gregg: hello, everybody, i'm gregg jarrett in for jon scott. jenna: hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee. brand new polling out today giving us a snapshot of how the race for the white house is shaping up on the 'of the first -- on the eve of the first presidential debate. the latest quinnipiac poll showing the president leading among likely voters, and that matters. [laughter] take a look at this poll, this same poll shows a much wider gap among women voters. the president holding a commanding lead, 56-38% among likely women voters nationwide. so why is governor romney trailing among women, and can he actually close the gap that's so important here? sabrina schafer is executive director of the independent women's forum, a nonprofit group that supports a lot of conservative principles. so, sabrina, why is that gap so big? >> well, i think that we have to be careful before we jump to conclusions. women make up more than 50% of the electorate, ander the not a

jon scott not too far away from the new york stock exchange. is it kind of a ghost town down there, jon? what do the streets look like? jon: it really is. it is eerie to be out on the streets of manhattan on monday morning, jenna, it is just flat-out empty. people have been told to stay home. the arterries that pump the lifeblood through this city, subway, train system, bus system, all shut down. people are just not working today. they have heeded the warnings. to look at weather here right now you feel like it is not such a bad thing but it is coming and it is predicted to be awful. so many plans have been spoiled by the arrival of hurricane sandy including a birthday party for the lady you see over my shoulder. the statue of liberty about, 126 years old yesterday. the national park service was planning to reopen her crown so the tourists can climb up steps back inside the crown. you haven't been able to do that since i believe, 9/11. they planned to make the big, grand reopening of the statue of liberty crown yesterday on her 126th birth i tod

i am jon scott. i can be number two too. jenna: be number one, jon. jon: big developments in the race for the white house. round two of the debates. this time vice president joe biden against his gop rival congressman paul ryan. we have brand new polls taken after the first presidential showdown. according to the "fox news poll" the romney ryan ticket got a boost jumping three points while the obama-biden ticket dropped three. the impact of the debate seems greater among independents with that voting bloc jumping five points in support of team romney while team obama dropped 7 points. president obama's opinion stayed the same after the debate while gove romney's rose four percentage points. that gives him a one point lead. still when you factor in the margin of error it is still too close to call. how did the president and governor romney did at the debate? both are weighing in. >> well, governor romney i had a good night. i had a bad night. >> how bad? >> well, it is not the first time i've had a bad night. >> well, obviously the president wasn't hap

i'm jon scott. thanks for watching. keep it right here on fox news channel.ll see you next weekend with another edition of fox news watch. >> heather: we begin with a fox news alert. new information on the deadly terror attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. eyewitnesses telling fox news that an angry mob marched up to the compound prior to the attack giving at least some credence to the idea there was a protest before the organized terror assault. welcome to america's election headquarters, i'm heather childers. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. changing narrative once again making for clear-cut answers

you're a colorado boy, right, jon scott? n: yes. >> that is what it was yesterday in the afternoon. 83 in denver. jon: good for the debate, yeah. >> guess what it is now? 37. jon: holy cow. >> you think has anything to do with the hot air leaving denver? jon: the hot air has flown out of town. >> we had to have fun with that. but man, a 46, 47 degree drop? that is a cold front, right. and that is what is giving us potential for snow across the upper midwest. 47 in minneapolis. 59 in kansas city. very warm across the eastern seaboard. that is going to change this weekend, my friends. we have a cold front stationary across the eastern seaboard. ahead of it along the front pretty nasty weather. showers and thunderstorms. it is so humid outside. bad hair day across the northeast. there is the winter storm bringing in some cases up to a foot of know across the extreme upper midwest as well as parts of the rockies. first measurable snow of the season and first real cold-snap. the cold air is on the move. there is the 24 temperature

i'm jon scott. fox news watch is on right now. >>> governor romney doesn't have a five-point plan, he has one point plan. that plan to to make sure that folks at the top play by a different set of rules. >> we have a president talking about someone's plan in a way that completely foreign to what my real plan is. then we have his own record. we have four consecutive years where he said when he was running for office. he would cut the deficit in half. instead he has doubled it. >> jon: three weeks left. the two candidates faced off for a second time taking questions from supposedly undecided voters and taking a lot of shots at each other. one of big issues in this debate was the role of the moderator. what about the debate itself? tell us how the media handled the debate? >> i think the media were happy to see president obama woke up by his own admission and we're happy to say he won for the most part. however, as i wrote for a conservative magazine and somebody went through the 1980 reagan campaign.

