lugar's opponent today is state treasure richard murdoch. is he selling a simple message that lugar's gone to washington and is out of touch? what every challenger dreams of when going against an incumbent. the tea party made him vulnerable. it defined the race, frankly, from the start. >> lugar was also asked what address he has on his driver's license. he wasn't sure but presumes it's the house he no longer owns. i asked where he gets his mail from the dmv. he didn't exactly answer. >> when i've renewed my driver's license i've come here to a proper address in indianapolis and renewed it. >> didn't know what address was on his driver's license. >> exploited this in tv ads. >> when dick lugar moved to washington he left behind more than his house. he left behind his conservative hoosier values. >> nbc's kelly o'donnell covering both campaigns in indiana asked lugar whether he's lost touch with voters? >> been perfectly connected. a ridiculous charge. how could anybody be more hoosier? i've got a farm out here that i continue to work with my

angry voters throw senator richard lugar out of office after 35 years. a resurgent tea party tidal wave should send a message to republicans and democrats. >>> and ahead, newly minted republican tea party candidate for senate in indiana richard murdock, and tea party statesman, south carolina's senator jim demint. we have them both. and also this evening, ceos slam tim geithner to boost growth by not raising the dividends or the capital gains tax. they slam him. we'll debate him. >>> and you know what, stocks volatile on the downside today. i still think it's a slowing u.s. economy to blame, not greece. >>> but first up, a hastily arranged interview with abc news comes out in support of same-sex marriage. john harwood got the full story. all right, john. good evening. what you got? >> good evening, larry. that's political bombshell that the aides said was going to come out eventually, but was expedited, so today under pressure, the president in an interview with abc became the first president the say he was in favor of legalizing gay marriage. >> at a per

. >> after almost four decades in the united states senate, dick lugar, richard nixon's favorite mayor, gets yanked by republicans. the state of of the republican party. this morning we'll talk to both parties looking to take lugar's seat. and another hotbed of discontent. wisconsin democrats pick their man in the fast approaching recall vote on governor scott walker. we'll take a deep dive into the fierce fight that's only 27 days away from today. and mitt romney, another one of those pivots to november. this time it actually felt like on one. this is "the daily rundown." startling revelations about the double agent who ended up blow up that yemen bomb plot. lots to get to this morning. we know about indiana senator richard lugar. he was rejected by his own party in a double-digit defeat that was just one of last night's ballot blowouts. the results went largely as expected in indiana, north carolina, west virginia and wisconsin. the surprises were in the margins of victory. murdoch beat lugar by 20 points, 61% to lugar's 39%. new york overwhelmingly approved a state constitutional am

for the first time since the 1970s, hoosier motors rejected richard lugar. d voter frustration by dismissing lugar. murdoch hammered lugar for backing parts of mr. obama's agenda. >>> also this morning, gay rights activists are re-grouping and gearing up to fight the latest ban on same-sex marriage. voters in north carolina aprufed an amendment. opponents of the measure are vowing to challenge the results and are even planning rallies this week. north carolina becomes the 31st state to define marriage as a hetero sexual union. more states will vote on the bans later this year. >>> his cross-country stealing spree led authorities on a tw two-year man hunt and today, we're seeing just how colton harris moore carried out his crimes. there are seven videos in all totalling 45 minutes and even though he is never seen or heard, we get a close-up view of his adventures, some of which were by plane. see him taking off there. taxiing at an indiana airport just before taking off at dawn. another clip shows him to be a fan of country music. ♪ harris moore joyriding on a

it was the defeat of six-term republican moderate richard lugar. lugar, known as capitol hill dealmaker, lost to tea party-backed richard mourdock in the republican senate primary. lugar faced questions about sometimes voting with democrats and his resistency. in his concession speech lugar said he wants to see mourdock win. >> i want to see a republican in the white house. i want to see my friend mitch mcconnell have majority in the senate. >> but shortly after his speech, lugar had some tough words for mourdock. his embrace of unrelenting partisan mindset is irreconcilable with my philosophy of governance. he will find that unless he modifies his approach, he will achieve little as a legislator. >>> as expected, voters in north carolina easily approved an amendment to the state constitution that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. the law also avoids domestic unions from carrying illegal status. north carolina is the 30th state to adopt a ban on same-sex marriage. on the democratic side, president obama won the west virginia pre

