courtney garner -- cory gardner is running three points ahead of mike udall. eir getats believe out the vote is a bout a three-point difference. so, if gardner is three points ahead in the polls, and democrats think they are three points ahead, that is a tie. >> senator udall is a big oil and gas guy, but he is also, along with senator wyden of oregon, a major figure speaking out against the issue of surveillance in this country. >> yes. coloradol is old time environmentalist. he has climbed all of the 14ers 's. >> the tallest 14 mountains. >> he has gone around the world. he is a rugged, outdoor guide. he got his -- outdoor guy. he looks like colorado. cory gardner is from the eastern plains farming area, but he looks like he is -- i do not know, a dentist from connecticut. so, he does not have that same rugged colorado look at mark udall has. gardner just did a commercial showing himself in the mountains and "the denver post" made fun of him. >> i want to go to the climate change issue. during a debate earlier this month, the moderator asked gardener to answe

cory gardner made an interesting move. he was one of the first this come out in favor of over-the-counter birth control. this was a sign that they knew that they were in trouble with women, and they had to offer something. this happening in an electionier, it shows how they want to cherry pick something that sounds good, but the actual policy implications of over-the-counter birth control puts the cost, the burden of costs on women and family. it may make a nice talking point for cory gardner, but in the end women voters are going to see right through that. i was looking at some of the early numbers. there are extreme enthusiasm for democrats right now. 77% of people who say they're going to vote for mark udall said because he's on the right side of women and families, these are women and family issues why colorado. that's why he's getting their support right now. >> but when--wasn't there a risk of being outflanked? wasn't there a risk of having that issue neutralized when the candidate for the other party said no, i'm no

and how they see their two main senatorial candidates, mark udall and cory gardner. y neck and neck, and with each new citizen we talked to, we discover another issue that could make or break this race. fracking. ten years ago the word sounded like an insult. today, it sounds like to some like the salvation of the american economy. and to others, like the decem r destruction of the environment. whatever it is, fracking or hydraulic fracturing, a high pressure method of getting oil and gas out of the ground, is a contentious issue in colorado. >> people jokingly referred to us as the warton brothers, which i take that as a compliment. >> j.c. warton and his son have been running an emergency consulting firm since 2008. >> we keep about seven of us here in the office full-time, but we can range anywhere from 15 to 40 contractors at any time. >> working out of a small office, they have a lot of big clients and deal in big ideas. one of those ideas is that fracking will not only make money but could also make american energy independent. an important goal for j.c. and a l

but cory gardner has a gender politician problem of his own. with amendment 67 which would define unborn children as persons in the colorado criminal code. coressman gardner has been accused of hypocrisy while flip-flopping on the colorado personhood amendment. >> a lot of people at work. >> you did change your mind on the personhood amendment on the state level. but you kept your name on the federal act, is that true? >> well, the federal act is a statement that i support. senator udall said himself when he changed his mind on gay marriage, that a good faith change in position should be considered a virtue, not a vice. >> how do you convince voters that this is not a war on women that the democrats paint republicans as being? >> i think if you look at the polling members, the people understand this is built for democratic purposes. contraception. that's clearly focused on it. >> reproductive freedom is a big deal. if he hadn't built his career on those freedoms, we'd probably have some other conversation. >> reproductive rights i think is an i

cory gardner running for senate on the republican side. joining us from los angeles, al jazeera's michael shor. what does bill clinton bring to voters in arkansas and kentucky that david prior and alison grimes can't deliver? >> first of all, nobody has ever seen a politician. nobody alive has seen a politician like bill clinton listen can and waving him campaigning there. you know that when he gets on grimes. he gets people out, and of course, you look back at the gore-lieberman campaign of 2000 and is a many people are looking back saying why didn't they use bill clinton? when you see bill clinton out beloved, it's an important part of campaigning in that state. i think democrats, even democrats who have to move to the center look toward bill clinton as somebody who can maybe get out the vote and getting the numbers as you know, is going to be really important in both of those states. >> how crucial is it for hillary clinton as she is out there to prove she can move the needle for democrats in louisiana and other races where she is plann

