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the very real elizabeth colbert-busch is here tonight. you can listen to my radio show tomorrow noon to 3:00, channel 127, sirius xm radio. share your thoughts with us on facebook and on twitter use #edshow. more coming up. we'll be right back. >>> and we are back. he led venezuela for 14 years and was a long-time vocal critic of the united states government. today after a two-year battle with cancer, hugo chavez is dead. he leaves behind a complicated legacy in venezuela, and his death could have substantial implications here at home. the white house issued a statement earlier this evening. "at this challenging time of president hugo chavez's passing, the united states reaffirms its support for the venezuelan people and its interest in developing a constructive relationship with the venezuelan government." here is nbc's mark pot were more. >> reporter: hugo chavez was first elected venezuela's president in 1998 and became a polarizing figure on the world stage. he was loved and hated at home, respected and ridiculed abroad. born to a fam

among likely voters, elizabeth colbert busch is 47%. by 8 points. here is her campaign message. >> elizabeth knows jobs, worked her way up to director of sales in a shipping company. >> it is exports, working with business, creating thousands of jobs. >> elizabeth colbert busch, mother, grandmother, charleston business woman for 25 years. >> i approved this message because i am running for congress to create jobs in south carolina. that's what i know. >> 45% of likely voters have a favorable opinion of elizabeth colbert busch. 31% unfavorable. 34% have favorable opinion of mark sanford. 58% have an unfavorable opinion of him. former governor sanford's truly horrible favorable and unfavorable ratings will surely be a caution for any other south carolina politician who might ever be tempted to tell the truth about marital troubles. >> i have been unfaithful to my wife. i developed a relationship with -- started as a dear, dear friend from argentina. >> joining me now, msnbc's joy reed. joy, turns out that elizabeth colbert busch has a sma

does elizabeth colbert bush have a good chance of winning? >> well, i think so.an primary, you had a lot of talk, but no contrasting in the approaches to governors the i think we will find, between mark sanford, who i think will win the runoff, and elizabeth colbert, a sharp contrast. the people of south carolina are a forgiving people. we don't mind forgiving mark sanford for the personal indiscretions. that's great. but for his political rhetoric, it leaves a lot to be desired. there are a lot of people, middle income people, schoolteachers, others whose jobs were lost, because mark sanford's governorship cost him that job. we'll remind people of that in this campaign going forward. i think that elizabeth colbert has a tremendous opportunity to win in the first week in may. >> thank you so much. thanks a lot. good to see you, congressman jim clyburn. >>> coming up next, the senate battles the budget. we're going to talk to chair patty murray. >>> bus first all aboard, the royal family celebrating the anniversary of the subway. workers gave a pregnant catherine

tonight, elizabeth colbert busch easily won in the first district special primary. colbert, says he will do what he can to help his big sister win the general election. >> she's my sister. >> right. >> and i'm willing to, you know, break the jewel of my own creation to try to do something for her. like i'm not worried what it would do to me or my show to try to help her as myself, not as my character but as myself. you know, if people don't think that's the right thing to do, i don't care, it is my sister and i'm willing to help her. >> south carolina still hasn't decided who colbert busch's opponent will be. the field will be whittled down from 16 contenders to just two. former south carolina governor mark sanford won the most votes in the republican primary. because he did not win more than 50% of the vote, sanford will face a challenger in a runoff. it is too close to call who his challenger will be. the winner of that will face colbert busch in the general election may 7th. joining me now, gene robinson and political analyst, dick harpootlian, chairman of the so

whoever wins that race, though, will square off against democratic opponent elizabeth colbert bush, theter of stephen colbert. she beat her only opponent by a landslide. let's bring in today's power panel. welcome to the three of you. >> great to be here. >> thanks. >> david, i'm going to just talk about surprise here. how surprised are you at this election? and what do you think is going to happen next? >> well, it's become very interesting all of a sudden, you have a celebrity sort of on one side, related to a celebrity and then you have, you know, sanchez -- sanford's victory that makes a point that there's no final -- there's never a final chapter in politics. and the fact he can come back after what happened when he was governor how he left in disgrace there and has his wife -- asked her to be involved in his campaign. i think it sets up an interesting race. tim scott had a lot of sport when he was elected from the tea party. so i think they're going to be very influential and this is going to be something of a bell weather to see how much support sanford can get from that side. >>

