they take your credit card information and they do and will track you. i think that i'm a little nervous about and to be scared about, google reading message, reading your messages. that's just the next frontier in terms of privacy. that's going to be interesting, carmen and james. thanks for a terrific hour. make sure you join us every week, saturdayed at 1:00, sunday the at 3:00. logon to cnnmoney.com. have a great weekend. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ed seven deadly sins of money management. big no, no, that could get new big financial trouble. and flying food. one of the viral videos we'll show you this hour, and a frantic pace on the campaign trail just ten days before the

midterms. you don't want to miss cnn's "ballot bowl" from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. eastern time. you're in the "cnn newsroom" right now where the news unfolds live this saturday october 23rd. i'm fredricka whitfield. ten days and counting. that's how much time is left until election day in the critical midterm elections. today we're keep an eye on a couple of the bigger campaign events. in florida, sarah palin is teaming with rnc chairman michael steele as a fund-raiser and there to support candidate marco rubio. and president obama takes the stage with mark dayton. it's the president's last stop on his five-state, four-day western swing. so the president has more campaign stops scheduled for next weekend, but is the president still moving the needle at all for democrats? cnn deputy political director paul steinhauser is in washington this afternoon. paul, how much does the president's appearance really

matter? >> reporter: you know, the president, fred it really matters a lot in this election. people ask me, wait a minute. president barack obama is not on the ballot. why does he matter? fred, here is why. the republicans are trying to make these midterm elections all about the president and what he's done at the white house, his agenda, how he's worked on the economy and tying democrats to the president. look at this. our most recent cnn poll of polls. we put it out yesterday. compiled the most recent presidential approval ratings. it appears americans are divided on barack obama and the job he's doing. 47% thumbs up. 48% thumbs down. americans appear divide and the president and republicans are trying to tie democratic candidates to the president and say what the spread doing is wrong. if democrats are supporting him, you should not vote for them. they're strategy, and can you see a lot more about the president. cnn.com/politics brand new article by ed henry. >> still talking about the

president. what about his latery and what it means in the next two years? >> reporter: the second these elections are over in ten days, myself and a lot of others fo s focusology the battle for 212. four in ten people in the national poll, gallup poll, re-elected in 2012. four in ten. not so good. president bill clinton around the same time in 1994 had a similar number. we know two years later, president bill clinton was re-elected and his approval ratings this time in 1994 similar as well. you can see. 48% approval. remember, two years from now, a long time away. the next battle for the presidency will evolve and who knows what the conditions in the country will be two years from now. >> long time away, but it's going just like this. talk about the battle for congress. in virginia earlier today. why is the race there so important? >> reporter: just got back from annandale, virginia's 11th congressional district. a parade, annual fall festival and parade.

both candidates, democratic freshman congressman jerry connolly and his republican challenger both marching in the parade talking to voters. a great place to do it. this is a district where connolly voted lock step with the president and with nancy pelosi in the house. his republican opponent says, listen, that's not right. this is a district where a lot of people work in washington and work for government. republicans, fred, think, here's the big picture. if they can win back the connolly district, virginia and others like it, have a good shot at getting the 39 seats they need to reclaim control of the house representatives. we'll find out in ten days. won't we? >> sure will. paul steinhauser, thanks so much. appreciate that. >> reporter: thank you. polling station workers in connecticut now are now the fashion police. the connecticut secretary of state says poll workers are allowed to ask voters to cover up if they happen to be wearing world wrestling entertainment gear because former wwe executive linda mcmahon is running for the senate in

connecticut and wearing wwe anything could be considered campaigning attire. mcmahon trails democrat richard blumenthal in the latest cnn opinion resovereign corporation poll by 13 points. republicans say the clothing crackdown could keep some supporters from voting at all. cnn's "ballot bowl" is back next hour. hear where the candidates, president barack obama and former alaska governor sarah palin are saying about the race and the issues. we count down to those important political election with the best political team on television. "ballot bowl" starting at 3:00 right here on cnn. all right. the death toll in haiti from cholera keeps growing. it is now over 200, and health officials fear the deadly disease will find its way to la haiti's capital where thousands were left homeless from the january earthquake still live in squalor and tent cities. a spokesman for the humanitarian

