vacated jim webb democrat seat. last one, missouri, todd akman from missouri. 43% against claire mccaskil mccaskill. this is why it matters. currently, dems hold 53 seats and republicans 47. if you flip four of them, four flips look what you end up with. 51-49 majority in the senate. the senate is in play. >> bob: north dakota seat is going to republicans right now. we know that for sure. in connecticut, obama will live connecticut by a large margin. mcmahon doesn't have a chance to win the seat. acheman, who you said get out of race is within striking distance of winning that. that says a lot about republicans of missouri. i just don't understand that. the other race -- >> eric: george allen and kaine. >> bob: that is as close as

. >> that is the senate seat vacated by jim webb. >> polling shows democrats have gained five percentage points out ahead of republican george allen, but there are still undecided voters. rebecca cooper sat down to talk with both candidates. >> he's a former governor, senator, and once touted possible presidential candidate, but that came crashing down when george allen lost his senate seat in 2006. dam good. i need your vote. >> george allen called one of the country's most accomplished governors. >> this fellow here over -- over here with the yellow shirt macaca or whatever his name is. >> allen insists he did not mean any harm by the word and has apologized to the young man, but he wants to move on. >> i'm sorry for what it did to him and distracted the campaign away from the issues. in this campaign, we are focused on the issues that families and small business owners care about. >> also a small business owner and mentioned as a presidential candidate, tim kane says he wants to focus the government and growing economy, like improvements to the infrastructure. battle and i was governo

and i think that's what jim webb is saying. to come with a more general message that gives a little credit to the culture and a little respect to the culture. >> and yet, you were just previewing an ad for me that you're hitting eric cantor with, and it's on abortion. and abortion's always been one of these trickier things. it's effective politics in virginia. doug wilder became governor because of it, some would argue. but does that make it talking to white males -- >> you've got to remember the district we ran. you know, in richmond last year, they went for the transvaginal ultrasounds and all this craziness. with the seventh district, our exit poll says it's now 68%. you know, eric cantor is one of these guys who talks about, you know, government intrusion and how we don't need government intrusion. but yet, you know, he has been with todd akin on 32 different bills pushing this government intrusion into women's individual rights. >> i want to go back and close with a thought that we opened with, independents. can you win vi

the two hoped to succeed incumbent democrat jim webb.ls show a very tight race between them. >> the county taking part in the national lights after-school day celebration at the johns hopkins campus and roberto clemente middle school in germantown to pay attention to the importance of safe, quality after-school programs for children. >> organizers with the the program in prince george's county on a mission to get teenagers to pull up their pants. >> what is the solution? it is to collect belts. >> on most days, his pants are down well below his waist. >> sometimes my pants do drop to the ground and i just pull them up. sometimes it happens. i'm so busy and not paying attention. >> he's like many young people who wear their pants lower than most. would like to most it >> we don't want to see that. it's underwear. >> community activists in prince george's county have a plan to counter this. the take charge project is holding a belt drive collecting used belts at 15 drop boxes all across the county. >> 0 many eyesores we see in our communit

. >> they are vying for the chance to succeed jim webb. moving on to the race for president, both candidates took a break, so to speak, from hard court battles to attend the dinner. president obama and mitt romney donned their talks this -- tuxes. they traded some light-hearted barbs. the dinner is a required stop for politicians ever since the end of world war ii. >> a different kind of political battle is going on in fairfax county. you will not believe the extremes to folks are protect -- are taking to protect their right to free speech. a new bombshell in the secret se >> new revelations tonight about the secret service prostitution scandal. according to a confidential report one agent who was in colombia during the scandal admitted to soliciting a prostitute in el salvador and panama. the report also includes allegations about similar misconduct about other -- from other agents. nine service -- nine agents lost their job this spring. >> a new twist to the abuse scandal at penn state. jerry sandusky wants a judge to overturn his child

allen and democrat tim kaine both former governors are competing for the seat of retiring democrat jim webbthe real clear politics average shows the race is a virtual dead heat. kim spent time on the campaign trail there this week. so kim, six years ago george allen lost this race. he was an incumbent then. what do you -- what is he doing to try to reclaim it? >> he's9]9]ew running this racea way that the obama administration was hoping nobody would run a race. he's talking about sequester, which is this thing that came out of the debt deal and what it does is it cuts $500 billion from the defense department, also from domestic budgets, resonating hugely in virginia where you have a lot of people who work for defense contractors, work for the federal government, or are active duty military members, so they're keen to hear about this issue. mr. allen is out there making the argument that you can't trust democrats to fix it. >> right. >> it's having some evening out in the electorate. >> george allen is basically making the case, we want more spending on defense. how is kaine defending that?

