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how are you feeling besides wiped out there, richard? >> reporter: i think the next thing ill be having is a prescription for some form of antibiotics. no, its been amazing. look, the rain is still pouring, my suit is drenched. but we have seen over four days a carefully choreographed, constructed routine from the spectacle of the river to the ceremony of today, right through the way to the balcony at the end and the fly-past by the world war ii planes. if that isnt really showing with...

not necessarily legitimately because both leading democrats and leading republicans say wisconsin is its own microcosm, but the reason it is so relevant is because debt and spending have been major issues there. those are major national issues. and many of the big picture issues we seen play out across the nation are playing out in wisconsin right now, namely money and the influence of super pacs. an independent nonpartisan group estimates dlfr 70 million to $80 million will be spent i...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> we begin in wisconsin where voters have three more hours to cast ballots in an effort to recall their republican governor scott walker and replace him with the democratic mayor tom barrett. both parties see it as a potential weather vane for novembers election. the exit polls are fascinating to begin with, number one and number two show a very close race and how polarized and partisan the electorate is. we mentioned governor walkers efforts to l...

All began. bret? >> bret: mike tobin on the other side of madison wearing the "special report" uniform tonight. thank you. get thoughts on tomorrows recall election from the senior political analyst brit hume in washington. good evening. >> good evening. the wisconsin recall is watched as a measure of the cloud of organized labor and possible bellwether of the election but the importance goes deeper. eventually the nation needs to enact the reforms governor walker put in place, restrained labors...

Good afternoon, john. this election is being referred to as a bellwether for the nation and with national repercussions for the unions. how high are the stakes? >> theyre enkridbly high. you can telling that by the fact that so many of the major players in politics on both sides have been involved. not always on the surface. not time beneath the surface. if you look at both of these sides, youve got the major pollsters, youve got the major money people. and on friday, you had former president bi...

Great. >> when we come back, were going to talk about the fact that the president is not just running but against his opponent. mitt romney. later in the hour, wisconsin and why this is really not a bellwether. stay with us. cmon dad! im here to unleash my inner cowboy. instead i got heartburn. [ horse neighs ] hold up partner. prilosec isnt for fast relief. try alka-seltzer. it kills heartburn fast. yeehaw! yoo-hoo. hello. its water from the drinking fountain at the mall. [ male announcer ] g...

Bellwether. even if scott walker were to stay in office, that does not mean, for example, that president obama will lose in november. but i do think that clearly this issue of money and the impact of outside money in the election is going to tell us something about what were likely to see for the rest of the summer and the fall. talk to me about the fact that scott walker has outspent tom barrett 12 to 1. >> certainly the governor who has received the most money from out of state interests ever ...

In tahrir square, many from gunfire by security forces. thats what president mubarak were charged with. he and his sons were acquitted of counts of corruption and insider trading. that didnt make loot of people happy. we were outside of the prison there and talked to a number of the family members who scuffled with riot police who were out for an all-out battle. that didnt happen. a number of people jed we just think this is a fair sentence for someone who certainly was involved in killing now s...

Republican governor scott walkner tuesdays recall re-election. a new poll shows walker with a seven-point lead. hes outspending barrett nearly eight to one. how scared are democrats? we know that debbie wasserman-schultz is planning a trip over there, martin omalley has been over there. richard, a lot has been made about this recall effort and it being a bellwether for the presidents or what may happen in november both on the congressional and presidential level. >> i dont think wisconsin is goi...

Judge gave no indication as to whether the jury was any closer to reaching a verdict but yesterday she held several closed-door meetings with lawyers on both sides of the case. these meetings were apparently prompted by a note she had received from an individual juror, not the jury as a whole, but an individual. shanahan, who you saw in the sound bite, the former federal prosecutor, said it is highly unusual you would get a note from an individual juror which may suggest there is some dissent am...