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congressman james lankford was an easy winner over t. w. shannon. and 84-year-old democratic icon charlie rangel has defeated state senator adriano espaillat. >>> here's a twist on current events. the irs in trouble for providing too much information. grapevine is next. fighting constipation by eating healthier, drinking plenty of water, but still not getting relief? try dulcolax laxative tablets. dulcolax is comfort-coated for gentle, over-night relief. dulcolax. predictable over-night relief you can count on.

now we have to live that trust out and keep it. >> oklahoma congressman james lankford cleared the 50% threshold needed to avoid a runoff. he's the republican nominee in the race to fill the rest of senator tom coburn's term. lankford's win was a defeat of sorts for sarah palin, ted cruz and the other conservative populist crowd who decided to parachute into oklahoma and campaign for t.w. shannon and who never really explained why they picked shannon over lankford. both are conservative rising stars in their states. congress ann lankford joins me now. good morning to you, sir, congratulations. >> thanks, chuck. good morning. >> so what is the -- what do you say, is this just a statement that oklahomans don't like outsiders coming in telling them what to do or in the case of ted cruz they don't want a texan doing it, i half kid on that one. what do you make of the outside stars were trying to jump in with your primary opponent and it went nowhere? >> it's one of those interesting things, you talk about the great oxymoron when you talk about the national tea party. there is no such thing

as i mentioned, congressman james lankford beat off a tea party challenger to capture the republican nomination for oklahoma's open senate seat. the congressman netting 57% of the vote despite a well-funded challenge by former oklahoma state house speaker t.w. shannon. congressman lankford joins us now. he's chairman of the republican policy committee, a member of the house budget & over thesight committees. congressman, congratulations, first of all, on your victoria ary. >> thanks, lou. it's not much of a battle of the tea party versus the establishment. in oklahoma you have seven republican primary folks in the challenge. all of us in any other state in america would have been the kentucky voice. it's a conservative primary, very conservative state. >> i think perhaps senator cruz and sarah palin better understand that fact. >> it is interesting when you talk about national tea party groups which to me is an oxy moron. you can't have national tea party groups. by definition it's grassroots. the grassroots that were involved in oklahoma think different from are the national folks.

congressman, i want to turn now to congressman james lankford, member of the house budget and oversightttees. congressman, let me start this, you've got to be surprised your colleagu looks like he's in trouble in virginia tonight. >> yeah, well watch the polls on that. this is one of the races that no one is watching because there's aa lot of assumptions going on on on. i'm sure eric has paid attention to that. that's breaking news to me as well. lou: let me turn to what'sening illegal immigrant children are being moved to fort sill, the third military base being used to house and care for these young children who have been brought to our border, dumd at our border. as many as 60,000, we're expect a quarter of a million over the next two years. this is the -- the president calls it a crisis. most republicans that i've heard from say it's a crisis of the president's making. your thoughts. >> it absolutely is a crisis the president's making, he continues to work on deferred action for those who are here, continues to talk about amnesty, dream act. quee talk about securing the border first

congressman james lankford, we're going to be watching, as i know you will, the political fortunes of majority leader eric cantor, fate up in the air with 140 of 243 districts reporting. he's running 18 points behind the tea party candidate. congressman, thanks for being with us. >> you bet, lou, thank you. lou: a landmark case under way that could determine whether college athletes are paid for services. leading attorneys next, and yes, is our president within his constitutional rights to refuse to enforce immigration law and secure our borders? we're coming right back. wondering what that is? that, my friends, is everything. and with the quicksilver card from capital one, you earn unlimited 1.5% cash back on everything you purchase. not just "everything at the hardware store." not "everything, until you hit your cash back limit." quicksilver can earn you unlimited 1.5% cash back on everything you could possibly imagine. say it with me -- everything. one more time, everything! and with that mind... what's in your wallet? [ chainsaw buzzing ] humans. sometimes, life trips us up. somet

