this corner over here is in the third congressional district. described by critics as looking like blood splatter at a crime scene. >> nobody can remember the boarders at this point. >> all to protect safety for john thon car seans. >> ? affect politicians are chooses the voters, rather than voters choosing their candidate. >> ballot question number 5, in hopes that a citizen's commission will take over and redraw them. in silver springs, scott brume, 9 news now? >>> redistricting is at the heart of one of the hottest congressional races in our area. can term inn bum incumbent, bartlett and delay knee will be in our studio to discuss issues that are important to district 6 residents. that is tonight at 7:00? >>> a woman seen driving 93 miles per hour. military medical center in beth these today. >> montgomery and then eating a bar of soap. >> police say the bizarre story began around 11:00 o'clock this morning was clocked going 93 miles per hour in i66 in northern virginia. >> at least one, possibly two virginia state police. >> about a half hou

ultimately congressional interaction is necessary, intervention is necessary to ensure that retail is treated similarly across the board so anyone who is selling is collecting tax, and doing so in a way they can do easily enough with whatever simplifications congress might impose. >> we want to introduce you to one more member of the panel. sayre h -- sarah griffith. >> we have several bills pending before congress, and seems as the we need some sort of federal intervention to kind of get the issue taken care of. are we going to see movement on any bills currently building? >> that's a great question. it is a fool hardy think to predict congressional acts, especially when they're coming back after the elections for a relatively short period of time. we're working very hard. there's a lot of interest, as you know. this year has been unprecedented in terms of the attention that congress has given to this and other state tax issues, so we're continuing to work diligently on it and are hopeful that when congress resumes its work there will be an opportunity to move this forward, one of th

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guest: the hot race will be the newly drawn sixth congressional district. it was heavily republican four years. many of your viewers probably remember tom holding that seat. mike kaufman was elected two districts ago. it was redrawn in redistricting and it now includes the city of aurora, the third largest city in colorado and it has a slight democratic edge. they have a democrat running in that seat. the congressman stumbled in to some trouble earlier this year when he made comments at a republican fund-raiser about the president and questioning whether or not in his party was an american. it was caught on videotape by a supporter who posted it to the internet because he agreed with the congressman's sentiments. he has been having to walk back from that view and being a member of the tea party caucus ever since. the difficulty is that he is not a known quantity and colorado politics. he represented denver in the state house, not aurora, so he's not well known in that district. he is probably a little further to the left than a lot of the unaffiliated voter

. >> let's get to congressional redistricting. this hasn't gotten as much attention and one of the most complicated ballot initiatives there is. >> or one of the more simple ones. you're either for the bill that adopted the congressional redistricting or against it. that is really the vote. >> right. okay. the ramifications could become complicated. it goes back to the state house. >> if you vote for the referred bill, the redistricts that are currently in place in which you are voting now on next tuesday would remain in effect. that is fairly straightforward. if the referred bill was voted down then the general assembly the governor would submit legislation again and the general assembly would have to adopt a new plan. >> how does that take effect in a place like congressman bart let where he was redistricted and therefore it's harder for him to get reelected? if the voters turn down on question five and therefore have to go back to that effect? >> it does not effect the congressional elections. these congressional elections are

but the congressional -- the congressional watchdog is one of the tools. i'm not going to go into the other tools, but you can dream all you want. you cannot do faster ructions in the best polls if you don't have the civic tools that we use and you can use. were not going to get past first base to home plate. one of them is simply this. every community has very rich people cared most of them could give a darn about strengthening our democracy. they are into their own lives and spoiling their grandchildren may be by giving them too much money. but there are always one, two, 3% who were in their 70s, 80s, 90s, have a different perspective on life and just getting richer. they want to look their grandchildren in the eye. they're worried about our country. they are worried about our world. and i don't think we spend enough time with these people. there's a lot of rich people who give to charity, but a society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity. and while they may get to sit kitchens, why'd we have millions of people and children hungry

it's a congressional hearing. >> absolutely. the implications on these two chinese technology giants, one of them is the second-largest provider in terms of equipment manufacturing in the world. the other company is the fourth largest. serious implications. both have a very ambitious plans to expand their markets in the u.s. the u.s. is a large market in terms of telecommunications. both firms have seen an increase in sales of their mobile devices. the espionage peers have limited the companies being able to move into infrastructure networking. they had to unwind a purchase of a u.s. computer company because it did not win regulatory approval. one of the company's employees 1700 people in the u.s. revenue in the u.s. was $1.3 billion last year, more than double what it made in 2010. given this report suggesting the u.s. government should bar any merger of those two chinese companies in the u.s., it could have serious implications monetarywise. >> the european stability mechanism is replacing something that i don't remember. >> a

