mat cassell with a double- handoff and cassell ends up back with the ball and find as a wide open playerhe 45-yard touchdown and chiefs led in the 3rd quarter. cassell to another rookie moeaki and chiefs win 31-10. >> niners scored a touchdown on the final play of the game, but alex smith was sacked five times and the niners fall to 0- 3. industry three times since 1990 have reached the playoffs after starting 0-3. >>> niners play in atlanta next sunday. falcons making a huge statement and hosted new orleans. this is falcons a matt ryan to roddy white. they take the lead in the 4th quarter. saints tie it to to force overtime and new orleans is kicking for the win, but garrett hartley misses the 29- yard atent. see, janikowski is not the only kicker with a bad day. atlanta's matt bryant comes through with a 45-yard game- winning field goal and falcons take own the saints in overtime. minnesota get its first win and lions lose their 22nd straight road game. dallas earns its first win over houston and rams snap their 14- means the only afc team to lose this week, san francisco. and is seatt

niners, 11 first downs, next play, matt cassel, burned the niners.hird quarter, cassel deep over the middle. the rookie out of iowa, a sensational one-handed grab. what happened the niners' top ten defense? fourth, alex goes down hard. niners totally outcoached on both sides of the ball. falling to 0-3. chiefs 3-0. niners embarrassed. 31-10 the final. >> raiders and cardinals in the desert. 16 seconded left in the second quarter. pay dirt. rushed for 105 yards. raiders led 20-17 at the half. laid in the third, derek anderson to larry fitzgerald. eight yards. a minute to play. fourth and ten from their own 36. brad -- after a pass interference, janikowski, wide left. third miss of the game. soccer player. a heartbreak for the raiders. see why i'm grumpy. national league pennant race is giving giant fans an ulcer, matt cain was money. flirted with a no-hitter. sanchez, drills one deep to left. see ya. second straight game with a home run. 2-0 giants. cain was dealing in the sixth. blows away eric young, jr. carries the no-hitter into the 8 am. one out

next play, cassel. burned the niners for 250-yard. all went south from there third quarter, cassel deep over the middle to the rookie out of iowa, a sensational one-handed catch. 24-3 chiefs. what happened to the niners' defense. alex smith, one of five sacks. niners totally outcoached. going do 0-3. niners embarrassed in conditions city. >> a little baseball. giants fans are getting an ulcerment matt cane on the hill today against the rockies and was money. cain was able. went the distance and flirted with a no-hitter. freddie sanchez, top one. see ya. second straight game with a home run. 2-0 giants. meanwhile, cain was doling. in the sixth, blows away young. carries the no-hitter into the 8th. one up the middle. the double clutch, it's beaten out, ruled an infield single so the no-hitter is gone. cain gets giambi looking. strikes out eight. 4-2 win. coupled with the padres' loss, the g-men are back in first place with six to go all at home. >> a's were eliminated from the postseason yesterday. back to work today against the rangers

check out quarterback matt cassell of a a double-handoff, cassell gets the ball back and finds a wider and chiefs led 17-3. niners never knew what hit them. pretty play, but here is another. cassell another rookie, tony moeaki, greatest coverage, but this is just too cool for the likeie from iowa. moeaki, youth serves in kansas city as the chiefs win. niners score a touchdown on the final play of the game, but it meant little. 0-3. just three teams since 1990 have reached the playoffs arch starting 0-3. >>> 49ers play in atlanta next sunday night and the falcons hosted new orleans today. this is matt ryan to roddy white. atlanta with a lead in the 4th. saints tie it to force overtime and garrett hartley misses a 29- yard attempt. you sigh janikowski isn't the only kicker with a bad day. the game dozen. mat ryan with a 46-yard game- winning field goal and falcons take down the saints in overtime. bryant actually missed his first attempt, but the saints called time-out, so he got a second chance. lions lose their 22nd road game. dallas wins the lonestar bowl game and the rams snap nir14

