year. and it's dangerous and it's hard. and it gives you nothing but hope in the youth of america. >> larry: well said. thank you both very much. we really appreciate it. we hope every little bit helps. thank you, guys. if you'd like more information, go to sudan action now. good morning. we got two weeks to go now until the critical midterm elections you've been hearing an awful lot about. and you will be seeing an awful lot of that guy, president obama. he and other top names were out this weekend campaigning. they'll be out again today, and the rhetoric is heating up as we get closer and closer to election day. plus a mystery solved for a

military family in ohio. a soldier killed in world war ii. his remains finally found. hear from the family, a homecoming decades in the making. welcome to you all from the cnn center. this is your "cnn sunday morning," 6:00 a.m. where we sit here in atlanta, georgia. 1:00 p.m. in baghdad wherever you may be. i'm t.j. holmes. >> i'm kate bolduan. welcome to our troops in iraq and afghanistan. good morning, everybody. >> coming up here over the next 90 minutes, we need to let you know about a big food recall. we're talking about vegetables this time. there could be glass in your vegetables. this stuff was sold at kroger and walmart, some frozen veggies. we're going to have that update. you need to pay toengs to that this morning. also over the next 90 minutes, a story of a police officer in baltimore, a detective who has been killed, but not in the line of duty. he was off duty. and he was killed after an incident that you've probably

been involved with yourself. sad story, senseless story to bring you this morning. stick around for that. also, a couple is kicked out of a mall in north carolina. why? they were hugging and kissing. if there's more to the story than that, and it's prompted a huge rally that's going to take place today. we'll explain. here again, top of the hour. 16 days away from the midterm election, and overnight we saw everything from a major republican rally highlighting sarah palin to a gravel-voiceded president, who's defending his administration. he's been doing a lot out there. the voice starts to go a little bit. >> and there's a cold going around in d.c. >> just a d.c. cold. >> that's what i've heard. >> good to have you. >> anyway. also for many americans, it is more than who wins, it's the direction the winners will take the country. it's shaping up to be another hectic week of campaigning. i'm sure it's no surprise to you, and it's coming off a

blistering saturday. let's start in massachusetts, where the democrats' dilemma mirrors the party's troubles nationwide. the president campaigned for his friend, governor deval patrick, who like the president, sees his popularity slipping. he's in a heated battle with republican charlie baker. the president urged americans not to let republicans take control of congress. >> i understand that sometimes hope may have faded as we've grinded out this work over the last several years. i know it's hard to keep faith when a family member still hasn't found a job after months of trying, or another foreclosure sign is hung on the house down the street. and you're watching tv, and all you see are politicians tearing each other down, pundits who treat politics like a sport. i know it can be discouraging. but don't ever let anybody tell you this fight isn't worth it.

don't ever let them tell you you're not making a difference. >> he does sound a little scratchy there in the voice, doesn't he, the president? well, here no scratchy voices here. you see sarah palin there on the screen along with rnc chairman michael steele. they were part of a fund-raiser last night in anaheim. spoke to a crowd of about 2,000. listen to them, they sound pretty good about what's going to happen on election day. >> the momentum is with us, but now is not the time to let up. you know, now is not the time to celebrate, not quite yet. we've got 17 days to go. we can't be thinking that it's over yet and we've got it in the bag, as yogi would have said, it ain't over till it's over. we've got to leave the dancing to someone else for right about now. but soon, soon we'll all be dancing. >> we don't need obama to care for us. therefore, we don't need obama care. we don't need harry reid to figure out how our businesses work. therefore, he can retire.

we don't need nancy pelosi, period. this is your moment. >> probably should have turned the volume on that sound bite so early in the morning. here's a picture of senator john mccain. he made the hop over from arizona to san diego last night. he is stumping for carly fiorina. she is running, of course, as a republican there up against barbara boxer for that senate seat. listen to these attacks. >> barbara boxer is the most bitterly partisan, most anti-defense senator in the united states senate today. i know that because i've had the unpleasant experience of having to serve with her. >> and with just a little more than two weeks until the midterm elections, you can expect more fiery language just like that. today the, quote, fire pelosi

bus tour pulls into indianapolis, actually. the gop sponsored bus is intending to fire up republicans to work against house speaker nancy pelosi. also, former president bill clinton, he will give a speech tonight at a rally in -- at san jose state university. he's campaigning for jerry brown's bid to become california's governor. and a very busy sarah palin will rally the gop in reno, nevada, tomorrow. polls show republican challenger sharron angle neck and neck with a favorite republican target, senate majority leader, democrat harry reid. and president obama speaks at the university of southern california rally friday. he'll be encouraging young voters to turn out for the midterm elections. they were a crucial group that helped him win the white house two years ago. >> i want to turn to new york here for a moment, sticking with politics. turn to the race for governor. it's been an interesting one because there's a pretty interesting character running right now. the gop candidate, carl paladino. he's coming out, still trying to

