joe donnelly's got a limited following and name recognition and we in the tea party are not done after yesterday. we continue to march forward and fully anticipate to be victorious in november as well. >> ifill: brian howey quickly. >> we had the race tide 35% each for joe donnelly and richard mourdock. under the past 24 years, we've had 16 years of democratic governors and evan bayh held the seat for two terms. a democrat can do it. >> ifill: brian howey, greg fettig, thank you both so much. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> brown: next, more details and a major twist in the foiled al qaeda terrorism plot. front pages around the country carried the news today, that the would-be terrorist intending to blow up a u.s. bound airliner was in fact a double agent from saudi arabia. he was supposed to slip past airport security, wearing a sophisticated bomb in his underwear. instead, the agent had infiltrated al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula, based in yemen, and delivered the improvised explosive device, or i.e.d., into saudi and u.s. hands. >> we've seen over the last several days particularly

tea party in the republican party wp with ne we now is the man who will face richard mourdock, joe donnellydonnelly, you're up against a far right tea partier. how is indiana a relatively conservative state, to put it mildly, go near the center and someone near the other end? >> we are a conservative state but also a practical state and the polls that have been on this race, the one independent poll shows myself tied with richard mourdock, our own polls show us ahead. he is a person, chris, here we are in indiana, one of the hearts of the auto industry, he single-handedly tried to destroy the american auto industry and is the leader in bringing a lawsuit to force the liquidation of chrysler. what it is about is mom or dad in fort wayne anderson, when they are sitting at at table, they know their the can make their mortgage payment, have a good education for the kids and retire with dignity. >> let's talk about the daily rundown today and where he stands with chuck todd. i'm amazed that people admit they stand like this. let's listen to him. >> bipartisanship ought to consist of democrats co

what is t -- does the lugar ss d joe donnelly had declared for the united states senate and was considered an underdog, certainly against lugar. now that race has become competitive. he has gotten crossover votes in the past, moderate democrat. i would say you have to take a good look at him. >> 50-50 at this point? >> i was a 50-50, and it is do, because it was considered that republicans would take over the senate. they are at a disadvantage in maine. angus kign, former governor, is favored in he would likely caucus with the democrats. >> massachusetts? >> the massachusetts race is going to be one of the marquee races. >> elizabeth warren and scott brown. >> elizabeth warren has shown incredible ability to raise money. >> scott brown tried to make an issue of for climbed to be -- >> 1/32 cherokee blood. >> she has been able to demonstrate that she has not use that as suggested to get jobs and her past. she is never declared herself to be an indian and ordered to be get a job. >> the top chief of the cherokee nation is 1/32 charity, and as is elizabeth will -- 1/32 cherokee, as is allowed

>> joe donnelly declared for the united states senate and was considered an underdog, certainly against lugar. now that race has become competitive. he has been able to attract crossover votes in the past, a moderate democrat. >> republican senate, democratic senate. 5050 at this point? -- 50-50 at this point? >> i would say 50-50, which is down, because republicans look like they republicans are at a disadvantage in maine. angus king, former governor, is favored and would likely caucus with democrats. >> massachusetts? >> massachusetts is going to be one of the marquee races in the country. >> elizabeth warren and scott brown. >> elizabeth warren has shown an incredible ability to make money. she has stumbled in the last couple of weeks. >> scott brown tried to make a big issue of for her -- >> 1/32 cherokee blood. >> but she has been able to demonstrate that she has not use that to get jobs in the past. >> let me make another point -- the top chief of the cherokee nation is 1/32 cherokee, as is elizabeth warren. >> but that will not help her defeat scott brown in massachusetts, that t

>> michael steele, the conventional wisdom here, if you look at the polls done in late march, joe donnelly, who of course is the democratic challenger here, got 35% of the vote to mourdock's 35% of the vote. but when you paired him up against dick lugar, donnelly was getting 29%, lugar 50% of the vote. this is a statement that theoretically shouldn't even be in play for the democrats and now would seem to be. >> and now it is, and that's the reality. it's delaware all over again. you've got to -- you know, i get the passion to get someone out, you know, who's not necessarily, you know, giving you the good vibes that you want, but the reality of it is, there are political consequences and impacts and i think both patricia and the governor are dead on here. you're looking at what lugar said really is a manifesto for the party in terms of staying relevant in this changing political environment. >> and michael, i think worse is what mourdock said. >> yes. >> if i'm the democrats, i'm taking that around right now today -- >> oh, my gosh! >> they will be. >> well, they'll need somebody else besi

