so, it -- i think that even if orrin hatch -- and, let's not overstate the trouble that orrin hatch andick luger are in, they are still incumbent and are in very good positions to fend these attacks off, but, they will have become changed politicians, themselves, just by running these campaigns, that you never would have seen them run a few years ago. >> jamie: has the demographic of a tea party member changed? how would you describe someone that is actively involved in the tea party movement? >> that is a great point, jamie and i think, i think that the demographics very much have changed. and i think that as frustrations mount with washington, and the sort of out of control senseless spending, i think that for a lot of these tea party folks, have appealed to, you know, the platforms appealed to a lot of people that wouldn't necessarily have called themselves, you know, arch conservatives or republicans, a few years ago. but, you know, more mainstream folks or even people that are maybe on the other side of the spectrum, more libertarian types but have all sort of -- have found that, y

the surrogate for governor romney. >> thinking about running against orrin hatch and is highly critichis record. >> but she surrogate and governor romney who has done an ad and endorses senator hatch. it goes full circle? >> let's talk about the money. orrin hatch raised $5.7 million to solicit some 2,000 votes in the convention. about 89% of that came from out of the state of utah. so you are talking about -- >> both of you guys are out of state. >> so i don't think that suggests that freedom work is putting all this outside money. we are focused now on disciplining certain republicans that have grown the size of government because our goal is not just take the senate for republicans but have a fiscally conservative senate. >> greta: if you look at his record, as a fiscal conservative i don't care if he is elected or if you look at his record, senator orrin hatch introduced a balanced budget the cornerstone of the tea party movement. and freedom works is a tea party party movement? >> yes. >> so he has done it year after year on the balanced budget amendment. i know you are critical

the surrogate for governor romney. >> thinking about running against orrin hatch and is highly critics record. >> but she surrogate and governor romney who has done an ad and endorses senator hatch. it goes full circle? >> let's talk about the money. orrin hatch raised $5.7 million to solicit some 2,000 votes in the convention. about 89% of that came from out of the state of utah. so you are talking about -- >> both of you guys are out of state. >> so i don't think that suggests that freedom work is putting all this outside money. we are focused now on disciplining certain republicans that have grown the size of government because our goal is not just take the senate for republicans but have a fiscally conservative senate. >> greta: if you look at his record, as a fiscal conservative i don't care if he is elected or if you look at his record, senator orrin hatch introduced a balanced budget the cornerstone of the tea party movement. and freedom works is a tea party party movement? >> yes. >> so he has done it year after year on the balanced budget amendment. i know you are critical of

by the way, orrin hatch did defeat howell back in 2000. so it's going to be a very interesting race to watch. >> rick: casey stegall on the west coast for us, thanks. >> arthel: there is new fallout in the prostitution scandal rocking the secret service. a senator calling for a wider investigation and three more agents are out of a job, bringing the total to six. the entire incident going down in a colombian hotel just before the president's visit for an international summit. molly henneberg is live in washington and molly, i understand that senator chuck grassley sent a letter to the head of the secret service. tell us what it said. >> yes, senator grassley, the ranking republican on the senate judiciary committee, republican senator from iowa, wants the secret service to find out if anyone from the white house communications agency or white house advance team had any, quote, overnight guests in their hotel rooms or if theshared rooms with the implicated secret service agents at the hotel or other hotels in colombia. and in that letter, g

purina one smtblend. >> greta: a big day and a big fight ahead for orrin hatch.uld cowen e headlines. >> killing testimony friday from the man behind the massacre in norway. the confessed bomber and gunman, describing in detail how he killed 69 people at an island summer camp, explaining how he hesitated on the first victims, but the rest of the killings became easier. he was also behind a bombing in the capitol that killed eight people. >> joe biden's plane grounded after a bird strike that hit air force two as it was landing in santa barbara last night. others being inspected for damage. mr. biden left on another plane. it is not clear what type of bird collided with the 757. no one was hurt. from los angeles, let's go back to "on the record." >> greta: utah senator orrin hatch, fighting off an effort to boot him from office. who is trying to unseat the 36-year senate veteran? not who you might think. dick armey and his tea party group. we spoke to senator hatch earlier today. nice to see you, sir. >> well, nice to talk to you, greta. >> greta: all right, senat

