i'm scott mcadams and i'm not your usual senate candidate. i grew up in petersberg, was a deck hand in theberg sea, married up. i've been a teacher, a mayor, and a dad. here's the difference between me, joe and lisa. they think this campaign is all about them. i think it's about alaska. getting our fair share. i approved this message because after you've been cursed at in the region, you can take on anyone. >> did you catch the tag line there? it's about alaska. that's essentially his slogan. it's about alaska. local, local, local. that's how the democrat scott mcadams is running in alaska. now on the front page of joe miller's website the campaign is touting a recent national media interview that he did with neal cavuto, host on fox news. scott mcadams on the other hand is touting this video on his website and it's just about as local as you can get. we got yard signs! now this may reflect the resources available and the personalities and political preferences of these two candidates, but this is also evidence of the way the democrats on the

we have lisa mounting her right-np bid and then a democrat, scott mcadams. lisa murkowski, this writing bid could be seen as a revenge of the moderates or the middle of the republican party strikes back. and certainly republicans didn't want to see this happen. alaska is still a republican-leaning state. but this is no longer the shoe-in that it was once seen once miller won that republican primary. >> all right. mark murray, deputy political director, we're going to play more from the value voter's summit later. thanks. >> the only u.s. senator to win via write-in is the infamous strom thurm man. so what she's attempting to do would be historic if she pulled it off. >>> all right. world leaders are in new york for the united nations general assembly. true to form, iranian president, ahmadinejad, is lashing out at the united states on the eve of his big speech. also in new york to cover this is ali. i've got to ask you, is this going to be one of the classic ahmadinejad goes off on america for 45 minutes, an hour, and folks in there have to sit there and rol

murkowski's will not and both democrat scott mcadams and miller have the reported muscle, the politicale to offer. anyone wishes to vote for murkowski must be able to spell her name. in other words, they have to write murkowski on the ballot and some political watchers say that such a procedure potentially leaves the door open for legal challenges. only time will tell. julie kirtz has the latest from alaska to washington. >> the future alaskan senator isn't giving up the seat without a fight even though some are calling her a spoil sport. her decision to challenge the republican nominee joe miller as a write candidate will not undermine the party and national television to accuse miller, a tea party favorite endorsed by sarah palin of being too extreme. >> he is suggesting to us, in my opinion, and in the opinion of many, many alaskans, pretty radical things, we dump social security, no more medicare, let's get rid of the department of education. elimination of all ear marks. >> miller fighting back for the first time since his victory turned into a three-way general east lex race, two

i'm scott mcadams. and i'm not your usual senate candidate.s the difference between me, joe and lisa. they think this campaign is all about them. i think it's about alaska and getting our fair share. i approve this message because after being cursed at in norwegian, you can take on anyone. >> i do believe, savannah, that is the first time we've had anybody speaking norwegian in a tv ad in 2010. so we're all about the firsts here. there you go. >> you speak norwegian? >> apparently it was curse words in norwegian. which is nice. >> we didn't have to bleep it, then, because no one knew until you told us. >>> americans living in sin. why experts say it's all because of the recession. >>> plus, storm threat for the entire east coast as a tropical depression gets ready to bear down on florida. >>> and just a movie or a movement? the new documentary on education getting not just critical reviews but now political endorsements. >>> i'm meg whitman and i don't normally recommend movies but every parent of a school-aged child in california should see "

or two, can she siphon enough votes away from mill they're the democrat in the race, scott mcadams, will? >> the answer to the first one is absolutely no, she can't win. under the law, you have to spell the name exactly correct. go to your pencil and paper and write down the name "murkowski" and see if you've got it right. no, she is going to lose. the bigger question is she going to keep a republican from winning? who would have thought one of the most conservative states in the country ran a risk of having two liberal democrats following the obama line represented in the united states senate? that is what she could do as a spoil sport. this is sad and sorry. she should not be doing this. my hope is that the republicans and the conservatives in alaska recognize the bigger issue, defeating president obama's agendaed and go for the highly qualified republican nominee. west point graduate, a military veteran, graduate of one of the nation's most prestigious law school, former magistrate judge, practicing attorney in the state and active republican. won it fair and square. lisa murkowski sh

