Night on air an online for analysis and the latest results, plus a special report at 11 00 p. M. Eastern. Ifill its Election Night on the pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial is committed to helping you take charge of your future. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff it is 9 00 in the east and republicans are Building Momentum tonight in their drive to capture criminal of the u. S. Senate. So far they have taken two of the six seats they need. In arkansas, congressman tom cotton defeated incumbent democrat mark pryor, and in West Virginia, shelly moore capato won the seat being vacated by jay rockefeller, who is retiring. A number of Key Senate Races in georgia, North Carolina, virginia and New Hampshire all remain too close to call. And we know the polls, gwen, jus
Raising fears of another. Back in the u. S. , the issue of education and the latest campaign ad. All that and more now on power politicians. I am David Shuster reporting to the 2014 polling. One of the biggest issues involves voter anger at washington just 14 of americans approve of how congress is handling its job. Rate something one of the lowest measures this close to a midterm since 1974. The voter disgust is having a huge impact on some Key Senate Races that will determine whether democrats keep control of the chamber or republicans take over and president obamas agenda final two years in. In the iowa senate race, hammering republican jody ernst for potential cuts to Social Security and her campaign help from the conservative koch brothers. Almost three Million Dollar in ads for joni ernst backed by billionaires. She is fighting for their agenda. Lets shut down the federal epa. No matter what it costs iowans. We have talked about privatizing Social Security as an option. Ernst has
How the politics in beijing are raising fears of another. Back in the u. S. , the issue of education and the latest campaign ad. All that and more now on power politicians. I am David Shuster reporting to the 2014 polling. One of the biggest issues involves voter anger at washington just 14 of americans approve of how congress is handling its job. Rate something one of the lowest measures this close to a midterm since 1974. The voter disgust is having a huge impact on some Key Senate Races that will determine whether democrats keep control of the chamber or republicans take over and president obamas agenda final two years in. In the iowa senate race, hammering republican jody ernst for potential cuts to Social Security and her campaign help from the conservative koch brothers. Almost three Million Dollar in ads for joni ernst backed by billionaires. She is fighting for their agenda. Epa. Iowans. We have talked about privatizing Social Security as an option. Ernst has been highlighting
Losing streak to finish on a positive. In the meantime though, more fallout from the swiss currency mess. Now some Retail Investors may be getting hit hard with no safety net. Well explain whats going on and show you how the impact there is much wider than the swiss franc. Oil rallying today but still solidly below 50 a barrel. Though you might not want to get comfortable with that too much. We have chris with us today from moodys. He says he sees oil back at 80 again and soon. What would drive it back to that point . You dont want to miss this interview later on the closing bell. Consider me dubious. I want to hear what he has to say. Nobody thought wed be this low in the first place but thats how markets work. We are up 101 points on the dow in the final hour of trade. The s p bouncing back nicely as well, up 16 points. Back above the 2,000 mark. And that nasdaq take a look. You have similar gains across the s p and nasdaq. The nasdaq adding 37 points. It is the third friday of the m
Were political factions, really political parties. He said he worried that future americans would put the interests of the political faction ahead of the interests of the country. Really, were living washingtons nightmare today. Used to be quite diverse. Do thisee if i can quickly. Every year, one of the magazines washington rates members of congress in three areas, social policy, foreign and National Security policy. Ad they rate them, us, on liberalconservative scale. Years, most years, youd middle, about 20 or 30 people, which was a mixture of democrats and republicans. The last recent years, you a democrat who is more liberal than any republican do i have that right . No. The other way around. Seepublican who is more what an independent i am . You know what im saying. Its like warring camps. Heres the bottom line. Youmain point, are republican, democrat or an american . And obviously youve got to put america first. The second thing is, youve got to be willing to compromise. You can