speaker tillis doesn't. i support employers being able to give access to birth control for their employees. speaker tillis has defunded planned parenthood. the only state that i know of that's actually know of that's actually done that. when i look at speaker tillis's record on women it is abysmal. i will fight for them and he will not. >> speaker tillis, would you like to reply? >> religious freedom is a bedrock principle that this nation was built on. -- look, we need to separate two issues. when we're talking about taxpayer funding for contraception that's different access. the reamount is i would like kay hagan to consider making a commitment to let's find ways to broaden access and lower costs. it will benefit the very women that she pretends to advocate for. >> senator hagan. >> once again senator tillis doesn't understand the needs of women. prescription drugs includes birth control. he is denying women the rights through their employers. he is singling out certain employees. i totally disagree with h

speaker tillis doesn't. ableport employers being to give access to birth control for their employees. speaker tillis has defunded planned parenthood. the only state i know of that is actually done that -- i tell you, when i look at speaker tillis's record on women, it is abysmal. i will never back down supporting women. i will fight for them and he will not. >> would you like to reply? >> i think we get back to religious freedom is a very important -- a bedrock principle of this nation. this is not the only area where kay disagrees with what the founding fathers were thought were very important in founding the station. we need to separate the two issues. when we're talking about taxpayer funding for contraception, that is different than access. she is trying to distort the two. i would like kay hagan to consider making a commitment to find ways to broaden access and lower the cost of contraception. it is something that can be done and it will benefit the very women she pretends suggest she is trying to advoc

speaker tillis doesn't. i support employers being able to give access to birth control for their employees. speaker tillis has defunded planned parenthood. the only state i know of that is actually done that -- i tell you, when i look at speaker tillis's record on women, it is abysmal. i will never back down supporting women. i will fight for them and he will not. >> would you like to reply? >> i think we get back to religious freedom is a very important -- a bedrock principle of this nation. this is not the only area where kay disagrees with what the founding fathers were thought were very important in founding the station. we need to separate the two issues. when we're talking about taxpayer funding for contraception, that is different than access. she is trying to distort the two. i would like kay hagan to consider making a commitment to find ways to broaden access and lower the cost of contraception. it is something that can be done and it will benefit the very women she pretends suggest she is trying to

(clapping.) >> thank you tilly. good morning it's a pleasure to be here as we start the construction of a project that not only includes practitioner but access to the treasure island. we're proud of the bridge you see behind us and we're proud of this project that puts a world-class new connection to the treasure island that was independent of the bay bridge project it was due to the collaboration between will the caltrain's and all the work with our bay bridge team the transportation authority and cpc and it'd district attorney and the federal how association. those ramps with the west side ramps support the plans that was just mentioned. all of that community that's going to be development it is the goal of this region it's a sustainable place for all people in the bay area. we know very well that the rams we have in place today do not address and can't be handle the peak time traffic for the 20024. i'm proud to be part of this project and pleased of the work our staff as done working together with the rest of th

a lot of people don't know speaker tom tillis yet. will tell you most don't know anything about the speaker. tom tillis is in a good position. he was never going to leave the race until the very end. senator hagan can still win this. we put a new television ad on this week, we put $2 million behind it to talk about his work to pass through the north carolina house a requirement that the insurance companies cover children therapies for children with autism. i think the speaker is in good shape. we are having a big debate about what the legislature as done including passing tax reform. >> let me follow up with you on that. you are saying he hasn't defined himself and introduced himself maybe the way he wants to. it seems the one thing north carolina voters know about him is that he is the top republican in the state legislature. all of these things that have been happening in their state capitol has happened on his watch. >> the latest polls show a lot of people don't know who he is. i would say that senator hagan has done a good job de

speaker tillis agrees with it.t does allow employers to deny access to birth control for their female employees. when women's best interests are on the line, i will never back down. >> and if you want to understand why the white house is struggling with whether and when to announce executive actions on immigration, last night hagan provided a real-time example of the challenge they face. placating activists in the red states likely to decide senate control. hagan made it clear she does not support the president acting on his own. >> the president should not take that executive action. that should be a congressional decision. but immigration is broken in our country. inaction is not an option. speaker tillis has no plan to solve our immigration system. >> i don't know where senator hague is on amnesty. i think that's a colossal mistake. >> john, give us a sense of your takeaways from this debate last night, and which candidate you think may have chipped away, may have gained some ground here. >> i didn't see a clear

