snow moving through portions of eastern iowa and missouri.ain will mixed with snow for the morning in the afternoon. it's 59 degrees right now. 43 by noon. 38 5:05 p.m.. at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning it's only 23 degrees. that will be a morning low. deals like january. >> i'm getting cold and just thinking about it. dan ryan in bound from the merge, to remain closed. but it doesn't look like we are seeing heavy delays because of that. volume is light out on the roads. outbound at 4 dale, we have four lanes down meaning we are down to a single lane until 5:00 a.m.. this will get more caught up with traffic exiting west bound at cornell and it looks like you are going to be on the eastbound side. numbers, overall look good if you are heading out early you should be good. more traffic in just a bit. >> these are pictures from around the midwest. a winter- like system is moving through the midwest, and its about to make things colder around here. parts of minnesota, wisconsin, and michigan already have snow. northern wisconsin will have up 16-inc

joni ernst went to eastern iowa and beat bruce braley.able to do in eastern iowa that most republicans aren't able to do. >> i think we may be drawing nigh when we have to call it quits. looking at this country wide, you've been working the board on every major race. what's the game-changer here? >> well, we can talk about how motivated republicans were. and that's true as we showed you in colorado. it's certainly true in kansas. turned into an absolute blowout because the republican-leaning voters of kansas finally said we don't want a democratic senate. but this thing became a wave last night. i can quickly call this up on the screen and you can see. this thing became a wave when some governors races started coming in that nobody saw coming. when paul le page, the incumbent in maine survived. >> no surprise there. >> he didn't just win, he won big in maryland. when that starts happening, i'm not always as shocked when republican wins the governor's race in massachusetts. they have a history of doing that. but, again, when these things a

what bruce braley wanted to talk about the day that he was trying to move turn-out in his way in eastern iowa. >> thank you. joining me is suzi kemp. now we have a tricky situation down there in georgia, which i hate because it complicates things. but is this any reason to believe that if michelle nunn, the daughter of the former senator from georgia, if she can't win the 50 points now, any reason to believe that she could win them later on in january when they have the run-off? >> well, it's interesting. i actually was walking around with michelle nunn earlier today as she was out canvassing for votes in decatur, a suburb of atlanta. i asked her that very question. and she said, we've defied the prognosticators before, which suggests that i think they know it would be really very much an uphill battle. the wild card here is that libertarian candidate amanda swafford who you haven't heard much about, because she's only polled, 3, 4, 5 digits. the assumes is those voters would be conservative and would go for perdue in the run-off. >> any reason to believe a libertarian would vote for a democr

. >> anamosa state penitentiary is a maximum security facility located in eastern iowa. home of some of the state's most violent offenders. one would think that the overcrowded conditions would lead to a constant barrage of bloody confrontations. well, think again. behind the walls of anamosa is a world of unusual contrast. >> to the security office. >> for new inmates arriving at anamosa state penitentiary, the very look of the prison can be intimidating. more than 100 years old, it was built entirely of limestone from nearby quarries. over the years, as the criminal population increased, so did the size of the prison. today, some 1,300 inmates live behind the massive 35-foot-walls and, like any prison, the threat of danger is everywhere. >> around our perimeter we have seven gun towers. they're manned throughout the day. >> the danger is there each time you walk through that gate, you know. you don't know what's going to happen from the time you get on shift to the time you get off shift. >> there's only two types of people in prison. you got the predators and you got

the first no heads to the west into portions of eastern iowa or north eastern missouri. if you're headed towards an lewis may hit some rain. the potential for rain and snow mixed developing later this morning. if you're flying west, no big deal except some rain and wind along the pacific northwest. but the east coast is where the issues are. there's a big rainmaker and eventually it will make some snow. some snow already in the northern appalachians. that snow will make its way into new york and boston before this day is done. if you're flying today you could be sitting for a while. 33 degrees today. tonight that 21. tomorrow, 28 breezy but dry. >> we have construction on the kennedy in bound starting at hubbard going to lake. that stretch is going to be partially blocked off until 5:00. another 45 minutes before that clears. and over at 355 northbound the persian army trail, this stretch of road work here, we're getting reports of things jamming up intermittently same story yesterday. watch for that and plan accordingly. that work should be cleared out by 5:00. more num