. >> murdoch now facing democrat joe donnelly currently a congressman come november. republican presidential candidate mitt romney campaigning in mish gab easily winning today's indiana presidential primary with 64% of the votes. >>> in other news, the defense rest. the man accused of killing the mother, brother and nephew of againer if hudson now awaits closing arguments and a jury's verdict. shawn lewis has the story. >> reporter: this was the last day of testimony of the william balfour murder trial. prosecutor saved their biggest piece of evidence for last. a key ring. tom kelly testified that william balfour carried those keys with him when he was arrested just hours after the hudson family murders in october 2008. one of those keys matched jason hudson's white suv, the one found abandoned on chicago's best side after the murders. the body of yulian king was inside. but police never tested the keys until three years after the murders. and they weren't recorded in the evidence log at the time. why is the big question? here's our legal analyst. >> the defense said

he'll face joe donnelly in november. until this year the 80-year-old lugar never faced a primary challenge. after his defeat, lugar was praised by president obama for his service in the senate and his willingness to, quote, reach across the aisle and get things done. >>> as expected it was a clean sweep for mitt romney in tuesday's presidential primaries. romney won the indiana, north carolina, and west virginia contests. with all but one of his primary challengers out of the race, the outcome was never really in doubt. romney now essentially has a free ride to the g.o.p. nomination. >>> maryland police are still looking for a wannabe cop after he robbed a woman in montgomery county about a week ago. >> as ken molestina tells us, police have now released a sketch of the alleged suspect. >> reporter: this is the street where the cop impersonator turned crook victimized the woman. it was bold and daring. the victim is most upset because it happened right in front of her church. she is still frightened. she didn't want to b

murdoch will face democratic congressman joe donnelly in november. >>> mitt romney is about 100 delegates closer to becoming the republican presidential nominee. he won primaries in indiana, north carolina, and west virginia. right now he is 288 delegates shy of the 1,144 needed to clinch the nomination. >>> 4:34. police in mt. pleasant are calling a 76-year-old man's death suspicious. benjamin brown was found dead inside his seat pleasant drive home last friday. his car, a blue chevy caprice, is missing. the home is secured with window bars and an alarm system. neighbors fear brown was taken advantage of by someone he let into his home. >> he didn't ever bother anybody. that man sat on his porch, drank his coffee, water, whatever he had to do. he didn't ever bother anybody. >> police say an autopsy is being done to determine exactly how brown died. >>> police say a child was inside the car used to kill a young fairfax county woman during a road rage incident. gloria mcmillan is accused of hitting and killing shelinda arrington last friday. the child was not hurt. mcmillan is charged with

congressman joe donnelly and there's always the possibility that a moderate republican might run as anindependent but either way the g.o.p. has been left vulnerable by supporting this guy i mean murdoch's definition of cooperation is to not cooperate at all the guy is a kindergarten teacher is a nightmare what's even scarier is that his view of bipartisanship is what often ends up happening republicans propose crazy stuff democrats and of caving in supporting it too and while the republican party has always had a stubborn militant wing and the death of bipartisanship is overhyped by the media richard murdoch's bizarre take on cooperating earns him tonight's tool time award. all right it is time for happy hour and joining me this evening is alone a show producer jenny churchill and r t correspondent christine. hello lady the red with the red hair looking good let's start with a really big announcement that was made by president obama today take a look. in a certain point i've just concluded that. for me personally. it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same sex coup

that's the indiana senate rate with joe donnelly. some uppercuts and jabs and right hooks at the tea party. >> eliot: you look like you've been inside the ring practicing that. >> i hope you don't see my black eyes. >> eliot: you know the republicans are going farther and farther right in the senate primaries. that will help the democrats hold on to the senate--from your mouth to god's ears. >> eliot: more "viewpoint" coming up. i'll be watching your show. thank you, jennifer. need creative thinking. >>(narrator) with interviews with notables from silicon valley, hollywood, and beyond. >>at the end of the day this show's simple. it's about ideas. ideas are the best politics. ideas can bring us together. >>(narrator) the gavin newsom show. premiers friday at 11 eastern/ 8 pacific. only on current tv. if you have an opinion, you better back it up. >>eliot spitzer takes on politics. >>science and republicans do not mix. >>now it's your turn at the only online forum with a direct line to eliot spitzer. >>join the debate now. >> eliot: a

mourdock's opponent this fall will be representative joe donnelly, a democrat from indiana. he represents the south bend area of indiana. and we -- the "washington journal" has invited congressman donnelly to appear on this program, as well. pompano beach, florida. scott. >> caller: good morning. my question to you -- i've been in the army eight years, discharged. and i just happened to -- a guy robbed me. ended up with -- [ inaudible ] now with me being a felon, my question is, how would you -- do you have a situation to where, you know, know -- how could he handle that situation to where, you know, it just seem like i'm being stereotyped. they don't have no idea that i'm honorably discharged soldier. but on the other hand i can understand that people do ruthless crimes and stuff. >> let's see if there's anything that mr. mourdock wants to respond to. >> first, scott, thank you for your service. i obviously don't know the details of the case you're talking about, but i urge you to talk to the folks with either the local civil rights, if you think it's that type of stereotyp

