trail, and they could all experience the appalachian trail target.. mark sanford did something very important. the voters of south carolina are building to forgive adultery as long as you have sufficient hatred for gay people. doesn't harry reid remind you of one of those s & m layoffs because they keep getting pummeled. he repeatedly promised he would reenact filibuster reform and then he crumbled you like that inflatable guy outside of a car dealership. then we talked about harry reid was going to let the assault weapons ban die in the senate. we all knew it was going to happen despite the fact that the majority of americans 57% not that that means anything in democracy but the assault weapons ban is supported by sylvester stallone and ronald reagan. two guys i never thought to see to harried reid's left. and he felt so bad that he let this ban fail, i know you're terrified of the nra turning on you and giving a low rating. you almost lost your senate seat

down temperatures and also causing heavy snow showers for the great lakes region and the north appalachians. the rest of the u.s. looking dry up towards the northwest. 27 degrees in l.a. 30 degrees in las vegas. we should be at 20 degrees this time of year so 10 degrees colder than seasonal. it's a different story across the eastern seaboard. very chilly. only 4 in new york city and 7 degrees in washington, d.c. on thursday. all right. finally into europe it's the middle part of march but it's still like midwinter. it's still blanketing the western part of europe. lowering temperatures and causing heavy snow showers. the heaviest snow will be found in northern france. the good news is snow is starting to die down. out towards the east more of a concern is this low pressure system has been dumping heavy rain and creating strong winds, thunderstorms and even the risk of hail. the danger of flooding is getting even higher. as for temperatures below freezing for berlin and 4 degrees in paris with freezing temperatures overnight. 11 degrees in rome where rainy weather on thursday. that's it for

the winds are causing heavy snow across the appalachians. the wet weather will continue into your friday. out west weather for parts of washington, oregon and northern california. snow showers may go down toward the south. for the rest of u.s. and canada looking dry. we have freeze warnings still posted across the southeast. temperatures may go down during the overnight hours. during the daytime hours temperatures will go up. 14 degrees in atlanta. double digits in washington, d.c. and new york but still on the chilly side here across the west. all right. finally in europe a risk of severe weather still continues s across the south. another system will be moving into the west coast by thursday evening. that will produce rough seas and heavy rain as well as thunderstorms. north avalanche risk remains. temperatures are slightly normal than wednesday. here is your extended forecast.

away but still very strong winds are prevailing and that's causing heavy snow showers for the appalachians. this system will move away. however those conditions will likely continue throughout your tuesday. behind it a fair weather maker is blanketing much of the central parts of the u.s. and canada and because of dry weather and less windy conditions we have a freeze warning posted for the gulf coast. out west we're seeing rain showers instead of snow even in higher elevations in the pacific northwest but the rain should change over to know by the time it reaches the northern rockies. here are your highs. we'll see a significant warm up across the west. 10 degrees higher than yesterday. that was monday in denver. 5 degrees expected on tuesday and 12 in oklahoma city. that should jump up to 18 degrees, 19 degrees on wednesday. finally in europe there's a lot to talk about. we have a winter storm system moving traveling over russia. hungary you'll see as much as 10 centimeters of snow. the system will continue to produce a risk of flooding across the same area. the system will then affect t

underneath and parts of canada and heavy rain and the winds also causing heavy snow across the appalachians. still, an additional 15 centimeters is possible the next few hours. it continues friday and out west, wet weather for washington and oregon, california and snow showers in the northern rockies may go down for the south and the rest of the u.s. and canada, looking good. and it is lowering temperatures and we have freeze warnings still posted across the southeast. temperatures may go down sub-freezing during the overnight hours. during the daytime hours, temperatures will go up, 14 degrees in atlanta, double digits in washington d.c. and new york. still on the chilly side here, marred across the west. finally, in europe, a risk of severe weather still continues across the south and yet another system will be moving to the west coast by thursday evening with rough seas and high rains and heavy rain and thunderstorms and strong winds. to the north, avalanche risk remains across norway. temperatures on the chilly side but slightly warmer than wednesday. that's it for now and here's your e

