Pillars of an expanded surveillance state. As to the latter, a report in the New York Times yesterday detailed the degree to which the nsa is monitoring the content of american communications. It is a development that the papers Editorial Board asserted shs a common sense understanding of the fourth amendment. We have chuck todd host of the daily rundown i go to you first as our man at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. The fact the white house is having a press conference on an august friday at 3 00 p. M. , are we to believe they are excited to get the message out to the media . No. I think this is more of a traditional before hes gone on vacation. Hes done this before. End of the summer deal. Its one of those things they know they are long overdo on a press conference in that respect. There is a lot of unanswered questions. You brought up that New York Times sotory yesterday on nsa. This has done more damage to the president and his brand with supporters of his, its the issue of surveillance
And two senators from different sides of the ail taking a break from the real the i of capitol hill and finding survival skills to make back to washington. Good morning from washington, im peter alexander. It is tuesday, october 28th. Thises the the daily rundown. Election day is one week from today. The Big Questions are can democrats stop a republican wave, and can both parties save struck struggling incumbents . Pauls pac shall have six figures to air this ad starting today on foreign aid saying roberts voted to stop sending our money to countries who hate america. Yesterday mitt romney who carried kansas with 60 of the vote in 2012 joined former senator bob dole on the stump. Thats where kansas city nbc affiliate reporter spoke exclusively to romney about his own future. Are you thinking about it anymore . You know, im not running. Not planning on running. But i am here to support pat roberts. Really the people of kansas are going to make a decision that the whole nation is waiting
state route. 37 near atherton avenue in marin county is closed in both directions tonight due to flooding kron four s amanda hari joining us live there from nevado amanda, any idea when this will reopen? caltrans tells it this portion of 37 will be closed for a little while. they say the soonest it would open would be tomorrow monday. you can see that road closed sign behind me and that truck right there is being forced off of the highway at this exit. it s something you don t see often state route. 37 without a single car on it. caltrans in coordination with california highway patrol close 37 in both directions. you can see cars being forced off on atherton avenue in nevada. jeff weiss with caltrans says it s because of storm-related flooding. i would 37 flooded yesterday novato creek jumped over the levee. still not to the high. it was first close saturday. reopen until the rain lets up. why says cal fans has been pumping the water off the pavement at one point it w
visiting the border despite requests from republicans and democrats. the president s instructions to his team and own efforts have been to stay focussed in what is most impactive. there are people trying to turn the situation into a political football. i understand that. i work in washington. tomorrow the senate will review the president s nearly $4 billion request to respond to the border crisis. kristin welker is standing by. let s start with the high profile meeting. what are the expectations, again, what is the white house saying about precisely why the president will not be visiting the border? first, to the meeting, craig. the expectations aren t very high. it s a chance for president obama to meet with governor rick perry s local officials there to get more of a firsthand sense of what is actually going on at the border. the crisis there. in terms of the tangibles that are going to come out of meeting, i don t think there s an expectations that a whole lot is g
0 to get the message out to the media? no. i think this is more of a traditional before he s gone on vacation. he s done this before. end of the summer deal. it s one of those things they know they are long overdo on a press conference in that respect. there is a lot of unanswered questions. you brought up that new york times sotory yesterday on nsa. this has done more damage to the president and his brand with supporters of his, it s the issue of surveillance and surveillance state, the struggles that he s had to deal with looking at an impact with china and all that. more than any of the other stories, this has been the one that is the most politically damaging. it s one the white house folks will tell you off the record they believe this has been the stuff that is hit them hardest in doing so he wound up foregoing as chuck points out this is not electorally among younger voters but what we ll think of when we think of the obama presidency and the white house has goals as progr