jill biden has agreed to serve as sponsor of the u.s. as delaware. dr. n, our nation's second lady, a proud blues are mom and a renowned and accomplished educated. for military connections -- her military connections run deep and strong. biden'sus know boe service in the army. a couple weeks ago, her son hunter will receive a commission in the united states navy as a public affairs officer. the support of the military goes far beyond that of the service of her sons . she is co-sponsored with our first lady, michelle obama, on a national initiative joining forces to provide support and expanding opportunities for veterans and active duty personnel and their families. that exemplifies the commitment to those who served and those who have served and the strength of character of jill biden and however home, the first state. i know delaware citizens will honor their states namesake come off all her eshoo comes to life in a few years and embraced those -- follow her as she comes to life in the next year's and embrace those who sail the seas of our nation and up

jill biden hosted their fourth early thanksgiving for wounded warriors yesterday welcoming service men and women and their families. >> i just can't tell you again how humble we are by your willingness to come and have an early thanksgiving dinner with us. >>> and we have some just amazing video here of nasa with these two gigantic solar tsunamis. the huge explosions on the surface on friday sent super hot plasma flares into space. luckily for us, not in the direction of planet earth. just sent back some video. >>> well, wall street kicks off this tuesday with the dow at 12,795 after jumping 207 points yesterday. the s&p climbed 27. the nasdaq up 62. >>> overseas markets were down this morning. the nikkei lost 10 points while the hang seng fell 33. >>> maybe congress should go out of town more often. lawmakers left washington for the holiday and markets rallied on hopes of compromise and the fiscal cliff negotiations. the dow and the s&p had their best days in two months while the nasdaq saw its biggest gain since late july. >>> apple led the run-up adding a whopping 7%. google was a c

jill biden hosted their fourth early thanksgiving for wounded warriors yesterday welcoming service men and women and their families. >> i just can't tell you again how humble we are by your willingness to come and have an early thanksgiving dinner with us. >>> and we have some just amazing video here of nasa with these two gigantic solar tsunamis. the huge explosions on the surface that were sent on friday of super hot plasma flares into space. luckily for us, not in the direction of planet earth. >>> this sort of accident was bound to happen. paula broadwell tried to close her door, bushing a photographer from the associated press causing minor injuries. the photographer does not think it was intentional. >>> broadwell has reportedly higher a high profile pr firm out of washington. the glover park group whose experts also follow dede myers after she enlisted crisis manager judy smith. >>> new jersey governor chris christie is trying to win back love of republicans after commending president obama during superstorm sandy. the new york times reports christie got a frosty reception this

jill biden has agreed to serve as sponsor of the uss delaware. dr. biden, as you all know, our nation's second lady, a proud blue star mom and a renowned and accomplished educator. her military connections run very deep and very strong. many of us know of bo biden's service in the u.s. army including deployment to iraq. but a couple of weeks ago it was announced that dr. biden's son hunter will receive a commission in the united states navy as a public affairs officer. her support of the military goes far beyond that of the service of her sons. dr. biden has co-sponsored with our first lady, michelle obama, the national initiative joining forces, providing support and expanding opportunities for veterans and active duty personnel and their families. that exemplifies the commitment to those who serve and who have served, and the strength of character of jill biden and of her home, the first state. i know delaware's citizens will honor their state's namesake, follow her as she comes to life in a few years and embrace those who sail in her for decades to

jill biden, the wife of the vice president will be here in pennsylvania later today, as well. guess what, former president bill clinton coming to pennsylvania to campaign on monday. you turn on the tvs here, randi, all you see are campaign commercials. i saw a ton in the local news. 10 million in the final days and the romney campaign is outspending the obama campaign two to one here in pennsylvania. 20 electoral votes at stake. here is the latest poll in pennsylvania. franklin and marshal, a four-point advantage for the president. very tight. that's within the sampling error. the president used to have a double-digit lead in pennsylvania. now it's getting crowded. randi, the obama campaign says this is a sign of desperation by the romney campaign that they can't win in wisconsin, ohio and that's why they're coming to pennsylvania. romney campaign says just the opposite. they're trying to expand the map and they think they can do it here in pennsylvania. >> if you look at the math and it does work, it can certainly steal a big prize. this is a popular but pretty unsuccessful s