we know about indiana senator richard lugar. he was rejected by his own party in a double-digit defeat that was just one of last night's ballot blowouts. the results went largely as expected in indiana, north carolina, west virginia and wisconsin. the surprises were in the margins of victory. murdoch beat lugar by 20 points, 61% to lugar's 39%. new york overwhelmingly approved a state constitutional amendment that will constitutional will band civil unions. it will make north carolina the 30th state to adopt a marriage ban. the state was the last holdout in the south. a white house spokesman said the president was disappointed by the vote. >> in north carolina you have to get over 40 to avoid a runoff. walter dalton by, at 46%. and it's a rematch from 2010 when walker beat barrett by 6 points. finally, after last night we know why west virginia's democratic senator claims to be undecided on who he'll support in the presidential race. texas felon keith russell judd currently serving 210 months in a federal prison won at least eig

we'll tell you about richard lugar's tea party replacement.it >>> party conservatives a$ku celebrating a couple of victories after yesterday's vote in several states. gay rights advocates lost a vote in north carolina. karen travers has more. >> reporter: indiana republicans sent an anti-washington, anti-incumbent message backed by tea party support richard mourdock flushed six time incumbent richard lugar. he was one of the senate's lost remaining moderates he had a history of -- working with democrats. >> hoosier republicans want to see the republicans inside the senate taking more conservative track. >> reporter: last night lugar was gracious in his concession speech. >> i congratulate richard mourdock on his victory. >> reporter: today he changed his tune. releasing a scathing statement about his opponent. "if mr. mourdock is elected, i want him to be a good senator. that will require him to advise his stated goal of bringing more partisanship to washington. unless emad fews his approach he will achieve little as a legislator." in north carolina voters over we'llingly passed an ame

probably the signature issue of richard lugar's political career is the lugar act. it is a program to locate comet secure, and dismantle weapons of mass distraction from the former soviet union. it includes biological and chemical weapons and also has expanded to other parts of the world. sugar go the senator went to africa and viewed how the program is working there. the nunn-lugar program is a program that has over performed, it is a program with good solid intentions, well-managed, accomplishing things. we only spend about $1 million a year on the nunn-lugar program, and a lot of people think we should be spending more for it. the senator has been nominated a couple times for the nobel peace prize. that will be remembered as sort of the core of his legacy. if not, richard lugar -- one of his greatest accomplishments -- is his involvement on the iraq and afghanistan wars will be remembered in a more complicated way. my own view is that the senator has had some very intelligent, even forward-looking things to say about the iraq war. but i don't think he had a lot o

richard lugar has won respect from both sides of the aisle. this week, indiana republicans sent him packing. >> i did not know he was a prisoner. i did not know him, but i voted against obama. >> i cannot resist this -- in this we'west virginia primary, keith russell judd got 42% of the vote. he is a prisoner at the beaumont federal correctional institute in texas. how significant is this? it sounds funny, but if you were running the obama campaign, would you be worried? >> yes. any time an incumbent, was unchallenged within his own party for nomination, or her own party,ets 20%, that is a cause for concern. 32% is an alarm. a 31% is a statement. the governor of west virginia, a democrat, and the united states senator john mentioned will not reveal for whom they voted -- joe manchin will not reveal for whom they voted in the primary. >> wesvirginia vere the barack obama. hillary clinton -- west region and never did love barack obama. hillary clinton buried him. >> lyndon johnson had a similar experience -- >> look what happened to him. >> that

murdock the guy who beat richard lugar lastt description of donely. >> he has been close to mr. obama for the last several years we will make that clear. it's not going to be accepted by the voters in indiana in november. murdock is tapped. he has an empty war chest. republicans need to hold all of their senate seat include this one and pick up four others if they are going to keep control of the senate. shep? >> shepard: bystanders attack a would-be robber after he tries to snatch a woman's purse. that tops our news across america. ohio. surveillance video at a cleveland gas station captured the who thing. can you seat robber grab something from the woman's car then make a run for it. he didn't get far. an employee and another man saw what happened and took action. >> i just sat down on him and tried to help him the guy was holding him. he said please, i can't breathe, i can't breathe. i said you should have thought about that before you tried to rob that lady. >> shepard: the woman said she used the power cord from the phone

