. [ applause ] >> mike: thank you very much.t a great audience we have here today. and welcome to "huckabee" from the fox news studios in new york city. once dismissed by nancy pelosi as astroturf, the tea party is a force to be reckoned with. tonight, nevada senate candidate sharron angle running against harry reid in one of the high-profile races in the mid-term elections is with us. [ applause ] also, we have super bowl winner and m.v.p. quarterback kurt warner. a star on the field, but can he dance with the stars on the dance floor? we'll find out. plus, actress and activist jeanine turner with us and has the winner of the the constituting america with us and much on tonight's show. we're glad you're here, joining the great audience from new york. [ applause ] the polls are showing that it's looking more and more likely that republicans will take control of the house in the mid-term elections. if democrats lose the majority, nancy pelosi is going to step down as house speaker. the party is going to have to plan for a return

mike's a righty.hey're what's called "mirror identicals." >> john mcenroe: i'm just glad i can tell them apart now, you know. ( laughter ) it took a while. they really look a lot alike. >> pat mcenroe: that's why they call them "identical." >> john mcenroe: mike... mike has a mole... and thank you. >> stahl: we spoke to another pair of tennis brothers-- john mcenroe, who was the best in the world in both singles and doubles, and his younger brother patrick, captain of the u.s. davis cup team that the bryans have played on since 2003. >> patrick mcenroe: the good news for them is that there's a leftie and a righty. and the leftie, bob, is more of a big server, big hitter, and the righty is sort of better at strategy, better in the returns. and as my big bro knows, having a leftie and a righty combination in doubles is pretty much ideal. >> john mcenroe: their biggest thing is that they just know each... what each other's thinking, obviously. there's places on the court where people aren't sure who's go

to mike castle's 45%. we will have much more on this race in a moment. polls have just closed in the state of new york, where controversy plagued democratic congressman charlie rangel is trying to hold on to his seat tonight that he has held on to 45 years so far. he is facing five challengers, chief among them adam clayton powell iv. we're still awaiting results in the race as well as in the race for the republican nomination for governor in new york, the republican establishment pick here is rick lazio, a man who has run for just about everything in new york. rick lazio is facing an unexpectedly strong challenge from a man named carl paladino, who was most famous essentially for sending out super pornographic and/or racist e-mails like this one. that's president obama and first lady michelle obama dressed as a pump and prostitute, a photo shopped image mr. paladino e-mailed out under the heading "white house ball." that was one of the more g-rated e-mails carl paladino sent out for which he had to later

hey, mike. >> now, look at mike. mike is wearing a shirt that he bought last night. mike, tell us about the wonderful event that mika had along with susan axelrod and j-mack. >> this was a lot of fun. this was in georgetown at jay mclaughlin and mika was there and invited people to come shop. part of the money went to cure that great group that susan axelrod started to help find a cure for epilepsy after her own family coped with that. so not only do i have this shirt, the shirt was picked out by tammy hadhag, approved by mika, and before the night was over, lewis bergdorf had an endorsement deal. >> with jay mclaughlin. i don't even want to hear about that. chris just asked me, is it true that they ran out of vodka, even before the guests arrived, with mika there? >> there was plenty of beverages, white wine, red wine, water, the whole deal.

. >> ladies and gentlemen, governor, mike huckabee. [applaus [applause] >> everybody, thank you so much. what a great audience we had here today. and welcome to huckabee from the fox news studios in new york city. once dismissed by nancy pelosi as astroturf, the tea party is a force to be reckoned with. and tonight, the senate candidate sharon angle running against harry reid in one of the most high profile races in the mid term elections is with us. also -- [applause] >> we have super bowl winner and mvp quarterback kurt warner, he was a star on the field, but can he dance with the stars on the dance floor? we'll find out. [applause]. [applause]. >> . >> plus, actress and activist janine turner is back with us and she's got the winner of her constituting america contest. all of that, and much more on tonight's show and we're glad that you're here, (applause) >> the polls are showing that it's looking more and more likely that republicans will take control of the house in the mid term elections. if democrat lose the majority, nancy pel