on the democratic side elizabeth colbert -- she pronounces it. >> -- busch. yesterday steven colbert said i may play that conservative commentator on television but i'll be down to south carolina helping my sister. >> she is my sister and i'm willing to, you know, break the jewel of my own creation to try to do something for her. i'm not worried about what it would do to me or my show but to try to help her as myself not as my character, but as myself. >> bill: there it is. >> he is totally out of character. even the way he talks. it's really funny. >> blood is thicker than water. >> bill: exactly, so he has already raised money for her in the primary. she is favored to win the democratic nomination outright. the final election i believe is may 7th for the seat. so mark sanford has come back. and she pronounces her name elizabeth co-bert, not co-bare. >> yeah. >> bill: and that will be it. >> well there are a few more elections but not much. so this will be a fun one. >> bill: congress woman the republican announced -- they said we need to redo the party, rem

earlier cnn projected that elizabeth colbert bush, the sister of steven colber it was the winner of therace. >>> a judge who sentenced an ohio teen to life in prison without parole for killing three students last year. he wore a white t-shirt in court with the word killer scrolled across it. when given the opportunity to speak, he delivered a profanity-laced statement directed at the victim's families along with an obscene hand gesture. >>> a man stormed the stage and grabbed the mike from the mayor, mayor james watched calmly before returning to his speech. and ten dresses worn by the late princess diana hit the auction block. a blue dress worn to a 1985 white house gala where diana danced with john travolta brought in the most money -- more than $360,000. all together the dresses sold for $1.2 million. we'll be right back. fted just f. it's like a sexy sandwich. [ anouncer ] compare new griddle melts yourself. just $4.99. it's an epic breakfast sandwich. >>> time for the ridiculist. tonight we are adding stowaway roaches. just when you thought it was safe to make the trip from atlanti

. >>> in a new poll, elizabeth colbert-bush is beating stephen colbert.shows south carolina's first congressional district giving elizabeth colbert bush a rating of 45% and 36 favorably toward her little brother. >>> next, important video you want to see about people who were right about the defense of marriage act back when most people were wrong. otherworldly things. but there are some things i've never seen before. this ge jet engine can understand 5,000 data samples per second. which is good for business. because planes use less fuel, spend less time on the ground and more time in the air. suddenly, faraway places don't seem so...far away. ♪ suddenldad: you exciteds don'tfor youyeah.st day?. ♪ dad: you'll be fine, ok? girl: ok. dad: you look so pretty. ♪ i'm overprotective. that's why i got a subaru. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. [ sneezes ] you're probably muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® for powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. zyrtec® love

in the democratic primary, elizabeth colbert-bush won the nomination with 96% of the vote. here's your first morning's dish of scrambled politics. republican senator rand paul talked about immigration reform to hispanic business leaders saying immigrants are an asset to america, but he didn't get very specific about his solutions. >> i think the conversation needs to start by acknowledging that we aren't going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants. if you wish to live and work in america, then we will find a place for you. >> when the senate votes on the democratic budget resolution this week, there may be a number of amendments voted on. vote a rama may include democratic amendments on the environment or republicans trying to substitute the house budget plan. >> and cool under pressure tuesday during his state of the city address when a man rushed onto the stage, threw down a flag and started yelling. security wrestled him to the ground. the mayor said it happened so fast he didn't have time to be scared. >> and the trip to israel has released this official trailer. let'

elizabeth colbert-bush. the sister of stephen colbert. she stressed the importance of building up the workforce. >> we're going to continue with workforce development, continue with continuing education and we're going to make sure we have research technology and innovation that's going to make our next generation prepare for their intellectual move forward into the 21st century jobs. >>> now to kentucky. new reporting suggests a number of big-time democrats not particularly thrilled with the idea of ashley judd challenging mitch mccouple in that state. some party leaders, including former president bill clinton, are trying to court another candidate, another female, allison lundergan grimes. ms. judd will make her announcement later this spring, a claim she has denied. her sister said of course i'd vote for her. i don't agree with anything she says half the time. we're so different. but i love my sister. >>> president obama's initiative to reduce violence in this country has been severely weakened. democratic majority leader harry reid s

