you're working for cuomo. you're a terrible journalist. >> thank you very much. >> you're a terrible journalist. >> anything else? where's the evidence on cuomo? where's the evidence? >> when you quit the swings we'll welcome you back, but you're way out of line. >> i didn't sthaeu. >> yes you did. >> i wish i had the notes. >> you clearly have a lot less power than you think. >> i don't have the power. >> frank, if your photographer takes a picture of a ten-year-old again -- why didn't he talk about it openly? >> you're such a biased person. you are so biased. >> thank you very much. >> you're out of here. >> out of here? what does that mean? >> you're off our campaign's list. that's it. you get nothing more from us. you can go back to cud ling cuomo and kissing his butt. >> ad and paterson, too, right? >> kiss his butt, and spitzer, kiss his butt. >> you're so out of line. you're so out of line. >> i tell you what, get out of my face, step back a little bit. bill: whoa. the "new york post" is owned by parent

these are andrew cuomo's surrogates. he doesn't want to face me himself, but he sends out surrogates to do his dirty work. >> you never said it? >> no, i've never said it. >> okay. we look forward to continuing our discussions with you in the future and thank you for being with us tonight. and we should also say we welcome andrew cuomo to be on our show any time. >>> next, we go one-on-one with a british knight. he says yanks ought to try something the british way. stay tuned for sir richard branson alias, dr. yes. >>> it's been 234 years since we americans let the british tell us how to run our politics, but that isn't stopping sir richard branson. i caught up with him in new york while he was rubbing elbows with world leaders at the clinton global initiative. first of all, thanks for doing this. >> pleasure. >> grateful. one of the tensions currently in american politics is what's the role of government and what's the role of the private sector? there is growing lack of faith in government right now in the u.s. and act

and he denies doing cuomo's bidding in his coverage. >> the affair story about paladino and cuomo. i had paladino on a radio show i host many times. he was happy to come on. i don't think it's a fair premise. >> the campaign accuses a newspaper of sending a photographer to shoot through the girl's window of their house. the paper says it was not their photographer. in a fox news interview monday, paladino told me, she should be off-limits. >> i have a beautiful daughter. it raised her. she is a sweet child. she shouldn't have to deal with this. c'mon! you know, we're grown-ups. take a shot at me, fine. throw your best shot buddy. i'm not really an intimidatable person. don't go shooting at my kid. >> he had this warning for cuomo. >> over the weekend he had some of his buddies in the press go out and take after my family. >> you know, all right, andrew. strap in buddy. get ready. it's going to get -- we're going to vet you. we're going to let the people know exactly who you are. >> new york can be a tough town. "post" editor and chief said mr. paladino should not be surprised by th

the people have had enough. >> paladino will now face andrew cuomo in november. most experts don't give mr. paladino much of a shot against cuomo, but he will certainly make the race interesting. also in new york, charlie rangel gel brushing it all off, easily surviving a primary challenge by five different rrivals. his most aggressive challenger adam clayton powell finished with 23%. so charlie rangel hangs on there. but if reports are any indication, expect challenges to primary results in the state of new york. yesterday the yesterday. >> today unfortunately we have hearing disturbing reports that some polling sites have been very disturbing. we've been told of some polling sites that opened two to four hours late. that is a royal screw up and it's completely unacceptable. >> the nation's capital will be choosing a new mayor this fall after voters there rejected in-dumb content ad easily beat lesser known opponents yesterday. they will being competing for the seat vacated by retiring congressman david obeq who has represented the district since 1969.yq who has

cuomo is up by just six points, 49-43, cuomo had led by wide margins but an anti-establishment, being a democrat named cuomo might spell trouble, although i'm not sure. one caveat in the poll, didn't include republican rick lazio, also on the ballot as a conservative. yesterday, we got this number in on west virginia senate race, another shock, democratic pollster ppp finds democratic governor know manchin trailing, nobody be can beat manchin trailing joan raese. hot news, surprising every night now. how two brand name democrats like andrew cuomo and joe manchin in trouble in the tea party holding strong with 43 days to go? joan walsh is editor and chief of salon.com and sam stein covers politics for the huffington post.com. joan, great to have you on. maybe it is time for a little cheerleading for some good.dos here. i don't know. andrew cuomo, clean as a whistle, been a spectacular attorney general, he was great at hud. his father was very popular, stayed in office too long. i don't understand why -- how could he be this close to somebody who is a nothing, pal lad dino? >> i'm not w

