so charlie rangel at it again. he actually compared -- you'll hear it in just a minute -- the tea party's concern over what's happening at the border with undammed illegals coming into this country, meaning children who are being transported across the nation to just container essentially units giving them lunches and trying to find out where they're going to go to school. it's crisis. but he takes it to the next level where he said that the tea party members who are concerned about what this is going to do to our country, they're just like the palestinian terrorists. really? >> the held by people that have no moral standards. the next question is, how do you handle these type of people who don't mind dying and you have to admit that that's complex to have someone to think that attacking human beings that are innocent by missiles and destroying the lives of children, that they got to get some reregard after they die, that's worse than the tea party thinking. you know what i mean? >> i don't know how you can compare

charlie rangel, congratulations. it was -- really, you ran a heck of a campaign this time. i think there were a lot of people counting you out but you showed them wrong. it was a really impressive victory. congratulations, good luck in washington the next two years. >>> still ahead, the immigration crisis at the texas border is galvanizing politicians. does it mean it's bringing them together? plus a reality check on the effort of wendy davis to turn texas blue. while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical studies, celebrex is proven to improve daily physical function so moving is easier. celebrex can be taken with or without food. and it's not a narcotic. you and your doctor should balance the benefits with the risks. all prescription nsaids, lik

one of the few individuals on the hill eclipsed is, of course, charlie rangel of new york who's also in a dead heat here. >> reporter: yes. >> how's that race looking? >> reporter: one of the great, great characters of the united states congress, charlie rangel. >> that's for sure. >> reporter: that's an example of, you know, he's really coalesced a lot of organized support around him. many, many unions, governor, former president bill clinton around rangel and his opponent is dominican born, the first dominican born member of congress he would be and has an aggressive get out the vote operation and separated by a thousand votes this time and have the data on a spreadsheet. there at friday at the campaign office, moving the numbers to show block by block, neighborhood by neighborhood, where they needed to turn their voters out. if they can succeed in doing that, it will be a pretty seismic shift. the root is demographic changes in that district and expanded in 2010 past the sort of political center of black america and harlem out up to washington heights, the bronx and sort of incorp

congressman charlie rangel first elected to congress 44 years ago said this would be his final race. rangel was dogged by ethics violations. right now the race is too close to call but rangel has already declared victory. his opponent, state senator adriano espaillat, is not ready to concede. >> we think it is prudent to wait for the final results before we make any announcement but i want to thank all of you for the efforts that you put into this race. this is an historic race, and one that we should all be proud of. >> all right, here are some of the other results beginning with oklahoma's republican primary for a vacant senate seed. james lang ford easily coasted to victory. opponent t.w. shannon was backed by sarah palin and ted cruz. in colorado bob beauprez beat back a challenge from anti-immigration activists. in maryland, lieutenant governor anthony brown easily defeated two challenges in a governor's race that was often ugly and bitter. john avalon is a cnn political analyst and editor-in-chief of "the daily beast" and larry sabateau, welcome back, gentlemen. >> good morning

congressman charlie rangel joins me on the phone. two straight elections with a total combined margin of victory of 2,000. why has it been so close for you? >> it's been a new district. this happens to many members. about 20% of my district now goes to my county and i've been here before and my opponent was apparently more popular in that district than i thought he would be. nevertheless, i did very well in all parts of the district and while he hasn't conceded i would think the absency ballots would not make a difference in the outcome of the election. >> president obama did not endorse it two years ago. he did endorse it this year either. has he called to congratulate you yet? >> no, he hasn't, but he never has and so quite frankly, until you raised it, i've never even thought about having the president of the united states call in the democrat party a winner. >> do you regret, though, that there appears to be this friction between the two of you. he said what he said about you in the past and hasn't become involved in the race. it

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in new york charlie rangel won his seat. >>> we had a slow drizzly start but a nice finish, huh? >> yeah. but an exciting day ahead. we have a late season storm system moving into california right now bringing statehouse noose far northern california. nothing here just -- bring storms now into far northern california. nothing here just yet. you can see see showers into eureka and shasta. plan to camp up there make sure that tent doesn't have any holes in it because of rain the next couple of days. out over the bay, the clouds beginning to break up of a drizzly start this morning. things going to turn out to be fairly nice this afternoon although the winds will be gusting outside. we have already seen strong gusts so far this morning. temperature of 76 degrees right now in santa rosa, 71 concord, a cool 62 in san francisco and breezy and 70 in san jose. wind have kicked up out of the northwest at 8 in san jose to 15 at sfo, 18 now in san francisco. but as you head through the delta that's where we see the focus of these winds to 25 miles per hour sustained in fairfield gusting to

