Going to be radicalized, i dont buy that. You. Sheila macvicar with an exclusive interview with a mother who lost her child and fears many more at risk. Also tonight as a steady stream of foreigners join up how the u. S. Strategy against i. S. I. L. Is seen as an uneven and unfair fight. How much suffering is there in aleppo right now . Every single people in aleppo have been killed by shelling. Bombings, everything, everything. At the Turkish Border correspondent Nick Schifrin with an on the ground view of the fight against i. S. I. L. And why theres so little hope for salvation. And in the home stretch of the race, to America Votes 2014, they want your vote. Your chance to say what you want from them. Dear congress, how you can be heard. Good evening, thanks for joining us. Im joie chen. We begin with a pull of something so hard for some of us to understand, how kids born and raised in the west, can be drawn to ideology that strikes terror in the world. A lone gunman taking his rampage into Parliament Buildings two weeks ago. Michael bibeau had been lured into violent jihad. One of many. In our america tonight exclusive, our Sheila Macvicar gives us the exclusive of a mother who saw her child drawn into terrorism. First picture with santa ever. Look at the bowtie. Christianne has memories of her son damien. Growing newspaper calgary, damien was bright, into School Sports cars, star wars. But as a teenager things started to change. I think he just was trying to find where he fit, it was difficult, he had struggles. And once he hit about 15 he started keeping more and more to himself, leaving the house less. At 16, damien dropped out of school. He became reclusive and depressed. Counseling didnt help. The day after his 17th birthday he attempted to take his own life. Oh, boy. We didnt see it coming. He seemed like he was getting better. Soon after, boudreau said her son converted to islam. She was relieved. The emotional states, the depression, when he converted to islam he found this peace within him. He would sit with the family and i could see that i could relax. For three years, damien seemed happy, working at peace. But then he moved to a new apartment and that brought him to this downtown mosque. He must have met new people because thats when things started to change. And how did they change . There was more agitation within him. He started talking about 9 11 conspiracy theories, other countries and that wars they had there is. Theres damien raiding the fridge again. This is the last video boudreau last of her son drifting around a halloween party. The next month he traveled to the middle east. He told his mother he was studying linguistics in egypt. Thats damien. Instead the troubled 22yearold went to fight alongside extremists in syria. Boudreau had no idea until the Canadian Spy Agency comes knocking. So cecus comes into your house and start asking you questions. I said i dont know why youre asking these questions, damiens not in the country, he went to egypt to go study. So hes not here, hes not a concern. And thats when they said yeah, hes a concern. Weve been watching him for a couple of years. And we suspected that hes actually gone to syria not egypt. And with we now know that many other foreign fighters come from this busy city in western canada. Many of them attended the same downtown mosque. All of them were canadian citizens. Underring what took them on their journey from this city of just over a million at the foot of the rockies to the battlefields of syria understanding their journey to radicalization, is key to preventing others from following the same path. Beset by someone whos got their arm on their shoulder. Calgary police chief rick hanson says theres a problem in his city, a human problem. I dont buy that he went to the internet and got radicalized. I dont buy that. In the era of social media theres a lot ever focus on the internet, and radical organizations devote a lot of time to the internet. They can be introduced to the ideology. This 40 year veteran of policing trained in counterterrorism believes the internet alone doesnt create would be terrorists. You need someone to pull the strings communicating, encouraging, guiding him down the avenue of indoctrination. Have you found that person or those people in your city . No, we know theyre there, weve been told theyre there and it has been members of the Islamic Community that has said, you better be careful. Theyre telling you theyre not recruiting but theyre giving you radical messages. In your city . Absolutely theyve told us that, to be alert to this. Online, the recruiter somebody calling himself abu najir, his real name no one knows. A rat cal american preacher identified by the fbi as a radical preacher. Argued away his doubts and accompanied him saying we put our trust in a allah and headed to syria. 