cuomo's up by just six points, 49-43, cuomo had led by wide margins but an antiestablishment, being a democrat named cuomo might spell trouble, although i'm not sure. one caveat in the poll, didn't include republican rick lazio, who's also on the ballot as a conservative. yesterday, we got this number in on west virginia senate race, another shocker, whre democratic pollster ppe finds democratic governor manchin trailing, nobody be can beat manchin trailing joan raese. wow, hot news. it's surprising every night now. how two brand name democrats like andrew cuomo and joe manchin in trouble in the tea party power holding strong with just 43 days to go in this midterm? joan walsh is editor and chief of salon.com and sam stein covers politics for the huffingtonpost.com. joan, great to have you on. maybe it is time for a little cheerleading for some good democrats here. i don't know. andrew cuomo, clean as a whistle, been a spectacular attorney general, he was great at hud. his father was very popular, although stayed in rofs too long. i don't understand why -- how could he be this close t

>> watch. >> you're working for cuomo. you're a terrible journalist. >> thank you very much. >> that was paladino taking on fred dicker, the legendary statehouse reporter in albany for "the new york post." john harris, what does this tell you about the race? >> i was as disappointed as you were, andrea. where's the discussion of entitlement reform? what about taxes? what it shows is something that we've seen for a while. those certainly at the political junky level we can enjoy. this is a circus up in new york with, do put it mildly, an eccentric campaign with an unconventional candidate. things veered off into pretty outlandish territory. paladino, who is a tea party favorite up in new york and who some of the same trends we've seen in many states, even a more liberal state like new york are playing out. highly energized conservative base t would be a stunner if he would run over andrew cuomo. but the race is really taking on sort of the extreme flavor that we've seen in other places. the allegation that he made to our re

yet there's a sense that carl paladino would present a real challenge to andrew cuomo and become the governor of new york. >> carl paladino isn't part of the solution in albany, he's part of the problem. >> reporr: this week, cuomo started attacking paladino by name. >> mr. paladino's agenda is an extreme agenda. and i thk now that the voters will be able to look at that clearly. >> reporter: cuomo cites his position opposing abortion and his suggestion that welfare recipients enroll in a digni core with housing in old prisons. on the new york city subway, most don't even recognize paladino, although that's changing with daily headlines like the one today revealing some of paladino's aides have criminal records. he readily admits he too has made mistakes in life. last year he revealed to his wife of 40 years what his chdren already knew, that he fathered a child with another woman. he sent around racist, sexist and pornographic e-mails. >> i didn't mean to offend anybody. i sent it to a select group of friends. those friends, okay, treated them privately, except for obviously one. >>

the latest marist poll shows cuomo leading him by almost 20 points. 52 to 33%. he said the support for his allegations against mr. cuomo will come in dew time. >>> things getting personal in the california gubernatorial race where meg whitman is accused of knowingly employing an illegal immigrant. during a tearful news conference with gloria allred her former housekeeper claims the candidate was alerted about her immigration status in 23 but did not fire her until last year. in a statement, whitman, who has specifically campaigned to hold those employing illegal immigrants responsible dismisses the claims as politically motivated. she inisted she only found out about the status last year at which point she said she immediately fired her. a senior adviser also notes that gloria allred is apersonal friend of her democratic opponent jerry brown and once donated to his campaign. the latest times/cnn report has brown leading whitman 52 to 43. yet another backyard visit yesterday president obama defended his policies to a small group of iowa neighbors concerned about

carl paladino doesn't think it's off limits to accuse andrew cuomo of cheating. >> you are correct. that's equally appalling. it began with the media. and i'm not giving him a pass. it was tit for tat and equally ad baz. now the cuomo family has to be involved in this. it speaks to a vicious pattern we need to address. you may be interested to know within the last couple weeks i interviewed gary hart he saw his presidential aspirations flame out because of this issue. how could i not ask him? i said, senator, after all this time what do you think the stan dpard should be. and he said, i'm paraphrasing, does it have baring on your able to do a job? i would suggest it does not. some would say it's a picture of the character of the man. whatever the standard is, we have to reign it in. >> let me play kate snow's interview with carl paladino. it is a surprise how close this race is to some people. >> i am angry. that's okay. it's all right to show people that you're angry. it sort of gets the discussion going. >> who you angry at? >> angry at a government that took advantage of the peop