affairs office joins us by phone from port-au-prince. give me an idea how port-au-prince prepares itself for this cholera to spread to that major city? >> caller: yes, well, this is our major concern at the moment, obviously. actually, i have to say, the most vulnerable areas of the city, are not necessarily the people in the camps. rep that 80% of port-au-prince was affected before the quake hit. they don't have sanitation and the access to clean water many of the people in the camps have and don't have access to the systems we have now. if they do find cases in camp, that information will reach us quickly and we'll be able to respo respond. what we've done, large publications going on the past few day, hundreds going outygie techniques.

how to treat the early symptoms of cholera. the simple things are the most effective way of preventing and responding to any outbreak. it's basically hand washing. it's making sure that people prepare food properly and only consume clean water, and if it's suspected, a case is identified, treat it quickly by getting fluid into people. if you do that early on, a dramatic difference. >> what are the symptoms? clearly, a lot of people have no idea what the symptoms of cholera are there. they may not feel well. aren't sure why they don't feel well. what are some of the symptoms they typically are showing? >> caller: well, cholera manifests here as acute diarrhea and vomiting. it can set on very quickly, particularly in children. onset of symptoms and death can be as quickly as four hours. dying mostly of dehydration.

the hydration early on is the issue. obviously, though cholera is not a -- this since 1960, diarrhea is common. the question is identifying what is cholera and what is normal diarrhea? this is a very big challenge right now. though we have suspected case, it's very important that we investigation and confirm before we medicate people. this is why the public information matters so much. and to the houses as well, the basic principles such as isolation and the importance of quarantining people in cases that are put in hospitals is not something many are familiar with. >> thanks so much with the u.n. humanitarian affair. appreciate all the best as you try treat and get to the aid of all that need it there. >> caller: thank you. meantime, weeky leeks published nearly 400,000 classified military documents online. the whistle-blower website says

they revealed hidden truths about the war. among the revelations, details about civilian deaths. wikileaks claims 15,000 of those deaths were never publicly documented before now. we'll have a live report on the record, and the pentagon's response in about 20 minutes from now. all right. the seven deadly sins of money management. find out what they are, and what they could cost you right after this. does this getyeah. gas mileage?

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i bet you haven't heard about the deadly sins. the seven deadly since of money management. indulging in them can get new serious financial trouble. here to tell us what they are and how to avoid them, alfred ed minh, good to see you, joining us from new york. >> hey, fredricka. how are you? >> doing great. let's begin with anger. you really should not make purchases, do anything about your money, when it deals with

anger. that's the number one sin on your list of seven? >> well, yeah. black enterprise -- posted on the home page of black enterprise today. ang sir the biggest of the deadly sins to do with your money. never, ever spend money when you're emotional when you're angry, distracted. it leads to impulse buying and you're not really conscience of what you're spending. >> then there's envy. we know sometimes people see something that somebody else has and said, oh, my gosh, i want that. and you say, do not indulge? >> this is why it's important to have your own budget. we all have challenges keeping up with the jones. if they have it, i must have it. it means don't get caught up and being worried and jealous of what others have. focus on what you have and what you can afford. >> gluttony. parallel, right? what do we mean by gluttony?

