Im richard lui. The votes are in. Here are some primary results. In kentucky, Senate Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell will take on Alison Lundergan grimes. Mcconnell got close to 60 of the vote to defeat his challenger, matt bevin. In georgia, its going to be a runoff there. No candidate came near the 50 that was needed in the sevencandidate primary field. Right now it looks like congressman Jack Kingston will face david purdue in july. In idahos highstakes primary mike simpson, an ally of john boehner, has 62 of the vote over Tea Party Candidate brian smith with almost all of the precincts reporting there. And just because the clintons are stumping for you, well, it doesnt mean you got the victory. In pennsylvania, Marjorie Margulies whose son is married to Chelsea Clinton lost her old house state to brendan boyle. The planned execution of a missouri ie has been put on hold. A u. S. Supreme Court Justice issuing the order overnight to suspend the execution of russell bucklew. There w
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Hospitals. Gwen let the investigations begin. At the Justice Department indictments aimed at getting the Chinese Government to stop hacking american companies. These criminal charges represent a groundbreaking step forward in addressing that threat. Gwen but what effect will they have . Election day victories strengthen republican prospects for the fall and clarify their strategies. Kentuckians are not going to be deceived. Alison Lundergan Grimes is Barack Obamas candidate. Gwen and half a century after Lyndon Johnson engineered a sweeping expansion of government for in your time we have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society. Gwen how does it resonate today . Covering the week, jeff zeleny of abc news. Pete williams of nbc news. Susan davis of usa today. And Karen Tumulty of the Washington Post. Award winning reporting and analysis covering history as it happens, live from our nations capitol, this is Washing
Obama administrations decision to finally release the secret memo outlining when the u. S. Can assassinate a u. S. Citizen. Then as the tea party suffers setbacks and midterms, we will take a look at the most influential republican political operatives, the Koch Brothers. Their the poster boys for the top 1 . Their money and power fuels the inequality in america. The name koch has become a four letter word. Day in and day out, their purchasing politicians and policy. It is taking a terrible toll on democracy. We will speak to the films director Robert Greenwald will stop republicans tried to block a capitol hill screening of the documentary this week. Then Daniel Schulman, author of the new book, sons of wichita how the Koch Brothers became americas most powerful and private dynasty. All of that and more coming up. Ill stop this is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. At least 118 people have been killed and 45 wounded in a twin bombing in the ni
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