wisconsin voters are going to the polls to decide whether to replace governor walker with tom barrett'll have the wisconsin results live at 10:00 eastern. >>> finally on a personal note, america and i are grateful to the entire bush family for their guidance and their example during our own transition. george, i will always remember the gathering you hosted for all the living former presidents before i took office. your kind words of encouragement, plus you also left me a really good tv sports package. that was -- i use it. >> last week, portraits of former president george w. bush and first lady laura bush were unveiled at the white house. it was their first visit since leaving office. >> in 1814, dolly madison famously saved this portrait of first george w. now, michelle, if anything happens -- there's your man. >> watch the entire event online at the c-span video library. our coverage of the 2012 cable show in boston continues in a moment with erin burnett from cnn. she sat down with tim armstrong and greg britt at this annual gathering of the national cable and telecommunications.

wisconsin voters are going to the polls to decide whether to replace governor walker with tom barrett. c-span2 will have the wisconsin results live, starting at 9:00 eastern. >>> this is c-span-3. every weekend, 48 hours of people on events telling the american story, on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites. and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> a conversation now with federal communications commission chair julius genachowski. he spoke at the national cable and telecom association annual convention. he was interviewed by the group's president and ceo, michael powell. this is about 20 minutes. >> mr. chairman, good morning. great to see you. >> good to see you. >> let's start easy. the dynamics of the commissioner is always interesting. and less than a week ago, you finally got your full complement of commissioners, both of whom has blessed us by coming up to the cable show in the first week. what does that mean for you? is that exciting? new difficulties? >> it makes it harder to get conference rooms. but no, it's grea

just to the north of milwaukee county scott walker with 70% of the votes. tom barrett with 30%. 47% counted. washington county, if there is a more republican counties in waukesha county, maybe it is washington county. nearly 80% of the votes going to governor walker over mayor barrett. finally, let's look at the scene county. we are starting to get some numbers there. again, there is a big state senate recall election featuring van wanggaard and john lehman. 15% of the precincts reporting governor walker, 63% mayor barrett, 37% for the only thing i will add is that it is not just abc news that has made that projection. it is also now cnn and probably about three other national news outlets. >> we have not heard from the associated press yet. they will be one of the last tonight. we are also keeping an eye on the state senate races. one of the ones that is interesting is a rematch. it is van wanggaard against john lehman. we did finally get some votes in on that, and it looks like the incumbent is ahead. >> showing 10% reporting right now. jason newton is live at the sc

walker with 58% of the vote. the democratic mayor of milwaukee, tom barrett, with 41% of the vote. that's with 65% of the vote in. this was a rematch of a race two years ago. governor walker won narrowly then. at the moment he's winning by a bigger margin now. the question is as we bring back our panel, what does what happened in wisconsin tonight mean for the election as we head on to november? as i bring up the electoral college map, let's go to dana bash at walker headquarters in wisconsin. arifleische rerk arifleischer, the former press secretary for george w. bush. and paul begala. and also with us, gloria borger and david gergen. so dana, i want to go to you on the scene first in the sense that if you look at an electoral map that we start with president obama at 247 and governor romney at 206. the question has been is this the final map? these yellow states there are toss-ups or are there thinks in anybody's armor? at least for the moment it is possible we have found a ching in the democratic armor there. as we talk to republicans do they think, yes, this puts wisconsin in pl

showdown that's when voters decide if they want to recall republican governor scott walker and replace him with tom barrett wisconsin voters decide whether to remove governor scott walker from office and replace it with milwaukee mayor tom barrett this could have wide ranging implications for union power in america and the race for the white house in november the drive to recall walker began after the governor released his plan to balance the state's budget it called for stripping most public workers of their collective bargaining rights. now i completely understand the mainstream media covering wisconsin asking how might relate to the general election in november because it is important it is a big deal was constant is a microcosm of many of the ideological debates that are being waged nationally right now it will give us an inside to how things have changed since the election in two thousand and eight since the midterms in two thousand and eleven or two thousand and ten up until now but walt's important to discuss the mainstream media has gone and done its usual thing and switched full on one hundred per

