that an aide to hillary clinton may have ties to aegis muslim brotherhood. >>> the minnesota commerce woman and four other conservative lawmakers sent letters to intelligence officials pointing cleansed up the chief of staff, they're wrong " of the dean has three family members connected to muslim brotherhood operatives and organizations. i've been was born in united states her marriage to former congressman anthony wiener pusher in the spotlight last year he resigned when provocative attacks were made public leading members of congress say these attacks need to stop. >>> these attacks have no logic and no basis >>> the state department describes bachman allegations as vicious and disgusting lies of the congress woman said she will not be silenced. >>> bachman clams for letters are distorted and wants to know what kind of access rebel groups have to talk obama administration officials. this is not the first time she's made allegations. in washington danielle nottingham cbs 5 >>> students break rules when it comes to state testing but the schools may end up paying for a state law if he

he is a two-time, nba all-star and olympic hopeful from the minnesota timberwolves. >> it's good to be here. >> jimmy: good to have you here. who are you rooting for in the nba finals? >> i'm not partial to any team. i always say if there was some way both teams could lose, that would be best for me. you know, westbrook is on the thunder, i have to be partial to them. other than that -- >> jimmy: you guys played together in college. >> right. we were actually roommates. that was interesting to say the least. do you get bigger rooms because you're bigger guys? >> no. most of the time we just get queen or double beds. a lot of us didn't fit too well. >> jimmy: one queen? or do you each get your own? >> there would be two of them. >> jimmy: he wears the glasses and the crazy shirts. did he do that in college? >> no, he didn't. he said the first time he wore the fake glasses with the noolence -- >> jimmy: no lenses? >> yeah. i don't know the deal with that. visually impaired people probably have a beef with that. but russell always said he knew how to dress, but he's a bi

the gentleman from minnesota. mr. kline: i'm pleased to yield one minute to a distinguished member of the committee, the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. petri. mr. petri: i rise to support the repeal of praup obama's health care law. -- of president obama's health care law. the health care law is fundamentally flawed and will make worse our high health care costs. a study last month found the cost of health care services is expected to rise 7 1/2% in 2013 and the law's negative effects on job creation. i hear constantly how the mandates and uncertainties created by the law are discouraging hiring. the report issued from the investment research firm last september said that the health care law was and i quote arguably the biggest impediment to hiring. we need the right reforms to eliminate waste and reward high quality low cost care. we should be choosing approaches for seniors to use their health care dollars wisely but instead we are turning decisions over to the government. i support this bill and i urge all of my coll

the tax review study for the state of minnesota which i think shows her breath but most importantly but just published an article. how you finance of innocence. so i'm delight the to introduce her. [ applause ] >> thank you, paul. another member of the audience asked me if i was going to show formulas like i did last year. i'm not going to do that. i do have some graphs but they aren't that bad. so raising an army means paying for an army. and what they did to pay for the civil war forever changed financial markets in this country. they established the direct sale of federal bonds to the public and best of ul invented the irs. the world had never before seen, okay let me see here, is this supposed to advance? there we go. thank you. okay. the world had never before seen anything to compare so the size of the union army. as you can see from the slide, before the union army came into being the only thing that came close was napoleon's troops in 1816. en listments totalled 2.8 million soldiers but many men enlisted more than once. my great, great grandpa for example. the one on the righ

star signing a two year twenty million dollars deal with the minnesota temple. but first the wait is finally over the two thousand and twelve olympic games now in full swing after a spectacular opening ceremony in london by the end of summer as they won russia could have its first medalist circe richard from port fate with more. the seven year wait is finally over for london two thousand and twelve olympic games are fish really on the way everyone was talking about the beijing olympics four years ago and what an opening ceremony that they were able to put on it that could be never be repeated again in history how the london perhaps model exceeded that opening ceremony and all things must go to director danny boyle who put on an absolutely fantastic show showing both history and culture of a great britain has given to the world over the last few centuries always a lympics have been really long awaited by the british public it became known seven years ago london had won the right to hold the limpid games as we speak biggest sporting event ever been hosting the coun

