. >>> on a national level tonight, some replican leaders are now getting behind tea party candidates as they try to figure hat their victors mean. they backed races in delaware and new york last nigh democrats are optimistic that will hurt the gop's attempt to take over the nate. >> we feel very comfortable we're going to win races in november that six months ago we felt le we were going to lose because of these candidates. a few of the so-called experts proved that once again they were wrong. this is a very unpredictable political season where anything goes. >> besides last night's victories in delaware and new york, tea party candidates have also won senate primaries in utah, kentucky, nevada and alaska. >> four bi agents in the d.c. area have been charged of covering up the use of steroids. they did not report the use of steroids and the substanc hgh onorms used to assess their fitness for duty. they put out a statement that said employees must held to the highest ethical conduct. when this information came to our attention, a thorough investigation was initiated which led to toda

and no new taxes, without voter approval we have got to pull together not as replicans or as democrats as californis first. at this stage in my life, i'm prepared to do exaly that. >>> today on oprah at 4:00, a look what it's like to be held hostage. at 5:00, the implications from the san bruno fire. doctors talk about the special care and treatment received by burn victims. and the look ahead to flu season, see what experts are predicting ad how cough outbreaks could affect your health. >> that's going to do it for now. enjoy your day, the warmest day of the week, mike? >> absoluty. some of the fog from sky 7, that's going to come back tomorrownd start the cooli trend. >> absolutely gorgeous. enjoy it for now. mike, thanks. "who wans to be a millionaire" is coming u next. >> have a great day. bye-bye! captioned by: closed captning services, inc. or at least that's what my mom thinks. with high speed internet from at&t, i get my hework done fast, aving me time to download movies and music and at with my friends. [ mom ] how's your studyin it's coming along! [ female announcer ] work fa

new york's replican candidate for governor, carl paladino lost it with a reporter after paladino accused democrat andrew cuomo of cheating on h ex-wife. >> stay away from me. what evidence do you have? >> reporter: about to deliver a speech in upstate new york. >> guy, easy. >> don't touch me. >> reporter: a heated exchange erupted between tea party republican carl paladino and "new york post" reporter, fred dier. paladino had just given an interview to "politico" where he said, has anyone asked andrew cuomo about his paramours or why his wife left him or threw him out of the house. >> do you have any evidence for the charge you made? a simple question. >> of course i do, you will get it at the appropriate time. you're not entitled to it. >> reporter: a business man who has never run for office, paladino has been under intense scrutiny. >> this will be one hell of a year. >> reporter: he told nbc news he is an angry candidate. >> i am angry. it's okay. all right to show people you're angry. >> reporter: married 40 years, paladino has acknowledged publicly his own extramarital affair that

we will have to continue to work with replicans and democrats to have ideas that will frederick celebrate the job growth. i am confident if we can do that. the evidence we hav seen this summer and over the last 18 mont if indicate we are moving in the right direction. we just need it to speed up. rappeport writes about the unemployment numbers. the rise in u.s. private jobs, private sector jobs raises hope. how does an uptick in the jobs number provide a little hope? >> the number was better than expected overall. there was -- the headline number was digital declined. that was due to the census layoffs, the temporary workers the used over the summer. there was revisions to the month before and i in june. we saw the economy was not as weak as people were expecting. >> how many new jobs were created in the month and where are those jobs coming from? >> private payrolls were up by 67,000 and we saw there were increases in health care, education, and temporary workers, which was a good sign. >> what is the biggest obstacle to getting the jobs, the employment rate to increase to get jobs build