there will never be a mosque at ground zero, i'm renee ellmers and a prove this ad. >> stephen: strong statement, of course that ad up set north carolina's muslim community, both of them. but that's not ellmers only accomplishment. last fall she also voted to shut down the government. who can forget the message of hope she sent those federal workers that her vote laid off. >> the thing of it is i need my paycheck. that's the bottom line. and i understand that maybe there are some other members who are, you know, deferring their paychecks and i think that is admirable. i'm not in that position. >> stephen: yes, she wasn't in that position. and neither were the workers. they were bending over and taking it. and if she weren't, if she weren't enough of a shoe-in already, get a load of who the democrats are running against her. >> i'm clay aiken. you might wonder why-- (laughter) >> stephen: yes, i do wonder why you are running. is it because there hasn't been anyone in congress with such golden pipes since senator john ashcroft ♪ let the eagle soar ♪ ♪ like she's never soared before ♪ ♪.

clay aiken will be ton battle against two-term incumbent renee ellmers.lay aiken joining me live from raleigh, north carolina. welcome back to the show, mr. aiken. >> we'll talk about your race straight away. first i have to ask about the news coming out of washington today. you have, as you are well aware, american war veterans dieing, awaiting treatment at va hospitals. we talked you being pro military, your brother who served in iraq. are you angry about this, these deadly delays facing war veterans? >> i think people should all be very frustrated with the disorganization, to put it lightly, of the va. the va is an unwheel difficult organization. i think some of the mismanagement that it's had over the past several years has started shows itself. obviously we see what's happened in phoenix. i wouldn't be surprised if we saw some of these issues were popping up in other places in the country. the va is unwieldy, very mismanaged. i think we have to do better for veterans. you're right, my brother is a vet and there are many, many veterans in this distric

elsewhere in the state, two republican members of congress, walter jones and renee ellmers, turned backld face former "american idol" star clay aiken in november. aiken led his democratic primary race by fewer than 400 votes. a recount could still be possible. and in ohio, house speaker john boehner took nearly 70% of the primary vote against a tea party opponent in his ohio district. >> ifill: joining me to hash out what it all means is newshour political editor domenicoÑi montanaro.çóÑiÑiñr last night. no. >> no yes. 36 gosh 36 nor incumbents who won across the board last night. that's really the establishment striking back as we talked about earlier. in ohio, john boehner survived joyce also survived the tea party challenge. democrats are hoping he'd lose to have chance to take over that seat. north carolina, walterç?$iones o is always a target for some republicans,çó he wound up winng his race, a little bit of surprise for some. and renee ellmers who was a target because of her pro-immigration stance, at least her stance to do something on immigration. she enjoyed a challenge from t

clay aiken remains a long shot against renee ellmers of the conservative district.ers in both nebraska and west virginia went to the polls today. the key race to watch, the open senate primary to replace mike johanns. the tea party looking for when. this includes being backed by senators ted cruz and michael he and even more establishment types like congressman paul ryan. this includes shane osborn, backed by mitch mcconnell. and by the way, the closest thing we will get to it next week, it states, arkansas, oregon, pennsylvania and kentucky. in our next guest is running for governor of texas as attorney general of the state. he sued the obama administration and now he's tearing up for a new fight with the bureau of land management that is trying to use 90,000 acres of property on the red river. joining us now is the attorney general from the great state of texas. it's good to have you with us. let's start with the bureau of land management. >> there has always been tension between them and ranchers and farmers across the west. this has spilled over from nevada into

democratic party officials in the district will select the nominee to run against republican incumbent renee ellmers in the fall. incidentally congresswoman ellmers has also released a written statement on chris co's passing saying, quote, his kindness and dedication to his principles were models. we should all strife toward and he will be dearly missed. keith chris cowas 71. jenna? jenna: jonathan, thank you. >> reporter: certainly. jon: talk about the 2016 presidential race, new concerns three rising republican stars, ted cruz, rand paul, and marco rubio could receive same kind of criticism a guy named barack obama faced when he ran for the white house, that they simply do not have enough experience. all of them are first-term senators. legitimate criticism or just a potshot? joining us now, ellison barber, staff writer at the "washington free beacon." it is interesting, when you think back to you know, i mean president obama had been in the white house for six years now, but he was a very junior senator, still kind of making his way around, learning his way around the senate when he was running f

