>> orrin hatch, eloquent spokesman for the dream act. then after it became clear he was going to get primaried in his own party from the right, he changed his mind. he turned against his own dream act. senator hatch does face that primary in his own party tomorrow. he's favored to win, but had he stayed with his old position on the issue of immigration, he would likely be in much more trouble in this primary than he is because right now, it's republican party orthodoxy that being willing to do anything constructive on the subject at all is essentially a mortal political sin. >>> mitt romney is often stylistically credited with seeming like a moderate republican, but he has plated his trough and it's not with the george w. bush side of the story. it's not with the guys john mccain and orrin hatch used to be. before they got afraid and changed their minds. mitt romney has both feet firmly planted on the super anti-immigrant side of this fight within the republican party. this is not a mixed bag of a ruling. this is a ruling striking down t

orrin hatch was an original sponsor of the dream act. when it went up for a vote in the senate, he skipped out and did not vote on it at all. is orrin hatch kind of a parabole or microcosm for understanding republican politics on this now? >> remember, when president obama was elected when he was on inauguration day, republicans were already meeting and discussing how they were going to make barack obama a one-term president. if you look back at the history of things that the president has tried to do, adopting some republican ideas and adopting some republican plans and plenty of complaints about the president bending over backwards to work with republicans to get things done only to have sand kicked in his face time and time again to try to reach out it to republicans to get things done. republicans just decided that if we were for it before barack obama but barack obama wants to work with us on it, then we're going to oppose barack obama on whatever it is he wants to work with us on. you know, rachel, it in may of 2010 lindsey graham

including a couple of washington institutions, orrin hatch and charlie wrangle getting runs for their money in primary elections. >>> plus, lebron on letterman. >> now you got this out of your system, you're ready to go back to cleveland and play some ball? >> dave gives a good grilling to the new nba champion, that's later in the show. >>> first, let's get to the news, live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. you probably heard by now the sad news that author, screenwriter and director, nora ephron, died last night of pneumonia after a battle with leukemia. she leaves behind a resumÉ packed with hollywood hits. ephron last wrote and directed in 2009, "julie and julia" the story of a blogger who makes each one of the recipes from julia child's' cookbook. she captured the craze of email with tom hanks and meg ryan in the 1998 film, "you've got mail" and earlier "sleepless in seattle" where a widower finds love from across the country. and then the new york favorite, "when harry met sally" a love letter to new york city where ephron was born. >> what can i get you? >> i'll ha

six-time senator orrin hatch won his battle in utah. a >> and new york congressman charlie rangel, a member of the house for 42 years, won his democratic race. he is running for a 22nd term in congress. >> writer and filmmaker nora ephron has died after a battle with fyodor lukyanluk leukemia. you might remember one of her classic scenes in "when harry met sally," when meg ryan is, how do you put this, faking it? >> yes, yes, yes! oh, oh, oh, oh god. >> billy crystal putting in a statement saying this, "i am very sad to learn of mora as passing. she was a brilliant writer and humorist. being her harry to meg's sally will always have a special place in my heart. i was very lucky to get to say her words." nora ephron was just 71 years old. >> kwen elizabeth will shake the hand -- we'll have a live report on the history making handshake in our next hour. >> an unexpected fireworks show literally stopping traffic in chester, west virginia. this after police say an illegal fireworks stand caught fire in the parking lot of a bar. police say i

senator orrin hatch is fighting to hold onto his seat there. in florida george zimmerman will go to a hearing. rielle hunter's memoir will be going on shelves. it comes a week after the former candidate was acquitted. the book chronicles her affair with edwards. she said she read the book for their 4-year-old daughter, quinn. here is a look at what is ahead. the nationals on the road all week in colorado monday through thursday. on to atlanta to take on the british freighter sunday. -- to take on atlanta. >> three months before she was diagnosed. >> a washington redskins lost his wife, a non smoker, to lung cancer. the federal hot minute next. >> welcome. if you're in the business of government, here are a couple of items you might find interesting. unless lawmakers take action to avert mandated budget cuts under sequestration, a significant budget cuts will hit come general. governmentexecutive.com has an article on how martin dempsey is preparing for the cuts. "politico" writes there could be pink slips. there are articles on how the va would

