every vote is counted. remember, you can always follow us on twitter. go ahead and tweet me. ate wolff blitzer. please be sure to join us tomorrow. watch us live or dvr the show. that's it for me. thanks for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in washington. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >> breaking news, the day before americans go to the polls. several key races are too close to call. will democrats lose the senate? plus new video showing isis brainwashing children. this as chicago teens are stopped at the airport on the way to join isis. and brittany maynard, 29 years old, ended her life after a very public battle with brain cancer. her story ahead. let's go "outfront."

good evening. "outfront" too close to call. election day hours away. control of congress hangs in the balance. here's what you need to know. there are ten states up for grabs in the senate. throws key states. right now, poll in most states show they are too close to call. republicans need to pick up only six to gain control of the senate. and this is what is really interesting. republicans have history on their side when it comes to the number six. since fdr was in the white house, the republican has lost six senate seats in the sixth year in the white house. that is this year for president obama. despite all the talk of how it come down to democrats versus republicans, what makes this race include probably haven't heard a lot about. what makes it really interesting is that correct it is third party dpats could make all the difference. particularly in the key state of kansas where he is in a statistical dead heat. out front from kansas city, the race down to the wire.

>> that's right. one of the oddities, is that kansas has a rare chance for the democrats to steal one from the republicans and there's no democrat on the ballot here. the challenger, greg orman who will not say which party he'll caucus with if he wins tomorrow. that dig and the decision of kansas voters tomorrow could be a deciding factor in who control the senate. >> tomorrow's election may seem all about democrats and republicans. but control of the senate may come down to an independent and two libertarians. near kansas, millionaire businessman greg orman is an independent running neck in neck with pat roberts, a 34-area gop capitol hill veteran. no democrat is competing here. orman has coyly avoided saying which party he'll caucus with if he wins but he does have a message resonating with people

in both parties. >> washington is broken. we all know it. i believe we can have another american century if we elect problem solvers, not extreme partisans. >> reporter: he may sound a lot like this woman in georgia. >> republicans and democrats have failed us with the same old broken promises for decades. >> reporter: despite big name on both sides, michelle nunn, and purdue. it is aimagined a shaking up the race where democrats have a shot at picking up the seat. she is only polling in the single digits but that could be enough to force a run-off in a state requiring 50% to win. a run-off means this race and the question of senate control may not be settled until january. then there's north carolina. another race too close to call. libertarian is pizza delivery man had a has made a name for himself with folksy ads recorded

in this campaign manager's basement. >> hello. libertarian in 2014, and we need to stop all war. stop spending more money than we have. >> his stand on legalizing marijuana has lit up the unusual campaign slogan. get haugh. get high. >> get haugh. get high. >> he is polling in the single digits but enough to steal support from the major party candidates. the question, does he steal more from republican tom tillis or democrat incumbent, kay hagan. >> most poll show him stealing more from the republican than the democrat, but that race is still too close to call. a lot of frustration is familiar, it is growing, the general frustration with washington. it certainly has appeal. when you look at the race breaking, you still see the dominance of the major parties. these independent candidates, as much as they grab the headlines, might make a difference in some

of the tight races that overall, it is still republicans and democrats. >> thank you very much. let's to go john king. i know we're getting, we were doing the sesame street. it come down to the number six. how important that was. it is amazing that there are so few races and how close they are. you look at kansas. you look at that race. fascinating people here. could kansas decide it all? >> i feel like i should click may heels at that question. could it? yes. here's where we start, 55/45 control of the senate. here's what's at stake tomorrow. let me go through this. most he have one assumes this will happen. now we're looking at ten states left on the board. what if the democrats can hold the blues? that's what i call them kofl, iowa, new hampshire. republicans say they won't but for the happy athletic cal, plus, north carolina. if that played out, then you're at 49-45.

