blumenthal? >> you have talked about you want to incentivize small businesses. how do you create a job? >> a job is created and it can be in a variety of ways. by a variety of people, but principally by people and businesses in response to demand for products and services and the main point about jobs in connecticut is we should create more of them by being creative spirit that's the kind of approach i want to bring to washington. i have stood up for jobs when they have been at stake. i have students for jobs when gm wanted to shut down that dealership. i stood up for jobs at pratt whitney when that company wanted to ship them overseas and other states. i stood up for jobs at another company when it was threatened by hostile takeover. i know about how government can help preserve jobs. i want programs that provide more capital for small businesses, that have better tax policies to promote job creation, stronger intervention by government to make sure that we use the made in america policies and b

blumenthal did get all scratchy with their debates. have the highlights. >>> when we come back here, we'll huddle up around the water cooler to tell you what osama bin laden and ozzy osbourne have in common. >>> the tough economy has americans cutting back on things like vacations, trips to strauns and clothing. but a new survey finds there's one area where we're unwilling to compromise and that is higher education. if you get to get smart, tell your friends despite the economy 60% of united states parents say they are still saving for their child's education. by the time their kids are ready to go to college, most parents will have saved an average of $48,000. >>> enough with the real news. let's huddle up around the water cooler. time is counting down. i don't know what the hour is exactly. t.j., do we have the clock? it is 1:62. that looks like a lot of time to get the book. it's not. it's one week from today. go ahead and preorder sales. do yourself a favor. >>> we're going to go to the cooler where jon stewart has his first crack

was forced to admit he never went to vietnam while he was a marine. >> blumenthal never went to vietnam. >> he said he misspoke. >> what about at soldiers? >> reporter: apologetic, blumenthal claims voters will look at his whole career. >> people in connecticut know me and they've taken the measure of my character. they know i've never backed down from a fight. i'm not perfect. >> reporter: and in this matchup, each claims to be the real fighter for the middle class. kelly o'donnell, nbc news, torington, connecticut. >>> now we turn overseas to france specifically, where days of sometimes violent protests threaten to paralyze the country. protesters say they want to preserve a way of life, the government says it's facing reality. the issue here is the plan to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62. our own stephanie gosk is with us tonight from paris. stephanie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. the government is proposing just a two-year increase but that is enough to trigger strategic strikes that threatening to strangle the economy here. today, students protested agains

senate, pitting former wrestling executive linda mcmahon against state attorney general richard blumenthal. our own kelly o'donnell reports. >> reporter: senate hopeful dick blumenthal is just the kind of candidate drawing fire this year. >> connecticut is going to have an election, not an auction. >> reporter: a democrat and veteran politician running on his record, 20 years as connecticut attorney general. up against political newcomer super-rich former wrestling ceo linda mcmahon, an election big on personality. >> is money making a difference in this race? >> my opponent has launched a $50 million attack machine. >> i'm a business woman and he is is a life-long politician. that's i think the primary difference. >> reporter: mcmahon ran her family's wrestling entertainment empire, real world business experience she hopes will attract independents. here in connecticut, there weas one type of voter linda mcmahon

mcmahon has outspent blumenthal 16 to 1. a staggering $454 per vote to win the gop nomination. the latest ad attacks blumenthal for falsely saying he served in vietnam, when in reality, he served in south carolina in the marine reserves. >> when we return, we sought nothing of this gratitude. >> he covered one lie with another. >> since the days that i served in vietnam. >> if he lied about vietnam, what else is he lying about? >> reporter: blumenthal has apologized for his misstatements, but democrats are taking no chances. the national party is pouring money into the race, hammering mcmahon over the wwe. but not for what happened in the ring. instead, what happened in the executive offices. >> as ceo, mcmahon laid off workers, yet took millions in bonuses. >> reporter: blumenthal told us today he is going to make sure connecticut will have an election, not an auction. but diane, this race is getting close and the fact that democrats have to spend precious resources in these final weeks in connecticut is a real sign of what kind of a year it is for them. >> and i know you're g

blumenthal?d national-energy policy passed to provide for the future, not look back to the past -- a national-energy policy has to provide for the future, not look back to the past. i have been accused of supporting and national-energy tax, but that is misleading. that is the hartford courant's wordsabout my opponent's about me supporting that. my opponent said she would have had a hard time whether -- deciding whether to support a broad water. i fought those projects because they pose an environmental threat and also a security danger and offered no real benefit to connecticut. we do need to use more natural gas in the short-term. we are reliant on national gas -- natural gas for much of our energy needs. we need to be honest about the compatibility of the environment and energy if we have -- energy. if we have a national energy policy. i would just say one more thing about energy. right now, we're providing $40 billion in subsidies -- tax breaks, loopholes to special- energy interests. i would

