>> no, i think that is probably just bill clinton being bill clinton. he loves this is like another opportunity to resurrect himself not unlike what jerry has been about for years. i think bill clinton is doing that but he is focused if he does something for you he will not hesitate as was the case with the god father to come back and say i need a favour. >>> bill clinton the god father that is a good one. >> there is a lot of that in politics. one reason bill clinton came out not so much for jerry brown they don't get along but gavin newsom. when he needed him when running for mayor bill showed up final week of the campaign. when hillary was running. gavin was there all the way to the end. he stayed with her. >>> democrats figured they have bill clinton as a figure head. is it really just sarah palin? is that their only option? >> do you think rudy giuliani can get much of a crowd down in san jose? could mitt romney, jeb bush? they don't have the star power. you have barack obama and bill clinton after that who could you pull out. it is tough to get a

but bill clinton was more of a centrist. some say more of a conservative democrat than the president that we currently have. and time has a way of mellowing out people. bill clinton you often times see with former president george h.w. bush. sometimes you see him with geor george w. bush. he's much more peaceful now. at the same time, we have to remember what fires voters up today is whether or not they have money to spend, whether or not they're working. as long as you have unemployment nationally at 9.6% and in some states in double digits, you're going to have a lot of angry americans. they'll be voting on the people responsible for it. those people are going to feel it on election day. >> joe, let me stay with you for a second. it's not just the unemployment numbers. it's also the conservative media. when clinton was around, as chuck todd was saying, and i was saying, they pummeled him. they went after him day in and day out. now that obama is in charge, they pummel him. so it's a matter of who fox news is more angry at

we spent a lot of time talking about bill clinton. i began by asking him what makes bill clinton such a dominant politician even today. >> i think he is the master of the trade, really. i think he is the single most extraordinarily ept and competent politician i have ever met. that's not because he is simply good at communicating, the art of politics. it is because he is actually -- this is the thing i don't think people understand about him sufficiently. it is all anchored in very strong and very well worked-out convictions. people sometimes see him as the great communication, he was just a good politician. he is not. he has a core of beliefs that are very, very strong. and completely define where modern progressive politics has got to be if it is going to be successful. >> how did and does he tie together this centrist-leaning liberalism, if you will? somehow he has positioned himself close to the center but on the progressive side in a way that grabs the loyalty of working people, as we say in our country, working middle class peop

bill clinton. >> bill clinton absolutely did. what did bill clinton know? he probably thought the same thing would happen to him. >> i thought the worst prediction had to be whoever whispered to meg whitman a while ago, don't worry, we can muscle through this illegal manny thing whenever it explodes becauwas c. they didn't look like they had their act together. it's audacious not to figure this out in advance. >> we need to figure out nanny eruptions. >> it was so bad on so many different levels, but when the story came out, she was willing to cut her loose. i think the worst prediction was the one we just talked about of hillary clinton and -- >> really? >> you don't think it's going to happen. >> no, god no. >> you're really scoffing at that one. >> it's crazy. >> it was just spinning, it was just him sort of laying on thick some idea that he had. >> actually it wasn't a prediction, he was just reporting that someone -- >> it didn't look that he was reporting that. >> the tables are really, really big. >> my prediction, the worst one i think was either ma

that's what bill clinton's great at. he campaigned on connecting with moderates in the middle class so he can help the democrats connect to the center in swing states like west virginia where obama has a 29% approval rating and get out the -- >> kentucky, one of the places the president was today, this is the 2008 election. i'm going to go back to the democratic primary. that light blue, that would be senator hillary clinton beating barack obama 65% to 30% in the state of kentucky. i just want to go back in time to a different presidential election. 1992, bill clinton, 45%. he won kentucky. he has a bit of a history in kentucky. let's come back to the '08 map and move to west virginia. mccain wins easy. 56% to 43%. if west virginia voted for al gore, al gore would have been president of the united states. this state trended red lately. let's look at the democratic primary. that's all hillary clinton. blue collar whites. these are not barack obama states these two. that's one of the reasons you see bill clinton out making

