trial offer, go to cialis.com. >>> an exciting night, new york's 15th congressional district, charlie rangelnd the fight of his career facing ethics investigation, no longer chairman of the powerful ways and means committee. win or call home. congressman rangel holding a substantial lead by 2-1, 19% of the precincts counted. joe johns at headquarters are now. >> looking for his his 21st, a surreal night in harlem. a lively crowd. not a very large crowd at all. quite a few people here waiting for what is expected to be a win for charlie rangel. not surprising with his ethics allegations back in washington, d.c. of not going out on financial disclosure. handling improperly donations for a center try to build here for public service. we're still going to have to wait quite a while because it is an issue. the voting machines in new york to get the final numbers. a lot of the institutional democratic party turning out for charlie rangel, including david paterson, the former mayor, some members of congress. all expecting a victory for charlie rangel despite all these issues. >> we will check in wi

so charlie rangel surviving for now in harlem.the overwhelming favored now to win re-election. we should note he still faces trial by the house ethics committee on a number of ethics allegations, but if he had to worry about that in the primary, not anymore. we project he will be the democratic nominee. >> we'll check in on the race in the gop race in new hampshire. >>> overseas now, a young american woman stepped off a plain in oman today and, quote, i've been waiting for this moment for a really long time," her name is sarah shourd, one of three american hikers detained by iran for over a year now. they say they were hiking in the mountains of iraq in the summer of 2009 when they allegedly strayed into iranian territory. iran accused them of spying. they denied the charges. nic robertson is in oman tonight. nic, she flew today to -- from iran to oman. iranian media say she was released on bail because of her medical condition. what kind of shape was she when she arrived? >> reporter: she seemed pretty tired, quite emotional when

we have seen charlie rangel.e hasn't gone all the way in predicting a win tonight, but talked a lot about the ethical charges against him on capitol hill. among the things he said this evening, people should not have delusions without the completion of the process -- there he is, apparently introducing yet another individual who's coming to speak. >> joe, how important -- we're going to probably lose some sound, we'll come back to joe in a little bit. let's talk to our panel. john, this is clearly the fight of his political life, and in the last couple days we saw robocalls from former president bill clinton and michael bloomberg. >> it's a big political fight and you've got to wonder where the democrats would like this to land. if he gets taken out, all the ethics issues get put on the back burner, even though you've got bill clinton in there making those kinds of phone calls, would they not be a little happy if it just went away tonight? >> why do you think clinton and bloomberg made those calls? >> for the sam

locally, charlie rangel is going to get re-elected.seat in a primary with a fractured field. it's more easy to get indicted than elected in those offices but charlie rangel is beloved in his district. he's a national lightning rod. >> first to dana bash on capitol hill. dana, would the house democrats come back more optimistic about keeping their majority after summer break or nor pessimistic? >> despite what the house speaker said in public on the record, definitely more pessimistic. look, they will tell you, being home for five weeks, it's not just that they had a hard time making the case, it's that the world stayed really in a bad place. that simply does not help the majority party. it does not help them. i've got to tell you, frankly, the democrats, especially, they are not for the most part thrilled about being back here. this is washington. this is what many of the voters are very, very angry about. they want to get back as fast as possible. get out with the voters. >> god forbid they have to dhour jobs. eric, you have been part

charlie rangel, 20-team house democrat. he had five challengers. this crowded field could be a factor in the results. let's look at the early numbers. charlie rangel facing ethics charges, his lead challenger adam clayton powell iv 24%. the crowded field could be a factor. we'll keep an eye on that. the 15th district. this could be another stunner.