. >> i think in the end, blumenthal will win this. i think the biggest danger for democrats, they're having to worry about it now. >> i'm more bullish on blumenthal than everyone else here. >> think he will win but this is an unneeded distraction for democrats. >> when they initially push this issue with this service, a couple months ago, ending his senatorial campaign, it didn't. for them to resuscitate it now, lacks a certain thing because they've gone to it now. there was that three point margin but yesterday one showed him at 12, he had 53% favorability ratings and 39% unfavorable. she was exactly the reverse. 53% unfavorable. there's not enough time for her to close that gap. >> you run that ad, has a lot of money. >> my point, if that charge was being aired for the first time as october surprise, that would move. >> let me move quickly because willie looks bored in new york. can we bring you in here quickly? you are from all accounts, from what you told mika and me off-camera, you're a veteran of the first gulf war. >> korea. >>

blumenthal did. again and again. >> when we returned, we thought nothing of this gratitude. >> he covered one lie with another. >> do you regret not explaining why he made those statements? >> let me say again, laurie, there is nothing new in this ad. there is nothing new about this. everybody knows as i said before, i am proud of my military service. on a few occasions come out of hundreds, when i commented on it, i described it in accurately. i regret it. i take full responsibility. it was not intentional. that is no excuse for the i would say that i am sorry. articulate to our veterans and especially to the veterans of vietnam. i will continue to fight for veterans. i champion their cause. i take accountability for my mistakes. my opponent has not done so. she took $2 million meant to create jobs and delay of 10% of her work force. she took home $46 million. that is fact. when she was asked by reporters about the minimum wage and whether to cut it, she said she would have to look at it. i would ne

said he served in vietnam. >> dick blumenthal never went to vietnam. he said he misspoke. what about the soldiers that gave their life in vietnam and were never the same. >> it is a matter of duty, honor and trust and. >> not of the politics. >> i am linda mcmahon, i approve this message. >> she trails blumenthal by just 6 percent points. >>> a federal judge orred the united military to stop enforcing the "don't ask, don't tell" law. the judge said it infringes the fundamental rights of service members and their rights of freedom of speech. he concluded requests that they suspend and discontinue all pending discharge proceedings under the policy. the u.s. department of justice attorneys have 60 days to appeal that. >>> they have lifted the ban of deep water oil and drilling. both existing companies and new ones will now have to show they are prepared for catastrophic oil spills and will have to have their rigs inspected as well. many environmental advocates say the new rules still do not place the bar high enough. only five deep water rigs pulled up st

he's moderating the debate between richard blumenthal and minnesota at 7pm. it's also streaming live on foxnews.com. you don't want to miss it. jon: the taliban hitting back hard in pakistan turning a convoy of tankers inventory to a flaming pile of wreckage. what it means for our troops who are serving in afghanistan, how much danger for them. plus a husband and father losing his whole family in one of the most gruesome crimes in recent memory. now he awaits the verdict for one defendant charged in a brutal triple murder. we are live at the courthouse in connecticut where that case is underway. knows how to make things that are good for you. new v8 v-fusion + tea. one combined serving of vegetables and fruit with the goodness of green tea and its powerful antioxidants. refreshingly good. [ male announcer ] ever have morning pain slow you down? introducing bayer am, an extra strength pain reliever with alertness aid to fight fatigue. so get up and get goin'! with new bayer am. the morning pain reliever. with new bayer am. always have the best anti-aging skin-