not to mention he is now in eastern iowa trying to get out the vote. who is by his side?ot being separated from this at all. it's a gift according to the poll that you soed with the-point lead. >> what are the numbers looking like now? does we have the neg up? i'm impressed that you didn't work in a single taylor swift rrc reference. >> you hit it all. you knew you were trouble. >> that's what i was looking for. >> real quickly. traily is tied in the quinnipiac poll. the des moines poll is more of the gold standard. on the issue of who cares more about me, ernst is beating him. for a republican, we are significant. he is trailing by three points. those things are tough to overcome. democrats have a better ground game, but if joni ernst is tough, it's tough to see how he pulls off the win tomorrow night. >> a little taylor swift in the mix can't hurt. you are doing great work out there. head over to topeka, kansas where pat roberts is in the political fight of his life. kelly o'donnell is there following the story. thanks so much. senate hopefuls are starting to pull away

joni ernst ran extremely well in eastern iowa in rural parts of the state that had long been democratically-orientedis idea of the republicans being able to knit together a coalitncludes larger numbers of latinos, women, younger or voters and working class people is really exciting. but there's a lot of work to be done, and a lot of it is going to depend upon how well the republican congress does at putting -- at passing legislation, sending it to the president. whether he signs it or not is less consequential, but do they have their act together to help create in people's minds an idea of a positive and optimistic republican agenda. jon: a lot of democrats are saying they didn't do as well as they might have expected among hispanics because there was no immigration reform, and hispanics were angry at president obama for that. is that the case? >> i think that's partly it. but, look, the democrats had this problem in 2012 and overcame it. remember, the concern inside the hispanic community among leaders that i've talked to is they sit there and say the democrats had all the powers, all the levers of

for the next two days, he's going to try to get out the vote in eastern iowa, essentially his home area, try to get voters that know him to show up to the polls. number two, though, when it comes to the question of caring about people like me, braley the democrat trails ernst. usuallien of this question, republicans do poorly and democrats seen as caring more about the common america, or common iowan. whatever. because of the attacks that painted him as a washington lawyer out of touch with this agriculture-rich state. specifically comments he made about charles grassley. the most popular politician. comments that were caught on camera in march where he said that if he were to lose this, grassley could become senate judiciary chairman and he's -- she's a veteran, she would be the first woman sent to washington from iowa if she were to win in the house or senate. so there's powerful personality narrative seems to be doing well. what democrats can count on. and this is what they say. they go, look, that one des moines register poll is an outlier, other polls show us closer. and our get ou

hark harkin, who was trying to push braley over the top especially in eastern iowa campaigning with him of makes him a little bit of damaged goods now. it's just an enforced error that comes at awful time for the braley campaign ahead of the des moines register poll on saturday. >> it didn't seem extem rainious either. i know you talked to senator roberts. what's the sense you got from him? does he feel like this thing is really starting to slip away? >> actually, they believe they've closed it because greg orman was up by a substantial margin in polling earlier. they feel there has been a closing argument that favors them. what makes this so hard to assess, craig, is that we're talking about craig orman, an independent. now, republicans say he's really a democrat when it comes to issues like abortion rights, immigration. he had voted for the president in 2000. donated money to democratic candidates including reid. greg orman has told me he is really upset with both parties and he's trying to create a new space for all of those voters who are also upset at washington. what roberts has t

and braley is doing the same thing in eastern iowa.ee this race come down is we're organization, the democratic turn out model versus ernst and hercharisma. what you're seeing is who cares more about people like me, which is something that democrats always do better on. ernst is beating braley. people haven't taken a real liking to braley because he's typed with the washington lawyer negative. he insulted iowa farmers by saying for he were to lose chuck grassley, the popular senator here would be senate judiciary chairman. don't insult farmers in iowa. >> thank you so much, luke russert. once the dust settles in the senate races could a potential shift in power change business as usual in washington? if the republican for example, take the senate, there's questions about the leadership and the agenda. who will be in charge. what direction will the party take. and flip side what happens if the democrats maintain control? representative luke messer is running for the position of republican policy their. he joins me now. >> jose, great to

