to illinois. >> it is important to know that we help all people in illinois. i favor of immigration reform. the arizona law, a ratio profiling law -- racial law.iling wal i think a governor such as we should stand up and speak out against immigration reform and anything involved with racial profiling. three young marines gave their lives for our country. they were hispanic. they proved their citizenship already. >> the ticking time bomb deals with pension liability of $80 billion. there was an element of reform. it affects future employees. most experts believe the significant changes have to be made. the health benefits going for the current employees. the last step was like a band- aid on a hemorrhage. >> they have doubled this during their short eight years. now the people of illinois are saddled with an $80 billion deficit. i believe we have to protect the people paying into this interest. it is not their fault that rod blagojevich and another did not pay. we have to continue the program as it has been. this will perspective remove state employees into bus

he came to illinois a couple weeks ago. he landed on a big airplane there, air force one in oh hair field. and i'm the governor of illinois and i have the honor to get to say hello to the president and greet him when he comes off the airplane. and i said, welcome home mr. president. thank you for what you're doing for all of us. you're working as hard as you can for decent health care, making sure that we have in our country consumer protection and definitely fighting hard for jobs. and i said, i want to thank you because earlier this year in may our state of illinois, all of us, we got federal money to put people to work. that's what we believe in. and we put 26,000 people to work in our state of illinois, 26,000 people in private sector jobs, 5,000 different businesses participated. and on that day i thought it would be pretty porpt for the president to see first hand some of the people that he helped get a j-o-b. so i asked tiffany han beyond a reasonable doubt who owns good burgers. i know she is here somewhere. i wante

illinois is at a crossroads. we are a state rich in opportunity and resources, but we need new leadership. leadership matters. governor quinn has run our state into the ground. record deficits in debt. $13 billion deficit. over 200,000 jobs lost. if you want to continue down the path of our taxes and deficits, -- path of higher taxes and deficits, vote for him. >> i took the oath of office at the very tough time. as we reform our government, made it more open, cleaned it up, stabilize debt. we are better than when i took office. we have also approved our economy. george bush created a big mess in our economy. he inherited a good economy from president clinton and made it bad. we are creating more jobs than any other state in the midwest. it is important to have a governor who has a heart for every day people. >> thank you very much. we appreciate your time and efforts. this concludes our deb

we have a problem in illinois. in the last decade we've lost the opportunity to create nearly 100,000 jobs. in the last 15 months over the quinn administration we've net lost over 200,000 jobs and in the last reporting period we've net lost over 25,000 jobs. that's not a national problem. over 35 states in the nation created more jobs with fewer assets and opportunities than illinois. i've often said if higher taxes, more fees and litigation, deficit and debt created jobs, we'd be. number one job-producing state in the nation, but we're not. so what do we do? we need a real jobs gorvings a real jobs plan. i've called for stabilizing the tax environment without raising crippling tax increases. i've fought for reform in worker's compensation and medical malpractice, developing a long-term plan. i am initiate a council of economic advisors. some of the brightest and best academicians in this state but we fail to leverage their opportunities to define what illinois will look like in the next 20 years. lastly we need a

illinois is at a crossroads. we are a state rich in opportunity and resources, but we need new leadership. leadership matters. governor quinn has run our state into the ground. record deficits in debt. $13 billion deficit. over 200,000 jobs lost. if you want to continue down the path of our taxes and deficits, -- path of higher taxes and deficits, vote for him. >> i took the oath of office at the very tough time. as we reform our government, made it more open, cleaned it up, stabilize debt. we are better than when i took office. we have also approved our economy. george bush created a big mess in our economy. he inherited a good economy from president clinton and made it bad. we are creating more jobs than any other state in the midwest. it is important to have a governor who has a heart for every day people. >> thank you very much. we appreciate your time and efforts. this concludes our debate for the candidates of governor of illinois. we thank you for watching and urge you to vote. [captioning performed by nat

