a very good wednesday to you. our top story today, it was a big night for the tea party in the final round of primaries before november's critical midterm elections. the big upset came in the delaware race for vice president joe biden's old senate seat where tea party favorite christine o'donnell shocked republican congressman mike castle who the never lost a race before last night. >> we're in this to win. and we're in this to win big. and win big, we did. don't ever underestimate the power of we the people. >> well, the tea party also won in new york state where real estate developer carl palidino upset former congressman lazio.

in new hampshire, kelly ayotte has been certified as the winner of the senate republican primary in the granite state. we just learned that over the last couple of hours. let's go to nbc news deputy political director mark murray who joins us live from washington. let's break down what these results mean beginning in delaware. it was a huge tea party win, obviously. the question is, obviously, what will happen in the midterm? >> you know, richard, we just don't know right now. certainly the tea party has given republicans a jolt of enthusiasm and energy even in delaware. honestly, that's the republican party's biggest advantage heading into the midterm electrics. they're the ones who have the enthusiasm and the democrats don't. on the other hand, the tea party has given democrats an advantage in contests like delaware and kentucky and nevada where it's their candidates, the democratic candidates probably wouldn't have a chance to win or even be the favorites without the tea

party candidates there. in delaware, for example, chris kuntz goes in as the fro front-runner in this contest. castle would have been the front-runner had he won. >> hey, mark, let's go to new york where we saw paladino come away with the winner there. >> that was just a shock. rick lazio has been a mainstay in the new york republican party over the last 12, 15 years. of course, he challenged hillary clinton in that 2000 senate contest in new york. and the tea party and carl paladino, really, just the people, republicans being upset with the normal types of politicians with congress, with anyone associated with washington, even though lazio, a former member of congress. they wanted somebody, a complete outsider. >> hey, mark, great launching off point here. we talk about tea party success

overnight, mark mustry, thank you. we're going to continue to break into that. the impact of the tea party continues to be growing with each passing vote. will the tea party do more to divide republicans or will it serve to increase the already widening enthusiasm gap between democrats and the gop? here is house minority lead john boehner earlier today on what happened. >> most of the uprising, that we've seen thus far, we've seen in primaries. as we get -- now that we're out of the primary season, all members and all of our candidates have to work closely with all of these americans who are newly engaged in their government. >> so that's an inclusive remark. we have martin frost, a former democratic congressman from texas. we also have matt lewis, a blogger with politics daily.com. thank you both for joining us. we're talking about the tea party here.

martin, i'll start with you. are democrats doing the happy dance here? this might be good for them seeing a divided gop, perhaps. >> well, this clearly is good for democrats in that there were some very respected candidates who everybody agreed had real chances of winning. now, the problem is was going to happen from this point forward? will these candidates be able to be elected this fall? or will they be seen as too extreme? i just remember -- and i have lost my ear piece, so i am going to have to plug that back in for a moment. i just recall in 1964 when a conservative movement swept the republican party, nominated barry goldwater and he didn't have a chance in the fall. some of this will give democrats an opportunity they didn't have in the fall. >> well, matt lewis, do you think this is possible to have that inconclusiveness? >> let me get back to something congressman frost just said,

though. i think that's a very apt comparison in a sense. when goldwater ran in '64 against the rockefeller republican moderate, there were a lot of people would got involved, a lot of conservative is, activists, some of them were unsophisticated, but over time, they did become more sophisticated and ultimately we got ronald reagan out of that. i think that's really what which tea party movement is. sure, some of the folks that are going to get elected this time or might not get elected aren't as sophisticated, aren't quite ready for prime time. but i think there is a movement afoot and hopefully it will pay the way for a real conservative election, not unlike ronald reagan. >> and as we both know, seven weeks is a lot of time. let me read something to you here, matt. stay with me on this. read what former president it bill clinton said. quote, a lot of their candidates today, they make him, president george w. bush, look like a