. >> jimmy: your sister, elizabeth -- >> -- colbert-busch, she's running for congress.> yeah. she's going to be the democratic -- >> woo! >> -- nominee in the first district of south carolina, so -- >> jimmy: this is major. >> yeah. this is huge. >> jimmy: how exciting is that? >> it's -- it's fantastic. it's kind of weird for me because i talk about politics all the time on my show. and i've -- you know, i've run for president a couple of times. >> jimmy: yeah. [ laughter ] >> but i don't actually -- >> jimmy: sorry about that, by the way. >> thanks, very much. you know, you want to give. but -- [ laughter ] i don't actually have anything to offer people in a public office. >> jimmy: no. >> you know, it's natural for her to run because she has skills and something to offer society. i am professionally ridiculous. [ light laughter ] and so -- i just that what i do for a living doesn't sully her good character. >> jimmy: no, i don't think so. i think it should help. >> really, have you seen my show? [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: i listen to the audio books. >> did you? >>

. >>> in a new poll, elizabeth colbert busch is beating stephen colbert.s south carolina's first congressional district giving elizabeth colbert busch a rating of 45% and 36 favorably toward her little brother. >>> next, important video you want to see about people who were right about the defense of marriage act back when most people were wrong. [ female announcer ] made just a little sweeter... because all these whole grains aren't healthy unless you actually eat them ♪ multigrain cheerios. also available in delicious peanut butter. healthy never tasted so sweet. the day building a play set begins with a surprise twinge of back pain... and a choice. take up to 4 advil in a day or 2 aleve for all day relief. [ male announcer ] that's handy. ♪ [ male announcer ] that's handy. with the bing it on challenge to show google users what they've been missing on bing. let's bing it on. [fight bell: ding, ding] how many here are google users? what if i was to tell you that you would actually like bing way more than google when it came to the results? prove it. let'

a new poll from the clinton university shows that democrat elizabeth colbert bush is slightly ahead of sanford. sanford still needs to make it to the general election by winning a runoff next month. >>> michigan's governor approved a plan to allow bear cub petting zoos. not the best idea. the law permits people to pet, hold, and feed cubs that weigh up to 90 pounds and 36 weeks old. you know the claws on a 90-pound bear cub? >>> prince harry will tour the wore torn country and it is the first time that we have seen all of him since his trip in vegas. this time he'll make sure harry stays clothed. >> i'm going to be spending the entire day with prince harry. and so, believe me, nobody's going to be get naked if i'm spending the entire day with him. >> kristy will be babysitting. pro president obama sits down with telemundo today. >>> and george w. bush and wife laura were among those in attendance at the baylor basketball game. they met and posed with the teams. and that's your morning's dish of scrambled politics. >>> turning now to the weather, bill kairns joins us. is spring coming?

the democrats had a clear winner in the primary, elizabeth colbert busch who is the sister of comedian stephen colbert. >>> all right, as we mark the ten years since the war in iraq began we learned of an incredible fact about the cost of war. the u.s. is still paying benefits from the civil war, the u.s. civil war. the payments are going to two children of civil war vet, one in tennessee, one in north carolina who get about $900 a month. the children would have been born when their fathers were in their 70s or 80s. unusual but possible. is that crazy or what? civil war benefits. >> that's pretty crazy. >> wow. >>> moving on to the weather across the nation now. lingering snow in northern new england and snow around the great lakes and the upper midwest. heavy snow in the cascades and the rockies. rainy in the pacific northwest and northern rockies. showers from the carolina coast all the way down to florida. >> 82 degrees in miami. upper 60s from dallas to new orleans. teens and 20s in the upper midwest. phoenix, the hot spot getting to 86 degrees. >>> and coming up, twinkies set to m

