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Nbc news "wall street journal" poll their voters are more enthusiastic than the president's. now i'm on the ground here in ohio and i don't see much enthusiasm for either candidate. i have talked to some undecided voters who say they will make up their mind tonight based on the debate. it could move the needle. >> do you think there's not enthusiasm there because frankly they are sick of the advertising and robo calls and sick of the campaign in >> i think that's a huge part it. now, remember in with 2008 republicans were your forric about candidate barack obama. we don't see the same thing. i...

It's that time of year, the election lawyer full employment act labor alone has recruited nearly 300 union lawyers to be on call on election day and take calls from voters who have had problems at the polls. with the presidential race likely to go down-to-the-wire there's a small but very real possibility we won't know who won the presidency on november 6th. i'm joined now by "the washington post" political reporter aaron blake. let's show this map, this is nine swing states, charlie cook says this race will go down the wire. how likely is it do you think that there will be an electoral colleg...

Agreed on a number. it's $38 billion in cuts. harry reid said that this morning. the one issue holding up any agreement to prevent a government shutdown is federal funding to planned parenthood. republicans want it, democrats do not in any way. so you're having to see these negotiations go down a road which is quite tricky to navigate. all right, how do you make sure that federal funds -- there's also a law that says no federal funds can go to abortion, but how do we curtail federal funds going toç any private organization that engages in a broad definition of abortion services and family pl...

Are still fighting over the current fiscal year's budget. it makes it impossible for any federal agency, from the forest service to the fbi to operate effectively on our behalf that we're more than halfway thank you the yoer and they have to deal with a house version of their budget that cuts them significantly and a senate version that trims them. we need to resolve this fight and move forward in the interests of the american people. >> senator, i want to ask you to stand by because senator kyl is giving a republican rebuttal. >> until there can be an agreement on a long-term resolution, one ...

It's a disruptive thing when you've got young military families trying to make ends meet and sometimes living from paycheck to paycheck to have that disrupted. and that's why i think it makes so much sense to adopt what the house passed yesterday so that we have the time, the week to complete the work on the continuing resolution that would fund the government through the end of the fiscal year, that is to say through the end of september, and then not have to worry about a government shutdown and especially funding the military. there's a question that has been raised that's very logical. why...