jill biden will participate in grassroots events in sterling and richmond as well.to you. >> record early voting in d.c. today. election officials estimate more than 52,000 residents voted early. they say that's more than double the number of people who voted early in 2010. when no excuse early voting began in the district, yesterday, was the last day to vote early in d.c. the news 4 iteam. when you head to the polls want to hear from you. call the voter patrol tip line. or, e-mail them at -- give your name, number and lope kags of tlope -- location of the problem. tough loss for redskins fans at fed ex field. the coach called it a must win. the lowlights we have to live with for two weeks, you have news about rg, iii and x rays. >> x rays were negative on his wrist, bruised. in pain. like everyone else. >> he has time to heal. >> heal and recover look all of us. skins are dominating in back to back games. getting beat by a one win team. redskins going into the bye week. and a long-awaited showdown against cam newton and panthers. picking up first quarter. newton, d

jill biden to events in sterling and richmond. sunday the bidens attended rallies in ohio. >>> wusa is appealing a fcc decision requiring this station to let pro life independent presidential candidate randall terry buy commercial time. rules require stations to give reasonable access to the ads of candidates for federal office. terry is on the presidential ballot in west virginia, but not in maryland, virginia or the district. in its brief wusa argued its signal doesn't reach west virginia and therefore it should not be required to run terry's ads. the commission argued the signal reaches enough of people in west virginia west virginia to meet the requirements. images of aborted fetuses or beheadings in the middle east were in the content. in the statement wusa said we disagree with the decision. mr. terry is not running for office in washington, d.c., maryland or virginia. we will be asking the fcc to reconsider its decision. >>> a fairfax county judge is expected to stipulate poll watchers cannot leave their seats or talk to vot

jill biden will be in in virginia today campaigning for president obama. -- in virginia today, campaigning for president obama. >>> one last check of traffic, right after this. >>> one more thing, we are talking about the hurricane sandy relief efforts. a local police department is being out in the forefront, getting supplies to -- the fairfax county police department getting splays to the new york new jersey area. $5 million to the president's charity. >> the donald? >> yeah that is why i was late walking over. i was trying to find something on the internet maybe where he made multi-millions of dollars on the shoreline in energy energy with his casinoes, where is he helping the victims in their time of need? he is all about talking about birth or issues, where is money to help the people right now? >> maybe hopefully in this case he is being quiet about his generosity. >> when is he quiet about anything. >> mike i'm sure when it is appropriate, we will be told. >> on the debut of his show. >>> howard, take it away. >> reporter: we have a decent day today, chilly. 52. tomorrow fine for ele

live report on the obama campaign from chicago coming up at 6:00. >>> vice president joe biden and his wife jill cast their ballot early this morning just after polls opened in delaware. biden is expected to head to chicago later to await the election results with the president. >>> back here in california the polls open in just about 90 minutes and many people have voted early to avoid the rush to the polls. cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran over at the alameda county registrar's office of voters and joins us this morning with more. good morning. >> reporter: it's expected to be a busy morning on this election day. we are joined now with dave mcdonald from the registrar of voters. i know you're gearing you want for a long day hide, is that correct? >> it is. we come in this morning at 5:00. we'll be here all day. if we're lucky we'll get home later and come back early tomorrow. >> reporter: we were here yesterday and we saw a steady stream of early voters. tell us about the crowds you have seen so far. >> it's great. we have had a steady stream of people coming in to vote. we were open on saturday a

jill biden. we woed closely with our friends at the u.s. chamber of commerce. our hiring heroes program. i will be wth them later this week. we're proud of the results. we have a ways to go. we hope others follow in line. melissa: thanks for coming on veterans day. i thought it was interesting the stats prove this is tick lawley good fit. -- particularly good fit. >> thanks, melissa. melissa: bill o'reilly may have the best selli nonficti book. watch out. my memoir is out today and i have some of the biggest names in the business helping it to make a slash. watch out, bill o'reilly. you can never have too much money or too many books. that is the big cheese, roger ailes at my party. ♪ . ♪ melissa: all right. it's time for a little spare change. today we are finally joined by my 1:00 p.m. co-host, lori rothman. and our very own dennis kneele. come on. i don't want to make you feel that. he comes out here nd does some good materialevery single week. >>ou was talking about his joke writing. i did not prepare thatwell. melissa: bucl up. all right. first up, can you

