victory over tea party challenger chris mcdaniel. mcdaniel though has refused to concede. in new york 84-year-old congressman charles rangel declaring victory in a democratic primary, but his opponent adriano espaillat says the race still too close to call and the tea party went down to defeat in oklahoma with congressman james langford s win over it. w. shannon in the race to succeed retiring senator tom coburn. house speaker john boehner threatening to sue president obama for a misuse of executive authority. the president has used executive orders to push initiatives without approval from congress. many republicans argue that he s overstepped his constitutional power. now in response house minority leader nancy pelosi called boehner s actions reprehensible saying the lawsuit is doomed no. word on when a decision might come from boehner. homeland security secretary jay johnson heading to arizona today to tour the very border
he is, he is, he is the whole package. by the way, harold just said off camera he s moving to alaska. or is she in arizona now? or oklahoma. really? that s major star power, right? it is. it would get harold he is it. before this round here, there was palin and cruz and the people they supported. congressman james langford easily crushed shannon by more than 20 points. the seat opened up when senator tom coburn announced his resignation. coburn weighed in on state politics last week on morning joe. i think there will be a backlash from their oklahomans don t like being told who to vote for. if you ll recall in 2004 when i ran washington was telling them what republican to vote for and spent millions of dollars
outspoken on that front. he lives in colorado. similarly in oklahoma the establishment republican congressman james langford beats a good night for the establishment and some of these races. your thoughts. it is a good night for the establishment. they have done the trifecta. in terms of their republican game plan for keeping control of the senate, i think the people who are making the master plan for that would feel this is a good night for them. with the wind in mississippi for thad cochran and the land for lankford in oklahoma, they have a good shot at keeping those seats which is what they want to do with unwanted takeover the
there is another close race. congressman charlie rangel saying he has won his 23rd term. listen to this. i want each one of you to go home and know that this was your victory. this is your congressman and you can rest assured all i will be doing is thinking about you and bringing these resources home. at this hour, the house race against espaia is too close to call. rangel calling victory. in oklahoma, there is a bit of a different story. it wasn t even close. congressman james langford beat shannon 57-34%. huge margin there. then in tea party win in florida , republican cruising to victory in a special election to replace raidle who resigned in
political watchers say this could help cory gardener in the fall. in oklahoma, congressman james langford over senator over the end of the year. it s a busy night here on america s election headquarters i m bret baier in washington. now back to new york and the o reilly factor. factor follow up segment tonight. the great american retreat of 2014. no question the u.s.a. is losing influence abroad. here at home border chaos still shaking the economy and a number of major problems. fair to say america is in decline at least at present. charles krauthammer addressed that last night. there is a big difference between decline as a condition and decline as a choice. what we have with obama is a president choosing decline. we have a president who