so he will be running against republican incumbent renee ellmers in november. >>> a whistle-blower onbamacare claiming workers are being paid to do nothing. now one lawmaker is vowing to get to the bottom of it all. and it was breaking news yesterday. during "happening now," new video shows a guy plowing a stolen truck into the lobby of a tv station. and it only gets worse from there. the charges, the person behind the wheel faces now. >>> also, is wiring your baby with monitoring technology a good idea? strong opinions on both sides. our live chat is up and running. we want to hear from you. go to foxnews.com/happeningnow and click on "america's asking" link and you can get in on the conversation. did someone say burn? try alka seltzer reliefchews. they work just as fast and are proven to taste better than tums smoothies assorted fruit. mmm. amazing. yeah, i get that a lot. alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief. thank you. thank you. i got this. oh, no, i'll get it! let me get it. uh-uh-uh. i don't want you to pay for this. it's not happening, honey. let her get it. sh

and north carolina congresswoman renee ellmers tweeted a link to that story, seeming to taunt that there was just one enrollment on day one. i mean, eight million people eventually signed up. aren't the first day problems beside the point now, dana? >> i think what the assumption here seems to be that the american people and voters are just so ignorant of what's going on that they can be persuaded by that sort of thing. similar to what you led into this about the problems in the veterans administration. these go back well before the obama administration even came into place. they predate obamacare. they predate obama. you can say that this administration hasn't responded quickly enough, if you want, but you can say that it has anything to do with obamacare. it's just factually impossible. but i think people are assuming that a low information voter out there is just going to accept this little tidbit thrown out there and not bother to check it out. >> i'm going to have to leave it there. thank you, congresswoman jan schakowsky and dana milbank. thank you both again for your time tonight.

. >> he is going up against an incumbent, renee ellmers. elected in 2010 in that tea party wave. this is her second term. she's going for a third term right now. she won the district, taking 56% of the vote in 2012. and mitt romney also won the district, winning 58% of the vote back in 2012. that's better than he did statewide. i talked to a senior house republican campaign aide, and you know, very hon creest with saying, listen, this will be a tough race. it's not out of the realm of possibility, but it will be a tough race, for sure. the district is located in the central part of the state. this is known as north carolina's piedmont. again, a difficult race ahead for clay aiken. guys? >> and certainly one to watch. kind of interesting. "american idol" to the halls of congress. we'll see. >> potentially. >> potentially, possibly, maybe, allegedly. >>> new information this morning after a gun fight ends with a deadly explosion broadcast live on television. what led up to this tragedy? that's coming up. you're going to want to stay tuned. ok

he will square off in november against republican congress member incumbent renee ellmers. those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. a democracyng you now! special. the first of the today interview with investigative journalist glenn greenwald. he has just published a riveting new book, "no place to hide: edward snowden, the nsa and the u.s. surveillance state." the book chronicles the inside story behind perhaps the biggest leak in the nations history. greenwald and filmmaker laura portraits with the journal -- first met with edward snowden in hong kong last june. days after their first meeting, greenwald published an explosive guardian" about the nsa collecting the phone records of millions of verizon customers daily. it was the first of hundreds of articles based on documents leaked by snowden. and more disclosures are now coming out. greenwald's book includes dozens of previous the secret nsa documents. for his reporting on the nsa, he recently won a george polk award and was part of the team fr

aiken will now likely take on two-term republican congresswoman renee ellmers in november. fall that led to crisco's death isn't being investigated as anything other than an accident. his family is remembering him as a remarkable man with a lifelong dedication to his family and public service. >> nancy, thanks. >>> a new study out this morning reveals surprising links between bullying and health. duke university researchers say kids who were picked on can suffer lasting effects, but the bullies could be healthier in one important area. our dr. holly phillips is with us. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> tell us what this study shows and the evidence for the conclusions. >> right. this is such an important study because up to now, we've really had a good understanding of long-term mental health effects from bullying, ranging from depression to anxiety. this is one of the first to really establish a link with long-term physical effects. so the study was out of duke university. and they followed kids from the ages of 9 to 21 and they measured a really important biomar