andrew cuomo has about $23,000 in the bank for his gubernatorial race. paladino has shown he'll spend as much money as he wants to in this race. >> here's the other thing about andrew cuomo, he's not exactly known for going out on a limb. he likes very controlled situations. it could be interesting if there's some debates. >> oh, no, it's going to be really, really fun. you've got andrew cuomo who is, you know, political dynasty, the como name. his father was governor and andrew cuomo was here as secretary -- >> people were begging his father to run for president, as i recall. >> remember he left the plane sitting on the tarmac in albany to go to new hampshire and didn't pull the trigger, if you will. but then you have cuomo going up against paladino who when you read the stories about what he's done forwarding e-mails with racist or pornographic content and saying last night or throughout the campaign that he wanted to take a baseball bat to albany. now, albany might deserve it because it's one of the most dysfunctional legislatures in the country, but

cuomo followed by eliot spitzer saying that cuomo is the dirtiest nastyiest out there, isn't politics wonderful? >> the storm comg

in new york a marriage poll finds cuomo leading paladino 52% to 43%. finally, that big senate race in nevada. senate majority leader harry reed and smarron angle are tied at 43%. we shall see. none of the above numbers matter in nevada. we'll continue to check the "hardball" scoreboard each night leading up to the election. we are only picking the polls with a long track record of being accurate in the states. time now for more on the house republicans pledge to american. here's congressman kevin mccarthy today on a show i'm a little familiar with, "the daily rundown." listen. >> the one thing you have to realize, it is not a platform for the party. we have a platform. these are bills that can be taken up today. if you look at the 42 pages of where you can through specifically lays out each and every bill of where it goes. this is something that could be taken up now where we can't, where we won't leave. >> all right, will this help the republicans in november? does it help democrats bygying them something to bash? let's bring in msnbc political analys

because "the post" expected cuomo to be next governor. i think those two things were sort of happening and it bubbled over. of course, the other backdrop to this this came hours after paladino challenged reporters to ask cuomo on marriage infidelities on his part. go ask this guy about adultly and don't talk to me about my ilegitimate daughter. >> only six points ahead of carl paladino. it got very interesting. steve, thanks for coming innkeep dry out there. >>> with the clock ticking, vulnerable democrats are really ratcheting up the fights for their seats in congress. check out this montage of political ads. >> ken buck would ban common forms of birth control and ken buck wants to make abortion illegal, even in cases of rape and incest. that should be a woman's decision, not a politician's. as far as i'm concerned, ken buck is just too extreme for colorado. ken buck wants to make common forms of birth control illegal. >> it's just ridiculous. i just can't believe in 2010 ken buck wants to limit women's access to birth control. >> ken bu

cuomo followed by eliot spitzer saying that cuomo is the dirtiest nastyiest out there, isn't politics wonderful? >> the storm coming across.

governor of new york. >> reporter: this week, cuomo started attacking him by name. >> mr. paladino's agenda is an extreme agenda. and i think now that the voters will be able to look at that clearly. >> reporter: cuomo cites his position opposing abortion and his suggestion that welfare recipients enroll in a dignity core. on the new york city subway, most don't recognize him, although that's changing with daily headlines like the one today revealing some of his aides have criminal records. he readily admits he too has made mistakes in life. last year he revealed to his wife of 40 years what his children already knew, that he fathered a child with another woman. he sent around racist, sexist and pornographic e-mails. >> i didn't mean to offend anybody. i sent it to a select group of friends. those friends, okay, treated them privately, except for obviously one. >> reporter: but republicans are lining up behind him. >> he's a lot like some of the tea party candidates we're seeing around the country, but he has a particular edge here, and that is he has a lot of money. >> re

