. -- minnesota us schedule. the fact -- are miniscule. and based on less than a packet of sweetener, to me is outrageous. and to me this is a positive first step, in my opinion, because at least you remove some of the stigma attached to this type of issue which in my opinion should be a public health issue. it's a public health issue for a certain segment of the community and should be a public health communityissue for everybody. [applause] >> tal, let me follow up and just say opponents of mark leno's measure would say it's not the amount of drug that somebody is in possession of, the fact that they're using drugs indicates they've got to find a way to supply themselves with ongoing, you know, sources of drugs or by taking the drugs, they're going to place themselves in a state that makes them more likely to commit crime. is this a valid argument? >> well, i think there are -- i think not everybody who uses drug is a drug addict. and there's a segment of the population that recreationally uses narcotics and don't necessarily need treatm

in minnesota, they use september elections in odd years. it seems to me including those is comparing apples to apples. in terms of the state primary, all i was suggesting was using the most recent 2012 data because you are already using state primary. you already have said in the report. it stopped at 2010. including 2012, it would make sense. it is the most recent data. you already have a category for statewide primaries. you include the u.s. senate, the governor, and those races. >> we use the primary only as an example. there is nowhere else i use the primary information in our report for -- i never looked out over votes in primaries at all. it just looks at primary's in general about 65% of winner- take-all. i could not use september's election if i wanted to keep that formats until i had november's numbers. >> if you think about it with a plurality election, if you compare everyone who votes for the top two, their ballots counted in the final round. everyone else who did not voted for those top two, it is similar to where their ballots

in minnesota, they use september elections in odd years. it seems to me including those is comparing apples to apples. in terms of the state primary, all i was suggesting was using the most recent 2012 data because you are already using state primary. you already have said in the report. it stopped at 2010. including 2012, it would make sense. it is the most recent data. you already have aat

right reporter daniel nottingham tells us the minnesota congresswoman is not backing down. michelle bachman is facing more criticism over her allegation that a top aide to secretary of state hillary clinton may have ties to the muslim brotherhood. i think accusations are pretty dangerous. the congresswoman and four other conservative lawmakers sent letters to intelligence officials last month pointing to her deputy chief of staff the road she has three family members relate father her mother and brother connected to operatives and or organizations. she was born in the u.s. and her marriage to anthony wiener pushed into the spotlight last year he resigned when provocative text of female supporters were made public leading members of congress say the attacks against all the the need to stop. these attacks have no logic no basis and no merit. the state department described spock and accusations as vicious and discussing lies by the congress woman says she will not be silenced. the letters are being distorted into wants to know what kind of radical groups have. the bar and is m

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us. >> minnesota democratic house candidate, jim graves, thank you for your time.on a footnote, we did reach out to congresswoman bachmann to come on "jansing and co." today, but her schedule did not permit that. we also asked for a statement but haven't received one yet and if we do, we'll post it on our facebook page. >>> the renewed can debate on gun laws from the tragedy in aurora got us thinking. is it easier to buy a gun or vote in some states? details ahead. this is new york state. we built the first railway, the first trade route to the west, the greatest empires. then, some said, we lost our edge. well today, there's a new new york state. one that's working to attract businesses and create jobs. a place where innovation meets determination... and businesses lead the world. the new new york works for business. find out how it can work for yours at thenewny.com. want to hop in the back and get weird? no. no. ♪ ugh, no! [ sighs ] we can have hotdogs for dinner?! yes. [ male announcer ] it's nice to finally say "yes." new oscar mayer selects. it's yes food. ho

danielle nottingham tells us the minnesota congresswoman is not backing down. >> michelle bachman is facing more criticism over her allegation that a top aide to secretary of state hillary clinton may have ties to the muslim brotherhood in egypt. >> i think accusations like this being thrown around are pretty dangerous. >> the minnesota congresswoman and for other conservative lawmakers sent letters to intelligence officials last month, pointing to her deputy chief of staff. they wrote " she has three family members, her late father, her mother, and brother, connected to the muslim brotherhood operatives and organizations ". she was born in the united states, her marriage to former congressman anthony wiener pushed her into the spotlight last year, he resigned when provocative text messages to female supporters were made public. leading members of congress say that the attacks against for me to stop. >> these attacks have no logic, no bases, and no merit. >> the state department described the accusations as " vicious and discussing lies ". the congress woman says that she will not be

minnesota tonight. mark viviano joins us with more on the growing problem for the o's, i hate to say it, mark, but it's the latest orioles pitcher called up from the minor league will get a chance to prove himself on a team that has seen several starters try, fail and get demoted. the major league start of this in minnesota tonight. chris tailman got to two batters out and allowed seven runs before he was removed in the first inning. the pitching staff knocked around in a 19-7 defeat. little patience for struggling pitchers at the big league level and replacements for those who can't do the job. >> they control it. we don't control it. that's the thing i think they understand. we want them to do well and pitch well up here, but there will be somebody else, there's always somebody there to take your -- if you can't deliver what the job description is and that goes for all of us and it's just accountability that, you know, we just can't be satisfied with mediocrity. >> adam jones was consoled and said he have will get another chance. he's scheduled to pitch against cleveland on saturday. there's more com