for the alleghenys, the poconos and spine of the appalachians certainly with elevation you'll get more of that snowfall, between 8 and 12 inches there. and the forecast winds expected to come out of the north and northwest pretty much between 20 and gusts to around 40 miles an hour. so, christi, we've got that and the southeast is seeing the effects of some of that warm moisture being brought up. so for florida some strong thunderstorms, there's a tornado watch that goes into 11:00 a.m. and a severe thunderstorm watch for portions of georgia, also extending into alabama as well. and we are watching for the potential for severe weather for this afternoon. a lot on our plate this sunday morning. >> yeah, you're going to be a busy girl today, karen maginnis, thank you so much. this moody weather can make for a messy monday. think about your commutes tomorrow morning. fortunately for colorado the worst of the snowstorm has come and gone. but let's take a better look at this. folks there saw near whiteout conditions. that's where cnn's casey wian is braving the bitter wind. casey. >> christ

we're even still seeing snow showers lingering across portions of the appalachians here.hicago, a high of 6. through the end of the week, it will warm up into the teens. the problem with that is that we just had our most recent snowstorm all the way from the plains extending out through new england. what this had is going to be doing this warm-up throughout week, melting all that off and there is the risk of significant snow melt causing flooding. that's going to be the threat in the coming days. across the uk, you're still seeing snow showers push onshore following the most recent series of events. farmers out here still having a hard time. actually report of feed having to be airlifted in scotland because the roads are all cut off and farmers couldn't feed their livestock here. once that snow starts to taper off cold temperatures are still going to be lingering. across the mediterranean, this area of lp has been bringing rain and thunderstorms. good news, that will weaken off going into thursday and friday. this one here on the other hand will bring rain showers across

i will play a little bit of an old appalachian folk song.t i tried to do is -- and the melody is there, song is there, but i tried to bring the rhythm into a more contemporary context. this has more of an r&b, hip-hop feeling to it. ♪ [applause] >> there is an obvious way that lyrics tell a story. certainly, instrumental music does, that is what ballet is about. in a way, they have it easy because there are dangers to tell the story. would you say that is what you're trying to do with your music, trying to tell a story? >> i think so. i do not always consciously have an image. often i do. sometimes it is a catalyst for starting, i will fiddle around with an idea and the image starts to rise in my mind as i work with it. for example, i played a little bit of a piece from my collection, the water garden, started in 1998, had sketched out a few ideas. it was wintertime, january. we had just moved up to mendocino county, and it was raining for two, three weeks, every day, constantly. it took me about two or three weeks to realize i was sort of a

massachusetts, the appalachians, in the next 48 hours you'll probably see it on the order of 50 centimeters. local areas will probably find about 75 centimeters of snowfall. down toward the south of that wind advisories are widely po posted and toward the south of that. thunderstorms could be possible. hail and gust reports. numerous have been reported in alabama, shifting toward georgia into the next 24 hours. here the temperatures are shaping up like this. double digits across much of the southern areas. but still minus 7 in winnipeg. well below your avere. you can see the two air mass differences here. toward europe we go. central regions here also looking quite fine. the british isles will be seeing some cloud coverage and turning wet in toward the weekend. here, though, this is the mess traveling into the central regions of mediterranean. and this will be capable of unleashing hail gusts, strong ones, as well as thunderstorms. the lingering rain could create flooding across the iberian peninsula. temperatures shaping up like this here, across the central regions we're seeing much of do

weather watches and warnings stretching across a huge area from eastern minnesota all the way to the appalachian mountains. nbc's john yang with us from michigan avenue in chicago. john, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. in the chicago area, already about eight and a half inches on the ground in some places. this is the most snow chicago has seen since the blizzard of 2011. the fierce late-season storm is pummeling the midwest, making a snowy mess on sidewalks and highways. >> we could have blowing snow and that makes it tough. >> reporter: this morning, a tractor trailer slid off a snow-covered wisconsin interstate, plunging into the river. authorities said the driver died and a passenger was missing. for air travelers, a giant headache. nationwide, airlines cancelled about 1300 flights, more than 1,000 of them at chicago's midway and o'hare airports. >> it started at midway airport, and that flight was canceled. so i rebooked out of o'hare to kansas city and now i'm here waiting. >> reporter: the snow's falling at a rate of as much as an inch and a half an hour. the storm's snow