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jill biden, voting in wilmington, delaware. in just a moment i'll be talking with president obama's senior adviser, david axelrod. first though let's get right to john berman with a look at what's happening on the campaigns today. >> thanks so much, soledad. the polls are open in the president's home state of illinois. of course the president has already voted. so he will spend election day in chicago, after a busy final day delivering his closing remarks to voters in iowa and other states. cnn's dan lothian is following team obama in chicago and the president's got kind of a traditional day planned for himself. >> he does. and you know what the campaign says he likes to do every time election time rolls around on election day, he likes to play basketball, he surrounds himself with what i've been calling the class of 2008. these are some of the folks who were with him from the very beginning. some stayed on the administration, then went on to do other things. so we're seeing reggie love, the president's former body man. he was

jill biden made military families a priority the first time.houghts by regarding the president and vice president to make sure veterans are well taken care of when they come home from serving? >> well, they certainly need to maintain a focus on employment. the unemployment rates are much higher amongst returning iraq and afghanistan vets and the general population and that's something we certainly need to change. and the second issue which is a very dire issue is mental health. mental health needs to be a focus. there are too few mental health efficients in the department of veterans affairs. they're trying to cope with warriors. that needs to be an area that this administration maintains a focus on. >> something i want to talk about, i can't place the person who said it, but i heard that never have so few been asked to do so much. we're talk about the percentage of men and women who served in iraq and afghanistan, and it's really remarkable the percentage of people who vn been fighting these two wars for so long. >> yes. it's less than 1% of t

jill biden and joe biden will make stops for president obama, not to mention all the money being spentute blitz. the latest poll out of pennsylvania shows a tight race. three points within the margin of error, but can romney win it. john mccain made a final push like this on the sunday before the election in 2008 and he lost. the same plan and same result for george w. bush in 2004 and bob dole in 1996. >>> let's check out florida and that's where we find, long, long lines. some people waited in line as long as five hours to cast their early vote. today is the last day for early voting. we'll take you live to florida next hour. how close is the race there? take a look. this poll shows president obama with a slim slelead, 49-47. >>> both campaigns are finding some talking points to drive home their closing arguments. here it is. unemployment ticked up to 7.9% while the economy added 171,000 jobs in october. that's more than most expected. earlier, i spoke with bill gross who runs the world's biggest mutual fund pinco if these numbers are enough to move voters and the markets. >> i'm not

even if we don't have the candidates here, friday, for example, jill biden is coming.the election, michelle obama is coming in here. so we are having a tremendous amount of campaigning going on here. >> bret: okay, joe. go to ohio. it seems to be ground zero. the real clear politics average, there are nine polls included in this. 48.9% for president obama. 46.6% for romney. it seems almost every day there is something new out of ohio. what are you seeing on the ground there? >> i like north carolina. the candidates have been in ohio so much they literally have become pests. they will be here through the weekend. obama will be here monday in columbus with jay-z and bruce springstein. they are pulling out all the stops. what i see on the ground is a close race. i saw a poll today i trust that has dead even. the candidates now are in posture of going through the bases. because they are only about 2% of the voters here who are undecided. p there are hundreds of volunteers doing that. i expect we'll see another 2% election here. if romney loses the presidency because he los

