when south carolina senator tim scott was appointed to the u.s. senate 18 months ago, lindsey graham looked like one of the most endangered incumbents in the senate. then one by one, members of the state's congressional delegation, from congressman nick mulvaney to trey gowdy made it clear they would not challenge lindsey graham, leaving six little known, poorly funded candidates, competing today, to try to force the race into a runoff and get a two-week, one on one with them. in the latest poll in the race, none of them have cracked double digits. the question today is not whether graham wins, but whether he wins more than 50% of the vote and avoids that june 24th runoff. yesterday, closing out his campaign with a five-city bus tour, graham sounded pretty confident. >> at the end of the day, i really do believe there's a contest going on in the republican party, between the ronald reagan republican, where 80% is a good day, and ideological purity. if everything holds, we're going to win tomorrow without a runoff, and i think we're going to win de

responsibility, i think you can see that we are very dismayed about it. >> and republican senator tim scott joins us. nice to see you, sir. >> thank you very much, greta. >> senator dianne feinstein says no consultation. senator graham said every time it was brought up said. no did the president violate the law. >> he absolutely did not follow the law without any question. you think about the fact that a few years ago the idea of doing some kind of exchange occurred talked about completely kicked out, said that we don't want that no way. fast forward a couple of years and now we find ourselves not before, not 30 days before but three hours after, an hour after getting a phone call, apologizing for not contacting congress. that tells me that this was absolutely a violation of the law, number one, number two, one of the reasons why trey gowdy our friend has the enforce act, it simply says the president has to obey the laws of the congress, our country because so consistently this administration that is supposed to be the most transparent administration in the history of our country refuses to

and senator tim scott easily won south carolina's special senate primary with about 90% of the vote over challenger randall young. if he wins later on in the general election, scott could become the state's first elected black senator. >>> well, a third outbreak of gun violence in just three weeks. today, the portland suburb of troutdale is searching for answers. a gunman opened fire at an oregon high school on tuesday, killing a 14-year-old student and injuring a teacher. police have not revealed the identity of the suspect who was found dead at the scene. now, following that shooting, president obama said no other developed nation would tolerate the same level of gun violence. >> my biggest frustration so far is the fact that this society has not been willing to take some basic steps to keep guns out of the hands of people who, you know, can do just unbelievable damage. >> president obama has pushed for tougher gun control measures, including stricter background checks, but he continues to face fierce opposition from gun rights advocates. >>> a resounding victory for veterans across th

and senator tim scott easily won south carolina's special senate primary with about 90% of the vote over his challenger, randall young. if he wins later on in the general election, scott could become the state's first elected black senator. >>> emotional scenes in the portland town of troutdale. people came together for two separate vigils following tuesday's deadly shooting at an oregon high school. hundreds gathered at a student-organized ceremony to remember the 14-year-old victim. an official church vigil was also held just hours earlier. police are still trying to determine why the gunman opened fire at the school. they have not revealed the identity of the suspect who was found dead at the scene. following the shooting, president obama said no other developed nation would tolerate the same level of gun violence. >> my biggest frustration so far is the fact that this society has not been willing to take some basic steps to keep guns out of the hands of people who, you know, can do just unbelievable damage. >> president obama has pushed for tougher gun-control measures including stri

tim scott was inimmeasurable help. rob portman was immeasurable help. so many members whose ideas were incorporated in this bill. i am appreciative of each and every one of them and i think the american people will too. i want to highlight a couple of things that are so important. unlike most things government does, we've scaled down the size of work force investment boards in the states and in the local communities. so they're working numbers, not so big and unwieldy. more money into training and less into bureaucracy. we scaled down a number of programs and consolidated to maximize the federal dollar to geft he benefit at the state level. we gave the state level the authority to determine the curriculum that was lest for washington or georgia. washington is not a one-size-fits-all town and work force development is not a one-size-fits-all crew issue. through the labor developments of the states we're going to empower them to train people for the jobs they need in their state, not the jobs washington might think they might have needed in their state. t

south carolina senator tim scott joins me now with his thoughts. senator, great to see you. do we need a special prosecutor at this time? >> i wish the good lord gave him eight days and not seven because he would be a great guy to take on this issue. there's no doubt we have to figure out how to dig deeper into this quandary that faces us. when you look at the commissionarycommission acommissio commissioner's response, imagine a taxpayer walking without facts. we should expect the commissioner and irs to be treated in the same fashion that they treat american citizens and we haven't seen that. not just lois lerner's e-mails but six others as you just said. six others. we can't find that are relevant to the investigation. this needs a deeper look. >> this is what i don't understand. why every american is not upset about this. the irs is somebody quite frankly a group that all of us fear as april 15th comes near. >> absolutely. they're a powerful organization. perhaps the most powerful arm in government with the power to intimidate. i thought to myself, what if this were inste