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we'll begin reporting returns out of iowa at 10:00 p.m. eastern time. joni ernst wants the people of iowa to think that she's all for farmers, but her record shows she's not. she would have voted against the 2014 farm bill. she wants to cut food stamps and repeal obamacare. all these issues affect and are affected by the farm bill and of course would affect iowa farmers. she's also against the wind energy tax credit that helps thousands of jobs in iowa. wind energy is also a huge issue in colorado where senator mark udall is in a close race with republican congressman cory gardner. the latest quinnipiac poll has gardner up by two points. msnbc will start reporting returns out of colorado around 9:00 p.m. eastern time in our coverage. gardner has been running these misleading ads claiming that he's all for energy, green energy, that is. the bottom line is when it comes down to it, the guy's a fraud. he's for the keystone xl pipeline, he supports big oil with tax breaks and he wants to crush the environmental protection agency. so tonight as i see it, ther

eastern. on al jazeera america. >> in iowa, if you are in a primary election, and you don't carry more than 25%the vote. you will go to election. it will be the most compressed, exciting day that anyone had in the state. >> we are ready to go once we get out. they are calling the delegates, they contact them any way they can. there's no television or radio adds. this is retail politics. >> i'm asking for your vote, dale gaits. i'm not your first. >> my personal cell phone is... >> i'm happy to support you any way i can. >> i need the vote. the first vote, second, third. >> i really am optimistic i'll do better when it comes to delegate counts versus what the percentage was. in the spread. i think i'll do better. >> we have t-shirts and stop signs. and all goodies over there. good to see you. i can walk it too many times. you are not getting those. >> i'll speak briefly. i have other duties elsewhere. >> other duties, like what in. >> like my wife. >> i knew you'd say that. get out of here. >> let's go altogether. when this day is over with, we have to be united. i did not run this thinking that

especially this morning across eastern nebraska and in iowa. that fizzles out.s. we are not looking for a lot of snow. basically a couple of inches. because it is so cold and icy, that will make the roads dangerous. keep that in mind this weekend. then especially tomorrow across parts of southern missouri and >>> good saturday morning. meteorologist anthony slaughter here this morning. you can see from our san bruno cam, the fog is moving across san francisco right as we're looking at it. we will wake up to a little fog. mainly sunny conditions expected for our inland valley today. temperatures cool across the board. 60s from the south bay into san francisco. the warm spot will be the north bay. that's where you are expecting to see low 70s. sun just about to come up. >>> and that's your latest forecast. >> dylan, thanks. thank you for the nice weather in the spring. turning to a story that has a lot of parents talking out of florida where a woman was reunited with her newborn son this week after he was taken away from child negligent. the mother is svegan. nbc'

especially this morning across eastern nebraska and in iowa. that fizzles out.s. we are not looking for a lot of snow. basically a couple of inches. because it is so cold and icy, that will make the roads dangerous. keep that in mind this weekend. then especially tomorrow across parts of southern missouri and >>> good saturday morning. i'm meteorologist michelle grossman. cold start to the day. temperatures topping out right around 43 degrees. mostly sunny all of the way but the sun not warming us up. a cold day today. more clouds on sunday. another chilly one, 44 degrees. could see some rain coming on monday. may end with wet snow as well. 45. then arctic blast tuesday and wednesday. temperatures into the 30s. just 36 on wednesday. by thursday, mostly sunny, 44. and friday looking at 42. have a great day. >>> and that's your latest forecast. >> dylan, thanks. thank you for the nice weather in the spring. turning to a story that has a lot of parents talking out of florida where a woman was reunited with her newborn son this week after he was taken away from chil

by the way, iowa closesr0x at 10 eastern time tomorrow night, right when "hannity" is on. >> exactly.> come out to colorado. republicans are going to turn that from blue to red as well. >> cory gardner. >> the secretary of state comes out about every three days with the number of mail-in ballots, statewide mail-in race now that have been returned. republicans lead democrats by about 108,000. it is a lot of votes. a lot of unaffiliated voters too that people believe will go 50-50, but we'll see. if republicans get it -- >> they've got control of the senate. >> they're at 51. we haven't even talked about alaska deep into the night. what we also have not talked about, sean, is what happens over here on the east )>brgst. north carolina's at 7:30, new hampshire's at 8:00. i believe both of these races right now -- >> pick them. too close to call. >> i think it's a coin toss. &háhp &hc% >> i agree with you. >> i'll tell you how close it is in new hampshire. in new hampshire there were two polls that came out today. one had brown up by one, the other had shaheen up by one. >> really remarkab

