getting invited back i was feeling about balance ok you know this is just so preposterous the university of iowa has had to apologize to michele bachmann because a tweet was sent out from the school twitter account i would say the police somebody spot of the cougar or a mountain lion and the area that week and so then somebody using the account tweeted i didn't know bachmann was in town but. i know they had to apologize now for those of you don't know obviously our audience knows cougars are supposed to be older women that prey on younger men attractive attractive all the women. me her own argument is attractive aside from the crazy i think that she is a beautiful woman. to have to apologize for it it's funny you know they should apologize at the university of iowa has no reason because they wrote but i'm bummed that there was a room where is the cliff symbol is going to have a good i'm going. i think they're to apologize because like every pretty much every other school has this like incredibly insane code of conduct and they violated it by putting that makes sense to apologize otherwise great

of football fans in iowa. lightning forces evacuation of the stadium of the game between the university of iowa hawkeyes and tennesseeh. despite the delays, thousands of fans returned to see the last 18 minutes of the game. good thing. the hawkeyes won 34-7. >> the same thing yesterday. a lot of teams. >> leigh: notre dame, the lightning straight at the schoolboard, so hopefully that will move out. a terrific day to head to the coast. the low clouds moved out and family and friends who headed to santa cruz saw a little sunshine. santa cruz, a live shot for you. current temperature there, 61 degrees. real quickly, i want to update you on a couple of tropical features. you see there hurricane katia, and that is 300 nautical miles to the northeast of the leeward islands, and still keeping a close eye on tropical storm lee, moving very slowly to the north at 5 miles-per-hour, and you can actually see just at a snail's pace, just winding up, and let me show you live doppler 7 hd. this is what they're talking about. moving so slowly. alet of moisture from the gulf and it's just streaming to the north. some of those red poc

woman but if you go to her to have to apologize for it it's funny you should apologize that the university of iowa has no rhythm because they wrote. if there was a rim shot where is the clash symbol is going to become gloom. i think there do apologize because like every pretty much every other school has it's like incredibly insane p.c. code of conduct and they violated it by tweeting that makes sense to apologize otherwise great joke you know kind of class and what i think michele bachmann was she didn't really care about either breaking point i'm pretty lousy of a cracker weasel who i would. leave out a sense of humor about it you see their style she responded later dudes respond they go to the city and color the old lady in the shoe like it was a fairly big tour. of the shot also she's. ok i mean you know she's a true version faster that's what happens when you go out with it or what's his name what was the guy ed rollins is that he kicked off the campaign i mean he would have never responded with the old lady. she's going to reference let's move on to this next one which is so ok you come home

. >> there's a new study from the university of iowa that says those rules are outdated, the times haveng it's more about nonromantic sex. they're saying casual sex can become something more meaningful. and lasting, according to this university of iowa study. and other rules in terms of cohabitating before marriage is now a good thing. this is outdated, they say -- don't rush into sex. don't talk to a man first. no more than casual kissing on the first date. >> so out the door? >> they go out the door. don't go halfway or go dutch on a date. don't call him and rarely return his calls. don't live with a man who stays in an apartment. don't accept a saturday night date after wednesday. they're saying that's outdated. >> so times have changed. >> they're saying shack up and have a good time. >> a couple of cities that are miserable to live in, comparing economic data of the top cities, apparently, new orleans 20, orlando 19, but the worst city to live in is >> >>> this morning, turban attack. a bomb hidden in a turban kills the president of the afghanistan. back in the saddle again. what i

. >>> the university of iowa doesn't host a home football game until next saturday. so there's plenty of time to put a controversy over a breast pump to rest. kelly shorebaum got to the hawkeyes stadium saturday and wasn't allowed to bring in a bag carrying her breast pump. she said security wouldn't let her in so she left the game. >> there was no one to talk to. it would have been nice to have someone on the spot that would look at the contents and be able to give permission on the shot. >> we're out of chances this time around. university official have had decision with the security personnel and cleared that we do allow breast pumps to be brought into the stadium. >> they only allow them in if they meet a bag that is a size requirement. they say ticketholders are told what's allowed in well before the season. >>> what do the ku klux klan and an ice cream cone have in common? quite a bit as the owners of one store in florida found out. they've actually had to drop their ice cream mascot after passersby kept confusing it with the hood and robe worn by members of the