tillis is in a tight contest with sitting senator democrat kay hagen.o tillis has been calling on republican heavyweights to lend support. at the event jeb bush expounded on issues he is he perfect vent about. one, immigration reform. a pathway to citizenship for immigrants, and two, education standards, the common core. disliked by gop activists. the new york times noted that candidate tillis quote gently put distance between himself and his guest of honor, unquote, on these issues. and voiced far more conservative stances on immigration and education than did mr. bush. >>> question. if jeb bush decides to run for president in 2016, is he too moderate for the republican base? or is he just what the doctor ordered? pat? >> too moderate for the republican base. bobby jindal was very much out in favor. >> who is bobby jindal? >> the governor of what la. marco rubio was for. >> who is marco rubio? >> the u.s. senator from florida. >> right. right. >> damaged deeply by his support for immigration reform. jeb bush 1 john he doesn't look to me like he's got t

', speaker tillis' performance in the ads?nd say, this is no way to treat a person who's a senator? when it's that behavior you're using against him? >> i don't think so. i mean, it's not like george herbert walker bush's treatment of geraldine ferraro. >> he said afterwards, i kicked her ass or something. it's unbelievable. i'm thatsorry, that's what he s >> he did. if i were kay hagan, i wouldn't use that in an ad. to answer your question, how should a male candidate treat a female opponent? look to vice president joe biden and his debate with sarah palin. that's how you do it. treat your opponent with respect. >> thank you, kasie hunt and jonathan capehart. we'll be right back after this. eachwon't have a claim.wners that's why allstate claim free rewards gives you money back for every year you don't have one. and why if you're part of the other 5%, allstate offers claim rateguard. so your rates won't go up just because of a claim. no matter what comes your way, your home protects you. ...protect it back allstate home insur

i'm tilly chang with the transportation authority we work for the 11 members of the board of supervisors to administer the half hour penny call prop k we want to extend our congratulations to director reiskin and his team and acknowledge mayor lee's leadership and supervisor tang's in improving the pedestrian safety and transportation authority san francisco has spoken loud and clear are maintaining safety is our priority with the help of our partners across the city family i want to congratulate the community and neighborhood for about advocating for those improvements at yorba but along the crossroad is a high injury corridor we really need to focus in terms of the xevenlgs be not only for the enforcement the traffic signals but also to be supported by enforcement and countdowns and other feevenz we provide to be part of the effort and thank to the community for you're planning support today as well as in the fall thank you. >> (clapping) >> director chang mentioned the community and neighborhoods it's at&t the voices of the people of san francisco that make sure they can get around th

tom tillis, cutting our schools, giving breaks to the wealthy.emocratic senatorial campaign committee is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> in the private sector, businesses are built on accountability. accountability is a foreign language in washington. the debt is out of control, and neither party has stopped it. kay hagan enabled president obama's worst ideas. she refuses to clean up his mess. you and i have to clean up hers. i'm tom tillis. i approve this message and that's why i'm running for the u.s. senate. the kay hagan-tom tillis debate coming up in a little bit over an hour, their first televised debate. until then, we go to connecticut with democratic governor dan malloy being challenged by republican tom foley, a former ambassador to ireland. recent polling gives mr. foley the lead in that race. " poll givestimes him a nine point lead. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen. i don't need to go to a great deal of length to tell you about our two guests we have tonight. let me start this program by saying welcome governor m

. >> good morning, chair tilly chang welcome back from recess i hope you had an enjoyable recess we hit the nail on the head the ground running the first a seven hundred thousand grant from the regional couldn't to prove our transit reliability and crowding so those restraining order important if i understand that will rep help to boost the state of the art in the transportation modeling we're proud and congratulate our deputy director for the services and the transit study received good news that the mp c that is art and sfmta skews bart transit we received one million dollars federal granted from the tiger grant planning this is matched by prop k to the tune of another million dollars so we'll have $2 million to address the transbay corridor crowding we see even day and we'll moved in the future as supervisor avalos mentioned we saw the bill passed i express our appreciation in leading this initiative so you as the transportation authority board are the commissions of the new treasure island mobility agency and this roll will be bringing you a plan to put together the guns with the po