baker -- question for mike baker. what kind of race -- > we often talk about that. it is a shifting landscape. they are young so they don't all of the races yet. >> and the people at home should know mike during the break was saying his daughter likes" red eye" almost as much as she dislikes black people. >>> now let's go to the first question from wherever we are. go? >> i am outside and found a "red eye" fan. this is jeff from tallahassee. >> hey, would people be surprised by how much goes into making the show each night? >> so, sen that willly would we be surprised -- would they be surprised by how much goes into making the show each night? >> i would think they would be surprised the fact that anything goes into making it. actually we put a good 8-hour day into this show, right? >> we absolutely do. that question answered something for me, where my bin del was. >> how did security let him in? >> can i throw in a quit comment? as an outsider, outside the scope, i can't hang out with them because i apparently smoke

it has been a pleasure dealing with mike all these years.ust because he is leaving the port does not mean he is off the hook. he still coming down to smoke a cigar. we will have other things. thank you very much. [laughter] [applause] >> on behalf of the san francisco giants baseball team, we would like to commend my for all of his dedication and service to the port commission and for being such a great friend and supporter of ours throughout our journey in the waterfront. he may not b the they're more ar today as a fan. we're having the american idol tryouts at the ballpark today. i want to give a heartfelt thanks to you and all of the people who have been at the ballpark since we opened it, for your contributions. [applause] >> i am harold. i have known michael since before he was the port commissioner. we became friends in 1988 when we both unsuccessfully ran for the board of supervisors. we went around the circuit of candidates nights. we became good friends. and know him from the calamari and the godfather's forum. we love you very much

so mike martz knows this offensive line needs help.ve seen it here in the first quarter, jay cutler, every time he has dropped back, he has been under the gun. >> joe: and eventually on the turf. 38-yard try by gould. the first points of the day belong to chicago. they get the turnover, delivered by d.j. moore and get inside the red zone and have to settle to for three. today, "how to work the weekend without missing the game." what's up? since we're stuck here working the weekend, i hooked up the projector to show the game. and i brought in some bud light. ♪ [ cheering ] yeah! [ boss ] thompson! excellent job. [ cheering ] are they hiring? bud light. the sure sign of a good time. here we go. you want to know what it takes to have a big, built ford tough event? well, you gotta have these bad boys. ford f-series, america's number one selling trucks, 33 years running. they haul more. they tow more and do more than other trucks. and now, you save more. on f-150, get 0% financing for 60 months plus another grand toward your trade in on top

you could be the next mike castle. love the name for a establishment republican, castle. watching "hardball" on msnbc. host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? did the little piggy cry wee wee wee all the way home? piggy: weeeeeee, weeeeeee, weeeeeee, weeeee weeeeeeee. mom: max. ...maxwell! piggy: yeah? mom: you're home. piggy: oh,cool, thanks mrs. a. anncr: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. of lick racing, starting with you, dsrl. stufy, make the call. ♪ [ dialing ] ♪ >>> let me finish tonight with a question. just where do you think this explosion of voter anger we saw last night in delaware and have seen growing in voters in pennsylvania, florida, utah, nevada, kentucky, colorado, alaska, and just about every poll across the country is going to take us. last night as the dust began to clear, i heard that the anger was on the verge of busting out. how could voters in the general election go so far as to like one of these candidates the angry primary voters have kicked u

mike martz's offensive system. >> troy: that has kind of been one of the staples, hasn't it? and also the staple of scoring a lot of points. >> joe: no doubt about that. here is forte. he is brought down by ratliff. a gain of just two. jay cutler has already felt a lot of heat. >> troy: you know, i think, joe, though, you're seeing the cowboys do some things with some of the blitzes and stuff and i know this week, mike tice and some of the other coaches talked about the offensive line and felt that they had played pretty well last week against detroit. i thought they were average, at best. and they haven't been real good here in the early going.