if he wins that contest, he'll square off in may against democrat elizabeth colbert-bush. >> new videong. it took rescuers in new york city four hours to free a man who became trapped 75 feet underground while working on the second avenue subway project. the worker got stuck last night in a muddy underground trench after securing him firefighters used hand tools and a back hoe to dig him out. he's in the hospital in stable condition. >> wow. >>> a high school senior making an argument for why, why not? super model kate upton should be his prom date. the video that's gone viral this morning. >> i can't dance, at all. you're christian, 5'10." that video should have won an oscar for best short film. entrs with garden veggies and egg. fancy feast mornings. the best ingredient is love. the delightful discovery. the sweet realization that you have a moment all to yourself. well, almost. splenda® no calorie sweetener. splenda® makes the moment yours™. has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! wow. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... well, would you look at t

elizabeth colbert bush has won the democratic primary nomination of the special election to fill a vacantcarolina seat. her famous brother stephen says he's going to do everything in his power to help her score a victory in may. and she says she's ready to go to washington. >> by the way, colbert says his sister will not be safe from his jokes. he will target her if she does something funny. and he says she will, because she's a politician. if you see something you love out there for our instant index, be sure to tweet it to me @diane sawyer. >>> still ahead right here tonight. treasure hunt. these two bowls cost almost nothing. but can you tell which one is worth $2 million? coming up. [ male announcer ] this is the age of knowing what you're made of. why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain; it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach, and abnormal vision. to avoid long-term injury, seek immed

. >>> so sanford wins the runoff election in two weeks he'll face democrat elizabeth colbert busch in may. she is the sister of tv comedian stephen colbert. the next hour we'll be joined by teddy turner the son of cnn's founder ted turner. he ran last night against sanford. didn't fare too well. >> yeah. >> what a family story, stephen colbert's sister, who is colbert. ted turner's son teddy. >> you know why? >> his name is colbert. he changed it for the tv. >> what i was told was that the parents offered up to the kids the decision, you could say colbert, you could say colbert. so there we have it. >> all right. thanks, zoraida. >> so next on "starting point" the fight to put disturbing pictures on cigarette packaging comes to an end. we'll tell you why the government is giving up. >> and more on our top story this morning. we're talking to israel's government spokesperson mark regev about the reports of chemical attacks in syria, and what these concerns could mean for the region. [ man ] i got this citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. we' leave that there. you got

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over on the democratic side business elizabeth colbert-busch is looking like she will get the nominationg us to talk about this is "charleston post & courier" reporter robert behre. >> thank you for having me. >> michael: i can't believe that mark sanford is running. have people forgotten his affair? >> they certainly haven't forgotten it, but he has done a lot of work in the last three or four years to try to make amends, when the scandal broke he was very active in calling, writing, and apologizing. he did an apology tour when he was still in office as governor and started to mend fences. he showed up at the republican national convention in tampa this past summer to mend fences and he wrote yet another letter laying out his shortcomings asking forgiveness, and he has even turned this whole incident in 2009 into sort of a campaign talk point saying that it has humbled him, and somehow wisened him and given him add perspective. >> michael: and didn't he even try to enlist his wife to work on his campaign. >> yes, she ran his campaigns the first time around and was really kind of the bra

they have elizabeth colbert-busch. this one has a reality show written all over it.ng me now for the robert behre. he's a political reporter for the "post" and "courier" and is coming to us via skype from charleston, south carolina. welcome back inside "the war room," robert. >> hi, thanks for having me. >> michael: so what is the feeling on the ground about sanford now? have people forgiven him for everything? >> 37% have. many are thinking that he is a shoe-in to win in two weeks when the april runoff rolls around. but i think the former congressman has a fighting chance especially if he can pull together some anti-sanford sentiment that still exists here. >> michael: but how much anti-sanford sentiment is there, if he actually went out and won. >> well, he -- he did win -- did get the most votes by far yesterday, but we'll just have to see what happens in two weeks. >> michael: and robert there's some speculation about whether his wife jenny sanford -- his ex-wife will get into the race? will she get into the race? >> i don't see any signs of that. his sons were w

