rick scott spent almost $30 million already on a lot of negative ads trashing charlie crist. now it looks like a dead heat race. and i think you're going to see an extremely negative campaign for the next 70 days. >> can charlie crist match rick scott's fund-raising can ability maybe from in strait or out of state? >> no, you will see-- are you already seeing a fair amount of out of state money there say billionaire in california, environmentalist tom stire that is spending millions of dollars to help charlie crist. democrats can never match republicans in the state of florida or a guy who at any day could write a 20, 30, 40 million dollar check. >> ifill: you mentioned in your coverage of last night's election that it was significant that charlie crist spent his election night in fort lauderdale, not in st. petersburg, his hometown. explain to the rest of the country why that makes a big difference? >> you for example it's interesting. the rule of thumb has usually been where i am, the i-4 corridor is your central florida swing vote area and that is where elections tradition

tried to put crist a little bit more in the box. republicans have been loosely linked to political shenanigans, state-wide robo call that played crist statements from 2006. the gop never fully engaged in the primary. scott hasn't paid much attention to his opponents either, expected to defeat a trio of opponents. crist had a double-digit lead in this race but the race is essentially even today. that may be more about crist difficulties as a candidate than it is about governor scott, who is no more popular than he was a year ago. bottom line, tonight's resolve will mark the official result of the most expensive governor's race in the country. the only question is whether it will be the most expensive race, period. to avoid any contentious primaries, in both the governor's primary and primary for attorney general democratic candidates are running unopposed. different story on the republican side. tonight will mark the end of a raucous contemptuous race. right now there are six candidates running. just three have a realistic shot of be

the crist campaign about half that. bret? >> steve, thank you. >>> it's no secret that hillary clinton has a lot going for her if she decides to run for president. but there are also some negatives. tonight fox news media analyst and host of "media buzz" howard kurtz looks at one you may not have considered. >> reporter: it was a mutual lovefest when hillary clinton was leaving the cabinet. >> this has been just an extraordinary opportunity to work with him as a partner and friend. >> reporter: but one question could cast a shadow over the former secretary of state in 2016. will she be viewed as running for barack obama's third term? clinton can do a bit of distancing as she did recently on foreign policy but she would still be asking voters to give the democrats control of the white house for 12 years. and that kind of winning streak has happened only once in the past six decades. >> read my lips. >> reporter: ronald reagan's vice president, the elder george bush managed to succeed him in 1988 but others fell just short. ric

i want to move to politics, state of florida, charlie crist.ou were careful not to endorse in this democratic primary, and i know as chair of the dnc, that is an official policy. i want to set that aside. do you trust charlie crist he's going to stay a democrat, stand up for democratic values for four years, eight years if elected governor? >> i do. i trust charlie crist to be as a strong voice for working families. for being, to be a strong voice as he has said. as the people's governor. you know, chuck, going back -- >> what changed, let me ask you this, what changed? >> let me finish the answer to my question. >> yeah. >> sure. i've worked against him, worked with him, that's actually one of the refreshing things about charlie crist, particularly compared to jeb bush, i was in the legislature under jeb bush when he was governor. it was absolutely impossible to work with jeb bush as governor. when crist became governor, i didn't agree with him on everything, but i will tell you that i thought some of the things that he did that were against h

here is governor scott. >> barak obama is all in for charlie crist.at is the only politician i know of in the country that said obama care is great. i said charlie, it is not great. >> right now, they are locked in a dead heat. and heather? >> and a lot of national implications in this race. tell us about that. certainly national implications, both sides are eager to control the governorship of the largest swing state. and money is pouring in for both sides and by the november election date crist campaign could spend 50 million and scott doubled that hundred million by september. >> thank you. stove. >> and a new study on bullying. what it says and why our next guest said preventing it starts in a home. >> and a tragedy in a shooting range after a young girl with the gun in her hand accidentally loses control. ugh. heartburn. did someone say burn? try alka seltzer reliefchews. they work just as fast and are proven to taste better than tums smoothies assorted fruit. mmm. amazing. yeah, i get that a lot. alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the rel

