she has a benign brain tumor. and one win away from the first stanley cup but it s what l.a. kings are doing off the ice that has us talking. they re on a crime fighting mission. good morning to you. i m carol costello. thanks for joining us this morning. the wisconsin recall is over. republican scott walker wins big. who knows. he may be in the running for the new job as mitt romney s running mate. there is still work to be done. wisconsin is still bitterly split. case in point, keep your eye on walker s democratic challenger tom barrett. you saw it there. one supporter reacted to him conceding before last night s votes were counted by slapping him. a reporter with cnn affiliate w wisn was up close and says the milwaukee mayor seemed stunned by the slap and walked away from the woman. she remained scowling because it was walker s night. when there have been leaders of courage what has sustained them is there were good and decent people who stood with them shoulder to shoul
former penn state assistant football coach accused of sexually abusing ten boys for more than a decade. nine jurors have already been chosen. attorneys are asking them about their ties to penn state and the charity for underprivileged children that sandusky founded. republican scott walker keeping his job as governor of wisconsin. the only governor elected twice in one term! walker defeated milwaukee mayor tom barrett in a recall race that, of course, has implications for the presidential election. what does it mean in november? it depends on who you ask. dana bash joins us live from milwaukee. dana, i know you have been talking to a lot of folks. republicans saying this is a preview of things to come. how is this playing out where you are? reporter: well, you know, let s look at the numbers because they really do tell an interesting and maybe perplexing story about what this could mean for november. first of all, how scott walker really did. obviously he won. he won
hurt on the raid on osama bin laden s compound. what s going on? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com as they should be, republicans are ecstatic over their victory in wisconsin where republican governor scott walker empress ofly survived a recall vote. democrats are on the defensive and president obama is taking heat for not going wisconsin to help his fellow democrats. what does all of this mean for november? let s go live to dana bash. she s in milwaukee right now and working on the fallout. dana, there s a lot of fallout. reporter: there sure is. the democratic chairwoman, debbie wasserman schultz told our candy crowley that it would be, quote, a dry run for democrats in november. if that s the case, the president is in trouble in wisconsin and the re-election prospects could be in jeopardy. the results here are far from clear cut when it comes to the presidential race. the energy in scott walker s victory hall was pa