elizabeth colbert bush had been ahead by 10 points awake ago. and then the latest poll showed it a dead heat. so momentum was going in sanford's direction. chris moody reported mark sanford had 10 eventsed scheduled and elizabeth colbert bush was going to vote and go home. i thought to myself, uh-oh. when it's that close when it's that close, you don't kick back. no? no cockiness. no over confidence. look what happened mark sanford beating her handily 5430 to 45. he found religion. >> i just want to acknowledge a god not just of second chances of third, fourth, eighth chances because that is the reality of our shared humanity. >> do you think he will move back into the c house? he very well could. the holy house on c street where all of the adulterers live. and he said, you know >>, look. i am not perfect, but i have some strong beliefs. >> i am one imperfect man saved by god's grace fwum have conviction about spending in washington, d.c. >> so he won but stop the god talk. >> i have sinned against you 0 lord. >> right. uh-huh. no this is not ne

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he beat elizabeth colbert bush in what was seen as an upset victory for him after his extramarital affairg a political comeback. the biggest loser, governor chris christie's weight critics. chris christie really has used -- turned this negative into a positive as he drops the pounds. it's going to be interesting to see if he's able to relate more and connect more with voters who struggle with their weight. >> i'm going to have to agree with both of those picks. kevin, thank you for being here this morning. >> thanks for having me. >>> speaking of the week that was, from shocking verdicts to big wave wipeouts let's take a look back at the week. >>> the sound of history and money being made as the dow blasted above 15,000 for the first time ever. three cleveland women kidnapped a decade ago are home safe and sound. one remains in the hospital. >>> and the sensational trial of jodi arias comes to an end. scary moments on the end where a hit-and-run driver turned a calm looking man sbo a hood orn m. >>> and an air show took a tragic turn in front of thousands of spectators. >>> in south carol

mark sanford was easily elected to represent the first district over challenger elizabeth colbert bush. the only real surprise may be that colbert bush only lost by nine points. 54-45 in a district that voted for mitt romney by 18 points last november proving no democrat has won a republican- republican-controlled seat in south carolina for 25 years because democrats don't win republican-controlled seats in south carolina. here to evaluate the race we welcome in michael tomasky. thank you for your time tonight. >> thank you john. >> john: it's great to have you here for the carolina follies. did we learn anything from this special election except it's hard for a democrat to defeat a republican in the deputy south south carolina. --deep south south carolina. >> we learned that one can come close. if only there were five or ten more things on that list that you rattled off that mark sanford had done she might have had a shot. she ran a decent race, but then ran out of steam. when he threw up a tried and true question used by candidates on both sides is she going to vote for nancy pelosi

had stephen colbert up on the screen because he is the sister of libds -- the brother of elizabeth colbert bushck, you know the governor fairly well. >> i do. i was his first spokesman when he was congressman -- >> is he back? is he back? >> yeah, i got -- i got to tell you, this is a first step for mark to win back the trust of the voters. he messed up, and he's a good guy. and i think he will work very hard to try to win back the trust. whether or not he can do, it up to the voters. >> hats off to eric erickson and other on the right who said if he runs against nope he'll win. they -- against nancy pelosi he'll win. they were right. >>> next, how a tragic event helped advance news reporting coming up. [ male announcer ] need help keeping your digestive balance in sync? try align. it's the number one ge recommended probiotic that helps maintain digestive balance. ♪ stay in the groove with align. ♪ need help keeping your digesve balance in sync? try align. it's a probiotic that fortifies your digestive system with healthy bacteria 24/7. because your insides set the tone. stay in the groove with

the -- i mean, this is a 60% republican district in which elizabeth colbert bush is tied with the republicank sanford, which is testimony to how hard she's campaigned and the great job she's done and what a damaged candidate he is. we're looking and already this morning we're seeing pretty good turnout in what we would call democratic wards and prints and a somewhat subdued turnout in some of the republican prints. but it's early yet. this will be nip and tuck. there was a special election in the state senate district in this congressional district last year where the republican won by only 14 votes. so every vote is going to count and it may come down to, as you say, a recount or just a few votes one way or the other. >> obviously turnout. women. a lot of people suggesting maybe it will be difficult for republican women either to turn out or, chad, to vote for someone who so publicly cheated on his wife. democrats are predicting if colbert bush can win 20% of republican voters it's game over for sanford. do you agree with that asse assessment? >> well, i was with the governor yesterday. we

