in the iowa senate i helped lead the fight to pass the largest tax cut in iowa history. d working with our governor and lieutenant governor we forced government to live within its means. it's time to force washington o do the same. and that starts with repealing obamacare and replacing it with something that is a free market system that puts our patients first. in the senate i'll also fight for our men and women in uniform. they sacrificed -- [applause] they sacrificed so much and risked everything to protect our freedoms. they deserve better than what they're getting from washington today. and that starts with top to bottom reform of our v.a. [applause] and i'm also going to fight to reduce the size and scope of government to get it out of the way of our job creators, let them create the jobs. [applause] we knew what to expect from washington democrats and their special interests. in fact, we're already starting o see it with the false, negative, and desperate television attacks coming from brailley, liberal california billionaires, and even harry reid. the democrats are

what are your thoughts about the gop iowa state convention? caller: i feel that rick santorum would be the way to go. i heard everything that he had to say, and he made some good points on his speech and his statements, and i feel that the democrats have put our country in such a mess that financially we needtruggling, and some good, god-fearing people in office to turn our country back around. host: what stuck with you about rick santorum's comments? the way he holds himself and conducts, and he comes right out and pulls no punches. he is very firm on what he stands for and what he believes. the lastor him election, and unfortunately, like you said, he came in my choices,if i had he would be the one that i choose for president. lucille, calling from claremont, new hampshire, on the democrats line. what are your thoughts? lucille, go ahead, are you there? thoughts -- caller: my thoughts at this -- united we stand, divided we fall. all right, your calling on the democrats line. anymore thoughts? ofno, they all promise a bed roses. republicans, t

the story of baltimore and iowa, the story of maryland, and america. when i was elected mayor of baltimore in 1999, my city had become by that year the most violent, adetected and abandoned city in america. and there was a big difference in those days between the baltimore that we carried in four hearts and the baltimore that we saw on our streets and the baltimore that we saw on our headlines. and our biggest enemy wasn't drug dealers or crack cocaine. it was in essence a lack of belief. a culture of failure. countless excuses about how nothing would work. and why none of us should even bother to try. and so we set out to make our city work again. we saw trash in our streets and alleys. so we picked it up. every day. we saw open air drug markets, and we began to relentlessly close them down. we saw neighbors suffering from addiction so we expanded drug treatment, and we got more of our neighbors into recovery. -- after a year [applause] nd after a year of hard-earned, steady progress we turned a bright light on the heart of the despair that had grippe

the story of baltimore and iowa, the story of maryland, and america. when i was elected mayor of baltimore in 1999, my city had become by that year the most violent, adetected and abandoned city in america. and there was a big difference in those days between the baltimore that we carried in four hearts and the baltimore that we saw on our streets and the baltimore that we saw on our headlines. and our biggest enemy wasn't drug dealers or crack cocaine. it was in essence a lack of belief. a culture of failure. countless excuses about how nothing would work. and why none of us should even bother to try. and so we set out to make our city work again. we saw trash in our streets and alleys. so we picked it up. every day. we saw open air drug markets, and we began to relentlessly close them down. we saw neighbors suffering from addiction so we expanded drug treatment, and we got more of our neighbors into recovery. -- after a year [applause] nd after a year of hard-earned, steady progress we turned a bright light on the heart of the despair that had grippe

the gentleman from iowa. mr. latham: mr. chairman, i make a point of order against the amendment because it proposes to change existing law and constitutes legislation in an appropriation bill and therefore violates clause 2 of rule 21. the rule states in the pertinent part, an amendment to a general appropriation bill shall not be in order if changing existing law. the amendment imposes additional duties. i ask for a ruling of the chair. the chair: does any other member wish to be heards on the point of order? -- heard on the point of order? hearing none, the chair finds that this amendment finds language imparting direction. the amendment therefore constitutes legislation in violation of clause 2 of rule 21. the point of order is sustained and the amendment is not in order. mr. himes: i seek unanimous consent to withdraw the amendment. the chair: the amendment has already been ruled out. mr. himes: thank you, mr. chairman. the chair: the clerk will continue to read. the clerk: page 40, line 12, title 3. related

