CNN - Election Day 2006 - 1 p.m. (E)

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[0:02] Swift Hunter [music] saw war. Now it

[0:04] will help those who fought it.

[0:12] >> [music]

[0:18] >> Hello everyone, I'm Kira Phillips at CNN

[0:20] World Headquarters in Atlanta.

[0:22] >> And I'm Don Lemon. It's your vote, you

[0:24] may cast it in the humble setting of a

[0:26] firehouse or even a school gym, but its

[0:29] impact could shake the halls of Congress

[0:31] and tip the balance of power on Capitol

[0:33] Hill. All 435 seats in the House of

[0:35] Representatives are up for grabs today.

[0:37] At least three dozen Republican held

[0:39] seats are considered at risk.

[0:41] >> Democrats are hoping to win at least 15

[0:43] of those seats to regain control of the

[0:45] House for the first time since 1994.

[0:48] Pundits say that's a good bet.

[0:50] >> And the Senate may be a safer place for

[0:52] Republicans. Seven GOP seats are

[0:54] considered vulnerable and possibly two

[0:56] Democratic seats as well. To take

[0:58] control, Democrats will have to hold on

[1:00] to those seats and take six of the GOP

[1:03] seats. Many analysis or analysts believe

[1:06] that's a long shot, but it's possible.

[1:08] >> CNN has deployed its correspondents and

[1:09] vast resources across the country from

[1:11] New York to Texas to Montana. Buckle up

[1:14] as we kick off this election day

[1:15] coverage from the CNN newsroom.

[1:18] >> [music]

[1:22] >> Well, it's been ugly. It's been nasty

[1:23] and finally, mercifully some would say,

[1:26] the Virginia Senate race is coming to a

[1:27] bitter end. Republican Senator George

[1:29] Allen has been going back and forth with

[1:31] Democrat James Webb for months now. Our

[1:34] Ed Henry joins us from Richmond. He's

[1:35] been caught up in the middle of all of

[1:37] it. Hey Ed.

[1:38] >> Good afternoon again, Kira. You're

[1:39] right, the excitement building here in

[1:41] Virginia. This is one of the most

[1:42] closely watched Senate battles. So much

[1:44] at stake, nothing short of the control

[1:47] of the United States Senate as you've

[1:48] been noting. And what we're hearing is

[1:50] there's a lot of enthusiasm out there on

[1:52] both sides. Turnout extremely heavy all

[1:55] across this Commonwealth this morning at

[1:58] the polling places. Both candidates

[2:00] turning out and voting for themselves,

[2:01] but also absentee ballots were told from

[2:03] the State Board of Elections. In 2002,

[2:05] there were only 44,000 absentee ballots.

[2:08] In 2006 now, a comparable midterm

[2:11] election year, 131,000

[2:13] absentee ballots have been requested.

[2:16] Not everyone will actually file those,

[2:18] but still a sharp increase over 2002. As

[2:21] you noted, this has been one of the

[2:22] nastiest races. A lot of people happy

[2:24] that it'll be over. A Republican Senator

[2:26] George Allen battling allegations of

[2:28] racism, the Democrat Jim Webb battling

[2:31] allegations of sexism. And Jim Webb

[2:33] joking this morning after he voted, he

[2:34] can't wait to have a beer when it's

[2:36] over. And then he said this.

[2:39] >> I'm very, very proud that we ran a clean

[2:42] campaign. I mean, that's one of the two

[2:43] things that I said at the beginning of

[2:45] this. One was that I wasn't going to

[2:46] trade anything that I believe in order

[2:48] to get a vote or to get money. And the

[2:50] other was that I was not going to engage

[2:51] in the same sort of campaigning that in

[2:53] my view has characterized the Karl Rove

[2:55] era and has sort of dragged the country

[2:57] down.

[2:58] >> Now, the campaign of the incumbent

[2:59] George Allen sharply disputes that. They

[3:01] feel that this campaign has been dirty,

[3:03] that most of the attacks have come from

[3:05] the Democratic side. Of course, you're

[3:07] going to hear those charges hurled back

[3:09] and forth in a lot of these races. But

[3:11] what's interesting about George Allen, I

[3:12] was at his last rally last night heading

[3:15] into Election Day. Only 250 people there

[3:17] in Richmond. Jim Webb, the Democrat, he

[3:20] had some 5 to 6,000 at a rally with

[3:22] former President Bill Clinton. But what

[3:24] George Allen's campaign is banking on in

[3:26] part is the fact that there is a a state

[3:28] ban on same-sex marriage, a

[3:29] constitutional amendment on the state

[3:31] ballot. They think that will help boost

[3:33] conservative turnout. Take a listen to

[3:35] the senator.

[3:38] >> I believe that marriage should be

[3:39] between one man and one woman. I'm

[3:41] voting for that amendment. My opponent

[3:43] does not. And I think the vast majority

[3:45] of Virginians believe that the Marriage

[3:47] Protection Amendment needs to be put

[3:49] into law. So, federal judges nor or any

[3:51] judge does not take away our rights and

[3:54] our values from us. So, let's stand

[3:56] strong for the family.

[3:59] >> [applause]

[3:59] >> Now, this is one of many states where

[4:01] people in both parties taking a look at

[4:02] whether there will be irregularities,

[4:04] whether there will be voter suppression,

[4:06] allegations flying all around. CNN is

[4:08] being told by law enforcement sources

[4:10] that the FBI is now looking at

[4:12] allegations that there have been several

[4:13] phone calls aimed at trying to suppress

[4:16] voters from actually showing up at the

[4:17] polls here in Virginia. The Democratic

[4:19] campaign of Jim Webb in particular has

[4:21] been raising allegations about phone

[4:23] calls. One in particular, they had a

[4:25] voicemail where Democratic voter got a

[4:27] call that where someone claimed they

[4:29] were calling from the Board of Elections

[4:31] here in the state and claimed that this

[4:32] voter was registered in both Virginia

[4:35] and New York and he was told in this

[4:36] call if he showed up to vote, he would

[4:38] be arrested. The State Board of

[4:39] Elections says they make no such call.

[4:41] This voter says he's not registered to

[4:43] vote in both states. So, now the FBI is

[4:45] taking a look at that, Kira.

[4:46] >> Ed Henry live from Richmond, Virginia.

[4:47] Thanks, Ed.

[4:48] >> Thank you.

[4:49] >> Campaign season in Missouri has seen a

[4:50] little bit of everything. That includes

[4:52] a celebrity TV ad that only inflamed

[4:54] what was already a barn burner of a

[4:56] Senate race. Democrat Claire McCaskill

[4:58] is in a showdown with Republican

[5:00] incumbent Jim Talent. Our Jonathan Freed

[5:02] is in St. Louis. Jonathan.

[5:05] >> That's right. It is very much a showdown

[5:07] and it has been a tight race here for as

[5:09] long as anybody can remember in

[5:10] political terms. In political terms, a

[5:12] day can be an eternity and everybody

[5:14] here is focusing on turnout right now.

[5:17] It was expected to be very large, not

[5:19] just because of the effect that this

[5:22] very heated race, Senate race is having,

[5:24] but also because of a ballot initiative

[5:26] that would empower more stem cell

[5:28] research in this state. So, you kind of

[5:30] have two campaigns that have been

[5:32] running in tandem and they're

[5:34] intermingling and everybody [music] is

[5:35] waiting to see what effect that is going

[5:38] to have not just on turnout, but how the

[5:40] stem cell question will spill over and

[5:43] which candidate might get help more than

[5:45] the other. Both of them have taken

[5:46] pretty clear positions on it. The

[5:48] Democrat is saying that she is for the

[5:50] research. The Republican here, Jim

[5:52] Talent, is saying that he is personally

[5:54] against it, but he feels that people

[5:56] need to make up their own minds.

[6:01] >> And Jonathan, this isn't the first time

[6:03] that these candidates have been in such

[6:04] a tight race, is it?

[6:07] >> No, it's not the first time. Both of

[6:09] them are used to this, and we were

[6:10] talking to both of their campaigns about

[6:13] that and about their mindset hitting

[6:14] into a squeaker like this one. Both of

[6:17] them were separately, not in the same

[6:19] year, running for governor, where it

[6:20] came down to the wire there as well. And

[6:23] what the camps are telling us is that

[6:25] they're relatively relaxed, relatively

[6:28] speaking in a case like this, that

[6:30] they've been there before, and they're

[6:31] prepared to wait for everything to be

[6:33] counted. No one's getting too anxious.

[6:35] >> All right, Jonathan Freed in St. Louis,

[6:37] Missouri. Thank you so much for that.

[6:38] >> Well, in Tennessee, one candidate is

[6:39] trying to make history. Another is

[6:41] trying to help his party retain the seat

[6:43] now held by the Senate majority leader.

[6:44] Republican Bob Corker is a former mayor

[6:46] who wants to succeed Bill Frist in the

[6:48] Senate. Democrat Harold Ford would be

[6:50] the first African-American ever

[6:52] popularly elected to the Senate from the

[6:54] South. Our Joe Johns is in Memphis. He

[6:56] joins us by phone. Joe?

[6:58] >> Hey Kira, that's right. We started out

[7:00] today in Memphis. Uh the weather is at

[7:02] least part of the story here in

[7:04] Tennessee at the moment. The skies are

[7:06] overcast. There was drizzle this

[7:09] morning. Of course, the rain is uh

[7:12] thought to affect turnout. Both sides,

[7:14] of course, believing that turnout is

[7:16] going to be the key whichever way this

[7:19] tight race goes. There have been some

[7:22] reports of morning problems with voting

[7:24] machines, but there was also a report

[7:27] that at least some of those problems had

[7:29] been fixed. Trying to get more on that.

[7:31] Uh one of the standard pictures from a

[7:33] campaign that we don't get today is that

[7:36] picture you always see of the candidate

[7:39] voting for himself, herself, whatever on

[7:42] election day. That's because both of the

[7:43] candidates already have voted and

[7:47] there is at least some speculation that

[7:49] nearly half of the people voting in this

[7:52] election have already voted even before

[7:54] election day rolled around.

[7:55] Nevertheless, both candidates, Democrat

[7:57] Harold Ford and Republican Bob Corker,

[8:00] were visiting polling places. I saw

[8:02] Congressman Ford at a polling place in

[8:04] Memphis this morning. He was expressing

[8:07] concerns about the reports of glitches

[8:09] with the polling machines. That the

[8:11] campaign's lawyers were raising

[8:13] complaints. Ford, about now, heading out

[8:16] to Jackson, Tennessee, outside of

[8:19] Memphis, having lunch. Corker is

[8:21] expecting to finish up in Chattanooga

[8:23] tonight. He also headed out to visit

[8:26] some polling places in the state as

[8:28] well, Kira.

[8:28] >> The historical aspect, if Harold Ford

[8:31] wins, Joe,

[8:32] are people talking a lot about that and

[8:34] the diversity [clears throat] issue?

[8:36] >> Yeah, I mean, especially here in

[8:38] Memphis. Of course, Memphis is the place

[8:41] where the congressional district of

[8:43] Harold Ford is located. So, a lot of

[8:45] people are talking about that. The

[8:47] notion that he would be the first

[8:49] African American from the South since

[8:51] Reconstruction in the United States

[8:54] Senate. Harold Ford himself, he's very

[8:56] much run as a centrist and he's been

[9:00] very careful to try to appeal to to all

[9:02] voters in his own way. So,

[9:06] one time when I asked him about it, it

[9:08] was kind of interesting. He said, "Look,

[9:10] in Tennessee,

[9:11] black guys are undefeated. They haven't

[9:14] had any wins and they haven't had any

[9:16] losses.

[9:18] So, we'll we'll see what turns out here.

[9:21] One thing for sure, a lot of people have

[9:23] high expectations in this part of the

[9:24] South, this part of the state. And when

[9:27] you look up toward the east of

[9:30] Tennessee, that is where

[9:32] the Corker campaign is headquartered.

[9:33] Corker, of course, is the former mayor

[9:36] of Chattanooga.