but elizabeth colbert bush has gotten a lot of attention. a lot of help from national democrats who have pumped money here. and when we've been just in town for a couple of days. boy, i can tell you the air waves have been packed with tv commercials, so voters have been saturated with news about this special election to fill a house seat. and the polling that was most recently done showed it very, very close. and so today both candidates are trying to see if they can do any final persuasion, we talked to voters in a couple of polling places and we got responses in both directions. we did hear from some voters, who told us that they did cast a ballot for mark sanford. but did so after a lot of reflection about some of his past mistakes. so for some of the people we talked to, it was not an easy thing. but they decided to go with him. we also spoke to supporters who said they cast their ballot for elizabeth colbert bush. so people are watching this. it's been the interest in town. people happy to talk about it. and both candidates have been ge

he's running against comedian stephen colbert's sister, elizabeth colbert bush.c he had a peculiar questions asked. >> you what is the last thing that you want vote tours focus on obviously not on your past behavior. >> well, it's absolutely been the topic of much conversation down here. it's been the topic about a million dollars worth of attack ads run against me. >> michael: and elizabeth colbert bush's famous brother made one final joke as he closed out last night's show. >> it's a special election to fill a vacant seat. it's a bittersweet moment because that vacant seat has the highest rating of anyone in congress. go get 'em lulu. >> michael: polls in south carolina close at the top of hour. donnie fowler joins us now to break down the sanford-colbert youbush race. welcome in "the war room." did sanford give the right answer? should people be focusing on his past foibles. >> he should have gone back to his message of how he likes to cut taxes and government. he should remind people that he voted to impeach bill clinton when clinton had a little dalliance. >

just two weeks ago elizabeth colbert bush was ahead, and now i'll give you the latest poll numbers innd. in south carolina he was asked don't you have trouble with female voters since you cheated on your wife and used tax-payer funds to do trips to meet your mistress. he said not at all. let's go around charleston and see if we can find a woman who is opposed to me. >> making the most of their final weekend of campaigning mark sanford and elizabeth colbert bush crisscross, the direct lookingdistrict, looking to wrap up the vote. >> i don't condone any of his private actions but i believe we're voting for his public office and not his private life. >> i can't vote for him to go back into public office, and be a representative of the values. >> cenk: on the other hand, sanford kept going around trying to find women and it wasn't that easy that said they're not in favor of sanford. watch this point of the package. >> we're trying to find her a woman who hates me, and so she can use it in her tv show. >> cenk: that was a daring move because they could have found one. it was fairly random.

that's the battle, of course, between former governor mark sanford and elizabeth colbert bush. ed o'keefe, congressional reporter at the "washington post," elizabeth very back at the hill and christina bell antonio, the pbs news hour. good to see you all on a saturday. >> good to see you, craig. >> you wrote an op ed, wrote a piece in the post about texas senator ted cruz and the buzz around his presidential ambitions. you were at the speech last night down there in south carolina, what was the impression that you got from folks who were in the room? what were they saying about ted cruz? >> still talking about your wonderful career here. no, i'm kidding. >> yeah, right. >> they were impressed. having talked to people about it even today said, look, smart guy, clearly a very good speaker, certainly conservative but probably little too soon. they note the fact he has only been in the senate for about five months and one woman say to me, if he jumps into this, he is essentially going down the road of barack obama, spent two years in the senate. look at the problems he has h part of

elizabeth colbert bush, the sister of comedian steven colbert. there were polls indicating she might walk away with this, but it was interesting to see sanford do this. he waged a battle on two fronts. with the national media he would talk about how he has asked for forgiveness of the voters and so forth, but on the local level he has tried to tie elizabeth colbert bush to nancy pelosi. he was out on the street corner one day debating a cardboard cut-out of nancy pelosi saying i'm going to debate her asince i can't get a debate with elizabeth colbert-bush. they did have one, but he feels they should have more. it's interesting to watch that strategy unfold. if it works out in his favor tonight, that's what's going to carry the day, i think. >> jim accosta. we'll take a quick break and be back with much more out of cleveland, ohio. that just amaze and horrifying story there. those three abducted women. we'll be right back. love holds us in the beginning. comforts us as we grow old. love is the reason you care. for all the things in your life... th

