a lot more to do about mcconnell himself. we re going to go deep into mcconnell s political history. good morning from washington. it s monday, april 7th, 2014. this is the daily rundown . busy morning. we re going to kick off with an election. this one a long way away. it may be too soon to declare saturday s elections in afghanistan a complete success. but folks, things went about as smoothly as officials could have hoped for. despite weeks of threats from the taliban, turnout hit record levels, as people decided to go to the polls to pick hamid karzai s successor. not as many protests as folks predicted. and and i want to set the course for the future of u.s.-afghan relations. early estimates put the number at 7 million, nearly 60%, pretty healthy turnout in any democracy. compared to just 4.5 million, for instance, who voted in the last presidential election in 2009. turnout was so high that officials were forced to extend voting for an extra hour. send more ballots to