what s interesting about this race this morning leslie peterson who lost by about 700, she called i m sorry, not leslie peterson. rita meyer called, she was the republican tea party candidate there. she called republican matthew mead and conceded. 700 voters separated them in this race. there s concern under wyoming law, they could have a runoff election. and go back and do a recount but she already called and conceded but under the law, fewer than 1%, you re allowed to call and say we need a recount. what s the hurry? wait until the morning. if it s that close, wait until the morning. i guess people wanted to get their shut eye or something. somehow, i remember a concession call between gore and bush, too, and that didn t necessarily work out. i wonder if she ll call it back this morning. latest gallup polls for the midterm elections. it shows the most support yet for republican candidates. look at this, candidate preference, that was the question for the 2010 midterms and p
u.s. in the war in afghanistan could be affected. let me show you a map. it tells the story. at least part of the story. the pakistani military has three basic missions. one is fighting the pakistani taliban and al qaeda. battlegrounds are the swat valley and north and south waziristan. the second mission they have is aiding u.s. forces in it afghanistan, in part by preventing the afghan taliban remember, you ve got afghanistan and pakistan and taliban on both sides. by preventing them from using the pakistani side of the border as operation forces. three, maintaining troops on the border with rival india where tensioning to be high. last year, pakistan claimed it drove pakistani taliban forces out of south waziristan. but the flooding has put on hold the military s plan to escort some 2 million refugees back to their homes. as a result, the government faces a double-edged sword, a population demands to return to their homes and the strong chance of the taliban moving back
gotten worse or stayed the same on obama s watch. a huge factor making americans more worried, of course, this summer is the unemployment rate which continues to hover near 10%. this morning, obama will hold a kitchen table chat. you mentioned that. with a family in their columbus home. they ll talk about their very real work and money issues. the same ones facing many americans. money will also be the focus later today when the president headlines a fundraiser for ohio democrat. he then flies to miami for yet another fundraising event. he was in seattle last night. back to you guys. all right. a lot of flight miles getting racked up there. julie, thanks very much for that update. all right. let s do the post-game show. it was primary day in two states. the great state of washington and the great state as well of washington. and wyoming as well and let s take a look at the winners on the democrat side, not a surprise. senator patty murray, three time incumbent is going to