come back from remarks he made last week about gays. he's saying now he will be making no more disparaging remarks about gays. he's calling for no more remarks in this campaign. last week, though, he said that homosexuality is not, quote, an equally valid option to heterosexuality. his opponent, the democrat anthony cuomo, has jumped all over him for his comments. >> and other stories you may have missed, like an embarrassing snafu in the illinois race. listen here. >> on the one hand, the city of chicago is a laughing stock. on the other hand, our candidate kind of, you know, has been tagged with a name that really isn't that nice. >> that was the chairman of the green party in illinois complaining about a typo that lists the green party candidate as rich whitey. never mind the fact that rich whitney, which is his real name, barely registers in the polls, something like 2%. the chicago board of elections

publicly apologized for the error and is scrambling to fix thousands of voting machines, including those in heavily african-american precincts. the typo was spotted on tuesday by an early voter. in oregon, oregon's gubernatorial race is notable because one of the candidate ss former nba player chris dudley. dudley, a republican, played professional basketball for 16 years. among the teams he played with are the portland trailblazers. dudley is tied in the polls against former two-term governor john kisshauber. the last time oregon elected a republican governor was 1982. >> the election express is going to be out and about coming to your town. well, along the east coast. we're going to start with columbia, south carolina, macon, georgia, jacksonville, florida, tampa, florida, hitting all thoeds those places. what i'd like for to you do right now because i'm going to be heading out and hitting the road. let us know what you want to

talk about in your towns. what issues should we be covering? hit me on twitter@tj holmes cnn. want to hear from you before we hit the road. another interesting story. as the pentagon prepares for the next round of military reports to be published by the whistle blowing website wikileaks, defense secretary robert gates is down playing the significance of the july release we talked so much about. that related to the afghanistan conflict. gates says wikileaks didn't compromise any sensitive intelligence sources or methods, but gates does have security concerns for the afghans' names in the documents. one army private is charged as a suspected source of providing the classified information. in the coming days, wikileaks is expected to publish an additional 400,000 military documents relating to the iraq war. iranian authorities have released an iranian-american

businessman detained for more than two years. reza taghavi has been locked in one of iran's most notorious prisons since 2008. he's been accuse of being part of a group trying to restore the monarchy in iran. he suffers from diabetes, and his health has deteriorated in prison. it's a homecoming more than 60 years in the making. >> i didn't know it was going to happen in my lifetime that i'd ever find out. so that was the biggest wow in my life. >> missing in action in world war ii. now finally returning home. first this morning's news quiz. today we look at first ladies. starting with michelle obama. where did she get her law degree? loyola law school in her hometown chicago, or was it yale or maybe harvard? the answer after a break. [ female announcer ] join yoplait in our commitment to fight breast cancer.

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educational resume. >> not an underachiever, as you would say. also, stormy in the west, windy in the east. meteorologist bonnie schneider has the forecast really for everything in between in the cnn severe weather center. what's going on, bonnie? >> good morning, kate and t.j. we are looking at a very chilly start in the south. it's cold in mississippi. look at this, 47 degrees in jackson, mississippi, on this chilly october morning. it's 46 in birmingham, alabama. and even down near the coast, mobile, 49 degrees. if you're wondering, what does this mean? we continue to see frost advisories across a good portion of the south. all the way from alabama into tennessee and back up towards kentucky and into west virginia. these frost advisories will persist in the early morning hours. it does mean at times we will get into the mid-30s in some of these locations, particularly in west virginia. let's head up to the northeast. i want to talk about the nor'easter that's kind of pulled away from much of the region, and now what we're left with is

strong wind. the wind is a little more intense the further north you go. notice the sustained winds north of boston about 15 miles per hour. and then you head up to maine, and they're certainly more intense, as well as the coastline of new hampshire. keep in mind there will be stronger wind gusts throughout the day, just like yesterday, and that will likely impact your travel for today. that's something we're keeping a very close watch on as we go through the day. across the country, we are looking at a little unsettled weather through parts of the west. that means we may see rain through places like sacramento, san francisco, and back out towards reno. very warm in arizona. highs today in the 90s. then mild, just gorgeous weather for florida. high temperatures will be into the low 80s. we'll be looking at that. as i mentioned, the windy weather there, and certainly a little chilly as you head further off towards areas into the areas of the upper midwest. minneapolis' high temperature today is 57. a good portion of the day will be into the 40s. 67 in chicago. looking good there. i want to take a quick look at our travel weather. here's what we are anticipating in terms of expected delays.

naturally, the wind is going to slow you down 30 to 60 minutes in boston. new york city, including newark, new jersey. watch out for windy weather. that will slow you down. finally out west we'll mention the low clouds and rain in san francisco. that's another place where, t.j. and kate, i am anticipating airport delays. overall, the travel should be better than it was yesterday and friday due to the nor'easter kind of slowly pulling away. >> bonnie, sounds good. good to have you here. i haven't had the chance to say good morning to you. >> good morning, t.j. >> good morning to you, bonnie. >> good morning. >> thanks for being here. >> so the passing of an american treasure from the '50s and '60s, the woman known simply as the beaver's wife, actress june cleaver, has died. just ahead, a look back at her life. also, this woman and her companion were kicked out of a mall for holding hands and a quick kiss. the whole lot more to this story, though. we'll have it for you coming up. 15 minutes past the hour on this "cnn sunday morning."

