tracie potts has a look at the latest numbers and what we can expect heading into tonight's a face-off. >> you're ready for tomorrow night? >> paul ryan says he is ready to take on the vice president. >> we think he will come at me like a cannonball. [inaudible] >> ryan design kentucky after several days of debate in florida and virginia -- is in kentucky. the vice-president has been in a delaware, studying ryan's books, speeches, and his budget. >> i want to make sure that when i say these things, that i do not say them say, no, no, i do not have that position. >> there is a lot of pressure on vice-president joe biden to take the fight to paul ryan in an attempt to slow mitt romney's momentum from last week's debate. >> the white house not addressing the president's performance in november but says this about next week's presidential debate. >> it is not about him or his opponent, not about one party or the other. it is about, what would you do? what will you do when you get into office? >> tonight, the number two men face off. pew research 551% view vice- president joe biden unfavora

>> all right, tracie potts for us in washington. tracie, thanks. and you can watch live coverage of tonight's debate live from danville, kentucky. that's beginning at 9:00 p.m. eastern/6:00 pacific right here on nbc. >>> a week after the first presidential debate the latest nbc news/"wall street journal"/parst poll finds that republican nominee mitt romney has surged in three swing states. governor romney's largest gain was in virginia where he now leads president obama 48% to 47%, a virtual tie and within the margin of error. in florida, president obama retains a one point lead over romney, 48 to 47%. and in that key battleground state of ohio mitt romney gained two points but the president still leads 51% to 45%. >>> well, today marks one month since the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. and yesterday the white house again denied any intentional cover-up of what led to the assault and said the investigation continues. lawmakers demanded to know how lax security may have been and whether warning signs were completely or simpl

nbc's tracie potts has the details for us from washington. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. they are really focusing on the swing states in the final two weeks before the campaign. governor romney and paul ryan in colorado at a rally there talking about why they feel they're close to winning this election. the governor saying those debates super charged his campaign. he's in a virtual tie now in all the major polls. he said the president is slipping. today governor romney will be in nevada, in reno, cedar rapids, and romney in tampa, lakeland and winter park, florida, making three stops there. paul ryan will be in cleveland, ohio. meantime a 20-page booklet outlining what he says is his plan for the next four years, 3.5 million copies. the president said at this event in ohio with vice president biden yesterday that the math in his plan adds up. he's got eight different states he's hitting in the next three days. he'll be today in iowa, colorado, california for a quick stop to take the leno show and nevada. vice president

nbc's tracie potts has a preview for us from washington. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. a lot on the table. 200 people stormed the parliament building in libya. we saw violence in lebanon with five people wounded this morning. a 9-year-old girl there killed over the weekend. syria, that civil war continuing, and all of it very likely to come up at this debate tonight. tonight's debate is going to be a little bit different. the format is going to be similar, but the candidates will be seated, no notes, no props. six 15-minute segments, including the afghan war, israel, iran, where the white house is denying they are agreeing to talks on the nuclear program so far. china, the middle east. over the weekend, we saw the president at camp david where he's behind closed doors preparing for this final debate. governor romney took a bit of a football break amid his preparations over the weekend. libya very likely to come up as an issue with both of them. the governor has been pressing president obama to explain why the disconnect ea

tracy potts in washington. thank you. >>> our coverage of the final presidential debate begins tonight at 9:00 eastern right here on nbc. >>> this morning we are learning more about the gunman who opened fire at a wisconsin day spa leaving four people dead. authorities say it appears to be a case of domestic violence and that the 45-year-old suspected shooter had a temporary restraining order on him against his wife. jay gray has details. >> reporter: police are still trying to put together exactly what happened in this normally quiet milwaukee suburb. >> it could take days, weeks, to figure this all out. a very confused crime scene. >> reporter: this 45-year-old man walked into the spa just after 11:00 sunday morning and opened fire. >> a girl in her 20s holding a paper towel to her neck because she was bleeding from her neck. >> reporter: three women were killed, four others wounded. >> we had seen about ten people come running out of the back of the building with their hands up screaming. >> reporter: in the

we have tracie potts with the latest on the race for the white house. >> reporter: president obama is back at the white house this morning after hitting eight states in two days, including something we have never seen before. >> you are right. >> reporter: a president voting early. >> it means you don't have to figure out whether you need to take time off work to figure out how to pick up the kids and still cast your ballot. if something happens on election day. >> reporter: if there is any doubt which state could swing the election, the president wrapped his tour in ohio. >> i have come to ohio today to ask you for your vote. >> reporter: governor romney spent all day in ohio. >> now that's an ohio welcome. thank you! >> reporter: and paul ryan launches a bus tour in ohio this weekend. >> the choice is yours on november 6th. >> reporter: today, governor romney is in iowa talking about the economy after greeting a crowd of 12,000 at a concert last night in ohio. >> this campaign is growing. the momentum is building. we're taking back america and it's coming soon. >> reporter: new poll