130 individuals with canadian connections were abroad, adding that its possible that some returnees could plan and carry out terrorist attacks in canada. I got to tell you theres no city in this country thats immune to this. Probably no city in the west. I totally 100 agree. How to combat it, first says chief hanson recognize that radicalism comes from the same place as other kinds of trouble like gangs and drugs. And thats alienation. When you profile kids that deviate off of a path and get into trouble whatever that trouble looks like the motivation is frequently the same. Theyre alienated from mainstream and they start looking for ways that they can feel part of something bigger than themselves. His force is working on crisis intervention with local Muslim Community leaders. What else do you want to achieve out of life . Like clinical psychologist matty kafka. Our programs have the same goal, closely connected to youth, having connection with positive and meaningful role models, all those factors reduce the risk of crime. You know exactly what you want and you know exactly how to get it, right . His three own organization offers counseling and mentorship to muslim youth. Youve got that spiritual motivation, youre unstoppable. He says part of the solution is just being there. If youre alone and the first person that comes to you and says, you know what i can help you end this loneliness you can jump in. The devil himself can jump in. You are going to say, you know what i cant handle this loneliness. If theres one variable it is loneliness. Research is everywhere on Early Intervention and what it says is you have to steer them to something where they feel they have value. Calgarys police force is working in schools with kids as young as eight. The part thats been missing until now has been intervention with posthigh school kids who go off the rails. There needs to be the second intervention piece. Parents see it, family sees it, friends see it, they realize something is happening but where do you turn to for that intervention and thats the second piece thats being developed here. That humanistic piece is missing. 74th boudreau wish support boudreau wishes she had. Without nothing there was reason to have concern you think hes young, hes going headdeep, hell level it will level itself off. Ill save it and send it out. To help other families boudreau has started a website based on a successful German Program called hiat, originally done to deradicallize nazi youth. Definitely common threat, common narrative. Theyre coached. Theres no way that can you tell me that all these kids from all these countries are all going to say were going to study in either saudi arabia or egypt without having been coached. Thats not a coincidence. When she finally figured out what was going on, boudreau attempted to reach out to her son. But it was too late. He said he couldnt come home. That he finally found a purpose in life. He found where he belonged. He wasnt coming home. That was going to be his new home. And he hoped he could stay in contact. Boudreau never heard from damien again. He was killed in syria in january. If i could help just one family not live the terror, the pain, the stress, Everything Else that weve had to go through, and save one life, its all worth it. Ive nothing left of damien. And the best i could do is try to do something good in his memory. America tonights Sheila Macvicar with us. And this is so timely because just at this hour were hearing reports of more teenagers being lured from the states. This is a boy, 19 years old who was actually arrested at Ohare Airport earlier this summer with his yurn younger brr and sister. He had bought tickets, arranged passports for all of them to go to turkey and then go on to syria and join up with Islamic State of iraq and the levant. He is held with very serious charges. His younger brother and sister are not charged but potentially he faces long years in prison if the prosecutor proves beyond all reasonable doubt that he was heading for a radical organization. When someone starts to deviate off the straight path, its all the same, whether youre talking about gangs or drugs or religious cult or religious radicalization. It is all the same thing. When children become this. America tonights Sheila Macvicar, thanks so much for being here. The view from on the ground in syria when we return. The u. S. Led air campaign and why communities on the ground warn it wont be enough to hold off i. S. I. L. Correspondent Nick Schifrin with leaders who say kobani isnt the only community on the edge of being overrun. And that the u. S. Must do more to stop i. S. I. L. The truth, they are about the same issues, cared about in aleppo. To be honest theres no true strategy which can you see. There is only the air strikes. And right after the break we look into the home strej of stretch of America Votes 2014, from the pollsters and prognosticators, as america heads to the polls. Election day stay with Al Jazeera America for live, indepth coverage focusing on the issues with expert analysis and updates from across the country. Midterm coverage thats serious, straightforward and unbiased. Tomorrow, 7 00 eastern. On Al Jazeera America. An election day midterms marathon. Its gonna be close. Several swing state elections are up for grabs. Are you kidding me . Dont miss filmmaker a. J. Schnacks unprecedented. If i can