jill biden is coming to pennsylvania to campaign today. and one of the big guns on the obama side, the former president clinton will be campaigning here in pennsylvania on monday. fred, i got here last night. i turned on the tv watching the local news. a lot of campaign ads. you know what? in the final nine days of this campaign in pennsylvania, $10 million worth of ads. most of them from the romney campaign and its allies. they're outspending the obama campaign 2 to 1. fred, nobody, no republican has won pennsylvania since 1988 in a presidential contest. of course, the romney campaign thinks with the polls tightening up they have a chance. take a look at this. you mentioned the polg eed the . a four point advantage in the president. that is within the sampling area. president obama had a bigger lead here in pennsylvania just a few weeks ago. fred? >> so, paul, is that feeling that the ads have helped the mitt romney campaign kind of put themselves over the top or at least near the top? >> reporter: this state got no attention in the presi

jill biden then work with the reds in colorado springs. we have seen plenty of action this cycle. >> bill clinton could be coming to your state. an official says bill clinton is scheduled to campaign for the president today. in colorado. the president was supposed to be in colorado springs tuesday but cancelled due to the storm. guest: and we expect we will see, pending the outcome of the storm on the east coast, both candidates later in the week. governor mitt romney was here last week in the rally at but rocks that drew 9000 people. thousands were turned away. the following day, president obama held a rally in denver and drew crowds of up to 16,000. the governor this because deserve an amphitheater that has the capacity of 18,000. the president and his campaign were looking to go to boulder to hold a rally. they are try to turn out a lot of voters for the optics. >> these are great stories about real people in american history. very important moment in american history we do not know about three the first programs came to -- 50 years bef

that's jill biden and joe biden and mrs.they were celebrating last night. time to talk about the impact on the markets. christine romans, ali velshi have more on that. the fiscal cliff is looming. let's talk about the markets first. >> markets, we'll watch the next couple of hours to see what happens before 9:30. >> it will tell you more a little closer. the bottom line is they would have been okay, they would have been better if mitt romney had won. >> why? >> because he was going to cut taxes, and he wasn't going to increase taxes -- reduce regulation. he was going to be good for the banks. ultimately it's not that obama is bad for the banks, this market has doubled since the recession. since obama took office. so all of these people who say he's bad for the markets, he's not. democrats aren't typically, it just would have been nicer for them. >> the big question for the president now is he wants growth. the american people want the economy to start to grow. they want jobs. the biggest risk to that right now is government

jill biden greeting each other as well.what struck most of us in the news room about this picture was this really doesn't seem to be a scene of jubilation. it seems to be a scene of relief, heavy sigh, if you will, felt in that room at the moment that the president understood he had won four more years at the whitehouse. let's go back to mccormick place as we are with the crowd there waiting for the president to step out. bob. >> well, you know, i've covered a lot of campaigns in my time and it's always more fun to be with the winner than it is with the loser. there's nothing quite as sad or as sad a places to be, to be in the campaign headquarters of the guy that lost. it's just tough on everybody. >> i think that's why you saw the whitehouse particularly chose that picture. they did not want to look like they are spiking the ball. and even gave axelrod an interview they did not want to appear they were celebrating too early and not tush sor to be sof gracious. having fought campaigns before people know what it's like to b

jill biden. and his son, dr. beau biden behind him.elaware a safe state for the president and joe biden. both candidates campaigning hard for women support. let's look at their prospects with our team of powerhouse women. nicolle wallace, donna brazile, who ran al gore's campaign, and cokie roberts. cokie, let me begin with you and put up other figures from our poll. it shows president obama leading among women, 53% to 45%. an eight-point lead right now. governor romney, winning with men. 50% to 45%. president obama's lead with women is bigger than governor romney's lead with women right now. >> that is key because there are more women voters. president obama won women by 13 points in 2008. and what we're going to be looking at tonight is married women. unmarried women are overwhelmingly for the president. 70% went for him last time. and it's running about 65% in the polls. married women have not gone often the way married men have. they've gone off him, big-time. we need to know why that's true. whether it's an economic vote. married