a member of the candidates former governor mark sanford trying to make a comeback and elizabeth colbert bush, the sister of steven colbert: we will talk to tom donnelly from the constitution responsibility center. the roberts' supreme court turns out to be the most friendly pro-business corporate supreme court in history. they are taking fewer cases every year but more and more cases in which the chum ber of commerce has an interest. laura bassett will join us from huffington post talking about the fda's decision to allow the morning after pill to be sold over-the-counter. to girls as young as 15. there is another story. love to get your take on out of maybe -- maybe you have seen it, out of massachusetts. so we know the tsaernaev brothers. choking the younger brother in custody and his older brother, tamerlane, generally considered to be the brains the evil brain behind the boston marathon who was shot and killed by police officers and run over. it was a combination of being shot by police officers and run over by his brother that killed tamerlain, the older brother on the night of that sho

sanford is a republican facing off against the democratic elizabeth colbert bush.fox news contributor. it's been almost four years since he vanished for five days and then admitted he was not hiking the appalachian trail but run off to argentina to see his mistress. jonathan serrie live in charleston, south carolina for us. jonathan. >> almost four years later the story of that affair continued to play a prominent role even in this campaign. first you had mark sanford's opponent bringing it up as a trust issue. and then sanford himself speaking candidly with voters and the media throughout the campaign about his past transgressions. after voting this morning, sanford explained why he made himself so publicly available during this campaign. >> because i think i owed it to folks. if i'm going to hold a position of public trust, given the fact that i had a failing at a personal level, i thought it needed to be hashed, talked about and talked through. we did that at great length here in the first congressional district. >> as a democrat running in a republican leaning

>> tamron, just that clip that you played, we have the mark sanford versus elizabeth colbert bush, a n south carolina taking place on tuesday. the polling shows that it will be a close race and elizabeth colbert bush seem to have the news cycle in her favor. so much that it has been on mark sanford. his ex-wife. however mark sanford has the conservative leaning district to his advantage. the other thing we'll be watching. that gang of eight immigration will be marked up on the senate judiciary committee. the legislative games of that begins. >> have a great weekend. look forward to with you on monday. thanks, mark. >>> a reward is being offered in the case of a missing mom who was last seen at her job at a gas station. we'll have the very latest on this search for her. but first, there is a lot going on. here are some things we thought you should know. hillary clinton and new jersey governor chris christie will be among featured speakers at next month, the global initiative conference in chicago. it says governor christie is one of only two republicans slated to address that conferenc

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he is facing democrat elizabeth colbert bush in a battle.ame seat sanford held before becoming governor. both candidates talked about the race today. >> you get ultimately to the day of judgment. and today is that day. and again, you feel a mixture of calm in that you've worked so hard and you are waiting for the verdict. i think what we all know through life, and i've heard these conversations have moved, talking with people through the district is that we're all going to make mistakes in life. we all have feet of clay. those events ultimately can become not definitional but refinement to our lives and we can become a better person for it. >> it has been, i guess, is exhilarating a strong enough word? it has been an incredible journey, an incredible opportunity. >> joining us now to talk more about this hot race, kelly o'donnell who joins us from south carolina. let's first talk about the polls. just a couple weeks ago, what we're seeing as folks go to vote and we're wrapping up this day. >> well, i've spent time with both candidates and we

sanford defeated the democrat elizabeth colbert bush, sister of comedy central's stephen colbert. >>> guilty of first-degree murder, the verdict in the phoenix trial of jodi arias. the event has become a spectacle, a tv series on cable all its own. a massive crowd cheered outside the courtroom when the verdict was read. almost five years ago her boyfriend travis alexander was found with 27 stab wounds, a gunshot wound, his throat slashed. so the first-degree murder verdict was not a surprise in this salacious case. now the penalty phase starts to decide on the death penalty. >>> still ahead for us tonight, doctors say millions of men have unnecessary surgery to treat prostate cancer. but tonight there is a new test to figure out if surgery is really necessary. >>> and later a new chapter perhaps in the making for great britain. what the queen did today that has her subjects thinking about what could come next. >>> we have medical news tonight on prostate cancer. of course any advance on this topic is important because of the 240,000 men diagnosed and the 30,000 who will die of it this