drink this, i dont see why you shouldt be able to smoke that. Behind the scenes look. Are you gonna do this . At what it takes to win. Its certainly something that doesnt exist elsewhere in politics on television. Midterms election day marathon. Tomorrow, 1 00 eastern. Only on Al Jazeera America. And now on America Votes 2014, these are the final hours for candidates to make their pitch and in truth Many Americans have already made their voices heard. Early voting is ahead of where it was in 2010 at the last mid term, more than 70 million voters will have cast ballots before the polling places even open. While prognosticators, feel they can tell us the spread of votes, what were more interested in is what they will vote for. Number one what role will minorities and women have in this mid term race . Especially interesting will be voters in the deep south. Georgia and North Carolina where there are razor thin senate races, target races to bring more minority voters into the fold. Democrats see an opening and even an opportunity to get out enough of the minority vote not just African Americans but latinos and to turn the state rack or purple. In reverse migration and the growth of latino and Asian American voters in the state, will end up yielding a state thats much more competitive at least from a partisan standpoint. History tells us underrepresented groups can and do turn out to vote. Black women for example had the highest turnout of any group in 2008 and 2012. If theyre motivated to do so. The question is what will get them to the polls . In the aftermath of flash point ferguson and the deaths of Young Trayvon Martin and jordan davis will minority voters find the value of engaging in political process . It is a guess of the left and right. Number 2, will voter i. D. Laws, Voter Suppression to others, tamp down those underrepresented voices . Just last week, an investigation by greg palast, uncovered irregulates irregularities, in more than one state disproportionately tags minorities especially these with common names. There clearly is an effort to suppress the votes of African Americans and young people. Elderly people. Clearly, there is a kind of partisan cherry picking thats going on. So youre talking about probably over a Million People that voted twice. But conservative activists point to states that carefully police their voter rolls. Have you double bagged voters in the past years . We have made referrals. Whether prosecutors have prosecuted, we dont have good data on them. Its not like blanket going out and arresting somebody, you have to push for a crime. They are pushing for more careful i. D. Checks. Will that drive minority voters away . Which raises the question of how much will their votes matter . Number 2 of the issues we will be watching, that control of the senate thing which by any measure is a tough sell for voters. In a nonpresident ial year, voters will focus on who they put in the state office or governors office. What Senate Candidates must persuade voters of is the control of the upper house will make or break that legislative gridlock, the folks at home have seen time and again stymie real action on issues that really affect them. Which brings us to number 4 what issues will get voters to the polls . Is the fear factor a Winning Strategy . Thats whats driving spots like this. Candidates both democrats and republicans have pushed in these last few weeks to make ebola a campaign issue. Democrats insisting america would have been better prepared for Health Crisis had it not been for republicans blocking their way. Republicans pointing to failures of the Obama Administration and by extension all democrats as a sign of incompetence. Proves and showcased this president s lack of leadership and it hurts the democrats all the way down ballot especially in a mid term even in a president ial election. More than anything ebola became not only arating a ratings grabber, which brings us to the final issue of the mid term were watching, number five all that money. Already this is the most expensive mid term ever and with the possibility that some of the senate races will end up in runoffs we can see Campaign Commercials running all the way into january. Not only making tv stations happy but raising the question if it takes all this money for an offyear election how much will it cost to elect our next president . Roland martin says the big battles are now. This is at mid term there is no right. What happens now . Whats the think for a voter, what gets them there . This is why the poll numbers at 30 of americans dont even know the mid term is taking place because you dont have that one unifying race. 201016 legislatures flipped to total in 2010, 16 legislatures flipped. Voter suppression laws you saw stand your ground laws because washington is in total gridlock. And so really all the action is on the state level. That makes it harder, when you have special Interest Groups, because you have to go to 50 different state legislatures as opposed to simply going to congress. So from a voters standpoint, it is difficult because youre dealing with all these different individual things. And so what might be a critical issue in North Carolina is different from georgia, different from louisiana. And so although we keep hearing republican and democrat its knot that simple. So the not that simple. The voter at home doesnt focus on, it is that simple. Thats not part of the equation. Do i want this lady or that guy or that one. 15 of americans say they are satisfied with republicans in congress. 