we have put together a booklet put illinois to war," the mos -- put together "put illinois to work," the most successful program. i am a job as governor. i know how to work with large and small businesses. ford is expanding their manufacturing 1200 new jobs to build a new ford explorer. they did not pick indiana. they did not take any other state. they picked illinois. we have hard-working workers. they want to continue to do that across illinois to create the jobs we need for this year and years to come. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you. in morning to all of you. -- good morning to all of you. there is no mission on a more. thank you all for being here this morning. if i might introduce you to my background. i mean from bloomington, illinois. i steadied predominately economics. when married 28 years ago. we have been blessed with three wonderful children. two of them are here in chicago with us o. our daughter katie is a nurse. our son is in high school on the football team. my family is important to me as is yours. we decide illinois is a place to raise our family. chal

senate candidates in illinois. democrat alexi june juned republican congressman mark kirk. . ♪ >> good evening and welcome. it is great to be in chicago for the senate race and the race could not be tighter. we want to get right to it tonight. we will star with opening statements and each candidate will have one minute each. >> people are struggling to make things me. the decisions over the last decade in washington have made things worse. exploding deficits, shipping jobs overseas, killion to address our environmental issues. congressman kirk has been the architect of some of these decisions of the last decade. why we keep sending the same people back to washington, d.c.? you deserve a senator who will tell you the truth and fight for you every day. and will stand up to the special interests that role washington, d.c. you may not agree with me but you'll always know where i stand. i cannot fix these problems overnight but i promise you that no one will fight harder or work harder to make sure you and your family

we are doing that in illinois. i think it is important, given the fact that state has a [inaudible] i imposed the furloughs on myself, 24 unpaid days off, unlike senator brady who refuses to cut his pay. we need continued fiscal -- austerity. we will also negotiate with our union to reduce our employee cost. . >> with all due respect, you have at 20 months to implement those plans. we have the worst bond rating in any state in the nation because the rhetoric -- record deficit and debt. the first thing i would do is call on my directors to implement a 10% reduction. for a 10% reduction. most families have implemented reduction in these times. most of the snow you can cut 10% of spending. there is so much we do not know about. we need to know the truth. we will reform our medicaid system to deliver services at the primary care doctor. we must demand efficiencies of the zero professionals and place. >> senator brady, this goes to you. what is your plan to keep businesses in illinois? >> simply put, we have to make ill

is there an obama effect in illinois? >> i was in kirk's old district during this road trip and obama has 50%, 59%, 60% approval in that district. a district that's gone full republican in the past. obama is still very popular in illinois. but i want to pick up on what peggy said. and the amazing thing to me about this debate is how much it is at variance with the way people are actually feeling in this country. they are freaked out. they're panicked. they really are scared that the jobs we've lost are not coming back this time and that their kids won't live as well as they have. and instead of this tit for tat political stuff you see in all of the negative ads, they want to hear real ideas about how we're going to -- >> to that point, the cover piece i just mentioned, this is a portion of it i thought was so interesting. you write this, i found the same themes dominant everywhere, rethinking of basic assumptions, a moment of national introspection. there was an idea that washington was broken beyond repair, that i want t

senator of illinois for the seat once held by president obama. congressman kirk, there have been issues raised on the campaign trail that has to do with your military record, you were a naval reserve as an intelligence officer, you served in afghanistan, iraq, congressional medal for kosovo. all that makes it curious for some of the exaggerations. back in june, i'll put it on the screen, kirk's problems began with the revelation that his frequent references to being named the navy's intelligence officer of the year were were false. followed by a long string of other errors and exaggerations, a letter from his office said he served in the gulf war, when he didn't. the first gulf war. he also referred to serving in the invasion of iraq, although his duties kept him stateside. he said it sometimes running the pentagon war room even though he only oversees the intelligence operations. although he had clearly described coming under fire while flying missions over kosovo and iraq, kirk began to hedge and say that he couldn't be sure his plane was targe

video poker is discourage of illinois. -- is a surge of illinois. scourge of illinois. if you believe in something, stand up for it. >> people can voted out of their community. we have to invest in schools. you voted for the spending in this jobs bill, but she voted against the financing. >> i am proud of that. >> you will take a bell at the ribbon cutting events, but you will not come up with a way to pay with -- to pay for it. >> how many ribbons have you cut over the past couple weeks? >> i was a chrysler today and we invested six other million dollars to create jobs. >> why did you implement that bill? why do you hold back until just before the election. >> chrysler voted for that the week ago. -- a week ago. >> people want to know if illinois should be tougher than arizona or as tough. did either of you subscribe to that notion as to what the state of illinois should be doing or not be doing it with a document and citizens? >> i am against it. it is racial profiling. i said so today. it is unconstitutional and should be struck down for a number to the national gove

