midterm election. working hard to fire up key democratic constituencies, his latest appeal to young viewers came but a poll shows among likely voters republicans hold a 6% edge in the house vote. among independent voters, the republican advantage is even more significant and anti-incumbent sentiment rungs high, only 8% think most members of congress deserve re-election. preeti a a la is in washington with more on this. good morning. >> good morning, betty. the president doesn't have much time to sway voters so went on a show popular with young viewers hoping to get his message out. >> let me say this about members of congress. >> are you going to curse? >> no, i'm not -- >> reporter: the president reached out to a late night crowd to defend his party days before the midterm election. >> there are a bunch of folks who during the course of this year took really tough votes they knew about really bad politics because they thought they were the right thing to do. >> reporter: he said he hoped democrats would be rewarded next tuesday with another term. >> we have done an awful lot that we talked about during the campaign and we're going to do more in the years to come. >> reporter: democrats could use the encourage. according to the latest cbs news/"new york times" poll, 63% of republicans this year are more enthusiastic about voting than usual, compared to only 43% of democrats. more than half of likely voters also see these elections as a referendum on president obama. he spent much of last night standing up for his record. >> we have moved forward an agenda that is making a difference in people's lives each and every day. >> reporter: listing achievements including financial and health care reform. >> we have done things that some folks don't even know about. >> what have you done that we don't know about? [ laughter ] >> are you plan a surprise party for us? >> reporter: with polls showing democrats hurting and his own agenda on the line. >> go out there and vote november 2nd. >> president obama is hoping for his own surprise tuesday night. the president will be at the white house again today but he'll be on the road again tomorrow and over the next few days we'll see him in five states, where there are close races. betty? >> preeti joining us live, thank you for that. sarah palin headlines a rally in alaska today for senate candidate joe miller. the three major candidates for the alaska senate seat held their final debate last night. miller, a tea party favorite beat the incumbent in the republican primary. she launched a write-in campaign. wednesday the alaskan supreme court ruled the names of write-in candidates may be seen by voters at polling places. now to the delaware senate race. tea party favorite christine o'donnell threatened to sue a delaware radio station over the release of a videotaped interview. the show was broadcast tuesday. >> there's still more money to cut and how you would make us? >> i would like. >> how you would make us actually economically fees sibl in 2014. >> what? >> i'm not running for county council, rick, i'm running for u.s. senate. if you would like to talk about what i would do there, we could continue, if not, then bring on whoever is running for county council this year. >> the issue whether the station had permission to tape the interview. o'donnell's campaign later said it had no problem with the tape. a virginia man accused in a plot to bomb washington area subway statements is due in court tomorrow. he thought he was involved in an al qaeda plot was actually dealing with federal agents. joel brown has our report. >> reporter: federal investigators say a pakistani-born man helped hatch a plot to bomb subway stations near the u.s. capitol. agents arrested 34-year-old fa reek ahmad wednesday morning charging him with planning tore attacks on d.c. area metro stations. >> it makes us aware there are people intent on causing harm to american citizens. >> reporter: a senior law enforcement officials tells cbs news the month-long investigation was an fbi sting. the white house says the public was never in danger because agents were on top of the case from the beginning, a criminal indictment unsealed ahead of his court appearance wednesday detailed his trips to busy metro stops to conduct video surveillance. the indictment indicates he conducted surveillance here at the arlington cemetery metro stop twice in july, a few days later, he handed off the images to someone he believed was affiliated with al qaeda in a virginia hotel room. investigators say he delivered subway die grams and made suggestions about where explosives should be placed to kill the most people possible. >> it's scary, but we know that it's happening and we're really thankful that people are out there watching over us. >> reporter: his neighbors in virginia were surprised to hear of the arrest. >> he was nice to me. we didn't have a lot of interactions, but they all seemed normal. >> reporter: the natural liced u.s. citizen faces up to 50 years in prison if convicted. joel brown, cbs news, arlington, virginia. authorities are investigating the death of a student at the university of notre dame. 20-year-old junior decl declan sullivan died wednesday when the tower from where he was filming football practice collapsed. it fell in winds gusting up to 51 miles per hour. the huffington post reported he tweeted before the tower before the accident. in one tweet he said, well, today work will be fun. i guess i've lived long enough. in another, he said this is terrifying. of. that powerful storm system that triggered more than two dozens tornadoes across the midwest has blown across the atlantic seaboard. the storm may be gone but for o some there may be no going back. kendis gibson reports. >> reporter: homes are shredded across lincoln county, north carolina where a possible tornado blew through. 11 are injuries, many escaping with only cuts after their homes were tlatenned. another powerful twister ripped across this county in ohio destroying everything in its path. >> felt the house shake and a couple loud thumps then it was gone. >> reporter: forecasters say the massive fast-moving storm was like a category 3 hurricane slamming the midwest and south. wind gusts topped 80 miles an hour knocking out power for tens of thousands, from minneapolis to memphis. there are reports of about two dozen tornadoes including this one caught on tape ripping off a roof in indiana. >> whatever was in its path with it touched down, it just sucked it right up. >> reporter: in chattanooga, tennessee a possible tornado created chaos on a busy interstate. >> me and another motorist were trying to pull the fence away so people could get by and just one after another cars kept piling up. >> reporter: airports across the midwest are hoping to rebound after a day of massive cancellations. about 500 flights were canceled at chicago's o'hare airport alone. but, with more high winds in the forecast and a blizzard warning now in effect for parts of the midwest, travelers can expect more delays. kendis gibson, cbs news. just ahead on the morning news, the cost of higher education on the rise again. plus, deep sea scare. a shark mistake as diver's camera for food. this is the "cbs morning news." i do a lot of different kinds of exercise, but basically, i'm a runner. last year. 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