until you head out for these midterm elections. and a lot of people are getting endorsements, they want to brag, i've got this politician supporting me, i've got that politician supporting. somebody is getting support from beyond. paul steinhauser joins us for the political desk update. what's going on? >> t.j., you're absolutely right, if you want an endorsement from a republican in alaska, you want it from ted stevens. but the problem is, ted stevens died in a plane crash. but before that crash, he served with lisa murkowski and also served with her father. she decided not to run that way before the republican primary. but since she lost that primary, she's now decided to run as an independent. she's now running that. in fact steven's daughter comes on in front of this commercial