joining as now, president and ceo of the congressional management foundation.to do this study? >> the study in the purpose behind it was trying to put a window on the congress but help management on capitol hill look at the work balance issues the staffers are facing, and the reason this is important is we know from research partners that work place that has more plush policies is more productive, more effective and in general the american taxpayer wants a more effective work force. tracy: anybody who is at the bottom of the totem pole in any job works around the clock, has to go good coffee. we have all worked around the clock. i feel like i still am. but other whining about? >> i would not call it whining. having said that, you have to look at them in comparison to other jobs, one of the interesting findings that we came out of the survey of congressional staaf, 40%. it would say they would leave capitol hill to have a better work life balance. the reason, that is important to , high turnover, losing institutional memory, that makes individual offices and the

the congressional delegation will remain republican. the presidential race -- i would give the president a slight age. it has become stable, his five- point lead on average. you cannot rule out a romney upset, but if you get pushed to a slight favoring the president as remove into november 6. host: terry madonna joining us from harrisburg, pennsylvania. we appreciate your time. robert gleason, a teacher of the republican party. thank you for being with us. and josh shapiro, a teacher of the montgomery county board of commissioners, a democrat, joining us from philadelphia. thank you for joining us. robert gleason i want to begin with you. so far, since the convention, very little of mitt romney and paul ryan in your state. why? guest: i don't really know. have been here a few times. they are making a real effort here. we have a very expansive mail program in which millions of dollars are being spent. we have 25 victories centers. we have over 100 paid employees. they have made a commitment. the have not made an electronic media commitme

i'm running for the 7th congressional seat as a democrat. i ran in the primary as a democrat and i'm advocating what most politicians, gop and democrats are now advocating. i'm saying that because of the wall street 2007 mortgage credit thing fault, that we should hold out and the scandals inning land, weed is be holding out wall street brokers or the government officials to hold more accountability to the investtors. it me, there's a lot of problems we're facing but to me that is the biggest because we need investor coughed to come back. rote now young that they're confident now. the democrats and republicans are kind of dragginger that feet on that issue of doing congressional hearings and stuff like that to find out just who was at fault. that's my opening statement. >> all right. we are dealing with a $16 trillion debt and unemployment of 8% and a housing market that's shaky at best. how do you address that? where do dow you start? >> where it begin, in the housing, mortgage industry. ed is coming out that they knew what was coming long

the president is using those offices for congressional campaigns also. the senate races and the state house races, so this is a wall to wall, top to bottom effort. it's going to work well in our legislative races and it's working well in congressional and presidential races. president host: hit the crucial 50% threshold in iowa. -- host: teh president hit the 50% thresho9ld. what do you think? guest: there is always an obsessive look at these. at the end of the day, the president has held this leave the entire way. we opened the first office in august 2011. this lead is not going. i believe it will be very difficult to lose the president's lead. it is a steady lead and it has been the entire way. we have the privilege and the responsibility of during these last two years while the republican nominating process was moving forward, we are first in the nation, so we have been watching this process very closely since january 2011. during that time, we know who our nominee was. we were behind our nominee. we have had all those months to build. we did not have

tonight, todd zwillick reports from florida and new york on how medicare is playing in close congressional races. >> the vouchers, i think it would work, i think it would be very competitive. >> i know what medicare is and the affordable care. i don't know what would happen under a voucher plan. >> woodruff: hari sreenivasan has the story of the illegal but very profitable trade in ivory elephant tusks. >> if consumers stop buying, then elephants stop dying. >> brown: great literature and tangled politics: we look at the nobel prize for chinese writer mo yan. >> woodruff: and we profile poet sharon olds. her deeply personal verse captures life, love, sorrow and healing. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs stati

congressional aide from california was arrested after n claimed he assaulted her. grabbed himself and after seeing pictures of her taken by him. she claimed at our extended outlook. temperatures tomorrow, laura 70's. tuesday, foggy but warm. wednesday, more sunshine toward the end of the day. beautiful thursday and friday. >> tuesday looks like it will be a washout. we will see you back here coming out. we will see you back here coming out. in the people, businesses, and organizations that call greater washington home. whether it's funding an organization that provides new citizens with job training, working with an anacostia school that promotes academic excellence, or supporting an organization that serves 5,000 meals a day across d.c., what's important to the people of greater washiton is important to us, and we're proud to work with all thohose who are making our communities stronger.

