And you only had to look at the folks at the conference over the weekend to see that they really are sort of one in the same. jim demint, michelle bachmann, liked by both sides. it makes a lot of sense politically. jim, thanks. you bet. you probably have not been counting, so we did it for you. there are five female candidates for senate in this election cycle from the republican party. at 6:40 eastern, we will talk about the gop getting in touch with its feminine side, with republican strategist leslie sanchez, and kiki murphy. and coming up at 7:40 eastern, we ll talk with indiana republican mike pence who was the winner at the values voters summit about whether or not there can be an alliance between the tea party and christian conservatives. the furious debate over extending the bush tax cuts. the fate of your bank account is in the hands of congress. will they or won t they? we ll have a break down of the
here in new york. first, though, let s go to the scene, reynolds wolf live in elbow beach, bermuda. looks like not a good time there this morning. reporter: well, things are improving compared to last night where the brunt of the storm really came just to our west around 11:00 local time through midnight, really the worst of it. this storm, although it did not make a direct hit, you ve got to remember that bermuda is a small area. and this storm when you include the outflow is nearly 1,000 miles wide. when you think about bermuda, it s not one island, but 138, and joined together is about the equivalent land mass of 1/3 of washington, d.c. very easy target for this immense hurricane. the effects we ve had here, some tremendous waves that right along the coast. we ve got video we took yesterday right around sun down. huge waves crashing onshore. that not only of course caused some major beach erosion, but at the same time, flooded some roadways right along the coast. the hea