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Castro and john stanton. theres a lot of talk about what eric cantors defeat portends for immigration reform. but for those of us who remember debate two weeks ago, where did the house republicans going to do anything on immigration reform anyway this year? >> it was very unlikely, you know. after july 31st, the congress is only in session 26 days for last 5 months of the year. so, this issue was probably not going to anywhere. after his defeat, because republicans are perceiving it as having be...

Reason to still be competitive in this race. >> right. >> still doing very well. this is going to be at least a close one for awhile. >> to me its an interesting bellwether. it shows whether were going to have national parties or solely regional parties. you talk a lot about this with republicans in new england. democrats in the south, same way. if democrats in the south cant win at all, then our national elections in particular are going to be entirely regional affairs. and i think if arkansas,...

Bellwether for business in the u.s., better than expected. if you dont think your salary is fair, a new survey from glass door shows two in five americans dont believe theyre paid fairly, two in five, john berman. and half of americans believe the pay gap between executives and regular workers is growing. glass door went on to ask workers what they want, if a raise wasnt possible. 61% said, you cant pay me more? give me more vacation days. >> take that and snacks. more vacation days and snacks...

Southern strategy. we are all southerners now. and so, this is where you have to agree with chief justice john roberts when he says the mechanism and formula for determining where protection needed to be applied in the voting rights act was outvoted. its true. he said its discriminatory toward southern states. i agree. we should look at these nationally. the dynamics almost exclusively southern are now playing themselveses out. weve seen north carolina looking at the electoral demographics chang...

Had a 13-point edge even though in terms of registration, the two parties are evenly split. the other is one of the big issues was obamacare. so judy, how much of a bellwether is it? >> the democrats are worried. they thought they would win this district. the president won it in both elections. alex sink was considered the stronger candidate. and yes, the conventional wisdom is that it was obamacare. but what the democrats are really worried about, chris, is turnout. there was a republican regis...

Stone crimea is now part of russia. >> anna coren a vote, just a few days away. in san francisco this morning, fire officials are warning it could be some time before they get full control over a really big fire there. this is an apartment complex under construction. flames were climbing some 40 feet into the air. hundreds of people in nearby buildings had to be evacuated. one firefighter was reported injured. crews are hopeful theyre getting the upper hand in this place. score this one for ...

>> near the end, sebelius was asked to promise there would be no more obamacare delays. she would only go as far as saying there are no planned delays. >> more on this with the panel. mike, thank you. in americas election headquarters tonight, a republican victory in a florida special election that seemed by some as a bellwether for novembers midterms. john roberts on the national implications of florida district 13. >> it was a come from behind victory even republicans who backed david jolly ...

Im sure barack obama won this district the last time and it should be a democratic seat that is picked up. >> they have a strong candidate and run statewide. >> everybody knows alex sink. >> democrats are acting like they mays although and lower expectations. >> that would be a really bad sign, just like if republicans lost northwest florida seat. if democrats lose this seat, not a good sign. >> its a district they should win with a strong candidate. they have arguably got the strong candidate. ...

The act of placing a bell on the neck of a male sheep who had that procedure. that sheep, the bell-wearing wether is tasked with leading the flock around. the wether is an older well-trained sheep not prone to run off after the hot new ewe on the sheep. expecting that sheep could be led around wherever the shepherd needed the flock to go and the rest of the flock would follow the bellwether. when his bell rings, the other sheep follow. hes a good boy. thats what the bellwether means. what happen...

Away for 43 years. so the winner as you said is david jolly. we expect him to come out and speak at his headquarters down the road in a short while. he actually was an employee of the late republican congressman for a long time. he is somebody who has been saying that he wants to follow in his footsteps. theres no question that helped him here. but also when youre talking about the national perspective, he as you can imagine has been campaigning against obamacare, saying he wants to repeal obama...