david david shuster. election day is one month away. in the garden state the past republican has won the election and has gained the support of many voters. in virginia the government shuttle down shutdown widen the gap. these gubernatorial candidates have spent money on the ground and the airwaves struggling all the way through. this comes as voters across america are expressing major dissatisfaction. we'll talk about this tonight but first some background. >> i think the govenor at the last date he was called bullying by saying it was an example of strong leadership. >> in the race for new jersey govenor. she punched hard at govenor christie. >> govenor christie rem represes the combination of bully. and that is what has some democrats to support him. >> at this point christie led in the polls by 30 points. you want to start throwing stones, you better get out of your glass house. >> th bono charged that christie is giving tax breaks to big businesses at the expense of small businesses and christie accused bono of being a big spender. >> the govenor says he was consistent at the last debate. he is consistent on the side of the wel well think. think -- well think. wealthy. >> to beat christie bono has a lot t to over come. embrace president obama saying he thought the president was helpful to the storm ravaged state. it was a rare moment that contrasted with the usual partisan approach. but christie has always tried to be above the left right fray. with eyes on the biggest job in washington in 2 2016 he told the philadelphia inquirer this week "if i was in the senate right now i would kill myself. with what we see going on in washington, d.c. they could use a dose of new jersey common sense. ". he surely has seen the national polling on the shutdown that it's deeply disheartening the pub. 80% of the public are dissatisfied with the way the national is being governed. the poll sters also cite washington's dysfunction as a top concern above the economy and employment. >> that may be no where more evident than in virginia. he was neck and neck with his democratic opponent seeking the zbogovenor's office. but as the shutdown began the gap between the two deeply unpopular candidates began to widen. >> my job is to protect the health of women. i'm particularly offended by ken cuccinel limili. he wants do make all cases of . 170,000 federal employees live and work and many are out on furlough. as attorney general he sued the federal government over the aforable care act. and an outspoken skeptic of global warming. >> cuccinel limili's platform is fixing the economy and improving education and clean nearing. nergy. the fu the money and the mud are flying on both sides of the race. cuccinelli used used big money due to his connections. >> allegations swirl that mcculof made a fortune. hilhillary clinton plans to campaign with him over the weekend. he has be been accused of fund-raising tactics he has raised more than any candidate has. voters in both states head to the polls november 5th setting the stage for what might come in [[voiceover]] every day, events sweep across our country. and with them, a storm of views. how can you fully understand the impact unless you've heard angles you hadn't considered? antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. >>> and welcome back. we are talking about two gubernatorial races in new jersey and virginia. we'll start in virginia with mark fisher of the washington "n post" and bill schneider. mark fisher let's start with you. you are seeing any apology that -- polling with cuccinel limi cinelli. >> there will be more attacks in the final days. but the trend has been clear throughout the fall. that cu ccinelli is in deep trouble and the government shutdown has hurt him badly. there is a tremendous well of ill will against washington. >> the possible defel default ad there is ken cuccinelli who is taking the stink himself. >> more so in virginia than other places because the closeness of washington, d.c. therthere is a tremendous awares of the shutdown by people who are not getting their paychecks and forced to sit home. ken cuccinelli has had to do this dance and saying i'm for the tea party and cutting government spending and taming the monster in washington on one hand and i'm trying to pro tent- protect the voters in this state. and terry is not mr. clean when diit comes to public per percep. >> seymouhe is more associated h washington, d.c. than cuccinelli. it's hurting cuccinelli. if the government shutdown had not happened how would you see the race playing out. >> . >> i think it would be closer. but cucinel limit li would have a problem. is the fact that he has taken positions on issues like climate change and women's rietsd and rd women's health. he is losing badly because he is doing so poorly with women. >> ken c cuccinelli has been in trouble with the healthcare act. he has an agenda that is extreme. going back to his time in the state legislature he has spoken out about abortion and excitedly about gay marriage and he has takent taken a firm position. he is a man of princple and he doesn't mind being on the wrong inend of a 39-1 vote. it's perceived as not being a moderate that governor mcdonald has governed as. he said i'm going to be more moderate as govenor and he is true to his word. >> and the hard line conservative positions that may have worked 10 or 15 years ago but the demographics have been changed. a third of the vote in the cast in northern virginia. i grew up in northern virginia and southern virginia. we used to cal call fairfax county north virginia, like it was west virginia a separate state. a different universe. it is a major partly of the state and drives the state economy and heavily depend ant upon and linked to the government. there are 56,000 federal contractors that are squeezed on the shutdown and that is part of the state that doesn't vote like the rest of the state. >> the urban areas are trending momoderate and the rural areas e going more conservative. the rural areas the southside of virginia, those areas are probably align more with the tea party. the tea party doesn't have much traction in northern virginia. it's not fertile ground for the republican party. the split in the republican party is visible in virginia. where you have pragmatic business types in northern virginia and the old south in the other part of the state. >> how much has the tea party helped in the state. >> >> it's not clear that the conservative base will come out in strong numbers. there is aroun an enormous drop off. and that usually accrues to the benefit of the republicans because it's a non-white population that comes out in a presidential year especially for barack obama sits home in this year. this time we may see a shift in that equation. we may see for a first time as a result in several decades that virginia breaks it's pattern for going to an opposite party in the year of the presidential vote. this would be historic and it would send a warning signal for their ability to retain majority in the south givent wha -- given to what happened with the shutdown and obamacare. >> this does sound like it's terry mccullough's race to lose. does that change his campaign strategy? >> he is running a cautious campaign. if you watch a lot of tv in the washington or virginia areas he does not appear in his own tv ads. averaged cuccinel limili's campaign puts him in them all. where he is wearing a hawaiian shirt. they are trying to make him look like a sleazy deal maker. a wheeler dealer. it's not working in part because mcculloff is no where to be seen. they run a tightly controlled message campain. it's fair to say, given the perceptions that that is still being vastly vast trumped by the anger they have over the government shutdown and the republican party should bare the blame. >> this is becoming a nationalized race. that may be good in a sense. voters in virginia don't care for either candidate very much. the