. >> reporter: his opponent in the special election on tuesday is elizabeth colbert bush, sister of comedian stephen colbert. it's a deeply republican district. as a successful businesswoman making her first bid for public office she's keeping true to her slogan -- elizabeth means business. >> we talked about protecting the taxpayers. it doesn't mean you take the money we saved and leave the country for a personal purpose. >> reporter: her brother has been beating up on sanford late nights on comedy central for years. >> you are incredibly boring. [ laughter ] >> reporter: the outcome will not determine the balance of power in washington, but it will decide whether mark sanford, first elected during the 1994 gop wave, has a second act in politics and a chance at redemption. jenny sanford says she wants to stay out of the race, but she's not been out of the picture. she accused her ex-husband of trespassing, sneaking into her house to watch the super bowl with one of their sons. in a 2009 interview with barbara walters, she did not count him out. >> i think a political future for him is proba

sanford defeated elizabeth colbert bush sister of stephen colbert taking 54% of the vote. >>> the santara county supervisor who resigned over misuse of public funds will end up costing taxpayers more money. george shirakawa admitted to us ooing a county credit card for leisure trips and eating out. now it will cost the city $600,000 for an election to replace him. >> democracy, you know, does cost money. it's not cheap. it takes people to sort of, uhm, you know, run the election, uhm, and then all you can do is hope that people go out and -- and vote. >> santa clara county's board of supervisors voted unanimously to replace shiers with a special election june -- to replace shirakawa with a special election june 4. >>> coming up how sunshine can help your heart and a breakthrough in diagnosing prostate cancer. the test that may help avoids unnecessary surgery. >> and a remarkable recovery. how this 12-week-old pup survived a mon -- survived a month alone in a vehicle. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> checking out the pollen count for today, oak, grass and mulberry will be moderate. more on your weat

his opponent, democrat elizabeth covert bush, steven colbert's sister. elizabeth prann has more from washington. >> in a special election tuesday, south carolinaians will decide if they want to reverse what has been a republican seat since the 1980s. democratic candidate elizabeth colbert bush taking to the stage last week with former republican governor mark sanford, the two vying for the first congressional district seat. monday's debate covering fiscal responsibility, health care and immigration, among other topics. it also got personal. >> 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 a personal purpose. [ applause ] >> i couldn't hear what she said. [ laughter ] repeat it. i didn't hear it. >> according to a public policy polling, colbert bush is up nine perrage points. sanford never lost an election and most analysts say the race is much tighte

how effectively has elizabeth colbert bush campaigned down there?done a pretty good job. i want to thank both candidates for giving us great drama to talk about. use caps and exclamation points, as well. this is a tough race, i think she took it to governor sanford and changed the dynamics. and ten days ago, there was a poll showed her up eight or nine points and now it's a dead heat, which favors governor sanford because of the turnout model. looks like mark sanford using a kentucky derby term is going to come from behind and win by a nose. >> way to go, orb. thanks to both of you. >>> up next, a profile in courage giving gabby giffords the recognition she deserves. later with the president's second term agenda stalled, is he already a lame duck? you're watching msnbc. what do you think? that's great. it won't take long, will it? nah. okay. this, won't take long will it? no, not at all. how many of these can we do on our budget? more than you think. didn't take very long, did it? this spring, dig in and save. that's nice. post it. already did. more

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. >> elizabeth colbert bush, his political opponent. >> my only pledge and special interest are to the people of south carolina district one. >> thanks to sanford's political baggage, she has a good shot at winning. later this week, presidential politics. two republicans who may want to run for the white house head to the states to kick off the primary and caucus calendar. senator rand paul of kentucky heads to iowa to keynote a gop dinner and bobby jindal headlines an event for local republicans in new hampshire. it's only may 2013, but in some ways it feel like 2016. christi? >> not already. paul, thank you so much. >>> a funeral director met with outraged and rejection over the possible burial of a boston bombing suspect. what is going to happen to tamerlan tsarnaev's body and what do you think about it? coming up, stay close. >>> a decision to charge admission at new york's 9/11 memorial. not everybody is too happy. the museum board said the museum is going to charge somewhere between $20 to $25 when the site opens next year. families of 9/11 victims say the museum should be free.