♪ fox news is america's election headquarters and long serving utah senator orrin hatch now has to face battle to keep his job. he has had it for six terms. this after he came just under the number of delegates needed today to win his party's nomination and senator hatch needed 60% of the vote in today's convention and snead got just above 59%, 50 votes short, forcing him into a fight with challenger and former state senator, dan lundquist. and he got 40% of the delegates and until today political watchers assumed he'd easily win the nomination and he's trying for his 7th term. casey steegel, more now, a surprise, coming up inside the fox report when we revisit the story. and, there is a new report president obama is having a tough time drumming up the kinds of campaign donations he raised in 2008. "the new york times" reporting his campaign has seen a big drop off in cash from places like hollywood and wall street and, now has leaning heavily on smaller contributors and experts say that could put though president in a big disadvantage when he goes up against super pacs in the fall. pet

reporting from los angeles, now back to "on the record." >> greta: utah senator orrin hatch, fightingboot him from office. who is trying to unseat the 36-year senate veteran? not who you might think. dick armey and his tea party group. we spoke to senator hatch earlier today. nice to see you, sir. >> well, nice to talk to you, greta. >> greta: all right, senator. i'm going to go out on a limb. i have a question. i have done some research and i know that tomorrow's the big convention. and freedom works, the tea party group of dick armey is gunning for you, spending $615,000 against you. so diresearch to find out why they would do that. and i am a bit curious. i think there is more going on. as you know, have you all of that seniority, if you are bumped out of office, utah loses the possible chairman of the senate finance committee. the things that are peculiarly -- but important to the tea party movement, like the balanced budget amendment, you have sponsored 17 times, going back to 1977. your newspapers call you the darling of the right. i have looked at all of your ratings, club for

that is what i'm saying and orrin hatch said the same thing.s i can't imagine that obama would level an attack on romney because-his mormon faith. >> dana: but they won't mind if other people do. that's what i think. >> kimberly: tell us how it works. >> dana: take the family for example. one thing that senator obama said early on is families should be out of bounds. he stuck to that closely. it doesn't mean everybody else did. comes from the top. but that is a good thing. set a good tone. he protected his daughters very well. the media respected it. faith is a different thing. if you look at coverage of the last year, reporters who are writing about mitt romney. one word comes up over and over again. it's weird. mormonism is weird. that is not just coming from the reporting but people they talk to. what do you think of mormonism. it's weird. i think it could be a good conversation for america to have. learn more about mormons and the people. one thing about the media. they said about mitt romney, i think it was david gregory. >> andrea: yeah.

it's interesting to me because i think i looked at the orrin hatch numbers. have this primary runoff. he came darn close. 42 votes away, i think. i think it's an easing of the tea party influence, but others say, my gosh, he spent a gazillion dollars just to get into a runoff. >> i think it's an easing of the influence. the fact of the matter is, he had a clear warning sign from his former colleague, senator bob bennett. >> emphasis former. >> for who did not make it to this convery long, but i think across the board the tea party influence is probably easing a little bit, and it's more blended up into other concerns. a presidential election year is about bigger things, and it's a bigger sort of electorate, if you will, than the midterms were in 2010. >> i want to show our viewers and show you all, cnn-orc poll, and it compares the approval ratings of presidents in april of re-election year. we see president obama now is 49%, but if you go on down the line, everybody is 52%, 54%, 54%. is that -- does that signal anything? i mean, is this a race? we get this f