liberal. this is about dog ma and big special interests under the guise of the tea party. two things for you here, matt. one, the gop has moved farther right. that's what it's intimating and second that the gop and tea party are aligning together. >> well, i think bill clinton was a liberal so that anybody would make him look like a liberal doesn't surprise me. look, there is a real mix of candidate here. keep in mind, it's not the republican party that's winning. in fact, christine o'donnell i believe was the eighth consecutive candidate who beat a candidate who was endorsed by the republican senatorial committee. you have these pea party conservative insurgents beating the republican party's hand picked candidate. but look, this is a big wave. and when a wave this big comes into shore, it washes some boats in that are sturdy and it washes some boats in that are rikty. >> it's going to sink and swamp

some boats. >> i think so, too. but you're going to have people like marco rubio in florida who are great conservatives and i think are going to do a lot of great things. >> but you have -- >> go ahead. >> but you have sharon angle in nevada and rand paul in kentucky. some of these candidates want to privatize social security, privatize medicare. that may be okay in a republican primary, but they're not going to get elected in a general election. democrats are going to hold the senate and because of this fringe element in the republican party, taking fringe positions, that actually is going to revive democratic chances in the house of representatives. i think the press has prematurely written off the democrat's chances of holing the house and the more extreme the republican party looks, the better the house candidate are going to look for democrats. >> we have to leave tlit. thank you both for stopping by. this hour for you, congress is holding a ceremony in remembrance of september 11th. they're looking at the pictures here in front of the capital.

congressional leaders led by house speaker nancy pelosi are all participating on the front of the u.s. capitol. congress waited until members returned from august recess to mark the 9th anniversary of those attacks. police in afghanistan have fired some warning shots into a crowd of hundreds of stone-throwing afghanistans. now over 800 protesters gathered at a square on the outskirts of kabul and chanted death to america. and heard fiery speeches from muslim clerics who are demanding to overthrow the afghan government and calling for foreign troops to leave the country. the taste of freedom is bittersweet for u.s. hiker share raf shourd. she's in o man today where she's expected to have her first medical exam since after 13 months in a iranian prison. but the two men detained along with her, accused of spying, are still in custody. >> all of my efforts, starting

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when he's not taking out the bad guys on the big screen, actor denzel washington is busy attacking the real threat against our nation's youth, high dropout rates. mr. washington is launching a program through the boys & girls club of america. it's called be great, graduate. this program is aimed at identifying at-risk kids most

lickly to drop out of high school and giving them the support. joining me now is the national spokesman for the boys and girls club of america as well as a very special guest we have sitting to his left. and that the mona dixon. i understand here, mona, that you have been awarded something that is quite, shall i say, important. the 2010 national youth of the year. denzel, explain to me what that is. >> throughout the country, we have these youth of year competition in each boys & girls club. it moves up the ladder from the local clubs, city clubs, regional clubs, state clubs, region kral, all the way up to the finalist who is ramona dixon. she has won this year's award. she is the national youth of the year for 2010. >> wow. well done. and mona, i understand your grade point average is not bad. what was it? >> a 3.92.

a graduated third in my class. >> holy moly. i was about to say, how did you do, denzel? i don't want to see what my -- >> if you add up all my grades, it might add up to 3.92. >> maybe you add all of my years together, i have 3.92. >> or maybe 2.93. >> look, you're here to talk about a new campaign. and this is to help produce more mona dixons, people that are extremely successful and you're trying to get them to graduate. what is this campaign? >> well, you know, needless to say, one of the biggest problems we have with our youth is getting them through high school. the dropout rate is very poor and the dropout rate for members of the boys & girls club are very, very low. 90% of the boys & girls club members graduate from high school. so we recognize the work that the boys & girls club has been doing .other organizations have been doing to help to lower that number of dropouts.