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one of those candidates just happens to be stephen colbert's sister, her name is elizabeth colbert bush. yes, she pronounces her name differently. in a rare interview, we see the serious side of stephen colbert. he sat down with jake tapper, host of cnn's "the lead." to discuss his sister. >> trying to help your sister. >> she's my sister, and i'm willing to, you know, break the jewel of my own creation to try to do something for her. i'm not worried about what it would do to me or my show to try to help her as myself, not as my character. and if people think that's not the right thing for me to do, i don't care. it's my sister, i'm willing to help her. >> he's a good brother. all the help might pay off. one other democrat running in today's primary. 16 republicans, including former governor mark sanford. here is more from jim acosta. >> good to see you. >> reporter: in south carolina, mark sanford needs no introduction. but after the former governor of this state famously tried to cover up an affair by falsely telling the public he was hiking the appalachian trail -- >> i've been unfai

i think he is our answer. >> done. >> reporter: the woman expected to win the democratic nod elizabeth colbert of comedian steven colbert has another way of describing low country campaigning. >> i think this race is so important and so pivotal. i think there's just a lot of passion. >> reporter: passions may be running high but the turnout is expected to be low so the results could come in fairly early later on this evening. there won't be any rush for the candidates. the top two republicans will have to square off in a run off in just two weeks, wolf. >> not a long time. jim, thanks very much. joining us now to discuss what is going on in south carolina, our cnn political analyst the democratic pollster cornell belsher and alex. so who is going to win in south carolina? >> there's been some polling and i am not referring necessarily to what sanford has done in the past but the polling seems to indicate sanford is in the lead with a plurality somewhere around 30%. not enough to avoid a run off and usually unless someone like sanford who is well known gets over 40% in the mid 40s that means 60

the democrat in the race will be elizabeth colbert busch.ert's sister and won easily. she cleared the 50% hurdle and then some. she will be in the general election. that's your update on election day today. but we will be right back. the only thing we'd ever grown together was a record collection. no. there was that fuzzy stuff on the gouda. [ both ] ugh! when it came to our plants... we were so confused. how much is too much water? too little? until we got miracle-gro moisture control. it does what basic soils don't by absorbing more water, so it's there when plants need it. yeah, they're bigger and more beautiful. guaranteed. in pots. in the ground. in a ukulele. are you kidding me? that was my idea. with the right soil... everyone grows with miracle-gro. my name is taho and i'm a fish guy. it's a labor of love. it's a lot of labor and it's a lot of love. i don't need to go to the gym. my job is my workout. you're shoveling ice all day long. it's rough on the back. it's rough on the shoulders. i get muscle aches all over. advil® is great.

the winner of that race will face democrat elizabeth colbert bush. she's the sister of comedian stephen colbert and though she won her primary in a landslide, she'll have to fight hard to win on may 7th in this republican-leaning district. i'm joined now by cnn national political correspondent jim acosta. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning, carol. that's right. you summed it up very nicely. mark sanford, after being left for dead in the political wilderness in south carolina is very much back on the campaign trail, very much back on a comeback mission here in south carolina. he trounce, as you said just a few moments ago, a field of 15 republican opponents to win the republican primary here in the race for the open seat in the first congressional district. and how did he do it, carol? he pretty much went around the state asking the voters -- not the state, but the district asking the voters for forgiveness. he was very up front about the fact that he made some mistakes when he was governor of this state, when he falsely told voters that he

. >> the woman who would be the nominee, elizabeth colbert bush, do you think mark sanford has a big there were 16 people in this race and said we will vote with anyone except for mark sanford. nothing is possible in politics. let's give him a 20% chance of winning. if he wins the runoff, he's against colbert bush. then only then does she have a chance of winning. >>> kurt, before we go, in your expert opinion is being the sister of stephen colbert a liability or plus. >> for us it's definitely a plus. it's the sister of a fictional character running against a man who might as well be a fictional character. >> so brilliantly put. kurt, thank you for coming on the program. >>> thank you for the rest of my panel. that is all for now. see you back here tomorrow at noon eastern when i'm joined by karen finney, david wolfe, and the new republic's dan byrne bomb. on a walk, walk, walk. love to walk. yeah, we found that wonderful thing. and you smiled. and threw it. and i decided i would never, ever leave it anywhere. because that wonderful, bouncy, roll-around thing... had made you play. a