he face as tough race against republican incumbent renee ellmers there. the final vote came in less than 24 hours after the sudden death of aiken's main opponent, 71-year-old keith crisco, died monday after a fall inside of his home. not a whole lot of details about all of that but we will keep an eye on it. >>> fox news alert. rescuers continue their desperate efforts to reach hundreds of miners who are trapped under the ground in turkey after an explosion and a fire at a coal mine. this is an absolutely tragic, horrific situation. at least 200 miners, some of the numbers that we're seeing, as high as 238 right now being attributed to primer dough juan in turkey. -- prime minister minister in turkey erdogan. this may well be turkey's worse mining disaster ever. legal lal land vittert is live. what is the latest on the rescue operation, leland? >> reporter: the word is not good, from the officials on the scene, quote, hopes are diminish, in terms of this being a rescue operation, in terms much finding those folks underground al live. the magnitude of this

they take on republican congresswoman renee ellmers. martha: senate committee pushing for tougher sanctions on russia ahead of ukraine's presidential elections. protests and deadly violence have not stopped in the east. they meet with leaders to make sure the may 26th elections go smoothly. senator lindsey graham says president obama has to do more to stop russia from tightening its grip on that country. >> i would urge the president to get on national television and lay out the plan if the elections do not go forward in fair and free fashion in ukraine i will impose section tomorrow sanctions which means it will hurt our economy but the price we would pay i think would be worth it to bring about some stability and make russia pay a price. martha: the state department says it will widen the scope of the sanctions if russia does not change course to diffuse to crisis. bill: let's hope the fbi can help now. the u.s. sending help in anight. the brutal islamist group, boko haram, kidnapping 100 girls. on top of 200 taken a month ago. the u.

aiken and keith crisco had been vying to take on congressman renee ellmers of north carolina -- host: one other piece of election news, this coming from the front page of the detroit news and several. michigan papers, congressman conyers concluded off ballot plans to challenge the law is the headline. there's a picture of congressman john conyers there. the story notes the political future of john conyers, the longest serving african-american in congress, hinges on a federal legal challenge and an appeal to the state's top elections officer after the detroit democrat tuesday was thrown off the primary ballot. more than 640 signatures for conyers were disqualified after the clerk's staff investigating found several petitions circulators were not registered voters, as required by state law. conyers' campaign chairman indicated tuesday that the campaign considered its best chance for getting back on the ballot a legal challenge of the state law requiring registered voters to circulate their petitions for candidates. and then, again, that's john conyers, democrat of michigan. we've got a

. >> your opponent renee ellmers said apparently he's bored. do you have to fight to make the politicians take you seriously? >> of course. it's a mountain to climb, but we've had quite a bit of success in the past three months in climbing it and we'll continue to do that the next six. >> as you well know, ft. bragg is in your district. your brother served two tours of duty in iraq. i'm sure you're following what's happening at the scandal at the veteran's administration. do you think eric shinseki should resign? >> i think we have a lot of people who are making decisions without being in the room. i'm not going to be one of those folks who wasn't in the hearing and hasn't paid attention to those details and wasn't privy to that stuff and making decisions for that. but i will say we've got to do a better job of funding the v.a. we've got to do a better job of organizing the v.a. i think the v.a. should be possibly not in the health care business so much as in the veterans care business and taking care of the needs of veterans. the veterans unem

he'll go on to challenge the republican incumbent, renee ellme ellmers, who also released a statementoffering her condolences to the crisco family. >> kelly o'donnell in raleigh. thank you. >>> you've seen this voorks an elevator, a surveillance camera, jay z, beyonce in there, along with beyonce's sister, solange. something goes wrong. there's an altercation. best way to explain it is natalie seems to have figured it all out. >> natalie's got a theory. >> the theory is, it's crazy! that's it. >> yeah? >> willie has more. >> my work is done here. >> do tell. >> let's take a look at some of this video, guys, as we head over to the orange room. matt described it a little bit. let's look at the video. this is after the met gala, the big fashion event here in new york city last week. an after party at the standard hotel and a short elevator ride. video not authenticated yet, but certainly appears to be jay z, beyonce and beyonce's 27-year-old younger sister, solange, attacking jay z and being held back by a bodyguard. we're going to have much more on the contents of that video a little bi