i'm proud of the fact that iowa right now produces 25% of our energy comes from wind energy in iowa and we produced the blades, the turbines and everything in iowa and all these jobs there. that's something we have worked together on through all these years. so again, people ask me about leaving the senate. well, it was my decision. but i said at the time, almost two years ago i said i wasn't running again. i said i will not -- you'll never hear me ever say bad things about the senate or denounce the senate or saying things -- i love the senate. this is a wonderful institution. yeah, we have a few bumps in the road once in a while but that's what to be expected in a legislative process representing 300 million people in this country. but i.t. the friendships you form here, the alliances, the friendships, the working together. i've often said that as a progressive, i wanted to go this far this fast and the conservatives want to go this far this slow. but together, working together, you can make progress -- you can make progress. and that's what i think both senator grassley and i have wo

president. >> the senator from iowa. president, first let me thank my friend and colleague for his characteristically -- lifetime characteristic of him -- being very gracious and very generous in his remarks. grassley and i have served together since 1974. i like to tell people that in 1974, that was a big wave of democrats that came in. they called us the watergate babies. we came in in a big way. one a lot of elections and things like that. year,t, in iowa that elected a u.s. democratic senator in every house seat. i think there were six at that time. six house seats all went democratic except for one. and that was the seat that chuck grassley one -- won. 1974.g the trend in it is kind of a funny thing, chuck, i speak to my friend across the aisle here, that a lot of people this year said all you watergate babies are gone now. you and max baucus and chris dodd. on the house side, george miller, henry waxman. so this is the last of the watergate babies. and i said, no, there is one more. who is that, they say? a republi

[cheers and applause] iowa, we did it. we did it [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, it! thank you. tois a long way from red oak washington. from the biscuit line at hardee's to te united states senatehe -- to the united states senate, but thanks to all of you. we are heading to washington. and we are going to make them's squeal. thank you. thank you. this morning, i was voting in bright oak, and as i looked that this isiced about as different as you can get from washington, d.c. in washington, politicians are more interested in talking than doing. they ignore problems hoping they ,ill go away, but you know what isis is not just going to go .way the most $18 trillion of national debt is not just going to go away. struggles or notches going to go away, and our problems are not just going to go away on their own. becausean overcome them this is the greatest nation in the history of mankind, and there is nothing we can't achieve. we are going to do this, but to get there it starts with new leadership.

iowa or iowa state. am an iowa state cyclone as long as they're not playing each other. >> senator braley? they play each other, i cheer for iowa state. mr. braley, say something that you admire about your opponent. admire something you about ms. ernst. fact thate the senator ernst has served our nation, our state and the iowa national guard. think it's a terrific attribute. war iier was a world combat veteran. >> same to you. braley is congressman a great father. >> let's move ahead. we've said something nice so maybe we turn the page and go the other direction a little bit. something uping b.t voters feel strongly b. the center for public integrity says $17.8 million has been spent on tv advertising only october 1 and it will near $20 million or more before done.ection is you have to be living under a the commercials have been airing. through our viewers social media, many disgusted by negative advertising. from cedar rapids and he on your behavorial most.barrassed you we'll start with mr. braley. >> i

iowa, our friend bruce bailey. we need to elect bruce bailey to vote -- vote.bruce bailey.com. >> is it braley. >> i'm joined by jennifer jacobs. welcome. >> hi. >> so before we dive in, we have to dive into something else. new video posted by buzz feed shows iowa's retiring democratic senator harkin making comments about ernst. listen. >> ernst is really attractive. she sounds nice. i got to thinking about that. i don't care if she's as good looking as taylor swift or nice as mr. rogers, but if she votes like michelle obama, she's wrong for the state of iowa. >> okay so here's how ernst responded on fox and friends this morning. >> i was very offended that a senator harkin would say that. i think it's unfortunate that he and many of their party believe you can't be a real woman if you're conservative and female. if my name had been john ernst attached to my resume, senator harkin would not have said those things. >> and she's right. this is not something you say when describing a woman candidate because it sounds