the man who just won the gop senate race in oklahoma, james lankford, congressman, welcome back good> it's very interesting, it became a battle of which tea party person supports which tea party person. oklahoma tea party members say all you outsiders stay out of the way. what's your reaction to that leading into ton in the. >> it was interesting, i rarely disagree ever with the president, when he talked about wyoming being the most conservative state in the union, i'd say welcome to oklahoma. who's conservative and who's not, come to oklahoma, you'll find all the republicans on the ballot are extremely conservative and extremely passionate about getting the federal government out of oklahoma, so we can actually run our state again. it's a very good race to be able to talk to a lot of the issues. >> let me ask you about tw in this next question, i interviewed tw twice i wondered what you thought of him? >> he's an impressive gentleman. he called me, i said we started out as friends, i'd like to end as friends as well. he's very articulate and passionate. i'm sure he'll stay involved

in oklahoma, james lankford won the gop nomination to succeed tom coburn. he avoided a runoff by defeating six opponentrs including a tea party candidate with over 50% of the vote. >>> former president bill clinton came to his wife's defense after critics said former secretary of state hillary clinton is out of touch. it all began when hillary clinton said she and bill came out of the white house dead broke. today business insider ranks bill and hillary clinton as the wealthiest of the living first couples at over $30 million. in an entire with "meet the press" moderator david gregory, mr. clinton said it is true they were several million dollars in debt at that time. >> do you understand as a political matter that that could strike people as being out of touch. >> yeah, but she's not out of touch, and she advocated and worked as a senator for things that were good for ordinary people and before that all her life, i remember, she was working on trying to -- believing in paid leave for pregnant mothers in the 1970s. >> the entire exclusive interview with for

the tea party suffered another loss in an oklahoma senate primary where two-term congressman james lankford captured more than 50% of the vote against several opponents including t.w. shannon who argued lankford was not conservative enough. he's looking to replace senator tom coburn. >> the solutions we bring are not for a certain group. they actually work in every state in our nation. >> the state's other challenger defeated for ours in hid bid for the term. charlie rangel declared victory before the race was even called. he's now looking to secure a 23rd term. now, these primaries are seen as unlikely to affect the partisan senate makeup but they could affect the tea party. the most recent cbs news/new york times poll shows 36% claim themselves as tea party. that's 51% from last december. >> thank you, susan. >>> this morning flood warnings and watches are posted in parts of texas and oklahoma, and severe thunderstorms are possible for the plains later today. damaging winds, hail, and tornadoes may develop as the storm system moves east. >>> a tornado hit central indiana yesterday afterno

. >> elsewhere in the oklahoma republican senate primary, congressman james lankford easily beat back a crowded field including t.w. shannon who got big backing. >>> turning overseas, iraq's government is far more focused on protecting baghdad right now than trying to take background from the militants. american advisers are now in place to help that country's military come up with a plan. it's a complicated position for the pentagon, something nbc's andrea mitchell discussed with secretary of state john kerry. >> reporter: doesn't it put our troops at risk to have so much opposition to them being here? >> i think there's actually a great desire. otherwise they wouldn't be here. the government and everybody has asked them to be helpful with respect to planning, advising, some training and assisting, but we are not here in combat role. we are not here to fight. the president has no intention, none whatsoever, of returning american combat troops to iraq to go back to where we were. that's not in the cards. >> a new polling shows 43% believe the u.s. has a responsibility to assist iraq l

lou: congressman james lankford back backing his own tea party and oklahoma to risk secure the republican nomination in this state. he will be joining us in moments and senator jeff sessions says the homeland security department is advertising amnesty abroad and a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants in central america and mexico. >> the immigration reform legislation that is being considered in congress is for those in the earned path to citizenship, for those who have been in this country since 2011. >> senator sessions will be joining us exclusively this hour. and they capture the republican nomination for oklahoma's open senate seat. netting 57% of the vote despite a well-funded challenge and congressman lankford joins us tonight and now. a member of the house budget and oversight committee. congratulations on their victory. >> thank you very much. when you come to oklahoma, you have seven republicans, primary folks in that challenge and all of us in any state in america would've been listed as the conservative voice in a very conservative state. >> is interesting when you ta

