if mcdaniel wins the primary, it is a fight. but mcdaniel is favored.ink that still holds true. but i think it really gives a lot more for democrats and the national left to take a looking at mississippi and say, "you know what, we have got a harder map to defend the senate. do we want to spend a little money in mississippi." half a million dollars in mississippi goes a long way. we have cheap media markets compared to other states. i can see them getting involved to see if he can get a foothold. i still think if cochran wins, he, he wins the general. it will just be a little bit uglier perhaps. i think he is the favorite. he has the baggage that childers and others will pound on him with. >> sam hall of the clarion ledger newspaper in jackson, mississippi. thank you for helping us understand. the story seems to change a little bit every day. thank you for helping us. >> of it does. thanks. >> we have much more ahead. stay with us tonight. >> there is big news tomorrow out of the great state of texas. coming up next, we are basically going to set your n

yet mcdaniels campaign manager, who left the voice mail was actually at that same event with mcdanielesn't that make it even more odd that mcdaniels didn't know anything about the news when the campaign manager who had left that voice mail two hours before was standing right there at the event? >> right. well, what the mcdaniel campaign has said happened was she kind of briefed him very bare bones. gave him just a notice that this was going on and they needed to call the cochrane campaign before she did end up calling him and they gave him a fuller briefing later in the day. when i confronted him with these details, it was a little bit muddy and he wasn't really sure what had gone down and perhaps didn't draw the connection between what he was told earlier and the story i confronted him with. he's been standing by that series of events. >> so when she left the message at 7:45 that he was upset about what had happened and wanted to talk to cochrane, they're saying he really didn't know what had happened. >> they're saying he dependent know the full grasp of the details. >> so what did

we can get to the question of connections to the mcdaniel world. why would these guys have wanted to go into the nursing home and take a picture. what's the political motive for doing that? >> it's a complicated question. so far four tea party activists have been charged with conspiracy down in mississippi. the reason they went into the nursing home, the reason they allegedly conspired to do this is complicated, because it goes back to cochran not only being a long standing member of the senate, but his wife has been in hospice care for over a decade and i think they were looking to exploit that, the fact that he lives in a basement apartment of his executive assistant in washington, d.c. and they're interested in exposing more of cochran's personal life. >> they're trying to say he's being unfaithful to his bedridden wife with his assistant? >> it's a fever swamp right now online and mississippi. it's almost out of a john gri s grisham novel. what is certain is these activists who were arrested were looking for something in cochran's personal life

and finally this man, seen here with mcdaniel.e vice chairman of the mississippi tea party who even helped host a mcdaniel fundraiser. so far mcdaniel himself has not been imp pli kated, but this race was the tea party's last big hope in the midterms. and so far, it's further exposing how far the tea party has fallen. joining me now are jonathan cape hart and jimy williams. thank you both for come on the show. >> thanks, rev. >> jimmy, the district attorney says mcdaniel has not been cleared in this case. you worked in politics a long time. but isn't it particularly a dirty race? >> it's pretty bad. i mean, this is -- don't get me wrong, both parties have a long history of doing dirty tricks, et cetera, et cetera. but this is pretty -- i don't -- i've been many politics for 22 years. i don't know of anybody that's ever gone into basically a woman who's sick with dementia in her room and take a picture of her. to go after the family, that's bad. to go after a disabled member oof a family is worse. here's the kicker. it's not that m

grew up with mcdaniel.ll three have been charged with conspiracy. sager faces obstruction of and now faces 20 years in jail. he said any suggestion he's involved is slander and lies. and sam hall joins me now on the phone. mr. hall, let me ask you this. this is obviously -- i just had senator jerry moran, head of the nrc, he hinted more stuff is going to come out this weekend. what do you know? >> well, i know that you were talking about the district attorney saying that they had cleared the mcdaniel campaign, and he's clarified those remarks to say nobody's cleared yet that the investigation is ongoing. we know they're still looking at a couple of other things but i think probably the biggest arrests have been made right now but i think there are probably a few other connections that they're looking at. >> is there anything -- is this campaign comely just become about this? are they even having a debate about size of government issues, the whole ideological debate that they were having before last weekend?

