south carolina was a major offender and so a certain degree, much less so now, south carolina is an offender now. >> stephen: i don't remember being discriminated in south carolina. >> the point is that you were not discriminated in south carolina. >> stephen: i accept your apoll by. >> black people in s.c. were discriminated against. >> stephen: what is wrong with a little voter intimidation? doesn't it make the voter hungrier with the right to vote? it's like the right to vote is playing hard to get. it's exciting. it's a poll tease. >> oddly enough the attempts by republicans to make it difficult for racial are notes to vote in the last election spurred more to the polls than were expected to good there. >> stephen: you've got georgia roots, clarence thomas has georgia roots. how come you see it so differently? >> justice thomas and i have lived different lives and drawn different lessons from the lives we've lived. he thinks this way and i think that way and i'm right. >> stephen: you are right. okay. once it's not happening anymore shouldn't you let the law go? for instance, we don't ha

i am from south carolina, politics in south carolina is a funky thing.at happens. >> our senior south carolina correspondent, nia

and i consider south carolina the deep south.re are some pretty strong republican traditions in that state. and you're going to have to really appeal to the disgruntled republicans to make them think that you're not some democrat as president obama said the other day, with horns coming out of your head. and having a sense of humor doesn't hurt. >>, no it doesn't. >> what about disgruntled democrats -- or disgruntled republicans? >> i think probably when we talk about the polls at 12%, that includes the entire state, which is heavily republican. so i think those republicans are speaking out loud as well. and i think what we'll do is with 26 years of business experience, reaching across the aisles to republicans and democrats alike, working in the maritime industry and academia and research and technology, creating jobs, i think that speaks pretty loudly to how much i'm concerned about the job creation in the district, the education in the district, and

republicans could nominate hitler and win south carolina's first district.ow to ingratiate herself to south carolina republicans saying they would vote for hitler for congress. after that endearing beginning, she added if sanford is the nominee, republicans will either lose or win at a cost of $50 million that could be better spent elsewhere when curtis bostic tells his staff he is hiking the appalachian trail. joining me, nia malika-henderson. imagine the scene in bostic headquarters when the staff says we have good news and bad news. ann coulter has endorsed you, that's the good news. the bad news, she did say that your district would vote for hitler. this is as ugly an endorsement as you could possibly get, isn't it? >> yeah. and i'm guessing bostic doesn't want that endorsement, and barely to be quite frank doesn't necessarily benefit that much even from santorum's endorsement. folks in south carolina in that district don't care about these folks weighing in. this is a district, very conservative. it is going to be about who they feel comfortable with. t

you have been manning the south carolina desk here.of these votes as they come in. stephen colbert's sister won with 151% of the voters. >> ran against a perpetual candidate who, you know, wasn't going to win. so she won. so this will be very interesting. she's an interesting candidate in her own right and has a shot at a very red state of winning a congressional seat. >> dick, is mark sanford maybe the only republican she could beat in that district? >> well, i think that he is not the only republican but certainly is the easiest target. he is by no means home. we prefer to run against him. he has not only the app latch and trail and promised term limits and is running again. the scandals of his governorship, ethical and moral are renowned in the state. i think he is a candidate of choice for us. >> let's listen to mark sanford talk about re-entering the world of politics. >> you know, you step in with more than a bit of fear and trepidation because you knew you blew it and you knew that everybody knows that you did, it's certainly be

there are 14,000 in south carolina. my state legislature is trying to fix that problem by requiring my state law enforcement division by taking all of these adjudications and putting them into the system. we have thousands of people out there who have had their day in different courts and have been found to be dangerous to themselves and others and the system does know about them when it comes to gun purchases. this is one area we should be able to rally around. >> under the current law, this person would be allowed to go to a gun show to buy a gun. this does not change it. >> the question about regulating private sales at gun shows. one thing i will never be able to support this if i buy a shotgun for markell or given to a family member, -- shotguns for mark or give it to a family member, i will never put that into the federal system. taking private firearms to a public place -- i think that is a work in progress. i would add one that. in 2010, there were 76,000 people filled a background check. there will only about 6