orrin hatch in a fight for his political career. and he'll face a tea party challenge they are a big primary election this coming june. hello, i'm gregg jarrett. >> heather: i'm heather childers. senator hatch failing to win enough votes after utah's state republican convention to clinch the nomination. he faced nine challengers landing head to head with former state lawmaker, former state senator. that will happened hap on june 26th. we'll have much more coming up if a live report. stay tuned that is just ahead. >> new calls for a wider investigation into the sex scandal rocking the secret service. three more agents stepping down, just two days after two supervisors and another officer were forced out. all because of allegations of misconduct with prostitutes in colombia. days before president obama was due to arrive there. chuck grappling calling to expand the investigation to see if any involvement may have occurred with white house staff. >> specifically senator grassley wants to find out if anyone from the communication agency

of and we'll hear more in the weeks and months to come. >> thank you. >>> long time utah senator orrin hatch will find out later today if he faces a republican primary challenge. you're looking live at the utah republican state convention. if senator hatch or any other candidates receive 60% of the votes they'll automatically be the republican nominee. if not they'll square off in june to see who faces the democratic challenger. >> a new report shows president obama is struggle to get campaign cash from some of his biggest donors. but he may still have a huge financial edge over republican contender mitt romney. peter doocy is in the newsroom with the breakdown on the numbers. >> governor romney made a lot of money in march, $12.6 million and the national finance chairman says mitt romney as fundraising shows voters across the country are tired of failures from president obama. we will continue the hard work to raise the necessary funds to defeat president obama and change the direction of the country. so now governor romney has a war chest of $10 million and change. but that's more than ten

over 6 times the 4g lte coverage, verizon is the obvious choice. >> gregg: long time, utah senator orrin hatchearning he'll have to win a primary before getting the gop nod. hello, everyone. i'm gregg jarrett. >> heather: i'm heather childers. hatch fell short of the 60% that he needed to get an automatic nomination at today's utah state gop convention. >> gregg: it's a sign that the tea party may be showing its strength these days, backing his opponent. the 78-year-old hatch says he wants to serve one more term before retiring. to get it, he'll have to face a very tough tight. he has a large war chest, but his opponent says no senator is too big to fail. casey stegall has the latest from los angeles. hi, casey. >> hi. good to sigh. the incumbent senator needed 60% or more of the vote to skip the primary and sail straight through to the general election and that did not happen. but the results are showing that it was a squeaker. the results show him with 59.2% of the vote, which means he fell short of the nomination by fewer than 50 votes between the nearly 4,000 delegates who cast ballots in

the republicans in the state are denying current senator orrin hatch a clear path to a seventh and final term. he got 57% of the vote against the senator. they will new square off in the june primaries. >>> and earth day debut in alexandrea. the city shows off a new way to get around town and more rain is on the way. >>> and maureen, what is going on? the temperatures in the 80s and we're in for a cooler weather. guess what, a lot of rain in the forecast. i will let you know when that arrives coming up after the break.  only $79.99 for a lucid by lg ? i can get a smartphone with verizon 4g lte ? it'd be so easy to check facebook, send emails. and the screen is easier to read in sunlight ! the universe is practically telling me to get a smartphone. it's like, "lisa, it'd be super cool if you got a smartphone. also, i like your outfit." thanks universe, let's get me a lucid. come in and say hello to your new, easy to use smartphone. the lucid by lg for only $79.99. verizon. . >>> welcome back. most of the rain shower and thunderstorm activity that moved through is

issing over $700,000, tea party activists failed this their bid to not off veteran utah senator orrin hatchgh the vote was close enough it is forcing hatch into his first primary since 1976. hatch needed 60% of the vote at the convention to avoid a primary but was shy 32 votes out of 3,908 votes that were cast. folks, hatch is a heavy favorite to win the primary itself. >>> president nicolas sarkozy's re-election bid was dealt a severe blow after he came in second to the socialist party front-runner in the first round of presidential voting. this is the first time since 1958 that the incumbent lost the first round. the second round of voting will be may 6th. all right. just minutes away from the opening bell, time for the market rundown. becky is here. i woke up at 4:30 this morning to jim cramer negative tweets. so what have you got for me? >> yeah, jim is calling it right. a lot of red arrow this is morning, chuck. we're looking at the dow futures down by about 120 points when we open in two minutes. a lot of reasons for this. part of this is what's been happening overseas. you just menti

