todd akin won a primary to take on claire mckaskill. it could tip the senate back to republicans. akin said voters made a clear choice. >> claire mckaskill voted for big government and less liberty. i am voting for less government and more liberty. >>> in michigan former congressman pete hoekstra winning a gop primary there. he will face democratic senator debbie stabenow. >> new information about the gunman and the deadly temple shooting in the state of wisconsin. 40-year-old wade michael page had a history of alcohol abuse. that drinking apparently costing him his military career and recently his job as a trucker. in the meantime the community of oak creek came together at a candlelight vigil. hundreds saying prayers. hundreds died including page. >>> jared loughner admit to do going on a shooting rampage in tucson, arizona. it left 15 people dead and 15 wounded including his intended victim gabby gifford. >> overnight earthquake rattling southern california. a 4.4 magnitude quake was centered and felt through out the entire los angeles area. no reports of any major damage or in

todd akin won a primary to take on claire mckaskill. it could tip the senate back to republicans.n said voters made a clear choice. >> claire mckaskill voted for big government and less liberty. i am voting for less government and more liberty. >>> in michigan former congressman pete hoekstra winning a gop primary there. he will face democratic senator debbie stabenow. >> new information about the gunman and the deadly temple shooting in the state of wisconsin. 40-year-old wade michael page had a history of alcohol abuse. that drinking apparently costing him his military career and recently his job as a trucker. in the meantime the community of oak creek came together at a candlelight vigil. hundreds saying prayers. hundreds died including page. >>> jared loughner admit to do going on a shooting rampage in tucson, arizona. it left 15 people dead and 15 wounded including his intended victim gabby gifford. >> overnight earthquake rattling southern california. a 4.4 magnitude quake was centered and felt through out the entire los angeles area. no reports of any major damage or injuri

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party leaders don't think they stand a chance of beating the senator claire mckaskill with akin in theace. the seat is a critical piece of the republican strategy to win back control of the senate. she says she disagree was what he said, he did apologize. >> what is startling to me is that these party big wigs are coming down on him and saying that he needs to kick sand in the face of the republican primary voter autos is that sympathy for the opponent? it may not be genuine. her chances for reelection greatly improves as controversy grew. democrats now trying to tie the ticket to akin. today, rnc approved abortion amendment, the same as the last two elections cycles but this time, it's not in line with the party nominees. >> but the amendment does not mention exemptions for insist or rape, those are exemptions mitt romney supports, today, democrats jumped on this. cheryl, back to you. >> is there anything republicans can do to push them out of the race? is he going to give up for good? >> this might not be over yet. you can talk about this for a couple weeks and and cobe on the ballot

race that is going to be as tight and as fierce as we expect this general election race against claire mckaskillanother candidate for senate from the state of new mexico, heather wilson relaced a scathing statement calling on akin to get out of the race that his comments about rape were inappropriate. >> a lot of moving parts happening behind the scene. we're seeing the president up there at the podium in the briefing room making it obvious that he needs to weigh in at this critical time during the campaign. i want you to stick around. we're going to take a quick break. we'll be back on the other side. great shot. how did the nba become the hottest league on the planet? by building on the cisco intelligent network they're able to serve up live video, and instant replays, creating fans from berlin to beijing. what can we help you build? nice shot kid. the nba around the world built the only company that could. cisco. [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... ♪ [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you may be an allergy muddler. try zyrtec®. it gives you powerful allerg

if the republicans nominate a credible candidate, they can bleed -- beat clair mckaskill handily. it is unfair, i get that. it was also incredibly wrong. there is no recovery from it. it would be one thing if he made a minor misstatement. this is pseudoscience and morally incomprehensible. >> [unintelligible] as you look ahead to covering charlotte, what was your strategy for president bush? >> let him have a couple of days off. let the democrats have their convention. i know president obama will do his college tour this week. it is a sign of his concern about the youth vote, but i think they are making a mistake. stephen had a great line. they ask him about president obama can paint during the republican convention. he said was a sign of disrespect in modern american politics. i think it is a tactical mistake. the president is exhausted. there is a reason he said if you build a business, someone else did that. >> how many fund-raisers? >> 205. and counting. >> i have a simple question. how much less influential our tv ads than they were four years ago? you guys spend a lot on tv