she wants to run against greg brannon. who else wants brannon to win tomorrow's primary? well, rand paul does, because after spending saturday with rupert murdoch in kentucky, paul headed to north carolina today to stump for greg brannon on primary eve. all of the republican establishment wants thom tillis to be their candidate in north carolina, but not rand paul. and he might get his way, or at least he might prolong the fight between those two republican candidates. if no candidate gets more than 40% of the vote tomorrow in north carolina's primary, then there's going to be a runoff in july. that would be two more months of negative ads and one republican spending money bashing another republican. in order to avoid that scenario, one of the candidates, tillis and brannon are the two leading candidates by far, one of those candidates needs to get more than 40% of the vote tomorrow. the most recent polling out today shows the establishment favorite, tillis, at exactly 40%. exactly the number he needs to break to avoid that runoff. there's greg brannon in second place at

greg brannon. i'm here today, because greg brannon is a believer. and we need true believers in congress. >> the neat thing about north carolina is greg brannon is a doctor like myself. he's a problem solver. and i think greg brannon would be a great choice. >> senator paul campaigned for fellow dr. brannon the day before the primary election. well, here are just a few examples of greg brannon's problem solving. >> i think it would be much better if we had a militia of north carolina, militia of maryland, exactly the way the congress -- the constitution has stated, and when the executive has to act in a war, and congress declares a war, we would be stronger, because our state publishmilitias will go t federal level for our protection. please read karl marx' communist manifes manifesto. government merges with big business control, and that is what they are over there. >> that is a small sampling of the greg brannon who also owes investors over $250,000 after a jury found he provided them bogus information about a deal. i mean this as basically one st

so that's just a taste of greg brannon. that is the republican establishment's worst nightmare in north carolina. he is someone who could cost them a senate seat they would otherwise be very competitive to win. so of course the guy that the republican establishment does want to win tomorrow's primary is not greg brannon, he's a man named tom tillis. he's the speaker of the north carolina house of representatives. he's got the backing of north carolina's republican governor, the backing of jeb bush and as of today he's picked up the backing of mitt romney. all big republican establishment figures. he is who republican -- the republican establishment thinks is their best shot of beating kay hagen this fall. that's probably why kay hagen has been running this ad during the republican primary race, knocking tillis for once sort of saying something that wasn't completely disparaging about obamacare. >> politicians, these days you got to watch 'em close, real close. here's republican senate candidate thom tillis describing obamac

brannon has made controversial statements like this. >> the government now keeping itself in power by giving these goodies away. the answer is the department of culture should go away at the federal level. 80% of the farm bill was food stamps. that enslaves people. what you want to, do it's crazy but it's true, teach people to fish instead of giving them fish. when you're at the behest of somebody else you're actually in slavery to them. >> fish and slavery. if brannon wins, he will pull off what lee and paul did, a come-from-behind victory against an arguably more establishment republican. brannon's running against thom tillis, a former business executive who's currently speaker of the north carolina house. and that means of course he's been at the helm during the state's right-wing legislative binge from new abortion restrictions and bans on gay marriage to those voter i.d. laws that sparked the moral monday protests. but if you really want to see how establishment tillis is, just look at his gop endorsements. karl rove, check. mitch mcconnell, check. the pro-corporate chamber of co

brannon. democrats would have the chance to run against someone who says everyone has the right to own a nuclear weapon. just forcing him into a run off would mean the republicans had to keep fighting each other until mid july before they could turn their full focus against kay hagan. democrats would love it. they have been running ads that would argably boost the doctor guy and hurt the house speaker guy. it's all in the hopes from the left that democrats could maybe pick their own opponent against kay hagan or prolong republican in-fighting. polls in north carolina close tonight at 7:30 p.m. local time. at this point with just over a third of all precincts reporting it appears the establishment candidate has 45.1% of the vote. that would put the tillis 17 points ahead of the tea party candidate favorite greg brannon. 17? never do math on television. mark harris is ten points be hind mr. brannon. they have a way to go counting votes bus the early returns at least don't look that close. mr. ti