[9:37] In that part of the state people are are

[9:40] also very energized because they see

[9:43] Corker's campaign as a way to sort of

[9:46] put up a firewall against Democrats in

[9:48] the United States Senate. This is the

[9:50] seat that is being vacated by Senate

[9:54] Majority Leader Bill Frist and a lot of

[9:56] Republicans are are really hoping to to

[9:59] hang on to it, Kira.

[10:00] >> Congressional Correspondent Joe Johns,

[10:01] thank you, Joe.

[10:03] >> A congressional race in Illinois has

[10:05] grabbed national headlines for a couple

[10:06] of reasons. One, the seat hasn't been

[10:09] open in more than 30 years. Also, it

[10:11] features an Iraq War veteran who is

[10:13] running against the war and also running

[10:15] against the White House. CNN's Keith

[10:16] Oppenheim is in Elmhurst, Illinois.

[10:18] Keith?

[10:20] >> Hi, Don. And that Iraq War veteran is

[10:22] Tammy Duckworth and she has made this

[10:24] race very interesting. First of all, let

[10:26] me explain that the 6th Congressional

[10:28] District Illinois, west of Chicago, has

[10:30] been held by Congressman Henry Hyde for

[10:33] 32 years. The Republican candidate,

[10:36] Peter Roskam, is conservative. He's a

[10:39] state senator who's been pushing

[10:41] conservative themes in a district that

[10:43] tends to lean to to the right. Then,

[10:46] after the Democratic primary, along

[10:48] comes Tammy Duckworth. It was 2 years

[10:51] ago this month that Tammy Duckworth's

[10:53] helicopter in Iraq was struck by a

[10:56] grenade. She lost both of her legs. She

[10:58] returned to the United States as a

[10:59] double amputee. And so, when this lady

[11:02] speaks about a gradual withdrawal of

[11:05] troops from Iraq, she clearly does so

[11:08] with some credibility. So, Don, a race

[11:10] that seemed to be moving for Republicans

[11:13] in the beginning of this contest is now

[11:16] too close to call.

[11:17] >> And Keith, credibility when it comes to

[11:19] the war, but what about elected office?

[11:22] >> She has never held office before. He's

[11:25] been in the Illinois legislature for 13

[11:28] years in both the Senate and the State

[11:31] House. So, he brings a lot of political

[11:33] experience experience. She's a novice,

[11:36] but her compelling story has made her on

[11:39] par with him at least as of the time I'm

[11:42] speaking now.

[11:43] >> Yeah. All right, Keith Oppenheim in

[11:44] Elmhurst, Illinois. Thank you, sir.

[11:46] >> Straight ahead, problems at the polls.

[11:48] Our Ali Velshi keeping tabs on precincts

[11:50] around the nation. We're going to check

[11:52] in with him.

[11:53] >> Rain. Uh, flooding. A soggy mess.

[11:56] Weather plays a role at the polls.

[11:58] That's coming up in the CNN Newsroom.

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[13:00] >> I used to think that Veterans Day was a

[13:03] day to get out of school.

[13:05] Then my uncle went to serve overseas.

[13:08] Even though he was gone forever,

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[13:10] >> he came home safe. When he wears his

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[13:17] >> I guess when you're a veteran, you're a

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[15:39] >> When it comes to national politics or

[15:41] lots of other things for that matter,

[15:42] Montana is usually often overlooked, but

[15:45] not this year. That state has about

[15:47] 600,000 registered voters, [music] and

[15:49] the two candidates for Senate have spent

[15:51] more than get this, 12 million dollars,

[15:54] or that's about 20 bucks per voter.

[15:57] Republican incumbent Conrad Burns is in

[15:59] the fight of his political life against

[16:00] Democrat Jon Tester, and our Chris

[16:02] Lawrence is in Billings in the middle of

[16:04] it all. Chris?

[16:06] >> Well, Don, when those polls close in

[16:08] other battleground states like Missouri

[16:10] and Virginia, they'll still be casting

[16:12] their ballots here, and around half a

[16:14] million voters could swing the entire

[16:16] Senate.

[16:18] >> As polls close in battleground states

[16:20] across the country, control of the

[16:22] Senate could come down to a last stand

[16:24] in the Old West.

[16:25] >> Pete, you see where Jon Tester called

[16:28] cutting taxes ridiculous?

[16:29] >> Yeah, old Tester even voted for higher

[16:31] taxes on my pickup.

[16:33] >> Instead of a gunfight at high noon, it's

[16:35] attack ads 24/7. They paint Democrat Jon

[16:39] Tester as a high taxer, Republican

[16:42] Conrad Burns an incumbent who sold out

[16:44] to lobbyists.

[16:46] >> We like having a senator we can count

[16:47] on. We gave Conrad's campaigns $546,000.

[16:53] >> Montana is a land of windmills and wheat

[16:55] fields. Fewer than a million people live

[16:57] here, but just 5 days before the

[16:59] election, the president himself came

[17:01] calling.

[17:02] >> The Democrats are going to tax whoever

[17:04] they can find, and we're not going to

[17:06] let them because we're going to put

[17:07] Conrad Burns back in the United States

[17:09] Senate.

[17:10] >> [cheering]

[17:10] >> Burns accused Tester of raising taxes on

[17:13] 16,000 small businesses.

[17:15] But that's not really true.

[17:17] Tester voted to freeze the tax rate at

[17:20] 3% rather than allow an economic trigger

[17:23] to kick in which would have phased out

[17:25] the tax all together.

[17:26] But that would have cost Montana schools

[17:28] millions of dollars in funding.

[17:30] >> I don't think that there's very many tax

[17:32] bills that he's not liked. He's voted on

[17:35] a lot of them.

[17:36] >> Tester reminds voters that Burns took

[17:38] $150,000

[17:40] in donations from convicted lobbyist

[17:42] Jack Abramoff.

[17:43] >> And that's the difference. You're

[17:44] helping your K Street lobbyists. I help

[17:46] the middle class.

[17:47] >> What he doesn't mention, Burns gave away

[17:49] that money after the scandal broke.

[17:52] >> breaks.

[17:53] >> In fact, Burns says Abramoff had no

[17:55] influence on his decisions whatsoever.

[17:58] Democrats say Burns is the perfect

[18:00] example of the culture of corruption

[18:02] there in Washington.

[18:03] >> All right, Chris Lawrence in Billings,

[18:05] Montana. Thank you, sir.

[18:07] >> On this election day, Ali Velshi's got

[18:09] issues. We're not talking personal ones.

[18:10] Well, I am. Our show isn't long enough

[18:12] for that, but we mean voting issues.

[18:15] Ali's tracking Oh, that's one of those

[18:16] haha I'm going to kill you later, Kira.

[18:18] Ali's tracking them at the problem desk

[18:19] in New York. You You're so good at

[18:21] running the problem desk. Is your sister

[18:23] a problem?

[18:24] >> it By the way, we call it the voter

[18:25] irregularity desk and there've been all

[18:26] sorts of jokes about that. So, I I'd

[18:28] rather you talk about me having issues

[18:29] than

[18:30] >> [laughter]

[18:30] >> being a regular guy or whatever it is.

[18:33] >> Oh, boy. Uh this is going down fast.

[18:36] >> The problems and there are tons of them

[18:38] uh

[18:39] partially because it's a big country and

[18:40] lots of people are voting, but we've

[18:41] asked a lot of people to submit uh some

[18:43] of their concerns after they've reported

[18:45] them to the authorities to us at cnn.com

[18:47] using iReport. We're getting a lot of

[18:49] issues that are sent to us and then we

[18:51] confirm them independently. We're not

[18:53] getting a lot of pictures and video

[18:55] because I guess people can't really take

[18:56] a lot of pictures and video. We do get

[18:57] some, but if people have problems, tell

[18:59] them to send them to us. They come into

[19:00] sort of two categories, Kira. One of

[19:02] them is uh voting machines not doing

[19:04] what people want them to do, either

[19:05] delays getting them started or not

[19:07] working properly. The other main issue

[19:09] that we're getting a lot of concerns

[19:10] about is the fact that in this year so

[19:12] many different states have new

[19:13] regulations about identification for

[19:15] voters that people are getting confused.

[19:17] And it's not just regular folks. I mean,

[19:19] we've got people we've got all sorts of

[19:21] people emailing us with concerns. In

[19:23] Arizona, someone was turned away even

[19:25] though they had a US passport because

[19:27] the law there calls for an address and a

[19:28] passport doesn't have an address printed

[19:30] in it. But in South Carolina, I think we

[19:32] we probably still have this video. The

[19:34] governor went to vote and he didn't have

[19:37] he didn't have

[19:37] >> He didn't have the suitable

[19:38] identification and there's video of him

[19:40] sort of leafing through here there he

[19:41] is. He's leafing through his wallet

[19:42] trying to find out you know

[19:43] >> didn't vote.

[19:44] >> He he went back to vote subsequently

[19:47] we're told but at this this juncture

[19:49] where the camera was here, he didn't. He

[19:50] had to leave.

[19:51] >> you deny the governor? You know who the

[19:53] governor is?

[19:53] >> Well, whoever was running that poll

[19:55] decided that they are going to stick to

[19:57] the rules and the problem is the rules

[19:58] are different all over the place. We

[19:59] have a a report of a congressman in

[20:02] in Ohio having similar problems. In

[20:04] fact, we're getting a lot of that sort

[20:05] of thing. So uh

[20:06] >> So there is no standard mode of ID.

[20:09] Okay, every state So can you go on your

[20:11] state's website and

[20:13] >> Yes.

[20:13] >> Okay, and they'll and they'll tell you

[20:14] what

[20:14] >> board of electors or or look up the

[20:15] state the secretary of state in your

[20:17] state and just find out. And frankly, if

[20:19] you've got the ID, take it with you.

[20:21] They there are two things people want.

[20:22] Some states want photo IDs

[20:24] and some states want something that has

[20:26] an address on it. So just you know, cuz

[20:27] who wants to wait in the line and then

[20:29] be turned away.

[20:30] >> You know, I thought I had issues with my

[20:32] squirrels in the attic.

[20:34] >> Little did you know you have issues with

[20:35] squirrels in democracy. I I have a

[20:37] correction to make here as you may have

[20:38] heard earlier.

[20:39] >> I I discussed some problems in Colorado

[20:43] with some laptops and I associated it

[20:45] with a squirrel. In fact, there were

[20:47] problems in Colorado with laptops having

[20:49] to do with voting. Had nothing to do

[20:50] with a squirrel. The squirrel in

[20:51] question, a rogue squirrel in question

[20:53] was in fact in Oklahoma

[20:55] where in a place called Frederick Okla

[20:57] Oklahoma 5 to 6,000 people. The only

[20:59] complaint that the the guy who runs

[21:01] elections there has heard was that a

[21:02] rogue squirrel has caused a power outage

[21:04] across the city affecting a total of

[21:06] three precincts.

[21:08] >> You know

[21:08] >> one of the precincts that are fire

[21:09] station which is not affected cuz it has

[21:11] a backup generator.

[21:11] >> I'll tell you right now, those squirrels

[21:13] can eat through anything.

[21:14] >> Yeah, but don't call them rogue

[21:15] squirrels cuz people get mad at that.

[21:16] >> All right. We'll we'll be nice.

[21:19] >> Uh we do have Yeah, but there are a

[21:20] number of issues. Uh we're we're

[21:21] continuing to follow them and obviously

[21:23] as the day gets further on, Cara, we'll

[21:25] have some uh some more specifics as we

[21:27] check them out.

[21:27] >> We'll keep checking in. Thanks, Ali.

[21:29] >> If you've got problems with squirrels,

[21:30] who's getting them out of your attic?

[21:32] Not just [laughter] your

[21:33] >> That's true. I did call you in, didn't

[21:34] I, at 2:00 a.m.?

[21:36] I got to squirrel up there.

[21:37] >> All right.

[21:38] >> And you didn't find it, by the way.

[21:39] >> Oh, well.

[21:39] >> Moving on.

[21:40] >> Connecticut's ballot, a familiar name in

[21:43] a different spot, plus a new face. Who

[21:46] will voters choose? That race ahead in

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[25:46] that rally?

[25:47] Susan Lisovicz joins us from the New

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[25:51] welcome back. We certainly missed you,

[25:53] Susan.