and we're just on a campaign and determined to get that number lower and lower. >> and denzel, building on what you said, 90%, that is a staggering statistic. and that's a high graduation rate, especially when the rate for all of high school students that are in high school at the moment is 30%, 30% don't graduate. so it really is amazing what the boys & girls club is doing. and so mona, let's leap off from that. what really helped you in the girls club to help you graduate and do so well? >> well, the people there are very supporting and welcoming. and then just being around a lot of other youth who are also very motivated and determined to do something and be successful helps me a lot. >> and tell us about your background. what were some of the difficulties that the girls club was able to help you overcome? >> well, i grew up in shelters, but being at the boys & girls club, it gave me a stable place

to be. if i was hungry, i knew i could go there and always have a plate. they also gave me a lot of family there, things that my family didn't do for me, people at the boys & girls club did. >> and for you, denzel, what was your experience? what sort of mentors stood out to you? what did they help you understand? >> you know, i started in the boys & girls club and in those ages it was just called the boys club, when i was 6 years old. by the time i was 16, i was a counselor there. and it's just done a great job, the mt. vernon boys & girls club has done such a great job for so many young people in that town that i grew up with that went on to become great basketball stars and it is mayor of our towns and boys and girls club member and, you know, it's just endless stories about the good that the boys & girls club does. somebody today, we had a congressional breakfast. we got a chance to sit and talk with all the senators and congressmen and somebody

mentioned that, you know, a thousand planes land a day and that never makes the news, but if one crashes, that makes the news. well, there's so many positive stories, there's so many stories of planes that have landed safely and ramona is one of this is them. so we're here to celebrate what can be done and what ought to be done and what will be done? >> denzel, what would you say to folks who say, hey, i'm too busy to give back? >> well, you pay now or you pay later, you know? i mean, we can spend ten or 20 or whatever it costs these days to join the club dollars or we can spend $10,000 or $20,000 to encars rate someone. but you're going to have to pay. there's no such things as you don't have the time. you have to take the time and make an effort. you can point at your government, point fingers at whoever you want to point fingers at. but it has to start in the mirror. what are you doing about it? and if each one of us, how many people in america? 200 million, 300 million, if each one of those volunteered an

hour a week, imagine the good that we can do. we have to step up and is do it ourselves. >> denzel washington, national spokesman for the boys & girls club of america. so inspirational. a real pleasure to speak to you. and to the smartest person in the room, mona mixon, congratulations. you both have a great day. >> thank you. you, too. nbc news will launch a week of coverage on the state of the jaeg system. education nation will host officials and professionals to examine among other issues our public schools, the achievement gaps among our students and the role of our teachers. education nation that kicks off on september the 26th. the growing danger of counterfeit prescription drugs, dan rather joins us live to tell us about an investigation that's taken him way past our borders. plus, never before seen images of the legends of rock & roll. we've got the beatles, we've got the stones, we've got more, but

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here are some stories making news across the united states. we'll begin in louisiana where authorities are trying to determine what killed hundreds of pounds of fish in the bayou in plaquemines parish. residents are already hit hard. they fear it's related to the bp oil spill here, but experts are not quite sure what is to blame as of yet. the obama administration is taking act after leak weeps aes deadly blast in san bruno, california. there's a bill proposing enforcing pipeline safety. aging pop lines triggered the blast in san bruno and played a

role in the recent michigan oil spill and another spill in chicago. finally for you here. no in, is in fresh trouble for the organizers of the proposed islamic center by ground zero. the head developer of the project is being evicted for allegedly failing to pay office rent. that comes a day after he was being sued to fail to maintain several apartment buildings he owned in the town. we've got a new report to tell you about by veteran journalist dan rather showing a growing threat from counterfeit prescription drugs. rather traveled to a pharmacy in nigeria, went door to door where he found random inspections happening, being determined to determine whether pfizer drugs are the real deal there. joining us right now to share the results of this investigation, dan rather reports, dan rather joins us

