night to state trish remember richard mourdock. outside spending groups poured millions of dollars into this race. senator lugar was criticized by conservatives for being too moderate and spending too much time outside of the state. he issued a statement condemning mr. mourdock s politics. his unrelenting partisan mind set is irreconcilable with my philosophy. he will encounter roadblocks in congress and he will have more republicans who will embrace the same. his prime mission is to cleanse the party. that s the statement from dick lugar after losing his seat. john carry of massachusetts called lugar s loss a tragedy saying in part it is a blow to the institution during a period when the institution itself has been strained. vice president joe biden tweeted this. the senate lost a brilliant strategic mind, a man with absolute integrity. he will be missed. the chair woman of the dnc, debbie wasserman schultz said the republican party is now indistinguishable from the tea part
yesterday, but in a couple of other votes it really pit conservatives versus moderates. in indiana we saw the longest serving republican in the senate lose his seat after 36 years. senator dick lugar is out losing to a candidate backed by the tea party, indiana state treasurer, richard murdock. the issue of gay marriage was on the ballot. the initiative to define a marriage as between one man and one woman was won. finally in wisconsin this race that s garnered so much attention because of union rights, governor scott walker now has a democratic challenger, milwaukee mayor, tom barrett. they will face off in the recall election june 5th. on capital hill for once democrats and republicans agree on something. low interest rates for millions of college loans. ununfortunately they can t agree on how to pay for it. senate republicans blocked a proposal that would keep interest rates at 3.4% by closing a loophole allowing them to avoid some payroll taxes. republicans want to keep
al qaeda to destroy a u.s.-bound airliner with an improved underwear bomb was actually a double agent. instead of carrying out the murderous mission, he delivered the bomb to u.s. intelligence officials. the new york times reports the informant is an intelligent agent for saudi arabia. susan mcginnis is in washington with the latest. good morning. reporter: good morning. an incredible intelligence coup. the al qaeda affiliate developed this advanced bomb. they think they re giving it to a suicide bomber but they hand it right over to an agent working with the cia. officials say al qaeda in the arabian peninsula known as aqap failed in its attempt to take down an american-bound airliner because of a double agent. the would-be suicide bomber actually worked for the cia and saudi intelligence agencies. clearly, this was an intelligence success. reporter: senator chambliss said the planned attack is a reminder al qaeda remained committed to hurting america. the bad guys
allow for brain swelling. the skull was eventually sealed and he went to the rehabilitation institute of chicago for his recovery. the stroke was ton right side of the brain. the right side du not control language or mental aquety, which explains why the senator s sharp and clear. in this video talking about getting the economy back on track. i can t wait to go back to work to vet to spend less to borrow less and tax less to help fix our economy. reporter: because the right brain controls movement on the left side, the senateder has some speech delay and has limited movement of his left arm and leg. visual facial ability may be impacted as well. while it s clear t 52-year-old has gotten stronger since his stroke, he may never regabe full movement on the left side. doctors are not shocked or worried by this video. this was the prognosis from the beginning, left side physical deficit. but the senator even though looking weak, sounds strong in his words and his resolve. back
alive. newsroom starts right now. after an emotional phone call with secretary of state hillary clinton, chinese human rights activist chen guangcheng is in a beijing hospital this morning and china is not happy. in fact, china is demanning apology from united states. we did manage to get this photo of chen a few hours ago. that means he was indeed holdup in the u.s. embassy and u.s. officials brought him here to the hospital. u.s. officials telling us that chen will get medical treatment and later reunite with his family to a safe environment. he fled his home in april where he was under house arrest for more than 18 months. he does say today he wants to stay in china. stan grant has followed this story from the beginning and is on the phone from beijing. stan, first of all, tell us about this phone call that chen had with hillary clinton because i understand at the end of it he said he wanted to kiss the secretary of state. reporter: you re absolutely right. it s one