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reporter: after a long fight it came down to a sentimental journey to the packed center of des moines, iowa. >> i've come back to iowa one

>>> president obama's expected on the stage shortly in des moines, iowa. the state really a book end to his career in the presidential campaign. jessica yellin is there for us tonight. big crowd behind you in iowa. the president is wrapping up his campaign. even though there are only six electoral votes in the state, but for him, it's where he battled it out against hillary clinton. >> it is, anderson. his stop here, the fact that he's ending his campaign here is meaningful strategically and symbolically. this is a battleground state, electoral votes, as you say. those votes could make the difference between having a second term and becoming a one-term president. this is a state in which he has an extensive ground operation and in which they have mobilized the early vote, almost like no other. they have an extreme advantage with the early vote here, and they almost say it's beyond governor romney's reach tomorrow, he would have to break history in order to win it. this is the spin from the obama campaign. again, as you point out, there's real history here,

you are watching michelle obama, the final rally for her husband in des moines iowa. we'll be going there live in a moment. we'll be live here in columbus, but first we want to listen to the first lady. >> the dreams of all americans. and the more i thought about it, the more i knew in my heart that i was describing barack. i knew he could be that president. and for four years, that's exactly what he's done. he has stayed true to himself and with your help he's worked day after day to make this country better to move it forward. he's rescued our economy from the brink of collapse. saved the auto industry. he's passed historic health reform, ended the war in iraq. he's fought so women get equal pay and students can afford college. he's fought for our seniors so they can retire with dignity, and our veterans, so they can get the benefits they earned and the respect they deserve. for four years, barack has been fighting to give every single one of us a fair shot at that great american dream. no matter what we look like or where we come from, or who we lo love. and for fo

you are watching michelle obama, the final rally for her husband in des moines iowa. we'll be going there live in a moment. we'll be live here in columbus, but first we want to listen to the first lady. >> the dreams of all americans. and the more i thought about it, the more i knew in my heart that i was describing barack. i knew he could be that president. and for four years, that's exactly what he's done. he has stayed true to himself and with your help he's worked day after day to make this country better to move it forward. he's rescued our economy from the brink of collapse. saved the auto industry. he's passed historic health reform, ended the war in iraq. he's fought so women get equal pay and students can afford college. he's fought for our seniors so they can retire with dignity, and our veterans, so they can get the benefits they earned and the respect they deserve. for four years, barack has been fighting to give every single one of us a fair shot at that great american dream. no matter what we look like or where we come from, or who we love. and for four

republican mitt rom any kicked off his day at an event in des moines, iowa. after that it was on to cleveland, ohio. white house correspondent brianna keeler is in hollywood, florida. where the president should any moment now arrive. he's a little late. it's about 20 minutes past the hour or the moment that people, a huge crowd were expecting to hear from him. what's the holdup? >> reporter: well, you know, he's got a lot of places to go, 20 minutes behind not really surprising. i think that's been happening a lot the last few days, fredericka. but yeah, we'll be keeping an eye out when he speaks so if you want to stop in and see what he's saying, for the last few days leading up to election day, he's concentrating quite a bit of his time in ohio, and also in wisconsin and iowa that midwestern fire wall. and as his campaign sees it, if he does sure ohio, they feel that he will be able to keep the presidency out of the hands of mitt romney. of course florida is also very important. when you look at the polls righ right now -- we're getting ready for the introd

president obama gave his last campaign speech in des moines, iowa, where he opened his first presidentialign office four years ago. >> i've come back to iowa one more time to ask for your vote. i came back to ask you to help us finish what we started because this is where our

but we drove across the farmland to iowa to catch up with the campaign in des moines. we go, crossing the mighty mississippi river from wisconsin, battleground state. into iowa, battleground state, where it all began politically for barack obama, which he needs to come through for him again this year. they were lining up to register and vote in dubuque, both sides looking for every single supporter. scott faulkner didn't vote last time. but is coming out for romney. >> felt like this time needed to make my vote count. things look like they'll be close, so time to make it happen. >> reporter: you could decide the election. >> that's right. >> reporter: the last rally of barack obama's historic political journey, the end of a long, hard and often ugly campaign on both sides, and the end of the obama era? or the start of a new chapter, a new chance for him, for them, for hope? so they've given us a souvenir to commemorate this, finish where we started. they hope they send him back to washington, that's what the people here hope. and it all comes down to whether or not tha

