this bill. all right. senator cardin, democrat from maryland and on the middle of two big issues talking about joining us today. thanks very much. happy friday. my pleasure. good to be with you. coming up this sunday on meet the press, david gregory talks with senators mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer on the upcoming elena kagan confirmation hearings. plus probably a little bit about the kentucky senate. check your local listings. coming up, who is the latest washington politician to be subpoenaed in the rod blagojevich case? plus, in today s decision 2010, it s the top ten primaries to watch as we gear up for supersenate tuesday. first, washington speak. the cuts camera. the network pool usually sends two cameras to presidential events. one covers the head-on soft president. the other is the cuts camera. we like to think of these as the
here s what s driving the day. in just about a half an hour, nominee elena kagan begins courtesy calls on capitol hill. first up, senate majority leader harry reid followed by mitch mcconnell and then members of the judiciary committee. afghan president hamid karzai will be at the white house in less than an hour. the obama administration is renewing support for his government following a strained relationship in recent months. and the southern plains are bracing for more severe weather today. this video just in to msnbc shows the force of tuesday s storms. a van swept up by the force of a tornado in oklahoma and tossed around like a toy. everyone in that van, by the way, walked away. good to hear that. the arkansas democratic primary is less than a week away. on what we are calling supersenate tuesday.
a federal praels court cleared a lawsuit to move forward that accuses walmart of discrimination and how it pays female worker. former dict terror manual noriega is in paris to face charges of money laundering. he arrived this morning after being extradited from the united states. french prosecutors allege he laundered $3 million in drug proceeds by purchasing luxury real estate in paris. things got a little bit out of hand today inside ukraine s parliament. opposition lawmakers started hurling eggs and smoke bombs in protests over the government s decision to continue leasing a key naval base to russia. aides had to use umbrellas to try to shield the speaker from the flying objects. no flowing of anything at mark murray, deputy political director stepping in for chuck as he travels with the president. big shoes to fill. supersenate tuesday is just three weeks from today.
mayor brown taxes increased, spending up 60%. 35 years of big spending and higher taxes. tell jerry brown no more wasteful spending. well, the republican governor s association had to go up because the california chamber which had been running attack ads against jerry brown got pushed into pulling those ads and suddenly, jerry brown wasn t having any tv ads going up against him. now the rga is filling that gap for now. moving on, supersenate tuesday is just one month from tomorrow and one of the most closely watched democratic primary fights is in arkansas where bill halt ser taking on senator blank lincoln. bill clinton endorsed lincoln early on and has stuck with her in a state where his support is still pretty important. yesterday, president clinton sat down with nbc s luke russert and talk board of directors this arkansas race. take a listen. one race i m sure you ve been following in your home state is now the tough primary fight between blank lincoln and lieutenant govern hal