90 to 95 are going to get reelected because of jer jerry gerrymandering. You cant change from one because you have been redistricted. Right. Democratic or liberal districts, very few swing districts left. Again though, that when did that change . 2010 mid term elections, when the census was taken again, when the districts were redrawn. And so this is why mid terms are so important but also, from a policy standpoint, the battle is really not in d. C. It is really in the state level. The abortion law that was passed in texas, same thing in mississippi when they said in order to do abortions you had to hospital. If you look at ferguson, that is the place we learned how much local elections matter. And also after Trayvon Martin was killed, thats where they found out with alec and their influence on state election returns, before Trayvon Martin no one knew what alec was. Part of the problems for democrats is they are in many ways a national party. Whereas the republicans have focused on being a 50state party. Howard dean told democrats we better focus on a 50state strategy because they dont want to see a repeat of 2010. Thats part of the issue here. You got so think bigger. The white house admitted they a strong situation in states in 2012, in these red states guess what now this hurts them when it comes to Election Night because they didnt have are Fractur Fractur infrastructure on the ground. Thank you for joining us. Thanks so much. Why the pebble deposit is a valuable issue. And when mid term elections are not enough. I. S. I. L. Warns the u. S. Air strikes are welcome but the fighters wont be stopped without more help on the ground. Amount now a snapshot of stories making headlines on america tonight. Brittany maynard the face of right to life, ended her own life on saturday. She worked through a bucket list of adventures with her husband. Brittany old. In the aftermath of shooting in ferguson, mar missouri, now a tape conversation obtained by the Associated Press reveals the nofly zone may have been intended to keep news helicopters from covering the violent clashes between police and protesters. The white house now says the nofly zone should not have been used to restrict media coverage. 13 years after the attack on the twin towers, the worl worlde center is now reopen. Cost 4. 9 billion to construct. It has leased 60 of its offices. The new World Trade Center is now americas tallest building. U. S. Air strikes insists syrian air strikes in the north were for kobani, aleppo Intense Coalition seemingly impossible to stop it. Al jazeeras Nick Schifrin has a story of two cities under siege. On the syrian Turkish Border as the sunsets, the funeral march stretches a mile long. They receive american help and flash v for victory. They resist and even die proudly and the commanders thank the u. S. For saving their city. Translator on the ground the american air strikes hit their targets 80, even 90 of the time. Reporter 80 miles away in aleppo emergency crews rush to the scene of a massacre. They wear White Helmets and respond to the bombs dropped by the Syrian Government. On many days they arrive too late. When you saw human being suffering you should do something, hold him save him try to do anything just to relieve him. Community to intervene and stop this. Reporter the u. S. Policy in syria is a tale of two cities. Kobani where the u. S. Backs fighters with air strikes and aleppo where the u. S. Holds back as the Syrian Government launches air strikes. The man in charge of the Syrian Opposition says the u. S. Strategy is backward. They are about the same issues cared about in kobani which happening now in aleppo. To be honest there is no true strategy which you can see. There is only the air strikes. Reporter today the u. S. Focuses on kobani. On one side, kurds fight with assault rifles, some of them are women, all throughout man. On the other side i. S. I. L. Fighters use americanbought tanks soanl from the iraqi army as stolen from the iraqi army as cover. Destroying kobanis infrastructure. The fighting sparked an exodus to turkey. 