this week, republican senator orrin hatch accused president obama of pandering to the hipster wing of orrin hatch knows what a hipster is. [ laughter ] i was like -- really? listen to this. new york city's first gay hotel opened this week. yep, it's that one upscale hotel, the four stevens. [ laughter ] it's replacing that other gay hotel, howard's johnson. they got rid of that one. [ laughter ] >> steve: they don't need that anymore. >> jimmy: you stayed there a couple of times, right? >> steve: at the howard's johnson? >> jimmy: yeah. >> steve: yeah. i also stayed at the hotel 69. stayed there too. >> jimmy: oh, is that right? [ laughter ] great place too. i was just reading about this, you guys. starbucks is planning to double the espresso shots in every drink served in the u.k. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: which explains why today, queen elizabeth was like -- [ laughter ] it's a joke that you can tell. it's clean. >> steve: yeah. the kids -- >> jimmy: your kids can tell it. listen to this, you guys. this week, a 95-year-old woman married a 98-year-old man to become the world's oldest

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. >> orrin hatch, there are a few that have begun to build defenses against the tea party in the righteven bob bennett is making reappearances in terms of his revolvement. so i think we're sort of at that moment. will the tea party sustain the kind of strength to make an event like this make cantor do something like this, or are the rhinos, the supply moderate conservatives about to come in and get. >> why do you make the donation in the first place? >> i guess in a bid to not associate himself with john boehner and show he's from a different side of the tracks. we're all pretty well aware of that. speaking of wine knows, catherine, i'll go to you, richard. you probably want to comment on this first. while touring a zoo in st. louis on friday, newt gingrich was bitten by a penguin. >> to which i have to ask, was penguin okay? >> see i knew you'd have a witty rejoinder. newt gingrich is still in this race. apparently -- >> and looking for votes in a zoo. what could be more sensible. >> doesn't have the penguin vote >> he walked out on an interview after the first question. >> i got an a

there's a huge opening. >> what do you think about what happened to orrin hatch this past weekend? 60%, that you have conservative groups trying to knock him off? >> i think the fact that orrin came as close as he did to 60% was a pretty big deal, given the demographic of the 3,000 plus people. >> what does it say, though, about outside groups that think that orrin hatch is too liberal to be a senator? >> well -- >> let me say that again. orrin hatch is too liberal according to some outside groups. >> well, he's tried very hard in recent years to come around and embrace a certain party orthodoxy, this after having been the godfather of children's health care insurance and immigration reform and a lot of things this nation really does need. he'll go on, and he'll get re-elected. he'll do fine in the primary. but i think it gets back to what we have talked about on this program before, which is where is the structural reform in the system? where are the people talking about term limits, about campaign finance reform? about redistricting done in a fair and judicious way? >> where are t

so we have orrin hatch. and the legal panel is here. the best thing on friday night. we have that and much more, back to you, liz. >> liz: thanks, greta. more with our great american more with our great american panel, right after the break. more with our great american panel, right after the break. are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. >> liz: i think you will all be surprised -- or maybe you won't be surprised, doug, to hear what nancy pelosi had to say about the first amendment recently. let's listen to that. >> we have a clear agenda. disclose, research the system, reducing it is role of money in campaigns, and amend the constitution to rid of it this -- ability for special interests to use secret, unlimited, huge amounts of money, to go into campaigns. >> liz: so we are going to amend the constitution in order to limit freedom of speech. is that -- >> we are goi

