one of them is louisiana, mary landrieu, who just put out this ad.ake a listen. >> for years she's forced washington to respect louisiana. >> the administration's policies are simply wrong when comes to oil and gas production in this nation. >> like stopping offshore drilling. >> she almost sounds like a republican in that ad. >> sure. >> when you look at the senate right now, take us through just how worried democratic senators are in these vulnerable races about the president's domestic agenda and for that matter foreign policy agenda the next two months. >> leland, you have to look at the senate race at a tipping point. there are seven or eight key race wrz it's almost a tossup. it could fall to either republicans or democrats. what the president could do right now by implementing policy that's would hurt red state democrats is push it further into republican favor. and you have mary landrieu trying to stop that from happening, thus the that pushes back against the president's climate change policy. >> is the president -- is the white house and th

joining me now is new orleans mayor mitch landrieu. have you here. >> great to be with you. >> how do people in new orleans feel today, nine years on? >> every time this day comes around the first time we remember is the 1800 brothers and sisters and mothers and fathers and aunts and uncles and children we lost and it is a sacred day of commemoration. secondly they take stock of where we live. everybody living here now wants to live here. they made a complete commitment to stay here and come hell or high water and we had both and more and it's really important. as you noted, in many ways the recovery has been miraculous. but not everybody is back. and so we continue to really think about 300th anniversary, three short years away and making sure we use that as a goal post to make sure every part of the city recovers. some incredible things have happened. our economy growing at the time three times the national eviden average, 35,000 people have come in. and the bones of the city, but as we said we have a long way to go. one of the great

sometimes even when it looks like they're going to lose, a la mary landrieu. so we'll see. >> yeah. these are -- the pryor family and landrieu, they know how to pull races out in the last minute in states where democrats aren't supposed to win. >> in landrieu's case it may really be last minute because there could be a runoff in december. and if nate's right, we could be waiting till december to decide who controls the senate. >> well, i think if you're betting on history, nate is right as of tonight. as of this snapshot tonight. >> exactly. >> nate is not very often wrong. so he's right as of continue. joe gerth. thank you very much for explaining fancy farms to us and e.j. dionne and jean robinson, thank you for joining us tonight. >> thanks, lawrence. >> thank you. >>> coming up, the second american ebola patient is right now headed back to the united states. tonight. and we have the results of important ebola tests on that patient in new york city. >>> and the medical examiner rules that the death of eric garner at the hands of an nypd police officer was homicide. >>> and later,

according to politico landrieu has ordered her staff to review it. >>> with the 2014 mid-term electioneason in full swing, gallup finds that only 19% of americans feel most members of congress should be re-elected. it's on track to be the lowest sentiment since gallup began asking the question since 1992. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> all right. i'm joined by news day columnist, ellis henniquin. let's talk about what's happened in the last 12 hours. in ferguson, missouri, what's going to happen in the coming days. one of the things that we're watching is president obama, he's asking again for eric holder to go to ferguson and bring along two missouri senators, one democrat, one republican. this really striking a chord for this president. >> well, it's a start. you've got to understand how low they began out there. clearly there's great need to have some kind of federal confidence on the ground there. i think the president pushed that forward yesterday. there's still some distance to go. >> there's a lot of people looking for confidence, looking for structure, look

vulnerable incumbent mary landrieu has been targeted as one of the six additional seats they need for senate majority. if neither she nor one of her rivals clears 50%, the top two go to a runoff which could lead control of the senate unresolved. >> we're official. >> president obama's popularity is hurting her in the polls. she emphasizes her differences when it comes to the red state energy issues, blasting the president for failing to approve the keystone pipeline. >> i'm such a strong supporter of the keystone pipeline and have been for many years. >> bill castro is in a dead heat with landrieu. >> she says that to get re-elected but that's not her top priority. it's kind of kowtowing to senator reid and president obama. >> the biggest threat for cassidy is conservative tea party backed republican ron manus who has been endorsed by sarah palin. he complains the establishment is out to get him. >> if i'm so insignificant, why are they fighting so heart to get me to kit. >> he didn't submit the 5,000 signatures appear on the ballot. he has gained ground on cassidy, while landrieu's g

