of a congressman says go to iowa. that's what carter did in 76 and never sent them come with the exception of bill clinton that's how most presidential candidates launched their campaign, retail policies and iowa. so dean starts going to iowa in 2002 and no one has any idea who he is. he's trying to stay in people's homes, trying to meet people and their like what's going on? who is howard dean? this is crazy. you're not john kerry, not john edwards, not joe lieberman. you know she is to be president. what happens is the war in iraq starts heating up. and all the major presidential candidates at that time are for war. john kerry is for it, john edwards is four, joe lieberman is for you. and howard dean is kind of saying to himself, this war is kind of crazy. it doesn't make a lot of sense for us to unilaterally invade iraq associate before afghanistan is getting off to a start. so he starts going to party gatherings in iowa and save the stuff and people start cheering. and they get kind of into it and they say, dean i

>> well, naturally, here in iowa and minnesota i think they will be significant. clearly there is a tail wind in favor of conservatives and in favor of republicans, across the country. and i think we will take the u.s. house back, we may well take the senate, i think you will see major gains in the governorships in favor of republicans across the country. and, in local races as well and that is the story i didn't wa, alsos. >> gregg: as you travel around the hawkeye state helping out the candidate, are you doing work of your own, with the presidential caucus only 16 months away. >> the whole team is focused on 2010 and helping the candidates in the message for this election out burt if we make friends along the way that is nice, too, but we need to focus on 2010 and there will be a time an place for people to decide what they want to don't 2012 or before. and for me that decision is not going to come until early next year. >> gregg: you made six visits, i must say to iowa, and you have a full-time staffer there and it is fair to say you are seriously weighing a pr

there was a gentlemen in iowa the went on and on. he mentioned something about privatizing social security. it is all about spending. >> we need to fix social security. the washington insiders are in their racing that trust fund. i will do everything to make sure that is there for every item one if i am elected. >> we have plenty of time to do the things we have already done. there is plenty of opportunity to do that. they do not let it scare you. it is there till 2035. we will continue to what it carefully. it has been a great thing it will turn up to be a good thing. >> this seems appropriate time for us to run a commercial. this one was paid in sponsor boswell by being campaign. >> who do you trust? with your money? with your future? even after the bailout, he opposed wall street reform. now he wants to give them more of our money. it cut the guaranteed monthly benefit. wall street is not any more of our money. that is our future. >> it is 100 degree heat at the iowa state fair. it is an example what goes on in these campaigns. i

for matt millen, heather cox and our crew, sean mcdonough saying so long from iowa city, iowa. ♪ >>> good evening. emotions bubbling out less than two weeks before the sentencing of oscar grant shooting case today the long house shore express the their concern. lisa amin gulezian is live in downtown oakland where a demonstration just ended at city hall. what a connection between the union and oscar grant? >> the unions say what's important to the community is important to them. the last time they took this kind of action was two years ago to protest the iraq war. but still the bottom line they say is that they just don't like to see injustice. (chanting) >> sayinger voices and messages fill the space in front of city hall. it's a rally for oscar grant how just 13 days before convicted bart police officers johannes mehserle will be sentenced for grant's death. >> a special connection to oscar grant and other victims. >> standing alongside the grant family, members of several unions including ilwu, the international long shore and warehouse union. they're the ones responsible for loadi

our second church is the united methodist church in melvin, iowa. john smith started in it -- that structure was replaced in 1960. membership is about 100 and the congregation is led by david finely. as always we would like to learn about your home church as well. salutes can be sent to the address on screen. stay with us, the mail bag is next. coming home can be hard if you're a veteran of iraq or afghanistan. you may feel like you're all alone. but you're not alone. at iava.org, your fellow vets are all around you. join our free online community. get the resources you need and connect to other vets who know where you're ng from. weekly look inside the farm time now for weekly look inside the old farm report mail bag. dawn m has some advice for my commentaries. moron, the earth has been hit by asteroids many times. check your facts facts before you open up your big mouth again. thank you for writing. the statement is regarding my commentary about the ag bio terrorist threat. the threat you describe may be possible, but i rank it with the earth gett

