costello for that report. we have just learned that steven slater has been ordered held on $2,500 bail. we ll keep you posted as his story continues on. so, it is primary day in colorado, connecticut, minnesota and georgia. and those match ups are being closely watched by the white house and leaders in both parties. we ve got those races cover oed for you today. john harwood, he s live in hartford, connecticut. and kelly oo donnell is in denver. we want to start the senate primaries in colorado today. now, on the democratic side it is michael bennet and on the republican side it s a race between establishment favorite jane norton and the opponent ken buck. nbc capitol hill correspondent kelly o donnell is in denver with more on that. kelly, good morning. outside colorado, many people may judge the result of the democratic primary as some sort of a referendum on president obama s clout in this midterm
question in his monologue. figure it out. i don t have the time. you have been moonliting. take a look at what s airing on bravo tonight. i would like to introduce you to the diners joining us today. who s over there? this is kelly oo donnell. you know, top chef airs tonight on bravo and we know that you only watch nbc universal cable channels and it s at 9:30 p.m. eastern and you have to tivo rachel maddow and watch top chef. we know you have to watch both. we had a ten-course meal and i m still full. let s get to the diva and the diplomat. after meeting monarchs from all over the world, condoleezza rice joined forces with the queen of soul last night. aretha franklin sang her hits
sure. for republicans and certainly for barton. and change the narrative a bit. kelly oo donnell, thank you. joining me for more on this ron christy is a republican strategist. gentlemen, thanks for being with me. good morning. good morning. ron, i want to start with you. why use the word shakedown when you have folks who are suffering in the gulf, the white house trying to help them. why use that word? well, very simple. i looked at article one and article two of the constitution this morning and there is no constitutional authority for the president of the united states to go to a private corporation, demand that they put in a certain amount of money in a trust fund for the purpose that the white house deems they want. i understand and i m so empthetic and my heart goes out to the people in the gulf but the constitutional issue is the one i m concerned about. the president had no authority to do this. where is it going to stop with the president deciding where he
with that staff and the legacy of his political work. he remains a very powerful figure. what we understand about this trip, it was a sporting type of trip and we re trying to get those details. certainly in alaska, ted stevens is a huge name. thanks very much, we appreciate that. kelly oo donnell, we will stay on top of that story and report more as we get more information here at nbc news. other breaks news right now, the associated press is reporting two suicide bombers blew up a building in central kabul killing two company drivers. the building was rented by a private security company. the attack started with a gun battle in the middle of the fighting there was a huge explosion. as the bombers detonated explosive vests. more details about what happened as we get them. also coming up a little later this hour, lieutenant general jerry bicycoycon will t about the nine-year war in afghanistan. stay tuned. that is coming up, as well. the fbi now says it will
take a listen. i m ashamed of what happened in the white house yesterday and i think it is a tragedy of the first proportion that a private corporation can be subjected to what i would characterize as a shakedown. in this case, a $20 billion shakedown. but, there s more. immediately after house minority leader john boehner and eric canter met with congressman barton and gave him a simple choice. apologize immediately or lose his position. well, here s what followed later in the day. if anything i ve said this morning has been misconstrued in an opposite effect, i want to apologize for that misconstrued misconstruction. well, nbc kelly oo donnell is on capitol hill. kelly, this is being called a