this is the democrat in an uphill race against chuck grassley. this is her clever way of saying he's been there too long. >> the year was 1975. the car was the ford pinto and the washington politician, chuck grassley. after 35 years washington still changed him. >> it's clever but not the first time somebody tried to say he's outdated. here's the barack obama ad against that guy, john mccain. >> 1982. john mccain goes to washington. things have changed in the last 26 years. but mccain hasn't. he admits he still doesn't know how to use a computer. can't send an e-mail. >> and so how does senator grassley respond to that ad calling him a ford pinto? this is pretty clever. >> i heard chuck grassley has a twitter. >> can it be cured? >> not that kind. i like to use technologies like twitter and facebook just to

i was senator chuck grassley explaining technology. >> i heard chuck grassley has a twitter. >> can it be cured? >> i like to use new technologies like twitter and facebook just to keep in touch and meetings in 99 counties every year. i will treat, i will text, i will do whatever it takes. i work for you. >> i'm chuck grassley and i approve this message. >> can you imagine doing a commercial like this? >> i like the twitter -- did she have a rotary phone? >> they actually had the facebook and twitter symbols on his ad in the corner as if to bring the point home. the only thing missing is he didn't call it "the twitter." >> i like using the moving staircases at the mall. you get there faster. you don't have to walk. >> i employ hidden camera technology in restrooms.

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chuck, savannah? >> john yang in kabul with the news on that. thanks very much. >>> well, now to rutgers university. two college freshman have been charged with secretly taking video of a sexual encounter by a fellow student and streaming that video on the internet. three days later, the student committed suicide. nbc's mike taibbi is live at rutgers university in new brunswick, new jersey, with this just tragic, awful story. mike? >> reporter: yeah, it really is, chuck. this is my alma mater, by the way, and i talked to a lot of people at rutgers yesterday. there are grief counselors that have been here for a week. as you said, these two freshman had videotaped the sexual activity and encounter of a classmate and they tweeted, one of them did, while it was happening, that he was making out with a dude, yay. that's an exact quote from his tweet. three days later that student, tyler clementi, according to two witnesses, and police i spoke to yesterday confirmed this, jumped to his death off the george

chuck, here is karl rove. i want chuck to jump in here, karl rove and sean hannity onxd fox last night with one point of view. let's listen. >> it does conservatives little good to support candidates who at the end of the day, while they may be conservative in their public statements, do not evince the characteristics of reck tid tude and truthfulness and sincerity and character that the voters looking for. >> but i think there is just a lot of nutty things you have been saying that don't add up. sounds like you don't support them, but i will tell you -- >> i'm for the republican, but i got to tell you, we were looking at eight to nine seats in the senate, we are now looking at seven to eight in my opinion. this is not a race we are going to be able to win. >> one point of view, a bad night for republicans, the winger won. here is another point of view, chuck, respond to this here is limbaugh today reacting to karl rove, let's listen. >> why not fight for it? castle is okay as the 51st vote but this woman isn'

to complete our social networking hat trick, chuck grassley's twitter followers appreciate his tweets. president obama while you sightseeing in paris you said time to deliver on health care when you are a hammer you think everything is nail. i'm no nail. 140 characters. grassley's newest ad makes reference to his fondness for twitter. >> haired chuck grassley has a twitter. >> can it be cured? >> not that kind. i like to use new technology like twitter and facebook just to keep in touch. and meetings and 99 counties every year. i'll tweet, i'll text, i'll do whatever it takes. >> well, the ad even shows what are grassley's fingers texting his wife who appears in another campaign ad and tells the press she's put her foot down when it comes to tweeting in church. i had to tell him to knock it off motioning as if slapping the senator's hand put it away but i