do you know what i'm saying, not in south carolina.applause] as long as i'm the governor of south carolina, we will not expand medicaid on president obama's watch. we will not expand medicaid ever. we're going to make sure we take care of the people that we know best to take care of and we don't need washington's help to do it. [applause] i have the good fortune today to tell you there is something very special when you see a leader, and a leader fights for what they believe in, a leader fights to prove and make a difference in the country. a leader fights and goes threw what is a challenging race and it doesn't go our way, what makes a true leader is when they come back to talk about it. [applause] michael and i have gotten to know mitt and anne and i will tell you the part i wish everybody could know. these people are such strong people of faith. they have a love for their family that everybody should cherish. they have a love for this country that a race doesn't take away, that love only grows stronger. he is a patriot. he knows how

this is sort of a three-phase process that's playing out in south carolina right now.is preliminary election right now. if nobody gets over 50%, there will be a run-off for the republicans in two weeks. then the nominee will emerge and will run against the sister of stephen colbert who pronounces her name colbert. >> good summation. >> so those are the basics. so yes, we said in the lead, it looks like mark sanford who was in the house before he became governor is going to be the top vote getter today in the preliminary. the real question is, is this going to be one of these things where he gets 32% and the challengers right behind him, or does he have a really strong showing like 45%? these runoffs can get really funky. >> look at all those people. >> he is the sarn and son theme song. i prefer the simpsons song, son of sanford personally. >> oh, boy. >> let's see what his percentage is tonight. one of the possibilities, he could run against ted turner's son which is in and of itself fascinating to see how ted turner has distanced himself from his famous father. i'm a

south carolina politics can be really ugly. can be very racially tinged. and this is just in keeping with that history. >> jonathan, it sounds like he just put a very blatant label on what may really be happening out there. >> yeah. i mean, i don't think it will come as any surprise to anyone we've watched south carolina politics up close, particularly in presidential election years during the primaries. south carolina politics can be really ugly. can be very racially tinged. and this is just in keeping with that history. >> jonathan, it sounds like he just put a very blatant label on what may really be happening out there. >> yeah. i mean, i don't think it will come as any surprise to anyone watching this program, anyone who lives in south carolina, anyone who has been watching what's been happening between the president >> >>> gun smoke. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in new york. let me start tonight with this. i am rarely startled by political opinions but the other day i heard a college student say he believes people have

. >> south carolina. >> hinojosa: south carolina. and after south carolina... >> alabama. >> hinojosa: alabama. and these percentage growths we're talking about... >> more than double. so the population of hispanics in these states, in fact throughout the southeast, more than doubled in many places. now truly, when we talk about alabama, or we talk about south carolina, the hispanic populations there were were relatively small. 150,000 in 2000, for example, and it doubles to maybe 300,000 or so now. now compare that to california. california is more than 14 million latinos. so the relative size is small. nonetheless, throughout the southeast, tennessee, kentucky, georgia, alabama, all throughout arkansas, all throughout the southeast, that's where we saw the fastest percentage growth in the hispanic population. but i want to point to one state, because there's one state that's really interesting, which is georgia. georgia didn't start from a small base. georgia started at about 450,000 latinos in 2000. it's now over 800,000. it nearl

we have a constitutional responsibility in south carolina to balance the budget. rnors in the deep south will have to make decisions. do they cut school buss? cut funding in education? cut funding in police protection? that's a big decision, because they have to balance their budgets. we have no place else to get that dollar it needs to match in south carolina later on. it's being responsible governing and an evolving question will testimony will ends up as far as the rule of law. >> is the calculation an economic one or is the calculation a political one? >> craig, this is all politics. you know, i've even talked to some members of the republican legislature, and they've said that to me privately. i mean, you even had a member of the republican legislature here in south carolina who said, you know, it's good politics, because, to oppose the black guy that's in the white house right now, and i don't like to bring racial issues into it, but in essence, you know, for many people that's what it all boils down to, because obama's name is attached to this and it was his