so you just talked about iowa, perhaps joni ernst wins out in iowa. perhaps tim cotton wins in iowa. that gets them to 50/50. and you need to go one more state to get to 51. maybe colorado depinnending on polling that's coming out of there. if you take iowa off the map, you're back to 50/50. so, again, republicans have a lot of ways to get to 51, democrats are a couple of ways to take it away. even if the republicans were to win in iowa, let's say, they would have to defend a couple of states. like kansas, where pat roberts is in a big race, georgia which may go to a runoff two months from now or even chokentucky. two things i think you can key on for tuesday night, the closing at 7:30 in the evening, north carolina, if republicans are in for a way, tom tillis will beat kay hagan. if she beats out tom tillis, that's one way that democrats can stop republicans from taking back the senate. that new hampshire poll has jeanne shaheen up for an average of 2 1/2 points right now. we might be able to call it at 8:00 on tuesday night. but if shaheen hangs on,

it's iowa and miss sippy. we need to break that. >> jopi was languishing in the polls, and not getting traction against mark jacobs. not a lot of people knew her, she was a state senator. >> on march 25th, joni ernst ad. >> i'm joni ernst, i grew up cast rating hogs on a farm. so when i get to washington, i'll know how to cut pork. >> washington is full of big squeal. >> it went viral. got half a million you fub views, all over the daily show. >> it was mooed and panned all over the state. the audience it was intended for was e.u. conservators. they responded to it wholesale. >> i want to squeal. >> thank you. >> senator joni ernst, you have cut the cam pain add in which you brag about being a farm girl. i'm wondering why in the farm bill it's okay to give farmers crop insurance, but it's not okay for the government to bring individuals subsidies. and you came from the same areas that i do. have you cast rated hogs? >> no comment. >> it will get a little rough out here. that's politics. that's what it's all ab

everyone looks at iowa. harry reid said it over the weekend. this senate race could hang on iowa. it might be the single-most important race in the country and this new poll out just a little while ago shows a dead heat, closer in some cases than ones over the weekend. how does it feel out there today? >> it feels like this senate race continues to heat up. those poll numbers show how extremely close this race is. it really is a tossup and as we speak early voters continue to flood the polls, casting their ballots. they'll be able to do so until 5:00 p.m. central time here in iowa. and the numbers we're seeing are really setting records. the democrats at this point still have a razor-thin lead over republicans in early voting but not the kind of lead they've had in the past if you compare it to 2010, the 2010 midterm, they had triple of the lead they have right now and i think that's concerning for democrats heading into tomorrow because republicans normally win on election day. but we're seeing a huge push today, volunteers on the ground trying to get people to return their ballo

rogers if she votes like michelle bachmann she is wrong for iowa. >> some democrats are wrong for iowa and wrong for the country. >> they can't argue on the economy. they can't argue on foreign policy. they can't argue on the competence of government. they can't argue really on anything so they are left to create the war on women. >> here's the bottom line. iowa is a wemust win state for democrats and republicans. tuesday voters will decide. >> thank you, kelly. they are urging voters to get one last look at michelle nun locked in a close race with republican using the view to distance herself for obama. >> i have said many times that i wasn't there and i do wish there had been more by partisanship. it is emblematic of what we see in washington p. we have people like david who thinks compromise means coming to them. not actually, woulding together to get something done. >> the latest polls have purdue up on nun. using racial scare tactics and campaign ads from the south. look at this mailer list 18 reasons why you should vote in you are 18 years ore older. number 16 manned may be given

iowa, 4-2. wisconsin is at iowa and then has minnesota here in the battle for paul bunion's actix. if you tuned in, you missed history. gordon had a couple early fumbles. that seemed as you noted at the time that it just inspired him to play with that much more focus and tenacity. the offensive line shows and opened up a lot of big holes for him to run through. >> chris: i want to give credit to a guy -- tj woods, the offensive line coach f you can get players, experienced players to play together like that offensive line does to open up the holes for gordon, having the outstanding ability, as a coach that's what you want to see. believe me, sean, those offensive linemen are going to celebrate that as much as gordon and gordon will celebrate with them because that's a testament to them it's a team game. melvin is the one that gets the credit deservedly so. >> sean: kickoff is down. n melvin holds the yards of the game record. and dane the all-time rushing record and i hold the touchdown record. a great tradition of rushing the football and great running backs here. >> chris: if you