it is not ko versus mike castle. by the -- it is not christine o'donnell versus mike castle.ig a presidential turn-out four times the size -- >> sean: not only that. today his campaign sent out an article that just slandered and smeared and attacked not only christine o'donnell but the voters. that doesn't sound like -- >> i think that's a mistake and i hope mike calms down and thinks about it and decides he's bigger than thatch the party has been very good to him for a very longtime. i think he owes it to the party in that sense. >> sean: sounds like a big crybaby. like a poor sport big crybaby. and i'm sorry he lost. but he earned his lost with his liberal voting record as far as i'm concerned. he's blaming me, lashing out at me and rush. >> more importantly than what you or i think, talk radio versus republican incumbents. fact is, people of delaware have the right to pick the nominee they want. the largest turn-out in modern times they picked christine o'donnell. folks, including the republican national establish. -- establishment ought to respect the people's right to ch

yeah. >> almost saying to mike castle, go ahead, go over there. care. >> in other words, she wants the dead cat to go into the house of the other guy, right? >> yes. >> mixed our metaphor. >> indians, cats. >> i tell ya, i think you cannot pay for juice. the people that really care, you watch the baseball team or the football, more like a sport, like basketball that really is about -- in the wind. the team that really has to win tends to win. that's why all the nba playoffs go to seven games. you have to win, right? and i just think when the party says we are going if to win this damn thing, beat those guys, they are the people that will get to the polls in november that is what i think after last night. i know i'm odd man out. i think this is very strong news for the right, when their people can get this animated. thank you, gene robinson, thank you howard fineman. i think you are with me. i'm not sure. >>> up next, sarah palin helped make christine o'donnell a win. what does that say about palin's power? what do you think? you are watching "hard

mike castle is gay? who said that mike castle is gay? did you say that mike castle is gay? i didn't say that mike castle is gay? where might you have heard that mike castle is gay? gay. gay. have you heard that. and it's not just the same tactics being used in many cases, in many cases, it is the same exact people using the exact same tactics. >> when the world looks at america these days, all too often they see a moral swamp, a culture promoting sex and violence. no wonder our enemies think they can defeat us. this has been the equivalent of a cultural oil spill. it's not sea otters and ducks that are washing up on shore, covered with gunk, it is our kids. >> we have to have the courage to tell the truth and we have to have the courage to act on the truth. we are allowing a brutalization and a degradation of children in this country, a destructiveness. >> bureaucrats and politicians in washington think they should decide the what kind of lightbulb we use. what kind of toilets we flush. they'll buy your

mike schuh has been on ground all afternoon. mike?> kai, shutting down one of the largest hospitals in the world is no easy feat, yet they drilled for this and did it in a matter of moments. they were able to tell everyone who needed to stay inside, stay inside. those who needed to go outside that's where they went. it affected thousands of people. as soon as they knew the funman had been sequestered in his mother's room and the door was barricaded. police s.w.a.t. teams and others went to work quickly. here is how the commissioner describes the final moments. >> we were able to see that mr. davis was down on the floor suffering from an apparent gunshot wound, and that his mother was also unresponsive in her bed. the tactical team made entry into the room, and with the assistance of onseen medical personnel determined that both mr. davis and miss davis were indeed deceased. at this point, we are treating this case as a murder-suicide. >> reporter: you heard the commissioner refer to a mr. davis. he gave the people at the hospital a fa

chase what matters. ♪ >> mike: in the giants are clinging to first place.nd tim lincecum to the mound. second inning, lips kim -- lips kim gets magee he. they appeal. one uribe ends the third. fourth inning, bases loaded. milwaukee goes up 2-0. last chance for the giants. no dice. giants lose 2-1 and fall into second place. that's because the padres took care of the cardinals. bottom seven, the shot of -- off the glove of day lad a. in the nine in, three-run shot to left. padres win and lead the national league west bay half game over the g-men. hottest men in baseball stayed that way. tulowitzki cat tood -- tattooed the dodgers. puts colorado on the board 2-0. then this time to deep center. they're only a game out of in first place. >> minnesota, looking for their straight win over the twins by the a's. paul -- powell has liftoff. now in the 6th. gate tied. braden, bit by the long ball. valencia to left. that one leaves in a hurry. a three-run shot. the twins take the lead and hold on to the 4-2 victory. >>> raiders tomorrow at the coliseum. game is blacke