charlie rangel is in some trouble. he's endorsing jerry brown for california governor despite the bad blood for those two that goes back to the 1992 presidential campaign. a big dc mayor's race today. seven states have primaries, the district of columbia too. i interviewed both for the mayor, we'll see their views on the economy and school reform on "john king usa". >> give you the pose. a big shot there, you guys, ready, here we go. wolf over to you. >>> thanks very much, rick. happening now. the last big round of primary contests, a closing statement by voters before decision day in november. we'll tell you why today's races matter so much for the potential balance of power in the congress and for all of us. and republican ad wizards find a new way to make the house speaker look bad. this hour on nancy pelosi is responding to her harshest critics and the fear of losing control of the house of representatives. >> and you may soon need a prescription, yes, a prescription for some of the most popular over-the-counter co

so charlie rangel hangs on there. but if reports are any indication, expect challenges to primary results in the state of new york. yesterday the yesterday. >> today unfortunately we have hearing disturbing reports that some polling sites have been very disturbing. we've been told of some polling sites that opened two to four hours late. that is a royal screw up and it's completely unacceptable. >> the nation's capital will be choosing a new mayor this fall after voters there rejected in-dumb content ad easily beat lesser known opponents yesterday. they will being competing for the seat vacated by retiring congressman david obeq who has represented the district since 1969.yq who has represented the district since 1969. who has represented the district since 1969. >>> bill clinton endorsing jerry >>> bill clinton endorsing jerry brown, the democratic candidate talks if israel does not extend its ban on jewish settlement construction in the west bank. that is due to expire here this month. >>> dutch police say they have

charlie rangel, we project charlie rangel will win renomination in the 15th district in the house.ns. we can break down the numbers. this is his closest rival, adam clayton powell, charlie rangel with 52%, coal with 24%. charlie rangel nelly overwhelming favorite for 21st term in congress. this is still being counted and to the overnight hours. the democratic incumbent, he wants four more years, the democratic primary is essentially the general election and the chairman of the city council his challenger. he is leading in this race, he made education reform the big issue, 54% and 45% for the incumbent. 20% of the vote counted so we need to keep watching this. it looks like there could be a new mayor in washington. look a these results throughout the night. cnn the place to get the latest. back to larry. the hat guy. i can't even tell you how much it's changed my life. [ male announcer ] only rogaine is proven to regrow hair in 85% of guys. no more hats. [ male announcer ] stop losing. start gaining. you know, if we had let fedex office print our presentation, they could have shippe

new york, the rick lazio race, but also the charlie rangel race. the panel is with us throughout the evening. we're looking, as i said a moment ago, at o'donnell headquarters. we're waiting for her to make remarks and we'll bring those to you live when she does. join the live chat, now underway at ac360.com. >>> also can candidates knock out punches in the final days of campaigning? the question is are they low blows? we'll put some to the fact test. and later, the people who lived through this, the images are stunning. lost neighbors and friends through this. they're demanding answers from the utility whose gas line blew. we'll take you live to san bruno. keeping them honest. to everyone who wants to go to college and everyone who started college but never finished... to late bloomers... full-time moms... and everyone who is good at something but wants to be great.

and new york congressman, charlie rangel, won easily last night, despite 13 ethics charges that are pending against him. he told his supporters, he's returning to washington, stronger than ever. rob and vinita? >> emily schmidt, live in washington this morning. thank you. >>> a few other results now. the once-popular mayor of washington, d.c. has been ousted from office. adrian fenty conceded overnight. some voters said he had become out of touch. >> in wisconsin, district attorney and one-time mtv reality star sean duffy, won his primary for congress. >> and richard nixon's grandson stumbled on his first entry into politics. chris cox came in third out of three republican candidates for congress here in new york. >>> now, to a developing story from the middle east. the palestinians are now threatening to walk out of peace talks if the jewish settlements and the west bank issue are not resolved. simon mcgregor-wood is live in jerusalem with a status report. good morning, simon. >> reporter: good morning, vinita. you're absolutely right.

