scottish first minister alex sam and. at 11:00 p.m., another chance to see "q&a" with david mark. kraut examines u.s. and previousolicy presidential orders. jerry jones with the coalition for the homeless has an update on the state of homelessness in the u.s., and the president of the national congress of american indians discusses affecting tribal nations, including health care reform, debates of sports team mascots, and the keystone pipeline. as always, we will take your calls, and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. british lawmakers have returned to parliament after a weeklong recess. prime minister david cameron took questions from members of the house of commons wednesday on a range of domestic and foreign-policy issues. items,bated restrict ing and the so-called bedroom tax. as opposed to taxing high-value homes with a mansion tax. this is about 35 minutes. >> water. less chance to the prime minister. mr. jones. number one. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i am sure the whole house will join me in con

then, the farewell speech of scottish first minister alex sam and. at 11:00 p.m., another chance to see "q&a" with david mark. kraut examines u.s. and previousolicy presidential orders. jerry jones with the coalition for the homeless has an update on the state of homelessness in the u.s., and the president of the national congress of american indians discusses affecting tribal nations, including health care reform, debates of sports team mascots, and the keystone pipeline. as always, we will take your calls, and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on

alex. >>> joining me now is political correspondent at the huffington post, sam stein. how do you grade the white house response in the wake of what has been called a thumping, shellacking? >> you're right. in the absence of any new word. i think, look, i am more optimistic than most people about the prospects for compromise and it's the word jennifer palmieri used, incentive. i think the incentives are changing for the better. until this point in the presidency, the republican position was anything that passes that's good, obama gets all of the credit and we don't get any. that's really changed now. they control the legislative branch of the government and also the economy's better. they don't want to be in a position where they say, hey it's obama's watch because that would involve getting credit for things going well and it's also the case that the dynamics change around the tea party and who they're running against, you know, in 2014, republicans went into the cycle still worried about still being challenged from the right. i think they're going to 2016 worried abou

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alex rodriguez. we see you at the top of the hour. >> when you talk about intense races, few match kansas. republican governor sam brownback did beat paul davis. what threatened to take down that once particular governor was the brownback experiment, his promise to slash income taxes, aiming to spur job growth. mankansaskansans fear. will follow them through election day. >> thank you so much. it is so appropriate that we're right here. the great tradition of kansas schools started in one room schoolhouses just like this. >> as the candidates rally support just before election day the polls have been moving in favor of the democratic challenger, paul davis. >> when jill and i got into this race a lot of people said to us you don't have a chance. you're running against sam brownback, he's got all this big money behind him and you're a democrat and this is a republican state. we are certainly not having any conversations like that, are we? [cheering and applause] thank you to all the teachers. the teachers have been absolutely tremendous in this campaign. i've seen the red shirts all over the state and the 35,000 t

just brag about my co-worker alex holley, last night we were at an event, the ribbon cutting grand opening of the beautiful women's clothing store right there at 19th and sam sop called el laurie. >> yes. >> so now they have their flagship location in center city. for some reason they asked me to walk in a little fashion show. >> yes. >> that is beautiful. >> she looks cute. >> look at how many people are in that new store. >> it was pack, body to body. >> did you walk down the runway in front of them. >> yes. >> that is nerve racking. >> she did a great job. >> there she is. >> hey, dance a little will bit. >> is that jacket from there. >> the whole outfit was from el laurie. >> yes. >> but it was so great because it was cold outside so just come indoors and it felt like a heater. the the whole place, so many people. >> great job. >> thanks, mike for coming. >> great video. >> the great photographer was there. >> what do you think about this a yale researcher is blaming our digital distractions, all this kind of such for physical injuries to children, more than ever before. >> his study found that children under five are the most at risk for being injured

sam. but i suspect young people don't realize this american life is a radio show. one of the producers, alex bloomberg, works on the excellent podcast called planet money, just raised $1.5 million to start his own podcast company, he's been doing a podcast about raising money to make a podcast company and that podcast is called start-up and it's very entertaining. meanwhile, another podcast everybody's talking about and listening to is called serial, spin-off of this american life. follows the core case of this boy, convicted of killing his high school girlfriend. it is wildly popular. lots of people talking about. i'd like to give you facts like how many people listen to it and that kind of thing, i didn't want to look it up because i'm still in the middle of it and i don't know what happens and i'm terrified that i stumble across the spoiler, it's that good. >> i'll look it up for you and start -- >> don't tell me. >> provide no hints. >> we sit right by each other. we talk about everything. >>> 5:54. probably wondering when this week are we going to see rain? much-needed rain. >> yeah. bo

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alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> an important topic we'll be talking to the mayor-elect coming up shortly. >>> councilman sam liccardo is moving closer to victory in the race. dave cortese could concede today. the latest election numbers so liccardo now has 51.5% of the vote. cortese has 48.5%. liccardo's lead has grown slightly over the 2-point lead he's held since the results on election net. and the comeback chances continue to dwindle with fewer and fewer ballots to count. >>> in three hours, mike honda plans to make a major abhownsment about his re- election campaign. he's currently seeking an eighth term. he has a slight lead over challenger and democrat, ro khanna. the announcement will be held at honda's re-election office in newark. >>> the head of information technology for santa clara county's election's office abruptly resigned on the eve of election day. the mercury news reports it's still unclear whether it chief joseph lee's surprise res make nation had any impact on the vote counseling tuesday night. santa clara county was one of the slowest in the state in posting election returns. no word why the lo

sam. just another day at norfolk southern. for over 19 million people. [ alexme of retirement income. so i can focus on what matters most. [ female announcer ] everyone has a moment when tomorrow becomes real. transamerica. >> welcome back. let's review some of the races that remain outstanning. in virginia, we have not made a projection. mark warner, slightly ahead of his republican challenger ed gillespie. right now about 12,150 votes. that hasn't really changed a whole lot. lately it's a trickle of votes coming in. but still 5% remain outstanding. 95% of the vote is in virginia. no projection there. in alaska, more than half the vote is now in. dan sullivan to the incumbent mark begich, he has a slight lead, 8,500 or so. 56% of the vote is in. slightly for dan sullivan. we have not made a projection in alaska, at least not yet. we' got some other races we're following. the governor race in connecticut, dan malloy is the incumbent. he's got 50%. tom foley, 49%. 73% of the vote in. dan malloy has an advantage of about 14,600 votes. we have not made a projectio

sam brownback, the governor of kansas, is on the ropes. that's unimaginable to me in a blood red state like that. >> a lot to watch for. paul begala, thanks. alexre to join us tomorrow night for our special election night conk. kr "cnn tonight" starts now. >>> this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon. this is america's choice. 2014. we are just hours away from the first polls opening on election day, and this could be one of those times when things change a lot. with senate races in 36 states across the country and republicans needing a net gain of just six seats to win a majority. the gop could almost taste a victory. but what's at stake? which are the key races? and is president obama really the elephant in the room? plus, why you should never, ever, ever mention a female candidate in the same breath as taylor swift. we're going to get to all of that tonight with cnn's political dream team. want to bring in cnn's michelle kosinski at the white house first and our chief congressional correspondent dana bash is with us as well. also our chief political analyst gloria borger. i do have a dream team. three really smart,