under dan sullivan both candidates are bashing each other over health care. >> dan sullivan would limit health care choices for alaska women. >> as in races all over the country, sullivan links his democratic opponent whenever possible to obamacare. and in this case, senator begish made a point to highlight his differences with the obama administration. >> back at club paris, sheila hestes says she will make ballot decisions based on what's best for her family and count her blessings that for her work means health care coverage. >> i couldn't afford to stay here if i didn't have it point blank. >> and dan sellman looks ahead and hopes he can still afford that coverage for his employees. >> i hate to be doom and bloom but we're a small family owned business that doesn't have deep pockets. i figure you can only sell a piece of meat for only so much money. >> allen schauffler, al jazeera, alaska. >> and till e-still ahead, salmon or gold, alaskans will vote on whether to support a $500 billion mine or protect alaska's famed fishing industry. >>> and debate against legalized pot in a state

. >> we can't trust dan sullivan. >> an on air fight that could tip the balance of power in the u.s. senate. that story just ahead. ahead. >> america's last frontier. fewer than a million voters could decide which party controls the senate. a state that's different. >> i feel like we're really rich because of all the resources we have. >> bigger, more expensive. >> you get that itemized bill and it's $25 for aspirin. >> debating health care cost, big bi business versus the environment. and legalizing marijuana. our special report, america votes, 2014, five days in alaska. >> the state of alaska is a mystery to most americans. it's enormous when you interimpose a map of alaska over the lower 48 states. it also stretches from the atlantic to the pacific ocean. nearly 95% of the state is uninhabited but in 17 days alaska could be one of a handful of states that determines the fate of congress. republicans need to pick up six senate seats to get a majority. there are 11 democrats, fighting to keep their jobs. alaska senate candidate mark begich is one of them. alaska is still a tossup. a

which of the 3 deducts was wrapped sullivan take care can discuss that in more expertise i can thrill that the exhaust duck there's a supply and a dish washer duck that's different the exhaust duck that's been wrapped the supply duck has not been wrapped. >> what's our suggestion. >> that the problem that has been evidenced by the specific electro study there is some sort of a connection between the vibrating assembly whether in the duck or fan we don't know because sullivan take care has not been grant permission to go onto the property there's some physical connection between the amount of building we need to separate that condition according to mr. sullivan take care it can be done it's not that we're asking for something that's impossible to do. >> before we hear from the department i wonder in the permit holder is mere and would like to speak then hear from the department afterwards thank you. >> good evening. i'm jerad the chief owner and we have done everything that the city has told us we don't want to be a noise problem reason why he said that they haven't been accessed to ou

he said sullivan county was to the north.is sort of a bit north, but it wasn't an error on his part. i guess that explains why she didn't jump on him as hard as the moderator did. >> i think one of the finer points of the people who live here, to get there from here, you have to go south first and then west, in most cases to get to sullivan county. so nobody thinks of it as a north ward journey and i think that's where james was going with that. we have a distinct idea of what the north country is here in new hampshire, and it's not sullivan county. >> well, he got off the hook anyway. anyway, the shaheen campaign has a strong get out the vote campaign. doing follow-up calls on people who tend to vote in presidential elections, but not in midterm elections. they want those people out there voting. and two categories are women and hispanic voters, believed to be the most likely to vote for the democrat shaheen. >> what do you sense about the ground campaign? is it clearly -- it seemed to me clear. they bragged to this point, t

let's go to the western part of the state and talk about sullivan county. senator brown, what do you see going right in the economy in sullivan county and what's going wrong? and please be specific. >> you're right. geography plays a role along the southern border we have more jobs. more opportunity. infrastructure and other opportunities up north are difficult. one of the biggest opportunities is tourism. one of the biggest opportunities is ski areas and trails for snowmobiles. i support those efforts. i know senator shaheen references a tourist bill. the biggest wet blanket right now on the economy in that area is obamacare. it's also those notices that people are getting, 50% to 100% increases on their electric rates. rates are not going down. in addition to that, you have a situation where getting from point a to point b, inspiring businesses to stay there is problematic. what are they looking at? highest corporate tax rates in the industrialized world. >> we are talking about sullivan county. i think you were talking about the north country. what do yo

