u.s. senator? >> well, let me say initially, i salute your service as a veteran, both in the armed services and with the cia. what i believe makes me qualified to be a u.s. senator is that i have spent a lifetime fighting for the constitution and winning on a national level. i served five and a half years as the solicitor general of texas, the chief lawyer for the state in front of the u.s. supreme court, serving under greg abbott, and over and over again, we led the nation defending the constitution, defending the conservative principles, whether it was the ten commandments or the pledge of allegiance or the second amendment or u.s. sovereignty, standing up to the world court and the united nations and defending u.s. sovereignty. we need a fighter right now and that's what i've spent a lifetime doing is fighting for the constitution. >> okay. gentlemen, thank you very much. we now have a question from peggy fikac and it goes to lieutenant governor dewhurst. >> lieutenant governor, social security

the biggest contests, the u.s. senate race, expected to pit tim kaine against former republican senator george allen. u.s. commerce secretary john bryson says he will take a medical leave of absence after he was allegedly involved in a series of hit and run accident in california on the weekend. he was found unconscious in his car after the crash as. the white house said that he had a seizure. we're not sure what the cat owner is using for letterbox because it happens to be huge. >> you have to take a look this cat. we need a picture where she has him over her head. 20 pounds. it's only two years oldh yearse is not done growing. it will grow another 11 pounds. >> you like that picture? rupert is huge. he could grow up 31 peounds. he looks like a bobcat. somebody might think he is a wild animal of the got out. >> if the is going to be the size of a bobcat. that is a powerful feline. >> this was found in australia. >> joey lawrence, the actor who competed on "dancing with the stars," he has taken a more risque role these da

we should know we have some results from the u.s. senate race in virginia. i'm told that right now, you're looking at the george allen race and he is winning with 4% of the precincts reporting. 59% of the vote goes to george allen. it wasn't thought that any of the others could provide him. only 4% reporting. that seems to have been the case. but of course, we'll have a lot more on this on 9news now at 11:00 when more results will be in. susan page, thank you so much for being here. we appreciate it. >> thank you, derek. >> let's turn to topper. there are storms out there bubbling and boiling our way. >> they are. if you're around the immediate metro area, it's pleasant. the breaks in the clouds, sun northwest. but that said, here's a look at live doppler 9,000. we have been tracking these for three hours now. right now, nothing severe. you are going to get hammered with rain fall in winchester. an inch per hour over the next 40 minutes or so. they will roll into front royal. so we're not done with the storms just yet. the front back to our west. 77 downtown

u.s. senator jon tester, thanks for your time. i appreciate it. >> thank you, rachel. >> up next, acting.

u.s. senator, that's the kind of thing that i mean. and now he is doing it again. ously, it is hard not to take this personally. the person who really is running against scott brown for senate is elizabeth warren, the middle class economics expert and so-called sheriff of wall street, who founded the consumer financial protection bureau and thereby did not endear herself to the hedge funds and wall street investment banks who have been scott brown's top supporters. elizabeth warren is running against scott brown, but senator brown has been very reluctant to agree to a debate schedule with her. "the boston globe" reporting that the senator and his staff have refused to meet with elizabeth warren or her campaign to discuss debate invitations or dates or terms for debating. this week, though, scott brown says he would agree to a televised debate with elizabeth warren, but he had conditions. and he said if his conditions weren't met, he wouldn't do it. his conditions are, first, that the widow of senator ted kennedy not make an endorsement in the senate race. seriously,

in 1984, a long shot candidate for the u.s. senate was elected over democrat d eshgdee huddleston. he is currently serving his fifth term and is the longest serving united states senator in the history of the state of kentucky. in the u.s. senate, in the federal courts, and in the court of public opinion, he has fought liberal campaign finance reform, including mccain-feingold, and defended the right of organizations like ffc to fully participate in our elections and we are very grateful for his leadership on that. he is pro-life, pro-family, pro-marriage, a full spectrum conservative who led the fight in the senate against the failed obama stimulus package, against obamacare and against obama's liberal judicial nominee. he has a perfect 100% voting record with the faith and freedom coalition. he is married to the brilliant and lovely former director of the peace corps, former president of united way and former secretary of labor, elaine chou. he definitely married above himself. he is the proud father of three daughters. he is the 15