. >> reporter: the iowa attorney general's office is leading the investigation there. they will be conducting key investigations about who was involved and how the investigation will continue tomorrow.

they should come to newton, iowa. ( laughs ) >> pelley: and this is what they would see in newton, iowa. a maytag plant where 2500 people worked, now abandoned. this was the chrysler dealer, the chevy dealer, the tractor supply company. it helps explain why there is so much anger in the land ahead of tuesday's election. >> i'm sick and tired of people going to congress in washington d.c. and making a living out of it while we starve to death. >> now, i believe we ought to make the tax cuts for the middle class permanent. >> we have now got both parties essentially telling a big lie with a capital "b" and a capital "l" to the public. >> cutting taxes. >> cut taxes. >> make the tax cuts permanent. >> the republican party, as much as it pains me to say this, should be ashamed of themselves. >> stahl: this from ronald reagan's old budget director, architect of the largest tax cut in american history. >> it's rank demagoguery. we should call it for what it is. >> simon: the life story can be told in one line. she does not know how to lose. but the first thing we noticed about zenyatta was no

with high pressure in the middle of the country, in fact it is over iowa, illinois, indiana, kentucky moving in. a big storm is spinning across the rockies and another about to come on shore and in the east, it's good, it's real good. going up to pennsylvania down to virginia beach tomorrow. richmond. no problems at all. 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.

bill clinton says don't worry about iowa. >> she then writes back just lost iowa. she came in third. came in third for real. they don't think he's o.j. they think he's jesus. and then -- >> that's when things turned. >> you have president palin's inaugural address. this is such a visionary book. you look forward to january 21st, 2013. palin delivering her first speech as president. where does she do this? >> she says i ran as an outsider. i'm not one of the beltway types. i'm not going to give the inaugural address outside the capitol. i'm going to do it with my real people at wwe monday night raw. talking to her people, the people who put her in office. >> linda mcmahon could get there first. listen, if the american freak show, which is not unlike tabloid news day in and day out. thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. >> it's great. it's fun. and buy it. and watch way too early, of course, weekday mornings every day at 5:30 eastern. only right here on msnbc. >>> so what political story will be making headlines in the next 24 hours? that's next. [ water ] he

one of three picks for iowa. rickey stanze three touchdowns and the hawkeyes blow out michigan state 37-6. >>> and nebraska taking on 6th ranked missouri. and the corn huskers have a 24- 0 lead and they never looked back. roy hello junior, that's his real name, yes, you can see the back of the jersey and three touchdowns and a school record in yardage. an one week after knocking off number one oklahoma, missouri goes down, and nebraska wins 31- 17. >>> hello. >> hello. >> yes. >> warriors guard stef curry will not travel with the team for the game tomorrow night with the lakers. he reinjured his ankle last night against the clippers. and the warriors outscored in the third quarter and cruised to an 18-point win. and darel wright knocked down six threes with a game high 24 points as the warriors improve to 2-0 for the first time since 1994. that's right. it has been 16 years. nelly was the coach of the team. latrell sprewell was the leading scorer and they finished with a record of 26- 56. let's not get too excite

so the time you spend in iowa getting the kinks out, forget it. chris: no more retail. you're talking to everybody when you're in a ram now. >> the dream of twitter, facebook, people being able to communicate through people's blackberries, the dream of that is it's more authentic and spontaneous. politicians can get around all of us, the reporters, and speak directly to the people. here's the reality. it's made politics less spontaneous, more controlled, because politicians know that at any time the most kind of casual remark can become a huge story. so it's made our politics more artificial at a time when people say they want more spontaneity. chris: howard dean's scream the night of the iowa caucuses reverberated 633 times on tv in just four days. >> he suffered two setbacks in iowa, the first, his disappointing third-place finish the second, and far more damaging, was this -- we're going to california and texas and new york and south dakota and oregon and washington and michigan, and then we're going to washington, d.c. to take back the white house, yeah! >> people n

