the citizens united decision, 2014, mccutcheon decision, unlimited outside spending by groups, this time around how much are these companies or these organizations going to be spending? and by all accounts it's a lot. >> all right, so we're talking the mid terms now but what about

just like the citizens united decision.o the idea is we'll make the electorate older, whiter, more conservative, as opposed to younger, more diverse, and more progressive. that way the corporations who are so powerful, they can increase their power over the political process. the more people that vote, the more democratic the political system is, the less power special interests have. the fewer people that participate, the easier it is for special interests to rig the game. >> is there a connection between the citizens united decision, which opened the floodgates, as everyone says, to campaign contributions from wealthy people into politics and people into politics and shelby and these continuing efforts to suppress voting? >> well, i think the connection is in a way in which the political process is currently being viewed within the courts. and it's actually quite dangerous. and i think we saw this last year in a supreme court case called mccutcheon. and the first line of the case chief justice roberts says, there are many

there's an inefficiency that the supreme court focussed on in the citizen united decision and others, as to why outside spending can't be limited, why contributions can't be limited because it isn't as valuable. one thing we'll have to look at, i think there has been efforts by outside groups to spend more of their money. not just in advertising, but get out to vote efforts, voter registration, retail politicking that can make the difference in a u.s. house or senate race. we'll have to see how effective it ends up being. >> what an interesting time in campaigns and finance. michael toner, former chairman of the federal election commission. >>> coming up, we look at some of the donors behind the dark money. big businessmen using their wealth to influence the way you vote. >> big money is in local judicial races too. it's justice for sale. you're watching "real money." tell me what is on your mind by sweeting me ali velshi. keep it right here. >>> before the break i was telling you about dark money, that is the money spent by politically active nonprofit groups flooding the political s

that is why i thought the supreme court for the citizens united decision. we will talk more this afternoon and we will talk a little bit about immigration. i cannot say the whole time because i have a lot of work to do about who will be the chair -- the people who want to come in to talk about those kinds of subjects. thell not be able to stay whole time. the chair of the energy and commerce committee and am very .roud sometime in the course of the legislative life a person comes along that is a perfect fit to take us and the future. i think that is who she is. she has amassed a tremendous amount of support. some of them is fewer than 20 have thought what he thought of that or why have not asked about it just because i have not but i have spoken to a few. those who ask me or those that are clearly not assigned to one person or another. a very lovely man who was terrific. anyone or him i respect their decision, friendship and support. not had any conversations of that kind, only in conversations when the subject has come up. trying to anticipate anything tha

and what is it's role in american politics since the citizens united decision? dark money is simply money that is being spent in a political context by groups that don't have to disclose where they are getting the money from. so a group can be funded by billionaires, can be funded by unions or corporations or all the above, and it will not have to say publicly, hike a candidate would, or a committee would, where that money is originated, so it is a big issue in a lot of the races across the country, both house races and senate races where in some of the races that we have seen, in the senate side, 20, 30,% of the money that's sponsoring -- >> dave, what is the problem with that? is some at home, are thinking out loud, what's wrong with that? why do i have to disclose, what's the problem with that? how is that corrupting our system. >> hey, some people will say that, what is the problem. well, ands free speech, it is just fine if these groups want to to up and advocate for a candidate, or bash another candidate, we don't need to know where the money comes from, o

the citizens united decision, 2014, mccutcheon decision, unlimited outside spending by groups, this time around how much are these companies or these organizations going to be spending? and by all accounts it's a lot. >> all right, so we're talking the mid terms now but what about 2016 the presidential election? >> yeah, it is so amazing to think about this. they are saying it could be approaching the double digit billions. hillary clinton will have to raise approximately $1.7 billion in 2016, if anybody can do it she could do it. in 2012 barack obama raised 1.1 billion. that's what it cost to run successfully for president of the united states. >> the concern is that these candidates are beholden to special interests right? >> absolutely. people aren't putting up this kind of money, big time money because they're just doing it out of the kindness of their heart. >> because they like them? >> because they like them. we are now as it pertains to money where we were in watergate. what was done illegally is now done legally in the united states. >> thanks jeannie. >>> tens of thousands are

