's going on between russia and ukraine? >> sure. they all voted in the u.n. to condemn the russian action. we think in large part because they don't want to see a
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principle where the territorial sovereignty of a nation can be violated. we've seen these disputes in the east china and south china sea. the united states has made it clear we'll be in asia to support our allies and to support the stability of that region. >> vice president biden is there to talk about certain specific targeted package that the united states is going to bring over. how involved will the u.s. get in helping to modernize the ukraine military? >> i'd say a couple of things, chuck. first of all, the area where we can make the most difference immediately is in stabilizing their economy and helping their economy get back on a path to growth and prepare for successful elections in may. at the same time we have said we provide military advice and nont lethal assistance. we will be supportive in that effort. but, again, that's not going to
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solve the short-term challenge we have here of shoring up the ukrainian government and showing russia there's a cost for their actions. >> ben, i know you want to get to the easter egg roll so i'll let you go to that. we'll see you tomorrow on the trip. >> thank you, sir. >> a lot going on here this morning. the elite women returners are getting ready to take their marks in boston. we're starting off a new tdr week, we'll go out west this time. but a look ahead where the orioles are playing the red sox at fenway park, not the yankees pip had it in my head, i swear to god, i saw on the box that somehow tanaka was taking on the red sox today. but i may have been visualizing. you're watching "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. ♪
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back now with a few headlines. we know folks are following this morning. overseas the death toll in last week's ferry disaster has reached at least 67. at many as 87 bodies have been recovered with 215 still missing. as families wait for word on their loved ones, the president of south korea is lashing out at the ferry's captain and crew for telling passengers to stay in their rooms and for waiting more than 30 minutes to issue evacuation orders. he called it unforgivable and murderous behavior. meanwhile, the captain, who was one of the first people rescued has now been arrested along with two members of his crew. four more have been detained and arrest warrants could be launched for four more.
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we have more from jindo, south korea. >> reporter: the number of bodies recovered from that ship is rising all the time. i had a chance to go out to the ship to see that rescue operation myself at close quarters today on a boat. we were surrounded by dozens of boats. there are hundreds of divers going down into that ship. no debris from the ship was visible, but there was an oil slick on the surface. they are bringing the bodies up one by one. the leader of the civilian dive team has said that there are no air pockets in that ship, it is completely flooded and there are no survivors. back to you, chuck. >> a tragic summary there. meanwhile, still no sign of malaysia airlines flight 370 either above or below the water, as the search enters its seventh week. a robotic navy submarine is
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combing the ocean floor and it's covered about two-thirds of its focused search area the endiin indian ocean. it is the best guest of the location of the plane. they are still searching an area that covers about 19,000 square miles but still not one piece of debris has been recovered since the hunt began. >> meanwhile, back here in the states, red state democrats are among the most vocal critics of the obama administration after yet another delayed decision in the keystone pipeline. any conclusion will be put off until after the mid terms. in doing so, the white house deprived -- you could argue they've handed them an issue in order to beat up the obama
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administration. either way the state department says the reason for a delay is a pipeline lawsuit in nebraska that's still being considered by the state supreme court. folks, this has been nothing but a very, very, very politically driven decision on all sides. meanwhile, we also want to tell you about a startling rash of violence in chicago over the weekend. at least nine people were killed, another 35 wounded in shootings that occurred in and around the city from late friday through early this morning. at least five children are monday those hurt. against that backdrop, mayor rahm emanuel is attending a graduation for police recruits later this hour. it's time for the first number in today's data bank. it is 44. that's the percentage of votes that former foreign minister be a -- abdullah abdullah holds so
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far. if no candidate gets 50% of the vote, a runoff will be held later that month. up next, we'll go live to boston where in just a few moments we'll have the start of the marathon for the elite women runners. of course we're on a roll today, easter egg roll. today's trivia question -- who was president when congress passed a law effectively ending the traditional easter egg roll on capitol hill? first person to tweet the correct answer will get the on-air egg shout out. we'll have the answer coming up. as can you see, here's the easter bunny. he's brought along with few friends from nationals park. even the racing presidents are at their old home. salesperson #1: so, again, throwing in the $1,000
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moving on to boston strong day. the elite female runners will soon get their start. the elite male runners are behind them and after that the first big wave of regular runners. of course, there's nothing regular about today's marathon, is there? >> no, not at all. and there's nothing regular about being able to finish a marathon. the wheelchair division off at about 9:17 a few minutes ago and the elite women will get under way here in just a few minutes. we expect to see them finishing in about two hours, 25 minutes. natalie morales is out there
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running today as well. this is a big day, everyone's been looking forward to this since the tragedy of last year. a lot of police officers on the ground, twice as many as we saw last year here when the tragedy struck at the finish line of the marathon. this year the police say they are well on top of everything. the 40 check points just in the city of boston alone along the race route, and a lot of folks have been told to leave a lot of things they've been able to carry around last year like big back packs and large purses, leave that stuff at home. police will be searching them. the weather is gorgeous today, expected to reach about 65 degrees. everyone is anxious to get the race under way. there are a bunch of prayer canvasses here from all around the country. messages of hope and renewal for the city of boston.