senate has been the greatest honor of his public life murdoch will face democratic congressman joe donnelly in the general election in november senator lugar said that he hopes that murdoch will win and that mitt romney will take back the white house for the republicans ... and in wisconsin the democratic mayor of milwaukee will take on republican gov. scott walker next month's recall election tom barrett receive the most votes in yesterday's primary back in 2010 barrett faced walker in the race for governor he lost by six percentage points this vote for tom barrett comes after democrats launched the recall against scott walker last fall it came in response to walker's move to strip state employees of collective bargaining rights voters in north carolina passed a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage the amendment defines marriage as solely between a man and woman this means that the state will no longer legally recognize civil unions supporters say that the measure is needed to stop future efforts to overturn the law and redefine marriage opponents worry that the measure

that's the indiana senate rate with joe donnelly.uppercuts and jabs and right hooks at the tea party. >> eliot: you look like you've been inside the ring practicing that. >> i hope you don't see my black eyes. >> eliot: you know, the republicans are going farther and farther right in the senate primaries. that will help the democrats hold on to the senate--from your mouth to if you have an opinion, you better back it up. >>eliot spitzer takes on politics. >>science and republicans do not mix. >>now it's your turn at the only online forum with a direct line to eliot spitzer. >>join the debate now. >> eliot: a number of smart friend of mine are asking why we care so much if jp morgan chase lost $2 billion. after all, the bank can absorb it. but just because you survive a heart attack does not mean you don't care about what caused it. you should do more to stop the disease further on. the doctors at jp morgan chase are trying to give us the wrong diagnosis. in a letter to shareholders just a couple of days ago, ceo jamie dimon said it w

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the man that will face him, joe donnelly. you're a moderate democrat gaens far right tea partier, how is indiana going to go naerd a moderate democrat and someone near the end. >> we're a practical state. the polls that have been on this race, the one independent poll shows myself tied with richard murdoch. he is a person, here we are in indiana, a heart of the auto industry, and he tried to destroy it and was the leader in bringing a lawsuit to forcethe liquidation of crystler. >> let's look at what he said on the daily rundown today about where he stands with chuck todd. i'm amazed people admit they stand like this. >> bipartisanship should consist of democrats coming to the republican view. we want today give a more national voice to the idea that republicans and more specifically conservatives will be in the majority of the united states senate, house, and we hopefully have a republican in the white house. i want to conflict my opinion to win them over to my view. >> i never used the word inflict as a verb for going to co

meet joe donnelly. he's the democrat against whom richard mourdock will be running. in north carolina, the focus is on an amendment to ban gay marriage in the state of north carolina even though it's already banned there. much of the campaign against the aents-gay amendment has focused on the fact that it's language would not just ban marriage rights for same sex couple, it would ban all legal rights for all unmarried couples in the state. there are hundreds of thousands of unmarried couples who have some recognized legal status whether it's around child custody or police and prosecutor being able to protect you against domestic violence. that point about unmarried couples who aren't gay, that point said the anti-gay amendment will hurt them in north carolina by making the state an unattractive place to recruit top talent to work, those arguments and not the gay rights arguments were the focus of this robo call from bill clinton. >> i'm calling to urge you to vote against amendment one. fp it passes it won't change north carolina's law on marriage. what it will chang

. >> joe donnelly of indiana is running for the senate and will face richard murdock in november. good to have you with us. >> what is this and dick lugar lost mean tonight for republicans in the state of indiana and what does it do to your prospects of winning that senate seat? >> for moderate republicans and independents and what i call people with future common sense, senator lugar has been someone who has worked across the aisle and try to do what is right for the country. he is somebody we have taken a great deal of pride in. what happened tonight just shows how extreme some of the things that are going on here, for instance, richard murdock was the fellow who actually led the effort to try to liquidate chrysler into. there is a very clear contrast. we fought for jobs. he has tried to destroy them. when you look at that, it only helps success here. >> do you think the republican party has gone that far to the right or the state of indiana? >> there has been two polls that i know of, one independent poll, and it was a dead heat with richard mota. the internal poll says we are