a new study from the university of iowa found that most of those curtains contain potentially harmfulacteria, including a so-called superbug. researchers found that 12 out of 13 freshly washed curtains hung during the study were contaminated within a week, often with antibiotic-resistant bacteria. the findings suggest health care workers should be more diligent about washing their hands after touching those curtains and the patient. and the new protocols are needed. >>> a world-renowned daredevil is proceeding very carefully as he seeks permission to walk across niagara on a wire. nick wallenda is one step closer after new york's governor signed legislation today that would permit the 1800-foot walk. wallenda of the famed flying wallendas must still get approval from canada before he attempts to walk between the canadian side and the u.s. falls. >>> first day of fall. >> yeah. >> and jeff ranieri is enjoying the outdoors in oakland at a food festival with food trucks, eating all afternoon. >> at jack london square. jeff, you're eating and telling us about our weekend weather. take it

the study, from university of iowa hospital. cal intensive care units. people there highly susceptible. >> time for the purell. >> let's lather up. feel dirty watching the story. >> reminds me of the story of the doctors' ties, too. doctors' ties get bacteria leaning over infected patients. >> stay out of the hospital, folks. >> ties and curtains. >> a look at your weather as we disinfect. stormy, showers, minneapolis, chicago, st. louis. scattered thunderstorms from east texas to florida and all the way up to new england. >> 72, boston. 82, atlanta. 89 in miami, mostly 60s across the midwest. 71, portland. 90, sacramento. phoenix, 99. albuquerque, 82. >> here we go. check these two out. the video is going viral. two admittedly adorable bear cubs caught having a wrestling match in the middle of a street in yosemite national park. >> the question is, where is mama? there she is. got to keep an eye on mama. a park visitor lucky to capture it all with mama bear letting the little ones do battle as she looked on. eventually they gave

very dramatic -- this will be a speech in the near future and i would like to give it at the university of iowa on the scale of change that we need to fundamentally rethink how we explore brain science across the board. how do we help these diseases? the net payback will be several times the national debt in the next generation. and to have an industry helping the entire planet deal with these problems will create at an incalculable number of new jobs. the ninth one is the other one. there is no judicial supremacy. this is an artifact of the warren court in 1958. in the federalist papers, alexander hamilton says, the judiciary is the weakest of the three branches and will inevitably lose in a fight with the two elected branches, the legislative and executive. in the judicial reform act of 1802, thomas jefferson, the secretary of state was james madison -- so you have to assume that the two of them knew something about the constitution. they abolished 18 out of 35 federal judges. they say, go away, you do not have a job anymore. some of them tried to file a lawsuit claiming it was unconstitution

iowa state, ames, iowa, they're home today and playing their cross-state rivals, the university of iowag football rivalry out there. and the congressman from minnesota running for the white house is there at the game doing a little campaigning and enjoying the game. as you said, it was a little over a month ago that she won that crucial straw poll in ames, iowa. what's happened since then? that same day texas governor rick perry announced for president. since then, he's grabbed a lot of her support, it seems. he's jumped up in the polls and is a frontrunner in just about every national poll. her standings in the polls has dropped. she was on "john king usa" last night and take a look at what she said. >> we're doing very well. we're happy and confident with the reception we're getting across the country. don't forget, there's only been one true vote in this race so far. it's the iowa straw poll. i won the iowa straw poll. and it was a stunning victory, even more than people realize because i had been in that race a shorter period of time than anyone who had ever participated in the iowa

race in particular and in a case in 1987, the university of iowa professor david baldis found that you're 11 times more likely to receive the death penalty in georgia if you have a white victim. that type of racial disparity, that type of racial impact is something that clearly shows that race racism tainted our criminal justice system and the capital punishment system in particular. >> ifill: what do you say to that, mr. simpson? how does that square with the public opinion you were talking about? >> to the extent i agree with vince. it's in this narrow point. that is, any improper use of race, either in jury selection or in the ultimate punishment is wrong. our criminal justice system especially our pell pell courts look very carefully at that not only at the state court level but at the federal court level. that's when i say the system works that's what i'm talking about. there are these checks along the way. i think what the american people aren't willing to tolerate is unlimited appeals. and the federal courts have been now limited by the congress and the state courts are limited by