now in virginia, the race to replace jim webb in the senate is attracting a lot of outside attention. the washington examiner says outside political groups have dumped more money into the george allen and tim kaine campaigns than any other race in the country. kaine, the democrat, earned an endorsement from the washington post this morning. in maryland, challenger, john delany is tipping the fundraiser scales. that is in the 6th district congressional race. the baltimore sun says he raised about $399,000 last quarterment. compare that to bartlett who raised $218,000. >>> if you are planning to vote in that race or any other, today is the deadline to make sure you are registered in maryland. you need to have your paperwork in. the deadline is this friday, but you only have the option of registering in person as the election board headquarters. virginia's deadline was yesterday, so it has passed. we have more voter registration. click on campaign 2012. >>> as for tonight, i'll be here with our sister publication, u.s.a. today tracking the debate. you can watch it live on wusa9 and strea

they both want jim webb senate seat in virginia. webb is not seeking reelection. that debate is at 8:00 in richmond and you can watch it live at wusa9.com. >>> be sure to join me tonight at 7:00 for 9news. i have the story of a three- week old kitten that caused a commotion there when it decided to hitch a road under the hood of a guy's car. >> we'll see you at 7:00. but still ahead in this half hour, a new report finds serious lapses among tsa agents. at one of the nation's largest airports. the details ahead. top. >> well, it is more like november than october. here's the reason why. 17 degrees below average. 55 and 45 go in the books. averages are still 72 and 53. record high 91. record low of 36. we'll come back and track rain and showers for you and tell you when the real october weather will return. >> plus, mitt romney sharpens his attacks on president obama. those stories and more just ahead on 9news. >>> republican, mitt romney, cast barack obama as a weak leader. that assessment came during a speech on foreign policy issues today at the virginia military

both hope to replace jim webb. bob mcdonnell will join allen on the campaign trail next week. both men will visit northern virginia on tuesday and hampton roads the following thursday. this will be the first time mcdonnell has campaigned for allen since june. the governor has hosted fundraisers for the senate candidate since then. >>> with just 19 days to go before the election, president obama and mitt romney are spending time courting voters in critical battleground states. today the president heads to new hampshire. tomorrow, he will be in northern virginia. here you can see he visited ohio yesterday, talking to a crowd of about 14,000 college students at ohio university. the president brought up mitt romney's binder of women comments from tuesday's debate. it referred to romney's remarks of finding women to fill cabinet spots in massachusetts. >> see, we don't have to order up some binders to find qualified, talented, driven young women to learn and teach and thrive and start businesses. >> the president's stop at george mason university tomorrow will be his second in as m

vacated jim webb democrat seat.man from missouri. 43% against claire mccaskil mccaskill. this is why it matters. currently, dems hold 53 seats and republicans 47. if you flip four of them, four flips look what you end up with. 51-49 majority in the senate. the senate is in play. >> bob: north dakota seat is going to republicans right now. we know that for sure. in connecticut, obama will live connecticut by a large margin. mcmahon doesn't have a chance to win the seat. acheman, who you said get out of race is within striking distance of winning that. that says a lot about republicans of missouri. i just don't understand that. the other race -- >> eric: george allen and kaine. >> bob: that is as close as the presidential race. i think probably kaine can pull out a victory. >> dana: mine is about catholic voters. battleground poll on monday. 47 to 45% romney leading obama on catholics. amongst active catholics, churchgoing, 39 to 36%. obama won by plus nine. in 2008, romney up plus one in 12. that matters big-time in

the two former governors are trying to succeed jim webb.how a tight race between the two. >> violent crime is up nationwide. a new survey finds the violent crime rate rose 17% last year. that ended a general decline in violence which began 20 years ago. analysts say is too early to tell if it is an anomaly or if it might signal a turnaround of a sustained drop in violent crime. >> the texas attorneys general's office has dropped bigamy charges against warren jeffs the polygamist leader. he is already serving a life prison sentence. he was convicted of sexually assaulting a two underage girls that he considered his bride. the charges came after authorities raided his ranch in 2008. a main high school ikea coach whose name appeared on a list of men who paid a fitness instructor for sex is leaving his job now. police released the names of 21 suspected clients and are planning to release more names. her other clients include a former mayor and several businessmen. she has pleaded not guilty to prostitution and other charges. >> the world's olde