. >> he now faces democratic attorney general andrew cuomo, son of former governor mario cuomo who has been leading paladino in the polls by as much as 30 points. >> an draw cuomo is a clear favorite. no doubt about that. that being said in a year when people are angry with the democrats, angry with what is going on in albany, anything could happen. >> reporter: lazio will still be on the ballot in november as the conservative party candidate. while paladino remains far behind cuomo in the polls few gave him much chance to defeat lazio either. in new york, i'm eric shawn. >> chris: political spending record broken in the california governor race. republican meg whitman surpassed new york mayor michael bloomberg for the highest personal contribution in american campaign history, investing $119 million of her own fortune in her bid against democrat jerry brown. remember, it's only september. >>> we'll talk about tuesday's primary results and how the tea party is shaking up the g.o.p. >>> think it means the political process belongs in the hands of the people. and they want it back. >> ch

and tea partiers pick paladino over cuomo 4-1. now, keep in mind, the tea party is not actually a political party, it's a movement with any number of leaders, including people like sal russo. ben tracy now on the man who's helped brew a revolution. >> reporter: the tea party prides itself on its grass roots a movement with no master. but when it comes to winning, 63-year-old sal russo may be the man behind the curtain. >> we've got to get everybody on the right page that growing the government, spending money that we don't have is the wrong answer. >> reporter: russo has been a republican strategist since the 1970s. now he heads the tea party express, run out of this office in sacramento, california. >> the tea party express and mark levin support common sense conservative christine o'donnell. >> reporter: russo's group has produced more than 24 t.v. ads, joined forces with tea party favorite sarah palin and organized 200 rallies. >> they're the ones who have managed to seize on the tea party momentum for the most fund-raising suc

he's the attorney general. >> he's a cuomo! >> he's a cuomo. he's status cuomo according to mr. paladino. the republican nominee have making a race of it by having this saying -- he's mad as hell and he's very rich. he showed how mad he was yesterday. >> he was. he got into it with a reporter. well known reporter here in new york who has been covering politics for many, many years. this confrontation, though, maybe hasn't seen in his entire career. watch this. >> i want to know why you sent your goons after my daughter. i want to know. i want to know. >> charge against cuomo, do you have any evidence or do you not? >> i will at the appropriate time -- >> yes, i do. >> how can you say that -- >> oh, i have a daughter, too! >> you talked about her. >> i have a daughter! >> brought it out. that's it. >> stay away from me. [beep]. >> what evidence do you have? >> listen, you want to hear -- >> you're someone that goes after my daughter? say it one more time. you're his bird dog. >> you send another goon to my daughter's house and i'll take you out, buddy. >> how are you going to do

does he have a chance to take on cuomo? >> he sure does. gillibrand and cuomo together caused the subprime mortgage crisis. cuomo insisted jamming them down the throats of fannie mae and freddie mac even though he knew these people couldn't pay back the money. gillibrand was his deputy in charge of special projects, new products. the new products were subprime mortgages. to add insult to injury when she left hud and the subprime market part she and her husband bought in countrywide the firms issuing the subprime mortgages and made $40,000 when the market part. she helped cause the crisis and profited by it. cuomo and gillibrand both could lose over the same issue >> sean: love your new home, beautiful background. >> isn't that great, it is not even a set, it is the real thing. you can see the white smoke coming out. >> sean: i think i can mind your shoulder. i wonder if that means you are elected. thanks. coming up name that candidate. if you -- can you tell if the candidate behind this ad is a republican or democrat? >> i like jason altmir

he made this accusation against andrew cuomo. and fred, in his chest to chest style, was asking paladino to back it up. and paladino hasn't and gotten angry, which is the whole reason to exist apparently. >> i just encountered it myself this week, when you ask a politician running for election a tough question, instead of defending their stand or defending what they have said, they turn it around and attack the questioner. in this case, is this going to in any way affect the paladino campaign? >> it's generating more attention. reporters in the media are not terribly popular. this is a year in which attacking the media -- i don't think it's calculated on paladino's part. he's a guy willing to say and do pretty much anything and attack whatever he sees as the establishment. >> he's had controversies here. there's accusations that he was forwarding racist, really shocking racist, sexist, pornographic e-mails and yet you got the polls, most show andrew cuomo with a lead then there was a poll that showed carl paladino within six poin