bipartisan figure is bill clinton. can you explain that? >> i would not explain it because i don't agree with it. i don't share nina's rapture at seeing him reappear on the scene. he is a great politician and i am not sure he will make a difference either way. what we heard a set -- we heard and say that if you are mad, you don't want to make a decision, because you are likely to be wrong. the democrat said this week -- the president said this week -- they are trying to create a narrative to explain the upcoming democratic collapse -- that the brain is hard wired when you are afraid to not think straight. that is his explanation. what they are preparing this report is that the country is either in panic or is angry, and this is going to act rationally -- he rationally in rejecting the democrats. it's an odd proposition, and a reflection of the unbelievable intellectual arrogance of the democratic leadership. >> we went from bill clinton to unbelievable evidence. he is the only bipartisan figure who gets favorable ratin

and big bill. bill clinton hits the road for the democrats. nine states to rally for his party. we begin with the chilean mine rescue. kerry sanders joins us with the late latest. everything looks like tremendous preparation to do this just right. >> reporter: everything has been set to make this all come off without a hitch. all that said, they do recognize it could still be dangerous. what they're going to do, if everything goes according to plan, is in the next couple of hour, they're going to take an escape capsule and drop it down the mine and bring it back. it won't go all the way down that shaft. 240,000 feet. they'll bring it up. then they're going to get one of the paramedics to get inside that capsule and they're going to send it down to the bottom. he'll get out. he'll greet those 33 miners who have been trapped down there and then the first miner will get in and take a journey of about 15 minutes to the surface. they have special designed clothes. much like a fighter pilot. it will keep the blood flowing so as they stand in that tiny little capsule like this for 15 m

it's the case bill clinton is town. bill clinton is getting me energized? they have got to turn out that base. if you look at voter enthusiasm, it favors the republicans. >> so let me ask you this seriously. do you think people -- somebody who is going to show up at a bill clinton rally and be excited and be energized would otherwise just not go to the polls? do you really think that people who go to see bill clinton who make a trip out to see bill clinton speak would have otherwise just stayed home? because i certainly don't. look, he is not going to hurt the democrats right now. is he making an argument that other people aren't and he is connecting with democrats that president obama has a difficult time connecting with. including some of the very same democrats who president clinton's wife connected with so effectively in the primaries. he is not going to sway the election. it's just immaterial. >> juan: wait a minute, you are contradicting yourself. you say he connects with people who might not connect with president obama. don't you see a contradiction

we spent a lot of time talking about bill clinton. and i began by asking him what makes the former president, bill clinton, such a dominant politician even today. >> i think he is the master of the trade really. i mean, i think he's the single most extraordinarily ept and confident politician i've ever met. and that's not because he's simply good at communicating, good at the art of politics. it's because he's actually, and this is the thing i think people don't understand about him sufficiently, it's all anchored in fact in very strong and very well-worked out convictions. people sometimes see him as the great communicator, but that's, you know, he was just a good politician as it were. he's not -- he has a core of beliefs that are very, very strong and that completely define where modern progressive politics has got to be if it's going to be successful. >> how did he tie together and how does he tie together this centrist leaning liberalism, if you will? somehow he's positioned himself close to the center and the progressive side th

we spent a lot of time talking about bill clinton. i began by asking him what makes the former president, bill clinton, such a dominant politician even today. >> i think he is the master of the trade really. i mean, i think he's the single most extraordinary apt and confident politician i've ever met. and that's not because he's simply good at communicating, good at the art of politics. it's because he's actually, and this is the thing i think people don't understand about him sufficiently, it's all anchored in very strong and well worked out convictions. people sometimes see him as the great communicator, but that's, you know, he was just a good politician as it were. he's not -- he has a core of beliefs that are very, very strong and that completely define where me years back, a very sort of strange in way old seaside town in the uk, and we were supposed to meet him after he'd spoken. we found him eventually down in the local mcdonald's. you know, holding court with all the people happened to be in there a bit surprised to see bill