you're polling for landrieu, udall, and begich. how confident are you for the incumbents holding on in those states? >> i think they're going to hold on to them. >> all six of them? >> yes. they're going to be tough, close races. we have deep roots in the states, lackluster republican opponents, and the republican brand is in tatters in those states and across the country. the democrats with the deep routes, done a lot for their states -- >> the real clear republican averages, they're leading in those states, in some, the democratic incumbent is leading, but by a narrow margin. bill, your read? >> i don't want to be a democrat in the south in 2014. i think senator landrieu is -- >> in louisiana. >> in louisiana. i think she's an impressive political figure, but in louisiana, arkansas, georgia, north carolina, the president's job approval is literally in the low 20% among white voters. i work in alaska, mark. it's its own world. it operates very differently than the rest of the country, and colorado is the perennial up for grabs sea

senator landrieu has raised her kids in washington. used to go to the same capitol hill gym she did and quite a beautiful home on capitol hill. a perception in louisiana. her family's name is all over that state. her brother is the mayor. that little bit tings this. they are a deeply rooted louisiana family. this is a tossup race and a difficult place. mitt romney won that state by a lot and she is in a very, very difficult re-election battle. she has money and she has some power and authority with the democrats in control of the senate and that is what she is campaigning on reminding her home state she can help the state if her party is in power but you're defending your party's leadership when it's unpopular. >> it is a problem that you have for senators who have been in washington a long time. they become more washington. >> people closing in on her a lot of angles accusing her of misusing her campaign plan at times as well so we will follow this. >>> coming up, johnny manziel hasn't lived up to the hype on the field but ask him to

louisiana, mary landrieu, north carolina, kay hagin. alaska, colorado.at is the possibility do you think a lot of these senators are waging campaigns on local issues that identify themselves locally, especially for example like landrieu. is that the way for them to keep the senate? >> it's the best shot anybody's come up with so far, i think. you can always count when you see the ads, right, my guess is all the republicans run not guilty those states have ads that have president obama in them, right? and my guess is all the democrats have ads with no obama. in fact, you'll see some ads that don't even use the word capital d democrat. they're running on local issues, independent voice. i've been there for you. and any democrat who tells you that they're not worried about losing the senate is lying. >> how would you run a race? you just mentioned something. sometimes they have the name up there, then they got like a line. but they don't say if they're republican, democrat, independent or communist. how would you run a race? >> for louisiana -- it's not roc

let mary landrieu stand next to harry reid? >> everyone is running and ducking for cover. every democratic senator in a race, they don't want any part of president obama, either, before the immediate term elections. they're distancing themselves. joe biden, they're our kids. the difference between the syrian kids and the boko haran kids, all you have to do is arrive here and you become an american child? surely you don't agree -- >> you know, what i don't understand is, honest to god, there are 11 1/2 million illegal people in this country and you're worried about 6,000 people on the border. >> i think that's hurting president obama, the complaining of the two issues. two months ago, the white house said, we have a humanitarian crisis on our border. with the new influx of the ones that came this summer. but then they also, in the same sentence, talk about the 12 million who have been here for 20 years. those two things are not the same. in 20 years they could be the same. i think conflating them is basically wearing people out. there's a real worry about more comprehensive

we don't expect senator landrieu to win with 50%. will have a good chance whoever our candidate is. we know who we think will be the candidate. that candidate will have a chance to win in the runoff election against senator landrieu. louisiana, colorado, alaska we're doing very, very well, north carolina, kentucky. we look to hold, of course. georgia, we have a lot of good stories around the country and just a great chance. better than 50/50 chance of winning control over of the senate. >> voter turnout drops. how crucial will it be? there's no single issue driving people to the poll. >> i think voter turnout is important. you talk about immigration reform. depending upon what president obama does to act on immigration reform. that can help or hurt the party. i think that it's important to recognize that there are still voter suppression laws on the books in many of the states that matter for the senate. a lot of these things have to continue to be addressed and people have to don't go out and fight. this summer was supposed to be a