win, or, networks can she siphon enough votes away from miller that the democrat in the race, scott mcadams will win. >> no, she cannot win, under the law you have to carefully spell the name exactly correct and everybody write down the name lisa murkowski and see if you got it right. she'll lose. the bigger and more important question is will she keep a republican from winning, who who have thought one of the most conservative states in the country ran the risk of having two liberal democrats representing them in the u.s. senate and she could do that as a spoil-sport. it is sad and sorry and she shouldn't do it and my hope is conservatives and republicans in elastic recognize the bigger issue, defeating president obama's agenda and going for the highly qualified republican nominee. a west point graduate, military veteran, a graduate of one of the nation's most press digits law schools, a -- prestigious law schools and, a practicing attorney and won it fair and square and lisa murkowski should not pursue this line that she is pursuing. >> let's look at the bigger picture, in 7 states, the t

two republicans against democrats scott mcadams. appearing on sunday sunday, miller said murkowski has a desire by voters to slow down government spending. here is miller. >> i think really she has a real disconnection from reality in thinking that the voters in alaska are extreme. >> well, miller won the g.o.p. nomination by just about 2,000 votes. so it was close. but murkowski has a tough job as write-in. the republican leaders are calling her a spoiled sport for refusing to accept the victory. although the murkowski name is well known in alaska, her dad was governor, voters will have to spell out her name on the ballot and spell it correctly. shannon? >> shannon: that could be a glitch for her. a tough one. thank you, julie kirtz with the latest. joe miller in alaska, sharron angle in nevada and now christine o'donnell in delaware. they've had some success. we have a political panel. kirsten powers, and chairman of the california republican party ron nearing. thank you both for joining us this morning. >> good to be here. >> sha

the democrat, scott mcadams, nice guy, but really unelectable.ler represents some views that here in alaska, most people feel are outside mainstream. i have been asked by thousands of alaskans to step up, to stay in, to stand up for alaska and that's where i am. >> you've described joe miller multiple times. just now, out of the mainstream. you've called him, that he's an extremist. that his views are extreme. which views are extreme? >> well, i do think that some of his views are extreme and unfortunately, i think that they would negatively impact the most vulnerable people in alaska. >> specifics. >> some specifics are his approach to dealing with social security. medicare. what i'm hearing from seniors is they feel threatened by his approach. alaska natives. very large constituencies are very concerned about the approach that joe miller has to how we build out the future of alaska. we've got communities in our state lacking basic infrastructure such as water and suer and joe's response to this is well, if it's not one of the powers enumerated

that is the percentage of registered alaskan voters that voted for joe miller and scott mcadams respectively, so together, that's less than 15% of the alaskan electorate. so to the tens of thousands of you who did not vote during the primary, i ask you to join us, join us for the good of our state. your vote has never, never been more important, and yet, you're going to have to work just a little bit harder to make it count. we've got to do this together. now, as i said, this is not going to be easy. as i mentioned, you got to learn how to spell my name, but that's not as tough as it sounds. and over the next 45 days, we'll be teaching you how to spell it, and there will be -- there will be a test, but it's just one question, so you can figure that out. you can figure it out. you got to fill in the oval. we'll educate you on this. this is a statement that we must make for alaskans. together, we can do what they say cannot be done. alaska is not fair game for outside extremists. we are smarter than that. we are sharper than that, and we will not be had. but to accomplish our new goals, we got

i hope it helps scott mcadams in defeating joe miller. >> thanks to both of you. >> thank you. >>> president obama name ad harvard law professor and wall street critic to set up the new consumer financial protection bureau. it's her idea from back in 2007 that americans need to this be protected from, say, bad banks. the say way they're protected from a faulty toaster. warren won't be leading the organization, that would mean senate confirmation. instead she's being appointed as an assistant to the president and special adviser to the treasury department. >>> we are waiting to hear details of a plot against pope benedict in london after six men were arrested on terrorism charges. they're described as street cleaners working in the area around where the pope was scheduled to visit. we don't know much more. the vatican is not planning any changes in the pope's schedule. although high security is already being ramped up. >>> even as these guys were being arrested, the head of britain's intelligence agency was giving a speech warning that it's just a matter of time before a terrorist simply gets