the tea party's surging, and bill clinton is back. all that tonight on "washington week." it is getting hot out there. >> how ridiculous are you? you embarrass this race. >> and who says, if elected, he'll ask voters for more new taxes? jerry brown. governor jerry brown again? hide your wallet. >> i don't know that all of you are latino. some of you look a little more asian to me. >> i really don't know what my opponent was talking about, because you all look like nevadans to me. >> meanwhile, labor unions and corporations are pouring money into key races from coast to coast and both sides say they'll win. >> we don't work for you anymore, nancy pelosi! you're fired. >> their whole campaign strategy is amnesia. >> countdown to election day with the reporters covering the story -- charles babington of the associated press, doyle mcmanus of the "los angeles times," karen tumulty of the "the washington post" and kate zernike, of the "new york times." >> this is "washington week with gwen ifill" produced in association with national journal. corporate funding for "washington w

from bill clinton -- >>> you're watching cbs5 eyewitness news. ates to sacramen >>> a political heavyweight arrives in the bay area. the message from bill clinton to send two local candidates to sacramento. >>> the bridge back in business, the repairs made and the monitoring required to keep the san mateo bridge open. history re- born tonight... >>> a stroll down musical memory lane, a bit of bay area history tonight. good evening. i'm ann notarangelo. well, he is the democrats most effective campaigner. former president bill clinton in san jose tonight lending his support to the top of the ticket in california. don knapp is in san jose where mr. clinton campaigned with jerry brown and gavin newsom. >> reporter: of course, it was a political rally, but the big draw was a political rock star named bill clinton and this audience was really primed for him when he took the stage, the crowd going wild. here's how it went. gavin newsom and jerry brown are the californians running for office, but bill clinton was still the big draw and i think tonight w

. >> with democrats on the vote, bill clinton to the rescue? >> it is true that we did not get you out of this hole in 21 months. at least be stopped digging. >> and the wife of a clarence thomas telephones anita hill 19 years later to ask for an apology. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> hello, i'm mark shields, sitting in this week for gordon peterson. if the pollsters are correct, a republican wave is cresting and the gop is poised take the house. the spotlight is shining on the senate. races are tight everywhere. jeanne cummings, what it is coming for november 2? >> hung jury and the senate, republican win in the house. >> colby king? >> i agree with jeanne. what is surprising is that this stage a week and half before the election, they're playing defense, with the president trying to establish a fire wall in states that should be saved. >> nina? >> there is some evidence that democrats are coming home, but it is not enough. i agree with jeanne, it is very tight. >> charles? >> the peasantry will rise and

former president bill clinton is there campaigning for jack conway. it looks like the live picture is frozen somewhat, but there are tough races nationwide. conway is trailing his republican opponent there. so former president bill clinton is out lending a little support to the democrat jack conway. >>> less than an hour ago president obama said the crumbling infrastructure is one of the greatest challenges we falls. fixes bad roads and bridges will also help to fix the economy. >> nearly one in five construction workers are unemployed and needs a job. over the next six years we'll rebuild 150,000 miles of our roads. enough to circle the world six times. we will lay and maintain 4,000 miles of our railways. this plan will be fully paid for. it will not add to the deficit overtime. >> the president will shift focus later to the upcoming elections. he'll travel to florida to

positive as bill clinton is. >> i think that there will be more democratic voters who turn out than people think in part because of the president, michelle obama's out on the campaign trail, bill clinton. i think they will probably still lose the house but i don't think it will be a huge wave of losses. >> i think this guy is doing what he always does. he hangs back, he hangs back, he hangs back and then pounces. i think the expectations are so high for republicans. they could have a wipeout according to everybody, that if they fall short of that, the whole thing shifts. chris: you have the rope-a-dope theory, right? >> that's what he does. chris: before we break, the senate race that keeps on giving. this moment came on tuesday. >> the reason we're in the mess we're in is because our so-called leaders in washington no longer view the indispensable principles of our nouppeding that's truly -- founding as truly that. >> one of those indispensable principles is the separation of church and state. >> where in the constitution is separation of church and state? >> excellent point. >> ho