eastern, but central time. 9:00 p.m. for iowa. very close race there. >> this is a must been for democrats. senator reid has said that. in bruce braley can pull that off, that's a huge thing for democrats. joannie ernst, looked like she had the win at her back heading into election day. if republicans win there, it's really tough to see how democrats hold on to the senate. if republicans get a few things to break their way early in the night. >> very interesting. before i let you go, i think it's so fascinating. i read something that you wrote earlier today about how powerful it is as a news anchor to watch election results come in. explain that feeling. >> i wrote that it is a little cheesy, but as a political junkie, it is really powerful to watch all of america vote. it is the moment in which all the arguing back and forth about policy, the american people hold politicians accountable on this day, election day. it's just interesting to see it all flow in real-time as producers are in my ear and megan's ear going from state to s

eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> the balance of power in the u.s. senate could come down to iowa an north carolina, our next guest has had a unique inside track on both races because he's been filming all of the senate candidates for the past year. a.j. schnock is the executive producer of the al jazeera series. very reputable poll has him town by seven points in the senate race to republican joanie ernst and most polls show she's ahead. iowa democrats insist the race is much tighter. what is the real story? >> well as you mention it is not only a reputable poll it's considered the gold standard. iowa poll they get the numbers right probably better than almost anybody else. whether he's down seven is probably the question. most agree she's had about a two to three point lead for last month or so and i think that's probably where we stand going into tomorrow. >> now retiring democratic senator tom harkin has set off a last men controversy, set off a fire storm, when he said he didn't care if ernst was as attractive,. >> narrative that people have built the braley campaign in which

. >> polls in iowa close in about five hours at 10:00 p.m. eastern.pitol hill correspondent luke russert. luke, fascinating position joni ernst is taking there on the aca. there's been a lot of talk about what happens if she makes it to the senate and who she will align herself, the mitch mcconnell establishment wing of the party or the fire brand ted cruz brand of the party. what is your sense at this time? >> reporter: it's interesting you asked that because i asked her if she would back mcconnell and she said i have to get there first so she's been very coy about what she plans to do if she should get to washington, regardless which side of the senate republican aisle she would tanned on, tea party or establishment. i also asked her be sides chuck grassley which senator she most identified with and she said i'd have to think about it. so the answer is she's coy. what i can tell you, though, is she is an example of what the establishment had hoped to do this cycle. in 2010 and 2012, they sort of lost control of the people who came through the primar

talk about, early for snowfall totals in des moines, iowa, five centimeters, roughly a couple inches in that area. cold air reinforced across the easternd states. if you thought temperatures were cold last week, wait until you see daytime highs for tuesday and wednesday. it will be frigid, frigid, cold, and across the deep south, we're going to see the chilly temperatures as well, we're below freezing for places like georgia and alabama. that's prompted the national weather service to issue freeze warnings. keep in mind, we've got a lot of citrus kraums in these areas. very business is he in the world weather center. back to you. >> where is the good news. basically, you're saying i shouldn't leave my house this weekend? >> bottom line, we can see a couple week it's in future. there is a warming trend that should start to happen. we're in the el nino region. >> it's going to be netflix for me and tea and no going outside. okay. thank you, derrek, i appreciate it. >>> a grainy picture of what appears to be a giant feline set off a massive hunt near paris. at first, officials thought it was a lion on the loose. cnn's randi kaye has more

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a couple other races that will be coming up next hour, when polls close at 10:00 eastern time, first is contest in iowaetween bruce braley, and republican joni ernst. this one, was back and forth going into po polls down to the wire, this one could be a close one. we're also looking at south dakota, that is -- excuse me, montana that is expected to be a pick up for the republicans, for retiring senate seat vacateed by max baucus. then his successor dropped out of the race, steve danes. he has been up about 20 points in polls over teacher democrat amanda curtis. neil: peter laurens than barnesu very much. >> and we much to alert you as well, for those just joining us, a net gain of three seats, there are some success stories on part of democrats, this was widely expected. cuomo has been reelected as governor of new york. many have positioned him as a rising star within he democratic party who could challenge hillary clinton, that is very unlikely but could possibly be a hillary clinton running mate. that is assumeing that hillary clinton runs and gets a nomination, we're long way from, that clintons hav