. >>> another incumbent who might be on the ropes tomorrow is in new york, where charlie rangel faces a former supporter, now foe, adriano espaillat. the district is much more divorce, much less african-american than it was. it's more hispanic, actually. rangel got in a little trouble that his only credential was his ethnicity. espaillat's show cases a calculated get out to vote effort, much more sophisticated than what we've seen from rangel. also tomorrow, a race for senate isn't oklahoma. given james lankford and t.w. shannon is the statehouse speaker, can it really be billed that way? there's a crowded field vying to take on the democratic governor in colorado, john hakickenloope. joining me now, sam hall, assistant managing editor and dan balz. sam, let me start with you. this issue of the cochran campaign reaching out to african-american voters, do you see any evidence that it's going to work? >> we've seen a lot more activity in the jackson area, predominantly black precincts, and they have a huge push in the delta. whether or not it's going to work is the million dollar questi

meanwhile, in new york, congressman charlie rangel hoping to avoid a harlem shuffle. the democrat trying to hold on to a career in politics that has spanned more than four decades, 22 terms on capitol hill representing his district in harlem, but is the 23rd time the charm? his opponent sure hopes so. alexander field has the latest. >> reporter: charlie rangel on unfamiliar ground in the district he's represented for more than four decades. fighting for his political life. >> let's try this out. if you had a good racehorse, would you say he's too old to win again? >> rangel was sent to congress in 1971 to represent a substantially black district. he was a founding member of the congressional black caucus and became chairman of the powerful ways and means committee. a committee he was forced off in 2010 following a humiliating house censure for 11 different ethics violations including failing to pay taxes on a vacation home in the dominican republic where he was famously seen in this picture lounging on the beach. and improperly using congressional funds. all of it tar

republican senator thad cochran of mississippi and charlie rangel, 160 years of life between them, 86 elected years in office, aaaahhhh -- if they were one man, they would have been born in 1854. elected to congress in 1928. they would have died in 1944 and still held office for 70 more years. [laughter] and their name would have been tharly cockangel of the mississippi tharly cockangel's and the basis for the tv show,

charlie rangel has been in office since the day i was born. something intrinsically wrong with that. they are riding the wave and it is flipping. i thought it was arrogant what the president said, hey, they do this, too. and everybody wastes money, and no, everybody doesn't waste money. >> and we are the ones who vote these guys in. so chuck, you have heard about how the business is not as inefficient as government. what do you say? >> well, i won't say that government is perfect by any means, but there is a lot of things that the government does well. i want to go back to the original point that none of this is perfect, and as long as with we are being holding accountable our government officials and as long as the american people and the workers are having some accountability, it is a good thing, but if there is waste and rampant waste, politics will correct itself at the voting booth. >> john, is that true? are we seeing that? and where is the accountability? >> look in theory, chuck is right. they should be accountable, but who do you vote

democrats face an old versus new guard battle, 22-term new york congressman charlie rangel declared victory hours ago despite no major observing agency, including the associated press, declaring a winner as of yet. with 99% of the votes counted, rangel leads with 47%, compared to state senator adriano espaillat with almost 44%. in oklahoma, james lankford won the gop nomination to succeed tom coburn. he avoided a runoff by defeating six opponentrs including a tea party candidate with over 50% of the vote. >>> former president bill clinton came to his wife's defense after critics said former secretary of state hillary clinton is out of touch. it all began when hillary clinton said she and bill came out of the white house dead broke. today business insider ranks bill and hillary clinton as the wealthiest of the living first couples at over $30 million. in an entire with "meet the press" moderator david gregory, mr. clinton said it is true they were several million dollars in debt at that time. >> do you understand as a political matter that that could strike people as being out of touch. >> y