the latest battleground poll just out shows blumenthal with a 10-point lead. 52% to 42. let's get more on the race from chief political correspondent carl come ron. >> reporter: with exactly a month before election day, republican u.s. senate candidate linda mcmahon, former ceo of world wrestling entertainment, unleashed a new attack ad in advance of the crucial debate against attorney general and senate democratic rival richard blumenthal, who has repeatedly claimed falsely that he served in vietnam. >> the days that i served in vietnam. >> he lied about vietnam. what else is he lying about? >> reporter: we caught up with blumenthal at the parade and he has apologized for his misleading vietnam remarks but frustrated supporters counterattacking a feisty wrestling mogul with soft spoken rhetoric. >> there will be a contrast with my opponent. >> reporter: they want blumenthal to hammer mcmahon for shoddy treatment of w.w.e. performance who have a high tendency of drug abuse. she and her husband vince mcmahon created largely by themselves a billion dollar professional wres

blumenthal and his military record. here is the mcmahon commercial on that issue. >> would you lie about serving in a war? >> we have learned something very important since the days that served in vietnam. i served -- >> dick blumenthal did, again and again. >> when we returned, we saw nothing of this gratitude. >> he covered one lie with another. >> since the days that ier is informed vietnam. >> if he blind vietnam, what else is he lying about? >> karen hunter, blumenthal had a double-digit lead and now it has been narrowed. how does he get around this one? and a story out there a long time and been regurgitated? >> the ads are superb, i don't think he does get around it. this is exactly what people are tired of on both sides of the aisle, people who are dishonest, politicking all the time instead of really put out a platform that is going to serve america. he didn't have to tell that lime it was a lime it wasn't a slip of the topping or he forgot that he didn't serve that he was in the national reserve and in the nix

kirk and blumenthal? >> there's a difference of degree. saying i served in vietnam, saying when we came back and repeatedly saying, it is a more serious lie. but on kirk too. >> paul: dorothy is there a distinction would you draw? >> yes, but the same truth holds for both. which is, it is inconceivable today for a politician to say, i did this because, i felt in my heart, a profound envy of the heroics and enterprise these brave men undertook and i wished in my heart to be part of it and i'm apologetic to those who lived and died and bled there aunt should know this about me and hope you forgive is total denial of the fact that they lied to begin with. >> paul: is this different than famous lies by presidents: i did not have sex to that woman. nixon, i knew nothing about the watergate break-in. >> or nancy pelosi saying she had never been briefed on the enhancement interrogations when she had been in 2002. at some level it is not. people wonder why there is a tea party? this is one of the reasons. people

blumenthal and his military record.. >> would you lie about serving in a war? >> we have learned something very important since the days that served in vietnam. i served -- >> dick blumenthal did, again and again. >> when we returned, we saw nothing of this gratitude. >> he covered one lie with another. >> since the days that ier is informed vietnam. >> if he blind vietnam, what else is he lying about? >> karen hunter, blumenthal had a double-digit lead and now it has been narrowed. how does he get around this one? and a story out there a long time and been regurgitated? >> the ads are superb, i don't think he does get around it. this is exactly what people are tired of on both sides of the aisle, people who are dishonest, politicking all the time instead of really put out a platform that is going to serve america. he didn't have to tell that lime it was a lime it wasn't a slip of the topping or he forgot that he didn't serve that he was in the national reserve and in the nixon white house or wherever he was during the

blumenthal was wrong in his inchoe hearn way. and linda mcmahon was right. >> sean: dana, your reaction? >> later on he said i want to be an entrepreneur by going to washington and being in the senate. that is her point. which is government is not the place where we want to create jobs. you want to find people that have the courage and the confidence and the risk, the level of risk that you need in order to go out and a limb and start a new business that's what her point was. i think where some people had written her off, she is closer to winning this election than ever. i think this debate helped. i think it was time she called him out on his fabrications about serving in vietnam. >> sean: a lot of these people running for these jobs, they have never ran a business. i ran a business. i know what it is like to make payroll, social security taxes to worry where the next work is coming from. goods and services you provide for people that need and desire them. it is call capitalism. >> in that debate, in many ways it framed the two

blumenthal?ional-energy policy passed to provide for the future, not look back to the past -- a national-energy policy has to provide for the future, not look back to the past. i have been accused of supporting and national-energy tax, but that is misleading. that is the hartford courant's wordsabout my opponent's about me supporting that. my opponent said she would have had a rd time whether -- deciding whether to support a broad water. i fought those projects because they pose an environmental threat and also a security danger and offered no real benefit to connecticut. we do need tose more natural gas in the short-term. we are reliant on national gas -- natural gas for much of our energy needs. we need to be honest about the compibility of the environment and energy if we have -- energy. if we have a national energy policy. i would just say one more thing about energy. right now, we're providing $40 billion in subsidies -- tax breaks, loooles to special- energy interests. i would shut them. my