contest pits mark sanford whose career was sidetracked following an affair against democrat elizabeth colbert busht. on friday gop contender rand paul in the voting state of iowa. >>> i'm poppy harlow in new york. following friday's job report, wall street will continue to focus on the latest employment figures this week. unemployment has now fallen to 7.5%. it's still high, but it's a slight improvement. also on the docket this week, earnings from walt disney. we'll also near from sony. and markets in london and tokyo are closed on monday. we'll track all the latest business news all week on cnn money. >>> i'm a.j. hammer. here's what we're watching this week. two of o the hottest reality stars are with me. the battle of the baby bumps. i have my friend snooki to weigh in. talking about food, family, and everything. an all new season this week on "showbiz tonight." >> thanks, guys. >>> spoiler alert. i'm going to give away the ending. kidding. we can tell you it was a great beginning for "iron man 3." it took in $175 million in its opening weekend. that's a lot of money. that's the second biggest

that woman is now his fiance and sanford defeated democrat elizabeth colbert-bush. >>> later this morning congress gets testimony from whistle blowers about the deadly september attack at a u.s. consulate in benghazi libya. jacqueline fell is in our washington, d.c. newsroom. jacqueline. >> reporter: dave, house republicans tell me they have new evidence of a cover up. they say it will all come to light at today's congressional hearing. a former top diplomat in libya is expected to stay. a team of special forces was told not to head to benghazi. those special forces could have helped save american lives. portions of hick's comments were made available of today's hearings. u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans were killed in the september 11th terrorist attack. today's testimony will show hillary clinton former secretary of state was asleep at the wheel. what democrats are saying when i see you next. reporting live in washington, jacqueline fell ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time now 5:15. dive teams will keep searching a pond near the home where an eight-year-old girl was sta

election to his old seat in congress, the first district of south carolina, defeating democrat elizabeth colbert bushhe fact that the establishment republicans abandoned sanford. the rublicans are having a hard time picking winners and losers themselves. and outside groups backing bush outspend sanford and his allies five to one. joining as now, the "a-team". good t have you all year. you have got to be thrilled. mark sanford back in the game. and the republicans have got a big victory. talking up. a big check mark on your column. tommy out from the republican establishment is? >> we are not thrilled. look, he was elected by his district. he is basically going to be a pariah here. he is one of 435, now you so we will not be taken seriously. it is a shame because we did not have a better field of candidates to take down mark sanford. we should have started earlier. lou: let me ask this. michael, are we listening to the republican party's leaders to back arguing with itself over a candidate that has been successful. a throws away money on a presidential run again. he gets a wind. brad blackmun, speakin

political redemption for mark sanford, the former south carolina governor defeated elizabeth colbert bush to win back his old seat in congress. the republican took 54% of the vote for all the talk before election day really was not very close when all the polls were closed. special election drew extensive media attention because of sanford's high profile affair in 2009 when he was governor and because of his opponent's famous brother. steven colbert. >>> a moment ago on the grapevine, i said the osama bin laden raid was in 2009. it was, of course, in 2011. sorry about that. the benghazi hearing, what we learned and did it deliver? we'll ask the fox all stars when we come >> we have four dead americans because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decide they'd go kill some americans? what difference at this point does it make? >> the committee labors to uncover what happened prior, during, and after the attack matter. it matters to me personally and it matters to my colleagues at the department of state. >> bret: eric nordstrom, one of the witnesses today tes

represented south carolina's gop leaning congressional direct has tightened the race with democrat, elizabeth colbert bushho cast her ballot today. >> sanford has done a very savvy job from trying to change the conversation i way from the character and personal issues and focus more on the political issues. in that realm, he does better than colbert bush with the voters in this district. >> reporter: those character issues date back to 2009 when then governor sanford was caught traveling out of the country for an extramarital affair. throughout this campaign, sanford has talked candidly about his past mistakes and also played on the district's fiscal conservative sensibilities by pointing out campaign funding and support his opponent has received from unions, nancy pelosi and other congressional democrats. >> the first commercial district, really goes to the heart of what does pelohse or others want in congress. >> reporter: cobetter bush, long time maritime shipping executive and sister of comedian stephen cobert insists her values are the same as the conservative ones. >> no one tells me what to do exce

elizabeth colbert as well. i encountered many idea logically mark sanford was closer. we know this is a district far more heavily conservative and republican, so elizabeth colbert bush had an uphill climb. she made a formidable case, and in part they were trying to seize upon some of the missteps and failings that mark sanford had when he was governor. colbert bush tried to focus more on his leaving his post as she described it, but when it came down to the time of voting, there were also people we talked to who said they didn't like what he had done, they don't respect it, don't necessarily forgive what he had done, but they felt it was more personal than in the public domain, so they ended up voting for him. it's hard to measure how much dislike there was when he won by about nine points. that's a pretty big margin. not as big as the difference between romney and president obama last november, but he won. he's going back to washington, to try to rebuild his public life. throughout much of the campaign he talked about the past failings, and i think at this point he's trying to look forward and very emotionally talked to one of those packed room, where the people who ha