romney also stopped in des moines, iowa, today.e is trailing the president there by at least two points, and the president made an earlier stop in new hampshire. he spoke at a rally in concord. the president is leading by at least two points there, but he's asking voters to help out over the next 48 hours. >> if you're willing to turn out for me, we'll win new hampshire. we'll win this election. we'll finish what we started. >> oh, it's been a long campaign trail. listen to the voices. let's bring in howard fineman, nbc news political analyst and editorial director of the huffington post media group. there's real different things happening down the stretch of this campaign. what are they? >> tomorrow there's going to be a battle of the bands, literally, in columbus, ohio, where the obama campaign and the romney campaign will almost run into each other. the president will have bruce spring teen with him. i'll leave it up to the pollsters to figure out who comes ahead this in that one. it is the cross roads of america, the cross road

. -- des moines iowa. a toss up states that has only six electoral votes up for grabs. he was introduced by bruce springsteen. he has been for the past few days relying on star power to rally these crowds. bruce springsteen was with him yesterday. jay - z was with him. president clinton in pennsylvania on monday showing how tough it is there as well now that mitt romney has put up quite a fight in pennsylvania. yesterday we stopped by field office in chicago. the biggest one for illinois. 125 volunteers making 20,000 phone calls. all those going to voters in iowa and wisconsin. today, the president is going to do a series of interviews, make some phone calls. he will play basketball game and watched the numbers come in and join us here in downtown chicago for the final results. >> thank you. mitt romney's camp was supposed to wrap up campaigning in manchester, new hampshire monday night but decided to at stops in ohio and pennsylvania today. >> it was an enthusiastic crowd of thousands waiting for mitt romney in manchester monday night. many dismissing predictions barac

reporter: after a long fight it came down to a sentimental journey to the packed center of des moines, iowa. >> i've come back to iowa one more time to ask for your vote. >> this is where our movement for change began. >> reporter: and it didn't surprise even veteran aids when the president reached a certain portion of his emotional speech with his voice strained. >> that shows you what one voice can do. >> reporter: and teers flowing down his cheech. it was the last event of his last presidential campaign. >> as you know, this is a pretty emotional time for us, because this is the final event of my husband's final campaign. >> reporter: today our nbc affiliate in des moines asked the president about his tears. >> a photographer got a little tear going down your left cheek. was that the cold out there or emotion? >> you know, probably a mix of both. i have to say that being back in des moines, thinking about all the folks in iowa who had worked so hard on my campaign back in '08 and then to see them still working hard back in 2012, it made me feel deeply moved and honored to have been able

he's holding rallies in madison, wisconsin, and columbus, ohio and des moines, iowa.s devents in florida, lynchburg and fairfax virginia, in columbus, ohio, and in manchester, new hampshire. wouldn't be a presidential election without some kind of legal snafu in the state of florida. the state's democratic party is now suing to extend early voting hours with voters reporting lines of up to seven hours long at some south florida polling stations. we have cnn reporters all across all of the battleground states this morning to cover this race that appears to be headed for a photo finish. john berman's been following that for us. >> let's start in a state many think will decide this election, ohio. president obama and mitt romney, as you said, both hold rallies there today. the latest cnn/orc poll, has the president with a three-point lead in the buckeye state. cnn's martin savidge is live in cleveland for us this morning. hey, martin. >> good morning, john. let's talk about early voting. because they have been early voting in the state of ohio since october 2nd. we are w

iowa, however. nbc's kristen welker with us tonight from des moines. kristen, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. president obama is spendsing this day defending his midwest firewall. last stop right here in ohio, a state that holds special meaning and also crucial electoral votes. it's the last push. today the president travels more than 1,000 miles through the three midwestern battleground states which he sees as critical to re-election. from wisconsin -- >> are you fired up? >> audience: yes! >> reporter: to ohio where he continues to capitalize on the auto bailout. >> i'm proud we saved the auto industry, but i'm even prouder that we're making better cars now. >> reporter: before wrapping the day in iowa. between stops, he's conducting ten interviews aboard air force one, targeting specific media outlets whose audiences include young voters, african-americans and latinos, emphasizing the vital importance of turnout. >> we have come too far to turn back now. we have come too far to let our hearts grow faint. now is the time to keep pushing forw

