either weiland or pressler could win this. >> although the movement is with pressler. if pressler rising, there bunch of voters who don't think that they want to vote for democrat but are uncomfortable with rounds. the wildcard is weiland. that kind has been between 1% and eight or 9% in the polls. >> this is a very smart move with democrats. this could change the whole thing. now, we present a tale of two ads. in new hampshire, scott brown is being attacked on women's rights. in north carolina, kay hagan is being attacked for being weak on isil. today, each candidate had an ad that would be identical. here, side-by-side are scott brown on women's rights and kay hagan line foreign policy. >> i want you to know the facts. >> i am kay hagan, speaker tillis should be ashamed for saying that i would let our soldiers die in vain. >> i am pro-choice, i support continued funding for planned parenthood, and i believe that women should have access to contraception. >> i have been clear and decisive, supporting airstrikes and aggressive tactics to eradicate them. >> senator shah

pressler/rounds one on one, pressler's up 15 points. >> in this new poll. a couple other polls that show weiland and pressler pulling even. when they put the two together, it's 54-39 pressler. one poll. >> i said it's a million dollars from the democratic party and that might not sound like a lot but a million dollars goes a long way in south dakota. there's another million dollars that's just come into the race. a stanford professor who has decided to make it his life's work to crusade against big money in politics to get the whole super pac system dissolved, to crusade against citizens united in every way he can, he's got the pac to end all pacs. he's running essentially as an anti-corruption guy. he wants rounds to lose this seat. i'm not sure he cares between weiland and pressler as i can tell, but he just announced his pack is going in with a million dollars into this race as well. >> that's more pro-weiland in nature. this is how super pacs can complicate things. the ideal here for democrats would be you got a million bucks to take down mike rounds. y

so i'm larry pressler running today.e going back into my old house records for the 1970s and saying i voted against social security. that's not true. that was a tabling issue that senator mcgovern was -- >> let's pick that point up. i asked rick weiland the biggest difference he wants people to know between he and larry pressler and he cited two things. when you look at social security right now, are you open to the idea of raising the retirement age and are you opened to the idea of private accounts? >> no and no. i'm not open to raising the age and i'm not open to private accounts. i'm a champion of the elderly. my campaign is larger c.o.l.a. for the citizens because it's not based on the cost of food or things that they need to buy. i'm in favor of increasing the c.o.l.a. and on social security, even rick weiland is not for increasing the c.o.l.a. i'm not for overturning roe versus wade. i support the south dakota abortion law. >> if you as a united states senator had to vote on a supreme court justice who you believe

. >> i'm larry pressler. i'm here on the farm i grew up on and so have at my brother pitted democrats are attacking me for social security votes from 30 years ago but they now i -- social security. republicans are attacking me for that run checks on guns when they know i supported the bob dole plan and on the keystone the pressler pipeline plan is dedicated to north dakota oil not canadian tar sands oil. that's south dakota jobs and independence. >> it's time to do something different on election day you were going to vote for the candidate you really support, not the one other people are saying is supposed to win. you are going to make up your own mind and vote on principle, not on blind loyalty to politicians who aren't loyal to you. my name is gordon howie and i approve this message. with your support i will be the next u.s. senator from south dakota. now a debate for an open u.s. senate seat in south dakota. democrats which -- rick weiland is running against mike rounds. there are two independents in the

when you look at pressler's i.d.is experience in washington, is that a good thing or is that a bad thing from what you hear. i think a lot of people have -- and he's got a voting record and it it will get scrutinized, i'm sure going forward. and he was doing his thing and the focus has been on mike brown and rick weiland and the fact that mike rounds is down to 35% says that this will not be the coronation that he and the republicans thought it was going to be. who would have thought south dakota would be at play. how will you make up seven points in the polls? >> i think these polls are all over the the map. our internals are strong. we can close this gap. part of what i think happens here is that people begin to focus pressler to have moved from rounds as a result of the eb-5 scandal and the fact that he didn't do that while in his own primary and he lost 45% of the vote and spent all of the money and he's got two other in the race because part of the republican party isn't there and shannon and now that the vote's