jon. >> scott, thank you very much. we appreciate it. >>> another huge story to talk about. a landmark decision could come in on how the country could view medical marijuana. the u.s. court of appeals in washington, d.c. will hear about how the government will classify the drug. christie smith has all of the updates and details. good morning, christie. >> reporter: good morning, jon. i spoke with medical marijuana advocates in washington, d.c. from the bay area. they are telling me they think this hearing went well and lasted 40 minutes. they say it could be a first step in recategorizing how me l immedia medical marijuana is seen and it has medical use. they say it is defined as a category one like heroin. a three-panel judge could lower thing. the harbor side panel said the executive director says they are serving patients and starting delivery in case they are forced out. recently the city of oakland took the bold step by filing a federal lawsuit to stop the department of justice from getting harbor side evicted. the executive director is in washington for the hearing. he

jon: i'm jon scott. we're live at the white house with just 12 days to go before election day, the battle for the presidency focuses on battleground state. both candidates launching all-outcome pain blitz. right now, president obama on route to virginia after stumping in another crucial swing state, florida. meantime governor romney is in the all-important swing state of ohio where right now he is holding a rally in cincinnati. and we have our eye on the economy as well. a very big issue in the race with the dow this week posting one of the worst drops so far this year. now, stocks are reacting to the brand new jobless numbers. and they show a drop in the weekly unemployment applications. the number of claims falling by 23,000 from last week. this as we get some new numbers on a key voting bloc. the latest poll showing governor romney erasing the gender gap. pulling even when it comes to women. tied at 47% apiece. this after governor romney lagged 16 points behind president obama just a month ago. joinin

i'm jon scott. jenna: it would nice to have cheetos on set so we could investigate properly. jon: you're making me hungry. jenna: there are a lot of topics to bet to today. we are glad you are with us. i'm jenna lee. 19 days until election day. and now a new presidential poll revealing something rehave not yet seen in the race for the white house, governor romney's lead over president obama among likely voters is outside the margin of error for the very first time. it's a new gallop daily tracking poll and it's showing the governor with his biggest lead to date 51-45%. up 6 points over the president. this is an important reminder, this latest survey was taken before tuesday's second presidential debate. we'll see if that has any affect at all. following the first presidential debate we saw how any performance on the national stage can really influence polls. tonight the president and governor will be on the same stage again, or be on or share a stage together again, it's not the same stage but in a much different setting. i hope -- maybe john roberts can explain that better. t

i'm jon scott. sourcers telling fox news that the terror attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi might have been part of a broader effort to drive out american and the western presence from libya. these sources telling fox that scores of security insurance tkepblts prior to 9/11, including some on western targets in the benghazi area indicated a possible ominous pattern. also new "associated press" report says the cia station chief in libya let washington know within 24 hours of that murder raid that terrorists were behind it. that would contradict the spontaneous attack theory pressed by some in obama administration officials for several days after the incident. chief washington correspondent james rosen has breaking details on that. >> reporter: with these latest disclosures and with president obama's appearance on the daily show last night the mystery of what he and his aides knew about benghazi and when has only deep end. the show's host liberal comedian jon stewart asked about the administrati

i'm jon scott. fox news watch is on right now. >> jon: wouldn't you love the thought bubbles would say. that was the scene at the end of the debate. this is some of the coverage that followed. >> it was a lot like the president obama we are used to hearing. i don't think he had the spark or energy or precision tonight that governor romney had. >> the president tonight was disappointing when he allowed mitt romney to that buck $716 billion in medicare. the president did not come out and explain it. >> it appeared that an energetic mitt romney appeared before a national audience. >> i think you are going to see team obama to buckle down more. he came out and he wasn't crisp. mitt romney looked like a credible punch. >> i think .... >> if you look at the twitter verse the republicans are very happy at this moment including the top team around mitt romney. >> where was obama tonight? >> there you go. mainstream and liberal media are shocked, shocked. the president didn't win. >> right. chris matthews wen

