insurgencies in the republican party it's mostly being fueled by the tea party movement. >> ifill: attorney ken buck is challenging norton. >> if we continue to pile debt on to our children and grandchildren, we are also morally bankrupt. >> ifill: in an aggressive ad campaign, norton has responded by attacking buck for language he used about her at a campaign stop. >> here is ken buck caught on tape. >> why should you vote for me? because i do not wear high heels. >> now ken buck wants to go to washington? he'd fit right in. >> ifill: most polls show this primary race too close to call. colorado democrats are also deeply split. although bennett has the backing of president obama, he's fighting off a spirited challenge from andrew roam november, the former speaker of the colorado house. >> this campaign is not about my job. i don't think about my job as my job. this campaign is about the jobs of people all across our state. >> ifill: r romanov who has been endorsed by former president clinton has launched an aggressive grass roots campaign. >> in the end i believe we are going to win this race not j

ken buck likes the cowboy image.is boots were a symbol of this campaign and almost got him in trouble a little bit in one of the comments he made about cowboy boots versus high heels. remember that? host: how do these two fare? what does it look like host: guest: it's going to be a very tough race. there have been a few polls in recent months that has bennett down to whatever republican was going to come out, but public policy polling out of north carolina, a democratic firm, they did a poll over the weekend that showed to be a statistical tie. bennett up by three but a 3.1 margin of error in that poll. regardless of what happens, this is a key senate battle ground for the paul. the nrc is ralying behind ken buck. the washington establishment was behind jane norton, the former lieutenant governor, had john mccain campaign with her last week. john cornen, the chairman of the nrc did a joint fundraise are. she's the one that the party was behind. that's what got the tea party folks riled up. with the reason that ken bu

. >> reporter: winning on the republican side, career prosecutor ken buck. who had said this on the trail. >> why should you vote for me? because i do not wear high heels. >> reporter: former lieutenant governor jane norton was the establishment choice, but the tea party picked buck.

and in colorado, tea party candidate ken buck easily won the senate primary. >> now they're electing conditions in their primaries that are probably too conservative to win. >> reporter: but democrats are not counting their blessings just yet. republicans have high hopes of winning back the house. >> if they want to see last night as a good night, they ought to savor it, because there

. >> lehrer: bennet will face republican district attorney ken buck with ties to the tea party movement. he claimed the mantle of outsider in beating former lieutenant governor jane norton. >> republicans have been sending their elected officials back to washington d.c. to change congress, and instead those republicans have been changed by congress. >> lehrer: in fact, buck's win was one half of a big night for the tea party in the rocky mountain state. the other half was businessman dan maes and his upset win over former congressman scott mcinnis to take the republican nomination for governor. maes will face denver's democratic mayor john hickenlooper and a third-party candidate, former congressman and anti-immigration crusader tom tancredo. a republican gubernatorial primary run-off in georgia featured another proxy fight between national political figures. there was karen handel, backed by sarah palin. >> it's time to bring it on georgia! >> lehrer: and former congressman nathan deal, endorsed by two other potential presidential contenders, newt gingrich and mike huckabee. handel con

ken buck wants to cut off student loans for the students in colorado who currently rely on them. believe that would only hurt our ability to compete in this global economy he supports tax cuts for the wealthiest among us. [boo] he wants to slap a 30% tax hike on working families. i believe working families need tax relief. [applause] and he believes that social security is "horrible policy that needs to be privatized." i believe so security is a sacred contract between our country and did seniors and we should do everything in our power to protect it for future generations. [applause] his positions are not colorado positions. this is about stream -- and extreme politics. we want to be the first generation to leave more not less to the next generation. [applause] this campaign needs to be about the issues, a grown-up conversation about what is best for colorado and her people not negative attacks, name-calling, and political games. working together, we can keep our eye on the ball fighting for working families and turning this economy around and providing a better education for th