[25:53] >> It's good to be back, Don. And Cara

[25:55] would not miss election day, and

[25:56] certainly working at CNN on election day

[25:58] is always exciting. But, you know, it

[26:00] doesn't it there is almost no case that

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[27:12] >> Yeah, they're saying

[27:12] >> There's lots of different scenarios

[27:14] here.

[27:14] >> Yeah, they're saying a lot that means

[27:16] not much spending probably coming from

[27:17] Washington when that happens. Let's talk

[27:19] about those stocks. Which ones are you

[27:20] talking about? Which ones will likely

[27:21] benefit from this?

[27:22] >> Well, we've talked about them quite a

[27:24] bit over the past 6 years for sure

[27:27] under the Bush administration. Certain

[27:29] ones certainly that would favor

[27:31] Republicans retaining control, oil, and

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[27:56] clear the way for more buying on Wall

[27:57] Street. That is what we're seeing today.

[27:59] Nice rally on Wall Street continuing

[28:02] what we saw yesterday, the Dow hitting

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[28:06] 12,100

[28:08] right now. The Nasdaq composite,

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[28:20] >> All right, Susan, we'll talk again.

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[31:57] >> Boy, he's chipper in the morning, right?

[31:58] That was President Bush up early this

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[32:02] and the first lady voted at a fire

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[32:06] After months of trying to tell Americans

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[32:15] to the White House this afternoon to

[32:16] watch those returns. Let's head straight

[32:19] to the newsroom now. T.J. Holmes details

[32:20] on the developing story in Colorado.

[32:22] T.J.

[32:22] >> Well, don't want to hear this, but we

[32:24] got some more issues with voting and

[32:26] some uh some of the polling or polling

[32:28] stations. Let's go show you some video.

[32:30] Here's some long lines we've been seeing

[32:32] in the Denver area. Now, there are a

[32:34] couple of different reasons being given

[32:35] for uh some of the delays, But, we got

[32:37] long lines uh being formed in several

[32:40] areas around the Denver area of as many

[32:42] as 300 people lined up trying to vote.

[32:46] Now,

[32:47] election officials say the problem has

[32:48] been at a couple of locations, power

[32:51] failure. Now, the power failure does not

[32:53] affect some of those you know the

[32:55] electronic voting machines because those

[32:58] have backup power. So, that's not really

[32:59] causing the problem. But, the problem is

[33:01] a lot of the poll workers are using

[33:03] laptops so they can check registration

[33:05] of people there who are trying to vote.

[33:07] So, they're having some issues. This

[33:08] isn't some of the video or some of the

[33:09] best video we were hoping to show you

[33:10] with long lines. But, we're just keeping

[33:12] an eye on something else here. We're

[33:13] going to continue to monitor this and

[33:15] I'll bring you any updates. But, they

[33:16] are starting to give us a shot we were

[33:18] we were hoping to see here of those long

[33:20] lines. Really, hundreds of people up to

[33:22] 300 people in line. Yeah, check them out

[33:24] there. And also in Denver in Colorado

[33:27] they got a long ballot, 14 initiatives

[33:29] that people are having to pick from as

[33:31] well. So, that takes time. But, again,

[33:33] yeah, they're going to be staying in

[33:35] there a while, being there a while

[33:36] trying to vote. But, it doesn't help

[33:37] certainly with the some of the problems.

[33:39] We're watching that for you guys.

[33:40] >> watching in Colorado, bring your coat

[33:42] and your galoshes or whatever. Bring

[33:43] whatever you need cuz you're going to be

[33:44] waiting around a while. We wish them

[33:46] luck. Thank you, TJ.

[33:47] >> Well, he was kicked to the curb in the

[33:48] Democratic primary. But, Connecticut

[33:50] Senator Joe Lieberman has rebounded as

[33:52] an independent in his race against

[33:54] Democrat Ned Lamont and Republican Alan

[33:56] Schlesinger. And Dan Lothian is tracking

[33:58] that showdown in Hartford. Hey, Dan.

[34:02] >> Hello, Cara. Well, the Secretary of

[34:03] State's office says that the voter

[34:05] turnout has been consistently strong so

[34:08] far this morning between 25 and 30%.

[34:11] Could be as high as 66% voters deciding

[34:14] whether or not to return an incumbent to

[34:16] a fourth term or to elect a political

[34:19] newcomer.

[34:21] >> [applause]

[34:22] >> Joe Lieberman may be the odds-on

[34:24] favorite running as an independent. But,

[34:27] he's still sprinting to the finish line.

[34:29] >> I don't want my supporters to think that

[34:31] this is over and going to stay home or

[34:34] decide they want to throw a vote to

[34:35] somebody else for some symbolic reason.

[34:38] >> Meeting with workers at a utility

[34:39] company, Lieberman painted his

[34:41] Democratic opponent, Ned Lamont, as a

[34:44] one-issue candidate and a partisan

[34:46] polarizer.

[34:47] >> It does get in the way of us getting

[34:51] something done for you, the people.

[34:54] >> I remember each and every one of you

[34:55] guys.

[34:55] >> Lamont, a wealthy businessman who beat

[34:57] Lieberman in the August Democratic

[34:59] primary, put in the final miles of his

[35:02] campaign bus tour trying to convince

[35:04] voters he's the right candidate for real

[35:07] change.

[35:08] >> Look at the crowds that are coming out.

[35:09] People fundamentally want a real change

[35:11] in how we're doing business in

[35:12] Washington.

[35:13] >> Speaking to union workers, Lamont

[35:15] returned to the central theme of his

[35:17] campaign, the war in Iraq.

[35:19] >> This war is wrong. It's hurting our

[35:21] country at home. It's hurting our

[35:22] country abroad. It's time to bring our

[35:24] troops home.

[35:26] >> The Republican in this Senate race, Alan

[35:28] Schlesinger, has not been a major

[35:30] factor. That, say political analysts,

[35:32] has helped Lieberman, who's attracting

[35:34] support from Republicans.

[35:35] >> He's identified as a Democrat, but an

[35:38] independent Democrat. And so, his voice

[35:40] rises above partisan politics.

[35:44] >> One interesting note, uh Lieberman's

[35:45] name, because he's an independent,

[35:46] appears at the very bottom of the

[35:48] ballot. He has been on the campaign

[35:50] trail reminding voters where to find

[35:52] him. We haven't heard of any problems

[35:53] there, but it'll be interesting to find

[35:55] out if there's any confusion and if it

[35:57] does impact the final count. Kira.

[35:59] >> Well, you talk about Lieberman running

[36:00] as an independent. Will he have an

[36:02] allegiance to a party?

[36:04] >> He says he is still a Democrat. He holds

[36:06] no hard feelings, but he says what this

[36:08] race has taught him is that he must

[36:10] continue to be an independent thinker.

[36:12] And he says when if, indeed, he does

[36:14] return to Washington, he thinks he'll be

[36:16] embraced by both Democrats and

[36:18] Republicans.

[36:19] >> Dan Lothian in Hartford, Connecticut.

[36:20] Thanks, Dan.

[36:22] >> And if you want election year intrigue,

[36:23] which state did you go to? You go to

[36:25] Florida. And this year is no exception.

[36:27] Our John Zarrella is keeping track of a

[36:29] controversial congressional race in

[36:31] Jupiter at the tip end of the 22nd

[36:35] District. What's going on, John?

[36:37] >> Now, Don, why would you disparage

[36:39] Florida like that?

[36:41] >> Florida. I'm not, but you know

[36:42] [laughter] there's There is some

[36:43] intrigue there. We all remember the

[36:45] election, you know.

[36:47] >> There certainly is. There's always

[36:49] intrigue.

[36:49] >> Yes.

[36:50] >> That's right. There always is. I can

[36:52] tell you 5 weeks ago here in the 16th

[36:55] Congressional District, it's not likely

[36:57] that anybody outside of the state of

[36:59] Florida probably knew where the 16th

[37:01] Congressional District was. And then

[37:03] after the Mark Foley scandal broke,

[37:06] many experts said that there was no way

[37:08] the Republicans could

[37:10] hold on to control which they've had for

[37:12] 25 years in this district. Well, times

[37:15] have changed in four short weeks. This

[37:18] has become a real battle between the

[37:20] Republicans and the Democrats. And both

[37:23] candidates are now claiming when all is

[37:25] said and done, they're going to be the

[37:26] winner.

[37:31] >> In the final hours before election day,

[37:33] Republican Joe Negron campaigned for

[37:35] votes at a busy intersection.

[37:39] A month ago, Negron's political future

[37:41] intersected with the political demise of

[37:44] Congressman Mark Foley. Handpicked by

[37:46] the Republican Party to replace Foley,

[37:49] many experts felt there was no way

[37:50] Negron could overcome the Congressional

[37:53] Page Scandal. But in four weeks, Negron

[37:56] has gone from no shot to long shot to a

[37:59] real shot.

[38:00] >> And this is a conservative district, and

[38:02] we want change, but we want conservative

[38:04] change. And so that's one reason I think

[38:06] that this campaign is really taken off.

[38:08] >> In a district encompassing eight

[38:10] counties from the West Coast to the East

[38:12] Coast, Negron and his Democratic

[38:14] opponent Tim Mahoney have put in a lot

[38:16] of miles.

[38:17] >> I'm Tim Mahoney. I'm running for

[38:18] Congress.

[38:19] >> Mahoney has seen his double-digit lead

[38:21] evaporate, but still believes people

[38:23] will vote for change.

[38:25] >> If you think that we can do better, if

[38:26] you think that we can work together

[38:28] better in Washington, we can restore our

[38:30] values, I'm the person that's going to

[38:31] go up there and and make those changes.

[38:34] >> Bottom line, this election is likely to

[38:36] be much closer than either party thought

[38:39] just a month ago.

[38:42] >> Now, it's uh been quiet here at this

[38:44] polling station in the last uh hour or

[38:46] so, but it was steady for the most part

[38:48] during the day. But no long lines and a

[38:50] lot of that may be attributable to the

[38:51] fact that we have early voting in the

[38:53] state of Florida uh and the uh the

[38:56] supervisors of elections in Miami-Dade,

[38:58] Broward, and Palm Beach counties are

[39:00] reporting that about 12% of registered

[39:03] voters took advantage of early voting or

[39:05] absentee voting here in Florida. And the

[39:08] Secretary of State's office uh Don

[39:10] reporting that uh no major glitches so

[39:14] far

[39:15] uh here on election day at any of the uh

[39:18] the precincts. Don?

[39:19] >> Hey John Zarrella, we're talking about

[39:20] intrigue. Here's a little bit of

[39:21] intrigue. When you go and voters there

[39:22] go to vote, Mark Foley's name is still

[39:25] on the ballot, so they can't help but

[39:26] think about it. And it is it causing any

[39:29] confusion? Maybe not, but like I said,

[39:31] you can't help but think about what

[39:32] happened.

[39:33] >> Oh, no question about it. His name is on

[39:35] the ballot, and I guess if you're the

[39:37] Republicans, you're hoping it's not

[39:38] causing any confusion. Uh what happened

[39:40] was that uh if you could take a look at

[39:43] the uh the Palm Beach County uh ballot,

[39:45] the electronic ballot, this is what the

[39:47] voters are seeing. They see Mark Foley's

[39:49] name there. Republicans have said right

[39:51] along that they believe the people here

[39:52] are sophisticated enough to figure it

[39:54] out. Uh they actually have made somewhat

[39:56] of a little campaign slogan out of it

[39:58] that uh and they say punch Foley for

[40:00] Negron. And uh if they if voters do

[40:04] still have a problem when they get here,

[40:06] they can ask one of the supervisors at

[40:08] the polling places, and they will be

[40:10] handed a sheet of paper which tells them

[40:12] a vote for Negron a vote for Foley is a

[40:14] vote for Negron. Vote for Mahoney is a

[40:16] vote for Mahoney. So, hopefully the

[40:18] confusion is alleviated, Don.

[40:21] >> I'm sure people are sophisticated enough

[40:22] to figure it out. Thank you, John

[40:23] Zarrella.

[40:25] >> Exactly.