against his primary opponent chris mcdaniel, cochran team called mcdaniels's campaign explanation ofabout the nursing home video and when it knew it, quote, inconsistent. mcdaniels has condemned the video and denied having involvement in it and new batch of arrests isn't helping his cause. clarion ledger newspaper reported the following. paper also reported that john merry who was charged on thursday but too ill to be arrested that he is frequently cohosted a radio show with mcdaniel. "the washington post" was told mcdaniel and his team have not been cleared in the case. mississippi is the last stand for the tea party in this year's primaries. nursing home story will it cost their candidate a primary or cost republicans a race they never thought they would have to worry about in the fall. suzy kim is back at the table and jonathan martin and crystal ball and also joining us who is covering all things is ben starry. you are mr. 2014 msnbc.com. did they sort of win in a backhanded way these other primaries? here is where they have a shot or until this story broke have a shot to take ou

he would get behind mcdaniel, you know, day one.think that what you would see are some of the political players, some of the key fund-raisers and operatives, you know, they may hold out for a while or, you know, just never get engaged. but certainly it would open the door for a stronger chance for travis childers. >> well, sam hall, you've gotten a lot of material to cover in the last couple of weeks and we know there's nothing more than any of us journalists like than a good story. thanks for your time and i'm sure we'll be visiting again. we have even more primary preview ahead here on "the daily rundown ". the california race where every candidate has a celebrity in their corner. nothing like when beverly hills has an open seat. but first, tdr's trivia question. who was the most recent pennsylvania senator to chair the veterans affairs committee. be the first person to tweet the correct answer and you'll get the shoutout on tdr in 180 seconds. huh, 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well

the mcdaniel campaign scandal spreads. had enough?> mcdaniel has fired back, accusing cochran's campaign of shameful slander that goes beyond childish pranks. >> you've probably seen thad cochran's negative attack ads. newspapers call them shameless. i call them outrageous. but nobody said changing washington, d.c. was going to be easy. >> this election can't come soon enough. the race is getting uglier by the day. the district attorney says more arrests may be coming, and he also says that while there's no evidence that chris mcdaniel was involved, he also has not been cleared yet. joining me now is ricky cole, chairman of the mississippi democratic party. thank you for coming on the show tonight, ricky. >> thank you, reverend, i appreciate it. >> so, ricky, politics down there can be pretty rough. but have you ever seen anything like this? >> this is some of the worst i've ever seen, reverend. it's to the point now where we hear from republicans who want to vote in our democratic primary next tuesday and we have open registration in

kelly was working with the mcdaniels campaign? >> thanks for having me. know, this is one of the few things that everybody seems to agree on in this primary which is doing something like this with what this young man is alleged to have done, has no place in not only politics, but just in civil society and that we have to get to the bottom of it and find out would was involved in it and hold them accountable. and personally, i want to make sure they're out of the political process in mississippi because this is not the way we normally do things despite bad coverage and we've had tough primaries, but we've never brushed up anything like this. >> do you think either side is overplaying their hand here a little bit, do you think the mcdaniels campaign did have a connection to mr. kelly and do you think the cochran campaign is overselling this to make political hay on their own? >> i don't know. i mean, there have been a lot of people who stated emphatically that they think the mcdaniel campaign was involved and say emphatically they weren't and the cochran ca

we know kelly has been a supporter of the mcdaniel campaign.s not a volunteer, he's not a staffer. we know one of the additional three men arrested yesterday, one of them is a local lawyer. he's a local tea party leader. mcdonneaniel's campaign have go a lot support from the tea party. i can tell you mcdaniel's campaign says they're not involved. here's the statement. as we have said since day one, the violation of privacy of mrs. cochran is out of browns for politics. any individuals involved in this crime should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. i should tell you we just got a statement from the cochran campaign and they say this mcdaniel campaign has been changing its story virtually every day, sometimes several times a day, and these latest arrests raise even more questions that the mcdaniel campaign has to answer. it's not looking pretty. >> is theed th thad cochran cam suggesting it could go higher up? >> certainly suggesting the mcdaniel campaign must have some sort of involvement. there was a lot of discussion when the fir