jill biden, these are live pictures of them voting if greenville, delaware. it appears the vice president is waiting in line just like everybody else. he doesn't get to cut the line. delaware not a swing state. but what about -- we see so many people in lines today. how much of the early vote matters? i've been looking at these numbers. it's stunning to see how many people have already voted. >> strategists were able to call the race in 2008 several days before. the election may be already over and we don't know it until the votes are counted. but because people have already voted early. >> as always, turnout is crucial. >> turnout has been crucial for three weeks. in other words, in colorado, nevada, north carolina, it may have been crucial before today, but on election day, as nancy mentioned in her piece, republicans have to turn their base out. >> stay with us, we'll be speaking with both campaigns this morning. we begin with david axelrod. david, good morning. >> good morning, charlie. happy election day. >> well, thank you. happy election day to you and

the first lady will be here today, also jill biden will be campaigning here, and then some big-time entertainers, stevie wonder, will.i.am also here in the state and other battleground states. we hear that katy perry will be performing at one event supporting the president so a big push, a very hard push as we count down to election day. victor? >> dan lothian in ohio, thank you. >> long links and a close race. that about sums up the race in florida. this new nbc news/"wall street journal"/marist poll shows president obama with a two-point lead over mitt romney. that is well within the margin of victory, so basically we'll call it a dead heat, but when you go beyond the polls you see voters waiting for hours so they can cast their votes. there's been a lot of controversy over early voting in florida this year. it started a week ago and early voting ends day. our john zarella joins me now from plantation, florida. john, good morning. i understand that you voted yesterday. how long did you have to wait? >> reporter: yeah, you know, i did, and i'm really glad i voted yesterday because when i voted

jill biden, is also there in line with him as they vote. should tell you that governor romney is expected to vote at 8:30 this morning. he'll do so in belmont, massachusetts. congressman paul ryan will cast his vote in his home town of janesville, wisconsin at 9:45 eastern, and as we know, matt, president obama cast his vote early in chicago last week. i guess it's just that fast. >> we saw the vice president in line earlier. imagine the pressure on the woman in front of him online as they were standing there discussing the vote today. i wonder if she was completely honest with the vice president. >> well, we're going to have more on the election throughout this morning. we want to remind everybody that nbc's election night coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern. that's 4:00 pacific time right here on nbc. >> let's get to the other headlines of the morning. natalie is across the street at the news desk. natalie, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt and savannah. good morning, everyone. more than 1 million homes and businesses are still

. >>> vice president joe bide and and wife jill biden welcoming a group of wounded warriors to the navalvatory in washington for an early thanksgiving. the 26 guests are patients of the nearby walter reed national military medical center. they were selected because they can't make it home for thanksgiving with their families this year. >>> a federal judge in california has ruled that the city of santa monica can really ban a nativity scene that's been on display in palisades park for the last 60 years. in recent years, atheists protested against the theme so in june the city council voted to ban all private displays. but backers of the nativity scene, they sued. and the judge says, until the lawsuit is decided the city can go ahead with its nativity scene ban. >> -- like is it so hard to throw up a little something for everybody? >> it's a very busy green there. >> come on! i think it's kumbayah. >> in the spirit of getting along, one guy knows how to get along. david beckham after spending six years in los angeles, superstar david beckham will be leaving the l.a. galaxy after the mls cu

jill biden will attend a breakfast with veterans at the white house. afterwards, they'll attend a ceremony at arlington national cemetery's tomb of the unknown soldier. it's one of just a host of events today honoring our nation's veterans. at mount vernon, a wreath will be placed at george washington's tomb to honor the nation's first commander in chief. there will also be a concert by a barbershop quartet. there will be a tribute at 1:00 and a similar service will take place at the same time today at the navy memorial. in gaithersburg, donald waylon will deliver remarks at the city hall concert pavilion at 11:00 this morning. >>> this morning, new details are emerging about the resignation of one of our country's most decorated veterans. turns out david petraeus was not the original focus of an fbi investigation. nbc's andrea michelle first broke the story. she says she has more on the fbi's in -- how the fbi inadvertently found out about the general's affair. >> general david petraeus tumbled from the highest levels of government service after ackno