[40:26] >> You vote, they watch. Federal observers

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[45:09] on route to the district court to file a

[45:11] request for a 2-hour extension in voting

[45:14] uh in all of Denver County. Uh they

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[45:21] which show the names of registered

[45:22] voters, were not ready and as a result

[45:24] there were long lines and a lot of

[45:25] people left without voting because the

[45:27] uh the sites ran out of provisional

[45:29] ballots. Now, we are tracking this

[45:30] because so far Indiana is the only uh

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[45:37] uh been granted a court order to extend

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[45:44] actually delayed as a result of uh

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[45:48] We have had, as we discussed, many

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[45:53] identification and a lot of complaints

[45:55] about delays or things going on with

[45:56] voting machines, but we we're not seeing

[45:58] a lot of counties or certainly states

[46:00] requesting extensions in voting time.

[46:02] That may happen later in the night, but

[46:04] so far we've got Indiana on the books.

[46:06] We now have this situation uh in

[46:08] Colorado, which we're following closely.

[46:09] >> All right, we'll talk to you again

[46:11] probably about 30 minutes. Sound good?

[46:12] >> Yeah, we will uh we'll check back with

[46:14] you.

[46:14] >> All right, Ali.

[46:14] >> Okay.

[46:15] >> Dangling, hanging, pregnant, remember

[46:17] those? The chads of 2000. Well, this

[46:19] year new election technology may solve

[46:21] some of the mechanical problems, but it

[46:23] may cause problems of its own as may

[46:25] human error or misbehavior. That's why

[46:28] the feds have unleashed a pack of

[46:29] watchdogs to stand close guard. Very

[46:32] interesting. CNN's Kelly Arena has more

[46:34] on that from Washington. Tell us all

[46:36] about it.

[46:37] >> A record number of watchdogs. That's

[46:39] right, the Justice Department had

[46:41] dispatched more than 850 federal

[46:44] observers and federal monitors to 22

[46:47] states and their job is to carefully

[46:49] watch this midterm election. But DOJ

[46:52] isn't commenting publicly on any of the

[46:54] allegations that we've heard Ali talk

[46:56] about of possible violation of voting

[46:57] rights.

[46:58] They do remind voters that civil rights

[47:00] lawyers are manning a hotline. I think

[47:03] we have that number. It's

[47:04] 1-800-253-3931.

[47:09] Justice Department hotline. Uh lawyers

[47:12] on standby for any questions or

[47:14] complaints. The goal here is to make

[47:16] sure that those who can vote and

[47:19] actually show up at the polls get to do

[47:21] just that without any problems.

[47:25] >> 1964, the murder of three young voting

[47:28] rights activists in Mississippi, made

[47:30] famous in the movie Mississippi Burning,

[47:32] led to passage of the Voting Rights Act.

[47:35] Remarkably, four decades later, the kind

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[47:40] stop still threatens US elections in

[47:43] some places, prompting the Justice

[47:45] Department to dispatch more than 800

[47:47] election observers and monitors, the

[47:50] most ever.

[47:51] >> It's very effective in the sense that

[47:52] not only are they there to help guard

[47:53] against possible abuses, they're there

[47:55] to help correct problems on the ground

[47:57] if they occur.

[47:58] >> One concern in states with tight races,

[48:01] there could be more incentive for

[48:02] mischief. Wan Kim leads the Justice

[48:05] Department's Civil Rights Division.

[48:06] >> Obviously, the tighter the race is, the

[48:08] more heated the rhetoric becomes, and

[48:10] sometimes the more flagrant violations

[48:12] may occur there.

[48:13] >> Activists have urged DOJ to be

[48:15] particularly aggressive in places like

[48:17] California, where letters were mailed to

[48:19] Hispanic immigrants telling them they

[48:21] could go to jail if they voted.

[48:23] >> We had testimony from all over the

[48:24] country. People talking about examples

[48:27] of purposeful, intentional

[48:29] discrimination against black, Latino,

[48:30] Native American, and Asian voters.

[48:32] >> Civil rights activist Julie Fernandez

[48:34] says discrimination these days is more

[48:36] subtle, but the motive's the same.

[48:39] >> We've seen examples of that where Anglo

[48:41] voters in some jurisdictions are told,

[48:43] "Oh, I know you. Oh, you don't need your

[48:45] ID. Come on in, Bob." But the Latino

[48:47] voters are asked, "Are you a citizen?"

[48:50] Wait, where's your picture ID? It's the

[48:52] kind of that's that kind of

[48:53] discrimination in how the laws are

[48:56] implemented.

[48:57] >> While a record number of DOJ monitors

[48:59] will be watching, voters should not even

[49:01] know they're there.

[49:03] >> The trick here is for those observers

[49:05] and monitors to remain anonymous. The

[49:07] monitors don't want to be intimidating,

[49:09] because actually that's what they're

[49:10] there to prevent, right? So, if they see

[49:12] a violation, they are instructed to

[49:14] immediately report it to a supervisor

[49:16] who will then alert local election

[49:18] officials and try to deal with that

[49:20] problem immediately. Don.

[49:22] >> And the FBI's involved in all this,

[49:23] right?

[49:24] >> Well, that's right. FBI uh headquarters

[49:26] also isn't commenting on any election

[49:29] irregularities at this point, but it

[49:31] does have uh jurisdiction to conduct

[49:34] investigations if something goes wrong.

[49:35] Now, the bureau has, for the first time,

[49:38] election coordinators at all, every one

[49:40] of its 56 field offices. Those people

[49:42] are designated to take complaints, look

[49:44] into potential violations of federal

[49:47] voting laws, not state, federal voting

[49:49] laws, and then start an investigation if

[49:51] they think one is warranted.

[49:53] >> Kelly Arena, thank you so much.

[49:54] >> You're welcome.

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[53:16] >> For election night's best moments and

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[53:19] Morning, 5:00 a.m.

[53:23] >> The president, first lady arriving back

[53:25] in Washington, D.C. of course to follow

[53:27] election day and all the uh

[53:29] numbers and tallies that come in later

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[53:43] >> All right. Let's move on to talk about

[53:45] the weather. We'll keep close eye on the

[53:46] president. The rain is easing, but the

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[54:05] National Guard to rescue him. The

[54:07] governor has already declared states of

[54:09] emergency in 18 counties. Look at that.

[54:12] It is a soggy election day for some of

[54:14] us, and Rob Marciano is in our weather

[54:15] center. Which voters need umbrellas? And

[54:18] it looks like there they need more than

[54:19] that, Rob.

[54:20] >> You know, the Northwest is no stranger

[54:21] to rainfall, but uh when you get all

[54:23] that rainfall in the matter of 2 or 3

[54:24] days, and it's still coming down now, uh

[54:26] even those uh ever

[54:28] uh efficient rivers can't handle. And

[54:30] you as you mentioned, 18 uh counties

[54:32] under a state of emergency. There's

[54:33] spots where 20 highways uh have been

[54:35] shut down. And then the list of of

[54:37] rivers that are in flood stage goes all

[54:39] the way down uh the I-5 corridor, the

[54:41] including the Olympic uh peninsula, and

[54:43] down into the Willamette Valley as well.

[54:45] Here's the radar from Seattle to

[54:46] Portland to Eugene. It is raining in

[54:47] spots heavily, but it will be coming to

[54:50] an end later on today, and then tapering

[54:53] off a little bit tonight. The other

[54:54] problem spot's going to be across the uh

[54:56] Southeast. You saw the uh president

[54:58] there in D.C. uh with the umbrella up

[54:59] already. The rainfall will be moving up

[55:01] the Eastern Seaboard and heading into uh

[55:04] Delmarva area throughout the afternoon.

[55:06] So, there you go. As far as what we

[55:08] expect this yellow and orange and red

[55:10] indicates over the next 24 hours, we

[55:12] could see an inch or two or more of

[55:15] precipitation from South Carolina and

[55:17] through Western and Central parts of

[55:18] North Carolina, Western parts of

[55:20] Virginia, and in through Western parts

[55:21] of uh Maryland as well. So, uh kind of a

[55:24] messy day across the Southeast. And

[55:25] Maryland, uh you know, one of those

[55:26] spots where we're going to see uh a

[55:29] tight race. But, these are the states

[55:30] that we've highlighted where we think

[55:32] there's an issue as far as a slight

[55:33] impact being yellow, orange meaning a

[55:35] high impact, and that would include the

[55:37] Carolinas and through parts of Georgia.

[55:39] Anywhere you see green, it's pretty it's

[55:41] a really nice day across the central

[55:42] part of the country, the Northeast, the

[55:43] Southwest, those highly populated areas.

[55:45] And there you go, flooding rains across

[55:47] the Pacific Northwest. Idaho will see

[55:48] some rainfall as well. This is not a

[55:50] snow maker. Snow levels very high with

[55:52] this at about 8,000 ft. They will drop

[55:53] down tomorrow to about 5,000 ft, and

[55:56] that will help lock up some of the

[55:57] moisture in the mountains, so that's a

[55:58] good thing. 59° in the meantime in

[56:00] Portland for a high today. 86, so Santa

[56:03] Ana winds still hanging around in Los

[56:04] Angeles, although building feed

[56:05] diminishing. 59° in Chicago and New York

[56:08] with little if any rain today. The rain

[56:10] will get to the New York area later on

[56:12] tonight, so that's when we expect it and

[56:14] into tomorrow could see some heavy rain

[56:15] and tomorrow uh record highs across the

[56:17] central part of the country, and then as

[56:18] I mentioned, some showers, but mostly

[56:20] mountain snow across the Pacific

[56:21] Northwest. That's what's happening

[56:23] weather-wise on this election day, Don

[56:25] and Kira. Back over to you.

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[61:05] >> If Democratic hopes are high anywhere,

[61:06] it is Ohio, the state that tipped the

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[61:14] between Republican incumbent Mike DeWine

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[61:23] is in Columbus.

[61:25] >> Voter turnout throughout Ohio has thus

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[63:00] >> Republicans are hoping to pick up a

[63:02] Senate seat in traditionally Democratic

[63:03] Maryland. Lieutenant Governor Michael

[63:05] Steele is taking on Democratic

[63:06] Congressman Ben Cardin. It's the first

[63:08] time Maryland will elect a new senator

[63:10] in [music] 20 years. Our Brian Todd

[63:12] standing by in Bowie, Maryland. Hey

[63:14] Brian.

[63:16] >> Hi Kira, you said taking on and that is

[63:18] absolutely right. Michael Steele has

[63:19] made this a horse race and made this

[63:22] actually a border borderline

[63:23] battleground state. The Democrats were

[63:26] worried about losing New Jersey, they

[63:27] might want to worry about losing

[63:28] Maryland. Michael Steele, the Republican

[63:30] Lieutenant Governor, in some polls and

[63:33] in some experts' eyes has pulled almost

[63:35] into a dead even heat with Democratic

[63:38] Congressman Ben Cardin. That is because

[63:40] of Steele's personal style. He has

[63:41] really connected with voters. He has

[63:43] gotten to know them very well. He's put

[63:45] out some effective ads. He has also

[63:47] taken on Cardin quite quite

[63:50] aggressively in the debates. He really

[63:52] got Cardin flustered one time. That

[63:54] though has also crept into the overall

[63:56] tenor of the campaign nationwide. Uh

[63:59] voters and others here are accusing the

[64:00] candidates of being overly negative with

[64:02] the ads and with the the overall

[64:04] demeanor in their debates. We talked to

[64:06] a couple of voters today as they left

[64:07] the polling places about that negative

[64:09] tenor of the campaign.

[64:13] >> I've been very disappointed. It's made

[64:15] me suspicious and a

[64:17] bit cynical.

[64:19] Um because I look for integrity and

[64:22] honesty and I'm having a difficult time

[64:24] sifting through all the other stuff

[64:26] that's negative.

[64:30] >> I think a very a savvy citizen

[64:34] really needs to do a lot of research and

[64:36] determine why they're voting for who.

[64:39] And then make up their decision and then

[64:41] tune out the rest of the stuff that you

[64:42] hear a week or two before the elections

[64:45] because all that is garbage.

[64:49] >> And we will see how the voters react

[64:51] today. The polls are going to close here

[64:52] at 8:00 p.m. Kira, a couple of very

[64:54] close races to talk about. Back to you.