it is still a hail mary. >> pressler has no staff.le go negative on pressler -- you have two guys being pummeled. eventually while and could sneak up the middle. it is still a longshot but a reasonable investment of $1 million for a committee that has a lot of money. >> if you're driving around los angeles today, buckle up for a long ride trade president obama is in town. he just landed her at this time it is for a dinner at the home of one of paltrow -- gwyneth paltrow. we all know that shakespeare was in love with gwinnie. >> a lot of people in that room tonight. they sound a little bit like leon panetta. some are disappointed in the president. one of their big issues -- some of them are disappointed in the terms of leadership. some of them who are very strongly supporters of israel. this is still a crowd that is writing checks, but i guarantee you there are people in that room tonight you are not as enthusiastic as they were. >> not just from the left or right, but it's also the personal thing. a lot of these people who went a long

pressler. pressler: i feel strongly that the keystone pipeline should be altered in montana and north dakota and midwestern refineries. to hault oil all the way down to louisiana coast to coast and then ship it back to south dakota in the midwest costs 1 dollar a gallon in terms of your fuel costs. i believe strongly that we need to american pipelines and they should be made into an american pipeline. president obama can alter it or demand it be altered. to go to nd eastward to the refineries in chicago minnesota and wisconsin keeps the oil in the midwest. if we haul it to louisiana's governor rounds suggests and all the way back by train and truck it will be about 1 dollar a gallon more on your fuel bill when you are filling up your car. at the three-point pipeline plan and i resent governor rounds saying that we have not discussed that. we have had all these debates where i presented my plan and he has not attended. we do need to buy plants and north dakota. it's better environmentally to mov

weiland supports obamacare like pressler. weiland sports strict new gun laws, just like pressler.comes to looking out for south dakota, both fall flat. >> pressler joked about his new status as the guy to beat at a candidate forum yesterday. t. >> both parties are attacking me. i'm like a rabbit with a bunch of fellas with shotguns coming at me. >> former senator larry pressler is joining me now by phone. i appreciate your time. the simple question is, are democrats right to think you might caucus with them? >> i made no commitment. and they should not assume that. i'm taking the advice of senator king and i'm staying uncommitted until i get to washington. if i get there. and i will look out for south dakota's best interests, but also, the main thing with me is, which party will give me roll call votes on fundamental issues that i'm interested in? i'm very much an issues guy. i want to legislate and so i will have to see. zb >> so give me a sense this hen. who would the country be better off with? harry reid or mitch mcconnell. >> i'm not going into that at this point. it is entir

pressler. it's your opportunity for an opening statement. >> i'm senator larry pressler, independent candidate for the united states senate. i run as an independent to end the poisonous dispute between republicans and democrats. south dakota needs a powerful senator. and as an independent i could bring back my seniority to the united states senate. i have served three terms in the senate already and i can bring my seniority back and that would be great power to the state of south dakota. also independents will play a big role in the new sfat. it appears that there may be four independent united states senators and they could basically work to elect new leadership in a closely divided senate. we could also insist on having basic roll call votes on budgetary matters to help budget the ball -- balance the budget. i'm eager to serve as an independent in the united states senate and i think i could bring a great deal of power to south dakota. also, there are many issues for our senior citizens, farm

i understand that pressler and senator reid are friends.alking about it on the campaign trail, so i don't know what's all tess bottom of this. all i know is they need to get out of south dakota if they're not going to run a positive race. i need help, we need our people to the polls. there's enough to be said about protectings and expanding social security and medicare. they should be helping me with that message. that message wins in south dakota. >> you think there's a win between former senator pressler and harry reid, who spend on spent many years in the senate, you're an odd man out, whether you're a "d" or not? >> you'll have to ask senator reid. all i know is larry pressler has been talking about having contributed to senator reid. the fact that i juan reid's choice, he told me that from the get-go. he said it publicly. the fact that i believe he has stood in the way of people trying to help me. it is what it is. all i'm saying -- the point i made today was go positive or get out of my state. >> well, they're not going to do that. th

pressler, the bottle on the keystone xl pipeline? >> where governor rounds is wrong is you cannot carry north dakota crude in the same pipeline as tar sands oil. that is a lie that is been told to by the oil companies. keystone, original plan was to move canadian tar sand oil to louisiana. far,hat they are under they say we will put some north dakota crude in there. you cannot. i looked at an engineering report today. that would be impossible to do. our shipper should be told that. we need to bang american pipelines running in north two american pipelines taking them to midwestern refineries and bringing it back to south dakota. this is absurd. the keystone pipeline cannot carry north dakota crude. >> with all due respect to senator pressler, i talked directly to the individuals who are building the keystone xl-i. they are clear they have reserved 10% of the allowable space on that pipeline to bring north dakota crude, which is a light, sweet crude, different than the tar ssands. they would not say that if it were not true. they can