james lankford leading over t. w. shannon. the race could be headed to an august runoff. other states holding primaries, colorado, utah and new york. charles rangel faces a tough reelection battle. >>> secretary of state john kerry in iraq right now for a second day seeking support to push reforms in iraq's shiite led government. the oil refinery now in the hands of insurgents. ke kelly wright with the dire warning. >> a couple different steps to talk about after the meeting with iraq's president nouri al-maliki. he agrees to giving the united states military advisors protection if forced to defend themselves. maliki will begin a new term that includes minorities by july 1st. the military army known as isis controls the main oil refinery which has a rationing of gas. secretary kerry telling maliki he must deal with the iraq crisis now. >> this is a critical moments for iraq's future. it is a moment of decision for iraq's leaders. it faces a threat and iraq's leaders faces threats and its demands. >> the vows to help iraq repel the insurgents. >> what we have to do now is

congressman james lankford won 57% to 34%. shannon's campaign had national tea party support and he told voters lankford hasn't been conservative enough in congress but lankford prevailed any way and now he's the favorite to replace retiring senator tom coburn. >> the job is clear, we must get rid of obamacare. when i go in to see my doctor, i only want to see my doctor. not uncle sam and my doctor. just my doctor. we have to repeal this and bring real conservative solutions to bear. >> the race to replace tray radell who stepped down was won by curt clawson. in the rocky mountain state bob bopray will face governor john hickenlooper in november. >> the post game show for primary night in d.c. >> we talked about the i.r.s. for the last three days. first the ways and means committee secure, the new head of the i.r.s. and then the oversight committee do the same thing from monday night to tuesday morning at which time i'm amazed at the number of people who are beginning to say, who are democrats, that is a big deal. senator mcca

here to talk about that, republican congressman james lankford of oklahoma.to you. >> do you think the obama administration broke the law? >> yes. it's fairly clear they broke the law. they even stepped out and said it was so urgent that we ignored the law. this was obama administration looking at the law that says anyone who is released from guantanamo within 30 days has to have notification to congress. it's bipartisan notification. just to discuss that back and forth. it's entirely reasonable for congress to be involved and the american representatives to be involved in something this large. the individuals that were released were the top opium dealers and defense personnel and intelligence personnel and people convicted for war crimes and these are serious individuals and to say they'll release them over the course of a weekend without any consultation from anyone outside of the obama administration is pretty serious. it's a violation of law and not prudent. >> he said he couldn't tell congress or the administration couldn't tell congress because it might

shannon, james lankford, a congressman won that race, didn't just win but won huge. palin invested in this race. sean hannity says if you're guys keep losing, should we start a third party? >> if republicans are going to act like democrats, then what's the use in getting all gung-ho about getting more republicans in there, so, yeah, if republicans aren't going to stand strong on our planks and platform, then it does no good to get all enthused about them any more. >> her guy lost the republican primary. in oklahoma no democrats voting in that party. >> here are the limitations that have argument and we've heard the third-party talks. >> she's been talking about it for a while. >> she talks. >> mostly true. in oklahoma the guy who won, james lankford, is no squish. >> right. >> this guy was a member of house leadership. voted to increase the debt ceiling in 2013, the main thing that shannon and cruz and lee and freedom works and sarah palin were hitting him on. he's a baptist, conservative, probably more conservative than tom coburn so when you hear an argument like t

