fine, bill withacomb, faa district manager andy richards, and from the san mateo trade council, bill mack. jackie perkins from jackie sears' office. our federal security director, and a couple folks with the architectural firm that led to the design and alex legadda. and vernon allen from the allen group. a round of applause for the vips, think you for being here. >> everyone is very excited with this work now proceeding. this has moved along at a very quick place. it is a unique partnership between the faa and the airport. for the first time, an airport will be leaving the building of the tower and will be following the direction of the faa and their detailed guidelines for our construction. we are using a design build approach to get six-eight months of the normal cycle and we will be using a formal part during model that we found very helpful and very successful. we are excited that the control tower project will be fully integrated into the terminal complex in both the design and the construction. the tower will fit seamlessly into our recently renovated terminal to, and are soon to b

you have connie mack, the fourth the son of the former senator down there who has uniform name i.d. because of his father going up against billson. now, connie mack has not run the best campaign, but because of the national environment, bill nelson's numbers aren't very good, and the polls have shown him in a statistical dead heat. these are two of the three that are very key for the republicans. >> eliot: as you pointed out herb cole is retiring. he would have held that seat with some ease. he's very popular. when he announced his retirement, it set off a flurry, and at that point it looked like a democratic stronghold, but then scott walker pushed back successfully, and then the republican party is energized there. tommy thompson somewhat of a moderate could pull in voters. tommy touch son thompson in this was the winner. >> yes, it looks like what was happening in other states could happen in wisconsin the most conservative win. but the anti-thompson vote splintered allowing him to come through. republicans in washington had a sigh of relief in that outcome because he does have cross-over appeal. a four-term governor, form

congresswoman mack introduced a bill to exempt the olympians from being taxed on their success.esswoman, you and a democrat joined together in saying we don't want to punish your athletes for being successful. how did the bill come about for you. >> first of all we are in middle of fever and we heard the story of them being taxed and we went to the ranking member and he was excited about being introduced to stop the disinatory tax for going into affect. it helps that we have the olympics fever and so excited about our olympians and having to write a bipartisan bill on the table save them. >> athletes get ever be upon $25,000 for a gold and $15,000 for a silver and $10,000 for a bronze. it is a stipend for all of the months and years of preparation that they have been away from income producing opportunities it is it a tine pittance especially for that level of success. the i.r.s. since 1984 said that is taxable income. if they win a gold it is $9000. $5300 if they win silver and $3500 if they win a bronze. i don't think the federal treasure is going to get out of debt if we asse

mack scoring a landslide victory in the republican senate primary. the four-term congressman will face off with democratic incumbent bill nelson in november. mack is trying to win back the seat his dad once held. martha: long time republican congressman cliff stearns not yet willing to throw in the towel on his race. this is another florida primary we're looking at now. ted yoho leading by 800 votes so far in this race. he is a veterinarian. never been elected to public office. sterns not willing to concede the race. they're still counting all the votes. sterns helped to put the white house on the hot seat over the whole solyndra episode. that is one of the things he is most well-known for. gregg: how about connecticut? former world wrestling entertainment executive linda mcmahon winning the republican senate primary in connecticut. >> so from now until election day, i will have a message for every citizen in connecticut. that message is, we will do better. we can. [applause] gregg: you may recall she ran for the senate in 2010 and lost. this time, she is vying for the open senate seat vacated by retiring independent senator joe lieberman.

florida, representative connie mack, easily winning the republican senate primary and will face bill nelson in november. and tonight, just seconds after that race was called, the democratic senatorial campaign saying that connie mack iv cashed in on his family's good name for a house seat and cashed in for a senate nomination. and the voteez will have to the opportunity to meet the real connie mack, complete with road rage incidents, drunken bar fights and an arrest record...: >> dscc releasing this within seconds of that race being called... >> greta: let's go back to former alaska governor, palestinian. in the old days, they would congratulate you and let you take a bow before they hit you. this was seconds, one is greedy and one says road rage and arrests. what do you think of all of this? >> well, the democrats have in their back pocket, all of these negative distractions to spew and try to ram down the voters' throats here. dhiel that throughout all of these primaries as we head into the general. and they do that because they want to distract away from the failed policies that th

