for more on that we have ari, abby huntsman, and krystal ball. >> thank you so much. we will check back in with you shortly. this state has become political ground zero. it's a microcosm of the current political fight as well as our changing demographic. from minimum wage, georgia is one of only four states lower than the nerl rate. then there's the guns everywhere law. that was enacted just last month. make sure you pack your gun too. like the nation as a whole, conservative laws like these butting up against a rapidly changing america. the state of georgia boasts the fastest population growth in the southeast. georgia's percentage of eligible african-american voters is more than double the national average. then there's the rising hispanic population that's nearly doubled in just the past decade. just like in many places around the country, the gop establishment is fighting off its tea party opposition for the open senate seat here hoping to keep the state of georgia red. that chal singe from michelle, a hard-charging democrat intent on keeping the south blue. here

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i'm abby huntsman, that's all coming up. >>> game night for the los angeles clippers, and we know whoers taking the first step to kicking donald sterling out of the league for good. >> in politics, can president obama get his groove back. pund ets asking that very question. personally time to take a step back. >> rob ford is back in the news today. new images surface that appear to show him smoking crack. >> what? >> no, no. >> this time it looks like the public shaming may have finally done the trick. abby, i know it's a story you're interested in this afternoon. he's off to rehab. >>> six inches of rain in pensacola last night in one hour is almost a once in a 500-year event. >> it reached its height late tuesday night shutting down i-10 leaving drivers trapped in their vehicles some for up to ten hours. >> driver hs to be rescued leaving cars submerged in water. >> the area saw up to

i'm abby huntsman, can we click our way to better government. come into our domain. it's "the cycle." >>> we start with the comeback of the gop establishment, maybe. last night's primary results in north carolina appear to show the tea party cooling. senate candidate tom tillis cruised to victory with 46% of the vote avoiding a costly runoff. his victory with help from the u.s. chamber of commerce and gop figures sent a stinging message to the party that the road to senate majority goes through them. >> it's not the end of the primary, but the beginning of the primary mission, that's to beat kay hagan and make harry reid irrelevant. >> before tillis gets there, he has to defeat current north carolina senator kay hagan who'sly won her primary last night with 77% of the vote. with the gop sails at their backs, the dems majority in jeopardy, with the defeat of the tea party last night, who you think was in a better mood when they woke up this morning? republicans or democrats. always in a good mood is friend of the show, political columnist dana milbank. dana, answer th

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i'm abby huntsman.ut whether to rent or buy, our friends at the "new york times" will show us a simpler way to crunch the numbers. >> look, speaking of numbers, invest a few minutes in today's barometer. i'll make a case for why bankers aren't all bad. i should know. i was one. >>> you are the first class to graduate since 9/11 who may not be sent into combat in iraq or afghanistan. a question each of you will face is not whether america will lead, but how we will lead? as we move to a train and advise mission in afghanistan, our reduced presence there

i'm abby huntsman. if you are unsure about whether to rent or buy, our friends at the "new york times" will show us a simpler way to crunch the numbers. >> look, speaking of numbers, invest a few minutes in today's barometer. i'll make a case for why bankers aren't all bad. i should know. i was one. >>> you are the first class to graduate since 9/11 who may not be sent into combat in iraq or afghanistan. a question each of you will face is not whether america will lead, but how we will lead? as we move to a train and advise mission in afghanistan, our reduced presence there allows us to more effectively address emerging threats from the middle east and north africa. it has been our willingness to work through multi-lateral channels that kept the world on our side. >> president obama told graduates at the u.s. military academy at west point that our reduced presence in afghanistan allows washington to redirect resources towards the changing face of global terrorism. the commander in chief laid out plans

i'm abby huntsman. what is bud tender, and be specific. have i no idea.ugh burning questions will be answered here on the cycle. >>> it's probably the most highly anticipated political book of the we're. hillary clinton's hard choices. the cover title and first excerpt were recently released. clinton herself has swroeked just another light summer read, but you can bet there will be a mad dash to buy the hundreds of house of copies that will be available on june 10th. hot cakes, which is -- some believe the clinton machine is undertaking a massive sort of spring cleaning, and this is part of it. the a.p. calls it an airing of her political pasts before she sets the course about her much speculated about future. the benghazi and monica lewinsky's tell-all are clearly outside of the clinton's control, but the timing for herbert now versus after she announces she runs. now, will the partisan political circus surrounding ben fwauzy ever end? who knows? the "new york times" is upshot,

for more on that we have ari, abby huntsman, and krystal ball. >> thank you so much.in with you shortly. this state has become political ground zero. it's a microcosm of the current political fight as well as our changing demographic. from minimum wage, georgia is one of only four states lower than the nerl rate. then there's the guns everywhere law. that was enacted just last month. make sure you pack your gun too. like the nation as a whole, conservative laws like these butting up against a rapidly changing america. the state of georgia boasts the fastest population growth in the southeast. georgia's percentage of eligible