200,000 refugees, more than half children. Some of their families sleep in unfinished building. As winter approaches there will be no protection from the elements, for home, gas stations, gas pumps the only place your child can play. If you are three and syrian, your country has been at war for every day of your life. This is your home. I. S. I. L. Overran one of their homes then another then another. As they fled their three month old son was born and today this 100 square foot room is home to ten people. Does this feel like home at all . Of course not. Our house was much better. It was like a villa. We had everything. We were happy, my husband had work. We were comfortable. We had everything. Reporter to save kobani, the u. S. Has launched over 200 air strikes that have killed over 500 i. S. I. L. Fighters. Thats allowed u. S. Backed front line commanders to hold their ground. This your headquarters . Kobani. We brought Mohamed Mustafa to a high ground. He showed me where his men were. They build makeshift tanks with enthusiastic drivers. They were forced to come here when i. S. I. L. Overran nearly 400 villages. Kobani is their last stand and the only thing helping them is the u. S. Air strikes. If it wasnt for the air strikes it would be very hard. We are fighting ferociously, how can you compare a kalisnikof to a tank. We can stand here freely and that means that the media has been able to report here during this entire fight. But while weve been focused here, the assad regime has been focused on the largest city in syria, aleppo. The affairs dropped 210 bombs, the same number the u. S. Launched in a month. Many these terrifying canisters called barrel bombs. They destroyed entire neighborhoods. Neighborhoods that, for the u. S. Backed moderate opposition are much more vital than kobani. What will happen on the front lines if you dont get more american help on the ground . I. S. I. L. Will advance from the east and the yrnts government will advance from the south. To be honest the revolution will end within a month. 31yearold hasan fights for control of northern aleppo. They call themselves the fit legion. U. S. Helps pay for their ammunition. The cia helps train their fighters. If i. S. I. L. Is to be defeated these are had the men to do it. Right now theyre struggling on two fronts, inside aleppo city, this is front line in september. By october the 31st the regime had captured multiple areas and threatens to surround the city. This is the cradle of the revolution and the Syrian Coalition is struggling and feels it has little u. S. Help. The air strikes went really from the start without true coordination between the coalition and the freams o Free Syrian Army on the ground and still today. That allows the government to pound aleppo. The violence is terrifying. The Syrian Civil Defense in the white hats are fearless. They rush to every bomb site, even before the war two of teachers. How much suffering is there in aleppo now . Every single people have been killed by shelling all with guns. Blast cars, bombings, everything, everything. 21 of their colleagues have been killed. 50 have been injured. But sometime they perform miracles. In july they dug through a collapsed building. They discovered a baby alive. These are the moments that despite all the death, the White Helmets live for. It was incredible moment, incredible. We all cried, actually, all cried because we save one life, a baby. And what happened to the boys family . All of them have been killed. All of them. All of them. In kobani despite the u. S. Support the citys defenders suffer heavy losses. Five caskets in five freshly dug graves. These days, these men and women do this often. They erect head stones so quickly the names are written in paint. There will be burials funerals and blood. The blood will be kneehigh. We need weapons. We need support. Reporter here, they still believe in the possibility of victory and its not clear whether the u. S. Strategy can achieve it. Al jazeeras Nick Schifrin joins us from the middle east, can you talk to us about whats happening there . These are the moderate Syrian Rebels whom you saw in the piece there, whom the u. S. Needs if they are going to defeat i. S. I. L. They have given up many fights al qaeda. There is three fronts, we went into fronts in the piece. What they tell me what they are saying to everyone who will listen is we need more help because it is simply not coming fast enough. And if you wait longer, if you dont help us more were going to lose against the al qaedabacked group. We are going to lose to the regime. How could you possibly expect us to be fighting and defeating i. S. I. L. On the ground . That is what they are saying. They are really pushing the alarm bells right now they are not performing well on the ground. Hang on here nick. The president did promise support, what happened to that . Not just a little money this is half a billion to train all the Syrian Rebels. I asked the head of the Syrian Coalition, he said its just not going to work, its too slow. Six, seven, eight months from even graduating the first fighter. That gives you a sense of how methodical the u. S. Has been. Whereas this group has lost two of their main strong holds against the Al Qaeda Backed group. They dont have time to fly people to saudi arabia to vet them train them and fly them back into syria. That is the state of the battle, theres not a lot of trust among these moderate rebels for the united states. They feel the u. S. Has not coordinated in terms of those air strikes. You heard them criticize the u. S. For, and simply not pick the right targets not fast enough. They said look guys this takes a long time, were not sure we trust you, these are the