mike? >> reporter: greatly is the short answer. there is a lot of moving parts in a hospital this big. there are two dozen different structures on campus. no matter how well they want to communicate with everybody, invariably a situation this big trying to have a safe outcome, a lot of people don't know what's going on. the center of hopkins at a standstill. roads blocked, buildings shut down and everyone evacuating or locked in place. >> doctors are not safe, nobody's safe. >> reporter: thousands take to the streets. everyone here has the same question. >> there's not a lot of answers. we don't really know what's going on. we're confused. we're nervous and we're concerned. >> reporter: no one can get back to their jobs both in the operation of the hospital and the running of the labs. everyone seems to be calling home. >> i can't get on that side of the sidewalk at least. that side they blocked off up there. >> yeah. there's no way in at the moment. >> reporter: some are out here who were

mike bloomberg, the independent governor of new york, he switched party of course frequently, mike bloombergharlie rangel. the folks in hard lem and the city think that charlie rangel has produced for the city. that's why he's going to get re-elected. that's the story line. one of the more interesting race, a state senate race that mirrors the race going on about charter schools and reform. that's a conversation for another day. >> thanks. john, is that the right perspective? >> look. charlie rangel is going to be a national issue. i respectfully disagree with eliot here. locally, charlie rangel is going to get re-elected. in a safe seat in a primary with a fractured field. it's more easy to get indicted than elected in those offices but charlie rangel is beloved in his district. he's a national lightning rod. >> first to dana bash on capitol hill. dana, would the house democrats come back more optimistic about keeping their majority after summer break or nor pessimistic? >> despite what the house speaker said in public on the record, definitely more pessimistic. look, they will tell you, be

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you made out a list of the things that mike castle had done wrong.you didn't make out a list of the things that o'donnell had done right. i've met her. i wasn't frankly impressed as her abilities as a candidate. again, the serious questions how does she make her living? why did she mislead voters about her college education? how come it took nearly two decades to pay her college bills so she could get her college degree? how did she make a living? >> sean: this is probably one of the few times they are going to i found her quite impressive. more importantly, she is a solid conservative. i think what people are saying in this primary, in this case and -- in race and across the country in the other races that we are mentioning is that you know what, if you vote for cap and tax and have an opponent that says they wouldn't they have an choice, an option. i think it was substantive, very based on issues. based on the voting record of one and promised voting record of another. >> again, you are making my case this was about mike castle's bad votes. it does

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mike huckabee, obviously, i shared his campaign.second in the presidential race last time. obviously, if he wants to run, again, he'll be a viable candidate. he's not given indication he wants to do that. these are very important people that came to the convention. the difference between this con ve investigation and the tea party is things are important to them like gay marriage and abortion issues. they are significant. the tea party is about fiscal conservative and smaller government and not raising taxes. they may share common goals. at this point and time, mike pence is a good guy. he's going to be an important player if we have a majority in the congress. no one has talked about him as a presidential candidate. >> you mentioned the differences between those who might be in support of the value voters summit and that philosophy and that of the tea party. among those that were in attendance, christine o'donnell, the delaware republican pick who was supported by the tea party movement, newt gingrich in attendance, mike huckabee a

. >> nbc's mike bacquero at the white house. good morning. colin powell did back the president in '08. what is his view now? >> reporter: he did so on "meet the press." he called barack obama, then of course the senator, a transformational figure. he's not really backing away, he's saying let's wait and see, i did it in election year, i made the endorsement which incidentally angered people within his republican party. i'm going to wait and see. let's at least guest past these midterms. and when that election year does come up, we'll look at both nominees and make his decision. but it was interesting, alex, because he had a lot of advice that he wanted to offer president obama. no one needs to be reminded of his standing in the polls. the situation that democrats are facing on capitol hill. and while colin powell endorsed a lot of the initiatives that the president has undertaken like health care reform, although he does think there needs to be tweaks to that, he advice on other ways the president could regain his popularity. >> i think he ha

