tonight's real debate, colbert busch ha an advantage in the latest poll. 56% in the poll, sanford lower at 38% favorability. elizabethbert busch brought up his travels to argentina. sanford suddenly had difficulty hearing his opponent. >> when we're talking about getting our fiscal house in order, we need to look at everything from cutting spending to what are our costs. so during the time when we're having all this fiscal spending, fiscal cutting, back to the days everybody had a furlough in the state, everybody was losing their jobs and we were pulling our belts in, when we talk about fiscal spending and we talk about protecting the taxpayers, it doesn't mean you take that money we saved and leave the country for personal purpose. >> she went there, governor sanford. >> i couldn't hear what she said. >> but later in the debate, mark sanford used the public humiliation resulting from his 2009 affair to explain why he would be good at compromising with democrats. >> you don't go through the experience i had in 2009 without a greater level of humility. >> yes, that actually happened. voters in south carolina go to the

>>> coming up next, elizabeth colbert-busch, got a completely surprising endorsement last night. bump include a rush by other famous comedians to endorse elizabeth colbert-busch? i ask you, martin short -- >> i would like to do it as a series of my beloved characters and then culminate my endorsement as john f. kennedy. >> do you have a ten-second version of this? >> i say, elizabeth colbert-busch will be elected because she has my endorsement. >> there we have it. breaking news. can we get -- there it is, the breaking news banner is up. martin short endorses elizabeth colbert-busch. look at that. you just made breaking news. we had to get that approved at the highest level. they don't throw that banner around. >> i'm very impressed. >> we'll be back with more of all of this. >> pauly shore? is he endorsing? this day calls you. to fight chronic osteoarthritis pain. to fight chronic low back pain. to take action. to take the next step. today, you will know you did something for your pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is a pain reliever fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal

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a new internal poll today from elizabeth colbert busch's campaign shows she leads sanford 47% to 44%.olbert busch has a larger lead over bostic, 48% to 39%. joining me, nia malika-henderson, and ana maria cox for the guardian. you are the senior south carolina political analyst since you are from there. what are we hoping for here just in terms of fun. are we hoping governor sanford wins so we can take him all the way through the general election here against elizabeth colbert busch? >> you know, i think that's right for fun. here is a guy who has this checkered past, but is a charismatic guy, he comes across in early ads like a preacher with a slow drawl in the way he talks. he has so far resonated with south carolina voters there. of the internal polls, some ways you have to take any internal polls with a grain of salt, but i think they show a close race. they also remind us that in 2008 a woman named linda ketner ran as a democrat, ran as an openly gay woman, campaigned openly with her partner, and came within 2 percentage points of winning this seat. that was in 2008, it was an el

in a new poll from public policy polling, democrat elizabeth colbert busch leads mark sanford by nine1. the green party candidate is getting three points. at the end of march, colbert busch was leading by two points, 47-45%. joining me now, karen finney. karen, it is kind of amazing what a trespassing accusation can do to a congressional campaign. who knew that would be a factor. >> well, mark sanford had a tough week last week, lawrence. mark felt like he had to explain to the people what was going on. but can we just go back and remember that this whole thing started when he was in the app latch and trail. his father said he didn't think his son should have to watch the super bowl alone. now, trying to sound like a good father, maybe should have thought about that a few years ago, not to mention his kids, he did not introduce his children to the love of his life. they met on the stage on the night of the primary. we're talking about parenting, trying to make things right, sounds like he has work to do with his own family. >> so we do have polling on what the trespassing charge means

well mark sanford doesn't know any aliens but elizabeth colbert-busch did not want to debate him.f him next to a poster of nancy pelosi. if you are going to debate a cardboard cutout at least have the decency to cut it out and prop it up as opposed to have your staffer stand behind it. there's a new worst job in politics, so you are of the hook, john boehner's spray tan guy. also use a bad picture of your opponent. not as one as smoking hot as nancy pelosi in this tantalizing pant suit. call me. and finally, and perhaps most importantly, how much can you win a debate like this? because no matter what you say, you are still the guy who shelled out 50 bucks at kinko's for something that is really not that funny which if you are going to go for that at least go for this. [ laughter ] >> i'm done talking now. ♪ >> michael: and one quick item before we go tonight. this touching photo, that's jeff bowman in the red sox shirt handing a gift to sidney corkran. it seems that everybody can feel. have a wonderful night everyone. see you on the "young turks." [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> welcome to