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he faces a rising star in the house, james lankford. >> tom. >> in south carolina, republicans are choosingeir nominee for lieutenant government, state attorney general henry master going up against businessman mike campbell. they are going support from two former presidential candidates. >>> let's bring in our political commentators. one of races that we're watching and there's kind of an interesting development going on with, is this race that's going on in mississippi. thad cochran reaching out to a voting block rather that traditionally associated with democrats. african-americans. talk about that a little bit. >> thad cochran is a former democrat turn republican. i was down in mississippi fo twor days. there's no question, that mr. mcdaniels is an alley cat, he's going after him with all his clause out. in order to win, he needs some crossover votes. he needs democrats who didn't participate in the earlier earlier who didn't vote earlier. his opponent is rather clever. he's a far right conservative. he's a radio talk show host. he has a lot of momentum. you can't ever predict what will

earlier in oklahoma, for example, we did project james lankford the winner.lahoma defeating t.w. shannon. he was a rising star. still is a rising star. house speaker there in oklahoma. t.w. shannon lankford, the more establishment candidate. he will be the republican nominee for senate in oklahoma. and in colorado, also the establishment wins. bob beauprez becoming the republican gubernatorial nominee. he'll face the incumbent democratic governor hickenlooper. tom tancredo, the more outspoken tea party challenger shall we say, he came in second, 27%. but bob beauprez will be the republican nominee for governor in colorado. let's go back to mississippi. dana bash is on the scene for news jackson, mississippi. so dana, you've been there all day. you've been watching what is going on. you were there yesterday. how did he do it, thad cochran? >> how did he do it? that's something we're going to be really dissecting to get the true answer to that in the next couple of days. but i can just del you anecdotally, he did wit a lot of work on the ground. a lot of work o

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james lankford, two-term congressman, elected in the 2010 tea party revolution won his race last night with better than 50% to avoid a runoff, 56%, beating tw shannon, first black house speaker and youngest speaker in the history last night. two conservative candidates, both popular battled it out. tea pare and super pac ads came into the state and couple of cases sort of hijacked with the race with messages neither candidate actually approved of, ultimately didn't help shannon pull off victory. the establishment because mr. lankford is number five in the republican leadership is being credited with victory. this is local oklahoma voters decided who they liked best and not liking to be told how to voight with outside interests. mississippi race, thad cochran, the long-time incumbent won yesterday. tea party and conservative republicans this morning now invigorated, angry, saying that the republican leadership in washington just doesn't get it. they will not give up. they will keep fighting to demand change but on republican establishment side, both in mississippi and particularly here

representative james lankford easily defeated shannon in the republican senate primary. we may not have heard the last word from the bitter runoff in mississippi. the tea party candidate mcdaniel is hinting at a possible court challenge. after his loss to senator thad cochran, mcdaniels said he wanted to make sure, quote, the sanctionty of the vote was upheld, and he blasted cochran for courting democrats. our chief congressional correspondent dana bash has more on the race. >> reporter: wolf, voter turnout is usually way down in runoffs, but not here. this has been such a high-profile, nasty and bizarre republican fight, people were fired up. 60,000 more voters turned out in the runoff than in primary day three weeks ago. that's in part because cochran supporters aggressively tried to get out democrats to support him. much to the chagrin of his conservative challenger. >> so much for bold colors. so much for principle. >> reporter: a nasty finish to a tough race. mississippi tea party candidate chris mcdaniel with a not so conciliatory speech after losing in a close rac

after just two terms in congress, james lankford is now the fifth ranking house republican. he's a baptist minister who has faced criticism for voting to raise the debt ceiling. >>> shocking, new revelations uncovered by cnn at the va hospital in phoenix. patient records changed or altered in a deliberate attempt to make dead veterans look alive and hide the startling number of just how many died while waiting for care. this new information comes directly from the scheduling clerk at the embattled hospital. and pauline dewenter says she was ordered to handle the secret waiting lists. news of the allegations quickly made its way to capitol hill last night before our report aired, prompting intense questions at the house veterans affairs committee hearing. >> i just got a note from a constituent that says there must be some kind of a cnn program on tonight and that there is a new revelation. it says records of dead veterans were changed or physically altered, some even in recent weeks to hide how many people died while waiting for care at the phoenix va hospital. a whistleblow