the story of baltimore and iowa, the story of maryland, and america. when i was elected mayor of baltimore in 1999, my city had become by that year the most violent, addicted and abandoned city in america. and there was a big difference in those days between the baltimore that we carried in our hearts and the baltimore that we saw on our streets and the baltimore that we saw on our headlines. and our biggest enemy wasn't drug dealers or crack cocaine. it was in essence a lack of belief. a culture of failure. countless excuses about how nothing would work. and why none of us should even bother to try. and so we set out to make our city work again. we saw trash in our streets and alleys. so we picked it up. every day. we saw open air drug markets, and we began to relentlessly close them down. we saw neighbors suffering from addiction so we expanded drug treatment, and we got more of our neighbors into recovery. and after a year -- [applause] and after a year of hard-earned, life saving, steady progress we turned a bright light on the heart of the despair

the farm bill in iowa. also says she has secret information that saddam hussein really did have weapons of mass destruction before the iraq invasion. she heard that. particularly thisin iowa there's room to run there. now democrats will set about to make them famous just like todd akin became famous in 2012. m and i in 2012 were missouri and indiana. democrats this year will try to make m and i montana and iowa. the republican senate candidacy is now officially a runoff between incumbent republican senator thad cochran and chris mcdaniel after neither was able to clear the 50% threshold and secure the nomination. three things about how this is going to go in the mississippi thing. turnout was terrible. something like 300,000 votes were cast total, in the senate race last night, which is like less than half the population of one house district let alone the statewide population that can vote for a senator. the turnout was terrible. if you think turnoutprimary, it's only going to drop when it comes for a runof

the farm bill in iowa. also said she had secret information that saddam hussein really did have weapons of mass destruction before the iraq invasion. she heard that. so, yes, particularly in iowa, there's room to run there. but both those primaries last night in montana and iowa settled those matchups for the fall, and now democrats will set about trying to make joni ernst and steve daines nationally famous, just like todd akin and murdoch became nationally famous in 2012. m and i in 2012 were missouri and indiana. democrats are going to try to make this year's m and i, montana and iowa. and hold the phone on mississippi. as you've heard today, the race for republican senate campaign -- the republican senate candidacy is now officially a runoff between incumbent republican senator thad cochran and his tea party challenger, chris mcdaniel, after neither was able to clear the 50% threshold and secure the nomination. three things to know about how this is going to go with the mississippi thing. first thing to k

the highway. in dakota crews are working to shore up a levee there. and in iowa the river washed away boats and docks. the governor declared a state of emergency in nearly half of the state's counties. >> catastrophic for everyone from the canadian border down the iowa border. >> reporter: 4 inches fell yesterday in indianapolis where flooding there and in the surrounding area continued throughout the evening. just outside the twin cities the torrential rains flooded neighborhoods and left streets impassable. mudslides covered more roads and train tracks. in st. clair community gathered to save their homes from the quickly rising sioux river. >> shows how everyone comes together. >> reporter: planes were held. nearly 700 flights to and from o'hare were scrubbed. others reported hours-long delays. and the severe weather isn't over yet. more rain is expected in tupper midwest tomorrow. >>> now, the city of new york settled a long foutd civil rights suit. five men who were convict and sent to prison for raping a woman in central park will pay $4 million. the men wer

the story of baltimore and iowa, the story of maryland, and america.n i was elected mayor of baltimore in 1999, my city had become by that year the most violent, addicted and abandoned city in america. and there was a big difference in those days between the baltimore that we carried in our hearts and the baltimore that we saw on our streets and the baltimore that we saw on our headlines. and our biggest enemy wasn't drug dealers or crack cocaine. it was in essence a lack of belief. a culture of failure. countless excuses about how nothing would work. and why none of us should even bother to try. and so we set out to make our city work again. we saw trash in our streets and alleys. so we picked it up. every day. we saw open air drug markets, and we began to relentlessly close them down. we saw neighbors suffering from addiction so we expanded drug treatment, and we got more of our neighbors into recovery. and after a year -- [applause] and after a year of hard-earned, steady progress we turned a bright light on the heart of the despair that had gripped

the gentleman from iowa. mr. latham: mr. chairman, i make a point of order against the amendment because it proposes to change existing law and constitutes legislation on an appropriation bill and therefore violates clause 2 of rule 21. the rule states in perntnent part, an amendment to a general appropriation bill shall not be in order if changing existing law. the amendment directly amends existing law. i ask for a ruling of the chair. the chair: does any other member wish to speak on the point of order? the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. garamendi: to promote policies that are beneficial to the american government, beneficial to the american taxpayer and most important beneficial to the american workers, whether they're employed in the steel industry or construction industry or we can use the rules of the house to deny american workers the opportunity for jobs. we are spending $50 billion in this legislation, and we ought not use the rules of this house to deny american workers, to deny american companies, to

