laugh or anything. what? nobody talk to him! what happened? can we look or ask? no. it was dangerous. it was something he was doing and he had an accident. is that why he is wearing glasses? yeah, no. are those protector glasses? don t make hif laugh. are you okay, mark? let me stand my zen-like state. you have, like, five broken ribs? are you good? i m fine. thank you for asking. don t laugh or cough. what happened? how did you break five ribs? a little tumble. when was that? over the weekend. i m good, though. i m heavily medicated. that is always wonderful! good for you! how did that work out for you? we all have something in common. wait until i start talking about the japanese tie in the world cup and then you ll see enthusiasm. let s do it. we have got a lot of stories to get to this morning. we really do, mika. including a dire situation in iraq where the obama administration must decide to send more u.s. troops to th
that s a far cry from the fight four years ago. just some of the big highlights as eight states head to the polls for the first primary of june. also this morning, president obama faces new questions over the deal to bring home an american p.o.w. nbc news has just learned the u.s. army is preparing to launch a full high-level inquiry into the circumstances surrounding bowe bergdahl s disappearance in afghanistan. plus, guess who else is voting today? syria. and there s actually more than one candidate on the ballot. but is it a real election if bashar al assad is expected to cruise to victory again? good morning from washington. it s tuesday, june 3rd, 2014, and this is the daily rundown. i m chris cillizza in for chuck todd. it is decision day. more voters are likely to cast ballots today than on any other primary day this year. polls are open in eight states from coast to coast. get ready for a late night. some of the biggest races on the ballot are in california,
and says, well, i m hoping i m putting enough pressure on him that he is going to fold and let me have my $127 million. larry sabato is the director for the center of politics at the university of virginia. matt cats is a reporter for wnyc radio, covering the christie administration. i want to talk about you about what hailey barbour just said. she is coming out with these allegations. what do you make of that, matt? she told us over the weekend that it took her some time to come this this point. she said it was a pretty difficult thing to do. she has come to believe that there is some sort of connection here. it leaves her open to attacks, both from christie s people and his surrogates, like haley
0 on how their words live on certainly he s a great man. my 10-year-old is learning one of his speeches in school and to hear the words they really do ring true today. we need him today just as many as any. take some time to reflect. it s a good day to do that. a lot of news. let s get to you the newsroom, miss carol costello. thanks so much. newsroom starts now. good morning. thank you so much for joining me. i m carol costello. this morning a new scandal overshadowing new jersey governor chris christie and his possible bid in the next presidential election. latest embarrassment now surrounds his lieutenant governor, kim guadagno. she s accused of strong arming the mayor of hoboken. she made a direct threat to me. she came and when the lieutenant governor comes, pulls you aside in a parking lot and says these two things are connected, i know it shouldn t be and they are and if you tell anyone i ll deny it. she felt almost guilty about saying it. she knows it s wrong. that s
legislation. how will it play out in the important midterm election year? former republican governor of mississippi hailey barbour is here live to weigh in. and testing the limits of presidential power. some members of congress who think the president has overstepped those bounds try to use their power to bring him back into line. the congressmen heading up that effort, the republican from south carolina joins us live. plus, where is david berg, the reporter who went for a walk a week ago and hasn t been seen since? america news headquarters starts right now. hello from washington. we begin with a debate over all that data. the national security agency has been scooping it up and who should hold it, the government or a third party? president obama floated his ideas friday and today members of congress responded on the sunday shows.