six states left. let stay republicans take alaska. that's what they expect. democrats say we maybe counting for a couple days but let's stay democrats hole on and mitch mcconne mcconnell continues. let's give them this for this scenario. we're at 49-48. i have left kansas right here. let's assume greg orman wins. let's give them win. it doesn't change the math because we don't know how he'll vote. we could go into the two runoffs. let say for the sake of argument the republican wins in louisiana. that's the december, look where we are now. 49-49. the democrats only need 50. joe biden would break the tie. even if the republicans won hear, that would get the republicans to 50. greg orman could be sitting there on january 6nd as the most influential man in america. will that happen? probably not. but is it possible in this crazy year that he could be sitting

there in jab? if everything to the democrats? joe biden gets the tie. mitch mcconnell gets the gavel? it is possible. >> just switch back and forth. all right. john king, thank you very much. it shows you when you look at all the name, it could come down to one guy. joining me now, when you look at the map, paul, we wanted to break this down really simply. what's the must-win for democrats tomorrow? what would be the biggest loss for you? >> i think the must-win is north carolina. we saw that there's a pizza delivery guy upsetting it. but kay hagan, the incumbent. she's just done everything right. most importantly, she's made the race not about barack obama who is unpopular but about tom tillis who is the speaker of the house in raleigh. and raleigh may be the only state camden that is less

popular than the washington capital. if she loses, that's the must-win. there's a soimt reason, the state that really launched barack obama to the white house. if his seat taken by a very conservative tea party, that will break a lot of democratic hearts. >> it will. a lot of people have been watching that. what is the must win? what would be the biggest loss? >> i think colorado must win. it is a big hispanic electorate. it has a lot of college educated white socially liberal voters so a lot of people believe that's a state that republicans can no longer win. but now republicans have cory gardner who has done a very effective job. it had been very effective for democrats in the past. so if republicans win that race, it is saying a lot about it come

2016. >> when you talk about the social issues that matter. biggest loss. this is the must-win. north carolina. which i want to throw out. that would be the biggest loss. north carolina, according to roll call, could be the most is expensive race. what has been the biggest mid-term election? the one no one pays attention to. >> north carolina is the kind of state, if the republican there's win in a presidential year, they haved to well there. the trouble is that they're doing poorly in north carolina now at a time when the electorate is more favorable for republicans. that's just a bad sign for republicans going forward. and i think that it suppose the a larger problem about trying run an election without a more compelling jechbld i think they need to canada a close eye on it. >> we got the key states laid out. what are you going to be watching tomorrow to help determine when you say, all right. at this point, this just happened. now i think i know how the will

go. >> not to be too redundant. it is on the east coast. if kay hagan, the democrat does lose there, it is telling. even more importantly when you look at the east coast, new hampshire. jean is the only incumbent above water. she is the only one that has a favorability that is higher than 50%. and so if she loses to her challenger, scott brown, who was a senator from massachusetts until he was defeated and moved norris to run again in new hampshire, that will be incredibly telling for the rest of the night. then sort of moving west, kansas. talk to the republican sources today. that's what 37 the most justice betters. they're not sure that they can keep that in republican hands. you heard jim shooto's report. belong they will take greg orman. all the way west, alaska. there is a state that is purplish. and it is not very good terrain for president obama rate now.

like many purple states but it is really hard to pull an alaska. the terrain there, the it will ra, the literal terrain is very difficult. it is unprecedented going into native alaskan communities on these little islands, trying to get them to vote. if they're successful with that, that could be a surprise. >> for those watching, and these are covering it, the fact alaska is a deciding vote is a pretty depressing thing. you're looking at 1:00, 2:00 in the morning. then it could be days. when does cnn call control of the senate? which is what this come down to. >> january 7th. alaska is four hours -- not really behind us. they're a wonderful state. but four hours behind the east coast. then there will be a run-off in

louisiana. then georgia. that's the last of the run-offs. it could be january 6th. the counting may be past mid night. so bring your sleeping bags. i can't wait. this is what i live for. >> january 7th? >> i think we'll know earlier. >> what about you? >> i'm going to say that we'll probably know earlier. because this is what we cover for a living and drama is good. it will go a couple months. let's just get everybody ready. >> well said. thanks to all. we appreciate it. up next, more than 300 people executed by isis. this is near baghdad. plus, the breaking news from chicago. federal prosecutors say three teenagers there are trying to leave the country to join isis. and brittany maynard diagnosed with terminal brain cancer terminated her life. in this accident...