but frankly the president won iowa twice. so we can't do the same old same old. the definition of insanity is thinking the same thing will get you different results. the real question we have as a party is we have to decide can we be true to our purpose, true to our core, true to our message, and figure out how to reach out to people? that's what we have to do. [applause] there was a painter by the name of robert hen ry about a hundred years ago. and he said, paint like a man coming over the hill single. -- singing. i love the image of that. if we could be the party that proclaims our message with a passion of patrick henry but also proclaims our message, our core message that we truly believe boldly proclaim that message like a man coming over the hill singing, then i think we will be the dominant party again. i want to be part of that. and i hope you'll help me. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] . >> more now from the iowa republican party conference. up next, governor bobby jindal of louisiana. his conference to lace in des moines on saturday. [applau

. >> and joni ernst and she of the provocative tv ads shows how to get it done in iowa. and mcconnell versus reid versus koch and the supreme court, and the senate digs in campaigns and free speech as the clash of money and politics collide. >>> we begin with the return of sergeant bowe bergdahl, and we are looking at the dramatic release of the p.o.w. from the group who held him for five years tshg taliban. they released this video showing a thin and nervous-looking bergdahl with the heavily armed taliban militants awaiting the arrival of u.s. special forces, and more than a dozen taliban fighters with machine guns on the hill surrounding bergdahl, and it is against that ominous background that blackhawk helicopters of the united states lands in afghanistan. you can see the taliban carrying the white flag as a sign to the helicopter. they briefly shake hands to the u.s. special forces and pass off bergdahl, and they wave good-bye and take bergdahl to the blackhawk. and just before getting on board, he gets a more thorough fr frisking. and they tell our jim miklaszewski t

. ♪ >>> the polls closed in iowa. we're covering the results live there tonight. in mississippi, whether the tee party will make the first primary win in the senate. first we'll look at the right-wing playbook for the newly released american pow, wounded man not out of the hospital yesterday. swift vote first. ask questions later. >> days after the decision to swap five former taliban commanders for america's only prisoner of war. >> great day for america i could not be angrier. >> growing anger directed at him. >> how much of this do you think is politics. how much of this is going to be a legitimate inquiry to what actually went on. >> do you think this will feed into the summer of hearings. about benghazi. >> benghazi. benghazi. benghazi. >> those hearings. >> six or seven on the irs. >> these days the republicans will criticize president obama for whatever he does. was bergdahl a hero or deserter. >> let's give bergdahl a chance to tell his story. >> he walked off willingly. would you oppose an operation or swap to get him back. >> puts a whole different light

the story of baltimore and iowa, the story of maryland, and america. when i was elected mayor of baltimore in 1999, my city had become by that year the most violent, addicted and abandoned city in america. and there was a big difference in those days between the baltimore that we carried in our hearts and the baltimore that we saw on our streets and the baltimore that we saw on our headlines. and our biggest enemy wasn't drug dealers or crack cocaine. it was in essence a lack of belief. a culture of failure. countless excuses about how nothing would work. and why none of us should even bother to try. and so we set out to make our city work again. we saw trash in our streets and alleys. so we picked it up. every day. we saw open air drug markets, and we began to relentlessly close them down. we saw neighbors suffering from addiction so we expanded drug treatment, and we got more of our neighbors into recovery. and after a year -- [applause] and after a year of hard-earned, life saving, steady progress we turned a bright light on the heart of the despair

the votes counted in iowa. polls closed minutes ago at 10:00 p.m. the political newcomer going into the race as the front-runner. a five person gop primary. the winner there, needs 35% of the vote tonight to move to a general election campaign. if no one reaches that threshold in iowa, a state convention that will pick the winner. now you may recall, first, drew national attention with this ad. >> i grew up castrating hogs on an iowa farm, so when i get to washington i will go now how cut pork. >> she distinguished her selves and drew endorsements from sarah palin, marco rubio and mitt romney. stakes may be higher in mississippi. polls close at 8:00 p.m. eastern. we have numbers. right now with 58.7% of resin kts reporting, thad cochran has a slight lead over chris mcdaniels. senator cochran has 58%. we are going to go, i think, let's go directly out. casey hunt, e.j.dion, steve schmidt with us tonight. let's go right to you, casey, on the numbers. what do we hear? >> at this point it is anybody's guess. this is a very, very, close race. all along. s