on this side of the street they are in the 8th congressional district. they are voting with people who are farmers and what about that corner over there. this corner over there is in the third congressional district. >> this is the part that is in montgomery county. >> looking like blood splatter at a crime scene. >> nobody can represent this district nor remember the board borders of this district. >> undoing this map that uses narrow corridors to baltimore and baltimore county all to ensure safety for conning gregg man john -- congressman john -- >> in affect, politicians are choosing the voters rather than the voters choosing their candidates. that is what you will to do to sway people. >> it is not just the third district. in the fourth on this side of the street and the 8th on the other side of the street, those maps don't look a whole lot different which brings me to question 5 on maryland's ballot. if a majority of voters on this question, vote no, it completely undoes, it is up to the voter, is it diversity or is it jerry man deering as a lot of

please continue on the congressional debate. back now with our congressional debate from district 18 covering parts of palm beach county and st. lucie county between, chris van hollen west and patrick murphy the democrat. jonathan, your question for the congressman. >> congressman, the newest paul ryan plan has an option to continue in a normal medicare plan to expand as possible given that we are talking about how much cost you're associating with this program that we need to cut. west: if you allow people the options to go into whether they want to have their own health insurance plan that they will go where they will go into the medicare plan when i can congressman, guess what, i had options and health care program that i want to have and i chose blue cross blue shield and i am the one that is paying for that and i think that the option that we ought to be allowed to present. and it's also like we said, indexed to work in come so if you are a high wage earner you want me to get the same amount of money as someone that is a lo

the congressional delegation will remain republican. your probably have to give pup -- president a slight edge of this becomes stable with this five-six point lead he house on average. -- he house on average. if you can push to the slightly favoring the president as we move into november 6th. host: terry madonna joining us from paris since the convention, very little statewide. guest: i do not really know. they have been here a couple of times, but they are making a real effort. we have a very expansive program, in which millions of dollars are spent. we have 25 victories centers. we have over 800 paid employees on the ground. they have made a commitment. they have not made an electronic media commitment, but paul ryan was here in pittsburgh just a few weeks ago, and mrs. romney has been here. i am not privy to some of those decisions. host: not much of the president and vice president since the attention -- convention. why is that? >> more than 50 field offices, thousands of volunteers have been going around, knocking on doors, making

but it could be the swing in a number of these congressional districts.ocrat verses democrat that republican vote which democrat they pick could be a decider. >> we have a swing in the weather forecast. >> that earthquake over night. not so little. magnitude 5.3. fairly sizable quake. it was the very definition of the middle of nowhere. they did mining there 100 years ago. a tiny little community. but this is out in the hinterland. it was just off the san andreas fault. crystal city. down to the springs reservoir. just reminder you can pop one off at any time. as we look toward the bay bridge you'll notice a lightening in the sky down in the south bay but over us we're getting a cloud shield in advance of the first, actually major, i wouldn't say major cold front but a distinct cold front. a winter like cold front it will be snow for the sierra. and winter storm warnings. from lake tahoe and north. 18 inches possible. the snow level will be down to 4500 feet by tomorrow night. for us the weather headlines. game time. there's a baseball game in the bay are

democrats supporting congres congressional democrats.t run very often with the congressional democrats when he goes into their back yard, and if the democrats don't recover the house and keep the senate, president obama if he's reelected just can't get anything done. it's really strange, and it's quite a bit of resentment, although it's not vocal among members of the house of representatives of how he doesn't seem to support their campaigns, and without their recovering the house, he's not going tori get anything done. that's why i called it a rather politically selfish. i think it's a wrong-headed approach from his own interest. >> huckabee: ralph, one thing people always know. you take a stand. in your book, "17 solutions", you certainly do that. i hope people will get a copy and read your ideas and i look forward to having you back so we can talk more about them. >> thank you. these are very excited ideas supported by a majority of the people. >> huckabee: thank you, ralph nader. good to have you here. >>> four americans killed by ter