big story from yesterday's primary elections the end of the line for its-term republican senator richard lugar. >> i congratulate richard murdock on his victory in a hard-fought race. >> the 80-year-old lost to the tea party-backed state treasurer richard murdock, who spent the campaign calling richard lugar to moderno net. president, praised the longest serving republican in the senate for his bipartisan efforts. >> it is do-or-die time for the washington capitals. with a victory tonight and home they could force a game seven showdown. even with their backs against the wall, the odds could be in their favor. john gonzalez is live outside the verizon center in northwest to explain why that is. >> lived two states and other day, that is the motto at the verizon center. this is nothing new for the washington capitals. -- "live to skate." they are undefeated after overtime games. they will try to make it 4-0 tonight. if the capitals are going to advance, they are going to have to change their playoff history. this is the 11th time the capitals have trailed in the postseason. eight times things ha

. >> the tea party claim another incumbent, richard lugar. >> hoosier republicans want to see the united states senate taking a more conservative track. >> even high school is not off limits. >> i did some stupid things in high school, and if i hurt anyone, i am sorry and apologize for it. >> lawmakers still at it. voters in europe trigger a political tsunami. >> money flows like water, and if the dam breaks some place, it could flood, even here in america. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> vice president joe biden has acquired a reputation as a person afflicted with foot-in- mouth disease. on last sunday's "meet the press," he said that gay marriage is fine with him. >> i'm comfortable with the fact that man marrying men, women marrying women, are entitled to the same rights. >> that caused a major flat amid the chattering classes, and by midweek, in an interview with robin roberts, the president suggested joe biden had jumped the gun. >> he got out a little bit over his skis. >> the president says he had already made the decision to come out in favor

we will talk with indiana's long time senator richard lugar, who lost his primary earlier this month to a candidate who wants less, not more compromise to break the washington gridlock. then on page 2, our summer sunday book break, as we talk with the authors of three new books. robert merry, author of the upcoming where they stand .. the american president in the eyes of voters and historians, time magazine's nancy gibbs and michael duffy, authors of the president's club, and cbs news contributor and presidential historian, douglas brinkley whose new biography cronkite comes out this week, it is summertime in washington, and this is face the nation. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. chieffer, and good morning, again, and welcome to face the nation and what better time to talk a little politics. top advisors to both candidates are with us here this morning, we are going start with robert gibbs who is the senior advisor to the obama campaign, then we will hear from ed gill less city senior advisor to the romney campaign. mr.

richard lugar try to work together. the cost of that, in large measure, he lost the primary. >> here is mr. murdoch and what he had to say earlier tonight. >> dress yesterday, when elected a socialist. there are those in the administration and on the left side of the democratic party that were cheering that, but we will not stand for that in indiana because barack obama is not going to win. >> your opponent is not a tea party year. do you agree with that assessment? >> all you have to look at is the fact that he has called for more division, partisanship, actually spent over $3 million of taxpayer money to force a liquidation of chrysler. the american automobile industry has been one of the great success stories of all time. his actions are directly against the very things we stand for. that is why we will have success in the fall. >> do you want president obama to campaign if you in indiana? >> if you remember back in early 2009, the first place he came after he was elected with to elkhart, indiana. he came because he

six-term indiana senator, richard lugar, was unable to survive a challenge from a far mar conservative rival backed by the tea party. he is known as a bipartisan moderate and a dealmaker. lugar warned republicans against continuing what he calls an unrelenting partisan mindset. >>> also, presidential hopeful mitt romney campaigned in michigan, ignoring primaries in indiana, north carolina and west virginia. without any significant challengers at this point, romney won all three, putting a big dent in the 288 delegates he needs to officially clinch the nomination. >>> in north carolina, voters decided to add some muscle to the state's ban on six-sex marriage. they approved a constitutional amendment as defining marriage between a man and a woman only opinion it's the 30th state to do so. the latest amendment not only prevents same-sex marriages. it also means civil unions and other domestic partnerships will no longer be recognized by the state. >>> also in north carolina, another top aide to john edwards is back on the stand today in his corruption trial. yesterday, the former speech w