sanford defeated elizabeth colbert bush. >>> why did susan rice go on the "meet the press" program on sunday after the benghazi attack and not say it was a terrorist attack? why was the al qaeda group's role in the attack taken out of the talking points to use that day? why was any mention of previous attacks in the area also cut out of those talking points? those are reasonable questions. why was the phrase the leadership used in those talking points? why not the secretary of state? did it refer to clinton? is that whom the staffer was citing? who is the leadership? what role did secretary clinton play in the preparation of what ambassador rice had to say that day. did they talk? did they communicate through enter need areas? what role did the national security 55or tom donlan play? all those dozens of e-mail? what role did anyone representing the president play there? bottom line, who was in charge, who had the time word on what it's ambassador was supposed to say that day on sunday. oh, yeah. did the president call and congratulate rice her on performance that day? if so, who else

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a special election between ex-governor mark sanford and elizabeth colbert bush just two days away. me now, sean drury, senior political editor of the zhou ca south carolina patch and writing a book about this very race. sean, some of the polls saying it's too close to call. we've been watching the race along with you. who needs to come out for sanford to win and who needs to come out for colbert bush to win? is it really women voters? >> yeah, certainly colbert bush needs women to come out for her. but for sanford, i think he just needs regular republicans who were maybe put off by the appalachian drill stuff that everybody knows about and maybe were just holding their pattern until 2014. he has to hope that they're regeorgr reenergy guide eiuide re-energi after the debate and keep the seat. >> the tea party endorsed sanford yesterday. tea party express can it. what are the political implications if that district turns blue? >> politically that could bode well for the democrats across the state because it that means that's now an entire congressional district that's blue that vince

political redemption for mark sanford, the former south carolina governor defeated elizabeth colbert bushwin back his old seat in congress. the republican took 54% of the vote for all the talk before election day really was not very close when all the polls were closed. special election drew extensive media attention because of sanford's high profile affair in 2009 when he was governor and because of his opponent's famous brother. steven colbert. >>> a moment ago on the grapevine, i said the osama bin laden raid was in 2009. it was, of course, in 2011. sorry about that. the benghazi hearing, what we learned and did it deliver? we'll ask the fox all stars when we come back this mig get bumpy. red hot deal days are back. don't waste another minute. it's red hot deal days. get the droid razr m by motorola in white for free. everything droid does in a compact design. or the droid razr hd by motorola in white, with google voice search that understands you the first time. just $49.99. hurry in, sale ends may 12th. powerful devices. powerful network. verizon. >> we have four dead americans becau

night after a long campaign featuring endless mentions of nancy pelosi, mark sanford deleted elizabeth colbert-bush>> well, better a serial adulterer who went awol from his last government job than a democrat in that district, alex. i think that's all we can conclude. >> that's our take away. >> i think the early polling had some issue, overestimating the turnout. he was always going to win this. >>> a redemption story you can feel good about? >> you can feel okay about, because after all, compared to, say, an anthony weiner situation or frankly even eliot spitzer sitization, people have affairs all the time, they get over them and, yeah, in terms of, you know, raising the average i.q. of the house caucus by a point on two, he'll be good. it's a low bar glen thrush. we have to leave it there. thank you to all. luke russert is in for me tomorrow, so stay tuned on this channel. "andrea mitchell reports" is coming up next. .. and that much freshness is gonna take some getting used to... [ sniffing ] yep. it's amazing what a single scoop of gain freshness can do. our seafood dinner for two for just 25

sidelined by an infidelity scandal, he won back his old congressional see the defeating elizabeth colbert bush sister of steven colbert taking 54% of the vote. >>> delaware is the 11th state in the u.s. to legalize same- sex marriage. the governor signed the legislation minutes after the senate approved it. it goes into effect july 1. >>> and minnesota is expected to become the 12th state when its house of representatives votes on the matter tomorrow. >>> delta airlines is apologizing after it shipped the wrong body to a family in virginia for funeral. stanley williams' body was supposed to come home for burial this week. but delta crew workers put on the wrong shipping label sending a different body to williams' family. >> it's hard enough that you have to bury one of your loved ones and then to find out the airline screwed up and prolonged the process? it's crazy. it's unbelievable. >> delta airlines is investigating the reason for the mix-up. williams' family eventually received the right body but the funeral was postponed by a day. >>> it's 5:20. coming up, a tough night for bay area baseb