in florida it's senator bill nelson with a seven-point lead over connie mack.s according to the cbs/new york times poll. the poll also found that in ohio sherrod brown has a 12-point lead over self-financer josh mandel. and in pennsylvania, i'm always watching that one, bob casey with an 18-point lead. i know bob, he's still working hard. but finally in michigan, debbie stabenow is over hoekstra. this has got to be tough in these races. a lot of good news for liberals tonight. we'll be right back. last season was the gulf's best tourism season in years. in florida we had more suntans... in alabama we had more beautiful blooms... in mississippi we had more good times... in louisiana we had more fun on the water. last season we broke all kinds of records on the gulf. this year we are out to do even better... and now is a great time to start. our beatches are even more relaxing... the fishing's great. so pick your favorite spot on the gulf... and come on down. brought to you by bp and all of us who call the gulf home. [ "the odd couple" theme playing ] humans. eve

mack. temper resistant mechanisms are in use for some drugs. but this bill is first of its kind, federal legislation to put a clear pathway for others to come to market type of drugs that will follow. the process outlined in the bill applies both to brand names and generic drugs, both to time release and to immediate release pills. initially we'll incentivize the use of these temper resistant processes. then in time it will be required. this bill is not a silver bullet by any stretch of the imagination but it's an important piece of preventing new users to abusing painkillers and safeguard against overdose. just like seat belts in cars will not -- this is a necessary tool in protecting vulnerable populations like the adolescence i have spoken about. with this bill we're also preparing for potential onslaught of pure hydrocodeine pills. these are currently being developed and without proper, physical and pharmaceutical barriers in place to prevent the tampering of these painkillers, this pure hydrocould he doan will dramatically increase the already alarming

in florida it's senator bill nelson with a seven-point lead over republican connie mack.e cbs/new york times/quinnipiac poll. the poll also found that in ohio sherrod brown has a 12-point lead over self-financier josh mandel. and in pennsylvania, i'm always watching that one, bob casey with an 18-point lead. i know bob, he's still working hard. finally in michigan, debbie stab agnaw is oefr hoekstra. x ó >>> we're back. what can you say about a senate candidate who proudly declares his idea of compromise is making the other side cave in? that's the language used by richard murdock the tea party candidate who won the race between he and senator lugar in indiana. take a look. >> what i've said about compromising bipartisanship is i hope to build a conservative majority in the united states senate so that bipartisanship becomes democrats joining republicans to roll back the size of government, reduce of bureaucracy, lower taxes and get america moving again. >> he's not exactly laughing when he says that absurdity. imagine what happened if every senator talked like that guy.

that means that connie mack will be taking on sitting democratic senator bill nelson in the general electionovember. today is election day in florida. has been very exciting. these races and more. but look at how all the politics news played on the front pages of florida newspapers today. look. these were the front pages. romney campaigns in florida. how would ryan medicare plan affect florida? with full tickets on the trail, two sides spar over medicare. in florida, medicare is unavoidable topic. ryan will address medicare in florida. medicare shadows romney in florida. there are state-wide elections across the state of florida today, but the headlines there are dominated by something else entirely. and therein lies the big problem with what mitt romney for president, the mitt romney for president campaign has just done with their vice presidential selection. by picking paul ryan for vp, the romney campaign obviously wanted to change the conversation. boy, did they. rather than the conversation in florida today being about, i wonder who republicans will pick tonight to run against bill nels

and california congresswoman mary bono mack along with north carolina's butterfield, introduced a bill would exempt our olympians from being taxed on success. and congresswoman you and a democrat have joined together in saying that we really don't want to punish our athletes for being successful. tell me, how did the bill come about for you you? >> first of all, i think we're in the middle of the olympic fever right now and our olympians are taxed for winning medals and started talking about it and went to the ranking member and excite abouted it and something to stop the discriminatory tax, if you will, from going into effect and it helps that we have the olympic fever right now and so excited about our olympians and happy that we have a bipartisan bill on the table to save them from this tax. >> mike: just to sort of set the stage. athletes get $25,000 if they win a gold. and they get let's see, $10,000-- 15,000 for a silver and 10 for a bronze medal. and this is money, essentially, it's a stipend for all the months and years of preparation that they have had to be away from income p