guys who are going to defeat i. S. I. L, if they dont feel they get enough help from the u. S. They say we are not going to be able ground. Al jazeeras Nick Schifrin reporting, thanks. After the break, the ballot and america tonights michael okwu, the issues facing voters in the northern most state. Theyre talking about jobs, youre seeing three, four people on every boat and theyve been doing it for years and their families have been doing it for years and its a life line of alaska. A rare visit to alaskas pebble mine and look at how it may play at the polling beet. Recovery from 9 11. When we see you at the top of the hour. As America Votes 2014, most of the attention is focused on a handful of key senate races, yet, ballot initiatives, one of the least likely is in alaska. The state long known for its friend lin friendliness. America tonights michael okwu traveled to the wilds of alaska for a firsthand look at whats at stake and now hes telling us, theres more to it. Buried in these hills is a treasure worth half a billion dollars. The mother load is known simply as pebble deposit. Pebble contains the largest untouched reserve of copper in the world. Some 80 billion pounds of it along with thousands of tons of gold. Mike heatwall is with the Pebble Partnership, the Mining Company that intends to unearth the fortune. Infrastructure and transportation for 700 million, struck about an 86mile road. What we have is significant deposit that could be mined for generations. Reporter if you havent heard of bebl thats no surprise. Pebble thats no surprise. Its remote location keeps it from the public eye. 250 miles southwest of anchorage, its accessible only by air. Become a heated political and legal battle. There is minerals below us. Pebble would be no ordinary mine. According to Company Documents getting the metal out of the ground will mean digging one of the largest open pit mines on the planet. There are doubters out there that say just the sheer size of this project makes it impossible that you could do something out here and have it not adversely affect you. Part of size though adds to the opportunity to have the Financial Resources to be able to do it right. And getting it right is a critical part of our message. So what youre saying is, size doesnt matter . Mines have to meet environmental criteria. The Environmental Standards are the Environmental Standards across the spectrum. Reporter its not just pebbles size that has many clanalaskans upset. Its the location. The mine would sit at the head awards of one of the worlds most important salmon spawning grounds. Critics say not good. Bustling activity as the fleet intends to out to sea. Around here snooks moor is a legend. Shes been fishing the waters off of alaska since she was a teenager. Just a little chaotic. Despite two Knee Replacement and a pair of shoulder operations shes still going strong. What do you hear when you hear the words pebble mine . Fear. Fear. For whats going to happen. It will be the beginning of the end. Moore and pretty much everyone else in dillingham, consider pebble nothing more than an compensatio existential threat. Moore was part of a tour the company gave local business people. I was neutral until they flew me up and set me down and said the river doesnt flow here, it comes out about two miles down. I thought where the heck do you think the waters coming from . It didnt take me long to say you guys are out of your minds. The fishing industry has spent nearly 1 million lobbying for measure 4. No polling has been done on the measure and whether it will pass tuesday is anyone anyones gue. With the ballot measure up for grabs, native alaskan groups in bristol bay are hoping the epa will put a stop to the mine. Each summer the salmon return to bristol bay. Each summer native alaskans come to catch them. Pull it to get your slack. This subsistence fishing will help sustain kim williams and her family through long alaskan winter. Why is the pebble mine a bad idea in your view . Every mine that weve looked at where theyve had a miner where theyve said that no toxic waste will go through this liner, they all leak, its in the wrong location its up where fish spawn and its bad for bristol bay. Go ahead light it. Under a special provision of federal law several tribal leaders near bristol bay asked the Environmental Protection agency to stop pebble from Going Forward saying it is a threat to their way of life. Williams was one of them. Your mother taught you how to do this . My grandmother taught me how to do it. This is a tradition, goes back how long . Thousands of years. I cant imagine oday where my kids or my grand kids or my great grand kids cant put up salmon. Argue it would have significant and irreversible impacts on the bristol bay salmon, the agency is also proposing severe restrictions on the mine, restrictions that would kill it. The Mining Company says the epas conclusion is scientifically unsound and actions illegal. Since the company has not filed for a permit. It has filed several lawsuits against the agency. As strongly as native groups in the bristol bay area oppose the