mayor of fort wayne and he said that democrats are excited and independents are looking hard at joe donnellylly? >> yes. >> he is a pro-life pro--gun blue-dog democrat. >> indiana is a conservative midwestern state especially indianapolis and the southern half, they talk a lot like eme. they have a southern accent. it's a state where a blue dog like donnelly has a shot. obama won the state four years ago just by a few thousand votes but he won the state for the first time. >> essentially a democratic lugar. >> the moderatemoderates, h hee geetts ten tak t. it oumit.s e o >> it realifmininds me of ca liere fo trndia t whomeratee ween d to puicans noromine tatewide o ic re pu blthat areicorans for cstservativat tewnide of fi thece that are more conservative than the broader base and then lose in theelection. >> yeah. >> i think donnie is right. this is one to put your money on because i think the democrats -- >> i know you are a moderate republican. you've got to be grieving a little bit at one more bites the dust. >> just a touch. >> a moderate convention can be held in a phone booth. >> we w

now joining me is congressman joe donnelly. he faces mourdock this november.ficially becoming the nominee. >> thank you, chuck. thank you for having me on. >> i want to start with your reaction to richard lugar's manifesto of sorts, if you will. he really gets angry at both parties in here. obviously he's upset at his own party but he says he's finding too many democrats are doing the same thing, that partisanship wins the day, not enough reaching across the aisle. do you agree with him on that? >> you know, i do. i think what we have do is work together. the indianapolis star the other day said a few years ago we had five, six members of the indiana delegation who were moderates. he said the only two left are lugar and donnelly. i'm the only one left at this point. senator lugar and i worked repeatedly together to help save the auto industry. on numerous occasions he was extraordinarily helpful on issues like iraq and afghanistan and actually sat with me one time. you talk about the epitome of statesmanship. he said, joe, i want to help you with iraq and afgh

murdoch will face joe donnelly in november. >>> president obama and his likely gop challenger pitchinglans for getting more americans to vote and the voters are getting different views on what is wrong with the economy. voters head to the polls in three more gop primaries. jennifer davis has the story. >> reporter: president obama tours a technology center in albany, new york, which pairs students with high-tech companies and high-tech jobs. he issued lawmakers a to do list that they say they should all be able to agree on. >> there are some additional ideas that could help people get to work right now and they haven't said no to yet. i'm hoping they say yet. >> some of the president's proposals include eliminating tax breaks and helping homeowners refinance mortgages with lower rates. the president says he doesn't want politics to stand in the way of a stronger economic recovery. >> i know this is an election year. but it's not an excuse for inaction. >> in michigan, mitt romney accused the president of taking the economy in a wrong direction with his failed liberal policies. >> presi

and it's in sharp contrast to congressman joe donnelly in that state.ennifer, it's not just about establishment republicans running against tea party republicans. it's about republicans around the country, reversing decades old positions because they think they have to in order to win the republican primaries. a grated example is geoff blake in arizona. he has supported comprehensive immigration reform his entire career. and then he announced for the united states senate and then within 48 hours he refersed his position. i don't think it was a change of heart. i think it was a change of politics. and what we are finding in races across the country is the republican party that's moving to the tea party extreme and alienating themselves from independent voters in all of our senate races. >> i hope citizens wake up and realize if they want to get something done in washington they have to send people who are willing to compromise and move forward. >> that's guys. thank you for joining us inside the war room the executive director of the democratic senate ca

murdoch will face democratic congressman joe donnelly in november. >>> and a new poll shows a dead heat in virginia's senate race. the "washington post" survey shows republican george allen and democrat tim kaine tied at 46% among registered voters. the two former governors are running to replace jim webb who is retiring. get ready for their ads to fill commercial breaks. according to the "washington post," the democratic senator can't -- senatorial campaign committee plan to spend more than $7 million in ads for kaine's race, more than half of its funding in all u.s. senate races. last month the republican senatorial committee reported it's reserving $5.5 million for allen. both parties have now pledged more money in virginia than any other state. >>> today maryland governor o'malley and legislative leaders will discuss the upcoming session with the media. o'malley called the session after lawmakers failed to pass a budget, so a doomsday budget includes more than $500 million in cuts. they will use the cuts to pass an income tax increase to offset major cuts. >>> this morning, loudoun

murdoch will face democratic congressman joe donnelly in november. >>> new overnight, two people arethe hospital after a fight broke out inside a strip club along georgia avenue in northwest d.c. the victims were beaten and stabbed at the lounge around 1:00. we're working to find out their conditions this hour. so far, no arrests have been made. >>> this morning police in prince george's county are calling a 76-year-old man's death suspicious. benjamin brown was found dead inside his seat pleasant home last friday. his car, a blue chevy caprice, is missing. the home is secured with window bars and an alarm system. neighbors fear brown was taken advantage of by someone he let into his home. police are still awaiting the results of brown's autopsy. >>> a maryland man is in critical condition this morning after a violent motorcycle crash. montgomery county police say a honda motorcycle hit the side of an acura suv at the intersection of endor road and new hampshire avenue around 7:00 last night. the driver of the motorcycle, 38-year-old hyand yang, was taken to a hospital in critical bu