mcbryan: that's it, right there. >> john lovelace: in the 40s. >> joe mcbryanmber of '49 to go to school. >> john lovelace: six years old. >> joe mcbryan: that's right. >> john lovelace: what was happening in the depression? what was it like up here? >> joe mcbryan: depression didn't happen. the black thursday, the dust ball... didn't really happen here because they were very, very happy and very secure here. you gotta realize this is-- here is security. the abundance of water here precluded any drought. and they had all the water, all the fish. they had caribou, moose. they had all the wild meat they wanted. they had the forest for heat, which was needed. they had lights and they had their freedom. there was no taxman. there was no welfare man. there was nobody knocking at the door threatening to take your house away. >> john lovelace: so with you've had a good dream, you've had a good run at it. those people had start off with a dream and a thought and a rumour there's gold, there's mineral, and so they would chase it down through all the different, like, the

joe johns interviewed "washington post" reporter sari horwitz. who co-authored the book "finding chandra." >> they went into chandra levy's apartment right away after her father called and they fooled around with her computer trying to see where she had gone and they corrupted the hard drive on the computer, which meant the computer had to be sent out, and for a month was being analyzed by the secret service. so for a month, they didn't know that she had just looked up rock creek park before she went and disappeared. >> reporter: years, in fact, before another suspect would emerge. a suspect already in police custody, ingmar guandique, an immigrant from el salvador. and this is where the man who would eventually be charged with chandra's murder lived. you can see on our gps this flag is where his apartment was. and right over here, this green area, that's rock creek park. that's only about three blocks away from where the defendant lives. guandique was already in jail for attacking two women in rock creek park not far from where levy's body was f

joe johns looks at what yes votes could mean for americans in the future. >> reporter: what was once called the gateway drug, the so- called evil weed that lead to cocaine, heroin, ruined lives and sent thousands upon thousands to jail could become okay to do for fun in california. three other states with pending legislation, oregon, south carolina and arizona are looking to legalize marijuana for medical purposes or to modify the medical marijuana laws they already have in place. turns out 14 state and district of columbia allow medical marijuana use which is something a former national antidrug czar sees as a problem. >> there isn't medical methamphetamine, crack or heroin. this is a sham. >> criminallologist peter reuter says attitudes have changed about marijuana, especially since medical marijuana, though controversial, has become a legal reality. >> it does give an aura of usefulness to this drug, which previously in every public presentation by any official agency was always very negative. >> reporter: use of the drug hasn't exactly skyrocketed recently but the one thing that

let's check in with joe johns for the latest political news you need to know right now. joe? for john edwards tells cnn a federal grand jury has issued a sizable number of subpoenas. the jury is looking into allegations money from the edwards' 2008 presidential campaign paid for an illegal cover-up of his affair with rielle hunter. >>> president obama is in new jersey tonight attending a democratic fund-raiser at a private residence, telling a small group of donors that sometimes the democrats' tendency to have internal debates can be, quote, a weakness. >>> in massachusetts, a statehouse candidate has an unusual name and an unusual problem. ryan fattman's campaign signs are turning out to be irresistible souvenirs and getting stolen from people's yards. >> if people want the signs, i'm more than willing to give them after the campaign. aisle give them all away, if they want them. >>> and in nevada's neck in neck u.s. senate race, a new cnn/time opinion poll has sharron angle leading harry reid, 42 to 40%. a dead heat given the sampling rate. a pretty tight race, but i hear no

joe johns is back with the latest political news you need to know right now. joe? >> hey, john.dent walter mondale has some advice for president obama. ditch the teleprompter if you want a second term. >> i think he tends to -- and he uses these idiot boards to read speeches in television, and i think he loses the connection that he needs emotionally with american voters. >>> cnn has confirmed the authenticity of a secretly recorded conversation where we hear republican u.s. senate candidate sharron angle trying to talk a nevada tea party candidate into dropping out of the race. >> i'm not sure that you can win and i'm not sure that i can win if you're hurting my chances. and that's the -- that's the part that's scare to me. >> total soap opera quality there to that race. you know, what's going to happen in the political race? is anybody going to get in trouble with the law? >> it's a breathtaking senate race and another fascinating development in it. our national political correspondent jesse yellin is with us. let's go to jon ralston. he's the nevada journalist who got this ta