people want to overturn this disastrous citizens united supreme court decision. they are sick and tired of these ugly 32nd ads on television, coming from both parties. they want campaign finance limitations. republicans do not want it. they want to go beyond citizens united. democrat strong enough? i don't think so. people do understand that climate change is real. that the scientific community calls it one of the great environment of crises of our time. they want to move to an energy efficiency and sustainable energy. where democrat strong enough issue? absolutely not. people know there is something very wrong in our country when we have more wealth and income inequality than any country on earth. we need the wealthy to start paying their fair share. democrats talk about that a lot. have said that you are thinking about running for president. what is the timing of your decision? would you run as an independent or democrat? this -- and as i say this people will breathe a give relief -- i will the american people some time to recover from this last campaign. some f

oh, and who's doing the spending isn't always clear since the supreme court's citizens united decisionopened the floodgate. number ten on the list is as about obvious as it gets. the biggest thing to expect after the election is no change at all. even if republicans take the senate, president obama will still be in the white house so the recipe for gridlock that existed before the election probably won't change very much. joe johns, cnn, lexington, kentucky. >>> and there you have it. republicans may be on the verge of winning senate control thanks in large part to a campaign of fear. a f you examine the political ads that many republican candidates put out, they don't extol ideas, but democrats say they do exploit fear. take the race for the senate in new hampshire. >> radical islamic terrorists are threatening to cause the collapse of our country. president obama and senator shaheen seem confused about the nature of the threat. not me. i want to secure the border, keep out the people who would do us harm and restore america's leadership in the world. >> let's talk about this with for

the supreme court citizen united decision allowed outside groups to spends as mitch as they want oddowever they could not coordinate that are activities with a candidate's campaign but it suggests the gop used anonymous twitter accounts to share polling data. what do you make of this, michael. >>> it's very interesting. it's exactly what we thought would happen after citizens united. that people and groups, actually groupings, companies, corporations and super packs, would find ways, loopholes, really, to get around some of the vagaries of the campaign finance law. it says very, you know, loosely, that you cannot coordinate with a campaign, well, it was this coordination, sending these sort of mysterious tweets out there that need to be did he coded as chris said in his piece on it. need to be did he codeed with some sort of oval teen ring hates hard to figure out what kind of coordination it is. >> the numbers are bizarre, you had to specifically know the code in order to decipher them. >> that's what it is. it would is be california, four for us, 49, you would have to know which di

we took a look at this dynamic in a recent piece for the nation when the citizens united decision wased down, just as anthony kennedy made a distinction and said that these outside money groups, these independent expenditure andittee groups, super pacs dark money groups, they cannot court nate with candidates. the reason being, big-money donors, billionaires are millionaires, can lean on candidates, that would have a corrupting influence. unfortunately, over the last four years, we've seen candidates brazenly appear to break the law. many candidates appear to be coordinating with many of these dark money organizations, including the u.s. chamber of commerce, americans for , and many of these other organizations. some of them spawned just this year to emphasize specific races. we're seeing little enforcement from the federal elections commission. that agency, which is charged with enforcing election law, is deadlocked 3-3 with the three republican commissioners voting basically in lockstep since 2010 to block any investigation of potential wrongdoing. this election is turning out to be

we took a look at this dynamic in a recent piece for the nation when the citizens united decision wased down, just as anthony kennedy made a distinction and said that these outside money groups, these independent expenditure andittee groups, super pacs dark money groups, they cannot court nate with candidates. the reason being, big-money donors, billionaires are millionaires, can lean on candidates, that would have a corrupting influence. unfortunately, over the last four years, we've seen candidates brazenly appear to break the law. many candidates appear to be coordinating with many of these dark money organizations, including the u.s. chamber of commerce, americans for , and many of these other organizations. some of them spawned just this year to emphasize specific races. we're seeing little enforcement from the federal elections commission. that agency, which is charged with enforcing election law, is deadlocked 3-3 with the three republican commissioners voting basically in lockstep since 2010 to block any investigation of potential wrongdoing. this election is turning out to be