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17 minutes past the hour. a look at the stories making headlines. food recall to tell you about. specifically a vegetable recall. frozen vegetables sold nationally at walmart stores and kroger stores could contain glass fragments. no reports of any injuries, but the supplier, a company out of tennessee, says consumers should return them for a full refund.

you see some of the specific packages on the screen. if you don't get a good note of those, we do have it on our website or go to twitter@tjholmescnn. i posted the link for you. also more on the strike from france that shut down the plants. most of the oil refineries shut down during the strikes. people are striking because the government proposed raising the national retirement age from 60 to 62. also, actress barbara billingsley has died. she's best known for her role as june cleaver from the long-running sitcom "leave it to beaver." billingsley was 94 years old. [ woman ] ring ring. progresso.

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it may be a surprise to you out there to learn that even terrorists have their own magazine. the called, perhaps oddly enough, "inspire." >> and the man believed to be behind the magazine is an american living in yemen. "inspire" is al qaeda's latest effort aimed at encouraging terrorism against americans. colorful, creative imagery promoting a deadly message. chilling terror tips on how to wage violent jihad. the 74-page second edition of the al qaeda online magazine called "inspire" aims to recruit americans to kill americans. the ultimate mowing machine, reads the title of one article, suggesting how to carry out individual attacks. "the idea is to use a pickup truck as a mowing machine, not

to mow grass, but mow down the enemies of allah." >> what al qaeda is looking for is not the traditional recruits they used to do in pakistan and the middle east. that's a very dangerous figure for us and a hard figure to accept, particularly if they have an american passport. >> another article takes direct aim at the nation's capital. "a direct hit at a crowded restaurant in washington, d.c., at lunch hour, for example, might end up knocking out a few government employees." intelligence officials believe samir kahn, an american citizen now living in yemen, is the driving force behind the publication and pens his own essay in the new edition, "i am proud to be a traitor to america." former homeland security adviser to president bush says, while the message isn't new, the way they're getting it across is. so what is different here with this magazine? >> these are guys who have either been born here or live in the united states, who speak

ideomatic, colloquial english, who can appeal to americans to join their cause. they know how to persuade them. they know how to speak to them. and they know how to really inspire them to become a part of it. >> and top u.s. officials like fbi director robert mueller says the internet acts as an accelerant to terrorist activity. >> consider someone like anwar ala which, the american-born extremist. ten years ago, he would have operated in relative obscurity. today on the internet, he has unlimited reach to individuals around the world, including those here at home. >> a u.s. counterterrorism official tells cnn they're aware of the publication, saying it aims to provoke the murder of innocents and hardly lives up to its name, "inspire." you travelers out there get on the plane, you know you've got the first class. you've got business class. you've got coach class. how would you like flying in the cuddle class?

sounds good, right? you're not going to want to miss this one. stick around. it's after the break. first, before we go to the break. this morning's news quiz. a recent poll ranks the popularity of all the first ladies of the past three decades. which first lady would you say is at the top of the popularity list? would it be a, michelle obama? b, hillary clinton? or, c, nancy reagan? that answer for you after the break.

before the break, we asked about these super women. a recent poll ranking the popularity of all the first ladies of the past three decades. which do you think of these three ladies was at the top of the list in popularity? michelle obama, hillary clinton, or nancy reagan? the answer is a bit of a trick. the answer actually is a tie between those two ladies, hillary clinton and nancy reagan. they both got 19% when people asked who they liked most in that list of those first ladies. next came michelle obama at 15%. then laura bush at 12%. also, we hear that michelle obama came in essentially third here on this list of popularity, but of all the first ladies on that list as well, she ranked highest in the favorability rating. i think it hovers around 65%. so people still have a good opinion of her even if she's not their favorite first lady. we told you about this a

moment ago, you can fly first class, business class, coach class, but there's a cuddle class coming out now. this is a cuddle class, and they call it this because you essentially can cuddle with the people you're flying with. >> oh, really? >> you can book a row of seats. some people do this on emtier or lighter flights that aren't so full. if you have a row to yourself, you'll do this. but this is planned by air new sea lapped for transpacific flights. it's a sky couch. you see it there. three seats designed to recreate a space for children to play or you can lay flat, relax, and do anything else with the person you might be snuggled up with. >> so basically, you're paying for an not extra seat. >> you are paying for the extra seat. >> you don't have to pay for it? >> you're paying for seat two, but you're getting half price on seat three is the way it goes. so you would be, if it's two of you flying. you pay for to seats, but you don't have to sit next to a stranger, which ain't bad. >> and when the row is empty and you lay down, it's not necessarily comfortable with all of the -- >> it's not great.