the congressman james lankford beats t.w. shannon pretty impressively, gloria borger.his was supposed to be a little bit closer. t.w. shannon is a rising star in oklahoma. the speaker there. still in his 30s. he's got a huge future ahead of him. but not necessarily tonight, gloria. >> no, not. in fact lots of people expected this to go to a runoff, because you didn't get 50% of the vote, it would have gone to a runoff on august 26th. so lankford won handily. what you're seeing in a lot of these races, wolf is candidates actually running on something called experience. and that hasn't been a phrase people have used a lot recently. people very often run on change now because the electorate is so anti-washington. but what you're seeing in the cochran race and what you're seeing in the charlie rangel race, even though they're different parties, there are also people who have achieved, been in congress for quite some time. and instead of running away from it, which is what we have seen recently, they're actually rung on their experience and saying they can do more for their

james lankford beat out by tw shannon. something that lankford took issue with this morning on the daily rundown. take a listen. >> there is no such thing as a national tea party. it is grassroots or nothing. so it's functioning within the state with the unique ideas and perspectives and values of that state. limited taxes and government. access to their elected fish officials. that's a basic thing among grassroots folks. they don't like being told who to vote for. >> martin o'malley's hand-picked successor knocked off two challengers. anthony brown has been lieutenant governor for eight years. if he wins in november, he would be the state's first black governor. he'll face off against hogan. democrats controlled governorship in maryland for 41 out the last 45 years. >>> coming up. clinton, the musical. yes. "clinton." the musical. the 42 president is the subject of an off-broadway show. we have two actors who play two sides of bill cloin ton right here in studio. first, the chairman of the house democratic caucus joins us

given james lankford and t.w. shannon is the statehouse speaker, can it really be billed that way?crowded field vying to take on the democratic governor in colorado, john hakickenloope. joining me now, sam hall, assistant managing editor and dan balz. sam, let me start with you. this issue of the cochran campaign reaching out to african-american voters, do you see any evidence that it's going to work? >> we've seen a lot more activity in the jackson area, predominantly black precincts, and they have a huge push in the delta. whether or not it's going to work is the million dollar question. it's hard to get turnout in midterm elections. it's hard to get turnout in runoffs. now you're asking them to come out and vote for republicans when they're traditionally voting democrat. so i think it's going to be tough. but talking to people who are working on the ground there, they say that they're seeing a good bit of life out of courthouses and city halls. so that's what they have got going for them are those elected leaders on the ground who are really pushing them out because they value c

in oklahoma, james lankford. in mississippi, republican senator sam cochran won a close race against the tea party challenger chris mcdaniel. -- senator thad cochran. next, we hear from both candidates. >> thank you, wow. thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much thank you congressman gregory hopp -- harper, thank you for being here to celebrate a great victory. this is your victory. [applause] it has been a real pleasure working closely with so many of in townsg appearances all across mississippi, being in church services with gregory .arper attending meetings that were important to talk about the future of our state and what we have tonight is the reflect this more andrences for better jobs for mississippi workers. force and capacity to defend the security interest of the united states of america. [applause] those were our principal links in the platform for the campaign. make sure we knew they were important to the election because it is a group effort, not a solo. so we all have a right to be proud

james lankford is leading state rep tw shannon in the race to replace tom coburn. watch, carl? >> this doesn't represent what is happening on the ground but it is put in national slogan. this is a seven candidate rate for a vacant soon to be senate. there is a tough battle for the first ever black legislative speaker. there are seven candidates running. lankford leads the pole but it takes 50% to win or it will go to a run off and if there is it will be between lankford and shannon. he was campaigning in edmond this morning and trying to combat the ongoing battle against tea party ads that have been putting money into shannon's campaign and calling him essentially s the argument necessary experience that shannon lacks. >> tom coburn and jim inholfe served in the house first so there is yunique preparation fo that to get the foreign policy and the federal budget that is different. so there are those dynamics. >> he was an 83 percent plus rating from the conservatives. and mr. shannon is a poplar republican and making the argument he is not a washington insider. this