. >> thank you, chairman breed and vice chair tilly chang and president chiu. this report deals with the topic that many people have strong opinions about. you know, whether people in city government are acting properly and how their conduct is regulated. there's an anecdotal evidence of good conduct and bad conduct there's a structure in place there's a lot of beliefs about the utility of the structure as we looked at it we could see there's tangled lace behind that it include both state and local laws, there's a federal constitutional overlay that comes into play in the financial area, there's common lay background when it comes to conflict of interest so a lot of the report goes through the laws and kind of looks at at how they operate we got into basically 3 areas where we made finding and recommendations. one has to do with enforcement of the laws as it now stands while people look at the ethnics commission it enforced the law the reality is the state enforces the last in many instances because the state political practices act really controls a lot of wha

to your right is speaker thom tillis, who greatly serves as the speaker of the house in north carolina's state legislature.

tillis. airing on local television and then we will talk with a reporter covering the race. >> tired of being disgusted by the news? touch.ton has lost the federal budget is a joke and senators ever pay the price. i came up in the real world. a warehouse clerk and eventually a partner at ibm. the senate could use more people .ho had to swing for living and let's make this right. >> i get results for home. at mosts ranked the moderate senator. just right. morrow, a political reporter with the charlottes onner. night, the first debate between the state house speaker om tilllis, the republican, senator kay hagen, the democrat in north carolina. that's happening at 7:00 p.m. is each side need do in this debate? lose?s more to gain or >> a good question, john. both sides have a lot to gain this.o lose from this is really the first head-to-head matchup of tom pretty much on the sideline for the last three months, in fact, almost every nomination in e may because he had a legislative session, the ho

thom tillis, cutting our schools, giving breaks to the wealthy. democratic senatorial campaign committee is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> in the private sector, businesses are built on accountability. accountability is foreign language in washington. obamacare is a disaster, but the president woken admit it. thet of control and neither party has stopped it. kay hagan enabled president obama's worst ideas. she refuses to clean up his mess. so you and i have to clean up hers. i'm thom tillis. i approved this message and that's why i'm running for the u.s. senate. >> some of the political ads running in north carolina for that state's senate race. we will have live coverage again today of the debate between democratic incumbent kay hagan and her republican challenger thom tillis. that gets underway at 7:00 eastern on our companion network, c-span. >>> here are highlights for this coming weekend. friday, live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, nebraska supreme court will hear oral argument on the keystone xl pipeline. saturday at 6

tillis has been on the sidelines. in fact, ever since he won the nomination in may. he's the house speaker in north carolina. and he's had to -- and so he said that stay off the trial and that's the last few days. it's really sort of the first chance for a lot of people to see him, to be the primary and for hagan it's a chance to, you know, turn the agenda off of esident o -- obama which the democrats are trying to pin him on. a very tight race between illsi and hagen. that's according to the average of all polls. 7:00 p.m. you can watch it on c-span. we'll be showing i. but mr. morrow, what's the strategy in debate saturday ni this debate?t. is it a matter of trying to avoid a major mistake? trying to do that. the broader strategy for him is to tie hagan to president obama to washington. bama's popularity is at 41% in north carolina. which is slightly below his average. her strategy is going to be to going tillis to what's on in raleigh, which is also unpopular. think a poll has shown the north carolina legislature was controlled by the republicans to unpopular here

tothe first question goes speaker tillis. in a new video service of the second american be executed by isis otherwise known as the islamic state of iraq and syria. this morning, the president about to degrade and destroy the terrorist group. he has already authorized airstrikes in iraq. the focus is now on syria. how do you think the administration should perceived? -- proceed? >> we have to go back and realize just months ago president obama was calling isis the jv. last week after the beheading of he came andurnalist expressed regrets and a few days later said we do not have a strategy for isis. how can you not have a strategy for an organization almost 10 years old? they have roots in syria. they are taking over a country that men and women of the armed forces of the united states fought for and held ground and now we're are seeing a backward trend. this is an example of where president obama has failed the people of the country and kay hagan has allowed it to happen or has been silent. we have to make this country and wor