sullivan. he was 234in a really, really h fought primary. he was up against joe miller who got the republican nomination in 2010 and ultimately lost to lisa murkows murkowski. he had a lot of support from the far right republicans and thing joe miller's campaign did some damage to dan sullivan's campaign. i'm seeing on the conservative patriot facebook groups, they're incredibly excited to have ted cruz up here. and mitt romney will rally the base. it seems like this sort of pretty strong one-two punch. >> thank you very much for joining me from alaska. and joining me now is casey hunt who was at the jeb bush rally tonight. and i'm calling it the jeb bush rally because it looked like i was watching a candidate when i was watching jub bush. was that the buzz in the room tonight? >> it certainly felt a lit bit that way, lawrence. especially when he took the time to take a swipe at hillary clinton for suggesting that businesses don't create jobs. he said that businesses do create jobs. mostly noteworthy that he would get up here and say anythin

he can just be quiet, but at the same time look for replacement for mark sullivan. mark sullivan, turns out, ordered -- this is one of the more shocking revelations, ordered agents who were protecting president obama at the white house, including when he lifted off in marine one, to go to camp david one weekend, especially looking out for snipers that might try to take him out as he is lifting off with his family, ordered his agents who are on what's called the power team, instead of protecting the white house, go to southern maryland to protect mark sullivan's own assistant who had been harassed by a neighbor. this neighbor had a public called the police. the police were handling it. the secret service has absolute no legal authority any more than the fbi to protect its own employ come and get mark sullivan ordered agents to keep his secret, told them to go and protect his own assistant over a matter of months. and then on top of that, and that was revealed by the "washington post." i had a story back in 2012. but the books being what they are i hadn't brought it o

i support those efforts. >> we're talking about sullivan county.ou're talking about the north, i think. >> anyplace past concord are the challenge of the state. i'm referring to the challenges. we have the challenges of high electric costs. if you go to any business, in any county in our state, those are the very real challenges. >> sullivan county is west of concord, not north of concord. what do you see going well and not going well there. >> i answered the question. the challenges are the same in every county in the state. >> after the debate, that panelist apologized and said he was right about his geography. both say the candidates will visit sullivan county coming up later today. ted cruz is dismissing the notion his party needs to nominate a more moderate candidate to win back the white house. when asked about jeb bush's position, cruz said he was a fan of the florida governor before offering his take on the primary process. >> we need to learn from history. we need to look to history and what works and what doesn't. the one thing is clear i

>> good evening, commissioners i'm eric yee i work to charles sullivan take care consulate. >> i've known charley. >> yes. and in your opinion what is the source of the sound of vibration. >> we haven't had a chance to do a study on the noise situation, however, if i were to take my best caught guess one of the pieces of mechanic either the exhaust fan or the make up supply fan is rigidly coupled to the building which mr. tails building is coupled to the ladies believe so everything is tied together struggling there are isolateors in place it's true we haven't been able to see if they're working and the issue 0 with the exhaust fan is has to be rigd low coupled the moment you couple the ductwork to the building is not isolated i've short circuited your support into the adjacent recipes. >> and the ducks are attached to the building in a rigid fashion. >> from the photographs on the on-site it's rigorously strapped with the rigorously we would like to the l breathes in a steel frame. >> thank you well, i'll give you one last question you know earlier the city presented the equal active loc

this is about the next six years. >> reporter: to beat sullivan, begich ?eedz a strong turnout operation. supporters like these union workers could be essential for that effort. >> fight for what's important for alaska. sometimes i disagree with the president on guns, on oil and gas osome other issues he's broughted for. i push back on them. i'll fight for what's important for alaska. my record shows it, and i'm proud of the things we've been able to do. >> reporter: the area of land owned by the federal government here is larger than the entire state of texas. that gives washington a big role to play in how alaska uses its resources, and this senate race is in part a debate over the merits and limits of federal power. republican political consultant art hackney, who launch aid super pac to support sullivan, says alaskans appreciate federal funds but not washington's control. >> in alaska, federal overreach it is a bad word. the stories are legion that the stupidity of federal regulations and how they impact day-to-day lives in alaska. so federal over-reach

and in my book i quote mark sullivan as actually saying that. they are proud to spend less money. what are they thinking? this is the president of the united states. if you have an assassination you nullify the democracy. people sort of recoil when you hear the word assassination because it is so unthinkable and it sounds so terrible, but it's very, very possible. in fact i quote in the book about, and by the way two thirds of the book is on the record, one individual who is not on the record who says it's a miracle that there hasn't always been an assassination because of all of this corner cutting. and even with the best security, the president is very vulnerable. and with the worst security now, of course, be terrorists are going to realize that they can overwhelm the white house after what happened. it's a terrible situation. i matter another difficult tv agencies besides the screwed up management is that many presidents think that the advice that they are given by the secret service goes back to jfk. jfk refused to let them on the board of the limousine. if they had been ther

