today, on the road in louisville, kentucky. the home of the most famous horse race in the world, the iconic louisville slugger baseball bat. now one of the hottest senate races in november. we are in the studios of wdrb tv, our fox affiliate here in louisville. we're joined by the two contenders for the kentucky senate seat. democrat jack conway and republican rand paul. welcome to "fox news sunday." >> good to be with you. >> chris: i'd like to ask each of you to take a minute to lay out what you think is at stake in this race. what is the choice for kentucky voters? dr. paul, why don't you start. >> i think i'm very concerned about the debt we're piling on to. mountains and mountains of debt. i'm concerned about president obama adding trillions of dollars in entitlement programs. i'm concern about the president allowing the largest tax hike in our history and i'm concerned about president obama hoisting cap-and-trade on kentucky which will be a disaster for our coal jobs. i think this election is really about the president's

i am from the university of louisville. i am the director of media relations. i will be moderating these debates. we have four reporters who will be asking questions of the candidates. the reporters will be asking questions of the two canadas, democrat jack conway and republican rand paul. the audience has been asked to refrain from applying until the end. if they believe their opponent has said something about them that they need to respond to, i will give them a little leeway. the coin toss was won by jack conway. rand paul had the second option and has chosen to go last in the closing. you each have 90 seconds for your opening statements. mr. conway, your first. >> thank you to the university of lowell and for whs for -- of louisville and whs for hosting this debate tonight. i have looked up for seniors when people tried to scan them or try to take advantage of them. rand paul has said that seniors needed two thousand dollars deductible. as your attorney general, i've taken on the pharmaceutical companies and the oil companies. rand paul would not let the go

lawmakers -- >> they're off -- >> reporter: gathered for their annual convention this summer in louisville, kentucky. >> influential group of leaders that we've ever had. >> reporter: and over the course of four days, the influential leaders from 50 states and puerto rico allowed themselves to be wined and dined and entertained by big corporations, labor unions and lobbyists. like bees to honey, lawmakers drawn to money and the good times it can buy all perfectly legal. >> one thing can you say about louisville is that they know how to -- >> reporter: the blowout parties for the state lawmakers are an annual tradition at their convention but what was different this year was the presence of five graduate school journalists on assignment for abc news with cameras out in the open and tough questions. >> do you think taxpayers back home would like to see their legislators partying it up at churchill downs? >> they probably wouldn't like it but then, they don't like most of the things that we do. >> reporter: the students footage provides a rare glimpse, what watchdogs group say is an unholy al

and she hails from kentucky. 18-year-old alexandria mills from louisville or louisville was named thet held in southern china. after being crowned she said it's a cliche, but this really is a dream come true. she did not reveal her position on world peace, but presumably she's in favor of it. now here's a look at your halloween weather. a mostly sunny dry day for halloween trick-or-treaters. no major storms forecast. the only part threatened with the possibility of rain or snow could be the northwest. and now in devils lake, north dakota, coolish or ghoulish 47 degrees. sleepy hollow, 53 and sunny. no eerie weather in erie, pennsylvania. just 47 there. and tombstone, arizona, a sunny 78. there are subtle allusions to halloween there. >> love that graphic. >> now here's the weathe >> and back to you, my friends. >> thank you very much. louisville, kentucky, we should point out hometown to one diane sawyer. >> yes. congrats. >> congrats. >>> coming up here on "good morning america," i went down to houston to visit this person's mother and came back with some embarrassing/adorable materi

the university of louisville along with whhstwv organized to this debate.hour. >> welcome to bigelow hall for tonight's political debate. tonight's debate will be between the candidates for u.s. senate. i am from the university of louisville. i am the director of media relations. i will be moderating these debates. we have four reporters who will be asking questions of the candidates. the reporters will be asking questions of the two canadas, democrat jack conway and republican rand paul. the audience has been asked to refrain from applying until the end. if they believe their opponent has said something about them that they need to respond to, i will give them a little leeway. the coin toss was won by jack conway. rand paul had the second option and has chosen to go last in the closing. you each have 90 seconds for your opening statements. mr. conway, your first. >> thank you to the university of lowell and for whs for -- of louisville and whs for hosting this debate tonight. i have looked up for seniors or try to take advantage of them. rand paul has said

