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>> reporter: and there is a darker side to these campaigns, some party offices have been bombed, several candidates assassinated. flyers appeared in some neighborhoods threatening people not to go vote, but the u.s. and the u.n. say they do expect a high voter turnout. jamie. >> malini wilkes live for us in baghdad. well check back with you. a big question, how do you know when weve actually won in iraq and afghanistan? the chairman of the joint chiefs says it wont be one big knockout punch. tha...

>> we need to solve iraqs problem, security, unemployment and housing. >> reporter: politicians have done their best to energize their base, but rallies like this have been limited in number. large gatherings still could be a target for violence, so candidates look for other ways to get their message out. >> definitely that the supplies and door-to-door. >> reporter: candidates worked hard to counter a widespread perception that politicians are corrupt and sectarian. >> you see it in the adverti...

Chairmanship after an ethics scandal and congressman john massa amid allegations he harassed a male aide. carolyn shively joins us with more from d.c. a tough week for the democrats. >> reporter: a rough one. kelly. do you remember this, back in 2007 house speaker nancy pelosi said the house democrats are going to drain the swamp thats washington d.c. as you mentioned ethics probes dominated the headlines. amidst an ethics allegation that he sexually harassed a staffer. he used words that would ...

Party is acting ethically. >> weve been effective in passing the full obama agenda in 2009. we know when youre effective youre a target. >> reporter: democrats havent cornered the market on the behavior. pelosi made the swamp comments after 2007, tom delay and bob may in a scandal. and duke cunningham for accepting bribes. and mark foley resigned after allegations he sent messages to male pages. and one thing seems to be constant the ethics committee has plenty of work in front of it. >> thats a...

Rose from 23% to 32% and sheltered homeless families crew from 473,000 to 517,000. >> my husband died and i kept on for about five years, but in around three years i needed money and i went and got a mortgage and the mortgage was very high, but i thought i could swing it. i couldnt, but i didnt see the forest because of the trees. >> reporter: social services director say the goal is to help people like joan in their homes before they get into a crisis situation. many shelters have been reportin...

Young mother to be out in the two foot snow blizzard. >> im drinking this, this is tasty. i thought he was going to throw a snowball at me, thanks, brian. if you have any more motivation to stay indoor, see the bottom of the red car out there? thats my car, im not sure when im going to be able to leave work guys, were talking two feet of snow and thats not including the drifting. dave, come over here and show you what its like. this is what three feet of snow more than that from where theyve plo...

Sunday morning instead of a tuesday. heres times square this is as busy as it typically gets. its a ghost town. theres a few people straggling along. most the buddies i talked to arent working, everybodys working from home. must be nice. its a rough one. theres not nearly the snow we expected. its not come down at the capacity we expected we were expecting two to four inches an hour and just dumping and we got that for 20 or 30 minutes and you can probably hear it off the mic when the wind gusts...

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