>> cory gardner is still sponsoring the personhood bill in congress. his name is right there, but gardner just keeps denying it. his denials even failed the independent fact check. >> a less charitable interpretation is that you're not telling us the truth. >> whether it's with our rights and freedoms or his own word, colorado just can't trust the real cory gardner. >> and republican congressman cory gardner released this ad. >> newspapers say mark udall is running an obnoxious one-issue campaign. >> trying to frighten voters. >> it's an insult. >> it's backfired. >> cory gardner made clear he won't support bans on contraceptions. in making the pill available over the counter. >> the country needs new leadership and fresh ideas. it needs colorado to elect cory gardner. >> the latest nbc news poll shows a tie in colorado but that's before michelle obama, hillary and bill clinton went to campaign in colorado. jeb bush went to campaign for cory gardner. >> there's a demotion for harry reid. he's no longer the leader of this country. if you believe, like i

udall has made this campaign about women especially cory gardner's support for a personhood bill. has donated over half of his ads to that issue. >> politicians like congressman gardner shouldn't be getting between me and my patients. >> it comes down to respect for women and our lives. so congressman cory gardner's history promoting harsh anti-abortion laws is disturbing. >> gardner's eight-year crusade would ban birth control. >> seriously? it's 2014. >> seriously? that is a fair point. the left-leaning editorial board surprisingly endorsed corey gardner saying udall's obnoxious one-issue campaign is an insult to those he seekses to convince. it is a criticism that's been shared by others in the media. >> he used to have a double-digit gender gap. now that jumped to about nine points. so there's evidence that some of this singular focus. >> and of course, it backfired. >> the issue has so dom nighted the cycle will that senator udall has repeatedly had to fight back charges that he's using the issue for political gain. >> are reproductive rights the most important issue facing c

shortage. >> if cory gardner gets his way, you better stock up on condoms.ay no to cory gardner, now. >> that's your thursday dish of scrambled politics and the condom hoarding that may happen. i'm joined by bob franken. good thursday morning to you. >> good morning. i was racking my brain. is there anything appropriate i can say about that ad? the answer is absolutely not. >> that is telling when bob franken has nothing to say. i'm sure you have lots to say. i don't know if you are keeping track of chris christie being chris christie. you have the latest incident here in that, you know, superstorm sandy two years later and of course the sit down and shut up comment. let's consider this. bridgegate aside, ebola quarantine aside, are people over the chris christie being chris christie, people that may see him like he's going to, you know, surface in 2016 or does it add to the christie charm we love or hate. >> charm is your word but you live in new york, maybe you have more of a tolerance for that thing. he will never win the mr. congeniality award. too often

but cory gardner has a gender politics problem himself. h amendment 67, which would define unborn children as persons in the colorado criminal code. congressman gardner has been accused of hypocrisy flip-flopping on the colorado personhood amendment. >> a lot of people gone today. >> you did change your mind on the personhood amendment at the state level, but you kept your name on the federal act, is that true? >> the federal act is a statement i support life. senator udall said himself when he changed his mind on gay marriage, he said a good faith change of position should be considered a virtue, not a vice. >> how are you convinced voters that this is not a war on women, that the democrats paint republicans as being? >> i think if you look at the polling numbers, people across the state understand that this is a fiction the democrats have built for election year purposes. >> a number of yours or groups tied to you, talk about personhood and contraception. and that's clearly a focus here in hitting congressman gardner. >> reproductive free

. >>> republican cory gardner supported a statewide personhood amendment that would give a fetus theghts as a person. after gardner was elected to the house of representatives, he co-sponsored the life at conception act in 2013. shortly after cory gardner entered the colorado senate race against incumbent senator mark udall he said he had a change of heart and could no longer support personhood at the state level. however, since that announcement, he said he will continue to support the federal life at conception act, a bill he continues to claim is not a personhood bill. just life at conception. in last night's colorado senate debate, moderator kyle clark pressed him on that. >> you continue to deny the federal life at conception act which you sponsor is a personhood bill to end abortion and we are not going to debate that here tonight because it's a fact. your co-sponsors say so, your opponents say so, and independent fact checkers say so. so let's instead talk about what this entire episode may say about your judgment more broadly. it would seem that a charitable interpretation wo

cory gardner is up, as you see in the real clear politics average. but it's been closing as of late in part because of the incumbent, senator mark udall has brought in a lot of firepower to stir up the base. >> you want a shared future with shared responsibilities and shared prosperity, you have to elect mark udall, you got to send him back to the senate. >> the big question in colorado, ground game and getting that vote out so that will likely make the difference in that race. as you look across the country, arkansas, you would put that in the republicans column as well. and west virginia. in louisiana, you can't move it yet, still blue, it's a jungle primary as we have talked about many times, in other words there are a lot of people on the ballot down there. but in a runoff, it does not look good for the democrats in louisiana. last night, the incumbent mary landrieu was asked whether if she went back to the senate she would vote for senator majority leader harry reid. >> we'll see. i think harry reid gets beat up more than he deserves and i'm not