rangel wraps up. it's not clear how long the trial or hearings will ke. >> over the weekend, you wrote about the hearing facing charlie rang rangel. the headline rangel hearings to test his party too in "the wall street journal" this week. you quote aid republican source as saying in this is not a court of law. this is more like a condominium association you. sit on the board, you still want your neighbor to check the mail while you're away." what did you take from his comments? >> his point is that while there's sort of of the trappings of a trial in this ethics trial that he faces, it's not really a trial. you don't really have a formal judge and a formal prosecutor in the sense that you do you in an actual court of law. and you're being judged by lawmakers who you will presumably go on the house floor and vote with and negotiate deals with as soon as you lk out of the ethics committee room. that's not a trial by most lawyers views. >> and the headline to your story the hearings to test his party too, the house leaders obviously have no choice or say on when these issues come up, do they? >> well, the calendar has b

embattled new york congressman charlie rangel is almost assured a victory in november, now that he's hallengers. voters backed rangel, despite the 13 ethics charges he's now facing. >>> secretary of state clinton is in jerusalem for the next stage in middle east peace talks. palestinians are now threatening to walk out of negotiations, if israel doesn't extend its curb on jewish settlement construction in the west bank. talks could resume in new york this weekend. >>> online listings giant, craigslist, will explain to a congressional committee later today, why it removed ads for adult services. the popular site has been accused of indirectly supporting the trafficking of minors. >>> and a scientific breakthrough that allows for better production of cocoa crops around the world is expected to be announced today. mars, ibm and the usda will explain how they have successfully have mapped the cocoa genome, hopefully to prevent future shortages. a stronger tree. that stands up to more things. that means more chocolate for us. >> people need their chocolate. good news. >>> coming up later o

well, the latest is charlie rangel is campaigning hard to keep his job. he was doing some african-american churches on sunday morning yesterday. he was out in harlem, you know, out talking to some constituents, not knocking on doors, but shaking hands. i mean, he's really, you know, running as though he's confident of the win, and it looks like he may win the primary. >> who's running against him, and any chance that one of these candidates could pull off the defeat of this long-time incumbent? >> well, he's running against a state assemblyman, adam clay clayton powell iv, and a community parker who's less well known. adam clayton powell has tried to use the ethical charges against rangel to say that it's time for a change, it's time to bring somebody new in. but charlie rangel, you know, remains popular. he's brought in money to his district. he's really an icon for folks up there. so it doesn't look like he's going to lose despite the ongoing ethical problems he faces. a and what about joyce johnson? she was endorsed by the "new york times." does this h

charlie rangel has a long and storied career. he is pretty stubborn. it would be a good idea for his party if he took the advice. >> would it all go away then? >> nothing ever goes away. [ laughter ] >> nothing ever goes away. >> once he is out of congress, he would not be pursued. >> he would not be? >> i think it is clear what he aught to do. he is 80 years old. >> well, the european union is now considering additional and tougher sanctions on iran targeting their oil and gas sectors as well as shipping and finance and if they go ahead with this additional set of sanctions, that will put more pressure on the obama administration to take aggressive action, too. >> five seconds. >> john, the new black panther party case that is causing things on the right, they will come out with the findings in september and you will hear more about the minute man cases of where minute men at six different polling places intimidated hispanic voters and that was also dropped by the bush administration and the obama administration did not pick it up. >> quickly, proof w

they're sticking by their man, charlie rangel despite those ethics violations hanging over his head anduse ethics trial later this fall. now, rangel beat five other competitors last night in last night's primary including his toughest competitor, adam clayton powell iv whose father, by the way, rangel beat 40 years ago as a young reform candidate. now, last night's victory for rangel likely solidifies his re-election in november. you know, this was a race that was being watched not only here in new york very closely but also nationally. the republicans were hoping that rangel would not coast to victory last night. and that they could use that against the democrats in the fall. however, that is not the case. one of the questions i asked rangel yesterday, by the way, after he and his wife voted was if he ever considered basically throwing in the towel, retiring, giving up, just taking it easy. he said, that thought never crossed his mind although it did cross his wife's mind quite a few times, he told me. and i bet voters here this morning are glad that he did not throw -- that he did not

