national republicans are keeping their distance. >> the state party isn't helping us and we're asking the national republicans senatorial to help us. we've got the democratic senatorial committee coming after me. we're hoping that the national republican senatorial committee will help us and there's 2 1/2 weeks left and they're not. today chris cones is well ahead where he likely would have been trailing had he been facing mike castle.

when a national republican senatorial committee in preparing for an ad in west virginia, had a casting call for actors for this ad and they said, could you wear some john deere hats and something hicky, please. this caused a little bit of a problem for the guy running in west virginia, for that senate seat. the third thing really isn't so much of a problem of what's happening now but later. how are they going to integrate the tea party into this party? the 15 million or 20 million voters who will probably go to the polls as tea party members this year are upset with deficits and entitlementless. things that the republican party has no record of doing anything about for the last 20 years, since early reagan. and reconciling the republicans' rhetoric on these issues with what the energized part of the party is going to come to vote for in the next couple of weeks is really a challenge. you mentioned the money and the tea party -- >> you mentioned the money and the tea party. is a lot of that money going to tea party candidates or establishment republican candidates? >> it's hard to tell.

time for tonight's tool time award and we're going to go ahead and give it to the national republican senatorial committee they got into some hot water over an ad that they released attacking a senate candidate in west virginia take a look. obama's mess and things spending money we don't have stimulus obamacare and joe manchin supported it all joe is not bad as governor but when he's with obama he turns into washington joe and washington joe does whatever obama wants what we better keep joe manchin right here west virginia away from washington that the only way we're going to stop. that you know it is all those actors in their flannel shirts in worn out hats making like intellectuals well it turns out the ad was shot in philadelphia with philly actors but the real drama comes in from the casting call that was sent out and the kind of actors that they were looking for under wardrobe for the casting call it read we're going for a picky blue collar look and these characters are from west virginia so think coal mine trucker looks and each character should bring several options and stay away from all black or

famous "i am not a witch commercial" says the gop senatorial committee is not helping her campaign in delaware. >> we're asking the national republican senatorial to help us. we've got the democratic senatorial committee coming after me. we're hoping that the national republican senatorial committee will help us. but, it's two and a half weeks left and they're not. >> a spokesman for the gop committee says it gave o'donnell the maximum contribution of $42,000. >>> overseas, there is a new terror threat against europe particularly france. on sunday, the french interior minister said the threat was real. france boosted security last month when it began receiving threats. this latest alert comes from the saudi intelligence service warning of a potential attack by al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. french security forces are in what's described as a high vigilance mode. >>> the pentagon says it's ready to deal with another massive leak of secret war documents. as many as 500,000 iraq war documents could be released by wikileaks as early as today. the pentagon says it has a 120-member team ready to review the documents. >> these may be ma

the national republican senatorial committee has pulled that ad. it is no longer going to be running. but certainly, a little bit black eye for the republicans in this contest. >> yeah. all right. deputy political director, all the news from our newsroom this morning, thanks. >>> turning now to today's big number, one you can bet republican candidates will be citing again and again until election day, unemployment not budging, holding stead date 9.6% in september as the economy loses another 95,000 jobs, more than expected. cnbc's trish regan joins us now. so trish, how do you expect wall street to react to this and was this worse than analysts have forecast? >> savannah it actually came in pretty much on target. nobody was expecting this to be a great report. i can tell that you hourly earnings and the private payroll numbers were somewhat below consens consensus, but overall, you know it held steady at 9.6% that sort of was within line of expectations. the other reality here we did see a little bit of improvement in the last two revisions. so, al

now take a look at the commercial that the national republican senatorial committee has been running against west virginia democratic senate candidate, joe manchin. check this out. >> obama's messing things up about. >> spending money we don't have. >> yeah. >> stimulus, obama care. >> yeah, and joe manchin supported it all. >> joe's not bad as governor, but when he's with obama -- >> yeah, he turns into "washington joe." >> and washington joe does whatever obama wants. >> yeah well we better keep joe manchin right here in west virginia. >> away from washington. >> yep, it's the only way we're going to stop obama. >> uh-huh. >> the national republican senatorial committee is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> they sure are responsible for that content. this just in, those weren't west virginia good old boys at a cav tear kbrap they were actors. as i said, boehner's a fraud, so is that commercial. the commercial wasn't even shot in west virginia, it was shot in philadelphia. the casting call for the think hill billy said, "we're going for a hickey blue collar look." w

