john donvan, abc news, washington. >> well done, john, as always. >>> remember, join the abc news

john donvan, abc news, washington. >> well done,

john donvan, abc news, washington. >> something for all of us to think about.adcast from ohio. "good morning america" first thing in the morning and diane sawyer right back here tomorrow night with "world news." good night.

john donvan, abc news, washington. >> it is going to be close.oclaim here in cleveland today, it's all about ohio. "good morning america," first thing in the morning and diane sa sawyer right back here tomorrow night. good night from ohio. >> ama: next at 6:00, we're following breaking news after a dramatic rescue. five people pulled from the water, but two others had to be cut out of the boat. >>> a political battle brewing. the war of words that has two east bay candidates on edge tonight. >>> and thousands of northern california workers walk off the job. how it could affect your next grocery run. abc-7 news at 6:00 begins now. >> ama: seven people rescued today, pulled to safety, after a boat capsized in the north bay. for two victims the rescue was especially risky. i'm ama daetz. the rescue operation just wrapped up in northwestern marin county. lillian kim is live in petaluma with the story. reporter: the people who are rescued from the boat were

john donvan, abc news, washington. >> something for all of us to think about.adcast from ohio. "good morning america" first thing in the morning and diane sawyer right back here tomorrow night with "world news." good night. [ mitt romney ] we have to work on a collaborative basis. look, the reason i'm in this race is there are people that are really hurting today in this country. and we face this deficit -- could crush the future generations. and republicans and democrats both love america but we need to have leadership -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get e job done and could not care less if it's a republican or a democrat. i've done it before, i'll do it again. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message.

john donvan, abc news, washington. >> well done john, as always. >>> remember join the abc news >> live and in hd, this is abc 7 news at -- this is "good morning . morning: washington." >> we know what change looks like. >> your vote and work here in new hampshire will help me become the next president of the united states. >> today is the day. president obama and mitt romney have spent months on the road. and countless television ads. today voters decide which men will lead this country for the next four year. good morning washington. it is tuesday, november 6. >> could morning to you. we will get right over to our meteorologist. >> the call this morning of the season so far. a freeze warning in effect -- the coldest morning of the season so far. if these warning in effect. until 9:00 this morning. look at those temperatures. 27 in frederick in gaithersburg and dulles. reagan national still above the freezing mark at 35. 25 and the martinsburg. -- 25 in martinsburg. 45 by noon. no big weather problems to prevent you from getting out and voting. which is good news because our coastal st

john donvan, abc news, washington. >> so interesting, reality versus perception.s going to win versus who you want to win. interesting. psychological difference. >> who do you think is going to win? >> not making any predictions. we'll be here for weeks talking about it. uh-uh. who do you think? >> i think the sign language interpreters are going to win. you. >> you should run for office. that was a very down the middle answer. more from abc coming up next. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades. >>> this morning on "world news now" -- the misery is mounting. a week after hurricane sandy struck. people wonder how much more they can take of being cold, hungry, and homeless. >> and those long lines for gas go on and on and on. it is monday, november 5th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good monday morning, everyone. i'm paula faris. >> i'm rob nelson. in a moment, an ominous new forecast for some of the most desperate people in the hurricane zone. very cold weather and a nor'easter, are now on th

abc's john donvan shows us why pollsters should have been asking a different question. >> reporter: you they think will win -- who are you going to vote for? >> romney. arkansas and who do you think's going to win? >> obama. >> reporter: you may get -- a decent forecast of the actual outcome on tuesday. >> what people are feeling and from that you get a broad sense of how your local community's feeling. >> reporter: justin wolfers of the university of michigan just published a study on polling data where he and a colleague looked at data from hundreds of elections dating become to the 1930s asking what pollster's question was the best predictor of who got elected. it was not the obvious one -- which candidate do you prefer, which they say would have predicted 69% of elections they studied accurately. rather it was which candidate do you expect to win. 81% of the time, voter consensus on that turned out to be correct. that's because wolfers believes, voters, real people, know things. >> the amount of information you have, it's almost like you're a little pollster. >> mitt romney wins the

a point eloquently made by abc's john donvan. >> i believe in america. >> a second term. >> and i'm runningporter: it's happened yet again. the greatest battle for power there is. where the prize is what each of us has just one of, a vote. and what they'll go through to get it. consider the republican who did this all once before. >> i declare my intention to run for president of the united states. >> reporter: that was 522 days ago. ever since, a life on planes, off planes. on stage, off stage. greet, greet, greet. debate, debate, debate, debate, debate. one parent time, he enjoyed himself. >> when we're in recession, you shouldn't raise taxes on anyone. >> reporter: consider the democrat. >> one important time, he did not. >> i feel well-rested after the nice nap i had in the first debate. >> reporter: he also did this once before and says he won't do it again. but this time, he had the day job pulling him in all directions. it was govern and run. govern and run. govern and run. govern and run. govern and run. surviving it, this adventure that exhausted and aged them both. they in fact sh

john donvan, abc news, washington. >> so interesting, reality versus perception. interesting. psychological difference. >> who do you think is going to win? >> i'm not making any predictions. i think we'll be here for weeks talking about it. uh-uh. who do you think? >> i think the sign language interpreters are going to win. >> oh. >> you. >> you should run for office. that was a very down the middle answer. more from abc coming up next. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades.

welcome back to the big picture i'm john donvan coming up in this half hour you can have the nicest cars the biggest house and the best high tech gadgets but as the old saying goes money can't buy happiness and america's bigger is better materialistic society is the key to happiness involve giving up everything you have also forget about the grinch who stole christmas we have a bigger problem to worry about when it comes to trying to take away all the holiday cheer and take a tell you who's trying to force the democrats to shoot santa clause. in the best interest of the news one day or a corporate executive living the high life here wearing armani suits rolex watches and ray-ban sunglasses you live in a house fit for a king have a garage stocked with high priced sports cars and cars more money than most people can dream about your paychecks have more zeros than you can count and if there's a new high tech gadget on the market you have it and one day you wake up and realize that none of this makes you happy and you give it all up well my next guests did just that and they couldn't be happ