people in virginia are realizing it is time orrin hatch will change. >> i'm leaning towards him, that is one reason i came. >> i saw obama speaker earlier this year and i would like to hear mitt romney's point of view. i am pretty much in the metal but leaning toward obama at this point. >> romney is trying his best to get them all on his side. >> the founders figured out that an economy would be stronger not with a bigger and bigger government that tried to guide the economy and pick winners or losers or in the case of this president, picking losers, but instead of giving people freedom. >> mitt romney spent a lot of time criticizing the president. on the issue of jobs the main thing he would do is take advantage of energy. he also wants to open up more trade with other countries. this is a pretty big crowd that came out here. so many people wanted to get in some of them could not. people and not a very happy about that. most were able to get in. >> thank you. prior to mitt romney's campaign speech, president obama hosted a campaign event at jefferson hotel here in washington. last n

republican utah senator orrin hatch is facing his first primary challenge since winning office in 1976looked vulnerable several months ago but he is now viewed as the heavy favorite tonight against former state senator lillenquist. new york democrat, jennifer chas rangel is running for a 22nd term. first time he faced voters since house censure. changing demographics in the redrawn harlem district could pose a challenge in a five-way race there. democratic illinois congressman jesse jackson junior has take an medical leave of absence and is said to be getting treated for exhaustion. spokesperson for jackson said the leave started june 10, but would not offer details, any additional details. although jackson has not been charged, he has been the target of a house ethics investigation. regarding president obama's old senate seat. last week, long-time friend was arrested and pleaded not guilty to unrelated charges. this just. in we are getting word that proceedings against eric holder has failed. house republicans moving forward with it now. all of this has failed in a last ditch effort.

and i think orrin hatch has made a point of showing his constituents in utah.still wants to be there. >> he wants to be in the senate so he'll say anything he has to stay in washington. >> at least he's telling us he still cares, he's very in touch with his voters, while luger was very -- >> the club for growth was kind of the first one who would primary incumbents who they consider to be rhinos and not far enough to the right and hatch moved so that he eventually got tea party express, club four growth, sarah palin all to line up behind him to avoid the fate of some of these colleagues. >> you can make two very interesting bookends here about the story of orrin hatch's career, or the study of moderate conservativism. he came in in 1976 who was written off and ran as a reagan conservative. he was one of the tl-- there we number of primaries that took out some incumbents. all these sort of entrenched rockefeller republicans are beaten. fast forward to 30 years later. the conservatism has moved so far to the right, it's a lot about tactics, it's about using a veh

also in utah senator orrin hatch fought off a primary challenge fra a tea party backed candidate. romney got a boost when he said he would need him in the senate if he wins the presidency. >>> and 82-year-old congress manns charles wrangrang els who stature was diminished wi as igtices issue won a 2 27bd term beating four challengers. >>> this morning hollywood is mourning the loss of a legend. nora ephron died last night in new york after a six-year battle with leukemia. a highly successful screen writer, drukter, produce and author she was best known for her two hits sleepless in seattle and when harry met sally. before making it big on the big screen ephron started out as a journalist. her second marriage was to watergate journalist carl bernstein that she turned into a move with meryl strep. she was praised as, quote, deflectively feminine and funny with sharpness of mind, softened and smoothed by genuine charm. >>> and now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. in cal a big rig and 18 other vehicles were involved in a massive pile-up in los an

utah republican senator orrin hatch defeated a tea party candidate who claimed he wasn't conservative enough. here in new york, congressman charles rangel won his primary race 18 months after being censured by the house for ethics violation. >>> there's confusion over donald trump's camp. romney's campaign said there's no such meeting with trump scheduled for this week. >>> and stockton, california, will become the biggest u.s. city to ever declare bankruptcy. officials say they were up able to roa -- unable to reach an agreement with the creditors. >>> in northern ireland, a controversial meeting today during an historic visit by queen elizabeth. she is meeting with and shaking the hand of a man named martin mcginness. he's the top catholic in the unity government and a former top commander of the irish republican army which fought against british rule. >>> writer and filmmaker nora ephron has died here in new york after a battle with leukemia. she was best known for her romantic comedies, a writer who understood with humor and wisdom the transaction of love. there was "when harry me