now. thanks for being before us. >> glad to be with you. >> i was watching the individual kwloe. it's amazing to see what they're able to test there and the concern about counterfeit drugs. >> the problem of counterfeit drugs in general, particularly counterfeit prescription drugs is a real threat to the united states drug supply. in some parts of africa, as many as 70% of the prescription drugs are fake. 70%. now, many of these are made in china, shipped through india. but the question for us here in the united states, as a worldwide problem is immense. a lot of criminal gangs are involved. they're trying to penetrate the u.s. market. this is a booming criminal business of turning out these fake prescription drugs to say nothing of nonprescription drugs. >> a good point. fake prescription drugs into the united states, you say they've had some success. what kind of success have they

had? >> we have a strong food & drug administration, a strong customs operation. but there have been cases particularly coming through the port of miami, they're trying to flood the market and there's so many of them out there, it's difficult to believe that going forward we're going to have as much protection as we have had. let us hope that we do have. but i want to point out, one reason we went to africa and asia and latin america, the problem is so endemic. think about it, you get a prescription drug. in africa, your chances are no better than 30% that it is going to be what it is advertised to be. and this kills people. keep in mind, not only does it kill people in things like trying to attack malaria. if they're fake, they don't do any good. and that could affect us because it begins to lower the overall world resistance to something such asthma layer ya, just to pick one example. >> and we're watching video of you there going door to door and testing very simple drugs you're

alluding to when we talk about malaria. we have government efforts happening, but what about on the private side? what are the pharmaceutical companies doing when you talk about this happening? >> pharmaceutical companies gets a lot of criticism and i'm here to state that they deserve a lot of it. however, on this issue, naturally they're concerned about protecting their brand and the bottom line, but they have a deep concern about their patients because they understand the dangers. and if you go to the pharmacy, you think you're getting a drug, you take the drug and it doesn't work and you come back and say, well, just increase the dosage of it. but if it's fake, it doesn't matter. so this is a real problem. one reason we did this investigation was to call people's attention to the fact that this is a growing, booming business. a lot of cartels have shifted to the fake drugs, the fake prupgz prescription drugs, among others, because there's more money in it and less chance of being caught and if you get

caught, there's far less penalties. >> and there are many syndicates and cartels trying to do that. veteran journalist dan rather looks into that and exposes who these are and what happens to them. you have to actually see his show to understand what happens there, right? >> that's right. >> veteran journalist dan rather, thank you so much. >> thanks a lot. >> thank you. >> thank you. you know there's a big loss in journalist for nbc. journalist broadcaster edwin newman has passed away. he graduated from george washington high school in manhattan in 1935, joined nbc news as a correspondent in 1952, covering events from the funerals of england's king george vi to the democratic and national republican convention, he made appearances on every nbc news show. he was the first to announce president kennedy's death on nbc news radio and moderated debates between presidents ford and carter as well as ronald reagan and walter mondale. edwin newman was 91 years old. after using rogaine for a while, i went to my stylist

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let's take a look at how stocks are doing today. we're mildly showing some gains. this hour, the do i is up by nearly 60 points, s&p up by 5 and a 14 point gain for the nasdaq. production is up for the first time in 14 months, but grew at a slower rate than earlier this year. the federal reserve says production edged up 2% last month. ten fao schwartz pop-up stores are going to be opened this christmas season. the pop-up stores will be at high-end malls. that is it for cnbc right now. richard, it's back to you. >> thanks a lot, an ma da. more toys, that's what we need. officials saying that the well responsible for spewing nor than 200 million gallons of oil is expected to be permanently