we go deep inside the rushmore state with potential future senator larry pressler.hat's next. ♪ >> the four biggest political players are the guys running for u.s. senate. one of them is our guest tonight. senator pressler, welcome. >> thank you. >> the entire country or the political world is surprised that south dakota is suddenly the most exciting senate race. are you as surprised as the rest of the political world to find yourself in this position? >> i have been working for two years and i am doing retail politics. i have spent 100 $60,000 on the whole campaign but it is amazing that with -- my creditors have $6 million and $9 million expenditures. we need to elect more independence to senate. we may have one coming and we need for and that is enough to have a small caucus. want to be an independent voice and an independent can be powerful. we have a divided senate. if one has the ability to work with both sides and i will ring my seniority back to the senate and south dakota needs that. in terms of some of the great corporations that are not serving our farmer

but all of a sudden the polls show pressler and rounds basically neck and neck. >> it is crazy. it was one of the quixotic campaigns where he wasn't expecting to win. he said if i win i'll demand a recount on my own win. we're seeing dissatisfaction with incumbents. you see incumbents in some states in both parties lose ground. pat roberts is kind of the ultimate incumbent. >> yep. >> so a very dramatic turn of events in south dakota. we should say this is not yet kansas. you have one poll showing pressler close. >> and in kansas we're pretty sure even if roberts is ahead, it's a real race. he is no sure thing. then there's the question of alaska which is proving to be this really intense race. you got mark begich there who is the incumbent, son of a congressman running against a republican attorney general. and it's just been impossible to get good polling out of that state. >> yeah, i tend to think alaska is not as complicated a case as states like kansas where you have a pretty clear consensus of nonpartisan polls that show sullivan. alaska historically they tend to be too ge

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. >> after using a beef packing plant to sell citizenship to wealthy chinese investors, rounds gave tax breaks to a shady offshore corporation to keep the scheme afloat. mike rounds, schemes, special favors, investigations. >> if rounds loses and republicans don't pick up south dakota, their path to the majority in the u.s. senate becomes steeper. in several competitive house races, the top issue involves the candidate's character or lack of character. colorado democrat andrew roman-off is getting hit with this: >> andrew romanoff, the dishonest spending politician who cares about himself. in. >> in new york, democrats are reminding voters that republican depressionman michael grim is under a 20-count federal criminal indictment. >> on top of all of that, i have an election to win. i will

some older republican voters are preferring pressler to round. think they probably don't know that pressler actually endorsed president obama in 2008 and 2012. he might well sit with the democratic caucus. but right now, round and pressler and wyland are in a relatively close, three-way battle. round is still ahead. we differ on, polls differ on what the margin is. i think they can rescue round but republicans are having to spend money if and time rescuing round in red south dakota, rescuing pat roberts in red kansas. that is money and time they can't spend in the majority-maker states where they need to defeat democratic inup incumbents like arkansas, alaska, louisiana and so on. shannon: let's turn to the governor races. they do hold a lot of power and sway, even over federal issues. think about expansion of medicaid under obamacare. i mean governors are very important in the bigger scheme and bicker picture as well. a lot of them may be losing their jobs. >> there are 11 in deep trouble. 28 incumbents running out of 36 seats that have governor

you are going to see -- republicans are going to go in negative against pressler.ng to try to take him out. they say great. wyland. get up to 35 36 you could win this race. it's still a long shot. stale a hail mary. but sometimes you have to catch that pass. >> pressler has no staff. and negative on rounds. two guys being pummeled. not a crazy thing to do. still a long shot, but a reasonable investment for a committee that has a lot of money. >> if you are driving around los angeles, buckle up, because president obama is in town raising dough and clogging up the streets. he is at a dinner at gwyneth paltrow. shakespeare was in love with her. >> a lot of people in that room, even the ones that bring big checks are going to sound like the one we talked to. sound like opinion etta and lindsay graham. climate change is a big issue. some of them are very strongly supporters of israel. so this is a crowd that is writing checks but there are people in that room that are not as enthusiastic about that. >> not just from the left or the right, but the personal thing. a lot o

