neil: mr. foley, we will watch closely, we put out a call to the governor, if we don't talk with people, anyone then you look at families --? fur billion bucks for this. >> at heart of everything that is wrong in washington, from hypocrisy to greed to gridlock. >> michelle plans. >> gary peters is in the eye of the storm. funded by a convicted felon, connected to alone shark ring. neil: and not a -- why the most expenseive midterm ever has our all-stars seeing stars, we have rich edison, and lizz mcdonnell. and tracy byrnes. if this is where the money that gone woe. >> hundred million dollar campaigns in north carolina, kentucky, and all out side money. neil: good for local stations, potentially good for us. >> true. but, it is -- we have reached a point where elections are so focused nationaly, you don't just have a slight national interest, you have a major naitonal interest, it is coming up withnese numbers. neil: liz, we b bemoan negative ads but they work. >> that is right they connection, and i

and the first thing i said is that the incredible strength that mrs. foley and her family have demonstrated is really extraordinary and continuing to make, you know, constructive contributions to the countries through her efforts and the foundation's efforts. that's the first thing i'd like to say. second, the president's ordered a comprehensive review of the hostage policy. it's a complicated, it's a complicated set of things, right? it includes, by the way, looking at intelligence collection, looking at the techniques by which we go about trying to get release. and other, other approaches. it also includes, i think the president wanted to have this looked at. family engagements. how is this coordinated in the government? who is communicating with the families of those who have been taken, u.s. citizens, and that's the first obligation of anyone in the united states is to protect the safety and security of the citizens. who is interacting with the families, how is information being exchanged, being coordinated. i think the suggestion that diane foley made a

that doesn't mean that for instance, i would just listening to mrs. foley, i think it makes sense to create some units in our government, in the state department. that keep as lot of these families better informed. that encouraging them that because they are devastated and confused that giving them access to information but at the same time, even though there's been a proliferation of these kidnapping and those groups are using kidnapping as a policy tool, i think if you start paying ransom, if you start dealing directly that's going to proliferate in more hostage situations and i think what we need to do is yes, beef up our spell jens, about these hostage cases. within the government, within the middle east, within the c.i. a. because maybe we need more of a dedicated strike force, to deal with these kidnappings which are only going to continue, especially with isis and these terrorist groups. >> governor that policy, don't deal with terrorists, don't do direct negotiations? what's the difference? if we have a third party, is thereless of a loss? are we pu

you might remember after mr. foleys murdered by isis, his mother made some strong comments. and i think that, first of all, the person who has been in charge of this, the president's counterterrorism adviser is somebody that, to be quite honest just has a lot on her plate and maybe doesn't -- maybe isn't the person who should be dealing with the families. maybe there should be somebody else dealing with them. we're going to be talking to somebody else who was once a hostage, an investigative reporter and he was held captive by the taliban and pakistan until he escaped seven months into his captivity. and there were negotiations going on with the taliban trying to get money, trying to get prisoners in exchange for him and we'll talk to him and see what he thinks. he's been covering a lot of these families. >> thank you so much. we'll see you in 17 minutes from now. at the top of the hour. >>> days before the world pageant, a beauty queen disappears. where did she go? what happened to her? is she in danger? that's ahead.

mr. foley's family has been very vocal that they did not feel they were treated in a respectful manner, ina manner that gave them the impression that the government was really as concerned about this as they were. we really need to do a better job, and this is not a political thing, all of our government officials need to make sure that they are so conscious of the pain that these people are going through and that they deal with them appropriately. it is just a horrible situation. >> and we know that part of the review that will be looked at is that the family engagement portion, which you're speaking of. in terms of intelligence gathering, do you think that that part of the policy needs to be tweaked? i suppose this kind of thing needs to be reviewed periodically, does it not? >> it does. i mean, you never know when changing a policy is suddenly going to be advantageous. not all terrorists are alike so there could be situations where a review would cause us to change. i don't think, though, with the case of isis this is the time to do it. these guys are not there to negotiate, they're not

great to have up on the show, mr. foley.spond to dan malloy's comes that you were changing your position just 48 hours before the election? >> listen, i am nee a blue state with a democrat incumbent, but -- but people have very, very unhappy in connecticut, unhappy with the tax increase, unhappy with 1% groeft over 3 1/2 years while he has been governor. people are upset and they want change. i'm going to pull this out. there's more energy on people who want change. >> the independent candidate, joe visconti, quit the governor's race a threw his support to you. that would be seen ased a van table joyce for you, right. >> joe advice cvisconti is a go he wants connecticut to head in a better direction. he wants to get the economy going, he answered knows that by endorsing me, he will make sure that happens. >> 7% remain undecided. what you do you do from a campaign strategy point of view to try to get those people to come to your side tomorrow? >> i have been traveling all around the state in a bus tour. i have got a very nice