come november bennet will face prosecutor ken buck, the winner of a tight republican primary. >>> in connecticut, former wrestling executive linda mcmahon easily won the republican senate nomination after pouring tens of millions of her own dollars into the race. mcmahon will face and challenge democratic state attorney general richard blumenthal this fall. >>> and in the republican runoff for georgia governor, former congressman nathan deal is leading former secretary of state karen handel, but that race is too close to call. >>> defying advice from lawyers to keep quiet, new york congressman charles rangel took to the house floor yesterday, making it clear that when it comes to charges against him, he's not going without a fight. a defensive rangel said he's not resigning, despite 13 ethics charges against him from the house ethics committee. he denied he was corrupt and told fellow lawmakers that if they thought he should step down, they should just expel him, the harshest penalty in an ethics case. >> if it is the judgment of people here for whatever reason that i resign, then, h

former lieutenant governor jane norton is up against the tea party choice, ken buck. >> i don't have experience in the legislative branch. i don't have experience compromising. i'm a prosecutor. >> reporter: you once worked for dick cheney. doesn't that make you connected to washington in some way? >> it did in 1986, it doesn't today. >> reporter: that outsider title plays big all across the country. in connecticut, linda mcmahon, the wrestling entertainment exec, has spent $22 million from her own fortune against former congressman rob simmons. the connecticut republican will face democrat richard blumenthal in the fall. ann, here in colorado, the way they're voting is different. this is the first ever mail-in ballot primary. just about all across the state there was no waiting in line at the polling places. they simply sent it in by mail. ann? >> kelly o'donnell tonight. kelly, thanks. >>> now to the hundreds of wildfires, many burning out of control in russia. fuelling a dangerous thick smog in moscow during a relentless heat wave. tonight, the u.s. government is evacuating much o

. >> bennet will face ken buck in november. >>> in connecticut, former wrestling executive linda mcmahon easily defeated two other candidates to capture the republican senate nomination. mcmahon spent more than $20 medical of her own money on the campaign. she hopes to capture the seat held by retiring senator chris dodd. >> people ask me every day, linda, why did you decide to run for the united states senate? and i can tell you, it is because i had a great fear that the american dream was in the greatest jeopardy that it has ever been in our lifetime. >> mcmahon will be the underdog when she faces richard blumenthal in november. he ran unopposed. >>> in georgia the republican runoff for governor is too close to call. the three-week runoff election between karen handel and nathan deal featured biting attack ads. handel was endorsed by sarah palin and deal by newt gingrich. >>> in minnesota, mark dayton won nomination for governor. he'll face republican state representative tom emmer. >>> a tropical depression has formed in the gulf of mexico and headed right toward the site of the oil s

but on the gop side, ken buck is the latest to catch fire, and though bennett has the support bill sidentama, challenger idrew romanoff has his own supporter, bill clinton. >> i'm supporting andrew romanoff for the senate, and i hope you'll vote for him because he's got really good ideas on the economy. >> in georgia, the latest display of palin power. he ah palin has lined up against he nra, backing her own candidate for governor. >> are you ready to elect a pro-life, common sense constitutional conservative who will fight like a mama grizzly for you? >> and in connecticut, a political smackdown, linda mcmahon, the former ceo of world drestling entertainment is vying for senate against rod simmons dho got lifted off the mat when women undswirld about how pro wrestling treated women under the leadership of mcmahon and her husband, vince. >>> six americans were murdered >>> six in afghanistan and they vowed they would not abandon eyeir work. they said they will stay in afghanistan despite signs of a stay in afghanistal taliban. nick schifrin reports from kabul tonight. >> reporter: members

district attorney ken buck, the tea party favorite, one a close race against former lieutenant governor jane norton, the choice of the republican establishment. buck was helped by two million dollars worth of adds and mailers for americans with job security. >> norton pushed the largest tax hike in colorado history. as a regulator, she managed a multimillion dollar surge in government spending. >> reporter: but in the fall campaign, both buck and incumbent bennett are likely to stress their independence for good political reasons says pollster floyd ciruli. >> being an in today, in the political system is not where you want to be. >> reporter: and democrats have done well in colorado in recent years, but with g.o.p. gains likely elsewhere, they can ill afford to lose if they hope to hold the u.s. senate in november. erica? >> hill: in terms of some of those g.o.p. gains, you mentioned the one in colorado yesterday where a tea party favorite took that race. and that's a trend we're seeing across the country? >> reporter: what we've seen in nova scotia, what we've seen in kentucky, colora