>> it's primary day, chuck.d to remind you in space shuttfull swing fo states and our nation's capital. we're tracking contests in delaware and new hampshire where conservative candidates expect strong support from voters. president obama heads to philadelphia for his second annual back-to-school speech talking about a quality education and tell kids to dream big and secretary of state hillary clinton is in egypt today participating in the second round of direct peace talks between israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and mahmoud abbas. other stories making headlines. pacific gas and electric set aside $100 million for residents affected by the deadly explosions in san bruno, california, near san francisco. the gas pipe that ruptured was over 50 years old that prompted state regulators to order pg&e to inspect all of its natural gas lines now. >>> an increase in robo tripping. teenagers using various cough syrups to get high has led stores to get identification for the purchase of the medication. 73% jump b

we need people like chuck grassley. we need him back in the united states senate he is the only guy who loves to twitter as much as i do. it is the 38th anniversary of his 39th birthday. happy anniversary, chop. -- chuck. he understands that government is supposed to work for the american people, not the other way around. he has been strong against the mother of all unfunded mandates -- obamacare. he is promising to repeal and replace the scheme with common- sense reform. they're holding the line on spending. they're holding the line and --

it's monday, september 20th, 2010. >> i'm chuck. let's get to the rundown before we go to mars and venus. the president working to break through on the economy. it's an hour-long live televised town hall on our sister network, cnbc, and he talks to 200 people from college students to small business owners and retirees. >> the president then hits the campaign trail later on. he's going to head to philadelphia to support joe sestak in favor of arlen specter who was defeated. we're getting real push back from the white house on a story in the new york times that the democrats are bushing an -- >> well, look, the times did get into something. there is a disagreement inside the democratic circles about nationalizing, going after the tea party. there's some folks that say, you know what, you can go to the businessman republicans and say, you know what? you may not be happy with what president obama, but these folks are going to be even tougher to deal with, harder to deal with, and you won't have a friend at all. that's one motivation of

>> it was a very strange crowd, chuck. just to set the stage so that people know, this was an hour-long forum. harry reid wasn't even there. he had previously answered set question, they'd given to him before, he answered by videotape. they played that videotape. sharron angle was there. about 800 people there clearly, clearly the reid folks had sent some people in there. but both sides were equally unruly. certainly, angle who was live, was getting heckled and then at the end as she was leaving, there was this scuffle that broke out and there was some astonishing pictures on the "las vegas sun" website of this man throwing a fist right at a woman. who was apparently bothering him and trying to get by him. who started it, who knows, who cares. but this is emblematic of this race, chuck, the kind of passions that are going on both sides. and it's not go, sharron or harry. it's kill sharron and kill harry. the animous out there on these state toward these candidates is just astonishing. >> vaughn, every cycle, we say, it's n

i'm chuck todd in for chris matthews. today may be remembered as the day american politics jumped the shark. when steven colbert came to testify before congress about the plight of migrant farm workers, he did so in character. it's not clear whose reputation took a bigger hit today. >> as we've heard this morning, america's farms are far too depent on immigrant labor to pick our fruits and vegetables. the obvious answer is to stop eating fruits and vegetables and if you look at recent obesity statistics, many have already started. >> it didn't stop at capitol hill. harry reid and sharon engel supporters broke out into a full on brawl at a local christian school. plus, the republican pledge to america. what does it really mean? some say it's designed to get votes and change nothing. some on the left say it's nothing more than a smoke screen to disguise radical ideas. and the comeback kid with another comeback. bill clinton may be the go-to guy president obama needs to save him and his party. ask yourself this. how appropri

>> it was a very strange crowd, chuck. just to set the stage so that people know, this was an hour-long forum. harry reid wasn't even there. he had previously answered set questions, they had been given to him before, he answered by videotape. they played that videotape. sharron angle was there. clearly reed sent some 800 people in there. but both sides were equally unruly. certainly, angle who was live, was getting heckled and then at the end as she was leaving, there was this scuffle that broke out and there was some astonishing pictures on the "las vegas sun's" website of this man throwing a fist right at a woman who was apparently really bothering him and trying to get by him. who started it, who knows, who cares. but this is emblematic of this race, chuck, the kind of passions that are going on both sides. and it's not, go star sharron or go harry. it's kill sharron and kill harry. the animosity out there on this state toward these candidates is just astonishing. >> vaughn, every cycle, we say, it's never going to get