he did very well in the iowa caucus. he did very well in new hampshire. you have a southern segregationist running for president against alternately lyndon johnson on the democratic ticket and he is doing very well. that came as a surprise to me. i hadn't thought that through. segregation was a national problem come a it was not only a southern problem. slavery had been a national problem. the organized opposition within the senate comes on segregation comes largely from the south. there is also a lot of sympathetic support from other states as well. the northern opposition comes from the northern liberals. there is a celebration in the north when the bill comes. they have a lot of battles ahead. if you read about the efforts at busting in the 1970's, you will find that the hardest addled around, the fiercest battleground comes in boston, not in mississippi or alabama. the is a national issue.

the clerk: amendment offered by mr. king of iowa, at the end of the bill before the short title insert the following, section, none of the funds may be use todd transfer weapons to the palestinian authority. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 628, the gentleman from iowa, member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from iowa. mr. king: this amendment says as the gentlelady read, none of the funds available made by this act may be used to transfer weapons to the palestinian authority and i would like to express why i brought this amendment. and i take you back to april 30, 2014 when fattah and that ause unified within the palestinian authority and that unification brought about a terrorist designated organization, a foreign terrorist organization, joined together with fattah. 2014, state said we t spokes woman will fund the palestinian government authority government. they have decided for the first time that our taxpayers' borrowed money is going to be committed to a terrorist organization.

>> well, i'm looking ahead because we have the iowa first in the nation caucus, and iowa made a recommendationhampshire, south carolina, and i've been involved in that process for a number of these cycles as a presidential candidates come to iowa, i want to make sure that i have the considered judgment of a couple of scholars that have written on the topic, and one of them is grassroots rules, written by dr. kris hull, who appears to be my chief of staff, and i wont to poke through that carefully and analyze the intense stewed studies he was done and challenging about any of the conclusions he has drawn and see how that fits with my experience from working with the caucus, and caucus chaos, written by dave price. dave is a journalist and reporter for the television nation des moines and has really paid lot of focus to thiss' interviewed a lot of the players involved in the iowa caucus. it's new. i want to read both of those. and then this is the first year that we have been able to celebrate the placement of dr. norman barlog's statue in statuary hall in the capitol building, and he was born 1

we have a very special place in our heart for the people of the state of iowa. last time i was talking to a group anywhere near this side was just down the road at stony creek inn on caucus night. that night, i got up and talked , and iy grandfather talked about my grandfather's funeral. when i was a young man, the first person i had ever seen who .ad died was my funeral i knelt next to his casket. he was a coal miner, worked until he was 72 years old. i remember looking at his hands, these enormous hands of a coal miner who literally as an immigrant dug his way for freedom and opportunity for me and my family. the reason i talked about that that night and i continue to me, about it was because to he -- even though he was not a republican, he was a dang democrat, but that hard work, responsibility, take responsibility for yourself and create a better life for the next generation, that the great experience, that blue-collar experience -- to me, that is the republican party. up,s ago when i was growing the republican party was the country club set. it was the corpo

the other notable races that i'm most focused on, iowa, jon joni ernst. r behalf than joni herself in her own primary. perhaps this is the new normal, we'll see h this more and more in primary campaigns. but it is unprecedented that outside groups and in this case you have some tea party groups, mainstream business groups like the chamber, all sort of supporting her and propping her up. but you do have to ask yourself why hasn't she been able to capitalize and raise more money on her own behalf, spend more money on her own behalf. do you really want to be going into a long-term general election where you're relying almost exclusively on outside groups. and then there's california. while jerry brown -- the jerry brown race, he's going to win re-election and might win by a big number, could get over 60%, an unprecedented number. but if the republicans nominate tim donnelly as their candidate, it will be interesting to see how the rest of the republicans in that state handle him. do they totally distance themselves? do they say they're not going to be support

