he can just be quiet, but at the same time look for replacement for mark sullivan. mark sullivan, turns out, ordered -- this is one of the more shocking revelations, ordered agents who were protecting president obama at the white house, including when he lifted off in marine one, to go to camp david one weekend, especially looking out for snipers that might try to take him out as he is lifting off with his family, ordered his agents who are on what's called the power team, instead of protecting the white house, go to southern maryland to protect mark sullivan's own assistant who had been harassed by a neighbor. this neighbor had a public called the police. the police were handling it. the secret service has absolute no legal authority any more than the fbi to protect its own employ come and get mark sullivan ordered agents to keep his secret, told them to go and protect his own assistant over a matter of months. and then on top of that, and that was revealed by the "washington post." i had a story back in 2012. but the books being what they are i hadn't brought it o

and in my book i quote mark sullivan as actually saying that. they are proud to spend less money. what are they thinking? this is the president of the united states. if you have an assassination you nullify the democracy. people sort of recoil when you hear the word assassination because it is so unthinkable and it sounds so terrible, but it's very, very possible. in fact i quote in the book about, and by the way two thirds of the book is on the record, one individual who is not on the record who says it's a miracle that there hasn't always been an assassination because of all of this corner cutting. and even with the best security, the president is very vulnerable. and with the worst security now, of course, be terrorists are going to realize that they can overwhelm the white house after what happened. it's a terrible situation. i matter another difficult tv agencies besides the screwed up management is that many presidents think that the advice that they are given by the secret service goes back to jfk. jfk refused to let them on the board of the limousine. if they had been ther

then secret service director mark sullivan did not mention the incident while testifying about the separate breach in 2009. >>> next at 11:00, a d.c. taxi driver cons passengers out of $200,000 with a wig and alcohol. >>> burglars took a laptop and beautiful boxer dog. >>> and a dash cam video of an nfl owner kept under wraps under now. >> his nfl suspension just ended a week ago and now we're seeing dash cam video from the night police arrested the owner of the indianapolis colts. he had trouble even walking and nearly fell over during a sobriety test. he was fined $500,000 but some complain it didn't go nearly far enough. >>> a marylan cab driver will spend 40 months in prison for stealing from his passengers. he did it while dressed as a woman. he would pick up people who appeared intoxicated and tricked him into giving them their atm cards and pin a in all he stole more than $00 >>> a burglar in green belt steals a laptop and diamond ring and then takes the woman's dog. this owner has ha the dog for ten years. she's like a member of the family. tonight they're pleading for her safe zblu

was it mark sullivan, the two agents in charge of the washington field office.won't tell me whether they've been disciplined and whether there's been a formal report. the department of homeland security has been investigating this matter, so i asked the dhs press office today, what's the status of that investigation into operation moonlight. they did not even get back to me. so the members on capitol hill, lawmakers want answers about that incident and it has directly to do with controlling the perimeter of the white house and diverting agents to then director mark sullivan's assistant in a neighborhood dispute. >> yeah, that story is absolutely extraordinary and if you're pulling resources. >>> four tuesdays from now. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. i promised you a big inside look at the 2014 election tonight. and the fight tonight, the fight, the fighters, the nastiest contest to come. before we're done this evening, you'll know where the excitement lies. who has the momentum and what the stakes are if the democrats

was it mark sullivan, the two agents in charge of the washington field office.hether they've been disciplined and whether there's been a formal report. the department of homeland security has been investigating this matter, so i asked the dhs press office today, what's the status of that investigation into operation moonlight. they did not even get back to me. so the members on capitol hill, lawmakers want answers about that incident and it has directly to do with controlling the perimeter of the white house and diverting agents to then director mark sullivan's assistant in a neighborhood dispute. >> yeah, . >>> tonight on all in. >> are we secure? are we protected? >> isis property began to as campaign propaganda. an american being beheaded as an attack add. a startling report out of ferguson, missouri. police are planning for riots in case officer darron wilson does not getdi

the employee was an assistant to then director mark sullivan. senior officials soon approved the deployment of the secret service's so-called prowler team to visit the woman's la plata home to check on her well being. that two-agent team is supposed to respond to suspicious people or situations in and around the white house. the secretary of homeland security has ordered a review. >> he's asked the acting director of the secret service mr. clancy to review the ig investigation into these specific allegations and take the appropriate disciplinary action he believes is necessary in this case. >> reporter: the mission dubbed operation moonlight and operation moonshine spanned five days with 1 visit lasting eight hours. the inspector general found no legal reason for the use of secret service resources to protect an employee involved in an unrelated private dispute. the secret service insisted that the president's safety was never compromised, but mr. obama was here at the residence at least two days when the agents were a 50 minute drive away. at t

