World News (ABC) - 2006-11-05

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[0:00] You can cuss out revenge.

[0:02] >> In the feverish final days of campaign

[0:04] 2006, President Bush rallies the red

[0:07] states in what some say is a sign of

[0:10] weakness. Meanwhile, Democrats bring out

[0:13] their biggest stars for a last push to

[0:15] win control of Congress come Tuesday.

[0:18] And one of the most powerful

[0:20] evangelicals in the country tells his

[0:22] followers he is a deceiver and a liar

[0:25] after a sex and drug scandal brings down

[0:28] Pastor Ted Haggard. Can the mega church

[0:30] he founded survive?

[0:36] From ABC News, this is World News

[0:40] reporting tonight from Washington. Dan

[0:43] Harris

[0:44] >> and good evening. We are now down to the

[0:45] final hours before historic

[0:47] congressional elections. Elections in

[0:49] which the war in Iraq looms large. And

[0:52] it is in Iraq where we start tonight

[0:54] because Saddam Hussein, who brutally

[0:56] dominated that country for decades, was

[0:59] today convicted and sentenced to die for

[1:02] mass murder. ABC's Terry McCarthy was in

[1:04] the courtroom in Baghdad.

[1:08] >> The fall from power is complete. The

[1:11] courtroom today was briefly silenced

[1:13] when the judge read out Saddam Hussein's

[1:15] death sentence. It was almost as if

[1:18] people couldn't believe that the former

[1:20] dictator responsible for the deaths of

[1:22] so many others during his rule was now

[1:24] reaching the end of his journey.

[1:27] Life is for us and death is for our

[1:29] enemies, he said from the dock.

[1:32] Iraqis finally know otherwise. Shiites

[1:36] who suffered under Saddam celebrated

[1:38] with dancing and gunfire. Prime Minister

[1:40] Maliki himself a Shiite said the verdict

[1:43] represented the end of a black era. The

[1:46] judgment that was delivered here today

[1:47] in the courtroom behind me was momentous

[1:50] not just for the Iraqis but also for the

[1:52] entire Middle East. Never before have

[1:54] they seen in this region one of their

[1:56] leaders brought to justice in his own

[1:58] country and forced to account for his

[2:00] deeds while he was in power.

[2:02] >> There were some problems with the trial.

[2:05] Three lawyers were killed and the

[2:06] principal judge was replaced. But the

[2:09] entire process was shown to the public,

[2:12] a landmark in itself in Iraq.

[2:14] >> Saddam Hussein was given something that

[2:16] he didn't give to scores and scores of

[2:19] people who were tried in his secret

[2:21] courts.

[2:22] >> It will be some time before any sentence

[2:24] is carried out. The death sentence goes

[2:27] to an automatic appeal that could take

[2:29] some months. And still some fear that

[2:32] executing Saddam could turn him into a

[2:35] martyr. Sunni supporters marched in his

[2:37] hometown of Tikrit today, vowing to

[2:40] avenge the verdict with their blood.

[2:42] Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq for 35 years

[2:45] by terror and brute force. Today he was

[2:49] humbled,

[2:50] >> but he leaves behind a legacy of

[2:52] violence that nobody knows how to

[2:54] control. Terry McCarthy, ABC News,

[2:58] Baghdad.

[2:59] >> And today, President Bush called the

[3:00] outcome of the trial a milestone for the

[3:02] Iraqi people. He said the verdict and

[3:04] the death sentence provide a measure of

[3:06] justice many thought would never come.

[3:10] Iraq has a lot of work ahead as it

[3:13] builds its society that delivers equal

[3:16] justice and protects all its citizens.

[3:20] Yet history will record today's judgment

[3:23] as an important achievement

[3:26] on the path to a free and just and

[3:29] unified society. President Bush was

[3:31] speaking there in Texas before taking

[3:33] off on a campaign swing. He has a lot at

[3:36] stake in the elections on Tuesday. If

[3:38] Democrats win control of one or both

[3:40] houses of Congress, it may jeopardize

[3:42] the president's ability to control

[3:44] American policy on the ground in Iraq

[3:46] and to push through his domestic agenda.

[3:49] ABC's Jeff Morel is traveling tonight

[3:51] with the president.

[3:55] With time running out today, President

[3:57] Bush headlined a rockous Republican

[3:59] rally in Grand Island, Nebraska.

[4:02] Although more than 7,000 supporters

[4:04] showed up, Democrats say campaign stops

[4:06] like this one are a sign of GOP

[4:08] weakness. After all, just two years ago,

[4:11] Mr. Bush won 75% of the vote here. Now,

[4:14] he is desperately trying to keep this

[4:16] reddest of districts from turning blue,

[4:19] something it hasn't been in nearly half

[4:21] a century.