and in colorado, tea party candidate ken buck easily won the senate primary. >> now they're electing conditions in their primaries that are probably too conservative to win. >> reporter: but democrats are not counting their blessings just yet. republicans have high hopes of winning back the house. >> if they want to see last night as a good night, they ought to savor it, because there aren't too many more good ones, election nights coming their way. >> reporter: one sign that president obama is slightly toxic right now -- >> do you want him to come back and campaign for you in colorado in the fall? >> reporter: today on "good morning america," obama's man in colorado didn't exactly welcome that help. >> well, you know, i just won the primary about six minutes ago, so we're going to have to give it some thought. >> reporter: the president's popularity has suffered, and that could spell trouble for democrats in the midterms. the republicans are hoping to pick up as many as 40 seats in the house, if the economy remains in the dumps, george. >> thank you, david. >>> at the white house to

on the republican side, ken buck, a favorite of the tea party crowd could beat jane norton. could be the latest state where the tea party candidate and the tea party energy is forcing the republicans in a different direction than the national leadership might want. >> another big political story this week, nancy pelosi, the house speaker, has called members of congress back into session. tell us what's going on there. >> reporter: you could not ask for a more stark display of the differences between the parties. speaker pelosi cutting short the summer recess to vote for a $26 billion package of aid to states. this would help education and medicaid among other things. to democrats, this is what government should be doing. this displays government providing crucial services. to republicans, it's a perfect example of runaway government spending. so, we'll see the result. we know what's going to happen. but the political consequences very much up in the air. >> going to play into the midterm discourse. rick klein, thank you. >> reporter: thanks, dan. >>> president obama put poli

[no audio] [applause] [applause] and ken buck believes that social security is a horrible policy that needs to be privatized. i believe so security is a sacred contract between our country and its seniors and we should do everything in our power to protect it for future generations. his positions are not colorado positions. these positions are about extreme politics, not about what is it doing right for the people of our state. because it was in the last decade that we saw incomes go down, as health care and education costs went up. as a result, we are at risk of being a first generation of coloradans to leave less not more to the next generation. that would be shameful. this campaign needs to be about the issues, a grown-up conversation about what is best for colorado and her people, not negative attacks, name calling and political games. working together, we can keep our eye on the ball, fighting for working families, turning this economy around, providing better education for the next generation and accountability to reduce our national deficit. together, we will be focused on solu

caller: i was a big fan of ken bucks. ugh there is a mess in the colorado gop race, doesn't the presence helped to block it? you have been energized tea party that drove buck to victory. i saw some video. there is a real passion for buck among the conservative base in colorado. he will bring out people -- they will definitely vote for buck. guest: you make a great point. as maybe some of the establishment support rallies around ken buck -- the tea party did not like norton because the establishment rallied around her. but this may draw out the the tea party folks if he embraces the national party. host: has sarah palin or other high-profile republicans weighed in on the race? guest: jim demint who is an incumbent from south carolina has weighed in. he is a champion of the tea party movement. he and mitch mcconnell have gone head-to-head. you remember the kentucky race, the republican primary there. he was one of the key people ofbuck last spring. he still has those two party credentials. -- tea party credentials. buck has

ken buck, republican nominee wants to eliminate education and energy department and says separation ofrch and state strictly enforced. rand paul. critical of the minimum wage laws and civil rights laws. nevada, sharron angle, for senate, talks about no adoption for same-sex couples. privatize medicare and social security and in utah in the senate race, you have mike lee. he wants to repeal the progressive income tax, supports changing the 14th amendment of birth right citizenship. if this is the tea party's impact on national politics, there's certainly a lot of democrats who say too extreme for mainstream of the -- >> one of these candidates won a republican primary as a republican candidate with different stresses on different issues. i won't take the democrat party's characterization of republican party candidate's position on any issue as gospel truth. politicians say insincere things. voters paid attention to candidates and made their choice. the democrats are -- they have a guy down in south carolina who wins the primary and is then convicted of a felony. they have to concern the