crist is looking to unseat republican rick scott, and in his remarks, crist said when he was running things in tallahassee, it wasn't about left versus right, but rather, right versus wrong. he even added, "that's why i accepted billions from a democratic president," and that was to cheers. polling is split, but scott has recently surged after crist led by a wide margin early on. >>> a virginia jury could get the bob mcdonald case as early as today. it was yesterday that the former governor spent nearly, all combined, 24 hours on the witness stand, and the prosecution tried to box in mcdonnell, pointing out his 2010 inaugural included the passage "to whom much is given, much will be required." while mcdonnell expressed remorse that he and his family had taken nearly $177,000 in gifts and loans from jonnie williams, the ceo of a vitamin company, he denied any favors were given in return. now, attorneys for his wife, maureen, will present her defense today. >>> it was nearly a year ago that healthcare.gov finally launched, instantly mired in the glitches and all kinds of bugs that we'v

charlie crist, his former republican opponent, because remember, charlie crist is a former republican, could spend at least $50 million, and then all these outside groups also expected to pour some money in. nasty, obviously, because these guys are former members of the same party. they faced off before. there will be questions about, you know, charlie crist's motivations and what exactly he is. is he a republican, is he a democrat, is he just an opportunist? and then, of course, concerns about rick scott's leadership of the sunshine state. so, going to be one of the biggest, nastiest, most closely watched governors races in a year that we haven't really been talking about governors races. >> no, you'll have fun for ten weeks to come. >>> on to isis in the wake of the american death while fighting for them and the concern about others just like douglas macarthur mccain here and the concern with americans joining isis, since june about 100 of them. what's the concern, knowing that they're holding american passports here, they can head out and head right back on to u.s. soil with that t

you say you were talking about the charlie crist race saying charlie crist will have the advantage ofhe democratic ground game that has proved so valuable for president obama, is that going to work when it comes to the senate, democrats who seem to be hurting, is the ground game going to help them? >> i think that is democrats have to counter the ground game, look, i've started this whole season saying republicans were going to win 4-10 u.s. senate seats in november. even today i would edge up between 5-10. just looking at the trend, but all these races, think carl would agree is within the margin of error, and in the end the ground game. when you have the races one or two points apart, ground game turning out votes actually has an edge that kind of situation. you cannot do anything if you are down by eight points, i have been on the other side of the obama ground game and it is for real, 2012 the nation got to see some of that, and i would not underestimate that ability in florida, i would not underestimate that ability in places like arkansas and louisiana and some of these other ke

he's an al jazeera political contributor good to see you. >> good to see you ali. >> crist used to be the governor, and scott was a senator. let's talk about what kind of money and what kind of nasty campaign we're looking at. >> you're probably going to see the nastiest campaign. people are always complain it. but these are as you said not well liked candidates. there's a former governor who switched parties, rick scott and then the nasty ads started they kept going and going and going and it's a statistical dead heat as they call it. especially in a place so accustomed to them as florida was. >> in fact charlie crist wasn't nearly as unpopular as rick scott. they are now both negative. what does the negativity have impact on voter negative tirt and who does it hurt more? >> i would say it hurries scott more. in both primaries rick scott drew about 100,000 more voters. and there are a lot of people progressives who are democrats who are probably grudgingly vote for charlie crist who don't trust the emperor's new carlos s as they say. some people will turn out to vote against charlie

>> the jv comment has taken a lot of crist six and there's been a lot of analysis this week, what i've seen through my reporting, there really is an inning consistency in the way the isis threat is being framed. part of that is the political lens. and it's intelligence driven. before the foley posting, u.s. officials told reporters they didn't have good visibility over the size of isis. nor did they have visibility over who was the senior leadership. it's unclear to me if the president has viewed the execution. >> i would like an answer on that. if the president decides to take action on isis terrorists in syria, will he go it alone? >> mike emmanuel joins us from washington tonight. he has a lot of details.