we supported tim scott and mia love and herman cain and other black conservatives but for republicanstics is despicable and should be below even the republican establishment. >> so this is a voice, a prominent voice from the republican party base. how do you respond to what you've been hearing? >> you know, one of the things we noticed in the tea party movement is the five principles they have, which is physical responsibility, limited government, personal responsibility to rule the law and national sovereignty is in the middle of all of the republican party's rules, laws and every state. so my point here is that there's a big difference in disconnect between a republican party and a tea party. certainly i've been involved in south carolina with the elections of tim scott and nikki haley and lindsey graham and diverse republicans. there's a difference in a political party and the organic movement of the tea party, which has held a lot of the republican party accountable. that's been a good thing. when you come to the elections in mississippi, it was mississippi's voters, there's no li

we expect tim scott in south carolina to win in november as well.oorly with african-americans, they could have two black senators next year. >> all right. thanks so much. an exciting day. we are going to hear the music. let's look at what's coming up on "new day." hi, kate. >> good morning. two heated hearings on capitol hill. hearings you may not think are interesting. these were really interesting and important. lawmakers taking v.a. officials to task over the ballooning scandal there as a whistleblower brings starting new allegations against the phoenix v.a. she's telling cnn records of dead veterans were altered to hide how many people died waiting for care. also overnight, lawmakers blasted the irs chief over a scandal involving lost e-mails. we'll bring you the details on both of those. secretary of state john kerry is in iraq trying to help save the country from the growing militant threat. can he help them stop isis? that is a huge question hanging over the trip. we'll hear from the secretary. >> fantastic. >>> team usa is preparing for the

senator tim scott on the primary in south carolina. 48-year-old freshman won 90% of the vote. senator scott was appointed by governor nicky haley after jim demint resigned from the senate to take a spot at the heritage foundation. the first statewide election for scott, one of two african-american senators and only black republican senator. now stay with us for more on eric cantor's unexpected loss straight ahead. you can hide uneven skin tone from here. and here. but what about here? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® visibly even daily moisturizer with a clinically proven soy complex. it diminishes the look of dark spots in 4 short weeks. and just like that your skin will look radiant and more even. even from here. [ female announcer ] visibly even moisturizer and new bb cream. from neutrogena®. >> you are looking there at brand new footage of pro immigration reform activists that were chanting tonight at eric cantor's headquarters. quite a scene. back with me to discuss my guests. welcome to all of you. crystal, that scene there a little unexpected. we don't know exactly when

. >> and senator tim scott joins us. good evening, sir. >> thank you, greta.'s good to be back with you. >> what do you think, sir. 9-orecess appointments check mate of the president on this one. >> absolutely necessary rebuke of the president. necessary. everyone needs to fault laws of the country. we heard just recently by the irs and now we see the nlrb the far reaching impact of their decisions reached home in south carolina where boeing and working class folks who were looking to an opportunity to go back to work were going to lose that opportunity because of the decisions of this federal government. people should not fear their federal government. >> all right. now, it is not -- recess appointments aren't any. this one is a tad bit different because the senate tried to outsmart the president by not going into recess. and then the president called it a recess. isn't that essentially? >> proforma recessions are still in session. that's what was unanimous about this decision. the good news is what the supreme court said is the senate decides when they are o

senator tim scott on the primary in south carolina. 48-year-old freshman won 90% of the vote.tt was appointed by governor nicky haley after jim demint resigned from the senate to take a spot at the heritage foundation. the first statewide election for scott, one of two african-american senators and only black republican senator. now stay with us for more on eric cantor's unexpected loss straight ahead. cut! [bell rings] this...is jane. her long day on set starts with shoulder pain... ...and a choice take 6 tylenol in a day which is 2 aleve for... ...all day relief. hmm. [bell ring] "roll sound!" "action!" >> you are looking there at brand new footage of pro immigration reform activists that were chanting tonight at eric cantor's headquarters. quite a scene. back with me to discuss my guests. welcome to all of you. crystal, that scene there a little unexpected. we don't know exactly when those protesters decided to step up. but eric cantor, losing arguably in part because at one time he had been perceived as too aligned with dream act reform. >> right. i don't know if they real