does mcdaniel still have a shot at winning?hen i talked to him today he says they feel confident, they feel good. but i have to say that republican sources who i think are pretty good in washington who are fighting really hard for cochran insist that he is going to survive. he is going to stay in the senate. and they are really hoping that happens for a lot of reasons. but they hope this deals another blow to the tea party. we'll see a week from today, though. >> thank you very much, dana bash in biloxi, mississippi tonight. >>> and still to come, a shocking new weight loss study. we'll tell you which beverage researcher says will help you lose weight. it's kind of miraculous. >>> and the white house responding after blowing the cover of a top cia agent. [ male announcer ] this is kevin. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again. and now

the question is whether it leads back to chris mcdaniel. joining me is slate political reporter who just left the state of mississippi covering this on the ground, dave, first of all, what were they doing? were these tea party activists breaking into the home and others conspireing to break into the home of a woman suffering from dementia? >> i met with the suspect's wife, believing her husband trying to make a name for himself as an activist and got into his head this would do it for him, misled by some people and i should use the word allegedly as much as possible, people in the tea party movement acting independently thinking this would be great for mcdaniel. trying to emphasize from the rumor mill the idea that cochran is not being faithful to his wife. the fact that i just mentioned that on tv means it didn't come remotely backfire-zblsh right. >> but this was a rum that they existed in some tea party circles, they did it in the worst possible way, and you get angry when you try to get bring it up. i was a tea party conference where re

the mcdaniel scandal spreads. had enough?niel has repeatedly denied any role in all of this and pointed out that the campaign knew about kelly and the photographs for two weeks before going to authorities. and this week mcdaniel released a new ad firing back. >> you have probably seen the negative attack ads. newspapers called them shameless, i called them outrageo outrageous, but nobody said change in washington, d.c. was going to be easy. >> there's no doubt this has been a huge distraction. senator cochran's team sees this as a ticket to victory. the tea party has swung and missed a lot this primary season. cochran is the last incumbent. the money has poured into the state from tea party groups opposing cochran. in a new poll shows mcdaniel leading by only 5 points. mcdaniel pulls this off on tuesday it could cause headaches for national republicans, especially with the nursing home story still unfolding. already the chairman of the committee bankrolls in key senate races refused to say if that committee will back mcdaniel

reportedly donated to mcdaniel's campaign and helped campaign for him.ut his attorney claims the arrest is politically motivated. mcdaniel has claimed total innocence in all of this and condemned the alleged brief of privacy. his campaign issued a statement reading, as we have said from day one the violation of the privacy of mrs. cochran is reprehensib reprehensible. any individuals involved in this crime should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. >>> waiting list may have left 40 vets dead. three va officials failed to show up on why -- given rise to claims of stone walling. mike kirk is calling into question $16 million in bonuses in chicago. and yesterday john boehner says he's close tore calling for the resignation of secretary shinseki. >> the reports that continue to come are appalling. and these are men and women who have served our country and we've not just let them down, we've let them die. this is awful stuff and somebody ought to be held accountable for it. >> the president's deputy chief of staff visited a hospital. >>> initially a

sam, does this sink mcdaniel? >> you know, bob would know better than i what this means in the pry mafr, but i think you summarized it best when it makes your skin crawl. it is such an awkward issue to be a factor in a senate primary. and it's impossible to figure out who knew what when why the hell they were videotaping this person? it's very bizarre and weird thing to discuss even on cable news even with presidential helicopters right behind me. >> we're all really uncomfortable right now. up next, days away from the election in ukraine, the polls are ready to open but should they considering a new and surprising state of violence? stay with us. these don't look clean. [ doorbell rings ] the johnsons! stall them. first word... uh...chicken? hi, cascade kitchen counselor. stop stalling and start shining with cascade platinum packs. over time, platinum fights cloudy residue 3x better than the competing gel. it's so powerful it even helps keep the dishwasher sparkling. avoid embarrassing moments... at least for you

>> we know he's a mcdaniel supporter. the two are seen in the same frame together. what we don't know is what kind of contact he may or may not have had with mcdaniel campaign and it's probably irresponsible to speculate. there is a lot of opposition research and sort of dirty politicking floating around in the race generally as it behinds into its final days. there are also been senators raised about senator cochran spending taxpayer money to travel with a staffer. and there is some suggestion that the two incidents might be linked together. >> all right. kasie hunt, absolutely disturbing to your point. it is perhaps why people are so disgusted with what is happening in politics these days. >>> new to developments in ukraine. president you pputin ordered ru troops to return to hair bases. this marks the second time this month that putin said russian forces were withdrawing. hair b. this marks the second time this month that putin said russian forces were withdrawing.th hair bases. this marks the second time this month that putin said russian forces were withdrawing