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♪ i want to warp you before we show you these images, they are graphic. here's what we know. we know that 322 men, women and children have been round told up in iraq's anbar province and murdered. this is according to the iraq's ministry of human rights. the terror group tweeted pictures of the death and destruction. the rampage was about 85 miles from baghdad. that's where american troops are now acting as advisers. barbara starr is "outfront" at the pentagon. this is a mass killing. it involve something we haven't seen before in terms of how they were executing these children. what more can you tell us? >> good evening. the u.s. watching this very carefully. some people already referring to

crime against humidity where isis is concerned. this is a tribe out west baghdad by all accounts that was beginning, a sunni tribe that was beginning to pull away from isis. they were beginning to try to find. they were beginning to find themselves an independent voice. they lash out at the least little thing. anybody moving away from them would get a very violent reaction. what the u.s. wants to see now is for the iraqi government to begin to arm some of these sunni tribes, to encourage them to rise up. and know that the iraqi forces will come fight for them. this is the big problem right now. the iraqi forces, the u.s. is trying to get them to go on the offense. to have a major offensive operation. but they need to have some help from the sunni tribes that are out there and try to get them away from isis. it is one of the stems in a very complicated operation.

>> it is horrific. thank you so much. >> i want to bring in press secretary rear admiral kirby. thank you for taking time to be with us tonight. the brutality we're talking about, even as we hear about thing like beheadings, it still stuns. 322 executed in this one tribe. the tribe leader is telling us, six children, nine women were among them. which apparently they say is new even for isis. they would encourage or sell women and children. not necessarily kill them. of course, they reportedly have an american female hostage now. a woman we've been told, programs they would treat her differently than the male workers and the aid worker that was beheaded. does this change that? >> it certainly doesn't change our assessment of the brutality of this group. this is a pretty brutal group with a barbaric sense of reality and a warped ideology. this speaks to the very real threat that we're facing. that iraqi partners are facing

in the country. why aware working so hard to improve competence and capability. >> there is still a british reporter as well had a i know you probably saw a mail away from where cnn has reporters, talking about what's happening in the town of kobani. a mile away. a reporter walk and talk giving the isis point of view. it was a very frightening thing to see. do you have any rain to think that he, or the americans, could be saved? >> you mentioned that they would use this man to make such a propaganda video. but it speaks to their depravity. and the kind of threat we're facing. we have no indication that the video is anything but authentic but it speaks to just how evil these people are. >> there have been 780 air strikes today in iraqi and

syria. during that time we now hear there's been a thousand new fighters from the west who have gone to fight with isis. is it time to say, there has to be some frustration. and look, i know you never said air strikes alone will do it. you pointedly didn't say that. but that's been all theirs been so far and clearly they haven't been enough. so is it time to do more? >> there is more being done. it is not just about air strikes. that's what everybody focuses on. and i get that. the iraqis are pushing back. they are going on an offensive against isil throughout the country. now it is not a major offensive but they are reaching out to some areas. a refinery out in anbar and fighting in and around the north. they've taken a dozen more towns. there's a lot going on that people don't see it. but it has to happen from the ground as well, not just the air. >> i want to ask you whether you take issue with something an

observer is telling us, since we're talking about kobani and syria saying the fighters, sxois other al qaeda linked fighter have now taken 70% of the territory that was once held by them. do you think that that is accurate? or fair? >> i don't know that i can dispute that figure. we do know that they have taken advantage of the safe haven, the sanctuary, the ungoverned space in the north of syria and certainly the northeast of syria. they've moved in. when we talk about the assad regime being a big part of the problem, that's what we mean. he has no governing capability in that part of syria and that's where they have operated. so we can't really get to the exact number. the figure that your observer represents. we don't disput a that isil still has safe haven and sanctuary.

"outfront" next, breaking news in chicago. three teenagers tried leave this country to join isis. plus, isis militants indoctrinating their recruits. and married for just two years, about to start a family, she ended her life with her fight with brain cancer. tonight a woman with the same cancer talks about her choice and why she thinks brittany made the wrong one. ♪

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two more american teenagers deteenage for allegedly trying to join isis today. government revealing why it picked up the siblings and what they were thinking at the time they were nabbed at chicago's o'hare airport. evan, what was the motive? >> well, you know, there is the bombshell that came out in court today. they were going to join isis. age is the big concern for the fbi here. we're talking about three siblings. we but this the arrests mohammed who is 19. we also found out in the court that the feds have also pick up