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they want somebody like tim scott, very down the line conservative.host: let's go to mariano in florida, on our line for republicans. caller: when is the republican party going to work on getting their message out? they seem to always have a problem with getting a consistent message. i was a democrat for over 45 years. but i recently switched parties, i got tired of the democrats prevaricating. and playing politics, and then trying to give away everything to everyone. and then not taking responsibility for anything. or as the republicans, -- whereas the republicans seem very earnest. the problem they have is that they don't know how to get their ideas -- their fundamental beliefs, which is their strength. they don't seem to be able to convey that. they want to play the same game the democrats are playing. but their fundamental philosophy doesn't really go along with that type of thinking. host: jennifer duffy, some of the issues that mari otto brings up, do they get lost in the primaries? guest: i think that they do get a little bit lost because, when

tim scott, a tea party supported in the primary, african-american republican.hey were the kkk, there would be no place for him. the conservative choice down in utah. she is a haitian immigrant. it is racial at all. there are some people that is paid and raid just wave the confederate flag. but i do not think at its heart, that is what the tea party is. that is been my experience. i want to ask you quickly about house speaker john boehner and his standing right now. i think it is strong right now. closing the government and opening it up, he went with the caucus on that. his danger is, when you go to the floor, there are republicans that would elect republicans to speaker. he had 10 or 11 that did not vote for him last time with a 17 vote edge. that is the problem. i think right now, he has never been stronger within a caucus. last caller from florida, on the line for republicans. theer: do you think republicans will keep the house and take the senate? guest: that is a good question. because the republicans are the theparty at this point, and way the lines are d

i'll give a shout out to senator tim scott who's also taken the initiative on the senate side for thisery issue. you know, madam chairman, i came to washington as a congressman to focus on jobs, energy and our founding fathers. r. 4899 focuses on job creation, energy. energy production is a segue to job production in this country. if you look at north dakota, you look at texas, you look at oklahoma, you look at louisiana, these are energy-producing states that have very, very low unemployment. north dakota, 3% unemployment rate or less. in fact, you can get a finder's fee if you can get someone to work at a mcdonald's in north dakota. we can have economic development in this country if we allow energy production onshore and offshore. my state of south carolina wants to see those energy jobs along our coast. hese are not just the oily guys in the hardhats on the rig. these are the widget makers, these are the pipe fitters, the welders, the auto body mechanics and the waitresses at the restaurants that receive the tips from all these workers and the churches that receive the and the cham

tim cook will take the stage for a look at what he might say. we turn to bertha coombs live at cnbc headquarters. good morning. >> good morning, scott. you know, generally apple doesn't unveil hardware at its developers' conference, nonetheless, it does attract thousands tim cook expected to give the key note address a little later this afternoon. the company expected to announce it will get into the smart home devices business which will allow your iphone to control your lights and security system. certainly be taking on google head-to-head. google bought next to do the same thing where you can control things in your home. they also expected to announce a health app that could connect to a smart watch. apple is expected to unveil later this afternoon. stocks closed out may on a mostly positive note. the dow and the s&p 500 both at record highs and look to start a fresh record this morning. it ended higher now for four straight months of gains and this week we'll get a lot of economic data starting today with a report on manufacturing ending at the end of the week, of course, with the monthly jobs report for may. the dow starts at 16,

tim cook begins to speak. for now, let's get to hq and scott wapner. scott. >> thanks. welcome to the halftime show. the billionaire and gambler and golfer and the latest on the insider trading investigation into phil mickelson and why it might have hit a snag. and what's in the pipeline for apple and can it keep the stock moving higher. >> and leading the charge, the ceo at areo pharmaceuticals. >> kate kelly is here with us as well as those on the desk today. we begin with the insider trading investigation that has rocked the sports world. golfer phil mickelson and carl icahn and reputed gambler, who made a trade on clorox that impacted one of our own. dr. dre. why did these trade is a tract your attention you did flag at the time as we look at the april calls and volume around those trades? >> in february, as you can see, scott, relatively nothing going on leading to mid-february. all of a sudden, a huge spike in volume. this huge spike in volume is what drew our eyes to it. around that same time, carl icahn comes in and says he has a 9.1% stake in clorox and with an activist investor like carl,

tim cook begins to speak. for now, let's get to hq and scott wapner. scott. >> thanks. welcome to the halftime show.lfer and the latest on the insider trading investigation into phil mickelson and why it might have hit a snag. and what's in the pipeline for apple and can it keep the stock moving higher. >> and leading the charge, the ceo at