the u.s. senate rates were way higher, and even higher than the district tend race, and it disproportionately impacted minorities, so you continue to cite these numbers, even though there are many other elections where the over vote rate was the top two primary, which you are trying to introduce for san francisco in september. the system you are introducing -- supervisor farrell: thank you. i once again appreciate your personal attacks. thank you, colleagues, for insuring that again. i appreciate everyone who came out to speak about the issue. i appreciate people's opinions for sure. public comment is closed? >> at this time, public comment is closed. supervisor kim: for the matter of public meetings, we should as much as possible engage in respectable disagreement on these issues. i note they inspire a lot of strong opinions, but i think as much as possible i do respect the position of our supervisors, even when i do disagree with them. i think it is important for us to maintain that atmosphere here

u.s. senator chris dodd that will be in fifteen minutes time right here on not. the first day of talks to try and break the long running stalemate over iran's nuclear program just wrapping up now right here in moscow more negotiations between tehran and the six world powers are planned for choose day as europe and the u.s. prepare to slap their toughest sanctions to date on the islamic republic. and offers the latest. but we've heard from the iranians today as a regeneration of their position that they want an acknowledgement of their right to win a ritchey radium force the billion nuclear purposes and president mahmoud ahmadinejad seemed to indicate on his website that iran would be willing to halt high level uranium enrichment if the world powers agreed to meet its need for the fuel that iranians are also hoping that the west will scale back its sanctions which are of course a significantly hurting our oil exports and the arabian economy but the message from the region european union today was that landing and borrow against iranian oil will continue in less th

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one race that people are already looking forward to is the race of u.s. senate. both want that job. >> republican george allen hopes that a win today could be a sign of what comes in november. yesterday, he met voters one by one, pushing them out to the polls. >> we're taking nothing for granted, including those in this primary. the world is controlled by those who show up. >> polls show him way above at 62%. he has raised a total of $6.7 million. >> we're in a political storm here in virginia. he says he is the better choice biggest he believes he was the better governor. he claims he created 300,000 jobs while tim kane, a democrat, lost 100,000. meeting with all -- meeting with business owners, he responded. >> i was governor during the bush presidency which was the worst recession during the 1930's. if you look to the time we served, there was a dramatic difference. >> two congressman currently serving north virginia both face some opposition in their primaries today, but political experts say both of them are expected to win. it opened across the state and cl

u.s. senator chris dodd libya syria and the g. twenty and relations between russia and the u.s. are all up for discussion here on r.t. stay with us for that. zip sigrid lumber touring the two mccurry was able to build a new its most sophisticated robot.

u.s. senator jim webb. tim kaine is expected to win that democratic nomination. you will likely face former republican senator george allen. open from 6:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. we will have results tonight at 11:00. >> a special election is being held in arizona for the house seat that was held by gabrielle giffords. >> the democratic congresswoman gave up her seat in january so she could concentrate on her recovery. republican jesse kelly is facing off against former giffords aide democrat ron barber. >> president obama will attend a couple campaign fund-raisers in baltimore today. he will attend an event at a home in owings mills and then a fund-raiser with maryland governor martin o'malley at a hotel in downtown baltimore. then he will travel to philadelphia for a campaign fund-raiser tonight. his presumptive republican rival mitt romney attended a fund- raiser in atlanta last night where he told supporters that he hopes the supreme court will do the right thing and strike down president obama's healthcare reform law. the supreme court is expected to rule this

u.s. senator says that these maps get too close for comfort. a high-tech planes be spine home to make the new treaty maps? a u.s. senator says yes. the three months are coming from google and apple. did waste the on public view. did we don't expect that same loss of privacy occurrence when you're setting yourself in your backyard or preparing a meal in your kitchen spy plane from 10,000 ft. up and capture the image. >>> it can scarcely a fourth line their head in he wants people to build up daughter heather image blurred. why was she discloses 4 in.? even down to street level. some people say they want more detailed than the current satellite images provide. and in transportation and asia peebles' goods everywhere and it is the give me an address at the it looked look at of the amounts and find out what exactly this. to see if i am delivering things to a parking lot or a storage building our national warehouse. it will spokesperson on confirm what had planned sale and they said we appreciate the senator's concerns and look forward to meeting wi

u.s. senators have asked the n.s.a. just how many people it's spied on but the agencies keeping their lips sealed and you'll never guess why they say dishing that information would violate your privacy now senators ron wyden and mark udall are asking what's really behind the big secret behind the foreign intelligence surveillance act the law was expanded back in two thousand and eight and allows the n.s.a. to spy on americans without a warrant here's the response the senators received from the inspector general of the intelligence committee after they sent a request to n.s.a. for an estimate of how many americans are having their communications surveilled a letter says i defer to his conclusion that obtaining such an estimate was beyond the capacity of his office and dedicated to fission additional resources would likely end p. to the n.s.a.'s mission he further stated that his office and n.s.a. leadership agrees that an i.g. review of the sort suggested would itself violate the privacy of u.s. persons so what's the big