. >>> the political fallout for a congressional campaign manager involved in a hurricane hoax. >>> a community used to tragedy, devastated once again by floods and fires. news4 at 4:00 >>> new york city blogger who admitted to spreading lies on twitter during hurricane sandy has resigned from his role on a congressional campaign. he writes on the twitter under the handle as comfortably smug. he created several rumors, including reports that the new york stock exchange was under three feet of water and power would be shut down to all of manhattan. he apologized and resigned as campaign manager for congressional candidate christopher white. >>> early voting is under way again in maryland because of the storm, voting centers in the state were closed over the past two days. when they reopened this morning, hundreds lined up to cast ballots in landover. to make up for lost time, voting hours have been extended in maryland, between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. tuesday through friday. early voting has also resumed in the district with extended hours. d.c. residents can vote until 9:00 p.m. this

more congressional leadership is going to be need. >> these things can definitely be worked out. for me, it's exciting that after almost 15 years of working on this, sitting next to steve here, that we're not talking about whether this should be done, but how it should be done. that shows how the debate has evolved over the 15 years. it's been going on for much longer that. i think there is a general recognition now that there is no principaled reason either legally or economically that sales taxes should not be collected on remote sales. it's a question of how they should happen. with regard to the simplifications, the bills do vary somewhat. they vary from the bills that have been out there previously. it reflects congress's normal balancing of the needs of interstate commerce versus the sovereignty right of the states. the supreme court has stepped in here as you know and said, well, here's the line. it's up to congress ultimately to determine where the line should be placed. i think that's what they're doing right now in the discussion that is being engaged on capitol hill, w

in this case, it's representative of the first congressional district of wisconsin. his opponent is democratic candidate rob zerbahn, and you came here to follow paul ryan why? >> i'm here because paul ryan has refused to engage the voters of the first congressional candidate since he was tapped by mitt romney. he's authored the most destructive budget the united states has ever seen. >> if by running on the national ticket, is he not answering these same questions that voters in a swing district like the first congressional district of wisconsin? isn't he answering these questions? >> they're seeing a side of paul ryan they've never seen before. the national spotlight has not been very kind in his positions. he co-sponsored hr-3 with todd akin, redefining rape, and he wrote a budget that calls for killing medicare. >> everybody thinks it kills medicare. it is the premium support. and he redid it. he reconfigured his plan because it was getting so much criticism. >> it's no longer the guaranteed benefit medicare is. it turns it into a voucher program. if you're using

they divide their votes by congressional district. and in 2008, in the middle of what we think of as big, empty, red state nebraska, it was barack obama who won nebraska's second congressional district. so he won that single electoral vote. so basically, omaha, nebraska, was a blue dot. since obama beat john mccain so badly in 2008, that little blue dot in nebraska ended up just being sort of interesting trivia about the election. that one electoral vote was not decisive, right? but check this out. the other state besides nebraska that does not just award its electoral votes as a whole state, the other state that splits them up by district is the state of maine. and maine has gone all blue in the last five presidential elections. but this year, a pro-mitt romney super pac is buying a nice chunk of airtime in maine for pro-mitt romney ads, including, in the one congressional district in the state, where mitt romney might, maybe, conceivably have a chance. and yeah, maybe the romney super pac is really buying ads in maine so they'll get

. >> the 8th-congressional district election here in illinois... is one of the most heated and expensive congressional races in the country. tea party incumbent republican congressman joe walsh is being challenged by democrat tammy duckworth. they and others were on the campaign trail today. appearing in elmhurst this morning... walsh said he's not only running against duckworth... but other illinois democratic politicians who he said drew new boundaries for the congressional district to get him out of office. >> i knew it would be difficult . i am running against very powerful people. >> walsh made no reference to a report in the sun-times today... saying one super-pac which had been helping him will no longer spend any money on his behalf because of a recent wgn-tv - chicago tribune poll... showing duckworth ten points ahead of him. the pac called "now or never" was going to spend another two and a half million for walsh on political advertising... but says it will now spend that money on other candidates around the country. meanwhile, duckworth

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i find the congressional hearing coverage of particular interest.h as with veterans affairs appropriations. if you realize there's something in the newspaper and you want to get more, you can go to c-span. there was raw data, raw information. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979. brought to you as a public service by your television provider. host: we are looking at a live shot of lynn university in boca raton, florida. the debate will be moderated by bob schieffer of cbs news, host of "face the nation." you are looking at the interior of where the debate will happen tonight. getting the logistics' sorted out, the technical details of their. we will be watching tonight as the debate begins. talking about foreign policy this morning, here to die of more into the details, jonathan tepperman, managing editor of "foreign affairs magazine" joining us from new york. good morning. guest: good morning. host: a lot of the news stories are saying that there are a lot more rises on this debate and there would have been thought. guest: what y