bill: we will see jon scott in matter of moments.vn jo 13 i ye ti itatro ohi bl' ste. mitt romney holding a town hall in tha critical state with new jersey govnor chris christie. we'll take you there live as polls in ohio seem to turn in mr. romney's favor. the drip, drip o n dly laon aut meca ienghi contues. during the noon hour eastern time a gop-led committee on capitol hill will grill government officials on diplomatic security in libya. at did we know? whese pry jit forouiv rn is u t today? he's holding his first press conference in two weeks. will he make news? we'll have it for you. bill: you have a busy day. jon: yes we do. bill: paying for a good idea. there is a state dishing out ney to employees who hav eaoav tom haeat sneci look at that. where all that went down, as bill and i come right back. [ male announcer ] when these come together, and these come together, one thing you can depend on is that these will come together. deoud es mebion ret t e. to sframl' it's amazing what soup can do. or annuity over 10 or even 20 yea

i'm jon scott. fox news watch is on right now. >> jon: big event thursday night a one night only showdown between the candidates for vice president. it was highly anticipated by the political press. first question out the gate was the controversy surrounding terrorist attacks. >> this benghazi issue would be tragedy in and of itself but unfortunately it's indicative of a broader problem, what we are watching on our tv screens the unraveling of the obama foreign policy which is making it more chaotic and us less safe. >> we did not know they wanted more security. by the way, at the time we were told exactly, said exactly what the intelligence community told us they knew. that was the assessment. as the intelligence changed their view, we made it clear they changed their view. that is why i said we will get to the bottom of this. >> jon: well, considering the lack of media attention that the embassy attack generally got, we talked about on this program before, were you surprised that was the first ques

i'm jon scott. jenna: nice to have you back in the studio. jon: great to be back. jenna: you felt the elements out there. jon: it wasn't as bad when i was out there as it got. jenna: show you comparisons yesterday, you get the feeling what the last 24 hours means not only for new york city but the entire east coast. i'm jenna lee. we're so glad you're with us today. new york and new jersey declared major disaster areas, one day after the super storm, named sandy slammed into the u.s. mainland and left behind a trail of devastation. at least 18 people are dead across seven states and more than seven million now without power. you have huge portions of the state of new jersey underwater at this hour, including the resort town of atlantic city. where floodwaters swamped buildings and stranded many motorists. new jersey's governor, chris christie, weighing in on the damage earlier today. >> i will first say to all of you, especially those out there facing loss, devastation, and heartbreaking reality your home may be gone, we're with you. we have a long road ahead of us

hello, everyone i am jon scott. jenna: and i am jenna lee. d spending cuts could tip the economy over the edge. unemployment may reach 12% unless congress takes action. jon: in the meantime, the congress reports that the economy grew at a 2% annual rate last quarter. still far below the level needed to create many new jobs. remember, that is a first look at this number. their other revisions. if you look at the other quarters, those revisions have been downward. we will get reaction from both campaigns coming up in a live report from the white house. right now, the president is back in the oval office, following a whirlwind tour, hitting eight swing states. he has several interviews scheduled for today, including one with mtv. governor romney is in ames, iowa, where he is about to make a major speech according to his campaign. he is going to talk about the economy. his plan for debt and deficit. he will be highlighting the big choices at stake in this election. last night, mitt romney was in ohio, where he got a big reception. take a listen. >

i'm jon scott. fox news watch is on right now. >> it was six weeks as today that terrorists attacked the benghazi. now, we obtained e-mail alerts that was put out by the state department as the attacks unfolded. >> 13 days to go before america votes, e-mails show that our top leaders were aware terrorists were taking credit for attacking the u.s. mission in libya, videotape day it happened. while the white house is now saying there was still confusion there are new questions what could have been done in the early hours as the attack was still ongoing. >> jon: cbs tuesday and fox news on wednesday. new details about the terror attacks in benghazi libya. every day this past week we seem to have learned something new about who knew what. e-mails detailing what was going on in benghazi and who was to blame. why did it take so long for the media to pay attention to this story and why did the white house seem to spin it differently? charles krauthammer shared his view earlier. >> they might have calculati

