i spoke with dan leavy and asked him how this is going to work. >> we are hosting a series of five smallevents around the country. it is going to be great to meet them. you can think of facebook fit like a boot camp for small businesses and get your business in the shape or if you are a business looking to add or expertise. we will work to help them understand how they can grow their business, especially on a mobile which they are asking about a lot. it will grow and benefit their communities. helping them to grow. that is what they asked us about . one of the big things that they ask is how can i work on mobile? we think facebook is one of the best things for businesses on a mobile device. if you're a business owner who is not sitting behind a desk top computer but out of the go, we know that small business owners are looking for simple and effective business solutions. >> how much can facebook really help a small business? it is a limited audience. >> there is a billion people on facebook. facebook can be an effective place to grow a business. a 12 small businesses come to facebook. it

correspondent dan springer has the story tonight from portland. >> reporter: dr. monica leavyrepublican trying to win a senate seat in a deep blue state. a seat held by democratic jeff merkley. she has big endorsements. but she might have been big problems too. her ex-boyfriend, lumber executive andrew miller accused her of stalking her. then he started a super pac to campaign for her. she denies there was any cooperation between her campaign and miller's pac. >> women are creating more new small business jobs than men. >> another super pac which aims to put the gop more in the middle has spent more than $400,000 in campaign ads. >> we don't want the government interfering in our business, in our personal lives, in our private lives, in our personal decisions. >> part of monica webby appeal is she's a socially moderate women. also for a party that's been attacked recently for having a war on women, she offers a new face and a different story. polls show her main opponent is jason conger. his support comes from more conservative parts of the state. >> we need real conservative