. >> public policy polling shows elizabeth colbert busch polls at 47%, mark sanford at 45%.rtis bostic, 43% each. ann coulter wrote a very ugly endorsement of curtis bostic today. republicans could nominate hitler and win south carolina's first district. ann coulter really knows how to ingratiate herself to south carolina republicans saying they would vote for hitler for congress. after that endearing beginning, she added if sanford is the nominee, republicans will either lose or win at a cost of $50 million that could be better spent elsewhere when curtis bostic tells his staff he is hiking the appalachian trail. joining me, nia malika-henderson. imagine the scene in bostic headquarters when the staff says we have good news and bad news. ann coulter has endorsed you, that's the good news. the bad news, she did say that your district would vote for hitler. this is as ugly an endorsement as you could possibly get, isn't it? >> yeah. and i'm guessing bostic doesn't want that endorsement, and barely to be quite frank doesn't necessarily benefit that much even from santorum's en

. >>> the winner of next tuesday's runoff will face off against elizabeth colbert bush, that name is familiar because she is the sister of comedy central steven colbert. >>> cate edwards sat down with savannah guthrie for her first interview since her father's trial. she opened up to savannah about the trial, her father's infidelity and shared some fond memories of her mother. >> i imagine you misher every day. >> it's big things that go by like my wedding. she wasn't able to be there and then the small things. i get away with bad grammar. never used to get away with bad grammar. i miss her during march madness because she loved college basketball and we were very superstitious. she would call me and say, are you sitting in your living room, you need to go down to your kitchen because we're not playing well. >> you can see more of savannah's exclusive interview tonight on "rock center." >>> next up, presidential bush. from economy to immigration to guns. jennifer paulmary will be here next. >>> a surprising shift in the country's attitudes about same-sex marriage as another republica

on the democratic side, the nominee is expected to be elizabeth colbert bush. her brother uses a fancier pronunciation of the name, known as stephen colbert. on the republican side, the front runner almost as famous as stephen colbert and more famous than his sister but not for a good reason, former governor mark sanford. he has a big national profile, but it is because of his fake hiking trip. mark sanford apologized, finished his term as governor and withdrew from public life for two years. now he is back, trying to win back the public's trust and respect by trying to win back the congressional seat that he once held for three terms. mr. hiking the trail is only one of 16 republicans trying for that seat. the others include the son of media mogul ted turner, his name is teddy, which makes ted turner hard to forget. mark sanford is the frontrunner in the primary, but unless he gets more than 50% of the vote in a field of 16 candidates, then it will be a runoff. he and who comes in second will have a runoff next month. the polls open tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. in so

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is in it, there is a run off and then facing the democratic candidate who is believed to be elizabeth colberth. this is a heavily republican district and it's not clear how voters will respond. those we talked to say they are willing to look past some of the sanford's problems. one other republican said how they would stack up. is there enough of a vote? it has been fun to be in charleston where they love politics and everybody is talking about this. >> only in south carolincarolin. thank you so much for being on the show. appreciate it. take care. a day after republicans revealed a 98-page autopsy on what went wrong in 2012, the effort to modernize the party is getting conservative push back. rush limbaugh lashed out at party chairman who said focus groups of voters found the gop to be scary, narrow minded, and out of touch in a party of stuffy old men. >> the republicans are just totally bamboozled right now and entirely lacking in confidence. they think they got landslide and they didn't. the republican party lost because it's not conservative. it didn't get the base out. >> meanwhile the