that is the percentage of registered alaskan voters that voted for joe miller and scott mcadams, respectively. together, that is less than 15% of the alaskan electorate. the tens of thousands of youth who did not vote during the primary, i asked you to join us -- the tens of thousands of you who did not vote during the primary, i asked you to join us for the good of the state. your votes of never been more important. you will have to work a little bit harder to make it count. we've got to do this together. this is not going to be easy. as i mentioned, you have got to learn how to spell my name. that is not as tough as it sounds. over the next 45 days, we will be teaching you how to spell it. there will be a test. but it is just one question, so you can figure that out. [applause] this is a statement. you have got to fill in the oval. we will educate you on this. this is a statement we must make for alaskans. together, we can do what they say cannot be done. alaska is not fair game for outside extremists. we're smarter than that. we're sharper than that. we will not be had. to accomplish our n

you have a democratic opponent scott mcadams now another from within your own party.how does this change your strategy, if at all? >> it doesn't change our strategy. we have two locals we are campaigning against instead of one. it is almost as if mcadams and murkowski are having their own primary. we already won ours. >> greta: has there been reaction in the state yet? i assume this is buzz all over alaska. have you heard what people are saying right away? >> at lost within the republican party and conservative voters, they are shocked that somebody would go back on their word this blatantly several days before the election committee to stan behind the victor and basically pulling this. it is a disrespectful moved with respect to not acknowledging what the voterser -- voter said in the primary that is what we are hearing. they are very, very concerned that this is something that will put alaska a step back when we had an opportunity to move the state forward. >> greta: have you heard from governor sarah palin? she uses e-mail, twitter, has she sent any message to you

by 1600 votes in the republican primary and only lead your democratic opponent by six points, scott mcadamsn the latest poll. turnout is going to be a lot bigger in november than it was in the primary. mr. miller, isn't this race now wide open? >> well, the final number is 2,000 but still, yes, you are right. close vote. sure, turnout is going to be important but again the views that we have expressed are transferring power back from the federal government to the states, giving alaska an incredible opportunity to expand its economy especially at a time when our federal government is coming close to bankruptcy. and so that s broad based pill. not an extreme view. not an extreme view that the voters and republican primary her embrace. it puts this state forward and has the capacity to put all of the states in the nation forward. it is one of hope, not one of the despear i despair in the p. >> chris: senator murkowski says that you are an extremist. unemployment benefits. you say that they are unconstitutional? why are they? and the census bureau came out with new figures that indicated 44 mil

this is a race that i think joe miller, the republican nominee likely to win against scott mcadams.f enough republicans up to make democrats take a look at this seat as a possible pickup. given alaska's underpinnings, we wouldn't be thinking a month ago. >> this is a child election. we've been talking about sarah palin. she's headlining a ronald reagan dinner in iowa. >> yep. >> tell us -- be the tea leaf. >> well, look, you don't have to be a tea leaf reader to see that this is going to stoke more speculation about 2012, especially on top of the fact that, remember, she endorsed christine o'donnell and kelly ayotte. i've also said no politician goes to iowa by accident. whether she walks through the door or not, i don't know that she knows. but i guarantee you that visit tomorrow night will all the way through the sunday shows and into next week we'll talk about it. sarah palin in iowa is a fascinating story line. >> indeed. since she's sort of become the republican queen maker. the small business lending bill. this is something the president was really hammering on over the last c

you have a democratic opponent scott mcadams now another from within your own party.s this change your strategy, if at all? >> it doesn't change our strategy. we have two locals we are campaigning against instead of one. it is almost as if mcadams and murkowski are having their own primary. we already won ours. >> greta: has there been reaction in the state yet? i assume this is buzz all over alaska. have you heard what people are saying right away? >> at lost within the republican party and conservative voters, they are shocked that somebody would go back on their word this blatantly several days before the election committee to stan behind the victor and basically pulling this. it is a disrespectful moved with respect to not acknowledging what the voterser -- voter said in the primary that is what we are hearing. they are very, very concerned that this is something that will put alaska a step back when we had an opportunity to move the state forward. >> greta: have you heard from governor sarah palin? she uses e-mail, twitter, has she sent any message to you in any