think the landrieu race is indicative of the tough race that democrats race.huge mound of it but if you look at it a problem for democrats trending through republican favor. i've seen democrats want the election to happen now because they are more confident now than a couple of months from now. >>> coming up at the top of the hour, the growing threat of isis and a serious warning from top u.s. officials. why defense secretary -- the defense secretary says the militant group is, quote, beyond anything we have seen. >>> the very latest from bob mcdonnell's corruption trial. the letter that he read on the second day on the stand that has everyone talking this morning. >> like a soap opera. >> yes, it is. >>> are you ready for crazy eyes in 3d? hollyweird is going to get weirder next. ? it can feel like. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva is a once-daily inhaled... ...copd maintenance treatment... ...that helps open my airways for a full 24 hours. you know, spiriva helps me breathe easier. spiriva handihaler tiotropium bromide inhalation powde

landrieu this doesn't sound at all like it's going to help the escalation you're talking about doesn't know what the latest move by the european union has certainly angered the u. has lifted a ban on the supply of military equipment and technology to the ukrainian government but russia's foreign ministry says this amounts to double standards because the bomb was actually imposed last february prevent the then president bush from using such equipment against anti-government protesters but it seems ok to use the very same equipment in the ongoing conflict in the east of the country which moscow phase could inflame the situation. was removed by the council of europe on the quiet according to moscow which has gone on to say the e.u. is not applying logic to the situation and is in fact just reacting to being prodded by washington washington meanwhile has announced plans to fund train and equip the ukrainian national guard we should point out that this is not part of the ukrainian regular army it's a subsidiary if you like that was recently set up that includes conscripts and or some member

serious piece of legislation and two of their vulnerable democrats, kay hagan of north carolina, mary landrieu of louisiana voted no, they voted with the republicans to not even consider the debate. why? why do some vulnerable democrats say i'll bring it to the floor for debate and these two say no? >> the phone lines melted on capitol hill. you speak to democrats in the senate, you speak to moderate republicans on the fence republicans in the house they said they were inundated with calls, when you're out on the campaign trail, people are talking about immigration, they're concerned about the border. this is activating people on both sides of the aisle, and i think a lot of these elected officials are listening. >> why do they get their full pay if they won't vote on hard stuff? you could make an argument this past week was one of the most productive weeks in this congress in the sense they cut a deal on va reforms and thank god they did, because we need to figure out a way to get the veterans. >> the transportation bill counts as action. >> they punt transportation so at least there's money

in louisiana, mary landrieu is fighting for her political life against bill cassidy.ertarian brennan mcmorris could come ply indicate a close race. north carolina's incumbents demonstrate kay hagan faces pete tillis. >> it seems to be working for us because libertarian ideas are becoming more and more popular and as we try to impleamen them they are more and more successful. >> in west virginia, john buckley is a libertarian who worked for the cato institute. shelly capito is favored to win this seat against natalie tennant. it's not a problem for the gop but it is growing. >> it's a challenge. but it's something that we factor in. it's incumbent upon us to model our research in polling accurately. >> reporter: historically the vast majority of libertarian and other third-party candidates don't make much difference in u.s. elections. but in close contests they can. and polls right now show most of the key races are statistically tied or very close. >> thanks carl. >>> the soon to be new mayor of one minnesota town is a real dog. that's next on the grapevine. plus sequ

if you look and senators like landrieu and hagen, it's not clear that aggressive action on immigration would help them. it might help senator udall. that's one problem. the other issue, i think they are walking a careful line here where they want to do something substantial when they do it. by the way, the formal end of summer is september 21st. >> you are going by the lunar and solar calendar. >> not the boring old calendar. go ahead, e.j. >> yeah, but i think they want to be careful that they don't overstep what they think is legally authorized because they know the republicans are going to call to impeach him no matter what he does. they don't want to open the door to the attacks to make it easier. on the other hand, if they are too narrow, too careful, they are going to be hit by latino allies. this is a very, very hard thing they are undertaking right now. >> my question is, you mention the senate races, which is the hard space between the rock and the hard place set up. the white house long term goal is not to have republicans take the upper chamber and do anything to endanger de