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jon: and i'm jon scott. the race for the white house intensifies after sparks fly at the one and only vice-presidential debate. more on that in a moment. first let's see where the presidential contenders are today. president obama off the campaign trail, spending the day at the white house. just over an hour from now, governor romney attends a rally in the battle ground state of virginia. the latest "real clear politics" poll average shows the president holding a very slim lead over governor romney in a head-to-head matchup. four years ago, president obama won that state. 13 electoral votes up for grabs in virginia with 270 the magic number needed to win but last night all eyes were on kentucky, home of the only vice-presidential debate this time around. the faceoff between vice president joe biden and congressman paul ryan got combative at times. the vice president raising eyebrows openly laughing, grinning, often interrupting his challenger, a display many republicans called disrespectful. with so much on

jon: and i am jon scott. three weeks left before the election. with each passing day, the numbers keep getting tighter in key battleground states. president obama is on his way to new york from williamsburg, virginia, where he had been holed up, getting ready for tonight's debate. governor romney is already in the area, arriving in long island today. you can expect confrontation when he takes the stage tonight. bill crystal is editor of the new standard and a fox news contributor. what does mitt romney need to do to win this debate? >> i think that that means that he needs to be positive. i don't think he needs to to go after president obama. some of these particular issues that are under in the news, iran and etc., i think what he did a week and a half ago is make his own case. if i were advising governor romney, i would say do that again. i think they have done a lot of going after the president and undermining him. what he did so well in the first debate was reassure americans and convince americans that he has a plan and a program. it is reas

that plagued me throughout this whole event, where is jon scott? what was -- where was he? we're going to have to leave you with that thought. jon: i was on my couch. [laughter] maybe next year. thanks for joining us. jenna: may "america live" starts right now. megyn: fantastic job. and a fox news alert on the final faceoff between president obama and governor romney and how this became a debate that some political analysts are now calling a must-win for the president. welcome to "america live" where we are today live from lynn university in boca raton, florida. the site of it all. i'm megyn kelly. in eight hours the president and the republican challenger go head to head on this stage to face off on foreign policy. that topic could not be any hotter right now with new fallout almost every day from the administration's changing response to the terror attack in libya that killed our ambassador and three other americans a little more than a month ago. joining us now to explain what to watch for and why it matters, chris stirewalt, our fox news digita

i'm jenna lee gregg: i'm gregg jarrett in for jon scott. this new report is now connecting the serial numbers of dozens of guns to a string of murders including the massacre of 18 men at a mexican rehabilitation clinic. william la jeunesse is following it all live from los angeles. william? >> reporter: gregg, you know many thought with that recent inspector general's report that the "fast and furious" story was buried for good. for a yeared at administration kept the most damaging information the fatalities in mexico, a secret. with univision's help we were able to something we knew, the serial numbers of guns to something we didn't a crime in mexico. to put a face on one of america's most embarrassing political scandals. a home covered in blood after gang members kill, 16, many teenagers at a birthday party in juarez mexico. many use in the massacre traced to "fast and furious". >> they are waiting for an answer. they want to know what happened and why they didn't stop these guns from leaving the united states and ending up in this, in th

i'm jon scott. jenna: hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee. we're getting a look at more brand new polling which shows mr. romney's strong debate performance last week may be resonating with voters. take a look at this. this is the latest pew poll of likely voters. governor romney now holding a four-point lead over the president. the governor trailed the president by eight points in the previous poll. and among likely women voters governor romney has closed a huge defender -- gender gap with the president. both candidates even at 47%. compare that to the same poll taken in mid-september before the debate. take a look at that gap. governor romney trailing the president by9 points. kimberly strassel, a columnist for "the wall street journal" she just wrote about the woman vote in fact from the gop. do you buy this type of move, this type of closing of the gender gap in such a short time? >> this is a remarkable poll. entire switch. not just among women voters but that 12-point swing you saw among all likely voters. that has to be one of the bigg

jon: and i am jon scott.13 days late and then let for the race for the white house for the have stepped up their schedules for the president heading for battleground states today and having overnight florida. governor romney also campaigning today in four states. john roberts, our senior correspondent, is live in reno, nevada. reporter: good afternoon, jon. welcome to very important washoff county. it is often said that as often this county goes, so goes the state of nevada. governor romney, as he did during the primary, trying to create a sense of inevitability great thing that he has the type of momentum that the president can't turn around in the time that is left in the campaign. my. on the campaign trail in las vegas yesterday, governor romney suggesting that the president is fading. >> we have not heard an agenda from the president. that is why his campaign is treading on water and he has been reduced to defending characters on sesame street. word games of various kind. also misfired attacks one after a