blumenthal? and national-energy policy passed to provide for the future, not look back to the past -- a national-energy policy has to provide for the future, not look back to the past. i have been accused of supporting and national-energy tax, but that is misleading. that is the hartford courant's wordsabout my opponent's about me supporting that. my opponent said she would have had a hard time whether -- deciding whether to support a broad water. i fought those projects because they pose an environmental threat and also a security danger and offered no real benefit to connecticut. we do need to use more natural gas in the short-term. we are reliant on national gas -- natural gas for much of our energy needs. we need to be honest about the compatibility of the environment and energy if we have -- energy. if we have a national energy policy. i would just say one more thing about energy. right now, we're providing $40 billion in subsidies -- tax breaks, loopholes to special- energy interests. i wou

blumenthal? >> and national-energy policy passed to provide for the future, not look back to the past -- a national-energy policy has to provide for the future, not look back to the past. i have been accused of supporting and national-energy tax, but that is misleading. that is the hartford courant's wordsabout my opponent's about me supporting that. my opponent said she would have had a hard time whether -- deciding whether to support a broad water. i fought those projects because they pose an environmental threat and also a security danger and offered no real benefit to connecticut. we do need to use more natural gas in the short-term. we are reliant on national gas -- natural gas for much of our energy needs. we need to be honest about the compatibility of the environment and energy if we have -- energy. if we have a national energy policy. i would just say one more thing about energy. right now, we're providing $40 billion in subsidies -- tax breaks, loopholes to special- energy interests. i

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i thought how does blumenthal not remember whether he was in vietnam or not? i thought it was peculiar that -- i didn't know that was inadvertent or some way to imply that he was still making that statement now. there is a date when he made the statements about being in vietnam many one that was out sequenced i thought that was peculiar, sort of a little bit, i don't know maybe i'm reading too much into it, but a little slippery. >> bret: he has apologized it is still a big issue and hurdle for his campaign. you are right this tape is old. it may be newly discovered, but it is an old speech. >> greta: but it is wear. >> bret: yeah, what do you mean? >> >> greta: what is his explanation tonight for saying that he was in vietnam? did he give any head-on and say this is why i said this. this is why i thought i was in vietnam when i wasn't? >> bret: no. that's the thing there was a vulnerability in the answer. he said he misspoke again he regrets it, apologizes it was a mistake. he didn't mean it intentionally and hopes the people of connecticut understand that. y

blumenthal does not have that experience. he has been on the government payroll all his life. >> mr. blumenthal, the mcmann team started running a new ad about you. >> we have learned something very important since the days i served in vietnam. >> when we returned, we thought nothing of this gratitude to recover one line with another. >> do you regret not more fully explaining why you made those misstatements and wine didn't you serve in vietnam? >> let me say again, as i have said before, there is nothing new in this ad and there is nothing new about the myth man attack on me. she spent millions of dollars on it and everybody knows it because they have been seeing it in their mailboxes. as i said before, i am proud of my military service. on a few occasions, out of hundreds, when i commented on it, i described it inaccurately and i regret it. i take full responsibility for it. it was not intentional. but that is no excuse. i want to say that i am sorry, especially to our veterans and most especially to the veterans of vietna

they give blumenthal a 54% edge. do you think she still does?ctually been a little bit in flux. you've seen polls where it's been much closer, but for the majority of them, he does have a double-digit lead. democrats don't want to get too confident here, given what you're seeing in delaware, given what happened in massachusetts in january with scott brown winning that race, surprising the democrats, they thought martha coakley would be the next senator. they want to be careful here, and it's possible this could get more competitive in final days. mcmahon is spending her own money to be on television, pl e blumenthal's got his own problems. >> what about his suggestions that he actually served in vietnam than during veet viet m vietnam, is that impacting the race? >> connecticut, a blue state, a democratic state for a long time that said to the extent that blumenthal can use it to highlight work that he's done for veterans, folks who did serve in vietnam, that's an effective counter to for him, to some extent. saying you were in vietnam when you