let's bring in joe johns for the latest political news. >>> a big tea party patriots convention is under in richmond, virginia. 2,000 activists are expected to hear from, among others, congressman ron paul, former senators rick allen and rick santorum and lou dobbs. former president clinton is going to help out with joe manchin's senate campaign. national security adviser jim jones is leaving his post. two people close to him tell cnn the retired marine general took the job with the understanding he'd only stay for two years. jones' top deputy, tom donlan, will become national security adviser. the post does not require senate confirmation, but it has a stamp of afrooufl defense secretary robert gates. >> i have thoroughly enjoyed working with general jones, and i have and have had a very productive and very good working relationship with tom donlan, contrary to what you may have read. >> you get the feeling general jones just didn't fit in. maybe he was too tall with all those little advisers scurrying around or something. >> one of the toughest jobs to watch because as national securit

i can see abigail adams sitting and clutching her scorching hot cup of joe, john adams saying sit down and drink your damn coffee, woman. she really was the brains of the outfit. my mother is overworked, tired, but her still solid body stood hard as a rock. i'm not going to cry, as a tear falls down from her face. don't cry, mom, don't cry. [cheers and applause] >> that was her first time ever. yay! and up next we have indiana telepenova. >> a recipe for water. start with the color magenta, a burning asphalt, of beach ball sighing out its life, a garden grown on accident after accident, add a father painting shelves on the cove, a pinch of guilt, statues of isabella butter flisse -- butterflies, and extinct alpha betts, a teaspoon of autumn leaves, a shepard playing with the winds, some animal begging for snow. mix vigorously like the mountain mixes up its slopes. preheat the bed of a star to -- 240 light-years away. thank you. and next is -- [cheers and applause] >> next is robin black. >> hi, robin! >> oh, ok. i had to know. this is called "eviction notice." the police turned us away

let's check in with joe johns for the latest political news you need to know right now. >> first termo democratic congressman steve driehaus has gotten bad news from party big whigs. cnn confirms the democratic congressional committee will not spend any more money on tv ads in his district after this week. >>> georgia governor candidate roy barns is offering condolences to the family of a teenager who died in a weekend traffic accident that also injured barns' daughter and two granddaughters. police say the 17-year-old boy's car crossed the center line and hit the minivan barns' daughter was driving. >>> before taking air force one to florida today president obama renewed his call for congress to spend $50 billion to help the rest of us get around. >> they are aging systems, highways and buywayyways, air r and airlines hinder our economic growth. the average american household is forced to spend more on transportation each year than food. >> traffic is really bad around here in washington, d.c., so there are some people who aren't going to mind. on the other hand, i know there are peo

i'm joe johns.pta reports "doctor detectives" continues in a moment, but first this 360 bulletin. the michigan assistant attorney general who is under fire about his blog post on an openly gay student has taken a leave of absence and andrew shirvell faces a disciplinary hearing when he returns. he sharply attacked the president of the student assembly calling him a radical, racist and liar. armstrong is pursuing legal action against shirvell. >>> president obama has lost his right hand man rahm emanuel, he stepped down as white house chief of staff. >> the last 20 months, rahm has exceeded all my expectations. it's fair to say we could not have accomplished what we've accomplished without rahm's leadership. from preventing a second depression, to passing historic health care and financial reform legislation to restoring america's leadership in the world. >> rahm emanuel is expected to run for mayor of chicago. he's being replaced temporarily by pete rouse. >>> closing arguments today in the murder t

i'm joe johns. here is the latest political news you need to know right now.ka, a new commercial for senator lisa murkowski's write-in campaign includes and endorsement from former senator ted stevens t was recorded less than two weeks before his fatal plane crash. murkowski's opponent, joe miller, goes for humor in his commercials spoofing the old spice guy ads. >> hello, voters. look at your ballot, now look at him. this is joe miller, now back to your ballot. you see his name. now look at her, now back to your ballot. sadly she is not on your ballot. why? because she lost. >> you got to love political ad season. now back to john king. >> most memorable political ads, christine o'donnell's i'm not a witch and ben quayle calling barack obama the worst president in history have one big thing in common, fred davis. fred, let me start with a big question, which is what makes this year different from any other year, then we'll get into the specifics of these ads. >> i don't think there is anything, you know, in the world of advertising that is different this year