for details, we go now to nbc's tracie potts for the latest. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. aides say that the president has seen the tape of the last debate, that he was disappointed but that he is determined not to make the same mistakes tomorrow. >> hello everybody, hello, hello. >> reporter: president obama taking a break. advisors say expect a more aggressive president to challenge mitt romney tomorrow night. >> he's got to be more energetic. i think you'll see somebody who's very passionate about the choice that our country faces. >> we saw governor romney sort of serially walk away from his own proposals and certainly the president's going to be willing to challenge him on it. >> the president can change his style, he can change his tactics. he can't change his record and he can't change his policies. >> reporter: mitt romney's doing debate prep on the road. saturday he was in ohio. >> i need you to get other people who voted for barack obama to come join our team. we need ohio. >> reporter: maybe not. >> he ca

nbc's tracie potts joins us now live from washington. good morning. >> veronica. good morning. let's talk about the speech. in it today he tries to draw distinctions. we've seen an advanced copy where mitt romney will now argue america is now weaker against our enemies abroad. mitt romney gives a big foreign policy speech in virginia today, but over the weekend in florida, he focused on taxes and president obama. >> he will ultimately have to raise taxes on middle income taxes by $4,000 a year. >> reporter: since last week's debate, which romney is widely regarded as having won, both sides argued the other was dishonest. >> he was a little taken aback at the brazenness with which governor romney walked away from so many of the positions on which he's run. >> reporter: their truth war now on tv. >> not telling the truth about mitt romney's tax plan. >> this was dishonest. >> i'm not in favor of a $5 trillion tax cut. >> the governor knows his $5 trillion tax cut isn't too popular, so a few weeks before the election, he's trying to pretend it doesn't exist. >> reporter: president

nbc's tracie potts has the latest for us from washington. tracie, what's going on? >> reporter: veronica, as you can see things are changing literally by the hour. the president is going to be here and not in florida this morning. so far here we just have light rain. as you can see these campaigns are taking no chances. >> reporter: governor romney will join ryan's bus tour in ohio. president obama canceled events in virginia and colorado. he'll do one last rally in florida today before heading back to washington. on sunday the president met with fema, the federal emergency management agency overseeing the government's plans to help states and cities. >> anything they need, we will be there. we're going to cut through red tape. we're not going to get bogged down with a lot of rules. >> reporter: in florida the president told campaign workers turnout is the key. >> whoever is able to get their voters out, they're the one whose are going to win florida. >> reporter: that could be tough in states where sandy is headed. maryland already canceled early voting today. virg

nbc's tracie potts has the latest on that and the candidate's schedules. racy, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. normally they'd be making their final push a week before election day. but now sandy has reeked havoc not only on the campaigning but on millions of potential voters. instead of campaigning today as planned, president obama is getting briefings at the white house and warning americans. >> please listen to what your state and local officials are saying. when they tell you to evacuate, you need to evacuate. >> reporter: eight states plus washington, d.c. were declared federal disaster areas before the storm hit. west virginia was added early this morning. president clinton filled in in ohio. >> he got up this morning and called me and said i got to go back right now, this storm is getting out of hand. i said, mr. president, that is the right call. >> reporter: governor mitt romney scheduled a storm relief rally in ohio today. he and paul ryan are urging supporters to donate. >> swing by, give a hand -- >> make sure we do our ver

nbc's tracie potts joins us now with all the latest from washington. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're hearing a lot of he said, he said on the campaign trail. when it comes to mitt romney's tax plan, president obama insists it's going to grow the budget. romney says it's not true. >> if he says it's not true, then it's not true. okay. >> reporter: in battleground ohio, president obama insists mitt romney's tax cuts will add $5 trillion to the deficit. >> if it's true it's not going to add to the deficit, that leaves only one option, and that's asking middle class families to foot the bill. >> the president's charge of a $5 trillion tax cut is obviously inaccurate and wrong. >> reporter: romney also in ohio mocked the obama campaign's latest ad mocking his plan to cut funding for pbs. >> big bird. big bird. big bird. he's focused on saving big bird is kind of a strange thing in my view because, you see, i'm focused on helping the american people get good jobs. >> reporter: sesame street's now asked the obama campaign to pull the big

