joining me who believes that cycle will continue, natalie tennant. good morning and congratulations on your nomination. >> thank you. it is an honor to be nominated by twest virginia. >> as you know weeks had a tragedy in one of our coal mines late wednesday night and two of our coal miners were killed in a tragic accident or tragic situation. just like we're hearing around the country and around the world in those coal miners, we know that heart break all too well. that's why i'm running, to protect our coal miners. my first act would be to sign on to the safety act to protect our cole miners. >> let me ask you this. the national democrats are in many ways saying they're not sure you have a chance, that the brand doesn't play the same way that it used to. i guess i'll ask you, this why should west virginia send a democrat to the u.s. senate rather than a republican? >> this race is not about democrat/republican, this race is about west virginia. and for that exact same reason that i talk about, that you can have all of this talk, whether it's in was

natalie tennant, the early favorite on the democratic side. on the republican side the a.p. declared shelley moore capito the winner. she is considered the favorite in november but west virginia has been going more red. keep in mind democrats hold all of the state offices. the senate race will be an interesting test in terms of the race are. we have a couple of fascinating races in nebraska where polls closed a few minutes ago. in the republican primary for senate, this has been closely watched. the local tea party favorite is shane osborn, former state treasurer. he got the nod in part before tea party groups. his name is ben sasse. he's the university president. last time republicans got themselves into this kind of tangle a long shot candidate, a third candidate, a dark horse named deb fischer ended up winning a senate seat almost by stent after the early front runners picked each other off in 2012. this year the stand-off between shane osborn and ben sasse may have opened the way for a self-funded candidate named sid dinsdale. republicans will be watching closely. so wil

. ♪ mattress discounters >>> if natalie tennant is elected senator from west virginia, she will haveance the demands of her party against the poll itics of her state. i asked her how that would play out when it actually comes time to vote on the most important issues facing the country right now. >> the current senior senator from west virginia joe mansion would -- >> rockefeller. he's not gone yet. >> next year he will be the senior senator. he is backing and has introduced and last year failed to breakthrough a filibuster a background checks bill. is that something you would support if you were in the u.s. senate? >> i'm pro second amendment and i'm pro second amendment right. when you grow up on a farm like i did and learn how to be around guns and respect it, it's important that i go back and depending on how that piece of legislation is written that i go back and talk to west virginians and say how are we going to use this and does this fit for west virginia. because what fits for west virginia doesn't fit across the country. >> he's been the face of this bill for more than a ye

congresswoman shelly moore capito up by 11 over democrat natalie tennant. 49% to 38%. and we'll be right back.  >>> yesterday president obama outlined his plan to end military operations and combat operations in afghanistan by withdrawing all troops by the end of 2016. all combat by the end of this year. well, today he followed that announcement with an emotional and forceful defense of that order, while also defending nearly every choice he's made as commander in chief in a commencement address today at west point, president obama described his approach to intervention overseas as one of reluctance and agony. here's what he said about his decisions specifically in afghanistan. >> four of the service members who stood in the audience when i announced the surge of our forces in afghanistan gave their lives in that effort. a lot more were wounded. i believe america's security demanded those deployments, but i am haunted by those deaths. i am haunted by those wounds. and i would betray my duty to you and to the country we love if i ever sent you into harm's way simply b

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