>> gluttony is often you sgee a store and went in for what you needed then your eyes got big and you're seeing the word sale and you just buy because it's there. and your excuse, of course, it's on sale. it's on sale. it's on sale. it's important to go in with a clear idea what you're going to spend money on. shopping with a list is very important no matter where you go and go in for what you went for and come back out. don't get excited about spending for the fun of spending. >> how is that going to be different from greed? just wanting it all? >> greed is something that we wrestle with as a nation, because we are a wealthy nation. sometiming you were get caught up in rampant materialism. when want the shoes in every color they come in. we want to accumulate because we can. when you look at credit card debt, we end up spending money we don't really have. that's not not really getting caught up in materialism that can be a big culprit here in america. >> number five on the list is

lust. all that glitters is not gold. right? >> here's how you can tell if you're shopping out of lust, just out of the love of shopping. if you feel guilty afterwards, and you know a lot of people get home, and the u for yar wears off look at the prices and often go back and return it. if you're doing that, you're shopping out of lust. not out of a need or want. it's the euphoria of shopping, and that can be very, very dangerous. >> it's good you might have the impulse to return it, then. you're responding to, i guess, that feeling? >> yeah, but if the you're doing it over and over and over again, it's really an unhealthy cycle. >> okay. and then it boils down to pride. what do we mean by this? >> well, pride comes in two ways. one is, not willing to admit to yourself that you're in trouble and reaching out for help. whether that means getting krez it counseling, calling your credit card company and trying to negotiate a better rate, or try to help you get out of

trouble. you won't even admit you're in trouble. the other side of pride, not being able to say to yourself, i can't afford this now. there's a lot of people that have a hard time with has, because they feel somehow they're failing this way. they have to admit they can't afford something. swallow your pride. look at what you really can afford, and don't feel bad about it. >> you say number seven of the deadly sin of money management. people don't necessarily take into account all of their spending. and you say stlz no excuse for that. that's pure lazy. being a slough. this is the one, even in good times we're have are have lazy about recordkeeping. not breaking down spending on a day-to-day basis or writing it down. we do it by memory's in good economic time wes get away with it because there's a big margin for error. we're finding it's difficult coming out of the great recession, we didn't have that margin for error and it's very important to write down what you're spending, how you're

spending it so you know where your money is going. that's what most of us are guilty of, we don't want to do it by memory. >> all things you can be held accountable for, seven since. you really can fix and correct yourself. it doesn't cost you anything, really, to try and figure out how do i get myself together? these are all things that are kind of, it's self-restraint. bottom line. isn't it? >> well, self-restraint and making yourself more conscience of what you're doing when you're doing it. so much of the spending we do is unconscious spending. that can be dangerous. we're telling people, repent! repent for your own financial good. and, again if you go blackenterprise.com to the home page, you'll see the -- you can't get your finances in order if you really focus in these areas, you can get your finances

in order. >> thanks for your time from new york today. >> my pleasure. it's great being with you fredricka. >> thanks so much. we're have you again, hopefully if your schedule allows it. all right, tonight cnn anchor and special correspondent soledad oh brian examines how some people are fighting the financial crisis from the pulpit, "almighty debt," a black in america special airs tonight and tomorrow only on cnn. something else we're also looking forward to a special e igs of "viral video rewind." the winner of one of the biggest competitions in the world of online videos. can't wait for this, josh. >> yeah. we got the winners for you. >> because they got more than 23,000 submissions for this thing. youtube and guggenheim. one of the winners, one that you and i know well, someone snuck into the hotel room of a music i don, got an interview. created a cartoon out of it.

now it is being name one of the most innovative videos ever. i'm going to show you this. tell you who the icon is. plus, a type of motion animation and all videos projected on the outside of a major landmark in new york. all of that is coming up in viral video rewind.ec o can stop frequent heartburn before it begins? heartburn happens when stomach acid refluxes into the esophagus. prilosec otc uses a unique delayed-release system that protects the medicine as it passes through the stomach's tough acid. then it gets absorbed into the body, turning off many acid-producing pumps at the source. with just one pill a day, you get 24-hour heartburn protection all day and all night. prilosec otc. heartburn gone. power on.