what are the polls right now between rick scott and crist.nderstand they have closed up significantly. they're tied in the race. the primary ended last night. they were running against each other for a long time. the thing we learned last night was the hug worked. crist is famous for he hugged president obama and talking about how great the stimulus was. the republicans banished him from the party. the democrats are happy to take crist in. they nominated last night. we're ten weeks away from a close and negative election. >> all right. close, negative, and we have a lot to cover in that time. thank you very much. we appreciate you joining me. >>> closing arguments just wrapped up in a case of the texas father accused of murdering the drunk driver who killed his children. we'll get the latest from court and from our legal analyst, lisa green. the last thing you need is some guy giving you a new catalytic converter when all you got is a loose gas cap. what? it is that simple sometimes. thanks. now let's take this puppy over to midas and get you

crist famously left the gop in 2010 after losing a u.s. senate primary to marco rubio. he's going to face the current governor now, rick scott, come november. >>> as earthquake victims are picking up the pieces in napa, california, one young survivor is sharing his harrowing tale from inside that quake zone. 13-year-old nicholas dillon is recovering from major injuries he suffered when a chimney collapsed on him. dillon was having a sleepover sleeping at the foot of the family's fireplace. when he felt that first jolt, he tried to crawl to the door. the bricks came crashing down on top of him. >> i crawled out of them. yeah, i had -- i didn't have all of them on top of me. i had -- i don't know how many landed on me, but i just remember crawling, crawling. i thought i was paralyzed. >> nicholas was stuck under those bricks for half an hour until he was rescued by firefighters. he underwent ten hours of surgery suffering a broken pelvis. the good news is he is expected to be out of the hospital within a week. >>> an army commander will be awarded the military's highest h

the president could be a help to charlie crist. >> sreenivasan: 5 minutes. little more skeptical. too lefts for the republicans and two rights for the democrats. >> sreenivasan: thanks so much. >> sreenivasan: finally tonight, teens from around the country look at the events in ferguson, missouri, this summer. we asked our network of student reporting labs how the shooting of michael brown and the violent aftermath affected their views of justice and race in america. here is a sample of those responses. >> he did commit a crime in the store and that led to at the vent of his death but that doesn't mean his death was right. >> in my eyes, i don't even think it should get to that point. being that you're an officer, you have to go by a set of rules known as the use of force continuum. so once the perpetrator gets too close into your level, your first defense should be to grab a taser or to use hand-to-hand combat because they are taught that. deadly force is the last, the very, very last method they're supposed to use. >> i thought we were a little bit further

charlie crist didn't lose the florida senate race in 2010 because he hugged barack obama.e lost it because he switched parties and he was not a good fit for the state. the hug may be civil liesed but not why he lost. same thing here, will republicans use the image of kay hagen shaking hands with president obama in an ad? absolutely. but were they going to attack kay hagen as a cone of barack obama with or without her greeting her on the tarmac? absolutely. to me that narrative isn't going to change. the only thing she could have done by not showing up here is send a message to the democratic base, particularly african-americans and she's going to needs them, that she's not with this president. it's not a great set of choices, but the idea that the race is won and lost based on a handshake is called the crist effect, way overblown. >> let's talk about tom tillis, under the stew ardship truly of tom tillis, in terms of actual office, governor pat mccory is overseeing this but he's been the engine to the most conser conservative pieces of legislation the state has seen ending

: in florida, interesting governor's race.er morning line email noted today it would be if charlie cristto win, it would be the first time in florida a governor was able to switch parties and succeed twice. could he be successful? >> he could be. the irony of this -- i mean, charlie crist was elected as ad republican, as you know, and ran as an independent of the senate and is running. president obama who is not sought by most democratic candidates except to raise money this year could be of help. when he carried the state, theel composition of the electorate was 67% white. the turnout of latinos, african-americans and asians. it was three-quarters white when scott was elected in 2010. the president could be a help to charlie crist. >> sreenivasan: 5 seconds. >> i'm a little more skeptical. too lefts for the republicans and two rights for the democrats. >> sreenivasan: thanks so much. >> sreenivasan: finally tonighta teens from around the country look at the events in ferguson, missouri, this summer. we asked our network of student reporting labs how the shooting of michael brown and the

