robin kelly is favored against paul mckinley, ex-con turned activist. >>> when it comes to voting, theican-american voter waited 23 minutes to vote, according to a new study. hispanics waited 19 minutes and whites waited 12. >>> paul ryan pulled in $600,000 in the first quarter, including a hefty check from condoleezza rice. we don't know what his future plans are, but he has about a million and a half cash on hand right now. >>> former president bill clinton is now on twitter thanks to stephen colbert. >> do you tweet? >> no. i think i'm so sort of insecure, like, you know, what if you tweet and nobody tweets back. >> i took the liberty of opening you a twitter account. >> now, president clinton was taken. william jefferson clinton was taken. but prezbillyjeff was available. >> clinton's first tweet that colbert typed, just spent amazing time with colbert. is he sane? he is cool. as we were talking about in the story before, the republican paul mckinley, ex-con turned communist activist going up against democrat and former state lawmaker robin kelly. community activist. that's right.

. >>> democrat robin kelly faces paul mckinley in today's special election. >>> on this day ten years ago the collapse of the regime in iraq. the statue of saddam hussein was toppled by jubilant iraqis who celebrated with u.s. troops. >>> happy birthday to kristen stewart. she turns 23. dennis quaid 59 and hugh hefner, 87, going strong. here's what's coming up later on "today." tony blair remembers margaret thatcher. olympian kerri walsh jennings talks about the newest addition to her growing family, a baby girl. keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm richard lui along with bill karins. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good tuesday. >>> back in court, the man accused of driving into a san jose walmart injuring four people returns to court to face charges for an entirely different crash. >> also, the new details we're learning about the snapping bolt on the bay bridge. why some experts say it never should have happened. >>> the latest developments overnight as firefighters batt

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today it's in chicago's second congressional district where democrat robin kelly is now the newest memberf congress. replacing disgraced former representative jesse jackson jr. the win was widely expected. kelly had 71% of the vote to the republican paul mckinley's 22%. the rest of the votes were split among green party and independent candidates. kelly vowed to become a leader in the fight for gun legislation. she will be sworn into office tomorrow. >>> over to new york, where former congressman anthony weiner, who, of course, was forced to resign after tweeting a lewd picture of himself, announced he's considering a run for new york city mayor. in what was clearly an emotional interview with the "new york times" magazine, weaner said, quote, i do recognize to some degree it's maybe now or never for me in terps of running for something. i'm trying to gauge not only what's right and what feels comfortable right this second but i'm also thinking how will i feel in a year or two years or five years? weiner, who has over $4 million in his campaign account recently spent 100,000 of that to po

so robin kelly, our congresswoman. mr. gutierrez: mr. speaker, i now yield to the gentleman from illinois, mr. shimkus. mr. shimkus: i thank my colleague and we want to welcome robin to the chamber. you'll find that people are working hard on both sides of the aisle to represent the folks that they are here to represent. the illinois delegation has a monthly luncheon, bicameral, and we look forward to meeting so that those downstaters and those from other districts can understand the concerns of the south side of chicago and the like and you can understand the concerns of real, rural, deep southern illinois. welcome to the chamber. mr. gutierrez: now, ladies and gentlemen, the distinguished lady from the state of illinois, ms. kelly. the speaker: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. kelly: thank you so very much. it is truly an honor to be standing here and humbling to have been chosen to represent the families of the second congressional district. i thank the entire illinois delegation for their support. i would also like to thank my many

>> i will. >>> but don't miss in just moments, our own robin roberts guest hosting "live with kelly andr. strahan. robin and michael, there they are. are there nerves? >> i'm too-timing you guys. i'm two-timing you with michael strahan. that's what i'm doing. >> she loves the hours so much because she gets to sleep past $ 3:45. i'm dressed 35 minutes early. >> i should wear blue. i thought you were coming in in jeans. >> for the show, we have to coordinate. we're going to be coordinated today. >> i love it. we've seen on the show, michael, you have picked up kristin chenoweth and kelly. will you do that with our girl, robin? >> why not? >> don't get any ideas. >> i think i will. >> no, no, no, no. didn't we have, like, if that would happen, what that would look like if he were to do that? >> i believe we do. >> is there a graphic? >> while we track that down, hey, michael, it's new territory for her. any tips for robin? >> oh. >> any tips for robin? >> i saw her at the oscars, she came and gave me tips. there is nothing i can tell you that you don't know. >> you looked good on the red c

and robin kelly in chicago stating that aura was filled with carry holders and daschle laura was filledith cash -- that aurora was filled with carry holders. all editions cannot get things straight how can the american people expect you to -- if the politicians cannot get things straight, how can the market people expect you to pass laws governing us? that is a great question and it brings up an issue that was discussed earlier in this debate about guns that has fallen off the radar screen in terms of discussion. that was the recommendation that we actually find a scientific- based research on -- that we actually fund scientific-based research on gun violence. several years ago the cdc in atlanta had done a fair amount of research on gun violence, and the leading cause of death through injury or violence -- leading cause of death for younger people -- they did research on this issue, and they were defunded. i think we could benefit from or facts and research and evidence in this whole gun safety debate, and it is actually an area in which i wish we were more active. host: last call for