charlie rangel declared victory before the race was even called. he's now looking to secure a 23rd term. now, these primaries are seen as unlikely to affect the partisan senate makeup but they could affect the tea party. the most recent cbs news/new york times poll shows 36% claim themselves as tea party. that's 51% from last december. >> thank you, susan. >>> this morning flood warnings and watches are posted in parts of texas and oklahoma, and severe thunderstorms are possible for the plains later today. damaging winds, hail, and tornadoes may develop as the storm system moves east. >>> a tornado hit central indiana yesterday afternoon. winds of 100 miles per hour threw an r.v. into a home. more than a dozen homes were damaged just southwest of indianapolis. no injuries are reported. >> i was scared to death. i didn't know what was going on. so i had to calm my grandkids down. i got one 6-year-old and 2-year-old, and i had to take care of them. >> when the guys come here and saved us, and they said, is anybody here, is anybody here? >> and last n

. >>> charlie rangel won in a bruising democratic primary in new york. it took 18 hours to make the call but as jon stewart shows us the harlem democrat wasted no time in claiming victory. >> rangel won. he beat espaillat but he danny know until he wandered out on the stage to find out what was going on for about an hour. >> do you know what location they are? i'm at what? >> 48. >> 48? so that means 20% -- 49.2. >> so? >> 49-42. >> you're up. >> and i'm up 49-42? what should i do? >> i don't know what you should do. >> congressman rangel was trying to figure it out and trying to make sure there. >> like waiting in the hotel room for that? is that when you sit with your handlers? >> he wanted to be out there with the people. >> i like it. behind the scenes. pull the curtain back. that's good. >>> north korea is threatening war over seth rogan's plot to assassinate the country's leader. >> he don't urinate. >> you're telling me my man didn't pee or poop. >> >> he did. >> the north korean foreign ministry has warned a countermeasure if the u.s. government

. >>> meanwhile here in new york, veteran congressman charlie rangel is declaring victory, even though the race hasn't officially been called. fewer than 2,000 votes separate rangel and his challenger who has also not yet conceded. he unseated rangel back in 2012, but last night, the lion savored what could be his final race. >> there are too many of you for me to thank individually, but i want each one of you to go home and know that this was your victory. this is your congressman, and you can rest assured all i will be doing is thinking about you and bringing these resources home. >> elsewhere in the oklahoma republican senate primary, congressman james lankford easily beat back a crowded field including t.w. shannon who got big backing. >>> turning overseas, iraq's government is far more focused on protecting baghdad right now than trying to take background from the militants. american advisers are now in place to help that country's military come up with a plan. it's a complicated position for the pentagon, something nbc's andrea mitchell discussed with secretary of state john kerr

democrats also face an old versus new guard battle, 22-term new york congressman charlie rangel declared victory hours ago. this despite no major observing agency including the associated press declaring a winner as of yet there. with 99% of the votes counted, rangel leads with 47% compared to senate senator espaillat. in oklahoma, a runoff was avoided. he had over 50% of the vote there. >>> former president clinton came to his wife's defense. it all began when hillary clinton said she and bill came out of the white house dead broke. though today business insider ranks bill and hillary clinton as the wealthiest of the living first couples at over $30 million. in an exclusive interview with "meet the press" moderator david gregory, mr. clinton said it's true, they were several million dollars in debt at that time. >> do you understand as a political matter that that could strike people as being out of touch? >> yeah, but she's not out of touch, and she advocates and worked as a senator for things that were good for ordinary people. and before that, all her life, i remember she was working

primers been trolley rangel of new york -- congressman charlie rangel of new york is fighting in his primary. vladimir putin is asking lawmakers to cancel rights to use force in ukraine. -- the ukraine president announced a truce three days ago. secretary of state john kerry wants kurds to be part of the solution in their countries crisis, not the problem. he is asking the kurds to cooperate more with the government in baghdad. but they might push for full independence. those are the top headlines. >> very good. it is very in flux right now. 24, a little 113. salt of word was hours ago -- >> moving nonetheless. secretary of state john kerry says the united states is preparing a strategy to act. we want to bring in neera tanden , president of the center for american progress, director of the mustard policy for then-senator barack obama -- director of domestic policy for then-senator barack obama's campaign. the white house is considering all kinds of options including air strikes but has yet to decide on anything beyond sending troops to defend the embassy. is time running out? >> i t