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all eyes on iowa on tuesday. catherine, thank you. >> thank you. >> and now to kentucky the blue grass state. it's also a nail biter. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is fighting to keep his seat. >> there is nobody running in america this year, the liberals want to be more than the guy you are looking at. i'm proud of my enemies. >> it makes a big difference who wins this election. and alisyn lundergan grimes should win it and will with your help. >> it's the economy, stupid. >> obama needs alisyn grimes, kentucky needs mitch mcconnell. >> we will take this fight to mitch mcconnell and hold him accountable for his 30 years of failed leadership. >> and "on the record" sam youngman from the kentucky leader. nice to see you, sam. >> good to be with you, greta. >> where does this stand? this has been like neck and neck. >> i know. we are sort of missing the suspense that we had just a week ago like what they are having in iowa. we just put out a poll yesterday last poll before the election shows senator mcconn

ernst, now the first female senator in iowa history's brook iowa history spoke from her headquarters. wa!thank you, io thank you for being here on this special evening. just a few minutes ago, i got off the phone with bruce braley. running alated him on phenomenal campaign. he was a worthy opponent. he was a worthy opponent. and he was willing to sacrifice to fight for what he thought was right. we didn't agree on much but i -- [laughter] anyonedmire, i do admire who is willing to stand up and fight for what they believe in. [applause] iowa, we did it. we did it! [applause] it is a long way from red oak to washington, from the biscuit line at hardee's to the united states senate. [applause] you, we areo all of heading to washington. make aare going to squeal! [applause] thank you. thank you. this morning, i was voting in red oak and as i look around, i about ashat this is different as you can get from washington dc. politicians are more interested in talking then doing. they ignore problems, hoping they will go away. but you know what, isis isn't just going to go away. the almost $18

she's wrong for the state of iowa. >> shannon is live in ames, iowa, where she's following the campaign in the final hours before election day. shannon. >> megyn, there have been a number of unforced errors in this particular race. and now you can add harkin's to that list. we'll see if they difference. if ernst is elected she would be the first female sent from iowa to the u.s. senate. that's not something she's ever made a big deal about. it's not something she's tried to emphasize. here's what she said when asked about harkin's comments. >> they are offensive because he is a sitting united states senator who should be supportive of any female that is running. ideas, but, you know, he compared me to taylor swift. that's okay. we're going to shake this off. >> i caught up with the democrat in this race today congressman bruce braley, he did have harkin with him. i asked the senator if he wanted to clarify the comments he made. here's what he told me. >> i shouldn't have said that. okay. but, you know, i always regret when someone feels offended by something i said. i don't care who it

as i iowa u.s. senators we have worked to keep alive the dream of hard-working iowa families. now of course it's true that we have vastly different views on the government's influence on america's ladder of opportunity. however, we do wholeheartedly agree that it is an honor and a privilege to serve the people of our state. for some reason our respective reelections every six years have actually compounded political observers. many couldn't seem to square the notion that iowans would continue to elect two u.s. senators from opposite sides of the political spectrum for the last 33 decades. so mr. president, to explain, i think i don't have to because it is widely understood that iowans aren't casual political observers. our electors takes pride in retail politicking and its first in the nation political caucuses. we certainly have given iowa voters a night and day choice between these two u.s. senators senators. so while we may not see eye-to-eye in politics and ideology, we do see eye-to-eye when it came to working for iowa's best interest. although our voting records may refl