you supported charlie rangel?trong record of stuff that he's done over the years. i do think there's an ethics committee in place that wasn't before. i think -- >> sean: the four rent stabilized apartments that he's not supposed to have. >> major misjudgments. no, but here's the point. >> sean: tax cheat tim geithner, major misjudgments. if hannity doesn't pay his taxes will you bail me out? >> the candidate who just won, she would be up for ethics violations. she -- >> sean: go to her website and read the answers. >> karl rove doesn't think so. >> sean: maxine waters, charlie rangel, will jam jefferson, culture of corruption. i thought nancy pelosi was going to drain the swamp? >> why are you so shocked? it is inherent some of the do-gooders are going to take extra for themselves. >> new yorkers have always been looking for a crook they can trust. and they found that crook in charlie rangel, but they can't trust him. it makes me laugh. it is laughable they would paint the tea partiers as nuts when you look at the

charlie rangel is seeking his 21st term in the house of representative. he normally would be an overwhelming candidate. there are five challengers into the race to rangel. adam clayton powell is the one that's favored. but there are ethic's alleges of congressman rangel, accused of hiding income and abusing his power of office and that trial is pending. charlie rangel getting last minute help on the eve of the primary from a very famous democrat. see if you can identify this voice. >> we need charlie to back to washington to work with president obama to say, yes. charlie rangel has always been there for us. i urge you now to be there for him in this tuesday's democratic primary. >> that, there, of course, the southern twang of the former president from arkansas, bill clinton, who has an office where? >> harlem. >> fascinating stuff. thanks. >>> back to paul begala. paul, i know you're pretty stunned by how the republican senate primary in delaware is shaping up for tomorrow night. it is saying something. if you're stunned what could you think will happen?

another interesting race in new york with legendary congressman charlie rangel. democrat faces an ethics trial this month. joe johns has that part of the story. >> reporter: a slightly surreal night and bit of history here in harlem as charlie rangel looking for his 21st term faced a crowded field of challengers but none of them was able to rise to the level of creating the kind of excitement necessary to knock off an incumbent who's been entrenched in this district for so long. sort of popping the champagne very early here at rangel headquarters. >> i can only say that this victory has to be yours. it has to be -- my wife and i were able to stand up to the criticism and the attacks. looking at the problems that our country has, i don't say this because of lack of modesty. i say at the time we are in our history, president obama needs people like me more than ever. >> reporter: so why was that charlie rangel was able to pull this off with 13 ethics charges against him still unrevolved in washington, d.c.? part of it had to do with the institutional democratic sup

charlie rangel, 48% of the vote. his nearest challenger adam clayton powell iv with 24% of the vote. new york is the scene of another shocker tonight. this one coming in the republican race for governor. the associated press is now reporting that carl pal dino has defeated the fellow republican rick lazio in that race. a stunning result in the new york governor's race. carl paladino has enjoyed tea party support. he has made himself famous in this campaign because there was a publishing of hard pornographic e-mails that he sent to friends and political associates. the big news so far tonight is the major upset in the state of delaware where tea party favorite cristine o'donnell has defeated mike castle mr. castle thought to be a relative lock in that race just weeks ago. with 100% of precincts now reporting, she defeated mike castle 53-47%. the other big result tonight, carl palodino defeating rick lazio. that is being called by the associated press. that is the republican primary for the governorship in the state of

charlie rangel has been in that district for 20 terms. there for 44 years. >> heavily democratic district. >> heavily democratic district. the people know him, love him or hate him, they love him enough to give him the nomination again. but here's the interesting thing. he says he wants his day in court, but now that day in court has been pushed to after the november elections. so, the interesting thing will be what happens if charlie rangel wins that seat, which because it's a heavy democratic district, he probably will. what will he do after that? will he go through with the trial or will he decide, you know what, i'm going to go out on my own terms and people re-elected me and now it's time for me to stand down. >> never a dull moment in politics. >> especially in new york. >> that's so true. thank you, jonathan. >> thanks, chris. >>> meantime, candidates everywhere are checking the balances in their war chest because just 48 days left until the midterms. once again, we're seeing this dynamic that money from the outside, from outside f