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governor who fell from grace after an infamous extramarital affair is hoping to defeat democrat elizabeth colbert bushister of stephen colbert running for a vacant house seat in the coastal region. a traditional republican seat san for once held. polling dead even. cnn will have complete coverage with the results after the polls close, that would be 7:00 p.m. eastern later tone. >>> new jersey governor chris christie revealed he secretly had lap band weight loss surgery. christie, 50, did it for his kids. a 40-minute procedure back in february. doctors put a band around his stomach to make it smaller to the stomach feels fuller faster. chief political analyst gloria borger is joining us now. governor christie says it's about his health but how much is potentially about a race for the white house in 2016? >> this is about his life. this is about his life as a father, as a husband, and of course, as a presidential candidate. i think you'd have to say that losing weight was really a prerequisite for him for running for the presidency. his weight was a complete liability. people understand that while 64%

he won that and faced adversity against democrat elizabeth colbert bush, he ended up winning. sure, he will be back in washington, d.c. >> one thing is for sure, his relationship with his party will be interesting in that the republican establishment pretty much abandoned him as far as money and support. he was asked about that this morning by matt lauer on the today show. let me play it. >> democrats took shots at you, your own party walked away from you in terms of support for your campaign. so who are your friends? >> my friends are the voters who were up last night, the district and i will have plenty of friends in washington, d.c. i look forward to working with republicans, democrats, you name it. >> he goes in owing nobody and as far as how he moves ahead he will work with anyone. is this a different mark sanford or is he still, i guess the more strided conservative that his supporters would like to see? >> he does go in owing almost no one. he won this race by shimself. mark sanford was able to win by himself. so in some respects he could be a free agent. though i would

sanford is running for a congressional seat against elizabeth colbert bush, the sister of.red after five days after visiting his mistress in argentina. >>> john kerry is visiting with russian prime minister vladmir putin. they need to work together to end the ongoing two year conflict in syria. those are a look at the headlines on the fox business network. i'm uma pemmaraju. thank you, tracy. tracy: uma, thank you very much. this doesn't make very good family endinners when brothers and sisters run against each other. but tensions and israel and syria easing up. jeff flock in the pits of the cme where the crude is headed. it better be south, jeff? >> i think it is. everybody seems to agree with that. even scott shellady agrees with that. we have more oil than anytime in what, 82 years. >> it will take something more than a geopolitical event to get something go up underneath this. we'll top out at these levels and just under 100 at best. >> looking at wti , i.e. ia released forecast and sew you the day's number and three month because we had a bit of a gyration. eia forecas

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. >> reporter: it wasn't enough to help sanford's opponent, elizabeth colbert bush in this conservative >> i will continue to fight for all of you in south carolina. >> thank you as well for being here. >> reporter: as for sanford, his perm life is also on the mend. his mistress is now his fiance. a chapter she's keeping private for now. >> thank you so much for everything. it's his night. so i hope you understand. >> people will want to know, can we trust this guy? is he going to let us down? >> you asked that question before. you're coming back with the same question. i give you the same answer which is that -- that trust is ultimately earned. >> reporter: sanford could be sworn in as early as this week, but one top operative says he should be placed on the house foreign affairs committee. but sanford is getting the last laugh -- he won. jim acosta, cnn, mt. pleasant, south carolina. >>> 18 minutes after the hour right now. other top stories, delaware has joined the growing list of states approving same-sex marriage. the democratic governor signed the measure into law after the state

republican mark sanford and democrat elizabeth colbert bush are scrambling to rally support before tomorrow's the prize, a seat in congress. sanford has repeatedly tried to link his opponent to house minority leader nancy pelosi, even debated a cardboard picture of pelosi calling her a stand-in for colbert bush. here they were. >> where do you stand on nrlb? let me say that again, nancy. where do you stand on nrlb because, again, if you look at what took place, they would have, again, eliminated the good news that came with boeing. she's not going to answer that one. i will say this -- >> okay. then you have democratic -- running ads in the district targeting female voters, reminding them of sanford's affair. chief political reporter gloria borger is in washington. >> crazy. >> i know. it's crazy. i can't help but giggle at the cardboard cutout. mark sanford, he's been able to close the gap. does that surprise you? >> in a way, it doesn't. the reason it doesn't, i went back and looked at mitt romney's numbers in this particular district, the first district. mitt romney, who, as you recall, lo