. >> for the past eight years, the vfw post in minnesota has been flying flags on bridges in one partte says the flags have to go. the minnesota department of transportation says that old glory could be dangerous to drivers because the flags could fall and hit the cards on the road. the post commander says he was shocked when he heard from state officials, he spoke out this morning on "fox & friends." >> we have freedom to fly anything and if we were to fly the american flag, what if somebody asked them to fly the iraqi flag. i almost dropped the phone and i responded to respond, if i was iraq i could fly it anywhere we want to apparently in america, we couldn't fly it anywhere we want to. >> harris: the minnesota department of transportation says it's part of anything attached to overpasses not just flags. state of virginia considering amending its constitution making it more difficult for the government to get their hands on private lands and eminent domain, and developers believe it will be harmful. >> for 70 years, bob wells had been making radio parts for the federal government.

and jered weaver and he no-hits the minnesota twins? johan santana, the first no-hitter in the mets history. >> and a no-hitter by the mariners! >> on the ground, from deep center, got him! and that's a perfect game! >> joe: it was a heckuva first half, wasn't it. five no hitters, two perfect games. and great ra l around major league baseball. there's the final from tonight. 8-0, the n.l. wins it. they have won three straight. matt cain the winner and the hitting stars were san francisco giants with the big swings, two-run shot by melky cabrera, and a three-run triple by pablo sandoval. so now we focus on the second half. this saturday mlb on fox has a big match-up when the mets meet the braves. the cardinals and reds, tigers and orioles. coverage starts at 3:30 eastern, 12:30 pacific. coming up next, except on the west coast, it's your late local news. for more information on tonight's game and the latest on major league baseball news, log on to mlb.com. for tim mccarver, joe buck saying so long from kansas city. you have been watching

>> i was in the minnesota state senate at the time. i do people approach me and say i should really do it. i had no intention of running for the minnesota state senate. i just showed up for a republican endorsement convention. people said, you have got to do this, you have to run. i was a mess that day. i had a torn sweat shirt, i had jeans on. i said i will look like a freak if i run for senate. but they said someone has to challenge this guy. so i said i would put my name in. i got endorsed that day. my husband was not around. this was before cell phones. he came home and it was april fools' day. he found out his wife was endorsed for senate in minnesota. what are you going to do? i had to run. i ended up being in the minnesota state senate. when people said i should run for congress, i actually got to ask my husband this time. we really prayed long and hard because it is a big deal to do something like that. both really believed that this was the right thing to do, so we did it. it is the cost and the sacrifice to your family, but i

she is also a scholar working with the minnesota department of revenue to help prepare the tax expenditure review study for the state of minnesota, which i think shows her -- most importantly, i find this fabulous, she has just published an article called edith what are wharton, an economic interpretation of the house of mirth and age of innocence. what better thing to talk about how you finance the war then by starting with the age of innocence. so i'm delighted to introduce my good friend jenny bourne. [ applause ] >>> thanks, paul, another member of the audience asked if he was going to show mathematicals last like year? i'm not going to do that. raising an army means paying for an army. what congress and president abraham lincoln did to pay for civil war forever changed financial markets in this country. they created a unified currency and system of federal banks. they pioneered the use of money and established the direct sale of bonds to the public and invented the irs. the world had never before seen -- okay, let me see here. is this supposed to advance? here we go. there we go. than

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the oakland a's won four straight including a sweep of the minnesota twins. the team had four home runs to get the victory winning 9-4. there are eight games behind the rangers. it will face off in oakland this week. >> still ahead we will sell you why if mitt romney is last days as a ceo are haunting him on the campaign trail. we will find out what muni writers could see a meter service shutdown of state. a look at the fight to keep pornography out of hotel rooms. >>stanley: coming up is forking wars with a twist. the fifth i will explain in the next edition of diesel and heating deadly. >> an oscar-winning actress passed away. celeste homes. with a soft hello? the words are going this way-there's no way. oh, the lights came on. isn't technology supposed to make life easier? at chase we're pioneering innovations that make banking simple. deposit a check with a photo. pay someone with an email. and bank seamlessly with our award-winning mobile app. take a step forward... and chase what matters. >> more /+ for the president and his i hate getting less. but i lo

