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environment institute at tufts university in chicago we have david moberg he is a senior editor at in these times and in washington we cross ronald bailey he is an award winning science correspondent for reason magazine and reason dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rolls in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want a david if i go to you first in chicago we had a food crisis price crisis in two thousand and seven two thousand and eight is it deja vu all over again did we learn anything from the last crisis. well some people may have learned something i think the crisis has not really ever completely ended from that time is building up once again. but they're basically lessons still need to be learned and one of them is that climate change is rapidly much more rapidly than anyone thought changing the whole circumstances for global food production ok tim if you want to jump in there what one lesson ok what lessons were learned more learned came. well we did a report earlier this year that looked exactly at that question and i think our conclusion was that an alarming number of things haven't been learned or if they've been lea

rafael ted cruz who is the republican nominee for the seat held by retiring republican kay bailey hutchison. david dewhurst was backed by governor i can rick perry was outspent three to one. includes captured, 53% to dewhurst's 43%. >> it is a testament to republican women, to tea party leaders and to grassroots conservatives. [cheers and applause] this is how elections are supposed to be decided, by we the people. >> reporter: after losing the primary to dewhurst on may 29, cruz enjoyed a nine week gap before last night's runnoff. previously the longest gap between a primary and runnoff in texas history was five weeks. cruz used the 63 days wiselying raising money and earning free media. while he is a newcomer to elected politics, he attended harvard law, clerked at the supreme court for william rehnquist, worked in the bush 43 administration and married to a woman who works for goldman sachs. he received millions in support from likes of senator jim demint, sarah palin, freedomworks, led by former house majority leader dick armey, the club for growth and columnist and abc news commentator will a

bailey hutchison. ted cruz is thanking treat party supporters for a convincing defeat of lieutenant government david dewhurst. he's going to face democratic representative paul sadler who begin as as an underdog in one of america's reddest states. >> congressional leaders have reached a deal to keep the federal government running through march of 2013. they worked out the agreement to avoid a possible government shutdown before the election. it would extend funding for federal agencies for six months. the agreement would also make it a bit easier to great postelection deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff of expiring tax cuts and automatic spending cuts. the compromised deal would have to be approved in september by both houses of congress. >> now to the london summer games and u.s. swimmer michael phelps. he swam his way into the history books tuesday by winning his 19th career olympic medal. phelps picked up his 15th gold medal in the 4x200 meter free style relay after taking silver in the 200 meter butterfly by 0 .05. >> i saw the women's gymnastics, the u.s. got their gold. those fab five will be well

how anti-gay he is, texas lieutenant governor david dewhurst was wildly favored initially to walk away with the republican nomination to replace kay bailey hutchison, and there was no problem with his conservative bona fides that should have stopped that from happening until a changer came along who said he was outflanking dewhurst on the right. and although one might not think there was any actual room to the right of texas' lieutenant governor, and indeed there are no real policy differences between these two candidates, in today's republican party politics, really all you got to do is call the other guy too liberal. call him conciliatory, say you're farther to the right and more confrontational and watch the republican primary float your way. that was the state of the lone star state heading into tonight's senate republican primary where the last polls closed 43 minutes ago at 9:00 eastern. just moments ago, the associated press called the primary. they called the race. the associated press says in fact the tea party favorite has won. ted cruz has won the republican nomination for senate in texas. he was running against lieutenant gov

bailey hutchinson senate seat. they chose cruz. they those him over this man, the lieutenant governor of texas. david dewhurst was backed by rick perry. what is going on in texas? shannon travis has been following since the beginni of the tea party. are they back? did they never leave? have they been working out in local campaigns like this in texas? >> there's a old song lyric that says don't call it a comeback. they've been here for years. this is not really a comeback. the tea party has been quitely working behind the scenes. you've seen less of rallies and less of the people going out pounding the pavement and really more of them quietly negotiating the political tactics and adopting some of those tried and true strategies of building up their staffing office and volunteers. that's what they have been quietly doing. this cruz victory just represents the latest in their trek toward the hostile takeover of washington. as you mentioned sarah palin endorsed ted cruz. she posted on her facebook page last night that the tea party is alive and well. they've had a similar victory in indiana. >> this is t

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ted cruz and david dewhurst the lieutenant governor of texas have been running for kay bailey hutchinson'sf -- >> gentleman. >> ted cruz. ted cruz a tea partier. >> yeah. >> and last night, it wasn't even close to 43 the two to do %. dewhurst got trounced. ted cruz after the win addressed his supporters. >> to preserve liberty, to restore the constitution. uh-huh belli am humbled and honored to be marching alongside each and every one of you. my first question when i heard this, my first thought, i kind of thought the tea party was on its way out. if you would have asked me three months ago, are we going to see more tea partyers on the ballot you know, is that something that you are concerned about or something that you are seeing, i would say, no. >> yeah. >> but clearly, it's not a movement that's completely dead anyway? >> well, i mean clearly this is a remarkable story and it, you know, is a number 1 story in the country today in terms of politics. this is a triumph for the tea party. it is alive and well and exposes the giant rift in the republican party between the more traditional c

ted cruz, with the decisive victory against lieutenant governor david dewhurst for the senate nomination. for the seat of retiring kay baileyshment gop candidate. cruz calling his victory a win for many groups. >> tonight is a victory for the grassroots. [ cheers and applause ] it is a testament to republican women, to tea party leaders, and to grassroots conservatives. >> gretchen: stick around because ted cruz will be on "fox & friends" coming up next hour. 8:00 a.m. eastern time on "fox & friends." >>> crisis averted in washington, at least for now. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle reach ago tentative deal to avoid a government shut down right before the election. the six-month stop-gap measure will keep the government running through march. but the full house and senate still need to approve the deal. the vote set for september before the new fiscal year begins in october. >>> scare in the skies. a bird punching this hole -- look at that hole -- in the nose of the airplane. that's from a bird. united airlines as it end does heed into denver international airport. it was coming from dallas yesterday. 151 people on

david dewhurst in yesterday's runoff election. despite the support from governor rick perry and other conservative leaders. and cruz goes on to face paul sadler. they were vying for the seat of retiring republican senator a baileyhutchison. >>> first, the lavish las vegas conference and now a house panel is investigating more spending sprees by the gsa. the agency spent more than 800,000 tax dollars on a vegas gathering in 2010. the lawmakers are questioning, or asking questions of about as many as 77 conferences, including a $260,000 one-day conference in arlington, virginia, where the gsa spent $20,000 just on drumsticks for the attendees. >> there are serious allegations of excessive spending and activities of dubious merits. >> we have cancelled 37 previously scheduled conferences those are a few of the many reforms the acting administrator has taken. >> the gsa is currently holding a conference in the opryland center in nashville, tennessee. the agency said it's critical for training purposes. >>> the opponents of same-sex marriage finds -- shows their appropriation for chick filet. >>. and i post office problems. we'll talk to an expert about what needs to be done to save an agency that defaulted on a $5