. >> he now faces democratic attorney general andrew cuomo, son of former governor mario cuomo who has been leading paladino in the polls by as much as 30 points. >> an draw cuomo is a clear favorite. no doubt about that. that being said in a year when people are angry with the democrats, angry with what is going on in albany, anything could happen. >> reporter: lazio will still be on the ballot in november as the conservative party candidate. while paladino remains far behind cuomo in the polls few gave him much chance to defeat lazio either. in new york, i'm eric shawn. >> chris: political spending record broken in the california governor race. republican meg whitman surpassed new york mayor michael bloomberg for the highest personal contribution in american campaign history, investing $119 million of her own fortune in her bid against democrat jerry brown. remember, it's only september. >>> we'll talk about tuesday's primary results and how the tea party is shaking up the g.o.p. the p the panel joins me after the break. " gecko water bottle... notebook... chamois... gecko: sir, i fe

ex-governor elliott sbits spitzer laughed at andrew cuomo. spitzer said yesterday -- this is coming from the guy whom himself had to resign over his own personal scandal. ouch. this is coming from the guy who had to resign over his own personal scandal. ouch. finally, the white house sends it regrets. check out today's lead item in page 6. obama trio planning to skip ex-budget director peter orszag's wedding. the paper reports that there were last minute cancellations because of a new york times column that orszag wrote this month. orszag's wedding is set tomorrow in manhattan. i think that this stuff has a lot more to do with something that isn't about that column and may have to do with how they work together in the white house. now for tonight's big number. it started with lisa murkowski up in alaska. and now delaware's mike castle's reportedly conducting polls to see how he would do as a write-in candidate. well, they face long odds. there's been just one senator that's been elected as a write-in. how long ago was it, 1954. the candidate,

chris cuomo on a preview of his interview with the so- called bigamist bride, next. right here in this neighborhood, i grew up learning strong families and hard work means opportunity. and that starts with good schools. it's a tradition here in maryland-- and why in these tough times i've put education first. we've made record investments in our classrooms... doubled the number of charter schools... and we've frozen college tuition for four years in a row. and it's working. experts say we now have the number one schools in the nation. when it comes to expanding opportunity in every neighborhood, i know that we must do even better. >>> she is called the military masters. she allegedly targeted more than a dozen servicemen by marrying them and taking off with their money. tonight, you will hear from her. chris, joins us live from new york with a preview of his exclusive interview. >> good to see you. >> i want to talk about the charges against her. >> this is one of the content and parts of the story. for all the allegations and all the men and a one woman who has purs

cuomo. 49-43. that's beyond shocking. and he's shaking up the empire state big time. there's no question that after california, new york state is the most chaotic government in the country. new york may go into bankruptcy. the state yet is estimated at more than $60 billion. that's impossible to pay off. in addition, after new jersey, new york state is the highest tax state in the union. yet it continues to run up massive debt. i live in new york and here's what i'm looking at. roads falling apart. bad public schools in many areas. corrupt politicians all over the place. sky-high property taxes. terrorizing elderly people. state is a disaster and the legislature corrupt. andrew cuomo who was the housing and urban development secretary under president clinton is a traditional politician who is not mad as hell. >> i don't want to be part of a campaign that degrades state government. when you degrade government, you degrade the people of this state. >> so according to the poll, paladino could win. he's now in striking distance in a heavily democratic state. if mr. paladi

palodino will face andrew cuomo. shortly after the o'donnell versus mike castle results became official in delaware, make castle, the defeated republican establishment candidate in that race, addressed his supporters at his headquarters. >> the last several weeks have been spirited. the voters have spoken and i respect that decision. i had a very nice speech prepared here, hoping i would win this race. and talked about the things we've been able to do to create jobs and reduce taxes and those things that make a difference to delaware. still a long way to go, by the way. i still have some time in office so i will be ferry conveniently trying to carry out my responsibilities. >> mr. castle now becomes the latest in a long line of republican party endorsed candidates to lose to an outsider. a conservative movement challenge they are year. within the last hour, christine o'donnell addressed her supporters at a victory rally in dover, delaware. >> i can't thank everyone by name because we would be here until midnight. so