it's not. >> with all of the seat belts. >> i know there's never enough room for me to lie down in any of those seats. here's the thing. it's nice to see any airline focusing on more compart instead of the opposite we get, do you want to stand by the bathroom for over five hours? >> we did a story a couple of weeks ago where they were proposing the strangest seats where you're basically -- you know how you do wall sits when you did sports in college. >> when you lean against the wall, and they put a belt around you. >> i think they're going the other direction. >> at least we've got someone out there saying let's give flyers more compart. hooray for new zealand. >> next time we're flying new zealand, we'll have that option. >> let me get to this one. this is possibly one for the record books. a new york father launches an iphone and video camera into space and captures some pretty amazing footage of the experiment. he calls it the brooklyn space program. he built a space capsule.

you're seeing it right there, and strapped it to a weather balloon in august of this year. he used the gps in the iphone to track its journey into space. the capsule survived 100 mile an hour winds, temperatures 60 degrees below zero, and speeds of over 150 miles an hour. the weather balloon -- we'll get to it. >> that's the money shot. >> where the balloon soared to a height, we're told, of 100,000 feet. that's 19 miles above the earth. and you can actually see the curvature of the planet as it was coming down. eventually, as you can probably guess, the lack of atmospheric pressure caused the balloon to burst and fall back to the earth on a parachute. hence why we have the video. >> as i recall, it's a 102-minute flight. it's really cool looking. amazing you can put your own camera with it and it worked perfectly fine. and put a note with that so, when it landed, someone knew to get it back to them. >> it sounds like an experiment that would clearly have failed.

let's put an iphone with a video camera and see where it goes. it goes into space. >> i love that video. >> he expects to get his iphone back? >> yes. i think he actually did. >> as i recall, they put a note with this. someone found it, and believe it or not, the goodness of mankind, they got it back to them. >> here's the question. does the iphone still work? >> i haven't asked that. after its near atmospheric pressure. if an iphone can survive that. that's an iphone ad. >> does the iphone even work? everyone knows i'm a droid guy. it's out there. >> a sky diver missed his mark. you see this every now and again. kind of adding insult to injury here, he ended up hanging in a tree for hours. >> we're going to add further insult to injury. >> this is bad enough and embarrassing enough. this is a 35-year-old guy, grown man, andrew stack. he crash landed monday into a bunch of trees. this is in dunstable, massachusetts. looks bad enough. poor guy up there a couple of

hours. finally get him out. he says he wants to do it again. it's not going to stop him. the problem, though, the insult part, he may have to pay for his rescue. according to boston affiliate, the city of dunstable is debating whether or not to charge him for the cost of the rescue. you see this every once in a while. certainly with the economic times, cities and towns are strapped as well. and they don't like for somebody doing something stupid. they have to come rescue from your stupidity, and it's costing time and money. >> how long was he in the tree? did you say? >> a few hours. >> just enough time for the camera crew to get there. >> exactly. this is the problem. sometimes you hear like authorities are saying don't go out onto this lake. it's very dangerous. and people go out in icy conditions anyway, and they want to make you pay for that. here the guy didn't aim to get stuck there. it's a little subjective. i feel bad for the guy. >> jury's out on that one, dunstable. all right. president obama, he gets an earful as he stumps for the

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34 minutes past the hour. hello to you all. welcome back. i'm t.j. holmes. >> and i'm kate bolduan. thanks for staying with us. capitol hill hanging in the balance. so much so that the president and first lady are out on the road on the campaign trail once again. sarah palin is out in a big way too. cnn political director paul steinhouse is in washington at our political desk. >> good morning, kate and t.j. a busy day in politics. let's start with president barack obama and first lady michelle obama. they go to ohio.

they'll be the main attractions at a democratic rally in ohio. the whole idea, just as the saw the president's events in wisconsin and philadelphia, is to try to energize democratic voters. polls suggested democratic voters are a lot less energized to cast ballots. and the president will be out west helping barbara boxer, harry reid. michelle obama continues campaign thg week for democratic candidates. busy week on the other side. the tea party express tomorrow kicks off their fourth cross-country caravan. it starts in reno, nevada, and head east and end up in new hampshire the day before the election. tomorrow at that event in reno, who's going to be there with the tea party express? sarah palin, the former alaska governor and john mccain's running mate in 2008, she'll be helping out. she keyed their big kickoff event in search light, nevada, back in march when they started

the third cross-country tour. and palin will be teaming up with michael steele again. we saw it yesterday in california. they're doing it next week in orlando. the idea is to raise big bucks for republican candidates as we close in. 2 1/2 weeks left until the midterms. kate, t.j., back to you. a president who came into office with a sizable mandate from the people now finds himself in unfamiliar territory. slumping poll numbers. and hecklers. the crowd in boston last night gave him a rousing welcome. you can see right there. midway through his speech, you'll hear hecklers in the distance taking president obama off message. >> if they take over congress, the other side has promised to roll back health reform so that insurance companies can go back to denying you coverage because you're sick. they want to roll back wall street reform so that taxpayers are on the hook for wall street bailouts and credit card companies can hit you --