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. >> i want to ask about little- known iowa group, the american future fund. this is an ad paid for by the organization attacking democratic congress member from iowa paid >> for centuries the muslims built mosques where they won the trees. now they want to build one at ground zero where islamic terrorists killed 3000 americans. just like the japanese building at pearl harbor. the muslim cleric building a believes america was partly responsible for 9/11 and is raising millions of dollars overseas from secret builders. but incredibly, bruce release supports building a mosque at ground zero. >> what is this i would group? >> this group from iowa is one of the more secretive ones that is out there this year. it also has increased its signet -- presence significantly. it spent roughly $1 million early in the year to help elect scott brown in massachusetts. the leader and founder of the group nick bryant told me they raised and spent roughly $8 million in 2008 on the issue ads to help republicans. this year he tell me there, to roughly triple that to as much as $25

this weekend hitting iowa, massachusetts, and ohio. the first lady has also been hitting the trail with events monday in philadelphia and las vegas. and bill clinton has been campaigning continuously, even stopping in southern states where president obama may not be welcomed. now the white house says they still think democrats can keep control of the house, but every objective political analyst i've talked to says it's a lost cause. katie? >> couric: chip reid reporting from the white house tonight. congressional correspondent nancy cordes is here in new york tonight. nancy, what are some of the races we should be watching to see how that voter discontent plays out? >> reporter: katie, what we're seeing is the district where's democrats are in the most trouble are clustered in the suburbs of big cities like philadelphia, columbus, ohio, orlando, denver. it's really a nationwide phenomenon where you've got moderate independent suburb an voters who swung towards the democrats in 2006 and 2008 when they were unhappy with president bush an

one rescue facility in iowa is boarding a horse and donkey. turns out the pair has quite an unusual bond. >> a donkey and a horse. recca and co-star. best buddies. >> we knew they were bonded. we didn't realize how much until they got here. >> the two arrived at rural iowa animal rescue about a week ago. >> the next time they came out, we watched the horse was right behind the donkey. if the donkey got too far ahead she would turn around and let the horse know she was there by touching her nose. according to a vet, co-star is fully blind in her left eye and mostly blind in her right eye. so recca is co-star's seeing eye donkey. and she's happy to tell you all about it. recca especially helped co-star adjust to her new home in rowley. >> reporter: we tried to shoko star where the water tank was. she loses her bearings. recca would go to her and nudge her all the way to the water until she found it. >> reporter: johnson attached this pink bell to recca's halter. >> the horse would run into the donkey just to find her. we put a bell on the donkey

wisconsin badgers in iowa city take on the hawkeyes. this cozy who wins part of the big ten ampionship. cloudy skies, 3:30 kickoff with rain likely and 60 degrees. purdue and ohio state i columbus, partly cloudy, noon kickoff, 64 degrees, light southwesterly wind. the big game down in the deep south today, though, lsu unbeaten, number six on the road at number four auburn 3:30 this afternoon degrees with sunshine there. in auburn out on the plains that should be a great game. i'm going to go with the auburn tigers. the most important game of the day, bcs, number one, oklahoma on the road. we're not necessarily the best road team in america so this will be a tough fight fours. kimberly suiters, missouri alumnus and big te donor, thunderstorms likely for the game, 8:00 kickoff prime time on abc tonight. nuer one on the road taking on number 11, 65 degrees, watching out for thunderstorms south winds 15 to 25. weatherill be a factor. i'll pick oklama because we have the best school of meteorology known mankind. back to you. >> i get the las