let's check in with joe johns for the latest political news you need to know right now. >> at the white house this afternoon, president obama used an event focusing on community colleges to take a shot at republican tax cut plans. >> that's why i so strongly disagree with the economic plan that was released last week by the republican leaders in congress. which would actually cut education by 20%. >> 88-year-old george mcgovern, the democratic party's 1972 presidential nominee, presented secretary of state hillary clinton with a world food program award this evening for her efforts to fight global hunger. >>> a new poll by the pew hispanic center showed 65% of latinos planned to support democratic candidates in their local congressional districts while 22% planned to support republicans. compare that to pew's results among all voters, where 47% say they'll support democrats and 44% say they'll support republicans. which is a little different, of course, from the generic ballot we've been reporting on now. >> the pew numbers are renssterred voters, registered voters, we need to be clear

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but first joe johns has a "360" bulletin. >>> a powerful typhoon is headed toward china.ier today it battered parts of taiwan, triggering mudslide that's trammed hundreds of people in their cars. at least seven people have been killed there, about two dozen others are missing. this is the same storm that left 11 people dead in the philippines. >>> take a look at this photograph. it's a 13-inch bite mark from a giant shark that attacked and killed a 19-year-old california college student today. he was boogie boarding with friends off the santa barbara coast when the attack occurred. the shark was said to be 14 to 20 feet long. >>> and haiti is battling an outbreak of cholera. the disease has killed more than 150 people. 1500 others have been sickened. the outbreak is centered north of port-au-prince and haitian officials are trying to prevent it from spreading. sanjay, we all know while we were there earlier this year, this wasn't entirely unexpected. >> yeah, but you're right, joe, but it's still so hard to believe. i know you've been there, i was there, a million people

. >> that was joe johns reporting. for now keep in mind the legislation is just a pipe dream. some predict that legalization in california could cause chaos starting in the courts because experts say that state law would clash ' federal law and launch a big battle that could end up in the supreme court. >>> we know the weather like this can't last. >> 88 today at national. not a record but there were -- one spot set a record. start with that. dulles hit 86. the record was 78. they blew that out of the water. that was in 1980. remember those records go back to 1963. downtown record 90, high 88. 89 in baltimore. their high was 85 and that was safe. a footnote here, this is the latest we have ever had a 90- degree reading in the month of october. we will tie the number of days of 67 days t 0 or higher if the year. 70s across the board right now. temperatures are going down the next three days. 80 tomorrow. going down a bit. maybe a shower, maybe a thunderstorm and then 689 on wednesday. big change and light rain or showers on thursday with highs struggling to get to 60 our averag

. >> joe johns is the assistant u.s.ttorney who heads up the environmental crimes unit. >> it's not unusual at all. let's face it. if it has fur, feathers, wings, scales, gils or fangs, well there is somebody out there who wants to collect it, wear it, or eat it. >> the things people do. we want to lock at what's coming up later on today in the bay. brent is in the newsroom helping to put together the show. >> the latest new from the state capital. a reporter is waiting and watching for any movement on the state budget and we will bring it to you as soon as it breaks. >> name calling in the govern nor's race and why jerry brown said he's sorry. those stories and bob redell will take his reporters to new heights. we will hold him to those standards. >> i got it all warmed up for you. just about 11 weeks until christmas, we are starting to get an idea of what the hot items will be. one fashion consultants said real or fake fur and smart phones. the ereader and video game systems that work with movement like the wii and the

. >> reporter: joe johns is the assistant u.s. attorney who heads up the violent crimes unit in los angeles. >> let's face it, if it has fur, feathers, wings, scales, gills or fangs, there is someone out there who wants to collect it, wear it or eat it. >> reporter: in this case, the birds were attractive because of its song. agents arrested sonny dong and the man they called duck lee. >> we took out a distribution wing. >> reporter: lee was selling the birds at chinese markets for 3 or $4 a bird. they were convicted of felony smuggling and sentenced to three to six years in prison. the few that survived can be found singing at the san diego zoo. part of the restitution that dong and lee were ordered to pay goes toward caring for the birds, kind of like a nest egg. >> that was anna garcia with our los angeles station. interpol estimates that animal smuggling is a big business on the black market. >> birds on your pant leg? that's really weird. so tomorrow it's going to be really, really hot. >> yes. red flag fire warning, and as w