[64:57] >> All right, tell us about the governor's

[64:58] race.

[65:00] >> Governor's race is one of those close

[65:01] races pulled into a dead heat.

[65:03] Republican Governor Bob Ehrlich

[65:05] campaigning hard. We talked to him

[65:07] earlier today.

[65:08] He came by our polling place. He's been

[65:10] all over the state. He is the first

[65:12] Republican governor here in a couple of

[65:14] decades, and he is in a virtual dead

[65:17] heat with Baltimore Mayor Martin

[65:19] O'Malley. This again is a very, very

[65:21] heavily Democratic state. It was a

[65:22] surprise when Governor Ehrlich was

[65:24] elected 4 years ago. He has run a strong

[65:26] campaign that he is even at 50/50. Some

[65:29] analysts believe is is actually a good

[65:31] mark for the Republicans and bodes well

[65:32] for them tonight. But again, some of the

[65:35] And some of these close races will be

[65:36] interesting because of the absentee

[65:38] balloting question. Because of all the

[65:40] problems with electronic voting in this

[65:41] state, the governor and other

[65:43] politicians have asked voters, some of

[65:44] them to use absentee ballots, to use

[65:46] provisional ballots. Well, those aren't

[65:48] even going to be counted until late this

[65:50] week and early next week. So, if the

[65:52] governor's race is close, and if the

[65:53] Senate race is close, we may not know

[65:55] those results until next week.

[65:58] >> Brian Todd in Maryland. Thanks, Brian.

[66:00] New Jersey is one of the states where

[66:01] Democrats are having to defend a Senate

[66:04] seat. Republican Tom Kean is challenging

[66:06] incumbent Robert Menendez, who was

[66:08] appointed, not elected, to replace Jon

[66:10] Corzine when Corzine was elected

[66:11] governor. Our Alan Chernoff is in

[66:14] Mountainside, New Jersey, where we

[66:16] understand there have been some breaking

[66:18] develops. Alan?

[66:21] >> Well, that's one way of putting it.

[66:22] We're at the scene of a crime, if we can

[66:25] call it that. Here's exactly what

[66:27] transpired, and we are at Tom Kean for

[66:30] Senator headquarters here in

[66:31] Mountainside, New Jersey. 4:45 this

[66:34] morning, the front door to the building

[66:37] actually locked up with a chain and a

[66:39] lock. One staffer is inside of the

[66:42] office. He comes out, he tries to come

[66:44] out, discovers that he is locked inside.

[66:47] He calls the police. 7:00 a.m., an

[66:49] employee of the Dorf Feature Service, a

[66:52] local news wire, which also has offices

[66:54] here, tries to get in. She discovers

[66:57] that the three side doors are all jammed

[67:00] with broken keys. She comes out here and

[67:02] sees that in fact the front door is

[67:04] still locked up. 7:45, the police come,

[67:07] and they cut it open.

[67:09] Who is behind all of this? Well,

[67:12] the Kane campaign has a few ideas. Evan

[67:14] Koslow is the campaign manager. Who do

[67:16] you think did this?

[67:17] >> Well, clearly Bob Menendez has used

[67:18] campaign have employed tactics like this

[67:20] throughout the campaign. Whether it was

[67:21] having a criminal inmates come out in

[67:24] order to disrupt press conferences, it's

[67:25] having people try to storm our offices

[67:27] over the weekend. These are the types of

[67:29] tactics that a party boss in Hudson

[67:30] County would employ.

[67:31] >> So, you're saying you're saying that the

[67:33] opponent actually stoop to something

[67:36] like this?

[67:37] >> I believe absolutely that that our

[67:38] opponent and his supporters, you know,

[67:40] approve of these types of tactics and

[67:41] they've done it before in this campaign.

[67:43] And here on election day, they continue

[67:44] to do it.

[67:45] >> Well, the Menendez camp says that your

[67:48] charges are ridiculous. They also say

[67:51] this is the biggest stunt since Britney

[67:54] Spears' 3:00 a.m. Vegas wedding. That's

[67:57] how they they responded to it.

[67:59] >> Well, the Menendez campaign has also

[68:00] tried to disavow that Bob Menendez is

[68:02] under a federal criminal investigation,

[68:03] but we all know that that's true. People

[68:05] in New Jersey have a choice to make

[68:06] today. Do they want a proven reformer in

[68:08] Tom Kane, or do they want a party boss

[68:09] in Hudson County who's under a federal

[68:11] criminal investigation? I think people

[68:12] are going to choose Tom Kane today.

[68:14] >> Okay, well, that clearly gives everyone

[68:16] a sense of what this campaign has been

[68:19] like, just how heated it has been and

[68:21] how dirty, frankly, it has been as well.

[68:24] The Menendez camp denying everything

[68:27] that Evan just said. Back to you.

[68:29] >> Alan, I think that is a first

[68:31] that I've ever heard of that. Thank you.

[68:33] Alan Turnoff reporting from broadband

[68:35] from Mountainside, New Jersey.

[68:37] >> He's campaigned, he's voted, now like

[68:39] the rest of us, all he can do is wait.

[68:40] Although George W. Bush's job isn't on

[68:42] the line, the results of today's

[68:43] elections could make or break the rest

[68:45] of his term in office. CNN's Kathleen

[68:47] Koch live at the White House. Kathleen.

[68:50] >> Thank you, Kyra. Yes, they are

[68:51] abundantly aware of that fact that it

[68:52] could be a very rough 2 years if the

[68:56] Democrats take either House of Congress,

[68:59] uh at the House or to Senate. And of

[69:00] course, President Bush is doing his

[69:02] level best to make sure that that

[69:03] doesn't happen. He and the First Lady

[69:05] voting early this morning in Crawford,

[69:07] Texas. The President on the road

[69:09] campaigning long and hard the last 10

[69:11] days hitting some 15 rallies in 12

[69:13] states. Uh still this morning after

[69:15] voting the President uh opted to pull

[69:17] any partisan punches.

[69:21] >> Laura and I know it's a privilege to be

[69:22] able to cast our vote.

[69:24] And uh I encourage all Americans to vote

[69:27] today.

[69:30] We live in a free society.

[69:32] And our government is uh

[69:35] only as good as

[69:37] uh

[69:38] the willingness of our people to

[69:39] participate in it.

[69:41] And therefore, no matter what your party

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[69:47] Cast your ballot

[69:49] and let your voice be heard.

[69:52] >> Well, President Bush arrived uh back

[69:53] here at the White House just minutes

[69:55] ago. And next on the agenda is watching

[69:57] the returns. So, White House

[69:59] spokesperson uh Dana Perino says that

[70:01] President Bush will be inviting top

[70:03] White House staffers and others to join

[70:04] him for a 7:00 p.m. dinner to monitor

[70:07] the results, to call candidates. Among

[70:09] those on the roster are uh Chief of

[70:11] Staff Josh Josh Bolton, uh top

[70:14] strategist Karl Rove, also uh the uh

[70:17] Republican National Committee Chairman

[70:19] Ken Mehlman. Uh we're told though that

[70:21] the President himself will not be making

[70:23] any comments today on the results of the

[70:26] voting that we will have to wait until

[70:28] tomorrow to hear what he thinks about

[70:30] them. Kira?

[70:31] >> What about Dick Cheney? What's he doing

[70:32] today?

[70:33] >> Well, Dick Cheney uh voted early in

[70:35] Wyoming. It's one of those states where

[70:36] that's permissible. So, uh Kira, right

[70:38] now he's on a hunting trip in uh South

[70:40] Dakota. Uh he made a similar hunting

[70:42] trip uh 4 years ago. And uh so, this is

[70:45] again what he likes to do. As the

[70:47] election returns come in, his daughter

[70:49] Mary is with him. Also, his uh political

[70:51] director. They're going to be helping

[70:52] him track the returns. Um this is the

[70:54] first hunting trip uh since that one uh

[70:56] back in February where he accidentally

[70:58] shot his friend Harry Whittington. We've

[70:59] heard of no reports reports of any

[71:01] mishaps on this one though.

[71:02] >> Keep our fingers crossed that he stays

[71:04] right on target. Kathleen Koch.

[71:05] >> all right, thanks a lot.

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[71:19] >> Problems at the polls? Well, if there

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[71:25] He's checking them around the nation.

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[75:01] >> Uh look at that live shot. It's

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[75:10] Election Express. All right, crossing

[75:12] the Duane Reade.

[75:14] Folks were stopping by earlier saying

[75:15] hello. Let's stop by and talk to

[75:17] somebody else. Free coffee. Yeah, if

[75:18] it's free, why not? Well, this next guy

[75:20] is usually watching the bulls and the

[75:22] bears and we're not talking about

[75:24] football or basketball teams.

[75:26] >> What do you know about Duane Reade?

[75:27] >> Allie's tracking What do you mean? I

[75:29] lived in New York for 7 years.

[75:31] >> you Cuz I don't think anybody Most

[75:32] people in the country it's it's an

[75:33] institution in New York. Every block has

[75:36] a Duane Reade drugstore.

[75:37] >> It's like a Walgreens. So, are you

[75:39] tracking squirrels today? And And by the

[75:41] way, you are at the problem desk. It

[75:42] sounds like where I used to go in

[75:44] elementary school.

[75:45] >> The desk, the problem desk, the

[75:46] regularity desk. There's nothing good

[75:48] that can come out of this.

[75:48] >> Well, what's happening? We We do have

[75:49] some problems though happening right

[75:51] now.

[75:51] >> Uh we have some problems that we're

[75:53] tracking right now. First of all,

[75:54] of the major problems that we're seeing

[75:56] today, a lot of them have to do with

[75:57] voters and identification. And in Ohio,

[76:00] Representative Jean Jean Schmidt was one

[76:02] of those people another one of those

[76:03] people who went to vote and it wasn't a

[76:06] an ID problem she had. She went to scan

[76:09] her ballot after you go went to put in

[76:11] the optical scan. You can see this.

[76:13] Didn't work.

[76:15] Didn't work. Kept not working. Kept

[76:17] giving it back. You see that?

[76:18] >> Yeah.

[76:18] >> Uh so, in the end what happened is they

[76:20] put it in a box. They locked it in a box

[76:23] that apparently they're going to scan

[76:24] later on. We have had other reports of

[76:26] that happening. A lot of them are coming

[76:27] into cnn.com on iReport and we

[76:29] appreciate all the viewers who are

[76:30] sending that in because we are checking

[76:32] every single one of those

[76:33] >> You know what's happening to her? It's

[76:35] happening to other people.

[76:35] >> It's happening to a lot of Exactly. The

[76:37] other other major stories we're

[76:39] following, there's a polling place in

[76:40] Wisconsin where uh at a school, there's

[76:43] been a bomb threat. Uh they've been

[76:44] investigating it, and because there's

[76:46] been a delay in figuring in the whole

[76:48] thing out, they have moved the polling

[76:49] station

[76:50] in Wisconsin, in November, outdoors, and

[76:52] across the road.

[76:54] >> cold in Wisconsin.

[76:55] >> It is cold, but I I guess because it's

[76:57] cold, they don't want people waiting in

[76:58] lines for a long time. The uh the

[76:59] officials there have said that if this

[77:00] goes on for a long time, they'll figure

[77:02] out a way to to to get everybody voting.

[77:04] So, that's under control.

[77:05] >> Ali? What do you

[77:06] >> Squirrels uh caused a power outage in

[77:08] Oklahoma, which put a a town of 6,000

[77:11] out of commission, and uh people there

[77:13] weren't able to vote. But apparently,

[77:14] they got that under control, too. People

[77:15] are resilient. They will vote.