. >>> matt cassel, the chiefs hosting the 49ers. san francisco looking to avoid an 0-3 start.efs up 10-3. it's the double reverse and a fleaflicker. matt cassel deep to duane bole and bole knows football. >>> the eagles and jaguars, michael vick now the starter. under one minute to go. eagles up, 21-3. escaping the rush and scrambling up the middle, 17-yard touchdown. one of the most electrifying plays of the weekend. the eagles win easily, 28-3. >>> and the jets visiting the dolphins, edwards spent the first on the sidelines because of his drunken driving arrest. trailing here. sanchez to edwards and he is off. 67 yards to the house as the jets are now 2-1. go on to win this one 31-23. you're up to date for now. let's go back to you in new york. >> our thanks to espn. >>> up next the stories we will be following today. stay with us. [ male announcer ] "dear focus... "be careful out there. "as you know, we have more standard safety features "than you. "10 airbags... daytime running lamps... "onstar automatic crash response. "in case ya didn't see it, that's probably why "msn a

christina o'donnell's victory over incumbent mike cassell in the delaware primary is the latest win.ave howl of the tea party patriots of silicon valley says there is a lesson for both parties. >> fundamentally the republican party needs to know its voters expect them to act like conservatives and the republicans can't be liberals. that's what pelosi and repair relead need to worry about. >> reporter: melinda jackson said the tea party proved it can bring out the vote but says they may have to contend with an influence similar to ross pe rot during jorge bush's campaign when al gore was running for president. >> do they see it as a threat, do they kind of try to isolate the tea party movement or do they embrace it and other sort of adopt some of those more conservative positions. >> democrats say it it's a tough time to sort it all out but republicans say political foss fee is on their side. >> it's like the antiwar no. in vietnam, i mean it markednd became part of the democratic party. the tea party folks are going to become more integrated with the republican party. i think it's a

republicans think their best chance of winning is cassel.s holing primaries include wisconsin, new hampshire, rhode island, new york and massachusetts. >>> coming up next, the massive wildfires in colorado appear to have been sparked by accident. we'll have the latest after the break solve the a virginia man found tied up and shot to death in his own home and police think a speed bump is what sparked a deadly dispute. we'll explain why coming up next. -- >>> a virginia man found tied up and shot to together in his on home and police think a speed bump is what sparked a deadly dispute ais,rc >>> it appears that a speed bump may be the cause of a murder and home invasion in springfield, virginia. steven karr convinced official to put in a speed bump in front of his home. his neighbor, david patton, was reportedly with respect set about the speed bump. police say he broke into karr's house and tied up karr and his girlfriend. when karr's roommate came home, police say patton chased him and the girlfriend ran upstairs and called 911. >> it is sa

i mean bob bennett, lisa mccowski and now mike cassell.ive other times they beat the party nominee in connecticut and colorado and arizona, nevada and so forth. but-- kentucky. the key is once that happens, it sends a paralysis of terror through the regular party. and to the party leadership. and they're terrified that they are going to be tea partied. a perfect example of this, orrin hatch. orrin hatch was the-- . >> lehrer: senator from utah. >> utah, he was mr. bipartisan. he and ted kennedy are were great friends. he spoke at his wake. since then he has become as strident and narrow a republican as there is because he's terrified that a member of the house is going to challenge him. where it is felt is in the presidential nominating process. because every nominee, it happened with the democrats in the anti-war people, because of the cause people, women people, environmental people, the first thing they want to do is they would love to have their endorsement but they don't want to make them angry. so they basically give away a lot of po

republican christine donnell is backed by the tea party express, she bested the moderate mike cassel, a fixture in the state's republican party which fought tooth and nail to make sure o'donnell wouldn't win. >> and if those same people who fought against me worked just as hard for me, we will win. [ cheering and applause ] >> i would like to thank the republican party for its support. >> reporter: cassel conceded but the republican party says it will not help o'connell in november's general election where most give her little chance of beating chris coons. tea party helped to beat rick hasyo. >> if we've learned anything tonight it's that new yorkers are mad as well. >> reporter: but it wasn't all bad. charlie rangel ended up easily winning his primary despite facing a slew of ethics charges. but so far this has been a season for the underdogs. largely uncontested candidates who look forward to even bigger challenges in november. and the great unknown in all of this, is how will the tea party backed candidates do in a general election where independent voters play a much larger role.

