kron four's jeff bush is live tonight with reaction from riders. jeff? >>jeff bush this new connector is certainly impressive and it is a improver over the airport vans that were previously in place. travelers also say it is definitely an improvement. >>it was fun like a roller coaster >>jeff bush rollercoaster might be a bit of the next generation but it is the family fun and an improvement. it is a quiet ride and a steady one end of he was quite nice on the way in. >>it's gonna be on my face book. >>it was fun to watch the traffic and the cars in the parking lot. >>jeff bush more than $480 million was spent to conclude the project. some people say the money could have been spent on other things but the passengers say they think it was money well spent. >>it was very convenient help you get to the airport. i was pretty excited to be one get from the station. >>it was new and got me right to where i needed to go. we are totally unaccustomed to traveling this way and it was easy breezy. >>pretty nice. it was the nicest bart system that i have been. and it

>>jeff bush reaction from consumers was mixed. robert nizza>> resident the government went way too far. i think it's up to the private industry to settle these things. i think it's up to parents to determine what their kids eat and drinknot the government to determine it. so, i didn't vote for that. resident i think it's a great idea. sugar is what is killing people. i think it is an incentive to reduce consumption of sugary drinks and go for alternative drinks. it is unclear how the new tax will affect the price point of the sodas sold in berkeley. it is possible the large soda companies will absorb the cost to keep their customers happy. i'm jeff bush in berkeley, kron four news. >>pam moore the bay bridge bird problem. is costing millions. cal-trans has spent big money trying to lure hundreds of birds away from the old span of the bay bridge. and onto the new eastern span. this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc 7. so far, the birds have not budged. and that has led to costly delays in the demolition of the old s

kron 4's jeff bush is live in pleasant hill. where c-h-p has a warning. and some advice for keeping drivers safe. jeff? >>jeff bush it was a rough day for bay area commuters to have to deal with the first rain we had seen in recent memory. you can see from this video that it was stopped and go for the majority of the evening commute. that is the reason; because there were more car crashes today than they would have on. a normal on this is because drivers are just not used to driving on these but roads >>when the rain comes and hits the ground we have the oils on the roadway from the tires and from all the traffic that goes throughout the dry weather. rain comes down and said the roads become very slick. people do not really realize that the tires are not in perfect condition for these kind of weathers. >>jeff bush the time between now and the next rain storm is a good time to have your car checked out and make sure the tires are in good working order. >>pam moore a pair of earthquakes struck san juan bautista. shortly before 10-30 this evening. the u-s-g-

i'm jeff bush, live in marin county, kron four news. on to decision 2014. democratic congressman mike honda survived the toughest election challenge of his tenure in congress. honda. defeated patent attorney and fellow democrat ro kanna. the 73-year-old. has regulary won his re-election bids in landslides. however, this time -- kanna gave him a run for his money. by tapping heavy support from some of silicon valley's biggest tech names. kanna conceded to honda earlier this evening. this long campaign has come to a close, those engaged in both sides will channel their extraordinary power and passion to solve the nation's most pressing challenges honda, the longtime congressman edged out khanna 52-percent to 48-percent in the state's highest profile same-party race. both are democrats. a major gas leak in downtown san jose. caused headaches and forced evacuation orders for much of the day. tonight -- the leak has been capped, and people have been allowed to go back inside surrounding buildings. p-g-&-e crews remain at the fifth scene this evening. repairing t

i'm jeff bush, live at raiders headquarters in alameda, kron four news. happening now. friends and family are searching for a san francisco engineer who went missing nearly a week ago. dan ha, who works for the san francisco startup, metromile. was last seen on halloween night in the south of market neighborhood. tonight -- a social media blitz is underway. to get the word out about the missing stanford alum. kron 4's philippe djegal is live in san francisco. he spoke to a close friend of the tech worker. genesis kim says he's known his missing 26-year-old friend dan ha for more than a year and a half. he says dan has recently been going through some personal problems. and, that his disappearance is alarming. here's a photo of the two friends and former roommates together. dan -- the missing man -- is on the left. his friend genesis on the right. the last time genesis says any one saw dan was on halloween night. when his roommate saw dan leaving his apartment on fourth and brannan in san francisco's soma district. where i am standing now. genesis says dan's roommate tho