mayor michigan landrieu wants areas in this like the french quarter to free up the real police officersdo the more serious work and investigate some of these violence crimes. how that will be paid for is still up in the air. but the mayor is hoping that a hotel-motel tourism tax will help pay for some of it. john. >> thank you, coming up next airline passengers fighting for space. it got so bad, it forced one airline to land. why space could get even tighter. ftc . >> good evening, i'm meteorologist kevin corriveau. we've been seeing not just days but weeks of rain across the southwestern part of the united states. in some places we've seen massive amounts of flooding. just yesterday, tucson this is what it looked like, inch and a half of rainfall, doesn't sound like a lot, in 35 minutes! a lot of crowds were stranded in the region. this area does not handle it well, the drainage systems do not handle it well. it has cleared up since then and we will have clear in the next couple of days. yesterday at this time, most of this map was green with warnings or watches dealing with flooding.

you have in places like arkansas mark pryor or louisiana with mary landrieu, candidates who have demonstrated in the past their ability to win as democrats in red states. not just them but members of their family won as democrats in red states. they know how to run campaigns. it is a tough thing to beat them. i still think we've got a very good shot in both of those states as well as many of the other red states. but this could be very close. we could be going into december before we know who controls the senate, and we won't know until december 6th when we have the runoff in louisiana who actually has control of the senate. >> the other thing i hear from democrats is that they are spend gd a lot of money, investing a lot of money not just on the air waves and advertising but in turnout, in their affinity voter program they used so well in 2012 with social media. five e-mails on election day saying, have you come out to vote yet? can i get you a car? what can i do to get you to the polls? that that investment, they're so much better on technology than republicans, could this be the democratic

democrats at risk in red states, kay hagen in north carolina, mary landrieu in louisiana, among othersghtfully so, that if the president does a unilateral granting of amnesty. illeap imgarages that it could cost the democrats and control of the because he was, until really the end of the week, planning to provoke a confrontation within the republicans over immigration, hoping that it would lead either to the republicans trying to defund the government, shut the government down, or provoke a confrontation that would bring out the base, black and latino voters. now that strategy is entirely out the window. the president has no clear plan from what we heard, to just attack the republicans. >> and he was literally walking out when a reporter yelled something about the immigration, and then he commented on it. >> oh, yeah. thursday he couldn't wait to get into this, because that was the time they were in their strategy of let's set a trap for the republicans. as dumb ago the republicans are, apparently they didn't want to fall into it again. now they have changed, but look, this is a presid

i bet you that mary landrieu, kay hagan and michelle nunn, three female democrats in the south are notoing to run on the war on women, anti-woman republican meme. how can they do that? georgia, louisiana and north carolina. >> they're not talking -- not that it's the only issue. they don't talk about abortion rights down south. right? >> right. >> let me ask you this profound thing. you are fighting a number. 51-37. that's a huge change. it seems women -- i look at people like joanie ernst. i bet she'll do better among men. that's odd. people vote ideology not gender. >> correct. >> you have an african-american senator from south carolina who's a republican. >> yes. >> people -- you have our friend michael steele running in maryland. >> in our state, yes. >> he got blown away by the african-americans. they killed him because he's a republican. >> one of the things we have to look at and kellyanne is my favorite pollster, we have used her. we have to look at the browning of the country. if you look at how voters, the democrats of the republican woman who votes republican. most are marri

i'd like to point out that senator landrieu and a number her colleaguings hae senator landrieu and a number her colleaguings haleagues have two bills. additionally, there's a bipartisan coalition of more than 75 house members that have formally called on hhs to fex these issues on the regulatory front, and many other senators and house members have also called on the white house and hhs to update these items on the priority list on a separate basis. so looking ahead, we do see some great opportunities for 2015. online soon. it appears it will contain many of the broker services that the individual exchange on the federal level does not currently have available and may not have available for the open enrollment season ahead. but we're hopeful for the shop exchange, it will at least have some of that functionality. we also see new market entrants and new products being put on to market, which will help better meet the needs of our chints, and we'll be able to learn lessons from open enrollment previously. some concerns that we do see, and i'd love to discuss -- running out of time -- i