area of low pressure moves across the ohio river valley, cincinnati, dayton, extending to the appalachians. that's where some of the heaviest snowfall will be, and there are winter storm warnings kur currently in effect. this will begin to move to the east. as it does, a secondary area of low pressure will again and this will affect the mid-atlantic coast. i think it will be a light dusting, but it will make for a messy monday. also, for new york, computer models are disagreeing as to who is going to see how much, but they're saying maybe 1 or 2 inches of snowfall. definitely south central illinois, south central indiana, indianapolis, springfield, st. louis, dayton, cincinnati, you're all in the firing line for some of the heaviest snowfall as the storm system continues to plow across the central u.s. and the ohio valley. with it, accompanied by 30 to 40-mile-per-hour winds. so fred, travel on that interstate 70, again, and interstate 65, could be very treacherous. >> what a mess to begin the work week. thanks so much. >> all right, so some of you are sharing your spring snow storm pictur

former south carolina governor mark sanford trying to make the transition from the appalachian trail trail. he has to get past a field of 20 different candidates and hardly the biggest name in the race. >> good to see you. >> reporter: in south carolina, mark sanford needs no introduction, but after the former governor of this state famously tried to cover up an affair by falsely telling the public he was hiking the appalachian trail. >> i've been unfaithful to my wife. >> reporter: a reconstructiintr couldn't hurt. he is asking voter forces a second chance to win his old congressional seat. >> reporter: why should voters give you a second chance? >> what i would say on the larger notion of forgiveness. some people forgave me the next day, some people will never forgive me. >> i'm in this race because i'm worried. >> reporter: sanford has to win his primary against a field of 15. oh, a field of 15 rivals. some are fixtures in state politics. another is the ceo of founder ted turner. hit with negative attacks. >> absolutely amazing about how the game is, it just doesn't make sense. >>

all of our winter wampl warnings are wichita, pittsburgh area, parts of west virginia, central appalachians. there's a warm side to the storm as well down across areas of florida. we have slight risk for severe weather from around the charleston, south carolina area through savannah, back towards about albany. we have one last bit of a tornado watch in effect until 11:00 a.m. as this line line of storms pulls through here. we'll likely see another tornado watch later on off toward the east. so severe weather with it as well. behind this storm the cold air gets reinforce again. everybody's wondering why temps are so cold. get ready, today you're 25 degrees below average down through areas of texas and almost the entire country looking at temps that are below average. looks like it will stay that way until probably wednesday or thursday. no big warm-up in the northeast until maybe the 3rd or 4th of april. >> man. how come it's so cold? >> we're stuck in a pattern and it's not changing any time soon. >>> get us unstuck. okay? there's been a possible break-through in the fight against leukemia.

protection and this is after the clean water act, clean air act act, endangered species act act, the appalachianmountains, the gulf of mexico, a great lakes and it has endanger our health. the american people need to know about this. the american people did not have this assaults but somebody else did but millions of dollars every year to pump up the campaign it because the people do care about their future. they want to understand why haven't we made progress on climate change your safeguarding our people? why are reid doing something with the threats? and imports of gave the republicans that led the assault is not due to the republican party historical a. before going back to teddy roosevelt, ronald did or h. w. bush, republicans have a history of responsible stewardship. the hard right turns away from its own path and the conservative than its. we make that point* in the book. >> host: you talk about the 2010 house of representatives and focus on and republicans delicate democrats with the legislation. >> guest: there are a handful that sided with republicans hand tended to be from fossil fue

heather and heather we have more snow coming down across the appalachians.of you could see significant accumulations especially across the state of west virginia. >> thank you very much maria. eventually getting warmer. >> it has to be. it has to be. >> all eyes are on jim carrey. >> he is coming under fire making a spoof video including against charlton heston. look at the speech made to the nra back in 2000. >> movie ♪ >> nice, huh? it was one of many who was firing back at jim carrey. harsh words for the actor on the program yesterday. listen to what greg had to say. >> he is probably the most pathetic tool on the face of the earth and i hope his career is dead and i hope he ends up sleeping in a car the way his life began. this video only made me want to go out and buy a gun. this is fighting satire going after rural america and a dead man. let's talk about charlton heston. he was one of the first actors to be behind the civil rights movement in march what does this (bleep) jim carrey do? he was behind the anti vaccine panic. there were 100 people who di

the district hugs the coast from myrtle beach to charleston even though it is nowhere near the appalachianmark sanford is attempting a political comeback. he used to cover the district before withining the state house. ted turner's son teddy is taking a hard push for the republican nomination, but it is not exactly a chip off of the old block. he is making his name for himself as a conservative republican. over on the democratic side business elizabeth colbert-busch is looking like she will get the nomination. joining us to talk about this is "charleston post & courier" reporter robert behre. >> thank you for having me. >> michael: i can't believe that mark sanford is running. have people forgotten his affair? >> they certainly haven't forgotten it, but he has done a lot of work in the last three or four years to try to make amends, when the scandal broke he was very active in calling, writing, and apologizing. he did an apology tour when he was still in office as governor and started to mend fences. he showed up at the republican national convention in tampa this past summer to mend fence