she took over as the head of the secret service after mark sullivan retired.er the scandal of drunk service agents sleeping with prostitutes in columbia. >>> it is the first day of october and the first day of a heat wave. paul? >> right on schedule. we get this high pressure drawing out an east way. guess what's on the way? a strong ridge headed here offshore wind. two things. one, warmer temperatures. also, zero fog. there is no fog at the golden gate right now nor will we see any in the next four or five days. we will talk about how long the mercury will climb and how long it will last. >>> greenhouses full of pot. criminal gangs are moving here to cash in. why aren't they in prison? see what they found out tonight. >> and watch as someone robs a bay area woman having lunch. how did she know when to make her move? we find out tonight. ,, reek is pr >> we have some surveillance camera footage that is a real eye opener. you would think having lunch in a place like walnut creek is safe right? well andria borba says well, you still have to pay attention to what

not only was this a shocking example dereliction of duty by mark sullivan to protect the president but it shows the culture and the effects on the agents. they are real agents better told by the director iowa just have my assistant. another example in the book this is not hit the press yet, when the actor brad the cooper you probably do but i didn't a high ranking secret service official of new york for a the secure area in front of the hotel and either had to be screened for explosives and then doing across the way house lawn. anybody could attach explosives to say that brad the cooper is the terrorist to put explosives on the underside of the car. but yet for bread baked tueber and the security people tells them to ignore the most basic procedures you can imagine begin as a very protective president and then bring this to the point to the white house to regard this is the individual has a gun with the basic protocol he never let anybody with the president unless they have been screened with the secret service. and in the obama chooses the visual the failure to replace it is the class

the employee was an assistant to then director mark sullivan. senior officials soon approved deployment of the secret service's so-called prowler team to visit the woman's la plata home to check on her well being. that two agent team is supposed to respond to suspicious people or situations in and around the white house. the secretary of homeland security has ordered a review. >> he's asked the acting director of the secret service, mr. clancy, to review the ig investigation into these al divisions and take the appropriate disciplinary -- allegations and take the appropriate disciplinary actions he believes is necessary. >> reporter: the mission dubbed operation moonlight and operation moonshine spanned five days with one visit lasting eight hours. the inspector general found in legal reason for the use of secret service resources to protect an employee involved in an unrelated private dispute. the secret service insisted the president's safety was never compromised, but mr. obama was here at the residence at least two days when the agents were

the race between incumbent senator democrat mark begich and dan sullivan in this traditionally very red state could tip the balance of power in the u.s. senate. one controversial television ad might have backfired. >> ike mark begich and i approved this spot. >> this spot to a light sentence given a sex offender an offender on the day of his release allegedly committed horrific crimes. >> one of them got out of prison is now charged with break out of that apartment building, murdering a senior couple and sexually assaulting their two-year-old granddaughter. >> it was a clerical error that led to his release date, something that happened before sullivan became attorney general. how the notorious case was being exploited. an attorney for the family says that ad was tearing them up and they're now considering leaving the state for good. they're worried it could taint the jury pool and they accuse the senator of paying politics with a terrible event in their lives. pollster ivan moore has been tracking campaigns for 25 years. >> was it a mistake? >> it was a huge mistake. >> you might have

she served for predecessor mark sullivan who did such a stellar job, he was in charge during the colombianution scandal and two agents were pulled from the president's detail. one for leaving a bullet in a woman's hotel room and another for sending sexually suggestive e-mails to a subordinate. pierson was director in march of this year when the secret service sent three agents home from the netherlands after a night of heavy drinking. how do we know it was heavy drinking? one of the agents slept it off in a hotel hallway! i just love the idea of the united states secret service being represented so brilliantly. >>> and this latest security breakdown is really a much bigger deal, and to allow the residence of office of the president of the united states to be this vulnerable should result in a complete and utter management house cleaning. and homeland security as well as the secret service. at least six secret service safeguards were breached allowing the intruder to get to the white house east room among the things we've learned about this president, is he first denies problems and challen

