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and i m mike marusarz in for rob nelson. five weeks until midterm elections and the democrats are fighting to hold on to the control of congress. so they are sending the party heavyweights out on the campaign trail. emily schmidt joins us with more at what s at stake for the white house and capitol hill. good morning. reporter: good morning to you. well, senators this week in washington are going to wrap up their work here so they can head home and campaign for critical midterm elections. with five weeks to go tactics are ranging from personal to presidential. de end of september politics feel like november. you ought to be there for him on election day. reporter: heavy hitters are campaigning in races that ought to be a cinch in the past. barney frank has been in for 30 years but they are threatening to take back control of the hill. when we don t have people trying to make things worse and trying 0 obstruct we can provide the economy this country deserve. ....