His fifth olympic games. Going for gold yet again. And good morning, america. All kinds of excitement for Michael Phelps. What about that, the first u. S. Male swimmer to make it into not one, two, three, four, but five olympics. Could be adding to his already 18 olympic gold medal count. Dont forget, missy franklin, after a tough start, she sealed her place on the olympic team. Boy, remember her in 2012 . Well much more on that on your big board. First that breaking news about isis. Officials report the massive u. S. Air strikes targeting terrorist groups in iraq killed more than 250 isis fighters. Martha raddatz has the latest from washington. Reporter that is a striking number. If that 250 figure holds, this would be one of the largest, deadliest hits on in recent memory. We were in that area just over a month ago. This is a group thats normally scattered throughout Population Centers in iraq, does not travel in large formations, but the pictures out of iraq overnight and this morni
Day, howion for the enthusiastic are you about voting . 202 5853880. Republicans 202 5853881. Independents 202 5853882. And if youre outside the u. S. , 202 6280184. A very good sunday morning to you. Headlines in the pages today isut voter enthusiasm, here New York Times. The papers in minnesota, the star tribune the mood of voters , chile and uncertain. Gap gives the gop midterm momentum and this story from the wall street journal. Overstate voter enthusiasm, we want to bring in the reporter who wrote that story to talk about the issue of voter enthusiasm. You, heading into tuesday, which group of voters are more enthusiastic . If you look at people who are more enthusiastic come a these are people like men over the age of 50, tea Party Supporters, Senior Citizens across the board. That is particularly interesting because these are groups that skew republican. Excited republicans are or giddy over the fact that they have an enthusiasm advantage. Host is it a clear sign of victory . G
I had those little scissors. [laughter] listen, four years ago, the democrats lost the governors rate by 20 votes per precinct. 20 votes. 20. That was your cousin pookie not voting. That was jim, who was like drinking beer and setting up his fantasy football for next week, and he didnt vote. That is what happened. 20 votes could decide whether millions of hardworking pennsylvanians get the raise they deserve. Those 20 votes could decide whether teachers get the support they need and whether our kids get a fair shot. 20 votes. Your vote matters. It decides the course that pennsylvania will take, so i am not just asking you to vote, because i know all of you are going to vote. You have got to get involved. There are organizers here. As you are going out, you should try to hook up with them and talk to them about volunteering. Go to voteforpa. Com. Volunteer. Make some phone calls. Knock on some doors. Grab people you know. The election is too important to leave it to somebody else. It is
Throughout campaign 2014, cspan has brought you more than 130 candidate debates from across the country in races that will determine control of the next congress, and this tuesday night, watch cspans live Election Night coverage to see who wins, loses, and which party will control the house and senate. Our coverage will begin at 8 00 p. M. Eastern with results and analysis and also seek concessions speeches in some of the most closely watched senate races across the country. Throughout the night and into the morning, we went to hear from you with your calls, facebook comments, and tweets. 2014 Election Night coverage on cspan. Coming up next, two Campaign Events in pennsylvania. Kentucky senator rand paul and president obama in philadelphia. Republican senator rand paul was in pennsylvania on friday. He spoke at the annual eisenhower luncheon on the state and local candidates, including governor tom corbett, who is running for reelection. He talked about diversifying and expanding his
Hampshire. Weve seen a steady stream of voters throughout date. A little bit of a lull believe it or not despite the fact that there are ten or 12 voters in here. Throughout the day weve seen even longer lines. A little bit quieter now than, of course, well be seeing later as the evening picks up as folks get off work and head here. Jeanne shaheen facing incumbent scott brown. He is the former senator from massachusetts that gained National Fame when he beat mart why copely. Now, following that loss, he decided to move here to New Hampshire where he is now fighting yet another senate seat battle for the gop. Shaheen, who is also a former New Hampshire governor, often works to remind voertsz that he just moved across the border, and he has been fighting that carpet bagger label and working to tie shaheen to president obama. We talked to voters about what we think. I think we need a change in New Hampshire, and i am an independent, and i went straight republican this time. We voted for J