[4:22] >> And here's the way I see it. If the

[4:24] Democrats are so good about being the

[4:26] party of the opposition, let's just keep

[4:29] them in the opposition.

[4:32] >> It is pretty much the same story

[4:34] wherever the president goes on this

[4:36] final campaign swing. Each stop is in a

[4:38] state he carried in 2004.

[4:40] >> You don't want to take the president

[4:42] this year to places where the candidate

[4:44] needs a lot of Democratic and

[4:46] independent votes. Let's face it.

[4:47] >> But the president is still supported by

[4:50] 86% of Republicans. And in a close race,

[4:53] as most of these are, a visit by Mr.

[4:55] Bush could be decisive.

[4:57] >> In districts and states where turning

[4:59] out the Republican vote guarantees you a

[5:01] win, the president is a tremendous help

[5:03] in getting that done.

[5:05] >> This strategy may be working. A new ABC

[5:08] News poll shows 51% of likely voters

[5:11] favor Democrats, 45% support

[5:14] Republicans, but that spread is

[5:16] shrinking, down eight points in two

[5:19] weeks. We don't look at this with

[5:20] rosecolored glasses. We look at every

[5:22] single race. The president's been out

[5:24] and he's active in a lot of close

[5:25] campaigns. Look, we think we're going to

[5:27] hold the House and Senate.

[5:30] >> White House officials acknowledge they

[5:32] will lose seats Tuesday, but believe

[5:34] they can escape with a slim majority.

[5:36] One senior White House adviser told me

[5:38] they think ' 06 is going to look a lot

[5:40] like 2000. After that election, the

[5:42] Senate was split 50/50 and Republicans

[5:44] held a seven seat edge in the House. But

[5:47] Dan, even that will require everything

[5:50] breaking the GOP's way.

[5:52] >> Nervous times, Jeff. Thank you. Jeff

[5:53] Morurell reporting from Nebraska

[5:55] tonight. As Republicans toggle between

[5:57] optimism and gloom, the Democrats are

[6:00] smelling opportunity, and they are

[6:01] bringing out their big guns in these

[6:04] final hours. One key battleground is New

[6:06] Jersey, where there is a very close and

[6:08] rather nasty Senate race going on right

[6:10] now. ABC's Nancy Cortis is there

[6:13] tonight.

[6:15] Democrats were upbeat in this final week

[6:18] of campaigning.

[6:18] >> Make it better tomorrow. Thank you. God

[6:20] bless.

[6:21] >> Some top Democratic strategists now

[6:23] predict that come Tuesday, the party

[6:25] could pick up double the 15 seats it

[6:27] needs to win control of the House of

[6:29] Representatives.

[6:30] >> You ready to win an election here in

[6:32] Rhode Island?

[6:33] >> They're holding out hope of claiming the

[6:35] Senate, too.

[6:36] >> If people really want change, we can do

[6:38] both. Thanks to relentless fundraising,

[6:41] Democrats now find themselves in the

[6:42] unusual position of having resources

[6:45] that rival Republicans in the final

[6:47] stretch of many key races. In

[6:50] Pennsylvania, where five House seats are

[6:52] in play, Democratic heavy hitters Al

[6:54] Gore,

[6:55] >> Thank you.

[6:56] >> Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi made eight

[6:59] campaign stops between them Saturday.

[7:02] >> This Congress gives the phrase rubber

[7:04] stamp a bad name.

[7:06] >> Okay, everybody, we got to work hard

[7:08] now. The Democratic strategy hammer away

[7:11] at President Bush and the war on Iraq,

[7:13] but offer few specifics.

[7:15] >> Stay the course isn't working.

[7:17] >> The Democrats are more forthcoming about

[7:19] their domestic agenda. Minority Leader

[7:21] Pelosi, who could become speaker if the

[7:24] House changes hands, is vowing to push

[7:26] for votes on increasing the minimum

[7:27] wage, ending tax giveaways to big oil,

[7:30] and expanding federal funding of

[7:32] embryionic stem cell research, all

[7:34] within her first 100 hours. To take

[7:38] control of the Senate, the Democrats

[7:39] would have to win nearly every race

[7:41] that's in play. A feat that's looking

[7:44] more and more difficult in recent days.

[7:46] That's why former President Bill Clinton

[7:48] is here in New Jersey tonight, loaning

[7:50] his star power to Senator Bob Mendez,

[7:52] who Dan is in one of those tight races.

