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hometown heroes. early this tuesday morning, hometown heroes. early this tuesday morning, november 2nd, 2010. captioning funded by cbs a lot of places around the country, people already headed to the polls. good morning, everybody. i'm harry smith. >> i'm maggie rodriguez. >> your polls just opening or have been open for a day on the day the republicans are hoping will be their days and democrats hoping won't be as predicted. >> people around the country just thankful aft political ads will stop. >> finally. after months of campaigning, countless political ads and aest maited spending of $4 billion, it's now up to the voters. at stake today, all 435 seats in the house of representatives, 37 seats in the senate and 37 governmentships. the control of congress will come down to two key numbers. ten and 39.

for a majority in the senate, republicans need to pick up ten additional seats. in the house, the magic number is 39. we kick off our election coverage with cbs news congressional correspondent nancy cordes. nancy, good morning. >> good morning, harry. republicans are growing very confident they'll be able to win control of the hus of representatives. in fact, they think they'll gain far more than the 39 seats they need. perhaps even 50 or 60 seats. >> if we're lucky enough to be in the majority, i'm lucky enough to be the speaker of the house -- it's going to be real different. >> reporter: john boehner and fellow republicans have ever reason to believe cheering. according to the latest gallup poll, unprecedented 55% of likely voters say they'll be casting the ballot for the gop today. compared to just 40% for the democrats. the last time republicans did so well was in 1994, the year of the republican revelation with 52 seats.

analysts predict similar gains tonight. democrats brought out their biggest stars in a last-minute scramble for votes. >> everybody's playing politics and everybody tries to turn three dimensional people into two dimensional cartoons. >> reporter: former president bill clinton headed to wf in support of senate hopeful joe manchin. >> harry knows who and what he stands for. and he has never forgotten where he came from. >> reporter: in nevada, michelle obama made a last-minute push for harry reid. the majority lead who are's running against tea party candidate sharron angle in a race most polls show him losing. president obama stayed out of sight on monday giving radio interviews and releasing a video to aol. >> hi, this is barack obama. you've got a chance to change your community and your country. all you have to do is vote. >> and now it does all come down to voter turnouts. democrats are a reputation of a strong get out the vote

reputation but republicans have enthusiasm on their side and, harry, we are looking at early voting registration. neither party has a clear-cut advantage there. >> nancy cordes here in new york, thank you so much. joining us exclusively is ed rendell and in indiana congressman mike pence, chairman of the republican conference. >> good morning, harry. >> good morning. >> 24 hours from now, when all is said and done, the most important lesson in this election will be what, mike pence? >> i think the most important lesson of this election is that the american people are still in charge. i think after years of run away federal spending, frankly, by both political parties, borrowing, deficits, bailouts and takeovers, today, as of a little over an hour ago starting here in indiana, the american people are going to reassert themselves into the political

process. and i think remind the political class in washington, d.c. that they're in charge. i really do believe that we're on the verge of a real american renewal. it is whatever happens tonight is a victory for the american people more than any particular political party. >> ed rendell, most important lesson for the democrats 24 hours from now? >> well, i think most important lesson for us is we have to learn to explain and communicate what we have done and what we want to do a lot more clearly and better than we have. but i think mike is right to an extent, harry. i think the big lesson for both parties is i think the american people want them to forget about politics and forget about part sonship and for the next year call a time-out from the bull and try to get real things accomplished for the country. the country's got real problems and they want real answers and not politics. >> congressman, it is interesting. where there's emotion, where there is promise, there is expectation. people remember this from two years ago.

if there is not performance on the end of that there will be change again down the road. how do you fulfill the promise? >> let me say, you know, i think that emotion, though, is largely driven by the fact that the people are scared. i mean, i think they look at a second year in a row of more than a trillion dollar deficit, they look at an era of bailouts and a government takeover of health care and i don't think -- the one thing i differ with governor rendell a bit about, i don't think today is about the american people saying they want washington to get more done. i think there's a lot they want to get undone in washington, d.c. i think there's a lot of change in direction back to fiscal responsibility, personal responsibility. basically demanding that we have a government in washington, d.c. that reflects the character and the decency and the sacrifice and the very nature of the american people. more than it has in recent years. >> ed rendell, did the democrats fail to fulfill expectations