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so it is very much appropriate to call this boston strong day. it is patriots day as well. back to you. >> and, ron, just to make this clear, more runners this time than ever before, right? that's sort of to me the great message that people are sending. more people running in this marathon than ran last year. so terrorism being damned. >> exactly. usually the last four, five years they've capped this field at about 27,000. we've got 36,000. that's a one-third increase. that's a lot more people on the street. the record was the hundredth in the anniversary in '96, over 38,000 runners. we may never see a field quite this large again. it takes a large coordination to add that more runners in the field. all those towns along the course had to approve the extra runners in the field because extra resources had to be deployed today so this is a big day. ron mott, thank you very much. this is a beautiful day.
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time for the next number in today's data bank and this is 1,300. it's the number of cracks in the dome of the u.s. kcapitol. workers continue to install a safety net before construction begins to restore the dome itself. it's all part of a planned two-year $60 million restoration project. it's the first facelift of the dome in over 50 years. the historic rotunda, by the way, will reopen to the public next week. >> and before we go to break, "the daily rundown" president's contenders tournament has final reached its final four. we're the bridge between the nba and college basketball. i just want to see how long i can keep the drum roll going here. my director, i'm making him
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crazy. six seed ben franklin, the big surprise, faces three seed ted kennedy. then there's bobby kennedy. the on number one seed to make it to our final four goes up against a two seed in hillary clinton. go to our web site to see if you are going to vote for an all-kennedy final or whether you want to have some multi-century matchups between ben franklin and hillary clinton. back with georgia gubernatorial hopeful and presidential grandson. (mom) when our little girl was born,
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we got a subaru. it's where she said her first word. (little girl) no! saw her first day of school. (little girl) bye bye! made a best friend forever. the back seat of my subaru is where she grew up. what? (announcer) the 2015 subaru forester (girl) what? (announcer) built to be there for your family. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. democrats in georgia are banking on two famous names in 2014. jason carter is running for governor. it's an office his grandfather, jimmy, used as a spring board to the presidency back in 1976. jason was not even 2 years old
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at the time when jimmy carter was sworn in as the 39th president of the united states. if jason carter is elected in the fall, he would be the first carter since jimmy to successfully win political office. his father, jack, ran an unsuccessful campaign in 2006 against john enson. jason carter has made it clear he doesn't share all of his grandfather's view. but a sign that the president's role in the campaign is growing a bit, he and rosaline are holding a june weekend for donors in georgia. >> jason is a very smart young man. he's very aware of the problems all over georgia and i think he's going to be a very good campaigner. his only potential handicap is the ability of republicans to raise enormous sums of money fro from the koch brothers and so forth that will be poured into georgia to shape the election. if he can overcome that
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difficulty, i don't think there's any doubt he'll be the next governor. >> let's hear from him. senator carter, good morning to you, sir. >> good morning. >> we know the obvious benefits of having this sort of political dynasty that you're a part of and potentially you and michelle nunn leading this ticket in november and the potential positives that come with that. what's the negative? what's the burden? what's been the hard part of it? >> i mean, i love my grandfather and i think the real issues that we confront as a state are about the future of our state. so i think one of the things we've been focused on is what -- you know, the fact that we've lost 9,000 teachers in k-12 education, the fact that we're constricting school days in our state, the issues that are holding our economy back and our ability to talk about the future, that's going to be the key to the election. so the discussion of the legacy, it's important to me, i'm proud of it, but we really need to stay focused on the future. >> what is nathan diehl's fireable offense?
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>> i think what they've done to the education system in our state is just unbelievable. as i said, we have 9,000 fewer classroom teachers. we've had since the governor took office almost two-thirds of our school districts have taken away school days, we have 45,000 fewer technical college students. that's not how you build a bright future. the fireable offense for me is there is no vision for what the future of georgia looks like. we know what happens when there's no vision. we are focused on the future and the governor is trading in tomorrow for today. >> while you're talking about education, where are you on common core? >> i think it's important for to us have reliable information and reliable diagnostics for our schools, but we in georgia have changed our policies left and right so many times over the years that we've got students who are learning with different sets of graduation standards over and over again throughout their time in school, and it's very hard for teachers or parents to keep up.