they both want jim webb's senate seat. that debate is expected at 8:00. you can watch it live at wusa9.com. >>> the u.s. marine ban and corps color guard took part in a special columbus day celebration. marks the 150th anniversary of the national columbus memorial in front of union station. unveiled that statue in 1912. the national park service along with the national columbus celebration association and other groups sponsored today's event. >>> and if you were sitting along that band, you could hear people saying, we are cold, man. it's not supposed to be this cold. >> feels like november, doesn't it? >> cold november rain. with cold november rain here, i want to take you to snow shoe. check this out. their first snow of the season. oh, i get excited. isn't that good stuff, derek? >> i'm getting worked up. >> if you're a skier, it's good stuff. it's nice to see the snow and trees that are past peek. but that was their first snow. we've had snow as early as the 10th of october set back in 1979. so it can snow even here in october. in fact, we average a t

senator george allen and former democratic governor tim kaine are trying to replace retiring senator jim webballen accused kaine of wanting to be president obama's senator, he pointed to the sportif obama care and environmental regulations and tax increases for the well think. but cane e accused allen of being an ideal log who will promote gridlock on capitol hill. allen accused cane e of neglecting his responsibilities as governor while serving as chairman of the democratic national party. >>> it is 6:35. and time for another your money report. google is reportedly blaming the financial printers company. the draft shows the internet giant missed expectations on both revenue and earnings. google's stock plummeted about 10% before it was halted and eventually ended the day down 8%. they're working the finalize the earnings statement and they're planning to issue a release this afternoon discussing both earnings and what happened yesterday. >>> and this is kind of fun. it is sort of an election of cents. what we bring you this morning. this comes from bliss. and this is of course the spa that i

both men are looking to succeed democrat jim webb, who is not running for re-election. >>> this morninge're learning some details about the tributes to the late senator and former presidential candidate george mcgovern. he passed away yesterday at the age of 90. a public viewing will be held in sioux falls, south dakota, and followed by a prayer service. mcgovern will actually be laid to rest here in washington at rock creek cemetery. >>> time is 6:37. you may not agree what d.c. is being called now, the most affordable city in the country. >> a lot of people might not agree with that. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine the pnc cashbuilde visa credit card with a qualifying pnc performance select checking account and earn 75% more than cards earning 1% cash back on almost everything. and balanced the budget every year. and tim kaine and i both cut our own pay as governors, to lead by example. mark warner and i reached across party lines to get things done. we were a great team in richmond and we'll be a great team in washington. i'm tim kaine and i approve this message ...because we'll wor

george allen was the senator until he was beaten by jim webb in 2006.effort by george allen. he has been through the ringer and got heat the last time for associating with the confederate flag. for making some purportedly racist comment on the campaign trail. he is a more subdued, cooler less fiery george allen. and i would say that if mitt romney runs strong, in virginia, he could tug george allen first over the finish line here. >> bret: tucker? >> in montana, the incumbent democratic senator john tester is challenged by the state's only congressman denny reburg. this should be an easy race for republican. chester barely beat conrad burns six years ago. the republican is being hurt by independent candidacy. a guy named dan cox, libertarian. interestingly, this week, we reported that the group called montana hunters and anglers come out with the spots attacking denny rieberg not being sufficiently conservative. but the surprise the group of hunters and angleers is power play ord and funded entirely by democratic operatives. guys that wouldn't know the

they're hoping to replace democrat jim webb who isn't running for re-election. >>> d.c. residents, today is the last day you can register to vote by mail. people who live in the district must postmark their voter registration applications by today. applications are available online and at public libraries, firehouses and police stations. anyone who misses today's deadline can still register to vote during early voting and on election at their polling place. election day is tuesday, november 6th. >>> 5:34. one man is in critical condition after a shooting at a montgomery county home. police were called to the 1100 block of good hope drive in silver spring last night. they say the homeowner got into an argument with a man and a woman. during that fight, the homeowner shot the man who then drove himself to the hospital. the homeowner was also hurt in that fight. he is expected to be okay. >>> montgomery county police are trying to figure out what caused a man to die while in police custody yesterday afternoon. officers arrested a man in clarks burg who was reportedly being

both men hope to replace democrat jim webb, who is not running for re-election. the former governor, george allen, is hoping virginia's current governor can give him a campaign boost, if you will. bob mcdonnell will join allen on the campaign trail next week. both will visit northern virginia on tuesday and hampton roads on thursday. this will be the first time mcdonnell has campaigned for allen since june. the governor has hosted fundraisers for the senate candidate since then. >> president obama and mitt romney are focusing on the battleground states in the final 18 days before the election. today the president heads to new hampshire and tomorrow he'll be in northern virginia, holding a rally at george mason university. the president brought up romney's binder of women comments from tuesday's debate. romneyed a been referring to finding women to fill cabinet positions as governor in massachusetts. >> see, we don't have to order up some binders to find qualified, talented, driven young women to learn and teach and thrive. >> tomorrow's appearance at george mason