>> paladino said he would provide proof of an alleged cuomo affair at the apprporiate time. >>> and in the california's governor's race republican candidate meg whitman is denying allegations she employed an illegal immigrant as a housekeeper who worked for her nine years. she says whitman knew she was in the country illegally. all was fine until last year, when whitman considered running for governor and fired her with these words. >> and from now on, you don't know me and i don't know you. you never have seen me, and i have never seen you. do you understand me? >> whitman denies knowing diaz santillan was undocumented or received a notice questioning her housekeepers' status. >>> the world of astronomy abuzz this morning. for the first time astronomers have spotted a so-called goldilocks planet, seen here, in an artist's rendering, so similar to earth in temperature, size and proximity to the sun the conditions for life to exist are just right. this just discovered planet is about 100 trillion miles away. >>> security officials in the u.s. and overseas say a pilot -- a plot, i should

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paladino says cuomo had affairs to kerry kennedy cuomo, the daughter of robert kennedy. it all came to a head last night with fred dicker the stated today tore of the new york -- when dicker asked him about proof of cuomo. >> he's the attorney general and you're here stalking him. >> you made the charge. >> you send another goon to my daughter's house and i'll take you out, buddy. >> reporter: he says he does not operate for cuomo and he is a fair reporter. the issue of coverage has been on pal louisiana dean owe's mind. he accused cuomo of using the media against him. >> over the we be end he had some of his buddies in the press go out and take after my family. you know, all right, andrew, strap in, buddy, get ready. it's going to get -- we are going to vet you, let the people know exactly who you are. >> reporter: we are right now waiting for comment on all this from both campaigns. moments ago we received an email from pal louisiana dean owe's campaign manager. he issued a statement that a photographer of the "new york post" tried to take a photo of pal louisiana dean

you probably heard from paladino's speech in buffalo tonight, he used the term status cuomo. you can expect to hear that tonight. interesting that rick lazio was treated as an incumbent even though he didn't hold office. paladino ran with the mad as hell theme as if lazio needed to be taken out of office but he didn't hold office. they can get behind this energy. if there was really record turnout, if they did mobilize people in erie county and albany and syracuse to the polls, those are the voters they're going to need in november if they're going to have a shot against a well funded popular democrat like andrew cuomo. >> wnbc's andrew joining us from rick lazio's headquarters. really invaluable to have you on the program tonight. thank you so much. >> happy to be here. >> so the right, the conservative part of america, owns most of the media real estate this season. but the left has tonight punished an establishment democrat as well. some big and unexpected news from new hampshire coming up. along with "washington post's" ezra kline. he same, consider th: a tornado hits, ai

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. >> governor cuomo is a shoo-in -- wait. >> there's a little problem with that. >> cuomo is in which is unstoppable suffers a blow is the lead in "the new york times" today. narrower lead in poll, endorsement by mayor. >> paladino. >> they have this guy that none of us really know behind the unstoppable cuomo, just six points behind. >> this guy did come from -- he's a wealthy buffalo businessman. rude dpi julianne know isn't sure he'll endorse him. the republican establishment is freaked out he's their nominee. a cautious campaign in a big republican year, a guy with a lot of money and anti establishment message could be a problem for cuomo. >> cuomo has run from the media for a year, refuses to give interviews, but he has a press conference and looks a little on edge. >> he had a press conference accepting the endorsement of michael bloomberg. the whole tone of his voice and trying to say he understands the anger, he is going to have to come out and be more aggressive and assertive. again, a rich guy capturing that message of anger in a republican year like this could be a problem.

you have work for cuomo. and you are a terrible journalist. >> thank you very much. when the pendulum swing -- you are way out of line. >> i didn't send him. >> yes, you did. >> i wish i had the power. >> i don't have the power. >> if your photographer takes a picture of a 10-year-old again -- why doesn't he talk about it openly. >> you are such a biased person. you are off our campaign's list. you get nothing more from us. you go back to covering cuomo and kissing his butt. >> you are so out of line. >> thank you very much. >> you are so out of line. >> i'm telling you what, get it of my face. megyn: how exactly did that whole thing get started? eric shawn is live in our new york newsroom. >> reporter: i guess you can call it the new york governor's race gone wild. republican candidate, an outspoken buffalo businessman, carl paladino, he has been accusing reporters of not dig into the past of his opponent. reports are that paladino had affairs. and he accused the new york media and reporters much ignoring that while they write about the 10-year-old daughter hat was

