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Associated with the talking points. you know, government needs to understand the value of a dollar and understand the fact its not what you spend, its how you sfend. its the fact that they need to be accountable for all that they do. we need term limits, not only in south carolina. we need them on the federal level. its about making sure the people are in control again and elected officials remember who it is they work for. >> let me ask you this, will the republican party in south carolina now ...

Were here live at the white house, awaiting the arrival of general mcchrystal. history-making night. weve got the rundown. in south carolina, rising republican star nikki haley easily defeated gresham barrett. she overcame allegations of marital infidelity, ethnic slurs from a state senator and is now the first woman in south carolina to win a major partys nomination for governor and is going to probably be the next governor. >> to our friends in the media, across this state and across this coun...

Any distractions. >> you know, she did something that many people have tried to do in south carolina. she brought the sanfords back together. both governor mark sanford and jenny sanford are both haley supporters. mark sanford on monday took a vacation without informing his second in command. haley opponent gresham barrett joins kay bailey hutchison as incumbents in congress who have lost primaries for governor. he voted for the wall street bailout. speaking of the bailout vote. elsewhere in sou...

Nikki haley won the republican gubernatorial nomination in south carolina last night. haley easily beat u.s. congressman gresham barrett in their runoff election. in other results, six-term republican u.s. congressman bob inglis became the fifth incumbent to lose this year. he lost to prosecutor trey gowdy, and tim scott is in line to become the first republican african-american congressman in south carolina in over a century when he beat the son of former segregationist strom thurmond. scott is...

captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. im matt lauer. >> and im meredith vieira. all eyes are on the white house this morning and that face-to-face meeting between president obama and general stanley mcchrystal. >> what seems to be ironic, general mcchrystal was put in charge in afghanistan in part because he wasnt afraid to speak his mind. but now its his words that could come back to haunt him. the controversy is o...

leisure activities. is that fair? crowley and colmes will debate. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> bill: hi, im bill oreilly, thanks for watching us tonight. the chaos factor and president obama. that is the subject of this evenings talking points memo. stunning development general stanley mcchrystal commander in afghanistan being called back to washington because of an article in rolling stone magazine. in the piece, an unnamed aide to ...

tod today. where that could leave tens of thousands of troops is still a mystery this morning. were all over this developing story. barbara starr is standing by at the pentagon. first though suzanne malveaux live at the white house. oh, to be a fly on the wall at that meeting today, suzanne. >> well, john, kiran, there are two meetings well keep a very close eye on. one at 11:35 in "the situation room" involving the president, the vice president, obviously general mcchrystal who is goi...

a half over for chuck and savannah. very uncomfortable. >> special edition, too. >> its huge. >> all right, guys. >> lets talk about it. >> well toss to it. willie, way too early. what time is it. "morning joe." right now a special edition live from the white house. "the daily rundown" with chuck and savannah. general stanley mcchrystal about to walk in the doors of the white house. will he walk out still in command of the war in afghanistan. >> whatever decision the president makes,...

magazine article. on whether he stays or goes, mr. obama says that wont be decided until after the meeting. the president scheduled additional meetings this afternoon with the vice president and secretary of state and other senior advisors so its possible that mr. obama may not reach any decisions until after consulting with them later in the day. gretchen? >> all right. well continue to discuss this later in the morning. >> "the washington post" and "new york post" agrees, elite edito...

himself in this situation. but, obviously, those words were not only unfortunate, but inappropriate. im concerned that if general mcchrystal has to resign, and he may, that what happens to the in the middle of a very crucial time in afghanistan. as you note the kandahar offensive is just beginning -- as you know, the kandahar offensive is just beginning, losing a lead time would be unfortunate. i respect the presidents decision as commander in chief on this situation. >> greta: we are ...