also in utah, senator orrin hatch fought off a primary challenge from a tea party-backed candidate. hatch got a boost when mitt romney said he would need him in the senate if he wins the presidency. >>> and 82-year-old new york congressman, charles wrangle, whose stature was dented by an ethics scandal, won a democratic nomination for a 22nd term, beating four challengers. >>> this morning, hollywood is mourning the loss of a legend, 71-year-old nora ephron, the prolific writer, who is talents spanned page, stage and screen, died after a battle with leukemia. a highly successful screenwriter, director, producer and author, she was best known for her comedic hits, "sleepless in seattle" and "when harry met sally." writing was in ephron's blood before making it on the big screen. she started out as a journalist. her second marriage was to watergate journalist carl bernstein, she turned into "heartburn" starring meryl streep, upon the news of ephron's death, streep released a statement praising her. well now here's your first look at other news going on around america today. in califor

here is orrin hatch. you served with him in the senate.idn't raise any objections to him at the time. why would you sort of walk into this race and side with someone trying to unseat a sitting republican and sort of create quote trouble in the race? >> well, i don't know -- it is a primary. you know, it's not trouble. i mean, it is not orrin hatch's seat, and not my seat when i was in the united states senate and nobody owns it. your name's not inscribed on that seat. you know, the people of utah just like the people of every other state have the opportunity every time to assess who is the right person at the time. and orrin has served this country well. he is a good man. i have nothing personally against orrin at all. >> but he compromised too much as far as you are concerned about the conservative principles. >> well, we need a different kind of actor in washington, d.c. we have reached the point where we need people to say no and have the backbone to say i am not going to do less of a bad thing anymore. we are going to start doing good

i mean, it is not orrin hatch's seat, and not my seat when i was in the united states senate and you don't own it, and your name is not inscribed on that seat. you know, the people of utah just like the people of every other state have the opportunity and every other time to assess who is the right person at the time. and orrin has served this country well. he is a good man. i have nothing personally against orrin at all. >> but he has compromised too much as far as you are concerned about the conservative principles. >> well, we need a different kind of actor in washington, d.c. we have reached the point where we need people to say no and have the backbone to say i am not going to do less of a bad thing anymore. we are going to start doing good things instead of compromising doing less bad. >> h and the legislative process we saw play out in indiana dick lugar and he had conservative principles and willing to work with other side -- >> hold on. what does that mean, willing to work with the other side, and this is the key of the tea party folks and the conservatives in general have h

in utah, you have orrin hatch's incumbency. host: move the story forward, if you can.ere you looking forward to in the coming weeks or months? guest: the new york primary, especially in upstate, democrats got the challenger the wanted. but after some disappointing results, i think the democratic national campaign committee will be very happy with the results last night in new york. it probably gave them their best chance going forward to maximize in a state that will be critical for the battle of the house. it varies from state-to-state. turnout was very low. even the charlie rangel one, he got significantly fewer votes. -- won, he got significantly fewer votes. in utah, perhaps because of met ronnie, it was higher than people were expecting. host: the status of the parties and how they're doing? guest: again. it is less about the parties and more about incumbents. on one hand, you have a democrat and charlie rangel who can vastly outspent his challengers in his district for his house primary. on the other hand, you have republican orrin hatch in utah, again, cutting o

also in utah senator orrin hatch fought off a primary challenge from a tea party-backed candidate. hatch got a boost when mitt romney said he would need him in the senate if he wins the presidency. >>> and 82-year-old new york congressman charles rangel, whose stature was diminished by an ethics scandal, survived one of the toughest re-election fights of his career. he won the democratic nomination for a 22nd term, beating four challengers. >>> this morning hollywood is mourning the loss of a legend. 71-year-old nora ephron, the prolific writer and humorist whose talents span stage, page, and screen, died last night in new york after a six-year battle with leukemia. a highly successful screenwriter, director, producer, and author, ephron was best known for her comedic hits, "sleepless in seattle" and "when harry met sally," both of which won her oscar nominations. the daughter of hollywood screenwriters, writing was in ephron's blood. before making it big on the big screen, ephron started out as a journalist. her second marriage was to watergate journalist carl bernstein, a relatio

