i'm he lori rothman. -- i'm lori rothman. >>> welcome back. time now, 4:54.sight for sunbathers looking out at the chesapeake bay brim. traffic on the brain brame was stopped for about an hour yesterday to let the cargo ship move through the water. the ship was carrying four large cranes, each one 14 stories tall. authorities decided to close the span because they thought drivers would be too distracted. -- traffic on the bridge was stopped for about an hour. >>> the cost aconcordia radar and central funnel will be removed in the coming weeks. yfer wards, two cranes will pull the ship upright. the operation is expected to take up to a year. isn't that amazing. -- afterwards, two cranes will pull the ship upright. >> if there hadn't been any victims, it would have been a great attraction because it is. >> i gaptic and it is quite impressive but particularly when you have children, you just keep thinking of the victims and there is an ugly side to it. -- because it is gigantic. >>> the washington wizards have pulled off a trade. we'll tell you who is out and wh

pascrell ran away with it and steve rothman will lose his seat in congress.egal thing going on in electoral politics going on this week is not in wisconsin or any of these other states. it's really been what's happening in california. if wisconsin was not also going on in the same day this would have been the story everybody was fix stated on. >> dianne feinstein's race, as you know she's the senior democratic senator from california and been in the as a matter of fact a long 250i78 and she's the incumbent and running for re-election. all sounds normal, right? look at the ballot that she was running on. these are the names scrolling up here that was on the ballot. for senate. california changed its rule so in a race like this there's no democratic primary and a republican primary and then the winner of each of those primaries runs in the general election in. the new way california is doing this, is that everybody runs all at once. everybody, all in the same primary, doesn't matter what party or if you're the incumbent or anything else. doesn't matter how many

obama supports bill rothman, his competitor. clinton is supporting his support behind howard berman, president obama supports brad sherman. so will there differences affect democratic unity in the presidential election? simon rosenberg is president and founder of ndn and a former clinton campaign adviser. chip salzmann is the former campaign manager for mike huckabee for president. gentlemen, welcome. >> good to be with you. jon: chip, this new jersey election is so interesting because you've got two sitting democratic members of congress, their districts have been reapportioned, so they both have to fight for the same seat, and they're both getting support from the two different democratic big kahunas, bill pascrell has mr. clinton's support, mr. obama is supporting his challenger. who's going to win? >> it's going to be a tight race, and i think both of those endorsements matter. i think this is payback from when the congressman endorsed hillary clinton's presidential campaign, and the other congressman endorsed obama's campai

here's steve rothman using that interview we just saw in one of his attack ads. >> i'm steve rothman i approve this message. >> who wants more tax cuts for the rich? mitt romney, chris christie, newt gingrich, and bill pascrell. >> republicans had great ideas. i liked some of their ideas. >> especially if you're wealthy. >> boy, what a cheap shot. what a distortion. they had you hanging around with the rich people and all you were saying is, let's try to find a compromise on health care to get something done. >> certainly, that's not my record, chris. my record is what other people decide it to be, of course. but third parties have said this was not only disingenuous, it was deceitful, because we were talking about health care. if we couldn't get the whole bill passed, let's put it -- let them vote against doing away with preconditions. let them vote against people getting a break on the prescription drugs. i wanted to put them to the test, the same way, chris, if you remember, i asked in 2010 a vote on the ryan budget. >> you won! and "hardball th jersey. >>> when we return, let me

rothman has been running an ad campaign focused on paid media.york media market is hugely expensive. pascrell spent a lot of money on the ground. i think his base will win at the end of the day. >> obama unofficially with rothman. very quickly jeff barth, the man of the viral video, south dakota. what happens there, my friend? >> look, i hate to say it, but a very popular incouple dent -- >> we know that. >> i think she is safe in november. >> after all this attention, this viral video has gotten, has started to raise a lot of money. >> we shall see. reid wilson, well done. march through the country. sorry i didn't get to iowa. that's okay. it's not that many good primaries there tonight. up next, more on the critical wisconsin recall race. we'll break down the numbers and how to watch the returns come in. it all comes down to which voters show up to the polls, what the electorate looks like. we'll take a deep dive 2008 versus 010 versus today. what happens when classroom teachers get the training... ...and support they need? schools flourish and