. >> james was on the minnesota bound flight. because the needle punk furd turd his mouth he has been put on a anti-viral drug to that treats hiv. >> second bite i took into the sandwich i noticed something that poked me on the top of my mouth very hard. >> james thought it was maybe a toothpick but it was an inch long needle one of six found in turkey sandwiches from amsterdam minneapolis and seattle on sunday. he is now taking a medication that treats hiv as a precaution. >> he has new drug approved by fda. we are waiting to see if there isn a type of substance on the needles. they are doing their examination and let me know. >> a doctor was on the same flight and he found a needle in his sandwich. so did his teenage son who was on a different flight with his mother. >> when i landed i spoke to an f.b.i. agent. i called my wife to let her know what happened, the same thing happened to my son and he had found a needle on his sandwich. >> they have launched a criminal investigation into how the needles ended up inside the sandwich

. >> james was on the minnesota bound flight. because the needle punk furd turd his mouth he has been put on a anti-viral drug to that treats hiv. >> second bite i took into the sandwich i noticed something that poked me on the top of my mouth very hard. >> james thought it was maybe a toothpick but it was an inch long needle one of six found in turkey sandwiches from amsterdam minneapolis and seattle on sunday. he is now taking a medication that treats hiv as a precaution. >> he has new drug approved by fda. we are waiting to see if there is any type of substance on the needles. they are doing their examination and let me know. >> a doctor was on the same flight and he found a needle in his sandwich. so did his teenage son who was on a different flight with his mother. >> when i landed i spoke to an f.b.i. agent. i called my wife to let her know what happened, the same thing happened to my son and he had found a needle on his sandwich. >> they have launched a criminal investigation into how the needles ended up inside the sandwic

the video was taken to the minnesota farm showing horrific abuse including piglets being slammed into the pavement. bob barker is using his star power to spotlight the conditions. >> there is every day a living hell for them. the best day of their lives is the day they die. >> and there are several chains require suppliers to stop using them. safeway adopted policy this week. walmart says it offers crate free pork products and will continue discussions with food safety experts. >> and there is another story about coming to the aid of animals. the humane society taking in 30 brown pelicans in two weeks. they're starving because there is not enough fish to eat. staff is feeding -- tube feeding several times per day, they're also using space heaters, caged driers and heat lampes to try to keep them warm. younger birds are the most affected by the shortage. and there is this year, it's much worse. >> there is a new study revealing a disturbing light on drinking during pregnancy. cdc held one in 13 pregnant women drink, one in five of those admit to binge drinking. cdc warns it can damage

terrific against the minnesota twins. 8-14. le of home runs runs and six rbis and johnny gomes, bounced around a bit, brought his hair cut back to the bay area. doing very well. winner of the heart and hustle awards. one player from each team is honored with the award, voted on by alumni players. tiger woods is no longer america's highest paid athlete. guess who number one is? floyd meriweather. had a couple of big fights. he is in jail for another month but he is still number one. $85million. all right? and that is without endorsement. phil mickelson jumped up. the rest of the guys have big enforcement dollars. phil mickelson and kobe bryant is third. kobe bryant and lebron james is right there. everybody said nobody is going a let him represent their company, kobe bryant's money comes from endorsement. he is the mls player of the week. 17 goals in 20 matches. on pace to break the record of 27 set in 1996. the earthquake in first place. bad olympic news concerning bus driving. the bus driving, the olympians in london road aroun

we found the minnesota guide. and found the guy. the difference is that you would find him quicker through google but the basic methodology remains. >> was there anything about covering this story that you could not confirm, even though you found it fascinating and interesting and -- but you could never nail it down so you couldn't report it? >> i mean, there are lots that come to mind. i'll tell one real quick one. and this is not confirmed and it's not a crime or anything but there are people in the nixon white house in the last days that said nixon left the white house and just kind of walked out for an hour or two, walking around washington and ordered the secret service not to come with him. people have told us that, but lots of other people have denied it. and i don't think it's true, but it's -- you know, one of those stories. what did nixon do on the eve he resigned? one of the things that he did was prayed with henry kissinger. but there were more hours. maybe he went wandering. who knows? it's very important that it not be

the a's went 9-4 met anne sweet minnesota. acer when half-game behind baltimore for the wild-card spot. baseball added a second wild- card playoff team this year. nationally the giants have trouble beating good baseball teams case in point the houston astros. melky cabrera not in the lineup because his wife have been one of these. buster posey rifles one. giants scored two in the frame. the last time when cain faced houston he threw a perfect game it doubles in the breck's and scores cutting the lead in half. later in the fourth kris johnson rubs one to the gap is course of away from first to tie the game. cain pages six innings and struck out six. the giants get back buster posey up the middle. here comes the throne he beats and giants take a 3-2 lead. cain was pulled in the seventh. he pops up to the screen a huge plate. the bullpen holds the lead the giants complete this week is 3-2 the final. the lead the dodgers by one game and after that. serena williams arrives just three days after winning wimbledon for the bank of the

