candidate sharron angle are in a statistical tie. those are your fast five headlines. it is a neck-and-neck race in california as senator barbara boxer fights for her political life. new polling shows the democrat leading the republican challenger carly fee rena by a single point. boxer had a four-point lead earlier this month. john harwood is fresh back to washington from california. john, explain what are the key issues keeping carly fiorina so close on the heels of barbara boxer? the general unhappiness americans feel over the economy, over what s happening in washington and the growth of spending in government. california is not immune to that, even though the water level is higher for democrats. president obama has an approval rate over 50%. but it is under 50% in most of the rest of the country. and the response from barbara boxer against carly fiorina a former chief executive says to
i think it is, thomas. i mean, the drug gangs, there are two different cartels fighting for this lucrative drug route from mexico to the united states that goes right over falcon lake. i think that the message sent is that this is our lake, we, the traffickers, and they drew the line in the sand. in this case, they drew the line in the lake and said if you come over to our side, we don t care who you are, we are going to kill you. normally, thomas, you see the drug traffickers somewhat shy away, even though over 50 americans have been killed in mexico this year. they shy away from these types of confrontations because they know we are going to put the coast guard down there and will deal with them. but i think maybe we saw some young bucks who took this on their own and who decided that they were going to send their own message. could this be a public red h hering while they continue their information? i think so. i read a report last week that said crimes like this in mexico
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to get into regular sleep cycles, and the long-term ones, about trying to deal with the aspect of being isolated for so long. and in this ways, establishing a brotherhood with 33 men altogether and being separated from the families. so doctors say they are reestablishing their connections to their families, being brought up to speed on some of the personal events that took place while they were away, and hopefully taking time. but remarkably, one of the miners, 54-year-old jose rodriguez, was on the phone establishing a new contract at another mine and plans to go back to work. but first, he says, he s going to take a much-needed vacation. thomas? kerry, thank you. mystery in mexico, why did police stop searching for an american man? are drug gangs actually taking over and running that part of the country? also, a reality check on the travel alert for americans in