[77:17] >> Yeah, but we've been showing you all

[77:18] those long lines that you were talking

[77:19] >> Yeah, and and part of those long lines

[77:22] uh in Denver, we also have a problem

[77:23] there, where uh people have been There

[77:26] were some problems getting some of these

[77:28] uh getting the books, the registering

[77:29] books open and ready for people this

[77:32] morning. So, as a result, we reported on

[77:33] this a little earlier, the uh Democratic

[77:35] Party in uh in Colorado is filing a

[77:38] motion with court to have the polls

[77:40] extended there. We've not uh had

[77:42] confirmation that that's been done yet,

[77:43] but as soon as we do, uh we'll let you

[77:45] know uh about that. So, there are a

[77:47] couple places that we talked about

[77:48] Indiana earlier in the day, uh where the

[77:50] polls are going to be extended till

[77:51] 8:45. We'll keep keep you posted on

[77:53] that. The other thing, Don, we're we're

[77:54] tracking We've got people on the ground

[77:56] checking out the situation in

[77:57] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, where there

[77:59] have been numerous reports of voting

[78:01] machine uh failures, but we want to

[78:03] confirm those and bring you uh the

[78:04] accurate story as soon as we've got it.

[78:05] >> Wow, Ali, on top of all of it. Thank you

[78:08] very much for taking

[78:08] >> with issues, Don.

[78:09] >> And you got some issues. Don't forget

[78:11] that. We're going to check back with you

[78:12] and your issues in the next hour.

[78:14] >> Thank you.

[78:14] >> All right.

[78:15] >> The politicking, handshaking,

[78:16] mudslinging, well, they're finally over.

[78:18] Time for the voters to have their say.

[78:20] Control of Congress and lots of

[78:21] governorships at stake. Joining us from

[78:23] Washington, CNN political analyst Bay

[78:24] Buchanan, political consultant Julian

[78:26] Epstein. Uh Bay, Julian, Will Durst,

[78:29] political pundit. Uh start talking about

[78:31] everybody having their predictions. Take

[78:33] a listen to what he said.

[78:35] >> If anybody can snatch defeat from the

[78:37] jaws of victory,

[78:39] it's the Democrats.

[78:41] The only reason they're flying high is

[78:44] because Republicans have dug themselves

[78:46] such a deep hole they could feel the

[78:47] heat from the core of the earth. And And

[78:50] we saw John Kerry try to take the ladder

[78:52] away from them earlier this week.

[78:55] >> Mhm, feeling the heat, Bay?

[78:58] Well, he makes an excellent point.

[79:00] There's no question that anything can

[79:02] happen today. It looked as if Democrats

[79:04] should do very very well the last couple

[79:06] weeks.

[79:07] But things have turned around. A lot of

[79:08] things are closed. And of course it

[79:10] comes down to one thing, who gets their

[79:12] votes out. Republicans are known to do a

[79:14] very good job. But this is without

[79:15] question, this election is about

[79:17] Republicans. Republicans are upset with

[79:20] Republicans, independents are upset with

[79:21] them. What has the leadership in the

[79:23] Republican Party done to have caused us

[79:25] to end up in such a close election? That

[79:27] I think is the question of the day.

[79:29] >> Julian, is that the question of the day?

[79:30] >> I hate to agree with Bay. I think that

[79:32] [laughter] is. I think people are voting

[79:33] against Republicans more so than for

[79:36] Democrats this time. And Democrats

[79:38] should be a little chastened by that as

[79:39] they try to figure out if they do in

[79:40] fact take one or both houses of

[79:42] Congress, what their agenda ought to be.

[79:44] And that agenda they had a lot I think

[79:45] lower expectations, particularly on

[79:47] things like Iraq and even domestic

[79:48] policy and investigations.

[79:50] But I think Bay is right. I think that

[79:52] the the races I think particularly the

[79:53] Senate races have narrowed in the last

[79:55] three or four days. I think the major

[79:58] question comes at turnout. And this is a

[80:00] bit of a paradox because the Democratic

[80:02] base is much more energized than the

[80:04] Republican base as many of us have have

[80:06] been saying. On the other hand,

[80:08] Republicans are much better at the game

[80:10] of getting out the vote than our

[80:11] Democrats. And Democrats are playing

[80:12] catch-up. So, I don't think that we'll

[80:15] see a lot of surprises. I think the

[80:16] Democrats will take the House. I think

[80:18] it's a toss-up in the Senate. But I

[80:19] think a lot of these races are going to

[80:21] be a lot closer than we thought.

[80:22] >> Executive editor of Weekly Standard

[80:24] wrote Fred Barnes wrote this article for

[80:26] the Wall Street Journal talking about is

[80:27] the GOP blowing it time after time. He

[80:29] writes, "Republicans gave up the fight

[80:31] on social security. They raised the

[80:33] immigration issue, touted it as a

[80:34] national crisis, stirred the nation's

[80:36] interest, and failed to come to grips

[80:37] with it. The tax issue also quickly

[80:40] faded away. Bayh?

[80:42] >> Well, you you know, I disagree with some

[80:43] of those points. However, I do agree in

[80:45] the overall issue here is it's one thing

[80:48] to lose if Republicans had been out

[80:50] there fighting and and passing

[80:51] legislation

[80:53] that that might have been controversial,

[80:55] whatever it be, but they haven't done

[80:57] that. You know, this this immigration

[80:59] issue they finally addressed late

[81:01] and and then they pushed it through. A

[81:03] lot of people think the fence was

[81:04] nothing but a campaign ploy. And and so

[81:07] it what if they what do they stand for?

[81:09] What do we How do we define the

[81:10] Republican Party today? They didn't

[81:12] They're not small government. They did

[81:14] cut some taxes. We're into a war that's

[81:16] not popular. I think Republicans are

[81:18] going to have to sit back and hopefully

[81:20] this election hopefully we'll win it.

[81:22] And then we'll re- reassess and say,

[81:24] "Look, we got to offer American people a

[81:26] bit more than we've been doing in the

[81:27] last couple years."

[81:28] >> Julian, what do you think about what

[81:29] Fred said as the GOP just blowing it

[81:30] time and after time?

[81:32] >> I think that's exactly correct. I think

[81:33] that this is the Katrina president and

[81:35] the Katrina Republican Party. Most

[81:37] people now associate this president and

[81:40] to a lesser extent, but still

[81:42] to a significant extent, the Republican

[81:43] Party with the disastrous recovery in

[81:45] Katrina.

[81:47] And and what that means is that the

[81:48] public doesn't really believe what this

[81:50] president and White House says when it

[81:53] comes to things like weapons of mass

[81:54] destruction in Iraq, the ability to win

[81:57] the war in Iraq, the whole fiasco in

[81:59] Katrina. I think that they don't believe

[82:01] fundamentally this White House anymore.

[82:03] And as importantly, they don't believe

[82:05] that this White House is very competent.

[82:07] You pepper that with a few scandals and

[82:08] on top of that the fact that this

[82:10] Republican Congress for 6 years has

[82:12] delivered very little, has not delivered

[82:13] really on tax reform, on Social

[82:15] Security, on immigration, or any of the

[82:17] other big ticket items, and it's a big

[82:19] it's a big recipe for failure. And I

[82:21] think the public perceives that. The

[82:22] public wants change. Again, the real

[82:24] question is what is the mandate for

[82:26] change? People are voting against

[82:27] Republicans. Democrats tomorrow the hard

[82:30] work really begins if they take over one

[82:31] of the houses, which is going to mean

[82:33] they're going to have to define what is

[82:35] the mandate for change, what are the

[82:36] expectations, and that's where the real

[82:38] trickiness is going

[82:38] >> Well, speaking of change, Nancy Pelosi

[82:40] could make history here. I want to get

[82:42] by both of you to react to this. George

[82:44] Jepsen, Connecticut GOP chairman, in an

[82:46] email to reporters said, "In these close

[82:48] races in Connecticut, there are few

[82:49] things that motivate Republicans and

[82:51] independents more to vote for our

[82:53] candidates than the thought of Nancy

[82:54] Pelosi being two heartbeats from the

[82:56] presidency."

[82:58] What do you think about Nancy Pelosi,

[82:59] Bay?

[82:59] >> There There's no question that is an

[83:01] accurate statement. And And indeed, it

[83:03] could be that the Democrats lose the

[83:05] House because of Nancy Pelosi. I was out

[83:08] in Indiana for several days campaigning

[83:10] for a Congressman Hostetler this last

[83:12] this last week, and I can't tell you

[83:13] there's Democrats coming up to both the

[83:16] Congressman and and I heard it from them

[83:17] as well saying, "There's only one issue

[83:19] in this campaign. It's Nancy Pelosi. I'm

[83:21] a Democrat, but I cannot vote for a

[83:23] party that will put her as speaker." So,

[83:25] I think there is some real feelings out

[83:27] there that this party, Nancy Pelosi

[83:29] party, is a too liberal. The Democrats

[83:31] have not offered much in in any kind of

[83:34] a of a way of explaining what they would

[83:36] do that the Democratic Republicans

[83:38] haven't done. In addition to that, there

[83:40] there the faces of the Democrat

[83:41] leadership is a is a much much more

[83:44] liberal face, whether it's John Kerry,

[83:45] Howard Dean, or Nancy Pelosi, than

[83:47] middle America. And I believe that may

[83:49] help, if not be the reason why

[83:51] Republicans hold the House.

[83:53] >> Julian, she's known to have a very uh

[83:54] divisive relationship with the

[83:56] president.

[83:57] >> Well, and the president likewise a

[83:58] divisive relationship with her. I think

[84:00] there's no question she is a bit of a

[84:01] lightning rod, but I think at the same

[84:03] time many many Republicans underestimate

[84:05] this woman. This will likely be the

[84:07] first woman speaker of the House of

[84:09] Representatives, which is a real

[84:10] milestone. She didn't get into that

[84:12] position by being any dummy. She's

[84:14] really a very very smart and savvy

[84:16] politician. And look, she understands

[84:18] that you have like Newt Gingrich in in

[84:20] 1994, it is a different role being the

[84:22] minority leader, bomb thrower, and the

[84:24] actual speaker where you have to govern.

[84:26] The Democratic Party is a very very big

[84:28] tent. She has a Herculean task of trying

[84:30] to unify what is off often a very

[84:33] disparate and sometimes internally

[84:35] undisciplined party. She understands

[84:37] that and I think she also understands

[84:39] the benefit of trying to reach out to

[84:40] Republicans on a legislative agenda. I

[84:42] think you will see a very very different

[84:44] type of House of Representatives. I

[84:45] think one where the partisanship is a

[84:47] little bit ratcheted down, not so much

[84:49] because remember we're looking at an '08

[84:50] election, but I think you'll see a

[84:52] genuine attempt on Nancy Pelosi to reach

[84:54] out to moderates and even moderate

[84:55] Republicans. So, I think we'll see a

[84:57] very adversarial situation with the

[84:58] White House, but I think inside the

[85:00] actual House of Representatives itself,

[85:02] I think things will change for the

[85:03] better with her as speaker.

[85:04] >> Well, real quickly and if that does

[85:06] happen, I want to just ask you both

[85:07] about Iraq real quickly. Americans want

[85:09] answers about the direction in Iraq and

[85:12] if Democrats win a majority,

[85:14] a lot of analysts have said, "Hey, we're

[85:16] going to see more investigations, more

[85:17] hearings into the war and will that

[85:20] finally change policy in Iraq, Bay?"

[85:23] >> Uh no, not in the next 2 years. I don't

[85:25] in fact, I expect that in in the next 6

[85:27] weeks you're going to see an increase of

[85:30] military activity in Iraq. I think the

[85:31] president's going to increase number of

[85:33] troops and they're going to go in there

[85:34] and see if they can't calm down Baghdad

[85:36] once and for all. I think that's the

[85:37] only solution if he is in a

[85:40] and I agree with him that you can't just

[85:41] pull out. So, I think you're going to

[85:43] see a more intense situation in Iraq

[85:46] once this election is over.

[85:48] >> Julian, real quickly.

[85:48] >> of what the results are.

[85:49] >> Uh you will see investigations.

[85:51] Democrats got to be careful to make sure

[85:52] those investigations are not political

[85:54] but really in the public interest. I

[85:55] think Democrats got to enunciate a

[85:57] different course which will mean a

[85:58] scaling back of the troops and probably

[86:00] a gradual partition, the Sunnis, the

[86:02] Shiites, and the Kurds. I think there

[86:03] will have to be some type of federation.

[86:05] Democrats are going to have to be very

[86:06] clear about that and the Democrats are

[86:07] also going to have to be aware that if

[86:09] they get power back in the House of

[86:10] Representatives or Senate that they're

[86:11] going to bear some responsibility for

[86:13] what happens in the outcome of Iraq. So,

[86:14] this This very tricky situation for

[86:16] them, but I think people like Carl Levin

[86:18] and and and and leaders in the house

[86:20] side will really step up to the task.