with it becoming more nasty and personal, what happens if mcdaniel wins?republican party get behind him as they jump down his throat on this one? mississippi's gop establishment has gone after mcdaniel hard. >> the committee has, of course, supported the incumbent and contributed the maximum allowed to support the cochran campaign and what does the party do if mcdaniel is their candidate especially after this incident and with the fact that the democrats have a semi-credible candidate waiting in the wings. with travis childers any the gop established their way in getting the candidates they won. mcdaniel winning could up end that applecart in a way that maybe we have been paying attention to. it's a soap opera in mississippi, but it has long-term consequences for november. we'll be on the story. that's it for this edition of "the daily rundown." coming up next is my friend chris jansing and she'll be talking to one of the five appointed to the committee on benghazi. >>> i'm meteorologist bill karins continuing to watch delays this thursday. in the northeas

mcdaniel made it clear he knows how to rally the base. >> let me just get crazy with it.f they pass reparations and my taxes go up, i ain't paying taxes. >> get crazy with it, chris. this primary is still a couple weeks away and the polling out of mississippi is pretty spotty but mcdaniel became a real darling of the right wing media trying to take out cochran in which the dominant narrative has been the return of the gop establishment. and curiously, recently stories have been popping up in conservative media outlets pushing rumors that the incumbent thad cochran, whose wife has been in a nursing home for 14 years with progressive dementia, that cochran was engaged in an affair with a staffer. we have absolutely no confirmation of this rumor nor does anyone else but has been pushed hard in stories like this one on brightburn.com. on friday in an absolutely insane development, a blogger named clayton kelly, who is a mcdaniel supporter, was arrested for allegedly sneaking into the nursing home in which thad cochran's wife lives, photographing her as part of a gutter attack

the jackson clairon ledger reports john mary hosted a radio show with mcdaniel.nother, is a chairman of the state tea party and has reportedly donated to mcdaniel's campaign. his attorney claims the arrest is politically motivated. mcdaniel has claimed total innocence and condemned the alleged breach of privacy. as we have said since day one the violation of the privacy of mrs. cochran is out of bounds for politics and is reprehensible. any individuals involved in this crime should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. why would they do it though? in a recent radio interview mcdaniel denied his staff had any link to the blogger or knowledge of activities. but he struggled to explain why he denied knowing about the incident hours after his campaign manager had called him about it. >> basically she said some things about miss cochran. i said stop right there. you know our campaign's position. >> she didn't tell you there was an arrest? >> let me finish, okay? i can explain this. i said mentally our position had been the same -- let's back up. please give

. >> reporter: in a new ad, cochran's campaign points fingers at his gop challenger, chris mcdaniel.g video of senator chad cochran's wife in a nursing home, is that enough? >> reporter: and it gets even deeper in the mississippi mud. cochran supporters argue the reason the blogger took his wife's picture was to feed questions about cochran and longtime aide, kay weber, who's traveled extensively with the senator on the taxpayer dime. cochran's campaign calls it part of her job and suggestions of anything untoward sexist. this republican primary was supposed to be about the struggle of ideas within the gop. >> chris mcdaniels. >> reporter: a young tea party backed upstart challenging a fellow republican for being out of touch and too entrenched in washington after 36 years in the senate. >> dana bash. >> reporter: now chris mcdaniel is fending off questions about whether his campaign had anything to do with photographing his opponent's sick wife. >> our campaign had absolutely no connection to that whatsoe r whatsoever. >> reporter: you personally, when did you find out about the bre

this was an area where they were focused, on that mcdaniel campaign. but if the allegations continue to be at the surface, it's a problem. >> the video of his bedridden wife suffering from the late stages of dementia too. we are on rsvp watch with the redskins inviting senator harry reid to attend a game. amend -- amid his calls to change the team name. will attend on respectfully decline? >> this is a tough one. he's never backed down from a confrontation. neither has redskins owner dan snyder. the redskins are not going to roll over easy on the name change. they haven't been, and really calling harry reid out on this. it would be a circus if he attended. it's unlikely and unseemly if he did so. you never know, he's not one to back down. : you're right. >>> to the president's surprise visit to troops in afghanistan in two years. he was firm in telling them, quote, for many of you, this will be your last tour in afghanistan. all contingent on the afghan successor signing the security agreement that karzai refused to authorize. what do you think of the