when you look at the fact that in march, sanford's opponent, elizabeth colbert busch, had 47% of the w she's up to 50 and sanford's fallen from 45 to 41. colbert busch went from a two point to a nine-point lead. it seems like it's not working for him this time. >> well, i think two things are happening. one, elizabeth is just an extraordinary candidate, has worked very hard, has great tv op, has knocked on a bunch of doors. what i fweguess folks on a natil level don't see is this. this is probably the dagger in his heart. the night of the primary when he won in the runoff, his mistress, now fiancee, shows up on the stage. and apparently according to what jennie sanford has said now, was the first time her children had met mark sanford -- their soon to be stepmother -- fiancee. the talk in charleston and buford, you're telling me they've been engaged for six months and the first time this nar cystic, self-centered s.o.b. decides the kids ought to meet her is on the stage? look at his face in the picture you saw a moment ago. look at the total sort of depression and disgust on this kid'

elizabeth colbert busch kicking ass in south carolina. koch brothers might be buying newspapers which would be a disaster. now in the beginning we're going to start with syria. president obama's holding a press conference, asked about syria. did they cross the red line when they might have used chemical weapons. we believe that it was probably that they did. well here's president obama's response. >> what we now have is evidence that chemical weapons have been used inside of syria but we don't know how they were used, when they were used, who used them. we don't have a chain of custody that establishes what exactly happened and when i am making decisions about america's national security and the potential for taking additional action in response to chemical weapon use, i've got to make sure i've got the facts. cenk: yeah that's a delay tactic. he's between a rock and hard place. the american people don't want to go to syria the american corporations don't want to go. israel doesn't want to go to syria. he drew a red line and they crossed

in the latest ppp poll, elizabeth colbert busch is leading by nine points with the election seven days democrats this victory would seem to be more symbolic. the ability to win in a deep red district. the stakes are high anywhere massachusetts which holds a primary today for john kerry's senate seat. the special election will take place on june 25th and threatens the democrats 55-45 edge in the senate. right now congressman ed markey is the democratic ic front-runn. and overall, the two democratic candidates have raised nearly four times the amount of money as all three republicans. joining us now from columbia, south carolina, quietly rolling his eyes, as i talk over this former communications director for rick santorum, the infamous hogan gibly, hogan, it is a pleasure to see you again old friend. >> great to be back, alex. >> let's talk about elizabeth colbert busch and mark sanford. you were rolling your eyes as i delivered the term smackdown, it did seem like she won that one. did you think differently in south carolina? >> i did. i don't think she would it i think it was a draw.

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. >> sanford still has to survive the may 7th general election against democrat elizabeth colbert-busch. you may have heard of her brother, comedian stephen colbert. governor, congratulations on your victory. i want to ask you out of the breaking news out of north korea. if you are elected to congress this would be relevant to your job. what are your thoughts on the bluster that we're hearing from north korea these days? >> this is deeply unsettling, and it needs to be dealt with with certainty. i think it is interesting for you go all the way back to the 1940s, the korean peninsula was flit. and a lot of historians believe it was uncertainty as to whether or not america would step in as an ally in a north korea attack. and as a result of the uncertainty they did. when you look at it now the north korean dictator, we need to be crystal clear in terms of foreign policy and the necessity of military engagement. >> we heard that you're thankful for another chance. the fact that you were forced into a runoff and you're tied with a democrat in a reliably red district, does this suggest that