we need to bring up charlie rangel? wait a minute.the republicans brought up the same charges against her. the voters in the primary elected her. the allegations placed against charlie rangel, the voters there elect the him. what's the difference there? you should, as a person who stood and represented the president, you should be saying to her, answer the questions. this isn't piling on. and to suggest we are overspending in washington and people are tired of that, if you are spending campaign money for personal reasons, how are you then going to handle the people's money if you're put in the u.s. senate? it's about trust. >> roland, rewind the tape. the very first thing i said is these are issues she is going to have to answer to. that is -- >> yeah, but start justifying it by blaming the media. >> here's the point. her opponent is getting no scrutiny. he wrote a paper when he was in college, i saw this today on the internet and it's true, that he described himself as a marxist with a beard. i would much rather have a lot of folks a

host: last night some of our coverage included charlie rangel's victory speech. >> i thank the team, the rev., everybody. and even some of a sinners -- thank you, any. thank you. thank you, george. thank you. [crowd chanting charlie] >> ladies and gentlemen, this is a champagne moment faug. its goal is it likely charlie rangel wins in november? guest: i noticed he changed his boat tie he was wearing a earlier in the night. interesting decision. certainly i think it is a heavily democratic district, there is nothing but token republican opposition. as i said, i am actually meeting with his republican opponent tomorrow morning. but it would be a real shock if charlie rangel -- virtually impossible for him not to win. obviously a lot of democrats are upset about that. some people just want him to go away because as long as he is out there campaigning, in the news, being talked about on programs like c-span, he is the poster child for republicans talking about everything that is wrong with washington. host: carolyn maloney -- likely to win in november as well. she faced a primary challeng

we've certainly been out in front on charlie rangel and barbara waters. >> you actually called for charlieangel to step down? >> yes. we've called for him to resign. we're about right and wrong and not about black or white, republican or democrat. and it is flat out wrong for a candidate for the u.s. senate to be stealing her campaign funds and using them for personal use. and you don't have to just take cruise word for it. you have her former campaign aide who is the one that brought this to our attention and supplied an affidavit for us talking about, for example, the times in 2009 when she used campaign funds to pay her rent to this campaign aide's nephew who bought her house in 2008 when it was about to be foreclosed upon. >> even if the u.s. attorney in delaware, though, believes this -- there's cause here for an investigation, that's a tough call for them to be investigating somebody. i mean it looks political no matter how you slice it. >> well, david weis, the u.s. attorney for delaware, was in the u.s. attorney's office during the bush administration. so he's not, by any stretch o

new york congressman charlie rangel won easily despite 13 ethics charges against him. he says he's returning to capitol hill stronger than ever. i am emily schmidt in washington. >> stay with us all morning for your latest election coverage. >> bus drivers interest george's county are still on strike. they walked off the job monday. the talks broke down yesterday over several issues including health insurance coverage. half of the bus routes had some service yesterday after the company brought in replacement drivers. >>> metro is investigating a communications failure that happened after escalators broke down. altria escalators at the wheaton station stopped working monday evening. metro closed the station. but then a train stopped there and passengers got off. metro is trying to determine why that happened. >> fairfax county police are stymied in their search for the killer of a 19-year-old woman found murdered in her car. vanessa pham was found stabbed to death in her overturned toyota in late june just off route 50 interfax. three months later, police have no suspec

also, charlie rangel beat democrats and ethics charges to stay in washington. >> no matter what they say, i grow back -- i go back to washington stronger than i have ever been. >> democrats are hoping to hold onto their majority. tracy pockets, wbal 11 news. >> for up-to-the-minute results, this wbaltv.com. will have continuing coverage tonight. in other news, more with mr. -- testimony expected in the second full day of ken harris -- ken harris'murder trial. yes, we heard from the owner of the new haven lounge, keith covington, who said he heard a single shot and did not know ken harris had been shot until police arrived. the testimony is said to be a different account that his original statement. >> it is a very important discrepancy. the number of people involved, the people in -- what the people did, their location -- it is significant, and hopefully we can expose that. >> we will have the latest tonight at 5:00 p.m. carroll county detectives have made it pair of breasts. police are arrested a 22-year- old and a 19-year-old who are accused of a standing in the stairwell of an apa