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> we look forward to the boxing gloves. >>> the excitement overover the bay area is not ready to fade. some believe it may have fallen near martinez and others searching further north. so far, lots of junk as you see this zooming across the sky. a futile and sometimes painful search in reality. >> i found a bone and i found some lizards, but no meteorite. >> despite all the disappointment, they are not giving up the search. they plan to continue the search throughout the day and probably throughout the weekend. >>> we are searching for the weekend weather forecast. christina is here to tell us about it. you mentioned rubber boots? >> rubber boots, jon kelley. we have mostly cloudy skies across the greater bay area. at the coast and along the peninsula, clouds are breaking up. full sunshine in livermore. i want to talk about where we are headed. 68 degrees in nevado. 67 degrees in san francisco. headed toward 70 degrees later on. 70 in san jose. you will get a few hours of sunshine along the peninsula between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. still mostly cloudy

nbc's tracie potts has more from washington. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. they're raising a lot of money, too. which is why we'll see more of those ads. romney today in iowa and ohio. speaking of campaign slogans, turns out he may end up repeating a new one he coined yesterday. we first heard it on monday. he argued president obama's policies made the world more dangerous. >> the risk of conflict in the region is higher now than when the president took office. >> reporter: romney promised to create one person to deal with the middle east, arm syria's rebels, sanction iran if needed, expand the navy and push free trade. democrats weren't impressed. >> i'm a professor. if one of my students turned it in, they would get a c because he gave absolutely no specifics. >> reporter: pew has it up four points, gallup says the positive jobs report gave president obama a five-point boost. courting hispanics there, but he also said that mitt romney's debate was more style over substance, that debate really fueling those polls and we'll see if it's affected by the vice p

i'm worried about the impact on the families. >> reporter: tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> the stock markets are closed for the second straight day. scott mcgrew says officials at the two largest exchanges are working hard to make sure the shutdown does not extend to a third consecutive day. >> good morning. if the markets were closed tomorrow, that would be a problem. tomorrow is the last day of the month. the day the books are closed on stock contracts and portfolios. the nyse is running tests on the secondary system just in case the closure lasts through a third day. they will be able to make the trades they need to tomorrow. this really isn't a computer issue as much as a people issue. you can't get in or out of lower manhattan. streets closed and mass transit is shutdown. now the u.s. department of labor has updated us this morning saying it will release the october jobs numbers as scheduled. remember, this will be the last time we will see those all important numbers before the presidential election. those will come on friday. hopefully everything back to normal by then.

tracie potts has the preview. >> reporter: president obama on the right and mitt romney on the left. questions about taxes and health care. the bar is high for the president and predicts romney's aggressiveness is not a fun balance. >> he has the facts. he drills you. he is tenacious. that is the difference between four years ago and this time. >> reporter: the bottom line, democrats say, is who has specifics. >> the american people at home are looking for details. i think you will see president obama continue to do that. >> reporter: nbc's latest poll puts the president three points ahead with romney gaining ground. >> voters are less likely to be hispanic and percentage of people 18 to 29-year-olds dropped. as a consequence of the po poll being slightly older, it moves to mitt romney. >> reporter: more interesting, the battle ground states. romney closing the gap in virginia and florida, but not ohio where the president is maintaining a strong lead into the debate. and despite what we found in the nbc poll, 4 in 10 americans are interested in the debates, but 60% are going to watch

tracie potts is in washington this morning. she has all the reaction. >> reporter: they clashed almost from the very beginning. >> how much would you cut the budget? >> governor what you're saying is just not true. >> reporter: amid the confusion -- >> i do want to make sure -- >> if i could have you -- >> reporter: they did address issues like jobs. >> that plan is to make sure that folks at the top play by a different set of rules. >> i will not under any circumstances reduce the share that's being paid by the highest income tax loopholes. >> reporter: the 42% governor romney called victims. >> think about who he was talking about. >> i care about 100% of the american people. the president has tried. >> reporter: president obama took the blame for deaths in libya. >> i'm the president and i'm always responsible. >> reporter: mr. romney insisted the president did not initially call libya a terrorist act. >> it took the president 14 days before he called the attack in benghazi an act of terror. >> get the transcript. >> he did,

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> thank you.the boy scouts of america will inform the police and sheriff's offices of the boys who worked in their ranks. the organization has been keeping information for decades. they have been orders to release the files from 1965 to 1985. now a spokesman for the scouts says the order has prompted them to go through the files to report any and all offenders to the police. >>> spanning the globe. facebook's mark zuckerberg met with dmitry medvedev today in the effort to increase facebook's profile. facebook dominates in a majority of countries that use social media around the world, but russia is not one. dmitry medvedev is hoping to create the equal of silicon valley in his country. zuckerberg ditched his jeans and hoodie for a suit. >>> let's check back in with christina loren. i guess it will still be hot out there? >> he will want to trade in the suit for swim trunks in palo alto today. temperatures are hot there in the 90s. google land getting hot up. 95 degree readings. i want to start wit