and mother is dead after helping her five young children to escape a fire in louisville, ky. she heard her smoke detector yesterday morning and immediately began trying to get her children out. the first floor was engulfed in flames show she began throwing her children out of a second story window. >> i ran up not even thinking about anything. he jumped and i grabbed him and put him down. >> after all the children out, she collapsed. she was rushed to the hospital but later died. the children were treated for minor injuries. more than 10,000 baby cribs are on the recall list in our consumer alert. recommendations from health officials for this flu season. >> nice weather right now. the key is this high pressure, which will be around for a couple of days. the insta-weather plus forecast is just ahead. there are sunny skies at >> more than 11,000 baby cribs sold at j.c. penney stores are on the recall list. there were manufactured in china. the consumer product safety commission issued the recall because hardware can break or fail, allowing the drug side to detach. officials sa

frank luntz was there and joining me from louisville with a special "hannity" focus group of kentuckyl sister president of the word doctors. frank? >> sean, we're going across the country trying to focus on what real voters have to say in this election campaign wex found ourselves in louisville. didn't we did watch debates, if you can hand me a dial. they turned it up, or down based on whether they liked what they had to say. let's check a clip from rand paul. the red line represent republicans. green line represents democrats. higher lines climb the more favorable the reaction. our group like wlad rabd rand paul has to say. >> both sides have proved themselves untrust worthy with the rule they'll be forced to make difficult decisions. in kentucky l is a balg baled budget amendment that. is what we need. second thing we need is we need a compromise republicans and democrats to say that the entire budget is open. we can't make military spending off limits. we can't make entitlements off limits and take spending off limits. the budget has to be looked at if we're serious about balancing

we found ourselves in louisville. tonight we did watch the debate.hey turned it up or down based on whether they liked what they to say. red republicans, green democrats. the higher the lines the more favorable the reaction. our group liked what rand paul had to say. >> both sides have proved themselves untrustworthy, republicans and democrats. with the rule we are forced to make difficult decisions in kentucky we have a balanced budget amendment and they have to make tough decisions that's what we need. the second thing we need, a compromise, republicans and democrats, to say that the entire budget is open. we can't make military spending off-limits. we can't make entitlements off-limits, discretionary spending. the entire budget has to be looked at if we are serious about balancing the budget. >> there were rare times in this election cycle when republicans and democrats both react favorably to what both candidates have to say. this is one of those times at the beginning of the debate. con way also created a favorable response when he talked about

what i have learned is, i have written biographies, bingham family of louisville. we take a letter of a piece of evidence, there is a ah-huh, this anger daughter wrote a letter to her father. my grandfather working away in san antonio then adored this daughter, book dedicated to him. she was then gone up to new york and going to school at columbia. he wrote

what i have learned is, i have written biographies, bingham family of louisville. we take a letter of a piece of evidence, there is a ah-huh, this anger daughter wrote a letter to her father. my grandfather working away in san antonio then adored this daughter, book dedicated to him. she was then gone up to new york and going to school at columbia. he wrote her a furious letter. >> your grandfather? >> yes. you have broken your promise and haven't been putting yourself full time, although the book would you say in the front of "new york times". he pulled the carpet on her. that kind of thing. you could leap on that and say, well that says it all, doesn't it? one of the things i learned about writing about family is there aren't answers to so many questions. it is a mistake in a family to think every question has an answer. one of the questions i had going into the book was, do we pass sibling relationships down? was the fact that my father had such a difficult relationship with his older sister, was that the thing? going into writing this book i would say there it

