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and we begin this morning with campaign countdown. time is running out for candidates stumping in this years midterm elections. heading into the final stretch, the fight to the finish played out last night in a war of words in debates in west virginia and new york. tracie potts is in washington for us with the details. good morning to you. >> reporter: veronica, good morning. as we get closer and closer to this election, both democrats and republicans are trying to figure out if the pe...

republican rand paul, dr. rand paul and democrat jack conway gets nasty. paul refused to shake conways hand after last nights debate after conway questioned pauls religious faith in a new ad, but doesnt the u.s. constitution prohibit a religious test for the sen estimate weve got democrat jack conway rate here joining us in a minute. plus, the state of play with two weeks of xang to go. well find out where things stand in the battle for the control of the house. and the u.s. senate. an...

of a tea partier who drank too much of the stuff, its hard to undercut expectations. just by showing up, she probably met the woody allen standard. angles alienated attitude towards facts and showdown in vegas is our top story tonight. plus, angle told reid to "man up" last night. sarah palin has called reporters imtent, limbing, gutless. christine odonnell told her opponent to put on his man pants. carl paladino talks about andrew cuomos legendary prowess. whats with this stuff? is ...

first time voter, african-americans, women, progressives have been less enthusiastic than their angrier, older, whiter republican counterparts. this afternoon, the president held a town meeting on mtv and b.e.t. and country music television making the case that voting is not something that you do just in leap years. is it going to move people?ç also can, christine odonnell smile and enthusiasm close the gap with chris coons? lets check out that debate that happened just last night. a...

describe her and her dealings with the public safety union. and in the connecticut smackdown, linda mcmahon hit dick blumenthal on his bad character for claiming to have fought in vietnam. he counterpunched mcmahon for "marketing sex and violence to children" as head of the wwe. well go to the videotape at the top of the show. plus, regrets, ive had a few. president obama says in a "new york times" magazine story that he has focused too much on policy but not enough on politics. well...

chiles president arrived at the site and the first miners expected to be brought to the surface in about two hours. this is a big international story, of course and we will be covering it throughout the night on msn. but also a big political night as well. the democrats finally break out of what james carville, the ragin cajun called the fetal position. theyre fighting back against the republican onslaught. the battle for the womens vote. and big bill. bill clinton hits the road for th...

is nothing short of extraordinary and miraculous. how have they done it? put yourself in their position. how would you have done it? they survived the first two and a half weeks on two days of emergency food rations, nothing but a few bites of tuna and peaches. before they finally made contact with the people above ground, and no one knew exactly what the situation was. now, one by one, they will step into a special cage capsule, barely big enough to fit a grown man, and inch their way...

freak show has gotten a boost. first karl paladino the gop candidate for the governor of new york, said he didnt want children, quote, being brainwashed into thinking that homosexual is acceptable. then we learn a candidate likes to dress up like a nazi. in world war ii reenactments. well, try explaining that proclivity to the voters. also, honey, get me rewright. remember we told you those guyless in the west virginia ad were actors hired in philly? well tonight, one of those actors j...

With democrats talking a little bit more -- about patriotism, entrepreneurship, the american people. things that do resonate. do you that quite well, actually, ed. and thats why i think that youve got that heartland connection, because youre not afraid, you know, to be patriotic. so what we need to do here is -- is kind of get past the annoyance that these dumb ads like the christine odonnell ad represent and focus on how do we get smarter in getting a more progressive messages out there. >> jon...

and we begin this morning with fighting foreclosure fraud. as americans struggle to make mortgage payments, just yesterday a bill reached the president that, according to critics would have actually made it easier for banks to foreclose on homeowners. president obama stepped in and blocked the measure using a rare pocket veto. the bill would have forced courts to accept notarizations including those made electronically from across state lines. the worry is such a change could lead to f...