on behalf of the mayor, i would like to present to john ben with a the proclamation for --on ben with a the proclamation for native american heritage month. i think it's important that we recognize the strides the native american community has made in this country. whereas president barack obama has appointed kimberly tehee of the cherokee nation as his native american policy advisor and jodie jilett of the standing rock sioux rain to to provide a voice to the american indian nation within the president's white house senior staff. providing a critical seat at the table when important decisions are being made about the lives, nation and people of american indian dissent. and whereas president obama and secretary of the interior ken salazar selected larry oako hawk of the pawnee nation to serve as assistant secretary for indian affairs and have held listening sessions on american indian and alaska native issues around the country. and the white house. and whereas american indian heritage month recognizes and honors the continued contributions of the american indian community and promote

. >> andersen john ben with a. the native american aids project is one of the country's most comprehensive h.i.v. programs for native americans and the only native-specific h.i.v. organization in california. we're committed to providing a wide range of culturally competent services for all native american people affected by h.i.v. and aids and other diseases by promoting and maintaining the overall health of our diverse community. we worked to build a community or an extended family which serves as a foundation for personal growth and healing. all of our services draw upon native cultures, spiritual, behavioral and medicinal traditions to communicate h.i.v. messages and care for our h.i.v. positive brothers and sisters. >> it's my pleasure to introduce our second nominee -- honoree, it gale burns. she was born in new jersey. her mother, her paternal grandparents relocated to new jersey and new york from the southeast homelands and they were descendents of muskogee. many of her uncles served in world war ii, the kor

>> reporter: john, good morning. ben quayle is the front-runner in a primary field of ten candidates. he's really struck a chord with angry voters, and in more ways than one he's proven to be a chip off the old block. >> barack obama is the worst president in history. >> reporter: it's a shocking ad. ben quayle looking straight into the camera talking tough like a washington outsider. >> somebody has to go to washington and knock the hell out of the place. >> but the 33-year-old may, in fact, be the ultimate insider. he's the son of former v ichlt krche president dan quayle who's tapped into his dad's massive fund-raising network but also his dad's history of making mistakes. dan quayle became a political punch line during the 1992 presidential race and in his four years as vice president. >> you forgot one little bit on the end. potato, how is it spelled? spell it phonetically. there you go. >> now his son's blunders like this campaign brochure have also become late night fodder. >> look at those two beautiful little gi

in the third congressional district, the gop primary to replace john shadegg, ben quayle maintains aad. go back to j.d. hayworth and his concession speech. what did you hear? guest: there was seemingly an attempt by the former congressman to suggest that, to whatever extent senator mccain was pushed more towards the conservative side on some things, particularly on immigration, the implicit suggestion i heard from j.d. hayworth is our campaign helped pull the mayor anhim there. let's see if he remains there. host: we have a 10 minutes left. we will close out the evening by looking at the florida and arizona results and looking ahead to alaska where the polls have another 40 minutes before they close. this is c-span's live coverage of campaign 2010. our next call comes from that in a phoenix. -- from matt in phoenix. caller: i voted for j.d. hayworth. i am upset because i feel it was a money issue. with $20 million on the campaign, i feel like john mccain is an aristocrat. i did not like that. and to the lady there was to slander jan brewer as a hatemonger, i think she is the hate mon

john hendron has more. >> ben bernanke has some explaining to do. in a major address today, analysts say the head of the federal reserve needs to boost confidence in the stalled economy. a new sign shows a weakening housing market as wall street opens down below 10,000 for the first time in two months and the taxpayer republican in the house is calling for the president to fire his economic theme. >> this cannot continue. i've had enough. >> a report thursday shows the first decline in jobless claims in a month but investors focussed on the big picture driving the dow down 74 points over fears of a sputtering economy the white house plans to explain. the bad news keeps coming including a 27 drop in sales of preowned homes. bernanke is expected to offer his outlook on the economy and explain what the fed plans to do to halt the slide. so far wall street is uni am pressed. john hendron, abc news, washington. >> netflix is now trying to lure i-phone and i-pot touch owners. netflix is offering a streaming video app for the apple devices. that means anyo

financial world will be hanging on every word when fed chairman ben bernanke takes the stage for an update on america's economy today. johnore what everyone is hoping to hear. >> ben bernanke has some explaining to do. in a major address today, analysts say the head of the federal reserve needs to boost confidence in the stalled economy. new signs show a weakening housing market as wall street opens with a dow below 10,000 for the first time in two months and as the top republican in the house is calling for the president to fire his entire economic team. >> listen, this cannot continue. i've had enough. >> new unemployment report thursday showed the first decline in jobless claims in a month but investors focussed on the big picture driving the dow down 74 points over fears of a sputtering economy the white house pains to explain. still the bad news keeps coming, including a 27% drop in sales of pre-owned homes. >> at the annual fed gathering in wyoming, bernanke is expected to share his outlook on the economy and what the fed plans to do to halt the slide. so far wall street is unimpressed. >>> just moments ago we got w