i'm jeff bush at oakland to vote on an expansion of the oakland zoo fed up and tired of walking in the dark coming up ongoing struggle of a neighborhood fighting for street lights a series of storms set to hit the bay area. the first of this week's much - need rain-- is expected to arrive in just a few hours. this is a live picture of the golden gate bridge. good evening, i'm pam moore. the rain will affect tomorrow morning's commute. kron 4's chief meteorologist, jacqueline bennett is tracking the coming rain. jacqueline, what can we expect tomorrow and the rest of the week? this rim will affect more morning's commute even though storm trackers showing renewed the bay area right now right now temperatures are in the '50s and '60s but what we're looking at is the temperature and to point over oakland where rain is but it is not making it to the ground because of the temperature the difference between the ground and air temperature has to be between 23 degrees for the rain to make it to the ground all of this is going to impact us into tomorrow morning's commute and we'll talk more abou

i'm jeff bush in milpitas, kron four news. we've been seeing increasing clouds out there this evening as the storm approaches north of us will bring clouds covered in the bay area and fought over night a little more sunshine for your sunday '60s next week and your best chance of rain looks to be tuesday ... satellite and radar picture you can see clouds moving in of the big picture right now this will help bring high clouds in the bay area but the rain will move slowly north as the look of the track fokker fox film said the bay in the south bay and nine and will clear by about 10:00 temperatures will be closed today as tomorrow in the '60s and taking a look of future cast there'll be a slight chance of rain tomorrow just for the north bay and the conceit here that the rain is going to the north of us and fizzling out i think our next best chance of rain will be next week and we should stay dry the next few days tuesday and wednesday when the rain should return if an upper deck of this the bridge west and will close tonight to

i'm jeff bush in san francisco, kron four news. tonight. only on 4. frustration for some oakland residents who were victimized by a burglar. they say, they not only caught a crook on camera. but they also tracked him down. this is surveillance video taken on friday. from a home near the fruitvale district of east oakland. the homeowner. who only gave her first name - judy. says, this man stole house keys. car keys. remote controls for the house alarm. and jewelry. she wishes to keep her identity hidden. he make your money honestly and just have some by way you like that you know i guess that's their day jobs being lazy for whatever reason and i don't like what they're doing going in just because it won a job neighbors spotted the same car on saturday. and today in a nearby neighborhood. they took pictures and called the police. however. oakland police have yet to respond. if you have a story we should check into - you can visit our website at kron4-dot-com. look under the "my kron4 story" tab. and send us your idea. convicted mass murderer charles man

kron4's jeff bush is live in oakland -- jeff? cabinets coming down to the wire here for the oakland mayor race most of the mayorial candidates were making their case at the head royce school on monday afternooneach of them laying out their vision for the years to come in oakland. it was a packed housefull of curious voters who wanted to hear each candidates position on some of the most pressing issues facing the city of oakland. not surprisingly, crime was high on the list of voter concerns. this city can become a much safer city. after the forum the candidates spread out over the city to continue to drive home their agenda's and ideas for the future. you know it is a very close race in the closing days of this competition, everybody's got a chance if n it every voter is needed people are loving having opportunity with the canada export there lots of voters who haven't decided where to go so that election is wide open we have teams all our stations and oakland stay the course -- or vote for change. that appears to be the choice f