among his most recent publications on the executive power is a 2010 article in the minnesota law review. the constitutional dictatorship and the i first met the professor and the professors are synonymous with the robust and muscular understanding of the executive power. he is published on foreign affairs and the national security of constitution law and served in all three branches of government. deputy assistant attorney general and general council to the committee and a law clerk for silverman for justice thomas. the professor is stanford local. grat to have the strong representation for the faculty and we appreciate him being here. they focus on law and executive power and how they implement responsibilities regarding public health and safety. migration and international security in a changing world. in 2010, the professor was appointed to the administrative conference to the united states. last but certainly not least the professor who is the james madison distinguished professor of law at the university of virginia. that's a virginia thing. i guess they are not well-represented he

danielle nottingham tells us the minnesota congresswoman is not backing down. >> michelle bachman is facing more criticism over her allegation that a top aide to secretary of state hillary clinton may have ties to the muslim brotherhood in egypt. >> i think accusations like this being thrown around are pretty dangerous. >> the minnesota congresswoman and for other conservative lawmakers sent letters to intelligence officials last month, pointing to her deputy chief of staff. they wrote " she has three family members, her late father, her mother, and brother, connected to the muslim brotherhood operatives and organizations ". she was born in the united states, her marriage to former congressman anthony wiener pushed her into the spotlight last year, he resigned when provocative text messages to female supporters were made public. leading members of congress say that the attacks against for me to stop. >> these attacks have no logic, no bases, and no merit. >> the state department described the accusations as " vicious and discussing lies ". the congress woman says that she will not be

this included a sweep of the minnesota twins, the team hit four home runs on their way to victory. a's won nine to four. the two teams face off in oakland this week. we have much more ahead on the kron4 morning news on this monday morning. we will talk about the planned protest to shut down muni and what this could mean for your morning commute. [music] >> mark: the heat and light is coming you may want to add some extra time to your day--muni writers, you may want to add some extra time to your commute this morning. there is scheduled--and there is a protest keppel >> darya: first let us take a look at traffic and weather. >> james: it should not be too bad today although will be cooler. >> erica: traffic is looking well and there is a smooth and easy ride on 101 south bound. >> mark: supporters of kenneth harding said it when to shut down you need to mark the one-year anniversary of his death. >> reporter: the protest is scheduled for one hour from now, the region his supporters want to be out here because it involved muni. at the time he died, he was running from police officers

. >> republican tim pawlenty, the minnesota governor until december 2010, is on the attack.come a strong surrogate for the romney campaign after trying to win the presidential nomination himself, notably in the gop primary last year, 2011. here's the special credentials mr. pawlenty brings to the table. one, he's just enfat cal. both romney and pawlenty were republican gophers of so-called blue states, hostile gop territory during the same time period. rom thee governed massachusetts for one term. pawlenty, three terms. two, he's religious. pawlenty is an evangelical christian, a possible draw for evangelicals not drawn to romney's mormon faith. three, he's a solid political ally. as governors, pawlenty and romney shared ideas, also political spouses ann romney and mary pawlenty are good friends. four, he's every man. pawlenty brings to the table what may not be mitt romney's strongest suit. namely, every man appeal. pawlenty grew up in a meat packing town where pawlenty's father was a truckdriver. few my mom died when i was in 10th grade, and my dad got laid off not too lon

right reporter daniel nottingham tells us the minnesota congresswoman is not backing down. michelle bachman is facing more criticism over her allegation that a top aide to secretary of state hillary clinton may have ties to the muslim brotherhood. i think accusations are pretty dangerous. the congresswoman and four other conservative lawmakers sent letters to intelligence officials last month pointing to her deputy chief of staff the road she has three family members relate father her mother and brother connected to operatives and or organizations. she was born in the u.s. and her marriage to anthony wiener pushed into the spotlight last year he resigned when provocative text of female supporters were made public leading members of congress say the attacks against all the the need to stop. these attacks have no logic no basis and no merit. the state department described spock and accusations as vicious and discussing lies by the congress woman says she will not be silenced. the letters are being distorted into wants to know what kind of radical groups have. the bar and is ma