in alaska democratic incumbent senator mark begich has trailed his challenger dan sullivan in many polls but those polls are considered unreliable and the ground game may save begich in the end. ten times more than republicans on field operations in the state of alaska. there are 11 gubernatorial races within three percentage points according to the princeton election consortium. along with the senate races within 3 percentage points, this election is the most tightly contested in recent memory, far more than the elections of 2006 or 2010, all of it undercoring the tremendous volatility and the potential for last-minute shifts. nowhere the is the democratic party banks on its turnout

he is facing a tough challenge from republican candidate dan sullivan. al jazeera's allen shoveler spent a week in alaska and joins us now. alan? >> david, there will be a lot of attention too that senate race placing out in alaska depending upon what's happened, how the voting has gone in the lower 48 earlier in the day. by the time we get around to counting alaskan ballots, this could be a moot point or a very important seat in that battle for control in the u.s. senate how important? well, both parties, both candidates and campaigns have chipped in $43 million at this point. so you can tell that they understand it. >> it's a seat to go after and a seat to defend. david, i think you would like this guy. i spent a great backyard chat with michael kerr a, a long-time writer and political observer in anchorage. he said alaskans are very aware they could be in the spotlight. >> there is some interest in the idea that we could be the swing state or we might be able to decide things and the fact that because of the way the elections work up here, i think 20

alaska dan sullivan up 4.5 points right now. you're at 51-49. what's everybody talking about on the democratic side? colorado. >> what about kentucky? >> so put kentucky on hold for a second. everybody's focused on greg orman right now and the problems pat roberts is having in kansas. if that goes from red to blue, right now you're back to 50/50. that's a possible scenario. in iowa remember last week we talked about joni ernst. >> she was up four points last week. >> yes. but earlier today it was around two points for joni ernst. say she takes iowa, back to 52-48. i think last week you said -- >> i'm going here. >> 53-47, corey gardener. >> i said 52 or 53. north carolina, kay hagan still in the lead. >> colorado had a debate earlier today, mark udal and cory

it's unavoidable. >> reporter: sullivan reached out to coach griffin and now he's on the list, namesoach continues to gather of soccer players who have developed different types of cancer. 38 all together, 34 of them are goalkeepers. a list is not scientific proof. there is no research directly linking chrome rubber exposure to cancer. >> many of them are blood cancers, but there are others too. what i would say is that in general, it's very difficult to study the relationship between an environment judge exposure and cancer. >> reporter: no available studies replicategoalkeepers' playing conditions, but many researchers, states and localities defy defend the safety. david sits on the synthetic turf council board. >> there is certainly a preponderance of evidence to this point that says it, in fact, is safe. >> reporter: an nbc news investigation put that assertion to the test. gathering available studies and speaking with pediatricians, scientists and advocacy groups who say more research should be done. >> turf fields come with a number of real risks and a number of real benefits.

saying according to sullivan there was no evidence anyone had crossed "a bright line into criminality." one person is serving an eight-year sentence and there were also others convicted. were you trying to give him a pass? >> i am glad you asked that question. i am glad you asked. that report occurred i have said and i will say tonight, absolutely untrue what greg sullivan has said. that never happened and i never said that. what the voters should know is that we brought state cases against richard vitali that was applicable to something involved of something that was against lobbying laws. i brought the charges with the resources they have to get that conviction. the statement is untrue in the globe and all of our documents support it. we did the investigation. and we got convictions of three people involved in tickets kindle and -- ticket scandals. >> and greg sullivan was flat out lying. or flatr flat out lying out wrong. i have documentation. >> greg sullivan has a distinguished career as a leading democrat on beacon hill, first in the legislature and then an investigator or befor

and on the other side for sullivan. they came out with an a d for them. she won a write in this candidacy. you can see where that is headed with the antidotes. >> the senator is among the incumbents who tried to distance himself from the president saying you shpt rule by executive fiat and those kinds of things and you think it puts daylight between him and the white house? >> that's the attack he has to take and has been taking. i agree with kathryn, he had a good lead until he ran that ad, and now that disa pated and sullivan is looking stronger. in the debates as you move forward. bagige will do everything he can to distance himself from obama and sullivan will do everything he can to tie bagige to obama and get voers to think of it as. begich doesn't want that. i think this is a toss up. but it has been moving toward sullivan in the past few weeks. >> in colorado, we have senator mark udoll. and his chnger, congressman corey gardener. this is tied in the real clear politics average. it is a tight poll all along. when i talk to colorado democrats a few