ken buck believe that social security is a "horrible policy that needs to be privatized." i believe is a sacred contract between the country and the seniors and we should do everything in our power to protect it for future generations. his positions are not colorado positions. it these positions are about extreme politics, not about what is doing right for the people of our state. it was in the last decade that we saw in comes godown and health care -- in comes go down and health care go up. we are the first generation to leave less and not more to the next generation. that would be shameful. this campaign needs to be about the issues, a grown-up conversation about what is best for colorado and her people, not name-calling and political games. together we can keep our eye on the ball to fight for working families, turning this economy around, providing a better education for the next generation, and providing accountability to reduce our deficit. we will be focused on the solutions for colorado and not get distracted by the politics that have stopped progress. that is why

but she's having a lot of trouble from ken buck who says, at least he doesn't wear high heels. how that goes with voters, i don't know. >> not a bad line. we'll see if it's another day for outsiders. cokie roberts, thanks very much. >> what's wrong with high heels anyway? >> we'll find out tomorrow. >>> coming up, actress mia farrow takes the stand testifying about supermodel naomi campbell's diamonds. they're telling two different stories, so which one of them is telling the truth? >>> and your pet's food could be making you sick. how? we have the startling results of a new study out. dr. richard besser is here with all the details on how to prorel. have you tried honey bunches of oats with real strawberries? wow. it's seriously strawberry. they're everywhere. it's in the bunches on the flakes, even real strawberries in the mix. can i have some more? honey bunches of oats with real strawberries. it's delicious. nobody does it quite like us. [ female uncer ] any hair shines in the spotlight. aveeno hair shines in real life. new aveeno nourish plus shine with active naturals whe

on the gop side, ken buck is the latest tea party favorite to catch fire. support of president obama, challenger andrew romanoff is backed by a president of his own, bill clinton. >> hi, this is bill clinton. i'm supporting andrew romanoff for the u.s. senate. and i hope you'll vote for him in tuesday's democratic primary. because he's not really good ideas on the economy. >> reporter: in georgia, the latest display of palin power. sarah palin is lined up against the nra, backing her own candidate for governor, karen handel. >> are you ready to elect a pro-life, pro-second amendment, commonsense constitutional conservative who will fight like a mama grizzly for you? >> reporter: in connecticut, political smackdown. linda mcmahon, former ceo of world wrestling entertainment, is vying for the republican nod for senate. she's up against rob simmons. who lifted his campaign off the mat when questions swirled about how pro wrestling treated women -- >> bark like a dog! >> reporter: under the leadership of mcmahon and her husband vince. >> that was george stephan

bennett will face republican ken buck this fall, a tea party favorite.n nomination for governor. the georgia republican governors race is too close to call this morning. it could be decided when the provisional and militar are coun >>> despite the advice of his friends, colleagues, and attorneys, new york democric congressman charlie ange delivered a 37-minute rant on the floor of the house. during his speech, rangel made it clear that he is not resigning because of the 13 ethics charges he's now facing. and he demandet thhics committee move forward with his case. >> don't leave me swinging in the wind until november. for god's sake, just don't believe that i don't have feelings, that i don't have pride, that -- that i do want the dignity that the president had said. if i can't get my dignity back here, then fire your best shot in getting rid of me through expulsion. >> rangel also admitted he's made mistakes in the past but said he is not corrupt. one of the reasons why he spoke on the house floor is that nothing he said can be used against him. >>> the

. >> reporter: winning on the republican side, career prosecutor ken buck. who had said this on the trail. >> why should you vote for me? because i do not wear high heels. >> reporter: former lieutenant governor jane norton was the establishment choice, but the tea party picked buck. >> do you think of yourself as a tea party candidate? >> i think of myself as a grassroots candidate and the tea party is certainly part of that grassroots effort. >> reporter: in connecticut, the primary round goes to republican linda mcmahon. the super wealthy wrestling boss poured her own millions into a senate campaign. >> the support of the voters of connecticut isn't bestowed by the establishment or the pundits or the media. it isn't a birthright. it can't be bought. it needs to be earned. >> reporter: and mcmahon will face establishment democrat richard blumenthal, connecticut's attorney general. and then in minnesota's race for governor, democrats chose former senator mark dayton. and in georgia, the republican runoff for governor is still too close to call. sarah palin'