the people of south carolina are a forgiving people.orgiving mark sanford for the personal indiscretions. that's great. but for his political rhetoric, it leaves a lot to be desired. there are a lot of people, middle income people, schoolteachers, others whose jobs were lost, because mark sanford's governorship cost him that job. we'll remind people of that in this campaign going forward. i think that elizabeth colbert has a tremendous opportunity to win in the first week in may. >> thank you so much. thanks a lot. good to see you, congressman jim clyburn. >>> coming up next, the senate battles the budget. we're going to talk to chair patty murray. >>> bus first all aboard, the royal family celebrating the anniversary of the subway. workers gave a pregnant catherine a baby on board badge, which she happily put on. queen elizabeth inspected a restored 19th century train as well. this isn't the queen's first visit. she attended the grand opening of the heathrow airport station. ♪ ♪ 'cause germs don't stick on me ♪ [ female announcer ] ban

as promised, today was election day in south carolina.losed as of roughly three it's the special election to fill the tim scott congressional seat. tim scott is now a senator. they moved him up when jim demint resigned. it left the seat open and today was the primary to figure out who was going to get to return for it. one of the republican candidates is mark sanford and he has appeared to clear his first hurdle for a return to politics. >> maybe with 99% reporting in south carolina, governor mark sanford is leading the opposition trail by 30%, however, he needed to get over 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff. now, looks like there will be a runoff and that will happen on april 2nd. the democrat in the race will be elizabeth busch. yes, she is steven colbert's sister and won easily. she cleared the 50% hurdle and then some. she will be in the general election. that's your update on election day today. but we will be right back. >>> we have a news update for you as promised. today was election day in the great state of south carolina. poll

>> she's going to be the democratic nominee in the first district of south carolina.'t sully her good character. she's an incredible person. raised three kids by herself on a salary of like $14,000 a year. >> really? >> yeah, went to college, made something of herself. now she's going to be the democratic nominee from south carolina. isn't that incredible? >> very good. >> tonight we have proof that what stephen colbert does for a living is not sullying his sister's bid. among likely voters, elizabeth colbert busch is 47%. this district voted for mitt romney by 8 points. here is her campaign message. >> elizabeth knows jobs, worked her way up to director of sales in a shipping company. >> it is exports, working with business, creating thousands of jobs. >> elizabeth colbert busch, mother, grandmother, charleston business woman for 25 years. >> i approved this message because i am running for congress to create jobs in south carolina. that's what i know. >> 45% of likely voters have a favorable opinion of elizabeth colbert busch. 31% unfavorable. 34% have favorable opi

politics in south carolina is a funky thing. we'll have to see what happens. >> our senior south carolina correspondent, nia malika-henderson has the last word. >>> equality. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews. in washington, let me start tonight with this. justice. rights. fairness. equality. bias. these are the matters argued today in the supreme court. can people of the same sex be denied the opportunity to marry? is it just? is it constitutional? is it equal protection of the laws? or is it unjustified, unconstitutional, unfair and unequal? well, the court must now rule on where the defense of marriage act fits by these standards. can it be defended as just, fair and equal when it so clearly be deaf significance is not? can it be declared consistent with our american constitution which says we cannot be denied life, liberty or property without due process of law? tonight we try to discern where the high court is headed. how it will rule on this sensitive question of american rights. the freedom we en

i note the presence of the senator from south carolina.m south carolina, as many of our colleagues know, is a lawyer. he has a military lawyer in the air force reserve for some over 20 years. if there's anyone in the united states senate that nose about this issue from a legal/technical standpoint, i would ask it is my colleague from south carolina. i would ask my colleague from south carolina, is there any way that the president of the united states could just randomly attack with a drone or a hellfire missile someone, without that person being designated an enemy combatant? and i don't think, as much as i hate to say it, that that applies to jane fonda. >> well, thank you, that's a very good question. it's been a lively debate. senator paul has a lot of passion. that's a great thing. you can have all the passion you want, this is an important issue, i welcomed a reasoned discussion, but i don't remember any of you coming down suggesting that president bush was going to kill anybody with a drone. you know? i don't even remember the harshe

