and we have the two last folks, you know, now we have to rally behind our conservative candidates and help them keep the seat, and that s really the key. so, you know, the primary is so interesting because you re having to kind of fight against your own teammates. it s a horrible thing to have to go through. do you think you can beat elizabeth colbert bush? you know, they re going to come you hate to be a predictor in a way, but i think governor sanford does prevail in this runoff and when he does, he s going to face a formidable challenger and she s moderate, she s smart, she s articulate. she s going to have huge financial support. but you know this is a republican district. so it s going to be a battle royale and i think i m going to enjoy seeing it from where i m going to be sitting. all right, thanks so much, teddy turner. thank you for coming in here. you re always welcome here at
and in this campaign. what we ve earned is the honor of being on the playing field here for the next two weeks. now, it s still not enclosure who sanford will face in the republican runoff. the close race for second has triggered a recount. whoever wins that will go up against democrat elizabeth colbert bush, the sister of comedy central s stephen colbert. teddy turner s son finished fourth in a gop field of 16. he joins us from mt. pleasant, south carolina. you must be disappointed. an 8% showing, fourth. mark sanford seeming to, i don t know, recover some of his lost credibility with the people of south carolina. what s your take? well, you know, we ran a great race. we started at zero, we built our way up. you know, we had a couple logs thrown in our way. you know, some things that came out against us, but body a great race. it was a lot of fun. we had a great team.
to perhaps do a bit more. there s a title used in the past in the u.k. which is prince regent, suggesting the prince could take on the role of the monarch whole the queen steps back a bit but so far that hasn t really been the case. she s out and about having fun today. max foster, our thanks to you. it is good to see her out. new concerns syria may have used chemical weapons against s own people as president obama arrives for a two-day visit in israel. and today roar arrived? mark sanford gets one step closer to a seat in the house of representatives. next hour we ll talk with ted turner s son, teddy, who ran against sanford and finished a distant fourth.
and the answer was a big heisman on that one. but mark sanford is making a pretty credible comeback bid. he s widely expected to make the runoff. and it might shock some folks, but he s campaigned in this district for 20 years. so he s on a redemption tour here. a lot of apology, but a strong chance he ll at least make the runoff at the end of the day. and then you have his top opponent, republican son of a famous progressive, a guy we know around here as ted. let s listen to teddy turner on the subject of gun control. i realize we don t need bazookas. but i do realize that i need protect myself and my family not only from offenders, criminals, but from the biggest criminals there are, which is the government of the united states right now. as we mentioned, teddy turner, mark sanford s top oppone opponent, not exactly his dad when it comes to politics.
appalachian trail. it reads we know where this trail leads. after voting, sanford once again acknowledged his mistakes. life is a series of course corrections. some days you get right and you surprise yourself on how right you get it. other days you disappoint yourself and a lot of others. reporter: with sanford the favorite on a ballot of 16 gop candidates this primary day, it s getting down and dirty. rivals like teddy turner the son of cnn founder ted turner say the ex-governor s transgressions are fair game. i think his past should be held against him. reporter: turner has taken his own share of hits. look closely at this flyer which asks do you know the real teddy turner? there is a picture of one of his father s ex-wives movie star jane fonda and these conservative parts, ouch. name recognition, if you re mark sanford he s got a lot of that. so do you. i have some but it doesn t always work in my favor. reporter: another republican candidate, larry grooms, is tr