in the iowa senate race, bruce brailey is locked in a battle with joni ernst getting help from spots like this: >> bruce braillee and barack obama teamed up to give us obamacare and trillions in wasteful spending. >> for her part, the republican earnest is comparing washington to a pig sty. >> it's a mess, dirty, noisy and it stinks. not this lot. i am talking about the one in washington. too many typical politicians. >> meanwhile, democrat brailey is painting ernst as wheeleden interests. >> i with a lost tens of thousands of manufacturing jobss yet joni earnest wants to give tax braiingz brakes to companies that shift jobs overseas. >> the issue of out sourcing has taken center stage in new hampshire. scott brown, a former massachusetts senator is under fire for a whopper he delivered in response to a question from democratic senator jeane shaheen in a recent debate. >> why in the world would you support outsourcing american jobs overseas? >> thank you for your question, senator. i have never voted to outsource jobs. it's interesting when you are looking at -- >> there was laughter

bruce brailey had 2013 and 2014 to run in the clear. she came through a bitter republican primary and captured in exceptional style. she's a state senator who represents 1/40 of the state. he's one of the state's four congressmen. the fact she has moved ahead of him is a testament to the strength of her candidacy because until this quarter, she has been outspent by the brailey and his democratic allies by considerable margin. lou: karl, i love the way you say brailey and his democratic allies, you make it sound like they're gang members. [ laughter ] . >> you know, some of them are pretty tough hombres. harry reid, his campaign is brutal. when fox poll covers arkansas. the democrats ran an ad saying republican tom cotton didn't want to prepare america against ebola. this is how tough they've been. lou: tough races in lots of places. you've -- well, american crossroads raised 100 million to throw into the midterms. the republicans right now are getting outspent, do you close the gap here in the final days, 26 days away now from the elect

lou: bruce brailey, probably not the performance the brailey campaign had been hoping for. better than appearing alongside a president who is toxic at this point. fox news political correspondent carl cameron with the report. >> reporter: with her husband down in the polls, first lady michelle obama hit the trail trying to energize downbeat democrats and candidates. >> if we keep on stepping up and bringing others along with us, i know that we can keep on making that change we believe in. >> reporter: democrats hope the first lady makes a better surrogate than embattled husband who last week made his party wince by echoing that the midterms are about him and his midterm agenda. >> make no mistake the policies are on the ballot. every single one of them. >> reporter: david axelrod called that line a mistake given how unpopular the president and his policies are in the polls. few noticed it but mrs. obama doubled down on her husband's declaration. >> make no mistake about it, barack's last campaign wasn't in 2012, it is this year in 2014. >> reporter: that is the last thing a

tomorrow, she will be in iowa campaigning for ben brailey. some democrats had given up on alaska, but three polls now show senator bagich ahead or tides. that is outside the margin of error. another poll conducted last week showed senator begich with a ten-point lead. one candidate who is proud to have president obama join her on the campaign trail is wisconsin democratic gubernatorial candidate mary burke, who has been polling in a virtual tie with republican governor scott walker for the last six months. president obama joined burke in a rally in wisconsin tonight. >> cynicism is a choice and hope is is a better choice. hope is what gives young soldiers the courage to storm a beach. hope is what gives young people the strength to march for women's rights and civil rights and voting rights and gay rights and immigrants rights. hope is the belief that there are better days, that we can build up a middle class and give back something to our communities and hand down something better for our kids. hope is what built america. not cynicism. and i

veterans risk their lives for our country and bruce brailey didn't have the respect to show up to support them. >> these dueling attacks have been going on. this week, a poll found voters identified missing congressional hearings as a bigger problem than privatizing social security. the poll found that ernst was now ahead by 6 points. experience. >> the truth is both parties are more interested in political games than problem solving. both are failing kansas. >> that's why i am running for the united states senate as an independent. >> polls in kansas show voters now prefer orman and the margin is getting wider. joining us to talk about the implications of this anti-washington mood is michael schur. what do you make of this? >> there is so much to make of immigration. he thinks he is giving them good news on the economy. it's not so simple. the white house should know it's not so simple, that if you take good jobs numbers and take good economy, if the people aren't feeling it in their pocket books -- people don't carry pocketbooks and in their wallets, it doesn't translate. i think it's a

brailey: then tell us about the meeting that you had -- >> moderator: we are going to go ahead now. >> we have more tonight on the companion network c-span. we will show the second and final debate for governor scott walker and his democratic challenger that begins at eight eastern on the companion network c-span. also we welcome your thoughts on the wisconsin governor's race in general. share your reaction using the hash tag c-span the russian ambassador to the u.s. talks about how russia and the u.s. can work together to fight terrorism and militant and he speaks about the crisis in ukraine in this event hosted by the baltimore council on foreign affairs. it's about one hour and 15 minutes. >> ambassador, members of the council, guests and friends on behalf of the board of trustees is a pleasure to welcome you this evening. let me think the sponsors of this evening's program. first of all the mccormick company -- [applause] mccormick has been a wonderful support of the council as many of you know and also one of the most loyal and strong trustees carol and his wife. [applause] third