"don't get hurt, joe." john harbaugh knows the big boys up front will go along way to deciding if they beat new england. >> the offensive line will be feet keeps 3 start in the trenches when you build your team. the game is won and lost in the trenches. i think that is where we have been from the beginning. it is never going to change. >> remember last january when the ravens beat new england? a touchdown for ray rice. >> thank you. 52 degrees on tv hill. much more to come in the next half-hour -- >> a baltimore county wife leads -- leaves to go to a concert and she is never heard from again. >> she is one of the most popular figures in the white house, and today that star power goes on the road. i will of more with michelle obama in campaign mode. >> residents are getting back on their feet are running at thise. i think we need tax breaks to send kids to college. so i worked for a $2,500 tax credit to help pay for college. fought to get pell grants expanded and insisted that college loans go directly to kids in

joe johns, cnn, washington. >> and we did reach out to the california governor arnold schwarzeneggerhis representatives, though, told us he wouldn't comment on things that were on the ballot. but it was a couple of weeks ago he did write this in the "los angeles times" editorial. any judge or attorney will tell you that proposition 19 is flawed. it's a flawed initiative that would bring about a host of legal nightmares and risk the public safety. it would also make california a laughing stock. >>> well, coming up, two people who are not laughing in this argument over legalizing marijuana out in california. the two leading -- the leading spoke people for and against prop 19 will join me right here live. it's four minutes past the hour. stay with us. what? they think you're a businessman, using our house to meet new clients in china. for reals, player? [ woman speaks chinese ] they overheard a phone call. [ speaks chinese ] something about shipping with fedex to shanghai. and then you opened a bottle of champagne. that was for a science project. [ man and woman speaking chinese ] i'm l

joe johns, cnn, washington. >>> let's break this one down just a little bit more.ave a bigger conversation here. you heard some of the warnings in joe's report about the dangers of marijuana, evil weed he said. but not everyone thinks the drug is dangerous. my guest is the senior editor at high times magazine, which is a pot advocacy magazine. david, good to see you. thanks for hopping on with us. let's just first begin with your magazine "high times" supports legalization. give me the top three arguments why you think people should legalize it. >> sure. that's easy. if you believe in a smaller government that's not going to impinge on your freedoms, if you believe that tax dollars should not be spent harassing people using a relatively harmless substance and if you want to see green jobs in this multibillion dollar economy go to law abiding american citizens instead of mexican drug cartels. that's just for starters. >> let's talk about one of the big arguments. for years and years. that being the fact that marijuana is this gateway drug that sends so many people t

and our joe johns got to meet him. >> it's nice to meet you. how are you doing?earing ago dylan took a stand. he was just 9 years old. a fourth grader. a little guy with a big sense of right and wrong. >> his name is cole jackson. >> reporter: what happened? >> he feels getting called mean names. i didn't think that was too cool. i was wanting to help him out. >> reporter: how was rereacting? >> i knew he didn't feel good. he doesn't want people picking on him. >> cole is autistic and had difficulty communicate iing. he was bullied because of it. dylan sent the message to classmates it wasn't okay. >> they were born with that disorder. they can't help they were born with autism. they don't need to be treated different than anybody else. >> dylan didn't know it at the time, but he was about to launch an anti-bullying crusade that would spread from his classroom to his school and all over his hometown of bowling green, kentucky, the moment when he stood up for cole is now the subject of a public service announcement that's been posted on youtube and played in every

joe johns. >> the music world is mourning the loss of a soul music legend. that is solomon burke. he died today at the age of 70. he was considered own of soul music's greatest vocalist. he influenced scores of musicians, many of them including the rolling stones covered his work. he died of natural causes. >>. what one cash strapped government is doing to create more revenue. >> much of the bay area enjoying nice weather. how long will it last? we will be here with a look at the forecast. . >>> it was perfect today. lots of people lining the waterfront for fleet week and you couldn't ask for a better day. let's check in with mark. just great out there today. >> that's right. we lucked out with the weather pattern. temperatures soring. we had patchy fog. sneaking in to the bay. the clouds pulling back to just off shore. still some patchy fog lingering near -- right around pillar point near half moon bay and near pacifica and the cloud wills will be a factor. mainly in the usual locations near the shoreline and also maybe a few patches pushing back into the bay. we have mostly clea