over the last two years? >> well, i think expectations were unreasonably high for barack obama. he took over the presidency, harry, facing the worst set of problems, not of his own making, that any american president faced in the last 50 years. the problems were rhee yated by failed policies over the previous eight years an he can't turn them around automatically. 750,000 jobs were being lost per month when he took over. last year -- last month we gained 60,000 private sector jobs. that's a pretty good turnaround looking at in those terms. >> last but not least, if this election is about some of the things you suggested, governor rendell and some of the things you suggested, mike pence and it's about the economy and job creation, is there a way that these parties work together at the end of the day to help make those things happen? let me start with you, mike pence. >> well, first, let me say that, you know, this is not over. anyone within the sound of my

voice this morning who has heard about the positive back -- the tailwind that republicans have behind them to banish that from their mind, get out and vote as many people here at the columbus airport have done. stay at the polling place and greet their neighbors. tired of the spending, bailouts, tired of the failed economic policies that believe that we can spend our way and take over our way back into prosperity, they need to not only vote today, get their neighbors to vote, but also, stay at the polling place and encourage their neighbors and right after that, you bet. we are going to roll our sleeves up and work with everyone including my friend governor rendell who's willing to rein in federal spending and let the american people keep more of what they earn. >> governor, 20 seconds for your last pitch. >> let me answer the question. we should look at things that produce jobs like investing more money in the nation's infrastructure. hundreds of thousands of well-paying jobs on construction

sites and factories. we have to do something for american manufacturing and most of all we have to start doing it together and end all of this bull. >> ed rendell, mike pence, thank you, gentlemen, very much for your time this morning. do appreciate it. >> thank you, harry. >> all right. here's maggie. with us now from washington to break down some of the key races is cbs news political analyst john dickerson. good morning. >> good morning, maggie. >> the house, a foregone conclusion the republicans will take control. what early returns will you be looking at that this is a strong showing by republicans or a route by republicans? >> indiana is a great place to start. what i'm looking for is there are the races that republicans will certainly pick 7. these are districts that john mccain won in the presidential race, where you have fresh men democrats. they're going to pick those up. will they be able to get into the districts tend to be democratic districts or veterans of the house, long-term democrats who have been there and there are also those kinds of races in virginia. the 5th and the 11th.

the 11th is the democratic district. the 5th, a more republican one. that's the difference between the good night for republicans and a blow-out. >> when will the democrats be able to breathe a tentative sigh of relief tonight? >> some of these close races in pennsylvania and west virginia are the ones to watch. those returns will come in earlier in the night. of course, so close we may be counting those votes all night long but if the democrats are able to hold on in pennsylvania or west virginia, it makes what is already a tough climb for republicans to take all of those ten seats away from democrats it makes that tough climb all that much harder. >> john, we don't talk as much nationally about the governor's races but they're key, aren't they, because they could weigh heavily on the presidential election in 2012. >> they're worth watching. 2012 as you mentioned. nine -- there are nine presidential battleground states where governors will be heading elections and that's important

because the presidential candidate benefits if the governor is of his party in a state. and barack obama won all nine of those states, some of them will go to republicans. the other reason is redistricting. redrawing of the congressional districts after the census. >> "the new york times" analyst last month showed 138 candidates for the house and senate claimed to be backed by the tea party movement. if they have big victories, what it will say about the strength of movement and the godmother sarah palin and if it doesn't what will they say? >> the tea party has done quite well and will be around for a listening time. it is just the republican base and always play an important role in politics and done well enough already and sarah palin sort of makes her own weather to get one last cliche out before election day. and she -- her fans, you know, support her and love her and i think some of her candidates will do well. some won't.