>> we're told that -- while you're probably not able to hear exactly what the heckler are saying, they're holding signs that say keep the promise and fight global aids, which is what they've been chanting. the president decided to answer them in their criticism he hasn't done enough to fight aids. >> one of the great things about being a democrat is we like arguing with each other. i would suggest to the folks who are concerned about aids funding, take a look at what the republican leadership has to say about aids funding. >> kind of called them out there, point to go them directly. you can hear the noise in the background, but you couldn't hear exactly what they were saying. >> heckling happens. it happens on the campaign trail, especially when you're running. it seems there comes a point where do you ignore them, or do you have to respond to them? >> and he felt the need to respond. >> exactly. >> kate, i feel bad for women oftentimes. >> why is that?

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taking a look at top stories, the baltimore city police department is identifying the off-duty detective killed last night in a dispute that apparently began over a parking space. police say 18-year veteran brian

stevenson died shortly after he was hit in the head with a piece of concrete. stevenson was out celebrating his 38th birt day at the time. police say a suspect is in custody but has not yet been charged. in raleigh, north carolina, apologies for mall management after a security guard asked a lesbian couple to leave after the two women kissed. the couple says they appreciate management acknowledging what happened but don't want anyone losing their job. they'd prefer anti-discrimination training instead. >> you have to leave because your behavior is inappropriate. it's because you're same sex, and it's inappropriate behavior. quote, nobody wants to see that here at cameron village. it bothers me that it's 2010 and i have to be here. and in the mexican border town of juarez, gunmen stormed a family reunion, fatally shooting six people early saturday. police there are uncertain whether the incident is related to the ongoing war between drug cartels. fifty-eight different individuals are using,

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i have a story that all you ladies can identify with. you go out. whether you're going to a club, a nice dinner. at some point you want to go out and wear your nice heels. at end of the night, those dogs are parking, and you've got to do something with your feet. what's a girl to do. one girl in germany came up with an idea. a practical solution to ending the killer heels. this is a vending machine that goes inside nightclubs and dispenses disposable flat shoes. nadia, this is ingenious. >> isabel fend, who's a german

student, said, why do we have to be in such pain? she's inventeded ballerinas to go, and what happens is you put your seven euros or $12 into the vending machine, and out comes ballet flats. they're in silver or purple or black and so much more comfortable than wearing high shoes. yesterday, t.j., i went out to see what was available. at drug stores in america, you can get a dr. scholl's, which is a ballerina flat, and it comes in a gold bag. the thing is you have to remember to go and buy it. what's ingenious about this, it's in the nightclub. >> we call them disposable. they're really only good for one use? >> no, you can reuse them. but the idea is they're easily accessible. do you know what high heels do to you? high heels shorten the calf muscle by 13% and thicken the achilles heel. i went out to comfort shoe

stores to see what is the alternative to something like this? first of all, there are a couple of things. you can put a padding in the back and a padding over here, which means you don't crush the toes as much. >> you do have that? >> yes, i got these yesterday. >> what inch heels are those? >> these are probably six or seven. they make such a difference. can you imagine the hard feel at the end of the night? i went to the comfort shoe store. i said, what alternative do you have to sexy high heels? >> and that's what you came up with. >> this is what the comfort shoe store said would be the alternative because there's no pressure on the toes which are the very tiny muscles. >> that's not sexy, nadia. >> what can i say? this would be the alternative. i think wear your high heels like this and go to the vending machine and get your flats or go and get your dr. scholl's in a bag or barefoot. >> why do you all have to have five, six-inch heels? why is that a must when you go out? even if you go partying, clubbing. you know you're going to be on your feet all night. >> because there is such a difference in how you feel.

i'll demonstrate. look at the difference between standing like this and doing that. >> you're still the same adorable lady. >> look at difference in the legs. >> of the legs? >> of the high heels. it changes your whole demeanor. long term it is not good for you. because long term what's happening is eventually i might get even some kind of knee issues or foot problems or calf problems. >> but it's worth it to you, clearly. >> clearly worth it. however, i may just be putting my ballerina flats in my purse. >> this is why we love nadia, folks. we learned a little something, didn't we, fellas? quick break here. 47 past the hour. you know, fresh green beans lose half their vitamin c in a week. so, you can eat them right here... or eat green giant beans at home... ...frozen within 8 hours to lock in nutrients.

