emanuel might have been doing some lobbying? it s in the middle of the country, both coasts, equal flights. close to soldier field. 2018, put it on your calendar. done. a lot of politics last night. what does this all mean? one man can tell us. he runs inside politics on new day. his name john king and his face to the left of the screen. mr. cuomo, hope you had a nice trip south to the world cup. kate, michaela, very good day to go inside politics. wow, let s just start in a word, wow. in a runoff election, traditionally the base turns out and overall turnout drops. instead in mississippi last night thad cochran, the establishment candidate wins, turnout overall goes up. he wins, peter, by 6,300 votes, no question, we don t have a debate this morning. thad cochran is the republican nominee for senate in mississippi beating a tea party
much to the chagrin of his conservative challenger. so much for bold colors. so much for principle. reporter: a nasty finish to a tough race. mississippi tea party candidate chris mcdaniel with a not so conciliatory speech after losing in a close race to incumbent senatored th ed thathad cochran there is something a bit strange, there is something a bit unusual, about a republican primary that s decided by liberal democrats. thank you, all, for being here, to help celebrate a great victory. this is your victory. reporter: cochran, who trailed mcdaniel in the republican primary june 3rd, spent the past three weeks courting voters outside the gop base, including african-americans. pointing to federal funds he secured throughout his 36 years in the senate. and to those who say, you know what, you have been re-elected time and time again, your opponent says it s just been too much, you ve been there too long? i m the choice the people
president obama. the spread of terrorism has increased exponentially under this president s leadership. i don t think you re going to hear much pushback if the president has to act. delicious controversy at the world cup. certainly not again. must taste good or why would this guy keep biting people? it was a primary night for the ages. bick implications for the gop, and that means also for the tea party, and who controls your government in general? so let s start with mississippi. cnn projects six-term senator thad cochran defeating tea party challenger chris mcdaniel in a republican senate primary runoff but mcdanielle at this point refusing to concede blasting his opponent for reaching out to democrats to vote for him in a republican primary. listen. there is something a bit unusual about a republican primary that s decided by liberal democrats. so much for bold colors.
victory over tea party challenger chris mcdaniel. mcdaniel though has refused to concede. in new york 84-year-old congressman charles rangel declaring victory in a democratic primary, but his opponent adriano espaillat says the race still too close to call and the tea party went down to defeat in oklahoma with congressman james langford s win over it. w. shannon in the race to succeed retiring senator tom coburn. house speaker john boehner threatening to sue president obama for a misuse of executive authority. the president has used executive orders to push initiatives without approval from congress. many republicans argue that he s overstepped his constitutional power. now in response house minority leader nancy pelosi called boehner s actions reprehensible saying the lawsuit is doomed no. word on when a decision might come from boehner. homeland security secretary jay johnson heading to arizona today to tour the very border
we saw across the country. as far as the bad weather goes this thorni imorning, cleveland to buffalo, a soaking rain. give yourself extra time. it s not yet in the big cities. it s going to be in northern and central new england during the day today. it won t be this evening, even towards the late evening that we ll watch those storms heading to the east. we could see one to two inches of rain. and the airports could see delays in the east. still be warm. a lot more muggy and also in the southeast, watch out for airport delays with storms. florida, atlanta all the way through areas of new orleans. coming up at the top of the hour on morning joe, of course, the reaction to last night s primary results and more on why mississippi tea party candidate chris mcdaniel refuses to concede. when we come back here, we ll huddle around the water cooler to find out what inspired this somewhat awkward scene on capitol hill. good cause. i m not sure why they had to cross hands. why not just ho