. >>> plus senator orrin hatch facing a very tough re-election fight. members of his own party could give him the boot at the republican convention tomorrow in utah. jenna: right now, a lot of new information on that secret service sex scandal. one of the agents accused of misconduct and forced out of his job as we know it is reportedly planning to sue. we're also learning this. as alleged pictures surface of one of the women, some say prostitute. she says she is an escort, surfaces, apparently this woman, the main woman involved. this all happened at a hotel in colombia right before the president's visit. 11 agents are under investigation. three are out of a job. the others are on administrative leave. and lawmakers are now saying more heads have to roll. what about this lawsuit? is there a case to be made on behalf of the one of the agents that is out of a job? joining us now, rebecca rose woodland a criminal defense attorney, and joey jackson, former prosecutor and criminal defense attorney the welcome to you both. rebecca, why is lawsuit? possible?

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. >> utah's senior senator orrin hatch is fighting for his political life tonight.e must face former state senator in june. hatch told supporters he is still the best candidate. >> i have the experience and respect from both sides. no one else in this race can say the same not if they are telling the truth. >> he is expected to win the gop primary because he has millions in his campaign war chest. >> it will cost you a little bit more to catch a cab. new fares went into effect today. $2.16 per mile, up from $1.50. the idle time also went up. it is now $25 per hour. the taxicab commission approved the rates. transportation also going to cost you more in virginia. the virginia roadway express -- a 3% rate hike. the monthly fare will go up $9. a single trip currently costs $10.30. it will go up by a 35 cents. the rates take effect in july. >> the general assembly could be back to work on a budget soon. gov. martin o'malley will meet with paul market -- lawmakers. as indicated he wants to call lawmakers back after they reach a deal on the revenue package which was a maj

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the number of votes utah senator orrin hatch fell short by at his party's state convention to secureo defeat the long-serving republican. this year's april 15th may not have seen the same kind of tea party demonstrations in the streets as in past years, but on june 26, when orrin hatch faces his first primary since 1976, the tea party's presence will be clear. so up next, can the movement continue? we're going to drink tea. a smoot plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8. >>> the rallies are no loaner breaking news and important polls are falling. leaders no longer as visible as they once were, but the tea party isn't dead, at least not in utah. while the senior senator from utah, orrin hatch, trying to highlight a more conservative record, he's being officially challenged with a former state senator who aligns himself with the tea party movement. hatch fell fewer than three dozen votes short of the delegates needed to secure the party's nomination outright. forcing him into a primary june 26th. first primary since he was first elected to the senate in 1976.

you have a lot of people, orrin hatch is another race, obviously not the same kind of thing. somebody who's been in the senate for 36 years. at a certain point, there are sort of local forces at play and why people cross. >> there's a through line when you see the life that moderates have to live on capitol hill. it's somewhere between witness protection program you know and having just a bull's eye on your face at all times. you are ostracized from your party for giving deals with the other side. that becomes very tiresome for people. it's just human nature after awhile, if everybody hates you, you're just going to leave. >> like me defending dick lugar on this panel, it's like i have a target on my back. >> we'll be dealing with that. >> i will leave you guys with this comment. mitt romney, if he is elected president is going to have an interesting time dealing with house republicans. louis gohmert says if you're not sure about supporting mitt romney, ought to be excited because he's been on your side at one time or another. just so i'm not misunderstood, i'm not as excited

here you had orrin hatch from utah, senator in utah, saying that the obama administration, the campaign throw the mormon church at mitt romney and make this an issue. do you agree with that? and how would he do that? >> i think the media will do that for the obama campaign. let's talk about your original question real quick. there's an attack on religious freedom at this point. if you look at what the obama administration did with the contraception issue, they first set up a rule that was contrary to some religions, then they decided that they were going to reform -- they were going to change that rule and when they changed that rule they really didn't change the rule but actually just said they were going toç change the rule. they wanted to have a conversation about contraceptives which nobody was talking about at the time. the first time they talked about contraceptives is george stephanopoulos in one of the debates, he brought it up. there wasn't a single republican candidate talking about that issue. all of a sudden we start talking about an issue that wasn't a campaign issue and w