rushern baker worldwide margin against his closest competitor mike jackson. brad bell spent the night at baker's celebration. >> in the middle of the six flags amusement park. a picture is better than a thousand words. prince george's county executive candidate rushern baker celebrating on this day. at 11:30 last night he claimed victory in the race for county executive over share of mike jackson. this has been an interesting race of two high-profile, well- funded candidates. they felt perhaps mike jackson a couple too many controversies surrounding the sheriff's department. baker has campaigned for change and he said in his acceptance speech that change is what you'll bring to the county. >> i think the people have spoken. [applause] i think the message is loud and , it isprince george's time to a medical good county great. [applause] >> this is just the primary. is an overwhelmingly democratic county. we understand the transition will begin very soon for rushern baker to take over as the next county executive of prince george's county. brad bell reporting f

mike barone calling it is an example of gangster government.oritarian. i would expect this from hugo chavez this type of intimidation. i mean that sincerely. they are saying either you listen to us or you are going to be isolated and basically run out of business here that would be the net result of it. >> oh yes, absolutely right. classic olin ski tactics. clear message to insurers who tell the truth about the reasons for these rate increases is shut up or else. or else we will exclude you from the exchange. guess what? i'm getting letters from consumers who are saying, yeah please exclude them. i do not want my insured to be part of this government scheme. >> sean: everybody as we predicted will be funneled into the government system one way or another. i want to can ask you about christine o'donnell who was on with us tonight. and the establishment vs. the tea party movement and the establishment keeps losing. your reaction? >> what we saw last night on your show and your very watershed exchange with karl rove was the death throes of the old

we begin with mike hellgren. mike? >> reporter: kai, the suspect's brother said his brother simply loved his mom so much and was just distraught about her condition. and somewhat blamed himself for that. he had had a concealed weapons permit out of virginia for the past four years. >> police do not believe paul partis, the man who terrorized johns hopkins hospital, planned ahead of time, to shoot his elderly mother's doctor. >> no one has indicated to me any level of premeditation. again, back to our investigation. i don't know -- we don't know yet if it was in his daily routine, coming and visiting his mother, that he always had that gun. >> investigators say he was distraught over her prognosis. and used a tiny, 32-caliber cal tech semi automatic handgun, like this one, hitting dr. david cohen with a single shot to the stomach, before killing his mom and then himself. >> it's a very, very small weapon. the whole thing could be concealed in the palm of your hand. >> reporter: partis had a permit to carry a concealed w

reporting live, i'm mike hellgren. >>> thank you, mike. wjz is in constant contact with the city board of elections as these votes are counted. we'll bring you the updated numbers. >>> it was an anxious other night. hours ago, kamenetz won the election. he leads bartenfelder 52% to 44%. bartenfelder conceded therace. adam may has more. >> reporter: the tabulation of votes in the democratic primary were slow and finally, late this morning, one declared victory and the other conceded. >> i said i was really relying upon red bull to keep me awake and energized. i have to tell you, the fall campaign still continues. >> reporter: the county councilman declares victory. >> this was a hard fought contest and each side put forward their ideas and goals before the voters and again, the voters have spoken. it's time we've put our differences behind us, i reach out to everyone in baltimore county to heal the division. once again, i believe we'll be democrats united. >> reporter: the race against bartenfelder was the most expensive in county history a

i have known mike cattle many years. there are 10 conservative democrats that don't want cap and tax. >> sean: wait a minute. wait a minute. >> with him representing republicans in his state. >> sean: wait a minute. he was one of eight republicans to vote for cap and tax. now, we don't know, probably know this hour what happened in this race. and this could be, you know, what do you say after joe miller and the establishment supporting arlen specter and why would you not support marco rubio? why would you support charlie crist over marco rubio? >> in florida you saw marco rubio was up 16 points over charlie crist. i think there is something that is a generational shift. but i'm not against every establishment republican just because they're established. >> group, these upstarts who got the fire in the belly. these are the people who have inspired election autos are they the best people to represent the zpait to win in november? because i do think... >> why do you assume they won't win? >> i don't assume, well, you know,