and so both candidates have a negative image. i supposed last best hope for cuccinelli that the mcculloff people say home. if there is a blizzard in virginia next month they'll come out to vote. that is the theory at least. and that is the one thing that could help ken c uccinelli to win. it's which candidate they dislike the least. >> the big issues that we are talking about at the internationanational level,womee action are being settled at the stated level. what would it do to virginia suppose the democrats are able to capture the gubernatorial race how does that change things on where virginia goes. >> it makes us think of virginia not just as a purple state but a purple state leaning blue which would be a historical change. virginia has been run by republicans in richmond in resent years. but both of it's senators tim cane and mar mark warner. >> it's one that has had to go to the middle and cut deals and we take a great deal of pride in that in virginia. the virginia way. you would see that solidifying if you had a legislation la le s legislature that voted for mccull off. >>> we'll move our discussion to new jersey where the republican govenor chris christie appears poised for an easy election and what is driver driving it. >> while you were asleep, news was happening. >> here are the stories we're following. >> find out what happened and what to expect. >> international outrage. >> a day of political posturing. >> every morning from 6 to 10am al jazeera america brings you more us and global news than any other american news channel. >> tell us exactly what is behind this story. >> from more sources around the world. >> the situation has intensified here at the boarder. >> start every morning, every day, 6am to 10 eastern with al jazeera america. >> what is leading this particular race? is it because he is seen in a moderate state or what is going on with christie. >> it's both. it's primarily the personality. people like a lot the democrats and rupts an republicans and independence. he is scoring in groups where the republicans don't do well in normally. this is all due to president obama comes to new jersey and he is on the tarmac and christie has been out campaining campaining for . >> when christie is asked about possible run for president he is not ruling it in or ruling it out. his supporters are hoping to launch him for the run. are you picking up any details that he is starting to put the presidential run together. >> i do get a sense they are honing in on seve certain demogc groups. that is not to win november 5th. >> they want a decisive number they want to show they are electable and a blue state and electable on a international -- national scale. they want to get numbers of hispanics and african americans and women. >> if they can do that they will go to 2016 presidential primary and say listen, it didn't workout last time and didn't workout two times ago. you need to elect somebody who can actually win. i'm a conservative govenor in a blue state. i won by a huge margin and i won a third of the black vote and i won 60% of the female vote let's say zblerchlts i'say. i'm the guy you need to beat hillary clinton. >> are there any elections besides the midterm elections that the public can draw how well he is doing. >> if christie wins big as expected in new jersey a blue state and cus cusp coup cusp churc cuccinelli wins. that is a powerful message. >> a tea party ca candidate cann a presidential primary because of how the republicans have set up their nomination contest is that fair? >> that is fair and a big problem for chris christie. they look at him embracing and locking arms with president obama. he was the govenor -- chris christie and charlie chris. >> he embraced president obama early in the term. >> and he got thrown out of the party. >> he was thrown out of the party. he embraced the antichrist. >> how does chris christie respond when people say hey you are too close to the democrats. and you should be towing the party line and how does he deal with that criticism. >> he ticks off the ways he has been a conservative govenor. he spoke to the pro life rally. and he rejected funding tore for planned parenthood. he vetoed a couple of gun bills. he fills in a lot of boxes that conservatives would want. almost all of the boxes. just some of the optics like that incident with obama that didn't fare well for him. he would say before that he was romney's number one surrow gat. disgat -- surrogate and i was te speaker of the republican convince. he is going to remind everyone the loyal republican and true conservative he has been and he hopes that is going to work. paying your dues is exceptional if you are running for the republican party. >> the govenor makes an argument i will always do best for the people of new jersey and what was best for them after hurricane sandy was to get the relief to them as quickly as possible. president obama supported that and that is why i was happy to work with him. >> there are a number of rums republicans that the best thing that chris christie has going for him. when was the last time tha republicans carried new jersey in a presidential contest? >> you would have to go back sometime. it might have been 1988. >> i was about to say 1988 with bush and . >> that has to make a republican insider salivate if they can get past chris christie may not be one of us he works with obama. if they can get past that he has cross-over appeal that increases the changes of the republicans in 2016. >> that is a reasonable calculation. what you say when you mention chris christie they say rino. republican in name only. >> why? because he embraced the antichrist. and he embraced obama. that is it for him. we don't walk to him anymore. >> and for chris christie he says oh, no i have a record. it suggests that he is pragmatic and he has taken moderate positions while governing. >> he has. he expanded medicade and he dealt with a democratic legislature on a number of issues. >> he says listen i have a democratic legislature and i couldn't loosen gun laws it would be a futile effort. i was as conservative as i coud be given the constraints of new jersey. hnew jersey won by a larger margin than in '08. this is a obama loving and christie loving state. if that is true for the country that would be remarkable. >> let's go back to the public anger of voters in washington. they want to get things done. how important do you see that playing out over the next two years and perhaps that is the big benefit for christie. that is a benefit for christie. it stayed tha said that democraa more favorable opinion of chris christie than their own cane candidate. the democratic state senator. they have a higher opinion of the republican than of their own candidate. that says something. >> how do you see the race finishing? chris christie wins and it's a blow out. is there anything that could close this state in new jersey. >> i don't think so. chris christie was about to car carpet bomb the state. he has painted christie as a liberal. i don't see it likely being a blow out. i see it getting a third of the democratic votes. he is running against d ct dc cd washington, d.c. he is taking advantage of the new cycle and he looks to be coasting to victory. >> coastalling to victory and setting up a race in 2016. thank you. we appreciate it. that is it from the team here in washington, d.c. and from me david shuster for now. you can keep the discussion going by logging onto the facebook page. you can send us your thoughts on twitter i'm david schuster, thanks for watching. . [ ♪ theme ] >> hello, i'm richard gizbert. you are at "listening post." this week when should state secrets be kept, when should they be revealed. two british papers are having the debate on the front page. glenn greenwald, the reporter who broke the edward snowden story leaves "the guardian" for a new outlet. seldom has so much been said to so many by so few. [ screams ] >> no, this is not

