and being neglect in the shooting of two immigration and customs enforcement agent. he was shot dead in 2011 in mexico by members of a drug cartel. his partner victor avila was seriously wounded. they say the guns were smuggled to the u.s. as part of a failed gun operation and the agent should not have been sent on such a dangerous mission. chuck hagel narrowly cleared his first hurdle. the senate committee had a 14-11 party line vote. the feat of this nomination say he is leaderless as we have budgetary challenges and we are engaged in combat operations overseas. the performance before this committee is the worst i have seen for any nominee for office. he refused to answer a straight forward question as to whether the surge was a success or not. hagel s nomination heads for a vote in the full senate. jim imhoff has threatened to filibuster his nomination over concerns about views on israel and iran. a live look at pope benedict xvi holding a weekly audience at the va
police helicopter for crews of why it crashed over the weekend killing two atlanta police officers on board. they were flying low searching for a missing child when will it hit a power poll and came crashing to the ground. the missing 9-year-old boy was later found safe. inspirational video of illinois senator mark keshg in the first public appearance since january. kirk surpassing his own goal climbing 30 points by climbing 37. great. a lot more steps than the 45 that may go to the senate front door. they have the rehabilitation institute for chicago. before you leave the house let s get your first degree weather update from ma roa molina. election day coming up tomorrow what about the weather?
today. he has been trying to build the midwest fireball that stops in iowa, wisconsin and of course the critical battle ground state of ohio. neither of these guys getting much sleep. the president late last night made a visit to colorado, attended a rally there. it was a state he carried four years ago. it is part of his final push. i know much of you already voted but if you haven t there s still time. all of those early voters and perhaps 30 million of them could be the real wild card this time around. plenty of other variables including pennsylvania once thought to be relatively safe for obama now caught in the cross hairs. states like ohio they have been no republican has been elected without carrying the state of ohio. it may come down to ohio. they know the critical nature of that election. the last minute ad campaign there former president bill clinton has four stops in the keystone state. four critical swing states today making a last ditch effort to win th
0 it is a strong argument to finish. obama is spending his final hours still attacking mitt romney? who sounds more like a president? perhaps romney. who sounds like a guy in a small bore race i think it s the president. there are the crowds who have been enormous for romney surprising everybody venlt one thing we have learned a long time ago in the final days crowd size doesn t tell you much. george mcgovern on the way to a massive slaughter drew enormous crowd rgs so did walter mondale. it will doesn t tell you all that much about how many people there are. that leads us to our brew on this question of the day. until the election have you made and hand it back over. it doesn t count as early voting but what the difference is casting an earl sloit while the two parties argue over that. here are the numbers through saturday night as far as the early voting and absentee ballot period ended saturday night. 4.4 million floridians have already put their ballot in the system. the way it
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