that and more -- ended shortly after the citizens united decision when our elections were for the first time flooded with polluter money and flooded with dark money, which is probably polluter money, but because it's dark and anonymous, you don't really know. so, say you're not a scientist. isn't the responsible thing to sound out scientific opinion? scientific opinion about climate change is now firmly settled. climate change is caused by the massive carbon pollution we have unleashed. every major scientific society in our country knows this and has said so. here's a list, if you want to check in with them yourself. this is a list from a letter dated october 21, 2009, more than five years ago. we've been fiddling around on this since the science was so clear. i ask unanimous consent that this letter be made an addendum to my remarks in the "congressional record." the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: i could start with the body that is chartered 150 years ago actually to provide us independent, objective scientific advice: the national academy of sciences. if that d

why the decisions were, for us, not serious decisions, and now it's good that the united states is reviewing the decisions and, for example, the extension of another year for u.s. with their combat mission in afghanistan will help the afghan security forces and reduce the strength of the taliban. we believe the number of sources may be reviewed. perhaps they may need more troops during 2015 in order to contain the insurgency, not allowing it to reach out to big populations. >> is na not just a tacit acceptance that afghan security forces are not capable of taking on the taliban. >> the afghan security forces are still not in the capacity to protect the important cities in afghanistan, to protect the afghan border. so for that we still need the support of n.a.t.o., not only in terms of turp aring, but air support, as you mentioned earlier. it will be a long time before the afghan government will have an adequate air force. for that reason. i think of the combat mission is necessary in order to maintain the current gain in afghanistan. the gain, since 201 in advance of the collapse of the tali

to overturn this disastrous citizens united supreme court decision. they are sick and tired of his ugly 32nd ads on television -- coming from both parties. they do want campaign-finance limitations. republicans don't want it. they want to go beyond citizens united. with the democrat strong enough on that issue? i don't think so. people also understand that climate change is real, that the scientific community calls of the great crises of our time. with the democrats strong on that issue? absolutely not. and last but not least, people know that there's something very, very wrong in our we have more wealth than any other major country in a -- wealth and income inequality than any other major country on earth. a senator, you have said on number of occasions that you are thinking about running for president. timing one, what is the of the decision and will you run as an independent or in the democratic primary? >> well, bob, let me just say this. as i say this, people will breathe a sigh of relief. eye, for one, will give the american people sometime to fr

the supreme court's decision in citizens united against the federal election commission, that 2010 decision, i think opened the floodgates to big money politics. it will prove to be one of the worst supreme court decisions in history. >> you've spoken for years and decades really on behalf of the voiceless, the disenfranchised workingmen and women of this country. where did that come from? what was your inspiration? >> when i was a kid, i was always short for my age. i got beat up ortized. a lot of kids do. but i turned to some older boys for protection, kind of had my own little protection racket. one of the boys i turned to was a fellow i knew as mickey, named michael sworner. he was in the civil rights era in 1964, registering voters in mississippi when the real bullies, the real bullies got to him. they tortured him and murdered him along with chaney and goodman. that was a turning point for me. emotionally. i mean, i didn't intellectualize it. but looking back on it, i decide deep down that i would have to prevent people from being bullied by the forces in our society that are bullying

airwaves by big money is so undemocratic and that's why i thought the supreme court for the citizens united decision. so, we will be talking more this afternoon and we will talk little bit about immigration. i can't stay the whole time because i have a lot of work to do that's going to be the next chair of the people who want to come into talk about this kind of subjects so i won't be able to stay the whole time and there's good to be the chair of the energy commerce committee and i'm very proud of the issue that i think sometimes in the course of our legislative lives a person comes along with a perfect fit to take us into the future and i think that is who she is. she has a tremendous amount of support and my calls to the members congratulating them on their election here and enlisting their voting rights on the anniversary initiative some of them may be fewer than 20 and have asked me what i thought of that and why i haven't asked them about it. it's just because i haven't. but i've spoken to a few. i hear that she's asking people. or there are those who are clearly not assigned to one person or

tonight if you are just joining us or catching up, the president of the united states, barack obama came out and spoke about this decision saying that it should be respected, that we are a nation of laws and at the same time, reiterating his condolences to the family of michael brown who was shot and saying that some anger here is understandable. we are looking here at some of the results of that anger in these fires that keep burning. as we've reported, as well tonight, this is in about a