mark sanford has gone from the appalachian trail back to the campaign trail, and yesterday he made theition look pretty easy. he beat a field of 16 candidates, but will have to stand in a runoff race, and things are getting whacky on the democrat side as well. they have elizabeth colbert-busch. this one has a reality show written all over it. joining me now for the robert behre. he's a political reporter for the "post" and "courier" and is coming to us via skype from charleston, south carolina. welcome back inside "the war room," robert. >> hi, thanks for having me. >> michael: so what is the feeling on the ground about sanford now? have people forgiven him for everything? >> 37% have. many are thinking that he is a shoe-in to win in two weeks when the april runoff rolls around. but i think the former congressman has a fighting chance especially if he can pull together some anti-sanford sentiment that still exists here. >> michael: but how much anti-sanford sentiment is there, if he actually went out and won. >> well, he -- he did win -- did get the most votes by far yesterday, but we'

louis and then we will see heavy snow flying across the appalachians possibly into baltimore and d.c.king the storm as it happens as we could get more wet snow than forecast. depending on o the exact track of the storm and how much cold air is pulled southward. here is what we know now. this is one of our reliable computer models taking a look at st. louis up towards champagne, cincinnati. 6-12-inch swath here but d.c., philadelphia, new york that is when it gets a little trickier. anywhere from 2 to 4, even 5 to 8 inches of wet heavy snow is going to cause some problems for the commute tomorrow all up and down the i-95 corridor. we will be busy and keep you posted through the fox news weather center. back to you you. >> shannon: and on a monday morning no less, janice. >> oh, i know. let's stay home. >> shannon: janice dean has authorized all of us to stay home. thanks, janice. >> i will write yo you a note. >> shannon: john kerry is heading back to washington after the is surprise visit to baghdad. the first trip as secretary of state comes ten days after the start of the 10th anniv

we've got snow in the appalachians.ter storm warnings and winter weather advisories from kentucky all the way into west virginia. and we've got snow actually still coming down, lake enhanced snow from chicago, cleveland, down to charleston. they're going to see a little light snow in northern georgia. look for anywhere from 1 to 6 inches of snows from the mountains all the way up to elkins, west virginia. rest of the country, we're going to be looking at rain and snow showers in the pacific northwest, plenty of sunshine along the gulf, but chilly, miami today, a high of only 69 >>> 7:37. good morning. i'm meteorologist, christina loren. mostly cloudy. san jose, same deal. a little bit of sunshine in san francisco. highs today are going to be just about as warm as yesterday. we are forecasting 67 degrees in livermore, 68, gilroy. right around 66 degrees in santa teresa. chances for rain ramp up as we head through tonight. mostly in the north bay by thursday. another chance looking good for sunday. it's a sign from god. l

yes, that mark sanford from the appalachian trail. >>> 23 in a row! >> lebron james, gives miami a two-point lead. >> the heat is definitely on. >> this is a hostile environment, for to us come in and get a big road win on the road, awesome. >> you're live in the cnn newsroom. >>> good morning. thank you for joining me. i'm carol cosstello. steubenville, ohio, two teenagers due in court accused of making online threats in the explosive rape case. the latest ripple in a case that blown the town apart. the victim raped by two high school ftball players, two local girls, one 15, the other 16, spent the night in juvenile detention. the victim's mother is pleading for calm and compassion. >> my family and i are hopeful that we can put this horrible ordeal behind us. we need and deserve to focus on our daughter's future. we hope that from this, something good good can arise. i feel i have an opportunity to bring an awareness to others, possibly change the mentality of a youth or help a parent to have more of an awareness of where their children are and what

then a little farther west with the appalachians kind of mountains there's that lifting so it squeezesut all moisture, 20 inches of snow there. >> strong stuff, thank you very much indeed. >>> we'll turn to international breaking news. you're looking live at the streets of caracas where venezuelans are mourning the death of hugo chavez. reviled by some, loved by others. he pulled his country out of the world bank, nationalized venezuela's oil fields and in a memorable speech to world leader at the u.n. in 2006 he called president george w. bush the devil. he died today after a long battle with cancer. barbara walters interviewed chavez at the height of tensions between venezuela and the u.s. barbara joins me by phone. first of all, how are you? because there's a concern over your health. you're back to work. >> i'm back to work and i'm just fine. chavez not only called him -- called president a devil, he called him a donkey. and he said he wasn't too smart either. no respect for our country or our democracy. >> you went to interview chavez in 2007, at the height of the tension between

