the decision to go through with the debate. conway makes no apologies for his ad that says paul forced a woman into a bizarre ritual as a prank. there were fundamental questions that i thought were needed to be answered. through it all, paul main taped a small but significant lead. take a look at the numbers from the fox news battleground poll. with favorable opinion showing 48% of kentucky voters have favorable opinion of rand paul. hi will try to change that with the last debate, that no one was sure would happen. back to you. bret: mike tobin, thank you. next to west virginia, site of another tight senate contest. democratic governor joe manchin continues to gain on republicans john raese in another new fox survey. he is now within two points.
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democrat and john raese on this other hand as a republican candidate has run for office a number of times before here and doesn t qualify, necessarily as the outsider with no experience in politics. he s a successful business man in west virginia, and he s also known as a combative guy and the race is absolutely tied, going down to the wire. joe manchin and john raese are trying to avoid mistakes desperately and republicans acknowledge his combative rhetoric could be a problem the last 8 days of the election and joe manchin s past membership in the democratic party is hurting him in his current race as a democrat and argue, he d be a better republican or independent based on his positions. martha: when the race is this tight both sides are trying to force a game-changer. if there is one out there. what is it for the state of west virginia, carl. reporter: it is turnout, undeniably, in close races across the country, the ground game and now there is early voting and absentee voting in
is john raese and the republican hitting joe manchin hard on his ties with president obama, and, with a 68% approval rating as governor in the state, they love him as the governor of west virginia, and is doing all he can now to distances himself from the commander-in-chief and to see if that can help him define himself in the senate race, and that is how we start a brand new hour of america s newsroom, great to have you with us, i m martha maccallum. bill: good morning, 8 days, huh. martha: 8 more days. bill: talking about what will we talk about when it s over. martha: and polls which we love. bill: there will be actually be plenty. ago, joe manchin appearing on fox news sunday over this weekend with chris wallace and he was clear on his ties to the president: let me tell you this: i had to inform my opponent that president obama s name will not be on the ballot for u.s. senate in west virginia, it will be joe manchin. the health care reform is far ov overreaching in areas i do
well. yeah, if you want to see it, it s across the street on 11th and 54th street, that is a brand new state of the art flagship dealership under construction, mercedes building $1.4 billion nationwide, over $200 million on this place alone, they call it the autohaus, 330,000 square feet, two stories above ground, two stories below ground, $220 million, their spending on a car dealership in new york. mercedes says if you re going to spend money and show off your product in new york, you got to do it right. martha: that s good news for new york city, that s for sure. rick lenen leventhal, thank you very much. bill it was over in seconds, a 19-year-old pulled up under the wave necessary california and reportedly killed by a great white shark. how safe are the swimmers as the beaches reopen today? martha: he won the state over as governor but west virginia s joe manchin is having a tough senate race against challenger john