and connie mack won his senate primary and will face off democratic senator bill nelson in the fall, that is a 50/50 race. >>> republican megadonor sheldoned aal son has put more money into the -- tuesday he attended a las vegas event with congressman paul ryan. >> of all the places that needs jobs, that need home values to rebound is it's nevada. the unemployment rate, i had to read this number three times, 11.6% in nevada. you deserve better than that. we will get this economy growing, we will turn things around, we will get the economy back on track, and we will not duck the tough issues, we will lead. >> by the way, as john ralston, my man out in vegas pointed out, paul ryan dan did pronounce nev correctly. adelson is moving money everywhere. >> i was talking to one of his associates, close associates just yesterday, he's already spent about $42 million to try to defeat president obama, reports of up to 100 million, i have asked how much is he prepared to spend? the answer, whatever it takes. >> he's spreading it around. he had the one for newt. and obviously he put eight figures

[ applause ] >> woodruff: four term representative connie mack challenging bill nelson, the great grandson -- going to the video, celebrating the life and legacy of ronald reagan. >> the american spirit has been vanquished. we've seen a triumph too often in our lives to stop believing in it now. history says these were golden years when the american revolution was reborn. when degree tomorrow gained new life and american reached for her best. as we continue our journey we think of those that traveled before us. these are the boys, these are the men who took the cliffs. these are the champions who helped free a continent, these are the heroes who helped end a war. and we see and hear again the ex cos of our past. the song that goes on forever and fills the unknowing air. it is the american sound, it is hopeful, big hearted, idealistic. >> and lift off -- >> daring, decent and fair. >> the first woman ever nominated to the supreme court of the united states. >> that's our heritage. that's our song. we sing it still for all our problems, our differences, we are together, we raise our voices t

bill nelson with a nine-point lead over republican challenger connie mack.nd in wisconsin, tommy thompson, former governor of the state has a six-point lead over democrat tammy baldwin. we will be right back. [ male aou eligle for m cmeresu bse bof su ueain en y icariebe gdi w ean en y with two times the points on dining in restaurants,? you may find yourself asking why not, a lot. chase sapphire preferred. there's more to enjoy. >>> welcome back to "hardball." in 1981, president ronald reagan created the gold commission. the commission was there for one reason, to figure out if america should go back to a gold standard in order to beat the dreaded inflation monster. the conclusion of the commiss n commission, no, bad idea, do not do that thing. and that was ronald reagan's commission. and it came at a time when inflation was really high. you couldn't have picked a more sympathetic president or more sympathetic moment to look at the gold standard. and they still rejected it. so, fast forward 30 years we're here in the present now, no inflation problem, the h

in florida, congressman, connie mack won the rublican nomination to challenge senator bill nels. >>>ho announced he will not run for re-election decided to quit congress. nn cardoza served in congress, announced he is stepping done tdealith parenting challenges. cardoza and hiwife have three >>> former first daughter, chelsea clinton may go into the faly business after all. after years of shooting down speculation about whether e would run for office, clinton now says that she is not so sure. she says in the past she tried toav a pvate life butow n is trying to lead a purposefully public life. a lot of this coming from a recent interview out of "vogue" magazine and she faced que about her political ambition you know her father was d. governor. she said she had a change of heart though after her mother became secretary of state. >> she is probably leak y-- lik can't beat them. join them. >> i believe engaging in the political process is part of being a good person. and i certainly believe helping to build a better world is ensuring we have political leaders committed to the premise. i

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and he is expected to bill nelson will face connie mack in november after each won their primary. linda mcmahon defeated chris shays in the senate primary. joe lieberman is retiring. chris murphy beat susan. the heritage foundation will be hosting a discussion on the impact of sequestration budget cuts on the u.s. national guard. an automatic five under million dollars goes into effect in january unless congress changes the law. -- an automatic $500 million goes into effect. michelle obama will be joining president obama on the campaign trail today. we'll have live coverage of today's stop in dubuque, iowa. the president travels to davenport and we will have that live, as well. the republican party has released more details about their convention at the end of august. the first day will be the longest with the convicted gaveling in at 2:00 p.m. eastern and lasting through the evening and wrapping up around 11:00 p.m. we will have live coverage of every minute of the republican and democratic conventions here on c-span. >> now the soviet bear may be gone but there are still wolves