and that moans trying to stoke supporters of greg brannon to get to the polls today. >> brannon has support of rand paul and mike lee, sort of tea party wing of the republican party and united states senate. and so we have tilist. if he gets the 40 percent the party feels he has a better shot against kay haggen? >> party establishment people, the washington graybeards believe this, but to brannon's point, general election shoes that brannon beats haggen as well. i talked to him as well. these are the same people who said rand paul and ted cruz couldn't win their primary. he believes he could beat hag ep as well. it is true he has more baggage weighing him down that republicans are nervous about. but polls show him beating haggen. some republicans say that would change once brannon would be known better. >> that's what makes politics interesting. david, thanks. >>> primary day in ohio. several races taking place. including john boehner facing off against two tea party challengers. there are hundreds of thousands poured in the race and boehner is still heavily favored to win. >> to indiana, v

brannon trails tillis by 26%.er of citizen jane politics and daily beast contributor patricia murphy. it's always good to see you especially when we talk about things we don't understand happening in southern races. >> welcome to the south. >> exactly. so how did thom tillis do this? they were running neck and neck a few weeks ago. now he leads by a healthy margin and is expected to win. but is this truly a story of a -- of the establishment candidate triumphing over the fringe candidate? >> well, a couple of things to note here. this race is actually tightening up a little bit. a ppp poll came out this morning showing greg brannon closing that gap by nine points with thom tillis. tillis is right at 40%. he needs 40% plus one vote to get through without a primary. greg brannon has been able to bring in people like rand paul, has been able to knock thom tillis down quite a bit. in this last week, nobody saw that coming. but what has thom tillis done right? he has spent a ton of money. he obviously is the big money

brannon has all of the markings of another todd aiken waiting to happen. had state militias. on the other hand, to tamp down the tea party insurgency, to make himself acceptable, here's an example of what thom tillis had to do. this is from a republican debate on the issue of climate change. this is what tillis is talking like in the primary. >> is climate change a fact? >> no. >> no. >> no, god controls the climate. >> no. >> so i'm wondering, there's an example of thom tillis avoiding a land mine in a republican primary, but if that's the thing he's had to do to keep the tea party from revolting to get the nomination, that seems like the kind of thing that will hurt him in the fall. are there more examples where he set general election traps wsh. >> it does, there are. he's kept a little space between him and the other candidates. greg brannon and mark harris, last fall he came out in support of the shutdown against the leadership, which is supporting him and has been supporting him. he's come across as a lot more conservative than people think he really

>> yes, and republicans are terrified of greg brannon not only to get into the runoff and prolong agoto win the nomination then if this thing goes two more months. look, gregg brannon has been sued, successfully sued by partners for potentially misleading them in a business inv investment, and you know, he has flirted with the conspiracy theer the ris about september 11th on the radio, and now his cam can pain, would say, look, these comments were taken out of con t context, but it is all going to be opposition used against him if he can win this nomination, and the republicans are fearing if he gets into the race against democrat kay hagan, it becomes another potential representative todd akin situation in missouri where he becomes too far outside of the mainstream for him to win the general election in north carolina, and that is really what is at issue here. you have had mitt romney come out in the last hour siding with thom tillis in another signal to say, hey, get on board and get behind the establishment candidate here, and they are nervous about greg brannon. >> and yes, republ

brannon is now eight points higher than he was last week. the speaker, can't clear 40% that i ear in a runoff july 15. it will be a problem closer to the 2016 election for rand paul. i think that's quite an issue. and you talked about the likening to slavery and we've seen it over and over again, even from some black gopers, i don't understand why this tom foolery wasn't addressed in the gop autopsy report you would think they would start using other terms for the policies they don't like. >> now before campaigning for this tea party candidate brannon, paul, senator rand paul invited rupert murdoch to the kentucky derby this weekend. and, of course, murdoch was his guest. that sends all kinds of signals and messages. and both murdoch and paul are too savvy to not know they were not sending signals and messages. how do you read this? >> that was one of the most politically calculated things i've ever seen. and frankly not a bad idea. what it basically says to mike huckabee and scott walker and chris christie, et cetera, et cetera. i've got th