is wrong. >> cory gardner is way too extreme for colorado. >> so we've heard this in previous electionsextreme, too extreme, tea party, we can't work with them, so it seems that the democrats overall message is yes, ice sis scary, yes, ebola's scary but republicans are a lot scarier. >> well, that's right. cory gardner is a sponsor of a bill that would prevent women from being able to get access to make their own reproductive choices even if if the case of rape or incest. >> okay, now hang on a second. >> the last thing we did before we left for the recess was vote to sue the president for doing his job. when the republicans won't even do their job. they won't work with us. >> debbie still hasn't answered the question. first of all she still hasn't answered the question as to whether or not -- >> hang on one second. -- >> -- the president's policies are on the ballot. >> reince what's on the ballot are democratic and republican candidates. >>:o, well -- >> hang on one second. congresswoman, tell us what this election is about, what's on the ballot, are they the president's policies? >>

and i had been in a few times and spoke with you about what cory gardner's position is on marijuana andhe banking side of it. >> sherri may have missed congressman gardner that day, but we caught up with both senatorial candidates and talked to them about marijuana. >> it's a laboratory state, colorado. now you have this experiment on marijuana. and it brings in $32 million in taxes so far over six months. and you've got 12 million more to 40 million in law enforcement savings from arrest, prosecution, sentencing, et cetera. are you happy about those numbers? >> look, when it comes to the issue of marijuana, i think the founders of this country always intended the states to be laboratories of democracy. and colorado finds itself deep in the heart of the laboratory. >> do you plan to move forward, to move the industry forward? >> there are certainly problems that have been created, the banking issues, the financial services issues that are going to have to be worked out. >> while gardner is guarded, udall seems to see legalizing marijuana as an overall positive for the state. >> voters s

that's colorado where republican congressman cory gardner is barely ahead. just 1.3 points, barely ahead of mark udall. udall has made this so much about women's issues that some people in colorado are calling mark udall senator uterus. will that work for him? >> it might because women are more likely to vote. the thing with gardner, have you a member of congress running against a senator. it's probably a tough decision who hates washington most. i mean, you know, you got the republicans putting up a congressman there. and i think it's like tying udall to a bomb and tying cory gardner to those in washington. i think it's going to be a bigger turnout than even possibly because of the presidential because of the mail ballot and obama tests bad for getting out the vote 2012. happened in this state in 2010. they're going to put that to work for udall. then north carolina which early on was seen as an almost sure pick up for the republicans but democratic senator kay hagan, as you can see, is hanging in there against republican tom tillis. here's a clip from thei

i think cory gardner is pro-life, from everything i know.ticularever the it is going on in colorado, i do not know. what i do know is that we support protection of the most honorable among us, including the on board -- the unborn. host: do you support over-the-counter contraception? he does. guest: i am not a supporter of over the counter contraception. we are seeing the government in this. i do not think it is the best way to do it. host: do you support the idea of cory gardner for senate? guest: i don't endorse candidates. host: you still believe he is pro-life? guest: he says he is pro-life and he says his record shows that. host: florida, democratic caller . caller: good morning. host: go ahead. a littlen your guest, while ago he had a question thet the diversity of southern baptists. i would agree with him that over the last 10 years they've been very diverse. i think that was to recruit new members because they were losing members. they've also had in african-american leader. the question i have for him is that if he understands why th

the cory gardner way, the wrong way for colorado. >> he will probably sand in front of solar panels nexte league of conservation voters has given congressman gardner a life time score of just 9%. don't let this guy fool you. he has no good environmental record, but he has a lot of money behind him. energy will be a huge issue in colorado, where does colorado stand on climate change. that's where we'll find out and look at the money that's being spent on it. over 12,000 in energy and climate-related ads have run in the state of colorado this cycle. >> now this colorado senate race is a microcosm of races around the country. the new york times reporting that 146,000 ads have run around the country related to energy through october 13th, but we can't get any talk in washington about energy, so why are they rung all these ads about it? it's the third most talked about topic behind jobs and health care. they can't win on ons and they don't like health care reform and so they're throwing money at energy because dog gone it if the democrats might hang on to the senate we might have to talk abou