i mean, it on the face of it is it one of the worths decisions i've ever heard of. >> neil, congressional reporter for "roll call." >> i want to shift just slightly still however somewhat on the subject of libya. your political action committee is running campaign ads against democrats who have supported funding for libya as well as pakistan and egypt. i was -- you've gotten criticism from fellow republicans, including senator lindsay graham and senator john mccain on that sort of effort that you've launched, to speak a little bit about how you intend to move the party and if you think you're going to have the momentum going forward. >> i think if you ask people, i've told people, i think i can go to the kentucky democrat convention, stand in front of all democrats, and tell them, you know what? we don't have enough money to be sending money to pakistan and egypt and libya, countries that are more mobs or burning our flag, attacking our embassy. we've got problems at home. in my state, we have two bridges that are $2 billion projects, louisville and in northern kentucky. this is it fact.

'we ask people to donate money to our superpac and in our case, we're spending money on 6 congressional elections here in illinois.' ron gidwitz heads conservative super pac the new prosperity foundation. through the middle of october, federal election commission filings revelaed the organization had spread more than 1.3 millons dollars across 6 house races, spending limited by one important restriction. "we cannot coordinate our campaign activity with a candidate's campaign activity." still, like any interested observer, super pac's do closely watch campaign spending decisions in the races where they're putting money to work. "frankly, what we are doing is we're watching from a distance what the candidates from both sides are doing and we're trying to fill in where the candidates themselves are not doing something." going negative is a touch choice for a candidate, according to lorena mess-a of political consulting firm grainger terry. 'the negative component is much more scary for a candidate because it will leave a permanent taste in a voters mouth.' meaning that a super pac can step

congressional campaign committee. ""washington journal" is next. host: let the countdown begins. our cameras are outside centre college in danville, kentucky, the site of the only debate between vice president joe biden and republican congressman paul ryan. we have live coverage beginning tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern. then the two will square off at 9:00 p.m. eastern for 90 minutes with a debate toasted by martha raddatz. following the debate we will get your take on what you heard. first we want your thoughts on how important is tonight's presidential debate and have vice-presidential debate mattered in the past? here are the numbers -- remember, you can send us your questions or comments via social media. 's will begin with "usa today " headline -- how important our vice presidential debates? larry is a democrat in mississippi. caller: good morning. the debates should not be that important. it is their policies. romney and ryan's policies will destroy the middle class. host: what do you want to hear from vice presid

candidates or rather i should say last night two separate congressional candidates almost came to blows during a debate. we'll take you there. >> they have the best record in baseball, but in the postseason it's been trouble that a lot of people expected. before game five we talk to some experts that can probably tell us why. that's up next. >>>en the at bat after the rain -- remember the at bat after the rain delay? >> i do. >> remember what happened culminating that at bat? >> do. >> wouldn't that be nice. >> three balls, two strikes, the pitch, deep left field, going, going and gone! it's the game winning run for jayson werth and the nationals have won the game 2-1! unbelievable! >> it was the home run heard all across washington d.c. heck, maybe across the nation and nearly 24 hours later the radio call of last night's nationals' win still resonates in the heads and hearts of nationals fans and joining us now, the two men who made that radio call, charlie and dave, glad to have you with us. thanks for coming down. when you're in the booth making a call like that, tell me what your r

congressional staffers who specialize on health care policy say that the next election will determine the direction of health care. talking about the next steps in health care, including finding a long-term solution in the attempt to keeping payments to doctors on par with health care costs. this is from the newseum in washington. >> to get started, tell us about your background. how you got into health care. >> i spent about six years on

i'd like to thank representatives who are the co-chairs of the congressional transparency caucus.or giving us the space and aberdeen to have a conversation with you here today. like is that i promise i'll be brief and i'm going to turn to our first panelist. >> thanks. thanks, daniel. thanks to you and the advisory committee and the sunlight foundation for having me this afternoon. i'd like to talk with you a little bit about where we've been over the last two years, and they a little bit about where we are headed in the relatively near future. you know, about this time two years ago, our political folks were starting to make noise that it was certainly possible, if not likely, that republicans were going to obtain a majority in the house again, and we were sort of very quietly trying to identify, as you said, that would come up during a transition. and as many of you know, among republicans, one of the big issues was sort of this week the bill issue. now, having texaco, making sure that members have the opportunity see what was that they were voting on. and i think in large part