probably the signature issue of richard lugar's political career is the lugar act. it is a program to locate comet secure, and dismantle weapons of mass distraction from the former soviet union. it includes biological and chemical weapons and also has expanded to other parts of the world. sugar go the senator went to africa and viewed how the program is working there. the nunn-lugar program is a program that has over performed, it is a program with good solid intentions, well-managed, accomplishing things. we only spend about $1 million a year on the nunn-lugar program, and a lot of people think we should be spending more for it. the senator has been nominated a couple times for the nobel peace prize. that will be remembered as sort of the core of his legacy. if not, richard lugar -- one of his greatest accomplishments -- is his involvement on the iraq and afghanistan wars will be remembered in a more complicated way. my own view is that the senator has had some very intelligent, even forward-looking things to say about the iraq war. but i don't think he had a lot o

. >>> six-term senator richard lugar of indiana was defeated in the gop state primary on tuesday. mr. mourdock joined us on c-span's washington journal for 30 minutes. >> well joining us on the panel is richard mourdock, who knocked off richard lugar in the primary on tuesday. mr. mourdock, thank you for being with us. if we could, let's start with what we were talking about with our audience a little earlier this morning. and that's president obama's statement endorsing gay marriage yesterday. i want to get your reaction to that. >> i was surprised me made it. as i traveled the state of indiana in the last 15 months, i've not heard the issue come up i don't think more than twice. and clearly in a state like indiana that is very conservative, that the president won in 2008. it will certainly work to his disadvantage here, and i see that happening in the other so-called critical swing states. i think that's going to be more of a negative than a plus for the president. >> what about your personal view? if it comes before the senate, what would your personal view be? >> well, i am one

activists and tea party groups have come in with a vengeance, spent their money and time to help lugar's opponent richard mourdock but it seems to be a referendum on senator lugar, you can see in that voter's face and hear it in his voice it pained him to vote against senator lugar. he's beloved even by people voting against him, i heard that from voter after voter after voter, as you said people who have known him since he was mayor of indianapolis. many of them think it's just not time for him anymore, no matter how much he tries to use seniority as his, to his benefit. >> most of the polls have closed in indiana. the polls that are still open will close soon. we'll bring you results throughout the night on cnn. dana bash is there and this will be a message to incumbents of both parties across the country. north carolina a statewide referendum on same-sex unions could give a referendum of a state president obama carried in 2008 and hopes to keep blue. voters voting that says "marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic union that shall be valid or recognized in this state." it bans dome

i congratulate richard mourdock on his victory in a hard-fought race. >> ifill: the 80-year-old lugar was crushed by state treasurer richard mourdock-- losing by more than 20 points, and winning only two of the state's 92 counties. the tea party-backed mourdock said lugar was out of touch with his home state and had grown too close to democrats in washington. but lugar, who has made his reputation mainly on matters of foreign policy, said such cooperation is needed now more than ever. >> we are experiencing deep political divisions in our society right now. these divisions have stalemated progress in critical areas. but these divisions are not insurmountable and i believe that people of good will regardless of party can work together for the benefit of our country. >> ifill: democrats who worked with lugar in the senate praised him today. >> dick argued that bipartisanship isn't an end in itself, and it's sometimes mistaken for centrism, compromise. when in fact, it is really the way of what he called being a constructive public servant, it is the way they approach their job, with sel

richard lugar losing to tea party challenger richard mourdock. he won support by casting lugar as president obama's favorite republican. mourdock will be on fox and friends today at 7:00 a.m. >> scott walker now knows who he will face off against in his recall election next month. they know each other well to become governor in 2010. voters approved a constitutional amendment banling gay marriage. it is the 30th state in the country to adopt a ban. first republicans now house democrats calling for congress charges to get attorney general eric holder. he moves ahead with the subpoena last month after holder hands ore the documents. he denies he has been uncooperative. hundreds of weapons in the hands of mexican criminals. two of those guns ued in a shootout which killed u.s. border patrol agent brian perry. >> booed news if you are planning on retiring. the cost to pay for medical bills on the rise. they estimate a newly retired couple will need 240,000 dollars to help cover healthcare expenses even with medicare benefits. this estimate does not fa

