one is down in minnesota where republican congressman john kline is retiring. he has weighed in on behalf of one of the candidates at a late date but i think it's expected that jason lewis will be the favorite there and then also in wisconsin, eighth district where republican congressman reid ribble is retiring. this is a seat that republicans also see as a top target. there are two republicans facing off there for the chance to hold on to that seat. one, mike gallagher, a former marine is generally considered the favorite. host: you mentioned democrats looking ahead to the fall and the possibility of taking control of the house. are democrats putting in place the candidates necessary to take advantage of a wave if it develops this fall? is the house in play? certainlyocrats would say the house could be in play, although they've shied away from making really bold predictions that they're going to retake the house. they have sort of a very, very slim path to retaking the house. in part because they just do not have candidates in a huge number of races. when repu

one of them in minnesota, where john kline is retiring. he has weighed in on behalf of one of the candidates as sort of a later date, but it is expected that lewis will be the favorite there. and then also in wisconsin, the eighth district, where reid ribble is retiring. this is a seat that they see as a top target if they want any chance to regain the majority this fall. there are two republicans facing off their -- there for the chance to hang onto the seat. one of them is a former marine. democratsmentioned looking ahead to the fall and possibility of taking control of the house, are they putting in place the candidates necessary to take advantage of a wave if it develops this fall? is the house in play? guest: democrats would certainly say that the house could be an play, although they have shied away from making really bold predictions that they are going to retake the house. they have sort of a very slim path to retaking the house, in part, because they do not have candidates in a huge number of races. when republicans retake the hou

the retiring congressman john kline -- excited to be competitive. going to happen there tonight?e general election shaping up? guest: yes. there are a couple of different .pen seat primaries one of them is in minnesota where the republican congressman john kline is retiring. he has weighed in on behalf of one of the candidates as a late date but it is expected that jason lewis will be the favorite there. and also, in wisconsin's eighth district where reid ribble is retiring, there is a seat the democrats see as a top target if they want any chance to gain the majority this fall. there are two republicans facing off there. for the chance to hold onto the seat. gallagher, as mike former marine and he is considered the favorite. mentioned democrats looking ahead to the fall with the possibility of taking control in the house. our democrats putting in place candidates necessary to take it vantage of a leave, if it develops? this fall, is the house in play? would certainly say it could be in play although they have shied away from making bold predictions. slim pass toery retaking the

primaries that are expected to see tonight one of them in minnesota where republican congressman john klines retiring and mr. kline has weighed in on the half of one oe the candidates is sort of a late date but i think it's expected that lewis will be the favorite there and also in wisconsin state districts where republican congressman reid ruble is retiring. this is the seat that democratss see as a top target if they wanted a chance to regain the majority this fall. there are two republicans facing off their for the chance to hold onto that seat. one of them like gallagher a former marine is the favorite. >> host: you mentioned democrats looking ahead in thed fall to the possibility taking control of the house. our democrats putting in place the candidates necessary to take advantage of a wave if it develops this fall and is the house and play? >> guest: democrats would certainly say they could be in play although they have shied away from making really bold contention is that through going to do through in part because they just do not have a huge number of phrases when republicans retak

this is a festival where we're going to hear music by composers like anna kline, mason baits, a world premiere by john. shall we take a listen? >> yes. ♪ >> this is "spider dance" performed this weekend, saturday, if you can make it. >> fantastic. who's going to replace her? >> they don't know yet. >> okay. all right. we'll find out when they're ready to announce. moving on to the world of books. for those who really love books, not just reading but seeing how they're made, there is something special in san francisco for those folks. >> that's right. so the san francisco center for the book, which is this hidden gem near potrero hill, has an exhibition through october 16th called "20/20 vision." it's looking back at 20 years of this organization's history, in fact looking forward to see who are the emerging artists in this field? what is the stage of book arts for the next 20 years? so one of my favorite pieces in this show is called "man eater." it's a set of four book busy hannah batsell, hand precipitated, hand bound. >> we're seeing it there? >> this is it. they look like boys' adventure books fro