and i m mike marusarz in for rob nelson. five weeks until midterm elections and the democrats are fighting to hold on to the control of congress. so they are sending the party heavyweights out on the campaign trail. emily schmidt joins us with more at what s at stake for the white house and capitol hill. good morning. reporter: good morning to you. well, senators this week in washington are going to wrap up their work here so they can head home and campaign for critical midterm elections. with five weeks to go tactics are ranging from personal to presidential. de end of september politics feel like november. you ought to be there for him on election day. reporter: heavy hitters are campaigning in races that ought to be a cinch in the past. barney frank has been in for 30 years but they are threatening to take back control of the hill. when we don t have people trying to make things worse and trying 0 obstruct we can provide the economy this country deserve. peop
thanks for watching. tonight-l christine o donnell answer the tough questions about her financial history? she didn t this weerkd, and tonight our gary tuchman tries again. we ll show you what happened and what new details he s uncovered about her spending history. also tonight, president obama facing disillusioned democrats and challenging the tea party. we ll show you what he said today and talk with our panel, eliot spitzer, dana lash and joe johns. later what if you got sick or your child got sick and no doctor knew why? what would you do? 360 m.d. sanjay gupta introduces us tonight to the disease detectives, trying to solve medicine s toughest mysteries. that s part one of a week-long series. we begin tonight, though, keeping them honest with christine o donnell and how she spent money from her last campaign. last week after searching federal campaign filings we learned that the surprise republican nominee for u.s. senator from delaware had checks and expense records t
where the nominee generally, genuinely isn t controversial. reporter: as for nominees who generated controversy, the president is doubling down on berkeley law professor goodwin liu. he raised conservative zaire because of application of the constitution text must be open to adaptation and change. he was nominated to the ninth circuit because bounced back to white house without a senate vote. on monday, the president renated him, likely setting up another contentious showdown. in washington, shannon bream, fox news. chris: the imam at the center of the debate over whether to build a mosque near ground zero is fighting another battle in new jersey. a judge has ordered feisal abdul rauf to produce documents proving he is making repairs to two apartment buildings he owns in union city. tuesday that city s mayor called rauf a slumlord. at least three more people have been buried in the wrong graves at arlington national cemetery. the army says the officials open burial sites last m
if you re lucky enough to have a job an a paycheck to take home. president obama says 500,000 new jobs are on the way now that the small business aid bill is set to pass the senate later today. two republicans jumped the aisle to help get that done. dan loathian is live. fellow democrats could be standing in his way, dan. that s right, when you have these 31 house democrats who have sent a letter to their house leadership wanting this extension to also go to all incomes, not just middle class americans. the reason for this is they believe at this time, they should not be raising taxes on any americans at all because it would negatively impact economic growth. the white house, though, has been very clear about this saying that this is something that the administration says that the america simply can t afford because they d have to borrow $700 billion in order to pay for this. so what lawmakers should do is move forward with the middle class tax cuts because those are the
the people of delaware have spoken. [ applause ] reporter: tea party conservative christine o donnell shocked republican mike castle and his establishment supporters for the delaware g.o.p. senate confirmation last night. this morning, senate republican officials who had the sister candidacy reversed course and pledged money for the general election fight. g.o.p. senate leader mcconnel gave her a curt and skeptical nod. i ll support the winner. we ll look at where we think the best opportunities for pick-ups are and that s where we ll spend the money. reporter: party bosses have no plan for the big-money outlet for o donnell than other tea party candidates have started to receive. the polls suggest that o donnell trails continues. she is trying to unite the g.o.p. i m very convinced that we can win. before the republican cannibalism i was ahead in the polls. and, you know, if we can put this behind us and do some damage repair and, you know, then we can turn the t