starting in iowa city. looked kind of funky. number 18 and number 5 michigan state. spartan quarterback kirk cousins, pick off, lateraling to hyde and hyde is slashing and dashing and taking it to the house. that's fantastic. 17-0 iowa at a that point. the rout was on, ricky stands si -- stanzi. iowa hands michigan state their first loss. 37-6. to lincoln, nebraska and missouri. tigers knocked off oklahoma last week. no answer. nebraska0s opening play. aloha. 66 yards. comes from danville. when you come from the mean streets or danville, baby, this is the wail you run. 307 yards rushing. nebraska wins 31-17. after the game, after usc and oregon, we break down all the college action of the day, and the world series game 3. highlightslights of that as wel. >> alan: that's it for abc-7 at 4:00. for those of

it was dubbed the monster from the midway and hailed from iowa. this years weather across the country has effected the size of the huge orb. that's why the iowa's grower will not attend. tell me why is this a big event for you? you say you live in the city but still take time to grow the pumpkin. >> yeah it's a passion. i saw it on tv once at a local contest. i said wow. so i went to the local contest and it consumes you. grow smaller ones they keep getting bigger and bigger. it's crazy what we did. >> reporter: thank you so much for joining us out here. keith can show you that is a huge pumpkin right there. a little fact last years pumpkin received $6 per found and last years winner if you haven't calculated that that winner took home $10,000. not bad. a little pumpkin fact. the largest pumpkin grown weighed 1,725. that is on record. we're live out here. festivities will get under way. wayne starts in at 7:00. it lasts for hours. of course the half-moon bay art and pumpkin festival begins this weekend saturday and sunday. this is the bigoff. we'l

iowa and michigan. i know you love ricky stanzi. >> spencer: a touchdown strike had them up 14-7 iowa. >> tim: the story in this game for denard robinson, he scrambles, gets hurt, did not return, tate forcier gave michigan a bump but they still fall short 38-28. boston college taking on florida state. what a job jimbo fisher has done. watch him go end around. >> archie: bert reed takes it 42 yards for the game-winning touchdown. 24-19 florida state. >> tim: boston college did not get an offensive touchdown, all field goals and a defensive touchdown. elsewhere, oklahoma state taking on texas tech. how about brandon finding blackmon. >> spencer: takes it 61 yards. dana halvorson taking over the play calling. >> tim: the bedlam series might be fun at the end of the year with oklahoma, that game in stillwater. missouri. how about them. gary pinkel's club undefeated. they go into kyle field and blow out texas a&m. uga viii. east carolina beating north carolina state in overtime that match-up. i mentioned ear

. >> wisconsin and iowa staying in the big ten, montee ball, using the truck stick there. nicely done. reaches over. breaks the play. badgers up 31-30. stanzi to robinson. they're trying to get a field goal. for the go-ahead score. they don't have time-outs. wisconsin wins on the road, 31-30. >> nebraska and oklahoma state. high scoring affair in stillwater. taylor martinez pulled the week before in the loss to the longhorns at home. he rebounds in a big way. five touchdowns, 323 yards all through the air. nebraska rolls over the formerly unbeaten cowboys by ten. >> iowa state surprised the texas longhorns in austin. alexander robinson, 20-yard score. he had 120 yards and two touchdowns. cyclones win in austin for the first time in school history. that's it. we'll see you next week. i was driving in northern california. my son was asleep. i really didn't see it coming. i didn't realize i was drifting into the other lane. [ kim ] i was literally falling asleep at the wheel. it got my attention, telling me that i wasn't paying attention. i had no idea the guy in front of me