democrat scott mcadams, nice, nice guy, but really unelectable.le feel are outside in that main stream. >> now, joe miller, her opponent was backed by the tea party and got endorsed by sarah palin. murkowski says those are extreme views that she didn't fight back hard on in the primary and now she wants another chance to do it. >> thanks, lee. >>> sarah palin's daughter, bristol, lives to dance another day. the verdict is in on "dancing with the stars" and bristol will be back. now the countdown is on for when mama grizzly might show up on the popular tv show. no word on levi, by the way. what is up with those voters of baywatch nation failing to keep the hoff on his toes. >> the couple with the lowest overall combined total and therefore leaving right now is -- david and kym. >> oh, but david hassle off was very graces in defeat. he always gets to go back to the beach. that's not so bad. >>> the nation failed to repeal don't ask, don't tell. president obama weighs in going >>> a new study finds that a combination of excessive drinking, weight gai

the democrat scott mcadams, a nice guy, but really unelectable.oe miller represents some views that here in alaska most people feel are outside main stream. >> well, today murkowski's republican colleagues will decide to strip her post for the ranking republican on the senate energy committee. >>> first she lost her home and now washington, d.c. woman's possessions are outside on the sidewalk for everyone to see here. diaz tells nbc station wrc in washington that she was evicted tuesday morning because she could no longer pay her rent. so, her belongings, all of them, you can see them right here on the sidewalk. let's go to wrc reporter tracy wilkins who joins us live right now. we heard a lot of these situations before. what makes this one different for us, tracy? >> well, what makes this different is the scale of this eviction. four to five blocks worth of space, that's how much sidewalk her possessions took up. you can see here, some of the stuff here. this is on both sides of the street for this entire street takes up about three blocks and al

and democrat, scott mcadams down at 22%. and that new cnn/"time" poll, remember murkowski's is running as a write-in. finally, to florida. where marco rubio is pulling away. he's up 13 points over charlie crist in a quinnipiac poll with meek way behind. we'll continue to check the scoreboard each night leading up to the election day. >>> now, my interview with former president clinton. i began asking him about all of that firing negativity that seems to be dominating ever since he left office. let's talk about the phenomena in american life. since you've left office, it's gotten worse, much worse. of this fiery negativity. >> i don't know how it could get much worse, but i do think -- >> well, now it's cross parties. it seems like everybody's either far left, far right and angry as hell at the other side. political environment and a polarized media environment even increasingly. i think that part of it is that the american people are having a tough time. by the time i left office, we were growing together again since the fir

the democrat, scott mcadams, a nice -- be nice guy, but really unelectable.iller represents some views here in alaska most people feel are outside of the mainstream. i have been asked by thousands of alaskans to step up, to stay in, to stand up for alaska that is where i am. >> joe, am i missing something? this strategy didn't work for crist down in florida, arlen spector in pennsylvania. admittedly, the far right, a small group of people, you lose to them, hope to hide in the general and win with democrats? she is trying to poach votes from mcadam there is, it seems like. >> seems like it. i don't think that is going to work. just a question of whether republicans didn't know what they were getting. this one is so much fun because it is a grudge match between murkowski and palin. you know, palin's old campaign manager went to run murkowski's campaign, palin jumped in for miller. it is just get the popcorn. this is a great one. >> speaking of popcorn, the dirty part of life what we are going to show to democratic and middle of the road voters that reasonable