he's going to face elizabeth colbert bush, the sister of stephen colbert.ict is definitely red. it heavily favored mitt romney in the presidential race. the state legislature which is controlled by republicans, they have drawn this district for a republican to be able to win it. so it would be very, very difficult for any democrat to secure a win here. that being said though, if anybody can do it, i think elizabeth colbert bush has the best chance. she's well-funded. she's doing well on the campaign trail. she has her famous brother who is helping her out which is getting her a lot of media attention. and perhaps most importantly she's a woman. she's going to be able to go head to head with mark sanford and throw a lot of these personal failings in his face and perhaps get a following among women voters that a man simply could not do. >> going to be interesting. that's for sure. gina smith, we'll be talking with you again. thank you. >> thanks. >>> it is time for the big three and today's topics, what went right, happy anniversary, and best week, worst week

the winner of that contest will face off in may against the winner of the democratic primary elizabeth colbertounces it colbert which her very famous brother used to before he went by stephen colbert and, by the way, governor sanford was of course at one point after gun governor and before all of this brief lay fox news contributes tore. a plan is in the works it appears to bring nbc tonight show back to new york city. and leno is apparently out. jimmie fallon is to be the host. that's according to the reporting of the "new york times." the newspaper reports that a source says jimmie fallon could take over next year when the current host, jay leno's contract is up. of course, leno hosts the show in california where johnny carson moved it back in 1972. the program originally started here in new york city in 1954 with steve allen hosting. three years ago a big tonight show shakeup caused a nightmare when jay leno and conan o'brien took over. and leno eventually took back the job. you remember all of that. in his recent monologues leno has been bashing nbc weak prime time ratings. network executi

cnn cannot project his opponent and cnn can project that elizabeth colbert busch is the winner of theemocratic primary in the state's first primary. congratulations to her. back to michael moore who hasn't won any primary apart from angriest man in america. >> all for stephen's sister winning in south carolina. >> absolutely. >> two more tweets have come in in the break tlmt one from yoko ono. over 1 million and 50,000 people have been killed in america since john lennon was shot and killed on the 8th of december, 1980. tweeted to you. >> over 1 million. >> since john lennon, her partner and husband was killed in 1980. absolutely shocking and suze orman said i agree. this is a terrible day. the more and more people who get animated and bloody angry about this, the more chances, people like harry reid will not be able to park this away because there will be more outrageous this year. >> right, and so, again, let me say, it by the way, getting bounceback on the e-mail that i gave. go to senate majority leader harry reid's website, an e-mail form. >> go to the official form. >> or if you

and as for elizabeth colbert bush, he is impressed with the race she is running.inks she has a tough up-hill battle but she's been super focused on jobs. has been laying low and really doing a great job. their this is a district south carolina win, that mitt romney won by 18 percentage points. so it will be a tough role for her. >> i will say i think having a woman against him is probably a plus. >> i think you're right. >> i am wondering -- >> there is another thing we haven't acknowledged, which is that perhaps it makes it easier. the rt sof scandal is bluntd a bit by the fact that he married the mistress. it sort of makes that whole thing a little more palatable. >> i found my true love. >> i'm wondering as i thought back about some of these in the past, brad pitt, for example, and angelina jolie, you mentioned -- >> the other connection i made right away. >> tom hanks married rita wilson. and the best of this, the best at this was of course, prince charles and camilla. they managed to change the p.r. around this story so well that the p.r. firm handling them d

on the democratic side, there has been a lot of interest in elizabeth colbert bush whose brother is stephent of support in democratic circles. >> an exciting chapter of late. kelly o'donnell, thank you so much. >>> a big win today for anyone interested in reselling books, music or any other copy written material. the supreme court decision that just came down. >>> and vice president joe biden, one of the dignitaries to attempt the installation mass of pope francis. we're live in rome. all right that's a fifth-floor problem... ok. not in my house! ha ha ha! ha ha ha! no no no! not today! ha ha ha! ha ha ha! jimmy how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico? happier than dikembe mutumbo blocking a shot. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. it fills you with energy... and it gives you what you are looking for to live a more natural life. in a convenient two bar pack. this is nature valley. nature at its most delicious. i'm maria, and i have diabetic nerve pain. i felt like my feet were going to sleep. it was like pins and needles