what is this meaning for mcdaniel's campaign, mark? >> well, it is all about the timing, craig.are less than two weeks away from the primary contest, and this is one that the tea party has been circling as we all know that they had the tea party had a tough time gaiagainst the republican establishment candidates this past tuesday and difficulty in north carolina, and this is an opportunity to take down an incumbent republican senator, and the indications were that chris mcdaniel was on the glide path to give him a run for his money, but this h is going to throw all of that into the uncertainty right now, and the reason being is that it is the issue driving the race now, and this is the story that everybody is focused on and chris mcdaniel says i have no involvement or knowledge of it, and my campaign had nothing to do with it, but when you look at the four folks, they were all mcdaniel supporters, and it is very tough for the mcdaniel campaign to explain away. >> what is on the way next week? >> two runoffs in texas. one for lieutenant governor, and ralph hall, the 91-year-old c

democrats are, too, and some democrats are rooting hard for chris mcdaniel.c primary is former congressman travis childers, who has stayed away from the controversy mostly but he wants to remind voters who is doing the mud slinging. >> while i have no control, i want mississippi to know there is a democratic candidate who is interested in their future. >> there's concern the entire incident may turn voters off. >> we are concerned that all of the negative and vitriolic ads that you're seeing on tv will end up depressing the vote. >> we'll be keeping a close eye on this race three the weekend. election day in mississippi is tuesday, june 3rd. by the way we have a handful of other states with interesting elections next tuesday. >> up ahead, it's abundantly clear there's a problem the president can't ignore anymore. . it's beautiful. gotta admit one thing... ...can't beat the view. ♪ introducing the world's first curved ultra high definition television from samsung. the was a truly amazing day. without angie's list, i don't know if we could have found all the se

chris mcdaniel, tea party backed uniting tea party folks. this nursing home issue not come up and essentially the add touches on it. this is a story that someone who sports mcdaniel, he has no real contact with but someone who sports mcdaniel snuck into the nursing home in which cochran's wife has been for a decade, and took footage of her and posted it on the internet. had that not happened, i think we might be talking about thad cochran losing this race. i think it will probably still be close but this is engulfed the last two and a half, three weeks of the race. i think cochran has a little bit of an edge now. they think it's a cutting issue because they are spending probably their last ad before the primary on this issue. >> this is mcdaniel's ad fighting back. >> you've probably seen cochran's negative attack ads, newspapers call him shame also, i call him outrageous, but nobody said changing washington, d.c. was going to be easy. >> so it's a classic case -- this isn't going to change the makeup of the senate. this is going to be a rep

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as the chris mcdaniel campaign has spent. all of this money and much he has raised in spending his own campaign is coming from out of state. it's an unusual time but mcconnell has handled it well. >> and what do you look at when you look at georgia, for instance? do you have real concerns about michelle nunn who has run a much better campaign than most people would ever have expected for a novice? >> her father is a highly regarded man who is a great senator and he's highly regarded in both parties but the good news for rpz, he's not running. we'll see today -- we'll get an idea today who will be our nominee because it definitely will be a runoff for the republicans. i think accurately it was said earlier that the two people that are most identified as kind of tea party outsider candidate two congressman are not going to get into the runoff and the runoff is going to be between a businessman, former secretary of state who's a playlady and ther one congressman who could get in the runoff. but there's going to be a runoff in ju

mcdaniels, 66. take it in. 2 west 40. chavez, 2 west 71. >> [ bleep ]. >> [ bleep ] they gave me 90 days. what's that [ bleep ]? 90 days? what's that [ bleep ]? [ bleep ]. >> i'm here 35. i'm reputable in them streets, you know? what's that? >> [ bleep ]. >> you ever been in here? >> not here, not in prison. >> this ain't nowhere to be, man. this ain't cool. you can't even stretch. you can't even stretch in this joint. >> you can't even work out in these cells. you can't run in place. we only come out twice a week. >> yeah, man, [ bleep ]. mentally insane, for real. this is what they give us. look at this [ bleep ]. that's all you going to get. that's all you [ bleep ] going to get. a little tiny ass bar of soap. going to be used in one day. it's over. this is how i'm living, man. >> you will find with a lot of these guys, they have been incarcerated before. so, unfortunate for some of them, they think this is a step up. and in the circles they travel in, unfortunately, it is. you know, i made it. i'm in the state prison