. >>> vice president joe biden and wife, jill biden, welcomed some wounded warriors in washington mondayy thanksgiving celebration. 26 guests, patients at the nearby walter reed national military medical center were selected because they won't be able to get home for thanksgiving with their families this year. >>> and reports of the twinkies demise may have been a little premature. hostess and its striking union have now agreed to a mediation session today. to avoid immediate liquidation of the mpany and avoid cutting more than 18,000 jobs. if today's session isn't successful, hostess will go back to court tomorrow to move forward and finish its liquidation. >> save the twinkie! >> they're not making any money making them. they've got to figure out how to make some money. >> they're making me happy. >> when was the last time you bought a twinkie? >> i get them free. >>> nasa scientists say they found what could be a huge planet outside of our solar system. they're calling it a super jupiter. say that ten times fast. they say it orbits a star 170 light years away, and it's about 13 times

jill biden and michelle obama as well. >> watch it on tv in the suite. chicago right now. the crowd is getting very revved up. video of president obama on the screen. jake tapper, what else are you seeing? >> right now we have to say, they're clearly getting ready for the president to come out. remarks were put out the they are running as they have been for several hours now, these videos that have been a very popular part of the obama campaign. with supporters. they have been, running them. this of course is the famous fired up, ready to go speech, which president obama likes to tell at the end of his campaigns. he did it in 2008. he did, guess, last night in des moines, possible that was last night. last night in des moines he told the story about a little old lady at a campaign stop during desperate time for his campaign. and you hear president obama chanting, fired up, ready to go. the crowd very excited. a smaller cr eer crowd than we d to. >> president obama expected to come out. >> now, look at this. >> george, they're raising the curtains of cour

i would like to introduce our biden.resident, joe >> i am joe biden, jill's husband. i tell you what, i have been to a lot of rallies, but i have never had a batting order like this. these are the three of the finest players. he is so popular we're hanging onto his coat. and kaine worries me so much, everybody likes him. i was in the senate a long time. i have a reputation for saying exactly what i think. i will tell you what i think. about this guy. this is one stand up man. i never met anybody who was smarter and tougher and honorable. as this man right here. i tell you what, i am so happy the economy of virginia is going to grow. my living standard depends on it. first of all, how many are veterans or know someone who has served in iraq or afghanistan? we have talked about this, we have all talked about it. one of the things is we went down on this campaign, we cannot lose sight of it. we have 60,000 warriors in afghanistan. all of us have been there multiple times. i want to tell you, it is remarkable what they do. every morning and my colleagues do the same thing

. >> reporter: joe biden and his wife jill campaigned in ohio today. ddition to the economy, biden stressed his commitment to women's issues such as authoring the women's against violence act. >>> the outcome of this football game has been predicting the presidential election since 1940 with unusual accuracy. and coming up in just 10 minutes, what the red skins lost today means in the race for the white house. >>> there was a big last minute push for and against proposition 30. governor brown's temporary tax for education. the efforts today to get voters attention. >> reporter: nothing was going to stop sheria westbrook not even the birth of her son six days ago. >> this is my livelihood. this is my kid's livelihood and i can't think of any other place i would like to be with today, here with this little guy. >> reporter: working the phones and handing out fliers in favor of proposition 30. it would increase taxes on those making more than $250,000 to fund education. they say we can't afford the alternative. >> we have to take another $6 billion cut com

vice president joe biden and his wife, jill, voted this morning at a high school in greenville delaware. biden represented delaware as a u-s senator for 36 years before becoming president obama's running mate. as he was leaving the voting booth, biden was asked whether it was the last time he'd cast a ballot for himself. he smiled and answered, no, i don't think so. increasing speculation over a possible presidential bid of his own four years from now. before heading to cleveland to join romney. vice presidential nominee paul ryan, along with his wife and children, cast his ballot this morning in janesville, wisconsin. ryan has another campaign event this afternoon in richmond, virginia. besides the presidency, control of congress is at state in the election. at present there are 242- republicans 193-democrats. democrats would need a net pickup of 25-seats across the country to regain control. several of the key races are in illinois. in the u-s senate-- 33 seats are up for election. the democrats currently hold a 53 to 47 voting majority. seven races are considered toss ups, including