they've got no knock off blumenthal.blumenthal in connecticut, then in pennsylvania, they have to knock off sestak. and manchion who is popular. they got to beat mark feingold. knock out bennett. take out the leader harry reid. knock out boxer and murray. and only lose two in that streak. >> very tough. >> very tough for the republicans. >> great job. 70% approval rating. if he were running for governor, he'd win it in a whoop. it's the senate. >> you know why. because people are comfortable like in utah voting for democrats for governorship which is an administrative job where they don't trust the philosophy. >> is a race? >> it's culture. >> is it cute is it race? >> i think a racial element to it. >> guns? i don't think that he's connected with those voters. he ever done. didn't do that in the primaries either. and governor mansion ought to be in a much, much stronger , you can't say that this is about his personality. and is anyone thinking that he'll have different politics if he's in the senate? something again abo

blumenthal in 2003 and 2008 implied that he served in vietnam but he did not go.e was in the marine corp reserve here in the united states. when he was called out on this last spring he said he misspoke and didn't want to deceive the voters and, he says elsewhere in those speeches he connectly characterized his service. so calling it a lie seems like a bit much. his campaign reputed that and said there's nothing new here. still, he did say it. he admits it. so putting it into this ad, we have to put that into the category of "just barely right on." >> tom, appreciate it "keeping them honest." >>> a bratle brewing in the tea party. sharon engel is trying to talk a tea party opponent out of the race. >>> and later, a jury gets the case in the horrific home invasion murder of a mom and two daughters killed. details ahead. ♪ [ male announcer ] sit down. it's ok. you've got preparation h with the only cream that gives you maximum strength pain relief. and relieves swelling, burning, and itching. preparation h. doctor recommended -- by name. >>> political embarrassment

. >> reporter: in connecticut, where democrat dick blumenthal, and republican linda mcmahon debated on monday night, their negative ads hit the big screen and each other. >> he lied about vietnam, what else is he lying about? >> she took home $46 million and now she's talking about lowering the minimum wage. >> mcmahon was angry. >> that's a lie, you know it's a lie and i never said it. >> and blumenthal contrite that he did not go to vietnam while in uniform. >> i want to say that i'm sorry. particularly to our veterans. >> reporter: blumenthal's big lead has narrowed. >> the civility will probably break down even further in the next several weeks. who knows what kind of ads they have in store. >> reporter: in west virginia's tight senate race national republicans are spending millions to link the democratic governor to president obama. >> we better keep joe right here in west virginia. >> away from washington. >> yup. that's the only way we're going to stop obama. >> reporter: and governor has a high job approval rating, but is in a tough fight in the senate race. one other note, bri

blumenthal doesn't have that experience. he's been on government payroll all his life. >> that is an effective shot. she's got two. first, this guy lied about vietnam. second, he's been on government p payroll his whole life. i don't know if she can win, but if there's any two messages -- >> she's been exploiting wrestles. she's been taking advantage of workers and saying we don't -- >> okay. i don't have any idea. this is the flip of the coin. i want to know who's going to defend carl paladino. two faces of carl paladino. first, threatening a reporter and then in his new ad where he comes off as rather pleasant. >> take you out, buddy. >> how you going to do that? >> watch. >> this is not about my family. this is not about divorces or affairs. it's about a plan to restore prosperity to new york state. >> we see a moment where he says, i'm going to take you out, buddy. >> first one was a real guy. >> i can see it, chris. >> okay. you're a journalist. you went to the columbia journal institute. he probably doesn't like you. i

they've got no knock off blumenthal. blumenthal in connecticut, then in pennsylvania, they have to knock off sestak. and marchion who is popular. they got to beat mark feingold. knock out bennett. take out the leader harry reid. knock out boxer and murray. and only lose two in that streak. >> very tough. >> very tough for the republicans. >> great job. 70% approval rating. if he were running for governor, he'd win it in a whoop. it's the senate. >> you know why. because people are comfortable like in utah voting for democrats for governorship which is an administrative job where they don't trust the philosophy. >> is a race? >> it's culture. >> is it cute is it race? >> i think a racial element to it. >> guns? i don't think that he's connected with those voters. he ever done. didn't do that in the primaries either. and governor mansion ought to be in a much, much strongeru can't say that this is about his personality. and is anyone thinking that he'll have different politics if he's in the senate? something again about -