their final event, des moines, iowa. new york officials plan to start reissue ewing permits today that will allow films and tv shows to shoot in exterior locations. superstorm sandy shut that down all last week. >>> samuel ljackson will be one of the presenters at the naacp's 22nd annual theater awards tonight in hollywood. special awards will go to actor james pickens jr., who has a recurring role on "grey's anatomy." >>> and just in time for the holidays, the animated story of how santa's youngest son saves christmas. arthur christmas comes out on dvd tomorrow. that is your eye on entertainment. teresa garcia, cbs news, hollywood. >>> good morning, i'm andrea roane. >> and i'm mike haiduk. those ads are almost over. glad you are with us. i can't they are nightmares in your sleep. >> had a nice weekend,. >> daylight savings time, we turned the clocks back. now we are going to potentiallien joy some days with midnight madness. >> let's get your day planner going. cloudy right now and 43. by noon 46. a little bit of a bre

found out from the obama campaign that the president plans to hold his final event on monday in des moines iowa. no word on what romney plans to do. >> five more days. tonight in washington. thank you. >> the election is almost here but after a months of campaigning this little girl has had enough. after listening to politics on npr with year mom the 4-year- old just broke down. >> i'm tired of -- of obama and romney. >> that's why you're crying? >> npr sent her a pen and apology, saying sorry we made you cry about --. >> it doesn't get any bigger than the cma awards. we have them right here tonight. >> abc 2news. audrey godfrey catching the buzz. >> reporter: its music city's most memorandum afterrable night -- memorable night. nashville's night to sign. there is no wondering why. they. >> getting in and practicing through it and trying to pick little things and figure outletting things that could make the preform come across better on tv and right here in thea rene a. >> reporter: the audience a who is who of country music mega stars. blake shelton. keith urban and taylor swift. she is riding

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romney also stopped in des moines, iowa, today.trailing the president there by at least two points. president made an earlier stop in new hampshire, stoke at rally in concord. the president is leading by two points there but asking voters to help out over the next 48 hours. >> if you're willing to turn out for me, we'll win new hampshire, we'll win this election. we'll finish what we started. >> oh, it's been a long campaign trail. listen to the voices. let's bring in howard fineman, nbc news political analyst and editorial director of "the huffington post" media group. howard, great to have you with us tonight. there are real different things happening down the stretch here in this campaign. what are they? >> tomorrow there's going to be a battle of the bands literally in columbus, ohio, where the obama campaign and romney campaign are going to run into each other. the president is going to have bruce springs steen with him and romney the marshall tucker band. that shows you how important ohio is. it's the cross roads of america,

. >> mitt romney in manchester, new hampshire, president obama in des moines, iowa, at the end of a long and grueling campaign. good evening. i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan issue lee. the most expensive race in presidential histories up to the voters. tracking polls show president barack obama leading romney nationally 50 to 47%. lillian, the final push for votes? reporter: it's been a mad dash to the finish line. the candidates, wives, and running mates, campaigned in a total of 12 states. >> the president's final campaign stop was in iowa, a key battleground state and also a sentimental place for the obamas. his win here in the 2008 caucus jump-started his first presidential bid. >> i've come back to iowa one more time to ask for your vote. i came back to ask you to help us finish what we've started. >> the next president of the united states. >> the romneys also went back to the state where it started for them. their final stop, manchester, new hampshire. also a target state. >> the question of this election comes town to this. do you want four more years like the last four years? >>