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i think that common core makes sense in a lot of ways and the political circus that has descended upon it has done a disservice to the fact. >> if you're governor, are you going to push to take the medicaid expansion money? >> right now we send $9 million a day out of our tax dollars from georgia out to other states. and i don't think that makes sense for anybody. that's $9 million a day that could go to make our people healthier, it could generate jobs, it could save rural hospitals that are being closed in south georgia. so i think we have to find ways to solve those problems. and creative solutions to use that money is one of those ways. >> your campaign was invoked in a "new york times" weekend piece about democrats not sure whether they can run on health care. it was jonathan martin's piece in the "new york times." it essentially said your campaign and michelle nunn's campaign were not running on health care, you didn't see it as a way to win votes.
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is that a fair assessment? >> i think our campaign in georgia today, it not about washington politics, it's about how we solve the problems that we face as georgians. right now with respect to health care, we've got rural hospitals that are closing throughout georgia. when that happens, it's a devastating blow to those communities. and right now our state is not looking for answers because the governor doesn't have a true vision for what types of solutions we need on health care. so we'll talk about health care but we also have to focus on our education system, which is being bled dry, our economy, which is failing the middle class and getting an honest government that works for everyone. >> nathan diehl, your republican opponent, will sign a new sweeping gun rights bill, not really a gun control bill, a gun rights bill, which you voted for in the state senate. it would allow georgians to legally carry firearms in
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schools, churches and government buildings. why did you support it? >> i think the second amendment is important to many people in georgia. a lot of national democrats or others have been upset or angry about this and i've heard from a lot of them. again, we worked across the aisle to try to make the bill better than it was when it first started. i think we succeeded in that. ultimately you're talking about people who have a license to carry in a state where the second amendment is incredibly important. >> do you think teachers should be armed in schools? do you think that would help in dealing with a potential mass school shooter? >> i think what we've done is we've allowed communities to make those decisions for themselves. there's not an issue that i know of that's more geographically polarizing than guns. there are some communities that will feel safer and there's other communities that won't. those communities will get to decide for themselves. >> why do you think it's been so hard for democrats in the old south to succeed?
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you look at sort of florida, virginia, north carolina, part of the new south. georgia you could argue is a part of the old south, part of the new south. what do you think has been the biggest -- what do you think your biggest impediment is to convince the average swing voter in georgia who just doesn't feel comfortable with the national democratic party? >> again, there's been a focus on national issues. on some level it used to be that all politics is local. lately democrats and republicans have both focused so much on national issues that it really has left out a lot of folks in georgia. but what we have today in our state is a true opportunity for democrats to reclaim the mantle of being pro education, being problem solvers first and politicians second. i think that's what we're going to do. we'll talk about the middle class in ways we may have lost track of but i think that truly today we have that opportunity to sell again a message that says we can get georgia working again in the ways that it was.
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georgia was always at its best when it put washington politics second and focused on what was happening in our home state. >> speaking of that polarization, the georgia department of revenue agreed to let the sons of confederacy to have its own license plate that the state will allow folks to have on their cars, it will have the confederate flag on it in a more prominent way than even a previous plate. if you're governor, do you mack it so that you can't do that anymore, that a group like the sons of confederacy wouldn't be allowed to use the confederate flag, which is offensive to so many, particularly african-americans in georgia that, they wouldn't be allowed to put that on a state-issued tag. >> i think these issues that folks on the national level want to talk about a lot are things we need to put behind us.
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i would like to see -- but can put that on their car -- >> go ahead. >> we're not talking about a bumper sticker. we're talking about a state-issued license plate. tax dollars. >> i don't think the state can discriminate on the basis of what they say. i would like to see us focus on that great legacy that we have of dr. king and joseph lowrie and andy young and the future of our state which is undeniably a multi-racial, multi-culture, diverse sculpt. to the sense that it will be used to divide people, i won't support it. >> but you're not going to block it? >> i don't know if i can block it. we're moving on, pressing toward the future. >> andy young was pushing as a
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way to get past this whole voting rights debate that's been taking place between the two parties and he wants to put photographs on social security cards and have those be usable for -- as voter i.d. for the states that want to move to voter i.d. laws. what do you think of that proposal? >> i mean, i think that there's been so much voter suppression efforts that we need to deal with, and i'm always going to be on the side of expanding voting rights. what the best way is to get a photo i.d. into people's hands is now up for debate but now in georgia we require a photo i.d. for voting. i think we can allow people to register on the same day. we know we're not going to have voter fraud if folks have a photo i.d. we need to focus on how we get more people engaged, more people excited and moving forward again. >> jason carter, i'm going to leave it there, state senator of course and the likely democratic
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nominee for governor in the primary. i think we're less than a month out. you need to get back on the campaign trail. stay safe. >> head 'em up and move 'em out. the tdr 50 is taking on a little bit of cowboy states this week. first a look ahead. today they're serving roasted vegetable business being at scratch restaurant and lounge in cordaline, iowa. we'll be right back. abe! get in! punch it! let quicken loans help you save your money. with a mortgage that's engineered to amaze! thanks, g.