highly-contested race reaching a high the contested race for the seven -- the highly contested race for the u.s. senate in virginia. >> a hot race and dangerous heat. the u.s. coast guard has now recovered any stowaways' after extensive search of a cargo ship docked in new jersey. the search began yesterday. federal authorities used x-ray machines and officers to search. the source of the northeast remains a mystery. the race for senate is in full swing in virginia with republican george allen and democrat tim kaine spending the morning in northern virginia. jennifer donelan was there for the town event. >> two former virginia governor's lying for the job of u.s. senator on the same stage for the first time in months. [laughter] >> a few chuckles for the camera, a handshake. >> it was a joint appearance. >> this is a semi-debate. we will have plenty of others. >> virginia should get ready to see more of them on stage. the appearance and microsoft in ruston was an acknowledgement form and both touted success. >> over three and a thousand new jobs were created. >> we attracted businesses. >> business own

. >>> the u.s. senate has reportedly reached a deal to keep the student loan interest rate from doubling. house republicans are expected to discuss this issue at a closed-door meeting the morning of july 1st. now, interest rates on july 1st on the federally-subsidized student loans are set to jump from about 3% to almost 7%. so lawmakers from both parties want to keep that rate from basically rising just to disagree on how to offset the $6 billion loss in the federal treasury. we'll keep you posted on how this all goes. >>> the u.s. supreme court now set to rule on the constitutionality of president barack obama 2010 healthcare reform law, the affordable care act. they're going to rule tomorrow. you may know this as obama care. the crux of the lawsuit involves 26 states and the individual mandate. that's a requirement of individuals to buy health insurance by the government. popular aspects of the law include healthcare coverage of adult dependents up to 26 years old, also the protection for people who hav

he had managed to make it into the u.s. senate really only because the republican party in illinois was in such shambles that their decision for a candidate to run against them was alan keys. and on wednesday i could probably be alan keys for almost any race. now this is not to say that state senator barack obama is anything short of exceptional, but the ease with which he walked into the u.s. senate had everything to do with the failures of the illinois republican party. thanks, judy. we appreciate that. in the immediate aftermath of hurricane katrina the national figure that emerges is barack obama on one hand, hillary clinton on the other, and a sense among the american people that what we had just done and what we had been doing since 2001 was not the best of who we were. that we were capable of something else. i loved the 2008 campaign. it was great fun. it was. it just was, that 2008 campaign, great fun. but it wasn't great fun because the obama for america campaign was so brilliant. they were fine. it was great fun because

previous to the u.s. senate, mr. rubio served in the florida house of representatives for eight years. so, senator rubio appeals to floridians, a crucial swing state which mitt romney must win if he is to become president of the u.s. senator rubio, age 41, could also help romney pull the youth vote. rubio wrote an autobiography, published this week, called "an american son ." from his ought tow biography quote many people who come here illegally are doing exactly what we would do, if we lived in a country where we couldn't feed our families. if my kids went to sleep hungry every night and my country didn't give me an opportunity to feed them there isn't a law, month matter how restrictive, that would prevent coming here. unquote. >> what is the political impact of rubio's strong words? paul? >> well, i think it strengthens any future immigration forum. you have obviously a senator who represents hispanics, standing up for illegal immigration for the humanity behind illegal immigration. i don't think it necessarily hel

how the new poll finds the race for u.s. senate in virginia. former candidates are facing off for allen's old senate seat but neither candidate seems to have a clear edge. tom fitzgerald has more on. this. >> reporter: this new poll comes out on the same day that george allen lost his first attack ad against tim kaine. with five months to the election, it's already clear that this race in virginia is going to be a hard-fought contest. virginia's republican senate primary is in less than a week. george allen is taking aim as expected democratic rival. >> tuesday, june 12th. we can send a message to president obama and his liberal hand-picked party chairman, tim kaine. >> reporter: a new poll out wednesday from quinnipiac university shows both candidates in a statistical tie. tim kaine is leading george allen 44-43% but that is within the margin of error. >> i helped lead virginia through the toughest economy in. >> reporter: tim kaine has been touring and allen wants to lock up the republican nomination this month. >> people are anxious and worri