[7:56] >> Nancy Cordis in New Jersey. Thank you,

[7:57] Nance. All of this, of course, is just a

[7:59] prelude to the main event which is

[8:00] coming up on Tuesday. For more now on

[8:02] the key races and key numbers to watch,

[8:05] I'm going to turn it over to my

[8:06] colleague Charles Gibson, who will be

[8:07] anchoring our election night coverage

[8:09] from ABC News headquarters in New York.

[8:14] >> Thanks, Dan. I am on the set that I hope

[8:16] people will see a lot of on Tuesday

[8:17] night along with our chief Washington

[8:19] correspondent, George Stephanopoulos.

[8:21] This is our election set. Two numbers

[8:23] we'll be focusing on on election night

[8:25] that I hope everyone has in mind by now.

[8:28] The Democrats need to pick up six seats

[8:30] from the Republicans. six switches to

[8:32] get a 51 to 49 majority. And in the

[8:34] House, they need to pick up 15 seats

[8:36] from the Republicans in order to get to

[8:38] the magic number of 218. Now, it is

[8:41] interesting that there are 33 Senate

[8:43] seats up on Tuesday night, but we'll

[8:45] really be focused on 11. The other 20

[8:47] not very competitive. We'll focus on the

[8:49] 11. Eight that could go from Republicans

[8:52] to the Democrats, three that could go

[8:54] Democratic to Republican. And in the

[8:56] House, while there are 435 seats, we'll

[8:59] be focused on just 58 that are highly

[9:02] competitive, 54 of which could go

[9:04] Republican to Democrat and only four

[9:07] Democratically defended seats are in

[9:08] jeopardy. And that, George, I think as

[9:10] much as anything illustrates how many

[9:13] problems the Republicans have.

[9:14] >> That is the story of the night. The

[9:16] Republican party is on defense. On one

[9:18] level, that always happens to presidents

[9:20] in the sixth year of their term. But

[9:22] this time around, it is intensified by

[9:24] the war. the war in Iraq, the number one

[9:27] issue. It's held down the president.

[9:28] It's held down Republicans. That's why

[9:30] they have so many seats in play.

[9:32] >> Now, everyone wonders how quickly will

[9:34] we know? And I'm fascinated by the

[9:36] illustration when you look at the states

[9:38] across the East and Midwest to go from

[9:40] Connecticut to New York to Pennsylvania

[9:42] to Ohio and Indiana. In those five

[9:44] states, which will close relatively

[9:46] early, there are 21 seats uh at play.

[9:50] And every one of them are seats in the

[9:52] House that the Republicans are having to

[9:54] defend. and Republicans have nicknamed

[9:55] them the blowout belt and the killing

[9:57] fields. If Democrats take control, it's

[9:59] going to happen in those states. Here's

[10:01] a rule of thumb as we go through the

[10:03] night. If Democrats pick up one seat in

[10:06] each state, they're likely not to get

[10:08] control of the Congress. If they pick up

[10:11] two se seats in each state, they're

[10:13] likely to get control, but it's going to

[10:14] be close. If they pick up three seats in

[10:16] each state, it is going to be a blowout.

[10:18] >> All right, George. We'll be watching

[10:20] closely. We'll be here together all

[10:22] night on Tuesday night along with a cast

[10:23] of many others. Dan, back to you,

[10:25] >> Charlie. Thank you. And thank you,

[10:27] George. And remember the key numbers

[10:28] going into Tuesday, 15 and six. And

[10:31] coming up here on the broadcast, what

[10:32] one pastor is calling a spiritual 911

[10:36] for the evangelical community. A searing

[10:38] confession today from the Reverend Ted

[10:40] Haggard.

[10:42] Referendum on Rove. What's at stake this

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[13:37] >> In Colorado Springs this morning,

[13:39] thousands of members of the New Life

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[13:42] services. Since news broke of a sex and

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[13:48] politically powerful pastor, Ted

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[14:02] generally. ABC's Bill Reer is in

[14:04] Colorado Springs tonight.

[14:06] >> Children here.

[14:07] >> It was standing room only this morning

[14:08] as nearly all of Pastor Haggar's 14,000

[14:11] parishioners came to worship and to hear

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[14:20] fact is I am guilty of sexual immorality

[14:23] and I take responsibility for the entire

[14:26] problem. I am a deceiver and a liar.

[14:30] >> But there was no mention of the

[14:31] allegations that Haggard used drugs and

[14:34] paid a man for sex. Instead, a plea for

[14:37] mercy from the members of the church he

[14:39] founded.

[14:39] >> You try to please forgive me. I am so

[14:43] embarrassed and ashamed.

[14:45] I caused this and I have no excuse. Many

[14:49] said they were ready to forgive, if not

[14:51] quite forget.

