ms. mcmahon? i do agree that we need to fight terrorism and to identify where it is and to hopefully always fight it not on our shores but somewhere else when the need arises. we have to have a firm hand but a strong. policy to strong. >> mr. blumenthal? >> one area where we need to increase our capability is in some of the arms programs where committed has played a leading role. i would reinstitute the f-22 where connecticut hte has played a leading role. it's right for our national security and our economy. >> let's talk about healthcare. ms. mcmahon, you said you would have voted against the health care bill of and you say it's a bad product and you want to repeal it and start over. which portions of the federal law would you have in place, still remaining? >> first, let me address that i do think it is a bad policy and therefore we have a bad product. we need bipartisan debate on something so simple as health care with over 70% of our country and i agree we need health care reform. what the bi

ms. mcmahon?e does not make toys. mattel makes toys. wwe licenses mattel toys to distribute them around the world. i have no doubt, mr. blumenthal, you have bought mattel toys for children over time. what we need to do to encourage our businesses to grow and develop is to make sure we have the right kind of environment. businesses leave our country because we of a 35% corporate tax rate here. -- we have a 35% corporate tax rate here. the average world tax rate is 18%. mr. blumenthal has said he does not want to raise taxes on the middle class. he talks about his 20 years as attorney general. maybe some of you here may not know that, i did not at first, that mr. blumenthal also served as the state legislature -- in the state legislature for six years. was he was there, he voted for the largest -- while he was there, he voted for the largest tax increase ever, at that time. he voted to almost double spending in the state of connecticut. i submit to you, this is his record as a legislator. he had six

ms. mcmahon?s not make toys. mattel makes toys. wwe licenses mattel toys to distribute them around the world. i have no doubt, mr. blumenthal, you have bought mattel toys for children over time. what we need to do to encourage our businesses to grow and develop is to make sure we have the right kind of environment. businesses leave our country because we of a 35% corporate tax rate here. -- we have a 35% corporate tax rate here. the average world tax rate is 18%. mr. blumenthal has sd he does not want to raise taxes on the middle class. he talks about his 20 years as attorney general. maybe some of you here may not know that, i did not at first, that mr. blumenthal also served as the state legislature -- in the state legislature for six years. was he was there, he votedor the largest -- while he was there, he voted for the largest tax increase ever, at that time. he voted to almost double spending in the state of connecticut. i submit to you, this is his record as a legislator. he had six years --

ms. mcmahon? >> wwe does not make toys. mattel makes toys. wwe licenses mattel toys to distribute them around the world. i have no doubt, mr. blumenthal, you have bought mattel toys for children over time. what we need to do to encourage our businesses to grow and develop is to make sure we have the right kind of environment. businesses leave our country because we of a 35% corporate tax rate here. -- we have a 35% corporate tax rate here. the average world tax rate is 18%. mr. blumenthal has said he does not want to raise taxes on the middle class. he talks about his 20 years as attorney general. maybe some of you here may not know that, i did not at first, that mr. blumenthal also served as the state legislature -- in the state legislature for six years. was he was there, he voted for the largest -- while he was there, he voted for the largest tax increase ever, at that time. he voted to almost double spending in the state of connecticut. i submit to you, this is his record as a legislator. he h

ms. mcmahon? wwe does not make toys. mattel makes toys. wwe licenses mattel toys to distribute them around the world. i have no doubt, mr. blumenthal, you have bought mattel toys for children over time. what we need to do to encourage our businesses to grow and develop is to make sure we have the right kind of environment. businesses leave our country because we of a 35% corporate tax rate here. -- we have a 35% corporate tax rate here. the average world tax rate is 18%. mr. blumenthal has said he does not want to raise taxes on the middle class. he talks about his 20 years as attorney general. maybe some of you here may not know that, i did not at first, that mr. blumenthal also served as the state legislature -- in the state legislature for six years. was he was there, he voted for the largest -- while he was there, he voted for the largest tax increase ever, at that time. he voted to almost double spending in the state of connecticut. i submit to you, this is his record as a legislator. he had

ms. mcmahon was accused of there.end of the day, it's not a very honorable way to try to hold the majority. what happens is when you throw spitballs late, often times the negatives come back on your own side. >> what i hear you say is as ugly as it is right now, the next four weeks, guys, it's going to get even uglier. you know what? we'll watch it together with both of you. donna, ed, thank you. >>> jack cafferty is asking if hillary clinton challenges president obama for the democratic nomination in 2012, who would you support also? thousands of bank foreclose euros now on hold because paperwork fell into what's being described as a black hole. >>> teetering electric tower at the center of a paralyzing port accident. stand by to find out what's happening there right now. is spending too much money on printing. i'd like to put you in charge of cutting costs. calm down. i know that it is not your job. what i'm saying... excuse me? alright, fine. no, you don't have to do it. ok? [ male announcer ] notre dame knows it's

ms. mcmahon today. >> would you lie about serving in a war?that i served in vietnam. >> he did. again and again. >> when we returned we sought nothing of this gratitude. >> he covered one lie with another. >> we know that mr. blumenthal in 2003 and 2008 implied that he served in vietnam but he did not go. he was in the marine corp reserve here in the united states. when he was called out on this last spring he said he misspoke and didn't want to deceive the voters and, he says elsewhere in those speeches he connectly characterized his service. so calling it a lie seems like a bit much. his campaign reputed that and said there's nothing new here. still, he did say it. he admits it. so putting it into this ad, we have to put that into the category of "just barely right on." >> tom, appreciate it "keeping them honest." >>> a battle brewing in the tea party. sharon engel is trying to talk a tea party opponent out of the race. >>> and later, a jury gets the case in the horrific home invasion murder of a mom and two daughters killed. details ahead.