but while bill clinton campaign >>> president bill clinton. >> democrats get a jolt of election season energy tonight. but while bill clinton campaigns in the bay area, the momentum seems to be riding with the republicans. >>> wet weather causes more dangerous conditions on our roads. how long this rain is expected to stick around. >>> and emergency repairs have caused major slow downs on this bay area bridge. what you condition expect for tomorrow morning's rush hour. >>> the 1-2 hole. that is a base hit. >> the giants pull off another big win. highlights from game 2. good evening. well, he is the democrats' most effective cam paperer. former president bill clinton lending his support to the top of the ticket in california. >> campaign it was. it was built as a political rally but the main star was really a rock star named bill clinton. of course when he took the stage, the crowd went wild. [ applause ] >> this is how it went. gavin knew -- newsom and jerry brown are still the -- now running for governor. the newsom started it off by -- he made an observation which was simply this. i'

i think bill clinton -- the electric charge is out of bill clinton, both the positive and negative. people don't attack clinton for everything anymore, he is just a figure out there and sort of a positive figure. nobody goes after him. popular, but you notice -- >> very popular according to the polls. >> but he doesn't get the huge crowds that sarah palin can get or the huge negatives that sarah palin can get. clinton himself used to getç them. >> but in energizing the debate, i think he's a good person to do it. >> i don't know if he energizes it, but nobody is going to attack him. it is a good thing, but it doesn't have the charge. >> but what about michelle obama and her campaigning this week? >> i'm sure they will send her where she helps and is more popular than the president. >> like wisconsin and illinois. >> bill clinton appeals to moderates. in a general election it is the moderate voters who it is unclear if they are going for the pea tea partiers. we need to keep them on our side. >> before i let you guys go, one of my favorite campaigns this year is california. the yea

bill clinton was polarizing ronald reagan was polarizing. they have all been characterized as polarizing. what is it about the last 30 years of american politics and popular culture that has produced the result? you have to believe that the media, including the internet, played a significant role in that. >> if you have asked me a president we would like to see right now, i would say to my eisenhower. i think that we need somebody who has a kind of stature. i caddis thatcher of being a supreme commander. -- ike had a stature of being a supreme commander. eisenhower build the interstate highway system and the seaway and put a lot of this infrastructure in the country. we need somebody that focuses on that. it is not just -- it seems that we are tormenting ourselves too much in this country and not finding a way to unify. i wrapped in a pianist -- iraq and afghanistan could of been a unifier. some people think that iraq was a terrible mistake. >> i have an aberration for dwight eisenhower. but white eisenhower was a product of the time. so cen

did bill clinton ask a florida democrat to drop out? >>> red flags. bp knew there was trouble weeks before the oil rig explosion in the gulf. >>> and judgment day, a mixed verdict in the death of anna nicole smith. this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, october 29th, 2010. good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. we begin with politics and democratic efforts to maintain control of the senate. this morning, the democratic senate candidate in florida kendrick meek is denying reports that he was asked to drop out of the race by former president bill clinton. preeti arla is in washington with much more on this. good morning. >> good morning. if the rumors were true it would be political drama. and strategy edits fast. former president bill clinton said last night meek talked with him about the possibility of dropping out but he told meek to do what he thought was best. meek, on the other hand, is flatly denying those reports. democratic representative kendrick meek isn't walking away from florida's senate race anytime soon. >>

from campaigner in chief, bill clinton trying to bring back the magic on intense push in the midwest making stops in michigan and minnesota. >> federal investigators in a drug bust. what was being made in a suspected drug lab which forced evacuations of hundreds. >> julie: one of the nation's top military leaders charming go the man behind wikileaks putting lives in danger but how can they prosecute julian assange and stop him from doing it again. >> gregg: we begin with the battle for political power. it is heating up in homestretch to the midterm elections. the is house and the senate and the direction of our nation. the leaders of democratic and republican national committees both making predictions who will control the house of representatives when all is said and done. steve has more live in washington. >> reporter: the two party leaders seem to be looking into different crystal balls. one is democratic losses will be kept to a minimum while the other predicts republicans will do very well. sarah palin was on the campaign trail in florida yesterday. she is one of many trying to

