. >> i'm more interested in the senate rails -- race where jeff bellows is taking on corey booker. what chance do you have knocking off a celebrity senator. >> he said in 1970, there was a jeff bell knocked off case. >> republicans they are going to be competitive. gary cobb looking for someone outside the mainstream. whistles pleased from a competitive standpoint was mcarthur winning against lonegan. new jersey said no, i think that's going to be a competitive race in congress. i think it bodies well to have -- bodies -- bod. he -- bodes well for them. >> inside stories of the week coming up next. stay with us. >> time for inside stories of the week, let's start with jeff. >> we have an interesting three weeks coming up in harrisburg. our budget is dubai june 30. -- due by june 30. i look for governor corbett becoming more flexible could we see an extraction tax for the gas industry. could we get movement on the state liquor stores being sold. medical marijuana look out for these issues coming up in the next few weeks. >> you are saying the money would be applied to education. >>

president obama and other high profile democrats across the country, whether it's corey booker, rahm emmanuel, the mayor in chicago, all these people are all considered critics, sometimes harsh critics of tea teachers' unions. it will be interesting to see what happens in the lex presidential election. hillary clinton when she ran in 2007-2008, she got both of those major teachers unions endorsements because she's less critical of teacher's unions. whether she makes more nice with the unions than president obama has. >> jerry brown has depicted a friend of the unions. california is an union friendly state traditionally as well. is this going to stand? does this have a shot on appeal? >> i--yes, i'm not an expert on california politics. i would be interested in the thoughts of the other two guests. jerry brown has been more sympathetic to the unions. this is a blow to the unions on friendly turf. >> who is backing your side? i know you were working on behalf of students plaintiffs. i doubt they had a cookie sail or a bake sail at one of their classrooms to pay their fees. who made sur

. >>> new jersey senator corey booker issued a statement saying i am deeply concerned that truck driverse being pushed to the absolute limits by the industry in order to make a decent wage and mann taken their job security. and new jersey senator robert menendez said this, too many lives have been lost on our highways as a result of tired, overworked truck drivers who are pushed to the max in the name of corporate profits and at the expense of public safety. >>> home owners in north dakota will be cleaning up today after strong storms moved through the area. they started the process last night using chain saws to cut through tree limbs that had been knocked down. the national weather service says winds peaked at 85 miles an hour. one cabin owner said those winds sent a tree branch right through his roof. >>> the governor of minnesota declared a state of emecy rains flash flooding and a mud slide. 20 workers at a nearby hospital were evacuated just as a precaution. no patients were impacted. the national weather service here says more than 6 inches of rain had fallen in that area. >>> now

he will face corey booker in the fall.es winning the primary he will face john walsh and then in california overnight the top two go getters there advancing in jerry brown will face treasury department secretary republican neil cash ckari in the fall. >> a marine held in a mexican prison over two months expected back in court. last week a hearing in tijuana was cut short when andrew taw moore more ressy was asked to lie in court. they found three legally registered guns in his pickup truck. >> a check worth $50 turns into 20,000 dollars. the check is signed a former president. back in 1986 president ronald reagan wrote a letter and a check to a little girl named lisa who wanted to help the homeless at a work-a-thon. she kept that check and a historical document sealer is selling it for 20,000 dollars. >>> the government betting on a new computer system that could detect your sar sarcasm. sure. i have got to work. the t rex no longer extinct. as we go to break a look at your weather around the country. vo: once upon a time

i don't think corey booker is going to lose the race.d of -- i don't see how jeff beverly has any hope here. but it certainly is an interesting story. the party took the nomination twice. host: what about alabama? what are the headlines? >> crowded race. see if there's something open leading into a runoff. here's a rep dann can turned democrat turned republican turned democrat. and i think it's an uphill battle for him. host: cameron joseph "the hill." just a recap there. the race out of mississippi, the incumbent bent, six-term incumbent bent is headed for a runoff. that is going to take place june 24th. republican caller kevin, you're up first. go ahead. caller: thank you for the time. one issue that bothers me all the time in every election is -- i er seem to account think citizens united gave everybody the opportunity to spend equally, but i also wonder why federally-licensed media, like television is not provide -- tired provide free air time for open and honest debates. host: ok, donny, good morning. what's on your mind? caller: go

. >>> corey booker and robert menendez will address tractor-trailer safety. to send an amendment to be repealed. the lawmakers say this will make highways more dangerous. this comes in the wake of the deadly crash that injured comedian tracey morgue enand killed his friend. >>> new york senator chuck schumer is calling for stronger safety measures. he wants black boxes in all tractor-trailers. police say the truck driver who slammed into morgan's limo on the jersey turnpike had not slept in more than 24 hours. schumer wants the department of transportation to move ahead with the plan to require electronic logging devices in tractor-trailers. they would log the number of hours truckers drive and show whether they make mandatory breaks. >> if there's a black box in the cab of the truck, we'll know if the truck driver drove more than 11 hours a day. if he or she took a half hour off, like they're supposed to, in that 11 hours and if they drove more than 70 hours a week. >> morgan remains hospitalized. the truck driver is charged with homicide by auto. >>> aaron

. >> let me move you to a different subject and that is, you are working with senator corey booker, a democrat from new jersey, on re-establishing federal voting rights to non-violent felons who have served parole and, et cetera. what -- of all the issues facing congress at this point, what draws you to that? is this about republican inroads in to minority communities? >> as i've traveled about the country and within my state talking to people, i found a number of people -- in fact, as i've explored the issue, there is nearly a million people in our country who have lost their voting rights. in kentucky you lose your voting rights forever. i have a friend whose brother grew marijuana plants 30 years ago in college. has a felony conviction and still cannot vote 30 years later. i think that's wrong and unfair. republicans i think have been unfairly tardy trying to suppress vote. here's a republican that wants to enhance the vote. nearly 1 million people can't vote right now and i want to help people get the right to vote back. >> as we know, african-americans percentage wise certainly m