gregg: i'm gregg jarrett in for jon scott. we're live in the swing state of colorado as denver gets ready to host the very first face-to-face for the two candidates. president obama, governor mitt romney preparing to make their cases to tens of millions of americans expected to watch on television tonight. in the meantime, "the daily caller" releasing a videotape from 2007 where then candidate, barack obama, suggested racism played a role in the government's response to hurricane katrina. now the reverend jeremiah write was in the audience at the time. mr. obama went on to praise the controversial pastor, calling him a friend and a great leader. mike emanuel is live in washington with all of this. and, mike, some of then candidate barack obama's remarks deal with trying to help poor people. how did he handle that topic? >> reporter: well, gregg on the video senator obama at the time seas we don't need to build more highways out in the suburbs. he said there should be investment in minority owned businesses in our neighborhoods

jon: i'm jon scott. it is a happy friday, isn't it? jenna: that's for sure. jon: both presidential candidates are moving on after the first presidential debate of the year. governor mitt romney riding a big wave of momentum all of a sudden as he president obama campaign this morning in virginia. the battleground state with 13 electoral votes up for grabs. governor romney attending a rally in a few moments in washington county which supported john mccain by a 2-to-1 margin over the president in 2008. more on that in a moment. right now back to our top story, the drop in the national unemployment rate. it now stands officially at 7.8% in september. the economy adding 114,000 jobs last month, but not nearly enough to keep pace with population growth. so how does the overall rate drop? if we delve deeper into the numbers what does it really tell us about the health. economy five weeks from election day? charles payne, fox business network and ceo of w street.com. he joins us now. charles, if 114,000 jobs added will not keep pace with population growth, how does th

jon: i'm jon scott. the damage is stagger two days after sandy slammed the entire east coast. neighborhoods are without power and flooded out. dramatic rooftops rescues in hard-hit areas like staten island, new york. new york city subways remain shut down for a second day because of massive flooding. new york not the only place struggling to recover from a monster storm that is blamed for 55 deaths. ohio feeling the sheer force of sandy did. this powerful storm knocked down trees, snapping power lines, leaving hundreds of thousands of folks in the dark there. that is drop this the bucket compared to more than eight million who have no power. at the height of the storm. some as far away as michigan. a big chunk of the outages in new york. check out incredible video from huntington, long island. you can see as sandy rip as massive tree out right by the roots. this monster storm also changing the landscape of an rye conic part of new jersey, washing away parts of the jersey shore. look at that. a roller-coa

i'm jon scott.e heard from the candidates on libya, iran, china and our defense budget, but it's no surprise the discussion often move today domestic issues including the economy, jobs and even the auto bailout after nearly 90 minutes, each manmade his case in a closing statement. >> as commander in chief, i will maintain the strongest milk tear in the world, keep -- military in the world, keep faith with our troops and go after those who would do us harm, but after a decade of war i think we all recognize we've got to do some nation building here at home. rebuilding our roads, our bridges and, especially, caring for our veterans who have sacrificed so much for our freedom. >> the president's path means 20 million people out of work struggling for a good job. i'll get people back to work with 12 million new jobs. i'm going to make sure that we get people off of food stamps not by cutting the program, but by getting them good jobs. america's going to come back, and for that to happen, we're going to

jon: and i'm jon scott.ht in the florida they will sit down with five topics on the table; the middle east ask and terrorism, america's role in the world, afghanistan and pakistan, israel and iran and the rise of china. both sides hoping for a breakout performance just 15 days before election day, november 6th. with the latest "wall street journal"/nbc news poll showing the candidates are now tied 47-47 among likely voters. bret baier is the anchor of "special report," he will be there tonight, he is there now. so, bret, the two debates that these two guys have had have been among the most memorable presidential debates ever. what does each side want to do, hope to do tonight? >> hey, jon. it's really interesting, these debates and this election season have made a huge difference. that first debate it didn't just move the needle, it moved a surge of support for governor romney and changed the entire dynamic of the race. the second debate, it stopped the bleeding for president obama, and democrats exhaled. th