cuomo spokesman responded with a not so subtle jab at spitzer. "cuomo's record, credibility and honor speak for themselves. as do mr. spitzer's." spitzer, of course, resigned two years ago in the wake of a prostitution scandal. virginia republican governor bob mcdonald offered apology and olive branch speaking at a conference about slavery. the "washington post" reports that mcdonnell promised next april will not be called confederate history month as he originally said but instead civil war in virginia month. he was criticized this year for the proclamation that at first did not include reference to slavery in the war. me said the emission was, "error of haste, not heart." finally, former white house budget director peter orszag won't be seeing many of his former west wing colleagues in the receiving line when he gets married in manhattan this weekend. politico reports chief of staff rahm emanuel and senior advisors david axelrod and valerie jarret sent their regrets. the "new york post" says the trio were expected but bailed at the last minute.

he starts this general election at a significant disadvantage to andrea cuomo. she's very well known. paladino will use his millions of dollars to define himself and define cuomo. >> rick lazio clearly had the higher name recognition there perhaps because of the race he ran against hillary clinton running for senate the first time around. is that where name recognition will be able to best andrew cuomo over paladino. if they see a name they know, will that trump money? >> name recognition is the name of the game. as we saw in the new york primary where rick lazio lost to paladino. the biggest is outsiders doing very well in republican primaries. that's what paladino is able to use. >> tea party? >> that and saying i have nothing to do with congress. i have nothing to do with the current problem. that's what paladino is able to use and he hopes to use in the general election. >> you have to get off this set. but thanks for joining us here. >> thanks for having me. >> that wraps up this hour. chris jansing takes over after the break. she'll have the latest on the

. >> reporter: cuomo was divorced from robert f. kennedy's daughter, carey, sporting his run for governor. he had no comment on the accusations of infidelity and blamed it on cuomo. >> he sent his bird dogs out to make accusation is an intelligence me. that's okay? he sent his bird dogs. i don't send bird dogs to do my dirty work. >> reporter: from all that venting to off-camera exchange. delaware tea party candidate christine o'donnell denied new accusations she misrepresented her education, calling that categorically untrue. a networking profile with her photo listed the university of oxford and clairmont graduate university. o'donnell did not attend either school. she claims that profile was faked. she says she completed a summer program run by the phoenix institute at the oxford university location and attended the clairemonth institute, not a university. o'donnell says she never created a linked in profile. linked in took that down but did not comment whether it was fake or not. issues about her education came up in the first p

cuomo, the son of the former governor will be favored, but, wow. another upset, another message to the republican establishment. we've been talking for months about how this is a bad year for the democrats come november because of the history of the midterm election, what it has been so far for this primary season is a dramatic soul searching for the republican party. >> john king, we're going to continue checking in with you throughout this hour. let's bring back the panelists, david gergen, paul begala, erick erickson, recent author of "red state uprising," john ridley, and kate zernike, author of "boiling mad, inside tea party america." i got it right this time. >> you did. >> erick erickson, this is a stunning night in new york with paladino. >> it really is. and you know, democrat grassroots tried to pick off some of the democratic incumbents, in arkansas, in colorado, in pennsylvania with arlen specter's switch, if you can count that one, and they weren't successful outside of the pennsylvania race. the republicans on the other hand, the gras

in new york, eliot spitzer laughed at andrew cuomo. the fellow democrat who is running for his old job. spitzer said yesterday -- this is coming from the guy whom himself had to resign over his own personal scandal. ouch. finally, the white house sends it regrets. check out today's lead item in page 6. obama trio planning to skip ex-budget director peter orszag's wedding. all made last-minute cancellations apparently because of a "the new york times" column that orszag wrote this month. the president's official position. orszag's wedding is set tomorrow in manhattan. i think that this stuff has a lot more to do with something that isn't about that column and may have to do with how they work together in the white house. now for tonight's big number. it started with lisa murkowski up in alaska. and now delaware's mike castle's reportedly conducting polls to see how he would do as a write-in candidate. well, they face long odds. been just one senator that's been elected as a write-in. how long ago was it, 1954. the candidate, longtime so