in new york, congressman charlie rangel held on to defeat by democratic challengers. we will hear from the candidates next on c-span. topics on this morning "washington journal" include defense spending, wall street overset, and tax cuts. "washington journal" begins at the top of the hour here on c- span. this week, the former republican vice-presidential and alaska governor sarah palin will address the annual ronald reagan dinner. we are expected to hear from senator chuck grassley informer by what governor terry branstad. live coverage begins friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span and on cspan radio and cspan -- c-span.org. >> we provide coverage of politics, public affairs, nonfiction books and american history. this is available on television, radio, online, and on social media networking site. find our content any time through the cspan video library. we take cspan on the room with the digitalbus, bringing our resources to your community. this is washington your way. now available in more than 1 million homes, created by cable, provided as a public service. >

charlie rangel expected to be here to cast his ballot at 7:30. clayton powell the 4th whose father rangeled him four years ago as a candidate. certainly this is going to be i guess you could say judgment day for long-time congressman charlie rangel here in new york. >> in harlem, today in new york. thanks for that update. brian, let's head over to you. two years ago today, hank paulson told lehman brothers the federal government would not bail them out, they were done. next day lehman brothers collapsed and that was the largest collapse in history. it launched the too big to fail policy leaving taxpayers to foot the bill for bank bailouts all across the world. has anything changed? now the author of a best selling back, a colossal failure. after you launched in paper back and now looking back two years today. what do you now know that you didn't? >> what's very clear is i think the american people have been lied to. >> why? >> they were told two years ago that aig had the collateral to justify saving it. in other words, they said they could loan

crashed charlie rangel easily won his race in new york. adrian fenty is ousted in the primary. he it basically will be out after november 2. an interesting race shaping up is new hampshire. it may prove to be a real show of the power of sarah palin. the race remains too close to call. there are about 1000 votes between the gop establishment candidates and she has the endorsement of sarah palin. interesting. >> kate amara, thank you. >> very interesting. to 87 degrees on tv hill. the fda has decided whether cold medicine should require a doctor's notes. >> the measure was pushed because of increased miss use. >> we have a new accident on the key bridge. we'll update you on that and we will check on a tractor-t >> welcome back. it's 41 minutes after 5:00 a.m. beautiful picture downtown. 66 degrees at the maryland science center. is much cooler in the suburbs. once you get away from the water and the city, it drops into the 50's. 49 right now and york, pennsylvania. high temperature expected in the upper 70's to around 80 under mostly sunny skies. we will check the seven-day forec

also in new york, 40-year-old charlie rangel beat the democrat and a dozen ethics charges for his bid to stay in washington. >> no matter what they say, i go back to washington stronger than ever. >> reporter: in all, five states chose senate nominees and six more named candidates for governor. democrats are hoping to hold on to their majority. >> i'm not yielding one grain of sand. >> reporter: in d.c.'s mayor's race, the local council chair led by nearly lly 9,000 votes. >> tonight the people of the district sent a message loud and clear they want to bring integrity and leadership back to the mayor's office. >> reporter: that may be the final word. there's no republican running against him this fall. speaking of sending a plefk so far this primary season, voterser sending a message. eight members of congress have already lost their seat. lynn? >> tracie potts there for us in washington. thank you. >>> an american hiker, sarah shourd is free this morning after spending more than a year in an iranian prison. but the story is not over. two other american hikers still being held on espi

by all of the actions we've taken on so many democrats, including bernice johnson discussing charlie rangel, maxine waters and a whole host of others. >> so we asked melanie sloan a question, and that's more than we can get from christine o'donnell, something gary tuchman found out yet again today. >> reporter: we don't want to talk about personal issues, just the serious financial allegations. is there anything specific you can tell us? we've given you a couple chances we talked to your attorney. >> we truly would like to hear ms. o'donnell's response to the claims and questions they've raised. we've invited her to come on the program every day since last wednesday. the invitation still stands. now the other candidate not answering questions is a sitting member of congress, a democrat. seven-term congressman jesse jackson jr., a chicago businessman has told federal investigators that representative jackson asked him to pay for airplane tickets for an alleged mistress to make several trips between washington and chicago. this picture from the "chicago sun-times" shows the woman, a hostess i