eastern. >> there was another incident at the white house wednesday, secret service arresting an iowa man whoold a uniformed officer that someone in iowa told him to drive there. officers realized something wasn't right, searched his car, found a hunting rifle,al anything else and a knife. the man was arrested and charged with having an illegal firearm. >> frigid temperatures gripping the country today. >> in some cases, we've had a reinforcing shot of cold air. the clipper that moved through the great lakes has dropped temperatures, single digits minneapolis, teens in chicago, one place it's warmed up, up the east coast, ahead of all that back into the are's, houston, colder than anchorage yesterday, this morning 50 degrees, much more comfortable. you can probably a few people in shorts, it just feels so balmy comparatively. it does stay cool in the midwest today. all this cool air is keeping the snow on the ground, not melting it. that changes this weekend. in buffalo, almost near 55 sunday, widespread warmer temperatures. the big concern, all the snow's going to be melting at once. we coul

eastern time as 10 more states start offering up their results including three toss-ups, colorado, louisiana and kansas where an independent is making things pretty darn interesting there. all eyes on iowa at 10 p.m. and montana also closes and almost certain victory for the grand -@ol' party. a few more states come in after that. the latest, toss upstate, alaska, won't close until 1:00 a.m. eastern time. witt we're still going to be on. we'll still show you the results. the results may not even be finished until tomorrow. there are a lot of reasons we may not know it's a republican sweep until very late or tomorrow. while as i mentioned, west virginia, montana, south dakota, are almost sure things. 10 races could go either way. if it is too close to call in georgia the runoff in that state is not even scheduled until january 6th. now here to break down which issues are driving voters the polls today, let's bring in our panel, doug holtz-eakin, president of american action forum, guy benson, political editor for townhall.com and john lonski chief economist from moody's, a bang-up panel. doug, i start with you. earlier in he show noel mentioned how important obamacare is in the election.

iowa race is leaning. that poll is not closed yet. >> pelley: we're not going to have to wait on alaska which closed at 1:00 a.m. for easterne and doesn't count for days. >> tell grandma she can go on and go to bed. i think we'll know here. >> pelley: there's going to be a great deal more about this election night on your late local news and online, of course, as always, at cbsnews.com. >> and charlie, gayle. >> and will have more coverage first thing tomorrow on cbs this morning. >> pelley: and we will do the same on the cbs evening news tomorrow night. for our entire election night team, i'm scott pelley with norah adonnell. good night to you all. reliability, is now an american thing. introducing the all new chrysler 200. america's import. looking for one of these? yoplait. smooth, creamy, and craved by the whole family. ♪ >> i called tom wolf and i thanked him for a well-thought fight. i congratulated him on his victory and i wished him well in the next four years. >> i am so grateful and so grateful to the voters of pennsylvania for giving me this chance to serve as governor of pennsylvania. >> it is a changing of the

iowa race is leaning. that poll is not closed yet. >> pelley: we're not going to have to wait on alaska which closed at 1:00 a.m. for easternime and doesn't count for days. >> tell grandma she can go on and go to bed. i think we'll know here. >> pelley: there's going to be a great deal more about this election night on your late local news and online, of course, as always, at cbsnews.com. >> and charlie, gayle. >> and will have more coverage first thing tomorrow on cbs this morning. >> pelley: and we will do the same on the cbs evening news tomorrow night. for our entire election night team, i'm scott pelley with norah adonnell. good night to you all. >>> from kpix news, this did a 2014 campaign update. >> welcome back to our local election night update. >> just minutes away from the polls closing in california, and the first returns coming in. we'll take you a live look inside the san francisco election office. watching the first ballots coming in and being colated for counting. >> a videotape cal night in the south bay where they're choose -- a critical night in the south bay where they're selecting a new mayor. >> report