this primary is still a couple weeks ago and the polling out of mississippi is spotty, but mcdaniel has become a real darling of the right wing media trying to take out cochran and is seen as the tea party's best hope and curiously, recently stories have been popping up in conservative media outlets pushing rumors the incumbent, thad cochran, who is wife has been in a nursing home for 14 years, that cochran engaged in an fair with a staffer. we have absolutely no confirmation of the rumor, but no does anybody else, but has been pushed hard in stories like this one, and then on friday in an absolutely insane development, a blogger named clayton kelly, who is a mcdaniel supporter, was arrested for allegedly sneaking into the nursing home in which thad cochran's wife lives, photographing her, and posting video of her online as part of an apparently deeply misguided gutter attack on cochran himself. we don't know what exactly this is all about but appears to be related to the attacks on cochran over the alleged affair. this shocking little episode sheds light on just why it is that tea part

mcdaniels denied any involvement in this. bill: how are the issues shaping up? >> reporter: senator cochran represented the state of mississippi for sick terms in the senate now. during the days of earmarks he brought a lot back to the state and promised if republicans take control of the senate he will do right by mississippi. chris mcdaniel the tea party challenger that cochran who is 78 years old is out of touch and not conservative enough to represent mississippi. >> he voted to fund obamacare for the reason he voted for the bailouts and every other silly program he voted for the last 42 years. he did it because he doesn't have any fight left in him. reporter: mcdone a.m. has been gaining ground on cochran since this scandal broke. plenty of outside groups pouring hundreds of thousands into advertising, it will be a barn burner slugfest. martha: let's take a look how things are going. up 50 points. 16,657 as everybody on wall street gets back to work. the dow closed at 16,606. we'll get an eye on the markets throughout the show. regardless of what happens th

the blogger is a mcdaniel supporter. mcdaniel has condemned the blogger's actions and personally called cochran. >>> a report from over the weekend suggesting that the veterans affairs scandal may be more widespread than thought. the v.a. settled 167 claims since 2001 that were apparently linked to delays in treatment. that financial payout stole more than $36 million. all of this coincides with a federal investigation that the phoenix medical center kept a secret waiting list to cover up long delays for vets looking for care. a doctor claims that he falsified records and that led to dozens of preventible deaths. on friday robert petzel resigned. shinseki is a four star general and he has resisted calls to step down. dennis mcdonough spoke about the scandal over the weekend. >> the president is madder than hell and i've got the scars to prove it giving the briefings that i've given the president. we have seen obviously the reports out of places like phoenix and fort collins and north carolina and we're going to get to th

fred is the incumbent then and chris mcdaniel has the edge. he seems to be faltering a little bit in the closing weeks of the race helped in part by some activist bloggers who took some really devious steps and took some very nasty film of his wife who has been disabled in a home for about 15 years. they're not associated with the mcdaniel campaign, but there is a lot of ugly innuendo as far as we know. no reason to believe they're associated, it's offended the sensibilities of a lot of mississippians. that plays to his favor. that's in two weeks. gwen: is it bad news, let's cycle back. we have talked about the bad news for democrats, but i'm curious about whether democrats are sitting back here and watch this happen, or whether they like the republicans who sat there and said, here is a problem, let's fix it, let's get better candidates and take the tea party seriously this time. are democrats figuring how to set themselves up for the fall so they don't get run over by the new discipline on the part of republicans? >> i think they do. i think

cochran's campaign pokes fingers at mcdaniel. >> and it gets deeper in the mississippi mud.picture was to feed questions it is called part of her job and and -- supposed to be about the struggle of ideas within the gop. >> a young tea party backed up start challenging a fellow republican for being out of touch and too entrenched in washington. now, chris mcdaniel is fending off questions about whether his campaign had anything to do with photographing his opponent's sick wife. >> our campaign had absolutely no connection with that whatsoever. >> you personally, when did you find out about the break-in? >> we're going to focus on his record right now. >> god bless the tea party. >> i am not going to washington d.c. to be a member of a cocktail circuit or to make back room deals. i'm going up there to fight and defend the constitution. >> mississippi republicans and democrats say come on, cochran has been there a long time, he's a good public servant. >> i say name one fight that the senator has led against barack obama? name one time that he has raised his voice. >> for the t