sealed by sunday. now, thad allen says that the relief oil is expected to intersect with that blownout well by foam. from there, they're going to put mud and cement that will be pumped in to try to seal it. bp's outgoing ceo is getting grilled over the oil spill itself. tony hayward is testifying in front of the british energy committee, defending his company' safety record on what happened there. now, the committee is considering whether or not the country's offshore safety rules need to be changed because of what has happened. hayward said the spill should not lead to a universal band on drilling. nearly all u.s. teenagers have had ford yam sex education, but only two-thirds have been taught about birth control methods. the cdc conducted that study and got those numbers. lessons about saying no and stds were more come in the process. the power of save ra palin, depending on who you ask, it's either a serious force to be reckoned with or a cause to be

avoid.prosecute for christine o'donnell, palin's support, that was a welcome gift for her. >> you betcha! there is another woman i gotta thank. you betcha. thank you, governor bale palin, for your endorsement. she got behind us war weary folks .gave us a boost of encouragement when we needed it. and she was a vote against the politics of personal destruction. >> so far, the former governor of alaska has endorsed 35 candidates throughout the primary season. of those, 24 have won and only 11 have lost. but other than giving speeches and posting comments on facebook, palin's political intentions have become a mystery for some, as well. shashanna, thanks for being here. >> things for having me. >> every single baseball team would love to have sarah palin in the cages there.

her hit rate. is that influence or luck? you've reported with her, you've followed her throughout the 2008 presidential election. you know her quite well. what is this? it's more influence than luck. in some situations, maybe luck. but christine o'donnell, her endorsement did help. the tea party express in both of those instances, she came in later and people saw that and it helped with their candidacies. stunning everybody. >> it has stunned many people. when we looked at what has happened so far, you had the ability to go and actually speak with her parents. >> yes. >> you can answer this question better than most. who is sarah palin? >> well, i think that what i tried to answer in our book, also, is that she's a lot more complicated than either her detractors or supporters would say. her supporters believe that she does no wrong and her detractors really, really can't stand her. going to her parents this time,

also, they're -- you really get to know where she grew up, what kind of family she came from. and what's interesting is i asked them, how would you feel if she ran for president? and her mom, sally, a really lovely woman said to me, well, you know, it would be a tough thing to do. and chuck, a funny old guy interrupted her and said, you know, it's whatever she wants. and i thought that was interesting. it's almost the way a lot of alaskans feel. some would get behind her and others have sincere reservations. >> how else might she surface if it's not as a candidate in 2012 for president? >> well, i do think that she's going to run, but if she doesn't, i think she would continue on what she's doing now, which is making a lot of money on the speaking circuit. she has another book coming out. she'll continue to endorse candidates, get behind them. but i do think that she's going to run. >> now, speaking about that, it was a real coup when she decided to step down, although some in the state of alaska may be more

upset about her making that decision. it was a coup when she decided to step down because she had turned into quite a force. when we look at that, who are the people that helped her get there? who is that team that she has put together so far because it's tough to do this. >> well, it's interesting. and the answer to the question, who helped get her there, i think it's much more her supporters who are incredibly loyal and passionate and that she can do absolutely no wrong. they're unconditional in their love and support than her team, which obviously is her backbone, but they're a tiny group. they don't speak to the press so much. one did speak to me on the record for this article. they're very loyal, much like her supporters that in other teams, you see they'll say that she can, that she has people around her that disagree with her or don't. really, you see her team very, very loyal.

and they will fight back. almost any kind of reporting that they perceive as negative, even if a journalist sees that it's fair. it's very different than other campaigns and candidates. right. and you've covered those. we have to go, but i wanted to ask you, you've written a book about her, written this article, you've visited her parents. what surprised you about this? >> i think that her continuing too much influence she has with christine o'donnell and joe miller. i was stunned last night. it's continually surprising how much influence she does have. >> thank you so much, shushannah. >> thank you. a new relagz from ma cale salahi, you remember her. in the new books, michaele says she suffers from multiple sclerosis thatsy seas she's skept kept secret for years. a bad spell the night of the infamous state dinner caused her and her husband to leave that

