freshman republican joe walsh versus democrat, iraq war veteran tammy duckworth in the northwest suburban 8th district. wgn's julian crews is live at tribune tower, where the two candidates appeared before the chicago tribune editorial board this morning. fiscal issues and the looming crisis over entitlement programs dominated much of the conversation here at the tribune tower congressman joe walsh and his opponent tammy duckworth clashed over the issue of homeland security and specifically those controversial comments made by congressman walsh regarding homegrown terrorists ... >>when you say there address any single led groups of americans in exact towns to be a subject of fear and that's the scary thing ... you have a responsibility ... >>do you concur there is a threat? >>i think the question was do you have a responsibility >>with a balance to speak the truth >>joe walsh sits on the house homeland security committee and said that he threw out names of local towns in his district to make a point that portions of al-qaeda are recruiting radicalize homegrown muslims ... they say many ch

walsh and tammy duckworth fielded questions from reporters earlier this week.congressman was asked straight up whether he's too much of a loose cannon to stay in congress. >> am i too much of a loose cannon? look, i went there because i'm scared to death that this country has precious little time to turn this thing around. and that causes me to be more outspoken. i said, and tammy loves to jump on this, all joe walsh does is scream from the mountain top. i consider that to be part of my job. am i too much of a loose cannon? no. i think people appreciate any republican or democrat who finally talks straight to people. >> ask yourself when was the last time you cast a ballot for someone and thought that guy will really scream from the mountain top? >>> next, rage against the machine unleashes a rage against paul ryan. you may have heard his running mate is a fan of rage against the machine who sings about corporate greed. if you think that's an odd pick for the wealthy, you're not alone. the musician pinned an op ed for rolling stone reads in part, it's amusing b

illinois congressional candidate tammy duckworth will be among nine women who will speak at the democraticional convention. duckworth is running against republican incumbent joe walsh in the eighth district. also addressing the party faithful: longoria. the democratic national convention will begin on september third in charlotte north carolina. federal agents arrested a man from washington state on tuesday after he made threats against president obama. officials say 31 year-old anton caluori sent a threatening email to the fbi about the president. the fbi alerted the secret service which tracked caluori to his apartment south of seattle. officers found him waving a shotgun and he spoke about using explosive devices. a bomb squad searched the premises, but found no evidence of explosives. caluori will appear in federal court today. more than 30 years after her death... natalie wood's death certificate has been changed. during thanksgiving weekend 1981, wood's body was pulled from the waters off california's catalina island. originally, her death was ruled an accidental drowning. new eviden

. >>> wisconsin senate candidate tammy baldwin, illinois congressional candidate, tammy duckworth. ledbetter is the first bill and actress eva longoria will speak at the convention. and the democrats are looking to capitalize on the big gender gap as we can see. the latest nbc news "wall street journal" poll shows president obama leading mitt romney by 28 points on the question who would do more on issues of special importance to women. we'll be right back. >>> we're back. white working class voters used to be staunch democrats back when the government helped build the middle class in this country more than a half century ago. but these days they largely fall into the republican camp often voting against their own economic interests and in favor of the wealthy. it's a frustration for democrats who feel blue collar whites ought to be in their camp but often step on their own message with famously with talk of those very people clinging to their guns and religions. joan walsh is the author of "what's the matter with white people." thank you and congratulations, joan. because i have v

walsh and tammy duckworth fielded questions from reporters earlier this week.he congressman was asked whether he's too much of a loose cannon to stay in congress. >> am i too much of a loose cannon, look. i went there because i'm scared to death that this country has precious little time to turn this thing around. and that causes me to be more outspoken. i said, and tammy loves to jump on this, all joe walsh does is scream from the mountain top. i consider that to be part of my job. am i too much of a loose cannon? no. i think people appreciate any republican or democrat who finally talks straight to people. >> ask yourself when was the last time you cast a ballot for someone and thought that guy with go for the mountain toch. >>> rage against the machine unleashed rage against paul ryan. he's a fan of rage against the machine who talks about corporate greed. if you think that's an odd pick for the guy? you're not alone. the musician penned an of ed for rolling stone threads in part, it's amusing because he's the embodiment of the machine that our music has bee

over each other] megyn: if you look at the new list of the day that she is going to speak -- tammy duckworthroline kennedy, even one coria, sandra fluke -- that seems to be their angle. >> this tells me they are worried about the single woman's voice. the republicans are going to come back and say, the real women that we shall be talking about our issues like unemployment. megyn: i am focused on whether these are the right ambassadors. sandra fluke has her position. she likes obamacare because it provided what would be free birth control, but not really for the taxpayers, exactly. but the narrative that came out about her, you know, when she was making her idea known, was she was someone who could've gotten birth control for $15 down the street and it didn't need to be $3000 a year. i pointed out at the time, having been a law school graduate, that the average starting salary for graduates is $160,000 per year. for your first year out. you know, when you think of her, you remember the controversy. >> well, if that is her average salary, which i don't think she was doing, -- megyn: what she's

familiar names, caroline kennedy, eva longoria of "desperate housewives" a big obama organizer, tammy duckworthldwin, lily ledbetter, the equal pay law is named. a clear message here coming from the democratic national committee at the same time i have a chilling headline if you're a republican. behind the scenes, there have been this coordinated effort by boston and washington to push todd akin out of the race. people in boston and washington think that is failed. paul ryan personally called to try to push him out. so they now think that akin's going to be in for a while, in to at least the republican convention, meaning this story lasts. they're still hopeful that by election day, there will be a change, but now they're going to shift the pressure to the local level. they're going to try to get missouri officials to pressure him to do the right thing. the idea of getting enough pressure from washington to boston, maybe getting some christian group to give him a job that hasn't worked to spare among national republicans. >> if every establishment conservative and every conservative publication

tammy duckworth he was with these va's, assistant secretary, lost both her legs. she told the story that when they found her after her chopper crashed they threw it in the chopper with the others. but i met it saw a little bubble, a little blood bubble. he realized she was alive and he saved or. she became assistant secretary and she is running for congress right now. there's a lot of these kind of stories. one of the case was, normally i congratulate is to understand these case in point. i met walter reid hospital, and i see a young man sitting in a chair, good looking hispanic young man that you women which is love. big old brown eyes, good looking guy, after looking kind of guy, very energetic, very articulate. and he's excited because i went up to him and his mother was standing next to them. she's a latina woman that you would see and a restaurant or hotel making your bed or serving you the food. he wouldn't give it a second thought. she didn't speak any english and she told me how she brought her son to this country when he was two years old. and he join the

. >> joe walsh, redistricting in illinois facing tammy duckworth.etting re-elected are very, very slim. but overall -- >> he's had some self-inflicted wounds. >> he's dramatic. >> he is dramatic. what about alan west, also a dramatic guy. >> yeah. >> is he in trouble? >> i think he's a lot safer. democrats definitely are targeting him, but he has a lot of money in the bank. he's a skilled politician and a darling of the right. that's why he's getting all the money. >> yes, he is. scott tipton out of colorado, trouble? >> yeah. he has to worry about his re-election race. house republican leaders have been going to colorado helping him out and that's really -- i mean john boehner we know loves to golf but not golfed that much in august. >> oh, my goodness. >> you can't assume anything. >> we always have after these huge swing elections and, of course, volatile, you can't assume anything. >> and in 2010, under the leadership of michael steele, the republicans picked up an extraordinary number of house seats that always seems two years later to lead to