, and i think greg brannon would be a great choice. he's not a career politician. people said i couldn't win because i was just a physician and never held office. i hope the voters of north carolina will give greg brannon a chance. >> that's a very, very interesting way to answer the establishment versus tea party question. one more shot at it, establishment versus tea party, are we going to see more of that? >> well, kind of is. that's why when i say career versus a physician, the establishment is often full of career politicians, and he's a doctor. greg brannon is somebody who hasn't spent a career in politics. it brings fresh blood. we'll see. >> good. senator rand paul, thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> thank you. >>> coming up right here on "hannity" -- >> in 2008, my slogan was, "yes, we can." in 2013, my slogan was, "control, alt, delete." >> the president was cracking jokes this weekend at the white house correspondents' dinner. we're going to play the highlights coming up next. weekdays are for rising to the chall

freedom works also endorsed brannon. they talked up the grass roots nrge. for the past few years, this has been the setup for one tea party triumph after another, for one humiliating blow to the establishment after another. but not this week. thom tillis won easily on tuesday. north carolina will probably be the most closely watched senate race in america this fall. it's a pivotal state for republicans o to pick off if they're going to win back the senate. now the establishment has the candidate it wants. this time it stopped the tea party grass roots from nominating another christine o'donnell. it stopped the tea party from giving away the election to the democrats in the primary. so this was not a good week for the tea party. at least on the surface. i say that because if you look a little closer, there was a different story that emerges. the tea party candidates got shellacked and they are running away from republican primaries. the wind on that level is out of their sails. but why is that happening? is it because republican voters have suddenly moved to

what are the chances that prannpra brannon will get enough votes to pull off a race like this?s. >> well, the polls are showing that there is a lead for brannon and that is probably because of democrats on the air attacking thom tillis. and they claim they are not mettling in the primary, but this is where republicans lost several senate seats that they should have won, because the candidates they chose in the primaries were not acceptable, and the democrats would love to see something like that happen, and driving it to the runoff, and that is what everybody is expecting. everybody expect ps till lis to win the contest, but the question is whether he is going to get more than 40% of the vote. if he does, it is a runoff in july and another couple of months for the democrats to beat up on the republicans, and they are spending money against each other, as opposed to focusing on senator kay hagan and making sure that she does not hold that seat is what the republicans need to accomplish. >> and patricia, is this going to be close, because i am sure that you saw the analysis in th

but in case it isn't clear that brannon is the libertarian favorite, yesterday kentucky senator rand paul didn't just tweet for him, he stumped for him in charlotte, pointing to brannon's experience with health care laws as an ob/gyn to draw contrast with tillis and making not so veiled criticisms of the establishment side of the party. >> i see a lot of people who are working class, blue collar workers. i see people of every different race and ethnic group, much more so than i do in the republican group. >> and then there's former arkansas governor mike huckabee, he's endorsed and campaigned for the evangelical favorite, mark harris. the person who may be watching the margins tonight very closely, though, is actually the democrat in this race, the north carolina incumbent, kay hagan. she is likely to benefit the most if no one cracks 40 and the republican race has to stretch out for another two and a half more months. the hagan campaign is trying to weaken tillis and boost his republican competition. most recently paying for mailers to republican voters saying tillis called the heal

thom tillis won the gop nomination with nearly for example% of the vote last night, he beat greg brannonrtyist backed by senator rand paul. the win prevents a july runoff which, of course, would have drawn out the republican race for another couple months. tillis will run against democratic senator kay hagan in november. >> it's not end of the primary. it's really the beginning of the primary mission which has been a mission all along and that is to beat kay hagan and to make heirry reid irrelevant in america. >> senator kay hagan called a choice between two different records. she says thom tillis has spent his time in raleigh pushing an agenda that has rigged the system against middle class families. north carolina has has been one of the most radical states in the country. progressives moved to what's called a moral monday, ranging from a refusal of the medicaid expansion to education cuts to limits on unemployment benefits to new voting rules. i mean, they have had it all in north carolina. joining me tonight for the "rapid response" panel, e.j. dionne "washington post" and msnbc cont