he studied at the university of iowa but was part of a semester- long program. >>> 8:51.tana room arrested at abe international airport -- albany international airport for having a gun in her purse. she says she had no idea the gun was there. officials say that's no excuse. she was charged with misdemeanor possession. she later posted bail. that same day, security screeners confiscated this replica gun from a passenger's carry-on bag. >>> this morning, the house of representatives, approved legislation to keep the government up and running through next tuesday. a bipartisan agreement ended in a dispute over disaster relief spending that threatened to cause a partial shut down of the popular government. with most house members away, the approval takes place through a legislative maneuver known as unanimous consent. that allows as few as two members to approve a bill as long as no one objects. >>> four u.s. senators are in libya right now meeting with members of the national transitional council which is running the country. this is the highest level of delegation to visit

very dramatic -- this will be a speech in the near future and i would like to give it at the university of iowa on the scale of change that we need to fundamentally rethink how we explore brain science across the board. how do we help these diseases? the net payback will be several times the national debt in the next generation. and to have an industry helping the entire planet deal with these problems will create at an incalculable number of new jobs. the ninth one is the other one. there is no judicial supremacy. this is an artifact of the warren court in 1958. in the federalist papers, alexander hamilton says, the judiciary is the weakest of the three branches and will inevitably lose in a fight with the two elected branches, the legislative and executive. in the judicial reform act of 1802, thomas jefferson, the secretary of state was james madison -- so you have to assume that the two of them knew something about the constitution. theybolished 18 out of 35 federal judges. they say, go away, you do not have a job anymore. some of them tried to file a lawsuit claiming it was unconstitutional

of the early primary states. we have over 4 million registered republicans in florida. so we're with all respect to our friends in iowa and new hampshire and south carolina, we're a bigger universeto message to. >> bigger and more important you think? >> that's an argument a lot of folks have made. >> more important because we're more diverse, we're more representative of the republican electorate at large. 10% of the primary voters will be hispanic. almost half of our voters are over the age of 55. either nearing retirement or in retirement. we have a significant number of military retirees and active duty military voters as well. and we're a very diverse state. the panhandle of the gulf coast is very different from south florida. jacksonville is very different from the west coast. we do matter and i think it's the first real test of the candidate and how they would perform nationally. >> it's a heck with tradition when it comes to republican primaries. >> we're important here. >> before i let you go, we've been talking about jewish voters in new york, there appears to be some slipping in terms of that group's support of the president. a large jewish population in florida. any

of it is intervention. if you look just in the united states, there are some states what are doing pretty well, for instance, washington, utah, alaska, iowa, vermont, which has universal health care and new hampshire, those are all states that are doing pretty well. but now look at the bottom of the list. the states that aren't doing as well. north carolina, maryland, mississippi, alabama and unfortunately, at the bottom of the heap washington, d.c., one little moment of perhaps brightness, south carolina which is always at the bottom of the list too, they put newborn health as an important benchmark, they're inching forward because they're putting people out in the field because they're trying to get ahead of the problem and not just acting after the fact, we have a crisis. but this is dismal and frankly appalling. >> we have to hope this gets everybody's attention, nancy, thank you, as always. >>> still ahead here on a wednesday night, have airline pilots gotten so used to being on autopilot that they sometimes lack the right stuff when they need it most? >>> and later, the four-day school week. can you blame a lot of parents for wondering who came up with this idea

the chaos in the primary calendar could move iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses to january 2, said political scientist larry sabato, director of the university of virginia's center for politics. what do you think about the effectiveness of the presidential primary system? we'll put the numbers back on the screen. please allow 30 days between your calls. wanted to point this out also. prominent u.s.-born cleric killed in yemen. anwar al-awlaki who became a prominent figure in al qaeda's most active branch using his fluent english and internet savvy was killed friday in the mountains of yemen. they announced his death but gave no details of u.s. senior official and they support the claim he has been killed. they spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss those matters. al al-awlaki it would be most prominent of the al qaeda to be killed since osama bin laden. in july leon i netta said he and al zawahiri were among the top being sought. from the washington times, bill funds government for four days. it took just nine points in keep the federal government's basic operations running for the first four days of october at a rate of nearly $3 bi