hi, everyone, i'm lori rothman in for brenda buttner and this is bulls and bears. the bulls and bears, gary b smith, tobin smith, jonas max ferris, along with kyle and this downgrade has you concerned? >> yes concerned. i think the markets already priced in this downgrade, in my opinion, hence the reason the market was up a bit today. i've been saying since january that the market is going to have trouble and continued volatility going into the november election and i stick with that point. i believe that the banks have severe problems lending to small businesses is only going to continue to be a problem and they're going to need to look to other ways, the atm feeds increased or quarterly statements in order to keep solvent. >> i don't know, s & p downgraded the banks six months ago, this is more or less a downgrade on the entire financial industry, given what's going on in europe and the debt crisis there. >> i agree. to me, i agree with most of kyle's point, but this is kind of after the fact. basically moody's came out and said things are going to have trouble m

of our democracy the bat house judiciary chair lamar smith earlier this year new jersey rep steve rothman interest a bill that would prevent attorneys from removing jurors from the jury pool because they're gay well this should already be a right for gay jurors have of the constitution is equal protection clause many gay jurors are still discriminated against when picked for jury duty on friday judiciary chairman representative lamar smith has said he has quote no plans to move the bill of those taught or in other words he's blocking thanks to republicans like representative smith the fight for equal rights for gays in america is one step forward two steps back and the very very ugly john sununu last week mitt romney claimed that america needs fewer teachers firefighters and police officers. trying to explain away the gaffe romney campaign chairman john sununu went on endlessly and d.c. this morning and said this if this is fewer kids in the classroom the taxpayers really do want to hear that there will be fewer teachers absolutely i think this is a real issue and people ought to stop jum

patty rothman is the owner of more cupcake's ... she has brought her son's jonah and jackson to make cupcakes you will show the viewers at home in making the is ... we have a very easy recipe. the kids can do this themselves with a little bit of guidance on the baking ... you are pre measuring everything for the kids ... >>one of the things you have to remember is to give into the mass just put a disposable table acrosscloh under everything ... let's begin with the dry ingredients: >>first we will put in the chocolate coco sugar of baking soda flour followed by the wet ingredients buttermilk, oil the eggs and the vanilla ... >>then we will put in the water ... makes it for a few seconds so it plansblends.... >>this is why we have a table cloth ... >>now we are going to pour the batter into this bowl ... >>we like to use the ice-cream scoop to measure the cupcakes into the forms ... this way you get everything even ... we are also going to use the ice-cream scooper to decorate these cupcakes ... so you slice these and they looked uni

we'll be at 18th and park avenue rothman's clothing store giving out gift bags and free prostate teststher the gift of life this year. >> i was going to say, sounds like fun. >> look at the glove. >> love your prostate! love my prostate. >> who is on camera? >> jimmy. >> of course it's jimmy. >> that is funny. >>> okay or not okay? >> is it okay to destroy objects for art's sake? you remember that clint eastwood's daughter burned a $100,000 berken bag. kathie lee says, personally, i would prefer the construction business. >> i think i said i prefer construction building something as opposed to destroy. hoda says, yes, it's okay if you own it, you can do what you like with it. get ready for the backlash. you win this week. >>> coming up next, we have with us -- do you know who's in the house? >> no. i'm afraid to look. >> listen to the song. ♪ ice ice baby il.cea i hean's a sweetheart. >> his real name is rob van winkle. [ female announcer ] gross -- i'll tell you what's really gross: used dishcloths. they can have a history that they drag around with them. for a cleaner way to clean tr

bill pascrell beats rothman and howard burman versus brad sherman in one race and another, laura richardson faces janice haun. let's get to analysis here, karl rove and joe trippi, gentlemen, welcome. karl let's start with you. how did walker pull this off? as the raw total came in, it was evident he was going to have a big night. >> republican get out the vote machinery worked and worked in fine style. three keys to winning wisconsin for republicans. one, a combination of milwaukee, which is heavily democrat in big suburban counties of the west. the object there is to keep the margin republican. come out about 20,000 votes down for rinz. right now looks like walker is winning the combination of milwaukee, the city of milwaukee and waukesha county. he won the green bay area running between four and eight points ahead of his 2010 performance then in the counties outside of milwaukee he's running ahead of his performance, then a surprise for me tonight is far western wisconsin he got a lot of democrat rural territory, walk jer winning most of those counties in doing so by margins above what h

michael ian black, lori rothman and king buzzo. oh boy. >> now back to andy levy for the post game wrap up. >> kurt, tell me about "bunk." >> it is a comedy game show. comedians compete and i host. none of the questions have answered. we just screw around. >> it is a great show, by the way. you have to check it out. >> friday at 10:30 on inc. >> jonathon, july 4th is coming up, and how will you celebrate the day? >> i am planning the biggest invasion this country has seen. not even president obama will be able to save you. we will take it back when we like. >> you will be crying in your scone. >> what is the documentary on fox news? >> a lot of folks are sitting at home and out of work. it will be called "out of work" and next tuesday it is 10:00 p.m. i talk to ceo who has had 600 jobs open and can't fill them and i will tell you why. we go to allentown, pennsylvania for it. >> i lived there. what was the company. >> air products -- >> i know air products very well. why are we talking about this?