then the illinois senate race. that is followed by two more governors races, one in the hampshire, the other in minnesota. among registered voters, democrats lead by six points, a 47% to 41% lead. if you look leader, their strength comes directly from the cellphone only population. if they are skipping the demographics, the results might be too favorable to republicans. >> the c-span networks, we provide coverage of public affairs, nonfiction books, american history. this is available to you on the radio, on line, and on social networking sides. we take c-span on the road with local contact vehicle. it is washington your way, the c-span network now available and more than 100 million pounds. >> here is a debate between the 14th house district candidates. the incumbent congressman and his republican challenger. the poll has represented a foster trailing republican by one. . this debate is about half an hour. first, a closer look at the race. >> we are looking at some of the most hotly contested races leading up to t

. >> susie: two of the most closely watched senate races in the country are in illinois and florida. both are races without any incumbents. and with both states struggling with double-digit unemployment, those races are all about the economy. as we continue our coverage, "mid-term 2010-- it's the economy." we bring you two reports. we begin with diane eastabrook in illinois, where the focus is on regaining thousands of lost manufacturing jobs. >> reporter: shuttered factories have become part of the landscape in rust belt states like illinois. in the last two years, the recession has claimed more than 100,000 manufacturing jobs here. job search boot camps are attracting twice as many displaced workers as they did a year ago. some like craig radcliffe want more help from washington. >> i would think that maybe at a time like this you would want to open up to more ideas and not really worry about how many people think you should do this or that. >> reporter: in illinois, jobs and the economy are central issues in the campaign for the u.s. senate where republican congressman mark kirk i

that's what we've got to do in illinois. we've got to band together, in our country, all across our country much we believe in grass-roots democracy. our country wasn't built by people on top of the power heap, apologizing on why the special interests should get all the breaks and the wealthy get all the special tax breaks and all that. that isn't america. america is built by everyday people banding together, not-for-profit, for what they believe in. that's why we elected our president, barack obama, that's why we're here today, to make sure that we keep that movement going, that hope going. you know, in the scripture they talk about faith and hope and love. we've got to have faith in each other. we have to have hope. the president ran on hope. and i have hope all the time. but i also know the president believes in love. love is patient, love is kind and love never fails. that's what we believe in. [cheers and applause] and if you have any doubt of why you should vote on tuesday, i want to tell you about somebody who is all

call roca's come to illinois and spent a ton of money to convince the people of illinois to their next senator should be. there is a citizens united decision which i am vigorously against. i think this step backwards. we need to put some rudimentary safeguards in place. say who funded it dealt with the corporation decide who is your next senator. he was called a pig at the trough, and he is afraid to take them on. he is bought and paid for by wall street firms, which is why he voted for the bailout probably twice, then voted against suspending executive pay bonuses six times. and then voted against wall street reform. he is owned by the health insurance companies. this is typical washington, d.c. politics. people are sick and tired of it. >> this election and serving in the united states senate -- can a constitutional comment -- amendment to nullify the effects of citizens united should come up, how would you vote? would you vote for a constitutional amendment? it would basically nullified citizens united. >> first of all, i would not. i'd think the key issue is disclosure. we need ref

in extreme northeast illinois and certainly northwest indiana. then saturday mostly sunny, windy, warmer and low 70s for the weekend. looks fairly mild on sunday. good day for the bear's game but the wind comes off the water. mid-60s at soldier field. >> watching that on television. >> thank you very much. >>> we will see you later. >>> don't leave -- on this day in 1968, the first tv broadcast from space took place from what nasa spacecraft? was it apollo 7? apollo 8? or gemini 12? the answer still ahead on your wgn midday news. [ female announcer ] there's a new way to let go of some of the annoying symptoms menopause brings. introducing one a day menopause formula. the only complete multivitamin with soy isoflavones to help address hot flashes and mild mood changes. new one a day menopause formula. ♪ ♪ come on, people, now ♪ smile on your brother ♪ everybody get together ♪ try to love one another right now ♪ [ female announcer ] the time has come to get a diaper that really works, without the really high prices. the time has come f