let's check in with joe johns for the platest political news you need to know right now. >> the justiceday formally appealed a federal court ruling that struck don't the government's don't ask, don't tell policy. the president was asked about repealing the policy during today's young voters town hall. >> it has to be done in a way that's orderly because we are involved in a war right now. but this is not a question of whether the policy is in -- will end. this policy will end. and it will end on my watch. >> former secretary of state condoleezza rice visits president obama in the oval office tomorrow to talk about a range of foreign policy issues. >>> and we're still waiting for three of the chilean miners to get out of the hospital tonight. the 33 men have been undergoing tests and in some cases treatments since their rescue. at the end of the day, this is all about hope, isn't it? >> it's about hope. it's captivated the world's attention. watch this. this has been a dramatic story on the internet as well. people who maybe can't get to the television set. a peek of 4 million page views

joe johns, cnn, washington. >>> be sure to stick with us on cnn.ive from yes and no on proposition 19 in california. this is the proposition to legalize marijuana. >>> okay. a dangerous mission a half mile underground. the rescue of those 33 trapped miners may begin as early as wednesday. talking about chile. i love my job. i can see what's it's doing for the community on a day-to-day basis. natural gas is cleaner burning than most fossil fuels and it's vital to our energy needs. increasingly we're finding gas in hard to reach areas, but now we've developed technology that enables us to access gas in hard rocks so we can bring more fuel to homes and help provide a reliable source of energy into the future. ♪ >>> breaking news. explosives have been found in a garbage bag at a cemetery in manhattan. straight to allan chernoff who has the latest. what's it all about? >> a very bizarre story here as you said. nine bricks of military grade explosives found in a cemetery on new york's lower east side. actually, the east village. second avenue and second

jessica yellin, dana bash, ed henry, and our senior correspondent joe johns.ess, there was a new poll out today that showed a dead heat. harry reid a little ahead maybe out there in nevada. last week, we sent a camera crew down because sharon ang until a conversation at a tea party event said sharia law was being practiced in a couple places in the united states. i'm sorry, i need to break out. we need to go straight down and look at these pictures from chile. the 29th miner coming to the surface there as you watch the applause unfold. this has been methodical throughout. this is juan aguilar, 49 years old, the mechanic from the mining town of los lagos. he is a father of two. has been mining for 19 years. now you see another one of these breath-take smiles as the phoenix capsule comes up to the surface. let's listen for a moment. seeing this roue teen play out. they're very careful when they bring this up. they ask the miner inside if he's okay. whether he's okay for them to open the capsule. then you see them open -- you see them opening the phoenix capsule.

following several other important stories tonight, joe johns is back with the 360 news and business bulletinee dugard kidnapping case. phillip and nancy garrido, the california couple accused of holding dugard captive for decades face kidnapping and rape charges. they've previously pled not guilty to 29 felony counts. >>> and president obama offered his profound apology to the president of guatemala for a study that infected hundreds in that country with sexually transmitted diseases. the 1940s experiments were similar to those conducted in tuskegee, alabama, some 40 years ago. >>> president obama today announced rahm emanuel has stepped down as white house chief of staff. the president praised emanuel for his, quote, unmatched level of energy and enthusiasm. emanuel, who is expected to run for mayor of chicago, has been temporarily replaced by his deputy, pete rouse. >>> remember in may when the stock market took a sudden nose dive and no one knew why? federal regulators say it was sparked by a large investor using automatic trading software to sell futures contracts. the name of the invest

. >>> i'm joe johns. first the latest. breaking news.gon says a new document dump by wikileaks put u.s. troops in iraq in even greater danger. the whistle-blower website released almost 400,000 classified documents. the "the new york times" says it shows the vast majority of slain civilians in iraq were killed by other iraqis. the documents also reportedly contain the names of iraqi civilians who have cooperated with the united states and describe iran's role in supporting iraqi militants. a british newspaper "the guardian" says the documents show u.s. authorities failed to investigate hundreds of reports of abuse, torture, rape and murder by iraqi police and soldiers. >>> in haiti, a fast-moving cholera outbreak killed at least 138 people and sickened more than 1,500. that outbreak began after heavy rains caused a river to overflow and flood an area north of port-au-prince. >>> coming up, politicians who rail against government spending but also want their share of the very stimulus plan they're attacking and asking washington to show t