stages of iowa and new hampshire and top campaign strategist with a conference call this afternoon with leading donors. this morning, gop candidate michele bachmann addressed students at liberty universitye described her spiritual journey. >> jesus took me through college, through law school and during my time in law school that's when the lord gave me my life verse. >> meantime, in a new strategy video bachmann's current campaign manager calls the iowa caucuses a must win for her and days after the florida straw poll, herman cain is dissed by sarah palin calling the candidate, quote, the flavor of the week. palin still hasn't revealed if she's even running for the presidency. >>> new polls today point to a tight race in critical battleground states to decide the presidential election. in pennsylvania, quinnipiac shows president obama would tie mitt romney and the president tops texas governor perry 46% to 40% there in pennsylvania. ohio, things just as tight with president obama getting 44% to mitt romney's 42%. and the president's still beating rick perry 44% to 41% and too close to call. peter brown is assistant director of the quinnipiac university polling institute. peter, welcome.

of the early primary states. iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, those are the states where you'll find most of the presidential contenders these days. but rick perry came to virginia to talk at liberty universitytant to the evangelical christian mooument in this country. he also spoke here in richmond to a group of republicans. this is a state not that important in the republican primary season. it is a very important state when it comes to presidential battlegrounds in the general election and we asked governor perry after his speech today whether or not he was getting a little ahead of himself. >> it seems as if you're already looking past the primaries and to the general election. aren't you being a tad overconfident? >> i understand who the opposition is in this election cycle. and there are seven other individuals on that stage who are quite capable, but the fact of the matter is, my focus and i think as our focus all should be, is on the problems facing america today and that is an administration trying to spend our way to prosperity. >> oh, okay. that's -- and so, you notice there, we asked whether or not he's getting a little ahead of himself. why isn't he talking about these other can

iowa, nevada, new hampshire, ohio, and virginia. so, larry sabato joins us, political science professor at the universities of virginia. good morning, larry, good to see you. >> good morning, martha. martha: looking at your map, you basically say if you look at things now democrats can pretty much count on the 175 electoral votes and the g.o.p. could count on 206, is that right? >> look, essentially, when you look at the map, martha, a kindergartener could color most of those states red or blue. you know, all states are important. i'm not saying that only these 7 are important. but, political patterns matter. and, people's predilections toward voting democratic or republican are pretty set in most cases even when they call themselves independents and most of the states are already red or blue and look at the national polls and the national polls are nice, interesting and don't really matter. the only thing in our statement that matters is the electoral college. like it, hate it, love it, want to leave it, it is what will elect the next president. martha: it is fascinating the way you kind of break this down. there has

of rick perry. she is on the campaign trail in iowa. mitt romney's why speaking to women at a republican luncheon in new hampshire. after that, candidate michele bachmann from earlier today at liberty university in virginia. all of that coming up this evening on c-span. the u.s. half -- house tomo rrow, ticking of a spending bill. here's a preview. what broke the impasse between senate democrats and republicans? >> basically, it was the deadline that broke the impasse. without further action by congress, the house still needs to act. without further action by congress, the government would run out of money this coming friday. it was time to make a deal. the senate leaders, bipartisan leaders, senator harry reid and mitch mcconnell, they reached an agreement to continue funding for the government for another several weeks. the senate quickly approved it last night. now it will go to the house, which is expected to approve it, although, there may be some complications in the next few days. >> the house approves the short- term measure, when will that happen and what about the long- term question are >> we're talking about two separate bills. the short-term bill, it would extend from october 1,

but whatever they were planning to repair and fix in iowa has been halted because we have run out of money. in texas, repairs to the university of texas medical facility has been stopped. in louisiana, roadway construction has been stopped. in fact, there was an article in our paper, "the times picayune" just this week that said $100 million for jefferson parish, $100 million, that's just one of my parishes, one of 64, the suburban parish that sits right outside of new orleans that was very hard hit by these storms, not as hard as orleans parish, received billions of dollars of damage, those projects have been put on hold while we help the victims in the northeast. that shouldn't be the case. we need to act quickly to refill the fema fund. in addition, i understand in north dakota and in other places there are problems. now, it's not just the deth, the corps of engineers did not have enough money last year for emergencies. i slipped out of the chamber here just a few minutes ago to go actually meet with the mayor of grande isle who was here as he is quite often advocating on behalf of the only barrier island that's inhabited