meteorologist chuck bell is here with us this morning as we're waiting for things to warm up, chu chuck nice indeed. a nice cool start to the morning. most of the suburbs are down into the 50s once again this morning. no 4 on the map like yesterday morning. yesterday there were a couple of spots that made it below 50. not so much this morning. a pleasant way to get your sunday morning going off to an early start out there no matter what you're trying to accompish in the first half of the day, it will be very pleasant weatherwise. a nice cool taste of autumn. temperatures are mostly in the 50s now. new market, maryland, 53. charlestown, west virginia, 54. 57 at the mari corps base in quantico. 55 in springfield, virginia. 62 in town. plenty of sunshine early today. some mid an high level clouds by later on this afternoon. on the whole plenty of sunshine early, just enough to get us into the mid 80s so aboutive degrs warmer than yesterday. the texans and the redskins kick it off at 4:00. no problem there with the game. nice southwesterly breeze. 6 t 12 miles an hour. back to work and scho

chuck, what's in the forecast? >>> no rain on the radar and i'm optimistic that tomorrow's big redskins game, the weather looks good. what about the ravens in cincinnati? complete check of that forecast and a look at where hurricane igor is next. >>> coming up in sports, a busy day in college football realm. a huge day. na tries to make two in a row if. >>> and a one-sided >>> lindsay lee has been could find herself back -- lindsay lohan could find herself back in jail. she tweeted that she failed a court-ordered drug and alcohol test. word on what substance triggered the positive result. the judge threatened lohan with 30 days in jail for each probation violation. you remember this summer she served 13 jails in jail for a pair of drunk driving cases. >>> local high school stunts and their parents got an education today on how to get into and pay for college. admission's officers and financial aide experts were on hand to give guidance at the 2010 financial aid expo. 30 local colleges and universies offered ps to p

meteorologist chuck bell is in with us thismorning. already warm out there. >> very warm.t was hot yesterday. crazy hot. 99 degrees yesterday the hottest we've ever been so late in the year. it's not going to be -- >> ever? >> ever. we've never been that high this late in the season before. will not be that hot today but still going to be some ten to 15 degreesarmer than average. outside right now 75 degrees in town. mostly low 70s in many locations. there's a cold front heading in our direction. come here through the day. might kick off a sprinkle or two in the mountains. mperatures up close to 90 degrees for a time this afternoon before some cooler weather arrives for tomorrow. don't forget it's saturday, it's fall. send your college football request to chuck.bell@nbc.com. if you want your team represented you have to let me know who they are. >> i'm sure you'll get the emails. >>> we're following some breaking news this morning out of prince george's county right now where three people have been shot. the shooting happened in the 5,500 block of livingston terrace in oxo

let's bring in chuck. >> wow. i'm stayin audiotape bay from the blue leather pants. still like a good pair of denim. that's just me. >> you don't like to roll them up? >> not at that roller upper. >> unless you're on the beach. >> wear shorts. i live in downtown washington. what beach? complete check of your weekend forecast and mo college football forecasts coming right up. man: we need a sofa. something i can stretch out on! woman: ooh... that wl go with those lamps my mother gave us. or we could get some new lamps. or we could get no sofa. negotiatiyou got it! how about a niceome for our tv? how about doors to hide that drive-in theater? how about a cowhide rug? yee-haw! d the snacks? get their own place. let the marathon begin! >>> 9:44. you going to do anything outside today? >> maybe walk from the car to the door. >> he's an outdoorsman, isn't he? if you really liked that taste of summer that we've been able to keep here in septemb it will last one more day. temperatures back up to 90 degrees before the afternoon is through. not much of a rain threat for today

>> absolutely, chuck. she announced earlier this week, senator murkowski, said she'll decide today whether to mount a write-in bid for the alaska senate race. of course joe miller defeated her in an upset a few weeks ago. and murkowski has been mulling her options. last night the republican senat senatorial campaign committee said if she would do the right thing it would be endorse joe miller and not mount a write-in bid so certainly the republicans are a bit worried what she will do. if she decides to mount a write-in bid it only only intensify the republican ideological civil war we've been seeing play out in alaska and also this week in delaware. >> mark murray, thanks. >>> now to that dangerous storm that seemed to come out of nowhere and hit new york city hard yesterday. 100-mile-an-hour winds and torrential rains sent people scrambling for cover as the storm stripped roofs off houses and pulled trees from city sidewalks. an apparent tornado was spotted on this video shot near staten island. peter ale