bill pascrell beats rothman and howard burman versus brad sherman in one race and another, laura richardsonaces janice haun. let's get to analysis here, karl rove and joe trippi, gentlemen, welcome. karl let's start with you. how did walker pull this off? as the raw total came in, it was evident he was going to have a big night. >> republican get out the vote machinery worked and worked in fine style. three keys to winning wisconsin for republicans. one, a combination of milwaukee, which is heavily democrat in big suburban counties of the west. the object there is to keep the margin republican. come out about 20,000 votes down for rinz. right now looks like walker is winning the combination of milwaukee, the city of milwaukee and waukesha county. he won the green bay area running between four and eight points ahead of his 2010 performance then in the counties outside of milwaukee he's running ahead of his performance, then a surprise for me tonight is far western wisconsin he got a lot of democrat rural territory, walk jer winning most of those counties in doing so by margins above what he

i am here with anchor lori rothman. nice waive there. >> double waive. >> we don't need that. and if he was road trip i would do him with some buddies. and a member of the band the melvins. i urge you to buy it. it is called freak puke. that's a tbr title. and in brazil he is considered a party favor. it is bill schulz. and he is cuter that a koala hugging a panda and covered in blood. next to me is columnist and author jedediah bila. and he has no talent. our no, times correspondent. good to see you, pinch. >> today the title of the op-ed says, acid test for marine life. it is about the environmental problem of ocean ocidification. how did you enjoy the cool aid i made for you? why are the walls bleeding right now? sadly i can't even tell if he is tripping right now. greg? >> another sterling performance by the newspaper player. the aca lives another day. on thursday, the supreme court, the highest court in the land, likely because they are smoking something, upheld nearly all of president obama's affordable care act, aka, obama care, aka, the ruin of this great country i lov

. >> i'm steve rothman, and i approve this ad. >> the republicans had great ideas, i liked some of theirap shot, what a distortion. you said let's find a compromise on health care to get something done. >> that's certainly not my record, it's what other people decided, but third parties said this was not on disagaingenuous. i wanted to put them to the test. the same way, chris, i asked for, if you remember in 2010, a vote on the ryan budget. i said put it up let's see who is for cutting medicare. >> when we return, let me finish with a bad press set this weekend, dirty angry money that can make a difference can make a difference unfortunately. today training depends on technology. and when it takes a battery, there are athletes everywhere who trust duracell. they rely on copper to go for the gold. duracell. trusted everywhere. holding down the fort while you're out catching a movie. [ growls ] lucky for me, your friends showed up with this awesome bone. hey! you guys are great. and if you got your home insurance where you got your cut rate car insurance, it might not replace all this. [

bill pascrell beats rothman and howard burman versus brad sherman in one race and another, laura richardson faces janice haun. let's get to analysis here, karl rove and joe trippi, gentlemen, welcome. karl let's start with you. how did walker pull this off? as the raw total came in, it was evident he was going to have a big night. >> republican get out the vote machinery worked and worked in fine style. three keys to winning wisconsin for republicans. one, a combination of milwaukee, which is heavily democrat in big suburban counties of the west. the object there is to keep the margin republican. come out about 20,000 votes down for rinz. right now looks like walker is winning the combination of milwaukee, the city of milwaukee and waukesha county. he won the green bay area running between four and eight points ahead of his 2010 performance then in the counties outside of milwaukee he's running ahead of his performance, then a surprise for me tonight is far western wisconsin he got a lot of democrat rural territory, walk jer winning most of those counties in doing so by margins above what h

bill pascrell beats rothman and howard burman versus brad sherman in one race and another, laura richardson faces janice haun. let's get to analysis here, karl rove and joe trippi, gentlemen, welcome. karl let's start with you. how did walker pull this off? as the raw total came in, it was evident he was going to have a big night. >> republican get out the vote machinery worked and worked in fine style. three keys to winning wisconsin for republicans. one, a combination of milwaukee, which is heavily democrat in big suburban counties of the west. the object there is to keep the margin republican. come out about 20,000 votes down for rinz. right now looks like walker is winning the combination of milwaukee, the city of milwaukee and waukesha county. he won the green bay area running between four and eight points ahead of his 2010 performance then in the counties outside of milwaukee he's running ahead of his performance, then a surprise for me tonight is far western wisconsin he got a lot of democrat rural territory, walk jer winning most of those counties in doing so by margins above what h