and that's the whole state of south carolina. can you imagine a very gerrymandered republican district within south carolina? >> it means there will be a lot more uncomfortable conversations in chick-fil-as. >> i want to thank you, nbc latino contributor, raul reyes. >>> coming up, the center cannot hold, that appears to be the case for the gop. we'll examine the party's rapidly shrinking middle. easter's here! we're at walmart with lindsey who checks all the weekly ads to get the best sale prices. let me ask you, do you think you can get the same great prices here with walmart's low price guarantee? let's try! let's go. i've got a full house to impress. well, you better ham it up! look at this price! [ laughs ] that's awesome! what's for easter desert? oh, sugar cookies! my son's helping this year. look at that! hey! there's my brand. that's your ad. walmart will match that price at the register. really? yeah! you don't even have to have the ad with you. what?! i'm serious. nice! that's the walmart low price guarantee backed by

>> there has definitely been an attitude change in south carolina. and we see it moving rapidly, as a matter of fact. now south carolina is a state that does not -- does not allow same-sex marriage. but we'll see where that takes us in ten years. there is a definite movement, a definite change of attitude in south carolina, yes. >> okay. let's say you win the primary, and then it's, of course, i would pick maybe mark sanford on the other side. i don't know what the polling is there, but it would certainly be great to see you defeat him. could you defeat him? >> well, ed, let me be really clear about something first. we have got to get through the first primary, march 19th. and i do have -- i do have a competitor, as you mentioned. and so right now this campaign is focused on getting through that primary, getting the vote out, and winning the democratic seat. and as you so aptly mentioned, there are so many republicans at this point that we have no idea who is going to shake out. and until that shakes out, we're going to keep our eye on the prize. >>

south carolina politics can be really ugly. can be very racially tinged. and this is just in keeping with that history. >> jonathan, it sounds like he just put a very blatant label on what may really be happening out there. >> yeah. i mean, i don't think it will come as any surprise to anyone watching this program, anyone who lives in south carolina, anyone who has been watching what's been happening between the president >>> welcome to "the ed show" from new york. america met scott prody last night. and what a reaction. i'll tell you what members of the romney camp are saying about comments now. let's get to work. >> i don't know how i describe myself, but i -- i was behind this whole thing. >> the world is reacting to our first interview with the bartender who changed political history. tonight, the footage you haven't seen including the heroic act that convinced scott prody he needed to release the tape. >> looking back on it, it's one of the proudest moments of my life. >>> they're refighting the vietnam war over at cpac. >> vietnam was winnable, but p

down there in south carolina. [ laughter ] >> bill: all right. me, robert. robert. >> i sure will. >> bill: it's a small world. ♪ we are family ♪ . >> that's amazing. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show," the "full court press," live on your radio and current tv. ♪ date, staying in touch with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. in reality it's not like they actually care. this is purely about political grandstanding. you know who is coming on to me now? you know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? ♪ >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: here we go twenty-five minutes after

let's talk about south carolina. it is primary day down there.d been getting a lot of press and a lot of the coverage i've been reading about is this is going to be a street fight for how this will advance. >> well, this is one of those occasions, thomas, where the sheer number of candidates makes this so unpredictable. it's rare to have an opening like this in south carolina politics where people in office tend to stay a long time. so 16 republicans jumped in, including the former governor, and his case is particularly noteworthy because he had the very public personal affair and that was such a difficulty at the final bid of his term as governor where he was a national headline. it was so difficult. he sort of dropped out of public sight after that and he was putting himself forward for a job he had in the '90s representing the first district. on the democratic side there's been a lot of attention given to a woman named elizabeth colbert bush the sister of the tv funny man stephen colbert and she is a businesswoman with long ties in this commun