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[applause] the decision by the congress of the united states about granting economic aid to my country opens a new road. for this wonderful decision, i thank you warmly. and i promise you that this aid will not be wasted and will never be forgotten. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, from this podium i am expressing words of gratitude to the american people. it's they who supported us in the difficult days of martial law and persecution. it's they who sent us aid. they protested against violence. today, when i am able to freely address the whole world from this elevated spot, i would like to thank them with special words. [applause] it is thanks to them that solidarity soared across borders and reached every corner of the world, and thanks to them, the people of solidarity were never alone. and this chain in people linked in solidarity there were many, many americans. i wish to mention here with warm gratitude our friends from the united states congress, the afl-cio trade unions, from the institutions and foundations supporting freedom and democracy, and all those who lent us support in

right now, especially with the citizens united supreme court decision, billionaires are able to spendnlimited amounts of money. what congress is doing, especially the republicans, and some democrats, is working to advance the interests of the 1% and not the 99%. look at the polls and what is say?ng, what do people they want to raise the minimum wage area have the democrats taken on the republican strongly on that issue? host: our conversation with bernie sanders airs on c-span's newsmakers program at 10:00 eastern time. 3:00 for those of you on the west coast. peter baker and the new york times, a pivot to asia. prudence shows that two can play that game. he says the president is returning to asia. the president is in route to beijing. he will be there for a week long visit. isning us on the phone angela riley king. thank you for being with us. beijing -- what is on the agenda? guest: president obama arrives today. the first stop on the agenda is the cooperation summit. the summit has been going on. a have their ceos speak already. the chinese president talked about the economy which

there's been a furious reaction in the united states to the decision by grand jury in the state of missouri not to bring charges against a white policeman who shot dead an unarmed black teenager. within hours, thousands of people have rallied across american cities to express their anger at the decision, but it was in ferguson where the shooting took place in august where there's been the most violence. shots were fired. cars toppled. at least a dozen buildings set alight as firefighters were also targeted. police fired tear gas to break up the crowd of protesters. the death of 18-year-old michael brown, shot by darren wilson, sparked weeks of protest after the shooting on august 9th. this report from our correspondent. >> turn over the police vehicle immediately. >> reporter: it didn't take long for the streets of ferguson to erupt. peaceful demonstrations turned ugly. police fired tear gas into the crowds as they clashed with protesters. these were the scenes everyone was dreading, but also anticipating. it came after the grand jury decided not to press charges after the fatal shooting of

save the life of a wounded comrade during the four-hour firefight and that proved decisive in preventing his small unit from being overrun. senior airmen hamilton who enlisted in the air force in 2009, had been assigned to the 23rd special tactics squadron since 2012 and holds combat diver, freefall, and static line qualifications and is nationally certified paramedic. his dedicated service earned him an air force achievement medal and his accomplishments reflect great credit upon himself and the united states air force. ladies and gentlemen, i am pleased to present the 2014 u.s. -- uso airman of the year, senior airman john c hamilton. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> our next presenter leads the largest component of the department of homeland security. to present the award for the 2014 uso coast guardsmen of the year, please welcome the 25th commandant of the coast guard, admiral paul s. zuchoonst. >> all right, you have heard it from a-z. aisha, i'm not sure which is more difficult,. i have the not cool name. my last name means future and the future of the coast guard is very bright. [applause] in two months, the

reasons one the mayors driver the current authority applies to 3 legal units or more and two for the landlords voluntarily decision to go throw the legalization process the landlord decides to do it to encourage it and they can create legal units out of they're old illegal units and everybody wins more housing but it's not for a landlord that didn't want to go through the process and pay for the process and certainly not the tenant to force the landlord to go through the legalization process and that's what mr. smith is noting this owner is a trustee the out-of-towners they have no deserve to go through the legalization process they only want to sell the properties that's according for the michael smith we can't force the trees thank you at the and beneficiaries to be part of the process he followed the law to allow a landlord to do so but the planning commission was completely blowing me away where one the guy on the board clearly without judicial training i cannot evict the tenant i can't sleep at night. >> your time is up. >> all right. >> one question. >> yeah. >> the it wasn't quite clear from the analysis wh

that withted to say all of the special interest money being in the race is now with the citizens united decisionyou have to be and really beors out there asking for money, and i think -- i had the opportunity cosmetics one time, and i just went on and paid for it myself versus asking people for money. ithink that is a barrier, and do agree that you start small, maybe with the school board, county elections and that come of thing -- type of thing. example, if as an have a hard time asking for money from people. thank you. guest: i had a very difficult time, too. the first eight months of my to dogn i did not want it. then when we could not pay the rent, i had to start picking up the phone. it is a terrible experience, but you get accustomed to it and it is part of the job. when you do not like doing it, but men do not like doing it, either. money and politics might account for why we do not have the best candidates in the highest quality people we might want to see, but it does not do much to account for that gender gap. and women are just as effective as men when they decide to raise money. host