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two weeks until election day. we could be seeing a balance of power on capitol hill. >> partly because of the unusual number of races. josh levs is here to explain that. >> i wrant to show everyone some maps that we have. cnn.com/elections. it's our elections center. and the reason i want to do this. we've been talking about the individual races. you're hearing about the battles and the back and forth. the stakes partly because of that reason unusually high. the senate race, everywhere where there's color, there's a senate race. usually, there would be 34. this year there are 37. you have special elections going on in new york, west virginia, and delaware. the race we keep hearing about in delaware.

i'm just going to show you the charts. here's the senate and the house. take a look here. there are 40 seats on the democratic side that are not up. 23 seats on the republican side that are not up. and everyone in here, the 37 seats up in here will determine the balance of power in the senate. this right here, unusually large number. let's jump over to the house, where obviously seats come up all the time. every couple of years. you have a lot more democrats that are up this year than republicans. 257 democrat incumbents up, 179 republican incumbents up. and there's another way we have an exceptionally large number of races this year, and that is in the gubernatorial races all over the country. take a look here. every place you're seeing a red or blue, again, you have an open

race that's going on. we have 37 of those this year instead of 36 because of a special election over in utah. you want specifics on what's going on in your area. this is pretty cool. at this new site we have set up here, just click on your state and watch what it does. it gives you a breakdown of every state inside your district and a battle inside that district. one more thing to show you before i dispear, the new cnn election center mobile app. very cool. it works on the smartphone you're operating and gives you up to the minute details, including for whatever specific race you guys want. t.j. and kate, we're revving up for the final two weeks. we'll be following every little twist and hundreds and hundreds of races every step of the way. >> it is all about the election maps. >> from here on out. >> thanks, josh. >> so more than 60 years after his death, an ohio airman is coming home. >> i didn't know it was going to

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cnn.com/impact. in ohio a grieving family welcomes home a soldier killed in war, not in afghanistan or iraq, but the philippines. his plane vanished during world war ii, and the discovery of the wreckage solves a mystery that has haunted his loved ones for decades. we get the story from cnn affiliate wkef in dayton, ohio. >> reporter: judd son parkhurst can't remember the last time he talked to his brother arthur, the last letter they exchanged, but he does remember the last thing he said to him. >> fruit cake. and we put it in the mailbox, sent it to oklahoma. it never did catch up with him. >> reporter: both served their country in the army air corps, but at just 20 years old, arthur died when his cargo plane went down in the philippines in march of 1945. >> i was a junior in high school when mom got the telegram. mom opened it and read it. i can't remember the words she

said. she read it out loud. memory doesn't tell me that. but i do remember her saying or praying that she would rather arthur be killed in a crash than to be taken prisoner of the japanese, who at that time had a real bad rap on cruel torturing. >> reporter: for the next 65 years the parkhurst valley knew next to nothing about arthur's fate. then in 2002, a farmer in the philippines discovered the wreckage and what turned out 0 to be arthur's remains. the joint p.o.w. personnel accounting command took over from there. >> i didn't know it was going to happen in my lifetime that i'd ever find out. so that was our biggest wow in my life. >> reporter: and with family from indiana here in town, arthur's story will live on through the new generations of parkhursts. >> it's just a legacy event for the family. it's a historic moment where we

can look at a person in our family that served above and beyond the call of duty and sacrifices in a way that none of us can really relate to. courting the youth vote. we'll tell you about the increasing efforts to woo young voters in these elections. plus a live talk with representatives from both republicans and democrats. and president obama heckled. he was trying to get his message out, but he had to respond to people who were essentially yelling at him. we'll tell you what they had to say and what he had to say in response. this is "cnn sunday morning." top of the hour. i'm t.j. holmes. >> and i'm kate bolduan. it's 16 days to the midterm elections, and president obama is hoping to tap into the base that helped him get into office

two years ago. >> but at cnn's jeanne meserve now reports, republicans also hoping to cash in on the youth vote. >> thank you. >> reporter: young people put the oomph in the obama presidential campaign two years ago, and with midterm elections now just weeks away, the president is trying to reignite their passion. >> mr. president. but as obama appeared on mtv. young republicans countered on twitter. part of an aggressive gop push for young voters. >> in this election cycle, certainly a lot more students wearing fire pelosi pins and stickers on campus than there were last cycle. we welcome that. >> no doubt this is a gale changer congressional election. >> at american university in washington, a forum on the midterms. on this campus, college republicans believe they are making inroads. >> several people i know who are going to at the very least split their ticket this year, whereas

2008 it was all democrat. so definitely think there's a shift. >> many of the students at this gathering identify as conservative and republican and say the economy is the reason why. >> when we look at the economy, we're going to be graduateing in a few years. can we get a job? are our taxes going to go up? >> freedom works, an activist group big in the tea party movement credits tech savvy young people for its success and says its focus on issues like government deficits and debt continues to draw them in. >> this idea of leave us alone and let us live our lives. i think that appeals to young people. >> reporter: but polling tells a different story. it shows the tea party is weakest among young people. and republicans? >> we've not seen any evidence that republicans are making a lot of inroads among young voters. >> reporter: polls indicate 40% of voters 18 to 29 intend to vote republican in the midterms. about 50% democratic. and young voters are one of the few groups who still give president obama a thumbs up.

