checking our top stories at 47 minutes past the hour, vice president joe biden thought he was making a friendly call to boston s new mayor, marty walsh. that s walsh celebrating his big victory tuesday night. just one problem, that s not the walsh that biden called. here s what happened next. he said, you know, congratulations, marty, you dog. you know, great win. and right then i said, mr. vice president, i m sorry, you ve got the wrong marty walsh. he laughed. he was great about it. this marty walsh is a political consultant and a former staffer to the late senator edward kennedy. and biden wasn t along in his gaffe. dnc chairwoman debbie wassermann schultz made the same mistake. seven other people were wounded. police tell cnn affiliate wxyz
if there were a way, he would be doing something. all right, coming up, dnc chairwoman debbie wassermann schultz. and chuck todd digs into the nbc news/ wall street journal polls out this morning. oh, my gosh, willie, we re not even going to bring up the miami hurricanes. no. it s sad. they re playing without half their team. they put up a good fight. the washington post s eugene robinson on the show today. up next, a major shake-up in the bachmann campaign, did you hear about this? did. the top story in the politico playbook. but first, here s todd santos with a check on the forecast. todd? good morning, guys. we re talking a bit of rainfall across the appalachians in some areas that have been saturated if you re a member. i know it seems like a distance history for some. we re bringing rain to some of the same areas. keep in mind, that s a 12-hour loop for rainfall. we re looking for severe weather