all right. very soon we're going to have the hottest videos on the internet. we'll find out what they are straight ahead. first a look at top stories. in juarez, mexico, another hoar terrific crime. gunmen open fire on a house party killing at least 11 people. as many as 7 wounded. the victims all young people. no word on a motive. juarez is at the epicenter in mexico's battle of drug gains. two georgetown university students and another person are under arrest after the discovery of a suspected meth lab inside a dormitory. police say chemicals were found at the scene, but no illegal drugs. the dorm was evacuated for a couple of hours.

and in california, a deadly shark attack. a 19-year-old college student was killed right in the surf off vandenberg air force base, boogie boarding with a friend when a shark bit off his left leg and pulled him under reportedly. the beach is about three of them in the area have since been closed. off the coast of louisiana, 32 sea turtles impacted by the gulf oil disaster are back in the wild. they were released earlier today, about 50 miles south of grand isle. the turtles were rescued after the oil leak and treated for exposure. >> nice 0 to see happy picture there's of the turtles. now, something else to make you very happy. our viral video rewind. we told you about a huge international video competition a while back, on youtube and josh levs now with the results. winners announced. >> you two and i got together, most innovative videos ever on planet online.

more than 23,000 videos submitted from more than 91 countries. this jury picked the top 25. it was going to be 20. so amazed they wanted to go with 25. look how they announced them. projected on to the exterior of the guggenheim. so if you were in new york, anywhere in that area, and this is a technology, you and i talk about it, called video mapping. it's not the same as lasers but a similar idea. projects images on the outside of a building. >> that's a favorite museum in new york. gosh. it's beautiful. kind of circular thing, as you see in that video. >> and you and i talked about a lot of these videos are like modern art. that's what's they're celebrating. we start with one that's flying food. what they're celebrating a be it is just how impressive it is physically. look. go ahead and take a look at what it looks like. take that video, and it is -- there you go.

keep watching. this is by eric and matthew huber, and the jury talked about this as just beautiful in that it's high quality. it's actual video. it's not fake. it's not enhanced. and they talk about how they got every pixel, every frame, every color to just be so incredibly strong and pure. >> of course ice want to know how they did it. initially i'm thinkinging upside down. no, it's all stagnant for a moment. >> super -- apparently they took super high quality video and -- >> jolted the table -- >> exactly. jolted the table. you can see how far videos have gone. >> makes me hungry. >> bottom line. >> so the next one a video you and i talked about which is, with john lennon.

in 1969, a 14-year-old kid snuck into his hotel room in toronto, got an interview with him. four decades later almost, he and a few other people animated it. here's how it turned out. take a look. >> many ways of promoting, do everything for peace. smile for peace. go to school for peace or don't go to school for peace. whatever you do, just do it for peace. it's up to the people. you can't blame it on the government and say they're going to put us into war. we put them there. we allow it. we can change it if we really want to change it, we can change it. >> a deep conversation with a 14-year-old at the time. >> says a lot about the time. these day, no one could sneak into a star's room for an interview. a good thing. in '69, times were different. who knows what was going on. up in toronto. yeah. i'm at the walrus. all right, another one to check out here. look at this imagery in the next video. another example of -- watch what this guy does.

this seaweed, by grisly man, rocket to the sky. in london. he holds on to the freeze frame image where he put his arms and then keeps going and put all of those images together and created this one big picture. this is the kind of thing you're looking at. >> those arms are moving. this is very freaky. >> yeah, because he held on to the video. i know. incredible. >> oh. brilliant. what brilliant ideas. >> this is the kind of thing we're seeing. in these videos. just fascinating artistry that took time. some took week, months. >> what was this called again? . >> calls it seaweed. >> okay. seaweed. >> and -- >> hmm. >> this is -- right now, i posted as always all the links on my facebook. josh levs@cnn and see them for yourself. and we'll have more tomorrow on

the 5:00 hour, to continue to look at these, and it's just what you ar and i talk about. we're busy in the news world and in our lives and there's art ifrts and some are choosing youtube as their easel. right? that's what we see. >> and using their own bodies, and their creativity. fascinating. of course, that was soothing, but i also look forward to that tranquil moment you often bring on a sunday. >> yes. all bets on the 5:00 p.m. eastern hour. >> josh, appreciate it. thank you. the website, wikileaks, calling it the largest classified military leak in history. thousands of secret war documents published online. we'll tell you what's in them and how the pentagon is now responding, next. jetblue -- financing their fleet, sharing our expertise, and working with people who are changing the face of business in america. after 25 years in the aviation business, i kind of feel like if you're not having fun at what you do, then you've got the wrong job.