the trip? >> and a hog castrating gun-toting mother from iowa. and a man from mississippi who says his election may be on the ropes and why politics is no if fun. all of that on "jansing & company." ♪ [ girl ] my mom, she makes underwater fans that are powered by the moon. ♪ she can print amazing things, right from her computer. [ whirring ] [ train whistle blows ] she makes trains that are friends with trees. ♪ my mom works at ge. ♪ mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, and 9 grams of protein. [ bottle ] ensure®. nutrition in charge™. [ bottle ] ensure®. >>> president obama this morning pledging friendship and protection to the allies in poland as he kicks off the three thre three-country, five-day european trip this morning. it is centered around a rescheduled g-7 meeting which is meant to shore up support for the allies with focus on russia and ukraine. and the president plans to move more military forces to europe tempor

the senator from iowa. mr. harkin: mr. president, i ask consent that if the final vote on passage is successful the statement of the managers for the work force innovation and opportunity act be printed in the record immediately following the text of the senate-passed bill. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. harkin: mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from georgia. mr. isakson: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. isakson: mr. president, how much time remains on the republican side? the presiding officer: one minute. mr. isakson: mr. president, i'd like to ask unanimous consent that five additional minutes be extended from the democratic side to the republican side. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. harkin: how much time is on our side? the presiding officer: 25 minutes. mr. harkin: absolutely. mr. yook isakson: mr. isakson: i

bruce braley, the democratic congressman who here in iowa is going to have to defend a seat being vacationed by the retiring senator tom harkin and now becomes one of the contests of the republicans hope for a pickup. the g.o.p. is looking for six seats to win the majority next year and iowa is one that first was considered difficult but if joany ernst republicans think they have a chance of knocking off braley. >> now to mississippi as karl just mentioned closely watched senate primary six term incumbent facing tea party challenger. live in jackson. john? >> hey, greta. this really has been a bloody nasty race marked by allegations of dirty tricks and vitriolic attacks back and forth. thad cochran fighting for political life. in the polls his lead has eroded in the past five months from 23 points to just outside the margin of error. senator cochran running on his record of bringing federal dollars and lots of them to mississippi.

and the folks in iowa routinely understand it and that is where the lady was running for office.t is no more somatic than neutering your dog what your cat. so you haven't even gotten into a habit of it. sue in miami, animals are neutered to control freedom. your cattle sounds like the kind of folks who think that the me that they by jump into the meat section all by themselves. you know, i did wonder how that happened. ann nancy of aol says if you east coasters that think the food on your table comes from magic. and new yorkers think that they leave bacon comes from the grocery store. and you new yorkers don't have a clue about the real world, some say. male animals are castrated when they are little. each farmer does it differently. it is painless antianimal doesn't even know it. so moving on, you would not want to eat the meat of an animal that was not castrated, pig, cow, lamb, sometimes i wish it was in my power to have the hard-working folks band together with the fruits of our hard labor for which we get little respect and reward. well, i apologize if we left you offended.

rick santorum, the former pennsylvania senator, who spoke at the iowa republican party state convention. it is on our website at c-span.org. he brought up the issue of marriage and morality. here is rick santorum. [video clip] >> yet, where are we as republicans? i'm not talking about going out and fighting the battle of redefining marriage. i'm talking about the battle of reclaiming marriage as an institution that we should be promoting in america. [applause] we have lost the marriage debate in america for one reason -- the cause, during our watch, marriage has been redefined. marriage is now, by most simply acalibration, romantic relationship between two people that the government of firms. ladies and gentlemen, if that is all marriage is, then, as far as i'm concerned, everybody should be able to get married. that's not what marriage is. at least that's not what it used to be. marriage used to be the union of a man and woman for the purpose of coming together to have children, to raise the next generation, and give every child in america their birthright am a to be raised by their na

. >>> to arena football, the philadelphia soul hosting the iowa barnstormers. e soul come back to take the lead in the second half and win 78 to 48. >>> the union on the road against the new england revolution. the first game with the new interim head coach jim curtain they win, the final score 3 to 1. >>> to the world cup team u.s.a. getting in a little practice today. they're up against belgium on tuesday in their first match of the knockout round. kick off 4 o'clock. >>> meanwhile knockout match today between brazil and chile. a 1-1 tie sends this 1 into a shootout. brazil coming away with a win there and will advance to the next round. >>> colombia and uruguay also playing. uruguay playing without luis suarez who is banned for biting an italian player. uruguay was eliminated and >> philadelphia is kicking off its week long holiday celebration tonight. cbs3 at the largest block party of the summer. it is the liberty block party held outside liberty place in center city. this is just the first event leading up to the july 4th festivities. r and b grew new edit