the national republican senatorial committee decided to pull the ad hours after politico published it 5:49 and 55 degrees. time for traffic and weather. >> adam caskey, you have nothing but -- >> fantastic assignment. we go from sweatshirt to shorts and short sleeve. or from soup to barbecue. it was good soup weather. >> this gives you more time to deal with the stink bug problem it your house that we learned about? >> it was in the blind. it crawled in there. you can't put the vacuum in and suck it up because it stinks. i got it in a water bottle and sealed it. there it goes. let's look at the conditions. high yesterday 77. i'm not the only one with that problem. you should see some of the postings on facebook. the high yesterday 77 in reagan. 73 in frederick. we have similar temps today compared to yesterday. culpeper topped out at 81. talk about short sleeve weather, from sweat shirts to shorts and short sleeves. 58 at reagan now. 49 in dulles. manassas down to 43. warmer in southern maryland, 57 in frederick. mid 40's to mid 50's. here is a wider view. d.c. right here on the cente

dickey's type jacket a spokesman for the national republican senatorial committee said they didn't knowe and pulled the ad. the irony is republicans didn't have to use actors in philadelphia to capture concerns about manchin. we went to this real west virginia diner this week and heard the sentiment unscripted. >> i can see generally pretty happy here in the state. had some people voting for senator, i would be more voting for someone who's just going to straight up proposal on the agenda. >> reporter: no hat, no flannel. in fact, the real foul play with this ad seems to be stereotyping west virginians. >> somehow they were hicks and rednecks. >> reporter: even democratic ad makers admit they use actors. >> if you have to go to paid actors as a second or a third resort, then, you know, because of tight timelines, you may have to go there. >> reporter: take this democratic senate ad now running against missouri republican roy blunt. >> roy is the life of the party in d.c. >> his wife, great. >> reporter: that woman is an actress. >> and of course, for all the latest political news go to

a spokesman for the national republican senatorial committee says they did not know about the castingcall language and pulled the ad. the reality is they didn't have to use actors in philadelphia to capture concerns. we went to this real diner in west virginia and heard the sentiment unscripted. >> we are happy here in the state. i would not vote for him for senate. >> reporter: no trucker hat, not flannel. the real foul play seems to be stereotyping west virginiaens. even democratic ad makers admit both parties use actors. >> if you have to go to paid actors as a second or third resort, then, because of tight time lines you may have to go there. >> reporter: take this democratic senate ad running against missouri republican roy blunt. >> roy is the life of the party. his wife, great. >> reporter: that woman is an actress. back on the republicans' west virginia ad. the nrc provided an e-mail to underscore that they didn't know about or authorize the request for hicky attire and it was a subcontractor who used the language, and the original request said they were look forge a male 55,

national republicans are keeping their distance. >> the state party isn't helping us and we're asking the national republicans senatorial to help us. we've got the democratic senatorial committee coming after me. we're hoping that the national republican senatorial committee will help us and there's 2 1/2 weeks left and they're not. today chris cones is well ahead where he likely would have been trailing had he been facing mike castle. who would have been a stronger and more difficult opponent. >> oh, congressman castle, absolutely. he's got experience. he's got years of insight. was a two-term governor and has the experience that comes from knowing how to make hard decisions and then their consequences. >> so you're glad it's o'donnell who won the primary. >> i'm not sure it's good for delaware -- for. >> for you or your complain. >> i went from being significantly down to up in the polls from an outside in view it's a positive in terms of my chances in the election. but i don't think it's been positive for delaware. there's been a huge amount of attention paid to things that aren't directly kweked to what matters to delaware. >> and tom ross, chairman of the state republican