i think she'll did just fine going fine. >> regardless, huh? >> that's right. >> thank you. cbs news special coverage of the midterm elections begins tonight right here on cbs at 10:00 eastern/9:00 central. lots more headlines throughout this morning and erica hill is at the newsesek. >> good morning. . u.s. officials suspect a dry run for the mail bomb plot uncovered last week. cbs news homeland security correspondent bob orr has details this morning for us from washington. bob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. in september u.s. officials intercepted and tracked packages bound for chicago. we are told the packages were opened and inspected and found to hold papers, religious books and also compact items. they contained no threat against the city of chicago and there was nothing dangerous, no explosives in any of the packages. so the boxes were sent on their way to their destinations. well now, law enforcement officials suspect the packages may have been a dry run, maybe a

test of air cargo and distribution logistics. the theory here is that al qaeda in the arabian peninsula maybe mailed the packages the monitor delivery times to determine when planes would be in the air and the packages on the ground. that information obviously could be useful in setting timers on future bombs. now, fast forward. we know that two bombs found friday in great britain and dubai were addressed to places in chicago. so now investigators are doing what they have to do, a harder look at the september mailings. erica? >> cbs' bob orr in washington, thanks. big celebrations continuing this morning in san francisco where the giants are world series champions. last night, the giants edgar renteria blasted a three-run home run in the seventh inning and named most valuable player in the world series. tim lincecum allowed three hits in the 3-1 giants victory over the texas rangers. this is the team's first world series title since 1954.

back when the giants still played in new york. after the game, the champagne was flowing in the locker room. the players partying there with their world series trophy. and back home in the city by the bay, the fans could not have been happier. look at that orange in the streets. celebrating the first ever world series victory in san francisco. probably a little more going on this morning

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for 9 1/2 hours yesterday, can you imagine, mel gibson was forced to sit across from his ex-girlfriend. he had to answer some tough questions. this was a deposition as they fight for custody of their 1-year-old daughter. so what happened? did mel keep his cool? we're going to take you inside the case ahead this morning. also ahead this morning, everybody's wondering if it's time to go out and shop. right, the black friday coming up at the end of the month, right after thanksgiving. should you wait till then? when are the best sales? when is the best time to actually go out and consume during these times when money is so tight, and you want to make sure you get every red cent out of every dollar, you want to stretch it as far as possible. our rebecca jarvis is along. she is the guru of websites. >> do you know that i did all my christmas shopping this weekend online. >> well done. >> and the next day i found that something i bought had gone on sale. >> so, rebecca's got the

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with your votes on where i should start. the trip kicks off november the world champion san francisco ants returned home it's 7:25. time for news headlines from cbs 5. i'm sydnie kohara. the world champion san francisco giants returning home with their world series trophy early this morning. hundreds of screaming fans were at the ballpark to greet them. the giants won the world series four games to one last night's score 3-1. the parade will be tomorrow morning in downtown san francisco. polls will be open until 8:00 tonight for today's midterm elections. state offices are up for grabs and there are a number of state propositions on the ballot. many communities also have local issues for the voters to decide. we'll have complete election coverage starting at 9:00 tonight here on cbs 5. and the fire department still working this fire in east oakland this morning, there are no reports of any injuries from the three-alarm fire that started a little more than an

hour ago. it has burned a three-story residential building. this is on east 15th street between sixth and seventh avenues. traffic and weather around the bay area in just a moment. stay with us. ,,,, our state is in a real mess. and i'm not going to give you any phony plans or snappy slogans that don't go anywhere. we have to make some tough decisions. we have to live within our means. we have got to take the power from the state capitol and move it down to the local level, closer to the people. and no new taxes, without voter approval. we have got to pull together not as republicans or as democrats

but as californians first. at this stage in my life, i'm prepared to do exactly that. good morning. we have several hot spots out there right now. first coming into san francisco, northbound 101 at cesar chavez. we have a car that's laying sideways in the road. the right lane is blocked there. also if you are coming up northbound 880 at whipple and hayward, we have two lanes