the iowa republican u.s. congressman, he compared president obama to kim jong-un. this is "hardball," the place for politics. looks like we're about to board. mm-hmm. i'm just comparing car insurance rates at progressive.com. is that where they show the other guys' rates, too? mm-hmm. cool. yeah. hi. final boarding call for flight 294. [ bells ring on sign ] [ vehicle beeping ] who's ready for the garlic festival? this guy! bringing our competitors' rates to you -- now, that's progressive. >>> why did it take so long to bring this guy in? >> what took so long? >> it's been 642 day. >> president bush didn't wait 642 days to catch bin laden. if he couldn't catch him right away, he wasn't going to catch him at all. that's called having pride. >> time for the sideshow ft that was the great stephen colbert. meanwhile congressman steve king is at it again after the u.s. patent office cancelled trademark protectionses for the washington redskins the iowa republican weighed in on the debate by comparing president obama to north korea's dictator. congressman king tweeted out

. >> we also have the iowa senate race, jody ernst managed to get both the establishment and the tea party on board. those are the candidates that are strong not just in the primary but potentially for the general election. >> i think the real news of 2014 is the rise of these sort of fusion candidates. joanie ernest endorsed by sarah palin and mitt romney. that tells you all you need to know about the backing she's managed to assemble. someone like ben sachs in nebraska, tom tillis in north carolina, even though he had a couple of opponents, clearly had the support of a lot of conservatives. think we might see that in georgia if jack kingston makes it out of the runoff as well. you do see a party increasingly consolidated under a conservative bat banner, but also the establishment managing to bring these unruly forces into the tent in the name of party unity, in the name of trying to win a national election again base that's what they're going to need. >> part of that is spending money in primaries. the tea party forces have been effective in past election cycles because a lot of th

the gentleman from iowa is recognized. mr. latham: just inquire of the gentleman from arizona if he intend to yield back or if you ave any more speakers. mr. pastor: i'm prepared to yield back, mr. chairman. mr. latham: in that case, mr. chairman, i yield back the balance of my time. it the chair: all time having been yielded back, all time for general debate has expired. pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. during consideration of the bill for amendment the chair may accord priority and recognition to a member offering an amendment who has caused it to be printed in the designated place in the congressional record. those amendments will be considered as read. the clerk will read. the clerk: be it enacted that the following sums are appropriated for the departments of transportation, housing and urban development and related agencies for fiscal year 2015, namely, title 1, department of transportation, office of the secretary, salaries and expenses, $103 million. the chair:

print examiner at the dci crime lab in des moines, iowa. czarnicki not only confirmed this was a right foot in the soft bread but found enough clear ridge detail to convince him that it was the footprint of carlos robinson. >> i think if the bun was in a dry or stale condition, the print may have not been reproduced. we were quite fortunate in that the bun appears to have been fresh when he stepped on it. >> this proved that the only evidence at the crime scene was carlos robinson's. investigators believe christina was a victim of her own trusting nature. carlos was her neighbor. they already met. so when he knocked on her door, she let him in. >> how are you doing? >> carlos wasn't wearing any shoes since he lived next door. once inside, prosecutors believe he made a sexual advance which christina turned down. so carlos hit christina with tremendous force, knocking out three of her teeth. he then dragged her to the bathroom where he sexually assaulted her and killed her with a knife. he filled the tub with water in an attempt to wash away e

rick santorum, the former pennsylvania senator, who spoke at the iowa republican party state convention. it is on our website at c-span.org. he brought up the issue of marriage and morality. here is rick santorum. [video clip] >> yet, where are we as republicans? i'm not talking about going out and fighting the battle of redefining marriage. i'm talking about the battle of reclaiming marriage as an institution that we should be promoting in america. [applause] we have lost the marriage debate in america for one reason -- the cause, during our watch, marriage has been redefined. marriage is now, by most simply acalibration, romantic relationship between two people that the government of firms. ladies and gentlemen, if that is all marriage is, then, as far as i'm concerned, everybody should be able to get married. that's not what marriage is. at least that's not what it used to be. marriage used to be the union of a man and woman for the purpose of coming together to have children, to raise the next generation, and give every child in america their birthright am a to be raised by their na