and in the meantime charlie rangel is calling himself the winner. though a draino espaill at is not consoweded yet. >> fox news alert. and a federal appeal's court ruled that utah cannot ban gay marriage. we heard that ruling from a federal judge regarding indiana earlier in the day. and this is a federal appeal's court that upheld a lower court ruling and striking down utah's gay marriage ban. the panel put that ruling on hold so that it can be appealed to the entire u.s. circuit court of a polls and perhaps to the supreme court. this will affect utah and the other states that are part of the 10th circuit and the ruling is on hold now. and a lot of people think it is something that the supreme court will take up because a number of states and federal judges ruled in state after state that gay marriage must be allowed to proce proceed. whether or not the supreme court agrees is yet to be determined. we'll stay with that on fox. >>> and revise settlement on the concussion claims in the league that removes the cap on damages. this after the judge ques

congressman charlie rangel saying he has won his 23rd term. listen to this. >> i want each one of you to go home and know that this was your victory. this is your congressman and you can rest assured all i will be doing is thinking about you and bringing these resources home. >> at this hour, the house race against espaia is too close to call. rangel calling victory. in oklahoma, there is a bit of a different story. it wasn't even close. congressman james langford beat shannon 57-34%. huge margin there. then in tea party win in florida , republican cruising to victory in a special election to replace raidle who resigned in january after he pleaded guilty to drug possession. that's politics for you today. >>> while you were sleeping, syria's air force conducting air strikes in western iraq against those isis militants. the move showing syria's support for the iraqi government at this time. this all happening as the first american forces arrive on the ground in iraq. nearly half of the 300 special ops are in baghdad, or on the front lines of the

charlie rangel just dealt a big blow by a fellow democrat. for the third time, president obama will not endorse the 84-year-old disgraced new york democrat, charlie rangel, in his primary race. he's been pushing to earn the president's backing. the two have never been fond of each other after rangel endorsed hillary clinton in the 2008 presidential primaries. >>> and we've got a really happy update to tell you about. do you remember the story of lechelle freedman? she was paralyzed at her own bachelorette party. she will get to achieve her dream of becoming a mom. freedman and her husband were trying to raise $60,000 to pay for a surrogate, but then a friend of hers from college volunteered to carry the couple's child for free. congratulations and those are your headlines. this is an old friend from college who had been following her story and said -- by the way, she's mother of one, this friend who is going to be the surrogate and said, i'll carry the baby for you. wonderful. >> she's actually physically able to carry the child, but she take

here in new york democratic voters have granted another two years to 84-year-old charlie rangel in the heavy democratic district of harlem, he leaves his challenger 47% to 44%. they called the race in rangel's favor. the delay was due to absentee ballots. rangel first did an imitation of television announcers. >> ladies and gentlemen, we have all been waiting for this moment with a lot of tension and perhaps a lot of anticipation. >> then he handed the microphone to congressman gregory meeks. >> the chairman has won! the chairman has won! >> finally we just got another sign of the times when it comes to money in politics. republican congresswoman is about to celebrate her 30th wedding anniversary. she has invited friends and family to a big party in miami, but she does not want gifts. instead, she has asked gifts to contribute money to her political action committee. happy anniversary. >> really? you can't make it up. david shuster. >> in data release shows the u.s. economy took a big hit i in the first quarter of this year. jen rogers is in for ali velshi. jen, good to see you. what i

this is where charlie rangel, 84 years of race. he is the voice of harlem in congress. he might be running in his last race today. we talked about that one last hour. speaking of long timers, mississippi's cochran six terms of u.s. senator, 36 years in office. cochran like some other republicans faces a challenge from the right as in the tea party. that's an odd race. we will take you to mississippi for that in just a second. colorado, tanceedo with his famous quotes, quote, you can't criticize obama because he's black. if you do, you're a racist. that's what he told the new york times. he is one of four republicans running today for the party's nomination for governor in colorado. let me take you back to mississippi and the race there because here we go again. tea party time. another tea party challenge to a big name republican. and i need not remind you to what happened to iraceric canto virginia two weeks ago. dan you bash joins us live from jackson. how is it looking down there. >> reporter: it is really unclear. both sides who i talked to are claiming that they fee