sullivan certainly -- he -- he is actually married to a woman with alaska native ancestry.s an alaska native, and, you know, so he is not ignoring that, but i think certainly as far as the presence in those communities, begich is definitely stronger. >> well, matt, we'll be watching along with you. fascinating discussion. we'll be talking about it all this week. matt thank you. join us also for our friday special report, five days in alaska, 8:30 eastern, again, 11:30. >>> still ahead, new language from the vatican. >>> and reporting a revolution. the nation's oldest gay newspaper celebrates a milestone. ♪ ferz >>> be -- good evening, i'm kevin corriveau. this weather began early this morning, where we saw one ef 2 tornado that was deadly across parts of alaska, and this evening in alabama another death was reported. you can see the line of thunderstorms here. today we have already seen seven tornados touch down across the region, and we are not over with it yet. we're going to be seeing it through the night as well as into tomorrow. where the severe weather will shift towa

attorney michael sullivan and investigation and prosecution of sal dimasi.e have three people in jail and you have gotten checks from one of them. >> moderator: we will leave it right there. chris why don't you cash and checks for us right now and give out some questions. >> no checks that we will move onto everyone's favorite topic, taxes. martha, you recently to approach the idea of a graduated income tax for massachusetts something that voters in the past have rejected. you believe it's a better and fairer means of raising the revenue of the current flat income tax? coakley: that was a discussion we had on what i said and that's about what would you do if you had to look at income and what i said was the primary response from me in any of this as they look at moving forward how way i hope would see them come tax come down. they have come down to 5.2% i believe our economy by the weight is moving twice the pace of city state in late country. and come taxes go to 5% and we talk about something the legislature was looking at them by the way i know it takes a

he didn't say not sullivan county.ect and all of that, and he didn't get flustered by it, which was the point. the point was to fluster him and to show him as a carpet bagger, and i think that is the biggest strike against him, but it ended up being a much bigger strike against the member of my trade than it was against the candidate. >> all right, amy, it's punch list time here. >> here we go. >> come on, amy. >> as a candidate, this is like the last day of hard campaigning for me. i don't know what cokie, what your mom and dad did but on friday it was baked in to the cake. i see people shaking -- it was. it was already baked in. i was horrified every halloween i was just scared to death because it was like, okay, i can't do much more here so i go out with the kids and sweat a lot. >> joe, every election day of my childhood we went to the polls. we were still campaigning at the polls on election day. >> i was still campaigning up to the last second. i didn't think it made any difference. i was very scared. >> my going

zoo i'm megan sullivan. you've soon a lot of ads attacking my family, so i wanted you to know the facts. alaska has been my family's home for generations. my dad is teaching my sisters and me to handle a rifle, fish and be strong, independent, honest women. we've learned a lot about his sacrifice from his service in afghanistan. we are proud of his work to help alaskan women against dough mettic violence. >> i'm dan sullivan and i approve this message. >> when we were young, our father loved to bring us here. to this spot. when things seemed impossible, i tried to do what he would have done. like, when i took on obama to open up drilling in the arctic. also took him on to protect our gun rights and exempt alaska schools from no child left behind. i'm fighting like hell to fix the health care law so it works for alaska. i'm mark begich and i approve this message because i will go anywhere and work with anyone to do what's right for alaskans. >> i served with dan sullivan in the united states marine corps. >>

backing danng -- sullivan.about her support for dan sullivan, here is that advertisement. >> we are all tired of the negative advertisements. i am especially disappointed by the dishonest attacks by dan sullivan. i need a partner in the senate who will work to advance alaska's interests. alaska needs dan sullivan. joining us onin the phone. six debates in nine days later this month in alaska. what are you expecting out of those debates. what issues will be the key issues? to say.t is hard we have seen debates between them, many debates between them. i do not know. i can imagine fisheries will be a hot topic. -- toughercopper against epa the federal government. hard to say. we have not got much to go on. there have been two debates between them so far. host: polling numbers also, not a whole lot to go on but a few polls in alaska. why is it so hard to pull alaska? there are far-flung communities, people a little bit off the grid. one conservative candidate joked that his constituents did not like to answer the p