and now the twin cities and minnesota. is latest parade was originally supposed to happen in april, but you remember those redbulls? they weren't all home yet, and their friends and family and the military reached out to organizers to see if they could please wait. so they did. tomorrow, vintage warplanes will fly overhead as veterans of the wars in iraq and afghanistan and their families march through downtown minneapolis. there will be face-painting for the kids, mascots from local hockey and baseball teams and music. and for the veterans themselves, a resources area, a whole bunch of organizations gathered in one place to help hook veterans up with information and services like applying for tax credits, filing a claim with the va or finding a job. so, this weekend in minnesota, it is welcome home to iraq veterans and all post-9/11 veterans are getting a well-deserved thank-you from their community. maybe if you're in town, you'll stop by and join them. that does it for us tonight. don't forget, check out my work at wonkb

previously he served two terms in the minnesota house of representatives. congressman ellison, welcome. the floor is yours. >> thank you, senator durbin, also thank you senator graham. thank you for holding this important hearing. also, thank you for urging attorney general holder to revise the justice department's racial profiling guidance. very important. as you know, that guidance has a loophole allowing law enforcement to profile american citizens based on religion and national origin. while any

the shark attack and left behind the to the minnesota from cape cod captures every kayakers worst fear looking over his shoulder 10 ft. away the dorsal fin a great white shark. typically is a surprise is hasn't happened sooner but despite the sidings they say the sharks aren't after people they're trying to feed on seals the still populations exploded and move closer to shore cbs five. >>> del yeah look. has says it was not domestic abuse and she says the incident involves ross marine center live spiraling into disaster. and and is looking for the day and i'm going to be just his wife again. she spoke to reporters briefly after testifying again in her husband's official misconduct hearing reporter kristin harris has more on tonight's testimony. an emotional roller coaster of a dave really antelope as he took the stand fighting back tears as she testified that her husband's share frass mercury me is not a violent man and she is not a victim of abuse. billy yeah look. has stepped out a silver volkswagen on her way into san francisco city hall today a step down from the limousine she arri

the o's center fielder all the offense baltimore could muster wednesday in their win against the minnesota. he went #-4 on the -- 2-4 on the day. a two run shot in the 1st. giving tommy hunter all he could for his fourth win of the year. 2-1 your final. game four matinee today. 1:10 first pitch in minnesota. >>> she was in front of her home when a man tried to drag her away. >> yeah the story is incredible. parents this is proof that teaching your kids about stranger danger pays off. >> also a wrong-way driver shows how dangerous the highway can be. how many drivers avoided this reckless one and how he was finally stopped. >> and good morning, i'm meteorologist mike masco. maryland's most powerful radar showing a cluster of showers and storms 400 mimes away. does it affect us? i think so. we'll detail the full forecast coming up. lauren? >> well, mike it is going to be a hot one but fortunately everything is nice and clear here on 695 at bel air road. i'll show you what 95 and 83 look like coming up on "good morning maryland." . >>> good morning everyone, topping america's money, wall stre

now surely afterwards representative keith ellison who is muslim he spoke out against the fellow minnesota lawmakers theory comparing your accusations to those of the mccarthy era and help pointless they are. every time she sends out another letter she just regurgitate the same old tired stuff that doesn't amount to anything. well just the day after initially calling out bachmann went after allison to on glenn beck's radio show bachmann then noted how the muslim lawmaker has ties to care and the muslim brotherhood nothing like feeling a little islamophobia and having one of your fellow lawmakers be the target right now you'd think that after all of her very well summarized well documented thoroughly analyze accusations became public she had no problem discussing it with the press but that actually was the case when c.n.n.'s dana bash tried to reach her for a comment. a congresswoman where you can hear everything i just need to ask you about senator mccain was just on the senate floor and he said that what you're doing right now is going after a homeowner that i used to get right now and yo