christine o'donnell benefited from enthusiasm the cassel people never saw coming. this is a rejection of a guy they know. >> let's talk about robert bennett in utah, thrown out the door. charlie crist rejected by his own party, arlen specter had to leave his part. the media market, philadelphia is the delaware media market. arlen specter was beaten in his own party and then the democratic party. >> arlen specter said he didn't want his record judged by republican primary voters. that is what mike castle had happen. >> 30 years of public service defeated not by the people of delaware, but 60,000 people. >> castle woke up to specter's nightmare. >> arlen is saying -- well, there is no victory. there is no country for old men. a lot of this is sell by date. these candidates like castle, specter, bennett, maybe barbara boxer have been around a while. how can you in a bad time say you have been around 30 years say you are going to change something. they might as well take a chance on a new kid. if you have a voter in delaware and you want change, why would you vote for

pulling off a major surprise. 41-year-old christine odonnel won the republican candidate over mike casselnel was virtually unknown but she road a wave from the tea party. >>> we invite you to stay with wjz for coverage from the campaign 2010. >> is it me or does she have a resemblance to sarah palin. >> she did. >>> let's take a look at temperatures. it cooled down very nicely. also chilly out tonight. the barometer is on the way back up. humidity is up a little bit. it's probably going to get down maybe in the low 50s. 59 here, 71 the warm spot out in hagerstown. and 69 in washington, 59 out in oakland. clear skies for the most part -lt we do have a few clouds this afternoon that have gone down to the south. new area precipitation developing, will move across the country. probably give us at least a chance of a shower. maybe a gusty thunderstorms getting a little rarer in september by thursday night. tomorrow, beautiful high pressure over the region. no weather issues at all. very pleasant day. thursday pleasant, but late in the day or evening, warmer air comes in and that front approach

beaten cassel or o'donnell? >> i think that he could have. >> really? >> yes.absolutely. >> chris, can i make one quick point that matters. alaska, august 24th, what was interesting about that state? a small state by population, a relatively number of small people, we were not sure who were voting. a small number of people, delaware, a small state where a few people, that's why republican strategists are nervous. everyone i talk to today say we think he's going to win, but we don't know. >> okay. tell me something i don't know, cillizza. is murkowski going to go three-way in alaska? >> no. even if she did, it's very, very put another "very" in there, difficult. >> gaffeny, what is the first state? >> the first state, we are the first state. >> thank you so much. an easy way to end. delaware's the first state. thank you. >> why do i get that question? >> because you're on the show too often. thank you, chris, dan. >>> up next, meg whitman has spent over $100 million on her and ready to spend a lot more. now, she's trying to use bill clinton to bring down her opp

christine o'donnell defeated mike cassel.murkowski, senator from alaska got beat by a tea party candidate. is there any way to run as a write-in candidate? >> she's on a plane heading back to alaska, not going to arrive until 6:30 eastern time tomorrow night and make an announcement but we are told from people close to her, from her own lips today and the leadership they really don't think she's made a decision yet. the bottom line is republican leaders, by the way she was and is a member of the leadership this is the last thing they want is for her to wage her own, you know, write-in campaign because they want to back the republican candidate, they don't want anything at all that could risk keeping that alaska seat in republican hands. >> they have enough to worry about. >> look it was to give you color from capitol hill it was interesting to watch, first day back in the senate today, there was a moment where she was huddled, we could see through the glass window, huddled off the senate chamber with blanche lincoln, another

how they ever count to the theory that i'd ever impeach george bush i'll never know. >> cassel is rightthe money. what's these guys do. pass this stuff up. folks like sharron angle and sarah palin have figured it out. stay away from any media and anybody that gets in the waive fox that would screw up the message. here's palin's advice to brand-new tea party darling o'donnell. >> she's going to have to learn very quickly to dismiss what some her handlers want. she's going to have to learn that, yeah, very quickly. she's going to have to dismiss that go with her gut, get out there, speak to the american people, speak through fox news. >> speak through fox news. that gives you a lot of reason to watch, doesn't it? this is a tea party plan. shut your mouth, scrub your website of all of your crazy positions and let the conservative talkers hammer home all of the lies they can. joining me now is eric boller, senior fellow at media matters for america. you have to admit, eric, this has been a well-executed plan and had is probably their playbook what do you think. >> yeah, mike castle was righ