. >> we are hoping the national republican senatorial committee will help us. but it is two and a half weeks left and they're not. >> reporter: money is tight for democrats too, with leaders even cutting off ad money to a dozen house incumbents now expected to lose. >> what we are doing is moving around money based on where the greatest dangers are. >> reporter: but the democrats are still worried. that's why you will see president obama traveling to the west coast again this week, california, oregon, washington, traditionally democratic states, but they now have races that are in play. david kerley, abc news, washington. >>> some big campaign projects begin today for both parties. the first lady's work on the campaign trail is not over. she campaigns in new york and connecticut today. the vice president, meanwhile, will be in washington state and stae meanwhile, republican sarah palin starts a bus tour called the tea party express that will kick off in nevada. senate candidates debate today in west virginia, alaska, and connecticu >>> french leaders say been w

. >>> the national republican senatorial committee has pulled an ad in west virginia that sent out acasting call for people with a quote kicky blue collar look. >> he's not bad as governor. when he's with obama, he turns into washinon joe. >> this is the spot against west virginia governor joe manchin who is running for the senate seat. both he and his republican opponent have slammed the ad. in addition to asking for people who look like hicks, the casting call for the ad suggested actors ar flannel shirts, vests and beat-up truckers' hats. there has been no response from the casting agency so far. >>> south african no bell peace prize loreat bishop desmond tutu retired from public life today, his sfint birthday. he played a pivotal role in south africa's struggle against apartheid. more recently, he work for freedom and justice worldwide and he push for treatment programs totop the spread of hiv and aids. president obama called him a moral titan who will be missed. bishop tutusaid he plans to enjoy moretime with his family and will spend more time watching cricket. >>> a long lost

the national republican senatorial committee released a new ad tying him directly to presume on whose disapproval rating is running high there. >> he's not bad as governor but when with obama, turns into washington show and he does what obama wants. >> yeah. >> and sharoneningel leads harry reid by their points. there are 37 gubernatorial races to be decided. >>> some of the country's most popular cars car being ranked. >> crash test ratings. how does your vehicle measure up. the fox 5 money team has everything you need to know before you get behind the wheel. fox 5 news at 5 is coming back. s my dad is the supervisor of a train station and my mom's a teacher. my dad's an auto technician. my mom's a receptionist. i'm not sure i would have been able to afford college without the tuition freeze. while tuition in other states is rising out of reach... governor o'malley made the tough choice to freeze tuition. he made my dream of going to college into a reality. i'm the first in my family to go to college. my brother and i never would have been able to afford college. even though times we

a spokesman for the national republican senatorial committee says they did not know about the castingd the ad. the irony is republicans didn't have to use actors in philadelphia to capture concerns about mansion. we went to this real west virginia diner this week and heard the sentiment unscripted. >> i would be voting someone who is going to oppose obama's agenda. >> somehow they were hicks and rednecks. >> reporter: even democratic ad makers admit both parties use actors. >> if you have to go to paid actors as a second or a third resort, then because of tight timelines, you may have to go there. >> reporter: take this democratic senate ad now running against missouri republican roy blunt. >> roy is the life of the party. his wife, great. >> that woman is an actress. >> and that was dana bash reporting. of course, for all the latest political news, go to our website. >>> eight years ago, the nation held its breath waiting as nine trapped miners were rescued in pennsylvania. we'll hear what advice one of the survivors has for the trapped miners in chile. , we understand... that while

the casting call what went out by the national republican senatorial committee is running this commercial against joe mansion in west virginia. i want to give everybody a look at the commercial again. the video of it. according to what the casting sheet was asking, they were going for a hicky blue-collar book, and the talent agency said this was asked for by the nrsc, the independent expenditure ad they paid for. what's your take on this? >> i think it's standard practice for casting companies to put out advertisements. i'm sure your viewers see them all the time. there's different characters in this. when you advertise, words like hicky, which is really rather derogatory, it doesn't make you come across like you're in touch with the voters of the states. that was the nrc's problem with this. they should not proof the word it became basically derogatory to west virginians. >> and they're talking about joe mansion balking obama joe. just to pass on, the republican officials tell nbc that the controversial tv ad apparently hitting joe mansion featuring the "hicky" actors will be rotated out