mark sullivan did not mention that while testifying about a separate breach.ms the president is not immune from getting his credit card declined because it happened to him at a restaurant. i went to a restaurant up in new york during the general assembly and my credit card was rejected. turns out, i it enough. th thought there was some fraud going on. fortunately, michelle had hers. >> mrs. obama saving the day there, picking up the tab. the president told reporters the story during a signing ceremony for new co protectio following data breaches. >>> powerful storm hin danger as hurricane gonzalo moves through. >> what have you got, chuck? >> bermuda will have spent most of their day cleaning up. for us, starting to bundle up as a cold, northwest wind arrives for your we detai and your hour hour look at >> right now, take a look at as a russian ship leaking tons of fuel is drifting in in the indian ocean. take a look at the ship, how it lost power thursday. still not clear yet, though, as the ocean is very rocky and dangerous. >>> coming up on 6:13. hurricane

in a tight but contentious senate race between republican democrat and mark sullivan, both are bashing the other over health care. as in races all over the country, sullivan links his democratic opponent when ever possible to obama care. and in this campaign appearance, senator baggage made a point of highlighting occasional disagreements with the administration. back at club paris, sheila will make ballot decisions based on what is best for her family and counts her blessing that work means health care coverage. >> i couldn't afford to stay here if i didn't have it. >> dan sellman looks ahead and hopes he can continue to afford the coverage for his employees. >> i hate to be a doom and gloom guys, but we are a small family opened business without deep pockets. i feel you can only sell a piece of meat for so much funny. >> as a city, health care is fourth for costs. the others are in alaska. not the list where you want all the top spots >>> allen schauffler reporting. we'll see allen back tomorrow to baulk about the ballot over minimum age. our special airs friday night >>> storms tore

the perimeter of the white house and diverting agents to then director mark sullivan's assistant in a neighborhood dispute. >> yeah, . >>> tonight on all in. >> are we secure? are we protected? >> isis property began to as campaign propaganda. an american being beheaded as an attack add. a startling report out of ferguson, missouri. police are planning for riots in case officer darron wilson does not get indicted by a grand jury in the death of michael brown. >>> plus all in travels to the land of big tobacco and big coal. >> is it toxic in and of itself. coal ash is not toxic. >>> and jennifer lawrence on her hacked photos. it's not a scandal. it's a sex crime. >>> good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. the fbi needs help in identifying a masked man that appeared in an isis propaganda video speaking in what sounds like a north american accent. >> we're here in the 17th division military base outside the city and we're here with the soldiers of bashar. you can see them digging their own graves in the very place they were stationed. >> the man could be one of the dozen or so amer

the employee was an assistant to then director mark sullivan.ior officials soon approved the deployment of the secret service's so-called prowler team to visit the woman's la plata home to check on her well being. that two-agent team is supposed to respond to suspicious people or situations in and around the white house. the secretary of homeland security has ordered a review. >> he's asked the acting director of the secret service mr. clancy to review the ig investigation into these specific allegations and take the appropriate disciplinary action he believes is necessary in this case. >> reporter: the mission dubbed operation moonlight and operation moonshine spanned five days with 1 visit lasting eight hours. the inspector general found no legal reason for the use of cr

the person and then someone resigns or retires like you said kathleen sebelius, eric shinseki, mark sullivanector. the administration says mr. obama has complete confidence in pierson. what gives with this? >> loyalty. >> it goes back to his tendency to not want to throw people in his circle under the bus, because at the end of the day if you fire that person you still have to dedicate resources to replace that person which may be taking away from using resources in time to fix the problem. i can understand that rationale but it doesn't look strong to continue to have incompetent people surrounding you and making these errors. >> when someone gets into the white house, you know, that's a problem, carol. when somebody can just go into the white house, we have to be very concerned, so leadership certainly needs to be questioned >> and sometimes optics really do matter, l.z. is completely right about that. pamela brown, joey jackson, l.z. granderson, thanks to all of you. i'll be right back. d energy. but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engi

in alaska democratic incumbent senator mark begich has trailed his challenger dan sullivan in many polls but those polls are considered unreliable and the ground game may save begich in the end. ten times more than republicans on field operations in the state of alaska. there are 11 gubernatorial races within three percentage points according to the princeton election consortium. along with the senate races within 3 percentage points, this election is the most tightly contested in recent memory, far more than the elections of 2006 or 2010, all of it undercoring the tremendous volatility and the potential for last-minute shifts. nowhere the is the democratic party banks on its turnout