on this primary day, they are choosing a republican candidate for u.s. senate. other races on the ballot include the u.s. house district 8 democratic primary, the seat held by jim moran. a republican candidate will be chosen in district 11 to face democrat jerry connelly in the fall and voters in alexandria are choosing democratic candidates for city council. polls are open from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 tonight. >>> a follow-up in the corruption scandal that put former prince george's county executive jack johnson behind bars. two business owners have been sentenced in connection to the scandal. the judge sentenced them to 30 months and 18 months. they are co-conspirators in an untaxed cigarette smuggling scheme. >>> man who crashed a car into a building will remain locked up without bail. charles ball said he deliberately drove his car into the building. claims his family was in danger and he wanted to speak to the fbi. >> if you want to talk to someone, there are other ways of doing it other than driving a car through a front window. >> police say they found a canist

the u.s. senate panel approves a new bill on visa bans and sanctions against russian officials implicated in alleged human rights abuses all of this in the latest diplomatic round it ties between moscow and washington. just one month to go before london's a two thousand and twelve olympics but as the city prepares to protect the streets critics say the games will look more like a security drill rather than that of a sporting spectacle. live from moscow this is our rory sushi thanks for joining us on the program today in syria gunmen have reportedly stormed the headquarters of a pro-government news channel killing at least three employees this comes after the country's president called on his newly sworn in ministers to do everything in their power to win what he called an ongoing war correspondent is in the syrian capital with the latest. this is this strongest statement from president bashar al assad since the uprising began sixteen months ago and i have to say that things that are indeed dramatic h

a u.s. senate pal approves a new bill on these a bans and sanctions against russian officials implicated in alleged human rights abuses in the latest diplomatic route to hit ties between moscow and washington. as london makes its final preparations with just one month until the olympic games officially begin this it is security operations are the focus of strong criticism. parties interviews up next and now with business presented me to maybe anchor interviews daniel yergin a pulitzer prize winning author and economic researcher on iran's ability to export oil and how it will be affected by impending sanctions. on the first of july europe will seize importing oil from iran and new u.s. sanctions will also come into place now to talk about how this will affect the energy market i'm now joined by daniel yergin he is the chairman of i.h.s. cera also author of the quest and pulitzer prize went to daniel it's a big pleasure to have you on the thank you so right now what we're seeing on the energy market

a u.s. senate committee passes a bill which imposes travel and economic sanctions on a russian officials believed to be implicated in human rights violations the route was sponsored by the death of lawyers sort of wild in russia in custody in two thousand and nine. the security operation for the london olympics is under fire for overshadowing the sport and the games organizers are also criticized for flaunting battleships on the rockets while it seems the olympic park is still easily open to attack. our next hour of business presented to me treatment think o. interviews daniel yergin a pulitzer prize winning author and economic growth the focus being iran's ability to export oil and how it will be affected by impending sanctions this is art. on the first of july europe will seize importing oil from iran and new u.s. sanctions will also come into place now to talk about how this will affect the energy market i'm now joined by daniel yergin he is the chairman of i chest hair and also author of the qu

could be brought to the floor of the u.s. senate. it ought to be one of those things where you could get unanimous consent out of the u.s. senate to institutionalize the kororganization needed for united states to move forward with the safe development of offshore energy. that would be a very simple thing to do, and yet it appears to be a do nothing congress at this point in time. they are not willing to do that. because they don't want anything to happen. it's the -- the world of very fails and politics of today. it says doing nothing is better than doing something, even though it may be a small measure. in my view, it would be a very important measure because the realitisy that americans know and i believe we all agree, whether you're in the coverageation community or in the oil and gas industry that having safe and responsible production of our oil and gas in the oceans of america is something that is in fact very important. said something that could be done. it wouldn't take a whole lot of leadership to dop that. the second thing

and for more on the syrian situation joined by james debt jatra so former adviser to the u.s. senaterepublican leadership thank you for joining us here on r.t.c. let's talk about turkey's reaction to the reports that its war plane was shot down over syria hours after those reports surfaced the country's prime minister failed to clarify the situation in a news conference why not and what do you think is going on here it seems like there's some kind of gray area. well of course there's a gray area and the question is how are turkey or nato or the countries that want to intervene military in syria going to take advantage of that gray area it's interesting for example that syria is supposedly apologizing to turkey why isn't turkey apologizing for one of its warplanes over following syrian space i think the real danger that it's pointed to here is that unlike kosovo or libya or other cases where nato wanted to intervene and was relying on a say an atrocity story to justify its action syria borders on a nato country and if the forces in the western countries or saudi arabia and turkey who