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> 4:46. the markets will reopen this morning after a two-day closure because of sandy. with a look at what to expect from wall street this morning, we turn to jackie deangelo, live at cnbc world headquarters. >> good morning. the u.s. financial markets will get back to business today after being closed the past two days because of the storm. stock futures are a little bit higher ahead of the opening bell. it's uncertain what trading is going to be like today. the new york stock exchange and the nymax are opening their physical trading floors but many traders may not be able to get to work because of new york's subway system and also trains into the city could be closed for days if not weeks because of the flooding we've seen. meantime, several wall street banks will try to open today. goldman sachs will reopen in lower manhattan but it's still on generator power. bank of america and american express will keep their offices in the world financial center closed. citigroup is saying its office i

tracie potts has the story from the university of denver. >> reporter: the stage is set for tonight's debate. >> governor, you ready for tomorrow? >> i'm getting there. >> reporter: while mitt romney took a break from practice to get a burrito bowl, president obama visited hoover dam. >> it's spectacular. >> reporter: aides say they're coaching the president to keep his answers short and be aggressive. romney's practicing how not to get irritated. >> the president has an opportunity to put this race away if he has some great night it mitt romney has to have a good night to get this trajectory of this race to change. >> reporter: the poll shows romney with momentum. but more voters think the economy is improving. what are they listening for tonight? >> i would like to hear firm chances on positions. definitely some good debates. >> reporter: inundated by ads -- >> this president cannot tell us -- >> reporter: -- some residents say they won't watch tonight's debate. >> i already know who i'm voting for and i just don't want to hear it anymore. >> reporter: in our poll, 6 in 10 found the

tracie potts is in denver this morning with debate highlights. >> reporter: the point of this debate was to make differences clear on lowering the debt. >> you said you'd cut the deficit in half. >> the way we do it is $2.50 for every cut we asked for $1 of additional revenue paid for, as i indicated earlier, by asking those of us who have done very well in this country to contribute a little bit more to reduce the deficit. >> the president insisted romney would spend $5 trillion on tax breaks favoring the wealthy. >> math, common sense and our history shows us that's not a recipe for job growth. >> everything he just said about my tax plan is inaccurate. >> reporter: they clashed on wall street, whether banks should be too big to fail and medicare. >> cutting $716 million to balance obama care is in my opinion a mistake. >> if you repeal obama care, and i have become fond of this term, obama care, if you repeal it, what happens is those seniors are going to be paying $600 more in prescription care. >> reporter: the fiercest exchange over health care and jobs. >> i just don't know ho

tracie potts has the very latest. >> hello, everybody.hello, hello. >> reporter: president obama taking a break from his weekend debate prep. advisers say expect a more aggressive president obama to challenge mitt romney tomorrow night. >> he's got to be more energetic. i think you'll see somebody who's very passionate about the choice that our country faces. >> we saw governor romney sort of serially walk away from his own proposals and certainly the president is going to be willing to challenge him on it. >> the president can change his style, he can change his tactics, he can't change his record and he can't change his policies. >> reporter: mitt romney is doing debate prep on the road. saturday he was in ohio. >> i need you to get other people who voted for barack obama to come join our team. we need ohio. >> he can probably win the presidency without ohio but i wouldn't want to take the risk. no republican has. >> reporter: romney has done 34 events at ohio since the republican convention, 11 since his last debate. his campaign says

and nbc bay area's tracie potts has more. >> we're going to pull an all-nighter. >> reporter: the president's tour of battleground states continues today after a late night rally and impromptu greetings in las vegas. today he'll vote at home in chicago and hit three more states. florida, virginia and ohio. he joked about it with jay leno last night. >> and then we will red eye to florida. >> you mean red bull to florida. >> there's a little caffeine drinking going on on air force one. >> reporter: governor romney has three stops in ohio today, one of several swing states up for grabs. >> and i'm optimistic, not just about winning. we are going to win, by wait. he doesn't have a plan to get jobs for america. i do and that's why i'm going to win. >> what did i say i was going to do in 2008 and what have i delivered. they can have some confidence that the things i say i mean. >> reporter: both candidates confident, despite tightening polls, especially in ohio. >> if obama wins ohio, romney will have to win wisconsin, and colorado and either new hampshire so new hampshire is in the mix. >> report