this race is too close to call. >> charlie rangel! >> a nile-biter runoff thad cochran edged out chris mcdaniel. >> there is something a bit unusual about a republican primary that's decided by liberal democrats. >> bill clinton pushed back on accusations that his wife is somehow out of touch. >> she's not out of touch. and she's advocated and worked as a senator for things that were good for ordinary people. >>> i.s.i.s. moves in whole convoys of u.s.-made humvees and gaining recruits along the way, some of them just children. >>> i want that hard drive and the hard drive of every computer that crashed. >> they're in the computer. >> in the computer. it's so simple. >> they hired you as soon as they said we want a bunch of documents, correct? >> mr. wereful. you're a hostile witness. >> i'm not at all a hostile witness. >> a rare moment in congress today where they took a break from their usual dysfunction to agree on one thing in the form of a song. ♪ >> i want to see more of that right there every day in washington they ought to

the morning after the march republican dinner, new york democrat charlie rangel is getting dropped off at yet another routine breakfast fundraiser on washington's northwest side. rangel has won every general election he has been in since 1970 with more than 80% of the vote. for 14 years, not even a democrat challenged him in a primary. although he is in a tough primary battle this year for the better part of four decades he has had almost no competition, yet he has raised and spent more than $24 million. >> so many years you have had absolutely no opposition. what do you guys do with the money that you raise for these fundraisers and campaigns when you don't have anybody to run against? >> probably help other candidates. >> handing out money to fellow colleagues to congressional campaign economies to party action committees, they contend it is how members of congress gain power and yes, buy votes. and it is why, need it or not, they keep raising it. case in point massachusetts congressman jim mcgovern. >> i hate raising money, it sucks, it is awful. the worst thing you can do. >> mcgov

the morning after the march republican dinner, new york democrat charlie rangel is getting dropped off at yet another routine breakfast fundraiser on washington's northwest side. rangel has won every general election he has been in since 1970 with more than 80% of the vote. for 14 years, not even a democrat challenged him in a primary. although he is in a tough primary battle this year for the better part of four decades he has had almost no competition, yet he has raised and spent more than $24 million. >> so many years you have had absolutely no opposition. what do you guys do with the money that you raise for these fundraisers and campaigns when you don't have anybody to run against? >> probably help other candidates. >> handing out money to fellow colleaguings to congressional campaign economies to party action committees, they contend it is how members of congress gain power and yes, buy votes. and it is why, need it or not they keep raising it. case in point massachusetts congressman jim mcgovern. >> i hate raising money, it sucks, it is awful. the worst thing you can do. >> mcgo

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you have new york's charlie rangel, democrat, age 84. do you see where i'm going here? he appears to have won his primary. 84-year-old, and a 76-year-old, listen, that's tons of experience. little farther than some of those voters, speaking of expanding the map that want the youth vote. these two maybe not entirely hip to the twitters. to you see anything interesting in that. >> reporter: i think it's really tempting to draw a direct line between cochran and rangel last night. of i don't think there is much. here is where tip o'neill gets his revenge, all politics local. one thing that did matter in both races is that heritage of public service and the high name i.d. that made the mistake for alternative than their challengers. and i do think it's important to recognize, that increased turnout wasn't necessarily pro thad cochran as folks would have liked bringing home the bacon in mississippi. it just as intensely anti mcdaniel, anti tea party, a concern that maybe these folks would embarrass the state in the senate, or empower a democrat to really take them out. so tha

rangel is fighting for his political life. he won in 2012 by less than 1100 votes. a race we'll watch all night. >> thanks. >>> a lot more stories we're covering. gary tuchman has the 360 bull ton. >> hello to you, they are cleaning up tornado damage in indianapolis. the twister caught by armature photographs damaging homes and downing power lines before moving into the city doing similar damage. luckily, no reports of anybody seriously hurt. >>> the ntsb says the pilots of 214 botched the landing of the 777 and are primarily to blame for the crash in san francisco nearly a year ago. three people killed, 187 others injured. >>> former patriots player aaron hernandez is scheduled to go on trial in may. the victims were kill twod years ago. hernandez pleaded not guilty to the charges. at the top of the hour, don't miss our special report, downward spiral inside the case against aaron hernandez. a 360 follow, a method passed for officiating his gay son's wedding is being reinstated. he promised never to perform another same-sex m