>> i think mike cassel is well liked but everybody forgets he got elected in 1966.er, i think you turned 40 back then. but i think it means, i think the party is making a mistake to be honest with you, because washington doesn't get that america wants change right now and message does matter. and her message was about change. now peter is going to come back and say she's crazy, she has a lot of baggage. but here is what the voters said. they said, we hear you, but we don't want what is in washington right now and she's speaking our language. she may have baggage and may be played -- flawed, but we like you better. it's going to be a hard race for her. but don't underestimate the fact that the voters want change. you saw it here in the district of columbia last night in the mayor's race and i think you'll see that it's bad news for the democrats because the incumbents are thinking i've been here for a while. >> and there is in-fighting within the group. >> the trouble with this for the republicans is that it is not an isolated incident. jim is right that message matt

cassel burned the niners. but it all went south from there. the double reverse flea flicker. to duane bow. it is 17-7. alex smith goes down hard. he was sacked five times. the nipers out coached on >> the 9ers are out coached on all sides of the ball. 31-10 the final. the giants retake the lead of the national league west. we have the highlights when we come back. >>> i have a feeling the national league west title will come down to the final game against the padres. matt cane on the hill against the rockies and he was money. he went the distance and flirted with a no hitter. and some fire works and sanchez on top of one. that's gone. his second straight game with a homerun and 2-0 giants. cane was dealing. in the 6th blows away eric young, junior. no hitter into the 8th. jay payton and grounds one up the middle. uribe double clutches. it is ruled an infield single and the no-no is gone, but not the victor ree.-- victory. they struck out eight. 4-2 giants win coupled with the padres' loss and the g-men are back in first with six to go and all six at home. meanwhile, the a's w

in delaware, christine o'donnell upset mike cassel in the senate primary. >> don't ever underestimate the power of we the people. >> reporter: the sarah palin- backed tea party candidate has no experience in elective office. she will face chris kunz in november. >> sadly all andrew offers us is status cuomo. >> reporter: new york's charlie rangel prevailed. >> if they take an example from us, country would be better off. that is make the judgment of the facts. >> reporter: 08-year-old rangel is all but guaranteed to keep his house seat. it would be his 21st term. >>> another senator is set to face off against feingold. >> folks, this is i fi economic future for our fundamental freedom and it is a fight that we absolutely must win. >> reporter: one state still has to vote before primary season is over. hawaiians go to the polls on saturday in a competitive race. their democratic primary for governor. ainsley earhart, fox news. >>> good morning as we take a live look over the washington washington monument on this wednesday, september 15th. hopefully look took -- looking to be a gorgeou

. >>> christine o'donnell beat out cassell in delaware. >>> charles rangel is awaiting trial by the houseics committedee on 13 separate violations of ethics rules. the 80-year-old lawmaker has hinted he might be willing to agree to a settlement of those charges. >>> while in new hampshire, former attorney general kelly ayot attempt has moved ahead of tea party candidate ovide lamontagne in the race for the republican u.s. senate primary. this one too close to call. ayotte is backed by the gop establishment and endorsed by sarah palin. >>> now to some other top stories we are following ache hostage standoff in maryland. it all started around 10:00 last night. a man with a gun walked into a home in the 8 # hundred block of richboro road in forestville, got into an argument with a woman and is now holding her inside the home there. list are trying to talk to him still to end this standoff peacefully. there were you other people inside when this all went down. they were all able to get out okay. >>> montgomery county police are searching for more suspects in a burglary attempt and car theft.

this election, joe miller up in alaska who knocked off senator murkowski or sharron angle or mike cassel, knocked off by christine o'donnell. they have knocked off people from the center right. >> chris, you follow oklahoma conservative that ruled america community of 2,500 people that thought more about using common sense to solve problems. i think we're getting in politics today i heard a pastor friend of mine say once everybody is concerned about the right wing and the left wing and the poor bird is dying and i think this movement that you see, chris, i really think it's benefiting the right. but i think there's republicans, democrats, moderates, conservatives out there who have rallied around i think excessive spending, high taxes, some constitutional issues that they are concerned about and, again, this didn't just happen in the last 16, 18 months. >> i want to go to the rebellion against the federal government since george washington had to put down the whiskey rebellion. i had the whiskey rebellion flag in my office. i know about the history. where is all the activity in the stree