it would not have had the immediacy of seeing mr. foley the beheaded and almost real-time. nine 11 as a course, 9/11 as a background makes this more real and apparently more threatening for americans although i would argue that the level of threat is not as bad as it was. have auld like to discussion on the threat level. >> i would probably say two issues are of interest and may be new in one sense. we are seeing unprecedented levels of westerners traveled to , particularlyt from europe to go fight in both syria and to a greater degree in the last several months, in a rock. in iraq.add in -- when you add in twitter, youtube, facebook, the connection that we can make to homes in the united states that has encourage people from denver, from florida, to go fight in this area. there is a kid north of miami, radicalized here in the united states, in florida, goes over to fight with the al qaeda affiliate in syria, comes back to the united states for six months, no one in the united states law enforcement system realized that tn gone to fight with an al qaeda affiliate. he makes

it was a news story that didn't have quite the immediacy of seeing mr. foleying the head of the almost real-time. i think that also gives a bit of immediacy and of course 9/11 as a background also as brian has indicated makes this much more real and apparently more threatening for americans although i would argue levels of terrorism are not as bad as they were in the 1980s and the dangers are necessarily greater. >> i would like to have a discussion on the threat level as soon as seth gets through. >> you will undoubtedly correct me on that. >> i would probably say two issues are of interest and may be new in one sense. one is an brian alluded to it earlier we are seeing unprecedented levels of westerners travel to the middle east particularly from europe to go fight in both syria and to a greater degree over the last several months in iraq. there is a connection and when you add gems dimension of social media twitter, myspace, youtube a connection that we can make two homes in the united states that has encouraged people from denver, from florida to fight in

foley was beheaded. during a press conference earlier today, mr. obama said his administration holes weekly meetings about isis continues to learn about the group's weaknesses and assess u.s. policy. in an earlier statement a, president obama said it's too soon to know if u.s. is winning the war against isis. back to you. >> thanks kristen from australia this morning. >> a rapid response team is on the scene of a dead areally chemical spill outside of houston texas that left four dead and another hospitalized. there are deep concerns about the cloud of gas released for miles over the area. gabe gutierrez has more on the story for us. >> reporter: this morning officials are trying to figure out the cause of a deadly chemical league at a dupont plant in texas. it started saturday. >> we had the exposure of fyffi employees, four were fatal. >> the fifth is in the hospital. the gas has a strong rot ten eg smell. it spread across the area up to 40 miles away. the company insists there was no danger. >> there was never a hazard to neighbors. there was a

foley was beheaded. a month later, u.s. launched air strikes in syria. during a press conference, mr.bama said they hold weekly meetings about isis. in an earlier statement, president obama said it's too soon to know if the u.s. is winning the war against isis. >> thanks. >>> this morning, a rapid response team is on the scene of a deadly chemical spill outside of houston, texas, that left four people dead and another hospitalized. now there are deep concerns about the cloud of gas that was released for miles over the area. nbc has more on the story. >> reporter: this morning officials are trying to figure out the cause of a deadly chemical leak at a dupont plant in la port, texas. >> we had the incident this morning, that resulted in the exposure of five employees, four of which were fatally exposed. >> the chemical released has a strong rotten egg smell can and can be dead in high concentrations. the fall ordered spread out across la porte and spread over houston. >> there was never a shelter in place issued because there was never a hazard to our neighbors. thereof a strong odor an

foley was beheaded. a month later, the u.s. launched air strikes in syria. during a press conference earlier today, mr. weaknesses and to assess u.s. policy. >>> and in an earlier statement, president obama said it's too early to know if the u.s. is winning the war against isis. he's expected to land late this evening. back to you. >> all right. thank you. >>> before president obama left australia, he hit on a number of topics. >> chairman dempsey has consistently said in all his testimony and i would expect him to always do this. to give me his best military advice. and to not be constrained by politics. and he has not advised me that i should be sending u.s. troops to fight. >> with an executive order on immigration imminent, perhaps as early as late this week, the president reiterated his preference for congress to take up the issue. >> it continues to be my great preference to see congress pass comprehensive legislation because that is not reversed by a future president. it would have to be reversed by a future congress. >> and with open enrollment for the signature health care law on day two. the