. >>> this comes from louisville, kentucky, america's favorite pastime, the slugger factory crafts slugger bats even before the first baseball classic in 1903. this season is no exception. hundreds of specially engraved bats on their way for the matchup between the rangers and giants. the question, which bats will make the most noise? >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> although halloween is just around the corner it's beginning to look a lot like christmas in parts of country. the season the first snow has fallen in central and northern oregon covering the region in more than a foot of snow with nearly 12 more inches expected to accumulate, local ski resort owners are very pleased looking forward to an early start to the season. >>> being in captivity can actually be a good thing, at least for giant pandas. after many unsuccessful attempt as new breeding program in china seems to do the trick. it already increased the number of giant pandas living in captivity to more than 300. experts hope this will save the specie

let's not ship off and -- folks in the louisville make the decision. let's not ship off this decision to washington. >> let's listen to the veterans community and local officials. i want to talk about the commander of the army and see where he thinks it should be. in addition to that, and talking with my good friend john sterner, the north-central part of the state is underserved when it comes to be a nursing homes. i would like to see a veterans nursing home at an affordable cost so we can serve that underserved part of our veterans. >> john conway, you have said that your support of the employee free choice act is part of your thinking that the majority of workers in the workplace want to organize, they should be able to do that. i'm curious about another facet in that bill which would force federal binding arbitration on businesses and unions, it essentially a takeover of the contract process by the federal government. do you agree with that facet to? >> thank you for the question. first of all, i have always said that is the fundamental right of th

that is where louisville slugger comes in. they've been working overtime these days. factory is making specially engraved bats for the giants and the rangers hitters. each player, how cool is this, coach, trainer and manager all receive a world series bat. louisville slugger has made these world series bats since the very first fall classic back in 1903. and your comprehensive giants world series coverage plus the full sports net central team, is on comcast sports net. change the challenge to csn plus for channel locations or watch streams live. log on to csnbayarea.com for the details. that does it from at&t park. we're going to sign off for the last off day before things get going tomorrow night. 4:57 is the first pitch. tim lincecum, cliff lee. we're ready to go. >> we're ready to go, laura. tomorrow night at this time they'll be playing. >> give regdso t my regards to . >> we'll be right back. i'm among 30,000 employees who used to work for hp. i was supposed to retire there. carly fiorina changed all that. [ cheri ] fiorina laid off 30,000 people. and she shipped

. >>> classic ending in high school football game in louisville. butler and white trailed rich park by seven. here is a series of laterals used to score as time expired. remember the famous call, the band is on the field? well, this time the team is on the field. the rich park players ran on to the field thinking they had won the game. we sped it up for the sake of time, but after butler scored with no time left, they did one better than the cal finish. you see, they decided to go for two and the win and they got it. butler beat park ridge 42-41 in one of the craziest finishes you will ever see in high school football. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> "early today" sports brought to you by just for men hair color. live forward. >>> which tv star smashed her car up in hollywood last night? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a budding journalist in new jersey rises above all challenges. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this thursday morning. the weather pat

. >> i live in anchorage, kentucky, which is an eastern suburb of louisville, and i am surrounded by tea party supporters. they're quite vocal, and frankly, quite frightening. >> rand paul scares me. i do consider both parties every time i vote. i would not be for rand paul even if i weren't as convinced by jack conway. >> reporter: yet some democrats are uneasy. this man complained directly to his candidate at a sunday morning meeting for conway volunteers. >> it has to be beyond the sophomoric political pablum that's being pushed out. >> i appreciate that point and we'll do that... >> reporter: and it didn't take much to start a debate between these two men at an outdoor festival in louisville. >> i have to make a decision based on the soundbites i hear on the radio, see on tv for five minutes before i go to sleep at 11:00 at night. >> or 5:00 in the morning. >> or 5:00 or 6:00 in the morning, and it's just enough time. >> i'm 76 and i'm retired and ib hardly have time in my day. >> reporter: can i just say something. you guys both sound frustrated. >> amen. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >>

joked i wish i could register the baby before it's too late. 18-year-old alexandria mills from louisvillet women from 114 other countries and won the 60th annual misworld contest in beijing, china. emotional reunions today in north korea, separated since the korean war, they traveled to resorts where they were reunited with their north korean relatives. no mail, phone, or e-mail changes are allowed across that border. up next on the cbs evening news, halloween with the heads horseman. >> glor: halloween is being celebrated in many ways in many places this weekend. as jay dow tell uz nowhere is the party being done in a more professional manner than halloween's home town. >> reporter: there's no mistaking the horseman's hollow in new york sleepy hollow for an amateur production. it's staged with professional actors using movie-quality makeup and special effects. >> i'm just hanging around. >> reporter: it is set on the grounds of a spooky 300-year-o d mainor where "the legend of sleepy hollow" has been taken to its darkest extremes. >> this is not for little kids but it had a nice blend of

