conference next week. the afghan government is expected to announce plans to improve security, and crack down on corruption. she will also visit pakistan next week to push for regional courtroom ration. republican senator challenger hayworth came out swinging in the first of two televised weekend debates with john mccain and tea party candidate jim vekan. mccain has a comfortable lead and raising more money than the challengers ahead of the august 24, g.o.p. primary. casey stegall is live in phoenix and we ll check in with him in a few moments. the first family is in maine taking a summer vacation, and upscale resort there. the obamas got there last night and wasted little time kicking off a weekend with a boat ride around the bay and ice cream. the first family is vacationing here in the gulf of mexico. this is a fox news alert.
hayworth served 12 years in congress before losing his re-election bid in 2006. he really went after mccain s record last night. on immigration and healthcare. some may have found it humorous to watch the two banter back and forth. listen. we have been treated to instant revisionist courtesy of john mccain. i had to check to see the footwear that john has on. he doesn t have on flip-flops but he has them here. you voted against the tax cuts in 2001 and 2003 i helped write. if you they can the statements you said nothing about spending. americans don t need a tax increase at this time. the small businesses people, businesses in arizona are hurting badly. so are big businesses. we need to cut the corporate tax and cut the payroll tax.
zingers from jd heyworth, served in congress 12 years before losing the reelection bid. at one point he called the political senator a shape shifter and need today look at the footware john mccain was wearing at the debate because he accused him of flip-flopping in his senate career. kelly: really, really testy. what does the latest polling show there? well, testy maybe because of what the polling numbers show, the margin for john mccain is widening. take a look at the full screen we have for you, the real clear politics average. brand new numbers mccain with 54.3. hayworth 28. 26 points spread. and jim deacon, 26% of the vote so a lot of people are saying, analysts are saying that hayworth is maybe getting desperate and why he was trying to throw the zingers and