if you look at iowa, that iowa poll that the "des moines register" did shows a much wider margin than anybody else does but it makes people nerve news these last hours. >> it gives some indication we've been waiting to see if there'd be a break. republicans have seen it in colorado, two democrats dispute that. in the "des moines register" poll, 51-44. jonathan martin you write as the lead story in the newspapers, republicans and some democrats think it is tilting their way in the end. let me flip it over. i was asking the question can democrats overcome the obama drag. why isn't this a slam dunk already for republicans? if you look historically with the president's numbers where they ares the number of people in the country on the long track, why don't we already know? >> i think it's a couple of things. candidate quality still matters and you've seen solid democrat incumbents come to mind, kay hagan is the one that comes to mind. politics more and more, john, is based upon just these very firm demographics and democrats have done a good job in recent years getting their voters out. n

she's wrong for the state of iowa. >> shannon is live in ames, iowa, where she's following the campaign in the final hours before election day. shannon. >> megyn, there have been a number of unforced errors in this particular race. and now you can add harkin's to that list. we'll see if they difference. if ernst is elected she would be the first female sent from iowa to the u.s. senate. that's not something she's ever made a big deal about. it's not something she's tried to emphasize. here's what she said when asked about harkin's comments. >> they are offensive because he is a sitting united states senator who should be supportive of any female that is running. ideas, but, you know, he compared me to taylor swift. that's okay. we're going to shake this off. >> i caught up with the democrat in this race today congressman bruce braley, he did have harkin with him. i asked the senator if he wanted to clarify the comments he made. here's what he told me. >> i shouldn't have said that. okay. i know that.dl but, you know, i always regret when someone feels offended by something i said. i don

>> iowa, pivotal state. let's go now to brianna keilar who's live in louisville where the senate republican leader is fighting for his political life. over the weekend, cnn learned that republican strategists have already told the republican leader, mitch mcconnell, that he will indeed be the next majority leader. but the democrat is not giving up. things got a little emotional in kentucky over the weekend, brianna. >> reporter: they sure did, shake. polls showing consistently that senator minority leader mitch mcconnell has an edge here by several points, an enviable edge if you talk to some. he's hoping to hang on for reelection and to help push the senate to republicans whereby he would become senate majority leader. this has been a hard-fought race against grimes, a promising young democratic woman. she's the secretary of state here in kentucky. and both of them giving it their all here this last day of campaigning. seven events today for mitch mcconnell, nine for grimes who just last night gave us a gli

>> joni ernst in iowa. who ironically republican establishment in washington, consultant types, they were more fonder of mark jacobson, businessman who could self-finance. the golden thing. more money. she was the somewhat obscure state legislator. ran a good primary. crushed jacobson. and has run a terrific general election campaign. looks like she'll win in iowa. >> you and cokie agree on a candidate. >> michelle nunn. she's a first time candidate. normally first-time candidates cannot find their groove. she's been able to campaign throughout the state. very little mistakes. i think she's run a terrific campaign. >> you said john kasich? >> yeah. the test of a race is whether or not you hear anything about it. it's a swing state in mid western state that's key, i had to look it up this morning. who the democratic was -- >> but he's been a total disaster -- >> for john kasich to win in ohio by 25points which is like -- it's an amazing thing. >> i would say cory gardner in colorado. down double digits. run

as iowa's u.s. senators, we have worked to keep alive the dream of hard working iowa families. now, of course, it's true that we have vastly different views on the government's influence on america's ladder of opportunity. however, we do wholeheartedly agree that it is an honor and a privilege to serve the people of our state. for some reason our respective re-elections every six years have actually confounded political on receiverrers. many -- observers. many couldn't seem to square the notion that iowans would continue to elect two u.s. senators from opposite sides of the political spectrum for the last 30 -- three decades. so, mr. president, to explain, i think i don't have to because it is widely understood that iowans aren't casual political observers. our electorate takes pride in retail politicking, and its first-in-the-nation political caucuses. we certainly have given iowa voters a night and day choice between these two u.s. senators. so while we may not see eye to eye on politics and ideology, we do see eye to eye when it came to working for iowa's best interests. alt