tillis's record on women, it is abysmal. >> we go now to norah o'donnell in north carolina.night. tell me what we can expect going forward. >> hey, good morning to you guys. it's great to be here in raleigh. let me first say it was an honor to moderate this debate. but, charlie, i think they were a little disappointed their hometown hero charlie rose wasn't there. how's charlie doing, how's charlie doing. >> i'm sure they were plenty pleased to see you over me. this was one of the important races. >> it is one of the most important senate races in the country. it could decide which party controls the united states senate. you know, there are seven democratic held seats that mitt romney won in 2012, so they're very close. this race here in north carolina is actually the second most expensie race in the country. they've already spent some $30 million. as you heard in the clips from the debate last night, senator kay hagan the democrat is being branded as a rubber stamp for president obama. that's how her challenger, the house speaker thom tillis said she voted with the preside

i am thom tillis and i approve this message and that is why i am running for the u.s.> just some of the political ads running in north carolina for the u.s. senate race. live coverage of the candidates debate between k hagan and republican thom tillis on our companion network c-span. >> here are some highlights for this coming week and. friday live at 10:00 eastern on c-span the nebraska supreme court will hear oral arguments on the keystone pipeline saturday at 6:30 p.m. on the communicators, former fcc commissioners michael koss and robert mcdowell with campaign 2014 gearing up, what the latest debates on c-span. sunday at noon debate between comment to the credit senator and k hagan and tom tillis, incumbent jerry brown and neil kashka kashkari. un you are an international law and what little affected has on the behavior of powerful nations. saturday on booktv's afterwards. mike gonzalez and how he thinks republicans canadians with the hispanic vote. sunday at noon and in depth our three our conversation and your phone calls with former chair of the commission on ci

tillis.t seems that she's going to be able to tie him a bit to a very unpopular state legislature there. and that will make the race closer than it would be if she were facing a somewhat more generic republican candidate. >> i want to get to one more race on the republican side, the three vulnerable republican seats we talked about, kansas, and there's also georgia on the map and kentucky. if you quickly explain this one. think it will surprise people, your model, you're saying kentucky has almost a 90% chance of going for mitch mcconnell. people look at mitch mcconnell. they look at the polling and say, they would think it's more competitive. can you quickly explain that? >> the polls in kentucky are extremely clear. mitch mcconnell has a lead of four or five points, there's basically no dissension on that point. kentucky is a very red state. it's a state that voted overwhelmingly for mitt romney. it's a state where the republicans have made very important gains in the eastern part of the st

live coverage of that when she pieces tom tillis. many have been getting to know them through campaign advertisements. here is a look -- >> >> senators never pay the price. i came up in the real world. i've been a paper boy, a short-order cook, a warehouse clerk and eventually a partner at i.b.m. the senate could use more people for a living and few of the politician who is made this mess. i approve this message. let's make this right. >> one of the things i love about north carolina is that unless you're talking basketball, you don't have to pick a team. that's how i get results for folks here at home. republicans or democrats, it's an ideal work for middle class family i am all for it. i approve this message because i was so proud with the non-partisan national journal ranked me for most moderate senator. not too far left, not too far right. just like north carolina. >> a recent poll show the candidates are in a dead heat. a poll finds the incumbents led llis 45% to 43% with shawn halcombing in at 5%. our coverage of the north caro

. >> the nra is proud to support tomorrow tillis. >> they're calling it extreme.extreme? better background checks. and magazine clip limits and no more new assault weapons? that's extreme? the nra is spending a million in the arkansas candidate race supporting tom cotton. >> we need leaders like tom cotton and the u.s. senate to fight back for us. >> the national rifle association trying to drive the voters' focus to gun issues in an election where many people don't think gun issues will be a part of it. >> acting out roles of eastern european soldiers. they say he assumed that role in real life. another 1,000 firefighters have been sent to battle the fires in california. firefighters have ignited in the region over the past few days. they continue to spread. the worst of them near sacramento, officials say 1600 homes are in harm's way. >>> no. st. louis county a standing room only council meeting erupted in protest last night. >> the country and the world are looking to see if we can bridge this divide. >> demonstrators call for the arrest of officer darren wilso