. >> meanwhile, democrats had their own party, where charlie rangel was easily nominated by a long list of ethics charges. in the end, this could prove to be a boon for democrats. they say the tea party victories indicate a, quote, civil war in the republican party, when they say will give them an edge in november. scott thuman, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> we are following a developing story in washington. police are searching near the british school of washington. investigators say they received a report of a threat. students were kept inside for about one hour but were later allowed to go home. no word on what was found. >>> two of the hostages held inside the discovery building are talking about the ordeal. the two men spoke to oprah winfrey in an interview you will see here on abc7 tomorrow. one man said he realized the moment he needed to run for his life. >> so who made the decision, "we are going to run for it"? >> it was a mixture of signals. the guard was signalling with the police outside, and i took that as it is time to run. >> you can see that entire interview tomorrow at

a lot of republicans are saying, look, at the end oof the day charlie rangel, maxine waters have bothe want a speedy trial and republicans now are simply saying there is no reason we can't have one. a two-year investigation on rangel and months and months in the waters. a lot of this happens, chris, because of what majority leader steny hoyer said last week. hoyer said it's up to those two to schedule it and republicans said no it's up to zolofton to schedu schedule it. sources say it won't happen until 2011 now. >>> a new look at the political tea leafs shows the republican party is gaining strength with republicans. 71% now consider themselves tea party supporters. overall, our new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll find it is good for politics. i'm joined by j.d. hayworth who recently lost his tea-party backed clback ed challenge to senator john mccain for the nomination. gentlemen, good to see you, good morning. congressman hayworth, i want your take on it. is this poll which i thought 71% was an astonishing number. is this a reflection just of sort of the general mood whether yo

charlie rangele. >> the ethics process is work. the fact of the matter is unlike other republicans we haven't fired the chairman of the ethics committee because they went after somebody in the democratic party and we haven't removed any members from the ethics committee. the ethics process is working. >> you are not committing that they will have the trials that they sought before voters have to vote on waters and range until november. >> i think that needs to be resolved as quickly as possible. obviously the members of the ethics committee have to make that determination and they have their own issues to deal with in their own election. >> chris: on friday, comedian stephen colbert testified before a congressional committee in his fake comedic character. at a time when the country faces real problems, sir,, was this an embarrassment for the house? >> i think his testimony was not appropriate. i think it was an embarrassment for mr. colbert more than the house. he was. >> chris: he was called by the democratic chairman of the subco

. >> in new york the primary we're watching closest is probably the one that features charlie rangel trying to see if those ethics charges are going to cost him the democratic nomination against a family that he one time defeated. what do we know there? >> correct. charlie rangel is considered the front runner but as we've seen in races that have involved candidates who have some ethical questions or ethical clouds hanging over them, sometimes they lose in primaries and so this is something we're going to watch. as you mentioned, rangel is running against a man whose father was defeated by rangel in 1970. >> and then we have washington, d.c. mayor. could washington have a new mayor? >> chuck, according to the polls it's very likely. "the washington post" poll has vince gray challenging mayor adrian fenty by a wide margin. the polling has been wrong in these primaries throughout the season so we don't know but adrian fenty is the underdog heading into today's primary. >> all right. deputy political director mark murray on a busy primary day. thank you. >>> we move to the weather now.