>> reporter: mainstream republicans and the tea party joined forces in iowa and their candidate, jonist easily won the g.o.p. nomination. now ernst is going to face democratic congressman bruce brailley in the contest for iowa's open senate seat. >> it is going to take all of us pulling together to unite this party and win in november. >> reporter: in mississippi, still too close to call so the dirtiest race of the mid term so far may last another three weeks. this is the contest where chris mcdaniels were caught videotaping senator cochran's wife in a nursing home. neither cochran nor mcdaniel has 50% of the vote yet. >> this is an historic moment in this state's history. and because of your hard work, because of your dedication, we sit here tonight leading a 42-year incumbent. our fight is not over. remember, it is about the people. it's always been about the people. and there's still a handful out there that haven't been counted. >> the november matchup in montana will be last night's primary winner steve danes against the democratic primary winner jon walsh. in south dakota mike r

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the ed show." thanks for watching tonight. iowas her shot at the democratic seat held by tom harkin as he retires later this year. the hog-kass straighting and tea party favorite, she garnished over 56% of the vote. in last night's republican primary she's one step closer to becoming the first female elected to federal office from the state of iowa. she may have pull add head of the pack as a result of her gimmicky campaign commercials. behind the folksy rhetoric, all you have seen what you really have to see is how far right she is. ernst would vote for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. ernst has spoken out against amnesty of any form, immigration reform and she said the federal government shouldn't set a minimum wage. and she called the clean water act one of the most damaging laws for business. earnst embraces privatizing social security and she's going right from the koch playbook. she wants to abolish the department of education and the environmental protection agency. industry's going to love that. the self-proc

the iowa senate race i love her commercials. [laughter] she seems to have created some excitement and now she will win but what is your take? >> i think she is the presumptive favorite and need to get 35 percent to avoid going to a convention that could blow everything apart. but if she does she is the nominee and a strong candidate. some of the of hard-core activists marc jacobs's another candidate who is very wealthy from iowa moved away then moved back spending his own money, but no doubt ernst war veteran, females, very articulate and charismatic, she is so whole package for a lot of people why you see such a broader array from romney to sarah palin to marco rubio getting behind her. lou: we are out of time. will we see the republican party of finance the chances in november with tonight's results? >> i think the bigger question is if republicans can come together but the fighting behind them we have to get rid of harry reid in the senate and staged a real takeover in 2016. republicans have to focus on that. getting the econo

the winds were very strong in missouri valley, iowa. here the roof of an inn was blown right off. and that's not all. hail caused extensive damage. more than 4500 vehicles were pummelled at two dealerships in nebraska and iowa. the owner estimates that's about $152 million worth of inventory. hail shouldn't be much of a threat today, but strong winds and storms could be on the way for parts of missouri and illinois. meteorologist bill karins will have more in a few minutes. >>> we're down to the wire and still watching votes trickle in from minnesota. with 99.5% of the votes in, the associated press reports mcdaniel holds les than a 1% lead. if neither candidate wins a simple majority, it will force a costly runoff election. senator cochran chose not to speak to his supporters last night, but mcdaniel in a late-night speech rallied his backers. >> this is a historic moment in this state's history. and because of your hard work, because of your dedication, we sit here tonight leading a 42-year incumbent. >> meanwhile, iowa could elect its first woman to congress this november. joni

the republican voters in iowa tuesday giving the gop a real shot at whipping seats long held by retiring harkin, nominating state senator and iraq veteran joni ernst. but in mississippi the outcome wasn't such a landslide. we're back with kim strassel and joe rago, alicia finley also join us. kim, we'll talk quickly about iowa. joni ernst put the state in play, is that a toss-up for november? >> this is suddenly a good prospect for republicans. this woman won decisively. this is what happens when you have pretty much everyon chamber of commerce, a lot of the tea party groups, everyone from sarah palin to marco rub beau and mitt romney supporting this woman. she got a lot of recognition out of it. her name went up in the states and now she's a real contender to the democrat bruce brayley. >> we have 14 senate seats in play, which really does make this the possibility of retaking the senate very real. except there may be a problem with mississippi. and talk to us a little bit about why republican primary voters didn't want, didn't seem to want to renominate fred cochran who has been there

he spoke about mental health on facebook after attending the university of iowa, he wrote about music taught at the university of san francisco. friends say he stopped answering his phone after losing his job at a marketing company. bottom line, if you see him, call police. >> 911. thank you, william. jenna: back to top story of the day, the growing controversy over swapping five high level taliban detainees for bergdahl and concerns that washington set a dangerous precedent that we will negotiate with the taliban. how is bergdahl doing right now from what you're hearing from your military source snz >> u.s. military officials say he's still being seen by medical specialists at landstuhl in germany. as his father said over the weekend, he's still having trouble or choosing not to speak english. there are indications he may have converted to islam. his parents still have not spoken to him. on capitol hill there's anger at the white house for breaking the law which requires the president to give congress 30-day notice if they plan to release guantanamo bay prisoners. >> they talked abou

