From ousted executive of the New York Times, Jill Abramson. When she speaks, well bring you her comments. Its monday, may 19, 2014. This is the daily rundown. My first reads of the morning were down to the wire. Polls open for this cycles super tuesday. It is the closest thing we have. And the tea party is looking at the real possibility of a series of debates tomorrow. Six states hold votes. Mitch mcconnell now leads his opponent matt bevin. Ill admit, i always have skepticism of polls like the one here. Theyre not made up only of live callers. This is survey usa, they do a lot of what we call robo polling around here but they do do live cell phones to supplement a little bit but it does track with our nbc live poll from last week. Clearly the Mcconnell Campaign is confident. This morning they sent out a memo listing the results for every recent major Senate Primary that featured an ibt on both sides of the aisle. Clearly they blow he will be in the upper half of success of these incu
United states. The secretary vowed to act on any allegations proven by the Inspector Generals report. Its the very first time the secretary has spoken in public after calls for his resignation amid the va scandal in phoenix. Joining me now, capitol hill correspondent Kelly Odonnell live in phoenix. Thanks for joining me. I want to start off with the announcement we got from the white house last night. President obama announcing that deputy chief of staff rob neighbors is going to launch a review of the va. Given that theres already an ig investigation going on. Whats the goal here . I think really the secretary of Veterans Affairs needed some white house backup and support because of the scope. This is the Largest Health Care Organization in the country. The allegations have spread not only from phoenix and the hospital behind me but to a number of centers around the country where allegations have come up of this issue of manipulating the data related to patient appointments to make it
New york just lost his title as the countrys reigning debate show stealer. And a friday focus on 2016, twists and turns this week that will give us insight and intrigue and even new information on the president ial plans and style of campaign thats coming up for some big time players. Good morning and happy friday from a wet and drenched washington theyre actually flash flood warnings, we shouldnt be joking about this for a bunch of counties in the surrounding area. Its been raining for hours. Its may 16, 2014. Lets go right to my first read of the morning. Get ready for primary palooza. Were less than 100 hours away from the biggest primary day this Midterm Election year. This tuesday six states will vote from coast to coast showcasing all of the Big National Story lines. Three states will feature the latest round in the Tea Party Versus the establishment. And in some cases whats surprising heading into tuesday is whats not a race. Lets look at kentucky, for instance, Republican Matt
That concussion she suffered in 2012 . Or is this just trouble staring by Reince Priebus and his band of merry elves . And why are Vice President joe biden, Maryland Governor Martin Omalley and the others out there putting out Smoke Signals that they are ready to run for president. If nobody on the planet believes any of them can beat hillary, does that mean at least some of them are betting she wont be there to run against . Tonight, i would like to get to the bomb of this big will she or wont she . Find out what the motives are for people who are acting like shes not. And why are republicans talking up a the health issue uh now . Why are democrats running as if shes not running . Whats the skinny on the strongest president ial wannabe since dwight eisenhower. We have the cochair of the super pac supporting Hillary Clinton in 2016. I just want to say, like both of you, i think we can all agree last week we saw a very Strong Performance by team clinton, both bill and Hillary Clinton ou
Wildfires in San Diego County force thousands from their homes. Look at this fire tornado. There are nine different fastmoving different wildfires burning across Southern California right now. Choppers, planes, and super tankers like the one you see here are dropping water and fire retardants on those flames. Reporter as sun set on one of the warmest may days in Southern California history, the unprecedented heat and dryness made for catastrophic fire weather. I never thought our house would be in danger like this, but its really scary. Reporter homeowners forced to evacuate as flames chase them out of their neighborhoods. Some will have nothing to come home to despite their best effort to clear brush and be fire safe. I tried to make it as good as possible, but naturally who cares right now . House is gone. Ive never seen anything like this in 20 years. Reporter its a frightening preview to what will be a dangerous fire season. The santa ana winds howling through are not typical so ea