mary landrieu, if she gets support from those across the country it counter balanced the amount of money against her. i think she'll win big for the election. >> you know, joan, he mentioned the president hasn't done anything impeachable. help me out here. fox news and mike huckabee was asked about impeachment. i want you to listen to his answer. >> let me be very clear. i never said he should be impeached. i was asked a specific question. had he committed impeachable offenses. i said yes. he's not going to be impeached and shouldn't be. >> that's why i need help. he's done impeachable acts according to huckabee. >> this is crazy. >> they do understand it. what they are doing is rallying the base to a point where, if i'm a tea party person, i'm saying if the man committed ep impeachable offenses why aren't you impeaching him? they are inflaming the people they say in one breath they need to control but say they are trying to control and inflaming them to make it impossible to do any governing at all when, god if he should, they took over. democrats have to get out and vote. i really beli

i don't mean to pick on senator landrieu, but for her to make the statement it's the cleanest barrell, i don't know how she says that with a straight face. we have asked her office in the past to give us the source -- you have the industry written state report that they used that has misinformation all throughout it. then you have essentially front groups, americans for prosperity putting out fact sheets that folks use in their talking points. they are absolutely based in only the industry's perspective and that's we need more and more pipe lines to become energy secure. they will never have enough pipelines ed and that is the major problem. if we let this cut through the sand hills there will be another pipeline right behind it. they will never have enough pipeline. it's critical to say no to this pipeline and move towards clean energy. >> i go home to the midwest and turn on radio and listen to talk shows and all they talk about is moving oil. they are talking about pipe lines and talking about too much oil on the trains, you know, what are we are going to do? farmers in the midwes

will admit phony democrats don't want to talk about a case about it mary landrieu both want to talk about it more private want to talk about but we keep hearing these polls think progress the new yorker people love this thing but the people who don't want to talk about it well they do i think that the word obamacare is is it's tossing in shall we say yeah well in some environments in some places but when you say the affordable care act everybody loves the rights of every above political put this bill for the for the ballot so i beg to differ as somebody who is out both a woman and also a pregnant woman it's been quite a boon to be able to challenge my insurance company when they try to not cover something that is legally what it entails article for basic routine care they i've laid out there and they're already you know. i have to spend. hours on the phone getting them to get covered just routine exams and things like that that you know her pregnancy and so it's really nice to be able to get on the phone and when they say that they're not going to put something they're legally required to

mary landrieu both will talk about it more prior to the want to talk about but we keep hearing these polls will progress the new yorker and how people love this thing but the people who practice it don't want to talk about it well they do i think that the word obamacare is is it's time soon shall we say you know it well in some environments in some places but when you say the affordable care act everybody loves it there was a variable of political put this before the fordable ballot so i beg to differ as somebody who is out both a woman and also a pregnant woman it's been quite a boon to be able to challenge my insurance company when they try to not cover something that is legally what is an entire article of basic were team care they i've. already got a problem i don't have to spend hours on the phone getting them to get covered just routine exams and things like that that you know her pregnancy and so it's really nice to be able to get on the phone and when they say that they're not going to put it on their legally required to do i'm not happy i didn't go i'm not pregnant i don't p

that is before we get to those vulnerable incumbents like mark pryor in arkansas, mary landrieu, kay hagen in north carolina, mark begich in alaska, then maybe shaheen in new hampshire, udall in colorado certainly. there are a lot of very vulnerable democratic incumbents tied to an unpopular president. >> if i might add, though, in michigan, what guy neglects to 0 tell your viewers is that the republicans haven't won a senate campaign in michigan in 20 years, so the odds of them winning the michigan race especially when the candidate won't even debate the democratic nominee, gary peters, is just showing you that they're running away from it and they don't -- they're not fighting hard enough nor do they have any plans for the american people by which they can argue that they deserve to have the majority, let alone a senate seat or two. >> guy, what about the fact about the michigan race? does it matter? >> well, first of all, that will be of the many races that i listed, which i think i've listed ten already, if he wants to focus on the michigan race, that's fine. a number of recent p