el ex gobernador jeff bush de personas en el partido republicano lo que llamamos los republicanos mÁs tradicionales que sÍ son mÁs en el centro en lo que es la polÍtica de migraciÓn y que sabemos que para nuestra naciÓn que beneficia una reforma migratoria esto es bueno para nuestra economÍa. queremos ser una naciÓn de inmigrantes que pueden venir y trabajar, al mismo tiempo es un sistema que estÁ roto y hay que arreglarlo es un deber para poder ganar el voto latino tienen que hacer un cambio algo con la reforma migratoria que no solo la seguridad de la frontera, pero otra vez. >> cada vez hay mÁs hispanos hay que estar muy pendientes gracias. >> hacemos una pausa regresamos con mÁs en destino 2014. ♪ obtén el nuevo samsung galaxy note 4 por $0 dólares de pago inicial. y si estás atrapado en un contrato con otra compañía, nosotros pagamos tus cargos por cancelación. cámbiate ya. >> continuamos con nuestro puerto especial pero hacemos un parÉntesis. >> el alcalde de iguala y su esposa fueron detenidos en mÉxico. son acusados de ser autores entre lectores de la desa

. >> pam: kron four's jeff bush is live outside okaland city hall. >> pam: and jeff.some people do not want that public park land turned ito zoo property. >> grant: map it out here and show you the area, talking about the zoo here east. using 800 a. of the park. if they approve this new plan these two will be expanded receiving additional acres of the park. there is also wild life concerned. just bush is a live outside of oakland city. >> reporter: that is bright grant. city council is expected to approve this city expansion. of the zoo. addressing the city council they're asking if you are not for the approval this is where you would come. >> reporter: about 50 people are lined up for public comments and so many people are expected to give their input with one minute to talk. some people say this is a bad idea because it will reduce property values. other people say that the zoo expects to is a good idea because the city will create jobs and protect some environmental concerns. >> i am opposed to this because i am not sure that this is a good financial plan. i also live right next to

i'm jeff bush in san jose, kron four news. >>pam moore the american civil liberties union is also expressing concern. the group says. local surveilance is expanding. with little or no oversight. nor public debate. the a-c-l-u released a report -- saying, 90 california police launched new surveillance technologies. such as, license plate scanners and police body cameras. san francisco supervisor john avalos is leading an effort to require public debate, oversight and accountability. before police acquire surveillance technologies. coaches, family, friends and supporters. held a "peace rally" this evening. honoring richmond high school junior - rodney frazier. the teen gunned down in front of his home last week. hundreds of people came out to the richmond civic center --- showing their support by lighting candles and calling for an end to the violence. there have been recent several shootings involving young people. police say they believe a gang feud is involved. frazier was not in a gang. the teen's family is heartbroken. they

i'm jeff bush, reporting live in bollea. >>> the brief area got another low. the storm is expected to pick up saturday. this is the golden gate bridge. wet where's is on the way. jeff is standing by. tell us what is going to happen. >> reporter: it's going to impact saturday morning, and that's it a couple of afternoon for the south bay. the rain to the north of us, it's been slow in the southward progression. we have been seeing showers through lake tahoe. you can see heavier rain poaching right now, and the rain has been the hour over the past couple of showers. this is sweeping down to the pay area, really impacting us the last 30 minutes or so. now into the early afternoon, the south bay places up to an inch. and the gusty winds accompanying a front. we will time it out on future cast coming up. >>> some of the tahoe skill resorts have allowed them to play snow. four trails at north star are open. their excitement was about getting out on the flow. >> i'm upper excited. i have been skiing since april. >> are you pretty proud? >> yes. >> are you the fastest

kron four's jeff bush reports on that part of the story. in this case the evidence supported the police officers' conduct i did listen to the news conference with a local prosecutor described the process and it certainly sounded to me that it was thorough the attorneys on both sides seem to agree on the legal particulars of the case but some time writing wrong there brooded in deep set resentment of the community against its police force when mayor sent out a tweet and said the decision and ferguson is that a miscarriage of justice and an oakland know the work is never done stay with kron 4 news for all of the protests from ferguson, missouri and oakland. we'll continue to follow the story online. check out kron-4-dot com for all the latest information. it local 5 year old girl has drowned in the family bathtub and police are investigating the new rules proposed for flying drones we have some more whether a store for your holiday weekend i'm about to finish school. and i'm about to start my career. i have two young boys, and i want their mo