ms. mcmahon is trying to convince cnn she didn't mean what she said. telling cnn that she misspoke because she did not the question and what was going on. quote, can i thought i was answering a question i had heard that was about increasing the minimum wage. would i consider that? i never said anything with lowering the minimum wage. that was last week. stop, squirm and run from previous position. stop, squirm and run on more display in kentucky where democrat jack conway is running against republican rand paul. here's what jack conway playing offense in that race looks like. >> and the real answer to medicare would be a $2,000 deductible. >> with medicare, i think one of the answers is we will have to pay more. >> you don't want low deductibles, you want high deductibles. >> now watch stage one of the rand paul stop, squirm and run operation. this is the initial version of a response ad, an ad that rand paul released in response to that attack from jack conway. >> rand paul has never supported high deductibles for seniors. jack conway lies to hide his

ms. mcmahon may think. having been in my job for 20 years and enforcing the law against businesses as well as others, i know that when you take tax credits to create jobs and then you cut your work force, and take home $46 million, something is wrong with this picture of a job creator. that is what conn once, someone who will keep promises and the people of all profits. but the people of connecticut above profit. >> our next question is from chris. >> the biggest issue of the year is the struggling economy. we would like to ask you both about that. mr. blumenthal, as you said, you would make middle-class tax cuts. washington has decided to postpone any votes on tax cuts until after the elections. was that decision by the democrat leaders are wrong? >> i believe that we should have voted -- be congress should have voted right away before going home. i would have preferred to have that boat sooner rather than later because on middle income families, they are struggling. we need not only middle income tax cuts

ms. mcmahon brag about this wellness policy at wwe. that wellness policy is not working too well. there have been seven dead wrestlers since she started campaigning for this office. >> what a choice, joan. >> yeah. >> where do you go to vote elsewhere? i mean, can we bring back chris dodd? chris dodd got out of this race. talk about quality sex and violence, she was -- talk about a lack of shame. i don't ever -- these guys are a piece of work, these two. >> but we have got these democrats now who are facing female ceos and i think that they have been a little bit off their stride in knowing exactly how to deal with their record but their records are very relevant. jerry brown should be doing more with meg whitman's, frankly. in this case, look, it is -- there are major questions about the way she's run her firm and i didn't really think that was out of bounds, chris. i didn't. >> well, i don't think that it's out of bounds either. but i think that from a tactical standpoint on trying to convince and persuade voters, he's on very thin ice. telling a lie and being -- having yourself

ms. mcmahon says look i'm not going to do the issues, i'm just going to do him and sea liar and you should it was incredibly effective ad. >> bill: let me stop you right there. everybody in connecticut knows about that. >> it washes over you and you forget it and move on to the next issue. i think it's good before this election to set that out and then she is talking about the fact by the way, bill, at the same time that connecticut's poverty rate, my home state went up from 7.3% last year to 9.4% this year. that is staggering in connecticut. what's happening to jobs in-to-connecticut. a little less than the national average. but still up for connecticut. that's -- those are the issues that are key. >> bill: still as we pointed out in the talking points memo. obama's favorable rating in connecticut is higher than his unfavorable. >> true. incredibly liberal state. i will tell you this last night at the big debate that they had, she nailed him in looking at him and saying how do you create a job in how do you create a job? well, he stumbled a little bit well, it's a supply and demand. it po

ms. mcmahon brag about this wellness policy at wwe.gn a death clause that absolves wwe of all responsibility if wrestlers are killed in the ring and if the company is at fault, absolves her company of all responsibility. that wellness policy is not working too well. there had been seven dead wrestlers since she started campaigning. >> it's a sport, people die in all sports. laura flanders, is that over the top. >> oh, it's same thing. i mean, now i'm going to agree with john. this is an election that shouldn't be about dead wrestlers. >> why is he bringing it up. >> it could be did b a dead planet. we're talking about wwe. look, there is something to be pointed out here. about mcmahon as a business woman and it's a bizarre thing that people it's case that people make. that because you're a successful business person you will necessarily be a public person does deserve to be pierced. public people have to look out for everybody? ed, i hate do this i agree with laura flanders again. this makes me very nervous. i think that you have somet

ms. mcmahon may think. 20 years in enforcing the law, i know when you take pride tax credits and then cutyou first -- i know that when you take tax credit and then you cut the work force, something is not right with this picture. that is what connecticut once, someone who will put people above profits. >> our next question is from chris. >> the biggest issue of the year is the struggling economy, and so we look like to ask you both about that. mr. bloom of all you have called for middle-class tax cuts, but the democratic leaders have decided to postpone any votes on tax cuts until after the elections. was that decisions by the democratic leaders wrong? >> i believe for should have voted and the congress should have voted right away before going home. i would have preferred, as other members are delegation what have preferred, to have that phvote sooner, because middle income families are struggling. we need not only the middle income tax cuts now, but also programs that build small businesses, provide them with the capital they need to expand. we need better trade policy so that we can ex