congressmanc charlie rangel secured the nomination tuesday setting up a potential 23rd term in congress should he go on to win in november's general election. addressed supporters in new york city. he cameis contest, but to support me before his vote was in. has won!airman the chairman has won! [cheers and applause] the chairman has won! [cheers and applause] the chairman has won! ♪ the chairman ahas won! won!hairman has ♪ ♪ i'm happy clap along if you feel you, thank you, thank any green cabse in here but i saw a whole lot of green cabs outside. the drivers of the green cabs in here? .hank you all >> the lion has roared. be crazy but i'm about to say >> thank you. thank you. where's my wife? i made so many promises to my and i'm going to have to start producing. bring up my wife here. alma! there alma! alma! ♪ i'm happy clap along if you feel like a room without a roof ♪ ♪ clap along if you feel like happiness the truth because i'm happy clap along if you know what happiness is you ♪ >> shhhh. house.s is in the >> i want to personally thank you.f i thank you from the bott

in new york, democrat charlie rangel, who's been in the house of representatives for 44 years, tried to stave off a strong primary challenge. sub-par earnings reports and worries about iraq weighed on wall street today. the dow jones industrial average lost 119 points to close at 16,818. the nasdaq fell 18 points to close at 4,350. and the s-and-p 500 slid 12 points, to finish under 1,950. still to come on the newshour: the u.s. presses iraq's kurds to help prevent the country's splintering; scrutiny of the i.r.s. for emails gone missing; vladimir putin hints at how the "freedom summer" of '64 changed the nation's view of race; and new research on the benefits of reading to very young children. >> woodruff: secretary of state john kerry pushed ahead again today to help save iraq from collapse, returning to the country and pleading with a major political figure to help keep the state intact. >> woodruff: it was kerry's first trip to the kurdish regions of iraq as secretary of state, an emergency visit in the face of the military onslaught by isil, the "islamic state in iraq and the le

i think he's going to be okay with the black vote come tuesday. >> last thing, is charlie rangel going for the 23rd term. i think his polls show him a double digit lead. >> people show him leading. a tough race. some dynamics for him in new york changing demographics and redistrict made that jurisdiction he's running in. african-american majority district, majority latino district. he's reaching out very hard. our paper just had a story about his annual birthday bash which has often filled with glitzy stars. instead he had local leaders from the dominican community really reaching out. he's done a lot of legwork. polls show him in charge. he hasn't gotten norms from people like al sharpton who in the past has been there for him. times are changing. it's going to be tough. >> he picked up from governor cuomo. good to see you all as always. >> happy sunday. >> twenty minutes past the hour now. new fallout from v.a. hospital scandal. headlines coming your way first. in case you missed it as well. lu lu lucy li became the youngel player. take a look at this prodigy. >> i just want to go ou

. >> charlie rangel tough battle two opponents. polls close at the top of the hour and in the district 19 special election in florida. clerk clawson easily defeated the democrat down there april freeman in this heavily republican district. stay with fox news all evening for all the latest results. send it back to new york and the royale factor. >> thanks forever staying with us. bill o'reilly in the is it legal segment tonight. three hot topics beginning with the memo me explaining why presidents have the authority to kill u.s. citizens. this off the drone attack that killed anwr al in yemen. he had ties to al qaeda and some americans believe the president, mr. obama murdered him. here now attorney and fox news analyst kimberly guilfoyle and lis wiehl, was it murder, wiehl. >> absolutely not. murder or killing lethal combat is okay under the law. when you have got an imminent threat as we did here. you have got. >> tell me what the threat was from al awlaki. >> well, cia and intel were telling the president. >> yes. >> and all his

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congressman charlie rangel is seeking a 23 term in office. facing off three democrat s including es pe es pea yat. ron allen in harlem with the latest. went down to the wire. rangel came out on top then. what is the mood at rangel's camp today? >> well, hopeful and expecting a win. what else would he say? given the things he's been accomplishing since '70s. now 44 years later, another -- as you recall, young upstart state senator espaillat is trying to unseat him. last time 1,000 votes. this time espaillat say he has a better ground game and constitutional backing. and from teachers and other unions. local officials are coming up for him. he thinks he can make the difference. of course, the background of this, the big development here is the demographic shift. harlem, the bronx, upper west side of manhattan it's becoming a much more hispanic population. less african-american and white. and that works in the dominican-american espaillat's favor. it's believed he has a big advantage in the polls. it seems to be the case. interestingly today whe