. >> do either of you think that citizens united, the supreme court decision in 2010 has had a downstream impact in richmond? >> absolutely that's what has allowed chevron to give unlimited amounts of money to this campaign committee that is then allowed to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence voters. i think that that's, you know, a clear result of citizens united and it's -- >> you grimaced when i said the words, "citizens united." >> well, it's clear that citizens united is, you know, an evil for our democracy and if it's left standing, it will destroy our democracy. so i think richmond is a perfect example of how citizens united plays out on, you know, real life experiences. this $3 million plus of chevron money has just, you know, over, pervasively dominated the experience of the average richmond resident, walking through our streets and our, coming from our telephones and our airwaves, all over. and this is a big problem. and we'll have to keep fighting it. we've managed thus far to keep our progressive movement going, and now we're in a better situation than ever with the

units. >> let me look and see i'll add this is the commissions decide was one that was debated by the commission a closed decision and certainly not a clear-cut issue certainly the production of more housing units but finding that point is difficult we appreciate our guidance and get back with you. >> i think i'm you know on the one side i'm conflict by the demolishing of two rent control units the project is adding a positive value to the city i'm sure you're aware of we can't build for rent control heirs - this is protected by rent control and others who are not they've seen extraordinary hikes and so the protection of this housing stock is important. >> i'd like to add to the city attorney's response, of course, there are development argument you can get rent control housing but there has a ellis act rent control a that's included but 0 a that's for a point of information. >> i think i found the data point out of 1 one plus according to the 2013 only 23 were 3 bedroom units the richmond is a great neighborhood to add those types of apartments but i'm stuck whether or not we have to demolish two rent control so

we'll bring you -- >> what the video does not show you is an inside account of whamd with that unit or the decisionsade, but we dough kn do know a report said there were communications problems that prevented an aircraft from dropping retardant on that general area where the firefighters were. there were also communication problems between that group of elite firefighters and other people who were in the area. and i should point out, brianna, some of the victim's family members are upset that these videos were released. they are in the midst of a wrongful death lawsuit. we got a statement from their lawyer and it reads it is unfortunate that the u.s. forestry department and arizona estate forestry department neglected to give notice to the families beforehand without any prior notification, both unfortunate and insensitive in our minds. the bottom line, you certainly have to feel for those family members. but this video certainly such a sobering reminder of how conditions can just change on a dime and that even the most seasoned professionals can be vulnerable to those awful conditions. >> dan, than

people want to overturn this disastrous citizens united supreme court decision. they are sick and tired of these ugly 32nd ads on television coming from both parties. they do want campaign finance limitations. republicans don't want it. what you can see that entire interview with bernie sanders sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. here on c-span. a three-judge panel at the d c circuit court of appeals in washington heard a case tuesday on the constitutionality of the nsa's collection of phone records. in addition to considering whether the agency is in violation of the fourth amendment and first amendment, the kurt -- court is considering the claim whether a customer of a rise in wireless can bring a suit against the government if he cannot prove that his records were obtained by the nsa. this program is one hour and a half. >> thank you. may it please the court. here on behalf of plaintiff. i'd like to reserve is 10 minutes for rebuttal. they improperly joined a government intelligence program that's designed to advance our counterterrorism efforts by identifying

the decision by the united states not to participate in the kyoto accords touched off an uproar in europeanals. volatile protestors gathered outside the european union in gothenburg, sweden, in june of 2001, where president bush answered questions from the european press. we didn't feel like the kyoto treaty was well-balanced. it didn't include developing nations. the goals were not realistic. however, that doesn't mean we cannot continue to work together and will work together on reducing greenhouse gases. one can never forget that the united states is responsible for 25of the world's emissions of greenhouse gases. schoumacher: natural scientists have pondered questions associated with greenhouse warming for a century, but the political, institutional, and economic issues have only begun to be considered. professor william nordhaus of yale university developed the first model of the economics of climate change a decade ago. now there are dozens of modeling groups worldwide. economic computer models permit governments to assess costs versus benefits of the kyoto protocol and alternative app