let's check in with joe johns for the latest political news you need to know. >> president obama attendedreme court. chief justice roberts escorted her outside for the benefit of tv cameras which are not allowed inside. >>> sarah palin has been using her twitter account to attack temporary white house chief of staff pete rouse for keeping his voter registration in alaska even though he hasn't lived there since the early 1980s. today reporters asked press secretary robert gibbs why he's registered in alaska. >> he's not. i was talking to pete yesterday. i don't know who he voted for. but he voted in the mayor's race here. >> all politics is local. it was a mayor's race. the chicago mayor's race that got him in this thing in the first place. >> pete rouse voted in the d.c. mayor's race. he has his new job because rahm emanuel wants to be in the chalk mayor's race. it want to talk about the challenges for the next mayor of chicago, whether rahm emanuel or someone else will face. america's third largest city. 2.7 million people. the median household income about $47,000 a year. look at this f

joe johns, cnn, bowling green, kentucky. >> and if you'd like to help the cause, visit our website at. dylan's raising money by taking part in a run/walk event this weekend. >> brave and wonderful little boy. >> you can imagine some of these kids are real ripe targets for bullies, as well. great someone somebody stands in the way. >> absolutely. >>> it's 30 minutes past the hour right now. we check the top stories this morning. the first of the 33 chilean miners are home this morning. three of them released from the hospital last night. doctors say all of the miners have responded well to treatment and many more are will going home today. >>> a troubling picture of the security situation in afghanistan. it says the insurgency is gaining strength and new recruits in areas previously not under taliban control. armed attacks but insurgents increased by about 59% in the third quarter compared to last year. the report describes efforts to form local militias to fight the taliban as quote clumsy. >>> harry reid and sharron angle facing off in a debate last night. reid trying to keep his sen

teams hook up and, of course, if you're from palo alto california you're probably rooting for john harbaugh. joelacco visited the undefeated steelers scoreless in the 1st. steelers with a 3rd and 3 from the ravens 35 and former redskins antwaan randle el, great catch but he goes down at the 1. rashard mendenhall two plays later scores 7 -0. mendenhall cuts to the outside and scores the go ahead td from 1 yard out. steelers up 14-0. same score 30 seconds left joe flacco hooks up with t.j. houshmandzadeh for the game winning touchdown. the ravens hand the steelers their first loss, 17-14 the final score. lions were playing the packers and the packers are who the redskins play next week. >> reporter: it's a 1:00 game. packers hosting the lions before their trip to d.c. next weekend. we start in the 1st quarter. the high octane green bay offense on full display. aaron rodgers hooking up with the ageless wonder donald driver. he does it of week. if you're a fantasy player, you -- it every week. if you're a fantasy player, you love him on your team. we go to the 2nd quarter green bay now leading 14-7

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in west virginia, a fox news poll shows democrat joe mansion trailing john racy by 5 points in the u.s. senate race and in nevada, sharon engle leads by 39 points and. >>> life in prison, the sentence handed down to shazad, the man behind the failed bombing attempt in times square last may. he pleaded guilty in june to 10 undercos of weapon's charges. he went on to say a defeat of the u.s. is imminent. >>> a mother and her two young sons killed in a deadly house fire. coming up next, investigators have have new released the call cause of the fire. >>> and missing without a trace. a search is underway for this missing maryland man who disappeared in a national park. >> i the trail completely. >>> and an experienced hiker stranded for six days after a series of wrong turns. tonight, his amazing story of -- amazing story of survival.  >> we now know what sparked a deadly house fire in lorton, virginia, last month. unattended candles are to blame. the fire killed a mother and two of her children. 24-year-old allie anderson and her sons, 5-year-old solomon and 3-year-old alphonso were kil

joe johns looks at a few states that want to turn marijuana sbo a major cash crop. >> reporter: not oneour states have initiatives on the ballot this fall that would change their marijuana laws in big ways. and one of those initiatives, the one in call, proposition 19 it's called, would pretty much legalize retail sales of the drug for recreational use. that's right, if the voters go for it, what once was called the gateway drug, the so-called evil weed that led to cocaine, heroin, ruined lives and sent thousands upon thousands to jail, could suddenly become okay to do for fun in california. the three other states with pending legislation, oregon, south dakota and arizona are looking to either legalize marijuana more medical purposes or modify the medical marijuana laws they already have in place. it turns out, coast to coast, 14 states and the district of columbia already allow medical use, which is something a former national anti-drug czar sees as a problem. to him, the stuff is like booze and if legalized, it will have the same negative effect on society. >> an intoxicant makes peop