] >>> and welcome bac i'm news 4 meteorologist chuck bell.king live over downtown washington on a cloudy sunday morning here. thank goodness for the clouds, though. that meansur temperatures today are going to, believe it or not, stay out of the 90s. that's good news. yesterday we topped out at 93 and on friday we were 99 degrees. today we'll be lucky if we get anywhere over about 75. so there you go. a cloudy start and a little bit of a wet start out there as well. i just did the old parking lot check here at nbc 4 in northwest washington and we've had just ough rain drops to get the sidewalk wet but we have not had enough rain yet to make a puddle. a little dampness on your sunday morning, light rain falling down at ronald reagan national airport as well. the temperatures and the dew points were more than 20 degrees apart at 5:00 this morning. now the temperature a the dew point only ten degrees apart. as this light rain continues to fall down into the atmosphere it's taking the temperature down and the dew point up. so eventually those two

let me go to chuck todd at the white house. chuck, i was talking to andrea the fact that the quotes and the book by bob woodward admitting he had political concerns, couldn't stay in the war more than two years, his democratic base, basically dovish works have abandoned him. fair enough. andrea points out that is fair enough. here is the other question, was he staying there at least two years to keep the military happy? in other words, was this simply a calculation? i have to stay there at least two years to keep the military happy. i have to get out of there within two years to keep my base, my liberal base happy, a pure political decision? >> no. let's remember, this was -- when these meetings first started, they were called afpac meetings, let's not forget the pak portion of this, which is pakistan. i remember at the time, when president obama was candidate obama and when he was starting to get intelligence briefings, everything about his focus even then had more to do with how is this going to affect pakistan. so i think th

chuck bell is in storm center 4 with some clouds andmaybe even rain, chuck?> light rain a sunday morning for us. not going to add up to too much. sometimes even a few hundredths are just enough to get you wet. outside take a check of the temperatures. first 67 degrees at national rport. 71 in st. mary's county. 62 in falls church. 61 degrees in leesburg. 59 in martinsburg, west virginia. here's a look at live doppler and there are some light rain showers now, upper ntgomery county, back to the west in portions of eastern loudoun county all tracking offo the northeast and they're not bringing an awful lot in the way ofeasurable rainfall but passing light showers should be expected here foat least the nextouple of hours. i think we'll get a little break midafternoon today before steadier rains tonht and through tomorrow. cloudy and wet with steadyrain. could be heavy at times monday night. maybe even a rumble or two sunday. >> we're heading back to new york for the "today" show. >>> we're back on this sunday morning, the 26th day of september, 2010. it's a grea

our nbc news political director chief white house correspondent, chuck todd, here with us to start us off. >> good evening. we'll start with the number everybody asks about five weeks before the election and that is, this generic ballot question. who's up? who's down? what do you prefer? last month, it was a nine-point advantage for the republican now, the lead has shrunk to six. the mood of the electorate hadn't changed. theyant change. they don't like the direction of the country and democrats ar starting to engage african-americans and hispanics. as peter ht, our pollster put it, democrats can change the turnout but not the landape. but what is the change voters want? what is this change th want? listen to this, 75% say the result they'd like to see is reduced special interest influence. 70% want to elect political outsiders, even if they are inexperienced, whether we're talking about christine o'donnell from delaware or other folks like that. 54% hope the tea party enthusiasm in the republican party makes them a fiscay conservative party. 54% want to see the repeal of health care,

chuck? >> all right, kelly o'donnell, following these trials that we're still wondering when they're going to happen anyway. thanks very much. one other interesting news on capitol hill is jim demint's announcement this week that he will not allow any unanimous consent for anything happening on the senate floor until he gets to review the bills. >> this is the republican senator from south carolina who is certainly become a conservative star. you thought you saw gridlock before. >> who runs the senate? harry reid? mitch mcconnell or jim demint. it's an interesting question. >> so much of the actual business of the senate gets done this way, unanimous consent. so this is potentially a key development. >>> let's move overseas. high anxiety in britain and france over a newly discovered terror plot. nbc's jenny wovell is live in britain with the latest. what can you tell us? >> i can tell you that the current threat of a terror attack in london is considered to be severe. that means the threats