bush. hace horas, scott pronunciÓ su nuevo discurso de aceptaciÓn, diciendo que la misiÓn comienza ahora. >>> que la misiÓn es hacer. del estado de la florida, el estado nÚmero uno en toda la naciÓn. con esto cerrÓ todo lo que fue una intensa campaÑa que durÓ hasta esta tarde, antes de llegar aquÍ a 30 minutos de su casa. asÍ que la florida sigue con un gobernador republicano, por los prÓximos 4 aÑos, rick scott. continuamos con ustedes. >>> gracias marilys. si algo quedÓ claro que los votantes estÁn descontentos y divididos. habrÁ que ver como el presidente obama trabajarÁ con un congreso republicano en dos aÑos que le quedan en la casa blanca. vamos con lowry montenegro que estÁ en washington d c, lowry. >>> buenas noches mary, la reacciÓn del presidente barack obama, los resultados de la elecciÓn se hicieron evidentes para el viernes, invitÓ a lÍderes del congreso de ambos partidos a una reuniÓn. otra seÑal de desafÍo que entiende que representa para los Último

kron 4's jeff bush is live in san jose, with the latest. jeff. the call out around 430 this afternoon when police arrived intersection they found a 74 rolled woman who had been struck and killed near the intersection while she was coming back home from the laundromat next a look this video taken from our partner abc seven you can see that the officers took several hours to investigate the lady had concerns over chest pains and shoes taken to the hospital this helped the investigators are rest the driver on the white charges concern over the recent violence in richmond. the most recent killing happened last week. when a 16- year old boy was shot down. in front of his own home. the contra costa sheriff's office says, the high school student was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. police say, a feud between rival gangs is heating up there. they say, that same feud may be responsible for recent shootings which have injured 4 other richmond high school students richmond's new mayor- elect, tom but explains. he plans to spend a huge chunk of the

. >>> colorado hoy por hoy es un microcosmos de la naciÓn, vino bill clinton, jeff bush, la primera dama de la naciÓn, entienden que es clave. >>> la supervivencia del republicano, y otros partidarios dicen estar conscientes que hispanos le cumplen promesas rotas del presidente obama. >>> (hablan en inglÉs). >>> a mi me decepcionÓ tambiÉn, se lo dejÉ saber y me asegurare que cumpla con la orden ejecutiva que prometiÓ dar alivio a millones de indocumentados dijo el senador. >>> a diferencia de elecciones de hace dos aÑos. demÓcratas no son los Únicos coqueteandole al voto hispano. >>> apreder a hablar en espaÑol, y luego de esta elecciÓn voy a continuar estudiar espaÑol, es muy importante para hablar di c directamente a la gente en espaÑol. >>> kaufman, y gardner, el conservador avanzaron su retÓrica, cambiaron de posturas que afectan a los hispanos, ambos favorecen a una reforma migratoria bipartidista, estÁn en desacuerdo con acciÓn unilateral del presidente obama. gutiÉrrez dijo que beneficiarÁ a millones de indocumentados antes de navidad. >>> si uno no estÁ ahÍ, q

i'm jeff bush, live in san francisco, kron 4 news. >> kron4 crews were live all over san francisco during the parade from the givenning to the end of the party -- beginning to the end of the party. we show you what they have for one another. >> it's amazing! unbelievable! >> they bring it. they bring it all the time. >> reporter: and they bring it again. [ shouting ] >> reporter: as one by one, floats came by carrying all their favorite players at the san francisco giants victory parade. a few of the baseball stars hopped off the double decker buses to greet the fans -- >> i am 68 years old. >> this is -- this is something i -- you never think you will experience. and if you do, you are lucky. and these people have been in it three times now. it's unbelievable. >> i always knew we had the best fans in the world. but this is amazing. >> reporter: posey has already experienced winning a pair of these before. but what about a third time? >> they're all special. they're all special. this one was a grind, you know? we were fortunate enough the first two win them in four or five games. but game