clinton can still draw a crowd. >> the 42nd president of the united states, bill clinton. >> reporter: he's been called the comeback kid. and now, former president bill clinton is trying to help democrats rally to keep their majority in congress. he's hit the campaign trail for more than 80 events this election season, pleading with voters to stick with democrats. >> all we're asking is for four more years. >> reporter: over the past week, the former president has crisscrossed the country, stumping for democratic candidates in very tight races. >> the only reason this is a tough race is this is a tough time. >> reporter: clinton appeals to moderates and independents. but he's one of the best at pumping up the base. >> bill clinton on the campaign trail reminds people what it was like to have a president where we had a balanced budget. they had a little more money in their pocket. >> reporter: a recent poll finds that 55% of americans had a positive view of president clinton, up over 15 points from 2 years ago. that's quite a turnaround from the contentious 2008 democratic primary seas

bill clinton just wrapped up a rally, it wrapped up about 20 minutes ago. to talk to hundreds of voters telling them to vote for jerry brown in november. we should have some video to show you, polls in just brown is running a close race against make whitman. he plays ball as a cabinet of the future, say bonn has always been an innovative person, you could see selling holdings a rally sides behind me, they wrapped up about 20 minutes ago. more than several hundred students heat. former president bill clinton has been very busy almost like a rock star this is his 84th campaign stop this election season. he is a very busy man and tried to help but a lot of democrats in the golden state. live dahlin kron4 news. >> in there's triples around bomb for lieutenant governor. it has received dozens of violations. there have been big tax lien citations for exposing workers to pesticides. the lieutenant governors say an overzealous regulators are to blame. as john cale and jon kalish reports, john mccain joined in san diego this week. >> a motorcade of motorcycles drive

and it drove governor clinton bananas, it infuriated him. >> couldn't tell. >> good for bill clinton. as you showed in the earlier clip, governor brown was again attacking president clinton a few weeks ago. but, you know, in politics, there are larger things here than just personal disputes. i don't think those two guys like each other very much, but there is something more important here. bill clinton believes he's right on the issues. >> that's an important point. they still don't like each other very much. these are two guys with good memories who hold grudges and you made the point, let's listen more this is governor brown, now attorney general brown, just last month. >> i mean, clinton's a nice guy, but who ever sold he always told the truth? you remember, right? there's that whole story there about did he or did he? okay, i did not have taxes with this state. so let's be clear about that. thank you very much. >> that one there, i did not have taxes with this state. jerry brown getting a bit personal there. >> absolutely getting personal. but you know what, john, i remember a sen

some in gop finds soft spot for bill clinton. which i don't think he would've necessarily see maybe 10 years ago. and they talk about peace in the interview all these republicans claim these nice things about president clinton's legacy. and i ask one of the people quoted was cumbersome and paul ryan, who is a rising star in the gop. and they say what about the fact to impeach him? and ryan says, i try not to think about that. so i think this is a good lesson for barack obama to be having right now. and the reason why i wrote this book is because i had covered a little bit of it before, but really the 2006 and 2008 present presidential campaign and in a lot of uncrowned in-depth reporting. i was fascinated by the ability of democrats. one was to bring in a lot of new people into the party. and she was to compete in all these traditionally conservative states that nobody thought they could win. faces like indiana. places like north carolina. places like virginia. you guys that arkansas had that for a while, but i think that was som

. >> this morning former president bill clinton energizes the become base in san jose urging them to get out the vote during a big rally for jerry brown and gavin newsom. >> here's a live look at downtown san francisco with left over clouds hanging around, the good news. morning commute will be dry. warmer weather on the way before more rain is possible this coming weekend. i'll have an update. >> 5:00 at the bay bridge toll plaza. carpooling starting to open with the lower prices. no delays, no accidents right now around the bay area to slow you down. >> and the two u.c. berkeley graduates in prison in iran entered day 444 of captivity as they're put on trial for spying. it is 5:01. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. >> facebook.com users listen up. your personal information may be out there if you play the most popular games on the social network site. terry mcsweeney is live with the latest. >> this story coming out of the "wall street journal," and it says that many of facebook.com's most popular applications have sent personal information to advertising and tracking companies.