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400,000 classified military documents on the iraq war. the whistle-blower website says the papers revealed hidden truths about the war, including evidence showing coalition and iraqi forces that may have committed war crimes. the records also detail thousands of additional civilian deaths, the anti-war group, iraq body count says that information will help families who never knew how their loved ones died. >> the first casualty of war is the truth. the attack on the truth by war begins long before war starts and continues long after a war ends. in our release of these 400,000 documents about the iraq war, the intimate detail of that war from the u.s. perspective, we hope to correct some of that

attack on the truth that occurred before the war, during the war and champion has continued on since the war officially concluded. >> based on our careful estimates, when fully analyzed these will bring to the public 15,000 unreported civilian deaths to add to the 107,000 which are already in the body count data base. 15,000 is a huge number. equivalent to five 9/11s or nearly 3007/7s. >> so what are military leaders saying about all this? chris lawrence has been talking to people there, and what are they saying to you? >> reporter: well, bottom line, fred, one difference one official told me, this makes the u.s. military more vulnerable today than it was just a few months ago. in fact, he says it's a treasure-trove of information

that reveals not only military tactics but also information on how the u.s. military cultivates its sources. now, the pentagon spokesman says it also reveals information about iraqis who cooperated with americans and puts their lives in danger. the thing is, that's the same thing they claimed in july, when wikileaks released the information about u.s. documents in afghanistan. and yet both a nato official and someone right here in the pentagon have told us that there is not one case of an afghan being identified by wikileaks being harmed? are you demonizing wikileaks for no reason. >> i don't believe so. remember, this is an organization that induces peep to break the law, leak classified information and then exposes that information to the world for everyone to potentially take advantage of, including our enemies. those we're currently fighting

and those we may one day be in conflict with. >> reporter: his argument is the military of say, china, or iran, now have about a half million classified documents in which t fight the u.s. military. his argument is potential enemy, not just the ones the u.s. is fighting now, could use these field reports to decipher information on u.s. military. >> what about iran and its role, perhaps, in the iraq war? >> reporter: you'll remember for years president bush was criticized for exaggerating iran's role in iraq, to sort of support his get tough policy with iran. well, a lot of what's in these documents sort of validate president bush and show really a long-standing pattern of iranian aggression in iraq. you know, iraqi insurgents going to iran to be trained as

snipers. iran helping insurgents plan certain attack. one even dames altercations at actual firefights between u.s. and iranian forces right along the border there. so, again, you're talking about a lot more involvement by iran than what we originally believed. >> and so anything more about you know, claims of iran crossing into the iraqi border to arrest even the three american hikers? one who is now back home? >> yeah. you know, sort of called the iranian hikers, but, really what these documents seem to show, if you believe these u.s. military reports, is that these three americans were clearly on the iraqi side of the border had they were seized by iranian agents and brought into iran. now, one has since been released, but two are still being held there in iran. >> chris lawrence, pentagon correspondent. thanks so much from washington. appreciate that. >> reporter: you're welcome.

