our allies, korea and japan. if we have solid evidence that north korea s going to take action then i think we have the moral obligation and the absolute right to defend ourselves by taking, i wouldn t even consider that preemptive, to me that would be stopping an attack that s about to happen. this week the united states positioned two warships and a sea-based radar platform near the korean peninsula to monitor north korean military activity. new this morning former south carolina governor mark sanford is officially the republican nominee for congress. sanford beat charleston city councilman curtis bostic last night in a republican runoff. he celebrated the victory with his fiancee. the first time he s been seen with her, and, together in public he ll take on the democrat elizabeth colbert busch in the may 7th special election. here s what he said to supporters last night. incredibly humbled, incredibly gratified, incredibly thankful for this night, for what it means at many d
this is jim demint, a republican senator from south carolina, but then he quit. this is nikki hailey. when jim demint quit, he got to pick a replacement. a first term congressman named tim scott. that freed up the seat in the house and so now, it s election day because today, south carolina republicans got to pick who they want to run for that tim scott seat in congress. heading into tonight s run off, former republican governor mark sanford was the favorite. he s trying to mount a political comeback after an affair in argentina while he told everybody he was hiking the appalachain trail. he was facing curtis bostic. mark sanford is the winner and that means he will face elizabeth colbert bush, stephen colbert s sister. that general election will happen on may 7th. which means we won t have election music for weeks now. have to saver this timpny while
tom hanks is pretty good. he ll be successful one day. he doesn t wing it. he learned his lines. this kid has a future. on to the news now. mark sanford one step closer to reclaiming his former congressional seat in south carolina last my. he easily defeated curtis bostic by claiming 57% of the vote. the former governor addressed people during his victory speech outside of charleston. i want to thank my god. you know, i used to cringe when somebody would say, okay, i want to thank my god. it was at that point, this is getting uncomfortable. but once you ve really received god s grace and seen it reflected in others, you cannot stop and stop for a moment and publicly acknowledge that grace and the difference he has made in my life and he is making in so many lives across this state, across this nation and certainly in this campaign.
this is jim demint, a republican senator from south carolina, but then he quit. this is nikki hailey. when jim demint quit, he got to pick a replacement. a first term congressman named tim scott. that freed up the seat in the house and so now, it s election day because today, south carolina republicans got to pick who they want to run for that tim scott seat in congress. heading into tonight s run off, former republican governor mark sanford was the favorite. he s trying to mount a political comeback after an affair in argentina while he told everybody he was hiking the appalachain trail. he was facing curtis bostic. mark sanford is the winner and that means he will face elizabeth colbert bush, stephen colbert s sister. that general election will happen on may 7th.
this is jim demint, a republican senator from south carolina, but then he quit. this is nikki hailey. when jim demint quit, he got to pick a replacement. a first term congressman named tim scott. that freed up the seat in the house and so now, it s election day because today, south carolina republicans got to pick who they want to run for that tim scott seat in congress. heading into tonight s run off, former republican governor mark sanford was the favorite. he s trying to mount a political comeback after an affair in argentina while he told everybody he was hiking the appalachain trail. he was facing curtis bostic. mark sanford is the winner and that means he will face elizabeth colbert bush, stephen colbert s sister.