Like this to win us the constitution. We pay a fee. And came over that made a difference. This is a part of any business. All that and more, now on power politics. Hello, everybody, im david. Im michael shure. Did you vote today . Look at this, i do nothing without my trainer. Exactly 90 minutes from now the first polls will be closed. The voting will end, and well get our first result. Again thats starting at 7 00 p. M. Eastern. At Al Jazeera America well keep you covered all night and into the morning not just with results but how those results will effect the issues that youve seen us cover throughout this election season. Issues that continue to engage the country like the Affordable Care act, isil, immigration, minimum wage, marijuana and ebola although not necessarily together. Today the Associated Press has been conducted tens of thousands of exit polls in multiple precincts in every state. Based on their analysis certain races will be called as soon as the voting ends. For the
Night on air an online for analysis and the latest results, plus a special report at 11 00 p. M. Eastern. Ifill its Election Night on the pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial is committed to helping you take charge of your future. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff it is 9 00 in the east and republicans are Building Momentum tonight in their drive to capture criminal of the u. S. Senate. So far they have taken two of the six seats they need. In arkansas, congressman tom cotton defeated incumbent democrat mark pryor, and in West Virginia, shelly moore capato won the seat being vacated by jay rockefeller, who is retiring. A number of Key Senate Races in georgia, North Carolina, virginia and New Hampshire all remain too close to call. And we know the polls, gwen, jus
Sent us and email, journal cspan. Org. An article from a couple days ago. Of americans said they were following the 2014 midterm elections very closely. Than half the number that said they were tracking the ebola virus, 36 , or u. S. Irstrikes against isis less than the 21 of the people paying attention to the secret service. Most people do not care about midterm elections. Like, at all. The cillizza in washington post. Hard for any story to be the of fracturedrld media consumption. They will be lots of Media Coverage in the final months. Is likely to increase. For most people, the midterms are a nonevent. Heres the hill. An underfunded independent has tern decelerate upside down turned the senate rate upside down. He told the hill that if elected, hed be a friend of obama in the senate. Surging in the race. Thats a little bit from the south Dakota Senate race. We want your point of view on election 2014. Ed in frederick, maryland. Are you paying attention . Caller im looking at the ec
Wasserman shultz on her battle with Breast Cancer and how she is helping other women. Hello im bonnie erbe welcome to to the contrary a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. Up first, women voters. Have republicans diffused the socalled war on women . Democrats running for congress are backing away from that rhetoric as the g. O. P. Has now pushed back aggressively against claims that republicans are antiwomen. Closing the gender gap is essential for the republicans in next months elections. Female republican candidates have attacked the notion of the war on women with indignation and disbelief. Gary peters and his buddies want you to believe im waging a war on women. Really . Meanwhile, male g. O. P. Candidates are taking a different approach in their ads many talk directly into the camera. This is a shift from when they were accompanied by wives or women when discussing womens issues. Commentators say these candidates are trying to prove they get it. So cong
The secretary of state john kerry is lobbying to get turkish leaders to joint the fight against i. S. Something that theyve been reluctant to do bubbl publicly so far. They may have 31,000 fighters. Al jazeera looks at how the group has been able to recruit so many fighters. Reporter theyre well armed and well financed. Rising to permanence across syria and iraq. But its their brutality that has made them notorious worldwide. The group known as the Islamic State is growing. Initially their numbers were estimated and 10,000 but now they say 30,000 men could be fighting under their banner. There appears to be little agreement or clarity how the i. S. Group has grown so quickly. Experts say that the failed Foreign Policy failure is to blame. Its really a failure for much of the west and how theyve been fighting terrorism in the last 13 years and looking at the force on force. You do have to address those root causes, the disenfranchis disenfranchisement of the sunnies in iraq as why then