the incumbent scott came from behind and tied with and slightly leading crist. obviously florida a megastate and critical in 2016 as it was in 2012 and in 2,000. we are watching that closely. >> typically california and new york are democratic states and texas looks prepared to go republican. if a republican governor can win the state of florida. that helps to counterbalance what always happens california and new york? >> florida helps and also illinois. this is an interesting one. illinois, that is obama's home state and the state he represented as a senator. you have a race for governor, where there is a republican, bruce rounder has a pretty good shot to out of the democratic governor pat quin. and interesting things can happen in midterm because you don't have coattail. the presidential coattail the way you do in the races for the white house. >> speaking of presidential coattails, the president was in north carolina, and kay haggen was no where to be found, why? >> because president obama's popularity there is low. he won the state barely in 2008. and lost

if you compare charlie crist's record against rick scott's record, charlie crist invested some $8 millioneverglades and springs, florida springs cleanup. rick scott, on the other hand, put in $100 million investment in the continuation of the restoration of the everglades which is all important from a variety of reasons. the florida springs in the central part of the state improved the florida keys. so he has, in fact, a far better environmental record than the previous governor did. stuart: how does he do it legally? if i went down to florida and put $10 million into a campaign, i know perfectly well, that is flat-out illegal, how does tom steyer do it? >> through a variety of -- they're not called pacs or 527's now. same with the swift boat scenario. but the bottom line is they can charlie crist around the issue. whether the issue is meaningful to most floridians or not, it is -- they can find a way to put the money in. now, i will also say, those -- that $10 million hasn't arrived in florida, and i would say to you that speaking out of turn and saying i'll put $10 million is far differ

charlie crist served as florida's governor in 2007 to 2011. >> john mccain once considered him a running mate in 2008. >>> the republicans of same-sex marriage facing blistering questions. one republican and one appointee compared it to now debunk laws in intrastate marriages. >>> forecasters tracking dueling hurricanes on both u.s. coasts that are kicking up some wicked waves. out west, it's hurricane ma with with a 100-mile-an-hour sustained winds. not expected to be a threat to land but surf is definitely up. out in the atlantic, hurricane cristob cristobal, the third of the region. be careful out there. >> it's not always smart to head to the beach. >>> 20 minutes after the hour, tensions rising in russia and ukraine. russian soldiers caught crossing the border as the two presidents of those nations meet face-to-face. we're live with the latest right after the break. (male announcer) it's happening. today, more and more people with type 2 diabetes are learning about long-acting levemir®, an injectable insulin that can give you blood sugar control for up to 24 hours. and levemir® help

if crist wins he'll be the first to ever win from two political parties. >>> parties. >> the far right anti-boehner forces in the house are going to be just as strong as ever. speaking of john boehner his staff are apparently quite fond of a wind up monkey the speaker keeps in his office. they just made a video about the speaker's monkey. >> my staff gave it to me. every 15 to 30 minutes they come in and wind me up and i do my thing. >> perhaps it's time to stop comparing boehner and his orange skin to an oompa-loompa if he compares himself to a monkey, so be it. >>> lucy koffey, the oldest living female veteran visited with president obama, and then biden followed up with little firsttation. >> it reminds me every time i had a good looking date there would be some better looking guy come along. you know what i mean? i'm vice president. the president comes in and everybody drops everything. you know what i mean. i'm the guy that loves you. >> joe biden, one of a kind. that's the day's power politics. we'll have more coming out on immigration reform and the possibility of a government s

scott faces his predecessor charlie crist coming up this november. president bush will return to the white house on sunday. president obama heads back to the vineyard on tuesday. that is going to do it for a friday edition of "way too early." good show, everybody! good week. it would be better if it were payday friday. it is not! "morning joe" starts right now. ! ♪ >>> i grew up here and this is my community and my home. therefore, it means a lot to me personal that we break this cycle of violence and diffuse the tension and build trust showing the utmost respect for every interaction with eve