christine o'donnell defeated mike cassell for the party's nomination in the general elects. he now says he will not endorse her for senator and the par see says it won't pump any money into her campaign. o'donnell, who was endorsed by sarah palin, says she will win without castle or the party. coming up, robert honda will talk to the california partyac visit activities who were instrumental in her delaware campaign. >>> don practiced a today joined leaders from the city, county, schools and local churches for a prayer breakfast. the candidate and former state president called on leadtors work together to come up on a plan to deal with chronic truancy in at schools in oakland. he emphasized the importance of church in keeping skids in school and away from crime on the streets. >> my view is it becomes the faith-based community that is in fact the first responder in our neighborhoods, it is not the amr ambulance driving around the city. >> during the last school year the oakland school district reported about 2000 children missed 10 days of school or more with unex-cuesed abse

. >> you were involved up there with mike cassel. >> correct. >> the republican who had won 12 times statewide over his career, she beat him. what's in the water? >> these are the type of things that actually helped her in the primary and nationally in this election. she'll raise a lot of money. people see the insiders, the man, coming after her, creating her as a victim to some extent and they want to defend her. she'll raise more money because they're attacking her like this. i think people think it's a silly issue and i think actually it's a winner for her at the end of the day. >> i want to you listen to your close friend rush limbaugh. >> we hang out. >> rush was on the radio today saying, wait a minute. all these people going after christine o'donnell. look in their past. >> joe biden has dabbled in plagiarism. big ayers has dabld in domestic terrorism. valerie jarrett, obama's best female friend, has dabbled in communism. >> and sarah palin also tweeted this, telling christine o'donnell time is limited. use it to connect with local voters versus appeasing the national media. >

cassel had led coons in most polls beforelution the nomination for o'donnell. boy what a break for chris coons this whole thing has been. he's a double digit leader now. "hardball" back after this. [ amy ] as a dietitian, all of my patients are my top priority. but one patient is my favorite... my mother. last year mom needed additional nutrition so i recommended boost nutritional drink. and she still drinks it every day. [ male announcer ] boost has 26 vitamins & minerals and calcium to help keep bones strong... and 10g of protein to help maintain muscle. making it the perfect compliment to your daily routine. [ amy ] boost drink gives my favorite patient the complete nutrition she needs to keep doing the things she loves. >>> we get it. we get it. and this is why when we outlined in here, our pledge to america, i can tell you, we are very serious about implementing our pledge. >> i love it they take off the suits when they get serious. welcome back to "hardball." that was house republican leader john boehner introducing the republicans' pledge to america and

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where political people point this out, that tea party candidates may very well overcome people like cassell in delaware. >> yeah. >> rose: who stands a very good chance of wining with the election. >> yeah. that is 20 x, not 2012. >> that's right. >> rose: it seems to me, i want you to comment on this. that in politics, controlling the narrative is often a determining. in 2008 the obama campaign controlled the narrative. >> they ran a masterful campaign. >> rose: in the primary and the general election. >> they ran a masterful campaign. >> rose: my narrative is about change. pie life is about change. my narrative is about change and identified. and that's what you are trying to do early on in this and in the road map just to say this is the narrative that we believe in. here is my question about the narrative. where is the safety net, a. >> great question. >> rose: who creates a sense of an obligation to make sure using your own language, no child's left behind. >> my not my personal language. that is a really important question. so the narrative that i think the president would be advancin

o'donnell's victory came at the expense of veteran congressman mike cassell who had been heavily favored by the party establishment. palin's support for o'donnell included recording a reason robo phone call to help get out the vote. >> hi, this governor sarah palin. vote for christine o'donnell for u.s. senate. >> palin has also made effective use of social media platforms such as twitter and facebook, to announce endorsements or comment on current events. and palin released an internet video erlier this summer, titled mama grizzly. her term for conservative women candidates she's endorsed this year. >> here in alaska i always think of the mama grizzly bear, that rides up on her behind legs when somebody's coming to attack their cubs. to do something adverse toward their cubs. she thought pit bulls were tough, well you don't want to mess with the mama grizzlys. >> according to an analysis by "the washington post," palin has endorsed 43 candidates in primaries this year. the breakdown, 25 win, 11 losses, and 7 races where there was no primary. palin's efforts to aid candidates in 2010 has