tillis dismissed such criticism about his conduct in that debate and said it's just silly.new senator hagan when she was in the state legislature. i knew her husband chip. this isn't about titles. it's about results. and in senator hagan's case it's about lack of results. he also said he would have treated a male opponent the same way. right. you call a senator "senator." that's the way everybody appreciates you have to do it. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." with several thousand onlookers lining the streets, the funeral for joan rivers took place in a in her 2012 book. >> i want my funeral to be -- to be a huge showbiz affair with lights and camera and action. i want it to be hollywood all the way. don't give me some rabbi rambling on. >> anyway, the funeral featured yesterday a parade of celebrities, everyone from barbara waterers to sarah jessica parker and hugh o'donnell. roger mcdon performed hey big spender and other tunes. bag pipe performers concluded the ceremony. by all accounts, it was, indeed, a huge showbiz affair. a friend of joan rivers s

tillis leading senator hagan. here is a look at some recent ads. >> tired of being disgusted about recent news? washington has completely lost touch with working americans, and senators never pay the price. i am thom tillis. i came up in the real world. i have been a cook and a partner. -- thom tillis. let's make this right. >> hi. i am kay hagan. one of the things i love about north carolina is unless you are talking basketball, you do not have to pick a team. it's an idea works for middle-class families, i am all for it. i approved this message because i was so proud when the journal ranked me as the most moderate senator, not too far left, not too far right, just like north carolina. >> and a reminder that senator hagan and republican challenger face off in the debate sponsored by the association of broadcasters. you can see it on c-span. now, a discussion on the common core initiative and the education policy. from washington journal, this is one hour. : we'll spend our next hour this morning focusing on the o

. >> former florida governor jeb bush, republican thomas this week in one of the -- thom tillis. he has been calling on republican heavy weights for support. he spoke on issues he is officer vent about. one, immigration reform. he is a proponent for education standards for common core disliked by gop actists. the -- activists. he gently put distance between himself and his guest of honor on these issues and voiced far more conservative instances on immigration than did mr. bush. >> question, if jeb bush decides to run for president in 2016, is he too moderate for the republican base or is he just what the doctor ordered? >> too moderate for the republican base. you take common core. bobby jindal was in favor. >> who? favor. >> the governor of louisiana. he's had on to run innia way from that. >> marco rubio. marco rubio is a u.s. senator from florida. damaged deeply by his support for immigration reform. he's run away from it. he doesn't have the fire in the bell april. he hasn't run -- belly. he hasn't run for a dozen years or more. >> he is getting warm apd these two issues wil

the committee met on july 10, 2014, and gave a recommendation to evaluate our tilly chang with an exceptionally good recommendation the board supported the evaluation done after an evaluation process that included several executive director record of acknowledgements and the transportation authority analysis we have rated our executive director as exceptionally good in her performance thank you. supervisor mar would you like to make a motion in terms of what was demolished >> second by supervisor yee if i'm seeing no names on the raufrtd madam clerk call the roll. >> not to disclose the content. >> supervisor avalos absent. supervisor breed. supervisor campos. supervisor chiu. supervisor cohen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. that item passes. >> okay. that motion is approved. item number 9 >> introduction of new items. >> actually before we get there do we need public comment on item 8. >> okay with that, should we resend that vote and do public comment? okay. there's no public currently in the board chambers is there any

tell senator hagan we can't afford higher taxes. >> the taxes that governor tillis gave are more thanrd. >> we are going to see these take action tonight. the battle between kay hagan and tom tillis will continue. >> we know which side you come down on, larry, but let me ask you this way, what does kay hagan whhave to do to win this thing? >> last week senator hagan showed up and gave the president a big kiss. then she went into the american legion to give a speech trashing obama. so hagan's theory here -- >> i think it was a small kiss, larry. >> okay, a small kiss. i actually think it was a wet kiss is what it really was. >> you've got hagan running away from obama. she's saying i'm not part of the democratic party. on the other hand, you've got tillis who really hasn't had any policies of his own -- >> is this race emblemattic or what we'll see across the country? >> it's emblematic that republicans will win one of three, no question about that. but there are seven or eight toss-ups. you look at the polls and they are all toss-ups. i agree with john hardwood, this is an important r

caller: thom tillis. north carolina has gone backwards.on't think they will get back in there no more. the republicans party are taking from poor people. think about a chicken, a fat chicken. host: william and elizabeth city, north carolina. jay in middletown, connecticut our line for independents. caller: morning. ir the midterm elections, would have to say, focusing on the country would be the primary concern of mine. of war.en through a lot we have a lot of troops coming home. there is a lot of foreign issues. i feel, you know, the recovery of this country is what is most important. our people. not only that, but securing our borders. so, you know, threats of any sort can't get through. i think that should be, you know, the number one priority. and concerning the political 6, you know, 201 it's not easy these days to pick a president. yournow, you have to do homework. know, you never know what they will do when they get in office. you know what? there's good people in this world that want that position. know,ow, hopefully, you whoever t