it was paid for by the national republican senatorial committee. they cast actors. they were hired to play roles of people in west virginia. people of modest means. they put out terms like hickey and things really unflattering. that has been a real problem. >> anyway, meaning they had a short shelf life. just at a time when they are saying to people would be better served by the republican candidate. here they go hiring actors to play the citizens. in this case they were caught in with an unflattering betrayal. the committee says it wasn't them, it was a third-party group putting out thing call. so joe mansion gets help by having the ad pulled. >> let's talk about nevada sharron angle in a two-point lead over harry reid. >> this is a significant race. it has been a race where she's been closing the gap, and then getting an edge on harry reid. this close to the election, this is really difficult for reid, who has been trying to pull out all the stops. the basic theme is to portray sharron angle as crazy, using the word in some of his campaign materials. and she's bee

. >> the national republican senatorial committee is responsible for the content of this advertisementcommercial for the republicans? >> you probably already know. that was shot in south philadelphia. >> do you have any idea why they cast this? why they went to philly to get the west virginia feel? you'd think they want to go out in the country. >> i don't know if that much thought went into it, but when you actually, chris. but if you're hiring an author someone who can or cannot do dialects andç give material. you go where the work is and i guess the availability is there. >> i have to tell you i've been to a lot of dinets in the morning, guys read the paper, hang out with the boys. not just retirees, guys their age, your age. >> yeah. >> and i didn't find that commercial to be negative if n any way. along the pennsylvania turnpike, along the highway. the guys are wearing cat hats, caterpillar hats, fine. your accent, did you work on that to make yourself seem more mountain state or what? or did you just do your regular south jersey accent or what. >> no, i mean, there was a little

will have more on that here are the ads, this against joe manchin, put up by the national republican senatorial committeema's messing things up. >> spending money we don't v. >> yeah. >> stimulus, obamacare can. >> and joe manchin support it had all. >> joe is not bad as governor, but when he is with obama -- >> he turns into washington joe. >> and washington joe does whatever obama wants. >> yeah, well we better keep joe man chin right here in west virginia. >> away from washington. >> yep, the only way we are going to stop obama. >> so hokey, what do you think? don't trust him in washington? >> this has been the most effective argument against joe manchin. people in west virginia like him a lot, very popular governor, so the argument is let's keep him here. >> keep him leashed. away from that washington -- >> where he will be corrupted. >> he will be corrupted, just be another -- >> he will go potomac. this ad for marco rubio in the florida senate race put up by american crossroads, the karl rove group, probably expect this one to be what it is. let's listen. >> the choice is clear. marco rubio stood u

the national republican senatorial committee brought in $6.2 million for the first two weeks of october and that ended down their democrat ek rivals who raised $5.7 million. that is just pennies on the dollar compared to the maximum amounts of cash that secret are now flooding into the campaign. by some estimates, $3 billion. emily, the staff writer for roll call, we're going to follow the money trail. good morning. >> good morning, alex. >> so this election has taken a whole new dynamic about spending. tell us about what has exchanged here and secret donors, how they're playing a bigger role. >> third party spending this cycle has been huge. some of it has to do with 2010 the way that unions and companies can direct cash into campaigns. so that lifted it up a little bit. these third party groups have been the focus of the white house ire in particular. you've heard president obama single out the chamber of commerce. they've been pouring money particularly into republican campaigns. i'm not saying the democrats aren't using these, too, but they're being outspent. chris van hole lntd is

. >> that's put out by the national republican senatorial committee. ordinary people in the diner. or so it would seem. as you look at these three people, listen to a memo from the talent agency, that's right, talent agency, that found these three. quote, we're going for a hickey, blue collar look. john deere hats, not new, preferably beat up, and trucker look. the people he wants to appeal too. we should stress this memo is not from the candidate himself but shows the attitude of some of the people at the talent agency who worked behind the scenes. these actors are getting paid $400 a day according to the casting memo. you might recognize the ordinary guy in the middle, damian, working here as an extra on "saturday night live." we saw his video where he describes himself as an actor, filmmaker, broadcaster and host. oh, and here he is also on "who wants to be a millionaire." by the way, he says on his site that he's got no comment about the west virginia ad but he is still available for work. he has a quote, says let's move on now, and produce together. which actually kind of soun

