ian poulter gave the team a boost of confidence. yes, basically it is all about ian poulter. he is the reason they won this cup. on sunday, he defeated webb simpson in singles in the come from behind win. more points than any player on either team. polster will ste poulter will join us at 6:45 eastern time. >>> european shares are under a lot of pressure in early trading today, hurt in large part by doubts about the spanish bailout. reuters reporting spain is ready to request a rescue as early as next weekend, but german officials reportedly saying madrid should hold off. the news is creating a lot of confusion among investors and we'll check in with ross westgate in london in just a few minutes to talk about that. in asian market news, australia central bank cutting its main cash rate by a quarter point today to 3.25%. policymakers say the growth outlook for next year looks a little weaker while inflation nation likely to remain contained within it target. and on the u.s. economic calendar today, monthly auto sales. analysts are looking for an annual sales rate of about 14.5

. >>> and my exclusive with european ryder cup winners, ian poulter and justin rose. a sporting moment so extraordinary even the men in the middle of it can't quite believe it happened. >> it really was one of the most remarkable comebacks i can think in any kind of sport. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. our big story tonight, neck and neck with 36 days to go until the election, the latest cnn/orc poll has president obama at 50% and mitt romney at 47%, within the margin of error. the thing both sides are counting on to change it, wednesday's debate. president obama is in nevada for two days of practice sessions with david axelrod and david plouff. mitt romney is counting on his secret weapon, ann, out on the trail. >> this country is ready for a turnaround. this country is ready -- this country is ready for mitt romney. >> joining me now, a man who knows quite a lot about mitt romney's debate preparation, his senior advisor, former senator jim tallent. welcome to you. >> good to be with you, piers. >> how is he getting on, the candidate? because t

. >> joe, how was ian poulter yesterday? >> oh, my god. it was awesome. you know what we're going to do now? we're going to elevate him to the unofficial squawk golf analyst. all he's got to do -- whenever anything is going on -- i mean, he's very frank and sort of has an edge to him. what's wrong? >> nothing. >> you wanted to ask a question now that we're talking about ian poulter? >> i'll just tell you that we're doing a sports thing out here, too. my coffee came from elway's restaurant. john elway's got a very nice restaurant. >> we heard from peyton over the weekend, i would say, right? >> yeah. in a big way. >> this is probably really necessary. go ahead. what do you need? >> i wanted to know if -- >> you know, forget about it. we've got to go to break. it's okay. >> john, we will ask the question -- andrew will have a question for you when you come back in the 7:00 hour. >> i'll be ready. >> programming note for you. cnbc's coverage of the first presidential debate begins tonight at 7:00 eastern time. >>> coming up, your morning dose of sports and w

>> well, ian poulter started a recovery -- >> on saturday. >> on saturday by birdieing the last fivet two matches for the europeansing looked like they were going to go the wrong way, in which case, you know, it was over. and it was over anyway at 10-4. because of the momentum that they came in with, you know, i said that evening, you know, they feel like they are tied 6-10. at that point i don't think a european team or any team had gone into, you know, the locker room that evening four matches behind and felt so good about themselves. >> an poulter five birdies in a row. what about tiger's performance? >> tiger didn't play well the first morning. but to be honest with you, really played fairly well, you know, from then on. just ran into a buzz saw with, you know, he and his partner, played extremely well in the singles match but was beaten by molinari. there was one great moment when the crowd was singing ♪ there's only one colsaerts >> were you rooting for the europeans? >> i was obviously torn having been a european ryder cup player, i was born there. but i've been in this countr

>> well, ian poulter started a recovery -- >> on saturday. >> on saturday by birdieing the last fivet two matches for the europeansing looked like they were going to go the wrong way, in which case, you know, it was over. and it was over anyway at 10-4. because of the momentum that they came in with, you know, i said that evening, you know, they feel like they are tied 6-10. at that point i don't think a european team or any team had gone into, you know, the locker room that evening four matches behind and felt so good about themselves. >> an poulter five birdies in a row. what about tiger's performance? >> tiger didn't play well the first morning. but to be honest with you, really played fairly well, you know, from then on. just ran into a buzz saw with, you know, he and his partner, played extremely well in the singles match but was beaten by molinari. there was one great moment when the crowd was singing ♪ there's only one colsaerts >> were you rooting for the europeans? >> i was obviously torn having been a european ryder cup player, i was born there. but i've been in this countr