you have one poll showing pressler close.t have a whole series of polls that show him ahead. >> and in kansas we're pretty sure even if roberts is ahead, it's a real race. he is no sure thing. then there's the question of alaska which is proving to be this really intense race. you got mark begich there who is the incumbent, son of a congressman, running against a republican attorney general. and it's just been impossible to get good polling out of that state. >> yeah, i tend to think alaska is not as complicated a case as states like kansas where you have a pretty clear consensus of nonpartisan polls that show sullivan ahead. alaska historically they tend to be too generous to democrats. but it's a strange state. begich has an operation that he brags about. sometimes that stuff is bs, but sometimes like in nevada in 2010 he bragged a lead in the poll and he did. >> finally a huge bunch of fox news polls came out tonight which is probably the strongest round of republican polling so far. what's your take on that? >> they didn'

as an independent, i will be accountable only to you. >> if pressler wins arepublican don't pick up the senate seat, their decline becomes -- climb becomes steeper. republicans face a problem in kansas. pat roberts up against a challenge from greg orman on the right. this week, they had a debate and it underscored their differences on healthcare. we had a stenl that is market driven. >> any senators who tells you see he is going to repeal the affordable care act is ignoring the reality that president obama will simply veto the bill. >> orman said he would work with both parties to change the incentives in the healthcare system. >> appeal seems to res on ate with kansas voters. they say orman is slightly ahead. another highly competitive race is incomed, another battle that could determine which party controls the senate. incumbent mark eudall, the democratic candidate is trying to leverage voter concerns about women's rights. many ads hammered cory gardner about his efforts to outlaw abortion. here was the question this week to eudall from the denver post debate moderator. >> mr. eudall

independent larry pressler 32%. mike brown the republican is expected to run away with this. like is he polling very bad. this is not being said to be the best of polls according to people on the ground. but it raises the prospect of south dakota somehow coming in to being a kansas situation. >> and there is talk that democrats are going to put inasmuch as a million dollars in television in south dakota. and if that's actually true, a million dollars in south dakota buys quite a bit of television. so, if that's true, it would be yet another example of state that republicans sort of counted on or thought likely was in the bag that maybe ends up being competitive. i'm thinking of other ones like kansas, maybe kentucky. like georgia where republicans didn't think that they would be fighting at this point. as marah points out, on the other hand, have you states that thought were either going to be highly competitive or likely democrat like iowa, maybe colorado, alaska, louisiana. where republicans are doing at least as well as the democrat and potentially doing better. >> we shou

prairie pop you list rick wallace former senator and so-called independent larry pressler brings up of here. >> these put in over $2 million into this race. the dscc put money work that, hammering rounds for his questionable handling of the eb-5 program. >> you've had heard about mike rounds citizenship for sale schemes, the fallout, the investigations, turns out there's more. after using a beef packing plant to sell citizenship to wealthy chinese investors, rounds gave special tax breaks to a shady offshore corporation to keep the scheme afloat. mike rounds, schemes, special favors, vargz, the commit aye is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> what is the eb-5 program? it gets very little media attention. eb-a allows foreigners to obtain u.s. green cards by investing a minimum of $500,000 in american business project to create jobs. the eb-5 issue has south dakota voters' attention at this hour. i was in aberdeen, south dakota, home of the northern beef packers plant at the heart of this scandal, the $115 million northern beef packers plant went bankrupt when the chines

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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. >> after using a beef packing plant to sell citizenship to wealthy chinese investors, rounds gave tax breaks to a shady offshore corporation to keep the scheme afloat. mike rounds, schemes, special favors, investigations. >> if rounds loses and republicans don't pick up south dakota, their path to the majority in the u.s. senate becomes steeper. in several competitive house races, the top issue involves the candidate's character or lack of character. colorado democrat andrew roman-off is getting hit with this: >> andrew romanoff, the dishonest spending politician who cares about himself. in congress, he will fit right in. >> in new york, democrats are reminding voters that republican depressionman michael grim is under a 20-count federal criminal indictment. >> on top of all of that, i