>> they're auditioning for iowa. >> they are. but none of them, including chris christie, can cross over in a general election. christie has bruised himself so much, he's not the person to go up against hillary clinton. >> the job is open. >>> people like jeb bush, although he's got the has pinnic kids. you can be the be more pro-immigration than marrying somebody from mexico. but then i look at john casey in ohio. it seems like the job is open. these two dwies are not going to fill it. >> i think there are a whole bunch of governors we haven't talked about tonight. there's casic. there are people in the midwest, right, who have some connection to the tea party, grassroots, who have solid records, conservative governors. and i think those guys are going to emerge more as the party elite says well, do we have the best that we can have right now. >> they are charisma free. >> mike walker, talk radio host. he's a very good speaker. >> you have to see how he can talk on the bench. >> there's some cynics who will argue that president

will it be iowa? will it be kansas, a state with an independent candidate who hasn't even said whether he will caucus with republicans or democrats. >> will it be colorado, a purple state that president obama won twice but republicans are hoping to turn? will it be georgia? maybe, but even if it is, it might come down to a runoff on -- mark your calendars -- january 6. why does it matter? energy, immigration, possible supreme court nominations. the entire political agenda for the next two years hangs in the balance and to some extent the legacy of president obama. >> and on top of that all it sets the table for the next presidential race in 2016, welcome to the big league, folks. cnn is everywhere this morning. our athena jones is at the white house. stephanie elam in iowa. joe johns is in kentucky and, joe, we're going to start with you where they're not just picking a senator today, they may very well be picking the next senate majority leader. >> incumbent mitch mcconnell, the current minority lead

a school, debuque, iowa, called up. were furious because of the a.d.a., they were going to have waterlace all their fountains in all three schools they put out a bid for it and the company came in and all the plumb chicago to be champleds. it cost a lot of money. they were furious. i sent my staff person out to meet with them and see what could be done. so he looked at it and he made a to the school board. he said i'll tell you what, putde every water fountain, a paper cup dispenser and waste paper basket. you need to do. so someone's in a wheelchair, it up,e paper cup, fill put it in the waste paper basket. and that's compliant. there's a lot of people out to -- trying to make money off this, say, well, costsyou do all this and you millions of dollars and we times that but a lot of you don't have to do that. these are sometimes very simple things. >> this time going by so fast and there's lots to talk about. you mentioned john glenn and military service. you've suffered a long -- served the reserves when you were in th

farming is big business in iowa. the state is the biggest producer of corn in the country, and it's second only to illinois in the production of soybeans. for jorgensen, whose family's been farming for four generations, it's all about keeping his yields as high as he can. >> this is the yield monitor here. >> reporter: and one of the biggest battles he fights is against weeds. >> a weed in the field's going to take moisture, going to take sunlight, nutrients away from the plants surrounding it. and that's why we have to keep clean fields. >> reporter: but jorgensen says keeping "clean" fields has been getting harder and harder. like many farmers, he relied for years mainly on an herbicide called roundup that's manufactured by monsanto. roundup use exploded in the mid '90s with the introduction of new, genetically modified crops that dominate the market today. the crops were engineered to withstand roundup, so farmers could just spray an entire field and the herbicide would kill the weeds but not the crops. >> any wee

there she was accepting her new role as senator from iowa, the first female senator from iowa and conservative republican, drove home her message. listen. >> this is the greatest nation in the history of mankind. [cheers and applause] and, and there is nothing we can't achieve. we are going to do this. >> that was joni ernst in iowa. further west in kansas, senator pat roberts, what a showdown this was. beating back a strong challenge from greg orman, the independent to win his fourth term in office. calling on democrats and the white house to help america get back on track. >> i will be bold. there will be the start of a new day. the tide has turned and the era of the obama-reid gridlock is over. [cheers and applause] martha: so is it? we'll see. time will tell, right? kick off the fox team coverage, carl cameron is in kentucky this morning. shannon bream is pack up and at it in iowa today. we blip with chief political correspondent carl cameron who has been in louisville covering the mitch mcconnell race. carl, what is senator mcconnell going to do with his new majority, do you think? >> rep