and joshua brannon, a bit of an uphill battle there., jr.ier and mark walker will fight it out in a runoff. and speaker boehner won with nearly 70% of the vote over j.d. winteregg. and david joyce was helped to an easy victory with 55% of the vote. in ohio, several state legislators were not so lucky. three incumbents in the ohio house have lost their chance to compete for their seats this fall. ed fitzgerald won the democrat being nomination for governor, and he'll challenge republican governor john kasich in the fall. freshman congresswoman susan brooks won against david stockdale and, giveagain, she at got 75% there. joe bach won a four-way democratic primary getting 58% of the vote and will take on jackie wilorski in november. and in the northeastern part of the state, they kept a same-sex marriage ban off the ballot until november, a third member who was also targeted for that vote survived. north carolina speaker tom tillis is the new republican nominee for the senate there. mr. tillis, congratulations on your primary victory. >>

brannon, a member of the tea party faced a uphill battle in the primary.ellies has been endorsed and is getting a lot of hem from establishment republicans including former florida governor jeb bush. he is considering a 2016 race as well. in wisconsin a federal judge has struck down -- the law disproportionately deterred minorities and low income people from voting the judge said that reported instances of voter fraud are so infrequent, no racial person could be worried about it. speaking of racial, or i racial, election politics may depend on your point of view. where he literally fired up at the law. >> we had some fun, and knocks some holes in it, but we didn't quite get the job done, looks like we will have is toe resort so more extreme measures and replace wit a market base source. >> that ad, it ends with brook feeding the law into yes, that woodchipper. finally, in canada, embattled toronto mayor says he is taking a break from his re-election campaign, to seek help for alcohol abuse, the announcement came just a few hours after a low scal newspaper

. >> busy onramps at fourth and king and sixth and brannon are now closed. the closure means city streets will be jammed as thousands of drivers head it alternate onramps. >> if you're stuck, it takes another half hour or 45 minutes to get somewhere else. >> that somewhere else is pennsylvania or the already crowded 101. people heading south are expecting a long commute. >> pretty jammed up at that time of day. to add another 50 minute to an hour through the city. 90 minutes to go anywhere in city or east bay. >> a promise he may not be able to deliver on so he is giving his crew a couple days off. >> it will be hard it get down there. >> giant fans will be there. a six-day home stand start friday. drive williing south for a game take time. there is encouragement to leave the car home. >> coming from the peninsula, add for extra time. we believe it'll impact outbound when people are leaving our gims. >> drivers who depend on the southbound 280 extension need a new game plan until tuesday morn willing. again, these lanes are expected to reopen on tuesday then

he beat greg brannon, the tea party candidate champion by rand paul, and tillis's win is being considered a victory for the establishment wing of the gop. saying tillis is a moderate is like saying rush limbaugh is a moderate. just listen to mr. moderate in 2011. >> what we have to do is find a way to divide and conquer the people who are on assistance. we have to show respect for that woman who has cerebral palsy and had no choice in her condition, that needs help, and that we should help. and we need to get those folks to look down at these people, who choose to get into a condition that makes them dependent on the government and say at some point, you're on your own. we may end up taking care of those babies, but we're not going to take care of you. and we've got to start having that serious discussion. >> divide and conquer those on public assistance. this is who the establishment backed because others were too extreme, and while he served as the house speaker, he helped transform north carolina into one of the most radical legislatures in the nation. tillis voted for the voter suppre

brannon said some pretty outrageous things. and it will be interesting to see how senator rand paul in the years and months to come explains that as he runs for president. but the truth is that thom tillis, you know, moved right a long time ago. and if this is the establishment's desire for a candidacy, then they have embraced the tea party politics of america. >> i want to play this clip of thom tillis. it's, i think, from a few years ago. it's been surfacing and going around a lot now. in which he has his own kind of 47% moment. take a listen. >> what we have to do is find a way to divide and conquer the people who run assistance. we have to show respect for that woman that has cerebral palsy and had no choice in her condition, that needs help, and that we should help. and we need to get those folks to look down at these people who choose to get into a condition that makes them dependent on the government and say at some point, you're on your own. >> i've never heard that from a politician. we need to get those folks to look