and in a tight race between mark begich, and dan sullivan, both candidates are bashing the other. >> egich cast the deciding voted for obamacare. >>> sullivans links his democratic opponent whenever possible to obamacare. and senator begich made a point of highlighting his occasional disagreements with the administration. sheila says she will make ballot decisions based on what is best for her family, and count her blessings that for her work means healthcare coverage. >> i couldn't afford to stay here if didn't have it. >> reporter: and dan looks ahead and hopes he can continue to apply that coverage for his employees. >> we're a small family-owned business that doesn't have deep pockets, and boy, i feel like you can only sell a peace of meat for so much money. >> as a city anchorage ranges third in alaska for highest healthcare coverage. >> give me a sense -- do you think the voters will spending more time focusing on politics than they do in the lower 48. >> i talked to someone in alaska who said we don't have big time professional sports here, politics are our sport. so, yeah, peo

going back to the in tradition -- intrusion, mark sullivan, the director, said we will fix everything. nothing ever changed. imagine if apple had a problem or microsoft had a problem and someone held hearings to fix it? no. you get rid of the ceo, you get somebody who knows what he or she is doing, and that is the way things work. host: patrick is next, independent caller. caller: good morning, mr. kessler. this is a very important conversation, and i'm so glad there has been bipartisan support on the hill for getting to the bottom of this. this is not political anymore, when you can penetrate the defenses of the united states of america. terrorists are taking notice. on the 19th, hollywood actually before the white house down -- you thought it could not happen. a simple guy can run across the lawn to an unlocked door. my question is, where are the automated systems? you had a manual door to the white house that was predicated on a human being locking it, when they could have had an automated feature. you talk about the defense measures between the censures not being updated. where is

. >> meanwhile, in alaska, the battle is between democratic incumbent senator mark begich and dan sullivan. sullivan. he transferred power over women's private choices to the government, taking away a woman's right to an abortion. he has pledged to give employers coverage. >> abortion rights are also now the focus in new hampshire. >> scott brown says: ? >> i am proceed choice. >> way too often, that's nots how he votes. scott brown responseod a bill so employers could deny women control. >> standard colldemocratic play. in south dadakota, the senate re has become al campaign that could determine the balance of pour in washington. this is a three-way race featuring rick wylan, trailing his opponents, is independent rather pressler, a former republican senator who has pledged not to caucus with republicans or democrats in warrant. pressler is now even with republican candidate mike rounds. rounds, the crain governor, was supposed to cruise in this race but he is having trouble, and democrats are now spending a million dollar to attack rounds over controversies like an investment scandal. >>

on top of that, i think it sheds light on why president obama did not replace mark sullivan as secretsided over the salahi party intrusion, and then over the prostitution scandal, because sullivan knew the white house was involved in the scandal. so why replace him? >> sure. and you mentioned the white house counsel. the weekend after this all hit the fan, she talked to this guy, this 26-year-old then volunteer by the name of jonathan dock, he, according to the "washington post," is the one who hired the hooker. the white house been saying no, nobody from the white house was involved. he was a volunteer at the time. but then she talked to him and he told her, i didn't do that. so then it's like we didn't have anything here. but then a bunch of investigations started and there she is right now, currently being considered for attorney general, at least she was until today. but then there were these other investigations and the closer they got to the truth -- and they had photocopies of the hook' i.d. tied to his room. it sounds like the department of homeland security, the inspector gen

candidate that condoleezza rice has endorsed is republican dan sullivan in alaska where some polls show democratic incumbekc senator mark bagich with a lead. they will hold a debate later tonight. ted cruz and mitt romney are expected to campaign for dan sullivan in alaska. and joining me now from anchorage, alaska, is a reporter from the alaska news. going into this debate tonight, what will be the key issues in this debate tonight? well, you know, from mark bagich, his campaign theme has been true alaska. so you will probably hear things pretty consistent with what he's being saying over the course of the last few months. you know, he's arguing that he's been sort of independent of the obama administration and harry reid fought for oil and gas development here. constantly working fwr the interest of alaska constituents and then, you know, you'll probably hear from dan sullivan that that's not true, mark bagich was the deciding vote for obama care. he decided with the president 97% of the time in his votes. and that he needs to go so alaska can have a better representative in the senate. >> and you've got ted cruz and