true blue unionists, those southerners who never accepted succession, never renounced the united states lent decisive aid to the union war effort. the slave states furnished 450,000 troops to the union army, 200,000 came from the border south states, kentucky, maryland, delaware, missouri that had not succeeded 150,000 were african-americans, predominantly former slafs and 100,000 were whites from the confederate states. african-american resistance to the confederate was the beating heart of southern unionism. slaves contributed to the union victory, not only as soldiers but as nurses, spies, scouts, teacher and day labors. for them, the union's success at arms was synonymous with freedom. small minority but symbolically important were so varied as to defie generalization, some of these white southern unionists had family ties. many advocated the economic development of south. remake the south in the image of the north, promoting industrialization but many were democrats. many were anti-slave holder rather than anti-slavery. some actively supported abolition. there were strong pockets of unionism to

true blue unionists, those southerners who never accepted secession, never renounced the united states, let decisive aid to the union war effort. the historian william freeling has argued in fascinating book called "the south versus the south" that the slave states furnished 450,000 troops to the union army. 200,000 came from the border south states -- kentucky, maryland, delaware, missouri that had not seceded. 150,000 were african-americans, predominantly former slaves from the south. and 100,000 were whites from the confederate states. african-american resistance to the confederacy was of course the beating heart of southern unionism. slaves fled farms and plantations by the hundreds of thousands to seek refuge with the union army and they contributed to the union victory. not only as soldiers but as nurses, spies, scouts, teachers, and day laborers. for them, the union's success at arms was synonymous with freedom. the motivations of white southern unconditional unionists, a small minority but symbolically very important minority of whites in the south, were very varied to defy generalization. s

united states. the first, protests nationwide following the decision not to indict the ferguson, missouri, police officer, darren wilson in the shooting death of michael brown. and it's also a mess out there for travelers hitting the road for this thanksgiving holiday. snowy and wet roads in some areas, lots of flights delayed, canceled. and the storm sitting over the east coast. let's get started. hello. i'm wolf blitzer. 1:00 378 here in washington. 6:00 p.m. in london. 9:00 p.m. in moscow. 2:00 a.m. thursday in beijing. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. "i have a clear conscience and i did my job right." that's what the officer darren wilson says in his first television interview since the grand jury's decision not to indict him. right now, the streets are quiet in ferguson after two nights of violent protests. our stephanie elam has more now on the anger in ferguson and the many protests across the united states. >> reporter: sirens ring out in ferguson, missouri, demonstrators facing off with police for the second night in a row. tensions coming to a bo

and violence has erupted across the united states after a grand jury decision not to en diet a whitecer month shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in august. michael brown was shot dead in the missouri town of ferguson and this is the scene in ferguson right now. 29 people have been arrested after the grand jury announcement u.s. president obama called for calm in a nationwide address monday he urged americans to accept the grand jury's decision. >>> onto other news now. and world leaders who failed to reach a nuclear deal with iran are now looking to persuade skeptics on both sides that an agreement can be reached. a week of talks in vienna fizzled with the u.s. u.s. and its allies declare seven months extension on the deal. they want to limit teheran's's ability to make a nuclear weapon. jonah hull reports. >> reporter: the talks have broken up without agreement but secretary carey and the other kr ministers involved were putting on brave faces. the messaging termly this is not the end of the road. >> today we are closer to ideal that would make the entire world, especially ou

. >> it's decision day in the united states. midterm voters decide if republicans will gain control of the senate for the final two years of president obama's term. >>> the soda tax, voters will be the first approve a tax on sugary drinks. ♪ >>> and pulling the plug. taylor swift's album popular online service has stopped streaming her music. this is the "cbs morning news" streaming her music. this is the "cbs morning news" for tuesday, november 4th, 2014. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. americans go to the polls today in what is possibly the most costly midterm election ever. a large number of races for the house and various governorships are too close to call but the big ties are for the senate. with 36 seats at stake. republicans need six seats to take control of the senate. our background tracker finds out if republicans have a better chance of taking control. susan mcginnis is in washington. good morning. >> anne-marie, good morning. if republicans gain those six seats o