(laughter) (cheers and applause) and i'm all-in for staunch conservative congressman, cory gardner, who'some under fire lately for co-sponsoring a federal "personhood" bill, currently in congress, which states the right to life is vested in each human being, beginning at the moment of fertilization or cloning. (laughter) true, every new life deserves the rights of personhood, even if it's just a clone intended solely as a source of backup organs. daddy loves you, beta stephen (laughter) keep doing your liver exercises! (laughter) (applause) this race is close because udall has built a solid advantage among women voters. in part because gardner's bill could outlaw some forms of birth control. okay, ladies -- gardner's name is on that "federal" personhood bill in congress, but he has a simple answer to your concerns. >> reporter: if you don't support the personhood initiative, why keep your name on that "life begins at conception act" on the federal level? >> gardner: there is no such thing as a federal personhood bill. >> reporter: but the facts are >> gardner: the facts are, eli, that the

so for someone like cory gardner a republican running against the incumbent, he was the underdog, butlmost every poll gives gardner the advantage. just days before the election he is almost four points ahead. what has he done right? here is why i think why he's ahead and why i think he will win tuesday night. he realized he was wrong to have supported it because the implications that it could have. he not only admitted he was wrong, he called for the birth control pill to be made available over the counter. both huge risks for a republican during the middle of the campaign. unfortunately for udall's camp this was their main line of attack, painting the republican congressman as totally out of the mainstream and right in line with the narrative that the gop is waging a war on women. and for whatever reason udall decided to stick with the strategy even the congressman evolved and after the denver post came out and endorsed gardner. he's focus soddy much of his campaign on abortion and birth control, he's been nicknamed and i'm not kidding, mark uterus. >> gardner sponsored a bill to mak

they say you know cory gardner's too extreme for women of colorado. well, that's not what i believe and that immediately alienates me. >> ifill: 64-year old udall, who is just completing his first term in the senate, is one of a handful of democratic incumbents under sustained political fire this year. his nemesis: a 40-year-old two- term congressman who says the country, and colorado, is due for a midterm, mid course correction that only a republican senate majority can deliver. >> are you ready to make to make harry reid a footnote in history? >> ifill: udall's predicament is especially perilous because of colorado's reputation as a notoriously unpredictable state. president obama has won twice, but much of the state's voters see themselves as outliers who are as likely to legalize marijuana as expand oil exploration. >> i think the people of colorado are very independent and i think as soon as they feel like they're getting pigeonholed or labeled as, as more democratic or more republican, they're going to switch. they don't like being told who they

last night, florida governor jeb bush stopping in colorado for republicans cory gardner and bob oprayc's kacie hunt asked him if it's more than likely he is running for president. >> can i ask you about what your son said on abc? is that where your head's at, running for president? >> he's got an opinion. he didn't talk to me. when you have kids, you'll probably have the same frustration. you love them to death and they have their own opinions. i'll make up my mind, just as said, at the end of the year. >> jeb bush also went after hillary clinton, criticizing her for saying at an event with elizabeth warren last week that businesses do not create jobs. >> this last week, i saw something that was breathtaking. a candidate -- a former secretary of state who was campaigning in massachusetts where she said that don't let them tell you that businesses create jobs. the problem in america today is not enough jobs are being created. they are created by businesses where people's income rise where they can live a life of purpose and meaning independent of government. that should be the mission.

he has kaut spanish ad for cory gardner.hat's the focus he's taken in colorado. >> my sense of colorado is that the swing areas are the very well populated suburbs where people tend to be secular in their life styles. women are very modern, of course. they demand equality. and issues like abortion rights are important. how does jeb bush who is pro-life, how does he cut through that secular thinking in the suburbs to win colorado? >> reporter: well, first, i would say there is a substantial evangelical population in colorado. so the republicans to win here need to turn pout base. i think you've seen mark udall. on abortion on, contraception, it doesn't seem to be working against a candidate, cory gardner who come across as someone who is nonthreatening. who is airing an ad saying i want to give you over the counter birth control. jeb bush is someone who doesn't sound like ted cruz. >> few of them do. what do you sense? do you sense female, can you tell from your reporting that they had he is going to run? his son was saying h