we are talking about the mariposa street, 18th street on- ramp; also affected, the 6th street-brannon on-ramp, and a very busy one after giants games especially the king street on-ramp. the giants have tried to get out to fans that they will need to find another route out of the city. the freeway will re-open at 5 a.m. on tuesday morning. >>> new at 5:00, california lawmakers are about to vote on a measure that would ban microbeads in skin care products. the tiny bits of plastic are found in hundreds of items like soaps and scrubs. they are supposed to remove dead skin. but environmental groups say the beads don't break down and end up getting washed down the drain and deposited into waterways where fish mistake them for food. >> screens can't capture them so we are putting trillions of plastic beads that look like fish eggs into the water introducing them into the food change. >> environmentalists say beads soak up toxins like a sponge making them even more of a threat the assembly will vote on the ban tomorrow. >>> two california counties file suit saying a campaign of [ indiscernib

complete the southbound project, caltrans must close serl several southbound onramps, sixth street and brannon and close to at and t park caltrans says it's best to do it during memorial day weekend. >> we did that because it's better to interfere with a few people on the way to the game. then 70,000 or 80,000 people trying to get to work. >> patsy kenzie owns a restaurant close to one of the onramp that's will close. >> this is a main thoroughfare. and our restaurant. it's go to being a hardship for us >> he says this will impact his business. caltrans telling drivers to take public transportation. >> thank you very much. let me give you a better idea so it's clear. this is where it begins. pennsylvania avenue onramp. now, southbound 280 going to be shut down from downtown to pennsylvania avenue on ramp from 9:00 thursday night through 5:00 monday morning so. what do you do? this is the route you should take if you need to travel through the area. >> warriors introduced their head coach today. steve kerr replaces mark jackson. mike shumann was at head quarters for the debut. >> steve kerr all

complete the southbound project, caltrans must close serl several southbound onramps, sixth street and brannon and close to at and t park caltrans says it's best to do it during memorial day weekend. >> we did that because it's better to interfere with a few people on the way to the game. then 70,000 or 80,000 people trying to get to work. >> patsy kenzie owns a restaurant close to one of the onramp that's will close. >> this is a main thoroughfare. and our restaurant. it's go to being a hardship for us >> he says this will impact his business. caltrans telling drivers to take public transportation. >> thank you very much. let me give you a better idea so it's clear. this is where it begins. pennsylvania avenue onramp. now, southbound 280 going to be shut down from downtown to pennsylvania avenue on ramp from 9:00 thursday night through 5:00 monday morning so. what do you do? this is the route you should take if you need to travel through the area. >> warriors introduced their head coach today. steve kerr replaces mark jackson. mike shumann was at head quarters for the debut. >> steve kerr all

a lot of thinking, gwen, that he would be pushed really hard by a tea party candidate named greg brannon. and a -- christian right candidate named mark harris. it's possible they'll do well on tuesday. but the thinking among a lot of people there is that these guys did not do what they needed to do. they didn't perform particularly well in the three debates that took place. they didn't get a lot of money. they just haven't generated much enthusiasm and attention. and i think one thing we've learned from this is for all the talk about tea party insurgency, these things don't just happen by themselves. you have to have the right mix of candidate, money, issues. gwen: who's got the money and the issues? >> right now, tom tillis definitely has the money. although a lot of the money is being spent against kay hagan by outside groups. and we can talk about that more if you like. but tillis has not just the money, but because he's speaker of the house, he has the leadership, the governor's endorsed him. the other senator richard burr has endorsed him. so that -- in a kind of low energy primary

tillis defeated greg brannon with 45% of the vote. he'll go on to battle kay hagan in the fall.the establishment win in this case? does it mean for the 014 midterms that is six months away? with reaction, press secretary and democratic strategist penny. i stayed out of primaries for the most part, ronald reagan did not. i want a win. kay hagan said what obama said on health care. i think she will lose because of that. >> it's one of the most vulnerable democrats in the united states but not the most. no adays nowada nowadays, if republicans don't play, we can yield the field to the weakest candidate. this is a case where the strongest candidate won and enhanced republican chances. >> there is a battle between the tea party and establishment and one thing i'm urging, i'm impressed with republican governors, rick perry, john, scott walker, rick scott. they are getting things done and i don't see a vision coming out of republicans in the house and senate five issues, unify the country, balance the budget, energy independence. don't hear it fromç them. >> sean, that's a point but t

