republicans in virginia running sodomy law ken cuccinelli, and yoga satan e.w. jackson for lieutenant governor, they have appointed a new state official who says voodoo causes earthquakes. i know you don't believe me, so watch this. one of the things about virginia republicans that maybe should have been a tip off about where they're coming from right now in that state is the fact governor bob mcconnell, ultrasound guy got his master's degree from the televangelist pat robertson. they changed its name to regent university but it's the pat robertson televangelist school. that's where he wrote his thesis on why christian conservatives must take over government in order to use public policy to punish fornicators. the specific phrase was co-habitaters, homosexuals or fornicators. public policy must be used to punish them. mcdonnell wrote for his degree at the pat robertson school. remember after the devastating earthquake in haiti when pat robertson said on his televangelist show was the reason haiti got hit by that big earthquake was because haiti was cursed? >> yo

ken cuccinelli is using the event to raise money. his campaign manager is asking donors to donate $5 to show that grassroots efforts can compete with white house star power. >>> new overnight, why this giant research lab is now headed to space. >>> plus, not one but two chances of rain in the day ahead. tom will have timing in weather and traffic on the 1s. hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! ♪ wow. [ buzz ] delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪ well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? bee happy. bee healthy. with clusters of flakes and o's. oh, ho ho... it's the honey sweetness. i...i mean, you...love. >>> welcome back. if you stayed up late, you might have seen a rocket streaking across the sky. >> three, two, one, zero. we have launch. >> and that rocket was launched from the eastern shore of virginia after 11:00 last night. it flew 350 miles up to take pictures that scientists will use to study when the first sta

bill if ken cuccinelli wins this, i think he will be looking at 2016. >> bill: you bet.alking virginia a purple state. two democratic senators, obama has carried it. but republican governor. ken cuccinelli, their lieutenant-governor is running and he is -- we thought that he was as far right as you could get until they nominated their candidate for lieutenant-governor. >> w. jackson. >> yoga is a path to satan. that guy is bonkers. but cuccinelli, man he's like rick santorum with a better haircut and new vibe and i think when conservative republicans go looking for their candidate in 2016, ken cuccinelli won't be able to resist if he's governor of virginia. >> bill: let's get back to whether or not he's going to be governor of virginia which is the real question, correct? what do you think? >> well, the polls show he and terry mcallifer pretty locked up. it is early days but still you know, for republican to be doing that well in a state that president obama won twice, you gotta take a look. >> bill: terry mcauliffe did not make it through the primary last time. cuccinel

maybe i should be in dip. >> i ken cuccinelli is distancing himself and ken has had said some thingsive, distancing himself from his own ticket, saying things wrought side of the mainstream of where virginia voters are. >> 30% r, 30% d, 30% independ t independent. even the rs and dness virginia, we don't register by party, you can pick either primary it's an independent electorate that ant wants to find people to work together. that's why terry is going to do well. >> senator, what do you think the impact of the supreme court rulings on same-sex marriage will have? because -- >> on the race? >> on the race? >> 2006 virginia voted for a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. >> i'm not sure it would come out the same way. it's fascinating. in virginia, we're so jefferson centric and going to be in fourth of july next week, all over the country people are going to hear the declaration read. we do that on the fourth of july. all men are created equal, it's going to have a sort of new luster and a deeper richness when we do that next week. next week 150th anniversary of gettysburg. and

ken cuccinelli's camp is asking supporters to donate $5 to show they can compete with white house star power. >>> the new jersey democrat will lie in repose in the senate chamber today and will be buried tomorrow at arlington national se cemetery. vice president biden and hillary clinton were among mourners to pay respects there. lautenberg died on monday. >>> the race against mother nature. see the preparations happening now before flooding has a chance to destroy homes. >> tom? >> i'm meteorologist tom kierein in storm center 4. i'll show you what time rain will be arriving this afternoon. that's in a couple of minutes. >> a second look at a popular diabetes drug. could the risk not be as bad as first thought. the questions >>> good morning. cloudy this morning. temperatures will hold steady in the low 60s. noontime, mid 70s. mid to late afternoon, light rain beginning to move in here. that rain continuing into tonight. 60s by midnight. the latest track on andrea and your seven-day outlook in ten minutes. how's traffic now? >> keeping our eye on outbound pennsylvania avenue. lanes ar

remember when republican gubernatorial candidate ken cuccinelli said this about his party's nominee for lieutenant governor? e.w. jackson? "we are not defending any of our running mate's statements. now or in the future." what e.w. jackson and republican candidate for lieutenant governor said about planned parenthood is likely in that mix of statements. >> the democrat party has created an unholy alliance between certain so-called civil rights leaders and planned parenthood which has killed unborn black babies by the tens of millions. planned parenthood has been far more lethal to black lives than the kkk ever was. >> here's a new development. jackson now says cuccinelli nudged him to run for lieutenant governor back in 2010 when jackson was running for the u.s. senate. jackson told the "washington post," "cuccinelli said essentially, i think you'd make a good candidate for lieutenant governor. have you thought about it? i do remember him suggesting if it worked out he would be proud to have me as a running mate." well, the statement prompted a response from cuccinelli's spokesman who c