>> thank you, sir. >> reporter: the effort to woo young voters this year may be of little value. they vote in presidential elections, but historically their turnout in midterms is lousy. accounting for only 6% or 7% of the vote. jeanne meserve, cnn, washington. sticking with politics, the president who came into office with a sizable mandate from the people finds himself in unfamiliar territory, slumping poll numbers and hecklers. the crowd in boston last night, largely gave him a rousing welcome. but midway through his speech, you'll hear hecklers in the distance taking him off message. listen here. >> if they take over congress, the other side has promised to roll back health reform so that insurance companies can go back to denying you coverage before -- because you're sick. they want to roll back reform so

wall street companies aren't on the hook for bailouts and so credit card companies can hit you with hidden fees and penalties. if they win in congress, they will cut aids funding right here in the united states of america and all across the world. >> as you hear right there, the president was unable to ignore the hecklers and deciding to answer them and their criticism that they said that he hasn't done enough to fight aids. he says they are. >> one of the great things about being a democrat is we like arguing with each other. but i would suggest to the folks who are concerned about aids funding, take a look at what the republican leadership has to say about aids funding. >> you hear him responding to hecklers there. i want to bring in two people here who would never heckle the president. from the college national republicans committee, rob lockwood. he's the communications director for that group.

and michael worley is the communications director for the college democrats of america. look at those two guys. they would never yell at the president. thank you both for being here. let me start with you and the democrats. we keep hearing about the enthusiasm gap. republicans are more enthused about going to the polls this time around, and the young folks as well on the republican side. would you concede that point that republicans right now, including young republicans, are more excited than you young democrats? >> well, it's difficult to see that enthusiasm gap amongst the 300 people that attended in washington, d.c. it's difficult to see an enthusiasm gap with the 3,000 students we had rallying with the president three weeks ago at university of wisconsin. students understand the risks in this election. they under the risks we're facing with the republican control that wants to cut 20% of higher education funding. we don't need to go back to the days where students that are being hit with higher tuition also have further cuts. so they understand the

difference, and they're exced for this election. >> michael, you sound like you're on your talking points. michael, it sounds like you threw out a few numbers at me. 300 at one meeting. 26,000 at a rally at a college campus. but you are telling me, despite those two numbers you just named, that you don't believe it at all, despite whatever poll might be out there, that democrats, even young democrats, don't share the same enthusiasm right now as republicans? >> what i'm saying is that from my personal experience, that's what i've seen. what i've seen is these large numbers being turning out. i think that just last weekend, 120 college democrats in the d.c. area got on two buses, even during midterms, and went up to work for an entire weekend for joe sestak in pennsylvania. college democrats are enthusiastic. college students are enthusiastic about these midterms. from personal experience, i can tell you that we have seen that enthusiasm. >> rob, you tell me what your personal experience has been among the republicans. we've got 120 to go up to work, 300 a meeting here, 26,000, a

rally there. can you match those numbers, and can you exceed the enthusiasm he says exists on the democratic side? >> yeah, absolutely. i mean, starts off we have a program called operation red november, which means that we have 25 full-time field reps paid by the college republican national committee to be in five battle ground states. we've recruited over 25,000 new college republicans along, which is an unprecedented level. and those volunteers thus far have turned out 30,000-plus volunteer hours for statewide victory. that's a level the college democrats can't compete on right now. >> can't compete. i want to ask you about something else that you have on your website. it's a direct quote. it says, the ground has never been more fertile to win the generational allegiance of america's youth. what do you guys mean by that? >> well, the young vote is up for grabs for true this time. recent polling is showing that 66% of kids in 2008 voted for president obama and the democrats. right now his approval rating is at 44%. which means that 20% plus of

independent voters truly looking to rogue the power of ideas not just the power of identity of their politicians and policy they're in favor of. when you win the generational attitude for colleges, because those are the most formative years of shaping a political opinion, so if you win their allegiance now, it's relevant for 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016 at least. and then everything's up for grabs again. that's why we say it's fertile because kids are looking for the power of ideas. >> i want you both to listen to something. it's part of a campaign the republicans are doing right now, essentially calling for the youth who may have supported obama the last time around, to essentially break up with him. michael, i'm going to ask you about it after we take a look at it. >> we met on facebook. he had me at hope and change. >> you're the man. >> he hung out with ashton kutcher. >> he had an entourage. >> my parents warned us about this. >> this is the one. >> the way he drove, it sent a chill down my leg. >> then it occurred to us he