lillian brannon, who is now 90, was not having it. >> she found out where all the debris had gone. >>took some digging at a dump, but they found the remains. >> they said lady, here is your stump. >> from that stump, a new sapling spawned a second chance. a tree reborn, that now stands 50 feet tall. now, in the shade of that tree, a plaque recounts roosevelt's visit to a small california town, and lillian bran non's remarkable effort to keep the history alive. teddy roosevelt, the man who gave us our national parks, once said that when he was in california, he was west of the west. now, thanks to a handshake across time, roosevelt's legacy lives on in something that could not be more identifiably californian. >> as long as the rest of you take care of it, it is in your hands. >> one of the coolest things ever. if you want to see the tree, and the plaque that was dedicated today, it is right by the administration building at the county park. >>> a new and unique bike lane is now open in san francisco that a cyclist going against the flow of traffic. it is short but badly needed. sickli

endorsed by business groups and tax, including one run by karl rove, but faces a challenge from greg brannon, an op stet rirn, backed by the tea party, and favourite kentucky senator rand paul. if no candidate clears 40% there'll be a run-off in july. established republicans hate the idea of waiting two months before putting resources to kay hagan, a vulnerable democrat seeking election. in order for the g.o.p. to pick up the net six seats needed to take control of the senate a republican has to be hagan in north carolina. in the second congressional district, renee elmers is facing a primary challenge because she supported immigration reform. a moderate version of it. frank roche made it a single-issue primary and the close race is underscored by so many establish republicans are skittish about immigration. there have been 15,000 ads at a cost of over 7 million. 90% of the ads were paid for by groups outside of the state. in iowa, joanie ernst has gone from talking about cast rating pigs and her first dad to riding a harley and packing heat. watch. >> mum, farm girl and lieutenant col them

just announced he is heading to the tar heel state to try to help conservative gap fly and underdog brannon. a member of the tea party faces a uphill bat until the primary against state house speaker. phyllis has been endorsed and is getting a lot of help from establishment, including former jeb bush, who has also said he will consider a 2016 presidential campaign. in wisconsin a federal judge has struck down that state's voter i.d. requirement. he was district judge found a law deters minorities from voting and he said that reported instances of voter fraud are so infrequent that no racial person could be worried about it. speaking of racial or irrational, in elegislation politics it may depend of your point of view. an alabama republican congressional is running an ad where he loads and fires several weapons at the 1,000 page law known as obama-care. well, we had fun and knocked holes in it looks like we will have to. >> the ad ends with brook feeding the law into a woodchipper. yes, that is a wood chipper. and that is today's power politics. coming up on al jazeera america, a tense confr

at headquarters on brannon street in san francisco. >>> time is 8:34.next tuesday's primary election in california. voters will choose which two candidates will face off in november in the race for governor. the governor jerry brown is expected to easily win the top spot in the primary. the battle though is for the spot on the november ballot to oppose governor brown. two republican candidates are in the lead. assemblyman tim donnelly and former treasury official neel kashkari. recent polls show 42% of republican voters are still undecided. >> all the polls come out recently and they have shown a lead for assemblyman donnelly still, but a huge number undecided this late if the election is pretty surprising somewhere a new poll from the hoover institution shows 36% of people surveyed say they plan to vote for governor brown, 12% for donnelly, 5% for kashkari. and bay area counties, they are looking for poll workers for the tuesday primary. santa clara county needs 800 more poll workers. and there is another challenge. they need to find people who can spe

