joining me now, congresswoman jan schakowsky of illinois and cheri bustos, a candidate for the illinois 17th congressional district running against representative bobby shilling. great to have both of you with us here tonight. congresswoman, what's the future of these workers? >> welcome to romney world. this is the business plan that he has to put these people out of work and he says let's get tough on china? he's taking their jobs. they are training those chinese workers that are going to replace them. they've made -- romney, bain has made them, sensata has made them train those workers that are going to go over to china. you're right, ed. this is the central issue of this campaign. are we going to have romney world all across america? and by the way, they make auto parts. the reason they have made so much profit over at sensata is because barack obama saved the auto industry. mitt romney wanted it to go bankrupt. >> cheri, how do you build a campaign when things like this are happening in your district? >> this issue is central to our campaign. i'm running against, as you said, tea p

we'll talk to the obama campaign's vice chair, jan schakowsky. >>> topping our political headlines, mitt romney is out with a new podcast this afternoon, in which he attacks president obama over his debate performance. >> president obama could not defend his record. he offered no new ideas for how to fix the economy. i welcome the chance to share my vision for renewed prosperity and opportunity and i think it compared quite favorably to president obama's policy for big, trickle-down government. >> this past hour, mitt romney's son, josh, met with reporters in the swing state of virginia. it's part of a day-long effort the campaign is calling super saturday, with volunteers going door to door in battleground states. president obama has no public events today. he will head to california tomorrow, where he is expected to tout the new jobs number, 7.8%, and some big fund-raising numbers out today. president obama and the democrats raised $181 million in september, the highest single-month total so far. more on all these stories throughout the next two hours. >>> the campaign focus shifts a b

joining me live is jan schakowsky. congresswoman, it's great to have you here. business pioneer jack welch basically calls these numbers into question. had this remark that he tweeted out earlier today saying, unbelievable jobs numbers. these chicago guys will do anything, can't debate, so change numbers. what do you say to that? even the white house though right now this morning reluctant to spike the football on this. in their statement saying it is critical we continue the policies that are building an economy that works for the middle cla class as we dig our way out of a deep hole. what is your response to those questioning the validity? >> that's really interesting because i happened to see one of those chicago guys last night. i was with david axelrod. i asked him what do you expect about the jobs numbers? he says, i really don't know. we're hoping it will be good. so, you know, it doesn't surprise me that romney supporters are now going to take this very good news for the economy and for americans and say somehow the books were cooked. they just cannot st

prior to election day. 10th-district candidate brad schneider and 9th-district congresswoman jan schakowsky were there... along with duckworth. the veteran wounded in the iraq war... said only one super-pac is abandoning walsh... but there are still others supporting him... and she's not afraid of them. >> they're not going to bury me now >> schakowsky... who now represents arlington heights in the newly drawn 9th- congressinoal district... took advantage of early voting there today. early voting continues until next saturday throughout illinois. >> it is nonstop campaigning for the presidential candidates as well >> with just ten days to go... no time or votes to spare before election day... president obama was in new hampshire, saturday.. only 4 delegates up for grabs in the small battleground state... mister obama carried it easily in 2008... but - polls showing this time around, things could be different... with republican challenger mitt romney gaining ground with independents. "he's been running around saying he's got a five-point plan for the economy. turns out it's a one-point plan.

democratic congresswoman jan schakowsky organized this protest.she criticized romney for saying that he would consider cutting funding to p-b-s. schakowsky says romney's economic policies will only further burden the middle class. registration is up 1% from 2008 pack/then registration jump about 7%. election officials say they're not seeing the same level of enthusiasm. >>voter register deadline is tomorrow.chicago residents have two options. you can register online at chicago-elections-dot-com. or visit the board of election commissioners at 69 west washington street. it's open today till five o- clock, despite the fact it's a holiday. be sure to bring two forms of i-d. including one that shows your current address. >>next, a major recall to tell you about involving honda and a fire risk. it's less than 11 foot by 9 foot. find out why this tiny apartment is getting some big offers on the real estate market. and later in lunchbreak: we are making pumpkin gingerbread cake pops [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus presents the cold truth. i have a c

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january shadiscuss ski from illinois, romney is simply lying -- jan schakowsky.o, kirsten is this the strategy, liar, liar, pants on fire until you can prove the smoke's out or what? >> it was a strategy from the word go, basically. as soon as the debate ended that is what --. bill: from the word go when the debate ended? got it. continue. >> yeah. you could see right away liberal bloggers were clearly had been given this direction and were, you know, claiming that everything that romney had said was a lie and then you click on the stories and think, isn't quite like the overwhelming case that he lied about everything that you're trying to make but, you know i think there are certain things that he --. bill: does that stick other does that just look bad? doesn't that look like negative politics? >> well the thing is, calling someone a liar in politics, there, it may be only lying, you're not, people really don't cross. you can say they exaggerate which they did with al gore which was very effective. bill: you would question that strategy based on that answer? >>