the latest quinnipiac poll has paladino of six points of cuomo. 49 to 43. today, independent new york city mayor michael bloomberg threw his support behind cuomo. florida republican senate candidate marco rubio say voter do not necessarily want experts in the senate. politico reports a conservative women's group asked rubio about a lack of experience by delaware republican candidate christine o'donnell. his response was, "the republic works and isn't designed to elect a bunch of experts." white house sources tell fox news chief of staff rahm emanuel could leave as early as next month. he is said to be interested in running for mayor of chicago. we're told that pete rouse is likely to take over on interim basis if emanuel leaves. >>> white house split over a war it does not want. and a president pulled in multiple directions by the military, public his and own party, that is part of the picture painted by a new book by journalist bob woodward. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has experts and reaction from the administration. >> reporter: the

this is who the republicans put up to beat andrew cuomo. he looks like grandpa munster. >> that could be an unfair photograph. >> no. he looks like grandpa punster. >> you're looking at the "new york post." >> what do you think they do? >> they take a picture. >> what do you think? i'm telling you. it's grandpa munster. >> how do you keep your slim physique? >> this is not a gag. >> now available at starbucks. >> you can't get that at whipped cream. >> this is special at starbucks, whipped cream to go. >> with us right now, white house correspondent savannah guthrie. savannah, i hope you're doing well today. >> good morning. i am. >> rahm emmanuel is going to bolt out of the white house soon, isn't he? >> very soon. in fact, what we've heard here is it could happen as soon as tomorrow. a lot of people expect that to happen, that we'll get an announcement that rahm emmanuel is leaving, moving very quickly, perhaps even as early as this weekend to chicago to start running for mayor. it's widely expected that the president will announce an int

. >> all andrew offers us is startus cuomo. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. >> reporter: also in new york despiting facing voters for the first time fais while facing ethics charges, charles rangel had an easy win. nbc news. >> one result is still spending. that the new hampshire primary. preliminary results show kelly ayotte is ahead of ovide lamontagne the. >>> sarah shourd is free after spending a year in an iranian prison. but the story is not over. two other american hikers still face espionage charges. >> reporter: it was a happy ending tonight for sarah shourd, released from an iranian prison and flown immediately to oman, who put up the $500,000 that iran was demanding for her bail according to some reports. >> on behalf of myself and my family, if anything, i'm standing here today because of the efforts of many people and many governments. >> reporter: she was reunited there with her mother, nora, who with the other two mowers had been lobbying and begging for the release of their children, saying that they had simply wandered across the border, an unmarked border in ira

he will take on an to cuomo. also, charlie rangel beat democrats and ethics charges to stay in washington. >> no matter what they say, i grow back -- i go back to washington stronger than i have ever been. >> democrats are hoping to hold onto their majority. tracy pockets, wbal 11 news. >> for up-to-the-minute results, this wbaltv.com. will have continuing coverage tonight. in other news, more with mr. -- testimony expected in the second full day of ken harris -- ken harris'murder trial. yes, we heard from the owner of the new haven lounge, keith covington, who said he heard a single shot and did not know ken harris had been shot until police arrived. the testimony is said to be a different account that his original statement. >> it is a very important discrepancy. the number of people involved, the people in -- what the people did, their location -- it is significant, and hopefully we can expose that. >> we will have the latest tonight at 5:00 p.m. carroll county detectives have made it pair of breasts. police a

paladino accuses andrew cuomo of carrying on an affair. while married to his former wife, cuomo has not commented. so last night, a reporter confronted paladino. paladino responded like this. >> have any evidence for the charge you make? >> at the appropriate time, you'll get it. and you're -- >> what's the evidence? >> take you out, buddy -- >> how you doing to do that? >> watch. >> let's mix it up. i love that guy. i just love him. jane and martha, conservative talk radio host. martha, i don't even know where to begin other than to observe the absurdity. when you see political candidates ending up in this state, what does it tell you about the overall quality of the candidates we're selecting, the primary system we're work, with, the entire mechanism for breeding politicians, if you will? >> what led to that was the fact the "new york post" has been -- stalking his daughter. you shouldn't lose your cool like that. but i can understand it. the part you couldn't hear well, if you don't leave my daughter alone, i'm going to take you out. i