it goes to character of cory gardner, right?st their elected officials, and this guy has twisted himself in knots and, you know, straight out lied in order to back pedal from his extreme positions because he knows they're outside of the mainstream. he knows most people want their reproductive health care left alone, family planning to be a family decision, and in order to sort of get out of the extreme positions he's taken, he's flat out lied, and that really undercuts trust with the voters. >> host: what about this recent debate between the two where cory gardner asked senator udall if he opposed making contraception available over the counter, and udall wouldn't answer the question? >> guest: yeah. i'm not sure what happened with senator udall there. you know, there is a very big challenge because it's not that it doesn't sound great, and we care very much about expanding access for contraception. it is the fundamental problem with that is that because the affordable care act for the first time ever meant women don't have to b

what happens in fight clubs staying in fight clubs what cory gardner says. they said they have been out there for months. >> they say democrats are bragging about the ground game, republicans don't have one. >> it's in the locked box along with social security. >> in a state where the senate vase tied, nobody trusts the polls, that's the person you want to be talking to, right. the person that can make the random al gore joke about the '90s while she is fake locking your face closed so you won't talk about the secret get out the vote plan that nobody speaks of. why did you come to denver? this is why i came to denver. i love it. so the other people you want to tuque in the middle of a race like this, in the middle of a state like this, while the democratic party is trying to extrapolate what happened here to the whole nation is the guy who made it here first who is trying to make it for democrats across the country. he is senator michael bennett of the great state of colorado. for bennett. >> hello. >> let me ask you about this fight club assertion there fir

at an endorsement of cory gardner -- i will reader couple of sentences. rather -- his of not just one issue campaign is an assault -- insult. i want to get your response to that. >> it looks differently from where i sit. of course, first of all, i went back and reviewed the list of all the people that were endorsed and did not win. that is the first reassuring step that i took. secondly, it is not that mark udall -- through his record, he has made this the issue. i think a couple of things are going on in colorado. they are talking about a lot of issues. this one has risen to the top is the third time it has been on the ballot. it has been beaten before, twice. it will be voted on again in november along with the senator and governor's race. senator udall has been a total champion, whereas cory gardner, who came in with the tea party wave in 2010 and was part of the group that was planning to be fun planned parenthood's services, wanted to roll back obamacare, and wanted to remove prevented services bill, seems not to be able to remember which bills the a

[video clip] >> i am cory gardner. guypponent is a real nice who will never change his image -- change the senate. he has two senators who are -- he has two cousins who are senators, too. my dad sells tractors. let's shake up the senate. i am cory gardner and i approved this message. host: is that at effective -- is that ad effective? guest: one of the questions we wanted to ask is why mark udall was so offended by this ad. he felt it was an attack on he was upset by it. cory gardner's campaign -- the favorite headline about the ad c, democrats demand ad be pulled. i thought it was an interesting ad. more interesting was the reaction from democrats. there was talk about how the udall campaign overreacted in making this an attack. up, what iswrap going on on the ground in colorado? guest: the race is tied. democrats keep saying now our ground game starts. we are so ahead of them that it will not be tied within a few weeks. next tuesday. out you should expect people on your doorstep nonstop. turn in your ballot as soon a

senate, net has people shoveling money rocky mountains. >> why do guys like cory gardner think it iseir business to tell women what to do/ >> for all of the red star -- ads targeting women, this is between two men. mark udall first won a senate seat in 2008, also considered one of the closest races in the country. newlyped elect the elected president obama, the law proved deeply unpopular -- >> but over time you will see the affordable care act work for more and more coloradans. wife that is now we have heard udall focused on, instead a war hisomen strategy, painting opponent as an extreme ideologue . on the inside, congressman cory gardner who gave up a state seat in the house for this run hoping to rise to the senate on his conservative views on social issues has provided ammunition for democrats, including his status as a cosponsor of a bill in congress. >> there is no bill. >> gardener is out on a limb without denial, at odds with fact checkers and the supporters he is engaged on a fight campaigning i plan to offer birth control pills over the counter but gardner also seems to ha

in his latest add he attacks cory gardner for supporting anti-abortion legislation and then denying it>> gardner's denials failed the independent fact check. >> in a less charitable interpretation is that you're not telling us the truth. >> whether it's your rights, freedom in his own words colorado cannot trust the real cory gardner. >> and greg orman is trying to hang on to what appears to be a slight lead against pat roberts. roberts is getting help from a pac run by kentucky libertarian center rand paul. >> pat roberts was one of the few true conservative senators who stood with rand paul and said stop sending money to radical organizations who kill our am basis ders and burn our flags. >> actually the u.s. does not intentionally send money to radical organizations. more outside groups are pooing resources in this campaign, the latest from the national education association. >> joni ernst is taking the funding from pubic schools and giving it to private schools instead. more, she would cut $1 million from iowa schools. >> she said she would not cut the money but that she would give

