mark udahl said i'll not give this president or any other president a blank check to engage in war in iraq. >> we know y it's these polls that show the president's approval rating sew low in the 30s and 40s, 30s in some of the states, 40s nationwide and that's why they want to create this distance. in shaheen's case you have somebody like scott brown who is running on this issue, in a more hawkish way than she is. he shoo wants to be in an oversight position over this president. in udall you had from hum trying to get distance also on immigration reform and the executive action president obama did not take over the last weeks. this is democrats trying to get some distance from this president. they think he's a drag on them. >> you can tell with the statements that they're really trying to sort this out because of all the things we thought this midterm election might be about, health care, the economy, immigration. military campaign in the middle east was not high on the list so we'll see probably some fluctuation in the statements, too. >> another thing that happens if you're in a mil

it's only in colorado that we see mark udahl holding strong.es this mean in terms of the likelihood? we are talking about a bet now. it is still early, but does it make it more likely that the republicans have a shot of taking over? >> i think for the last month or so -- the whole election cycle the map favored republicans. the retirements in places like montana and south dakota and west virginia of democrats helped republicans. it is not new that republicans are pretty well positioned to hold the senate. what you are seeing is the individual races becoming clear. arkansas now looks like a more uphill climb. we said it would be tough, but he hung in there for quite sometime. i think the number i would point to, look at president obama's number. he is at 31 in your kentucky poll. in colorado which he won twice, 39. tough to win when you are at that number. >> kelly o'donnell, they are worried about kay hang in in the north carolina race and mary landrieu in louisiana. her brother, the very popular mayor can pull together for her. other democrats

mark udahl was the only one complaining yesterday. most states don't have a big latino population, don't even have a big liberal population in these states so what changed? i don't get it. you can have the same calculation months ago when he promised he would act. >> the politics as the president said and peter said became more heated given the border situation but democrats saw some scary polling out of some of these red states, particularly among independent voters where the idea of executive action in particular was not looking good for some of these democrats who were hanging on for dear life as it is. the activist community, the immigration activist community feel betrayed and i asked a top immigration activist why does it matter? why do you care if it happens now or two months after you waited so long? it would be the same thing. he said you don't understand, we have been strung along and jerked around for so long and every single time we have to wait because something else is more important. there are major disappointment and a

if you look at the udahl race in california. he was not pleased about the decision and said so in a press release. i think the administration calculated they were a lot less worried about depressing the latina vote. latino groups are furious about this. the white house wasn't worried about depressing the latino votes in the midterms as much as it was worried about activating the tea party vote and felt it would do that because it's a midterm election, it's about who turns out. lot of the senate races are close and so i think that's what they looked at and they didn't want to get blamed, come out and make this decision and let's say the senate control does go other to the republicans, the white house didn't want to get the blame for that. >> once the election is passed does it become full steam ahead on immigration reform? >> i think so. if you look -- the president says i'll act before the end of the year and what most of these groups expect him to do is stop some of the deportations of some of these otherwise law-abiding citize

mark udahl thought would be in more trouble. cultural issues hurt his opponents.hat's the great fascinating thing where we will be for the next seven weeks. people are paying attention and debates are happening. the races are moving. >> you are staying on top of it all. >> trying. >> thank you both. as we mentioned, president obama is announcing this afternoon a new military mission to battle the ebola outbreak. later today he will visit atlanta's headquarters for the centers for disease control and outlining plans to up to 3,000 personnel to organize and train workers and build treatment clinics. here in washington, american survivor kent bradley will testify in his joint senate hearing later on the global health crisis making them more urgent and an update today. the death toll surpassed 2500 people with another 5,000 people infected. the who predicts 20,000 people could be infected before the outbreak ends. we also want to say something about a real loss. more than four decades ago, an aspiring young cartoonist hit philadelphia like a tornado using drawings to