. >> mitt romney in manchester, new hampshire, president obama in des moines, iowa, at the end of a long and grueling campaign. good evening. i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan issue lee. the most expensive race in presidential histories up to the voters. tracking polls show president barack obama leading romney nationally 50 to 47%. lillian, the final push for votes? reporter: it's been a mad dash to the finish line. the candidates, wives, and running mates, campaigned in a total of 12 states. >> the president's final campaign stop was in iowa, a key battleground state and also a sentimental place for the obamas. his win here in the 2008 caucus jump-started his first presidential bid. >> i've come back to iowa one more time to ask for your vote. i came back to ask you to help us finish what we've started. >> the next president of the united states. >> the romneys also went back to the state where it started for them. their final stop, manchester, new hampshire. also a target state. >> the question of this election comes town to this. do you want four more years like the last four years? >>

he ends the day where his 2008 campaign began, in des moines, iowa. the president is leaning on two big names in music to help rally voters today. how about this? bruce springsteen and jay-z will perform joining the president on the trail throughout the midwest. over the weekend in new hampshire, president obama and former president bill clinton appeared together for the first time of the 2012 race. president obama thanking president clinton for his hard work while clinton continued to zero in on mitt romney's record. >> let me just say, president clinton has been traveling all across the country for this campaign. he has been breaking it down so well that people tell me i should ask him to be secretary of explaining stuff. the only clinton working harder than him is our secretary of state, hillary clinton. >> his opponent decided to oppose it. and now he's trying to figure out how to get out of that in ohio where one in eight jobs is tied to the auto industry. he's tied himself in so many knots trying to say he didn't oppose what he clearly opposed t

majority in the house. >> thank you so much. >> we go to mitt romney who is on the ground in des moines, iowa tightly contested iowa. let's listen to governor romney. >> thank you to governor brant. thank you governor appreciate your help. and lieutenant governor reynolds, thank you for your help. senator grassly and tom lathum and shout out to the des moines register. thank you for your endorsement. and i have to admit, i always like listening to the oak ridge boys. i appreciate their generosity being here this morning. thank you so very much for your energetic welcome. that is really something. your voices are being heard all over the nation this morning. and they are heard loud and clear in my heart as well. i want to thank you. thanks so much to you who have been doing all of the work out there for my campaign making calls from our victory centers, putting up a sign in your yard or in someone else's yard. convincing a co-worker to get behind paul ryan and me. now let's make sure that we get every one we know out to vote on tuesday. got to get that done. this is a huge turnout. what makes

iowa. a little different story here. not a huge storm. these folks are pretty hardy. a little bit of light rain and or snow mixed in wisconsin. maybe 40 milwaukee. i think des moinesstay dry. i think we'll have sunshine in western iowa. that's pretty good. ohio fantastic. chilly but sunshine. 40s across the board except for cincinnati. sunshine and 53. now we'll go up into new hampshire. this is a golfing day for these folks. this is very nice. sunshine in berlin, 35. mid-40s in southern new hampshire. pretty nice day. even virginia and north carolina were okay. we'll be dry in virginia. dry in the most part in north carolina. 48 in leesburg. low 50s in richmond. rain could inch into western north carolina and charlotte before some of the polls end of the for the most part a dry, dry day. florida it's what you might expect. 60s and 70s and 80s. dry in miami. showers and thunderstorms in jacksonville and orlando. that's for election day. let's talk about wednesday for us. we're talking a nor'easter. the wednesday morning commute will be dry. the evening commute could be wet. the track is still uncertain. this thing could miss us or this thing could give us rain, wi

today romney starts out in des moines, iowa, cleveland, ohio, then newport, virginia. revenge was the topic with all new talking points this weekend during their final stretch. >> you know, at the time the republican congress, any senate candidate by the name of mitt romney -- [ booing ] >> no, no, no. don't boo. vote. vote. vote. voting's the best revenge. >> yesterday the president said something you may have already heard that i found troubling, spoke to an audience and said voting is the best revenge. [ booing ] >> he's asking his supporters to vote for revenge. i'm asking you to vote for love of country. >> president obama is hitting the trail again in a few hours with another democratic hea heavyweight by his side, former president bill clinton. the two will campaign in new hampshire. they also stop in florida, ohio, and colorado. our white house correspondent dan lothian is live in new hampshire for us this morning. good morning, dan. what is bill clinton's role for obama in thiess final days. how much weight does he carry? >> reporter: the campaign does believe