john, thanks. >>> on wall street, the chairman of the fed, ben bernanke, gave assurances that he stands ready to do more to help the economy. that seemed to echo around new york and cheer investors. the dow was up almost 165 points. >>> while we are here in new orleans, we're keeping a close eye on the atlantic ocean tonight. three systems in all. the new storms, including danielle, may be posing a new threat to some parts of the east coast before they are all done. weather channel meteorologist jim cantore is with us again tonight with more. three of them out there. >> and more to come. you should see what's lined up across africa. we'll deal with that later, brian. let's talk about these. it's danielle, a strong category four at 135 mis per hour. that continues to pull to the 5 north-northwest. what we think is going to happen is it's going to produce a huge amount of waves. i tried to make this promise last night. those waves are going to arrive on the east coast for the weekend. then it ll hook off to the ist. needless to say, kerry sanders is not going to be able to stay on the "titanic" ex

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. >> announcer: senator john mccain surviveded a tough challenge by j.d. hayworth. also in arizona benice president dan quayle, won his republican primary for a house seat. and in florida congressman kendrick meek clinched the democratic nomination for senate over a wealthy political newcomer setting up a three-way race for this fall. >>> more hot, windy weather could intensify the wildfire danger in western states. one fire outside ashland, oregon, 11 homes were destroyed tuesday before it was brought under control. wildfires are also burning outside san francisco and los angeles. >>> search teams this morning recovered the flight recorders from a chinese passenger jet that crashed tuesday night killing at least 42 people and injuring 54. officials said the plane overshot the runway at a new airport while trying to land in heavy fog. >>> in pakistan desperation is growing one month after flood began there. a scuffle broke out tuesday as people lined up for water. the united nations is appealing for more helicopters to reach ç 800,000 flood victims who can only be reached by air. >>>

john mccain was renominated. although, he had to spend $21 million in this campaign, which is more than all of his previous senate races combined, going back to 1986. but the real surprise here is ben quayle, the son of dan quayle, going for an cessional seat. he was aggressive in his ad campaign. take a look. >> barack obama is the worst president in history. >> very strong tactics that seemed to work, jon. >> reporter: it sure did. he was behind going into this. and he was attacked for allegedly contributing to a pornographic website. but the other thing in that race, robin, his parents, dan and marilyn quayle, in the home stretch, came to his aid. sending out letters to supporters. dfrding his honor. >> they were hot under the collar about that. one more race to talk about. down in florida, surprises there, too, jon. >> reporter: yeah. the big thing there you had kendrick meek, democratic congressman, decisively win the nomination to run for senate, beating back a multimillionaire, jeff greene, who had vastly outspent him. now, you're going to see one of the marquis, most important, toughest, expensive senate races in the country, in florida, that will pit meek, against republic

ben walters, university of west florida. i sat down initially because that was almost entirely my question. but i was actually directed to you, john, because you are a contributor to "the daily caller" and "big governments.com" and those websites have been raked over the coals lately by the mainstream media and it is hard to find the truth and a lot of these issues that have been occurring with the racial accusations being from all over the place and the shirley sherrod thing. i love to ask you what your perspective on all of these different things work. >> on the mainstream media raking them over the coals specifically? >> outlook, as matt said it is a -- tactic of the left to play this race card. one of but things "the daily caller" and "big government" was covering at the time, and left- leaning selected e-mail exchange between journalists. one of the things that was leaked was an explicit tactic being exchanged by journalists about how to divert attention away from jeremiah wright during the election and one of the tactics were, call them races, call them racist. it is outrageous. like matt said, they do not have any more card

john mccain and i approve this message. >> channel voting anger is working as well. >> president obama is the worst president in history. >> ben quale, formson of formere president dan quale, used the president as a punching bag. as for murkowski, she had no regrets on following advice she received a few weeks ago to go more negative. >> it's been suggested that in order to win in politics today, you have to run a negative campaign. i don't think alaskans want that, i don't think america wants that. >> the last campaign was a bit of a grudge match between the murkowskis and the palins. murkowskis told the beast that the support of miller became personal. palin was tweeting away, saying looking upward, but jim miller just tweeted, what's the hunting like in the beltway? by the way, we won't know yet who won the alaska primary. >>> the effort to legalize gay marriage in this country got a high-profile republican endorseer, isn't that right? >> ted mel man, former chairman of the committee from 2005 to 2007, the man who guided the reelection for president george w. bush, went public and said that he was gay, and part of it is tha