previously he served two terms in the minnesota house of representatives. congressman ellison, welcome. the floor is yours. >> thank you, senator durbin. also, thank you, senator graham. thank you for holding this important hearing. also, thank you for urging attorney general holder to revise the justice department's racial profiling guidance. it's very important. as you know, that guidance has a loophole allowing law enforcement to profile american citizens based on religion and national origin. while any profiling of americans based on race, ethnicity, religion or national origin is disturbing, i think it's important also to note that it is poor law enforcement. law enforcement is a finite resource. using law enforcement resources profiling as opposed to relying on arcticable facts based on behaviors suggesting a crime, is a waste of that law enforcement resource. it leaves us less safe and more at risk when we don't target based on conduct and behavior suggestive of a crime, but based on other considerations informed by prejudice. my comments today will f

the gentleman from minnesota. mr. ine: i'm pleased to yield one minute to a distinguished member of the committee, the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. petri. mr. petri: i rise to support the repeal of praup obama's health care law. -- of president obama's health care law. the health care law is fundamentally flawed and will make worse our high health care costs. a study last month found the cost of health care services is expected to rise 7 1/2% in 2013 and the law's negative effects on job creation. i hear constantly how the mandates and uncertainties created by the law are discouraging hiring. the report issued from the investment research firm last september said that the health care law was and i quote arguably the biggest impediment to hiring. we need the right reforms to eliminate waste and reward high quality low cost care. we should be choosing approaches for seniors to use their health care dollars wisely but instead we are turning decisions over to the government. i support this bill and i urge all of my collea

baltimore orioles have mark reynolds the time for pulling out and neil biting for three win over the minnesota twins press davis bringing visitors to the two one so real home run in the second the twins would storm back to the three two by the inning when reynolds stole the show was to run single courtesy of the twenty eight year old making the final score for three visitors thus splitting the four game series between the team's. bust ball to the n.b.a. were jeremy lin has been unveiled as the houston rockets player the twenty three year old point guard agreeing a three year twenty five million dollars deal with the french ice after becoming a free agent following his ascent to stardom with the new york knicks it's been an unbelievable ride just a lot of. things that i didn't expect to happen in in terms of just the way last season when you know i still have to kind of remind myself that this is this is actually happening sometimes but it's a huge blessing from god and i just i can't believe how it all shaped up in for me right now if we excited and thankful. now lin won't be lining i would te

the baltimore orioles reynolds to thank for pulling i kneels fighting for three win over the minnesota twins chris davis bringing the district back to two one with the sole home run in the second year of twins but still only three to thirty eighth inning it was then that reynolds stole the show a two run single courtesy of the twenty eight year old leaving the final score forty three visitors just getting the phil williams series between. bucky ball and to the n.b.a. we're germy lin has been unveiled as the houston rockets player the twenty three year old point guard agreeing a three year twenty five million dollar deal with the franchise after becoming a free agent following his ascent to stardom with a new york knicks. it's been an unbelievable ride just a lot of. things that i didn't expect to happen and in terms of just the way last season when and you know i still have to kind of remind myself that this is this is actually happening sometimes but it's a huge blessing from god and i just i can't believe how it all shaped up in for me to be right here right now on def we excited and

the a's continuing to pulverize the minnesota twins pitching. we'll show you more long ball. plus, the giants trying to sweep the astros right out of town. they had the perfect guy on the hill to help them get there. the highlights coming up. >>> remember, the giants limped into the break losing five out of six. and nothing like a little home cooking and the astros to cure what ails you. matt cain and company looking for the sweep in san francisco. remember, the astros were the perfect game victim. he wasn't perfect today but he was awfully good. some help from buster posey who goes out to the field to drive home gregor blanco and make it 1-0 giants. the giants would get two in that first inning. 2-1 in the fourth. and here come chris johnson. mind the gap. brian bogusevic. all the way around to tie the game. 2-2. like i said, cain was very good, not perfect, but his battery made posey really picked him up. another rbi up the middle. pablo sandoval hustling around to score the go-ahead run. 3-2 giants. back to cain. dealing in the sixth inning getting jose altuve and martinez,

let's look at the first full screen. arizona and minnesota. it would be. let's say that mitt romney picks former minnesota governor tim pawlenty to be his running mate. i think that puts minnesota on the docket for both campaigns. they'll be campaigning there. they'll be spending real money there. that would be bad news obviously for the democrats because minnesota actually has the longest democratic streak of any state. only the district of colombia has voted democratic more often. the last republican to carry minnesota, richard nixon in 72. it's gotten close. >> eric: the arizona is what i want to get to. with all the back and forth between the obama administration suing the state of arizona, et cetera, how could that possibly go to obama? >> well, go back to 2008, if the nominee, the republican party, hadn't been john mccain from arizona, i think barak obama would have carried arizona. but this is not 2008 anymore. it's 2012. even with a sizable hispanic vote, i think that state can probably be pretty safely put in the romney category. but