blumenthal doesn't have that experience. he's been on the government payroll all of his life. >> that is an effective shot. she's got two. first, this guy lied about vietnam. secondly, he's been on the government payroll his whole life. i don't know if she can win, but if there's any two messages -- >> she's been exploiting wrestlers. she's been taking advantage of workers and saying we don't -- >> okay. i don't have any idea. this is the flip of the coin, this baby. i want to know who's going to defend carl paladino. here he goes, the two faces of carl paladino. first, threatening a reporter and then in his new ad, where he comes off as rather pleasant. let's listen. >> take you out, buddy. >> how you going to do that? >> watch. >> this is not about my family. this is not about divorces or affairs. it's about a plan to restore prosperity and economic growth to new york state. >> we see him in an unstructured and perhaps unscripted moment where he says, i'm going to take you out, buddy. >> first one was a real guy. >> i can

they've got no knock off blumenthal. blumenthal in connecticut, then in pennsylvania, sestak. they've got to beat mansion. they got to beat mark feingold. knock out bennett. knock out boxer and murray. and only lose two. >> great job. 70% approval rating. if he were running for governor, he would win. it's the senate. >> you know why. because people are comfortable like in utah voting for democrats for governorship where they don't test the philosophy. >> is a race? >> it's culture. it's -- >> is it race? >> i think there's a racial element to it, yes. i don't think he's connected with those voters. they didn't do it in the primaries either. governor mansion ought to be in a much, much stronger, you cannot say this is about his personality. is anyone thinking he's going to have different politics in the senate? >> vote on national issues. >> sure. but i think there's a -- cultural shift there when it comes to national politics. >> this blumenthal race, incredible education and yet when we straighten out his war record, i don't why he didn't say i got caught up in this because

also monday a debate between richard blumenthal and linda mcmahon for the attorney general's seat. the two will battle it out in hartford. tuesday an all new episode of glee airs at 8 p.m. eastern on fox. wednesday major league baseball division series kicks off with three games, philadelphia and minnesota hosting wildcard times while the texas rangers will be in either tampa or new york. friday new unemployment rates will be announced. the rate is 9.6% as of august. that's a look at the week ahead. i'm marianne rafferty, fox news. >>> finally tonight we are taken off the edge with a cast of superheros. >> from superman and wonderwoman to batman and beyond, over 1,500 people in l.a. showed up dressed as an easily recognized superhero to bracket world record for the largest gathering of superheros. the event was organized by dreamworks animation and in honor of the upcoming film mega mind which opens november 5th. >> you know who could have been

blumenthal is ahead in pretty much every poll and linda mcmahon's own polling has blumenthal narrowlyad. is he over 50? public polls had him over 50 and private polls have him just under 50 so we shall see. there's the democratic firewall. two of these three, whichever party wins two of these -- washington, nevada or connecticut, will control the united states senate. savannah? >> writing that down. >> those three. leaving out california for now. it could flow in there and that increases the republican odds and then they need two of four but the problem with the top of the ticket and meg whitman's problems but jerry brown got himself in trouble and might help and fee ri no is sort of not in control of their destiny and we identify those three. this is the firewall and where do we see president obama a lot? in those three state's you bet. more of it, too. thanks. >>> still ahead, called one of the most vicious hate crimes. eight members of a notorious gang accused of torturing a teen and two others for being gay. >>> plus, conflicting reports in the murder of an american tourist on the

on the campaign trail with republican linda mcmahon and democrat richard blumenthal. >>> then, the jobless recovery. >> the most devastating recession of our lifetimes. >> but our spending cuts in europe, are they holding back growth here. christine lagarde, the french finance minister defends austerity and pakistan on the brink. more alleged terror plots, more u.s. strikes. the country's former president has harsh words for the united states. general pervez musharraf, a "this week" exclusive. >>> plus -- >> i'm not a witch. >> -- all the week's politics on our roundtable with abc's george