event early. actress caller rock & roll treasure. letters and treasurers from some of the greatest rock stars ever. we go to a southern california woman that has stored them in boxes underneath her bed for the last 40 years. yeah. that's what she did. recently, she shared her incredible collection with chuck henry. chuck joins us live from bur bank. chuck, as i read more and more about this, this is amazing. it is a treasure trove here. >> it truly is, richard. and it bears truth to the fact, you know how you save scraps of papers and photographs? >> day, if you keep them long enough, who knows, they may be worth something. in the case of 64-year-old patti daily, it's a treasure trove. it's an archive that started from 1968 to 1978, covers the biggest names in rock and roll. take a look. rock and roll's first super groups took america by storm in

the 1960s, changing the cultural landscape of american youth. >> i was in awe of all the beautiful people and they were just our friends. it was amazing. >> now, almost 50 years later, like a ma raej emerging from a desert oasis, this southern california woman has answers to questions that rock fans have been asked for decades. >> and it's just page after page. the answers lie within photo albums full of rare polaroids, lyrics, letters and recordings, items that the public has never seen until now. >> i met jessie in '66 in l.a. >> 64-year-old patti dally was the ultimate rock and roll insider. the love of her life, jessie ed davis, was one of the greatest unsung guitar heroes in rock and roll. >> he was just the most subtle tasty guitar player when rock and roll was really happening. everyone loved his playing and sought after him to play on their record. >> for more than a decade, she

toured the world with jessie and her young son, billy, adulting what is now a legendary time in pop culture. >> it's amazing. we're looking through the photos. these aren't prints that were taken. these are the original photos that you have kept for all these years. >> yes, yes, all these years. >> a mother armed with a polaroid camera, patti took candid one of a kind pictures of rock. >> i kept my camera on me all the time. >> from a young mcjagger and charlie watts to a care free ronnie woods before she joined the stones to a series of beatle photos close to the break-up, many taken during john linen's lost weekend. but perhaps the rarest set of photos she owns are two pictures of paul mccartney playing the piano in 1974. as for patti, she's not sure what she'll do with her treasur

treasurer. she admits, though, that it was an incredible time of her life and now she wants to share it with the world. >> what a wonderful life you had. do you realize that? >> yes, i do. >> very, very lucky. >> i feel very privileged to have met the people i've met and heard the music i've heard. >> and there's a lot more to this collection, as well. there's a steam letter to capital reports that john linen row when they were about to release the beatles greatest hits. he detest today album cover. he drew a drawing of what he thought the cover should be. there's the original handwritten lyrics to whatever gets you through the night. his only number one single as a solo artist. richard. >> how about that? patti, if she had facebook back then, she would have had tons of friends. thanks a lot. a really amazing story there. still ahead, the army

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colonel and msnbc army journal jacobs. he is also a medal of honor recipient. thanks for being here. it's always an honor to speak with you. here we're going to talk about you as well as sergeant giunta. what is amazing is he is so humble and has so much grace. tell us what he did. >> he did -- he was in an ambush. his unit was ambushed and you're taught when you're in an ambush, you're in the kill zone of the ambush. the only thing you can do is assault into the ambush. they teach you that and you practice that. but haven't been in lots and lots of ambushes myself, i can tell you that almost nobody does that. your inclination is to hide, to get away from the fire. it's not run away, certainly get close to the ground. he didn't do that at all. he rushed into the ambush to save the lives of his fellow soldiers. it's a remarkable act and, you know, his response is the same

response i think you'll hear from anybody who holds any kind of accolade. he did what he thought he was supposed to do. >> for those of us not familiar with the medal of owner and being a recipient that you are, tell us more about it. >> well, the middle was the idea of abraham lincoln who said that what we needed was a battlefield ar ward for veil valor. there was none at the time of the civil war. when it was created, it was the only award for valor. the large job of those awarded in history were in the civil war and before the first world war. there have been about 800 awarded since the first world war. the large majority of those posthumously. when i was decorated in 1969, there were about 400 living recipients. today there are 87. and except for sergeant giunta and a couple of other guys, i'm one of the youngest. so you can see how we're a wasting asset.