but one south carolina sheriff wants to bring them back.huck wright joins me now from spartanburg county in south carolina. sheriff, welcome. thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure. thanks for inviting me. >> you believe chain gangs could be a positive thing for both community and inmates. why is that? >> i think that we can call it a chain gang or a behavior modification program or whatever you choose to do. i'm trying to lessen the burden on society ta these people who choose not to follow the rules to pay society back for the drain they put on them. i am not into the old 1960s form of chain gang where they were cruel and unusual punishment. i'm not into treating any human being badly. just asking people who drain our society to pay back. all i'm asking them to do is basically yard work like most americans do every day. i'm not trying to suggest they are less of a human whatsoever. i still believe in the programs you put them in to get their education, to let them have their religious beliefs. i believe in all that stuff. i understand thes

it's illegal in akony county, south carolina. it's illegal in charleston, south carolina. it's illegal throughout the coast of south carolina without due process to kill american citizens. is that what you're asking? mr. paul: madam president, i think it's an easy question to have answered, and it boggles my mind that they haven't. i think the president in general, though, and other presidents in general are very -- they hang on to their power with a ten tpheurbs grip -- tenacious grip and they don't want to allow there is any possibility by saying they don't have this power they've given up this power. i think that is a mistake for presidents. i think it goes against what candidate barack obama was for and senator barack obama. i hope in the morning when they wake up, they'll wake up and think about with a candidate barack obama said in 2007, what senator barack obama once stood for as a senator and that is that the power of the presidency is limited and checked by the constitution. madam president, at this time i'd like to yield for a question from the senator from arizo

ultra. >> stephen: it should be pulled pork and served with a mustard sauce like s.c. >> like south carolinaright. >> stephen: we'll fight latter. we'll stab each other. >> okay. >> stephen: one of reasons i wanted to have you on the show is because you talk to people not from the south and they think everybody from the south is change change -- everybody is like [speaking quickly in southern twang] >> exactly. that's it. >> stephen: there's smart folk. beautiful, beautiful literature from the south that i have never read. [laughter] >> not just literature. >> stephen: what are people missing by thinking the south is a bunch of pig farmers. >> there are pig farmers but it's also a place of great literature and music. this issue is dedicated to the music of louisiana which is some of the greatest in the union. jazz was born in the south. the blues, had a baby, it's name was rock 'n' roll. it was born and raised in the south. >> stephen: what was it about the south that was so different that allowed for jazz and blues and rock 'n' roll. there was some pa cuellar institution that made that poss

but south carolina is an interesting place.re out of nikki haley who has taken a lot of heat recently whereas in the past it was just sort of accepted. >> jamal: i was looking at any trend lines on twitter, one of the big trends is spring break is coming up. i was trying to figure out a % weekend vacation spot and i can't find any fairs and hotels for decent prices. >> jamal: yeah. >> yes, my family is all going out of town somewhere. >> very nice. >> jamal: but no spring break for you? >> oh no. we don't get a spring break for the show. although that's a good idea. i could probably talk to bill press about that. >> jamal: all right. we'll be right back. this is the "bill press show." my name is jamal simmons. >> announcer: heard about the country and seen on current tv. this is the "bill press show." ♪ they think this world isn't big enough for the both of them. but we assure you - it is. bites. little greatness. (vo) current tv gets the converstion started next. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> the troops love me. the

so who is going to win in south carolina?been some polling and i am not referring necessarily to what sanford has done in the past but the polling seems to indicate sanford is in the lead with a plurality somewhere around 30%. not enough to avoid a run off and usually unless someone like sanford who is well known gets over 40% in the mid 40s that means 60% of the voters know him and aren't voting for him which means he'll lose the run off. so sanford may edge things out today. but it doesn't mean he is going to be the next nominee. >> you know, cornell, americans are pretty forgiving to someone who comes forward and says i screwed up. i made a mistake. i'm sorry i worked for a lot of those candidates. the truth of the matter is i think this is a fascinating race for anyone who is a political science sort of student of politics. look at the race sanford is running, the first ad he rolled out talks about forgiveness, repentance and he went to his conservative credentials. the idea of repenting is a very big ideal with christian