iowa race is leaning. that poll is not closed yet. >> pelley: we're not going to have to wait on alaska which closed at 1:00 a.m. for easternime and doesn't count for days. >> tell grandma she can go on and go to bed. i think we'll know here. >> pelley: there's going to be a great deal more about this election night on your late local news and online, of course, as always, at cbsnews.com. >> and charlie, gayle. >> and will have more coverage first thing tomorrow on cbs this morning. >> pelley: and we will do the same on the cbs evening news tomorrow night. for our entire election night team, i'm scott pelley with norah adonnell. good night to you all. >> we are following three high stakes races tonight. i'm jan jeffcoat. >> i'm derek mcginty. we begin with a major upset in virginia, a race still not decided. mark warner and ed gillespie in a neck and neck race for the senate seat. >> mark warner has 49% of the vote. ed gillespie with 49%. just a few thousand votes separate the incumbent with ed gillespie. warner and his team are headquartered in arlington. we begin with debra at the warner camp. >> reporteo

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took place yesterday courtesy of wfd-tv and 8:30 eastern time 5:30 for west coast viewers and listeners the kansas senate debate followed with the iowa u.s. senate debate. 202 is the area code here in washington, d.c. 585-3880. that's our line for democrats. d 202-585-3881 for republicans. if you're an independent, 202-585-3882. welcome to our listeners on c-span radio as we look at the mid-term elections tomorrow. what do you think will happen? which party will fare in the house and the senate? 202 is the area code. 585-3880 for democrats. 202-585-3881. we'll get to your calls in just a moment. we're also getting your comments on our facebook page. the question, which party should control congress? bruce is saying, how about the american people finally controlling congress? another is saying, that our founding fathers wanted checks and balances, not control. finally, there is this from a viewer who says, libertarian. again, you can share your thoughts on our facebook page t facebook.com/c-span. jennifer duffy is also previewing tomorrow's elections and says, quote, it is election eve. there are still nine senate races within the mar

eastern time will be intriguing because that's when was closes. joni ernst will join us a few moments from now. >> center square for the block right there in the middle. whoever has got iowa, it maybe early, it may be late. whoever end up with iowa i think will end up with the senate. paul lynn. martha: you know what i was doing after school. if republicans win control of the senate will they be able to break the gridlock and get some bills to the president's desk? he's criticizing senate majority leader harry reid for not forcing hard votes. >> reporter: the senate has been a place to debate the big issues. you win some, you lose some. since july last year there has only been 12 republican amendments voted on. martha: today's mid-term elections price tag tallies at $3.7 billion. so are those candidate out there worth all that money. we'll talk about republicans outspending democrats by $105 million? all those tv ads cost an estimated $1 billion. somebody is happy about all that. the race between thom tillis and kay hagan is going down in history as the most expensive senate race in history. some folks will be happy with what they sent, some not so much. $114 million in n

eastern. along with live reports along with live reports throughout throughout the night. the night. >>> two of the >>> two of the tightest races tightest races are north carolina and iowa. are north carolina and iowa. we'll get a look from someone we'll get a look from someone who's been with the candidates who's been with the candidates for over a month. for over a month. >>> and a >>> and a shift to shift to latinos.and latinos.and minutials and women? minutials and women? what do you think? what do you think? >> election day stay with al >> election day stay with al jazeera america for live jazeera america for live in-depth coverage focusing on in-depth coverage focusing on the issues with expert analysis the issues with expert analysis and updates from across the and updates from across the country. country. midterm coverage that's serious, midterm coverage that's serious, straightforward and unbiased. straightforward and unbiased. tomorrow, 7:00 eastern. tomorrow, 7:00 eastern. on al jazeera america. on al jazeera america. real reporting that brings you real reporting that brings you the world. the world. giving you a real global giving you a real global perspectiv

eastern. the presiding officer: who yields time? neither side yields time. both sides will be equally charged. mr. harkin: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. harkin: first i ask unanimous consent that lila baggett, vincent brown and nay i pinkin be granted floor privileges for the remainder of today's session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. harkin: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that i be allowed to speak for up to five minutes in opposition to the bill presently on the floor. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. harkin: madam president, i oppose this legislation to approve the construction of the keystone x.l. pipeline. again, i believe it's just one more step in the wrong direction, one more capitulation to our fossil fuel habitat, one more accelerant to global warming that threatens our children's future. madam president, i know i have limited time, but i just want to point out that we have had a number of studies done by the department of energy recently. one study found that retrofitting residential and commercial buildings had the potential to reduce consumer demand by 30% by 2020 and reduce gre