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and pressler within three points of south carolina, a couple points behind.is there is so much disaffection. lou: there is nothing new about this. the alienation, the hyperpartisanship. >> we're in trouble, lou, we don't have consensus to governsa the greatest nation to the world. how do we send messages to the rest of the world when the alienation is as great as you suggest. lou: we have to look towards ourselves and examine ourselves before we start worrying about policies to the rest of the world. this country right now. >> when we have isis, we can't afford too much. lou: i think what we can't afford is much more of a leadership that we tolerated over the past 20 years. >> i agree with you on that. lou: angela, thank you very much. >> thanks, doug. >> thank you, angela. lou: you guys through? >> up next. lou: wall street experiencing the best and worst trading days of the year all in the same week, this is a hang on market. hang on. hang on. we're coming right back. (receptionist) gunderman group. gunderman group is growing. getting in a groove. growth is

senator pressler, this is an amazing decision you made at the age of 72.in the fact that you're running and you're not getting a lot of money and yet you are neck and neck with the two moneyed candidates. how do you explain it? >> well, yes, this is somewhat audacious, but i decided that i didn't like some of the directions our country was going in. i decided to get off my behind and offer my seniority. i can take my seniority back to the senate and it looks as though we may have an independent coming from kansas, myself and two independents there. i think it's the start of a something very significant. i sense it every day when i'm out campaigning. people want something different. they want an independent, a moderate. and so i think we may make some history here in south dakota. but even if i don't win, i think i have contributed issues to the campaign and the journey may well be as important as the destination. even if i should be elected, i'm promising to serve only one six-year term because i don't want to have to raise any more money. most united stat

loved it. >> reporter: and then this ad -- >> good evening. >> reporter: a 34-year-old report on presslercandal made famous by "american hustle." just one more reason that this off-beat race is so influx. ♪ and there is a fourth candidate, a tea partier named gordon howie. it could hurt the chances even more and that would mean hurting gop chances to retake the senate in november. jake? >> it's all coming down to the wire. this programming note as we near election day, cnn is your source for debate night in america. join me tuesday night as i moderate the final debate between rick scott and former governor charlie crist. things are likely to get heated, to say the least. tuesday at 7:00 eastern on cnn. that's it for "the lead." i turn you over to "the situation room" with wolf blitzer. >>> happening now, ebola patient moved to a special hospital in maryland. contagion fears. a sick nurse exposed travelers. why schools are now closed and flight crews are now grounded. >>> and the fan gate debate. florida's governor refuses to take the stage when his opponent put an electronic fan beneath t

what do you think. >> if you love joe leeberman you will love larry pressler. >> that's about as goodas it gets right there. this guy has mentioned the possibility of starting an independent caucus if he wins the senate seat. now i don't know if he will be alone or who he expects to be along with him. but his record of going after medicaid and social security does hit a beat. >> he says we need to take our company back from the big money interest that control our democracy and actively campaigning to hold big corporations accountable, that is in touch with what main stream south dakota wants. the way larry is campaigning, he is lining up to not just be a social security cutter but to be completely unaccountable. saying he will only serve one term. i understand why he is doing it but the idea of putting someone in who will cut social security with no accountability to voters is really scary and he will be fighting with elizabeth warren who will reduce student debt, hold wall street accountable and better social security benefits. >> the scandal is surrounding his campaign right now. ri

larry pressler, in the senate in the '90s?> '80s and '90s, now running as a -- and now he's running as an independent. also democratic rick weeland. this is where all the democrats care about is defeating mike rounds like they want to -- >> is south dakota a seat where the democrat tepid aside? >> yes, tim johnson. >> it is up for grabs. >> but i think it's likely -- they had a flutter of excitement. have been sold since its release. >> ufr written the book. i this think it's a reflection that andrew cuomo, as high an office as he's ascended to is not an especially likable person in terms of his public -- i haven't covered him up close, but in terms of public demeanor. if he had a serious shot at the presidential race, people might buy in in anticipation of that, but i don't think so. >> that's $28,000. they paid him something over $700 those -- >> that's an advance? >> so he's got to make $671,000 more. >>> powerhouse time. hosted the olympics twice, can you name the city? l.a., los angeles. quick snapshot of the los angeles

pressler, is now your turn. detectll you do to social security? >> i have always been a guardian of social security. i am proud of my record a lot of attack ads are running against me saying i did not vote to support social security. those are totally false. it is the oldest and perhaps cheapest trick in politics is to say somebody voted against social security. one of them cited goes back to the 1970's, when i voted for the mcgovern substitute. another one appears here it is hard to know from the advertisements what they're talking about. there was a tabling motion and i voted for a substitute. i have always been and are of social security. i asked the people of south these not believe all of attack advertisements. i'm the only candidate in the united states under attack by both the republicans and the democratic party because they are so afraid an independent might break up their monopoly. i think it is important for all the citizens of south dakota to know that i only have about 1% as much money as my opponents so i cannot answer those attack a