lied to us. >> then he started spending my money and telling me what to do all the time. he wanted to be my doctor, my banker. >> it's definitely you. it's not me. >> it's over. >> you can keep the change. >> we're done. >> no matter what, you can probably say it's pretty funny and kind of creative. essentially a play into what a lot of young people can relate to, relationships where you're promised one thing, be it a college sweetheart or whoever it may be, and you end up breaking up with them when you really find out about them? do you find truth to that? or in your experience, some of the young democrats you deal with, that, yes, we thought we were getting one thing with this hope and change, and we got something else. >> what college students got out of this commitment to president obama and his policies has been the highest investment in higher education in u.s. history. we have seen over the course of two years the amount of student aid double in the united states, for pell grants, for loans across the board. we have seen an increase for students during a time when tuitions are on the rise.

just a few years ago during the bush administration and during a republican-controlled congress, we saw a $200 to $300 cut in pell grants per student. 90,000 students lost their coverage. >> michael. i expected more from you this morning. you're more on your talking points than most of these politicians i talk to on the air here. >> no. >> i am talking about real stuff here and real emotion out there. >> and i'm talking about -- >> because people say don't ask, don't tell. a lot of people not happy with health care, not happy with the spending. >> i'm talking about the real problem of student debt. >> you're talking more talking points to me and numbers you're rolling out to me. you talked about your experience out there. what is your experience? >> my experience is a student that has to carry student debt. and because of the progress that has been made by this administration, that now becomes easier on me than it would be two years ago. for the first time in my life, i had to get a private loan when i transferred universities this time. two years ago, the credit market was so frozen it would have been difficult for me to have done that. now with this president and this

congress making such an incredible investment in students, students like me have the ability to go to the college and universities that we want to, to get the education that we need to be competitive in an equalized work force. >> that's what i'm talking about, michael, that real experience as a real student. that's what i was want to go hear from you. rob, how do you respond to that? you're trying to get people to break up with the president. some young people want to give him more time. some would have the same experience you hear from michael right there. you know what, i had an easier time a few years ago with getting loans and dealing with things. now there's stuff added to me. they think this president is helping out. how do you combat that and try to get people to break up with the president they think may be helping them out. >> first of all, the president, like i said, was very popular in 2008. he won 66%. this poll from the ap on monday shows he's at 44% of favorability. why is the question that people are breaking up with him, like our ad suggests. it's because of debt. debt and financial responsibility are things that

everybody can relate to. right now, current kids will owe over $120,000 to the debt alone, or because of the debt, due to the fact that the obama administration, the democrats in congress increased the debt by 54% since they've taken office. if you want to talk about educational -- what they've done for education, we can talk about wasteful spending, which is where republicans get really upset. two of the earmarks alone in the stimulus bill. one gave $700,000, i believe it was to georgia tech university, to study music improvization. how does that create jobs? >> you're on your talking points like michael. let me ask you, just to wrap it up here. do you not have an experience or talk to young republicans who have kind of the same experience as michael, where they do believe they need help because they're young people? you talk about debt anded aing to the deficit and so on and so forth. but on a personal level with these young people who may be getting help with the college loans, they think this president can provide it. what is your experience like

michael's? >> no, absolutely. i will tell you this, i know you're going to think it's a talking point. i was on penn state's campus two weeks ago. it's going to be $120,000 that everybody is going to owe to the debt, and there's 20% unemployment. kids can't find a job, and they were promised a job. that's the broken promise. if i can't find a job and i'm going to owe this money, where's the money to pay into the system going to come? if i can't ever produce, what happens then? it's a scary thought for kids to think, if they can't find work, they can't pay into a debt. it's, like i said, a very scary process. this is what kids are talking about nationwide. that's why they're looking to the power of ideas. they're readsing about policies, and that's why they're going to vote republican. >> rob and michael, guys, i appreciate having you on. this has been fun. i want to look into possibly having you guys back. certainly giving you a hard time about your talking points. those are things i know you wanted to get out. giving you a tough time there. michael, appreciate you sharing your experience especially. that's what we want to hear about. young people and what they're

going through and what's going to happen in a couple of weeks. gentlemen, thank you both for being here. hope to talk to you again soon. >> thank you. >> whew. >> i like those guys. i like talking to young folks about stuff like that. >> the big question is, going into the mid terms is the youth vote going to be motivates to show up? as jeanne meserve setd in her piece. they turn out for presidential elections. >> we shall see. they might surprise us this time around. >> that's right. this morning's news quiz about america's first ladies. which first lady was the first to get her graduate degree? eleanor roosevelt? pass nixon? hillary clinton? think about it. [ male announcer] nature is unique... ...authentic... ...pure... and also delicious. ♪ like nature valley. granola bars made with crunchy oats and pure honey. because natural is not only good,

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