and robin kelly in chicago stating that aurora was filled with carry holders.n the politicians cannot get american people expect you to pass laws governing us? guest: that is a great question and it brings up an issue that was discussed earlier in this debate about guns that has fallen off the radar screen in terms of discussion. that was the recommendation that we actually fund scientific- based research on gun violence. several years ago the cdc in atlanta had done a fair amount of research on gun violence, and as it is the leading cause of death through injury or violence leading cause of death for younger people -- they did research on this issue, and they were defunded. i think we could benefit from or facts and research and evidence in this whole gun safety debate, and it is actually an area in which i wish we were more active. host: last call for senator baldwin comes from another frank, independent line. caller: yes. i was trying to figure out what you said when you said that the social security fund had not been touched by the government, and when pres

knowledge john updike any staff at the real estate department ,carol wong at attorneys office, kelly presser -- -- and robin, -- logging many long hours trying to reach this agreement with caltrans. in addition to fighting to fully fund the development of these parks the city has done a tremendous job in reaching an agreement through a lengthy process for a blended park model, >> i will be hopping on my bike and writing with many kids from sutro and peabody school because this week is right to school week. a number of youngsters and and poster contest but i specially like olivia l -- fifth-grader. showing a bunch of animals writing on their bicycles in front of the golden gate bridge. i love the creativity of bike to school week and the safe route to school effort throughout the city, the whole coalition of dph, ptas and all the advocates of reducing our greenhouse gas emissions are really getting us out of our cars and more into alternative . ways of transportation friday morning, sutro and peabody, really fun and invigorating. if anyone wants to join us contact my office. i also am submitting a million-do

democrat robin kelly will start a new job in congress as the least a senior member of a house dominated by republicans. that political reality is not on kelly, who says her first task is to restore district offices and concentrate on constituent services as she be places disgraced former representative jesse jackson, jr., on the south side of the south suburban second congressional district there in illinois. kentucky newspaper, lexington herald leader this morning, with the front page, showing the minority leader mitch mcconnell next to a picture of ashley judd. leaked tape outrages macconnell. the senator asked the fbi to investigate will be coded discussions about a possible run by ashley judd. the actress has since said she will not be seeking that seat. in maineto the knees republican caller. senate set to vote for thursday -- will go to denise in maine. caller: i have a brother who is it's a phrenic and is not being serviced by the mental health -- who is schizophrenic and is not being serviced by the mental health in this country. my question is, the family of mental health patie

as robin continues to own it, literally as i am speaking right now with michael strahan filling in for kellysley is here for her and special co-host this morning. we just might acknowledge the actual calendar date of the calendar as it turns from march to april. there is a chance we might acknowledge that. turning from one month to another on "good morning america". >> eric: looking forward to it. see you later. >>> new this morning, on april 1st as josh was saying, google and youtube and twitter are kicking off april fool's day with a couple pranks of its own. it's getting rid of all vowels and shifted to a two tiered service. everyone can use the base can service but you only get the consonants and if you want the vowels you have to pay $5 extra a month. >> and google says it wants you to find treasure so there are treasure maps under google maps. good luck. >> as the baseball season starts living near the nation's ballpark. >> bank of america wins the dubious distinction. >> a lot of people have their mortgages through the bank of america. fighting information, and accounted for nearly on

kelly: that felt inauthentic. michael: i will say everyone who, i'm going to thank all the co-hosts i had last weekend, thank robin in love with kristin crenweth who is my mini me. [laughter] michael: i had so me, i didn't say to me, i didn't think anybody could be smaller than kelly. kelly: oh, no, i am a large her. i am giant kristin chenoweth. michael: and i was bench pressing her, i don't know if you knew that. they made me bench press her.

kelly and michael." >> nice. >> couldn't get regis' name out of my head. lawrence fishburne will be there, talk about his series "hannibal" and eliminated finalist from "american idol." michael strahan and robinnd. i bet you they will talk about ncaa, should be great. >> and she is always great. no matter where she goes. she is going to leave her mark there. okay. moving on to beyonce. beyonce is going on tour, this is her, world tour, quite a bit after she had blue ivy and drawn a little bit of criticism. that says, "hey, you are a mama now. you got to spend time with your baby." to quiet her critics she posted a picture. the 16-time grammy winner, posted this picture. mother/daughter duo, monogrammed chairs. there you see one says mom's name, baby's name. along with a tiny winking emoticon. >> so they can be the same height. >> that's cute. >> there you go, world, she is taking her baby on tour. interesting to see what happens later in life when the baby has to go to school and can't be whisked away on a world tour. beyonce, get it all out of your system now, girl. >> let's talk about justin bieber. i think we're all getting a little sick of talking about bieber all the time. too good to pa