with something that could potentially have national significance. they are deciding whether to recall the current republican governor scott walker replacing him with democrat tom barrett. the movement to remove governor walker began after he outraged union members and supporters in early 2011. he says legislation to reducecollective bargaining rights for state employees was needed to balance a budget. the democrats called the sneak attack on working families and gathered thousands of signatures across the state. >> whatever it takes to get scott walker out of here i am happy. >> it will be the third u.s. governor in history to face a recall vote. >>> make headlines around the nation police in oregon says say a man used a young boy to help him rob the business. they robbed a food cart within a specialty store e acted like he was going to shake his hand and put a bear hand on him and told him not to move. ed child suspected to be around -- the child suspected to be around 10 walked in and grabbed the cash and they ran off. they struck again the next day. >> almost the same identical method threatened the clerk and the kid grabbed the money and they ran off. >> it's horr

head to the polls to desigh whether to recall the republican governor scott walker replacing him with a democrat tom barrett. movement started when walker introduced legislation sparking outrage from union members. it was meant to reduce collective bargaining rights for state employees in order to balance the state's budget tostop billions in debt. >> we took on the special interest. i will continue to stand with the hard working taxpayers of the state. >> the only governor in the country who has legal defense fund. this is wisconsin values versus outside influence. >> a victory for walker could give republicans in efforts to make which is concain battleground state in november. it's 4:37. and sir paul mccart any elton john and stevie wonder a few big names in london. how the queen is celebrating the 6th -- 60th year on the thrown and who is missingfrom the festivities. >>> scientists say you won't see this for another sent rim all eyes will be on the skies tonight. time for a check of the traffic. >> reporter: yes, everything is up to speed on 895 at o'donnell street. i will let you know how the beltway is

that's considering how much walker is spending so scott walker is highly unpopular and people do like tom barrett so the fact that it is that close with that much of a funding advantage is really remarkable walker's opponent mayor tom barrett released this campaign ad today let's take a listen. isn't it time to end the civil war in wisconsin scott walker has divided our state and while he's pursued his ideological agenda last year was nuts and lost more jobs and any state in the country we can't afford to have a governor who says it's my way or the highway. so he says wisconsin what's going on there is a civil war and you know in congress lawmakers say that they've never seen a more divisive congress so could this be a preview of what's to come on a national scale well yeah it definitely is a preview and you know be unfair to say that we haven't already seen a divisive congress in this country pretty much sense two thousand and ten when the tea party candidates quote shut lacked the democrats those are barack obama's words we've seen in a trance and a transparent congress which has done absolutely nothing but obstruction and you know

voters are going to the polls to decide whether to replace republican governor scott walker with milwaukee mayor, tom barrett. polls are also open in iowa, montana, new mexico and south dakota. watch primary results tonight on c-span 2. republican mitt romney and democrat barack obama have collected enough signatures, enough delegates, to win their party's nominations, so we're following the wisconsin recall. coverage of that starts on c-span 2 at 10:00 eastern. warren buffett talks to the economic club of washington tonight. we'll have live coverage of his remarks. he's expected to discuss economic issues with carlyle group co-founder david rubenstein at 8:50 p.m. eastern. >>> this is c-span 3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites. you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> the mayor of new york city was this year's commencement speaker at the university of north carolina in chapel hill. michael bloomberg said

a fight to the finish for a statehouse and a state sharply divided by scott walkers policies. with tom barrettl rematch will come down to turnout. we are already seeing voters weighing in. the gain through the process will pay dividends and republicans hope outside attacks will translate to a victory for them. mayor barrett and scott walker monday night. >> it amazing me where you get called courageous for keeping your word. i will continue to stand with the taxpayers of wisconsin. >> scott walker has succeeded in dividing the state. he has succeeded in dividing. we will show this state and nation that scott walker will never conquer the middle class of wisconsin. >> so joining me now former dane county executive katharine falk and brian chemming. it is great to see both of you this morning. i know it is a busy day in