. >> headlines, former president bill clinton comes to the bay to rally democrats. >> a live look from downtown san francisco. a partly cloudy sky but no real rain this morning. we'll talk about sunshine and warmer weather in your forecast. >> with the drier roads, off to a good start this monday morning. live shot at san mateo bridge. all is well. i'll have the details coming up. >> and the giants return to the bay area today after a disappointing loss to the phillies last night. they'll have a chance to regain momentum in game three of the nlcs tomorrow. >> we're gonna regroup. not gonna worry. monday, 4:30. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. >> a split on the road is a good thing. in the final four weeks before election day, democrats and republicans alike are bringing out the heavy hitters. bill clinton campaigned and raised funds in the bay area yesterday. >> clinton is hoping his dark power will help democracy. gubernatorial jerry brown and gavin newsom. he urge the the crowd to vote on election day, now over two weeks away. >> if you know anybody anywhere in america who tells

there's a reason we saw bill clinton campaign for jerry brown. early in the campaign meg whitman, jerry brown's opponent, was using tv ads having clinton attack brown back in the bid for the presidency. after that he made a joke about monica lewinsky and quickly apologized. one of the reasons he has bill clinton on the campaign trail is to make that a non-issue. any criticisms from jerry brown in the '92 election, voters want to say there's no problem there between the two men. but bill clinton is going into places where president obama really can't. we have seen former president bill clinton go into arkansas, more rural states, state that is obama did not do well in in 2008. president obama is going to campaign places with younger voters and minorities. democrats are trying to cover their bets and sending bill clinton to some areas, president obama in other areas, joe biden is in working class areas and michelle obama is hitting the campaign trail, too. >> give us the races to surprise us election night. >> one race is in kentucky. democrats thi

barney frank in massachusetts, why is bill clinton there? well, because barney frank thinks he needs to be shored up a little bit. and bill clinton is going to be on the trail for john dingell, the longest serving representatives. those two are probably going to win, but the fact that bill clinton has to go to their districts shows that they're a little concerned. >> and, you know, john. president clinton is doing what he can to get voters to reconsider their vote for change. listen. >> i don't want to see my country make a mistake. and i'm old enough to remember that when you make an important decision, never mind politics about anything, when you're really mad, there's about an 80% chance you're going to make a mistake. and you will get the result you don't want. and every person in this audience who is old enough has made enough decisions when you were mad that you know i am telling you the truth. >> we should get that cross stitched and put in the kitchen. john, when voters are angry, they send the incumbents packing. can a veteran membe

i'm now reenergized to vote. >> i went to the bill clinton rally last week. it was interesting but i didn't enjoy the protesters outside. the use of hitler mustaches is really unnecessary. it just ain't right. >> so bill clinton came to campus the other day. i didn't go. let's just say i know who i will vote for november 2. >> dear mom and dad, please don't forget to vote on november 2nd. and now russell mikols joins us with the happenings in s week >>> and now russell michael is here with sports. russ what do you for us? >> thank you ladies. first up, spartan football. the spartans had another hard task on their hands on saturday night. the boise state broncos. sjsu was looking for the first win of october and the second win of the season. the spartans had high hopes going in to saturday night's game, stopping the winning streak at 19. boise state's crowd traveled strong. the game was dominated by biosee -- boise state all night long, not allowing the spartans to score. the spartans hope to do better. >> saturday night against boise state was not all that mu