this might be great news for scott mcadams. if the other split the center right and far right vote that could pave the way for mcadams to win. possible. except nate silver of the 538 blog at the "new york times" who crunches the numbers on this better than anybody reports tonight even as a write-in candidate m-u-r-k-o-w-s-k-i might still have a good shot to win this thing. ♪ pringles cracker stix. ♪ so delicious... your mouth will be strangely attracted to them. ♪ everything pops with pringles cracker stix. ♪ i but i justve my 5 employcan't afford it.ance, i have diabetes. i didn't miss a premium payment for 10 years. and i'm worried if i lose my job, i won't be able to afford insurance. when i graduated from college, i lost my health insurance. the minute i got sick, i lost my insurance. not anymore. not anymore. not anymore. america's healthcare reforms change lives for the better. to find out how it can help you, visit us at americasfairhealthcare.org it's not just fair, it's the law. >>> in the military skills, we find that

she would based jo miller and scott mcadams in a general election., sarah palin was speaking at a republican dinner in iowa. she was asked about the right in candidacy. she said she thought it would be ultimately futile. you can watch her pull remarks at the i would dinner online at c-span.org. we will also be read-sharing that at about 6:30 a.m. eastern tomorrow -- re-airing that at about 6:30 a.m. tomorrow on c- span. we will return to the council on family values where we will hear from gary bauer. he -- he remains one of america's strongest the spokesmen for pro-life, pro-family values. he has served as the vice president of focus on the family. in 2000, he ran for president of the united states. he now leads a nonprofit educational organization he founded after the 2000 presidential campaign, which is also one of the great sponsors of the values of voter summit. i would like you do not just welcome him as he comes to speak, but also thank him for his great service to our country and our cause. please welcome gary bauer. [applause] >> thank you.

his name is scott mcadam, the mayor of an alaskan city. so democrats are a little bit gleeful this morning about the possibility of picking up a state where they had essentially written off. >> and she sounded like last night she was recharged, reenergized, reinvigorated in her campaign. we do have that sound we were calling for a second ago. last night announcing she's now going to do a write-in campaign. >> i will be the first one to admit to you that in the primary campaign we made some mistakes. we talked about ourselves, we talked about me a lot. but we didn't educate alaskans about the extremist views that were held by mr. miller. and when he swung, i didn't swing back. well, ladies and gentlemen, friends and supporters, the gloves are off! and i'm fighting for alaska. >> she says -- she heard from voters. she said that wanted her to do this. how is this being received on a larger scale by voters there? i heard people call this arrogant. >> when i was in alaska, i talked to a number of people. she does have a lot of supporters in ala

the victory turned into a three way general election race, two republicans against the democrat, scott mcadamsng murkowski is out of touch with alaska and a desire by voters to slow down government spending. >> i think really she's just got a real disconnection from reality in thinking that the voters will support her. >> reporter: miller won the nomination by 2,000 votes, it was close and senator murkowski face is a tough job as a write-in for senate though the name is well-known in alaska, her dad was governor, voters have to spell out her name on the ballot and spell it correctly. julie? >> julie: all right. julie kirtz, thank you very much. gregg. >> gregg: in the show-me state, some wonder if the courts are showing too much beforehanding down a sentence, judges can now find out exactly how much that punishment will cost missouri taxpayers. $50,000 to imprison a criminal versus 9,000 for probation. is this the way justice should be served? our legal panel weighs in. host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? did the little piggy cry wee wee wee all the way

the primary and though it's a republican state, only narrowly leading the democratic opponent, scott mcadamshons away the republican vote, conceivably he might not lose to her but might lose to the democrat. yes. the race is up for grabs and he admits that in the interview. >> jamie: a different strategy, i'm sure he has to put in place now, what does he want the people of alaska to know as they consider all of the candidates in the race. >> chris: well, you know, he's a tea partier and a grassroots guy and he very much believes in limited government, in constitutional government, he's even -- we talked about it in the interview, suggested that unemployment benefits could be unconstitutional because they are not in the enu numnumerateds of the federal government and wants power to be shifted from the federal government to the state in a lot of areas and raises the possibility of soek and one reason that it -- might have resonance in alaska is because so much of their federal land, their land and resources are controlled by the federal government, billions of dollars in resources, he says, lo