louisville make the decision. we do not need to move the discussion to washington. >> i think we may agree on this. we should listen to the veterans community. we should listen to the local elected officials. we should look at land acquisition issues and we want to make a decision that is best for veterans. the north-central part of the state is really underserved when it comes to veterans nursing homes. i like to look for something around fort knox to get a veterans nursing home at an affordable cost so we can serve that underserved parts of our population. >> you have said your support of the employee free choice act is due to the fact that you think the majority of workers in the workplace want to organize and they should be able to sign cards. i'm curious about another facet of that same bill which would force federal binding arbitration on businesses and unions, basically a takeover process. >> thank you for the question. you should sit down with your employer and talk about the conditions of and climate. the

more on the way, columbus, ohio down to cincinnati and louisville, this brand of showers is breakingas it slides ever eastward, but the clouds associate with it, will be making our way into our area tonight. tomorrow, sunshine rst thing in the day, but the clouds win t during the course of the afternoon. mostly cloudy by lunch time tomorrow. in our future cast model,ow pressure fading away, further and further to the south. this is by 8:00 tomorrow evening, plenty of clouds around and a risk of light rain showers around here, just about the time the sun ges down. eventual, that coastal low will take over. that will keep a strong northeasterly wind around here to get the work and school week started monday and tuesday. nortast winds 15 to0 miles per hour. that will keep a cloudy sky in place and a risk of rain all the way through monday and tuesday and perhaps ev lingering into wednesday. so a very unsettled stretch coming our way. so enjoy your saturday evening. generally clear skies, cooling down quickly once the sun goes down into the mid 50s by 11:00. cloudy skies first thing in t

yesterday's temperatures while we made it to 76, wide med spread 80s with 87 in columbus and 88 in louisvillel probably see temperatures pushing the 80s here in baltimore feeding into the developing system. our exuder -- computer model shows a few showers in the mountains. some have the slight risk of reaching severe limits which means one inch hail and winds exceeding 60 miles per hour. so there could be a little bit of damage and destruction with the storms and if the winds carry them our way, we will have to watch them and mainly towards the evening hours watch them flare up across new york and the bondry slides through the region tomorrow. so we could have another round of showers in the vicinity. not widespread outbreak but we bring in cooler air mass and we will shift the wind to the northeast and it will definitely be on the other side of normal. today, we are about 15 above normal with the two degree guaranteed high. it's the better chance of showers tonight and low to mid-60s. tomorrow, mainly in the morning hours, it could be a stray afternoon storm. we are looking for highs around

hub in louisville. not sure what is going on. president obama has ordered heightened security. >> we will continue to pursue additional protective measures for as long as it takes to ensure the safety and security of our citizens. aisle have also dire i have directed we spare no efforts in investigating the origins of the packages. >> department of homeland security announced stricter checks of passengers and of cargo. what they called an unpredictable mix, specifics, kept secrets. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. >> bay area airports have been following developments to see if any security changes need to be affected here. damian trujillo live at sfo with the story. damian? >> keeping a close eye on the situation here at sfo. so far no major security changes. and passengers are talking about news from overseas and east coast. >> it is always busy at sfo domestic terminal. midday, passengers were getting bits and pieces about the international security scare. some on their phones. >> i did. i did. i was waiting for some

let's have louisville make the decision.may agree on this. we should listen to the veterans community. we should listen to the local elected officials. i want to talk to john to see where he thinks it is going. we should look at land acquisition issues and we want to make a decision that is best for veterans. the north-central part of the state is really underserved when it comes to veterans nursing homes. i like to look for something around fort knox to get a veterans nursing home at an affordable cost so we can serve that underserved parts of our population. >> you have said your support of the employee free choice act is due to the fact that you think the majority of workers in the workplace want to organize and they should be able to sign cards. i'm curious about another facet of that same bill which would force federal binding arbitration on businesses and unions, basically a takeover process. >> thank you for the question. you should sit down with your employer and talk about the conditions of and climate. the odd to b