. >> woodruff: and charlie rangel, new york city, one of the longest-serving members of the house eeked out a win. >> and a lot of us were wondering, here was another 40-year member of congress and would he be able to survive in a district much more heavily latino, he wound up winning late this afternoon, called it 67-44 over state senator espiate. we'll see what happens in the next term. >> woodruff: primary season marches on. domenico >> ifill: she is a former secretary of state and a former first lady and the subject of endless speculation about what comes next. now with the publication of her second memoir, "hard choices," hillary clinton writes about her recent past as the nation's top diplomat, as everyone else wonders about her immediate political future. we had questions too, so i sat down with her yesterday in denver at the studios of rocky mountain pbs. secretary clinton, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, gwen, wonderful to see you. >> ifill: i want to start by talking about iraq. there's much debate about the would have and could have and should haves if they had left a

it became clear that thad cochran and charlie rangel were both going to defy father time and win one more time. the last hoorah also made into a movie starring spencer tracy in the 1950s. it's about an aging big city mayor about frank sceffington. he was a fictional character in a city never named. though everyone knew it was boston. he served four terms as the mayor of boston, four in congress, one as governor and two in prison. he's 72 years old and the world around him is changing. the ethnic politics he's mastered are going out of style. the machine that fueled him are looking the other way. frank sceffington cannot give it up. he sets out to run one final time, to stare down his young reformer opponent, to hold on to the power, the relevance, the action that gives his life meaning. his wife has passed his son is a disappointment. there's nothing for him to do. this is the only thing that's real to him and it's ripped away. he runs the campaign of his life. he tries all his old tricks. they don't work in this new world. last hoorah is filled with sadness and lonelinesloneliness.

up in new york on the democratic side entrenched incumbent charlie rangel hanging on. seemed to have won it race 47,0. his democratic challenger is still hanging in there back then he complained that there had been a lost the latino votes and ballot tampering. >> most people don't care about these three races. there is a bigger picture. the republican establishment believes that senator cochran will now easily defeat a democratic challenger. so that seat stays republican whereby if there was a new guy the race would have been tighter there over in colorado tom tancredo anti-immigration guy he loses, right? >> he lost to a former congressman bob popray conservative. not the hardliner on immigration as tancredo is as a result of beauprex winning against john hickenlooper he broke gun laws in colorado. unpopular. >> colorado could go back to the g.o.p. running the state because that's a good thing because that state is totally out of control. >> it has a profound effect on the senate race there by beauprex being on the ballot they think that's going to help cory gardner t

up in new york on the democratic side entrenched incumbent charlie rangel hanging on. seemed to have won it race of 47,000. his democratic challenger is still hanging in there back then he complained that there had been a lost the latino votes and ballot tampering. >> most people don't care about these three races. there is a bigger picture. the republican establishment believes that senator cochran will now easily defeat a democratic challenger. so that seat stays republican whereby if there was a new guy the race would have been tighter there over in colorado tom tancredo anti-immigration guy he loses, right? >> he lost to a former congressman bob popray conservative. not the hardliner on immigration as tancredo is as a result of beauprex winning against john hickenlooper he broke gun laws in colorado. unpopular. >> colorado could go back to the g.o.p. running the state because that's a good thing because that state is totally out of control. >> it has a profound effect on the senate race there by beauprex being on the ballot they think that's going to help cory gard

congressman charlie rangel has won his democratic primary in new york. according to a vote count by the ap, the harlem incumbent faced an uphill climb and tough challenge frommetss pal late. he'll face his 23rd term. >>> as the first group of military advisers arrives in new york, there are new reports of syrian and iranian aircraft in the skies. the latest details on that are coming up next. try alka seltzer reliefchews. they work just as fast and taste better than tums smoothies assorted fruit. mmm. amazing. yeah, i get that a lot. alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief. explaining my moderate to severe so there i was again, chronic plaque psoriasis to another new stylist. it was a total embarrassment. and not the kind of attention i wanted. so i had a serious talk with my dermatologist about my treatment options. this time, she prescribed humira-adalimumab. humira helps to clear the surface of my skin by actually working inside my body. in clinical trials, most adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis saw 75% skin clearance. and t