>> jim acosta in south carolina. enjoy at least a night down there. there. very much. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> happening now, the president's trip. >>> and a dangerous new taunt by syria. >>> there's a plane in her house. a survivor of a deadly crash tells cnn how she escaped. >>> and america's most notorious art heist, has the mystery finally been solved 23 years later? >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. you're in "the situation room." >>> only a day before president obama heads to the middle east. syrian war planes open fire in lebanon. >> the united states is calling it a significant esklation of the assad regime. >> the carnage grows. the port is building in the west to give weapons to syrian rebels. cnn's nick peyton walsh is joining us from beirut. let's start with the rockets fired into lebanon. how close to the capitol did they come? >> reporter: it was still pretty far out in the border region between lebanon and syria. very mountainous, indistinct where the border is. we understand two war

to put a face with the name of the law i would like to introduce ava to you. >> south carolina -- inhe past five years we have worked hard. >> economically this is the way to go. >> that part can be the narrative for every family dealing with autism in the state of georgia, if you allow it. >> the cost of treatment he needs is the salary i gave up. >> i think it went great. we accomplished what we wanted to. that was to put the information out there for them to see that there is nothing else to study. >> that was impressive. 32 states, north korea just coming on board. >> just wanted to give them space, let them take it all in. of course i will hit him probably tomorrow. >> reporter: the optimism didn't last. the bill was with sent to another committee. it was stuck. >> we're not going to give up hope, stop fighting until the very last day. >> reporter: the last day. day 40. back at the capitol. >> we are not giving up. if nothing happens today we are going to keep going through the mandate commission. you know, we said we're holding out. >> reporter: on and on -- into the night. ava

south carolina, your parents are very hard-working, your mom is an organizer, but even when you were a kid in school in south carolina, you end up crossing paths with langston hughes. >> well, i've always felt so lucky to have been born who i was, where i was, with the parents i had. and at the time, i was born in the convergence of great people and great historical events. and so i wouldn't have been anybody else, even though it has not always been an easy life. and in south carolina, in my little, rural, segregated town, the outside world was not very friendly and not very supportive of black children. they told me basically in a segregated small town in the '40s and the '50s that, as a black girl, i wasn't worth very much. >> hinojosa: and you would hear that? >> oh, but that was... everything was segregated. there were places... and i can't bear to see children excluded from any place. and there were all these places i couldn't go, but even from the time i was able to kind of walk, i couldn't stand being excluded from a water fountain or from a public library or from anything, i

kelly o'donnell joins us live from charleston, south carolina.idered to be the front-runner in the republican race. you know, he needs 50% of the vote to avoid a run-off here. he has all that bag ang. >> reporter: well, it's hard to know what will happen with the turnout. because it is a special election and there hasn't been a lot of polling done. you're right. people are all saying here that they expect that sanford could come out on top. if he doesn't had that 50%, there could be a run-off between the top two republicans. when you talk about a field this large, it is unusual and it shows how much people in south carolina want to be involved in politics. this is one of those states that has interesting drama. i've spent some time on the trail with governor sanford. he talked about the importance of trying to get back on the horse, if you will. he had sort of dropped out of life after he left the governor's mansion and had that very public kind of headline making scandal with his affair and the divorce that followed. took time out and now says h

this was in charleston, south carolina, the guy filming from his vehicle. you can tell the officer, it looks like at first he is blocking this guy, like not speeding up, not letting this guy get around, staying parallel with the other vehicle in the right lane. at first it isn't that big of deal. this is maybe the speed limit. then keep watching this video because it gets a little crazier. the guy with the camera gets in the right lane and eventually passes up the cop. >> acting like a really jack. >> from north carolina and you can see this on the car as he passes. watch what happens after he passes. >> chase me down. look at this! look at this. >> oh, my goodness. >> you see the cop speed up in the right lane, pass the guy up, right in front of him and puts the brakes on. then kind of looks like there is a collision there and the officer just speeds up and drives away. >> look at this! [ bleep ]. >> what the officer doesn't know is that this whole thing was caught on camera including his car number. >> which is why we reached out to the sheriff's departme

