tom udall has stepped up on the side. he has been a great partner. we just had a meeting with sir. -- with barbara boxer. we're trying to get to the goal. i think there's absolutely this for the congress. there's still bipartisan legislation to reform the regulation of chemicals including toxic chemicals. everybody involved in that industry and consumer groups says there is a significant updating that needs to happen. i think we still have fact important opportunity. >> is boxer on board with advancing the bill? >> we just presented her a new redline. she's going to look at that with her staff in the next few weeks. i continue to be optimistic that we have a very bipartisan effort. barbara is the outlier on the democratic side. i am very optimistic. >> are halfway through the program. >> can you talk about how this will affect your state? -- how the health care law will affect your state? will you expand medicating your state? a lot of republican governors have decided to do that. where do you stand on the issue? >> what we need to focus on is fundam

this race in new mexico between democratic senator tom udall and gop senator, alan way's web ad whereow as far as i feel, this diplomatic path that we're on right now is a good one. >> that i am giving myself to you and, the american people should have no patience for whatever is going through your head because you've got a job to do. >> got a job to do. the president is saying on that audio. lars larsen is syndicated radio host at compass media networks. marjorie clifton former consultant to the obama campaign. >> good morning. >> right off the bat, everybody at home saw that picture. james foley is not in the picture, it is a picture of the terrorist who beheaded him. appropriate, inappropriate? marjorie, you first? >> well, i think it's a pretty fresh situation and actually one that is surprisingly united americans. death of, execution of tom foley has been really, really hard thing for everyone. what it has done, the presidential actions that have followed have been more favorable toward republicans than anything we've seen in a long time. airstrikes are happening to try to contai

it begins with tom udall praising the administration's foreign policy.creen shows the isis militant. attack ads are serious business. we know a lot is at stake, but does making one's case always have to be so icky. here to discuss we have alone politics editor blake zef. joins us dave heller, a democratic consultant and ad maker and gabby domenzain is still with us. in creating an attack ad, what do you tell your clients about how they should go about them? >> the most important thing is that it be believable. the second thing most important thing is it will factually based, and the third most important thing is that it resonate with the vetters you're trying to persuade. you want to focus not so much on who your supporters are and who your opponent supporters are, who are those in the middle, the undecided that you can firm up and solidify and pull over to your side. >> how do you prepare them for their risks? there shouldn't be very many risks if they're done right. if you have something that's totally factual, that's grounded in the record, that's not

jihadist appears for only a couple of seconds in a campaign ad by new mexico's republican challenger to tom udall portrays as a rudderless foreign policy mismanaged by democrats. >> coming up, an emotional day at michael brown's funeral. there are new cries for action. we're going live to ferguson for the latest. and a powerful earthquake hits northern california. new warnings of a strong and possibly damaging aftershock. stay with us. you' you're in "the situation room." big day? ah, the usual. moved some new cars. hauled a bunch of steel. kept the supermarket shelves stocked. made sure everyone got their latest gadgets. what's up for the next shift? ah, nothing much. just keeping the lights on. (laugh) nice. doing the big things that move an economy. see you tomorrow, mac. see you tomorrow, sam. just another day at norfolk southern. where the reward was that what if tnew car smelledit card and the freedom of the open road? a card that gave you that "i'm 16 and just got my first car" feeling. presenting the buypower card from capital one. redeem earnings toward part or even all of a new chevrole

we've had several players whether they're at the high school or college level, and i know senator tom udall cosponsor ised his bill, and we've had hearings on this specific topic already. but i understand that there is some work being done here. i know there's a lawsuit that's going on, but i wondered if you could comment, dr. emmert, and then i'll ask you, mr. rolle, your opinion of it. but if you could talk about what's being done with this issue, because i think it's a very important issue for all levels of sports. >> it's a critical issue, and it's most heavily identified with sports, of course, but it's also the leading cause of concussions for young women in soccer, for example, and it occurs in virtually every sport. there's a number of things going op, i'll be as quick as i can. first of all, as i mention inside my opening comments, we created the -- when i first came into the office, i was a bit surprised to find there wasn't a chief medical officer position in the ncaa, so i created that job and went out, and we hired a wonderful doctor who's a neurologist. he's been working unbel

tom cotton was the only congressman from arkansas who voted against them. i don't know where his priorities are, but not with arkansas children. >>> mark udall is attacking cory gardner, against women's rights. >> congressman gardner just doesn't get it. >> abortion a felony? in case of rape and inmuch set ? >> elane chow is now attack grimes. >> have you ever noticed how some liberals feel entitled to speak on behalf of all women as if every woman agrees with barack obama? >> in washington state a republican group is accusing jeff murkley of fiscal irresponsibility. >> senator murkley voted to raise the budget wasting more of our money about. >> joining us today is al jazeera contributor ire michael shore. welcome. >> it's a thursday election, which i don't know that i remember a thursday election. these are primaries, these are ugly races and of course this is when the primary challenges happen. yes we're in kentucky, mitch mcconnell, a lot of money going into that race. the dejarlais race and the race to unseat lamar alexander. this is the last stand of the tea party in these elections not surprising at all they are putting a lot of money into those ugly a

tom cotton was the only member of congress from arkansas who voted against it. i don't know where his priorities are but they're not with arkansas children. >> in colorado, democratic senator mark udall is attacking republican candidate corrie gardner. >> antiabortion laws even sponsoring bills to make abortion a felony even in the cases of rape and increst. insa. incest. >> attack grimes in return. >> have you ever noticed liberals feel entitled to speak against every woman, as if every woman is against obama. >> incumbent democrat senator jeff murkley of fiscal irresponsibility. >> senator murkley voted six times against balancing the budget wasting even more of our money. there it pays to own a television station in a battle ground state. fueling advertising revenue records. >>> finally there's an intriguing election taking place in the washington state town of oak harbor. owinger is 87 years old and he is a nudist. he's tired of seek change and optimistic in his sheriff's race. his wife says, i think he watches too much of that jon stewart. that's it for power politics. two hurricanes move towards the state of hawaii. no damage from the 4.5 quake. residents are bracing for hurric