a whole host of our candidates that the national republican senatorial committee has targeted are doing far better. >> why do you think it's closing, if i could just ask? >> i think people are beginning in the last 30 days, when they really hone in on the election, looking at the differences. and i look at that "new york times" poll that says, who is more likely to fight for the middle class, by a 55-33 margin, the answer is democrats. and so that middle class understands who got us into this economic mess, the republicans and the eight years of the bush economic policies, who's trying to turn it around, who fights for them, versus who fights for the special interests every day in the united states senate. our republican colleagues have used the filibuster to stand up for big oil, big business, big insurance, and they understand that's not on their side. >> let me tell you something, senator menendez, about one of your colleagues on the republican side of the aisle, senator jim demint, has a pac, a political action committee of his own with money in it. he's going to spend it running ad

the national republican senatorial committee said tuesday that it was launching a tv ad for the republican, john r rasee. when they invest their money, what does that mean to you? >> well, again, the -- we would not even have believed that connecticut or west virginia could be on the map. manchin had a nice lead back at the end of the summer. he's now behind rasee. he is -- because he said once this year, although he's poplar at home, he said i would have supported health care reform. this ads coming now from the republican party, painting him as obama's boy. they say when he comes to washington, he's, you know, he's just another, you know, obama yes man. and so this is very harmful for him politically back in west virginia. again, look at incumbent versus outsider. you know, rase re is a mine own. that's a very big interest in west virginia. you see why he's been able to close the gap. >> what has been cable catnip today for all of us is the discussion from the obama administration about hillary clinton and joe biden switching jobs. let's listen to what hillary clinton had to say about th

the national republican senatorial committee right now is only in four states.ey're also from washington. they're in kentucky. they're in colorado and they're in west virginia. and that's it. look at how american crossroads here is able to basically fill in the gaps everywhere else. mean while, the democratic senatorial committee, they don't have a lot of help on the outside. there's not many other groups out there. they have to be in all of the states themselves. so they're in colorado and they're in missouri and sitting in pennsylvania, pennsylvania states that only crossroads is in. the national republicans are not in there. they're also in illinois, again, astate that the republicans are not in. only crossroads is in. a very expensive state. look at connecticut another state republicans aren't in. but the democratic senatorial campaign committee is in. so you see what these outside groups have meant as far as filling in the gaps for the republicans. let me show you one state in particular because colorado is probably the state that is seeing more outside act

from austin, texas, john cornyn, chairman of the national republican senatorial committee can. from st. louis, democrat claire mccaskill. you say this is going to be a wave election. what does that mean? and will republicans take back the senate on november 2? >> chris, this is going to be a referendum on unpopular policies that have been shoved through congress on a very fast track, where the american people wondered has congress even read the bills or do they understand the impact? the president said today, i believe, in the "new york times" magazine that there isn't such a thing as shovel-ready projects. he just finally discovered that after we spent $787 billion on ill-conceived stimulus. this is going to be a referendum on the administration policy, majority controlled by the democrats the last two years. it's going to be about jobs, spending and debt. that simple. >> chris: if i may, sir, let me ask you to give me a simple answer to my other question: will republicans take back the senate on november 2? >> we're going to fight for every seat we can possibly get. we have 12

national republicans because they had supported jane norton. have they come on board or is this entirely a tea party funded surge? >> no, it really is funded by the national republican senatorial committee and also all these independent committees to get to the $5 million of which buck has had probably close to half of it in advertising, it really is a full-scale effort of the republicans to take this seat. and as i say, up until about a week ago, it looked like they were going to. this is a state, as you know, that just two years ago the president won it by nine percentage points, which was unusual for colorado to go democratic. but this entire year, colorado voters have been saying they're dissatisfied with washington. obviously upset about the economy. and it's been helping the republicans in the polls. at this point, it now looks like it's a ground game. this could be a one or two-point race. >> reporter: are the issues driving this economic or social? >> well, needless to say, the republicans have been talking about the economy, government debt, the health care takeover which they consider really key issues for them and they do poll well in colorado. the democrats have been able to