back on the ballot and the ap is reporting that the democratic challenger in that race will be elizabeth colbert-bush, her brother is nobody other than stephen colbert. and president barack obama left the united states and currently en route to israel for his first visit to that nation since he took office. it comes on a day when disturbing news was bracking in the region. now, there are unconfirmed reports that earlier today, a possible chemical weapons attack was carried out in northern syria. and at this hour, both the assad regime and the rebels are blaming one another for the deadly rocket blasts that killed the at least 31 people and that included 21 civilians. now, according to reuters photographer who was on the ground, people were seen suffocating in the streets and the air apparently smelled of chlorine. it's unclear who is behind the attack, the white house is expressing skepticism over the regime's claim that it was the rebels. >> at this time we have no evidence to substantiate that charge and we're skeptical deeply of a regime that might make that charge given that the regime has l

elizabeth colbert bush. different pronunciation, same family.ican side, tell me that mark san ford didn't get his former wife to be his campaign manager. >> it was out there but that did not take place. that did not happen. but mark sanford is the leading gop contender. >> no comment on that. jonathan capehart, thank you very much. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." and i'll be traveling. join us this wednesday and thursday live from israel as we travel to cover president obama and secretary kerry in the middle east. remember to follow the show online and on twitter @mitchell reports. and craig melvin has a look at what's next. >> safe travels to you by the way. in the next hour, more of the gop autopsy as more of the minority outreach, better technology, short he primary season and fewer debates. are all those things the answer for when republicans win back the white house? or are the policies holding us back? >>> also the search for the missing teacher. we'll talk to her mother and sister about the massive effort to br

over on the democratic side, elizabeth colbert-bush easily won the democratic primary. >>> now sanford'sto the question, what separates the political wrecks from the rebounders? >> indeed i did have a relationship with ms. lewinski that wasn't appropriate. >> i have not been honest with myself, my family, my constituents, my friends, and supporters and the media. >> here to talk about political comebacks, democratic strategist and former edwards campaign communications director chris kafinas. good morning to you both. >> thanks for having me. >> so, kristen, sanford was having an extramarital affair with an argentinian woman. hiking in the appalachian trail became synonymous with cheating for a while. did you think you'd ever see this? what we saw last night? >> i didn't think so. but as soon as he entered the race, hooest got the sort of name i.d. that would make him a strong contender. let's not forget besides, if you set aside this very public personal failing, he was very popular as governor. he was actually talked about as a potential contender for the republican nomination for pres

on the democratic side there's been a lot of attention given to a woman named elizabeth colbert bushof the tv funny man stephen colbert and she is a businesswoman with long ties in this community and has excited democrats. what happens today? we're wondering about turnout. it can be low on special elections. and there are a number of notable republicans who hold office here who are competing. there is a conventional wisdom that mark sanford is likely to come out on top today but with so many candidates we do expect there could be a run-off and then it would be the republican, some say sanford, up against the democrat. some say colbert bush. it's been an exciting race. we've been talking to voters. people have said they've been overwhelmed with the ads on tv. they didn't get ads during the presidential race in south carolina because this was not a state up for grabs. but they have been blanketed in recent weeks with these congressional ads. it's been fun to visit folks here and they are very interested in the outcome. south carolina politics is always something to watch. >> kelly o'do

elizabeth colbert-busch, great to have you with us. best of luck to you. we'll visit again. thank you. and that is "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. >> good evening, ed. thank you, my friend. >> you bet. >> and thanks to you at home for joining us on a news day in which it does not seem possible that all of these things happened on the same day. today is the day that the dow set an all-time record high, all-time. it's also the day that hugo chavez died. today the united states government said we might conceivably use drone strikes to kill people inside the united states. they also said today the last drone strikes in pakistan were not done by us. who were they done by then? today arkansas teetered on the edge of doing something outrageously unconstitutional. today an msnbc host's book came out. today jeb bush's new book also came out, although the msnbc host is not disavowing her book already the way jeb bush is disavowing his book the day it first went on sale. north korea threatened to restart the korean war today, the one from the 1

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