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> let's just get to november 6. vote and get it over with. >>> a scientist admits he kind of blew it when it came to a chunk of that meteor they thought crashed in the bay area last week. we've got the proof to prove it. we'll explain. >> baked potato. >> bad baked potato. >> if you're traveling across the san mateo bridge, a couple of big notes for you. >>> 4:55. remember that chunk of meteor right found by a nevada woman over the weekend? this one turns out to just be a rock. a rock from planet earth it the scientist from the institute would declared the rock was from outer space admits yesterday all right he blew it, it was a mistake. a woman in nevada found that rock. that laura said looks like a baked potato. found it in her yard three days after a massive meteor exploded over the bay area. note to self, don't eat at laura's. she said something hit her roof. when the rock was taken in for analysis, the scientists found it was just a plain old chunk of rock from right here on planet earth. >> i got plenty of tho

nbc tracie potts has the latest for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're on the south side of that storm dumping so much rain. so far light rain. we have not yet felt the full effects of sandy but the wages aren't taking any chances. with the storm on the way romney canceled rallies in north carolina in the storm's path. instead he'll join paul ryan's bus tour in ohio. >> our thoughts and prayers are with the people who will find themselves in harm's way. >> reporter: president obama canceled events in virginia and colorado and will do one last rally in florida before heading to washington. he met with fema overseeing the government's plans to help states and cities. >> anything they need, we will be there. and we're going to cut through red tape. we're not going to get bogged down with a lot of rule. >> reporter: in florida he told campaign workers, turnout is the key. >> whoever is able to get their voters out will win florida. >> reporter: that could be tough in states where sandy is headed. maryland has canceled early voting and virginia, a battl

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> speaking of election, ever wonder how much your vote is costing president obama and governor mitt romney? according to data provided be the federal election commission, together they are spending more than $2.3 million every day this election season. so if you divide that number by the total number of voters in the last campaign, you'll find the obama campaign is spending about $5.33 per voter. now that makes it sound like a bargain, riot? the romney team spending $4.81. combined that's $10.14 on each american in the hope of getting that vote from you. >> couple of gallons of gas. that will keep coming down. >>> 4:50 right now. coming up, they spent months filming here in the bay area and this morning the movie about the world famous mavericks competition all set to hit the big screen. surf's up. details next. >>> and look at this beautiful shot here. this is the incline, the taillights heading into the city. no problems on the bay bridge, but i'll show you what else we can see from this camera coming up. >>> welcome back, everybody, on a friday m

tracy potts, thank you. a reminder, our coverage of the second presidential debate begins tomorrow night at 9:00 eastern right here on nbc. >>> this is one of the most talked about stories on the planet. fearless felix baumgartner is back after the ultimate leap of faith. on sunday, he became the first sky diver to break the sound barrier, jumping from a balloon 24 miles above the earth, plummeting through the skies at super sonic speeds, reaching 833 miles an hour, or mach 1.24. baumgartner then made a remarkably smooth landing on his feet in the new mexico desert. unbelievable. that feat came 65 years to the day after chuck jaeger became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound, and sunday jaeger did it again. but now that he's 89, the man known for having the right stuff was merely a passenger onboard an f-15 jet that raced across california's mojave desert. absolutely amazing. >>> here's your "first look" at some other news going on in america today. in florida, dramatic video of a car plow no

tracie potts has the latest on that from washington.d morning to you. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. less than one week from the election, governor romney is cautiously venturing back out on to the campaign trail. president obama still focused on the storm. today the campaign is back on. sort of. paul ryan has rallies in wisconsin, the vice president in florida, avoiding questions about fema. >> and i pleerappreciate your n generosity. >> president obama is not back on the campaign trail until tomorrow, he's still dealing with sandy's after math. >> i told the mayors and governors if it they're getting no for an answer somewhere in the federal government, they can call me personally at the white house. >> reporter: today the president visits new jersey where six days before the election, he got a pat on the back from republican rival governor chris christie. >> the president has been outstanding about this. i don't give a damn about election day. >> i don't think anybody thought much about that. >> reporter: the president is not sched

tracie potts has more on the candidates' final preparations. >> how did it go, senator? >> great. >> team romney, full of confidence. >> mitt is prepared. mitt is confident. mittth got a good presence about him. >> team obama with a cheerleader in the wings. >> i'm smiling, i'm giving a thumbs up if he can see it. i assume that he can so i make sure that i'm always giving him that positive love. >> reporter: this second debate is a town hall format with questions from the audience and the candidates pushing their own agendas. >> these debates are giving us the ability to cut include the clutter and give people a very clear choice. >> there needs to be a more compelling economic argument made tomorrow night about why the obama/biden ticket is really the one that's going to keep the country moving in the right direction. >> reporter: aides say the president will bring up romney's vague tax map and the 47% he dismissed in remarks caught on camera. romney is sure to bring up the administration's snafu on libya, initially calling the death of four americans there part of a ri