disappeared for a couple days and was off the grid for a while, and then he said he was hiking the appalachian trail, and he wasn't. yeah. it turns out he was actually in argentina visiting his mistress. you know this is true because you can't make it up. and the state legislature started an investigation and started impeachment proceedings. my favorite line from that whole story is of course his wife is the one that literally threw his stuff on the lawn of the statehouse and wrote a book. she said she was trying to explain this to their two sons. they had a 13-year-old son. she was trying to explain what was happening, what as going on with their father. the 13-year-old said, quote, "oh, my gosh, this is going to be worse than elliott spitser." [laughter] the point is, when party leaders make this a priority, you can see change. the problem is, it just hasn't been a priority. the point is, i'm going to turn it over now to dennis to show you the numbers. kelley: i want to crush >> i want to crush any illusions that what we do is glamorous. what we do involves looking at those individually. jus

the opportunity to interact with folks that they did not have a chance to normally such as the appalachian whites they got them thinking and more sophisticated ways and a lot of people went to washington were relatively young teenagers and their 20s or 30s. there were older folks there but it was a majority of people who went to washington who stayed there for any period of time were younger. they had more time and did not have this kind of thinking form to through life yet the more important is the relationship between the chicano activists saying a great take away for them they got to meet people from the southwest even less angeles saying when when i have gotten together with the crusade toward with with them are broken bread with them? this is an opportunity to meet the guys from mexico and chicago and it made them much more willing to be involved and participate elsewhere where gonzalez calls for people to come from all over the country they're much more willing to go. these interactions verso important and is one of the great legacies of the pork people that is completely lost by typ

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mark sanford comes back from the appalachian trail and has a strong showing in the house primary, headingto the house potential. he does face a runoff. had el is the favorite and has a strong candidate on the democratic side colbert bush, stephen colbert's sister. is that all correct, chris? >> you got it. if you ever didn't think american politics didn't believe in second chances, all you have to do is look at mark sanford. this is a guy when he left in 200, everyone, myself included, said that's it, maybe he'll show up on a reality show, but never coming back into politics. there's a two-week runoff with a guy names curtis bostics while elizabeth colbert bush will raise money, not just because of her famous brother, but she has the capacity to raise money and will run a real campaign, any rpg including one i would say named mark sanford probably has an edge. it's sort of the coastal part of south carolina, including hilton head and charleston. we could be looking at congressman mark sanford again. >>> amazing. here's a jump ball, pun intended, for either of you. the president before he

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. >>> yesterday mark "appalachian trail" sanford took a bit step, winning 37% of the vote in the republicanh carolina seat vacated by tim scott. victoria, you are a watching of this race. >> i'm loving it. >> the woman who would be the nominee, elizabeth colbert bush, do you think mark sanford has a big comeback? >> no way. there were 16 people in this race and said we will vote with anyone except for mark sanford. nothing is possible in politics. let's give him a 20% chance of winning. if he wins the runoff, he's against colbert bush. then only then does she have a chance of winning. >>> kurt, before we go, in your expert opinion is being the sister of stephen colbert a liability or plus. >> for us it's definitely a plus. it's the sister of a fictional character running against a man who might as well be a fictional character. >> so brilliantly put. kurt, thank you for coming on the program. >>> thank you for the rest of my panel. that is all for now. see you back here tomorrow at noon eastern when i'm joined by karen finney, david wolfe, and the new republic's dan byrne bomb. on a walk, w

million that could be better spent elsewhere when curtis bostic tells his staff he is hiking the appalachianika-henderson. imagine the scene in bostic headquarters when the staff says we have good news and bad news. ann coulter has endorsed you, that's the good news. the bad news, she did say that your district would vote for hitler. this is as ugly an endorsement as you could possibly get, isn't it? >> yeah. and i'm guessing bostic doesn't want that endorsement, and barely to be quite frank doesn't necessarily benefit that much even from santorum's endorsement. folks in south carolina in that district don't care about these folks weighing in. this is a district, very conservative. it is going to be about who they feel comfortable with. this race, you know, obviously sanford was in that seat before, a former governor. let's also remember newt gingrich won the south carolina primary by a landslide, and santorum won something like 17%. so in previous campaigns, you have seen south carolina embrace men unfaithful to their wives. >> mark sanford is way overfinanced compared to bostic. he has $27