the man they're worried is greg brannon being backed by rand paul and wants to force tillis into a runoff. and mike huckabee is backing fellow minister mark harris. alice stew wrart is a former adviser to the presidential campaigns of mike huckabee, michelle bachmann and rick santorum. we've got to go to alice first. it's an inside game for you. my question is, how does this thing work? if tillis wins, does he bring the tea partier wing, does he bring in the christian right? do they all join him for the general against kay haguen? or is this going to be a schism in the party that lasts? >> no. he will unite them just as he has done as speaker. the fact that he's labelled as the establishment candidate he thinks is kind of amusing. he reminds me, and reminds everyone, that he used to be pta president just eight years ago. he's certainly not the establishment candidate of the gop. he's not only the support and endorsement of jeb bush and other strong republicans, but also he's got tea party support, the nra, the national right to life and other social organizations. he has already brought t

a lot of city streets south of market, sixth, bird, brannon, all those city streets in san francisco are tied up as well for drivers trying to get on 101 instead. a quick look at the south bay another problem spot, southbound 17 heading to the santa cruz mountains, extra slow because of an accident. eastbound highway 4 still a mess in antioch. use bart. everything is on time. that's the also from the "kcbs traffic" center. back to you. >> thank you. >>> now for a live look at the golden gate bridge where come next year, things will look a whole lot different. the bridge's district board just gave contractors the green light to install a $30 million steel and concrete barrier in the median. the movable barrier will replace the yellow pylons that currently divide traffic on the bridge. it's designed to prevent head- on collisions. crews will close the bridge and install the barrier during a slow weekend in january. >> it will be much better situation and give driver better confidence while driving across the bridge to have a physical division between two bounds of traffic. so it's basi

also affected, 6th street- brannon on-ramp.ith a couple of giants games coming up, traffic is expected to be especially bad near the king street on ramp closure. >> i have been working with the giants and they were kind enough to email all their season ticketholders. we are also suggesting that people use caltrain and bart and whatever options they have for public transportation. >> kpix 5 traffic reporter elizabeth wenger with alternate routes that you can take during the weekend. >> reporter: the signs have been up for a while warning drivers but tonight the closure goes into effect. we are expecting bigger-than- usual headaches leaving san francisco all weekend. the southbound lanes of 280 close tonight at 9:00 and will remain closed over the memorial day weekend. the closures begin at king street and continue mariposa. the northbound lanes of 280 will be open. typically there's lighter traffic overall on a holiday weekend but big events including several giants home games at at&t park will make getting to and from the ballp

tea party darling greg brannon has been endorsed by rand paul for his libertarian conservatism. mark harris is backed by mike huckabee. till lis is hoping to reach 40%. otherwise runoff of top two in three weeks but republicans want to get after hagen. in ohio, knows the best way to run for president is to get reelected governor in one of the most important states in presidential politics. the democrat is ed fitzgerald. he is expected to win democratic primary. in ohio, house speaker john boehner is on the ballot. considered safe across the board for re-election a lot of tea party groups have been circulating petitions to try to out of him. indiana votes tomorrow. the no u.s. senators. governor is not up. mike pence is looking to run for governor in 2016 too. nine congressional seats are up for bad. nine republicans and two democrats running for re-election. they're considered safe in their primaries and re-election. whoser state looks like it will stay pretty close where it is at right now. jon? jon: carl cameron. thank you. jenna: a massive wildfire in the central part of okla

you can see three different signs here on this corner on sixth and brannon just from our vantage point now. they have an electronic sign and old school sign and another electronic sign trying to let everybody know that uses these surface streets and everybody that uses that on-ramp that this closure of 280 southbound starts at 9:00 tonight. it's going to run through 5:00 next tuesday morning. here's a map of the area from downtown san francisco to the pennsylvania avenue on-ramp. the southbound closures include the mariposa 18th street, 6th street brannan, and king street on-ramps. there will be detour signs on how to get to highway 101 at the closed ramp. that's the best way around it. northbound 280 will stay open but traffic is expected to get pretty backed up in the city depending on the time of day. some drivers we spoke with this morning say they are just taking this in stride. >> if it's needed for repairs, it's fine. >> i live here, so i can just use local roads or use different on-ramp. >> you're not concerned? >> no. >> reporter: during this closure they are going to replace