get her hands dirty i know she has to be careful in our judicial roll to be quote/unquote but julie tillychang has been amazing we're honoring julie tang for 25 years of service for san francisco as a justice she served in the district attorney's office for 8 years and with her long time colleague julie tang has been a good community leader involved in community be based organizations. in my opinion she's been a tremendous role model when i met her when i was a activist in the chinese progressives julie had been elected to the college board for a few years and indefinitely she served for 3 terms at the presidents of the community board and 9 years on the college board but she served in the community college she's remained dedicated to promote our city college for everyone in san francisco. she's served our community not only as a just for 25 years but our community for 40 years. in 1981 a water shed year she was fointd appointed to the bench and that was one of the years we as san franciscans remember the chinese-american leaders that were brought into the city through judicial branch and

tillis. groups forre women's him to >> our coverage of the debate between kay hagan and tom tillis is here on c-span tomorrow evening. in a few moments, henry cisneros on the needs of senior citizens. and in a little more than one half hour, oral argument for the second circuit court of appeals phone case dealing with records. and then the field hearing on the challenges facing the industry in the search for cures. washingtonext journal, a look at the militarization of police forces. our guest is from the american civil liberties union. we will also discuss the threat with nicholas burns, former undersecretary of for put up close fares. -- for political affairs. washington journal is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. secretarymer hud henry cisneros. looking at a forum the housing needs of senior citizens. this is one half hour. [applause] >> thank you very much. what an energetic recent tatian. -- presentation. to becomenecessary the mayor of san antonio to become secretary of hu

communities in going forward with our every 4 year plan i'm appreciative of the leadership of our leaders tilly chang everything we do with the work we do in i think cooperation with a lot of happening at the ups globally but in new york city as well thank you. >> thank you supervisor mar for those kind words. >> thank you if there are no other remarks from the board so gone to public comment. >> i was in chinatown in the morning had my breakfast on broadway close to stockton i was enjoying my talk to the four side of people in chinatown routinely restaurant and think i was holding a platform for myself and all of a sudden outside the restaurant of the construction in the city there is noise and being a hostess really construction work outside and then the duty i didn't and pollution was right there we have to look at the restaurants i had to go to other restaurant to continue my day a no nonsense construction noise since this is truly necessary construction wo work. >> thank you very much are there are had is there any additional public comment seeing none, public comment is closed and the inf

wednesday, he went to north carolina for thom tillis, using an appearance at a lighting company to focus on election speculation, and he is fuelling a speckuallation about a presidential run. >> i did this every election cycle. because it was speculation, no one cared then. now it's a bigger deal. i can't answer that, why it's important. i want to make sure that republicans gain control of senate. >> another potential 2016 governor, rick perry, has been excused of attending pre-trial hearings in his abuse of trial. bewildered. >> in my 20 years of practice i never had a defense lawyer show up saying can my client not appear. court. >> this judge did not laugh, granting his request. heidi zhou-castro has more. >> it's a victory for perry's legal team, asking the judge to excuse the governor as it travels to europe. the purpose of the trip is to spread the word about the texas economy. according to a british think tank at which katy perry is scheduled to speak a day after the hearing. on the agenda he'll talk about foreign policy, an indication that the trip is geared towards a run at the

to be a mid term election that is about sort of who is less popular, republican state houses, tom tillis has shepherded through a raft of conservative legislation or president obama and alison lundergan grimes doesn't have the benefit that tom tillis has. who do you think makes out as the eviller enemy so to say? >> it's tough. it's basically remained the same the past couple of months, where you have a better than 50% chance of the republicans taking over the senate. i think you are right. i think it's obama's lack of republican, versus the republican brand's lack of popularity. with mitch mcconnell, that's the republican congress, and so the question where does it outweigh the other and it's fascinating, but some of these races just aren't really budging that much, and you are ending up essentially where you started a couple months ago, with almost a 50-50 split. >> it is also worth noting that the sixth straight national poll show republicans taking the lead of the national ballot, which is certainly enough to make all democrats to shiver their timbers. i'm going to ask you to play th