and this really is the marquee race in iowa. we have a give's race that's hardly gotten any attention. we have a governor running for a sixth term. no attention paid the that race because of all the attention and all the focus on getting this seat in republican hands for republicans and in democratic hands for democrats. >> sreenivasan: okay. before i let youo, 15 or 20 seconds left. i heard you spoke with vice president biden today. how optimistic was he on this night? >> it was fascinating because at the end of the interview, he said, "regardless of which party holds control of the senate, i think the message from the 2014 voters, he said, was that they don't want people to go to washington to do nothing. they want people in congress to do something. so it's interesting to hear him say those things this close to the close of the polls here in iowa, which will be closing in about, you know, 40 minutes or some. >> all right. thank you so much for your time. >> sure. >> sreenivasan: gwen, back to you. >> ifill: thanks, hari. poll

i remember a school, debuque, iowa, called up. they were furious because of the a.d.a., they were going to have to replace all their water fountains in all three schools and they put out a bid for it and the company came in and all the plumbing had to be changed. it cost a lot of money. they were furious. i sent my staff person out to meet with them and see what could be done. so he looked at it and he made a suggestion to the school board. he said i'll tell you what, beside every water fountain, put a paper cup dispenser and waste paper basket. that's all you need to do. so someone's in a wheelchair, take the paper cup, fill it up, put it in the waste paper basket. and that's compliant. there's a lot of people out there trying to -- trying to make money off this, say, well, yeah, you do all this and costs you millions of dollars and we can do that but a lot of times you don't have to do that. these are sometimes very simple things. >> this time going by so fast and there's lots to talk about. you mentioned john glenn and military

let's go to iowa. the iowa senator tom harkin has retired and it's given republicans hopes that they can steal his seat. pamela brown is joining us. what are the early poll numbers indicating there? >> reporter: well, so far we're seeing record numbers with early voting, wolf. more than 400,000 ballots cast thus far. and the focus is to get the outstanding ballots in. right now democrats have a razor-thin lead over republicans, about 7,000 more ballots cast for democrats than republicans. but democrats want to see a larger lead heading into tomorrow. for democrats, it's really early voting. there's a huge push today to get more votes in, to get those ballots in. but both sides are fairly confident that they can win this hotly contested senate race that could really decide who controls the senate. it's really down to the wire right now. and there is some controversy brewing between senator tom harkin, the democratic senator vacating the seat in iowa and the republican candidate joni ernst. take a listen

>> joni ernst in iowa. the consultant types, were more fonder of mark jacobson who could self-finance. more money. she was the somewhat obscure state legislator. ran a good primary. and has run a terrific general election campaign. looks like she'll win in iowa. >> you and cokie agree on a candidate. >> michelle nunn. she's a first time candidate. normally, can't find their groove. she's been able to campaign throughout the state. very little mistakes. i think she's run a terrific campaign. >> you said john kay sish? >> thetest of a race, it's a swing state in mid western state that's key, i had to look it up this morning. >> but he's been a total disaster -- >> for john kasich to win in ohio by 25 points, amazing. >> i would say cory gardner in colorado. down double digits. run a new near-flawless campaign. aside from michelle nunn, gardner. >> the worst campaign? >> the one i did name was -- which candidate was the democrat in ohio, fitzgerald. but i think mark udall has run a terrible campaign. >> colora

