is raising new year s of an al-qaeda-related terror attack. caroline shively standing by with some of the top stories. reporter: many authorities are checking more packages as they search for the terrorists who put two explosivesprm in parcels bound for the united states. authorities on three continents thwarted the attacks yesterday when they seized the explosives on cargo planes in england. with pollsters predicting big wins for the gop the president is making a final campaign swing for democrats. today philadelphia for sestak. on to a dnc rally in connecticut before ending the day in chicago. comedy central host stewart and colbert are rallying with tens of thousands on the national mall calling for a return to sanity. organizers say it about politics. some democrats hope it rekindles voter enthusiasm. sarah palin bringing her star power to john raese s
on their way to west virginia on their cross-country tour. the folks talked about principles we ve heard talked about across the country. limited government ideas. let s listen to one supporter we met today. i believe in what the tea party stands for. smaller government. less control over us. and lower taxes. [ inaudible ] reporter: there are a number of tea party organizations across the state. we have strong organizations in cincinnati, columbus, cleveland. they are advocating for these politicians. they may not be openly endorsing any particular candidate but more about the idea of limited government they ve been pushing forward. speaking with some of their leaders they ve said we are not loyal to gop candidates necessarily. in this election they see it as a way to change the way the country is going that is what has stirred their movement
arizona senator mccain joked governor manchin is running from president obama as fast as he can. i would suggest the governor being a republican and run against rockefeller next time in a recent interview manchin declined to endorse harry reid for senate majority leader or obama for president. despite his best efforts to prove he s nothing like other democrats, manchin is still trailing raese in the polls. could west virginia be the ticket to the 10th senate seat, thereby giving gop control once more? it comes down to the man who joins me now the real republican west virginia candidate john raese. please note we ve also offered governor manchin an opportunity to appear on the show and he has not yet responded to our interview request. john raese welcome, thanks forá being here. thank you sean very much, i appreciate the opportunity. sean: wait a minute. i was doing some reading, manchin s very popular. he s a popular governor.
i think gallup is wrong. i think the bigger the election, if it is 82 million [ talking over each other ] sean:s you look at the senate races, you got a lot of close races. buck out in colorado holding a slim lead. rossi fighting for his life in the state of washington. illinois [ talking over each other ] narrow margin in west virginia. nevada i feel better about. it is starting to get wider. even illinois a narrow race you look at polls, 8 of the 10 polls conducted in october kirk has led tied and one giannoulias has only led in one. i m feeling better about where sean: how about west virginia? i m feeling good about raese. they ve tightened because we ve had mistakes made by candidates who are fresh and new whether it is buck raese ran for office in 1984. we ve got candidates who are
arizona senator mccain joked governor manchin is running from president obama as fast as he can. i would suggest the governor being a republican and run against rockefeller next time in a recent interview manchin declined to endorse harry reid for senate majority leader or obama for president. despite his best efforts to prove he s nothing like other democrats, manchin is still trailing raese in the polls. could west virginia be the ticket to the 10th senate seat, thereby giving gop control once more? it comes down to the man who joins me now the real republican west virginia candidate john raese. please note we ve also offered governor manchin an opportunity to appear on the show and he has not yet responded to our interview request. john raese welcome, thanks forá being here. thank you sean very much, i appreciate the opportunity. sean: wait a minute. i was doing some reading, manchin s very popular. he s a popular governor.