. >> joining me now, virginia attorney general and republican gubernatorial nomly ken cuccinelli. good morning. why do you want to be governor? >> i want to be governor because i see the opportunity to grow job creation in virginia. we have one of the lowest unemployment rates in the whole country and yet a big part of that is because we sit here on the other side of the potomac, a lot of federal dollars that flow into virginia and those are declining. the defense side is drawing down and we need a governor who's going to focus on job creation and has a plan to do it in t th private sector. that's a focus that matches my attorney general record and matches my record in the state senate. >> as somebody watching this race, are you running to -- you'll see continuity in the number one issue with as i did i for attorney general, and that is for listeners small businesses and pay their taxes on their personal income tax return. so if you want to include small businesses in with your business tax cuts to grow job creation, you've got to include the personal side. this is a direct contra

for not just bob mcdonnell for ken cuccinelli and the republican ticket as they head into november. >> mark seagraves, reporter for the nbc affiliate in washington, d.c., mark. thank you very much for helping us understand this tonight. >> thanks, rachel. >>> still ahead, thousands of people mobbed the streets of tehran last night. tehran in iran. they mobbed the streets because they were happy and seemed really psyched. that's a different kind of footage of large masses of people in the street. details on that coming up. >>> heys this is what it looked like in tehran over the weekend. the people in the streets here are singing a protest song popular during the iranian revolution. ♪ this is a poetic and powerful protest song in iran. i can tell you the song is about two classmates who are lifelong friends. our natures are forever etched on a chalkboard. the scars of injustice demain on our bodies. it's a revolutionary song. the people singing the song in the streets of tehran this weekend were not protesting, they were singing the song in celebration. what they were celebrating was th

anyway, by the way, ken cuccinelli, the republican candidate for governor in virginia, would not weighn on jackson's remarks when asked about them today. well, obviously he doesn't want to be touched by them. >>> next, here is a question. what's one of the worst possible places to launch and carry out a congressional campaign? well, ask steven nodine, a former alabama county commissioner who is considering a run for the united states congress. he happens to be serving out right now a two-year prison sentence on charges of perjury and harassment. that's not stopping him. in an e-mail he said he knows some will be skeptical of my interest in this congressional race after wrongfully being accused of crimes, drug abuse and personal mistakes. i have the determination, experience, and the fortitude to serve as your u.s. congressman for the first congressional district. since he wouldn't be able to hold any in-person campaign events, nodine says he would focus on social media. the race will be a special election to fill the seat of joe bonner, who plans to resign in august. an election date h

for not just bob mcdonnell for ken cuccinelli and the republican ticket as they head into november. >> mark seagraves, reporter for the nbc affiliate in washington, d.c., mark. thank you very much for helping us understand this. >> thanks, rachel. >>> still ahead, thousands of people mobbed the streets of tehran last night. tehran in iran. they mobbed the streets because they were happy and seemed really psyched. that's a different kind of footage of large masses of people in the street. details on that coming up. [ female announcer ] doctors trust calcium plus vitamin d to support strong bones. and the brand most recommended by... my doctor. my gynecologist. my pharmacist. citracal. citracal. [ female announcer ] you trust your doctor. doctors trust citracal. [ female announcer ] you trust your doctor. i am an american i'm a teacher. i'm a firefighter. i'm a carpenter. i'm an accountant. a mechanical engineer. and i shop at walmart. truth is, over sixty percent of america shops at walmart every month. i find what i need, at a great price. and the money i save goes to important things

for not just bob mcdonnell for ken cuccinelli and the republican ticket as they head into november. >> mark seagraves, reporter for the nbc affiliate in washington, d.c., mark. thank you very much for helping us understand this tonight. i really appreciate your help, thanks. >> thanks, rachel. >> all right. >>> still ahead, thousands of people mobbed the streets of tehran last night. tehran in iran. and you know what, they mobbed the streets because they were happy and seemed really psyched. that's a different kind of footage of large masses of people in the street. details on that coming up. asional have constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yes! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues... with three strains of good bacteria. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillips'. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. so you can capture your receipts, ink for all business purchases. and manage them online with jot, the latest app from ink. so you can spend less time doing paperwork. and more time doing paperwork. ink from chase.

ken cuccinelli, terry mcallive is our candidate. key state. democratic senators from virginia. democratic governor? what do you hear? >> i think mccallifer by the numbers should be able to win. he's gotta raise a pretty good campaign as a candidate. the last time he ran, his campaign wasn't that great. he's going to have to do better as a candidate. i particularly want to make sure in the african-american community he's got people who can really go in there and deal effectively. it will be a big number for him in getting people to turn out. my family is from -- my grandparents are from a little town outside charlottesville louisa county, four years ago they were really really excited back in 2008 and 2012. they had no idea what was going on in the governor's race. they didn't have democrats going door-to-door in the small towns. so they've gotta amp that up to turn them out. >> bill: any idea they have that? >> i'm hearing signals they're pulling people together and accessing some of the good operatives from the obama campaign and getting them

ask ken cuccinelli from virginia what they have to do with it.any rate, the lieutenant-governor called her out on three strikes. >> has indicated three infractions of the rules would be sufficient to move the body -- for the body to move to remove the senator from the floor for the purpose of debate. >> bill: so he said she had violated the rules. he ended the filibuster but that didn't really end the filibuster because her supporters in and the people in the hall there got so outraged, we have that -- listen. it was so loud, they could not continue the vote. could not hold the vote. and the clock ran out. midnight came and went. the bill had not been voted on and the lieutenant-governor had to to his dismay, announce that the bill was not going to become law so good for wendy davis! she succeeded in stopping that in texas. really. great day. great day for texas. >> it is amazing when you see that stuff still happen. we hear about it. we saw rand paul sort of do his -- attempted a filibuster a couple of months ago and it worked. she went all day