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> stay with nbc bay area. we have live coverage of the presidential debate. you can see it right here tonight at 6:00. tune in an hour early for your local and nightly news and of course we'll have a full wrap-up of the debate tonight at 11:00 and tomorrow morning right here on "today in the bay." >>> an important note for you, today is the deadline to register to vote in the november election. you can register online at the secretary of state's website, sos.ca.gov. applications must be submitted by midnight. you can also fill out an application and be postmarked with today's date or hand delivered to your county elections office today. very important, get out and register. >>> 4:51. lance armstrong could lose his tour de france titles today. we'll have the details coming up. >> already did. >>> i heard a bump bump bump like something hit the roof. >> plus it turns out that bump was actually a meteorite and now a bay area scientist is asking for the public's help to find more. >>> and this morning going to be

from denver, i'm tracy potts, back to you. >> tracy, thank you. both candidates will be back on the campaign trail today. president obama will stay in denver while mitt romney heads to virginia. and the latest nbc news "wall street journal" poll shows the race in the commonwealth tightening. the president leads his republican rival by 2%. that is within the margin of error. he led there by 4% last month. and in the race, it's even tighter in another battleground state, florida. president obama leads romney by 1%. >>> many virginians are keeping close tabs on this election, especially the ones entering the job market. hundreds of george mason university students watched, and said they were grading the candidates on what they had to say as well as how they said it. >> i'm not getting a sense of obama as the commander in cheesm. >> and romney? >> romney is really laying it down and being very detailed for once. >> my mind was already made up. but i became a lot more informed. >> i like when they're talking about the health care stuff. and about the m

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> the next debate goes off on monday. looking noforward to that. >>> disaster at google, sensitive information as earnings were released early today. and scott mcgrew said it was terrible. >> trading was halted this morning an extreme step after earnings were released prematurely. google says the printing company it uses accidentally sent out an electronic copy of the financials before the stock market closed. so that's problem number one. problem number two is google's numbers were disappointing. the stock plunged on the news. expenses way up, net income way down. now, to be mayor, when larry page took over at google, he can did warn he'd be spending lots of money and google has been famously google first, investors second. cnbc says you can tell the earnings report was not even finished when it was released early. there's a space in there for pending larry quote. meanwhile we wait on amd. we do expect them to release earnings on time and we did expect to see layoffs. >> okay. we'll wait for the pending information. than

tracie potts, nbc news washington. >>> this final debate drawing a big crowd at santa clara university. while most know who they will be voting for in november, there was several undecided voters in that audience. apparently the 90-minute debate really didn't change anybody's mind and didn't help any of the undecideds lean one way or the other. >> i was a little disappointed with romney's performance. i did not want to hear about his five-point plan again. >> of course obama has the experience of the last four years. in 2008 obama had just about as much foreign policy experience as romney does now. >> we'll be having more reaction throughout the morning. coming up at 5:00 we'll be joined by a political science professor who will highlight some of the key moments from last night's debate. we'll do that for the voters. now election day november 6th. our coverage starts at 3:00 p.m. that day and we'll be on the air throughout the evening until all the major races have been called. >>> all right, this morning how do you dress before you head out the door? better find out with christina lor

nbc's tracie potts has the latest on that part of the story. >> reporter: instead of campaigning today as planned, president obama is getting briefings at the white house and warning americans. >> please listen to what your state and local officials are saying. when they tell you to evacuate, you need to evacuate. >> reporter: he declared emergencies in eight states, plus washington, d.c., before the storm. virginia and west virginia were added early this morning, along with the first federal disaster areas. new jersey and new york. with the president busy in washington, president clinton filled in at a rally in ohio. >> he got up this morning and called me and said i've got to go back right now. this storm is getting out of hand, i've got to handle it. and i said, mr. president, that is the right call. >> reporter: governor mitt romney scheduled a storm relief rally in ohio today. he and paul ryan are urging supporters to donate. >> swing by, give a hand. you know firsthand what people are going to need. >> make sure we do our very best to help those that are being impacted by this st

tracie potts live in washington, d.c.ok at the areas where the president will visit today. but we begin with a look at wall street. >> the most important stock exchange in the world have been closed for two days. we have little precedent here. it's really not a good lesson for today. not something we can actually use. totally different stishgs. the last time they were closed for weather was back in the 1980s. that was for one day. probably nothing real instructive for us there so what to know. we see the futures call for a higher opening. about 3 1/2 billion shares are traded every day on a normal day. i have no doubt we'll see far more than that. we're waiting for the numbers to come across. >> focus remains on that storm with less than a week before the presidential election. tracie potts is live with a look. >> reporter: governor romney back on the trail today. yesterday he was in ohio collecting donations for the storm victims. he was asking people to leave donations at his campaign offices. now he is back to talking

