murkowski s father, frank in the republican primary for governor in alaska. and there was a tenuous detente or at least a truce between the two of them, for a period of time, but, when miller presented himself as a potential winner and a guy with the kind of resume the palin family likes, it was back on, all the way on. rick: there is speculation now, if the absentee ballots come in and miller retains and holds onto the lead and wins this republican nomination, that lisa murkowski may jump ship, leave the republican party and do as some others have done before her, and run as an independent. what would that mean, chris, would she take votes away from joe miller? does it create an opening for the democrat here, a guy by the name of scott mcadams? does he have a possibility of winning. you cannot rule out any possibility this year but what i would tell you is that election law in alaska says that it would
send me a tweet, we already have an interesting thoughts from you. allan tweets sarah will have a tremendous effect on the election. the house is in panic mode, says the state seat is rare in 2010. so keep those coming. we re seeing a lot of interesting comment. sue: i got to start following you on twitter! martha: you certainly do. rick: she racked up five drunk driving arrest, including a deadly hit and run in georgia but a convicted illegal immigrant was told to voluntarily deport himself. voluntarily is the key word, folks. kimberly gilfoil on how this could happen. martha: some folks thought the empire state building would be bit in lit in blue for motherter era s 100 v. no dice on that. we ll talk about the event coming up, right after this.
malarkey. martha: a bunch of ma lafrjt the bu malarkey, the obama administration wants to renew only tax breaks to those with incomes under $250,000, and, that has been surfacing recently and republicans want the tax cuts extended to all income levels. rick: latest today, michael bloomberg will visit a muslim taxi cab driver recovering from his wound after she was slash, multiple times in his face, neck and arms, and, in a vicious attack, this as the emerging details on the suspect are leaving a lot of people in disbelief, the suspected stabber, a college honor student, who volunteered with the group who promotes inner faith tolerance and just returned from afghanistan and our fox affiliate wnyw, in new york city, has more. reporter: good morning, he was a hard working cab driver and came to new york city 35
killing 6 members of a u.s. organized militia and the militants are trying to cause as much chaos as possible before the new government takes over and in ashland, oregon, residents returning to their neighborhoods to inspect the damage, a fast moving grass fire, a homeless man is arrested and charged with starting the fire. rick: new orleans, five years after katrina. who could forget these images. the aftermath of catastrophic floods, levees collapsed, homes under water, and now we re back in the lower 9th ward measuring the recovery through the eyes of those people living it. trace gallagher is live in those neighborhoods in new orleans, trace, it is good to see you. it has been five years. what does it looks like over there? reporter: well, i ll tell you, rick, you walk around, sections and streets of the lower ninth ward and looks like many of the floodwaters receded yesterday. i mean, this recovery is at a snail s pace, you look around
but the problem is, in flows of trying to fix the problems medicare created it is eliminating choices for seniors you lose your health insurance, because of the bureaucrats. rick: the aarp, one of the strongest lobbying arms in washington, never accused of not sticking up for their members, they are in favor of this. why? well, you will notice there is a big disconnect between the aarp and what a lot of senior citizens want. the aarp is, you know, represents a lot of senior citizens and near retirees, but is also has an ideological commitment to medicare and medicaid and that leads it often to stick up for the interests of the party or the folks who are ideologically aligned with them, in government, and, at the expense of seniors and you saw the rift during the debate over obama care and a lot of seniors were furious about the cuts to medicare and medicare advantage,