his younger siblings. a sister who was 17, and a young border who is 16. a younger brother who is 16. all three left behind notes to their parents saying goodbye and saying they had distaste for american culture. he had previously said that he didn't understand how any muslim could live in this country, given that your taxes are going to attack other muslims. we found out in court that the sister who now turned 18, when she was detained last month, left behind a note in which she said, i will probably never see you again, to her parents. all three again left behind these notes and said they were going to join isis because they fell this is where good muslim should go. >> when you hear that, it is disturbing to so many. it is not just children in the united states that people are worried about. we have a new and a very rare

glimpse into a world where children are being brainwashed to become future fighter for terror groups. >> the light from the projector is all the more captivating. children gathered. this is movie night. but it is an isis production. and come with a pep talk. so don't be afraid, we're your brothers, he says, if anyone assaults you, just complain about him and your rights will be restored to you by allah's will. an activist secretly filmed these pictures as the main event gets underway and isis execution video. running in their underwear in their last moments. some of 250 jaem soldiers executed by isis in august.

a syrian psychologist and expert on children examined this. he said what we see is isis taking steps to make it normal for the children to see such thing. they hope all or at left a some log to do the same things. not just be silent or accept it but do it. indoctrination come with pageantry. this is a graduation ceremony for the isis cubs. they're not playing masked super heroes but real life jihad. after years of sectarian bloodshed, hear what they have these children sing. [ chanting ]

schooled to remember huge text by roet. yet there is nothing staged about them as they chant -- god is our leader and backer. america is their leader. they talk about the lost generation in syria's war. here the dogma and horror is lost too. >> we know the damage done to syria's refugees. 3 million outside syria. almost twas as many displaced. that's the damage. what you saw there is potentially the damage done to the fought of this region. we talk about lone wolfs in the united states. remember, there could be thousands, potentially hundreds of thousands of young syrians and wraiks this ideology in mind in the future. erin? >> thank you very much.

kind of stunning and sobering report. i want to bring in our counter terrorism analyst. when you first see this, we have talked so much about these videos. this was not video release bid isis for pr reasons. this was filmed, caught by an activist who was showing these children. base commit looks like an outdoor movie night. you see them watching beheadings and executions. >> when i see this, there's an upside and a downside. we saw a transition ten years ago in this counter terrorism campaign. the first people we at cia took down into our black sites. along the architect of 911. steep in the ideology of. you get people more emotionally motivated by, for example, abu ghraib photographs. these kids will not be ideologically motivated. they might be emotionally motivated to say america is bad.

the flip side is if we can flip the tide against al qaeda, the same emotional trigger that got them to believe that, you might be able to conviction them as an 8 or 10-year-old, that's not right and switch them back. >> you heard him talk about possibly hundreds of thousands of children and you see the video of these kids, all those boys were, what? 7 to 10 years old, chanting with such enthusiasm. and some of them are much younger. 4 and 5. that is just very hard to watch. it brings tears to your eyes. >> you have to think about the time frame. we tend to think in tex days or weeks or months. we've been involved in iraq for more than a decade. somebody who was 12 years old ten years ago is now perfectly capable of -- if that person was radicalized ten years ago, they're a fully pledged fighter. the half life of an insurgency is a decade. we're only a few months into

this counter campaign. in lasts that long, by the time they're 18, it will be too late. >> to the point we talk about this. when people say, okay, these kids are over there. sure they're over there. that's what the focus is. when you look at what nick was saying. you look at thousands, tens of thousands, they won't stay there. >> this is why aware engaged. this isn't about only protecting baghdad. if you look in the history of the counter insurgency. somalia, north africa, naesh, if you have a large terror organize that is not al qaeda, sbu as i would say, they have absorbed the ideology. smat point there is a sliver of that organization that says our target isn't baghdad. it is not somalia. it is new york or washington. even if 1 half of 1% of these kids absorbs, that we have a problem. >> and you heard what they are

chanting. we follow god. the rest follow america. that is choice that has been set up. which makes me ask you, what about these americans? we talk about a thousand. the admiral we were talking about. a thousand foreign fighters have gone in the last few weeks which is incredible. has there ever been a fate that has gotten more? more foreign fighters? more flowing in? >> let me be blunt. i don't care about foreign fighters. i gary north americans and you're panes had a are what we called clean skins. people who have the documentation if they slip under the radar to say, i was in turkey, jordan. you can talk about foreign fighters. i worry about the subset who can come under the radar. i can't think in may recollection of looking at dozens of operations globally, of any campaign including afghanistan back when we were fighting the soviets that

included this many people who had the potential of going back to france, u.k., italy and potentially the united states. >> translating the biggest risk. >> it is. but you have to think of the definition of big. don't think of a thousand or 10,000. if you're in a business at the threat briefing of the fbi, what if two get through. you're finished. you're explaining to a family that just lost their sob in a suicide bombing, how did you miss them? that's the problem. >> all right. thank you very much. "outfront" next, brittany maynard. you've seen her, a beautiful woman. she spoke very bravely about her battle with a brain attemtumor. she close to edge her life this weekend. we'll talk to a woman had a has made a different decision. could legalized medical marijuana cork pot actually determine the boss of four? i have the worst cold with this runny nose.