tracie potts has more. >> president obama taking a break. advisers say they expect a more aggressive president obama to challenge mitt romney. >> he has to be more energetic. >> we saw governor romney walkaway from his own proposals and the president will be willing to challenge him on it. >> the president can change his style and tactics but it cannot change his record and policies. >> mitt romney was in ohio on saturday. >> we need ohio. >> he could probably win without ohio. >> his campaign says the plan to get thousands of new volunteers. resident obama's lead in ohio has narrowed. president obama is up 18 points among early voters. >> virtually unchanged since the last debate. tracie potts, wbal-tv 11 news. >> great time to be a baltimore sports fan. the orioles ended an amazing season. >> the ravens have the best record in the afc. 108 yard kickoff return for a touchdown by jacoby jones. that tied an nfl record. the cowboys would come back. dallas had one more chance to win. dan bailey missed a field goal. keith mills will have highlig

tracie potts, wbal-tv 11 news. >> for more coverage, visit our website, wbaltv.com. just click on politics. >> it was a close win for the ravens on sunday. the darius webcam and ray lewis will miss the rest of the season -- lardarius webb and ray lewis will miss the rest of the season. ray has overcome injuries in the past. john harbaugh has to finish out the season without the face of the franchise. a tricep tear user requires four to six months for full recovery. some fans still believe the team can bounce back. >> i am pretty sure they can find a new way. ray is 37. they have been thinking about his soon-to-be retirement. >> there is no -- we have other key players. hopefully we can improve our defense. >> i think they will have a great season. >> that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. do you think the ravens can overcome the loss of ray lewis and lardarius webb? you can share your response on wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> 50 degrees at the airport. a memorial for chris stevens today. >> hilla

tracie potts, wbal-tv 11 news. >> president obama and mitt romney were debating in new york. bill clinton was giving a speech in baltimore. no crews were allowed inside. >> this is part of a speaker's series. some of the people who watched said the former president spoke about his foundation and non- governmental organizations. as for his take on politics. >> it wasn't a very political speech. the end that helive en gave his side on the election. >> there are many important issues here in our state. >> there is a lot at stake when you go to the voting booth. >> jennifer franciotti has more. >> later today, baltimore and tourism officials will be meeting with casino operators in support of question seven, which is all about expanded gambling here in maryland. on monday, the naacp ned to affirm hits -- and question 6 on the november ballot. someone was placed on leave because she signed a petition to put the controversial law on the ballot. the president now says the university will work with her to reach a resolution. peter franchot is breaking with his party support for the c

tracie potts has more. >> what are we doing here? >> lots of laughs at this charity event in new york. >> i feel arrested after the nice long nap i had in the first debate. >> big bird did not see it coming. >> caging the first lady's reaction to both debates. >> do you know which debate was which? >> but no jokes about the latest poll. he can lose every other swing state and still win the election. today the president is in virginia. governor romney is in a florida. paul ryan's book. >> you had the bullets aimed at you. >> president obama said he cannot change washington from the inside. isn't that why we elect presidents? >> this weekend the candidates go back into study mode for monday's final debate appeared to focus on the final debate will be foreign policy. tracie potts, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thousands of veterans will have access to a campus-based psychologist. the program is designed to link veterans to psychological services. it is at towson university. >> 64 degrees at the airport. we talked a lot about sleep. a lack of slee

tracie potts, wbal-tv 11 news. >> 5:48. 50 degrees at the airport. orioles are in the playoffs and headed to the big dance. >> the birds need to buckle down in tampa. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. okay, what'ya havin? i'll have the build your own burger with a... sunny-side up egg, jack cheese, jill. and, uh... make it a double. inspiration can come from anywhere. build your own burgers are now at denny's. number of students that wea lot of problehave.th the... resources. materials. things that the children need... on a day-to-day basis. anncr: question seven will help. the department of legislative services says question seven... will mean one hundred ninety nine million a year... for schools...gaming revenue that would have... gone to other states. and independent audits will guarantee the money... goes where it's supposed to. krystal conwell: i think people should vote for question... seven because i think it will be a great benefit to children. >> we want to get to our water cooler question of the day. >> thi

tracie potts has the latest from washington. >> today the campaign is back on, sort of. paul ryan as rallies in wisconsin. avoiding questions about fema after collecting supplies for storm victims. >> i appreciate your generosity. it is part of the american spirit. >> president obama is dealing dy's aftermath.fterma >> i told the mayors and governors they can call me personally at the white house. >> the president has been outstanding. i didn't give a damn about election day. ck to me.atter a link to >> the president is not scheduled to visit new york. >> we may see a long lines today. early voting resumes in maryland and washington, d.c. new jersey might be moving some polling places. west virginia may bring in portable generators. tracie potts, wbal-tv 11 news. >> you can download are new smartphone app. >> 5:40. 41 degrees at the airport. nobody wants their house to get egged. >> there are some alternatives. some health your suggestions -- some healthier suggestions. >> we're music: guitar, clapping and whistling throughout. multivitamin coming in. on it chief! look a