a fight to the finish for a statehouse and a state sharply divided by scott walkers policies. with tom barrettl rematch will come down to turnout. we are already seeing voters weighing in. the gain through the process will pay dividends and republicans hope outde

walker. 40% for tom barrett. you see a significant advantage, 341,000 so far with 26% of the vote in. for tom barrett. as a result of the actual numbers that have come in, where the numbers are coming from, the actual official results as well as the exit poll information we showed at 52/48 percentage win. at least the exit polls showed for scott walker. cnn can now project that the republican governor will retain his job as the governor of wisconsin. a close race. the republicans obviously spent a lot more money, but scott walker will remain as governor of wisconsin. i'm wolf blitzer in for piers morgan. our coverage continues right now on "ac 360." >>> i'm john king in for anderson cooper. let's go with the breaking news tonight. cnn now projecting scott walker the republican governor of wisconsin will withstand a recall challenge from tom barrett. the republican winning in a hotly contested nationally watched recall election. the big issue at the beginning, governor walker's efforts to curtain the rights of public employees union. in the middle of a gig budget crisis. tens of millio

that's when voters decide if they want to recall republican governor scott walker and replace him with tom barrette. walker was pushed into the recall by people angered at his cutting of union power and bargaining rights. cnn's ted rollins goes in-depth and he joins us live from madison, wisconsin. what is the voter turnout expected to be like, ted. >> huge, carol. they are expecting record numbers in terms of voter turn out. they are seeing money being poured in here and you said it earlier, the core of this issue is unions. that's what has the nation watch and that's what has a lot of people in wisconsin on both sides very upset. we talk to two teachers. they are on opposite sides of this very nasty fight. michelle and john are teachers in madison. craig clum is a teacher in milwaukee. they are on opposite sides of the political showdown in wisconsin. we met michelle and john 16 months ago protesting at the state capitol. they were furious with then new governor scott walker and his new bill to cut education funding and unions collective bargaining rights. >> our lines were turned completely ups

voters are going to be polls to decide whether to replace republican governor scott walker with milwaukee mayor tom barrett. c-span 2 will have the wisconsin results lye starting at 9:00 eastern. >> finally on a personal note, michelle enand i are grateful to the entire bush family for their guidance and help sdurg their transition. george, i will always remember the gathering you hosted for all the forming living presidents before i took office. plus you also left me a really good tv sports package. i use it. >>> last week, portraits of former president george w. bush and first lady laura bush were unveiled at the white house. it was their first visit since leaving office. >> in 1814, dolly madison fam s famously saved this portrait of the first george w. now michelle, if anything happens, there's your man. >> watch the entire event online at the c-span video library. >>> the senate is about to tack almay jor reauthorization of farm, food and nutrition programs. kelsey snell with the national journal daily, tell us about some of the major issues that will come up during this debate. .

are competing for jeff bingaman and wisconsin voters will decide whether to replace scott walker with tom barrett president obama was joined by former president bill clinton for a fundraiser last night, endorsing him, saying that he should stay in office and not be replaced in the fall here's your chance to say what you think about his endorsement how you feel about campaign 2012 here are the numbers to call. you can also find us online on twitter. and you can join the conversation on facebook. or email us. here is the new york times story about president bill clinton's support of the current president last night. other papers covered the event last night and talk about whether or not it brings some strength to the obama campaign. it says -- .hat's the washington post how much does that influence you? , former president bill clinton campaigning for president obama. david mark is joining us from "politico" on the phone. how are the polls reading and what is at stake? guest: it has been over a year since scott walker took on collective bargaining rights in wisconsin, which made a lot of unions, sta

