for more tonight, but will be joined by amy walter -- we will be joined by amy walter. congratulations and good to have you back. >> glad to be here. tavis: republicans were going to clean the clocks of democrats and now of late, i see republicans john boehner and others starting to back down a bit on these predictions about what we thought they were going to pull off in november. am i reading this wrong? >> i do not think so. we have been hearing for quite some time that this is going to be a big election, a good election for republicans. all factors are in their favor. we're looking at when we look at the poll numbers out there, the president's approval rating is under 50%. the enthusiasm gap. republicans more motivated than democrats. people are frustrated with the way the president is handling the economy, go down the list. the republicans will tell you we have never said at a right we are taking control of congress, but it is clear the expectations game has gone out of their control. the expectation is republicans, it is not enough just to have a good night. they s

plus, the best political analysis on our roundtable with abc's george will, political director amy walter and two former white house insiders now political strategists ed gillespie from the bush administration and anita dunn from the obama administration. >>> then, a general's story. the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff on war, the presidents he's served and the mystery behind the missing nuclear code. an interview with retired general hugh shelton. >>> and "the sunday funnies." >> britain on wednesday announced that it will cut 500,000 jobs, reduce welfare payments and raise the retirement age, not only that but they're going back to single decker buses. >> hello again, everyone. nine days until the election, early voting is under way in more than half the states and there's talk of waves in the cultural shift but the fact is many house and senate races are simply too close to call. we're joined now by the head of the democratic national committee tim kaine. welcome to "this week." >> christiane, good to be back. >> do you think that you will keep the house? >> i do. i do. i

. >> -- all the week's politics on our roundtable with abc's george will, political director amy walter, paul krugman of "the new york times" and tavis smiley of pbs. and "the sunday funnies." >> president obama was giving a big speech, and the presidential seal fell off his podium. they tried to put it back on, but hillary had already grabbed it and run away. >>> hello again, and we start with some developing news from pyongyang. for the first time kim jong-il and his son, his heir apparent, appeared live on television together at a massive military parade to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the state's ruling workers party. a handful of journalists from around the world were invited to attend and to try to decipher the signals. one of them was our own bob woodruff. bob, what did you see? it's a spectacle behind you. it looks amazing. what did you see there that was new? >> reporter: well, first of all, this is just so loud i got to actually hold this microphone right here next to my mouth, but we did see some new things, christiane, that we'd never seen before. the one thing, when ki

walter mondale is in the house. your terrific pair of senators, amy and al franken are here, an outstanding congressional did he livealls, keith ellison, jim obersar and all the great candidates. we're thild thrilled to see them. obviously i am very honored to be here with mark because, i served with mark in the united states senate. so i know this man. i know that he has been fighting for the people of this state his entire career. you know what kind of leader he is. you know what kind of fighter he is. everybody else in this race may be talking about change, here is the only candidate that can deliver change and delivered change before. [ applause ] >> the only candidate who helped grow this state's economy. the only candidate that put people back to work. the only candidate who saved taxpayer dollars by cutting abuse. he has a track record. you know mark dayton. he is only candidate that will stand up for the middle-class, on who has a plan to balance the budget without sacrificing our children's education. [ cheers and applause ] >>> a candidate who has a plan to create jobs and help small business owners grow.