national republicans because they had supported jane norton. have they come on board or is this entirely a tea party funded surge? >> no, it really is funded by the national republican senatorial committee and also all these independent committees to get to the $5 million of which buck has had probably close to half of it in advertising, it really is a full-scale effort of the republicans to take this seat. and as i say, up until about a week ago, it looked like they were going to. this is a state, as you know, that just two years ago the president wonit by nine percentage points, which was unusual for colorado to go democratic. but this entire year, colorado voters have been saying they're dissatisfied with washington. obviously upset about the economy. and it's been helping the republicans in the polls. at this point, it now looks like it's a ground game. this could be a one or two-point race. >> reporter: are the issues driving this economic or social? >> well, needless to say, the republicans have been talking about the economy, government debt, the health care takeover which they consider really key issues for them and they do poll well in colorado. the democrats have been able to

the republicans want to make sure, the national republican senatorial committee had nothing to do with the costing call for hickey actors. it's got to be somewhat embarrassing to be seen sort of, let's separate it out even more. the us versus them. the high class versus low class sort of strategy. >> right. well, you know, i'm of two minds on this. on the one hand if you watch these campaign ads you can tell that these people are actors, they're not real voters most of the time. sometimes they are. you can frequently tell that it's staged. the fact is there is something comical about a party that's calling for tax cuts that would proportionally benefit high-income earners who are sort of trying to recruit people who look like real people to try to sell a message that is in many ways tailored, actually, toward a different segment of the population. and this is a common democratic critique of the modern republican party. that it's a party that is representing corporate and business interests, but presenting them and packaging them in a way to working-class, middle-income voters, and bein

the national republican senatorial committee fired the media consulting firm that put out that, quoteckey, actor casting that we talked about earlier this week for the west virginia ad. give us the back story on that. >> there was an ad in west virginia, showed a couple guys in flannel shirts at a diner criticizing the governor there, jim manchin running for senate. saying in washington he was obama. the casting call asked for hickey-looking, countryish actors. they said think truck drivers. they said wide stripes, not narrow stripes. people in west virginia didn't care for this description. and when politico exposed it, the national republican senatorial committee said, whoa, we didn't have anything to do with this. even our ad company didn't have anything to do with this. this was just an outside casting agent. yesterday that casting agent went public with e-mails showing she had just cut and pasted that description from the ad company. the nrsc said they had been misled. they fired the ad company. but the ad may have done its damage. the controversy may have done its damage. a new

donald trump is going to be holding a fund-raiser for the national republican senatorial committee.ess of his heart, for business reasons, or is he trying to get going in 2012? we don't know. but he has expressed interest in running. >>> let's talk about the battle for the senate. the republicans need to win back ten seats if they're going to take back the chamber. that's a tall order. possible, but a tall order. brand new cnn poll. let's start in west virginia. this is a seat that the late senator robert byrd had. but look at those poll numbers. 44% for joe manchin. he is the democrat running for that seat. 44% as well for john rasee. that's up for grabs. move on to wisconsin. russ feingold is the democratic incumbent. the senator there. he is in trouble. our poll indicates that the republican challer, johnson, is up 52% to 44%. over feingold. troubling poll there for russ feingold. that's what i got. mark, back to you, man. >>> good news. in massachusetts, governor duval patrick in a new survey shows that he is up seven points s charley baker. cahill has seemed to fade into the ba

doing this essentially or at least approving it and what the republicans did the national republicans senatorial committeet ad in west virginia. they hired a talent agency, it wasn't the republicans direct lease, they hired a talent agency and they said they were looking for quote, people who have the hickey, blue collar look to sit there on camera and complain about the governor, joe mansion who is now running for senate. i think we have the ad, maybe we could show it to them as i'm asking dick about it. is it the same thing, dick? >> absolutely not. this is mtv, the folks that brought you "jersey shore" that brought you flav-a-flav. that brought you bret michaels with all his skanc girlfriends. megyn: did you say the f-word, the one that starts with f and ends with k. >> skank. megyn: it's my career flashing before my eyes. >> megyn, here is what you've got to understand. brad and i wouldn't make the cut. you'd be on the show. >> speak for yourself. >> we are ugly people we are not going to make the cut. brad i see you on the monitor, buddy. megyn: this is from a man who hasn't seen me at 7:00 in the mo