richard lugar lost the primary to the state treasurer and tea party favored.he was first elected in 1976. some considered him to be moved to moderate. >> a young man went to some extreme measures in order to find a new job. it is paying off for him. >> it is a rather small investment. there you see the results. it has his picture and website. here is the catch. he paid $300 for eight seconds of air time. it worked. somebody hired him. give him points for creativity. >> he is working for a scanning company. that is a growing industry. you could call it another disturbing mission for an arizona woman, and at 800 pounds, she wants to be the world's fastest woman and she has been fitted for what could be the world's largest whetting dress. she is getting married and obviously wants to have a down for her big day. but this gown as a 107 inch waist, and 9 feet of land. >> she found it or is looking for it? >> she has been fitted for it. it is in the process. >> is disturbing that she wants to be the fattest woman. that does not sound healthy. she is getting married.

indiana voters decide to retire richard lugar. we will talk to the man who stunned him by being too open to working with democrats. >>> tonight's truth is last night's biggest lesson, the 2012 political climate and state by state looks a lot different than when president obama won back in 2008. >>> we begin tonight with new details about president obama's personal evolution on a potent political issue, same-sex marriage. >> i have just concluded that for me, personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. >> with that in that oval office vint with abc news, the president officially switched his position. in 2008, he ran as i acandidate who opposed same-sex marriage. cnn is told he is ready to support it and green light those that want to add language to the 2012 campaign platform. >> why the switch? >> i had hesitated on gay marriage in part because i thought civil unions would be sufficient. that that was something that would give people hospital visitation ri

we're talking about this person senator richard lugar. ng a challenge from richard murdoch, a tea party favorite. lugar has been criticized for his bipartisanship. >> i'm appealing to all the people of indiana. i emif sice all -- emphasize all. >> reporter: keep a close eye on the election. if he loses it it could spell trouble for other incumbents in november. >> all right. stay tuned. jamie? >> i'm jamie costello. coming up at 6:00 another deadly crash in harford county takes the lives of two people, what authorities believe happened on this road this. >>> millions of americans take them every day. more of the understanding of antidepressants. here's a preview of what's ahead on world knolls at 6:30. >>> coming up on world news, an explosion in the number of people who decided they would only build their houses with everything made in america to create american jobs and how many did they create? watch tonight. [ mrs. hutchison ] friday night has always been all fun and games here at the hutchison household but one dark stormy evening...

and richard lugar, i guess, didn't change with the times.argeting him for two years now and got a lot of support over the last year or two from the larger national tea party groups. they were upset in support of the auto bailouts, the wall street bailouts and support of president obama's supreme court justices. it wasn't just about the tea party movement. listen, 36 years as you said, that is a long time. a lot of people said it's time for somebody new. he hasn't owned a home in indiana in many, many years. he lives here in the d.c. area. take a listen to what he said last night. >> we are experiencing deep political divisions in our society right now. these divisions have stalemated progress in critical areas. but these divisions are not insurmountab insurmountable. and i believe people of good will regard as a party can work together for the benefit of our country. >> he is not the only moderate republican who will not be in the senate next year. it's going to be a very different senate. olympia snowe, joe liberman, and two moderate democr

six-term indiana senator, richard lugar, was unable to survive a challenge from a far mar conservatives at this point, romney won all three, putting a big dent in the 288 delegates he needs to officially clinch the nomination. >>> in north carolina voters decided to add some muscle to the state's ban on six-sex marriage. they approved a constitutional amendment as defining marriage between a man and a woman only opinion it's the 30th state to do so. the latest amendment not only prevents same-sex marriages. it also means civil unions and other domestic partnerships will no longer be recognized by the state. >>> also in north carolina another top aide to john edwards is back on the stand today in his corruption trial. yesterday, the former speech writer testified edwards acknowledged that a wealthy donor was secretly supporting his pregnant mistress. the prosecution is expected to wrap up its case by tomorrow. still unclear when rielle hunter will testify. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is making it pretty clear that she's not losing any sleep over her appearance. clinton has fa

