members of congress, donna edwards, and chris van holland, are duking it out to become maryland's next united states senator. a recent poll shows edwards leading van hollents. the primary set for april 26th. just four weeks away. >> it's interesting that ms. edwards is not running on her record. a lot of rhetoric, but no results, no record. >> i'm sorry, but mr. van hollen touts every time at the 30,000 foot level. this is about the way people live their lives on the ground. >> we hear from ms. edwards' constituents that she has not been there for them. >> i was dopely disturbed when the president of our senate endorsed mr. van hollen saying that he was born to the job. well in the united states of america, no one is anointed and born to any job. >> once again miss edwards is just misleading maryland voters. >> passions are high but so are the stakes. especially in the state's marquee city of baltimore. the primary will come almost exactly a year after freddy gray died. after being arrested by baltimore police a year after riots engulfed the city. a tragedy which is still generating criticisms. from the likes of donald trump just last week. >> you look a

chris van hollen is the only candidate who fought the wall street banks and the nra...and won. i'm chris van hollen, and i approve this message. wall street. the nra. theypo're werful. they usually get their way. but t nowith democrat donna edwards. she won't take cash from wall street banks. and when washington insiders wrote a loophole to let the nra spend dark money to kill gun safety laws, donna edwards said 'no' she's fighting to ban assault weapons and putting the safety of our communities first. because to democrat donna edwards, the special interests aren't special. we are. women vote! is responsible for the content of this advertising. ♪ >>> that ball is hit very well in center field and all lorenzo cain can do is watch it hit the grass. >> young fans, dozens of kids had to hunt through the shrubs and flowers in the outfield before one lucky fan finally finds the ball! >> found the ball. >> thank you, charlie rose. i bet the commissioner liked that story. he's on deck. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." mlb commissioner rob manfred isn't eluding us to

senate and chris van hollen running on experience, on establishment endorsements.list is going to try to juice this campaign up. they put $1.5 million in it. they're going to put $1 million more in it. it's going to be fought on the air so look for those air waves in maryland to be flooded with campaign ads for both of these candidates. the primary is april 26 so we'll see how that shakes out. >> an undercard for the clinton/sanders race. i will close with a bit or on the conversations inside thes rubio and kasich campaigns as survival tuesday draws near. i'm told they're zero doubt the ohio governor will be gone if he loses the race. his team is hopeful about assembling a team assuming he wins to get into the nitty-gritty of planning for an open convention. inside team rubio, there are now some advisers arguing that if kasich and rubio both lose, perhaps the florida senator should try to hang on a little longer in case the latest debate on trump tails a toll. but rubio's finance team rolls his eyes at such talk and makes it clear if he loses at home, the money wil

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representative chris van hollen trails at 28. the survey is the first in months to give edwards an edge. the polls had been neck and neck. both are running for barbara mikulski's seat. >>> democratic party activists from western maryland named hillary clinton as their choice in a straw poll. that poll was taken as part of the 12th annual western and maryland democratic summit held in frederick this weekend. clinton received a total of 76 of the 100 votes there. >>> a couple of charles county sheriff's deputies helped save a bald eagle. >> that's right. apparently the eagle started choking after getting tapping tangled in a cord. the deputies caught the bird on friday and held it while natu unwrapped the cord. within minutes the eagle was free and they released it back into the woods. >>> and we're keeping a close eye here on the d.c. eagle nest cam. >> mr. president and the first lady are a pair of wild bald eagles nesting at the national arboretum. you can try to guess the exact day and time the eggs will hatch using #d.c. eagle

while dozen vy to get her job, among them is donna edwards and chris van hollen. it would seem democrats are assure a victory in maryland but larry hogan proved there is no guarantee in the free state anymore. and now a pivotal push as primary day is just weeks away. scott: thank you for joining us today. i'm scott thuman. for the next hour you'll hear -- the leading sdatic democratic candidates. we had the republican debate just last week. let's meet the candidates. maryland congressman chris van hollen, who representing the eighth congressional district and congresswoman donna edwards, representing maryland's fourth congressional district. we will allow our audience to o ahead and applaud. all right. our candidates today will be facing questions from our panel. let's introduce them. kai jackson has spent 20 years in maryland. and bruce depuyt who has spent more than 25 years covering news and politics in and around washington. here on newschannel 8. so here are the rules. each candidate will have 60 seconds to respond to our panel's questions. after each gives t

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representative chris van hollen trails at 28.he survey is the first in months to give edwards an edge. the polls had been neck and neck. both are running for barbara mikulski's seat. >>> democratic party activists from western maryland named hillary clinton as their choice in a straw poll. that poll was taken as part of the 12th annual western and maryland democratic summit held in frederick this weekend. clinton received a total of 76 of the 100 votes there. >>> it's 6:48. takerry governor mcauliffe is heading over to turkey, qatar, afghanistan and germany. >>> the island is on the verge of an explosion in cruise ship visits. carnival cruise lines announced they will start service cuba this may. a few small cruise lines currently service the islands. when american cruise ships arrive, the numbers will jump substantially. >> i know that it's important to the cuban community. and they need the influx of tourists. they need the dollar and they need hope. >>> larger american vessels will not be al to enter because of a 50-foot draft

for the congressional campaign committee and former communications director for congressman chris van hollen. thank you to both of you. mercedes, let's start with you. youhave said this is class warfare for the republican party. what you mean? >> this is about the political class , the gop versus this massive part of the electorate of the gop that are feeling they have been left behind. this is where the anger voters come out and have really made their voices heard and they are upset because of the fact that you've seen this political class saying we have been running the show and they're not pleased with the results. they feel they have been carrying the backs of this country and so you are seeing this response and the one that has been able to resonate with them, for the most part has been donald trump. jon: is there some of that same anger, doug, propelling the candidacy of bernie sanders? >> absolutely. there's a lot of anger and frustration at wall street, at big corporations, at the way people feel like the system isn't working for them and bernie sanders has been able to tap into that