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love and peace to you all of pfls brittany's final statement before choosing to end her life on saturday. she took a lead dose under the

oregon's dignity law. she was diagnosed with brain cancer and given just months to live now. she has sparked an international debate about the decision to end a life. >> brittany maynard died saturday, november 1st, much as she had planned. >> so if november 2nd comes along and i've passed, i hope my family is still proud of me in the choices i made. just ten months earlier, on new years day, she was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. she was told she might have three to ten years to live. by the spring the cancer had reached stage four. she was told she might only have six months. >> doctors told her her death would be prolonged and painful. she decided when the time came, she would take life ending medication. she launch ad public campaign to raise awareness of death with dignity laws. in an op ed she wrote, i would not tell anyone else that he or she should chaz death with

dignity. my question is, who has the right to tell me that i don't deserve this choice? brittany married dan in 2012 months before her diagnosis. best friends, they met five years earlier. >> it sounds so cliche. we take thing one day at a time but that's the only way to get through this. >> i wanted him to be happy. i wanted him to have a family. and i know that might sound weird. but there's no part of me that wants him to live out the rest of his life just missing his wife. >> they bought a small yellow house in oregon to live in one of five states that allowed physician assisted death. she vowed to live her life to the fullest. >> i still feel good enough and i still have enough joy and i still laugh and smile with my family and friends enough that it doesn't seem like the right time. right now. but it will come because i feel myself getting sicker.

it is happening each week. >> in the months before her death she refused to slow down. climbing ice trail in alaska. fulfilling a layoff long dream to see the grand canyon. she had one more goal, to celebrate dan's bird day october 26th. six days later she took a fatal dose of barbituates as prescribed by her doctor. her obituary said she died at peace and certainly at her own choice. >> i will die upstairs in my bedroom that i share with my husband, may mother and my husband by my side. >> joining me now is maggie, battling the same form of brain cancer as brittany maynard. maggie, you know, no one in this country who isn't going through what you're going through can comprehend it fully. none of us. i know it is brittany was very brave but you do disagree strongly with what she did. >> yes, i do. first, i want to say, i am

grieving along with the whole country at brittany's loss and i want to send my sympathies to her family and friends. it must be a very hard time. >> and i know it is important for you to have a chance to say that. because i know you do have a lot of admiration for her and the pain she's going through and you understand it. but why do you think that she made the wrong choice when it came to choosing to end her life? >> i can't judge brittany. she is a strong woman from every report. and she had the in her plan. so i don't want to judge her. i don't want to call into judgment the decision that she made. my concern is having one person in oregon in a very tragic situation, laid out before the country and the world, actually,

as an example of a common situation, that is not a good way to develop public policy. brittany's situation, any time someone has a terminal illness, it is tragic. we feel for those people. may concern is that as a society, can't we find better ways to care for people who are at the end of life? i don't want -- go ahead. >> i was just saying, i know you had talked about this a bit. and you said, you know, maybe after november 1st, that the two of you could fate this as long as you could fight it together. and she wrote on cnn.com. i wanted to quote what she wrote and give you a chance to share your thoughts about it. brittany said i am not suicidal. if write, i would have consumed that medication a long time ago. i do not want to die but i am dying. and i want to day on my own

term. we want to die while we have our mental abilities, while those around us can love us for the person that they knew. something like a brain tumor can change that. is it something you've ever struggled with? is it a question you've ever had for yourself? >> well, yeah. the minute you get the diagnosis, just the word just scares the heck out of you. you had what i am a going to become? but the cool thing is in the process of this whole journey that i've been on, i've become something that i never imagined i would become. not to my detriment. but i think, i'm hoping that i'm becoming a richer, deeper, more compassionate person for other people and i've been soaking up the love of my family and friends around me.