incumbent democrat mark begich and republican dan sullivan both candidates are bar bashing the r over health care. alaska ranks, the only more expensive than anchorage are fairbanks and juneau. >> five days in alaska. that's 8:00 and 11:00. >>> tornado killed one person in arkansas and damaged homes there and louisiana. kevin corriveau is here. cifn. >> that's right tony -- kevin. >> that's right tony. parts of louisiana, so far we have seen six tornadoes go through the region starting this morning. they're really starting to pop up this afternoon especially with the heating of the day as well as we're seeing a lot of wind damage pushing through. a well defined line here making its way through alabama and mississippi down through new orleans. that is going to continue into alabama as well. later on it's going to be parts of georgia. you can see all the damage we're talking about and those red dots right here indicate the tornadoes we are seeing. unfortunately this is going to go on tomorrow as well as into tomorrow evening and you can see the warnings that are in effect right now. it'

. >> meanwhile, in alaska, the battle is between democratic incumbent senator mark begich and dan sullivan. >> alaska women can't trust dan sullivan. he transferred power over women's private choices to the government, taking away a woman's right to an abortion. he has pledged to give employers control over birth control coverage. >> abortion rights are also now the focus in new hampshire. >> scott brown says: ? >> i am proceed choice. >> way too often, that's nots how he votes. scott brown responseod a bill so employers could deny women insurance coverage for birth control. >> standard colldemocratic play. in south dadakota, the senate re has become al campaign that could determine the balance of pour in washington. this is a three-way race featuring rick wylan, trailing his opponents, is independent rather pressler, a former republican senator who has pledged not to caucus with republicans or democrats in warrant. pressler is now even with republican candidate mike rounds. rounds, the crain governor, was supposed to cruise in this race but he is having trouble, and democrats are now spen

but julia pierson, as you know, was the chief of staff to mark sullivan since 2008. so the critics of the agency have told me, that they believe that that wasn't a real change in leadership at the top. that she was the chief of staff when the 2011 shooting happened. with the, when the white house upper residence was sprayed with bullets. so yeah, i think that there's talk now, even josh earnest in the white house briefing, talking about the possibility of appointing an outside person for the first time in the agency's history since 1932, that an outside person who has not risen in the ranks would be the head of the agency. >> susan crabtree, white house correspondent for the "washington examiner" again breaking this story about the elevator incident at the cdc, president's security, certainly breached there. thanks so much for joining us to talk about your reporting. we'll likely be talking to you again, okay? thank you search. >>> criticism is building over how the first ebola diagnosis in the united states was handled. now the federal government insists it has ever

, tom cotton leads in the real clear politics average mark pryor by five points that two looks like it's moving out of reach. in alaska dan sullivanch by a 4.2%. then we have two very close races cory gardner republican leads by 3.2% over mark udall in colorado and joni earnst leads in iowa 2.2% over bruce braley or as mrs. obama calls him bruce braley in iowa. two races tom tillis trails by 1 point behind kay hagan and new hampshire where scott brown trails in the real clear politics average by 2.2% behind incumbent jean shaheen. these are the most competitive races. >> brown has closed a lot of ground. he was double digit down three weeks ago. in the real clear politics average in the beginning of the month. he was 4% down. now is he 2.2% down. that's real measurable movement. the question there is how much more road does he have? there is 7% undecided in the real clear politics average. that's less than most of the other states that we are looking at where there is 10 or 12% undecided. >> how can new hampshire elect kelly ayotte shaheen fairly liberal woman? how does that stack up? >> she was a reasonably effective governor. an

alaska, mark begins versus dan silva. sullivan is up by a hair. to the deep south, mark pryor and tom cotton are neck and neck right now. on to louisiana where the state's open primary format has the incumbent fending off bill b costley and rob mannis. iowa, bruce braley is in the fight of his life against the hog castrator, joni ernst. there we have it. let me go to larry sabato who i watch all the time on this. three of them look good for the republicans. that's south dakota, montana, west virginia. then it gets more difficult. alaska, arkansas, louisiana, and then to win the thing, assuming what's happening -- will hurt them the republicans in kansas, they got to win iowa. how does that look to you? >> i think that's about right. i would say iowa is the most probable sixth or seventh seat if they have to win seven because they lose kansas, or colorado. you might want to throw colorado in there. those are probably the two most critical seats, assuming they can really knock off the democratic incumbents in the south. you didn't mention kay hagan.