[14:53] >> I really appreciate Pastor Ted's

[14:55] apology, and I sincerely forgive him.

[14:57] >> Some people are just going to see the

[14:58] hypocrisy of it all.

[14:59] >> Haggard was one of the evangelical

[15:01] movement's most powerful leaders and

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[15:06] evangelical Vatican. Focus on the Family

[15:09] is headquartered here. There are more

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[15:16] that the scandal will have a tsunami

[15:18] effect, creating even more doubt and

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[15:26] Vanguard Church.

[15:28] >> To me, this is a spiritual 911 for the

[15:30] evangelical community. I mean, it has

[15:32] that kind of effect. I

[15:33] >> I think a scandal like this has enormous

[15:36] implications. Uh, I think this the

[15:39] implications are even greater than the

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[15:45] >> Those who are now in charge of Haggard's

[15:47] church are praying they will overcome.

[15:49] >> People who attend this church and

[15:51] evangelicals in America are not swayed

[15:53] and they're not flumxed by the sin and

[15:57] the immorality of a person.

[15:58] >> And yet another person, another senior

[16:01] pastor will be appointed by the end of

[16:03] the year. Bill Ricker, ABC News,

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[16:08] A major figure brought low tonight. And

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[19:07] election night.

[19:09] If the legacy of President Bush is on

[19:11] the line in this Tuesday's elections, so

[19:13] too may be the legacy of the man

[19:15] sometimes called Bush's brain. Carl

[19:18] Rove, the president's chief political

[19:20] strategist, is trying to win one last

[19:22] and possibly most difficult national

[19:24] election for his old friend.

[19:29] >> Thank you.

[19:29] >> Carl Rove is both revered and reviled.

[19:33] There we go.

[19:34] >> Carl is now co-president of the United

[19:36] States. There are documentaries, books,

[19:39] websites, even condoms dedicated to him.

[19:42] >> He was featured on the TV show South

[19:44] Park.

[19:44] >> Well, we can't give them tax exempt

[19:46] status either, Carl.

[19:47] >> And named the most fascinating person of

[19:50] 2004 by ABC's Barbara Walters.

[19:52] >> Why do you think your reputation is

[19:54] >> evil Rasputin? I mean, really, right?

[19:57] But let's look, Washington works that

[19:58] way.

[19:59] >> Did you ever foresee that he would

[20:00] become arguably the most famous

[20:02] political consultant in history?

[20:03] >> I thought he would 5 minutes after I met

[20:05] him. Really?

[20:06] >> Yeah. He is a walking mainframe computer

[20:09] and the most talented consultant I've

[20:10] ever worked with.

[20:12] >> Rove helped pull off surprise victories

[20:14] in 2000, 2002, and 2004 for George W.

[20:18] Bush, who calls him boy wonder and

[20:21] >> the architect, Carl Rose.

[20:25] >> He's won three national elections

[20:27] working with Bush. This is a big one,

[20:28] though. It's going to determine whether

[20:30] George Bush's last two years in office

[20:32] can be productive. He comes out of this

[20:34] with minimal losses that his reputation

[20:37] will be cemented in history. If he comes

[20:39] out of here with some big losses, then

[20:42] you might have Republicans 10 years from

[20:46] now spitting on the legacy of Carl Ro.

[20:48] >> Thanks for all you did.

[20:49] >> Rove pioneered a controversial political

[20:52] strategy. Instead of targeting swing

[20:54] voters, rev up the base and attack the

[20:57] other side. Republicans have a post 911

[21:00] view of the world and Democrats have a

[21:03] pre 911 view of the world.

[21:05] >> In the Rove political approach, you

[21:06] don't reach out. You just try to

[21:08] motivate your base. Carl Rove and his

[21:10] colleagues believe that the country's

[21:12] basically divided. What he wants to do

[21:13] is turn out his tribe.

[21:15] >> Tuesday's elections are perhaps the

[21:17] toughest test of that strategy. I think

[21:20] that a strategy a Rovian strategy which

[21:23] demonizes the 48 or 49% of people who

[21:26] are on the other side that is ultimately

[21:28] very bad for the democratic process.

[21:30] Rove politics good for the country.

[21:32] People are going to look back and say

[21:34] that George Bush and Carl Rove maybe

[21:36] divided the country but they enacted

[21:37] conservative policies that worked or

[21:39] they're going to look back and say this

[21:40] was eight years of a divisive presidency

[21:42] that divided the country took it in the

[21:44] wrong direction. History is going to

[21:46] make that judgment.