tech savvy schools like this one in louisville, kentucky, are forging new learning methods.ents use ipods to share math concepts, what they call 180 degrees. >> i want the students to be able to analyze and look for the strategies how to teach themselves and teach others how to get the concept. >> reporter: but is technology helping kids perform better? >> you're never really going to show how buying computers and using them in a consistent way over a period of time is going to raise test scores or academic achievement because the teachers are doing many things not just using laptops. >> reporter: teachers at fern creek say kids in this program perform better than those in traditional classes. >> based on the anecdotal data, we are expanding the project to two other classrooms. >> reporter: while some question the cost versus payoff, teachers at forest lake see technology as part of a necessary evolution. >> the people that think that technology is not necessary, they need to look a little bit deeper. for example, this building was built in 1957, but we certainly don't teach

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democrat jeff conway and republican rand paul -- meeting for an hour long debate at the university of louisville. this debate was organized by the iv

showers and thunderstorms around detroit, indianapolis, cincinnati, louisville and memphis. lighter showers, extending from birmingham, into the carolinas. gusty winds and rain in south florida, from miami to west palm beach and ft. myers. more record highs in california. >> 72 in albuquerque. cooler in the middle of the country, with mostly 60s, from fargo to omaha and detroit. 60s also in the northeast. 80s from new orleans to atlanta. >>> and when we come back this wednesday morning, the military's don't ask, don't tell policy, could be in its final days. >>> and a group of sailors found drifting 100 miles offshore. >>> and more live coverage from chile, as they lower the cage to get another man out of that mine finally. >> you're watching a special edition of "america this morning." ♪ >>> welcome back. we are watching these extraordinary, live images. you can see the capsule there, being lowered into the cave. of course, this is all playing out in chile, where they're trying to rescue those miners who have been trapped half a mile underground for 69 days. >> 5 of the 33

senate in kentucky debate again at the university of louisville. we will have that live on c-span at 7:00 p.m. eastern. mr. conway was elected attorney general in 2007. mr. paul won the republican primary with nearly 60% of the vote. our live coverage of campaign 2010 continues in a few moments with the first of three debates among the candidates for senate in indiana. in one hour, the only debate between the candidates running for governor in michigan. at 10:00 p.m., a debate between the new hampshire candidates for governor, incumbent john lynch and republican john stephen. and later, political strategist look at how the campaign is progressing. in pennsylvania, senator arlen specter is campaigning for a man he lost to in the democratic primary. we spoke with chris britton with the philadelphia daily news. >> i think that arlen specter is acting strategically. he is still very popular here in philadelphia. i think that this is a chance for joe to raise some last- minute cash. no one knows that better than arlen specter. he was behind in the polls

. >>> louisville slugger is on the ball for the world series. the company is preparing the specially engraved bats for the giants and texas rangers players. each player, coach and trainer will also receive a commemorative world series bat. louiilr le slugger has made that at every world series. >>> of course, c bayse area is the broadcast home of the giants. so stay with us for continuing coverage throughout the entire world series. you can also find the latest updates on our website at nbcbayarea.com. >>> in southern california, one person is dead and dozens injured after a crash involving a school bus and two other vehicles in los angeles. investigators say that collision happened in the boil heights area around 3:00 this afternoon, flipping the bus on its side. the person killed ghas one of those cars. three other people suffered minor injuries and 16 children on the bus are being taken to hospitals. none of the children was seriously hurt. >>> well, one member of the obama family leaves, the other flies into town. first lady michelle obama i

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mike tobin is live in louisville with all the details.rand paul was quiet behind the scenes but went on the defensive as soon as the debate got started. jabbing his opponent over ties to the obama administration and a lag in the polls. >> we are waiting for him to catch up in the polls and then may revert to him more. what he needs to do is he needs to either defend his president or run away. so far he is running away from president obama and the agenda. >> and as they have throughout the entire campaign. paul emphasized national issues. conway kept it local. >> there is a real clear choice in the race. a real clear choice between someone who has taken on the drug issue and someone who says drugs aren't a pressing issue. someone who stands up to criminals and someone who says that nonviolent behavior shouldn't be a crime. >> most of the post debate paid to a comment made by rand paul in which he said the eligibility age for social security benefits needs to be receiving for those reeving benefits but for younger people who may be retiring