president bill clinton that slammed russian immigrants in israel for being an obstacle to peace with the palestinians off talks to mark levin from the national conference on soviet jewry about the diaspora and how it responded to the accusation spotlight is coming your way next here on r.t. . hello again and welcome to spotlight and today my guest in the studio is mark levin . the recent verbal attacks on the immigrant jews by former american president bill clinton have added to the rising nationalist divide in israel he accused them of not willing to find common ground with palestinians that bring peace talks in the middle east what do the serbian born jews have to answer here is mark levin executive director of and c s j which advocates on behalf of jews in russia ukraine the baltic states and. the world appears to be fostering a more tolerant attitude towards jews and vice versa the new exhibition in berlin on hitler and his power over the german people has been welcomed by the country's jewish community they see it as an important step to a greater understanding of the holocaust

more than jimmy carter and bill clinton in the first two years in office. now he has to defend them, implement them, make sure they stand up correctly. we'll have a huge healthcare debate in the next two years about repealing it or not. i think that of course, being a one-term president is a cautionary tale. the other thing that will happen in the next two years, pretty soon is he has to think about his own re-election and how he sets himself up for that. does that mean ignoring some of the big problems that he wants to solve or not? and the republicans are going to be doing the same thing. >> i'm just struck by this discussion about bill clinton. i remember that so vividly, i covered that. let's remember who bill clinton was compared to who barack obama has been. bill clinton was a governor from a southern state, who had been repudiated and voted out of office at one point by the voters of arkansas. when he came back to power, he was a centrist. he was deeply knowledgeable about a lot of centricity and even conservative ideas. it was no major shift intelle

from the president and the first lady to bill and hillary clinton, the biggest names in the party are trying to make sure the golden state stays blue. kimberly terry is in san jose where a rally for glavine newsom just wrapped up. >> reporter: bill clinton was here tonight. he was clear and to the point. he says republicans are counting on democrats to stay home on election day. he says the challenge really is to get voters out, especially young voters. >> president bill clinton! >> reporter: former president bill clinton urged democrats tonight to put aside their disappointment about the economic climate and the state of politics and do something about it. turn out to vote november 2nd. >> i am telling you, your future is on the line. you've got to show up. but you can change the outcome of the congressional elections in america from this campus if you use the social networks. >> reporter: mr. clinton ended his day in northern california at san jose state university, asking voters to cast their ballots for gubernatorial candidate jerry brown and the candidate for lieutenant governor

nnedy. >> and bill clinton. >> and bill clinton all of them tried to pov forward on national health care, on expaing health care. nobo succeeded until barack obama. and that has been from the point of the business community, something they ve objected to for 70, 80 years, charlie, this has been a point of convention-- contentionness. >> rose: i thoht what the president did in part was to get more people inside the tent than many administration before. the clinton administration alth-care program got off to a bad start because of the way it started it wasn't transparenand all those things. about you my impressi was in this ca, thepresident was able to get more people on board and then it got lost in the political process. >> well, i think that it got lostn the political ocess partly because-- . >> rose: more ff sis on access than cost containment. >> not enough emphasis co containment and he allowed congress to take almost complete control of the over the process, to not keep iin t whus so there werepeci intests. thais wt theysaid abt the stimulus program too. do you come the table and sa

first was bill clinton for more normally. today it was rudy guiliani for bob ehrlich. -- first was bill clinton for governor martin o'malley. the golf buddies that have been personal and professional golfing buddies for years. >> i is governor early s an example to other governors -- i use governor ehrlich as an example. giuliani called governor o'malley of failure and said the democrat is the biggest anti- business governor in the country. his visit comes on the heels of polls showing bob ehrlich is done by 14 points in the race. guiliani is nicknamed america's mayor. >> both candidates spoke about a new poll of campaigning across the state guest today. fo>> two days ago, gonzalez had five. >> there are many examples in american history of pulsating one candidate is up and then a week later they don't succeed. i don't have a lot of confidence in anything the polls say this year. >> new fund-raising numbers show bob ehrlich has our raised o'malley by about $1 million. the voters will discuss it -- decide who will control cong

especially with the blue-collar voters that hillary clinton, bill clinton, play better to. >> let's move to what i think are the five closest senate races. of course we don't discuss them nationally as much. one is close to your heart, jim. quickly on the map, colorado, wisconsin, illinois, pennsylvania, west virginia. looking at those five, they may be the five closest in the country. wisconsin you write about today. what makes wisconsin unique among these sniv. >> right. i think that wisconsin captures every single story line of the campaign. surge of the tea party movement. a wounded incumbent who would probably be safe in a different political environment and a newcomer to politics who's captured the imagination of the tea party movement but also sort of the conservative radio echo chamber. ron johnson from -- i grew up in oshkosh. that's where he lives. he was unknown. no one had really heard of him. he wasn't interested in politics until about a year ago. he is a millionaire. he had the machine and he had this message which is basically the same message you hear from a lot of tea p