both candidates are looking to succeed jim webb, who is not running for re-election. recent polls show the race is tied. >>> the federal government is looking at problems at d.c.'s tax office. the securities and exchange commission opened a formal inquiry and requested audits dating back to january of 2010. the d.c. council recently cited the tax office for a number of issues, including poor tax payment tracking and a lack of oversight. it also criticized chief financial officer natwar gandhi for not releasing audits documenting the problems. the council pass the emergency legislation to get the audits going to the s.e.c. the office is cooperating with the request. >>> police are on alert after a string of sexual assaults. the latest assault happened on friday along gibson street in falls church. police say a man approached a woman walking a baby stroller, forcefully grabbed her, and then ran away when she screamed. five similar assaults happened in the springfield area. some call the attacks nerve-racking. >> it's very disturbing that you would have to worry about th

both men hope to replace democrat jim webb, who is not running for re-election. >>> george mcgovern'slth has taken a turn for the worst. his family says the 90-year-old is no longer responsive in hospice care. mcgovern was the democratic presidential nominee in 1962. he lost to richard nixon in a landslide. in recent years, he's turned his attention to endg world hunger. >>> the majority of college students are leaving college with more just an education. student loan debt is on the rise. jackie has more on that. >> reporter: student debt continues to mount. the report says that 2/3 of the class of 2011 finished school with loan debt the average amount of debt, $26,600, up 5% from the class of 2010. but the good news is that job prospects are still better for people who have a college degree. the unemployment rate for those with at least a bachelor's degree was 8.8% last year, versus 19% for people who only have a high school diploma. >>> and also, american airlines is putting out the help wanted signs. the bankrupt carrier plans to hire 1,500 flight attendants. american expects thous

that's something supported by democrat senators like mark warner and jim webb in my home state of virginiaething this president has stopped. we're also going to get rid of those job-killing regulations that killed 1,200 jobs in the coal fields of virginia and west virginia and elsewhere. and we're also going to cut taxes on small businesses. cut taxes across the board of a -- across the board tax cut instead of the promise that barack obama is going to increase taxes across the board of the biggest tax increase in history on january 1st. and mitt romney understands that you have to have small business to grow these jobs. and that's the way we're going to invest in small businesses. take the job-killing obamacare regulations that will crush small businesses, but then give -- replace it with good policies that allow businesses to buy health insurance with what they need, buy it across state lines, have preexisting conditions covered. but the kind of policies that they won't be bankrupt and fined. and 20 million people are expected by this -- by the administration's own calculations, 20 milli

let me play what senator jim webb said to chuck todd on this issue. take a listen. >> how in the name of the lord can the democratic party, the party of andrew jackson, only be getting 28 periods of time of the white male working class vote? from my perspective it's because of the interest group politics in the democratic party, that particular cultural group doesn't believe the democrats like that. >> are some white voters turned off by the democratic party? if so, where does the popular clinton factor come in? >> the president is there and will be in ohio for a reason. the president can bring into focus the idea that with the right economic policies and if you stick with it, as we did in 1995 and 1996, prosperity comes along. the real key numbers in ohio are look at the unemployment rate when the president came into office and where it is now. it's down i think nearly 50%. the auto bailout, some of the president's investments in manufacturing have really paid off in ohio, frankly, at the end of the day we can talk back and forth about different demo

the two former virginia governors are vying to succeed jim webb.ith ahow a tight race few weeks to go. we are about to find out what of whether we can expect this winter. winterll unveil its morning.ater this that conference before 11:00 a.m. we will have the details coming noon. check traffic again. here is steve. >> here is 395. morning.ult was at king that street has now cleared. a little better. everything now is open. beltway, new avenue, still very slow. college park to silver spring. fromin the other gretchen to greenbelt metro. -- slow and the other direction. still very slow northbound on 395. are pretty good so far. weather with jacqui jeras. if you high thin clouds. over all, beautiful conditions. sunshine and 55 degrees at reagan national. at dulles. warming up throughout the day. the clouds will increase throughout the afternoon. showers and thunderstorms developing throughout the day. 68 to 73. a beautiful weekend ahead. >> thank you. ♪ ♪ i can look you in the eye we can dance iyou want ♪ ♪ get to crackin' if you like ♪ >>> brandy. >>