colorado is the president's stand on immigration and the fact that he's not doing thing hurt senator udahl there. i don't think he'll lose that race. i think you gain currency no matter what. if you want him to do something on immigration, you don't go out and be critical of the president saying i want to do something about immigration. so it works for him there. but the women's votes in georgia, the numbers i saw are really striking. i think that's going to be a real boon. i think it will help jimmy carter's grandson in the race. >> thanks for coming on. >> david, thanks so much. >> the public approval ratings of president obama even on foreign policy are increasingly important. just eight weeks before the midterm elections. it could drag down democrati democratic candidates. what are the wedge issues focused on is raising the minimum wage. we talked about kentucky with michael s hure. mitch mcconnell has come under fire, say going to he becomes majority he's going to block the bill on minimum wage. tom cotton supports raising the hourly rate. caught someone dead evening dependence tom pr

over the weekend democratic incumbent mark udahl appeared in a debate and was trying to urge cautionhow the united states deals with the islamic state when it invoked the two journalists that the islamic state group beheaded. >> i can tell you stephen sotloff and james foley would say don't be impulsive. won't be impulsive. come up with a plan to knock isil back. >> republican cory gardner said it was outrageous that the senator would put words in the mouths of death americans. udall now agrees. he said, i should not invoked the names of james foley and stephen sotloff. it was inappropriate and i sincerely apologize. >>> same-sex marriage has now become an issue of pride for republicans. susan collins is welcoming this ad from a gay rights pac. >> she's part of the solution. someone who puts people ahead of politics. that's what we need more of in washington. that's susan collins. >> meanwhile, in oregon republican senate candidate monica weibe is now running her ow own ad. >> we need leaders who have the courage to do what is right. that's why i support monica weibe for senate. >> i

a few of your fellow democrats had tough words for the president from senator mark udahl. the american people must be assures we are not pursuing an open ended conflict and i will not give the president a blank check to begin another land war in iraq. from tim cain, i disagree with the president's assertion that he has all necessary legal authority to wage an eventive war against isil without congressional approval. does that surprise you some. >> this is an important issue. the grave question of what we use our military for and our commitment to what i believe will be a battle that will last for my lifetime and well beyond. what do you do when you have a terrorist organization it may not be an immediate or president threat. it's an important debate to have. you are seeing divisions and debate within both parties. we should celebrate that. we shouldn't use our focus on here. this is about terrorism and how we confront it. i think this is much more of a have the terrorism and the organization happens to be a combination of a terrorist organization with a big army that is we

. >> it's an issue and senator udahl's reelection and his opponent has a bill and they introduce their own independence and it was interesting to watch and try to -- they were not outdueling each other, but trying to outdual on energy. >> you see the energy and you literally see the fracking and the see the mining going on as you drive down the road. it's everywhere. >> to take it full circle, rachelke

that's why you see senator udahl. the next few years will present big challenges to the president. when the military leadership said we'll need boots on the ground, each time the president has responded say nothing we are not going to. the success of the air campaign is going to be limited unless and until the u.s. puts an adequate number of people on the ground to advise and train and direct the iraqis and the kurd and also has a sufficient presence to allow americans to do targeted anti-terrorism missions which our people are better in doing man anyone in the world. martha: either the military advisers will agree with you or change your mind in the white house. karl, thank you so much. bill: look is back? what are we looking at? 41 days away from the election. what do you at home, at work, need to be concerned with? balance of power in the u.s. senate is the entire story come the first tuesday in november. disregard all the numbers on the board and just think about this number here. the seats needed for the republican party in order to get a majority of 51 in the u.s. senate. tha

. >> it's an issue and senator udahl's reelection and his opponent has a bill and they introduce their own independence and it was interesting to watch and try to -- they were not outdueling each other, but trying to outdual on energy. >> you see the energy and you literally see the fracking and the see the mining going on as you drive down the road. it's everywhere. >> to take it full circle, rachel talked about jerry mandarin. the one place where that is not an issue is the senate. it might show up. even in the energy in colorado is in the 7, 8, 9 contested senate races down to the wire. we will see them raise the spector of national security and or civil liberties in the last couple of weeks before the election. >> before we throw it open to questions, we have the small matter of iran. what happens then? up to and including the lame duck is anybody's guess. let's say we have a deal. there will be a push by the administration most likely to reduce the sanctions we have on them over the nuclear program and other nepharious activities. that will be pushed into next year. you might see