sullivan. sullivan. he transferred power over women's private choices to the government, taking away a woman's right to an abortion. he has pledged to give employers coverage. >> abortion rights are also now the focus in new hampshire. >> scott brown says: ? >> i am proceed choice. >> way too often, that's nots how he votes. scott brown responseod a bill so employers could deny women control. >> standard colldemocratic play. in south dadakota, the senate re has become al campaign that could determine the balance of pour in washington. this is a three-way race featuring rick wylan, trailing his opponents, is independent rather pressler, a former republican senator who has pledged not to caucus with republicans or democrats in warrant. pressler is now even with republican candidate mike rounds. rounds, the crain governor, was supposed to cruise in this race but he is having trouble, and democrats are now spending a million dollar to attack rounds over controversies like an investment scandal. >>

then sullivan pulled ahead and grab what seemed to be a solid four or five point lead.ut now begich on the strength of his performance as a candidate managed a comeback and has taken the lead in two recent polls. is that lead for real and if it is, can he hold on and win? >> there are a lot of resources in this state. democrats are competitive on television and the ground game republicans say they've got the best round game they have ever had. this map, our colleagues at the washington post, you see it up in the arctic circle where you can see russia -- republicans say they've got enough offices and what they have our volunteers working out of their homes and offices. the reality is if democrats keep this he because they figured out early on they needed a ground strategy. in all likelihood, it's a republican state in a republican year-end begich will probably lose. he kept himself in it without a doubt. >> if you could see this in our persuadable piece -- the republican party had a huge advantage going in and it is a republican state. but begich got elected 110 could ge

before that, three-point lead for dan sullivan.ge on this is much greater, much broader than we're seeing in in any other state. really, this is one of those -- there are two totally different theories about what's going on here. on the begich side they look and say, this is a very republican state but mark begich has had six years in office, six years to get known by the voters, to make inroads where democrats don't usually do well. necessity say they have invested so much in turnout operation to reach far-flung rural areas, native population, they're in a much better position than six years ago. the republican case is pretty simple. they say, think back to six years ago where ted stevens nearly won and he was convicted of corruption a week before the election. they say in a republican state like alaska, we're running a candidate who won't be convicted of corruption a week before the election. so if stevens can come that close, sullivan will do that much better. so, the expectations are all over the place here. the key thing to re

most the polls have dan sullivan up. has a notorious place for poll because there are so far flung voters being don't know how many people out in the bush will vote and whether you got to them in the polling it has to be weighted for people that don't have land lines cell phone only. lots of folks out in the boondocks it's hard to well. >> that will come in later in the everything it can be a did deciding factor it might well be. alaska is one the those states to watch. great to have you here as always. allen joining us. >>> all right, in another part of the country the not only healthcare people are worried about. kentucky relies heavily on coal. with coal jobs disappearing people are leaving to find work elsewhere and making some communities feel like ghost towns, libby casey visited one town trying to reinvents itself. 67 towns shutdown. businesses abandoned. it's a common sight in eastern kentucky. but not in whites berg. the town is buck odds and finding there is life after coal with a mix of quirky new small busine

with michael planty and paulette sullivan moore. "washington journal" is next. ♪ >> it is 25 days until election 2014, 15% of americans are paying close attention. what about you? we went to hear what you think about election 2014. what are some of the issues important to you? some of the races you are following? what do you look for in a candidate. 585-3881 four republicans. 2-585-3882 for democrats. sent us and email, journal@c-span.org. an article from a couple days ago. of americans said they were following the 2014 midterm elections very closely. than half the number that said they were tracking the ebola virus, 36%, or u.s. .irstrikes against isis less than the 21% of the people paying attention to the secret service. most people do not care about midterm elections. like, at all. "the cillizza in washington post." hard for any story to be "the" of fracturedrld media consumption. they will be lots of media coverage in the final months. is likely to increase. for most people, the midterms are a nonevent. here's "the hill." an un