a rasmussen poll has scott up by one poll and quinn pea ak had charlie crist up by 3 points after scottpend $20 million trashing his opponent. americans, according to the polls, are sick of the republican austerity plan. these governors who were the darlings of the republican party, they were the future and ones that were going to set the new course. they are in trouble. governors are clearly not paying attention to people. american workers are not paying attention to this. they are not getting protected by these guys. they want new jobs. easy access to vote be has been restricted and environment is being neglected. with these guys, you get no help across the board. this is why i think all of the chatter that's out there, it's going to be a low voter turnout, nobody is excited. really? if that's the case, then it really all comes down to mobilization, doesn't it? it really comes down to all of these groups that are grass roots that are liberal and progressive that have done the door knocking and social media, worked with labor. it's really their ground game that's going to be tested. th

. >> the beach patrols warned of those dangerous surf conditions linked to hurricane crist cristobal -- cristobal which is bubbling some miles off the coast. >>> it is hundreds of miles away from our area. you can see on this wave height map the shading indicating the stronger higher waves are further south and hurricane cristobal is indeed almost 1,000 miles away not only south of us, but also offshore. it's not impacting the immediate land masses of the united states now and it won't make land fall, so good news there, but even hundreds of miles away the winds and waves are being picked up a little bit, especially underneath the surface. so even though these waves do not look very significant in the 5 to 10-foot range, even as you go about 20 miles offshore you're just getting to the 10- foot range, doesn't sound that dangerous, but you have more going on underneath the surface and that's when you of get the rip currents developing. what they do is they spread out at the shoreline, but they pull you in when you're close. so some rip current safety things to keep in mind here, do no

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can you imagine there even being a close race in florida with rick scott and charlie crist it's a close race it's a nail biter can you imagine there being any question about scott walker in wisconsin how does that happen it doesn't happen because people are so damn stupid that they don't know what's going on it happens in part because you have corporate america pumping so much money into the message in florida charlie crist can barely buy air time because you have corporate america and the pacs buying all the air time up for people like rick scott so when call rove was saying years ago we have to solve the money problem they solved it and it's going to continue unless this congress does something meaningful unless as you've talked about there is a meaningful effort from a constitutional amendment standpoint we have lost democracy and in in if you listen to and i love to listen i love to listen to bernie sanders talk about this because he even nails it on the head and that is we have to get the money out of politics you can say it a thousand times but until people believe it they don't u

. >> the beach patrols warned of those dangerous surf conditions linked to hurricane crist cristobal-- cristobal which is bubbling some miles off the coast. >>> it is hundreds of miles away from our area. you can see on this wave height map the shading indicating the stronger

we saw their reference to charlie crist winning the nomination in florida for the democrat party, though he had been democratic governor there before at one point before. gwen: he's been republican governor. >> i'm sorry, republican governor. switched parties. there are a number of governors' races we will be watching but the big fight is over control of the senate. if the republicans, who need to win six seats, take control of the senate, it will have a dramatic effect, conceivably, on president obama's final two years in office. it will have a significant effect on putting pressure on republicans to demonstrate an ability to govern. and will set the table in many ways for the 2016 presidential campaign that we're already anticipating. gwen: take us on a little tour. say i'm watching missouri. watching it because mitch mcconnel, senator minority leader is in a tough race to hold on to his seat or because it's truly, truly a tossup? kentucky, i'm sorry. >> mcconnel is very unpopular in his home state. he's lived his entire life as a senator to become the senate majority leader, he's mino

challenger charlie crist will win his.etting up the nastiest, most expensive governor's race in the country. >> and he changed parties so he could run for governor again. >> republican, turned independent, now a democrat. amazing. >> for more on mark and the rest of the nbc news political team check out first read on nbcnews.com. >>> time to think about what's for lunch. hungry yet? restaurants sharing today's profits to help libraries in our area. and the color of the night. lots of red on the red carpet. we'll take a look at more of the fashion trends coming up from the emmys. first a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com. ♪ ♪ ♪here i am. rock you like a hurricane♪ fiber one now makes cookies. find them in the cookie aisle. >>> welcome back. you go to any chipotle in the district. d.c. libraries tweeted it. you can find it there. >> stick with the plan. >> what plan? >> why did you have to order these special cups from the butcher? that was the beginning of the end. >> an inside look at rehearsals for the comedy "the s