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it's a new week, and those i've been away, that doesn't mean that "tdr 50" doesn't keep rolling along. this week we're kicking off a trip to cowboy country, idaho and montana. it's a pair of states with 2014 races on the national radar but their political situations may be more complicated than they first appear.
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in idaho, republicans are in charge but the marquee race will test the strength of the tea party and its allies. over in montana, it the democrats who are in trouble and there's growing concern they may lose a senate seat they've held for more than 100 years. the two states were first explored by lewis and clark. both states are republican. but they've gotten there by very different routes. back in the late 19th century, idaho had a large mormon population. at the time they were predominantly democratic. but at that time congress was controlled by republicans and decidedly considered anti-mormon. federal and local law combined to disenfranchise those mormon voters and congress approved their application for stayhood -- statehood in 1890. now they're predominantly republicans in idaho. republicans outnumber democrats
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in the state house and all four member of the congressional regulation are mormons. but simpson's race may be most interesting. in an attempt to woo both mormon and republican voters, he unveiled a new ad last week. >> i've seen him in action. >> part of what makes this race interesting is that it's become something of an obsession for the club for growth. in a recent ad by a super pac bare live mentions simpson. richard stalling, a former
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congressman who served four terms in the 80s and 90s announced in march he wants to run to get his old job back. we should mention the state's governor is up to reelection, seeking to become the reelecti looking for the first three-term governor in nearly 80 years. and over in montana, they have stuck with the republican candidates for the last 60 years and voting once for lbj and once for bill clinton in the race in 199 1992. obama came close to losing, but he won. he also won in double digit, but it is actually a red state, and very competitive state when you peel back the onion. it is routed in populism, and when democrats win in montana, it is because they can bor tray themselves into the prairie populist. and republicans on the other hand can win with a little bit more traditional work. the statehouse, and the state senate are cop trolled by the republicans. and congressman steve danes is
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with the gop, and jon tester, and now john walsh who was appointed to complete max baucus' term after he became the am bbassador the china. and while bachus helped to keep the column, the race is even worse today than three months ago with the jobs. of the three open seat races, south dakota, virginia and montana, and are they more vulnerable than any others? there was an ad that barely mentioned that he is now a sitting senator. >> while too many politicians in washington have forgotten their oath and put their own interests at work, john is working to do what is right, cutting government waste and protecting veteran veterans and seniors. john waller, montana courage. >> like it or not, he is the
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incumbent, and faces a tough challenge from danes. if he wins, he is if first republican to win in 67 years arngd the first to hold that particular seat in more than a century. trivia time, it was ulysses s. grant who was president in 1876 when the turf law was passed to keep the capital from being used as a playground. well, we can use the south lawn. and tomorrow we will have norm stein. we will be right back. [thinking] i'm still working. he's retired. i hope he's saving. i hope he saved enough. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. whether you're just starting your 401(k) or you are ready for retirement, we'll help you get there.
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time for a little conventional wisdom busting here. time for the takeaway today. when it comes to the elections, conventional wisdom says that the republicans know how the win in the midterm, and the democrats know how the hold the power in the presidential year. but in the second term, they have shed light on the next presidential election if you go back 50 years. it is not exactly a statistically significant trend, but it is worth taking a look
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back. so we go down, and start in '58. republicans controlled the white house, but they got a shellacking in the midterms and losing 14 senate seats and two years later the democrats won the white house. in '66 the democrats lost a net 44 seats in the house and 13 in the senate. and then it shifted when richard nixon took the white house. and then when nixon resiped and gerald ford took over, they gave up 45 houses, and 5 senate seats again. no major shift, but then the white house flipped in '76. keep moving. ronald reagan in '86 and the republicans held their own in the house, and in '86, lost five seats, but clobber ed ed in the senate losing eight seats, and the majority controlled with the republicans holding the white house, and then in '98, it was
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the closest in history with the democrats getting the most popular vote. and then in 2006, the democrats did the clobbering and served as a precursor flip here when president obama took the white house. so these things could actually matter more. now on to chris jansing. it is time for the entrepreneur of the week. mark fuller left his job to start wet. it is fountains utilizing interactive art. their creations can be seen from the bellagio in las vegas to the mall in dubai. for more watch "your business" sundays at 7:30 a.m. my philosophy is real simple american express open forum is an on-line community, that helps our members connect and share ideas to make smart business decisions. if you mess up, fess up. be your partners best partner. we built it for our members, but it's open for everyone.
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