mary landrieu, kay hagan. mark bagitch. >> in a real fight, the smart money says mcconnell holds the seat. always the case, democrats had a lot more of these seats vulnerable, why people think republicans have a chance of taking back the senate. on that list, pryor, landrieu, hagan, tough races. >> we're living in two ultimate realities, in this show and many other shows in the past month, chaos that could come to our doorstep. out in every one of those races over the past month, nobody was talking about gaza. nobody was talking about what's going on with the isis. you heard kim from beirut say, everybody's kind of glad -- i mean, it's surreal that a decade ago, everybody said, get out of our business, and now it seems like, a lot of people are thinking, america is sleepwalking through history. >> how do you think this is going to play out in america's foreign policy if the democrats do get weakened in the senate race? is it going to change anything? >> i don't know. i really -- right now the republicans are h

mary landrieu in louisiana faces a difficult race. she has been campaigning very hard on what she delivers to her state, hoping she can avoid losing in november. if she doesn't get over 50% in inember, avoiding a runoff december. what does this translate to in terms of issues concerning people of color? you have got some members of the republican party who are actually courting the african-american vote and the hispanic vote rather actively. you have a concerted effort by the rnc to court the african-american vote. this is a legacy of the 2012 found theirthey numbers with african-americans -- obama got 96% of the black vote. their numbers with hispanics were rather disappointing. they're making a hard effort to court that. in the african-american side of the ledger, not necessarily to win the african-american vote -- that is a solid democratic lock -- block. they like to cut into that lead a bit. if they can cut into that lead, that can make things difficult for candidates at the margins. vote, it is anic bit more complicated. you hav

senator mary landrieu and others have introduced two bills which would require them to a dress most of these concerns, senate bill 2175 and also 2173. additionally, there is a bipartisan coalition of more than 75 house members that have formerly called on the them to fix these issues, and many other senators and house members have also caught on to have these items on the priority list on a separate basis. so looking ahead, we do see some great opportunities for 2015. and the exchange will be online soon, and it appears it will contain many of the broker services that the federal level does not currently have available and may not have available for the open enrollment season ahead, but we are hopeful for the exchange that it will at least have some of that functionality. we also see new market entrants and new products being put onto the market, which will help to better meet the needs of our clients, and this will be for open enrollment. some concerns that we do see, and i would like to discuss in the question and answer period -- we're running out of time, it includes the new enroll

interesting, there are only four names that are thrown out at the center level, that kay hagan of north landrieufd mary louisiana. facing people who would doing a better job than people thought they would do. seems to teeter back and forth. is fairlyieve that he safe in alaska, when it comes to kay hagan, who is facing tom tillis, that looks like it will be very difficult for democrats to hold. she's up against a rising gop star. hails from a political dynasty in that state. host: we are talking with sabrina from the huffington post. one or both parties talking about as they head home to visit all of you and talk with all of you ahead of the november elections. republicans, call (202) 585-3881 , democrats, call (202) 585-3880 , independents, call (202) 585-3882. we want to get your questions and comments here, so start dialing and now. for these vulnerable democrats in the senate, one of the issues that are hurting them? guest: i think that part of the reason why the president has been reluctant to take executive action is not because immigration reform isn't an issue. all of these horrible demo

even democrats, mary landrieu from louisiana, joined with her republican colleague david vitter to questionh noting that the obama administration has been pursuing the strategy since 2009, since they realized there are no way they were going to pass a treaty. so you've seen in a series of international u.n. meetings, whether it started in copenhagen in 2009 and codified in cancun in 2010, they've said all along, this is what we're going to do, we're going to try to get different countries, some of the big emerging countries like china and india as well as the traditional industrialized countries to pledge what they're going to do and hold them accountable just kind of publicly and they realize that's the way they'll have to go. it's absolutely launched a whole new set of attacks on the administration. >> no international agreement, whether it's hybrid or full on formal is going to work unless it involves china and india. can you explain why china and india are so important to a climate agreement? >> absolutely. the bottom line is that greenhouse gas emissions are not only going up, they're