in 2010, marco rubio won a primary against charlie crist. and mike lee beat robert bennett. then in 2012, richard murdoch beat duke lugar in indiana but lost the general. the tea party set its sights on seven sitting incumbents. but liz cheney dropped her challenge to mike enze of wyoming back in december. now, a bright spot for the tea party came in june when dave brat upset eric cantor. that was a tectonic shift for sure. >>> well, news this morning out of montana where democratic senator john walsh has dropped out of his race for reelection weeks after a "new york times" report accused him of plagiarizing a research paper he wrote while studying at the u.s. army war college. the "times" came out with how he needed to fill out his masters degree and failed to attribute the paper he used. one page lifted from a harvard paper and more passages came from the endowment of international peace. he recently backed away from his initial claims that post combat stress may have been a factor. in a statement, walsh telling supporters the paper had, quote, become a distraction from th

they want us to nominate jeb bush or another john mccain or charlie crist or something like that. he has most of these people have been as well. but the media tries to pick out the moderate republicans that they tell us to nominate that they think that they could beat. but i think that someone like marco rubio, rand paul, ted cruz the ticket with two of the three in 2016 with the hillary clinton. >> next question. >> down in the front packs. i'm maria from new hampshire so i will ask about the marriage issue and what would you say is a good argument to defend marriage more towards the standpoint where they say that it should just be something not decided by the state? because they decide whether the state gets involved no matter what and i will talk to libertarians libertarians believe in small government, limited government. if you render into the government the power heretofore reserved a law of nature which is the ability to define marriage and i have news for you you support a huge government. you support massive government if you are willing to let the government define what

if you remember florida politics at all, charlie crist was a republican governor.o make a little mischief found an old charlie crist recording when he was trying to win a republican primary. listen. >> hi. this is charlie crist willing to set the record straight, i oppose amnesty for illegal immigrants, support traditional marriage and i have never supported a new tax or big spending program. floridians need a consistent conservative governor they can trust. i would appreciate your vote on election day. >> mischief but fair mischief, right? >> the entire campaign, you see the rick scott people doing this. >> the governor has spent tens of millions of dollars attacking charlie crist. robo call will be effective. >> he can say, wait, i've changed. but life and politics, not fair sometimes. ouch. >> not fair. it's always tough when your words come back to bite you. >> record can be a very difficult things sometimes. appreciate it, my friend. >> thanks, john. >>> coming up next on "new day," another night of violent protests in missouri. reporters are getting caught in

and in florida charlie crist is running to regain the governor's office as a democrat. he is a heavy favorite against former state senate minority leader nan rich. he faces rick scott. elections taking place in vermont and oklahoma. >> the big ets night in this year's emmy awards. honored the long time favorites in the industry. we have the big winners. >> good morning. good to see you adds always. breaking bad broke good. the tv show dominating the emmy awards almost a year after going off the air. >> and the emmy goes to... >> "breaking bad." (cheers) >> it took home six emmys including best drama series. brian kran ton lead actor and anna dunn and paul led for their supporting roles in the comedy category modern family won best categories for the 5th year. dreyfus won after a surprise from seinfield. >> you look so much like the actor on seinfield who played the dentist that i dated. >> he had 18 nominations. the new adventure. >> yeah, he was on seinfield. yeah. >> that was a plant if i ever saw hundred. did you see singer gwen stefani? it happened. she announced st