iowa hosted unbeaten michigan state. and check this play out. curt cousins throws it and pitched back it a buddy and thanks, man, i will find an opening and going in for the score. look at him go. 72 yards for the score. and makes it into the end zone with a dive over the pylon. one of three picks for iowa. rickey stancey threw for three touchdowns. the hawkeyes blow out the spartans 37-6. >>> and big red, 14th ranked nebraska taking on sixth ranked missouri. the corn huckers have a 24-0 lead and never looked back. roy hello junior runs for three touchdowns and a school record 307 yards. hello end zone. sorry. i mean there is going to be a lot of corny stuff. exactly. so one week after knocking off number one oklahoma, missouri goes down and nebraska wins 31- 17. >>> nba news, warriors guard stáef curry will not travel with the team for the game tomorrow night. >>> and he reinjured his ankle during last night's win against the clips. the warriors outscored the clippers and cruised to a victory. darrelle wright had a career high 24 points as the

iowa. iowa gets a lot of the phrase. the reason is, iowa has an independent and they make a lot of sen. not so mitch in other states. in pennsylvania, some all over the place. this blue one that twists around, referreds to an incumbent protection district. new york, lots of blue. right above the red section, an area, one district, referred to as the earmuffs, designeded basically to help one party. florida comes under discussion as well. a website, redistricting the nation dotcom. look at this's they put together what they think is some of the craziest looking districts in america. zoom in one last time pup don't need to know where they are. see all the various shapes. ridiculous when you look at it. the idea is the people who gain power in your state legislature, and your governor. whoever becomes the governor will ultimately have real influence over what the districts are for the entire next decade. another reason to pay a lot of attention and pay part in that kroet. fun adistrict will be shaped like that. >> unbelieva

the 14th district is big, it looks like a bow tie and it stretches as far west as iowa and as far east as we 10. this is a very interesting district. the seat was once held by dennis hastert. he really established and republican legacy and it was a big deal when foster won the seat. this is a major county. in jobs, jobs, jobs is the big monster from both candidates. >> i am not your typical democrat. these are recognized as being fundamental. being a scientist and a businessman makes me very often come at odds with the leadership on e design of the aisle to. this means that very often i don't vote with leadership on the right or left. >> the calls himself a centrist. while he has supported some major democratic votes like health care reform and the financial regulation bill, he is more moderate on other issues. he can be more of a fiscal conservative. his opponent is much more conservative. he would not be in support of abortion rights and mr. foster is. but by >> many parts of this district have been hit hard. illinois in general has a higher unemployment rate than the nation does and

an investigation showed numerous violations at the iowa facilities. this week the fda sent a let to rethe company stressing that if they did not correct things, the agency could take action. now, they were warranted that failing to take prompt corrective action may result in regulatory action. these action include but are not limited to seizure or injunction. a discrimination case more than a decade in the making is getting resolution. the class action suit said native americans were discriminated against by the usda and their loan programs. if i recalls have agreed to settle for $760 million. now, meteorologist sinty clausen clausen. we're going to be seeing a lot of changes next week, especially in the eastern part of the country. we're going to be getting into a more wet and cool pattern. here's what monday is looking like. we're going to see cooler temperatures with chances of rain from the great lakes. as we head into wednesday, we're going to see cooler temperatures as well. we're going to be seeing some wet weather across the eastern seaboard.

progress show in iowa this year we bumped into a rare machine. at the farm progress show in iowa, we bumped into a rare machine. dick burns tells us about his oliver 880. >> they made these for five days. they made 249 of them. this happens to be a diesel, 265 cubic inch. they're about 60 horse. it had a torque on it. thing toes weren't the greatest on them. this tractor had power steering to start with. it was taken off. he worked it and i bought it out of a junk row at the state auction. the reason they made them for five days, they went on strike after five days, and when they got back from the strike, they figured out that the color was not going to work because hydraulic cylinders, nothing matched. this tractor had a field installed transmission pump that circulates the oil and transmission. that's the only thing added to this tractor after it come out of the factory. >> it's not easy to find these parts. >> you can usually find the parts on oliver. it's the fact that it costs more than what the tractors are worth to put in them. >> like the