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may seven, mark sanford or curtis really to congress for the first time, because elizabeth colbert buschine up with the rest of the country. cenk: making the argument for the south carolina republican party. we appreciate it. >> thank you. cenk: when we come back, we've got matt salmon, speaking of family values. he doesn't want to support his son opt issue have gay marriage. his son happens to be gay. we found a video of his son's emotional reaction to his family when he first came out. you've got to see this. >> my parents were very politically opposed to gay equal rights. my mom was president of the organization in arizona that drafted the 2006 amendment to ban gay marriage. >> it's go time. cenk: we're back on "the young turks." we've got a fun panel here, anna kasparian. jayary jackson is here, and dave reuben. we're going to talk about mat salmon and his son. matt salmon is a republican congressman from california, family values, the whole shpiel. we found a video. >> my parents are -- were very politically opposed to gay and equal rights. my mom was president of the organization i

a spokesman for colbert busch said elizabeth colbert busch is spending her time with real people who support her campaign. a recent ppp poll showed sanford >>> welcome back to "hardball." former secretary of state hillary clinton completed step one of her new life. rest. now she's into step two. speeches. tonight she makes her debut in the speaking world with a private event in dallas. while no one thinks she'll tackle the 2016 question yet, it will be on the minds of everyone in that room. certainly during the q & a. i've got two msnbc political analysts with me tonight. the great howard fineman is editorial director for ""the huffington post." that's just the beginning. joan walsh, her book "what's the matter with white people?" personally offends me but that's all right. that's now cheaper, but you get a smaller piece of that. a worthy addition, i'm sure. let me go to the question of hillary clinton. it seems to me if these people pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to hear these people speak, the question period is always part of the money. that's part of the gate. won't those p

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i'm going to shock some people right now and endorse my sister, elizabeth colbert busch for congress. [cheers and applause] yes, yes, yes, she's a democrat. but she's a business woman, a job. creator, who when raising three children on $14,000 a year, went back to school, built a 20-year career in international trade, and is now leading mark sanford in two consecutive polls. [cheers and applause] are we going to do this, nation? [cheers and applause] yeah! yeah! [cheers and applause] and i'll tell you, mark sanford should thank you you joe scarborough because i would not have done that if you had not inspired me. folks -- i tell you this gun control debate is getting out of hand. liberals are letting their emotions get the best of them. we need to take a step back. okay, like this but with feet. [laughter] keep this debate based on logic and reason. one person taking many steps back is texas republican and proud owner of the "petticoat junction" dvd box set, louie gohmert. listen to his clear explanation as to why you can't limit large capacity magazines. >> well, once you make it ten

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. >> reporter: face-off between mark sanford and elizabeth colbert busch for a congressional seat in south carolina produced only brief references to sanford's extramarital affair where he was governor where he lied about hiking on the appalachian trail but instead was in argentina to be with his lover. colbert busch referenced it in her answer about federal spending. >> when we talk about fiscal spending and protecting the taxpayers, it doesn't mean you take that money we saved and leave the country for personal purpose. >> reporter: sanford did not respond, instead saying -- >> i couldn't hear what she said. [ laughter ] repeat it. i didn't hear it, i'm sorry. >> reporter: later sanford himself alluded to it when asked if he would vote to impeach president clinton. >> i would reverse the question to you and i would say this. do you think that president clinton should be condemned for the rest of his life based on a mistake that he made in his life? >> reporter: sanford's attempting a political comeback, his lover now fiancee often at his side. colbert, whose brother is stephen colb

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he was a woman, elizabeth colbert busch who took a chance entering the race for congress where democratsnd a chance. not a chance in the world. she did so knowing she would have to face a former governor, mark sanford, someone who had once represented the same district in congress. it's the long road that has no turning. suddenly we've got a new poll showing colbert busch up nine points on sanford. the race no democrat could win is now a race where the democrat could be hard to catch. it makes a point i learned working for speaker tip o'neill all those years. i met a number of members who won seats deemed impossible. tom foley of spokane won in 1974 wlen a door opened on change, when suddenly the old rules didn't apply and anything was possible. joe biden won in '72, the year democratic presidentia