chuck, savannah? >> nbc's michelle franzen at the united nations. >> you know what was interesting when they previewed what he was going to say to the general assembly. well, this is going to be basically a world tour of foreign affairs. i don't think they're looking at it to set specific markers to foreign policy. >> when they describe it as a progress report on foreign policy, you know it's going to be light on news. i think there'll be an emphasis on direct talks in the middle east. this time last year we were here for the general assembly and all that was going on behind the scenes. they were about to unveil that nuclear facility in iran. >> and never mind the rest of new york city was focused on what tent qadhafi was going to stay in, as well. >>> let's move to georgia where sex abuse allegations involving a prominent pastor, eddie long are rocking one of the biggest known african-american mega churches in the south. ron, tell us about this story. >> reporter: hey there, savannah. good morning. t

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>> chuck todd at the white house tonight. chuck, thanks. >>> foer president jimmy rter doing publicity for his new book "white house diary." it contends americans would have universahealth care coverage already and would have had it decades ago were it not for the late senator ted kennedy who often as you maynow is called the chamon of health care. the two men were archrivals an carter indicates kennedy just didn't want the carter effort to be successful, and "killed the bill." though news accounts from the time show congress was in no mood to pass any big spending bill. we will be talking to the former president next monday. we'll have that interview with jimmy carter for you here monday night. >>> wh the '60s were over and the files of that era were finally thrown open, we learned about all kinds of domestic surveillance, some illal on americans whposed zero threat to our democracy or way of life. and it has apparently happened again. it's a sign of our timeshat the state of penylvania has its owoffice of homeland security,

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chuck bell is standing by in the studio. my car thermometer said 58 degrees. >> an unbelievably cool and pleasant start. a lot of our colder suburbs out in the north and west way down in the 50s. great overnight weather. nice and cool to get your weekend started. clear sky hangs overhead and it will be a beautiful weekend, everybody. man, are we off to a nice and cool start. we're 60 degrees downtown. 62 at andrews air force base. 65 in la plata. 55 in manassas. martinsburg down to 49 degrees. satellite picture shows hardly any clouds for us to be wored about today. high pressure in charge. we'll lead to plenty of sunshine for today. high temperatures in the upper 70s might touch 80s degrees later. sun is not up for another 51 minutes. a lot of great college football going on this afternoon. maryland terrapins taking on the mounta mountaineers. if you want your football forecast just send me an e-mail. >>> 44 burglaries and robries in less than a month have some fairfax county neighborhoods on alert this morning. these cases

we start with primary night with chuck todd. he's chief white house correspondent and chief political director for nbc. chuck, you're my guy. tell me, who's going to win tonight in delaware? just kidding. nobody knows. christine o'donnell was way back in the pack, way beyond previous cases like rand paul and nikki haley. nobody was further back. she gets the big kiss of whatever from sarah palin. now, she's gunning for knocking off a guy the biden family was afraid to take on in delaware, mike castle. what's happened? >> if you want to find the trend here when it comes to the tea party endorsed candidates upending the establishment, delaware is certainly right for it. it's a small state. it's a closed primary. what do i mean by that? it means independents can't show up and pick a republican ballot. only registered republicans. so, there's number two. a long-time incumbent, even though he's running for the u.s. senate for the first time, mike castle has held office in delaware, a very small state, pretty much every year continuou

i was fascinated to talk with chuck clark yesterday and the chart of all those predictions. a couple years back a new one comes out that's radically different from the old one and this keeps happening. it never gets hard but just keeps changing. >> i would like to echo those last few thoughts on the floor. certainly our experience in the, uk, is you can't move forward at all if you face challenges in an integrated way, without engaging properly with the utility communist and regulators. it's absolutely essential. it's not natural for us in the, uk. we have spent a lot of time building trust between the agencies and companies but when we achieved that it's been enormously helpful and it's achieved the feedback back into the legislation process because when you get a collective bodies working together, it's very easy to influence the legislation process. >> chuck, i'm going back to running the office and be a regulator and tell you what i hated. what i hated is when people came in and said they didn't like the rules and they wanted a performance based standard and they would s