other since before he deployed to afghanistan over a year ago. >> i told you i would be here. >> mcdanielnt four months in afghanistan, work on helicopters and helping support ground units and has since returned to the states and stationed fort riley in kansas. >> it just happened to be the best time, perfect, college graduation and haven't seen her forever, best. hardest part of being away, not being able to see family and talk to them everyday and hug them and face-to-face conversations. >> reporter: while he has been away, ashley has worked towards ore bachelor in social sciences and on the day she received her degree from saxx state, her brother will be watching. >> it's a big moment and you want everybody to be here and tell everybody my brother is a hero. >> reporter: a hero who wouldn't miss his sister's proudest day. >> best surprise ever. thank you. >> i love you. >> i love you, too. >> what a nice surprise. >>> racing for the win? we'll show you how a marine who lost a leg is becoming a winner this memorial day day. >> and our meteorologist mark tamayo has our sunday forecast an

ashley mcdaniel thought photographers had gathered to watch her receive her diploma so she was shockedher younger brother, army specialist anthony mcdaniel was there waiting for her. >> just happened to be the best time, perfect, college graduation, haven't seen her forever so just the best experience ever. hardest part is not being able to see family, not be able to talk to them every day. >> anthony mcdaniel spent four months in afghanistan and now stationed at fort riley in kansas. >>> it might get a little more difficult to find a place to light up for smokers in foster city. the new proposal that could regulate what they do in their own homes. >>> there was a young girl laying right here and she was -- i could tell immediately she was gone. >> a student in santa barbara describes the moment he found three victims of friday night's rampage. more on the moments he spent comforting one girl as she made a desperate phone call to her mother. >>> the unofficial start of summer is underway and for some it's going to feel like it. where we will soar into the low 90s for today coming up. m

the blogger is reportedly a mcdaniel supporter. what's the point of this?im, what do you make of this? >> the political poll was just in competitive house and senate areas so it's not a national poll. it's where the election are going to be decided. republicans have a decisive advantage. the fact that 90% of the people have a very passionate feeling about health care shows that is the singular issue of the campaign and it really does tilt the republicans' way, which is the reason they have that lead. you have that broader environment. and then inside of that, the big story of the campaign has been that the establishment has been able to get better candidates, to get more money in to support those candidates and beat back the most unelect abable candida. in georgia less than 20% of voters are going to vote in that primary. there's almost more candidates than there are people that will vote. we don't really know what the outcome will be. it does look like an established-backed candidate will win. >> johni deutsche. >> is there a head fake going on? as we get

chris mcdaniel states the senator tea party hope going up against six term incumbent senator cochranof mississippi. he looks like he is poised to lose after a very promising campaign with a lot of his support on tuesday. further of his supporters and were jailed with breaking into senator cochran's wife's nursing home and photograph her and chris mcdaniel's bus broke down yesterday when asked by a reporter this week when he personally knew about the report of the gin, he refused to answer and said we are going to focus on his record. he doesn't have a good answer for the the incident. it's all the commercials and the entire ganel. i think is he going to lose. >> strange story. >> president obama terrible speech at west point. it used to be said he can't govern but at least can he can give a good speech. that can't be said anymore. the pediatric research. our anchor bret baier has just written a book about special heart congenital heart disease it comes out next week. every cent of the proceeds will go to cardiac charities so right now, before the commercial, get online and preorder w

saturday morning, chris mcdaniel himself was told.nager called cochran's campaign manager. after telling the reporter he didn't know what was going on, he hadn't been fully briefed. the most recent one conducted last month has senator cochran leading by 17 points. this is one of the last remaining races when the tea party was going to have a chance of knocking off the republican candidate. i'm guessing it is likely not the event of this weekend that is going to help mcdaniel's close the gap. still ahead, graduation day for college seniors. will the announced commencement speaker be the one at the podium? the politics changing the writ of passage. is it for the better? there's unlimited talk and text. we're working deals all day. you get 10 gigabytes of data to share. what about expansion potential? add a line anytime for 15 bucks a month. low dues... great terms... let's close. new at&t mobile share value plans. our best value plans ever for business. but add brand new belongings from nationwide insurance... ...and we'll replace destr