[21:48] Rove refused to grant an interview for

[21:50] this story, but according to our

[21:51] sources, he's been telling nervous

[21:52] Republicans that the party's

[21:53] sophisticated get out the vote operation

[21:56] will save the party from terrible losses

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[22:26] what does the car you drive and the beer

[22:28] you drink say about the way you might

[22:31] vote?

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[25:06] It's election week and America turns to

[25:08] Good Morning America's unmatched vote

[25:11] 2016. for all the breaking reports,

[25:13] exclusives, and inside political buzz

[25:15] you can't find any place else. Vote

[25:18] 2006. Good Morning America tomorrow.

[25:23] And finally from us tonight, political

[25:25] profiling and persuasion. One unwavering

[25:28] principle of our election system is that

[25:30] your vote is secret. But it turns out

[25:31] that before you cast your ballot, a lot

[25:33] of people have a pretty good idea of how

[25:35] you are likely to vote. ABC's senior

[25:38] political correspondent Jake Tapper is

[25:40] in Columbus, Ohio

[25:43] >> to find out how Trina Handler, a mother

[25:45] of four in Columbus, Ohio, is going to

[25:47] vote Tuesday. We asked her, Coors or

[25:50] Budweiser?

[25:51] >> Coors.

[25:52] >> Saab or Audi?

[25:54] >> Audi.

[25:55] >> Why do questions like these matter?

[25:57] >> More Republicans drive Audi and more

[25:59] Democrats dive Saab. Matthew Dow is

[26:02] President Bush's pollster and co-author

[26:04] of a key book on what's called

[26:05] microargeting. Every time you use your

[26:08] credit card or surf the internet, you

[26:10] leave a data trail of your preferences.

[26:13] Corporate America has been using this

[26:14] information for years to categorize you

[26:17] and sell you products. Now political

[26:19] groups are using it combined with census

[26:21] data and polling to sell you

[26:23] politicians. So based on how Trina

[26:26] Handler lives her life, the car she

[26:28] drives, the water she drinks, how do

[26:30] microtargeting experts assess her? She

[26:33] chose Democratic Sprite over Republican

[26:36] Dr. Pepper, but went for US News and

[26:38] World Report over TV Guide favored by

[26:40] Democrats who tend to watch more

[26:42] television.

[26:43] >> Trina is someone who came into this this

[26:45] election not sure who she was going to

[26:47] vote for, who could go to either party.

[26:48] >> Yeah, that's probably correct. Although

[26:50] I tend to slant more Republican. Just as

[26:52] key to microtargeting, how to reach

[26:55] Trina.

[26:55] >> The best thing that you can do is to

[26:57] have some a personal contact from

[26:59] somebody that has a general um similar

[27:01] viewpoint as them.

[27:02] >> In microtargeting lingo, those people

[27:04] are called navigators. The one person

[27:07] out of 10 in a community who tell the

[27:09] other nine where to eat, what movies to

[27:11] see, and how to vote. Last week, Trina

[27:14] told us this.

[27:16] >> I'm going to vote a lot more Democrat

[27:17] than I have in a long time. But since

[27:19] then, she's spoken to a number of

[27:20] navigators, and now she says she may

[27:22] split her vote.

[27:23] >> A couple of them I'm going to go

[27:25] Republican for sure, and there's a

[27:26] couple that I normally would have voted

[27:28] Republican, but I'm going to go

[27:29] Democrat.

[27:30] >> So, effectively microtargeted, Trina

[27:32] Handler's vote is once again up for

[27:34] grabs.

[27:36] >> Jake Tapper, ABC News, Columbus, Ohio.

[27:39] >> Who knew there was a connection between

[27:40] Dr. Pepper and party affiliation? We

[27:42] will be covering soda sales and all the

[27:44] other other important political angles

[27:46] from now through election night here on

[27:48] ABC News. Tomorrow on GMA, a

[27:50] behindthescenes look at the get out the

[27:52] vote campaign both sides are waging on

[27:54] the ground. Live reports from the

[27:56] battleground races on World News with

[27:57] Charles Gibson. And you can go to

[27:59] abcnews.com for the latest political

[28:01] news anytime. And for your chance to

[28:04] join the debate, you can submit

[28:05] questions and get the answers on

[28:07] election night on ABC News Now, which is

[28:09] our live 24-hour broadband network.

[28:11] America's best political team available

[28:13] anytime, anywhere. And that is world

[28:16] news for this Sunday. I'm Dan Harris in

[28:18] Washington. For all of us at ABC News,

[28:20] thank you for watching and good night.

[28:26] >> It's a state-by-state journey and

[28:28] tonight

[28:29] >> we're in South Dakota.

[28:30] >> A girl fighting to recover. Their house

[28:32] could make Sierra sick.