i'm chuck todd. start in new york where iranian president ahmadinejad claimed that parts of the u.s. government somehow orchestrated the 9/11 attacks. watch. >> translator: some segments within the u.s. government orchestrated the attack to reverse the declining american economy and it scripts on the middle east in order to save the zionist regime. >> that prompted the american delegation to walk out, and then the british delegation and several from the european union. of course, he's in new york covering the united nations. so, what sparked this? this is nine years later. came, frankly, out of nowhere. i mean, we're used to him saying crazy stuff, but 9/11? >> that's right, chuck. it was a real surprise for him to say this. we thought he was going to go on about the nuclear, talk about how he's being browbeaten by the ie zr iaea. when he got to the states he said he was open to talks with the u.s. to resolve this issue. this is certainly going to close the door to any future talks. it's going to mak

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>> chuck, in sports, a freshman quarterback from maryland lead. the hokies get defensive against boston college. and albert haynesworth breaks his media silence. hear what he has to right here in this neighborhood, i grew up learning strong families and hard work means opportunity. and that starts with good scols. it's a tradition here in marynd-- and why in these tough times i've put education first. we've made record investments in our classrooms... doled the number of charter schools... and we've frozen colge tuition for four years in a w. and it's working. experts say we now have the number one schools in the nation. when it comes to expanding opportunity in every neighborhood, i know that we must do even better. >>> flames tore through a northern virginia mall this morning and damaged businesses. it took crews hours to get the flames under control in the building in falls church. several businesses including a hair salo insurance office were damaged. the roof partially collapsed as firefighters put the fire out. that prompted them to evacuate

and we begin tonight with our political director, chief white house correspondent, chuck todd. just a grim set of numbers this time. >> it really is. and the pessimism isn't about the now, it's about the future. look at this first number. is america in a state of decline? 65%, two-thirds of the country, agrees that america is in a state of decline. that sort of sets the mood. then we asked them, is the country headed on the wrong track or the right direction? look at this. 61% say the wrong direction. to put this in some perspective, in 2006 at this point in time, 54% said we were headed in the wrong direction. in 1994, 57%. why do i bring up those two dates? those are the last two times that congress changed hands in a wave election. things are actually worse now than in 1994 or 2006. the president, as you pointed out, his job rating at a dismal 45%, 49% disapprove. but look at his numbers handling the economy. 56% disapprove of that. among likely voters actually, 61% disapprove of how he's handling the economy. how this translates into november in the match-up, do you prefer

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chuck, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. look, it's 50 days and counting to the november midterm elections. we know the economy is dominating the debate. today, the white house and republicans skirmishing over the future of those so-called bush tax cuts. president obama took his unofficial campaign on behalf of embattled democrats to a backyard in suburban northern virginia, where he compared the state of the economy to a bad car accident. >> the country went through a huge trauma. it takes some time to recover. now part of what's holding us back is us needing to go ahead and feel confident about the future. >> reporter: the most immediate debate between the president and republicans in congress is the future of the so-called bush tax cuts set to expire this year. the president wants to extend the tax cuts just for families he calls middle class, those who make less than $250,000. republicans want to extend all the tax cuts, including those for high-income earners. on sunday, republican john boehner, the man who could be nex

she will be joined by at iowa senator chuck grassley and former iowa governor. >> it is arguable, justifiable to say that we would not have a black middle class had we not had general motors, ford and chrysler. >> in 2008, he supported the government bailout of the auto industry. he will talk about his life and what is ahead for car makers on sunday night. >> this weekend, the conflict between the first amendment and national security. but take on necessary secrets. the interview is by former u.s. attorney general michael mukasey. again, president obama will have an announcement this afternoon in the white house rose garden. we will have coverage at 1:30 p.m. eastern.

the former alaska governor will be joined by iowa senator chuck grassley and the former iowa governor. >> for me or anyone else who is considering continuing in public service, i think the real question is do you have a positive vision for the direction the country should head, a specific idea that can implement that vision, and a demonstrated set of experiences that show you can get it done. >> the outgoing minnesota governor on a potential presidential run and his years as governor. sunday on c-span. >> every weekend on c-span 3, experience american history tv, 48 hours of people, events, and american stories. here historic speeches and eyewitness accounts of events that shaped our nation. visit historical sites and college campuses.