then, i want to focus on iowa and the reason is this. iowa is what i would call the wave state. in this state, three of the five congressional districts are held by democrats. and the one i want to focus on is the third congressional district. this is in the des moines area. leonard boswell he has been an on again, off again target for republicans. he ranks, really, i think 64 on this list of field of 64. and republicans dirdant get the candidate they wanted out of the primary. brad zaun is not the candidate they wanted. a lot of outside money poured in here. this is what i say is a test of the wave. if boswell goes down on election night, he is not a majority maker, really a wave maker there. so, that is one way to look at the house, all of this is at firstread.msnbc.com. we have to stop there because let's go back to copiapo. carlos barrios made it up the elevator in the phoenix tube and he is about right now to get the greeting that 12 other miners have already gotten and each one just as special. i want to bring in jeff goodell. he wrote about the pennsylvania miners that we

we are going to have a big ad buy in iowa around jon stewart's rally. we want young people to see those ads. we think if they see that they will not be voting for chuck grassley. thousands of people have gone to our website to help keep an ad on tv, allowing us to announce that we are going to be a good to put it up on cable stations aimed at women. host: adam green is our guest, a member of the progressive change campaign committee. stephen in bridgeport, west virginia. go ahead. caller: i wanted to point out, over the past two years, west virginia has given gifts of legislation to president obama and his progressive agenda. they have had the equivalent of the cap and trade bill. they passed several bills that have surrendered the sovereign tree of the state to the federal government'. for instance, the epa recently over road west virginia permits to shut down one of the major mines in west virginia because of a bill that surrendered their sovereignty. all of these laws passed or don bryant -- partly to senator byrd passing away. i think he was partly

he has visited iowa several times already. you know, brooke, right after november 2nd there is november 3rd, when the presidential race begins it is only going to be about a year's sprint to iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, michigan and all of those other states. >> anyone who sticks their big toe in iowa, we have questions for them. wolf blitzer, thank you. >>> reminder to you, we will get another quick political update in half an hour and get your latest political ticker news, cnnpolitics.com or twitter at political ticker. >>> here we go top of the hour, want to welcome the men and the women watching us on american forces network all around the world right now. i'm going to hit you fast this hour. see if you can keep up. let's go. >>> a scare at the philadelphia international airport. here is what we know right now. police have evacuated 107 people on board that u.s. airways flight bound for bermuda. the problem, three people were loading baggage onto this plane. one of them didn't have an i.d. the other two workers not

the group is based in iowa. they paid the same guy that created the willie horton ads. now they're doling out cash trying to defeat 16 democrats in 16 races across 13 states outside of iowa. the american future fund producing democrat-bark ads henry ford style. >> on election day, take the right path. vote against mark schauer. on election day, take the right path, vote against jim marshall. vote guest gary mcdowell. bobby bright. vote against john spratt. vote against john adler. bill foster. debbie hall ver son. martin line rich. vote guest chet edwards. american future fund is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> let's call in howard fineman. good evening. >> hi, keith. >> the post called ate spending frenchdy conducted largely in the shadows. is there precedent for it? what does a government elected by this american future fund look like snanchts cross between the bush administration and the mckinley administration. the last time it was like this was when the republican party was a wholly owned subsidiary of j.p. morgan and the pennsylvania ra ra rail

a year before the iowa caucuses, she would be a formidable candidate in iowa if she decides to run. speaking of running, the former president bill clinton is going to be visiting west virginia. he's going to support the governor who's running for the u.s. senate. clinton is popular in a lot of the states right now, especially in getting out the democratic base, encouraging them to go out and vote. joe manchen needs help. right now, he's been a popular governor. but in this current political environment, he could face some problems. on issue one, jobs, jobs, jobs, the economy. john boehner, the republican leader in the house of representatives walking around in a flannel shirt and being very, very tough in blasting obama administration for the economy, he's rather animated. your government has not been listening. your government is disrespecting you, your family, your job, your children. your government is out of control. you uh have to accept it, you have to take it. he goes on and on. nancy pelosi put out a statement saying leader boehner failed to offer any plan for america. inste