and i'm so intrigued by your analysis in that elizabeth colbert busch did not say you cheated on your she brought it up in the context of budget and taxpayer money, considering that mark sanford certainly was a person who was a conservative and talked as a budget was his top priority for his state at the time. >> as long as i've been covering politics and mark sanford has been a fixture in american politics, first as a congressman, then governor of south carolina, he has built a reputation of being a fiscal conservative. and what is so damaging about his indiscretion and the affair that he had is not the affair. it was the allegation of a misuse of taxpayer money. ethics fines that he ended up having to pay, all of that. and that tears down one of his biggest strengths, is that fiscal conservatism. that's exactly the route that she went and the route that a lot of democratic ads bombarding that district are going. >> she had that nothing to lose attitude going down. even her tone. she said no one tell me what to do. it seems as if she know, this is her big opportunity. he is vulnerabl

. >> mark sanford and elizabeth colbert-busch will debate for the first time. >> at least he gets to debate a live person this time. >> appreciate it. thank you. >> one thing they all agree on, they need to do a better job reaching out to minorities. i can think with one minority they can start with. >>> we begin with the administration facing a complex and bloody crisis in syria with some lawmakers demanding action but with little agreement about what that would mean in practice. in the latest violence, syria's prime minister survived what appeared to be an assassination attempt today when a car bomb exploded near his convoy in damascus. this, the latest in a series of attacks on high-ranking officials comes after intelligence reports that the syrian government has used chemical weapons and as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle demand a response, however limited in scope. >> i believe the united states could play a greater role in dealing with the humanitarian crisis. the suffering is intense, and i don't think the world's greatest superpower, the united states, can stand by and n

democrat elizabeth colbert busch used taxpayer money to travel out of the country.o his affair with an argentine woman. >> when we talk about fiscal spend and protecting the taxpayers, it doesn't mean you take that money we saved and leave the country for a personal purpose. >> i don't think nancy pelosi gives $370,000 expecting her not to vote for speaker. >> the special election is a week from today. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," americans are spending and a giant leap for space tourism. ashley morrison is here in new york with more on that and more. >>> asian stocks were mixed as the feds two-day meeting gets under way today. nikkei had the best april performance in 20 years while hong kong hang seng added more than half a percent. >>> consumers are opening their wallets and seeing bigger paychecks. the u.s. commerce department reported consumer spending increased 0.2 of a percent in march. income grew by the same amount. analysts say it is a sign that the payroll tax increase has yet to chill spending. >>> more americans are buying homes. the national association

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i think elizabeth colbert busch won it on points. there was no knockout punch. es are evenly matched with colbert busch slightly ahead in the polls. she never had a full debate before. mark sanford has had 20 years of debates. she walked in well prepped, confident, with some real memorable one liners and more than held her own. she walked out feeling like a winner last night. >> because what he said about are you still holding it against president clinton for what happened with monica lewinsky all these years later, did she respond directly to how he came back on that issue? >> she did not, wolf. but this was one of the many surreal things about the debate. you know, you've got a democrat trying to reach out to the center quoting dick cheney to explain her support for marriage equality and the republican candidate mark sanford comparing himself to bill clinton. it was a wild ride last night. and a lot of serious issues beneath it. there's been so much focus on the personalities of the debate, the scandals of the past. but this, the constituents down in south caro

first congressional district between republican former governor mark sanford and democrat elizabeth colbert busch. >> we begin tonight with opening remarks framed around the question, what do you consider your greatest professional accomplishment and why? you have a few minutes. >> first i'd like to thank patch.com, south carolina radio and the citadel for inviting us tonight for this very important conversation, and to you moderators, thank you very much for pulling this together for us. thanks very much. can you all hear me all right? >> yeah. >> all right. what is my biggest accomplishment? 27 years ago, i began my career in business. and during that career, i started off making $6 an hour. when i was making $6 with three small children, 3, 5 and 7, i knew that it was not going to be what i needed to have a successful life for me or for my children to be able to provide for my children. so what did i do? i went back to school. i finish mid education. and when i finished that education, i found myself working at one of the top 10 global ocean carriers in the world where i rose in the ranks from