i have an example in my book with mark sullivan when he was director he ordered agents protecting president obama" and when he took off from varying one today began to go on and protect. it's unbelievable. she had been harassed by neighbors, called the police. the secret service has no authority to protect its own employees tab on top of that the agents were treating confidential records on the neighbor again not only illegal but a violation of the criminal law to do that when you have no legal basis and get this woman was the chief of staff and should be asked what she knows about that incident. >> host: what the president be able to go on his walks washington to shake hands with people and go to a local restaurant? >> guest: he should be much more cautious. presidents tend to forget risks. that's what abraham lincoln did. despite the civil war raging he didn't want any protection and on the last day of his tenure when he was assassinated he didn't have a dc police van and he went to have a drink in a tavern and that's why he was assassinated. jfk didn't want agents in his limousine. he th

mark spoonour. and lawrence lundy. frost and sullivan consultant. i get to mark first. what happened? got beaten at its own game with the big screen and galaxy phone? >> i think part of it all pent-up demand from bigger screen for apple. a lot of people are waiting for what samsung has been giving its crowd so long. a lot of it is changing ecosystems. people like itunes and everything that goes along with it, icloud. they have been waiting for the bigger screen. apple will ride the tidal wave of pent-up demand into next year. people buy smartphones when the contract comes up. it is not a holiday gift item. up to samsung to respond and they start to do that with the galaxy note 4. liz: larry, what do you think about this? is samsung out of the game because apple rolled out a copycat phone? >> no, i don't think so. and, i do think they have been squeezed. i think profitability issue here, as you said, they're very much still the top shipment-maker but issue here with apple, quite rightly, they're facing, top end but the at low end they are really struggling from local manufacturers in c

. >> reporter: the race between mark begich and dan sullivan in this red state could tip the balance in the senate. and one controversial ad may have backfired. this begich spot, lining sullivan to a light sentence given to a sex offender, and offender who on the day of his release allegedly committed horrific crimes. moore, who is doing internal polling for a candidate in a different race believes begich hurt his own cause and the commercial mess may have cost him two to four points in what is expected to be an extremely close vote. >> a very, very politically savvy person who just gets it in an intuitive hard-wired way what is smart and what isn't, and i don't know. i don't know why that happened. it's crazy. >> that was adam schauffler reporting. be sure to turn in to more "america votes: five days in alaska." that's right here on al jazeera america. let's get to you maria. >> reporter: tony, michael dunne, the man convicted of killing an unarmed black taken in florida was sentenced to life in prison without parole. he shot and killed jordan davis at a gas station in 2012. the sho

dan sullivan against mark begich says that it's not over yet but that one is turning their way.e over to arkansas. interesting, bill clinton was just there. he's trying to help mark pryor but it's been a small lead and a consistent lead in that race. republicans think that will trend their way. the third one they think that is likely to go republican is louisiana. this is a little complicated. you have two republican candidates. bill cassie, and maness and mary landrieu. now, what if republicans don't get to six from there? that's where it gets interesting. then you go into the blue states. republicans are in a close race in iowa leaning slightly democrat tech. the democrat, the forme formert. the democrat, the former massachusetts scott brown is still in there. north carolina is a very interesting one. most republicans thought that one would go their way but kay hag hagan is slightly ahead. republicans think even one of those could trend their way. president obama's the issue in those states he did win new hampshire and iowa big. north carolina he won the first time, lost the s

this is a coin toss race that heads marked and tails dan sullivan is the victor. this is a 1:00 a.m. poll closing on the east coast. that means that people like me and everyone else will be up around 5:00 or 6:00 in the morning. trying to decide this. might go on for another day and we have no idea who is ahead because the polling is so difficult. a lot of people live in alaska and places that are hard to poll. we don't know what the electorate is like. we guarantee this is a coin flip race. >> alaska goes late into the night. nice to see you and see you back in d.c. soon. thank you. >> thank you. >> officials in wichita say the real work continues for four people killed after a small plane considereded into a building in a regional airport yesterday afternoon. the burning jet fuel was so hot that parts of the building are viewed as unsafe. heavy equipment they are bringing in and the pilot of the plane as well as three people inside a flight simulator were killed when the plane crashed after take off. you are watching "andrea mitchell reports" here on msnbc. you