. >>> bill clinton's trip down to san jose it is a rally. we see the shots of everybody on the stain but how many people really turned out? >>> i brought my flip camera and did a 360 shot. that is beautiful there. tons of people but behind him it was empty empty stands with two thirds filled. >> that can't be because people didn't want to be there. >> well, it was a big night. >> wait a minute i mean seriously, if you have a choice between going to the giants, watching a movie or seeing bill clinton and gerry brown. >> okay the giants thing aside that is an obvious thing. >> it is difficult to get people buzzed up. >> sunday night, mad man season finale. giants game. >> down in los angeles barack obama pulled them in. >> 32,000 people but he is a kay rays mattic speaker. young -- charismatic speaker. young people know who he is. they weren't even a bad idea when bill clinton was president. he pulls in like middle aged democrats, people in their 30s and such but younger people,. >>> barack obama is the draw. >> correct. >> on one of the races

ultimately bill clinton and -- >> rick: i love it. >> i love it. >> bill clinton was willing to pass tax cuts. >> rick: gentlemen, thank you so much. always fun to talk to you both. seriously. thanks for coming in. >> juliet: president obama is not on the ballot this year and he's probably glad. a new poll showing the president facing an uphill climb to win a second term in 2012. peter doocy is live in our new york city news room and he is following this story. hey, peter. >> president obama has been in campaign mode this week, popping up in people's backyards and in college towns across america. but he does not face an election until 2012. but if it was today, only 39% of americans would vote to reelect him. a majority, 54%, would vote for somebody else. it's not all bad for mr. obama, though. 45% -- rather 46% think he's doing a good job listening to the american people. that's 3% less than february, but still more than the 43% who think he's doing a bad job listening to them. so more people think he's doing a good job listening to them than a bad job. however, 48% say if the presi

no one worked harder for kendrick meek than bill clinton. this wasn't a plot all along to pull the rug out from under him. the democrats wanted to see if meek could close the gap. he couldn't. they are facing a situation meek is trading badly. wide-spread feeling, he doesn't have a prayer to win. the only way to block rubio in the democratic analysis was throw support to crist. there was a moment early on if meek had been defeated by millionaire jeff greene, that might have changed things but that didn't happen. the big question now is what is the fall-out from the story, where the african-american voters will be angry and will they stay home and urge the prospect of alex sink, who is locked in a tight race with scott, or will they feel free to vote for griffin. >> chris: we have been talking about the republican wave for a month, iceberg headed to the titanic. all of us thought something will change, it always does. the wave keeps getting bigger and bigger. now we're two days away and it's bigger than ever. >> it is. they want change with w

clinton statue happens to be on bill clinton boulevard. as president, he supported nato action to stop the ethnic cleansing going on there. the statue was unveiled last year. many in kosovo see the clinton name as key to their nation's own independence. >>> when we come back here tonight, we begin a second night of the coverage that the world can't seem to stop watching. >>> we sd it at thtop of the broadcast. it's felt at times from last night into today, into tonight like the whole country, the whole world is watching those brave men emerge from that mine in chile. and those brave men go down and get them. for one thing, it's nice to follow a good news story just as it's nice to be able to bring one to you. people who couldn't watch on tv wondered what number rescue are they on all day today. people who did watch couldn't stop watching and our own mike taibbi was watching them. chi-le chi-chi-chi! le-le-le! los mineros de chile! >> reporter: a cheer is the same in any language and there's been a lot of cheering. the headlines reflect the