a recent university poll has scott walker with a seven-point lead over tom barrett. many democrats are questioning that. the newest poll from public policy polling shows walker only has a three-point lead. i have been in wisconsin this past weekend stopping by in racine and burlington and north milwaukee. everywhere i went, there was unbelievable enthusiasm. so this is one for the archives, folks. i don't know how the polls can be judging the heart and desire of the people that i ran into this weekend. there was one person that struck me. a teacher that has been in the business some 20 years in the classroom and says she's not ready to retire. she wants to go another ten years. she said, ed, if there's anything that comes out of this, will you just tell the people of america that i'm not the enemy. this is how a lot of people in wisconsin feel. they feel like they've been vilified by a radical agenda. the people of wisconsin don't understand why they're the guinea pig of a right-wing agenda just to, quote, see if it works, this person told me. there's reaction from th

walker. 40% for tom barrett. you see a significant advantage, 341,000 so far with 26% of the vote in. for tom barrett. as a result of the actual numbers that have come in, where the numbers are coming from, the actual official results as well as the exit poll information we

the man with the plan to defeat scott walker is here. tom barrettnd his running mate mahlon mitchell will be here tonight. share your thoughts on twitter. we'll be right back. good morning! wow. want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious? you're a talking bee... honey nut cheerios has whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol. and it tastes good? sure does! right... ♪ wow. delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪ well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. >>> do you think voter fraud could swing an election? >> yes. >> you do? >> i do. i think voter fraud is a reality of our time. i think wisconsin voters are aware. >> give me a break. gop lies are sinking in, question mark. scott walker is fighting for his political life so he's warning folks about the possibility of rapid voter fraud. rnc chair is singing the same tune. >> i'm always concerned about it, which is why i think we need to do a point or two better than where we think we need to be to overcome it. >> n

they are deciding whether or not to recall republican governor scott walker and replace him with a democrat. tom barrett. >> hey, hey, ho, ho we got walker got to go. >> that movement to boot governor walker started when he outraged union workers back in 2011. he says legislation he was pushing to reduce collective bargain rights for states employees was. >> heed to balance the budget but democrats said this was a sneak attack on working families. they gathered hundreds of thousands of signatures across wisconsin and the devisive rei recall campaign heads to conclusion. the fight has brought if big names across the state and country. >> remind you good people from wisconsin cooperation works constant conflict is a dead bang loser and you need to get rid of it. >> now a victory by scott walk core give republicans a major boost in wisconsin. that's a battleground state come november. we will let you know he what happens throughout the night on abc 2 news.com. >>> and in democracy 2012 mitt romney has enough delegates to clinch the nomination but some states are holding primaries. today, voters in californ

this hour voters are deciding whether to fire governor scott walker and replace him with milwaukee mayor tom barrett. walker, who you could argue was handed a legitimate fiscal problem, didn't just push through pension reforms. he decided to crush public sector unions in a political war. and now labor unions and state democrats want to punish walker. it's the height of political combat and may be our favorite cliche but today does come down to turnout. wisconsin is so divided that persuadables are gone. they told supporters not to leave anything on the table. >> we were in west salem, we were in altoona, we were in stevens point, and now we're here in the south side of milwaukee. we're not conceding any vote anywhere across the state of wisconsin. i'm here tonight to ask for your vote to move wisconsin forward. >> it's like a heavyweight boxing match. and in this corner we have scott walker with his millions and millions of dollars of out-of-state dollars, and in this corner we have tom barrett and he's got you. that's who he's got. >> the public is caught in the middle. if there are undecided voter

governor scott walker facing off with milwaukee mayor tom barrett. walker has outspent his opponent 7 to 1. the polls close in seven hours, and despite $63.5 million in ads spending, this will all come down to voter turnout. we know typically primary turnout only 10%, which of course people don't like the candidates because nobody participated in the selection of those candidates. recall turnout expected to be 635%. 10% is typical primary turnout. it's odd when you see folks agree to things when you talk to them in a room. the gap has statistically doubled since '87. former campaign adviser, author of a new book entitled "of, by, for -- the new politics of money, debt and democracy." you start your book with a quote, saying, we do not need a revolution in america, we need a reformation. will you explain that comment? >> sure. this is a 200-year-old what the founders of this country call an experiment in self-government, and it's kind of gone off the tracks at this point. so what we don't need is a revolution where they started this country 200 years a