. >>> hello every one i'm david david shuster. election day is one month away. in the garden state the past republican has won the election

. >>> hello every one i'm david david shuster. election day is one month away. in tar

ben, loren and zack, that's it for today, and for me david shuster, you can send us your thoughts@aj inside story or to me@david shuster. thanks for watching. vo: visitors to london could be forgiven for thinking they are seeing a quintessentially british town. the imperial architecture. the iconic black taxis and red phone boxes. but behind these picture-postcard images, london is the one of the most multicultural capitals in the world. vo: more t

and from me, david shuster, for now, you can log on to our twitter and facebook page, thanks for watching everybody, i'm david shuster. . . >>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey. here are the stories we are following for you. >> a deadly blast rocks the suburbs of damascus, killing more than a dozen soldiers. a nationwide manhunt for two convicted killers who walked free from a florida prison thanks to forged documents. six months of talks stalled. bart workers off the job - stranding thousands. [ ♪ theme ]. >>> fighting and blood

and from me, david shuster, for now, you can log on to our twitter and facebook page, thanks for watching everybody, i'm davidster. >> senator bernie sanders, independent of vermont, is a rarity in american politics. >> yaiblgly yied, i'm depressed i'm disgusted. >> from the russell senate office building on capitol hill. senator

and from me, david shuster, for now, you can log on to our twitter and facebook page, thanks for watching everybody, i'm david shuster. >>> hello and welcome to al jazeera america i'm morgan rat rat -- radford in new york. >>> people that are wanting to enroll in obamacare are on hold. the website will be down this westbound to fix a glitch in the system. the -- white house is scrapping plans to roll out the spanish site next week. the native spanish people can enroll over the phone or in person. >>> not one but two convicted killers are on the run after they escaped using bogus documents. they