landline telephone service is headed to iowa hill. iowa hill is east of i-80. 10 twisting miles from colfax. up until now folks have had to depend on cell phones with sometimes spotty service. >> actually, that will be very nice for us because then we will be able to take plastic. we will get a little machine so that people can do their card. >> $2.5 million grant from the california public utilities commission is paying for the phone lines which could be hooked up as early as this week. >>> charities continue to be hit hard as the economy takes time to recover. a new ranking of the nation's 400 biggest charities shows overall donations dropped by 11% last year. now, that's a loss of billions of dollars. however, three charities in the top five showed an increase. but according to the chronicle, food donations helped lead that surge. catholic charities usa showed the largest increase with a boost of 66%. >> a popular drug that is used to make you look younger may now help with headaches. the food and drug administration has approved b

the group is based in iowa. they paid the same guy that created the willie horton ads. now they're doling out cash trying to defeat 16 democrats in 16 races across 13 states outside of iowa. the american future fund producing democrat-bark ads henry ford style. >> on election day, take the right path. vote against mark schauer. on election day, take the right path, vote against jim marshall. vote against gary mcdowell. bobby bright. vote against john spratt. vote against john adler. bill foster. debbie halverson. martin heinrich. vote against chet edwards. american future fund is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> let's call in howard fineman. good evening. >> hi, keith. >> "the post" called it a spending frenzy conducted largely in the shadows. is there precedent for it? what does a government elected by this american future fund look like? >> a cross between the bush administration and the mckinley administration. the last time it was like this was when the republican party was a wholly owned subsidiary of j.p. morgan and the pennsylvania railroad and

he was back in iowa, holding the town hall meetings, and he was out in the open fields of iowa, i remember the days, they were august, and it was hot, and, the guy was still going out there. and -- but is he suggesting people like sebelius and others don't know what they are talking about because they don't know what is in the bill. >> i believe if you read between the lines he is suggesting the administration is trying to sugar-coat something, a change that is actually going to come. so, you are right, he did play a large part in it and remember there were long negotiations in august '09 between him and senator max baucus and on the finance committee and it didn't really work out and so senator grassley ended up voting against the final plan. but, he has been keeping very close tabs on what they are saying. bill: we hope to get him on the air. hopefully, early part of next week. the reason why this is so critical is because health care shows up in all of these pre-election polls, and how important it is, and people will be voting in 25 days, byron york, thanks, go to foxnews.com/"america'

iowa is in michigan at the big house 3:30 for the kickoff there. 62 degrees wita gusty wind. ohiotate, the ohio state university is in madin, wisconsin for the badgers today. 52 degrees the kickoff. a clly game after the sun goes down. the longhorns of texas are in nebraska taking on the cornhuskers. revenge is on the mine of the cornhuskers, 24-10 nebraska wins that game and iowa state goes down to norman, they've good chance to beat the sooners because that's h we're playing this year. we'll get away with it. 77 degrees at 7:00 at night. very warm weather in norman today. >> we're a long way from norman, chuck. remember that. >> i'm reminded of that every week. >>> up next, phillies fans every where gearing up for the national league championship series. some fans might not be able to watch it on tv. >>> lindy czarniak makes cupcakes with one of the wizards rising stars. her conversation when we return. is not just a warranty. it's a belief in everything we do. it's a 5 year, 50,000 mile promise. with complimentary scheduled maintenance no-cost replacement of wear and tear

and it was under the administration of a remarkable social worker from iowa named hary hopkins. he was the forerunner of the wpa and the prototype for it. this is a page from the cw a and it showed kids getting hot lunches. that was important. he put 2 million americans to work. and that included about 50 thousand school teachers sent out to rural areas. this is a cw a project. that's stern grove behind it. they are using wheel barrels. for this reason, many projects were well built. there are no cw a plot. this was one in berkeley placed there and the tennis court at coat niecis park. i was showing a montessory class there. this is an amphitheatre. it's a wonderful amphitheatre. there was from the sidewalks and they just reused it to create other things. down in menlow park. they built into a caretakers house. the wpa is must more famous. it came after the cw a. it did everything. they put eight and a half million people to work. they built roads. they sewed clothes. they built roads is in san francisco. this one, i have seen them on sidewalks in san francisco. this is on a ret