he defeated richard lugar on tuesday. thank you for being on the "washington journal." >> tomorrow, chuck wolf, president of their gay and lesbian victory fund in institute talks about his group's effort to elect openly gay public officials. arthur brooks discusses his new book, "the road to freedom, how to win the fight for free enterprise." the cost and scope of missiles procured by the defense department for the army, navy, air force, and marines. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> cutting back in an age where crime is global in ways that it was not 10 years ago, and by that i mean whether it be organized crime, whether it be cyber crime, white-collar crime, gangs, they are globalized and consequently that entity that has the best chance for addressing globalized criminal activity is the fbi. consequently, if you cut us from doing that at applied in time where much of the crime is globalized, that is a double hit, in some sense of regret on wednesday, the fbi director capitalize from capitol

indiana senator richard lugar lost his bid for re-election to a candidate backed by the tea party whor as too moderate for the seat. the veteran republican has held his office in the senate since 1977. >>> also republican presidential hopeful mitt romney stumped across michigan virtually ignoring the primaries in indiana, north carolina and west virginia. romney easily won all three of those contests adding about 100 more delegates to the 288 of them he still needs to officially, mathematically, clinch the nomination. >>> and in wisconsin, milwaukee mayor tom barrett has won the democratic primary in the race for governor. so now he'll face republican governor scott walker in a recall election on june the 5th in what's being called the showdown over union rights. >>> most taxpayers probably would be shocked to learn they are picking up the tab for former presidents. and now there is a new push to stop what's often called presidential welfare. jimmy carter, bill clinton and both bushes are eligible for free rent, office staff, postage and the like. last year uncle sam paid $830,000 for

senator richard lugar will be leaving capitol hill. he lost indiana's republican primary to tea party-backed challenger richard murdoch. lugar is considered an institutional in indiana politics. the 8-year-old served six terms as senator. in a statement, president obama thanked lugar for his service and willingness to cross party lines to get things done. murdoch will face democratic congressman joe donnelly in november. >>> mitt romney is about 100 delegates closer to becoming the republican presidential nominee. he won primaries in indiana, north carolina, and west virginia. right now he is 288 delegates shy of the 1,144 needed to clinch the nomination. >>> 4:34. police in mt. pleasant are calling a 76-year-old man's death suspicious. benjamin brown was found dead inside his seat pleasant drive home last friday. his car, a blue chevy caprice, is missing. the home is secured with window bars and an alarm system. neighbors fear brown was taken advantage of by someone he let into his home. >> he didn't ever bother anybody. that man sat o

that means that richard lugar's career is coming to an end.d evening eric, i suppose it was no big surprise with all the polls we've been reading recently. a victory certainly for the very conservative tea party movement in indiana, right? >> this is absolutely true. now, the tea party supply the the, did supplied the ground troops. given the victory he can make a claim. he took advantage a couple things, an anti-incumbent mood and lugar's advancing age that gave a lot of people the sense maybe it was time to move on. >> greta: i would have been suspicious but the fact there was a big controversy where richard lugar, whether he lived in indiana or virginia. he has been in the senate for 36 years. an anti-out of touch, you are a washington guy and indiana guy. does it have any touch of that? >> sure, absolutely. his entire argument was that ligar had lost touch. residency thing was case in point. that was powerful. murdoch called that a turning points. it would be hard to argue with it. >> greta: mr. murdoch will be running against a congressma

richard lugar is out after losing to a candidate that says he does not believe in compromise. the only way to stop the madness i would say is to beat them in november. >>> welcome back, a bruising loss for dick lugar of indiana. last night he lost by more than 20 points, and this is an example of the p.o.w. the far right has. the man that will face him, joe donnelly. you're a moderate democrat gaens far right tea partier, how is indiana going to go naerd a moderate democrat and someone near the end. >> we're a practical state. the polls that have been on this race, the one independent poll shows myself tied with richard murdoch. he is a person, here we are in indiana, a heart of the auto industry, and he tried to destroy it and was the leader in bringing a lawsuit to forcethe liquidation of crystler. >> let's look at what he said on the daily rundown today about where he stands with chuck todd. i'm amazed people admit they stand like this. >> bipartisanship should consist of democrats coming to the republican view. we want today give a more national voice to the idea that repu