nevertheless she upset longtime congressman michael cassell off with been a heavy favorite to fill vicents biden's senate seat. >> i want everyone in the republican party to oppose me to know this, you're welcome to join the people's crusade. >> in york tea party back carl defeated party veteran advocate in the old republican primary for governor. the buffalo millionaire has proposed turning prisons into dormitories for welfare recipients and he's been caught ford in races e-mail jokes. of former governor of new york, november. >> republican candidate for government whitman and was in services could today she is talking to employers that yell. she's now become a record holder meg whitman has now spent more for a money than any other candidate in any of their race and the entire history of american campaigning. for talking $119 million. we asked about that in our one-on-one interview this afternoon. >> i've been running now for almost 18 months almost 20 months. i had a contestant primary and up against someone who is backed by the republican unit. it is expensive but i feel great about

they were the group that pumped her $250,000 in to help her out in her primary upset over mike casselo new, obama to headline fund-raiser monday. the president playing fund-raiser in chief, going to pennsylvania. not only to headline and be the main attraction but also at a separate one to help out joe sestak, the congressman from southeast pennsylvania, the democrat's nominee and for the senate this and polls suggest he is trailing his republican rival in a number of polls, the democrats of course want to hang on to the seat if they can. finally the vice president. he's also out there as well. vice president joe biden going to ohio. between the vice president and the president, this their fifth visit to ohio in the last month. the vice president will team up with the democratic governor out there, face as challenging re-election. remember, presidential politics also important in ohio, not just about this year's midterm. a lot of stuff going on, on the political ticker. c cnnpolitics.com. >> thanks, paul. we'll have your next update in an hour. for the latest you can go to our website

in delaware mike cassell tries to do at least what five other establishment republicans failed to dobeat a tea party backed opponent in a senate primary. christine o'donnell would very much like to join the ranks of rand paul in kentucky, joe miller in alaska, sharron angle and mike lee all of whom rode the tea party express to victory. fenty is running neck and neck with city council chairman vincent gray in his race for a second term. all right. how do we make sense of this? if anybody can give us the big picture and juicy details in two minutes, it is our cnn senior political editor mark preston who joins me now from our d.c. bureau for two at the top. take it away. >> as you said seven states and the district of columbia holding primaries today. this is very much the end of the primary season and we're going to focus in on the general election. this has been very divisive. you had a great list of insurgent candidates that came out of nowhere and beat the establishment candidates. just ticking off a couple of recent ones, bennett in utah pb murkowski in alaska. christine o'donnell

in a closed republican primary was able to make a difference and up said cassell. honestly hard to see this as anything but a nightmare scenario for the gop, at least in this delaware race. you heard karl rove right off the race and both people on both sides are doing the same thing. host: people did not think she could win this primary, either. guest: two different races. winning a closed republican primary which -- i looked at the numbers, about 60,000 people voted, about one-tenth of all registered voters in delaware. about one third of registered republicans. a very small sample. you get enough of your friends and the excited base out, you can make a difference. a general election, very different story. delaware is not a kentucky, not a nevada or alaska. this is a state where democrats outnumber republicans almost two to one. and it will be very difficult for a candidate like o'donnell who has absolutely no appeal to the middle to be successful. is it impossible? this year, i don't think you can write anyone off. anything can happen. but certainly most politica

i worked for the telephone company and the telephone company now has been replaced by cassell phones. the telephone jobs today are what the railroad jobs in the 1950's when the 707 came in. but that is not why i called. there is nothing wrong being a plumber, electrician, or a skilled finish carpenter. all of those people complaining about not having jobs and standing in unemployment lines, those people i bet are not good plumbers, not licensed plumbers or electricians. or people who either don't care for got a useless degree. it sits on the wall and there cuticle and a wuther it and they watch it once a week, but what good is it any more? you will not see a good plumber or electrician or craftsman without a job. thank you for listening. host: thank you for the call. according to statistics on wikipedia about education in the united states, there are 4352 colleges, universities, and junior colleges. in 2008, 36% of enrolled students graduate in four years, 57% completed their requirements in six years at the same college they first enrolled in. interestingly, the united states ranked