and iowa. iowa, in particular, was created -- the brand of barack obama. colorado. he won. made it a purple state. iowa the same. if the two are losses. i think the democrating party has to sort of say "this is a problem for us. what did we do wrong here?" yes it was about the unpopularity of president obama. but it was about something else. >> let me actually. didn't have a message. >> let me give a little bit of meat on the bone. just got a note from senior democratic senate official who said that they actually saw in the past three to four days, everything move against them. and this official said that, he believes at the end of the day, when everything is tallied up it is actually going to be 46-47 for the democrats, 54, 53 for republicans. they'll have that many pickup. the only other point i want to make. the official is say, there was a net negative view of the president by 30 points across these tough battleground senate races. >> he was more unpopular than republicans? it just hurt the democrats. >> exactly. >> though republicans. >> not one thing you can look at w

they were iowa and north carolina. in iowa they have to release. when the early voting republicans got started early more than 30-days of early voting ab sd tee says you would going into fuse. stirewalt. >> the great ad got her the nomination, no question. what got her into contention was the new look gop. she's a new look for the gop which is, as you said, blue collar, hardworking, soldier mom, all of that is good branding but don't discount that bruce braley has been a terrible candidate. he was expected to walk away with this. he didn't get there. he walk awhich. >> thank you. oo oh in that may not work this >> in 2008, 95% of black voters in north carolina voted for kay hagan. democrats created the illusion democrats created the illusion that they have a a a a a a bonj? bonjour. comment ce va? due cappuccini, per favore. domo... arigato? arigato united flies to more destinations than any other airline. namaste. over 5100 daily flights to nearly 60 countries. namaste. plus, over 230 us cities. dessert? pee-can pie. pecan? yeah. okay. in any lang

shannon bream is live on the campaign trail enroute from iowa city iowa. shannon, bring us the latest. >> reporter: jon, we are coming to you live from just outside of montezuma, iowa. it is a beautiful part of state. it has heated up here. you mentioned the gender gap. interesting enough the latest poll out from quinnepiac, the men give the edge to the republican challenger joni ernst while woman give it to braley the democrat. they show it is dead heat at 47% each. that stands in contrast to the final "des moines register" poll gave ernst a 7 point lead. both of these contenders are trying to fill the seat of retiring democrat senator tom harkin. he has been out in the campaign trail with braley. he made some comments over weekend. he said at one point, listen when you see ads of joni ernst, don't get sucked in she is really attractive or really nice. he added on to that comment t sparked controversy and a strong response from joni ernst. >> i don't care she is as good-looking at taylor swift or nice as mr. rogers. but if she votes like michele bachmann,

iowa, colorado, kansas, and alaska. because if democrats are holding here i think it means iowa and colorado are probably a little bit tighter than we think they are now. of course, the crazy independent versus republican in kansas. it could be a long night of counting out of alaska. we need to know all of these. it could be hours if not days to find out who is controlling the senate. >> i'm not sure it's a done deal for any particular political party. talk about what the midterms mean for president obama and his agenda. >> i think it's pretty stark. if democrats lose the senate there's one person they have to blame. they're not going to look at themselves in the mirror. republicans have made this entire campaign particularly this last month and a half about president obama. if they win the senate it means they successfully made it a referendum. i think he becomes a man on the island. you'll have to see he's probably going to some intent to recalibrate. make the effort to reach out. a lot of republicans -- the class of

iowa is 20 million. >> jon: next movie idea. [laughter] >> jon: iowa based sci-fi thriller live of the planet of the pigs. [laughter] this summer. go hog wild and save your pigs. [applause] it looks like an angry [bleep] pig right there. let me get this straight. purely to advance his personal political goals, chris christie's going to veto a bill almost unanimously supported by the people of new jersey. which is weird considering the kind of guy chris christie always says he is. >> my job is to stand up for the people of new jersey to stand p and fight for them and that's what i'm going to do regardless of politics. you do your jobs and if you try to calculate these movies you're not doing your jobs. i always put the people of new jersey ahead of petty personal politics. >> jon: of course the obvious exceptions are bridges and pigs. now we know governor christie's presidential ambition is the one thing he won't put in a tiny crate. but do you know what, maybe there's a deeper issue who are. we're going to explore the pros and c