he starts in des moines, iowa, ohio, pennsylvania, and virginia. you can count on us to be there every step of the way. >>> mitt romney ended his day yesterday in colorado at the rally in englewood. he had an admission about day one of a romney presidency. >> when i'm elected, the economy and american jobs will still be stagnant, of course, but i won't waste any time complaining about my predecessor. from day one i'm going to go to work to help americans get back to work. >> another big named endorsement for the president. he's now got the support of israel's oldest newspaper. they say obama is good for israel. quote, the outcome of the elections will be determined by the voter's decision as to which of the two candidates are better for america. but if any of them are vacillating whether hob has been a good president for israel, the answer is question. kind words by a big paper but the endorsement is expected to have little effect on the voters here. >> the u.s. >>> and in president obama's sprint to head a toss-up uks he made a stop in wisconsin w

. >> mitt romney in manchester, new hampshire, president obama in des moines, iowa, at the end of a long. good evening. i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan issue lee. the most expensive race in presidential histories up to the voters. tracking polls show president barack obama leading romney nationally 50 to 47%. lillian, the final push for votes? reporter: it's been a mad dash to the finish line. the candidates, wives, and running mates, campaigned in a total of 12 states. >> the president's final campaign stop was in iowa, a key battleground state and also a sentimental place for the obamas. his win here in the 2008 caucus jump-started his first presidential bid. >> i've come back to iowa one more time to ask for your vote. i came back to ask you to help us finish what we've started. >> the next president of the united states. >> the romneys also went back to the state where it started for them. their final stop, manchester, new hampshire. also a target state. >> the question of this election comes town to this. do you want four more years like the last four years? >> your hometown chicago

des moines, iowa. before a crowd of 20,000 supporters, the president wiped away a tear while reflect on those who have helped this campaign and their accomplishments over the past four years. >> i've come back to iowa one more time to ask for your vote. i came back to ask you to help us finish what we've started. because this is where our movement for change began. thank you. right here. right behind these bleachers is the building that was home to our iowa headquarters of 2008. in 2008 we were in the middle of two wars and the worst economic crisis since the great depression. today our businesses created 5.5 million new jobs. the auto industry is back, home values are on the rise. we're less dependent on foreign oil than any time in the last 20 years. we've dealt with the production of clean energy because of the service and sacrifice of our brave men and women in uniform, the war in iraq is over. the war in afghanistan has ended. al qaeda is on the run. osama bin laden is dead. >> president obama is

president obama, meanwhile, held his final campaign rally last night in des moines, iowa, and he was joined by the first lady who was campaigning separately and bruce springsteen also with the president. the president is now today in his hometown chicago where he holds his election night event. ♪ >> my goodness. >> thank you, guys. thanks so much. my goodness. and i love you. i love you from the bottom of my heart. and i am beyond thrilled to be here with all of you. but we have to give some love up for bruce springsteen. i mean, gosh. for months, i have heard his songs played at our rallies. but i have to say, there's nothing like seeing the boss in person. nothing like it. he has just been tremendous. he and his family and his team, they've just been amazing. so we want to thank bruce for everything that he's done for us. and more than anything else, i want to thank you all for being here tonight. i mean, as you know this is a pretty emotional time for us, because this is the final event of my husband's final campaign. so this is the last time that he and i will be onstage together

western stop in colorado last night, and then earlier this morning, as you mentioned, he was in des moines, iowa. that was his last stop in the central time zone. we're now in the eastern to him zone with mitt romney for the duration of his campaigning. he has been delivering that closing message to voters. part of that has been really aimed at the economy, saying the president will only bring four more years of the last four years. he likes it put that out on the campaign trail to voters saying, would you rather have what he calls real change. then the other thing that he is doing, fredricka, later on this afternoon you mentioned he's got two more stops. he's heading to the battleground state of pennsylvania next. the obama campaign has called that an act of desperation noting that that state has mainly gone for democratic presidential candidates in recent elections, but the romney campaign points to the polls that have been closing between these two candidates in pennsylvania, and they're noting the fact that president obama is sending perhaps his top surrogate, bill clinton, there tomorrow as