oh, yeah. what do you call that one? 1-2 pitch to jay. got em, strikes out the side in the ninth inning. and the american league wins the all-star game for the ninth consecutive season. mike, it was cool how they mic the players up. and what a great place for an all-star game. i mean, what a we talk about fenway all the time. but, man, what a classic stadium, dodger stadium. it is the third oldest ballpark in the major leagues. not many people know that. there s fenway park, wrigley field and dodger stadium built in the 1960s. the clip that we showed the toronto blue jays great right-hander, strong kid, talking back and forth, being micced, talking with john smoltz, the hall of fame
up five points. rural voters also up five points. and those between the ages of 50 and 64 are more republican than years ago. a jump of those making $30,000 to $50,000 per year, kind of smack dab in the middle class there. not just millennials but gen-z, those with post-graduate degrees. we re in a political realignment. we re in the middle of it. and it s going to take more than one election to figure this out. these trends explain why barack obama won two terms. it s making our election ace bit more unpredictable than we have become used to. before we go to break we want to note the passing of former senator and hall of fame pitcher jim bunning, who died at the age of 85. congressman, two-term senator from kentucky and only member of congress to throw a perfect game
november. this process is still fluid and making our elections a bit more unpredictable than we have become used to. before we go to break, we want to note the passing of former senator and hall of fame pitcher, jim bunning, who died yesterday at the age yesterday at the ith age of 85. he was the only member of congress to throw a perfect game in the major leagues. and we lost a member of our extended nbc family, former national security adviser to president jimmy carter zbigniew brzezinski. he emigrated from poland, a scholar and moved to the white house, maintained an enduring suspicion of the soviet union and worked tirelessly to limit soviet expansionism in the late 1970s. our thoughts go out to our colleague mika and her entire family who tweeted friday night, chief at the helm, we love you, dad, and will always be grateful for the love and devotion you showed us all. grateful for the devotion that you showed us all.
kiran and jim. interesting stuff. thanks. great race in texas. oh, yeah. turning back to the other huge political story, thousands of americans are waking up without a job this morning. president obama says they have one senator to thank for that, outgoing kentucky republican jim bunning. bunning, a hall of fame pitcher, who once threw a perfect game in the majors, threw what many in washington are calling a screwball, blocking the funding that keeps the paychecks coming. dana bash tracked down senator bunning for answers, take a look at what happened. what is the issue? are you concerned about people unemployed? i have to go to the floor. can you just explain to us why you re holding this up? i m sure you have an explanation. excuse me. are you concerned about those that are going to lose their benefits? i guess we have our answer. point out that was a senator s only elevator. here s what s on hold thanks to this one-man filibuster. $10 billion for road projects an