they are motivated in their anger toward mike castle.'t think they're motivated by their love of her. these crazy issues, talking about lust and masturbation is not what i found in my year that animates the tea party. and now that castle is out of the way it will be interesting to see what kind of enthusiasm she can generate, especially among the half of republican who's didn't vote for her, among moderates who heard these ads. chris kuhns got the greatest gift of all. he got two week of advertising again her that he did not have to pay a dime for. >> in her victory speech tonight, she specifically shouted out the 9/12 patriots and asked somebody from the group to come up on stage. and talk about the founding of that group. the anecdote that was related from the stage in the middle of her victory celebration was about how karl rove had come to delaware and talk to christine about needing to get behind them. and they said get lost, karl. that was the message from the stage tonight. >> absolutelyism recounted that scene in the book. russ m

mike? >> and there's a lot of questions about the exact track of this thing. but any idea on impact on beaches for the big weekend? >> reporter: one of the thing forecasters are saying right now, regardless of where earl goes, everyone will have rough surf and the dangerous rip currents all along the eastern coast. really a big fear for a lot of the beach businesses, who worry that wherever earl goes, people are going to stay away this weekend. back to you guys. >> all right. emily schmidt on the storm watch. thanks so much. >>> and forecasters are watching a cold front that could pu earl further out to sea. sam champion has more on the the next couple of days >> notice by friday afternoon, just how close that category 2 hurricane is, within 100 miles to the outer banks of north carolina. that means 60-mile-per-hour to 70-mile-per-hour winds along the shoreline of north carolina and one to three inches of rain. as the storm curves and it interacts with that front, it will push out. but amer

mike has actually been keeping track of the winds overnight and they've been in our favor. mike? >> there's three scenarios in general for winds in this area. one is a fast offshore wind. the other is the normal marine layer induced sea breeze which is usually pretty fast because it shoots through the san bruno gap or we have this morning high pressure, calming influence, winds only 3 to 5 mph. we got really lucky that out of the three we got that one. relative humidity is 77%. the winds will pick up during the afternoon hours in this area. they'll be out of the west at about i'd say 10 to 15 mph. but tonight i'm a little concerned because they could pick up to around 10 to 20 mph out of the west. the fire so hot -- mentioned doing a little research, natural gas mainly made of methane which burns at 3600 degrees fahrenheit. they gave us a figure on the satellite. that's how hot it is. rest of us low to mid-50s. this afternoon we'll have temperatures in the low 60s along the coast. low to mid-70s around the bay and upper 70s to low 80s in our inland valley. it will be just as nice

mike singletary fired his offensive coordinator jimmy raye and replaced him with quarterbacks coach mike. >> anytime that you are going to go tell someone that, uhm, you know, they're no longer, uhm, fulfilling that role, uhm, that's going to be -- that's going to be tough. >> the move comes just two weeks after mike singletary defended raye over the now infamous yahoo article that claimed ray had a hard time getting the play calls to alex smith. >> if there is something that you have to say, go say it. and say that you said it. but don't go say a bunch of stuff but don't tell him i said it. to me, that's a rap. >> i think i speak with diction and i think i express myself pretty well. so whoever yahoo is, maybe he should come call the plays. >> reporter: it's easy to pin the blame on the offense with the team's 0 machine start t scored the second fewest points in the league which means quarterbacks coach mike johnson will become the 49ers sixth offensive coordinator in the last six years. >> he is a little different than jimmy raye. he seems to be creative . he seems like he is a creativ