a u.s. senate panel approves a new bill on visa. to russian officials. human rights abuses. in the latest diplomatic spat. between moscow and washington. by restricting. the green light. to protect the streets. more like a security. spectacle. for right. now a business present. pulitzer prize winning author of economic research on iran's ability to export oil and how it will be affected by impending sanctions are due to come into effect on july the. on the first of july europe will seize importing oil from iran and new u.s. sanctions will also come into place now to talk about how this will affect the energy market i'm now joined by daniel yergin he is the chairman of my h.s. there and also author of the quest and pulitzer prize winner daniel it's a big pleasure to have you on the thank you so right now what we're seeing on the energy market is a downward trend although over the years of the economic turmoil two thousand and eight two thousand and nine and the following years we have seen oil price

gentleman of the pine state indiana today i have a great ride you know to keep out of the u.s. senate has been a success his relentless attacks on the middle class to show where they are these really are not of the one percent. not that video for all the right one please to the people of the fine state of indiana i'd like to take some time to tell you why richard murdoch should not be representing you in washington d.c. for starters he hates bipartisanship his definition of working together is when democrats see the republican point of view is this what you want representing you. whoops guess i did a little bit of a murdoch moment but look we can all see what this flub by the senate candidate really says about him he's just like every other politician out there all about the spin not so much of the honesty and that's the sad reality that we voters now live with the least murdock's hurt himself over hopefully now the who's all recognize that his lack of interest in working with lawmakers would probably make him one of the least worthy senate candidates come november. i sort of come ton

we are not only a swing state, we have an open u.s. senate seat and to relatively close house seats. so it will be back again shortly. initially, a lot of what came and was against me last spring. by the end it was almost equally balanced between outside interest. a lot of that money has moved on to ohio and florida and a lot of other places, or has become more dispersed. there are ways to move on. it does not mean we will never have any battles in the state, but a lot of the intensity, the scrutiny from outside of wisconsin heightened that. this is not unique just to me. this is the closest blue state in america. 2.5 million votes cast and only a few thousand was the difference between the two. we are a microcosm of america. we have urban, suburban, and rural areas. 2008 was an anomaly, but in 2000 and 2004 and i would imagine 2012, it will be very close. >> [unintelligible] >> the recall slowed what could have otherwise been a process going down that path. all four of the candidates are not campaigning, but they spent most of their time tal

a u.s. senate committee passes a bill banning russian officials it believes to be implicated in human rights violations. by the death of a lawyer while the russian custody three years ago. also london two thousand and twelve is starting to look like a security event. not a sporting event the games organizers are under fire for flaunting battleships. and still easily open to it. it is good to have you with us here on r.t. today rule reese who shared live in moscow one of syria's a pro-government news stations has come under attack leaving several employees dead it's off the president bashar assad addressed his cabinet on national t.v. saying the country was in a state of war. what you can see behind me is what's left from the main building of the syrian state run television syrian news body years after what government says was a terror attack according to the syrian news agency sana early in the morning about four a group of terrorists broke through the main gate of the studio's headquarters two sec

three of the premier centers in the u.s. senate providing leadership -- senators in the u.s. sent providing leadership. this is our ohio coalition share. -- chair. he was reelected as the secretary of state. his public service includes terms as mayor of cincinnati, and u.s. ambassador to the united nations rights commission. is also a senior fellow at the family research council. we're proud to call him one of our own. [applause] >> i will give you highlights of his bio in a moment. i want to say that it is his clarity of vision, the fire of his spirit that have made as good friends for decades. moral agency is what moves -- as personified by billy graham'. and the list goes on. history does not moved by chance. history is dependent upon men and women who are willing to take a stand in imports and peters of action -- important theaters of action across this country and the world. he is inspired by an ample supply of moral agency. it is what has made him make a difference in anything he has done. he is first and foremost a proud husband and father. he is a stand-up son. his da

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example is indiana's richard murdoch sees the current treasurer for the state and he's running for u.s. senate on the republican ticket or more like the tea party ticket and so being the good republican that he is murdoch wants to prove to his potential constituents they he will represent them well and what's the best way to do that by denouncing obamacare of course and the supreme court justices decision is a great way to do that. supreme court with the with really something. that you. know the latest record to be. richard. so murdoch want to set it seat so bad that he has made sure to touch on all of the key points here president obama the democrats what's right and what's wrong and most importantly the obamacare label i think richard pulled the trigger too early you know what i mean the supreme court hasn't actually decided yet or that least they haven't told us their decision yet so how does murdoch know the results well maybe this next clip will give you the answer. those that are coming here keep the decision to speak or certain but not all feel secure. you can bet the democrats are goin