last night mrs. obama joined him in ohio where they talked to prospective young voters. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president is trying to recapture the enthusiasm that that put him into office and encouraging democrats not to give up despite discouraging poll numbers. president obama is trying to fire up his democratic base, hoping it will pay off at the polls november 2nd. >> in two weeks, you've got the chance to say once again, yes, we can. >> reporter: he and the first lady headlined a massive rally. later this week, the president will head west to try and energize supporters in states with critical toss-up races. but, he may face an uphill battle. a new a.p./knowledge networks poll shows one-quarter of those who voted for him are now considering casting ballots for republicans. >> it is up to you to tell them, we do not want what they are selling. we've been there before, and we are not going back. >> reporter: with early voting beginning in several states today, the tea party express is setting out on a a cross-country tour of its own. the 15-day trip kicks off this morning, with a familiar face. >> soon, we'll all be dancing. >> reporter: the former vice presidential candidate sarah palin will listened her star power at a rally today in nevada. the tea party favorite sharon angle is neck and neck with the most powerful democrat in the senate, majority leader harry reid. >> sharron angle will win that race i'll make that prediction right now. >> reporter: pulling into 30 cities in 19 states over the next two weeks. and the president will also be making stops across the country, including form four more rallies like the one sunday night in ohio. back to you. >> thank you. president obama admits the economy makes it a difficult campaign for democrats. most polls indicate republicans will regain control of the house and possibly the senate. but white house press secretary robert gibbs disagrees. >> i think that campaigns, in this cycle, are being run on a lot of local issues and issues that are important not nationally but to individual states and independent -- individual congressional districts. i think our candidates have done a remarkably good job in a tough political environment and i think that come election night we'll retain control of both the house and the senate. >> reporter: last summer he caught a lot of flack for saying democrats could lose the majority come november. one republican senatorial candidate not doing well in the polls says the republican party isn't giving her the support she needs. christine o'donnell, who made the now famous "i am not a witch commercial" says the gop senatorial committee is not helping her campaign in delaware. >> we're asking the national republican senatorial to help us. we've got the democratic senatorial committee coming after me. we're hoping that the national republican senatorial committee will help us. but, it's two and a half weeks left and they're not. >> a spokesman for the gop committee says it gave o'donnell the maximum contribution of $42,000. overseas there, is a new terror threat against europe particularly france. on sunday, the french interior minister said the threat was real. france boosted security last month when it began receiving threats. this latest alert comes from the saudi intelligence service warning of a potential attack by al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. french security forces are in what's described as a high vigilance mode. the pentagon says it's ready to deal with another massive leak of secret war documents as many as 500,000 iraq war documents could be released by wikileaks as early as today. the pentagon says it has a 120-member team ready to review the documents. >> these may be major military operations, movement of personnel, as well as alliances with key tribals and allies on the ground. you know, this comes at a time where there's some political volatility still in iraq. even though we don't have combat operations there, we still have 50,000 troops. and so, the military should be concerned about what may be in these documents. >> in july, wikileaks released more than 70,000 secret documents about the afghan war. at the time, it was the biggest breach of its kind in u.s. history. this morning the philippines pounded by a powerful tie phone. typhoon megi is one of the strongest storms to hit the region in years. thousands of have been forced to flee coastal areas. huge waves, pounding rain and wind gusts up to 162 miles per hour have flooded roads and downed electric poles. the storm also hit vietnam and china. those 33 miners rescued in chile last week have returned home. some attended a service at the mine site on sunday. chile's president sebastian pineiro is in london. oonz he has become immensely popular since the rescue. he brought a rock from the mine with him as a tribute to the miners. seth doane has more on the miners' return to camp hope. >> reporter: the san jose mine was shrouded in mist. but, the memories for miners and their families were perfectly clear. for most, it was their first time back since the rescue. a dozen or so of the miners made the trek to this remote place so they could join together in a sunday mass of thanksgiving. before the service, we met juan carlos aguilar. he was the 29th man out. at 46, he's been a miner since he was 19. he told us today, i want to be by myself for a little while. adding, you don't know what it was like to be in there. >> reporter: is it difficult to be back here? after living through something so big, he said, all of us are going to be emotional. some of the piners have said they wanted to return to this place not only to give thanks, but to see camp hope itself, the place where so many families held vigils for so long. but, seeing these days isn't easy. they're mobbed by media. so, during the mass, reporters were kept away from the white tent, where it was held. one of the men who helped make this possible returned home to denver, colorado this weekend. jeff hart was at the controls when the plan b drill broke through to the miners last saturday. we met him just a few hours after that. your feeling right now at this moment. >> on top of the world sglorlt he was welcomed back a hero. >> harder than anything we've ever done. the stress of knowing there's 33 guys underneath your feet that they're relying on you. >> reporter: now, they're surely thanking hart and the hundreds of other rescuers who helped free them. seth doane, cbs news, copiapo, chile. just ahead on the morning news, a security warning for facebook users. plus singer justin bieber involved in an alleged scuffle with a 12-year-old boy. first, though, katie couric with a preview of tonight's cb evening news. the tea party express rolls on. next stop reno home to one of the tightest and naste senate races can the tea party take down the democratic majority leader? our coverage continues tonight only on the cbs evening news. w f without 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"red" finished second with less than half of those sales and last week's number one "the social network" slipped to third place. i still haven't gotten to the movies to see "the social networ network". >> i just saw that this weekend. >> good in. >> definitely got to see it. >> i'm going now. thank you. >> new guidelines for cpr, new advice from the american heart association reverses procedures used until now. it says to start with hard, fast chest presses before giving mouth-to oudz mouth to a victim of sudden cardiac arrest. the old way delayed the start of the chest presses, which keep the blood circulating to the heart and brain. pop star justin bee ber is being investigated for assault allegations during a game of laser tag. checking charges he pushed a 12-year-old boy. tmz.com says a boy went out of his way to target bee ber during the game friday night in vancouver. police did not identify anyone but said the boy did not require medical attention. bieber denies the allegation. actress barbara billingley has died. >> boys, hurry up. your breakfast has been ready for a long time. >> i had to wait for wally. he had to gur bell. >> i means garble, mom. >> wally are, you sick? >> she was america's favorite mom on tv in the 1950s and '60s. billingsley had been in poor health in recent years and died of rheumatoid disease at her home in california president barbara billingsley was 94 years old. 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