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in a moment, about alarming new report on diabetes and how it may soon be an epidemic across america. first a look at our top stories -- typhoon megi sends hundreds of thousands fleeing as it makes landfall in a southeastern province. so far 270,000 people evacuated. it is now losing strength as it heads inland, but will bring heavy rains in the next few

days. more distressing news out of earthquake ravaged haiti. a cholera outbreak has killed more than 200 people, and the illness is spreading with more than 2,300 people sick. the outbreak comes after recent heavy rains while haiti still tries to recover from january's major earthquake. and google admits it failed dadly by inadvertently collecting private information sent across wireless networks in 30 countries including here in the u.s. on a blog the company admits private e-mails, urls and passwords were collected and stored why its street use service was documenting roadway locations. and this medical news out this week warns americans that we're not only getting fatter, we're actually getting sicker. the headline from the cdc. in 40 years, by the year 2050, one in three american adults will have diabetes. one in three. so what can we do to avoid this health crisis? well i asked registered

dietitian julie schwartz. >> there's a lot of things, genes we can't control. some of our environment, but we can control what we put in our mouth, and we can control moving through the day. >> non-medical methods in which to, you know, keep or stave off diabetes? >> right. and there's an abundance of research of programs that have worked, with millions of people, actually, and what we do in the programs that worked, people eat more fruits and vegetables. eat less fat and move more throughout the day. even ten minutes of walking here, ten minutes of walking there, just trying to add up to about 150 minutes of any kind of activity throughout the week make as huge difference. >> being really alarmed at these stats in 40 years. look around, more than half americans are deal wig a weight problem or obesity right now and everybody knows there's a

correlation between obesity and diabetes? >> there is. i believe a lot of that correlation also comes down to lifestyle as well as the fat cell. but the lifestyle is what we can control. so it's not about making drastic changes, giving up your favorite food, like a diet would do. a diet tells you, stop eating this. stop eating that, and then tells you how you fail. and then if you take a lifestyle approach, you can figure out, what did i need to eat? what can i add to my day, instead of deprivation. >> help me understand wrap i should be eating pup you said more fruits and vegetables. we reach for things and maybe the fat consent is a little higher than we might want it to be in an optimal way, but that's what tastes good and works well on my plate here? >> it's not about giving those things up. it's balancing the higher fat foods with lower fat foods. really, the balance idea is important, because when we give health recommendations, it's

also the same basic recommendation for people to be satiated or satisfied with their meals. so it may have had that little bit of high-fat food, maybe dessert. balance that out with lower fat foods throughout the day. again, the fruits and vegetable message, we hear that over and over and over, yet most americans have one serving or less a day. >> you want to have how many serving a day? >> five to seven, at least. >> five to seven. >> yeah. >> all right. >> and just try and incorporate it more into the day. not being afraid of fruit because it has sugar. it's natural sugar. there's plenty of highly other sought after -- >> suppress that urge to go for the candy bar when you go for the natural sugar-type things? >> right. and your body is craving that natural sugar, and our brain says, go get the candy bar. >> dietitian julie schwartz. more encouragement? another number to consider. right now nearly 6 million

americans have diabetes and don't even know. a message from above for a thief who stole air conditioners from a florida church. we'll tell what you god says to the thief in our water cooler segment straight ahead. first, imagine flying through the sky in an airplane that maneuvers more like a sports car? cnn's gary tuchman got the chance to check out this hot new plain. here's this week's "edge of discovery." >> reporter: soaring over these california canyons is the icon a5, an example of the faa's newest class of plane called light sport aircraft. >> they call it the biggest change in aviation in 50 years. >> reporter: to fly 2 it, you'll need a sport pilot license that typically costs less and requires less training than beginner pilots needed before, but the license also comes with

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your location. the trip is automatically billed to your credit card. so, so easy these days. you don't have to do this -- anymore. jut do this. >> no getting splashed, as the cars, you can just -- shake your little device and, oh, here in two minutes. >> when is that going to happen in new york 12i? >> that would be nice. it's going to be a while. >> hey, jacqui. good to see you. >> i love the air conditioner one, by the way. >> you're going to need that ac, because you're going to -- a place that's hot. >> i think so. >> has was the implication. >> well, it's fall. not a lot of hot, but some of it out there. we've been dealing with a lot of heat across the southeast as of late, and knew cold and rather potent system making its way across the u.s., and that's -- >> just in time. >> clashing up with the war air and bringing nasty thunderstorms. that red box is the tornado watch, which is in effect and includes the dallas-ft. worth area. a warning a half hour ago. north of the city damage in the