in utah it was six-term republican senator, orrin hatch, able to hold off his tea party challenger.he did more than hold off, he won by 34%. avoiding the fate of fellow senator dick luger who lost to a tea party-backed candidate in last month's indiana republican primary. in new york, charlie wrangle able to win the democratic primary, 46-40. his seat, the one he's held since 1970, was considered up for grabs. after he was censured by the house for 11 ethics violations, including failure to pay taxes. an upset of wrangle would have been a stunning development when you consider he won his last three general elections with an average of 88% of the vote. both hatch and wrangle are considered favorites now to win re-election in november. >>> still ahead this morning on "way too early," youk-gate, were boston fans booing the president or just paying tribute to their departed kevin youkilis, with a "youk" call. >>> plus the latest on the wildfires around colorado springs that boent quit. we'll show you where the fight against the flames is headed now. you get a check on the weather, when

senator orrin hatch, a conservative six-term republican, won the gop, primary, overcoming a challenge from a tea party-backed candidate. hatch hadn't faced a primary since 1986. 82-year-old charlie rangel, a liberal new york congressman who served 42 years, easily won his primary. rangel had been censured by the house 18 months ago for failing to pay all his taxes. >>> it looks like tomorrow's contempt of congress vote against attorney general eric holder will take place. republican congressional leaders want holder to turn over justice department documents concerning the aftermath of the "fast and furious" gun-running investigation. the president declared executive privilege to protect the documents. as of last night, administration officials and house republican staff members had failed to reach a deal. >>> nora ephron grew up the daughter of two screenwriters in 1940s hollywood, so it's no wonder her work as a writer and filmmaker is known for its sharp wit and meditations on modern romance. ephron died tuesday after a long fight with leukemia, but she left behind a body of work th

representatives would have to wait outside the doors of the supreme court like michele bachmann orrin hatch did today waiting for the justices ruling on laws they passed out of congress was unheard of nowhere in the constitution does it say that the supreme court has the power to do this in fact article three section two says just the opposite it says the court has to operate under regulations established by congress there the third of the three equals. but in eighteen zero three in the case of marbury vs madison everything changed that was when the high court assumed the power to strike down laws they call it judicial review thomas jefferson was the president at the time and he knew the consequences of this power grab by the supreme court he knew that it effectively turned our democracy into a monarchy that is stripped power from we the people and handed off to nine kings in black robes as jefferson wrote to john adams wife abigail adams in eighteen zero four the opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not not only for the absolves in the

mitt romney traveled to utah to campaign for orrin hatch. utah is the last state to hold the presidential primary. that happens june 26th. >>> some conservative power brokers have made their choice clear for mitt romney's running massachusetts. marco rubio took 36% and new jersey governor chris christie with 14%. >>> attorneys for first- responders who became ill after the september 11th attacks are applauding a decision to expand their health care coverage. decision manes cancers covered. the expanded coverage of 14 broad categories of cancer covering 50 specific types comes after years of lobbies and lawsuits by first- responders. while they are indeed happy about the change, there is certain that past expenses will not be covered. >> i spoke with a client this morning that has had in the past $800,000 in medical care. it's essentially drained his savings, and put him in a terrible , terrible position and at this point in time we don't see a mechanism for that to be recovered. >> congress has capped funding for the compensation and treatme

orrin hatch easily won the republican nomination for a seventh term. he is from utah. new york congressman charlie rangel won the democratic nomination. >> efforts to give d.c. more autonomy over its budget failed. rand paul offered amendments to alter d.c.'s laws on guns, abortion, and labor unions. the legislation would have allowed nbc to spend money without congressional approval and allow the city to decide when to begin its fiscal year. >> arlington police are looking for a man who exposed himself to a high school student yesterday in the parking garage at washington-lee high school. the 14-year-old was walking through the garage at freshman orientation. that's when a man in his 40's if i jumped out wearing nothing but his nike's. >> i cannot believe that happened to him. there are a lot of widows out that time of morning. >> parents have to be alert. it is getting to be commonplace. >> this is the latest in a series of indecent exposures. arlington police are investigating more than a dozen similar cases since march. >> a resolution has been>> there's been a res

bush mitt romney orrin hatch the list goes on it's deeply unpopular in the country because it's a dumb conservative idea if it is the only provision in the bill that is unpopular when you break the bill down piece by piece and you ask the american people hey do you like this provision you like this provision they don't say it's in obamacare they just say are you in favor of it almost every person outside of the mandate wins by overwhelming margins in fact all those provisions when if you ask republicans a majority of republicans agree we should cover preexisting conditions kids under the age of twenty six should be able to go under that in the list goes on and on they actually like what's in the bill me the reason i don't like it as much is because i don't think it went far enough and by the way a third of independents say that they don't like the bill because it doesn't not because it does too much because it didn't do enough because why we're still under the thumb of private insurance we have no option that is public or government run or you know what i would have preferred medicare