scott is neck and neck with charlie crist.a republican governor who defected to the democrats. >> it is sunday. some form of meet the press. with ratings in the tank they figured maybe it was time for a new moderator of the longest running program on nbc. chuck todd will be settling into david gregory's chair. gregory announcing he is leaving the network after 20-years. >> you might want to take an extra jacket to work this morning. fall is p on the way. we are celebrating summer with the beach boys in new york city. what's up maria? >> in the morning hours we are going to be a little bit on the chilly side. you may need a sweater. burlington down to pennsylvania even parts of west virginia along the i 95 corridor a little milder waking up to temperatures in the 60s. temperatures widespread in the 70's. a lot of sunshine and low humidity as well. it will be a beautiful day out there. get out and enjoy it. further quest feeling like summer in the 90's. new mexico also in the upper 08s and 90's. quiet across the midwest and nort

rick sdot running an ad tying charlie crist to a convicted ponzi schemer.ping it up calling scott too shady for the sunshine state. >> rick scott, he lied repeatedly about education. >> 75 times to avoid jail for medicare fraud. >> a recent poll has scott leading kris. >> thrilled to be alive. two american ebola patients are given the all clear and released from emory university hospital in atlanta. dr. kent brantley saying it was a quote miraculous day. >> i am thrilled to be alive, to be well, and to be reunited with my family. god saved my life. a direct answer to thousands and thousands of prayers. >> brantley and aid worker nancy write bo write bol weare at home recovering. >> a rescue caught on camera. three airmen rushed to save an elderly couple trapped in their car. they pulled them out seconds before the car waudz wept away. the brave men are being honored for their actions. >> a lot of people would have done what we did this they were in our situation. we were just glad we were there. >> the couple saying they are thankful and happy to be alive.

charlie crist won the democratic primary for governor. he'll face rick scott. >>> developing overnight, after two years of captivity, an american hostage finally arriving home from syria. brand-new pictures just released showing journalist peter theo being welcomed home by his mother in boston. all smiles, of course. two years ago he was kidnapped near the syrian border by a terrorist group with links to al-qaeda. the u.s. negotiated his release without paying a ransom. >>> a key piece of evidence in the irs scandal destroyed. according to irs lawyers, lois lerner's blackberry was deliberately wiped clean after the start of a congressional probe. thomas cain, admits that her blackberry was scrapped for disposal in june of 2012. some members of congress want to know why. >> so all i know is it sure looks suspicious when you follow the time line. frankly, this entire ordeal, all kinds of suspicious and ridiculous things take place when you look at the time line, like mr. koskinen not disclosing for two months when he should have. on and on it goes. >> some congre

>> the jv comment has taken a lot of crist six and there's been a lot of analysis this week, what i've seen through my reporting, there really is an inning consistency in the way the isis threat is being framed. part of that is the political lens. and it's intelligence driven. before the foley posting, u.s. officials told reporters they didn't have good visibility over the size of isis. nor did they have visibility over who was the senior leadership. it's unclear to me if the president has viewed the execution. >> i would like an answer on that. if the president decides to take action on isis terrorists in syria, will he go it alone? >> mike emmanuel joins us from washington tonight. he has a lot of details. this would set off a big controversy, if he didn't get approval, won the it, mike? >> a lot of lawmakers want to weigh-in, congress should immediately return to capitol hill, saying, as president obama's administration weighs several options, congress should be fully engaged, rather than remaining at home, second guessing and criticizinged president's every move they should be back

also here, news day columnist charlie crist. interesting to look at that polling data.ly. glass half full as opposed to empty. americans are supportive of israel in this regard. hasn't been a lot of debate, michelle, on capitol hill. >> what i would say is that we don't see our congress doing anything on the domestic front. it is not surprising to see them doing absolutely nothing. >> they do nothing on anything. why should this be different? >> with this, the images are so horrifying and we have members of congress who have israeli constituents and people with ties to palestinian constituents and they decide to stay out of it completely. >> are you surprised, ellis, on the lack of debate or where do you think, michelle says, taken the poll and this is where they see it. >> it has nothing to do with the polls. the israeli lobby is effected and the relationships that goes back decades. the palestinians side has squawked. no money for this stuff. no relationships. frankly, some pretty bad pr over the years. question is, if those pictures that we're seeing is going to chan