>> colonel, you're a very young guy. but it really is a pleasure, not only to talk about sarnth giunta, but also to have you, one of the 87 living recipients of the medal of honor and that is an honor for us. >> it's my pleasure to be here with you. >> thank you so much. >> you bet. time now for a look back at this day in history now you. 47 years ago today, a bombing at a church in alabama killing 4 ach can american girls. bankers are known to be a little bit in love with themselves. are we going up? we can get the next one. i'd like to get your advice on hedging - risk... exposure. what makes us different?

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okay. now to the fastest three minutes in news. hold on. we go down to the wire with holy toast, a $77,000 question and one giant lobster. are you ready? hit the clock. first off, pope benedict has some new wheels.

the pontiff was presented with two new ducatty 1200 s bikes. what is he going to do with that? the pope himself won't be riding the motorcycles, although the video would be good. his vatican police officer will be doing that. every be wants to look good for their wedding day, the hair, the nails, the makeups that is just the grooms? according to awesomeweddings.com, an increasing number of guys are heading to the salon for the big day. fellas, they suggest letting a professional do your makeup along the way. totally agree with that one. amen. talk about amen, behold the jesus toaster a vermont company now marketing a toaster that burns images of jesus christ on every slice of your daily bread. and they say virgin mary and star of david toasters are on the way. just hang on a couple days. there may be no crying in baseball, but there is some singing. braves' catcher david ross showing off his pipes. let's take a listen. ♪ and the home of the brave >> not bad. after getting miked up during a

game that he was in, that was braves catcher david ross showing that during the washington nationals game. an advocacy group want the fcc to stop a cartoon zebo 3 because it was to market footwear to kids. they are concern it had will pave the way for an onslaught of full-length ads massacre raiding as cartoons. huh? could you answer this question for $7 7,000. >> the inspiration for this title object in a novel and a 1957 movie actually stanned the mae khlung river? >> roger craig had to get it right put himself in the jeopardy record books. >> if he came up with "the bridge on the river kwai." he did, i hope he waged a lot. he did. new record. >> i would have said "bridge" personally. craig beat the previous one-day record, $75,000 set more than six years ago by legendary

jeopardy champ ken jennings. 56 seconds, twitter is rolling out a new look. the site has been split into two panels to check out photos and videos. twitter hope it is will keep users on the site longer but will this ever make money? what started as a joke along an ohio roadway is an online blockbust blockbuster. you know the grapevine reindeer, outdoor christmas decorations you have seen along sfwhat for a year in ohio, home owners have been putting theirs in various settings, bam, bam, bam, in church, tailgating. now the deer on facebook with more than 2100 fans, complete with pictures. we have all heard the fish tales, i caught one this big that big that small, well, a florida fisherman actually does have some serious bragging rights here. max ramos caught this massive nine-pound lobster off the coast of miami beach. he says it took him 40 minutes just to get the lobster to the surface. i'm kind of worried about whether they have enough lobster sauce to go with t we made it.

three minutes that brings us down to the wire. that is our show for this wednesday. "the dylan ratigan show" is next. he will tell us about a long overdue victory for the families of fallen soldiers. i'm richard louie. ♪

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i was born in new orleans. my family still lives here. i'm gonna be here until we make this right.

good afternoon to you, i'm dylan ratigan. as the associated press put it today it is tea time in america. republicans, shocked by a tea party very volt in tuesday's primaries, establishing politicians, as we all know, knocked out by grassroots candidates fuelled by voter anger. democrats, meanwhile, thrilled but with the general election next, they are the ones in the cross-hairs. this hour, we will hear from president obama speaking on the economy live from the rose garden. he and republicans talk an awful lot about small businesses. well, small businesses don't actually create jobs in this country. new businesses do. big difference. plus, where were you t