longtime utah's senator orrin hatch easily won the republican nomination for a seventh term on capitol hill. he beat back a challenge from a former utah state senator. the senate has reportedly reached a deal to keep interest rates on college loans steady for another year. house republicans are expected to discuss the issue this morning but house speaker john bender says he is not sure the agreement will win approval. the interest rate on federally subsidized loans could double on sunday if the deal is not worked out. we will have more on this in a discussion with a politico coming up next half-hour. >> anticipation is building over a landmark supreme court ruling for it and its rigid decision is expected to more on president obama's health care law. it involves 26 states and an individual mandate that requires all americans to buy health insurance. the supreme court's decision could have a huge political and economical impact. we are seeing more relief at the pump as we get closer to the fourth of july holiday. >> gas prices are now a five- month low. that is good news for many driver

utah republican senator orrin hatch winning it was the first time in 36 years hatch was challenged in primary. it was a tough night for john sullivan tea party candidate scoring a surprise win there. >>> brand new documents released in the trayvon martin case showing george zimmerman passed a lie text tore test. he failed to tell martin he was a neighborhood watch captain twice. that may have prevented the shooting that he shot him in self defense. he is back in court friday for a second bond hearing. >>> she was a strong supporter of president obama. claire mchaskel is the ninth democrat deciding to skip the democratic national convention. an aid claims she wants to stay in missouri. she is one of nine other democrats not attending that convention. >>> an indiana mandy manning an apology after he says a tsa agent spilled his brand fathgra ashes. he was carrying the remains in a closed jar. instead of putting the jar through the x-ray machine the agent took matters in his own hands. >> they opened up my bag i said please be careful they are my grandpa's ashes. she opened them up she a

moved hard to the right. >> orrin hatch.n a conservative but so was bob bennett and dick lugar. he saw what john mccain did, who said immigration reform, not me. and did all of that before his election in terms of a tough primary and i think orrin hatch was paying close attention and all of a sudden didn't want to talk about how hard he worked with ted kennedy on so many bipartisan bills. >> who would in a republican primary in utah. >> that's fair. >> let's talk about the nbc news/"wall street journal" poll and love to get everybody's input on this. chuck, it seems that the negatives and we hear it and when we go out i know you hear it when you go out, the negatives against both of these candidates, just keep going up because this is a campaign. you know, people tell us all the time, they're saying nothing. >> right. they are saying something, but everybody they're saying has been poll tested and sort of squeezed. >> i want to give credit to mike murphy, i remember about two months ago said, you know what this is going to l

orrin hatch appears poised to win. hatch has mitt romney's support. and harlem congressman charlie rangel is hoping to be re-elected to his 22nd term. rangel thinks voters will support him despite being found guilty of ethics violations in 2010 by fellow lawmakers. here's what he told our soledad o'brien a short time ago. >> i got 83% of the vote the last time out. but the most important thing, if people would read the website of the ethics committee, read "the new york times" about a month ago, where sam roberts put an expose out against the conduct of the committee that right now as you and i talk, that committee is under investigation by private counsel for wrongdoing. now, that's behind us. i have been elected overwhelmingly. >> we'll see. the former house ways and means chairman is in a locked five-way race in a newly drawn district. ? >> in you use a mac and search orbitz for the cheapest travel, you may not be getting it. n in fact, the site is showing you a more expensive hotel. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange. so mac users are

orrin hatch sponsored a bill with the mandate in it and then said it was unconstitutional.these guys. it never works. never compromise. 72% of the country think it's unconstitutional. 70% of independents and 56% of democrats. even 54% of the people who like the healthcare bill think the mandate is unconstitutional. if it's not popular and the republicans are going to bash you with it, and it was a republican idea, and you campaign against it, why did you switch? why did you agree with the republicans? never make that mistake again. unfortunately he is going to. here's what he said recently about what would happen in the second term. quote, i believe if you're successful in this election, when we're successful in this collection the fever may break because there is a tradition in the republican party of more common sense than that. no there isn't. there is no such interest. do you know what they're going to do in the second term? beat you over the head again. if you make the mistake of agreeing with them, then we have to do a whole another segment of "what i would do if i we