there's also early voting in illinois, right? >> there is early voting in illinois and, gwen, in the time that it's been in practice-- which has been since 2006-- city of chicago has always surpassed the suburbs. not this time. right now the suburbs are surpassing the city and that is not a good sign for democrats because those suburbs are more republican. >> ifill: so is it fair to say if you were to take a turn around the suburb this is weekend you would find a lot of democrats trying to get people out? get people to the mailbox, whatever they do? >> there is no question. and when you're trying to get the base it's because you pretty much have figured out that some of the independents are not closing in your favor and, so, yes, there is a massive get out the vote effort under way. >> ifill: carol marin and floyd ciruli, two people who will be working all weekend so nice to talk to you. >> thank you. >> lehrer: and to some mid-term elections history from richard norton smith, a presidential historian and a scholar-in- residence

there's also early voting in illinois, right? >> there is early voting in illinois and, gwen, in the time that it's been in practice- which has been since 2006-- city of chicago has always surpassed the suburbs. not this time. right now the suburbs are surpassing the city and that is not a good sign for democrats because those suburbs are more republican. >> ifill: so is it fair to say if you were to take a turn around the suburb this is weekend you would find a lot of democrats trying to get people out? get people to the mailbox, whatever they do? >> there is no question. and when you're trying to get the base it's because you pretty much have figured out that some of the independents are not closing in your favor and, so, yes, there is a massive get out the vote effort under way. >> ifill: carol marin and floyd ciruli, two people who will be working all weekend so nice to talk to you. >> thank you. >> lehrer: and to some mid-term elections history from richard norton smith, a presidential historian and a scholar-in- residence a

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. >> now, and illinois governor's debate between the illinois governor and steve brady. the latest cook political report the debate was publicized by the city club of chicago. it runs about one hour. >> the evening and welcome to chicago tonight. we will devote the entire hour for the race for governor. we will talk to the issues to serve. that is next, of chicago tonight. >> they hold very different views about how to run the state but they are buying for the same job. on tuesday, voters will decide which can it will move forward. tonight, bill brady and pat quinn meet face-to-face. here in the audience are members the city club. with me at the table or the two candidates that want to be the next governor of illinois. they appear in the order in which they appear on the belt. mr. quinn currently holds the position of governor. the answers will not be time. necessarily be asked the same questions. we have a limited amount of time, so we have ask the candidates to be sustained. if they begin to make a speech or filibuster, they know i will cut them off. senator brady, gov

as i said, high pressure coming in to western kentucky and over to illinois and missouri earlier. it will continue to build in toward us. so just think happy.

why it is a tough year for democrats, even here in illinois? >> people are struggling. they're losing their jobs. they're losing their homes. they're scared and concerned, rightfully so. >> reporter: back on the rope line, bill clinton told us to look at the bright side. >> we're getting there. president is getting out and around and i see a lot more intensity at these rallies now in the last three weeks. so, i think it would be a great mistake to count us out. reports of our demise have been exaggerated. >> reporter: abc news has learned that both the president and the first lady will appear in an ad tomorrow airing here in illinois for alexi giannoulias. diane, this is the first time that both of them have appeared in one ad during this campaign. >> it is certainly a sign of what's happening there, jon, as you reported, of course. at the top of the list of voter concerns, the economy, and jobs. but there is another issue stirring up voters, and it's immigration. since candidates have said diametrically opposite things, jake tapper is here with the "world news" fact ch

in illinois it -- at 10%. we have seen a raft of wasteful spending stories about what the stimulus tried to spend money on and a real failure of its record. i think we could have built a bipartisan record on that bill but instead the last thing -- the lasting legacy of the stimulus will be a near trillion dollar debt leveled on the financial future of the kids. much of that money barrowed from creditors who gave it to uncle system expecting to be repaid, with interest by our kids. facts and records matter. congressman kirk took us from record surpluss to deficits. more was added to the national debt in all of those years than all of the administrations in the history combined. obama added a 1 trillion deficit and kirk voted against the largest middle class tax cut in the country. the recovery act has not been a perfect bill. the question is what would have happened if we didn't have it? the accountants across the board will tell you that the recovery act helps them prevent depression. >> congressman kirk, can