gop primary in the iowa senate race, and hog castrationing she's offering. ernst also backs personhood, which would essentially ban abortion and some forms of birth control. she also vowed to abolish the department of education. and, oh yeah, she insisted that saddam hussein actually possessed w.m.d.s. and the tea party is alive in mississippi, where we've seen one of the strangest and dirtiest campaigns of all time. it appears that neo confederate ally chris mcdaniel forced a runoff against thad cochran in the gop senate primary. mcdaniel has made a name for himself by criticizing, quote, the welfare dependent citizens of new orleans after hurricane katrina. and the mcdaniel madness comes as this scandal erupts around him. >> authorities say they are sending out more subpoenas in connection with clayton kelly, he's the man accused of taking photos in a local nursing home of thad cochran's wife, who has dementia. >> police arrested prominent attorney mark mayfield on conspiracy charges thursday. mayfield is a high ranking member of the mis

that has many considering when and if the latest virus will end. john hendren, iowa. >> the day before the 25th anniversary of the tee tienanmen square ar anniversary. >> 25 years ago, students in china were agitating for political change. an unprecedented display of defiance against the country's communist rulers. but the pro-democracy movement survived just seven weeks before suppressed by military force on june the 4th. now a quarter of a century on, the events of that time still remain a taboo subject for many of today's students. it's inconvenient for me to talk about this, he says. generally i'm neutral says this man. i'm not on the side of the government or the students. today's young people are in the throes of another revolution, one of rising expectations. wan chen was borch a month after the -- born a month after the bloodshed. hoping to find a white collar job with a salary of at least $700 a month. >> i know very little about this part of history. one reason is that i'm not interested in politics. the second reason is, this event was not mentioned in the

the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from iowa rise? mr. latham: i reserve a point of order. the chair: the gentleman's point of order is reserved. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. garamendi: i understand the point of order. i would like to speak to this issue and also onto the others at the same time and drop the other amendments. yesterday yesterday, i had the pleasure of driving across san francisco bay on the brand new east san francisco bay bridge, a multibillion dollar project. the steel of the main project bass built in china, fabricated in china, a chinese company bought a steel mill, most advanced in the world. 3,000 chinese jobs, zero americans jobs. the way they are able to get around the buy american provisions segmented the multibillion project into 20 different pieces delby avoiding the buy american sections. this amendment would prohibit that from ever happening again. the other amendments speak to the $50 billion that is going to be spent by this bill and would require in various ways that this money be spent

by the national captioning institute] >> maryland governor mark -- martin o'malley spoke today at the iowa state dwath democratic convention. >> the patriots who made america great. they didn't pray for their president to fail. they prayed for their president to succeed. [applause] and our founders didn't be little science. they didn't be little learning. they aspired to it. they didn't appeal to america's fears. they inspired american courage and they would never, ever abandon the war on poverty in order to declare a war on woman, a war on worker, a war on immigrants, a war on the sick or a war on hungry children. [applause] what was true for our parents and grandparents remains true today. america is the greatest job-generating, opportunity-expanding nation ever created in the history of the free world but america cannot serve our children's needs, cannot serve our children's future well if our republican brothers and sisters in congress keep shutting us down and selling our country short. [applause] >> you can watch all to have governor's remarks tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. part of c-

[applause] >> next some of the speakers at today's iowa republican convention. we'll here from rand paul, bobby jingal, and rick santorum. >> this week on "prime minister's questions" british prime minister david cameron talks about islamic extremism in schools and the economy. and ed milliband questions the prime minister about the long wait time for passports. "prime minister's questions" on c-span. >> for over 35 years, c-span brings public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room with congressional events and offering complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of the house. we're c-span created by cable tv 35 years ago and brought to you by your local cable or satellite tv provider. watch us on tv, follow us on facebook and twitter. the ery four years republican party convention is held in des moines. om kentucky honorable rand paul. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. i can tell you most everybody in washington has seen joanie earns t's add. and i can tell you that the purvares of pork are shaking in their boots and worried th