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in wisconsin, they have the same thing in iowa and illinois -- actually have built prisons just for sex offenders. can you imagine? the entire prison are sex offenders, mostly young men. that is what they are. young men who are confused about their sexuality. as my son was or your son was. i'm going to continue with this, just some of the suggestions we have had. get rid of the word "officer." you have police officers -- isn't that enough? we have, like, 2 million of them. it should be social workers, correctional workers. parole workers. get rid of parole officers and probation officers all together. i call them resource centers so that when somebody comes out of jail or prison, that it would not matter if they came out of a mental hospital or and mentally retarded group home or they are getting out of jail or sleeping on the streets, when they get out, they go to something called a resourced center for health, and there, there would be social worker people that would help them. it does not really matter if they get out of jail or prison and a sleeping on the streets. i saw the same pe

a couple of sprinkles in illinois and iowa, parts of indiana. that is about it. the high pressure this evening is the thing that controls the weather. when the front comes through, more high pressure behind it. essentially dry. it will not change the weather that much. tomorrow, ahead of the front, we will warm up a little more than today. behind the front, we will drop back to what today's readings were. the winds die back tonight. colorado mumbai debris. clear skies. -- calm tonight. clear skies. we do not see any rain along the front. high pressure ahead and behind. continued fair weather for while. sonny tomorrow. not as breezy. when that -- winds at 10 to 15. four football, up in the massachusetts area, a foxboro, 59 to 63 during the game for temperatures. the wind will not be quite as blustery as it was today. 10 to 15 miles per hour. a lot of sunshine. great football weather. here is what the futurecast looks like. there is a weak front. it is dissipates as it hit the mountains. there is not enough force to do much of anything. the atmosphere will not chan

pennsylvania straight to iowa, the way pluns are going to show all those governorships. chris: again, economics is driving politics. >> sarah palin is going to claim big wins. she may suffer biga big black eye which is that lisa murkowski gets the win. >> i think the white house are flank. you talk about officials talking about what happened with edward kennedy. th're preparing to see -- chris: are they afraid of a challenger? democratic challenger? yes. >> fascinating. there's a debt ceiling, $14 trillion is going to have to be raised in early spring and the democrats are going to say, fine, you republicans are in charge now. you dot. i get the tea party to vote to raise the debt ceiling. chris: government shutdown. do the republican king makers think sarah palin could beat barack obama? be right back. >> the "chris matthews shows" brought to you di sh chris: welcome back. sarah palin is again talking about running for president. and our big question -- do the big republicans, te elected leaders in washington, the governors and party leaders, do they think she can beat

iowa republican terry brand retired 12 years ago. and california democrat jerry browne, he was last governor 28 years ago. when f. scott fitzgerald said there are no second acts in american life, he surely wasn't contemplating this mass political resurrection. so we asked ourselves how to view all this gubernatorial deja-vu. here in boon iowa terry bran stead is working the crowd. more than a decade after he left the governor's office he held for 16 years, he wants the job again. and the question is, why? in the years when you were out of office, was there a part of you that said that's the center of the universe for me? making a difference being where the action is, that was not part of it? >> well, i loved what i was doing but being governor is a bigger job with bigger challenges. i've got proven results. i've done it before. i know i can do it again. >> governor branstaed proved he can fix it. >> reporter: there is one clue to the reemergence of these and why he has opened up a significant lead over the incumbent democratic govern