tonight whether to recall their republican governor scott walker and replace him with the man he beat two years ago, the mayor of milwaukee, tom barrett. nbc's ron allen is in waukesha, wisconsin. >> reporter: for governor scott walker, voting this morning marked the end of a campaign to keep his job that started in february of last year, when the recall effort was launched. as tens of thousands of protesters occupied the capitol, angry at walker's conservative agenda. >> a lot of times people ask, what can you do to bring the state together. it's more important in many ways, actions than just words. >> hello, wisconsin. >> reporter: his opponent, milwaukee mayor tom barrett, has accused walker of waging a civil war, with reforms favoring the rich and virtually eliminating public sector union collective bargaining. >> what we've noticed of the last 96 hours around the state, the energy has been building and building and building. >> turnout has been like a >> reporter: turnout has been like a presidential year. with as many as 65% of the state's voters expected to cast ballots in the most expensive and perhaps contentious contest wisc

with less than 12 hours than the polls are set to open, the candidates are all but tied. walker in the lead with 50% of likely voters supporting him and mayor tom barretts within the poll's margin of error with 47%. two weeks ago showed walker leading barrett by a comfortable 7%. the recall campaign that followed has sharply divided wisconsin voters. >> you have situation where is neighbors don't want to neighbors, and relatives don't want to talk to relatives because of this political civil war that scott walker has created. >> eliot: a political civil war that drew tens of thousands to the wisconsin statous to the arrest of a walker supporter in a rally last week. and for public service workers forces in and out of wisconsin have spent an incredible $63.5 million on the election. walker has outspent barrett by better than 7-to-1 including close to $10 million from the republican governor's association and $10 million plus more from david koch's americans for prosperity. both sides have deployed surrogates. nikki hilly stumped for scott walker and former president bill clinton for tom barrett sounding a familiar theme. >> who has the best record in cr

walker. it does not stop with tom barrett.continue to reorganize the labor union so that it ferns at a regional and local level. >> that's the way in our minds to build a sustainable, progressive network that can take on and withstand the corporate dollars that have been freed up through the citizens united decision. at the end of the day, there has to be a better -- at the end of the day, there has to be a voice for working families there has to be a check on that corporate power. that's what we are trying to build. >> union membership, this is an astonishing fact that it's been decimated under scott walker, the american federation of teachers in wisconsin has gone from 17,000 to 11,000 members and wisconsin asme we want from 23,000 to 7000. it's astonishing. how has that impacted the power of the unions in wisconsin even in this election? >> there is no question that what it's done is its impact labor in terms of uniting us, in terms of igniting us, in terms of motivating us to be where we are today. you would have had among

governor walker it's been a fierce battle with serious repercussions for workers' rights with republicans rallying and pumping enormous amounts of money behind walker his opponent milwaukee mayor tom barrett doesn't have the cash but significant political support behind him and one of the few recall elections in u.s. history it's politics gone wild in wisconsin and as it stands a latest poll has governor walker three percentage points ahead of his democratic opponent with fifty percent of the vote but the race is far from decided to correspondent christine for his hours in wisconsin to show us the contenders desperate last minute campaigning and what's at stake for the state and the country . also a great day for us the road has been long today is our three hundred eighty second to sing along the journey at times front with anger and frustration scott walker's not a total disaster for workers families for the middle class the only people he served there billionaires we are all angry about the lies that are being told. by the governor and by the state and now this group of devoted wisconsin residents has just about reached the end. of. the rallies there were people listening to speakers th