his congressional opponent elizabeth colbert-busche made sure to jog memories at a raucous debate inleston last night. >> when we talk about fiscal spending and we talk about protecting the tax payers, it doesn't mean you take that money we saved and leave the country for a personal purpose. >> reporter: some national g.o.p. groups abandoned sanford two weeks ago when court documents surfaced showing his ex-wife jenny recently accused him of trespassing. how do you convince voters when they go into the voting booth not to focus on your marital history? >> i just went through two elections. i mean, you saw what happened in the primary. >> reporter: in the primary sanford bested 15 other republicans and then cruised to victory in a g.o.p. run-off showing state republicans may be ready to forgive and republicans dominate this coastal district which went for mitt romney in the presidential race by 18 points. >> good luck. reporter: the democrat colbert-busch is a local business woman, the sister of comedian stephen colbert and the first time politician. do you think you'd have a shot in

sanford will now face elizabeth colbert busch, the sister of stephen colbert. >>> miserable across parts of central texas last night as heavy thunderstorms dumped several inches of rain right at rush hour. scattered power outages were reported in austin and nearly a dozen motorists had to be rescued from their cars, but the rain was welcome in the area that's been hit hard -- hard hit by the drought. >>> some severe weather is a threat again today for parts of texas, louisiana and oklahoma. florida could see some showers. it'll be blustery in the northeast. what else is new, right? >> uh-huh. and it's finally warming up in the upper midwest, but temperatures are still colder than usual. minneapolis will be close to 50. warmer than usual in the pacific northwest and portland near 70. phoenix is a hot spot at 86 degrees. >>> all right, coming up, the big changes coming to new planes. how about less room in the rest room? >> plus, no joke. one airline's new plan to charge travelers by the pound. >>> and later in "the pulse," room with a view. a quarter mile above new york's ground zero. >>>

elizabeth colbert busch to take over the seat of scott. she's the sister of stephen colbert. taken the colbert to the bank. steve will host a fundraiser for his sister. here with me donnie fowler, welcome back in "the war room"." >> i'm glad to be from columbia and not charleston today. >> michael: because mark sanford would not part. your cabash. >> so colb ert busch campaign said she had a small lead over bostic. could she actually win. >> there are a lot of mixed numbers here. barack obama last this district by six points to mitt romney. that is working against her. there is more republicans in this district. it was drawn by the republican legislature to be a republican district. but we've got a really unpopular republican party nationally. we have a governor who is not very popular and we have two candidates who are less than ideal. >> so the governor is not popular. how has her popularity dipped. >> she's mixed about half and half. half like her, and half don't like her. but when you look at the two candidates on the republican side their favorability rating is in the ta

elizabeth colbert-busch comes out swinging against opponent mark sanford. but who won the night? and this just in to cnn, a militia in libya has the justice ministry there surrounded. we will have a live report from that hot spot coming up. it is tuesday, april 30th, and "starting point" begins right now. dramatic new developments to tell you about in the boston marathon bombing investigation. female dna has been found on fragments of one of the explosive devices. now the big question is, whose is it? the fbi is visiting tamerlan tsarnaev's widow at her parents' home in rhode island and leaving with bags of dna evidence. they're also trying to piece together katherine russell's every move in the days before and just after the attacks. meantime, the medical examiner knows what killed tamerlan tsarnaev but not releasing the details because the family has not yet claimed his body. as for surviving suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev, another lawyer has been added to his defense team, death penalty expert judy clarke is now part of that team. she has represented high profile clients in the pas