so there's lots to learn by tragedy and challenges. may concern is that when we eliminate from our society all negativity and challenge, is that the best way as a society to help someone through a challenging time? can't we find them good compassionate care? good pain manage p.m. starts early in the cancer journey so it is not just an afterthought at the end? can't our policies reflect that? in an already strained health care system. it is fragile right now. we're working on it but we have a long way to go. i would love to see our energies finding compassionate ways to care for people so they can squeeze out every minute of life that they can with their family and friends. and not feel they have to resort to taking their own life. that's an unfortunate choice.

so i would love to have a good public policy discussion with accurate vocabulary. i know brittany doesn't like the term -- she didn't like the term suicide but that's quite literally what she did. she took the pill herself. so she took her own life. the definition of suicide. and that i know word has a lot of baggage and we don't lake that. but if we're going to have public policy discussion, we need to use the same lexicon of vocabulary and talk about it in a wayunbiased. >> it is a beautiful way that you describe a more rich existence. we'll be thinking of you as you fight this and hoping you can overcome. thank you. >> thank you. "outfront" next, one of the

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pot on the ballot tomorrow, voters in alaska, oregon and washington dc will decide if they want to legalize pot for recreational and legalizing medical marijuana will be on the ballot. donors from around the country are pouring millions into this and you're looking live at pictures of bill clinton with charl charlie crist. it could come down to pot, no word on whether, you know, it will be held tonight. the money and power of pot. >> i didn't like it. >> reporter: that was 22 years ago, now getting high is legal in colorado and washington, and more states could be following their lead.

legalizing recreational marijuana is on the ballot this year in oregon, alaska and washington dc. >> in a lot of states, medical marijuana is already legal. in two states, marijuana is legal for recreational use. this feels like a set of dominos and once the first couple fall, we'll see them fall in a number of other states. >> reporter: in florida, a medical marijuana amend the could help tip the balance in one of the closest and most watched governor races in the country. the showdown between charlie crist the democrat and current governor rick scott the republican. with polls showing them neck and neck, every vote counts and weed could bring people to the polls who don't usually participate in midterm elections. >> it's the compassion et thing to do. >> reporter: crist supports legalizing m legalizing medical marijuana and some say the goal is to boost the turn out to help crist win. >> it's a very political

calculations and one that frankly kfrank ly cristt's allies put a lot into. >> reporter: they spent millions pushing the measure. spending that far out paces the only other initiative on the ballot. >> they don't call it the drug dealer protection act, but they should. vote no on amendment 2. >> reporter: more money is coming from opponents, some $3.9 million, much of it provided by conservative casino magnet. scott abuses the amendment. >> the right thing to do is continue to go back through the legislative process to find treatments that work. >> reporter: so will democrats high hopes the measure will hope crist go up in smoke? >> florida, anything can happen. we don't know which way the governor's race will go. it could absolutely go either way. >> polls have been mixed. while some are showing relatively strong support for the medical marijuana amendment. it takes 60% to pass a

constitutional amendment in florida and that's a very high bar, so it's anybody's guess what will happen and who it will help. >> where is the support coming from? >> a lot is coming from exactly those non-traditional voters from midterm elections, young people but also i've seen polls that say there is a lot of support among the elderly. groups that may be more likely to have a debilitating illness that could be helped by medical marijuana, but i think what is most interesting here in this is to look at the number of states, 23 states plus the district of colombia that have approved medical marijuana. so it's unclear now whether it's going to get to 60%, which candidate it will help but certainly an issue that will be returned to. >> thank you so much. and we'll be right back. i was out for a bike ride. i didn't think i'd have a heart attack. but i did. i'm mike, and i'm very much alive. now my doctor recommends a bayer aspirin regimen to help prevent another heart attack. be sure to talk to your doctor

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tonight, ten senate races are too close to call as the polls open in hours. who will control the senate? it's a crucial question and we have reporters in the key states. the first results come in at this hour tomorrow night. our coverage, election night our coverage, election night 2014 starts tomorrow. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com we're at the election center in dc and welcome to a special edition of election 2014. the stakes include the control of senate who gets on the supreme court and more. the outcome may not be known for days and weeks. so many races so close at this hour tonight. so many surprises in store. the possibility of a republican defeat in kansas or gop victory in massachusetts, a former bay