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it's a beautiful day to vote. don't you think? election day 2010, finally here. and the polls are open. welcome back to "the early show." some great news this morning in the battle to find a cure for the common cold. there is a newspaper headline this morning out in london that says cure for the common cold finally found. remarkable discovery. is that true? we're going to ask our dr. jennifer ashton. and she will also bring us some healthy cold fighters that can prevent you from getting sick in the first place. >> and ahead this morning, the holiday season just getting started. some stores already pushing out the big sales. how do you know if you are getting the best deal possible? our financial guru rebecca jarvis will tell you about some great websites that actually track those deals. and she'll tell you if those

one-day sales are really one day sales. >> that's ahead. but first at 7:30, a hollywood showdown. for the first time since their better and highly public breakup, mel gibson sat face-to-face with his ex-girlfriend oksana grigorieva. erica hill is here with the latest. >> and the stakes here are high with both parties. the two are embroiled in a bitter custody battle over their 1-year-old daughter. but that is not their only legal battle. oksana grigorieva arrived alone to her lawyer's office for a long day of testimony, while mel gibson avoided the cameras. it was finally his turn to answer questions. his first deposition, over custody of their 1-year-old daughter lucia. the couple split in april, not long after, secretly recorded tapes of what appear to be gibson's violent threats against oksana began surfacing. >> you need [ bleep ] bat in the side of the head. how about that? >> reporter: the tapes immediately turned their private issues into a very public battle. and while oksana has been

deposed now on four occasions, gibson dodged the grilling until now. >> i think mel gibson is very uncomfortable sitting in that law office. because he does not want to be there. >> reporter: at stake, custody, support, and visitation of lucia. >> the judge has to determine whether or not mel gibson is potentially a threat to the child. because oksana may be claiming that mel gibson is unstable. and she can't trust him with the child. >> reporter: gibson may still face charges of domestic violence, while grigorieva is under investigation for extortion in connection with the release of those explosive tapes. >> so that's why i'm so [ bleep ] angry. because i don't have any friends. the career is over. >> reporter: gibson's career continued its downward spiral last month when a planned cameo in "the hangover 2" was abruptly canceled. in a statement the director said gibson, quote, did not ultimately have the full support of my entire cast and crew.

losing a role cannot compare to losing custody of his child. grigorieva is said to be pleased with the day's events. in a statement to cbs news her attorney said, this is a parent issue. she wants to make sure her child is safe. it was quite a long day, apparently, maggie. the deposition lasting some 9 1/2 hours. >> thank you, erica. joining us now is cbs news legal analyst jack ford. good morning. >> good morning, maggie. >> don't know how it went but we did see oksana come out and give a thumbs up as she came out. what are both sides looking for? >> people have to understand. this is not the trial. it's a lead-up to the trial. it's an exchange of information. it's called the discovery process. and what it means is each side has to turn over to the other all the information that they have. if they've got documents, the other side gets to see them. it's not trial by surprise anymore. and sometimes the most important aspect of this is where the major players, put under oath and asked a whole series of questions. and it's wide ranging. nine hours, somebody might say how could they possibly be

talking for nine hours? bottom line in a different, you're not as circumscribed in your testimony as you would be in a trial. >> you can ask about anything? >> it's information that may well lead to information to be admissible at trial. it's a wide-ranging conversation. not surprising at all for each side to walk out and say, we did great. >> it was mel gibson's turn to answer questions. why was she there? does she have to be there? >> she doesn't have to be there but she has a right to be there. if you're the parties to litigation, and it's not off be the parties will show up, you have a right to be there when somebody else is being questioned. here i'm sure she's there with a note pad in front of her. i'm sure her lawyer said to her, look, i don't want reactions from you. i don't want you rolling your eyes or making noises or muttering under your breath but i do want you to take notes. and if he says something you think we have something different about, jot it down, we'll talk. when we take breaks i want to go over with you what he's saying. does he have something you can disagree with that in some fashion? is there a witness out there we can bring in? you get to participate. but it's not like television. she's not going to stand up and throw a glass of water at him

and yell at him, you're a liar and back and forth. that's great drama. but usually, sometimes that happens, but usually it's much more controlled than that. >> so you said in unlike a court case they can bring up anything. does mel gibson have to answer everything? >> well, unless -- here's what happens usually. an attorney might have an objection to a question. generally speaking what they do is they say, objection. and note for the record why and then the person goes ahead and answers it. because down the road a judge will decide. however, we know that there is an investigation going on against both of them. so they still have a fifth amendment right not to answer. so, i've got to believe tha