senator mark, a close race. dan sullivan is the challenger. he's trying to win his first office. we'll take a closer look at that next week. more issues for lavkans to consider. health care is extensive. how much is it costing the restaurant owner and are people paying attention to the health care messaging in the senate race. pot is on the ballot. the next tart in the push by a marijuana advocacy group for broad legalization. there are a lot of pot smokers, and the measure has a good shot at passing. it's a concern for the villages, where leaders have the power to ban alcohol, but not the same power to ban marijuana. minimum wage workers get a way raise, but in a state with 4,000 or so people, and so many living a life in the bush or wilderness, how important is this. remember, this is a place where the state pays you every year to be an lavkan, another measure, a big one, this mine will be one of the biggest gold and copper fit mines, but the local fishing industry and environmental groups have been fighting it for years. alaskans will vote on whether the legislature will have

can you do alaska, dan have sullivan, mark begich. >> that one we'll not no for days i guaranty you. will take days to count the village and bush vote. don't even bother on election night. bill: polls close 1:00 a.m. wednesday morning. larry sabato, final predictions come out monday. we'll we'll check back in then. enjoy halloween. >> you bet. bill: larry sabato down in charlottesville, virginia. we'll see whether he is right or not. bet on the gop majority. we'll see whether or not on monday. martha: these things are getting tighter and tighter, watching them come out day by day. a key senate race republicans can not afford to lose they say. why a key democratic state down south could be turning red. we'll look at that one as well. bill: fiery plane crash leaving four people dead. a number of questions still unanswered today. listen. >> as i was coming out of the post office i heard a loud crash. it didn't sound like a real crash like somebody dropped, pots and pans. it was a big loud, very loud muffled crash. bill: so a fire, at a fireworks warehouse lighting up the night sky. look

. >> reporter: dan sullivan running against mark begich in alaska.oting guns popped up in ads all over the country, including from democrats, too. including this one from the candidate in a tough battle with mitch mcconnell in a kentucky race. >> mitch, that's not how you hold a gun. >> reporter: ads that have gone viral like this one from americans for shared prosperity. >> in 2008, i fell in love. his online profile made him seem so perfect. but by 2012, our relationship of in trouble, but i stuck with him because he promised he'd be better. he's great at promises. >> reporter: yes, the president as a bad boyfriend. >> it's gotten over half a million views but still got panned as sexist. but no ad has gotten slammed this cycle as this one from wendi davis, the democratic candidate running for governor in texas. her opponent, greg abbott was paralyzed in a freak accident in 1984 and confined to a wheelchair since. >> a tree fell on greg abbott. he sued and got millions. since then, he spent his career working against other victims. >> reporter: crit

mark. and also in alaska dan sullivan is up above that 4-point mark. 51-49 if that scenario were to play out. what's happening in north carolina? for several months we have been watching this battle. all the polling in, and kay hagan has what many consider to be a surprising edge of 4 points among all the polling. it was not thought to be this way six months ago. tom til his, speaker of the -- tom tillis, speaker of the house in north carolina. you have got a debate with kay hagan. six weeks ago the republicans thought this would be an easy pickup. what would explain that it's not breaking that way. >> we never thought it was an easy pickup. in 2008 president obama won the state. in 2012 president obama was ejected and romney won the state. senator hagan voted with the president 96% of the time. the undecideds will decide this race. when they understand the president is serious when he says his failure to deal with is are is on the ballot. bill: some argue you haven't closed the deal with conservatives. >> we have a great base. we won 94 of 100 counties. we are reaching out to all conservati

mark pryor. the race is a bit tighter in alaska with the gop county dan sullivan up by four points over mark bagich. republican challenger cory gardener may be pulling away now from democratic incumbent mark udall with a six-point lead. time for some real talk with guy benson, political editor for town hall.com and a fox news contributor. all right, guy. great to see you. let's break these down. let's start with colorado. >> colorado very interesting race. maybe the closest race in the country, and i would argue that senator mark udall, the incumbent, the democrat, is in contention, at least, for running the most consistently negative campaign over the last number of months trying to paint his opponent cory gardener as a frightening extremist, setting aside the problematic substance of some of his attacks. i think part of the issue that he is running into is that cory gardener doesn't read as frightening or as an extremist. gardener is coming right back and pointing out that senator udall representing a purple state has supported barack obama's policies 99% of the time, and the polls indicate that

