former penn state assistant football coach accused of sexually abusing ten boys for more than a decade. nine jurors have already been chosen. attorneys are asking them about their ties to penn state and the charity for underprivileged children that sandusky founded. republican scott walker keeping his job as governor of wisconsin. the only governor elected twice in one term! walker defeated milwaukee mayor tom barrett in a recall race that, of course, has implications for the presidential election. what does it mean in november? it depends on who you ask. dana bash joins us live from milwaukee. dana, i know you have been talking to a lot of folks. republicans saying this is a preview of things to come. how is this playing out where you are? reporter: well, you know, let s look at the numbers because they really do tell an interesting and maybe perplexing story about what this could mean for november. first of all, how scott walker really did. obviously he won. he won
the last time we ll see this happen in all of our lifetimes. wow. that is something to behold. good morn wk everyone. good to have you with us. welcome to early start. i m ashleigh banfield. i m zoraida sambolin. first, it is a failed recall. delivering a wake-up call to the white house this morn ing. wisconsin governor scott walker keeps his job, becoming the first governor in u.s. history to survive a recall election. a real slap in the face for democrats. literally. take a look at a female supporter slapping runner-up tom barrett. milwaukee s democratic mayor, for conceding the race too soon last night. she didn t have to, you know. walker, the tea party backed republican who broke his state s public unions register add comfortable seven-point victory over barrett. he was quick to put a national spin on his big, local win. tonight, tonight we tell wisconsin, we tell our country, and we tell people all across the globe that voters really do want leaders to stand up
captions by vitac www.vitac.com we begin in wisconsin where voters have three more hours to cast ballots in an effort to recall their republican governor scott walker and replace him with the democratic mayor tom barrett. both parties see it as a potential weather vane for november s election. the exit polls are fascinating to begin with, number one and number two show a very close race and how polarized and partisan the electorate is. we mentioned governor walker s efforts to limit collective bargaining rights, strongly disapprove of the efforts, 38% of those voting today strongly days prove but let s come to the other end, 37% strongly approve, that tells you why we think this is going to be a close race as we go through, the others in the middle there. that s the defining issue in the race. look at the electorate again today another close divide, 35% of those voting today are democrats, 33% are republicans, we get that to highlight, 32% of the electorate today indepe
of may. that s the biggest monthly loss in nearly a year. in case you were thinking that europe s crisis was their problem and your eyes glaze over when you hear about it, this is the wake-up call. america s 401(k)s are losing value thanks to greece and spain. why? well, because if and when greece drops the euro, it s a little domino with a lot of punch. next comes spain, portugal, ireland, maybe even italy. they could all fail. and that means the breakup of the world s biggest economy and america s biggest trading partner. it means at least tens of thousands of american jobs will be lost. this is the scene in greece now. destitution and riots. suicide has surged. just today a 61-year-old man left a suicide note. his name was alexanderos. he hung himself in a park in suburban athens. he said, quote, greece will be wiped off the map and he hoped his grandchildren wouldn t be born there. the personal toll is tragic and it s a terrible fall for something that was supposed to cur
in case you were thinking that europe s crisis was their problem and your eyes glaze over when you hear about it, this is the wake-up call. america s 401(k)s are losing value thanks to greece and spain. well, because if and when greece drops the euro, it s a little domino with a lot of punch. next comes spain, portugal, ireland, maybe even italy. they could all fail. and that means the breakup of the world s biggest economy and america s biggest trading partner. it means at least tens of thousands of american jobs will be lost. this is the scene in greece now. destitution and riots. suicide has surged. just today a 61-year-old man left a suicide note. his name was alexanderos. he hung himself in a park in suburban athens. he said, quote, greece will be wiped off the map and he hoped his grandchildren wouldn t be born there. the personal toll is tragic and it s a terrible fall for something that was supposed to cure all the continent s ills. the euro was supposed to unite euro