dan sullivan is the challenger. he's trying to win his first office. we'll take a closer look at that next week. more issues for lavkans to consider. health care is extensive. how much is it costing the restaurant owner and are people paying attention to the health care messaging in the senate race. pot is on the ballot. the next tart in the push by a marijuana advocacy group for broad legalization. there are a lot of pot smokers, and the measure has a good shot at passing. it's a concern for the villages, where leaders have the power to ban alcohol, but not the same power to ban marijuana. minimum wage workers get a way raise, but in a state with 4,000 or so people, and so many living a life in the bush or wilderness, how important is this. remember, this is a place where the state pays you every year to be an lavkan, another measure, a big one, this mine will be one of the biggest gold and copper fit mines, but the local fishing industry and environmental groups have been fighting it for years. alaskans will vote on whether the legislature will have

backing danng -- sullivan. about her support for dan sullivan, here is that advertisement. >> >> idea partner in the senate. not with the obamacare agenda i am asking you to vote for dan sullivan. >> host: joining us on the phone we have six debates coming up nine days later this month in alaska. what issues are the key issues? to say. we have seen debates between them, many debates between them. i do not know. i can imagine fisheries will be a hot topic. -- toughercopper against epa the federal government. hard to say. we have not got much to go on. there have been two debates between them so far. host: polling numbers also, not a whole lot to go on but a few polls in alaska. why is it so hard to pull alaska? there are far-flung communities, people a little bit off the grid. one conservative candidate joked that his constituents did not like to answer the phone for fear the nsa was listening in. he was obviously joking, but there is a little bit of, you know, not being so henley to telephone pollsters. it is h

most of the polls have dan sullivan up a couple of points, but alaska notoriously different place tocause you don't know how many people out in the bush are going to vote. and it has to be weighted for people who don't have land lines, cell phones only. it's hard to tell. >> when you say it could actually be a deciding factor, it might be. so alaska is one of those states to watch. alan great to have you here as always. >>> in another part of the country, kentucky relies on coal to fuel its economy, but with coal jobs disappearing, people are leaving to go elsewhere. libby casey visited one town that is trying to reinvent itself. >> reporter: towns shut down. businesses abandoned. it's a common sight in eastern kentucky, but not in whitesberg, the town is bucking odds and finding there is life after coal with a mix of quirky new small businesses. >> it's just a symbol of where i'm from. the coal imagery, because my whole family is brought up in coal. so that's my way of paying tribute to that. >> reporter: john haywood always thought he would seek his fortune away from his boyhood ho

i see that in dan sullivan. let alone the state it was built by people like dan sullivan. >> when times got tough, he cares. >> if dan says something he is going to do, i believe him. >> i'm dan sullivan and i approved this message. >> what was the real record as mayor? invested in police, firefighters and schools. as senator, he took on obama to fix alaska's va and exempt the schools for no child left behind and taking responsibility for fixing the health care law so it works. >> i will go anywhere and work with anyone to do what's right for alaskans. >> recent polling listed the senate race as a toss up. see the candidates's debate tonight. david brad and the democrats trammelled which was vacated after house majority leader lot of the primary. all tonight on the com ban yon network of c-span? throughout campaign debates from cross the country. they will determine control of the next congress. you watched the live election night and who wins and loses and which party will control the house and senate. the resu

. >> senator brown, what do you see going right in the economy in sullivan county, and what's going wrong>> i think you were talking about the north country, so what do you see as going well. >> we're talking about any place. >> -- sullivan county is west of concord, it's not north of concord, senator brown, so what do you see as going well and not going well. >> tweel, sullivan county is north and west of concord, prompting an apology after the debate. >> the truth is it's both, so on this point scott brown was right, i was wrong and i apologize to scott brown and to both campaigns. >> brown says he accepts the apology. >>> now to a legal loophole allowing your tax dollars to buy drugs for dead people a report released today by the health and human services inspector general says it is perfectly legal for a recipient to fill prescriptions for 32 days after he or she dies, now that's spooky t review of 2012 records only focused on hiv drugs and found that taxpayers bought prescription for 158 dead hiv patients at total cost of almost $300,000. again, that's just one drug. the ig says the