he faces republican and tea party favorite ken buck.wrestling executive linda mcmahon easily captured the republican senate nomination. in october she'll face attorney general richard blumenthal. she told erica she'll spend $50 million of her own money on that campaign. >> well, the money i'm spending in this race i have clearly earned. i'm investing in myself to be a public servant. >> mcmahon and blumenthal are battling for the seat held by retiring senator chris dodd. >>> president obama continues focusing on the economy this week. mr. obama signs a bill boosting manufacturing by $4.6 billion and to help cut the trade deficit. it could support 90,000 jobs by cutting tariffs on some materials. yesterday mr. obama signed the jobs bill that is supposed to save 300,000 jobs of teachers, police officers and others. >>> escaped arizona prisoner john mccluskey remains at large this morning. authorities are tightening border crossings to canada as the search continues in montana near glacier national park for mccluskey and his fiance. provin

jim has been backing ken buck. he has winners and losers, just like sarah palin. host: let us go to chicago. caller: why are republicans always being labeled racist? host: you are calling on our democrats line. is it your view as a democrat the republicans are labeled as racist? caller: why does theedia portray that? democrats and some people in the media tried to say republicans are racist. host: any thoughts? guest: this is interesting. the caller before asked whether we were talking about race this year. it has cropped up in the nevada senate race. harry reid made a commentver the weekend in which he sd he did not know why hispanics could be repubcan. i think when we are talking about these groups republicans have been trying to reach o to black voters and hispanics with pretty limited effectiveness. they really think the expanding of the majority is going to have to come through these voters. hispanics are obviously a big one. black voters have been very strong for democrats in the past. host: tennessee on our independent line. caller: i think all the election

jim has been backing ken buck. he has winners and losers, just like sarah palin. host: let us go to chicago. caller: why are republicans always being labeled racist? host: you are calling on our democrats line. is it your view as a democrat the republicans are labeled as racist? caller: why does the media portray that? democrats and some people in the media tried to say republicans are racist. host: any thoughts? guest: this is interesting. the caller before asked whether we were talking about race this year. it has cropped up in the nevada senate race. harry reid made a comment over the weekend in which he said he did not know why hispanics could be republican. i think when we are talking about these groups republicans have been trying to reach out to black voters and hispanics with pretty limited effectiveness. they really think the expanding of the majority is going to have to come through these voters. hispanics are obviously a big one. black voters have been very strong for democrats in the past. host: tennessee on our independent line. caller: i think all th

i mean it's certainly not a bargain to eat there, if it's 15 bucks for a sandwich. >> reporter: ken, you know what, here is the deal. that place has gotten an immense amount of attention just by yelp. the dehm graphic of people standing in line are largely those in their late teens to early to mid-20s and because they are following everything online that's again rated all the attention. consider this as well. there is speculation this place may use all the publicity that they have again rated here and move to another place and because they have been followed on yelp their customers will follow. >> i got you sort of a social networking sandwich shop success. >> robert lyles is in san francisco. let us know where they end up. thanks. >>> well to help stop kids from cutting class san francisco is environmental listing help from small businesses. gavin newsom is asking owners to call 3111 if they notice kids in their shops during school hours. the program is called "keep it real, stay in school," it is starting on the 24th street corridor in the mission and will expand in future. >>> cal

. >> and the race between ken become and former lieutenant governor norton. what's going on in this race? >> norton and buckave been going back and forth. buck has been backed by the tea party group. and he and norton have traded barbs back and forth takeover past few weeks and made a comment about the fact that norton wears high heels, that was not well-received. >> and the senate candidate to challenge democratic candidate bloomen that'll this fall. what's the thought on this race? >> well linda mcmahon is the former c.e.o. of world wrestling entertainment and is hoping to put the final stakes through mr. simmons whose campaign was resident rected in recent days. she's expected to pull out widely. but she has faced criticism for some of the things she did as wrestling c.e.o. including not paying proper health insurance to her athletes. >> she's also loaned her own money to the campaign has that helped her come out ahead so far in the polls? >> well, it certainly helped her sit on the air a long time. she's been blanketting the airwaves and reintroducing herself as a politician as opposed to the c.e.o. of