richland hills area, but that storm has passed up to the north, but we're keeping an eye on this one. this looking pretty nasty. likely see damaging winds and probably hail associated with that as pell. the rain coming down heavy. flooding in the san angelo area. a couple rescues this morning. be prepared for flash flooding if you're traveling through this area today as well. rising rapidly but then move out of the area. we have another stronger storm system heading in from the west. today we had a little weak one. tomorrow looks like it will really pack a punch. this is the coldest wreen seve this season. talking about the cascades and rockies and wasatch range, 6 to 12 inches of snowfall maybe. ski resorts are happy about that. travelers probably not so much. we'll watch the storms move towards it's tennessee valley for tomorrow. last, not least, we want to tell you the latest what's going on with tropical storm richard. intensified quite a bit. a strong tropical storm with

winds of 65 miles per hour moving in towards nicaragua and honduras, bringing heavy rainfall and flooding. likely to take a westerly trek. talking about threats towards the gulf the last couple of days. the model is providing more of a con sense inbut we'll continue to keep an eye on it. >> we'll let you keep an eye on it and wait for you to tell us. >> okay. >> you're the expert. thank you. just ten days away. hard to believe. until midterm elections. we want to get you caught up with the developing stories from the campaign trail. here's what's crossing right now on the cnn political ticker. president barack obama is facing criticism over his campaign stops. in the gop weekly address, republican senator says the president should be spending more time at the white house creating jobs instead of trying to save the job of congressional democrats. and florida gubernatorial candidate rick scott is being

praised now by his former rival in the republican prime marry. state t.attorney general will n vote against scott. the two face-off monday in a debate right here. cnn's john king actually moderates that debate, 7:00 p.m. eastern time. republicans are upset at a closing decision in connecticut. the secretary of state says poll workers can ask voters to cover up any merchandise from world wrestling entertainment, because it can be considered as campaigning. former wwe linda mcmahon is the republican candidate for senate. this election year, 37 governorships are up for grabs, and one politician called those races the main event. here now are josh levs with an explanation. >> fred some are calling this election of a decade. a reason. things people should understand how huge it can be, what happens when you vote the duber nay tore

races. zoom in on the map. cnn.com, talking to you about the state of the governorships in america today. red, republican governor. blue, democratic governor. switch to the house. watch what happens. the current makeup of the house. what you might not have thought about is the way the governor's race could change this. that's because we've just completed a census. the way it works, the results start to come in it is expected that lawmakers will reorganize the districts in stateses all over the country. hoop ininflus, in many states, some influence what the districts look like. in fact, let me show you the districts that come up a lot when we talk about this. zoom back in. iowa. iowa gets a lot of the phrase. the reason is, iowa has an independent and they make a lot of sen. not so mitch in other states.

in pennsylvania, some all over the place. this blue one that twists around, referreds to an incumbent protection district. new york, lots of blue. right above the red section, an area, one district, referred to as the earmuffs, designeded basically to help one party. florida comes under discussion as well. a website, redistricting the nation dotcom. look at this's they put together what they think is some of the craziest looking districts in america. zoom in one last time pup don't need to know where they are. see all the various shapes. ridiculous when you look at it. the idea is the people who gain power in your state legislature, and your governor. whoever becomes the governor will ultimately have real influence over what the districts are for the entire next decade. another reason to pay a lot of attention and pay part in that kroet. fun adistrict will be shaped like that. >> unbelievable.

>> josh levs, thanks so much. appreciate that. i'm fredricka whitfield at the cnn center in atlanta. much more of politics to come. that's why we've got "ballot bowl" coming your way ed henry, jessica yellin, live speeches from president obama and sarah palin. just minutes from now, "ballot bowl" is back right after this.