president obama backs rothman while bill cli in california the first official free-for-all primary wheree general election in november. that's going to be wild tonight, and we'll be right back. >>> we're back. the big story tonight, the american public is more politically polarized now than any other time in the past quarter century. that's a finding from the latest report from the pugh research center which has been tracking the republic's divide since 1987. according to the new study, republicans have moved sharply right on a number of key issues, including the environment and role of government on people who can't care for themselves. a columnist for the "washington post" and a republican chair for the national committee. both msnbc contributors. gentlemen, let's get to the numbers. the attitudes of democrats and republicans on a number of key issues. look at the safety net issues. in 1977, 25 years ago, when the government asked if they should take care of people who can't take care of themselves, 75% of democrats, 62% of republicans agreed they should do that. 25 years later, the nu

rothman and past skrel square off. some of the primary stuff never goes away.r big race features the don of donald payne. senate house primaries are being held in montana. the big race in new mexico is a shot at replacing jeff bingaman. and scott walker is fighting to hold on to his job. nothing small time there. with all that going on, it's not easy for any of these candidates o it grab the spotlight. but this campaign video from democratic south dakota congressional candidate jeff barth did the trick with me. he makes his pitch to voters while laying out his life story. >> a thousand miles through great britain with my church youth group. i was afraid of nuclear war the whole time. i have ridden an ostrich. i went to four colleges. my wife and i raised our two daughters who both have straight teeth, college degrees, husbands, and grandchildren. i worked for 31 years in tell mun indications climbing polls and dig holes. for six years i served in the u.s. military with one of these. but congress is broken. who is going to fix it? the tea party? d.c. insiders? t

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steve rothman trying to hold on against bill pescorell. the loser is out after job. we have those results throughout the night as well. u.s. eliminated a prominent terror figure. al-qaeda number two man was taken in out a drone strike monday in pakistan. catherine herridge has the latest details. >> abu yahya al-libi is seen as a major kill. publicly, the white house offered measured detachment. >> he served as al-qaeda general manager responsible for oversees the group day-to-day operation. in the tribal member of pakistan. managed outreach to the regional affiliates. >> pakistani intelligence officials say he was part of the tribal belt. along the pakistan-afghanistan border when the u.s. drone hit. a telephone intercept described that it was al-libi. he was a jock star for jihadnist the arab world. video and lectures could be found on the web including youtube. preacher and scholar, he took on the mantle operation as senior al-qaeda rank or core were thinned by the relentless drone campaign in afghanistan and pakistan. he was part of bin laden remaining inner circ

interesting because he tended to be the more populist candidate to assimilate and new jersey, you saw steve rothman defeated by bill pasquel. the big race that interested me was in montana. steve bialek is the current attorney general. he, as attorney general of montana, is the fellow who has battled citizens united, got to the supreme court arguing states should be able to keep corporate money out of their elections. that case is in the courts right now, but this guy has been nominated for governor of montana, running on the -- i think, anti citizens, and have big money campaign. i think we will keep a close eye on him to see whether we get another one of these old- fashioned western populist governors coming in and talking about big money. it is an encouraging development. >> john nichols, a thank you for being with us, author of, "uprising: how wisconsin renewed the politics of protest, from madison to wall street." this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. when we come back, nobel prize- winning economist joseph stiglitz. stay with us. ♪ [music break

in new jersey, congressman bill pascrell bested fellow democratic incumbent steve rothman after redrawn district lines pitted them against one another. and in keeping with the anti- union mood on view in wisconsin, voters in san jose and san diego approved cuts to retirement benefits for city workers. so will the wisconsin story change the campaign, the country? for more, we turn to craig gilbert of the "milwaukee journal sentinel" and susan page, washington bureau chief of "usa today." so craig gilbert, we've talked about this before, now you can tell us the answer. how did scott walker do it? >> well, ironically, as polarized as wisconsin, is i think charles franklin is right. there is a middle, there are ticket-splitters, there are swing voters. those obama/walker supporters we see in the exit polls, which is about 10% of the people that voted tuesday really symbolize that group and scott walker won that battle. so it's... everybody is not in one of these two armed camps. not to down play it at all. but this will come into play in november in the battle for wisconsin in the president

president obama backs rothman while bill clinton's campaign for pasquale.ection in november. that's going to be wild tonight, and we'll be right back. this country was built by working people. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm proud of that. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. >>> we're back. the big story tonight, the american public is more politically polarized now than any other time in the past quarter century. that's a finding from the latest report from the pugh research center which has been tracking the republic's divide since 1987. according to the new study, republicans have moved sharply right on a number