but for those higher elevations, the alleghenies and poconos, the spine of the appalachians, you'll definitely see heavier amounts there. the bulk of the nastier weather is focused around the mid-atlantic and porpgss of the northeast. otherwise, sunshine across the southwest, high pressure dominates the central u.s. >>> so this huge snowstorm is also hitting cities that are hosting march madness dams. dayton, ohio is one of them. susan candiotti is in dayton. people are going to get there despite this nasty weather? >> reporter: well, look at it now. the forecasters have said all along we're only expecting one to three inches -- until the overnight hours. so we've been getting flurries off and on. that's it. you can see right now these guys are getting ready for the onslaught of all the cars that are about to be let out of the university of dayton where the second of two games is winding up. but take a look around. we could still see grass here. just little patches of snow from those flurries earlier today. still all these people have to make their way home. either to indiana or to philadelphi

that storm system kind of comes together, moves across the central appalachians for the mid-atlantic,gton, d.c., you will probably see winter storm warnings issued probably in the short term, in the next couple of hours, it wouldn't surprise me. you could see a number of school closures there as well. as we've already seen in chicago. a couple weather systems come together, move across the ohio river valley. then towards the mid-atlantic, pretty sure, very confident this area of low pressure is going to develop here across the mid-atlant mid-atlantic. after that the computer models are all over the place. soledad, it's going to be windy. could see some wet snow. could see the potential for some coastal flooding in new england. >> looks like a big ole mess. karen mcginniss. >>> john berman has a look at other stories. >> hugo chavez appears to be losing his battle with cancer. the ailing venezuelan president has a new infection. shasta darlington is live in venezuela with the latest. good morning, shasta. >> reporter: good morn wk john. that's right. it's that sort of dire language the

some thought he was off hiking the appalachian trail, but he was really in argentina having an extramaritalffair. now he's running for congress, and according to "new york magazine" he had a proposition for his ex-wife, jenny sanford, who helped with his previous campaign. quote, since you're not running, i want to know if you'll run my campaign, he said. we could put the team back together. jenny told him in so many words that wasn't going to happen. mark made one last appeal, quote, i could pay you this time, he said. can't say it's a huge surprise that he took a pass, but the request -- that she took a pass, but the request itself is a little jaw-dropping. >>> next, what do americans really think of this massive overhaul of spending cuts that took effect on friday? gallup put the responses to that question in a word cloud. here goes. seems to be a tossup between good and disaster. people had free rein on their responses, so some of the more emotional responses include god help us and here we go again. >>> finally, one of the biggest takeaways from president obama's news conference on fri

hiking in the appalachian trail became synonymous with cheating for a while.'d ever see this? what we saw last night? >> i didn't think so. but as soon as he entered the race, hooest got the sort of name i.d. that would make him a strong contender. let's not forget besides, if you set aside this very public personal failing, he was very popular as governor. he was actually talked about as a potential contender for the republican nomination for president at one point. so, you know, he was well liked setting aside this one really public personal foible. makes a little more sense when you think about it in that context. >> well, meantime, former new york congressman anthony weiner is another politician most people left for dead after he resigned in that sexting scandal in 2001. now i'm sure as you know, chris, he's eyeing a run for new york city mayor and the "wall street journal" reports he's already spent more than $100,000 on polling and research this month. is he going to make a comeback too, do you think? >> well, i guess you could never underestimate the de

he's a former south carolina governor who quit after he said he was hiking the appalachian trail when, he was having an affair with an argentinian woman. now he's running for congress and new york magazine says sanford asked his ex-wife, jenny, the woman he left to run his new campaign. he's quoted as saying, we could put the team back together. and i could pay you this time. sanfords have barely been on speaking terms since their divorce, so it comes as no surprise that she said no. apparently he thought since she decided not to run, that she would want to run his campaign. >> let's bring in emily and rich. emily, the saga continues for mark sanford. what do you think of this? >> well, i think it's pretty insulting to her. from his perspective -- >> wait a minute. let me ask you. if your husband left you in a very public way and ran off the with the woman he left her soulmate -- >> i'm not sure he left her. i think she threw him out. >> you make a good point, rich. and forgiveness has been a big part of his theme, to is on maybe this is part of that. let me play a little bit of mark