[86:21] They've given us a lot of thought.

[86:22] >> Julian Epstein, baby cannon. Thanks,

[86:24] guys. I have a feeling we'll talk

[86:25] tomorrow, too.

[86:25] >> Oh, sure. We'll talk.

[86:26] >> All right, great. See you tomorrow.

[86:28] >> Far from Mark Foley's old district in

[86:30] Florida, the congressional page scandal

[86:32] casts a very long shadow over a race in

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[89:30] >> Let's go to the news room breaking news

[89:31] desk, T.J. Holmes. Developing story in

[89:33] California.

[89:34] >> Yeah, Don. You were talking to uh Ali

[89:35] there about uh the about I guess the

[89:37] problem desk. Well, this is the breaking

[89:38] news desk here, but we certainly got a

[89:40] problem to tell you about here with uh a

[89:42] vehicle and a rescue here. A vehicle

[89:44] overturned. This is in the Angeles

[89:45] National Forest uh right outside Los

[89:47] Angeles, and a vehicle there had gone

[89:50] down an embankment some 20 ft according

[89:52] to LA County Fire. And uh the issue,

[89:55] they couldn't get to the occupants uh

[89:57] that quickly. They got there, and it

[89:58] took them uh some time to have to cut

[90:01] and extricate those folks out of that

[90:03] vehicle. Not sure of the condition right

[90:05] now of the people who were in the car.

[90:07] We're being told by LA County Fire that

[90:08] there were at least two people in the

[90:09] car. One had moderate injuries, the

[90:11] other with moderate to severe injuries.

[90:13] You're witnessing now a video we just

[90:15] got of the actual rescue. You can see

[90:17] several rescue workers uh maybe from the

[90:19] LA County Fire again having to cut folks

[90:21] out and uh you can see kind of in the

[90:23] middle there they're trying to uh or

[90:25] here they were taking that one person

[90:27] out uh on a stretcher it appears and

[90:29] getting them uh to the hospital. But

[90:31] again, a a vehicle that gone down and

[90:34] embankment there. So an unfortunate

[90:37] circumstance there for them. We're

[90:38] hoping to get some more information on

[90:39] the condition of those folks. But I'm

[90:40] just bringing you those pictures of a

[90:42] tough day for somebody there in the

[90:43] Angeles National Forest. Don.

[90:44] >> Yeah, it certainly looks very serious,

[90:46] T.J., but still no word as you said. No

[90:47] word on conditions at all.

[90:48] >> again, the conditions what we were

[90:49] initially told by LA County Fire with

[90:51] that at least one person that was in the

[90:52] vehicle had moderate injuries. The

[90:54] second person moderate to severe

[90:56] injuries. So don't know just how severe

[90:57] they may be.

[90:58] >> All right. Well, we wish them well. All

[90:59] right. Thank you very much for that,

[91:00] T.J.

[91:01] Minimum wage increases are on the

[91:03] ballots in eight states today. And now a

[91:05] new voice is highlighting the growing

[91:07] gulf between the haves and the hasn't

[91:09] have nots. Susan Lisovicz joins us in

[91:11] the New York Stock Exchange with details

[91:12] on that. Hey, Susan.

[91:13] >> Hey, Don. And she is not running for

[91:15] office. It is nothing short of a grave

[91:17] warning from an unlikely source. The

[91:20] comments from San Francisco Federal

[91:21] Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen. She

[91:24] said that there are signs that income

[91:26] inequality is intensifying resistance to

[91:29] globalization, impairing social

[91:31] cohesion, and could ultimately undermine

[91:35] American democracy. That type of blunt

[91:38] language is rare, very rare for a

[91:40] central bank official. In a college

[91:42] lecture yesterday, she spotlighted the

[91:44] growing income and wealth gap between

[91:46] rich and poor. She noted that during the

[91:48] past three decades, most of the gains

[91:50] from strong economic growth have gone to

[91:53] people at the top of the income ladder.

[91:55] She also pointed out that inequality is

[91:57] higher here than in other industrialized

[92:00] nations and the safety net here has more

[92:03] holes in it, Don.

[92:04] >> Now, what did what did Michelle and

[92:06] suggest? Any solution to the problem?

[92:09] >> Yes, she recommended filling in those

[92:11] holes in the social safety net by

[92:13] improving education and by offering more

[92:16] tax credits. Those initiatives, of

[92:18] course, would cost money, but Yellen

[92:20] says that's a price well worth paying.

[92:22] From 1973 to 2005, inflation-adjusted

[92:26] wages for the richest 10% rose more than

[92:28] 30% with the biggest gains in the top

[92:32] 1%. Meanwhile, those in the bottom half

[92:34] of the income scale saw their real wages

[92:37] grow by just 5 to 10% and the national

[92:39] minimum wage has not been boosted, as

[92:42] you mentioned, in nearly 10 years.

[92:44] Voters in a number of cities and states,

[92:46] including Ohio and Missouri, have a

[92:48] minimum wage increase on today's

[92:51] ballots. The recent gains in the stock

[92:53] market have mostly benefited

[92:54] higher-income workers as well, although

[92:56] 100 million Americans, uh that's the

[92:59] estimate, invest in the stock market.

[93:01] Stocks solidly higher again today. The

[93:04] Dow Industrials coming off the best

[93:06] one-day gains in a month, setting a new

[93:09] all-time high earlier today of 12,196.

[93:13] The Nasdaq Composite at six-year highs.

[93:15] It's up about half a percent right now.

[93:18] And that's the latest from Wall Street.

[93:19] Coming up next hour, I'll tell you why

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[93:25] Geralt, back to you.

[93:26] >> All right, Susan. See you again in a

[93:27] little bit. Big sky, big battle. Montana

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[96:43] >> Just getting video in.

[96:45] California Governor Arnold

[96:46] Schwarzenegger

[96:47] casting his vote there in Brentwood,

[96:50] California, not far from where he lives

[96:52] there in Southern Cal. We saw the

[96:54] president uh voting earlier today

[96:56] outside of Crawford, Texas. Now the

[96:57] governor casting his vote there in

[97:00] California.

[97:01] Of course, shaking hands with workers,

[97:03] proudly putting on his sticker. Check

[97:05] out the big ring. I want the story

[97:06] behind that on his right hand. Looks

[97:08] like he got a uh

[97:09] It looks like a mood ring, my director

[97:11] says.

[97:12] >> Means lots of cash.

[97:13] >> And it's blue. So, if we think about the

[97:15] chakra Okay, we're not going to get into

[97:16] all that. Anyway, uh evidently in a

[97:19] moment here we're going to see uh his

[97:20] son uh

[97:21] he steps up, pretends that uh he wants

[97:23] to vote. Of course, Dad doesn't let him

[97:25] do that. But anyway, little photo op

[97:26] there with the uh California governor.

[97:29] Is that it? There's his son right there.

[97:30] Okay, now we got a shot of him. Of

[97:31] course, he can't vote. He's trying. He's

[97:34] almost there. He'll be 18 soon.

[97:36] All right. We're following all the big

[97:38] wigs as they vote today as well.

[97:39] >> ring may be election blue.

[97:41] >> You think so?

[97:41] >> you either wear red or blue on election

[97:43] day. So, he put on the ring today.

[97:44] >> Tell you what.

[97:45] >> Thanks for playing along, by the way.

[97:47] >> [laughter]

[97:48] >> All right. It's a crowded race for the

[97:50] top job in Texas. Five names are on the

[97:53] ballot, including independent Kinky

[97:55] Friedman, of course. Independent doesn't

[97:57] really do Friedman justice. His campaign

[97:59] slogan is, "Vote for Kinky. Why the hell

[98:02] not?" Well, he may be trailing in the

[98:04] polls, but he says it's anyone's game.

[98:10] >> No one knows.

[98:11] At this time, no one knows.

[98:12] People just have to get off their butts

[98:14] and vote.

[98:15] And I know all over the state, young

[98:17] people are voting for the first time,

[98:19] Mike. For the first time, they're really

[98:21] getting involved in the process.

[98:23] >> Friedman says he wants to

[98:26] dewussify Texas, among other things. By

[98:30] among other things, making it okay to

[98:32] wish people a Merry Christmas and

[98:33] clearing the way for Texans to light up

[98:35] the occasional cigar in public.

[98:37] >> Well, a House wait race in Western New

[98:38] York wasn't supposed to be close, but it

[98:41] is because of a scandal caused by a

[98:42] congressman a thousand miles away. Deb

[98:44] Feyerick is in Clarence, New York. Hey,

[98:46] Deb.

[98:48] Hey there, Kira. Well, the Buffalo News,

[98:50] the main paper here, decided not to

[98:51] endorse either candidate. They decided

[98:53] not to endorse the four-term Republican

[98:56] incumbent, Tom Reynolds. They decided

[98:58] not to endorse the Democratic

[98:59] challenger, Jack Davis. Now, Davis is a

[99:02] 73-year-old businessman. He's a

[99:04] political novice who spent about 2.5

[99:06] million dollars of his own money on this

[99:08] race. His spokesman said he voted

[99:10] earlier today and then went to the

[99:11] office, where he did a little work and

[99:13] returned some calls. We were told by the

[99:15] spokesman for the Reynolds campaign that

[99:18] Tom Reynolds is voting within the hour

[99:20] and then he's going to continue

[99:22] canvassing the district, trying to get

[99:24] out his constituents. Now, everybody

[99:26] here really understands the impact that

[99:28] the Foley scandal is having on this

[99:30] race, and that's why it's just expected

[99:31] to be so close. Republicans and

[99:35] Democrats, both parties, were in State

[99:37] Supreme Court today, asking for a

[99:39] statewide impoundment order. And what

[99:42] that means is that all paper ballots,

[99:44] including absentee and provisional

[99:46] ballots, will be collected after the

[99:48] polls close and brought to the Board of

[99:50] Elections, where they will sit be

[99:52] secured under lock and key. This way, if

[99:55] the race is close, nobody will be able

[99:57] to question, at least, the integrity of

[100:00] these particular ballots. Now, the

[100:02] voters we have seen going into the

[100:04] voting booth, they have been pulling the

[100:06] levers pretty quickly, getting in, and

[100:08] getting out, not hesitating for a

[100:10] moment. They seem to know who they're

[100:12] voting for before they get here. We

[100:14] spoke to a couple earlier.

[100:18] >> Both candidates didn't really please me.

[100:20] I didn't like the way they campaigned,

[100:22] lot of negativity.

[100:23] But, you know, on this particular issue,

[100:25] I'm sticking with the party.

[100:27] >> I believe that we need serious change in

[100:29] the country, more so than in New York

[100:30] State. And so, my my interest in the

[100:32] congressional elections is strong. Um

[100:35] so, that's probably the primary reason

[100:37] that I'm here.

[100:40] >> Now, the Board of Elections tells us

[100:41] that everything's been running

[100:43] relatively smoothly. There were a couple

[100:45] of kinks this morning, but they seem to

[100:46] have worked those out. Um anecdotally,

[100:48] we are being told that uh where we are

[100:51] and the town over, there's been a heavy

[100:53] voter turnout, and that's because this

[100:55] is the district where both of the

[100:56] candidates live. Kira?

[100:58] >> That's Deborah in Clarence, New York.

[101:00] Thanks, Deb.

[101:01] >> Neo-consternation.

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[104:50] >> Despite a death sentence, life goes on

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[105:16] him, then said the witness failed to

[105:17] connect him to the violence.

[105:19] >> Vanity, maybe. Fear, not so much. The

[105:22] cry from some so-called neocons, who the

[105:25] magazine reports are now harsh critics

[105:27] of the war in Iraq, a war they helped

[105:29] engineer. CNN's Brian Todd has that

[105:32] story.

[105:34] >> He's already had plenty of moderate

[105:36] Republicans break with him over the Iraq

[105:38] war, but with Vanity Fair magazine now

[105:41] reporting cracks among President Bush's

[105:43] ideological brethren, the so-called

[105:45] neoconservatives who had pushed for the

[105:47] invasion, a political and media

[105:49] controversy has erupted just before

[105:51] election day.