oklahoma congressman james lankford is a republican on the house oversight and government reform committeeod to have you here today. >> thank you. glad to be with you. of. martha: you were victorious this week in your runoff election on the gop side as you endeavor to get tom coburn's seat in oklahoma. obviously, those are all races we're going to be watching here as we move forward. but what do you make of this latest wrinkle in this e-mail that has surfaced from lois lerner? >> well, it is another sharp e-mail out there. we asked for all the e-mails. we were pretty clear about that. all means all. every single e-mail we're interested in. they keep telling us we'll send you the relevant e-mails. this is the reason we're not asking for their definition of relevant. when we start getting all e-mails, we see a pattern of paver in the background here. and -- behavior. we have to remember this was an invitation. he didn't take this event, this was an invitation to this event since he was invited to this event, we're interested in auditing him on this. this was an outside group that said we wan

and then in the oklahoma senate race, james lankford defeating t.w.nnon, avoiding a runoff there. and the race to unseat 22-term congressman charlie rangel, too close to call. but he declared victory last night. >>> new concerns this morning that the crisis in iraq is escalating. it now appears syria has launched air strikes in western iraq, raising the possibility of a larger regional conflict. and this morning, a new setback for u.s. efforts to stop the violence. in a speech today, iraq's prime minister seemed to defy u.s. demands to establish a more inclusive government saying that the so-called unit government that shares power with the sunnis would be a coup against the consty institution. >>> and the no-fly list after 9/11 to stop suspected terrorists from boarding planes is unconstitutional. they have no meaningful way to challenge it, and deprived of due process under the law. she called on homeland security to come up with a better procedure. >>> and a dramatic scene in south carolina, police jump in trying to rescue people trapped after that

congressman james lankford is leading tw shannon in that race. we will have live coverage as results come in. >> coming up on c-span, the homeland security secretary discusses the influx of children at the u.s. border. speeches from candidates following the primary elections. mark, members of congress the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act stop more thanctober, 52,000 unaccompanied immigrant children have been taken into custody by u.s. customs and border protection stop jeh testifies about efforts to stop the influx. houseearing of the homeland security committee is 2.5 hours. security will come to order. the committee is meeting today to examine the current crisis at the border regarding unaccompanied children. i now recognize myself for an opening statement. today on the southwest border we are facing an escalating refugee crisis. parents are handing over their young children by the thousands to cartels who are profiting by smuggling these kids to the united states. many are under the age of 10. including some barely old enough to walk.

i thank jim bridenstine and james lankford for their co-sponsorship of this bill. it was adopted last year in the d.o.d. appropriations on a bipartisan basis, though it was ultimately dropped from the consolidated appropriations act of 2014. i urge my colleagues to support its passage again today. chaplains, by definition, are ministers of spiritual needs to people of secular institutions. they are equipped to do so because, like many other professionals, requiring a certain skill seth, chaplains possess a belief in god or a spiritual world view. chaplains are experienced in their field. educationally qualified. and are willing to serve and attend to the spiritual needs of all members of the armed services, regardless of whether or not that soldier, sailor, airman, or marine shares the same faith as that of the chaplain. current d.o.d. guidelines requires that the candidates be endorsed by a, quote, qualified religious organization. end quote. whose primary function is to, quote, perform religious ministries to a nonmilitary lay constituencies, end quote. and which

of retiring senator tom coburn, who is two years left in his term has become a battle between james lankford former state house speaker tw shannon. it will be a closely watched race that we will be watching tonight. to kenny in mississippi. will be voting for thad cochran today. he has done a good job, he has wrought a lot of jobs to brought a lot of jobs to mississippi. we have a mall with his name on it. confirmed two african-american judges, so he has done a good job. i think all americans should vote for him today. host: for a little bit more on go tolahoma race, let's tulsa world staff writer randy. thank you for joining us. race, what do we know about the latest polls here before primary day? caller: the tulsa world had one from two a broadcaster television stations also had one network and the and in different were-- also had polls that done in different ways. they all essentially said that langford has a lead of some sort , and that is what the campaigns are thinking as well. it is somewhere between three and seven points. so now the question is whether langford will be able to get e