are they going to start looking for people like greg orman or larry pressler, running in north dakota. there's one other, you look at the alaska governor's race, there's a former republican there, running as an independent. and the governor dropped out to be the independent's running mate. there are quirks and peculiarities that could be fascinating >> the caucusing formed if one or two more independents are elected to the senate. and so what's the chance of that happening? >> >> reporter: i'm a little sceptical, john, i don't think we're going to see a japanese or uk style parliament with coal lesses to form a majority. in the senate right now, there's a socialist, bernard sanders of vermont. and he's not going to be voting with republicans. if the republicans get a slim majority, they might be reaching out to greg orman or larry pressler if he prevails. >> mike viqueira, thank you. >>> huge sums of monies play a part in president and congressional elections, and there's a third branch, outside spending. millions are being poured into judicial elections. ali velshi has that story. >>

there is 76-year-old larry pressler out for the morning jog and stunning the political world as he isunning neck in neck to win back the south dakota senate seat he lost in 1976. >> i have seniority and i can be a powerful senator for south dakota. >> reporter: but one person is not thrilled about the prospects of him going back to politic, his wife. >> she is not excited. >> reporter: and the legendary six-term providence mayor buddy cianci looking to return to city hall after a prison stent of five years for conspiracy to commit rack are tearing. >> i did my time. in this system of justice, you have a chance and i was sentenced and i did it, and i did it like a man. >> reporter: he was released from the federal gated community, the 76-year-old see yancey wants his job back, and holding court this night at a drag bingo game. b for buddy. >> reporter: why back in? >> a cle line in tdecline in th that is number one and i looked around and none of them have a vision, so u decided to run. >> reporter: he has the critics, but the poll shows that providence might get him out of a bad time.

been leading by double digits, now holds only a three-point lead over independent candidate larry pressler>> it's potentially a game changer for the republicans and the democrats because if the republicans lose this seat, i don't think they can win back control of the senate. >> suddenly, there's a three-way race there. >> it's a three-way race. >> stephen: yes, south dakota is a three-way race. nothing new to the state. there's still a four-way race for president on mt. rushmore. south dakota was supposed to be an easy pickup for the republicans on their way to a senate majority. but now it's a dead heat between these three candidates, who are making their final pitch for campaign cash -- or whatever currency they use in south dakota -- i believe it's crushed souvenir pennies from wall drug. (laughter) and one of the biggest political figures in the state is ready to weigh in. joining me now with an endorsement that could sway the race is south dakota governor dennis daugaard. governor daugaard, thank you for joining me. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: now, sir, it's a tight race. i und

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there is 76-year-old larry pressler out for the morning jog and stunning the political world as he is neck in neck to win back the south dakota senate seat he lost in 1976. >> i have seniority and i can be a powerful senator for south dakota. >> reporter: but one person is not thrilled about the prospects of him going back to politic, his wife. >> she is not excited. >> reporter: and the legendary six-term providence mayor buddy cianci looking to return to city hall after a prison stent of five years for conspiracy to commit rack are tearing. >> i did my time. in this system of justice, you have a chance and i was sentenced and i did it, and i did it like a man. >> reporter: he was released from the federal gated community, the 76-year-old see yancey wants his job back, and holding court this night at a drag bingo game. b for buddy. >> reporter: why back in? >> a cle line in tdecline in th that is number one and i looked around and none of them have a vision, so u decided to run. >> reporter: he has the critics, but the poll shows that providence might get him out of a bad time. >> i

larry pressler, thank you very much.e did reach out to the senator's opponents, we have yet to hear back. >>> you are tweeting nonstop on issues, whether independents have a chance to gain more seats in the senate. they are influential and could tip the balance as the former senator pointed out. >>> massive cheating scandal discovered at the university of north carolina. at issue here whether they just got a complete pass, the athletes because they were athletes, oftentimes without showing up for class. the investigator who uncovered ♪ [ female announcer ] we love our smartphones. and now telcos using hp big data solutions are feeling the love, too. by offering things like on-the-spot data upgrades -- an idea that reduced overcharge complaints by 98%. no matter how fast your business needs to adapt, if hp big data solutions can keep wireless customers smiling, imagine what they can do for yours. make it matter. . neil: all right, you're a big jock in college, you get a b in class for not even showing up. a massive cheati