kron 4's jeff bush has the latest from santa rosa memorial hospital. where the boy was treated. boy was brought here to san rosa memorial hospital after falling off a very high and steep cliff look at the daring rescue of the firefighters said the day-to- day the police are also there and they decided that they would rappelled down this cliffside more than 200 ft. they lifted the boy up with ropes and special basket the boy was with his family at a place called the data and add a remote place near the marina for some reason the boy got too close to the edge and fell and firefighters say it was more than 225 ft. to the bottom helicopters aided by the conditions became too foggy and so the boy was driven to the hospital in san rosa he will need several surgeries to attend to his wounds but he is expected to survive tuesday morning. about 18- thousand kaiser permanente nurses throughout northern california are expected to walk off the job for a two-day strike. among other things. the nurses are demanding kaiser give them better protection and training especially in the wake of the

jeff bush attended a police meeting tonight with some sense in saying no way. >> reporter: the police should ask the community what they thought about the drones but they said they already have the equipment in place and reaching out to the community now and try to explain what the purpose of these jones are. they said the drawled will primarily be used by the bomb squad so that the bomb squad will have the opportunity to look at a potential damaging or destruction to structural of advice without putting an officer in jeopardy. >> reporter: other community organizations are opposed to this kind of technology they said that there's too much of possibility for the police to of a pilot the rights of residents. second is old atmosphere that we live in the big brothers bind and data collection our own government and face booking local is so dishearteningis >> reporter: in addition to the bomb squad it can be used for emergency situations if somebody fell off a cliff or they were in a remote location where the vehicle could not get hand but the police are working out how and where they will

kron4's jeff bush is live with more on the project. and when these closures will end. >> reporter: the cruise and just moved in the place look behind me the heavy equipment is now here on the marin county side of the golden gate bridge to sell malaise will be sought to get down till tomorrow afternoon. >> reporter: tried to get the roadway ready for this try to get the traffic together on the golden gate bridge prairie >> reporter: the try and get the roadways smoothes out and get the equipment out. >> reporter: could be a nice smooth ride driving experience. >> reporter: the two inside southbound lanes will be shut down to about 1:00 saturday afternoon later saturday night the two northbound lanes will be short shutdown when it is all set down said and done equipment and a mobile poll barrier will finally be a reality sometime in january 2015 >>: is nothing compared to the devastation of head on collision on the golden gate bridge and thus will try to avoid. >> reporter: here's what to need to know of your coming in from south and the

. >> pam:kron 4's jeff bush has more on this developing story. from bodega bay. >> reporter: eventually deciding to do what is called a cliff rescue. to get this for your old boy. what happened after that, they took him by ambulance to another location and met up with a helicopter flying him to children's hospital in oakland california. his parents did not go they are driving on their way to oakland to see him. his condition is un clear creek rescue crews are on scene trying to investigate what happened and how he ended over the cliff. he is alive and we do know that. and that is good news. >> pam: a popular basketball player at richmond high. gunned down in his own front yard. the 16-year-old is the latest student to fall victim to gun violence. >> pam: kron4's scott rates spoke to the boy's coach. scott, what did he have to say about this young man? >> reporter: tells me that he is was a wonderful kid and a victim of one of several shootings here in this area in the last five days. and now the coach is here grieving. >> he is dead creek and he