i personally believe jesus crist is my lord and killer. but i'm also a killer. i've killed a lot. and it if i need to, i'll kill a whole bunch more. if you don't want to get killed, don't show up in front of me. >> he's expected to receive a full pension and benefits according to police officials. my question to the panel is, are we reaching a new sustained level of awareness of police misconduct? >> in what community? in what community? quite simply, african-americans have nope about this for a really long time. and it's almost a question of whether or not people believe. perhaps we have a new surveillance culture, but you think all the way back to rodney king, the dawn of this being on video and we saw what happened to him and there was not a conviction. so this is almost kind of frustrating to say like, well, if we can show this a dozen times, people have not come to the conclusion this is part of our every day reality. not just for african-american, but for the country at large. and so just very quickly about that group he was talking to, i enter a interacted with some of the

he'll face charlie crist who won easily last night. if cyst wins the governorship for the second time and becomes the first governor in florida history to ever win as a member of two different parties. also in florida ted yoho won his party, all ten now face easy general election. the anti-boehner forces in the house are going to be as strong as ever. speaking of house speaker boehner his office released the video of the most popular object in his office. >> the wind up monkey. they come in and wind me up and i do my thing. >> strange, right, the monkey fell off the table. finally joe biden's office--what is with all these videos being released. joe biden released a video of a meeting with 108 lucy coffee. first she was introduced to president obama and then besiden followed up with a little flirtation. >> remind me every time i had a good looking date, there would be some better looking guy coming along. you know what i mean. >> i'm the vice president. then the president comes in and everybody drops everything. but i'm the guy that lo

charlie crist is seeking his old job, this time as a democrat.t over gop incumbent rick scott. if these trends continue and florida has turned blue, then the road to the white house becomes increasingly white house. guys, back to you. >> all right, derrick, thank you. so does it become more difficult, gene? >> the republicans essentially have to win florida. however, it ain't over. it ain't over between scott and crist and it ain't over in florida. >> meacham agree? >> yeah, the republican path to the white house is getting harder in the electoral college. you take california and new york off the table, you start with a deficit. >> you've got to win florida. >> you know, this election is going to be crazy this year in 2014. there is no way to tell how it's going to go. the president's approval ratings, you know, keep dropping. republicans approval ratings keep dropping. it's still a race to the bottom. >> and who's a clear candidate on either side except for hillary clinton. >>> coming up at the top of the hour, breaking news from the middle east

how does charlie crist play into this? what does he return with? what is his position on this?well, he himself has said that, you know, he is a believer in climate change and indeed when he was the governor of florida previously, he had made some very well received progressive comments and even in the acquisition of land, environmentally sensitive areas, to buy the land, because in this case u.s. sugar was dumping a lot of overflow in effect and jeopardizing the everglades. he's had a pretty positive record even when he was governor previously. >> well, about the sugar industry, got some flack about some hunting trip he took with u.s. sugar's lodge. a big donor to scott, has been a big donor to scott but when you consider the phosphorus pollution the sugar industry has caused in the everglades allegedly what does this say about his political and environmental intentions? >> well, he took this political junket and his defense was, oh, i didn't spend taxpayer money because i took my own private jet. but what's interesting is he then appointed one of the vice presidents of this ra

this is crist onnal and it is a hurricane forecast to move north and eastward, then it will be iceland'sblem but just an extra-tropical storm. we're getting into the peak season september 10th. that's typically when we see most of our tropical activity. we're watching several features here. one in the gulf of mexico and one east of the lesser antilles. >> i was going to ask you about this one right on the southern tip of louisiana. it has weird tropical characteristics this mess. >> it is a stalled front. we're going to have to watch it because this time of year there's a lot of activity in the gulf of mexico. the water is warm. i don't think it will become something, but we'll watch it. >> we could also use rain down there in the bayou. word today that the feds are worried a potential lone wolf may strike within our borders of retaliation for u.s. air strikes in iraq. we've been worried about lone wolves since 9/11. we're always worried about that. welcome to the new normal. have we forgotten about normal? lone wolf always a danger. a warning over possible islamic state sympathizers who