tracie potts, wbal-tv 11 news. >> this year voters will do more than make their pick for president.jennifer franciotti has a look at several controversial .easures on the ballot >> a news conference in support of expanded gambling. that is one of the many tough issues facing voters on the november ballot. on monday, the naacp met to affirm its commitment to same- sex marriage and question 6 on the november ballot and urging maryland voters to head to the polls on november 6 to do the same. >> is our truth one that says in our country you can drive at 16, you can vote at 18, you can drink at 21, but you cannot marry if you're in a same- gender-loving relationship? >> the chief diversity officer at gallaudet university was placed on leave because she signed a petition to put the controversial law on the november ballot. gallaudet's president now says the university will work with her to reach a resolution. peter franchot is breaking his party's support for the state's congressional map. >> in maryland, if you're a democrat running in one of these districts, you could be winnie-the-poo

tracie potts, wbal-tv 11 news. >> which candidate scored the most points with viewers? you can check our smart phone app. you can follow along on wbaltv.com. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. will the presidential and vice- presidential debates have any impact on the way you vote next month? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> new details as police identify the officers involved in the death of a man while in their custody. jennifer franciotti has the story. >> we're learning more about the officers. police are releasing the names of the three suspended officers involved in the death of drug suspect anthony anderson. they are detectives gregg boyd, michael vodarick, and todd strohman. strohman is a decorated police officer. he was shot in november of 2010. sources say he had the most physical contact with anderson during that encounter. anderson died of blunt force injury. he suffered broken ribs and a ruptured spleen. anderson's family argued the autopsy results sup

i'm tracie potts. back to you. >> okay, thanks so much. >>> well, president obama and mitt romney will not meet again until october 16th. >> here to help sort things out, santa clara university -- political science professor jim cottrell joins us. thanks for getting up early with us. jim, a lot going on last night. romney was the aggressor, president obama doing a little rope-a-dope there. in your mind what kind of grade would you give these candidates. >> i'd have to say romney probably felt like he earned an "a." he seemed confident and assertive. one of the key things is he wanted to reassure voters he understood their problems and he from the outset from his initial statement, i think he did a pretty good job of suggesting that. he cared about jobs and the economy and probably passed the test of reassuring voters that he did understand the problems that we're facing. >> and now we are, what, 12 days away until the next debate. professor, what do the two candidates need to do between now and that ne

tracie potts is live on capitol hill, but we do begin with christie smith live outside the bill graham auditorium in san francisco with a look at the president's big fund-raiser there. good morning, christie. >> reporter: good morning to you, marla. you know tickets started at $100 and went all the way up to $7500. with that you would get a picture with the president, but they're all sold out. and guests are being asked to arrive as early as 5:30 this evening, even though president obama isn't scheduled to speak until around 9:40 this evening at the bill graham civic auditorium. the metal barricades are stacked up out here this morning. if you don't want to get caught in it, certainly avoid the area near city hall. president obama is coming to the bay area from los angeles, part of a two-day swing through the state as the campaign enters its final weeks. the president and challenger mitt romney looking to raise money to compete in competitive states like ohio. in los angeles, president obama poked fun at his own lackluster debate performance but also brought in the big bucks. $3.75 mil

live from capitol hill, i'm tracie potts. aaron? >> tracie, thank you. >>> despite mitt romromney's ga, president obama did take responsibility for the deadly attack in libya, even though his secretary of state did take the blame earlier this week. >> secretary clinton has done an extraordinary job, but she works for me. i'm the president. and i'm always responsible. that's why nobody's more interested in finding out exactly what happened than i am. >> last night's debate came on the same night u.s. ambassador chris stevens' family gathered in san francisco for a public memorial. ambassador stevens and three other americans died in that attack in benghazi last month. we want to know who you think won round two of the presidential debates. join the conversation on the news 4 facebook page. >>> 5:34 now. a family argument led to a murder that left a college professor in fairfax county dead. 68-year-old credit rudr. ruth hamilton allen died at her mother's home in preston, virginia. her 91-year-old mother called 911 for help. police arr

>> tracie potts on the hill. you, tracie. >>> today president obama will wrap up his two-day fund-raising trip in california. yesterday he spoke at a fund-raising concert with performances by jon bon jovi, stevie wonder, and katy perry. and he attended a $20,000 per person fund-raising dinner. tomorrow the president will hit the campaign trail in ohio. today the house intelligence committee is expected to issue a warning that china's two leading technology firms pose a major security threat to the u.s. here's a live look right now at the capitol. after a year long investigation, the panel is warning the government, as well as private businesses, to avoid wawei technologies and zte corporations. they're among the nation's leading telecommunications companies, and both deny posing a threat to the u.s. >>> 5:35 is our time. nats fans will have great memories of the first postseason game. nats beat the cardinals in game one of the national league division series. >> and a line drive to right field. coming on in, it's