Beating over Tea Party Challengers. It could mean problems for democrats in november. We are breaking down the breaking results live here on early start. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to early start. Im poppy harlow in for christine romans. Im john berman. Election results 5 00 a. M. In the east. We do begin with big political news breaking overnight. Voters in six states said no to Tea Party Challengers making their choice for who they want to run in fall we are talking from congress to their state capitols. By far the biggest race of the night was kentucky where Mitch Mcconnell was facing off against matt bevin. He was expected to map a strong challenge. Mcconnell ran hard. In the end, he held him off easily. Now the fiveterm senator faces a tougher fight in november against alison lungergan grimes. My opponent is in this race because barack obama and harry reid want her to be in this race. Theres a reason, my friends, a reason every hollywood liberal is sending her a check. Togeth
Seniors prepare to leave the ivory tower, another rite of spring is taking hold. College bans on conservative speakers. Former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice is the latest victim, announcing last week she is with drawing as the graduation speaker at Rutgers University after faculty and students there protested her role in the iraq war. Last month, another university rescinded its invitation to another whose criticism over radical islam the school said violated its core values. And a speech by libertarian design scientist charlie murray, for fear of quote, hurting our faculty of students of color. Political diary editor, jason riley. So dan, as we said, this has been known to happen in the past. But it seems to be picking up in number and in the breadth of the people who are banned. Condoleezza rice is hardly some radical. Shes the ultimate establishment figure. Yeah, thats right. I mean, you get the sense that something has kind of snapped on the left, and that they have just felt
This is our western edition. The Supreme Court justices spoke with one voice today on cell phones and privacy. In a 90 decision, they ruled that police cannot automatically search the cell phones of people they arrest. Chief Justice John Roberts was blunt. To an officer who wants to search a cell phone, its simple get a warrant. Here is jan crawford. Reporter todays decision was a major victory for privacy rights in the modern digital era. As chief Justice Jon Roberts put it, cell phones are such a pervasive and insistent part of daily life that the proverbial visitor from mars might conclude they were an important procedure of human anatomy. The decision will end a Police Practice of routinely checking cell phones during arrests. The Obama Administration had argued cell phone searches were like a search of a suspects wallet, briefcase, or coat, which dont require a warrant, but privacy advocates said cell phones are different. Now its like the equivalent of having your diary, your pho
Lets get to the breaking news right now. Stunning new details of the nba charges against Donald Sterling and of the leagues intent to force him and his wife to sell the Los Angeles Clippers. Cnn has obtained documents showing the nba accuses Donald Sterling of discrimination but also of lying, destroying evidence, and refusing to pay a 2. 5 million fine. The nba board of governors will take up the charges on june 3rd and if they are sustained, the league will terminate donald and Shelly Sterlings ownership of the clippers. Rachel nichols will be joining us momentarily. And don lemon is joining us. Youve gone through these documents showing the strategy of the nba. Termination of the Los Angeles Clippers entire membership, including mrs. Sterlings interest in the team is called for, they say, by the ncba constitution. They are not just going after him, they are going after her as well. Absolutely. Theres quite an interesting and almost bombshell piece of information in there which was c
The way the white house sees it, the future of ukraine is bound to the elections on may 25th. But russia today started poking holes in ukraines election plans. While the prorussian separatists tried to shoot holes in each other. Youre looking at the twisted remains of a helicopter knocked down in the Eastern Ukraine city of slovyansk. And this video, while undated, reports to show ukraines forces near donetsk. Its where pro russia forces have seized government buildings. Ukrainian military is in the middle of the biggest offensive yet. But russias foreign minister Sergey Lavrov pointed to scenes such as you just saw to lay the ground work for russia to possibly question the legitimacy of ukraines elections. Translator the situation when they use an army against their own population is quite an outstanding one. This is not afghanistan. This is a completely different situation. How very reassuring. President obama has said if russia interferes with ukraines elections, it will target enti