of course, some democrats who are facing tough re-election battles like mary landrieu in louisiana hasout president obama going too big in terms of an executive action on immigration reform. but based on my conversations with democrats, they say that any political fallout would be minimal. they believe this would be a win for them, not just in 2014, but looking ahead to 2016, they think that it would be something that would be good for them. at least if president obama did take some type of broad action on immigration reform. t.j.? >> nbc's kristen welker for us at the white house. thank you so much. i want to turn now to "washington post" white house reporter david nakamura and jonathan allen. david, let me start with you. yes, they passed a bill, the republicans did, which probably isn't going to go anywhere. let's listen to the president one more time from his press conference yesterday. >> house republicans suggested that since they don't expect to actually pass a bill that i can sign, that i actually should go ahead and act on my own to solve the problem. keep in mind, that just a

and othersy landrieu have introduced two bills which would require them to a dress most of these concerns, senate bill 2175 and also 2173. additionally, there is a bipartisan coalition of more than 75 house members that have ,ormerly called on the issues and many other senators and house members have also caught have these items on the priority list on a separate basis. so looking ahead, we do see some great opportunities for 2015. and the exchange will be online soon, and it appears it will contain many of the broker leveles that the federal does not currently have available and may not have available for the open enrollment season ahead, but we are hopeful for the exchange that it will at least have some of that functionality. we also see new market entrants and new products being put onto the market, which will help to better meet the needs of our clients, and this will be for open enrollment. some that we do see, and i would like to discuss in the question and answer period -- we're running out of time, it includes the new enrollment process for existing clients. in particular, we rea

senator mary landrieu has two bills 2174 and 2173 and additionally there is a bipartisan coalition of mer than 75 house members who called on hhs to fix the issues on the regulatory fund and many others are calling on the whitehouse to up the priorities on the list on a separate bases. so looking ahead we do see great opportunities for 2015. the federal exchange will be online soon and it appears that it will contain many of the broker services that the individual exchange on the federal level doesn't have available and may not have available for the open enrollment season ahead. but we are hopeful we will have some of that functionality. and we see new market enterance and new products being put on the market. and we will be able to learn lessons from the open enrollment previously. some questions we do see, and i would love to suggest in the question and answer period, include the new enrollment period. we want to make sure all exchanges and enrollees have ample time to review plans and not just redirected to the plan from last year if that is not appropriate for them this year. we

republicans should have closed out mary landrieu by now in louisiana. they have not.here are a lot of red states where democrats are still holding on. >> part of the issue is independents are totally throwing up their hands. you see interest in this election by independents cratering. one of the reasons our poll says this isn't a wave election. interest is lower now than '06 or '10 to wave elections. the voters don't have amnesia. they voted for change three of the last four elections and they didn't get it and they're mad. by the way, you want to know what the future of the republican party looks like and what happens when the whole thing blows up in your face? >> what's that? >> look at kansas. kansas is a mess right now. sam brownback, a conservative. >> sam is in trouble. >> he's in big trouble. he only got 62% in a primary. he didn't really have a real challenger. >> why is sam in trouble right now? >> there's a couple of things. one is he was very aggressive and basically trying to leave the charge to purge his party of moderates. he put in a tax bill that was f

happen is nobody gets a majority in november and so the race goes to -- and that happened with mary landrieuen i was on with you, that in the end mary pulls it out and in the end mitch pulls it out and i think that's probably true. but we're not there yet by any means. >> so what do the polls look like with mary down in louisiana? >> well, she's ahead, but the republicans haven't chosen their candidate yet. but she's at the moment ahead. but it's going to be a rough, rough race. >> they haven't chosen their candidate yet? >> no, because we don't -- it's an open -- in our state, everybody runs at the same time and that's on election day. and then the top two run off after election day. >> so, cokie, you know politics better than anybody and have been around politics better than anybody. >> because i'm old, is that what you're saying. >> no, no, no. because of your parents and -- i mean we had a debate a couple of hours ago about justin ammish -- >> oh, my goodness, was that the most ungracious thing you have ever seen in your life? who is his mother? >> who is his mother? was he raised in a b