in oklahoma, the gop primary established republican james lankford, a member of the house one against his tea party challenger there. primary results coming up. first, we want to get your thoughts on the surge of unaccompanied minors crossing into the united states from the southern border and the impact on immigration reform debate in washington. the numbers are on your screen. --ependents and all others send us a tweet. war post your comments on facebook.com/cspan or e-mail us. we have a fourth line set aside for those on the southern border states. we want to hear from you this morning as well. look at the headlines in usa today this morning. again of the so-called gang of eight in the senate that worked on senate immigration reform bill. he was quoted to say the chance of passing a significant is zero. inside the article it says in an interview tuesday with capital download, he urged president obama to go before cameras to address families in honduras, guatemala and elsewhere who believe their children might gain legal status if they are in the united states. 2012 obama took execu

. >> let's take you to oklahoma now, two term congressman james langford won in the race to succeed coburn. lankford beat shannon and ted cruz. >> the job is here we must get rid of obamacare. when i go see my doctor i want to see my doctor not uncle sam and my doctor, just my doctor. we have to bring conservatives to bear. >> we must get rid of harry reid. that means we have to see rue pib cans in the city. he 100 percent has my support tonight. >> no matter how you slice it the tea party in the next major date on the primary calendar is july 22nd. heather? >> thank you kelly wright. appreciate it. >> other races making headlines, new york 20 term james wrangle in the fight of his political life. espaillat too close to call. rangel declared victory anyway. >> bob vorey winning against tom tancredo. >> a ptea party victory kurt lawson cruising to victory over former congressman trey raid el. he plead guilty to drug possession. >> dan bongino wins: >> u.s. officials saying syria's air force conducted air strikes in western iraq. we need to continue to hit the militants before they strike us here in t

lankford? that is a photo bomb. >> i thought maybe i would victimize james. he is a friend.er talking to my democratic colleague i realized i am the victim. i have had to work in this environment and i am the victim. there wasn't any wrongdoing on my part. i was a victim of the environment. >> you looked a little creepy. >> if you don't buy that we can relate to the flip wilson saying the devil made me do it. >> i have no idea who that person is behind the curtain. but this wasn't the first time, was it now? you have been busted before. >> well, no, actually, bill, if you check people that are just milling around washington as tourist, you would probably find a lot of tourist photographs. >> show them the picture. i know with martha maccallum is but i see you there. >> who are you talking into >> look it is louie gohmert. >> it is the creepy congressman that liked to sneak up behind people. hello, louie gohmert. >> great to see you, martha. she looks a lot better doing it than me. i will be on with you anyway i can. >> you can jump into my shot anytime, congressman. >> thank

james lancasterford leads in the polls against shannon. shannon is backed by sarah palin and out of state super p.a.c.s. this is a multicandidate race and if nobody gets 50 lankfordl go an august runoff. >> the local tea party groups have combined and sent a letter to the national tea party organizations and said we don't support the person you support. >> reporter: and tom colburn is retiring. he's endorsed neither candidate but condemned out of state super p.a.c.s for telling oklahomans how to vote and saying lankford is not a true republican. in new york city rang gel faces espaillat. he's 25 years younger and argues after 40 years in congress it's time for rangel to retire. utah's lone congressman is retiring putting the seat up for grabs. in maryland incumbent john delaney is considered vulnerable because of . here in oklahoma as well as in mississippi tenses of millions of dollars are spent. the campaigns are in full work out mode. because both states are so republican there's little doubt it will be republicans who will protect this seat in the fault. it won't necessarily hurt the republican chances of picking up the nomination. the outcome tomorrow in bot