governmental armageddon in states like illinois. >> the illinois economic situation is terrible. of course, these unpaid bills by the state of illinois have gone from $1 billion to $5 billion according to the chicago tribune just this year. all three credit ratings of downgraded the state's debt. recently we went hat in hand to european creditors and asked to borrow money, to pay a higher interest rate than mexico. a country whose economy collapsed in 1982. i do not think that the federal government to further bailout such fiscal irresponsibility, rolling back many of the spending decisions made by governor blagojevich, now and i did felon, returning fiscal responsibility to the state of illinois, without someone bailing out even more irresponsible decisions. >> bailout by the fed, mr. treasurer? >> i have been screaming from the rooftops of the treasury. why do not have a vote, i have a voice. doubling our national debt, we have found ways to cut discretional spending when needed. cutting the work force by 17%. tahir congressman curt rail against these bailouts, he voted twice f

we believe in jobs in illinois. we have to work hard, jobs for everybody. the important way to help people, the best way to fight poverty and crime, the way to keep families together is that job. that's what we unbelievable, jobs! >> the state senator and candidate for mayor was among the politicians hosting the event. before he introduced the governor, he made some controversial statements about bill brady. >> and i served with bill brady, i have never served with such an idiotic, racist, sexist person in my life. >> he has worked in springfield with bill brady in the state senate. today quinn distanced himself from the comments saying i don't associate myself with the comments, i don't talk that way. >>> candidate for governor bill brady responded to the comments during a stop this afternoon in highwood. >> he knows better, just disappointed. it is desperate. i don't have much to say about it. >> the candidates had an ugly battle for the governor's seat. they have traded personal jabs during debates but today brady said the bigger issue in illinois is the

. >>> the latest mark kirk scandal in illinois. republicans sending in goon squads to protect the votes in african-american precincts. why does that not add up? >>> this is candidate rich whitney. which letter could you remove to name the dumbest typo in history? they've done it in chicago. >>> rachel will unravel what actually happened today. >>> a mistake-riddled santelli campaign goes to a big scorer. promising to send monitors into >>> a mistake-riddled santelli campaign goes to a big scorer. promising to send monitors into vulnerable democratic precincts, you know, to protect the voters there. >>> and finally hidden in the whoopi goldberg version of the walk-off victory. next on "countdown." >>> republican mark kirk caught rewards visa card. get triple points every time you use your card at marriott. apply now and earn 22,500 bonus points when you use your card and enjoy a free night stay. so, before you know it, work time becomes well-deserved downtime. apply now at marriott.com/freenightstay. you've got staying power. >>> re

you can so ethylic effect precipitation and how it swipes the northeast illinois coastline. and also northwest indiana. that is this mesolow dropping southward. this thing will be a short lived affair that goes by us. and we get these southerly winds to warm us into the 70 by saturday. look at this thing. this big rain, producing clouds out to the east. boston is there. and you can get a feel for the kind of storm coming together there. this thing went off the peninsula there. maryland and delaware. and the thing now is moving north and deepening explosively. bomogenesis as we say in the weather department. the winds generated by that process are something. meantime, here are the showers coming down the lake. and in association with this cool push and we've got frost advisories in parts of eastern tennessee. look at the rains this system will generate through new england. if you go above 2000 feet, they may get snow. the mountains out to the east. then here are the big rains going through the florida straits with miami right there, key west there. and lots of rain to the sou

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since illinois is mainly a democratic state, a republican needs to win over independent he voters to voters -- one more point and this shows the power of negative advertising that everybody says they hate. last month, more voters had an unfavorable view of kirk than a favorable one are now, kirk is viewed favorable and unfavorably by the same number of voters and janulius is viewed at unfavorable by one in 10 voters. >> we are seeing this shift in the polls. does it seem as though kirk has momentum, could you characterize it that way? >> it certainly does. one thin we found in our last poll three weeks ago, he had the support of three-quarters of voters who say they are republican. now, it's up to 86%. it's a republican some conservatives were not sure they would like. but now it seems like republicans are unified. >> reporter: you pointed out kirk's campaign spent a lot more money on attack ads, is that paying off? >> it has a major factor in this changing perception, particularly among independent voters. it's not just kirk. he had a money advantage going into july and the closing