to one of the guys trying to get answers, colorado candidate cory gardner.called his opponent, senator mark udall, and he was unable to join us. good to see you, sir. >>> i know you were involved in the questioning today. doesn't look like we're going to get a travel ban from this white house anytime soon, does it? >> i don't understand why the white house, why the cdc is opposed to a travel ban. you listen to the excuses the cdc director said, we want do it because of personnel and supplies. when i asked what number of flights, personnel and supplies were entering the u.s., he said he didn't know. how can he oppose a travel ban on something he doesn't know the answer to. >> is a travel ban going to be an issue in your campaign in colorado? >> this is not about politics. this isn't about an election. this is about, as the doctor from the fda said, global -- tragic global event and that's what have to do to prevent this from becoming more tragic, and a travel ban would protect the people of this country from further harm. >> in your race against senator udall

really working for could have pregnant women prosecuted. >> the denver post wrote an endorsement of cory gardner supporting personhood and now walking away from it, casting him as sort of a moderate. why do you think gardner and joni ernst and scott walker aren't just owning the fact they're for personhood. they all backed away saying, whoa, that's not what i'm for. >> during the time they're in office, cory gardner got signatures for personhood on the ballot. the exceptionalism is remarkable. he said he didn't know it would restrict personhood and that's why he changed his mind. i'm sorry, he didn't know it would restrict contraception. during the campaign the contraception issue was raised again and again and again. he missed all of that messaging. why 70% of coloradans voted against it. you also have the fact that he says he no longer -- he no longer support's colorado's version of personhood. in fact, he is still a co-sponsor of the federal life at conception act which if you talk to personhood usa, headquarters of personhood, if you look at the language, so how gardner has got an way with s

voters, birth control. >> politician cory gardner could ban abortion including in cases of rape. >> meanwhile an environmental group in colorado is attacking gardner's connection to the koch brothers. >> the truth billionaire polluter koch brothers are spending millions to put gardner in the senate so he can push their agenda and line their pockets. >> gardner is in a tight race with mark udall. conservative groups are trying to play up the position of udall on women attacks. can we take that chance. >> that audio was meant to sound like an airplane and invoke memories of 9/11. staying in colorado there is controversy over a gardner ad that mentioned udall's family. >> 1 years in politics and he has two cousins who are senators, too. mark udall's dad even ran more president. my dad, well, he sells tractors. >> it's true that udall's dad ran for president in 1976. >> i'm disappointed congressman gardner. i have no intention of running ads or criticizing or insulting his family. i see this as an insult directed at my family. this race is between congressman gardner and me, not between

[video clip] >> i am cory gardner. guypponent is a real nice who will never change his image -- change the senate. he has two senators who are -- he has two cousins who are senators, too. my dad sells tractors. let's shake up the senate. i am cory gardner and i approved this message. host: is that at effective -- is that ad effective? guest: one of the questions we wanted to ask is why mark udall was so offended by this ad. he felt it was an attack on his late father. he was upset by it. the favorite headline about the ad was a story that said gartner calls udall a nice guy, democrats demand ad be pulled. i thought it was an interesting ad. more interesting was the reaction from democrats. there was talk about how the udall campaign overreacted in making this an attack. up, what iswrap going on on the ground in colorado? guest: the race is tied. democrats keep saying now our ground game starts. we are so ahead of them that it will not be tied within a few weeks. next tuesday. out you should expect people on your doorst

in his latest add the attacks cory gardner for supporting anti-abortion legislation and then denying it. >> his denials failed the independent fact check. >> you're not telling us the truth. >> colorado just can't trust the cory gardner. >> greg orman is hanging on to a tight lead. >> pat roberts was one of the true conservative who is stand with rand paul and said stop sending taxpayer's money where radicals storm our embassies, burn our flags and kill our diplomats. in fact, where paul suggests that bruce braley remain in a dead heat. more outside groups are pouring money into the campaign. here is the latest from the national education ocean. >> joni ernst is working to take money from public schools and give them to private schools instead. that's not right. >> ernst said she would not cut the money. she would give it directly. this is still a hot button at the end. >>> question number one on the state's election day ballot would use jelly donuts to lure bears out of the woods so hunters can shoot them. there were 1300 ads for and against the bear-luring restriction. >> only stop