and now the twin cities in minnesota. en in april, but you remember the red bulls, they weren't all home yet, and their friends and family and military reached out to see if they could wait, so they did. tomorrow, vintage war planes will fly over head as veterans of the wars and their families march through downtown minneapolis. there will be face painting for the kids and mascots from local hockey and baseball teams and music and for the veterans themselves, a resources area. a whole bunch of organizations gathered in one place to help hook veterans up with information and services like applying for tax credits, filing a claim with the v.a. or finding a job. so this weekend, minnesota, it is welcome home to iraq veterans and all post-9/11 veterans are getting a well deserved thank you. if you're in town, maybe you'll stop by and join in. that does it for us. you can check out my work at wonkblog.com or follow me at twitter or on facebook, facebook.com/ez facebook.com/ezraklein. now it's time for "the last word" with after

unfortunately he was the only minnesota play their did anything. x win big, 11-4. >>> to london where team usa played their final exhibition game before the olympics. got off to another slow start against spain. carmelo anthony sparks it. finishing with 27 points. the americans pull away in the third quarter off the turnover. lebron james flies in for the dunk. the dream team wins, 100-78. their first game of the olympics is sunday versus france. he's what they'll be playing for. the medals of the 2012 olympic games were unveiled yesterday. there will be 212 awarded each with the emblem of the london games. the olympics starts this friday with the opening ceremony on nbc. that's your look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >>> well, the latest rumors on "american idol" judges. >>> and kate gosselin ready for love and a new tv show. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a week ago he was on the red carpet for the premiere of his latest film. yesterday christian bale had a whole new set of priorities. you'r

. >> last month the minnesota congresswoman and four other gop lawmakers sent letters to top u.s. intelligence officials singling out hillary clinton's deputy chief of staff, huma abedin. they wrote, abedin has three family members. her late father, her mother and brother connected to muslim brotherhood operatives and/or organizations. the state department called the accusations vicious and disgusting lies. but bachmann says her words have been distorted. >> we did not a ver that she is a member of the muslim brotherhood or working on behalf of the muslim brotherhood. >> but the accusations rankled some of the influential leaders. >> i don't know huma. but everything i know of her, she has a sterling character. i think accusations like this being thrown around are pretty dangerous. >> on wednesday, republican senator john mccain defended abedin in a speech on the senate floor. in 2009 michele bachmann urged members of the media to investigate whether some members of congress were "anti-america". >>> closing arguments expected in a trial of a sergeant accused of sexual assault. lou

i ended up being in the minnesota state senate. they actually asked my husband this time and he said the opposite great idea. but we really prayed long and hard because it's a big deal to do something like that. so we fasted and prayed for three days and on the afternoon of day two we both believed in our soul that this is the right thing to do. so we did it because it is the cost and sacrifice. you come here to fight this fight, but i know i was prepared for this fight and i have the will and that tone for this fight and i've been grateful for the privilege. i represent wonderful people and no one doing is bringing their voice in their sensibility to the halls of congress and i'm grateful because i know i've made an important contribution not only here but also the presidential trail because it's you. quite honestly this is what i think about when i take my voting card and put it in the machine and push the button. i see your face is because i had 20 children invested in the future and that is what i'm working for. >> congresswoman

the oakland a's swept the minnesota twins. l be a great week for the aids today have texas and the yankees coming to the oakland coliseum. donegals was a winner of the heart and household word. >>gary: tiger woods year after year was the highest paid athlete in the world. now, a man in jail has been him. he trails floyd mayweather who made 85 million before going to jail. he will be out in a month. still nicholson is second. he is followed by phil mickelson and called the grant. >>gary: when we come back camped tasty the he medicare after friday night's show. great idea. so we'll switch to u-verse tv and internet... that's just what we need... i got accepted into juilliard. [ dad ] that's great! can we talk about wireless plans? now we can video-chat. and faster internet... [ female announcer ] with at&t u-verse, you can build a personalized bundle to fit your needs. even when they change. switch today. bundles including u-verse tv, internet and home phone start at 89 a month for 24 months. now get the same price for two years.