running against him speaking of heroes is colonel wayne powell, right? and said they mentioned your name on "the stephanie miller show." i figured i would call in. >> stephanie: that's awesome. you're a colonel correct? >> i retired in 2002. u.s.a. united states army retired. >> stephanie: 30 years right? >> thank you for your service. >> thank you for thanking me. actually, i'm more concerned about my son who is now in afghanistan. second tour. one tour in iraq and now he's in afghanistan. as a father of course, that's all i think about these days. >> stephanie: i don't blame you. colonel, so were you surprised by this polling really showing vulnerabilities for eric kantor. i'm glad you called because one of the things is you're not widely known yet. >> i'm not. that's probably the biggest detriment so far in the campaign because as i meet people and appear before groups, i'm being well received by both republicans and independents and democrats but i wasn't surprised by the polling because i live here in the seventh district and all my life, i was born

he will face wayne powell for the seventh district come november. the. >>> to phoenix now, gabby givers votes to help her former aide win the remainder of her term in the u.s. house of representatives. democrat ron barber defeated republican jessie kelly in tuesday's special election. holding on to the seat has been a priority for democrats as they seek to regain control of the house in november. >>> some of our top stories this morning, d.c. police called in to calm down angry parents at ballou's high school graduation. this after the parents say they were shut out of the ceremony. last night's graduation was supposed to be on pal lou's football field but pause of the rain, the venue chain toyed anearby temple of praise church. the location quickly filled up forcing police and security to turn away many parents, other relatives and friends clamoring to get inside. >> i thought there would have been enough room. >> it is a sad day for me. didn't get to see my daughter graduate, walk across the stage. it hurts. >> reporter: mayor vincent gray made re

wayne powell is the democratic candidate running against eric kantor.in? >> absolutely. he would love to come in. tell his story. >> bill: tell his story as you have done today. i want to ask you overall this is 2012, a lot at stake here. and you've got you know, barack obama -- you and i have talked in the past about some of the problems that challenges barack obama has in identifying with working class americans particularly people out in the hill country. how about mitt romney? as a republican candidate? is he a guy that can identify in any way with working class families -- families? >> no. we get back to rich's thing. the bain capital thing. he's made a living taking advantage of other people's misfortune. and that there -- people are hurting out in the country. you know, we've got pride and it is like -- you know, you can take a guy down in louisa county virginia, who's lost his job and he doesn't think he's poor. he thinks his wife might be working at walmart. he might be sick. don't have money to go to the doctor and all kinds of things. could b