. >> reporter: his opponent elizabeth colbert bush has a shot at winning this conservative district.ts she'll be an independent voice in washington. >> no one tells me what to do except the people of south carolina's first congressional district. >> reporter: colbert-bush says that means she may vote against the president, even on obama care. >> we need to look at it. when we're looking at -- >> you'd vote to repeal it? >> repair it. >> reporter: when asked about gun control she appeared to draw a blank on the senators backing the measure. would you vote yes or no on background checks? >> oh my goodness. >> the amendment that would have -- >> you're talking about the background checks? okay, i am a defender of the second amendment. but we should stay on background checks. >> reporter: the newspaper here endorsed colbert-busch, calling her a tannic for sanford fatigue. plil play out later today when voters head to the polls. cnn, charleston, south carolina. >>> michael jackson's face tattoos. and new information on how many drugs were in his system on the day he died. vivid, vivid tes

finally, you should know that the special election between governor mark sanford and elizabeth colbert bushrically conservative district, there's polls that put colbert bush ahead. since returning to politics, there's been no shortage of challenges for sanford. shortly after accusations from his ex-wife that he trespassed in her home, the committee ended all support to his campaign. then in their debate, this happened. >> 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. >> everybody needs -- she went there, governor sanford. >> i couldn't hear what she said. repeat t i didn't hear it. i'm sorry. >> the good news for sanford is that on tuesday he got a big national endorsement. bad news, is came from larry flint. the publisher of hustler who says sanford has done more to -- that same day, ashley madison.com a website from married people looking to cheat on their spouses took out a billboard with sanford's face reading "next time use ashley madison.com" to find your "runnin

he beat elizabeth colbert bush by nine points last night in a special election last night.ive outlying counties, some by as much as 40%, this despite a huge cash advantage for busch. sanford received about a fifth of that. last night, he touched on a familiar theme, second chances. >> i am one imperfect man saved by god's grace, but one who wants to do something about spending in washington, d.c. it's my pledge that i am going to try and be the best congressman that i could have ever been. >> it's interesting. politico as they were dissecting this race last night, wasn't even close. said the turning point was something that caused a lot of us to raise our eyebrows. a card board cutout of nancy pelosi. they said every time mark sanford got mocked ed for debating the card board cutout of nancy pelosi, they were happy, they cheered, because that was bringing nancy pelosi into the race and they knew the more that it was about nancy pelosi, the less it was about him and what he did. and if they don't, he won. will he effectively move past his own past? he talked about nancy pelo

sanford will be staying after all in politics now that he has just defeated democratic opponent elizabeth colbert bushght for his old house seat in the first district of south carolina. >> brian: sanford never lost a race. the road to victory has not always been an easy one. >> gretchen: former south carolina governor mark sanford joins us now after a big victory night. congratulations to you. >> thank you. i appreciate it. >> brian: congressman, they say the key to your victory was your debate with the cardboard cutout of nancy pelosi. who is your art director and why did that work? >> well, it was actually one of the debates that i won. i think it was actually the tenor of the debate more than anything else rather than the art director. >> steve: last night you said, i want to acknowledge a god not just of second chances, but of a god of third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, nine chances because that is the reality of our shared humanity. what did you mean by that? >> i meant by that, we all have feet of clay and we're all imperfect and i think that this larger notion of god's grace and human grace

he ran a campaign against elizabeth colbert bush.ou had this disgraced former governor try to get back in the spotlight, and then the sister of celebrity comedian stephen colbert. so we followed both of them, really got a colorful picture of a campaign. the fun part about local campaigns, as opposed presidential ones, you get greater access to the candidates and you can see these things work on the ground in a way that you can not in a presidential campaign. host: you also reported on recent stories, governor nikki haley and challenges she may be facing. guest: she has a democratic competitor that she be in 2010. he is a state senator there. he believes he is in striking distance again. 2010 was the year of the tea parties, conservative candidates were swept into office across the country. he thinks 2014 might be easier to defeat her. she has a record that he can run against right now. this race is not for another year and a half or so -- the election is not for another year and half, so it is need to talk to the candidates, see how