. >> mike: the raiders change quarterback and silence the rams, and the brewers trying to get out of san francisco with a sweep by snatching one from the sweep by snatching one from the giants, but the our state is in a real mess. and i'm not going to give you any phony plans or snappy slogans that don't go anywhere. we have to make some tough decisions. we have to live within our means. we have got to take the power from the state capitol and move it down to the local level, closer to the people. and no new taxes, without voter approval. we have got to pull together not as republicans or as democrats but as californians first. at this stage in my life, i'm prepared to do exactly that. >> alan: hurricane igor is battering bermuda. 80 miles-per-hour winds are whipping up waves and heavy rains are causing minor flooding. david curley files this report from bermuda. >> reporter: this is hurricane igor arriving. some high winds and a lot of rain. residents here on this island woke up to good news and bad news. the bad news is that igor is headed right towards the island, 21 square miles

johnson in chicago mike johnson welcome to the kaiser report morning max mike jansen you write for the huffington post a recent blog is called americans unite this is an emergency illest three problems that constitute the emergency tell us what they are well as you pointed out there is much formlessness there is a biological war going on. and there's just not enough people to. know i mean the people that need to get sustenance imagine bio war which is interesting and of course this brings up a topic of food that you write about extensively can you talk to us a little bit about the food issue and what's at stake here what's going on who are the players who are the corporations tell us a little bit more about that mike johnson well as you all know he has just don't correct maybe five hundred my hundreds of thousands of gallons into the gulf as well as ninety five twenty seven now ninety five twenty seven eighty and shown to produce. birth to trucks you know animals as low as twenty parts per million. then we have monsanto. if you feed so into rats. they have a ninety percent. on birth de

mike seidel, thank you so much. we'll keep an eye on it. >>> to the other big story in the gulf, of course, what has become a detective story as bp has raised the critical piece of equipment called the blowout preventer from the sea floor. investigators are trying to figure out how what is supposed to be a fail-safe piece of equipment failed so badly. nbc's anne thompson joins us from new orleans this evening. good evening, anne. >> reporter: good evening, kate. i am standing outside nasa's missou assembly area in new orleans and this is where the blowout preventer is going to be brought. it's where federal investigators will go over that 50-foot-tall piece of hardware to try and figure out why it didn't do its job. this 1 million pound, five-story mass of metal pulled from the gulf of mexico may hold the answer to what caused the worst environmental disaster in this nation's history. when it sat on the ocean floor april 20th, the blowout preventer failed to stop a giant surge of oil and gas that ignited the "deepwa

mike. >> mike: time to look forward to nfl >> alan: if you're looking for cheap flights, don't expect to find a bargain anytime soon. new data compiled shows passengers are paying more. domestic fares increased by over 20% in the second quarter compared to a year ago. internationally fairs climbed 30%. for business travelers ticket prices were up by 12% in the first half of the year. >> a lot 0 of people were enjoying the sunny weather and took part in oakland's first gay pride celebration in six years. ♪ >> alan: a lot of people dancing at musicians played in the uptown district today. the pride celebration comes after an effort spearheaded by council member rebeca cap kaplan. oakland held celebrations until 2004, and now they hope to make it an annual tradition in oakland. >>> on to leigh glaser. not too many complaints about the labor day weekend. >> leigh: no complaints at all and we're going to heat up more tonight. we warmed up five to ten degrees. san francisco, up 10 degrees, and we're going to do it again tomorrow. hires a live look from the high definition caminiti. -- camer

i think mike may be right.ished business that frustrates some people that they're skipping town. >> well, i'll say, look, they've got the bush tax cuts expire january 1. if they're leaving town this weekend, that tells me there's going to be a lame-duck session and the number one issue is going to be the bush tax cuts and obama's probably going to rely on about 35 dead blue dogs to vote for him, since they don't have jobs and are going to be looking for them. >> mike allen, thanks so much. we'll be checking you guys out at politico.com. >>> coming up next, business before the bell with erin burnett. get that one piece right and the rest of the room will just fall into place. see your ethan allen design center for two beautiful ways to save. [ dog barking ] [ sniffing ] [ male announcer ] missing something? like 2 pairs of glasses for $99.99 at sears optical, with bifocal lenses for just $25 more per pair. hurry in to sears optical today and don't miss a thing. [ animals calling ] lenses for just $25 more per pa