look, as we pointed out over and over, scott walker with $31 million and tom barrett $4 million.oney mattered. there is a threshold if you have enough name recognition, i understand what you're saying, michael, but at the same time, david, they're going to come after president obama. forget wisconsin, but nationwide, all the swing states, i mean the koch brothers will spend more money in this election than john mccain spent in the last election. that's a stunning number. they'll throw every piece of dirt. what's to say that it won't work just like it worked right here? >> well, the thing that the lesson you can draw is that money matters and it matters where you spend it. in which is he's keep in mind that scott walker spent $25 million when there was no response from the democrats for months. the democrats were having their primary and scott walker was boosting himself up for months. he was keeping himself as 50%. then the fuselage opened when they had the nominee in barrett. the lessons that democrats will take away from that, and the democrats said over the last couple of days

walker against tom barrett. they ran against each other in november 2010. governor walker is not the only one with a job on the line. clay fish also facing a recall. >> i am the first lieutenant governor in national history to face a recall. i will be the first in national history to be elected twice in my furs term. >>> she is up against the president of the professional firefighters. >> governor walker's policies. we need someone there not just with a rubber stamp but who will fight for the middle class citizens of our state. >> for the next hour we will go behind the scenes of the wisconsin election recall. you will hear from all four candidates you will meet the tea partyers who traveled if aer and wide to get their voices heard. democratic minority leader peter barca who is here to energize. the wisconsin battle how it will impact the presidential election. and we will tell you why one person thinks it is the second most important election of the year. welcome to our special on the record the wisconsin recall. first up craig gilbert of the sentinel joins us. >> thank you. >> take us back to h

voters are designing whether to recall republican governor scott walker and replace him with the democrat tom barrett. he's on the right. the effort to get rid of governor walker sparked by his move to cut union rights and benefits that in the midst of a state budget crisis. with potentially national significance. we're going to talk it over with dana bash, ari fleischer, and paul begala. we know this is a big turnout. both sides trying to get out of vote. what are you hearing as we enter the final hour? >> the turnout across the state of wisconsin is very, very high. at this point it is for the most part anecdotal. we're talking about lines very long pretty much all day in key areas. when you're talking about the republicans, those pushing for the incumbent not to be recalled, i spoke to a senior official in the state who said he's worried. he reason for that is they are hearing anecdotely and also from their political people on the ground there is record turnout in the county of dane. that is where madison is. and that is for the most part pretty liberal. they're worried about that. in fact, one nu

it's a tight race -- but wisconsin's governor scott walker is leading in two polls against challenger milwaulee mayor tom barrett. the polls show walker witha lead of three and six percentage points. the race is polarizing some voters -- and at times it's getting nasty for those who speak out for their candidate. >>i was walking down the street taking videos of both sides and a woman came out of a crowd and whacked me ... >>i was knocked down with my video camera taken ... >> both of these voters said they are hoping for civility to take over -- whatever the outcome of the election. governor walker was recalled because of a new law that reduces the power of public sector unions. voter turnout is expected to be 65 percent. and already -- there's a large number of absentee votes. cook county home and business owners can expect to be paying their second installment of property taxes sooner than later this year. property tax bills are expected to hit mailboxes in early july for the first time in decades. that means payments will be due august 1-st compared to the november 1-st due date last year. this also ensures that school districts and loc

finally this rematch today with walker's oh 2010 opponent milwaukee mayor tom barrett. >> need your helpn tuesday. i will end the civil war that scott walker started. that's what this is all about. it's about restoring trust having a governor who will focus on jobs. he took his eye off the prize. >> it is kind of a warm-up to november's presidential election. ment owe b president obama has reluctant to get involved. in a trip to the midwest he carefully avoided wisconsin. he offered a tweet. election day in wisconsin. ism standing by tom barrett. he would make an outstanding governor. walker's reform effort has had an impact on unions. one of the state's largest public sector unions already lost more than half of the members. >>> president obama has been criticized some for being absent from the recall race. as we told you earlier last night he tweeted his support for the democratic challenger. jay carney had to push back against the idea that the president is distancing himself from the vote in case tom barrett loses. >>> if you talk to the campaign i am sure they can give you more deta