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. >> sanford is going against elizabeth colbert busch in their one and only debate.rited. nancy cordes is in charleston. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and norah. everyone wondered whether that infamous trip to argentina would come up in the first and only debate and it did. in fact sanford even referenced it himself a couple of times. sanford's democratic opponent elizabeth colbert busch brought it up first in an answer about sanford's record as governor. >> when we talk about fiscal spending and we talk about protecting the taxpayers, it doesn't mean you take that money we saved and leave the country for a personal purpose. >> she went there, governor sanford. >> i couldn't hear what she said. >> reporter: sanford went there too. >> you don't go through the experience i had in 2009 without a greater level of humanityility. >> reporter: he tried to cover up that visit with a story about hiking the appalachian trail. his attempts to move on hit a road block two weeks ago when his ex-wife filed a trespassing complaint in february when she ran

make a come back and ordered to appear for a hearing next month, two days after he faces elizabeth colbert buschnford said she doesn't care how it affects his chances of winning the race, but she saidy that doesn't link the documents and doesn't know how they became public. they were supposed to be sealed. sanford's come back may be short-lived anthony wiener's could be getting started. according to the poll, the former new york congressman could mound a serious mayoral challenge against speaker kwis qui chris quinn. he has not announced he is running, but said he is weighing the idea of getting into the race. he has 100% name id and getting 15%. i would say the glass is half empty. the massachusetts senate debate scheduled to take place between ed lynch and ed marky is postponed. both decided to reschedule to sometime next week out of respect for those injury and killed in the bombing. all senators have put a halt to campaigning. much more on the website. run down.msnbc.com. the website has more and more stuff on it. up next, searching for clues in the boston bombings. they begin the process of

elizabeth colbert-busch comes out swinging against opponent mark sanford. but who won the night?has the justice ministry there surrounded. we will have a live report from that hot spot coming up. it is tuesday, april 30th, and "starting point" begins right now. dramatic new developments to tell you about in the boston marathon bombing investigation. female dna has been found on me

he will take on elizabeth colbert-busch. here is what he told supporters. >> incredibly humbled.ful for this night, for what it means at many different levels and i want to every one of you for your part in making it possible. thank you very much. >> sanford admitted he was having an affair in 2009. he is now engaged to the woman after divorcing his wife jenny in 2010. >>> samoa air has a new ticket pricing policy. pay on what you weigh. passengers are weighed with their bags and charged by the kilogram. they charged an international route between american samoa and samoa. it's the first airline that charges by weight. based on the weight of an airplane and not the number of seats. >> they ask how much you weigh. >> a lot of countries, you go, a small charter flight, weigh the bags, they want to know how much the people weigh too. >> something to consider on the next trip to samoa. >>> ahead on "starting point," michael jackson's former doctor speaking and singing from behind bars, all while maintaining his innocence. >> my intentions were just to get this thing away from him, an

sanford is a republican runoff election facing off next month against democrat elizabeth colbert buschning congressional seat in south carolina's first district. he faces curtis bostick. sanford held the 1st district seat there for three terms in the 1990s. he's trying to rebuild his political career after disappearing from the state four years ago, only to return and confess he was having an extramarital affair. >>> new jersey governor chris christie makes it official. kids under age of 18 cannot use tanning beds in the garden state. he signed a bill into law that was initiated after that woman, a north jersey mother, made headlines and briefly faced child endangerment charges. an extremely tan patricia krentcil denies taking her daughter into a tanning booth with her. the charges were later dropped, but she became sort of infamous about the whole thing. >> i think that's the right word. >> i think jersey became a little infamous from that whole episode. >>> 36 minutes after the hour. >>> louisville guard kevin ware appears to be bouncing back quickly from his gruesome leg injury, sai

. >> democrats are already raising money for this race on behalf of elizabeth colbert-busch. but a party strategist said this is a district that mitt romney carried by 18 points. tbd. as in to be determined. >> i suppose both will raise as much money as they can. they don't have a lot of time. >> that's right. you take elizabeth colbert-busch and mark stanford, this is instantly a national race with big implications. both sides will pour a lot of money into the race. the republican party in south carolina isn't exactly running behind mark sanford at this point. if you go to the gop website there is really no mention of mark sanford. so there are some concerns, i think out there that perhaps he is not the best candidate for the race. they're going to go with him. >> we'll watch the race closely and see what happens. jim acosta reporting for us. we're waiting for the president to speak on gun control. he's out in colorado. we'll have live coverage once that happens. incredibly intimate details and personal stories you never heard about the vips of the newtown shooting massacre.