brailey campaign today, the not-so-secret weapon, first lady michelle obama. and this time, unlike the last time, she got his name right. >> proud to be here today to support the next senator from iowa, our friend, bruce braley. let's give it up for bruce. now, let me say that one more time, bruce braley. >> joining me now is jess mcintosh. did someone get fired for the bruce bailey screw up last time? it wasn't just michelle obama. >> maybe it was a tell prompter thing. bailly is a pretty common name. >>> now, you have a real figure in the polls for this. you guys have a particular outcome you want to see. but you have been working on this. this race seems to me to be tightening in every way. i mean, every race, even new hampshire, where it seems shhine should be winning fairly handedly. but there's two polls since everyone's written it off. it just seems like this race is actually really, really close across the board. >> this race has been really, really close. we have kentucky senate race for a long time. it's honestly one of the dumbest and most data-free

that's brailey with an r to those watching. >>> tonight, at this hour, all eyes are on kentucky where democrat alison grimes is battling in a deep, deep red state against most of the country. right now, the two are facing off in their first and only debate of the cycle. it's a big moment for grimes. and she's going to the debate with her campaign being trashed left, right and center. much of the criticism stems from the meeting with the louisville courier general's editorial last week. >> did you vote for president obama 2008-2012? >> this election isn't about the president. it's about making sure we put kentucians back to work. >> did you vote for him? >> i was on the way to delegate. i think people are kentucky know i'm a democrat through and through. i respect the sanctity of the ballot box and i know that the members of this editorial board do, as well. >> kentucky expects her to cast a tough vote on anything? is she ever going to answer a tough question on anything? >> so you're not going to answer? >> i'm mitch mcconnell and i approve this message. >> i think she disqualified he

that shows joanie ernst ahead of bruce brailey just outside the margin of error. joni ernst canceled an editorial board meeting with iowa's biggest newspaper, "the des moines register." >> you have a lot to be proud of in this state. you test your candidates, you actually force them to be the best they can be. i understand that. and they have to be willing to answer the tough questions, which bruce has been willing to do and his opponent has not. it truly seems like it should be disqualifying in iowa of all states to avoid answering questions. i think the editorials that i read before coming here kind of make that clear, don't they? >> another former secretary of state, contender lisa rice announced her endorsement of joni ernst for senate today. in a statement, she said, quote, joni ernst has dedicated her life to the service of others, bravely leading troops in iraq and safely bringing them home to iowa. we need more leaders like joni who understand america's role abroad and the threat posed against us. the only other senate candidate that condoleezza rice has e

fist lady michelle obama campaigned today for al franken in minnesota and bruce brailey in iowa. the first lady joked about watching his name at a campaign appearance earlier this month. >> i got it wrong. a couple of times. i sort of laughed at myself. i thought people should follow me home. talk to malia and sasha. i never call them the right name. i call barack bo. it never works out really well. >> in kentucky, president bill clinton claimed for the third time with alison lundergran grimes. and on saturday saturday, elizabeth warren will travel to new hampshire to campaign once again against her old opponent scott brown. nbc's chuck todd moderated the debate between scott brown and senator gene shaheen in new hampshire tonight. >> you had two chances to run for the u.s. senate in massachusetts in 2013 and 2014. why not take those? >> because i live here. i mean, i live here. i was born at the port portsmi shipyard. >> he didn't move to new hampshire and say i want to get involved in the state. he thought about running for senate again in massachusetts, then governor in massac

congressman brailey is the democrat. this is a race the democrats thought they would be in good shape early in the year. didn't turn out that way. she's been a better candidate the democrats had feared and he's had trouble. so this race looks close. it's had to see who has a real advantage. >> woodruff: finally, to the three states that we've most focused on, two ofç them, georgia, kentucky, republican states, amy -- >> right. >> woodruff: -- the democrats think they have a shot but the surprise is kansas. >> another place where we didn't think we would seeç a competite race. this is really about the republican incumbent, pat roberts. he was dogged during his primary with a talk that he doesn't live in kansas anymore, that he's out of touch with kansas voters, barely won his primary. now he has a serious challenge from an independent candidate, losing to that candidate in the polls. you're starting to see now the cavalry is coming in for pat roberts. this week, it's almost 10-1 against the independent candidate. we'l

brailey for five minutes. >> i thank the panel for joining us today. heap to hear you say consider any options to protect americans. that's the purpose of everyone here in the room today. i do want to ask you about texas. are you familiar with the con cement of event reporting? >> yes. >> has cdc done a root cause seasonal sis of what happened in texas pes tierian and come up with an action plan on when we learn from that incident? we have the detailed hospital checklist for ebola preparedness, which we heard about here today, have there by any recommendations on changing, modifying, or updating this in light of what happened at texas presbyterian? we have a team of more than 20 of the top disease detectives in texas now. we were there, left the first day the patient was diagnosed. we identified three areas of particular focus. first is prompt diagnosis of anyone with fever or infection and travel history to west africa and we spoke about that issue. the second is contact tracing. the graphic that i provided earlier outlines what we are doing intensely