joe manchin and john raese are trying to avoid mistakes desperately and republicans acknowledge his combativec could be a problem the last 8 days of the election and joe manchin's past membership in the democratic party is hurting him in his current race as a democrat and argue, he'd be a better republican or independent based on his positions. martha: when the race is this tight both sides are trying to force a game-changer. if there is one out there. what is it for the state of west virginia, carl. >> reporter: it is turnout, undeniably, in close races across the country, the ground game and now there is early voting and absentee voting in states across the country and democrats had an advantage on that but, not the advantage they've had in past years. so, when you hear the democrats boasting about, hey, our absentee ballot in early voting ing republicans, not in the way they had in the past and, here in west virginia it is absolutely a ground game, and, both sides are really arming. they are bringing in outside resources from the democratic and republican side and not just for election day

joe. >> john boehner threw a lot of hate at the democrats for suggesting that social security's long-termbility could be preserved with a few basic reforms, including means test and benefits and raising the retirement age for younger americans. do you think these ideas should be off the table? if so, what would you propose to ensure social security's long- term liability? >> i do support getting it out of the firing line on the floor of the senate and the house and getting it into a bipartisan commission where smart republicans and democrats who election can give it their best recommendation. i am ok with an up or down vote on that. at least that way, we will still get the best thinking. as long as this is a political football on the floor of the senate and the house, given the high for partisanship that makes me sick and disgusted and it does so for most americans, we will not get this solved. it is a sacred promise with the seniors of our country. there are ways we can solve this. one of the ways is to not raise -- raid the social security trust fund when he did when he was the budget d

the senate race there, the incumbent democratic governor joe manchin is trailing the republican opponent john raese. joe manchin is very popular in west virginia. >> exactly. it makes this race a puzzle. how can raese be up five points when you look at the job approval rating for the incumbent governor joe manchin running for the senate. look at this. 66% approval rating. this is a state with association with president obama is a burden. his job approval rating in the state is terrible. 65% disapprove. people were asked why would they vote in west virginia as far as the administration policies. 60%, fully 60% said they were going to be voting to express opposition to the policy. that number explains why joe manchin, a popular governor is down in this race. >> bret: thanks as always. >>> we will tell you why the national football league is getting involved in a senate campaign. that's later in the grapevine. straight ahead, the latest intelligence >> bret: in international headlines, iranian officials say a western plot to sabotage the nuclear reactor is responsible for a computer worm that at

joe. >> john boehner threw a lot of hate at the democrats for suggesting that social security's long-term viability could be preserved with a few basic reforms, including means test and benefits and raising the retirement age for younger americans. do think these ideas should be off the table? if so, what would you propose to ensure social security's long- term liability? >> i do support getting it out of the firing line on the floor of the senate and the house and getting it into a bipartisan commission where smart republicans and democrats who do not have to run for office or election can give it their best recommendation. i am ok with an up or down vote on that. at least that way, we will still get the best thinking. as long as this is a political football on the floor of the senate and the house, given the high for partisanship that makes me sick and disgusted and it does so for most americans, we will not get this solved. it is a sacred promise with the seniors of our country. there are ways we can solve this. one of the ways is to not raise -- raid the social security trust fund whe

democratic governor joe manchin is in a tight battle for that seat with republican john raese. congressional correspondent nancy cordes is in west virginia tonight. nancy, manchin got some pretty big attention with that campaign ad heard round the country. >> reporter: that's right, katie. and the governor says he has no regrets about releasing one of the most explosive ads of this election season. west virginias have never seen their governor like this, leveling a rifle at the agenda of his fellow democrat, president obama. >> and i'll take dead aim at the cap and trade bill. >> reporter: don't you think it's a little bit over the top to be firing a gun when you're talking about the president? >> i'm not talking about the president. i'm talking about cap and tradement it's dead on arrival. should be. >> reporter: the ad is a calculated move by man hin who may have earned high marks for his handling of mining disasters. >> the rescue teams are prepared. they're charged up, ready to go. >> reporter: but in ad after