jeff bush has more on the dramatic rescue. >> the 4-year-old boy was brought here to santa rosa memorial hospital after being rescued from the very sheer and high and very steep cliff. he was brought here and listed in critical but stable condition and is expected to be okay. let's take some video of the daring rescue, bodega bay firefighters were trying to figure out how to do this. there were helicopters from the coast guard, the firefighters were there, the police were there and eventually they decided that they would rappel down this cliffside, more than 200 feet. they got this boy into what's called a stokes basket which makes him immobile and they lifted him up with ropes. this boy is lucky to be alive. >> multiple traumatic injuries, the child was conscious and alert, obviously crying, which was completely appropriate for the injuries he sustained. >> reporter: the boy was with his family at a place called bodega head, in a remote area near the marina. for some reason, this boy got too close to the edge and he fell. firefighters say it was more than 225 feet to the bottom. helicop

jeff bush talked to those thankful riders. >> it's like a rollercoaster. >> it might be an exaggeration but fun is a good description of the eight minute ride from the bart station to the airport. it's a quiet ride and steady one and the view is quite nice on the way in. >> i was taking pictures. >> you were. >> yeah they are going to be on my facebook. >> it was fun to watch the traffic and cars parked in the parking lot. >> bart spent more than $480 million to build the project. critics say that money could have been spent on many other things but the passengers say they think it was money well spent. >> this is so much more convenient than the air bart used to be. i stopped taking it because it was so inconvenient so i was excited to be able to get public transportation again. >> it got me right where i needed to go totally unaccustomonned to traveling this way and it was easy breezy. >> pretty nice. it's the nicest bart station i've been in. everything is newer than i've seen. hope this stays this clean for a long period of time. >> did you ever take the old vans to get here. >> all

bush 41, as jeff andd others have so well emphasized, was cautious and prudent. but by the time of the 1992 presidential campaign, president bush could not resist the temptation to take credit for the events of 1989 and 1990. he likes to say during the campaign, we brought about the fall of the iron curtain and the death of imperial communism. in 1992, the republican platform went further. "the fall of the inlin wall marks a change the way people live. we republicans saw clearly the dangers of collectivism. not only the military threat, but the deeper threat to the soul of people found independence. dismantling of the wall and the ensuing collapse of communism in eastern europe and ussr, discredited government and furtherance wired belief in the utility and superiority of free markets. not only among republicans. states, theunited clinton administration actually went much further than its predecessors in dismantling government regulation over capital flows and financial markets. betweenession firewall commercial and investment tanking was repealed. larry summers

mike gonzalez will be introducing senator jeff sessions. he spent close to 20 years as a journalist for the george w bush administration. [applause] >> thank you andrew. welcome to all of you. night, as you're no the president said he was going to a ahead and do what only year ago said only an emperor would do. constitution is crystal the power gress has over immigration. it is why we welcome today in member of congress which will what that unequal branch proposed to do to deffend their authority. centre sessions has been a voice on this issue, he will lay out what options they consider in response to the president's announcement. president obama has precipitated and damaging constitutional crisis. pollsters have told again and again that illegal immigration is is not at the top of the priority. and the ike education economy are. the president's executive order nothing on these fronts. as the wall street journal put it this morning, the president's actions only create with the american institutions. we are a nation of immigrants. immigrants

jeff sessions said supporters of the bill tried to ram the thing through, quote, before rush limbaugh could tell the american people what was in it. so not that long ago it was president bush pushing for immigration reform and jefferson bow reyard sessions ii and rush limbaugh beating him so he would not get it. barack obama voted for that bush bill, by the way but not enough republicans did even though the bush white house wrote the bill so it died and interestingly after that bill died, president bush move add head to implement some parts of what he had called for even though congress wouldn't approve it. he said in a statement in august 2006 "although the congress has not addressed our broken immigration system by passing xr legislation my administration will take every step to build upon the progress already made." that same day explaining what the bush president -- bush white house was doing without congress, the press secretary at the time explained "we're going as far as we possibly can without congress acting." so they did what they could by executive action after they couldn'