arizona and minnesota. tell us why these might be potential swing states. innesota governor tim pawlenty to be his running mate. i think that puts minnesota on the docket for both campaigns. they'll be campaigning there. they'll be spending real money there. that would be bad news obviously for the democrats because minnesota actually has the longest democratic streak of any state. only the district of colombia has voted democratic more often. the last republican to carry minnesota, richard nixon in 72. it's gotten close. >> eric: the arizona is what i want to get to. with all the back and forth between the obama administration suing the state of arizona, et cetera, how could that possibly go to obama? >> well, go back to 2008, if the nominee, the republican party, hadn't been john mccain from arizona, i think barak obama would have carried arizona. but this is not 2008 anymore. it's 2012. even with a sizable hispanic vote, i think that state can probably be pretty safely put in the romney category. but if suddenly we see it being competitive, it tells us th

minnesota. we're seeing another union uses a learjet to fly its officials to junkets at this hotel, neil. >> neiley allowed to do that? what are the rules and do members know about this stuff? >> here's the deal. i mean the unions have to report their for profit activities on their tax returns. they're liable for taxes on that. as for using union member tax free dues for junkets is another ballpark. do teachers, cops and firemen away? what the unions are saying, by the way they're not talking to fox bus. we called them for comment. they're saying we're allowed to use union funds to buy luxury resorts as preservation or expansion activities. unions would say we thought our dues were for safer working conditions but the i.r.s. is looking at all nonprofits. unions are nonprofit. they have to pay taxes on for profit activities but the i.r.s. is telling "fox business" it revamped in 2008 tax returns for nonprofits and has more questions to ask of all of them, including unions. >> are these unionized hotels? in other words, is the workforce at these hotels unionized? >> that's an important question. we

us with a preview. >> gayle king in the house. thank you. former minnesota gov. be with us today, he is on the short list to be the vice- presidential candidate with mitt romney. we'll ask him about the vetting process and why mitt romney is ignoring calls to release more tax returns. and she says that she will work for maternity leave. the debate over how working mothers jumbled motherhood. those stories and more when we see you at 7:00. >> thank you so much. and remember, cbs this morning starts at 7:00. >> two months after the company went public, facebook is losing users. >> the stock is only worth 75 percent of the value of its ipo. the number of users is down 1.1% in the past six months. an analyst also found declines in 14 of the 23 countries where facebook is well established. some facebook users are leaving to go to more specialized websites. there's so much to keep up with. >> there's also a burnout factor, after a while you want to break. >> a new best paid athlete in the world. >> floyd may weather jr., according to sports illustrated, may weather too

joining us now is minnesota congressman keith ellison. congresswoman bachmann was on glenn beck's radio show and had some things to say, on you as well. i just want to play a little bit of what she said. >> he has a long record of being associated with care and muslim brotherhood. care is an unindicted co-conspirator. largest terrorist financing case we've had in the united states of america. he came out and essentially wanted to shut down the inspectors general from even looking into any of the questions that we were asking. so he wanted to shut it down. >> let me ask you just on two things. one, she's saying you have a long record of being associated with the muslim brotherhood. is that true? >> no. that's not true. >> do you support the muslim brotherhood? >> i don't support any organization that -- i support american institutions. i don't know enough about them. what i know about them is that in egypt one of their candidates has ascended to the presidency. i've never met that person. but i do think the united states should have a fore

minnesota. thesert places where democrats used to have rock solid districts but where president obama isn't necessarilyhat much of a benefit to democratic house candidates. this is a must-win district for democrats, where transportation chairman lost in 2010. if they can get this one back, it would be a good sign for them. >> iliza district in southern illinois, democrats retiring. could obama be a drag on democrats in his home state? >> very well could be. southern illinois, very different from chicago, isn't necessarily a place where obama is likely to benefit democratic house candidates. we obvious talk about how much voters hate conga lot of members themselves don't want to stick around congress in this difficult atmosphere to get things done. jerry costello, longtime democratic congressman one of 58 seats where there's no incumbent on the ballot in november. that's the record since 1992. it's a district democrat could very well lose. >> in colorado we're testing where there's a birther backlash where he said in his heart he's not an american. >> this was before we knew about the aurora shooting. a

now in the last couple of hours four new states with heat add advisory, minnesota, south dakota, iowa and nebraska. >> so many of us feeling it tonight, ginger, thanks very much. >>> as the heat settles if for days we have not forgotten the millions without power after the other major storm that barreled through this weekend and word tonight many of them will not get it back until after the fourth of july holiday. also learning more about that nightmare on the train, passengers trapped in the storm. david kerley on that part of the story tonight, david? >> reporter: good evening, david. you are absolutely right. power outages are still the real big problem. we are in arlington, virginia. look at what the storm did to that power pole. crews are now bringing in a new pole, but they've got to string these all the way along. this is the problem throughout the midwest and the mid-atlantic -- trying to get the electricity back on. tonight, nearly 48 hours since the storm, crews have only beend of those who lost electricity. 2 million customers in seven states still left with no air conditioning in 100 degree heat, and it

us. >>> the minnesota department of transportation is asking the local veterans of foreign wars to remove the flags they placed on overpasses. it violates their right to display the flag. >> they originally were put up in about 2004, and it was an honor of the 34th briggade that was serving in iraq. >> this has nothing to do with the american flag. it has to do with any objects placed on a bridge. >> veterans insist the flags are secured safely with brackets and can't blow off the bridges. >>> iran is threatening the world's oil supply as they continue to work on expanding their nuclear arsonal. how concerned should the united states be about that, and what should america do about it? we'll talk with a weapons expert after the break. >>> a pentagon report warns that iran may be able to build a missal capable of reaching u.s. soil within three years. it is just one more piece of evidence that shows iran's military threat is real. weapons expert david all bright joins me about what it could mean for the nuclear program. good to see you. let's start there with this assertion by the pentagon