. >> the mcdaniel cited two polls showing their man leading cochran. the surveys that were conducted assume lower turnout rates than will likely be seen on primary day, june 3rd. >> still ahead, the epa wants a wyoming man to pay $75,000 a day for a pond. we'll explain. first, brit hume with his analysis about what the veteran scandal tells us about government health care. i make a lot of purchases for my business. and i get a lot in return with ink plus from chase like 60,000 bonus points when i spent $5,000 in the first 3 months after i opened my account. and i earn 5 times the rewards on internet, phone services and at office supply stores. with ink plus i can choose how to redeem my points. travel, gift cards even cash back. and my rewards points won't expire. so you can make owning business even more rewarding. ink from chase. so you can. all stations come over to mithis is for real this time. step seven point two one two. verify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. three, two, one. standing by for capture. the most innovative software on th

is now put out there in the public that there was in scenario as though that would somehow help mcdaniel> and let's talk about the doctor in oregon who won her primary challenge last night despite a lot of personal baggage coming out about her. she could pose a real challenge, theoryically. >> oregon has been a tough challenge for republicans. but that said, if this is a great year for republicans she will be primed as a candidate. >> she is running against a first term member against a not well known in the state. but primarily run thanks to obama's coat tails now running in an off year. it is one of those races to watch that i think is a seco secretasecond tier. >>> and also far from the first time you saw their names on bumper stickers, two southern democrats are hoping to somehow turn deep red georgia blue. our national correspondent has the story. >> reporter: dynasties continue to shape the national political landscape. think kennedy, bush, clinton, now georgia could add two more names to that list and create a political sea change. >> georgia, are you ready to make history? >> yes

chris mcdaniel a tea party favorite, his campaign manager called cochran saturday to say about kelly'sct. >> we have no idea who he is. there was stuff several months ago where this guy was doing some insane stuff online. we found out about it, chris and immediately got volunteers to find the source. >> they told fox news no one on staff made contact with the accused man but kelly did have his photo taken with mcdaniel. they said their man leading cochran but the polls were conducted before news of the arrest broke, megyn? >> we are seeing new questions being raised about the nightmare in the veterans affairs medical system and what it may reveal about the future of obamacare. charles is a fox news contributor, columnist and author of things that matter which is still on "the new york times" best sellers list. great to see you. tonight as we see how wide-spread the scandal is, over 19 va facilities involved in this and not just long wait times but more and more the covering up of the wait times says what to you about government health care and obama care in the united states? >> well,

i want to hear your opinions but i think four people have been arrested because supporters of mcdanielinto the nursing home of thad cochran's wife who is in dementia and posted a video of her. seems like a new low. >> well, the story is still assembling and the person who did it was with somebody who did it on his own and the question is how deeply the mcdaniel campaign either was aware of it, didn't stop it or was even complicit in. i don't understand, and mrs. cochran, sadly, is in dementia, is in hospice care and has been there 13 years. what possible advantage -- just ask what sort of perverted thinking leads to let's get a video of this disabled woman, invade her privacy and put it on -- and anybody should be disqualified from the vote. if the campaign is involved, they will pay dealer. >> the campaign was doing well in the last few weeks. >> cochran is weak in many ways as a candidate, this is the last best hope of the tea party, but i think mcdermott was in serious trouble here. it was reported today mctanl as a radio talk show host had occasionally co-hosted the show with one o

do any of these have links to the mcdaniel campaign?>> this is a we're story and it seems to be getting weirder. we know as you mentioned that blogger kelly is a mcdaniel supporter. we know that one of those folks is a lawyer. we don't know too much about the other two. even that blogger. he is not a staffer. we're not involved. they put out a statement overnight after the three most recent arrests and here is what they said. as we have said since day one, the violation of privacy is out of bounds for politics and is reprehensib reprehensible. that's the statement. the tea party. now thad cochran campaign says that the kelly campaign has changed its story multiple times a day. >> the old guard which is considered more moderate, how close has this race been. and has the scandal had any impact? >> it has certainly been a close race. it's hard to determine how it is playing out. we know this is one of the races the tea party was hoping to make an impact on. we are going be watching very, very closely. the primary day is less than two weeks

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