. >> senator bob me mendez and senator jeff flake, thank you both for joining me. and i want to bring in joe scarbrough and reporter jose diaz belart. now, bush's plan for undocumented immigrants, this is the plan, 63% approved it, but now, here comes the republicans for president bush, a smaller majority, but a majority were in favor in 2006, and essentially the same plan that president obama is pushing and guess what, near 80% of the republicans opposing it, and are you shocked that the political party of the president matters so much? >> well, the are republicans and the democrats turned further on president bush, and turned further on john mccain and almost cost him the presidential campaign to go under. so this is a tough decision for either party to approach. but for the republican party, and i think that the president has overstepped the bounds and wh he has done may be proven to be unconstitutional if you look at the case law and go back to youngstown. and if you go to look at impeachment, and political suicide and shutdowns, and political suicide and de-fu

jeff sessions who was a republican senator was a leading opponent of a bill. he said that talk radio was a big factor in derailing the immigration bill. he said supporters of the bill tried to ram the thing through before rush limbaugh could tell the american people what was in it. not that long ago, it was president bush pushing for immigration reform. and so it died. and interestingly, after that bill died, president bush moved ahead to implement some parts of what he had called for, even though congress wouldn't approve it. he said in a statement in august, 2007, although congress has not broken into, my administration will continue to take every possible step to build upon the progress already made. that same day, explaining what the bush white house was doing without congress, the press secretary explained at the time that we're going as far as we possibly can without congress acting. so they did what they could by executive action after they couldn't move. even republicans, people in their own party in congress, to support a bill to reform immigration. t

kennedy "jeff youth."jfk: reckless his previous book was -- a biography on the last 12 president from fdr to george bush. i have heard nigel speak several times. he speaks with passion and he speaks with insight and he speaks with a great grasp of history. as you know, there are going to be books for sale later in that book is called "the mantle of command." it is a key entry in the ongoing debate as to who made the grand strategy in the early war years. was it roosevelt or churchill? talk is how nigel's fdr overruled his generals and laid down the strategy by which the allies would win world war ii. our moderator is sitting right there, andrew polsky, a distinguished scholar of the american presidency. his most recent book is "elusive victories the bank -- victories." , you can direct us from here on. we have changed the order of the speakers. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much, tina. withyou said nigel speaks -- but i thought you were going to say with a british accent. [laughter] i have lived

party in control of the whitehouse, mid terms are tough and i think that's qó2it's similar to 2006,t bush faced a midterm in 2006 where he lost 30 seats in the congress. it's just difficult in these midterm elections for the party that controls the whitehouse. >> woodruff: does the democratic party, jeff link, need to think differently about how it approaches the next presidential election? because were the voters saying something to democrats about we don't like what you stand for, do you think? >> no. i don't think it was as much about the message that the democrats delivered in these races. i thinkuqu-g it's a lot about o made up the electorate. here in iowa for instance, we had slightly lower turnout yesterdayfor democrats to win, o have a bigger electorate. we have to have more people participating in the process. we&5b@ have to have a message t drives people out to the polls. but it's really the make up of these midterm electorates. it's a real advantage for the republicans. >> woodruff: you can talk about that doug heye but i want to ask you abouttby=perceive rio pulses on3rmf t

number one this week is "41" by george bush. as we look at the rest of the list, we go to melvin from richmond, virginia. good morning. caller: good morning. i must agree with what color that spoke earlier. there is a big difference. c-span, you make this error. there is a big difference between an illegal alien and an immigrant. the problem is there are groups you and other groups -- tthe problem that we are aiding and abiding people who come here illegally. now, to the comment about the lady who will win support obama because he is black -- that is a bunch of nonsense. all must remember, like these other people -- let's remember this, number one, the immigrants were not the ones burning flags. the ones coming from russia. s coming from one south of the border. and obama giving amnesty to a of the aliens -- they keep saying that obama does because he is s black, then let's remember that obama has more power to give illegal aliens, but no power to do anything for the black vote. have a good one. host: by the way, you're at the p