the reality remains that the congressional republican party is for a much against immigration reform, so if the president is reelected, i think he will have a tremendous amount of support and an obligation to fulfill some promises, and that will be one of his priorities going forward. tavis: what happens if this does not become a major priority for him to? >> i think that would be a problem. i think he would lose a lot of support, and people would be betrayed. immigration reform has to be understood by recovery. there are nonpartisan studies that show immigration reform is a mechanism to drive economic growth. it just makes sense to america. there is a and a emotional aspect, and people feel really hurt and pushed away, but at the end of today, it is an economic issue, and that is the way it has to be framed. tavis: tell me why you believe they will take a different tack if mr. obama wins. if the president wins, he wins with a significant slice. the overwhelming majority of latinos will have voted for him if he wins. you had better concentrate on immigration reform or somebody. the ot

guest: the hot race will be the newly drawn sixth congressional district. it was heavily republican four years. many of your viewers probably remember tom holding that seat. mike kaufman was elected two districts ago. it was redrawn in redistricting and it now includes the city of aurora, the third largest city in colorado and it has a slight democratic edge. they have a democrat running in that seat. the congressman stumbled in to some trouble earlier this year when he made comments at a republican fund-raiser about the president and questioning whether or not in his party was an american. it was caught on videotape by a supporter who posted it to the internet because he agreed with the congressman's sentiments. he has been having to walk back from that view and being a member of the tea party caucus ever since. the difficulty is that he is not a known quantity and colorado politics. he represented denver in the state house, not aurora, so he's not well known in that district. he is probably a little further to the left than a lot of the unaffiliated voter

the money didn't go to the wrong congressional districts. it was filed wrong on recovery.gov but that made national news and $90 billion in clean energy. i don't know how much of an impact it had but couldn't have had none. in the front row. >> i will read the book. you can't give that answer. there was a promise. one obama in february came out one of the things he said was it will create 2.5 million new jobs and created a narrative of this would create employment and somehow create a return to a happy employment picture. if that hadn't been part of the promise it would not have been part of the expectation that people then were disappointed by. isn't part of the lesson don't overpromise and ended the liver, underpromise a , underpromise and overdeliver. >> january of 2009 they put out that report which was stupid. they had this sinking feeling even as they were writing it and they put in all the caveats like unemployment did go to 11% or 12%. nobody reads the footnotes. what they would say in their defense part we is they needed to put a jo

peter franchot coming out against redistricting for the congressional seats.jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. 43 degrees at the airport. coming up, we'll look at your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> we'll take a last look at weather and traffic together before you head out to start your day. as a pastor, my support for question 6 is rooted in my belief that the government should treat everyone equally. i would not want someone denying my rights based upon their religious views, therefore i should not deny others based upon mine. it's about fairness. this law does not force any church to perform a same sex marriage if it's against their beliefs. and that's what this is about. protecting religious freedom and protecting all marylanders equally under the law. join me in voting for question 6. >> time to get to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- how early do you start shopping for the holiday season? >> i think she has to lock that up. we will post more answers on our website, wba

congressman from virginia ninth congressional district anthony welcome. thanks i'm so glad to be on your show tom thanks for joining us i have pressure name right absolutely perfect ok create what is the race look like right now between you and congressman griffin. well it's gotten tighter with each week and right now we're in the very winnable situation eventually i came from out of nowhere tom because this is my first run ever for politics when i entered the race just in march and we've run a terrific grassroots campaign met thousands of folks and my basic message of building a bottom up economy that's much more sustainable for our communities and the country has really resonated so we close that gap we're within striking distance now though when we just need to get support down the last thirteen days or so and we can actually pull this off that's absolutely great and eighty four nine dot com is your website that's it w w about a for a night like anthony for the night a f o r and the number nine dot com that'll take folks right there right and what do y

the phantom congressional districts. remember?$80 billion going to phantom congressional districts. it was typos, like they had the zip code or congressional district. the money did not go to the wrong congressional districts. was filed wrong on recovery.gov but it made the national news and $90 billion in clean energy. i don't know how much impact it had but couldn't have been enough. in the front row. >> you can't give that answer. there was a promise. when obama came out, one of the things he said was if we pass the stimulus package we will create two billion new jobs and it created a narrative that this would create employment and somehow create a return to have the employment picture. if that hadn't been part of the promise it would not have been part of the expectation people were disappointed by. don't overpromise and underdeliver, underpromise and overdeliver. >> was in january of 2009 that they put out the report of the 8% report which was stupid. there's a lot about it in the book and a half sinking feeling as they were