years after former governor mark sanford derailed his career by telling voters he was hiking the appalachian was in fact having an extramarital affair with a woman in argentina, well, he's back in the good graces of some republican voters in his state. sanford finished first in a special election primary for his old house seat, but he did not get enough votes to avoid a runoff. our jim acosta is in charleston, south carolina. >> reporter: fred, after he was left for dead in the political wilderness here in south carolina, mark sanford may be the comeback kid. sanford finished way out in front of 15 other republican opponents in what was sometimes a nasty and heated gop primary. but because he failed to capture more than 50% of the vote, he'll have to compete in a runoff against one of his challengers named curtis bostik still nearly after being forced out of his governor's office four years ago after misleading voters about an extramarital affair, it's a remarkable turnaround for the former governor, one he talked about us last night. here's what he had to say. >> you guys will come up with

the guy who gave a whole new meaning to hiking the appalachian trail.nce disgraced governor is set to make a comeback among the 16 republicans running for the first congressional seat in south carolina. let's spin on this. this is sort of a three-phase process that's playing out in south carolina right now. this is preliminary election right now. if nobody gets over 50%, there will be a run-off for the republicans in two weeks. then the nominee will emerge and will run against the sister of stephen colbert who pronounces her name colbert. >> good summation. >> so those are the basics. so yes, we said in the lead, it looks like mark sanford who was in the house before he became governor is going to be the top vote getter today in the preliminary. the real question is, is this going to be one of these things where he gets 32% and the challengers right behind him, or does he have a really strong showing like 45%? these runoffs can get really funky. >> look at all those people. >> he is the sarn and son theme song. i prefer the simpsons song, son of sanford

everyone's favorite appalachian trail hiker won tuesday's republican primary for tim scott's vacant congressionalow. he will have to face a runoff. however, because he failed to clear the 50% vote. but this is rather remarkable. i have to say, i may be wrong here, karen, but i can't imagine a woman who done what he did being granted the same level of forgiveness. can you? >> no, absolutely not. i'm so glad you said that, martin. the other thing i love about this is he had the audacity to ask his ex-wife jenny sanford if she would manage his campaign. what is going on? >> the unmitigated gal to do so. >> martin, the key problem that he's going to have, and i don't say this because he will be up likely against a woman candidate, i think the women in his district is going to have a hard time voting for him. it's great that he's apologized and asked for forgiveness but and people give you a pass on that but this is a guy who supported privatizing social security. at a time when that's a key issue we're talking a. on the issues he's going to have trouble and i do think for some voters, likely women vo

admitted he -- well, he flew off to see his mistress in argentina after claiming he he was hiking the appalachianmarried at the time. he is now engaged to the woman he calls his soul mate. last night he won the republican primary in south korea -- south carolina for special election in open seat in the house. he didn't break the 50% mark so he faces a runoff next month. the winner of that contest will face off in may against the winner of the democratic primary elizabeth colbert bush. she pronounces it colbert which her very famous brother used to before he went by stephen colbert and, by the way, governor sanford was of course at one point after gun governor and before all of this brief lay fox news contributes tore. a plan is in the works it appears to bring nbc tonight show back to new york city. and leno is apparently out. jimmie fallon is to be the host. that's according to the reporting of the "new york times." the newspaper reports that a source says jimmie fallon could take over next year when the current host, jay leno's contract is up. of course, leno hosts the show in california where

. >> the former governor of the appalachian trail. >> reporter: yes, is favored. you in a position where you feel like it is an irresistible comedy object running against your sister -- >> yeah. >> reporter: -- i mean is there -- >> i will make jokes about him. i said if you do something funny, i'm making jokes about you. >> reporter: but you won't. >> yeah, sure she will. she's now a politician. >> reporter: right. >> of course, she will. she's perfectly human. >> reporter: of course, political error is colbert's bread and butter. the comedian's faux shtick is the longest running comedy on tv. >> i've had it with the super pacs. >> reporter: he even launched his own super pac to mock big-money politics. how much did you ultimately raise? >> $1.2 million, something. $1.2 million. >> reporter: people actually gave you that money? >> yeah, 30,000 people. over 35,000 people donated. >> reporter: i'm not if that reassures me or makes me terrified. >> it surprised me. i'm doing it! >> reporter: it also confirmed that colbert can be successful at almost anything. i firs

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