brailey. >> thank you. our duty today is to make sure the administration is doing everything possible to prevent the spread of ebola in the united states. our number one priority in combatting the disease must be the protection of americans, and we have to figure out the best way to do that. my heart goes out to all those suffering from this horrible epidemic, and i'm proud of the hard work done by american troops, doctors, nurses, and other volunteers to combat the disease. congress must come together, put aside partisan differences, and help stop the outbreak. today, i hope to hear what steps the administration is taking to prevent the spread of ebola and respond to the outbreak. i'm greatly concerned as congresswoman degette expressed that the administration did not act fast enough in responding in texas. we need to look at all the options available to keep our families safe and move quickly and responsibly to make necessary changes at airport. >> the gentleman's time expired. >> okay. >> we have a lot t

what brailey failed to define himself and once republican money caught up with the democratic money and began to focus on his record, it caught up to him. so i think voters accepted joni for who she was and she focused on who bruce is and i think those numbers have changed. that is one, iowa, but still a tight race. colorado? i think the attacks against cory gardner as being an extreme republican tea party candidate have fallen a little short and not really rung all that true, and it is combined with the overwhelming focus by the udall campaign on birth control abortion, and i think there is a sense that udall is running a single issue focus campaign and i think they -- i would guess they went too far and there was a backlash, not just among women voters, but among men. we are seeing that in the denver suburbs. you are seeing some shifts there. colorado is still a tough state. we did polls in colorado and iowa in the presidential and they both fell flat. i always saw in the presidential campaign we thought of iowa as a state that had the greatest sense of kind of, you know, voter remors

brailey was an washington, d.c. today for a hearing on ebola. he then headed back to i to participate in tonight's debate. we will be bringing you that hearing on the ebola crisis in about an hour. first, the debate in iowa. this comes to us courtesy of nextar broadcasting. and whose high school football team is going to make it big? city is the the focal point for political power. who wins in november could determine the balance of power in washington. has taken iowa by storm with strong backing from the republican party. trulym honored and i do hope to have the opportunity to fight the good fight. >> democrat bruce braley, a sitting congressman, anointed by the democratic party. >> i have worked with importants on legislation that helps iowa farmers, iowa veterans -- >> so important that the heavy hitters in each party are campaigning. what you are about to watch next could set our country up with one party setting the political agenda for years to come. >> your local election headquarters present the final senate debate. >> welcome to beautif

the democrats did a nice job of to define the republican but i think what has is brailey failed to define himself and give a reason to vote for him. it was all about joining us -- did some focus groups among wal-mart moms which is a and we did oneup of these groups in des moines. knew a lot about. define himselfto and once republican money caught up with the democratic money and focus on his record, it him.ht up to o, i think voters accepted her for who she was and she focused on who bruce is and i think numbers have changed. a t is one, iowa, but still tight race. colorado? against coryttacks gardner as been an extreme candidate tea party have fallen a little short and that true, ung all and it is combined with the i whelm overwhelming focus by the udall abortion and i think kwraou a sense that ca running a single focus campaign and i think they too would guess they went far and there was a backlash, ot just among women voters but among men. we are seeing that in the denver suburbs. so you are seeing some shifts there. state.o is still a tough we did pollsor colorado and eye in the presi

brailey was an washington, d.c. today for a hearing on ebola. he then headed back to i to participate in tonight's debate. we will be bringing you that hearing on the ebola crisis in about an hour. first, the debate in iowa. this comes to us courtesy of nextar broadcasting. and whose high school football team is going to make it big? city is the the focal point for political power. who wins in november could determine the balance of power in washington. has taken iowa by storm with strong backing from the republican party. trulym honored and i do hope to have the opportunity to fight the good fight. >> democrat bruce braley, a sitting congressman, anointed by the democratic party. >> i have

. >> host: you are referring to jonie earnst over the democrats bruce brailey. this is also being seen as one of the more colorful races for senate, partly to do with their personal stories and things that have happened. i want to show the viewers a couple of their ads and we'll talk about them on the other side. >> they left the gate opened with over a walk. >> last time we did that we almost got sued. remember when we were chilling down by bruce braley's lake? he threatened to sue us. >> not very neighborly. >> it's not very iowa. >> bruce braley isn't very iowa. we need tort reform not a guy that makes a federal case out of chickens. >> it's a mess, dirty, noisy and it stinks. not this, i'm talking about the one in washington. too many typical politicians, hawking, wasting and full of -- let's just say bad ideas. it's time to stop spending money that we don't have and balance the budget. i am joni ernst many to stop spending money we don't have and balance the budget. >> host: pigs and chickens how is this playing out in iowa? >> guest: they roll their eyes a