serving as the next chair. >> that's not a good thing to say in iowa, even if you're running as an iowa, you don't want to go against chuck grassley. >> and then another gaffe where he said, the house, i can't get my cow serviced now because the gym is closed. if they lose the senate because of bruce braley, they'll have those gaffes to to blame. >> you never complain about not having enough towels in the gym. >> i'i'm david shuster. >> and i'm michael shure. >> thank you for watching. . >> now it is up to the people after billions of dollars, countless campaign ads. >> i'm not barack obama. >> and mud-slinging across the country. americans head to the polls. >> what it's all about to be able to vote. >> voters are deciding who will make the decisions in washington and at home. >> victory is in the air. >> i'm on your sid

the iowa gop put a million dollars into their early voting apparatus. as i understand the numbers, democrats are leading by a margin, about 2,000 votes and we know republicans turn out on election day so they would need their margin to be larger going into election day. so i think that bodes well for joni ernst and the republicans in iowa. >> well, let's switch topics for just a second because i want to talk about minority votes, too, because that's also important. historically midterm elections don't draw much support across the board. for african-americans the last few cycles midterm participation hovered around the low 40s versus the mid-60s for presidential elections. so will african-american voters jump this time? will they turn out, hilary? >> you know, there are pockets of voters that are disillusioned and african-americans are clearly out there. the fact that the president has not run a national campaign but, in fact, has been communicating in more discrete circles, it's a strategy. we'll see if it ends up working in terms of african-american tu

the polls are open in iowa and des moines and southwest of des moines in red oak, iowa, joni ernst just cast her balance. she joined me to explain the status for the race for the senate in that tight, tight state. senate candidate joni ernst is with me. welcome back to america's newsroom. >> good morning, bill. bill: where do you believe this race is right now with bruce braley? >> i believe we are going to take the day. we just came off of a 24-hour tour of the state of iowa and people are excited. they want to see a different collection in the united states. i'm going to provide them with that direction. bill: senator tom harkin linked you with taylor swift. when shannon bream caught up with him this is how he reacted. >> i shouldn't have said that, i know that. but i always regret when someone feels offended by something i said. i don't care who it is. bill: is that end of the story for you? >> it is the end of the story. he did somewhat apologize. as taylor swift says, i'm going to shake it off. bill: he was complimenting you on the race you have run thus far. how did you react to t

that farmer from iowa. >> who he was rudely insulted. he paid the price. >> in front of a bunch of trial lawyers in texas, i would add. >> is it possible that you think president obama call eric hold skper say, stay on two more years? >> not at all. he'd been wanting to leave for a while. he was waiting for a moment when controversy was largely absent from his life. >> harry reid did not let bills from the house get a vote in the senate. so president obama never got to say yes or no to the bills. everything stopped. i think that's going to be a big difference. i think we're going to see bills get voted on. >> mcconnell will try and return it to regular order which means the senate is a deliberative body. for example, keystone xl pipeline, there are more than six democrats there who will vote to send a bill to the president to approve the pipeline. there is a long list that senate democrats will find appealing to vote for and send it onto the president. and the president's going to be put in the box. there's a limit to how often a preside

they were iowa and north carolina. in iowa they have to release. when the early voting republicans got started early more than 30-days of early voting ab sd tee says you would going into fuse. stirewalt.paignf >> the great ad got her the nomination, no question. what got her into contention was the new look gop. she's a new look for the gop which is, as you said, blue collar, hardworking, soldier mom, all of that is good branding but don't discount that bruce braley has been a terrible candidate. he was expected to walk away with this. he didn't get there. he walk awhich. >> thank you. oo oh in that may not work this >> in 2008, 95% of black voters in north carolina voted for kay hagan. democrats created the illusion that they have a a a a a a a thought i told you to stay off our turf. and what would you know about turf, skipper? let's end this here and now! let's dance! flo: whoa there! progressive covers boaand rvs, okay? plenty of policies to go around. [ grunts ] oh, oh, i'm the bad guy? you threw a fish at us, so, yeah. yeah. coverage for land