the alaska senate race, incumbent democrat mark begich versus dan sullivan. re's a look. >> good morning to you. >> good morning. >> it was the status of this race with three weeks to go to what we know about mark begich chances of hold onto his seat? >> he had momentum early and it seems like at about early september he lost the lead and the republican dan sullivan is holding a small but significant lead, four points, three points, depending -- six points, depending on the poll that you look at. >> host: will be the key battlegrounds and alaska heading into the last three weeks of the campaign? where is this race going to be decided? >> guest: well, the outside money and the campaign seemed to focus quite a bit on the rail belt, anchorage, while sele, the hometown of former governor sarah palin is a conservative area that i think a lot of the energies are focused on, and labor is trying, has a very big push in the anchorage area for get out the vote. >> host: we've been trying to bring arveson the local issues that are playing in the campaign along with the n

coverage continues tonight on c-span with an alaska debate between mark begich and dan sullivan. here's a look at recent ads running in the state. zoo i'm megan sullivan. you've soon a lot of ads attacking my family, so i wanted you to know the facts. alaska has been my family's home for generations. my dad is teaching my sisters and me to handle a rifle, fish and be strong, independent, honest women. we've learned a lot about his sacrifice from his service in afghanistan. we are proud of his work to help alaskan women against dough mettic violence. >> i'm dan sullivan and i approve this message. >> when we were young, our father loved to bring us here. to this spot. when things seemed impossible, i tried to do what he would have done. like, when i took on obama to open up drilling in the arctic. also took him on to protect our gun rights and exempt alaska schools from no child left behind. i'm fighting like hell to fix the health care law so it works for alaska. i'm mark begich and i approve this message because i will go anywhere and work with anyone to do what's right for alas

>> 0, absolutely at this point, dan sullivan doing everything he can to link mark begich with the obama administration an especially with obamacare. we washed mark begich atacam pain rally at a retirement homemaking a very specific point of separating himself from the obama administration pointing out times the occasional times when he is actually disagreed with him and highlighting them, so absolutely, the anti-d.c. thing is very noufsh cadillac. i expect it will have an impact on that race. something to consider, too, david, there are about twice as many registered republicans as there are democrats in the state of alaska, but the undeclared voters and the independent voters far outnumber the combined democrats and republicans. so there is a whole lot of votes sort of sloshing around in the middle there. >> that's what both candidates are going to be going after. >> alan schauffler. see more of his report in prime time on "al jazeera america." alan, thank you. for many voters across the united states, there are longstanding concerns about pollution and global warming. one of the leade

at 8:00, a debate between senator mark begich and his challenger dan sullivan.nd a debate from the seventh district which was represented he lost hisor until primary. davidn who defeated him, bratt, debates jack trammell. and more debates starting at noon from the second district. marilinda garcia and then debates of new york and from minnesota and the 14th district of ohio. now to the new york governor's debate between andrew cuomo and his republican challenger rob astorino, howie hawkins, and michael mcdermott. listsok political report it as solid democrat. this hour-long debate comes courtesy of wned tv. four, five, three, seven. six. 8, 7 --, -- these are the stakes. do we really want to governor who may in the bin jail? -- and up in jail? >> can we trust rob astorino? cut propertyo taxes 20% and then he broke his word. he vetoed a property tax god. but in the nation. taxes in st property the nation. if you cannot trust him to menace taxes in westchester, you can never trust him as governor. >> the governor's poster represent all the people, but andrew cuomo

at 8:00 a debate between alaska's candidates, democratic incumbent mark begich against dan sullivan.'s seventh house district, once represented by eric cantor or before his primary loss earlier this year. the candidates are republican dave brad and democrat jack travel. join us tomorrow for more saturday. we are focusing on house races with debate kicking off at noon eastern time. first new hampshire's second district, later debates from new york's 24th and 19th districts, minnesota and 7 food and minnesota's 14th. campaign 2014, bringing in 100 debate for the control of congress. stay in touch with our coverage and engage. follow us on twitter at c-span and like us at facebook.com/c-span. >> this weekend on the c-span networks, tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span, how campaign 2014 debate coverage continues in prime time. saturday night at 8:00 the funeral for washington post editor ben bradlee and sunday evening at 8:00 on q&a author harold holder on his newest book lincoln and the power of the press. tonight at 8:00 on c-span2, chris tomlinson on the story of two families, one white