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on this morning's "moneywatch" get ready to shop. sales are starting earlier than ever this holiday season and here to help find the best deals on your favorite items, cbs news business and economics correspondent rebecca jarvis. good morning. >> good morning, harry. >> how big are the discounts going to be this year? >> the experts say you can expect as much as 50% off this holiday season. and they say if you see 50% off right now, you should snatch it up. that, they say, is probably about the best you're going to get. >> really? >> yeah. >> so if you see that now, you should act? >> that's what the experts say. >> all right. if you know exactly what you want, what is the best place to go online to find the best deals? >> delio.com tracks 30 million different items at 100,000 different readers. you go to dealio.com, you know

exactly what you want. you type it in when you get to the website it will come back with all the retailers, thumbs up and thumbs down in terms of customer experiences there. also coupon codes for getting it at the lowest price. dealio.com. >> next question, if you know what you want but you're willing to wait for awhile, what's the best site to go through? >> those who are willing to wait it out for the very best bargain, dealnews.com is a website where you can sign up for the thing you want. let's say it's a tv set. you give them your e-mail address and they will send you e-mails every time televisions go on sale in the categories you've specified. so you can kind of sit back and relax and let the website do the work for you. >> all right. next one is, these one-day sales, which we see advertised all the time, are they really worthwhile? >> in many cases, they are worthwhile. however, they're also, you have to keep in mind, they're for the retailers. the retailers want to get you excited, they want to create a shopping frenzy. they want to create this idea that there's limited time.

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"healthwatch" what's being touted as a breakthrough in curing the common cold. every year we catch about a billion colds in this country with the average adult suffering through two to four infections. here with some cold advice is the warm dr. jennifer ashton. good morning. >> good morning, maggie. >> first help us put into perspective this article out of the uk this morning that claims that a remarkable discovery has been made in curing the common cold. >> what british researchers are reporting is that they've discovered a protein inside a cell that actually boosts the cell's virus-killing machinery, if you will, which is important,

because right now there's no cure for viruses, just treatment. now this is a long ways off. it's a few years away. they're just looking at it in the lab now. but potentially, this is very exciting for the cold virus, and the norovirus and roteo virus that cause the goss row intestinal illness that plagues so many people during the winter. >> and there are actually 200 different viruses that can cause a cold. >> exactly. >> what are some ways to prevent getting one altogether? >> a recent study done in north carolina looked at a group of people, just over 1,000 people, followed them for three months during the cold season, and asked them to record how much exercise they did, and when they did get colds what their symptoms were like. and they found that people who exercise five or more times a week, they were actually sweating for a minimum of 20 minutes, had 46% reduction in the length of their cold, and a 41% reduction in the severity of the cold symptoms. so, again, one more piece of evidence that suggests that when we exercise, we really stimulate the immune fighting cells in our body, and potentially reduce the

impact of the cold virus. >> so i guess it's good to sweat a lot. but it's also, i've always heard, good to drink a lot to prevent getting a cold. >> absolutely. that's another thing that the cdc reports that actually hydration, we know it's important not just for a cold ple vent but really for our overall health, most people are too busy to really hydrate themselves well enough. and we say use the urine test. your urine should be almost clear. if it is you know that you're getting enough water. that's the best way to hydrate yourself. >> how much of a role does stress play in catching a cold? >> huge role. because we know that chronic stress, we're not talking about the occasional everyday stressors that we all face, but chronic stress really, a month or more, really does have a severe impact on our immune system. it suppresses our immune system so people who are under chronic stress are more susceptible to colds and interestingly enough also, people who are not very social, who don't have a diverse social network also can be more susceptible to colds. so it's actually something -- >> counterintuitive. you think the more people you're around the more colds you get. >> obviously you don't want to

be around people who are actively sick but you do want to have a diverse and broad social network. it's very important for your health. >> good for the mind, good for the body. dr. jennifer ashton, thank you so much. we'll be right back, including starring our series "dream jobs" where we give viewers the opportunity to do any job they want for a day. we'll be right back. this is "the early show." >> "cbs healthwatch" sponsored by subway restaurants. build your better breakfast and grab lunch to go, too. deserves a better breakfast. big day choose from a dee-licious lineup of our newest $5 footlong breakfast melts, like the sunrise subway melt. [ strahan ] subway. build your better breakfast. but the nicoderm cq patch gradually steps you down off of nicotine

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