by that clock, the candidate to fill jim webb's seat in virginia. two former governors are vying for the job. one hour later, we head west to a debate between the candidates for u.s. senate in montana. incumbent than a -- incumbent democrat john tester is battling danny lee burke. >> c-span's campaign website provides on demand coverage of all the presidential and vice presidential debates. it is the only place where you will see our live coverage of behind-the-scenes fight and sounds behind the scenes at the debate. each question is available as a separate clip or you can see it and watched by topic. you can read it streaming we -- streaming tweets from reporters. >> and the human rights campaign, a group advocating for equal rights for lesbians, gay, and transsexual people. highlighting the event was new jersey mayor cory booker to talk about what he calls a common ancestry shared in the civil rights and gay rights movement. first, you'll hear from the group's president to discuss what is at stake in the november election for those fighting for ga

it is the debate for jim webb a's seat. tim kaine faces the george allen. this is live at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> sees bank is a grt inside look into what is happening in washington -- c-span is a great look inside into what is happening in washington. it is different than regular media. it is very objective. it shows a lot of what is a real and what is going on. >> i watched hearings on c-span. when the senate and house votes on the bills we watch it in the office. also when the supreme court has hearings we watched different decisions and opinions on c- span. >> she watches c-span on direct tv. c-span, created by mayor is cable companies since 1979 and brought you as the public service by your television provider. >> now the findings of a new public opinion poll on americans' attitudes toward arabs and muslims. the poll was conducted following recent violence protests in the arab world in response to a film denigrating is long. the caribbean news channel is a -- the arab news channel is part of this event hosted at the brookings institution. quite good morning. thank

>> i guess chuck, our friend, pushed jim webb on, wish he hasn't voted for it.ing him to admit and evan bayh. >> he said he wouldn't? >> he didn't say he wouldn't, they both have great regrets about the way it was handled and that's what got me about, and i think a lot of -- the country just listening to bill clinton and nodding. you could see the approval ratings go up and that maybe we're not such, maybe he couldn't have done anything and all of a sudden one speech from clinton suddenly we're not at 8.1% unemployment for 43 months? >> come on. the reality is that bill clinton was a politician. what we need in this country is a politician. hard as it is to say that. >> somebody to work with both sides. >> in effect who says my objective is this. now who do i have to corral to get from here to there. that's called leadership. we know the stimulus bill is just sent down to nancy pelosi and she wrote it. president had no input. dodd-frank same thing, obama care similar. there's this cadre of people writing the laws of our country without input from at least half t

provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable jim webbof virginia, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 1:00 p.m. that i would like to you to take away from the slide. the circuit switched network, this original phone network was a closed system meaning voice services were generally provided by local exchange carriers or long distance carriers, and then when we had the passage of 96 act, we had the introduction of competitive local exchange carriers who were also connected to the network at both the local and long-distance level, and then we brought in wireless with the added mobility. but the key point here that i want folks to take away is that it was a closed system with a very finite number of voice providers. the second thing you can take away from this slide is that at the time these companies were providing what's called plain old telephone service, pots. there wasn't internet involved in this tradition

provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable jim webb, a senator from the commonwealth of virginia, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 10:30 a.m. on friday, 10:30 a.m. on friday, celebrated its 25th anniversary with a gala last month that the national building museum here in washington and during the event organizers and attorneys honor the late andrew for his reporting on the conservative platform and issues featured speakers include reince priebus, stephen hayes and laura ingraham. this is about two hours and 40 amex. >> ladies and gentlemen, once again, here is chris plante. [applause] >> following keith olberman. what's better than that? sorry, to go to the glasses. i want to thank you the people that took my que during a dinner to my obama phone. this actually is kind of jim obama phone. i'm kind of day dumb phone donley in 2012. when i was asked to the dinner tonight i was honestly uncomfortable about

kaine and george allen squared off in a debate to fill the senate seat left by the retirement of jim webb. this is the second of three televised debates. this one-hour debate courtesy of w c r-tv in richmond. >> tonight, the candidates will answer questions about the issue they will face. the moderator tonight, the political analyst and moderator of many debates in central virginia. >> thank you. let's introduce the candidates trying to beat the next u.s. senator. tunis tonight are two former governors of the commonwealth. republican george allen and democrat tim kaine. both know the stakes are high. tonight's debate is being broadcast on television stations throughout virginia. you can join live conversation about the debate on twitter #peoplesdebate. here is a look of the guideline for the debate. and it's will answer questions for me and our panel. for each question, the cat is for whom it is directed will have 90 seconds to respond and the other will have 60 seconds for a rebuttal. there also may be a follow-up question. at the conclusion of tonight's debate, the candidates will have