thing that everybody knows about obamacare it's complicated, so we have asked david shuster to help break it down. good luck, david>> yeah. let's start with the most basic component of obamacare. these insurance marketplaces that are about to start. the first thing to remember is obamacare leaves most of the health care system alone. >> reporter: despite all of the rhetoric in washington, d.c., the new exchanges will only be in play for about 7% of the total u.s. population or about 23 million people. the reason is if you get your insurance through your employer, the new exchanges do not apply to you. that means there will be 321 million, almost half based on current trends, or 154 million will have employer-based health insurance. another 46 million americans will be on medicare. they will stay on that. the new program does expand ed kayed. an estimated 26 million people will get insurance through other place. that believes about 53 million uninsured americans. experts believe less than half will actually get insurance through the marketplaces. so if you are uninsured, what will the new marketplaces look like? im

but we're going to go to david shuster, who has been following the story all afternoon. to you, david>> yeah, just to set this up, so people have a better idea why this was so dramatic. let's start with this dramatic piece of video. we're looking at the west front of the u.s. capitol building, this first circle right here, this is garfield circle, this is where you pick up the video where the tourist saw something going on, and saw police with guns drawn. here is the video, you see the black sedan, this is looking rest. she starts to pull out in reverse, rams a police car there, and starts to pull away. now, again, this is halfway through the chase. and we hear shots fired right there by capitol hill police. and i want to stop it right there again, again, this is halfway through the chase. it has already happened near the white house. so we saw the incident halfway through, but this is where it began. here we are, white house grounds. washington monument, according to police, the driver was going westbound on pennsylvania avenue at 15th street. there is a white house secret service ba

david shuster for now. you can keep the discussion going by logging onto the facebook page. you can send us your thoughts on twitter i'm david schuster, thanks for watching. justice. >> >>> over 50 years ago in the early days of the vet no, ma'am war, american forces began using a potent new herbicide known as "agent orange." it was designed to clear forests divid i have provided the vet kong with food. the deadly effects of that poison can be seen in the sickness and disabilities that have affected millions of people and the feeling of shame they have induced in some american vets.

david shuster with us. let's get a check on weather now. >> good afternoon i'm meteorologist david warren. they things are a little cooler these are frost and freeze advisories. cooler air here and there is coastal flooding with a storm that is vej. one thing you will notice is a chill in the air. it's calm and the temperature will drop into the 30s. you can see frost on servicings and temperatures down to freezing across the northeast and new england. here is the storm that is developing. area of low pressure off the coast of north and south carolina. there are the cloud and rain over the next 24 hours. the rain will slowly start to push north rain spreading into virginia and washington d.c. it will be heavy at times and moving up to new england. there is a big difference in pressure. this is a nor'easter developing and that will lead to the coastal flooding and rain along the mid-atlantic states and i up through my england look at that any warmer air is coming up in the national forecast. >> the debt ceiling comparison raising your credit card limit by one trillion dollars. [[voiceover]]

david shuster in for ali velshi. thanks for joining us. . >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ you are watching the al jazeera news hour, i'm david foster andhat we have for you in the next 60 minutes, support for peace talks, the international ride to syria just landed in damascus to meet president assad. argentina's president loses ground in mid-term elections killing off hopes of a third term. [gunfire] emergency talks with the u.n. after renewed fighting between government forces and m 23

david shuster has been following this story, and he is going to tell us how all of this unfolded. davidhat happened? >> john the individual you just saw was near the capitol. but it all began as libbying pointed out by the white house. this is the white house here, the lincoln memorial is here, let's give you a little different view. this is where the secret service barrier is set up. police say that the woman drove her black lexus this direction and had an altercation with the secret service where the blue pen is. and at one point, she essentially ran a secret serviceman over. she then turned around and headed toward the cop - -- -- capitol. this is garfield circle. and this is where the video from the tourist -- there you go. so this is garfield circle perhaps 200 yards from the west front of the capital, and that's where capitol police got involved. they see the black infinity. they try to stop her into talking, she decides not to and starts to lead them on this chase. now watch very carefully as she loops around this other circle. she makes the loop. she is going north and then she

david shuster will be talking about that in "real money" tonight. he is filling in for ali velshi. davidet me in the heads of wall streeters. what are investors thinking? >> investors are thinking that republicans starting to pull back a little bit, and perhaps democrats and the white house will warm up to some kind of deal that are raise the debt ceiling and also essentially get the government to reopen. wall street doesn't care so much about the brood negotiation, they want the government to go back to normal, and let the economy be most influenced by housing, auto sales, the fed, all of that translates into an economy that is starting to rebound, and as soon as the government gets out of the way, investors are betting that that rebound will continue. >> david what might a debt deal look like? >> a debt deal if you go back to what president obama was talking about two years ago, this grand bargain to figure out ways to close the gap between what the government brings in and how much is going out. you might see the president infuriate his progressive base by suggesting perhaps slowing d