tim cook did unveil software upgrades. >> some observers say what's to come in the fall. scott in terms of software not new devices? >> whole new programming language. if you're a developer, that couldn't get any more exciting. if you're not a programmer, that's not as exciting. they talked about integration with a lot of services that right now are not so brought together. health, with this health kit service and health app and home kit which is this attempt to bring the smartphone together, both areas we've heard about, that google is going to be in play with and samsung and so looks like apple is trying to make a play for that. but with other people's devices and services for now, we have to wonder down the road, seems like it's laying the groundwork. >> was there an aggressiveness to the tone yesterday? the apple ceo tim cook talked about 130 million people bought an ios device in the last year and then he said people were going from android and switching back to apple because they made a, quote/unquote, big mistake. why did it he feel the need to say that? >> it wasn't men

tim courtney says global diversification is key right now. gary rand, capital partners' founder and chairman, has three beaten-down stocks that every investor should own, and scottthe pits of the cme. i want to start with gold. iraq has been a problem for a while, so it wasn't just iraq. what is it? what's driving gold up right now? >> i think it's a little bit of a short squeeze. gold's come off here for a while. i only have two reasons i want to buy gold, if there's some sort of armageddon and i don't see it, or asen inflation edge, and i don't see it per janet yellen yesterday. so if there isn't any inflation and i don't see armageddon, let this happen. but when it starts to stall out, shoot it out of the sky because i think the real worry is deflation, and in a deflationary environment, this gold is way too expensive. liz: okay. while we're talking, the numbers for oracle a have started to move. we don't want to get them incorrect, but we can put up the stock reaction, and it is negative at the moment. oracle's stock is moving down in the after market session. one of the flashes that i'm seeing here is that quarterly new software license revenues were unchan

tim coming out as majority whip. now we have this leadership in place. how will the rest of the party align then? we have a congressman, scotten buffett's favorite republican. he believes that he is one of the down the line, moderate republicans. he has been fighting the extreme. what does rigell have to say about the change in leadership? >> if you could please ask mr. rigell my question -- whether the change in houses will have any bearing on the six senate seats the republicans are trying to grab. >> that is a great question. 2016rm elections and presidential election. >> looking forward to it. inky so much. >> thursday morning must-read i want to share. this comes from the new york times, from roger:. pretty poignant. here is an excerpt. arece in the absence of sustained political strategy leads nowhere. this has been obama's failure in afghanistan and iraq. frank keating, you're a two-time governor of oklahoma. what is the role? >> to assemble the facts and make a decision. have really important to people with information and talent and integrity around you, who know about what is going on. you break the tie. you have t

scott olson. we need to keep roots off the ground until the rules of engagement are changed so our soldiers can fight. timeil says bring back the draft. unnecessary war are all wars would be abolished through public outcry the next day. dan is doing is from elizabeth hill, pennsylvania on the independent line. caller: good morning. 10,000 mercer in areas -- mercenaries arrived in iraq. what is happened to him? the prime minister has to have everything cleared with the cleric. fatwa cleric has issued a that all homosexuals should be killed in the most severe way. that's what it is. homosexualsturing and it is all because the prime minister and society. these are two different people and to different religious figures. is anti-iranian. taken apart in iraq the politics. he has worked to have a peaceful religious establishment inside iraq. we did see him over the past days asked iraq these to defend themselves. this is been a tragic mistake on his part. i do not think he meant to provoke the widespread mobilization of militias. of tribal elements to the iraqis purity forces and the mobilization of these shia

year's acquisition of scott tell us a blight the company is owned by russia's richest man in the south you smell. all right let's get over to the business desk and talk to mr tim cabaye because i was away last week i was in chiang mai and you've all but one of my absence what's happened since it was your account it wasn't a will russia's largest fertilizer producer went down a little bit three and a half percent for the last six hundred bucks but my faith in the wheel is not she could because we're still up six thousand dollars from our original ten thousand we that we started with so let's see we're going to invest in this week come on we'll . let's see. we're going for. united aircraft corporation this is an interesting one because they basically took all of the various aircraft companies from the soviet union and merge them into one book so the thing is russian t.v. show is not very popular outside of russia so we'll see if this one pays off for a dot see if it flies or. i think it might be the latter unfortunately oh come on come for mr lucky so far as what six hundred bucks is that often around six thousand. rounds in cabaye well done good luck see next w