. >> maxine waters and charlie rangel, barring some america kul, they will both be re-elected easily >> yes, both are heavy favorites to win their election, and they will have to deal with the issues next year. that's when we will see a trial or deliberations made through the ethics committee. we don't know how they will be resolved. there are a lot of charges against charlie rangel that will be litigated that works in their favor, but we won't know until the process is done. >> there is a deep examination of maxine waters and those bank transactions. >>> what do we know about the alleged terror plots against european capitals? >>> the police files reveal the struggle endured by pope john paul ii. that's next on "andrea reports" here on msnbc. [ animals calling ] ♪ [ pop ] [ man ] ♪ well, we get along ♪ yeah, we really do - ♪ and there's nothing wrong - [ bird squawks ] ♪ with what i feel for you ♪ i could hang around till the leaves are brown and the summer's gone ♪ [ announcer ] when you're not worried about potential dangers, the world can be a far less threatening place. take the

likely though the ethics committee would look into this, given the fact they're looking into charlie rangel, maxine waters and are probably sensitive about being accused of investigating african-american members of congress? >> i agree with you that as a practical political matter there is some rumblings that i heard that as what would have an outcome. but even before you got there, right now there had been the ethics committee, the committee on standards has already deferred any work on the jackson matter stemming from the original blagojevich mess because the justice department had its case pending. blagojevich's retrial happens in january, so as a practical matter, i would not expect anything soon because the committee still, which likes not to do anything most of the time, will probably be very happy waiting for this retrial to be over. >> lynn sweet, appreciate it, and thanks for your reporting, jeff toobin as well. >>> our political panel joins us ahead to talk about the gop's new pledge to america. it's going to be released tomorrow. we have a copy tonight, especially how they say th

mayor aid rean ten at the was defeated by vincent gray and in new york democratic congressman charlie rangel was easily renominated despite a clout of ethics charges. democrats are also celebrating in delaware and new york. their candidates are likely to fair much better against the tea party candidates. >>> as always abc 2 news.com has you covered with all the results. head to our web site to check out who is going head-to-head in your district come november. plus we have interviews with some of the candidates head to abc2news.com to check them out. >>> what a fantastic day of weather. i mean i feel this is the weather you wait for all year long in maryland. sunshine, upper 70s low 80s no humidity. >> take a look across the entire region right now. nary a cloud in the sky. you talk about high and drive, that's exactly what we're seeing right now. just a gorgeous evening on the way. wind gusts a little breezy out there at times for the most part it is tough to complain. temperature wise 78 downtown, 75 in annapolis cambridge you check in at 81. this evening 60s mostly clear, mild and nice. >

also here in new york, charlie rangel won renomination to congress in his harlem district despite recent ethics problems. and in washington, d.c., voters have fired their mayor, adrian fenty, who has held that job for just three years. while it was just a city mayor's race, that washington election result last night was heard across the country by those who follow education reform. that's because the defeat of mayor fenty likely means the departure of a big reformer, the powerful, controversial michelle rooe, she's the chancellor of schools in d.c. this comes just as her profile is about to explode even bigger because of a new film called "waiting for superman." that premieres tonight in washington. something about timing. our own tom costello is there for us. tom, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. we're at the museum, waiting for "superman's" premiere. michelle rhee has been the national symbol on education reform and she admits she probably played a part in the mayor losing his job. so the question now, what happens to d.c. schools? for nearly four years, michelle rhee ha

shift down to new york, very quickly you mentioned charlie rangel. he faces five primary challengers. we should know rangel is very well liked in his district. likely to win reelection and again this isn't the kind of news these ethics woes he is facing that democrats want to have to handle heading into november. let me just close by talking about here in d.c. we have fenty right now, the mayor of the district of columbia who made a name for himself trying to reform education. he has a tough fight for reelection here in d.c. kyra? >> what's next, mark? >> well, kyra, excellent question. we have seen a lot of divisive primaries. incumbent republicans knocked out in utah and alaska. knocked out by tea party activists. angry conservatives. kyra, interesting to see if november will these angry voters still show up at the polls? will they vote republican? guess what, kyra. if the tea party activism continues to foster itself it turns what's expecting to be a good night for republicans into a great night for republicans. >> mark, thanks so much. cnn's shann