[105:53] >> I would argue that Vanity Fair's David

[105:54] Rose cherry-picked the quotes.

[105:57] >> The Bush administration sent the

[105:59] Pentagon's Michael Rubin to Iraq to

[106:01] advise the Coalition Authority, which is

[106:03] why it made waves when Vanity Fair

[106:05] reported that Rubin said President Bush

[106:07] has betrayed Iraqi reformers. Rubin says

[106:10] he didn't go that far.

[106:12] >> I criticized the White House for being

[106:15] on the verge for basically going wobbly,

[106:17] for being on the verge of betraying the

[106:19] Iraqi liberals.

[106:20] >> In an excerpt from an upcoming issue,

[106:22] Vanity Fair also reports Richard Perle,

[106:24] former chairman of the Pentagon's

[106:26] Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee,

[106:28] believes total US defeat in Iraq is

[106:30] becoming more likely. Quote, "At the end

[106:33] of the day, you have to hold the

[106:34] president responsible. I don't think he

[106:36] realized the extent of the opposition

[106:38] within his own administration and the

[106:40] disloyalty."

[106:42] Perle says Vanity Fair took him out of

[106:44] context and posted this on the online

[106:46] version of National Review. Quote, "We

[106:49] are on the right path in Iraq."

[106:51] David Rose, the Vanity Fair

[106:53] correspondent who interviewed these men,

[106:55] defends his reporting.

[106:56] >> I don't think it's misleading. And the

[106:58] thing is, I mean, I

[107:00] I was

[107:01] I was slightly surprised by by their

[107:03] saying that because I actually went back

[107:05] to the transcripts and I read again what

[107:07] they told me. And and the truth is that

[107:09] the full context of those interviews,

[107:11] the full substance of what they said, is

[107:12] if if anything more critical of the

[107:14] administration.

[107:15] >> authority

[107:15] >> Another point of contention, one of the

[107:17] neoconservatives, Frank Gaffney, tells

[107:20] me it was his understanding that these

[107:21] quotes would not be published until

[107:23] after election day.

[107:25] A Vanity Fair spokeswoman says there was

[107:27] no formal agreement to hold off

[107:28] publication. She gave a statement saying

[107:31] at a time when the Vice President says

[107:32] the administration is going full speed

[107:34] ahead with its Iraq policy and when the

[107:37] President says Donald Rumsfeld's job is

[107:39] secure, the magazine felt it was in the

[107:41] public's interest to hear what these men

[107:43] had to say about the Iraq war before the

[107:45] election. Brian Todd, CNN, Washington.

[107:49] >> Straight ahead, entertainment news with

[107:50] Sibila Vargas on Showbiz Tonight. Hey

[107:52] Sibila, what's on tap?

[107:53] >> Okay, you're going to love this. Country

[107:54] music's biggest and brightest took the

[107:56] stage in Nashville for last night's

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[108:00] the big winners are and who's dealing

[108:02] with a little controversy the day after.

[108:04] That's up next, y'all, in the newsroom.

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[108:44] >> Power plays, nasty campaigns,

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[111:02] >> Very, very important people get out and

[111:04] vote. Regardless of what side of the

[111:06] aisle you want to vote on, just get out

[111:07] and vote. It's the only way we can make

[111:09] a difference. There's no party out there

[111:12] stands for everything I believe. I mean,

[111:14] you know, it's you're you're really

[111:15] drawing a line in the sand when you do

[111:16] that.

[111:17] >> We have Democrats [music] and

[111:18] Republicans in country music just like

[111:20] any other kind of music.

[111:21] >> Times are tough in a lot of areas. I

[111:23] think everybody's sort of questioning

[111:24] where they stand, voting their

[111:25] conscience a little more. And so that's

[111:28] that's always a good thing as long as

[111:29] they get out.

[111:30] >> Where I grew up there was a sign on the

[111:31] wall in big O's and it said

[111:33] no arm wrestling,

[111:34] no religion, and no politics. And that

[111:36] was that was pretty much the bottom line

[111:38] cuz it was going to start a fight every

[111:39] time.

[111:40] >> Well, where else can you mix politics

[111:43] with a red carpet? Well, the CMAs,

[111:45] that's where and they brought

[111:46] country stars and Hollywood celebs to

[111:48] Nashville last night and there was even

[111:50] some controversy hmm to boot.

[111:52] Entertainment correspondent Sibila

[111:53] Vargas joins me now. Sibila, what went

[111:56] down in the country music's

[111:58] biggest

[111:59] different things. Politics can certainly

[112:01] cause arguments, right? But you could

[112:02] just ask the Dixie Chicks, but they were

[112:04] nowhere to be found because darn it,

[112:06] Don, this was no political party. The

[112:08] show hosted by the country duo Brooks &

[112:10] Dunn celebrated a good year for country

[112:12] music and it was another good night for

[112:14] Brooks & Dunn. They were the winner of

[112:16] the Vocal Duo Award. They have won the

[112:19] award every year except for one since

[112:21] 1992. The duo tied Vince Gill for the

[112:24] record in awards. They each stand at 18.

[112:27] Dunn had a part in the most poignant

[112:29] moment of the show. Now, that came at

[112:31] the presentation of the Male Vocalist of

[112:33] the Year. Take a look at this.

[112:35] >> And the award for Male Vocalist of the

[112:38] Year goes to

[112:41] Keith Urban.

[112:46] >> Dunn read the acceptance speech for

[112:47] singer Keith Urban who is currently in

[112:49] rehab for alcohol abuse. Standing

[112:51] ovation was an emotional high point of

[112:53] the evening. It's been a whirlwind year

[112:55] for Urban who was married to Nicole

[112:57] Kidman a few months ago. He has an album

[112:59] coming out today and was a performer of

[113:01] the year at the CMAs last year. This

[113:03] year that award went to Kenny Chesney.

[113:09] And there he is.

[113:10] >> Oh, there he is, right there, getting

[113:12] the award. Congratulations to all, and

[113:14] we wish Keith Urban the best. Okay.

[113:16] >> Absolutely. It was nice to see that

[113:18] standing ovation. You know, just the

[113:19] country music folks coming together and

[113:21] and you know, supporting him.

[113:22] >> Yeah.

[113:22] >> in this time.

[113:23] >> We talked about uh the controversy at

[113:25] the top. What was that controversy last

[113:26] night?

[113:27] >> Oh, yeah. Well, what would Showbiz

[113:29] without the little bit of controversy,

[113:30] right, Don?

[113:31] It was American Idol Carrie Underwood

[113:33] that accidentally wound up in the most

[113:35] talked-about moment. Underwood won two

[113:37] awards, including one for best newcomer,

[113:39] but it was when she won the best female

[113:41] vocalist award that things got a little

[113:42] strange. Take a look at Faith Hill's

[113:44] reaction on the left side of your

[113:45] screen.

[113:49] >> CARRIE UNDERWOOD!

[113:54] >> [music]

[113:54] >> DID YOU SEE THAT? IT'S THE MOMENT

[113:56] everyone is talking about. In fact, the

[113:58] country music blogs are going nuts with

[114:00] this. Some people are saying it's the

[114:02] most honest reaction to an upset win

[114:04] that they have ever seen, but Faith Hill

[114:06] released a statement today that said,

[114:08] "The idea that I would act disrespectful

[114:10] towards a fellow musician is

[114:12] unimaginable to me. For this to become a

[114:14] focus of attention given the talent

[114:16] gathered is utterly ridiculous. Carrie

[114:19] is a talented and deserving female

[114:21] vocalist of the year." And we just heard

[114:23] before coming out on the air that Carrie

[114:25] and Faith spoke last night on the phone,

[114:27] and that Underwood's representatives say

[114:29] that the two of them are doing just

[114:30] fine.

[114:31] >> Yeah, you know what? We We were talking

[114:33] about that. We said, "That looked like

[114:34] she was just having fun."

[114:35] >> I think she was just having fun. She has

[114:37] to know that the cameras are on her. Why

[114:39] would she do something so silly?

[114:41] >> there looking right in the camera. And

[114:42] you know what? Um

[114:44] you Who won?

[114:45] We remember Faith Hill. We You know what

[114:47] I mean?

[114:48] >> That's right. And Carrie Carrie took

[114:50] home the prize. And you know, what was

[114:51] really cool is that uh Carrie's

[114:53] representatives say that uh

[114:55] Faith called Carrie, and Carrie was just

[114:56] happy and honored that you know, Faith

[114:58] was actually calling her. So, that That

[115:00] really nice. But tonight, show. Do you

[115:01] want to watch it tonight?

[115:02] >> Yeah.

[115:04] Thank you, Saville. [laughter]

[115:05] >> Thanks.

[115:05] >> you later on tonight.

[115:06] >> All right.

[115:08] Soggy election day for a lot of us. Rob

[115:10] Marciano in the weather center which

[115:11] voters

[115:12] Well, a lot of voters are needing an

[115:13] umbrella. The president needed an

[115:14] umbrella when he landed in Washington.

[115:16] >> That's certainly one of the spots that

[115:17] you're especially south of Washington

[115:18] across southeast. A lot of folks are

[115:20] getting wet. Uh, there are two areas of

[115:22] concern, northwest and the southeast. On

[115:24] this map we've indicated green states

[115:27] which means, you know, it's all good to

[115:28] go, pretty nice weather. Yellow states,

[115:30] you know, a bit of a impact there and

[115:31] then the orange states where there's a

[115:33] high impact. And there have been some

[115:34] heavy rains across parts of Georgia and

[115:36] the Carolinas. Now they're spreading up

[115:37] into the DC area. And high winds across

[115:40] Montana and the flooding rains continue

[115:42] across the Pacific Northwest. Although

[115:43] by tonight and tomorrow that may begin

[115:45] to taper off. Here's the mess across the

[115:47] southeast. Kind of see a bit of a

[115:48] squirrel right here in the atmospheric

[115:50] western half of Tennessee, okay. Eastern

[115:52] half kind of soggy. And then everything

[115:54] east of there is where you're seeing

[115:55] some of the brighter colors light up.

[115:57] Yellows, oranges, reds. That indicates

[115:59] heavier rain. On this map, this is

[116:01] anticipated precipitation totals. How

[116:03] much is it going to rain over the next

[116:05] 24 hours? And according to this key,

[116:07] some spots across parts of the central

[116:09] mid-Atlantic will see maybe one or two

[116:12] in some spots, two and a half to three

[116:13] inches of rainfall. So it will come down

[116:15] pretty good here throughout the

[116:17] afternoon and increase overnight tonight

[116:19] in spots. Where it will decrease is

[116:20] across the Pacific Northwest, but still

[116:22] steady band of rain from the Puget Sound

[116:24] all the way down towards about Eugene,

[116:25] Oregon. Back towards the band dunes as

[116:27] well. Northern California might get

[116:28] some, but the band of this rain does

[116:31] become a little bit more ragged as we

[116:33] get towards the Pacific Ocean. So things

[116:35] will begin to taper off and temperatures

[116:37] will drop, snow levels will drop and

[116:39] that will lock up some of the moisture

[116:40] across the Pacific Northwest. So the

[116:41] flooding that we're seeing should slowly

[116:44] wane over the next 24 hours. 86 in Los

[116:46] Angeles. Santa Ana winds still blowing.

[116:48] Fire critical area there for the south

[116:51] southern California area. 61 in Memphis,

[116:53] rain coming to an end today. It'll be

[116:54] dry in New York. In Chicago,

[116:56] temperatures there 59 degrees. so no

[116:57] excuses, but DC is going to see some

[116:59] rain today. Tomorrow, the rain moves up

[117:01] towards the north and east, where it

[117:02] could be heavy at times. Back side of

[117:04] this, we'll see near record-breaking

[117:06] highs across the central part of the

[117:07] country, and desert southwest four

[117:09] corners still looks pretty dry. Kira,

[117:11] back to you.

[117:11] >> Thanks, Rob. President Bush's name isn't

[117:13] on the ballot today, but that doesn't

[117:15] mean that he won't have an effect on the

[117:16] election. Straight ahead from the

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