jill biden.ho you think is going to win tonight. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: here it is. election day 2012. november 6th tuesday, the day you've been waiting for and working toward. this is it. it all comes together today and boy, i don't know about you. but i don't believe there's ever been an election with more at stake in my lifetime. for sure. everything is at stake. everything we believe in. everything we care about. every body we care about. everything we've worked for. and we've won over the years. it's all up for grabs this election day. we either go forward in the same direction with barack obama or we go backward and lose it all with mitt romney. that's the choice. that's why it is important to get out and vote, vote, vote and work work, work. right up until the polls close. we'll tell you how to do it and where to do it and all we can tell you about it right here on the "full court press." but first, we'll check in with lisa ferguson out in los a

khiel biden, -- jill biden, held a dedication at the vietnam memorial here in washington.t is expanding the planned scope of the center to include more recent service members. they must still raise $38 million for construction. those are some of the headlines on c-span radio on 16 bases in the united states -- on c-span radio. >> of 16 basis of states we have thousands of milton -- military schools. the average cost of educating a child is almost four times of what the rest of public education costs. and the vast majority of our bases, we use public schools. we could take the money we are spending today and pay every public school system at $14,000 per child and save billions of dollars per year. and with the same or better outcomes. >> this week, you can talk with oklahoma senator tom coburn, about the fiscal cliff, the affordable care at, and the future of the republican party. join the three-hour conversation with your calls, facebook comments and tweet. that is on c-span2. host: welcome back to the last hour of the "washington journal" as we continue our look at the bu

. >> earlier today, vice president joe biden and his wife jill cast their ballots in greenville, delawares optimistic, not just about this election day and also for the future. take a listen. >> i hope everybody exercises the right to vote. it's a great honor and people are standing in line for a lot of places. stand in line as long as you have to in order to vote. >> any prediction? >> i'm feeling pretty good. >> last time you'll vote for yourself? >> i don't think so. >> joe in 2016. two small towns in new hampshire got a jump on the election day, and opening the polls just after midnight, of course. legendary dicksville, made famous in 1960, split vision, five votes for each candidate and there were 23 votes for the president and nine for mitt romney. polls are closing at 6:00 eastern in kentucky and indiana and we'll begin to see some important results roll in after 7:00 when polls close in another half-dozen states including virginia. it should be interesting. with us on set we have msnbc contributor and former senior strategist from the mccain-palin campaign, steve schmitt, good to

>>> folks lined up to cast their ballots and delaware, including vice president joe biden and his wife jill. >> i would let the vice president is ahead of me. >> i think i would, too. >>> long lines in st. louis this morning. one of the most watched races. two who are running for the house. >> night long, we'll have live election results on air and on- line. especially the local races. we'll break it down for you. all you have have to do to get all of this information is head to abc2.com. >>> an apple a day keeps the doctor away. >> but could it also be the key to fighting breast cancer? how scientists are using fruits and veggies in the race to save lives. >> and we'll look at how the swing states are leaning right now. if you have high blood pressure and get a cold get coricidin hbp. the number one pharmacist recommended cold brand designed for people with high blood pressure. and the only one i use to relieve my cold symptoms coricidin hbp. >>> we eat foods every day designed to make us healthier. but what if you could eat an apple that was specifically designed to stop cancer? linda sho

paul ryan and vice-president joseph biden is on the move with his wife jill and his son beau who is attorney general of delaware. you are looking at a rare event and vice-president joseph biden arrived at the same time ryan was leaving and his plane was parked behind two mitt romney planes in cleveland ohio. earlier paul ryan voted with his wife janet and he also spent time giving his kids a short civic lesson while he was there. after a shortstop ellen the day watching returns in boston at mitt romney headquarters. >>> and there are other important races on the ballot in states across the country and later we will talk about initiatives to legalize same sex marriage and the battle for control of congress. >>> and thousands of people from all over the bay area have already cast their ballots. jeanine is where a high turnout is, jeanine, what does it look like out there so far? >> reporter: people are coming here from the registrar's office and it is all set up so cars can drive through and drop off their ballots. those election workers are handing out the i voted stickers. car after caroled