mine others closer to the site support it. Lisa rhymers is the ceo of the company. You sold and delivered fuel to the Pebble Partnership right . Yes. How was business . Business was going well. Rhymers Company Sells fuel and runs construction equipment. Biggest employer at pebble at one point providing 100 workers site. There are people who live in these villages that need jobs and not everybody goes fishing. The village with 100 year round residents is typical of the small communities that dot the interior of alaska. Job opportunities are scarce. Winters brutally harsh with little opportunity for subsistence hunting or fishing. What happens to this community if this mine doesnt go forward . If this mine is not built were starting to look at that question. Is it going to shut down like the other community that have nothing going on . This community could die. Rarmd regardless of whether alaskans approve ballot measure 4, there is no doubt some day a mine will be built on this side. The ballot measure aside the epa tells america tonight that it will issue its restrictions sometime between january 2nd at the earliest and february 4th of 2015. Keep in mind the agency may not decide to issue any restrictions at all but insiders say the likelihood of that is extremely rare. Joie. Michael, a very Big Senate Race is also underway in alaska. How is the pebble mine going to impact that race . Reporter well, you know, its really unclear at this point. What we know is since 1964 alaska has been a pretty red state but 54 of the electorate is not affiliated with any party and they have a proud independent streak and what they say is all people rally around one central iand that is the issue of the central idea and that is that the federal government issuing orders in local affairs. The the local stalls any kind of growth in business. Now is that message resonating . One could argue that perhaps it is. But you cant yet say conclusively. What we also know joie is that poll after poll shows that a great many alaskans 60 or higher oppose this mine at this site at this time. Which is why senator beggish who beg itch ha ich hasbeen very vocal. And both men are in a statistical dead heat with begich is trailing occasionally a point or two. America tonights michael okwu. Thank you very much. Our special Election Night coverage begins at 7 00 p. M. Eastern. Join us then. You tweeted and we answered. What to most americans want for their votes, better pay, more jobs . By now youve suffered through the commercials youve gotten the endless row bowcalls endless robo called. Return . That is what america tonight set out to find in our digital project which is called dear congress. Digital producer asmat khan has been track these responses. One thing that stands out people noticed how much money is going into the races this time. Joie we received 1,000 responses and most of them 13 was a and i a demand to get money out of congress. Whether a demand to repeal Citizens United, people think this is the issue that needs to get done in order for congress to take action an other issues. Just to make a point, Citizens United is what cranked up the spend on it. Congress. There is a lot of anger fueled by a belief that it is unproductive. 12 of our respondents just wanted congress to grow up and get things done. Compromise. One of my favorite responses was, act like well based kindergarteners and not spoiled congress members. Belief that congress is more beholden to special Interest Groups instead of the people they represent. They want career politician term limits. You mean you cant serve your whole political career . You can only be a politician for so long. Another 5 wanted congress to resign. One of my favorite responses was this one. Dear congress i want your job your paycheck your Free Health Coverage and ill be in my seat to vote, i guarantee it. It is a belief these are fat cats getting a salary and not really doing their job. And to underscore that, a lot of the respondents are concerned about those pocketbook issues, that weve been told about. Absolutely, Economic Issues ranked really highly. A demand that education and Higher Education in particular be made more affordable as well as a demand that congress raise the minimum wage to a living wage, in fact some even said they wanted congress to be given a salary of the minimum wageto so they know what its like. They can learn to live as many people in america do. Digital producer asmat khan, thank you very much. You dont want to miss out on the election coverage, kick off 7 00 eastern. Thats it for us, thanks for joining us. Consider this the news of the day plus so much more. We begin with the growing controversy. Answers to the questions no one else will ask. Why did so many of these People Choose to risk their lives . Antonio mora, Award Winning and hard hitting. People are dying because of this policy. Theres no status quo, just the bottom line. But what is the administration doing behind the scenes . Real perspective, consider this on Al Jazeera America announcer this is al jazeera. 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