the senate primary race with 46% of the vote avoiding a july runoff with tea par ti activist greg brannonnow it is considered one of the best barometers of the country of how the gop is headed and how the midterms will play out, and joining me is senior political editor mark murray to talk about the win for tillis and also the aftershocks of the ad now up with comments that he made in 2011. >> well, that is right, tamron, and of course, it was big news for the republican establishment, because they wanted him to escape a runoff that would have taken time and resources away, and that would have been in july and that is not good news for the republicans who wanted to be solely focused on the incumbent kay hagan, and you have mentioned the video that surfaced in the last 48 hours or so, and it shows thom tillis in 2011 making an argument that you should end up having disabled americans pitting gaiagainst th needing americans, and that one is deserving of the public assistance and the other group isn't. and that drew a lot of scorn, and lot of comparisons to mitt romney's 47% comments from th

tillis won 46% of the primary vote, more than enough to avoid a runoff with tea party favorite greg brannonharris. elsewhere in the state, two republican members of congress, walter jones and renee ellmers, turned back primary challenges. ellmers could face former "american idol" star clay aiken in november. aiken led his democratic primary race by fewer than 400 votes. a recount could still be possible. and in ohio, house speaker john boehner took nearly 70% of the primary vote against a tea party opponent in his ohio district. >> ifill: joining me to hash out what it all means is newshour political editor domenicoÑi montanaro.çóÑiÑiñr last night. no. >> no yes. 36 gosh 36 nor incumbents who won across the board last night. that's really the establishment striking back as we talked about earlier. in ohio, john boehner survived joyce also survived the tea party challenge. democrats are hoping he'd lose to have chance to take over that seat. north carolina, walterç?$iones o is always a target for some republicans,çó he wound up winng his race, a little bit of surprise for some. and renee ell

. >> brannon in north carolina, he can't beat thom tilli is. so the tea party thinks lamar alexander in tennessee, he doesn't have a big challenger against him. neither does lindsey graham in south carolina. so if graham and mcconnell are safe, this is the race then. this is the place that's deeply -- in the deep south, it's a red state. this is the opportunity, this is the battleground. that's why all the money is coming in now. >> yeah. it was the american conservative union did its ratings a few months ago. and thad cochran's numbers stand out. he's got a 63. all ore republicans are in the low 90s or something. ten days out, we'll see what happens. thank you. coming up, race and politics. democrat jay rockefeller says gop opposition to obamacare exists because president obama is, quote, the wrong color. he's hardly the first to suggest that. does he have a point or are republicans right to cry foul? also, me details emerging in the bridgegate scandal. there might be a race to say who can come up with the indictment first. plus was nancy pelo

he endorsed greg brannon, did a rally at the nascar hall of fame up the street here.stioned why he did this because rand paul has spent two years cozying up to the republican establishment and republicans in washington were wondering why would he go down here and possibly push republicans into a runoff. there are questions about his judgment and his decision making there. but rand paul did come out immediately after tillis secured the nomination and put out a statement on facebook saying it's time for north carolina to unite. this is important because this is a big win for the establishment. til lrk tillis got 45% but 65% of the republicans voted against thom tillis and a big part of the base did, too. it was smart of rand paul to do that quickly after the results came in and race was called last night. >> important for the establishment not to gloat. one more north carolina footnote. if you an "american idol" fan as kate noted a little bit ago clay aiken was on the ballot there in a congressional primary. you need 40% to avoid a runoff. he's above 40% but we have abs

a lot of republicans are asking questions about rand paul's judgment here because greg brannon is thepaul you would expect to support but he was recently found liable by a jury for misleading investors in a company he led. a lot of people are wondering why he is doing this. there could be a runoff which would sully his brand a bit. >> a lot of people will watch that today. more people will remember rand paul's date to the kentucky derby. look at this picture in the "new york times". rand paul, this i view is brilliant by rand paul. >> rand paul it was reported had a private meeting with rupert murdoch. he knows murdoch is influential and skeptical of him. he is going to need some help from murdoch. murdoch is influential. the role fox with play in republican primary is interesting. >> joel mchale was the entertainment. governor chris christie thinking about running for president in 2016 in the audience. joel mchale couldn't resist. >> tonight will be amusing and over quickly just like chris christie's presidential bid. i have a lot of these tonight. buckle up governor christie. >> the