rangel defending his seat. we all know he's been in trouble over previous ethics violations, was pushed out of his chairmanship of ways and means a few years back and still holding on. although, last time he squeaked it out by just 1,000 votes. i was at a couple polling places today. i want to read a couple quotes from voters. candice said, look, it's time for a change for my generation. she's 30. she said, rangel's a fool, he doesn't help us get affordable housing, but he has three apartments. that's a grassroots kind of ground-level view of the ethics issues. i talked to another gentleman, charles, 80 years old, who told me, rangel's been around so long, i think this is his last hurrah, i trust him. two views from the ground there. your thoughts on that race, whether rangel holds on, and the nature of the opposition to him, someone who msnbc viewers will recognize who's a long-time leader of the congressional black caucus, has his fans, but also has many detractors. >> well, i think it's interesting that the

rangel, but stayed senator adriano espaillat refuses to concede. he trails by 1800 votes. there won't be an official final vote from the board of elections for at least a week. >>> down in mississippi, our tea party challenger there, chris mcdaniel, is still refusing to concede to republican senator thad cochran after what was an extremely divisive primary fight. mcdaniel hinted he may go to court to challenge what he says are alleged voting irregularities. several establishment republicans are saying that won't happen. >>> south carolina senator lindsey graham survived a primary rather easily, but could he have a more conservative opponent in the fall? charleston businessman, one-time office holder and one-time famous name to a political family, now a reality tv star, thomas ravenel, confirmed wednesday he is out collecting the 10,000 signatures he would need to get on the november ballot. he says if he gets them, he plans to run as an independent. ravenel's first career ended when he was caught in a federal cocaine bust. this year he has starred

charlie rangel had a cadillac. most are not driving super nice cadillacs or corvettes, but rather maybe a ford edge or a lincoln mkz, might even be a little too fancy. there are some roles. congressmen are allowed to lease cars with taxpayer money. they have to be lower emission vehicles. senators are not. they have to pay for their own ride. they also tend to pick less fancy, more american rides. >> did they a few years ago pick more expensive ones? >> no. politicians have always generally american cars. there has been this trend where they are their car in their ad campaigns. wolfe, who is running for office in pennsylvania, famously used his jeep in his ad campaign. his opponent, corbett, did an ad using a wolf jeep look-alike. truck,odge, super duty pulling up next to the tiny jeep ng, i have created 150,000 jobs and i am a big truck driver. i'm pretty sure it is the dodge. it has a lot to do with image. that is a more powerful vehicle. >> certainly a muscle car there. >> in motorcycles -- with cars coming you

york, 22-term congressman charlie rangel faced the challenger in a rematch of the 2012 primary. that raceresults in and thee el at 47.4% opponent at 43-point of. here are some of congressman rangel's remarks. this contest, he came to support me before his vote was in. won, theair has chairman has won. [cheers and applause] chairman has won. the chairman has won. won.hairman has the chairman has won. because i'm happy. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. i didn't see any green cabs in here, but i saw a lot of green cabs outside. anyone driving some green cabs here? thank you all. well -- the lion has roared. you.y way, thank where is my wife? myade so many promises to wife, and i'm going to have to start producing. thank you. bring up my wife here. alma.alma, alma, alma. i'm happy. >> the boss is in the house. >> this is a very emotional night for me. allnt to personally thank of you for the support that you've given us through the years. a very emotional night for me. it's been a great journey and all your help we wouldn't have been able to do it. and i want to thank through the

. >> in new york, 22 term congressman charlie rangel beat challenger in a rematch of the 2012 primary. the final result in the race had wrangle at 47.4%. here are some of his remarks. >> in this contest but he came to support me before his vote wasn't. -- was in. the sandman has one. has one.an -- won. the sandman has won. [applause] the sandman has won. the sandman has won. the sandman has won. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. thank you all. the lion has roared. you.y, thank where is my wife? i made so many promises to my wife, and i am going to have to start reducing. inc. you. bring up my wife here. i'll. alba. -- alba. >> this is a very emotional night for me. i want to personally thank all of you for the support you have given through the years. a very emotional night for me. it has been a great journey and without all your help we would not be able to do it. i want to thank you for the bottom of my heart for supporting us. i want to thank those who gave me the strength, even to consider running for reelection. johnny grains. all the pastors. here because of the lack of sturdi