this morning linda mcmahon put up an ad showing blumenthal's past mistake about his service in vietnam. says in several occasions he was in the country. turns out he was not. that's a focal point of a very nasty debate tonight. >> in a race in which the poll shows is only a three-point spread within the margin of error among likely voters. let's look at the dualing ads in the connecticut race. >> sure. >> the kind of ceo linda mcmahon wants is the kind of senator she would be. as ceo mcmahon laid off workers and took millions in bonuses. linda mcmahon, a bad ceo, a worse senator. >> would you lie about serving in a war? >> we have learns something very important since the days i've served in vietnam. >> he covered one lie with another. >> since the days that i've

republican linda mcmahon and democrat richard blumenthal held their first debate on monday. mcmahon denied claims that she wants to lower the minimum wage. >> let me say categorically that it is wrong and absolutely false, and incorrect in this ad is i would consider reducing the minimum wage. that's a lie. you know that's a lie. i never said it and it's in your ad, and boy, that's just wrong. >> as for blumenthal he admitted misrepresenting his military service but said, that's old news. >> on a few occasions, out of hundreds, when i commented on it, i described it inaccurately, and i regret it. i take full responsibility for it. it was not intentional. but, that is no excuse. >> mcmahon is a former wrestling company executive. blumenthal is the connecticut attorney general. >>> in the delaware senate race, republican christine o'donnell issued her first tv ad that addresses a comment she made during a 1999 interview in which she said she dabbled in witchcraft. >> i'm not a witch. i'm nothing you've heard. i'm you. >> the latest polls show o'donnell trailing democrat chris

linda mcmahon in fight battle with richard blumenthal.oters across the state tune in as the two of them take part in televised debate. a debate which bret baier is moderating. carl cameron is live at the debate. where was the debate before it be -- where was the race before the debate began? >> it was close. a lot of folks thought chris dodd not running was a gift for democrats because blumenthal was popular at the attorney general. but in several months, linda mcmahon blanked the airwaves and stuffed mailboxes with mountains of information from her campaign spending millions of dollars. last week she pulled to a tie. recent surveys suggest bloomberg may have stabilize but many are worried that the campaign hasn't been fleet of foot. linda mcmahon, you expect this from a w. w.e. executive, has been feisty. it's looking like a toss-up but one that democrats can ill-afford to lose. >> shepard: debate working on some channels and others now and new ads. debating a few rounds now. has anybody been pinned at all? >> yes. one thing they rapped

she is stepping up her personal attacks on blumenthal. laura ingraham will weigh in on that later on. congressman barney frank is even worried. is he running against sean belat a former degree with a masters degree from harvard. frank leaves in the polls but the gap is closing. >> he is helped in the right wing media by hannity, limbaugh, by fox news. it's a fascinating thing. because they are blaming us, me as chairman of the committee, for their ownerrers. >> bill: as you know congressman frank is not taking any responsibility for the economic collapse on his watch as he is the chairman of the house financial services committee. frank resides in a very liberal district so blaming his troubles on hannity and limbaugh is absurd. they are liberals there. why would they listen to hannity and limbaugh. it's his own record that's hurting barney. talking points hates to say it but dick morris may be correct. the republicans may well win back the senate. but it won't be easy. as the national media is now openly rooting for the democrats. by the

going to be a safe looking seven or eight-point win for blumenthal. >> 22 million bucks mcmahon. republican governor in the state of connecticut after january of next year, there will be a democrat that will be the governor of connecticut. the entire delegation will be made up of democrats. it is not a republican state. >> third party. nate silver out with a large set of data. making the case for the market being right for such a party. we hear this on and off, why is it any different this time? >> i think because you have low opinions of both parties. you have with this, with the internet, more ways for candidates to raise their profile and raise money in a hurry. you also have a weak set frankly of potential republican nominees. if you have obama with 40%, 38% approval and sarah palin is the republican nominee, mike bloomberg's going to be thinking about race. >> jimmy, how much does the wide open and sort of cowboyish nature of the way money can be spent politically right now actually help a third party? >> let's be honest. we finally have figured out that the tea party does n

blumenthal. >>> then, the jobless recovery. >> the most devastating recession of our lifetimes. >> but our spending cuts in europe, are they holding back growth here. christine lagarde, the french finance minister defends austerity and pakistan on the brink. more alleged terror plots, more u.s. strikes. the country's former president has harsh words for the united states. general pervez musharraf, a "this week" exclusive. >>> plus -- >> i'm not a witch. >> -- 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. >>> he >>> 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 mili