. >> alaska women can't trust dan sullivan. he transferred power over women's private choices to the government, taking away a woman's right to an abortion. he has pledged to give employers control over birth control coverage. >> abortion rights are also now the focus in new hampshire. >> scott brown says: ? >> i am proceed choice. >> way too often, that's nots how he votes. scott brown responseod a bill so employers could deny women insurance coverage for birth control. >> standard colldemocratic play. in south dadakota, the senate re has become al campaign that could determine the balance of pour in washington. this is a three-way race featuring rick wylan, trailing his opponents, is independent rather pressler, a former republican senator who has pledged not to caucus with republicans or democrats in warrant. pressler is now even with republican candidate mike rounds. rounds, the crain governor, was supposed to cruise in this race but he is having trouble, and democrats are now spending a million dollar to attack rounds over

i greatly appreciate general sullivan's support for ending sequestration. also for your support on many of our hard but necessary trade-offs made to protect readiness in the dod budget proposals. to presslso continue congress to join us in making these tough decisions because our challenges will become far more difficult and far more dangerous the longer we give her the tough choices. army leadership has expressed their concerns about this cloud of uncertainty. i have been very clear. chairman dead sea has been very clear. we have been clear with the congress, with our troops, with their families, and with the american people. that i share many of these concerns of the army's leadership. but as we work through our current budget challenges, the army must face the new reality of shrinking resources, sustained demands, and a more competitive and unpredictable tragic -- strategic environment, one that our current events strategy remains capable of addressing. the army and our entire military will need to continue thinking critically about its future role in mi

dan sullivan's got military experience. joni ernst has military experience.publicans have been telling us they have put better candidates on the field. >> this is true. >> so far it seems to be playing out that way. >> cory gardner is big in colorado. if we can go back to the map one more time. >> we sure can. >> what i think. >> you want to do a little what if? >> i think republicans will hold -- there you go. i think they're going to hold kansas. >> okay. that stays red. you think they flip colorado. all right. joni ernst wins in iowa. >> even though polls have tightened in colorado, but i think it's winnable. they're going to get that. montana. >> now you're at 49. >> i do believe arkansas and louisiana. >> you think landrieu goes down. okay. >> i think west virginia certainly is a pickup. north carolina is too close to call. i think georgia does stay red as we say there. >> new hampshire? >> too close -- you know, there was a poll that came out today it was a three-point margin jean against scott brown. i think that's too close to call in north carolina.

also with us today kathleen sullivan, the chief of protocol for city and state charles schultz and the on -- honorable george schultz and now starting with president ceo larry and his wife. jenny johnson and susan. greg johnson and lindsey johnson, allen and maryann buyer, rob and trina dean, steve and torrey humphrey, david jenkins and lisa sphere, gary and terry and giants senior vice-president and his wife amanda. and the skipper's wife kim bochy. former manager peter mcgowan and his wife. and bill newcomb and his wife sally. let's hear it for former giants owner bob lorie and his wife connie. representing the stone am family jim rooper. and the distinguished alumni jay trav key. the hack man. jeffrey leonard. former first baseman jd. now a man who is often mistaken to be my husband is tiny felder. greg, rich robinson, how about it for terry winfield. brian johnson, everyone. and the man that needs no introduction, i simply say to you the home run king. ladies and gentlemen, mr. barry bonds. you can show him your love. of course. do it, do it. now on to our giants hall of famers sta

backing danng -- sullivan.bout her support for dan sullivan, here is that advertisement. >> we are all tired of the negative advertisements. i am especially disappointed by the dishonest attacks by dan sullivan. i need a partner in the senate who will work to advance alaska's interests. alaska needs dan sullivan. joining us onin the phone. six debates in nine days later this month in alaska. what are you expecting out of those debates. what issues will be the key issues? to say.t is hard we have seen debates between them, many debates between them. i do not know. i can imagine fisheries will be a hot topic. -- toughercopper against epa the federal government. hard to say. we have not got much to go on. there have been two debates between them so far. host: polling numbers also, not a whole lot to go on but a few polls in alaska. why is it so hard to pull alaska? there are far-flung communities, people a little bit off the grid. one conservative candidate joked that his constituents did not like to answer the ph

saying according to sullivan there was no evidence anyone had crossed "a bright line into criminality." one person is serving an eight-year sentence and there were also others convicted. were you trying to give him a pass? >> i am glad you asked that question. i am glad you asked. that report occurred i have said and i will say tonight, absolutely untrue what greg sullivan has said. that never happened and i never said that. what the voters should know is that we brought state cases against richard vitali that was applicable to something involved of something that was against lobbying laws. i brought the charges with the resources they have to get that conviction. the statement is untrue in the globe and all of our documents support it. we did the investigation. and we got convictions of three people involved in ticket scandals. >> and greg sullivan was flat out lying. >> either flat out lying or flat out wrong. i have documentation. >> greg sullivan has a distinguished career as a leading democrat on beacon hill, first in the legislature and then an investigator or before the attorne