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here is the report from illinois. >> welcome to restore it -- wisteria lane in illinois. this is home to a place where a 10 million more women are set to vote than men. [unintelligible] it might be a wealthy neighborhood, but hard times have hit here. >> of what i spend. -- i watched what i spend. you never know what is going to happen tomorrow. >> the economy is their number- one concern. how many of you voted for barack obama? how many are you going to vote for the democratic party? opinion polls suggest there are many more will -- women like them. these are the housewives here. women are more likely to turn out than men at the election. the president is doing all he can to reach the women, by hosting a series of backyard chats. >> we are looking at what has happened to women in the economy. >> the majority of women voted for his party in 2008. >> democrats were more appealing to them because of issues of education and with regards to the economy. >> it could be bad news for the democrats if these women turnout the polls in america. bbc news, illinois. >> hello and welc

polls show republicans have a good shot at taking back governor seats in pennsylvania, ohio, illinois, wisconsin and michigan and some key senate races are leaning toward the g.o.p. as well. including the seat of incumbent democrat russ fi finegold and president obama's old seat in illinois. a senior political analyst for the washington examiner and co-author of the almanac of american politics. he joins me now from washington. michael, welcome back to the program. >> it's very good to be with you, paul. >> juliet:. >> paul: a lat of people are comparing this when the republicans picked up a lot of seats. republicans picked up a lot of gains in the south. this year, a lot of the gains they expect to get if they're going to take back the house and senate are across the upper midwest. what's going on in that part of the country? >> well, i think something very important it coming on that the political comment hasn't figured out. when i was growing up in michigan, when you were growing up in wisconsin, paul, the rules of economic distress, the industrial heartland as you named, pennsylva

in connecticut, pennsylvania, ohio, and illinois. with voting less than 96 hours away, candidates campaigns and interest groups are pulling out all the stops, including what's being called the stomp ad in the kentucky senate race. the democratic party trying to help jack conway catch rand paul is airing a new ad featuring footage of a campaign supporter getting stepped on by a paul supporter. the ad is only airing after 10 p.m. when children aren't watching. in florida, with democrats desperate to prevent a republican takeover of the senate, bill clinton failed to persuade the florida democratic nominee, kendrick meek, to pull out of the senate race there, which democratic strategists think would make it possible for charlie crist to defeat marco rubio. >> we've never seen anything like the last 18 months. >> i never once said i was going to get out, never once seriously considered getting out of the race. >> reporter: former president bill clinton parsed his words carefully. >> he's my friend and he's the candidate and he wanted us

they are california, illinois, washington, nevada. the california race is between two women, republican carly fiorina, former hewlett-packard ceo and democrat barbara boxer who is seeking seeking her thir as senator. both ladies are coming out swinging. >> barbara boxer has been in washington, d.c. for 28 long years and the results of her policies are devastating for this state. when she was ceo of hewlett- packard, before she she was terminated, actually. she shipped 30 ,000 jobs overseas. >> the most politically decisive issue of this campaign in california? i ask you eleanor. >> we have 9.7% unemployment and people are worried about jobs and they don't like the fact jobs are going overseas. the irony in that california race is that fiorina did oversea the shipping of jobs to china and india and she is now accusing boxer of accepting contributions from companies that shipped jobs overseas, including contributions from hewlett-packard. so it is two degrees of separation. everyone is guilty in the global economy, but the republicans a

illinois food products company sara lee is a take over target. that's according to the post which reports that sara lee got a bid from kkr and company six weeks ago and rejected the uninvited bid. on that news, trading about 8% higher right now. they both declined comment. >>> we're seeing more signs that the housing market may be stabilizing. the association of realtors reported that contracts to buy previously owned homes rose for a second month up 4-point # percent and more than expected. still, we have a long way to go. pending home sails are down compared to last month. >>> and the 15 millon customer mace have been overcharged. this cosee a refund coming their way. that's to make up for mistakes including one where customers were billed for data sessions that were sent to them by verizon. and speaking of the phones, goldman sachs knocking it off its buy list. and the analyst said the company is struggling to gain market share. struggling against apple and google. >>> that down grade of microsoft is weighing on wall street now. the leading st