remember. >> a bill that everybody says is a personhood bill, you are telling me it is not. >> cory gardner is still sponsoring the person in congress, his name is right there, but gardner just keeping denying it. his niles even fail the independent fact check. >> meanwhile, he has struck back, accusing him of twisting the facts. >> the denver post says it would pose no theft to women's right. in fact, he is a proponent of making the pill available. >> the country needs new leadership and fresh eyes. okay, let's talk about it, she is a domic strategist and president of the chatterton group, thank you for your time. >> hi. thank you. so the latest polls, seem to have cookman gardner ahead by anywhere from three to 7 points how do you see this race, is it close? oh, is this race is absolutely close. for the first time in the history of the election, there are new voting processes in place, that will increase voter turnout. >> talk about this, liz. >> meaning -- yes, yeah. >> talk about it, the number of ways colorado is making it really easy for people to vote this time around. >> right. abso

ladd featuring jeb bush. >> he said its vital to elect a leader like cory gardner.and he thinks its viable to collect ious for 2016. >>> in democrats are trying to drive voters to particular concerns of women. she' >> tushed for a law to force women considering abortion, force them to look at color photographs of developing fetuses. scott brown wants the government to tell women how to make this decision. >> democrats are also trying to grab the attention of women voters in north carolina where incumbent center kay hagin is trying to fend off a challenge from tom tillis. here is the spot from planned parenthood. >> tom tillis wants to outlaw safe abortion. they'll cut off planned parenthood services. >> and 2014 house elections where they're howling over john boehner. boehner brought a lawsuits over executive actions yet here is an excerpt from his latest campaign video. >> we have to reform our legal system. we allow anybody in america to sue any day anybody for any damn reason at all. we all pay for it. >> any damn reason at all. this is the time of year where the

we have senator mark udall and congressman and cory gardner.ers and applause] the rules agreed upon by the candidates one minute answers and rebuttals at our discretion there is an opportunity to question one another in closing statements. you can participate from home for one of the topics we discussed with more depth. we're talking about issues of the day with the spread of ebola, economy, affordable care act the you will determine which we will circle back to. text of the word ebola economy to the number 25543 it will appear on the screen throughout the hour. now brandon will katchis up on the race for senate. >> it seems larger than life because it is bigger than colorado but could decide control of the u.s. senate. that has special interest shoveling money to the rocky mountains. >> 99% of the time. >> cory gardner. all the ads but the incumbent mark udall when he first won his senate seat in 2008 was considered one of the closest races he helped the newly elected president obama with his agenda with the affordable care act. >> overtime he

a good poll has cory gardner beating udall 43-37. here again it breaks out the women's vote. and answer this one. it shows colorado women over whelmingly supporting udall. 49-34%. the same exact percentage you saw in north carolina. are women wrong in every state by the way you look at it? >> no. i think the poll is a news cycle behind. i think the poll has not reacted to ebola. it has not reacted to the lack of action of isis. >> it was taken yesterday. the public opinion lacks the news cycle. >> we can't give you a more recent poll than last night and you're complaining. that's ridiculous. >> all the polls are trending our way. everyone of them. >> i'm pointing out, why were the women still consistent against the republicans? that's all i'm asking. >> ask the women. >> and we have done a lot of research into women voters. not just recently. it is consistent. they are concerned about their economic security. all of these issues are incredibly important. they're all important. it is about economic security. unless you're a candidate talking about issues they care about, equal

will we keep mark udall or replace him with cory gardner? the ballots are in the mail and each candidate will make their case to colorado colorado voters here in the 9 news studios tonight. >> let's get right to it. i have the first question. we'll begin with the news of the day. some pretty discouraging headlines about the ebola virus here in this nation. a second health care worker in texas infected who flew on a passenger jet. the president canceling political business to call an emergency cabinet meeting about the spread of the virus. as it stands, at this moment, how do you evaluate the federal response? we'll start with you, senator. >> brandon, i took time today to call dr. freden the heafed the cdc to get an update directly. he shared with me the virus is the enemy. we need to spare no cost. we need to protect our public health workers. we need to acknowledge the great courage of not only people here facing this unseen virus but the troops we're sending to western affer -- africa, to the aid workers there already. in the end what we