senate democrat who decided he isn t going to run for senate. now the republican here is ahead of the democrat ellsworth. this is one state where a difference could be made up in washington, kyra. t.j. holmes sharing a few brews from state to state on the cnn election bus getting people to talk. always making them feel comfortable. well, i haven t been driving the bus, though, kyra. so the beer is okay. makes us feel better. thanks, t.j. still ahead t best political team in television takes you inside the story with the latest news crossing the ticker. sheriff arpaio may soon chase a new title. mr. president. our cnn equals politics update is just three minutes away. schemaintee wi a and /7 roaide assiance. beusen y ce the st bif, faaronar
enforce one another s rights that that is an important message to send. and kind of defuses and takes out of the conversation bigots and hateful people who will say things about islam and you will not be able to change their minds. but the vast majority of americans are obviously bridge-building and want to bridge the conversation, the gap of understanding between the muslim community that lives in in this country and islam more broadly. zeenat and akbar ahmed, always great to talk to you. thank you. for republic dmans indiana the time is now. and our t.j. holmes is on the scene on the cnn election express this morning, you re in indianapolis. are they having high hopes for midterm election there s, t.j.? reporter: oh, you better believe they have high hope, kiran. republicans are enthused. and they think they have good reason to be. but i m here in indianapolis.
deb feyerick speaks to one new york city firefighter and his family about the struggle. and the a.m. fix blog is up and running as always. head to cnn.com/amfix. the florida pastor who plans to burn 200 copies of the koran has sparked a global controversy. probably something he intended to do. now the president of indonesia wrote a letter urging him to stop the book burning in the name of world peace. ed henry is live at the white house this morning. it s also difficult when you have people not necessarily familiar with how our government work. they think, why can t the president step in and say don t do it? reporter: exactly. it s extremely difficult. that s part of the frustration for this white house. they have world leaders jumping in as well. the indonesian president firing off a letter saying do something. it s not clear there is anything this white house can do short of arresting this pastor or something like that they they would obviously not do to
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on a mission to pakistan. actually, he s blogging about it as well, and you can check that out plus join the live conversation by going to cnn.com/amfix. up first, the mosque is not moving. the imam breaking his silence in an entinterview with soledad o brien. imam feisal abdul says his center will remain where it is and switching locations now would be caving to extremists. i am open to sensitivity. but i also have a responsibility, if we move from that location, the story will be that the radicals have taken over the discourse. the headlines in the muslim world will be that islam is under attack. and i m less concerned about