these were union jobs in south carolina.ey wanted to open a second plant because they were having too many orders for dreamliners and once they get the battery problem fixed they will have those dreamliners rolling out again. but president obama's acting general counsel of the national labor relations board didn't want them to use the second shot in south carolina, thousands of jobs in a relatively poor region of south carolina north of charleston. they wanted them to open the second plant in washington state. what that means is that any company wanting to come to the united states, any thinking of opening will not open a plant and a fourth unionization state because they know if they want to move, to a right to work state, or open a second plant and a right to work state, the national labor relations board. and that creates more union jobs. if you look at the keystone pipeline which president obama vetoed, and union jobs in construction. and a lot more jobs in the gulf of mexico refineries. the most efficient refineries in

political wilderness here in south carolina, mark sanford may be the comeback kid.hed way out in front of 15 other republican opponents in what was sometimes a nasty and heated gop primary. but because he failed to capture more than 50% of the vote, he'll have to compete in a runoff against one of his challengers named curtis bostik still nearly after being forced out of his governor's office four years ago after misleading voters about an extramarital affair, it's a remarkable turnaround for the former governor, one he talked about us last night. here's what he had to say. >> you guys will come up with your own definitions on these things and we'll not interrupt -- what i learned a long time ago is the media's going to do what the media's going to do. >> sure. but this must feel like redemption. >> it's incredibly humbling. as i just said. on many different levels what you suggest. and a lot of other issues. so it's been a remarkable journey and i feel blessed to be back. >> but sanford's comeback is not a sure thing just yet. he'll have to compete in the runoff in

mulvaney of south carolina. the chair: those in support of a request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 154. the nays are 261. he amendment is not agreed to. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 2 printed in house report 113-21 offered by the gentleman from virginia, mr. scott, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 2 in the nature of a substitute printed in house

is all about the colorful residents of a trailer park known as myrtle manor in myrtle beach, south carolinaand as you can see lots of colorful characters. >> looks like a lot of fun. i would like go for a weekend. >> to tell us more we have the landlord becky and one of the residents chelsea via escape this minute from myrtle beach, south carolina. >> why agree to a show about myrtle manor? >> why not? our life is hilarious. we want people to see how we live and to see myrtle beach and the most wonderful place to live. >> you seem to have taken the stigma of the trailer park out and made this a fun place. how have you accomplished that? >> it is a five star trailer park. we have everything you need right here. we actually have a swimming pool. now, it is above ground but we still have a swimming pool. a beauty shop with real talented hair designers, a hot dog stand, that are actually good. i make them myself. chelsea makes them. >> what makes myrtle manor so crazy? >> we have a really different range of people that are neighbors. all brought together, so it is kind of chaotic. >> it is fun.

and then to the very red state of south carolina.sanford has gone from the appalachian trail back to the campaign trail, and yesterday he made the transition look pretty easy. he beat a field of 16 candidates, but will have to stand in a runoff race, and things are getting whacky on the democrat side as well. they have elizabeth colbert-busch. this one has a reality show written all over it. joining me now for the robert behre. he's a political reporter for the "post" and "courier" and is coming to us via skype from charleston, south carolina. welcome back inside "the war room," robert. >> hi, thanks for having me. >> michael: so what is the feeling on the ground about sanford now? have people forgiven him for everything? >> 37% have. many are thinking that he is a shoe-in to win in two weeks when the april runoff rolls around. but i think the former congressman has a fighting chance especially if he can pull together some anti-sanford sentiment that still exists here. >> michael: but how much anti-sanford sentiment is there, if he a