and lisa murkowski who is a write-in candidate the incumbent republican, 36%, and scott mcadams the democrat, and sampling error is 3%, so it is basically a tie between lisa murkowski and joe miller. >> nobody expected this when murkowski threw her hat into the write-in ring. we have not had a senator elected with the write-in since strom thurmond. this is a long-shot, and people are wanting to know how to spell murkowski. >> do they have to spell it correctly or say lisa m.? >> well, they have figure it out how to write in, but murkowski is identifying who is moderate and liberals from the democratic candidate. and in alaska, it is a state long significant to federal aid, and she will continue with the earmarks and the pork and the federal support coming to alaska, and joe miller is campaigning on a no ear marc, and cut the federal government pledge, so lt of peopa lot of t are going to see the interests. >> we will invite them to "the situation room." and to california where the democrats are looking better. barbara boxer is 52%, and carly fiorina, 43%. can they rest easy the democrats? or

the democratic nom my scott mcadams far back at 22%.this poll, we're cutting in unchartered waters, murkowski is in a write-in can date. when you go to the polls on november 2nd you have to write her name in. it won't appear on the ballot. that's what makes this really fascinating. back to you. >> all right. paul, thanks. >>> our next political update in about an hour. reminder for all the latest political news go to our website cnnpolitics.com. of one financial company that grew stronger through the crisis. when some lost their way, this company led the way. by protecting clients and turning uncertainty into confidence. what if that story were true? it is. ♪ it is. bring it. it's bounty clean. in this lab test, just one sheet of bounty leaves this surface three times cleaner than the bargain brands. super absorbent. super clean. bounty. the clean picker upper. fire was fire. and the first language, the language of chemistry, was universal and eloquent. and the unique ability of chemistry to change everything has never changed. it is st

it will be her running as an independent, joe miller running as a republican, and scott mcadams also in the race as well. you can see by the race board as it reflects. and in a related story, you probably saw just before this broadcast this morning sara palin addressing folks in iowa and dedes moines. as she was working and shaking hands, she was asked about the senate race now that senator mur cows kentucky decided to run as a write-in candidate. this is what she decided to say. >> [inaudible] she certainly has the write to do so but joe miller is the right person to help lead the state and the country. host: and a lot of noise there, but basically governor palin offering support to joe miller saying that lisa did have the right to run as a write-in candidate. back to speaker pelosi, her help or hindrance this fall for democrats in november. virginia, go ahead. caller: hi. i wanted to speak on nancy pelosi in support of her voice for aiding the people. one of the things that i think that has happened is the republicans have controlled the message. however, at the end of the day when

we've got joe miller at 38, lisa murkowski at 36 and scott mcadams at 22. >> there is actually in thisp a little bit. there's another poll that actually has murkowski up pretty comfortably. the problem with this is, donny, she's a write-in candidate. you say the name in a poll, that's one thing. but then when people actually go to vote, they don't see her name on the ballot. >> she, though, was responsible for alaskans getting a lot of stimulus. there's a lot of good will with her. gri with you from a behavioral point of view, but it could be interesting. >> she's the most popular politician right now in the state of alaska. >> writing in candidate that has no history i think is a different model. if people bring you in with your heart behaviorally, there's much more of a chance. >> threes the number again. chris, who was tweeting about buying a house in washington? miller? >> miller. >> i would wait until you actually win to put those tweets out. mika, when i wrote my book a year ago, i said the republican party is mature enough to realize that one size didn't fit all. you couldn't ge

. >> ly with, there's also a third person in that race, democrat scott mcadams is in the race, too, youout that. three way race, though. time for weather. >> yeah, here's something you're hearing a lot about and that is hurricane igor. you can see that little dot just to the south of that big blob that is moving to the north and to the east. that is what is left of it. overnight, this is very big hurricane. lashed bermuda overnight, winds 70 to 90 miles an hour. conditions will improve throughout the day as it moves away. there are, however, deadly rip currents all along coastal u.s. from florida right up into the great state of maine. take a look at what's happening in the 48 connected states as you can see some widely scattered showers from the rio grande valley right through portions o of the gulf coast. also some stuff out west. but if you are in the eastern time zone or the central time zone for the most part, things are nice and dry. temperatures as you head out the door currently, we have a lot of 60's and 70's across the map. 62 right now here in the big town. about the same for