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A 48-year-old candy billionaire whos been nicknamed the chocolate king. he won a resounding victory in sundays election, beating his closest opponent by 40 points. this is despite the fact that voters in some contested parts of eastern ukraine were unable to vote. former u.s. secretary of state madeleine albright was one of the observers and said a concerted effort has been made to bring those regions back into the fold. >> what needs to happen is to make clear that there is a determination to i...

All not sure about that. >> why do they care more about saving the turtles than the power grid. they are not paying attention to this. >> i think we have the infrastructure of falling bridges and the delapdated roads, and the energy infrastructure, and look, for 50 years, the last 50 years, it has increased by 10 fold but has not modernized. we are not advancing it to protect the security of that infrastructure. we need to invest in it now or we pay a lot more later. >> shouldnt this be priority...

Majority. so do we have it suggesting that the centerpiece is here to stay? well see if that position lasts, but maybe theres some movement there at least. >> sabrina, i think were seeing that in a lot of races where theyre trying to walk that fine line, knowing that people in kentucky like whats going on in kentucky, but still trying to use the mien of, anti-obamacare, but appealing to t base. >> they have to unify the party around some of these bigger ticket items. whether its obamacare repeal...

Be there long enough to have an if pact on the process. as a result of your confidence in me, i have been there long enough, i am in the front seat and the middle of the things that make a difference. >> walk us through his strategy. why he thinks debates here are page one of the playbook? >> i dont think you will hear him accuse alison lundegran grimes, the focal point of his strategy, two fold. one, kentucky, another chance against barack obama. and two, he has got the seniority, on the cusp o...

And able enough to rise to the top. bruce is only a few years younger than i can. he couldnt possibly be there long enough to have any impact. but he is temperamentally unsuited and not young enough to be there long enough to have an if pact on the process. as a result of your confidence in me, i have been there long enough, i am in the front seat and the middle of the things that make a difference. >> walk us through his strategy. why he thinks debates here are page one of the playbook? i dont ...

Well-known at all but just because the opponent, matt bevin, wasnt mitch mcconnell. so hes going to have a challenge also in getting those republicans back into the fold because if the trend continues, that it is a neck and neck race which polls have shown up until now it has been, he does lose even just a small percentage of those voters and chances are that would mean they would just stay home and forget it, im not going to go vote. that could hurt him. the mcconnell campaign knows, theyve bee...

Thats to destroy the coal industry. she is not going to win in kentucky because as that message resonates, she is going to be stuck at 43, 44, 45%. and the on reason i think senator mcconnell has been stuck at 45% or 46% in polling is because his -- those that didnt vote for him in the primary arent going to tell a pollster theyre going to vote for him in the general election. >> ive heard theyre in. the question is how many of them do finally come back into the fold. this issue of the president...

The other super power closer to the region, which itself enjoys a healthy relationship with malaysia. the u.s., though, trying to get in on that and secure it. >> reporter: yeah, i think president obama trying to send a message that asia-pacific is an area growing in importance to the united states and the world. hes here pushing this trans-pacific partnership which excludes china and indonesia. president obama not necessarily saying china and indonesia wouldnt be welcome into the fold of the tr...

Have put upon the united states $1 trillion in defense cuts. thats going to hollow this military out. were not going to be able to defend this country. and russia has increased its defense budgets by 40% since 2007. russia has a tremendous amount of demographic challenges right now. 20 years ago, russia was 148 million people. today its 143 million. in the south, the muslim areas, thats 20% of the country. but under current trends, russia should be a muslim majority country by 2050. thats why pu...

If republicans want to take control of the senate. and so job roberts joined us live. and for republicans, hanging on to the senate seat would be a no brainer and this race is surprisingly competitive. one political forecaster got georgia in the toss up column and for republicans, picking the right candidate will be crucial. >> it is a crowded fold. >> seven candidates and congressman. and leading the pack according to the recent polls is an outsider. they are looking for something different. >>...