Video: Critical Contests: Alaska
The latest poll shows Tea Party-backed Joe Miller is tied with Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski with Democrat Scott McAdams trailing behind. Ben Tracy reports that the Senate race in Alaska that could be historic.
Video: Obama’s Final Rally in Ohio
With just two days until the midterm elections, President Obama campaigned in the critical swing state of Ohio. Chip Reid reports on the president’s final rally and his plan for election day.
Obama Makes Final Campaign Push
President Urges Voters to Turn Out for Democrats, Says GOP Is Prepared to Turn Back Clock If They Win
Video: Obama’s Final Campaign Push
With midterm elections three days away, President Obama is out on the campaign trail rallying Democratic support. Chip Reid reports.
Sarah Palin travels to W. Virginia to support GOP Senate candidate John Raese
She is joined by her husband at a rally for Raese, who is batting Gov. Joe Manchin for the seat held by the late Robert C. Byrd Jr. Palin has been crossing the nation, building up IOUs in this midterm election.
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin hit West Virginia on Saturday, campaigning on behalf of Republican John Raese, who is locked in a close Senate race against Gov. Joe Manchin.
Obama, GOP leader stake out post-election stances
When ‘the voting is done,’ Obama says, ‘we need to put this kind of partisanship aside.’ Ohio Rep. John A. Boehner counters that it’s Republicans who’ll bring about the ‘new way forward in Washington.’
With his party set to lose one, if not both houses of Congress Tuesday, President Obama used his weekly address to look beyond the midterm elections, saying he hopes to work with Republicans to address the nation’s ongoing economic challenges.
Explosives found in two U.S.-bound packages, thwarting terrorist attack
The two packages and other suspicious parcels aboard cargo jets, all originating from Yemen, ‘underscore the necessity of remaining vigilant against terrorism,’ President Obama says.
A terrorist attack apparently aimed at two Jewish centers in Chicago was thwarted when two packages the size of bread boxes containing explosives were intercepted in Europe and the Middle East, President Obama and counterterrorism officials announced Friday.
Video: Democrats’ Final Push
With Democratic candidates trailing their rivals in key U.S. Senate races this midterm season, Nancy Cordes reports the president’s political party is fighting for as many congressional seats as possible.
Obama says terrorist explosives discovered, bound for US from Yemen by cargo jet
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared Friday that authorities had uncovered a “credible terrorist threat” against the United States following the overseas discovery of U.S.-bound packages containing explosives aboard cargo jets. Obama said both had been addressed to Jewish organizations in the Chicago area.
Video: Special Report: Obama Addresses Nation on Terror Plot
CBS NEWS SPECIAL REPORT: President Obama address the nation about an alleged terror plot involving suspicious packages containing explosives found on cargo planes in England and Dubai. The President says the packages were sent from Yemen.
