influence over the shaping of the supreme court especially considering multiple justices maybe retiring over the course of the next four years so what would a mitt romney supreme court nominee look like or what would a president obama nominee look like will he seek to create one of the most progressive courts in history joining me now is katrina vanden heuvel journalist and publisher of the nation magazine katrina welcome back great to see you thank you tom thank you thanks for joining us how what would a romney supreme court look like in your opinion tom i think you need only to look at who romney's judicial chief judicial adviser is robert bork a man who in one nine hundred eighty seven was rejected by the u.s. senate for being so out of the mainstream. for his opposition not only to roe v wade his belief that the equal protection clause did not apply to women his opposition to the civil rights act of one thousand nine hundred sixty four his belief that corporations have more rights than people and a whole parcel of issues that then lead the senate to reject him he is mitt romney's chief judicial advisor and i think if you want to understand what mit

mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >>> the fine pall monthly jobs report before the presidential -- final monthly jobs report before the presidential campaign came out today. fox's molly hennenberg has the latest. >> companies hired more workers in october than at any time in the last eight months. >> we've got higher unemployment today than when he took office. >> reporter: one jobs report, two different interpretations. the labor department says the economy added 171,000 new jobs in the month of october, but the rate of growth wasn't enough to keep the overall unemployment rate from rising by a 1/10 of a percentage point to 7.9%.

mitt romney and i approve this message. what mitt romney's tv ads say about women? [ romney ] i'm mitt romney or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. . >>> now to the state of the redskins. sunday is the skins final game before their biweek. it's also their homecoming game. even though every game in the nfl you would agree is a must- win game, this week's game can really impact the rest of the season in a big way. lindsay is back now with a closer look. hi, lindsay. >> reporter: thank you, will. at this point, the redskins are 3-5. every player said there is a big difference between losing and falling to 3-6 and winning to improve to 4-5, especially into the biweek. sunday, they will be tested by a carolina team that has one win and six losses.

mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. . >>> many people taking advantage of early voting in the day's leading up to the presidential election. a maryland woman told us she voted. it didn't go quite as planned. beth parker explains. >> reporter: it's the first time for early voting. obviously, it's going over well here in prince georges county. look at the huge line that snakes around here. one woman we talked to said she didn't mind wale wait negligent the line but minded what happened next. >> i am upset. >> reporter: she's in her 60s and had never missed a chance to vote in a presidential election. she doesn't want her face shown on

mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully revy erse roe v. wad. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >> zero weeks after hurricane is one step closer normal in new york city -- the week after hurricane sandy. >> investigators are looking at four hundred cases of the city.ing in some people report prices on goods have more than in the wake of sandy. >> believe it or not, despite fact that hurricane sandy issues that the tanks -- at the gas pumps priceseast coast, gas are still dropping. prices have fallen in the district, maryland, and virginia. locations in virginia are below $3.20 a gallon. >> a nice day to fill up the car and take a beautiful drive. >> now with a clear skies, it will be very co

what mitt romney's tv ads say about womewo or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned panthood. anncr: no matter what mitt mney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >> you are watching a abc7 news at 6:00 with gordon peterson maureen bunyan, chief meteorologist doug hill with the weather. >> is a big day for apple lovers. >> the ipad mini went on sale today. the lines do not seem to be as large as they were for the debut of the ipad 2. amazon's kindle fire and google's nexus have similar specs. >> the rosslyn and arlington cemetery metro tracks will be closed. shuttle buses will run in their place. >> the space shuttle atlantis has reached its final destination tonight 10 miles down the road to the kennedy space center complex. there is a ceremony planned. we will

mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v.e? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're goingg to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned panthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message.

mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse r v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're goin g to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barackob. i approve this message. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- taking on hurricane sandy. will push the goods and the country music to work tonight. brad paisley and carrie use tonight's telecast to help the red cross for storm victims. >> country fans are so amazing giving, to make sure can pitch in, to be important. >> among the performers are antebellum,, lady chesney, and a musical willie nelson and all board's. .- big awards >> autria godfrey will be on the carpet starting tonight. >> we will get a report from the york on recovery efforts. driving miss have led to this big >> the detroit pistons open

mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i belilieve the supreme court... should oveverturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. so, maybe you're trying to fiwell, let me give it a shot. if you're ok with marylanders spending five hundred and... fifty million a year gaming in other states, fair eugh. but if you think we should keep that money herere... add twelve thousand jobs, and generate millions for schools... well you should probably vote for question sevenen. because if it doesn't pass, all of this goes away. that's why the post called seven, common sense. but decide for yourself. you have got to take a look t this video of a plane clipping and suv as it tries to airport.n this happened saturday in texas. o is bring

mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme courtshould overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >> "tmz," online and on your phone 24/7. >> get the new and awesomely improved "tmz" app for ipads. go to the app store and get the all-new "tmz" app for ipads. the price is free! and now, they said that about the titanic, sweetheart. sorry, steve jobs' incredible yacht, which it's too bad he's not alive to enjoy. sad. >> steve jobs' incredible yacht. >> i think it's the coolest ship i've ever seen. >> it doesn't look like a ship. >> more like a floating apple store. that's the venus, the luxury vessel the late steve jobs was working on with french designer felipe stark. by all know him, right? >> feli

mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >> tmz, on the line and on your phone 24/7. >> a long time ago in the late 1970's, early 1980's, it was a happy time when a man made three amazing movies. ok, two amazing movies and one pretty good movie because of that whole ewok debacle and then he made another one for lonely 30-year-olds who collect toys but that is over now. >> lucas films was bought out by disney for $4 million. >>> $4 bill one. the biggest news since lieutenant ohura's space abortion. george lucas no longer owns "star wars. our nightmare is finally over. and there's more good news. >> they'll make a new episode vii in 2015. >

mitt romney's tv ads say abouout women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme courtverturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >>> good morning, dave ross. behind the scenes antics. >> you know who is starting some trouble, cam newton. your guy, cam newton down there in carolina. last year, he was all the rave of the nfl. he had 14 rushing touchdowns that led the league. this year, let's just say 1-6. >> it was 1-5 last year when they played the redskins. >> they were. >> go ahead. >> this year has not been -- let's just say the shine is off of cam newton so far. they asked rg iii, do you like being compared with cam. his answer? >> we do run similar schemes. there are a lot of similarities. i drop know. i would rather be compared to

mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i beeve the supreme court... should orturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned reparenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >> hundreds of thousands of people are still left in the cold without power after the storm last week. a family and we to and is hoping to make a difference by driving to new york with a 14-foot truck with supplies. volunteers will help sort the items and looking at the devastation from sandy, you want to do something. >> crew members of the age and is bounded that sunk off cape hatteras are now speaking out for the first time. in an abc news exclusive, the 14-crew members talked about what happened that night when the tall ship began taking on water during hurricane sandy and loss of two crew mates including the captain.

mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. would ban all abortions and contraception seemed a bit extreme. so i looked into it. turns out, romney doesn't oppose contraception at all. in fact, he thinks abortion should be an option in cases of rape, incest, or to save a mother's life. this issue's important to me, but bum more concerned about the debt

mitt romney's tv ads say prioabout women?ction or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >>> all right. michael bloomberg says his new york city marathon must go on. some feel the city should focus on helping the many victims of the superstorm. >> that's a tough call. it brinso yeah, that's just a th call. >> i know somebods up there and she's worried because she's like, we can't get around anyways right now. where are these people going to go? >> it's going to be -- they've already been saying too how cold it's getting at night and people don't have electricity so you know -- >> it could still be weeks without electricity as the temperatures are going to remain cool here for at least

mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme courtshould overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >>> time for your facebook fan of the day. today we say hello to fay griffith gobble. she says thanks for the fine job covering sandy earlier this week. we appreciate that truly and thank you for watching and your family and friends there as well. log on to facebook page and leave a comment under fay's picture. >> one community puts a new handle on the harvest. >> from apples to frickles. locally sources food and unique things you can do with it. holley has more. >> what's an frickle. >> can i guess? >> reporter: go ahead. >> is it a fried pickle? >> reporter: could be. if you come out tomorrow night,

mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme courtshould overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. we had a good group of people. good group of employees out there. this was a booming place. and mitt romney and bain capital turned it in to a junk yard. i was suddenly, 60 years old. i had no health care. mainly i was thinking about my family. how am i going to take care of my family. he promised us the same things he's promising the united states. and he'll give you the same thing he gave us. nothing. anncr: priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> you know it's an ugly game when this happens and a sign we must miss the national hockey league. both goalies battlin

mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. would ban all abortions and contraception seemed a bit extreme. so i looked into it. turns out, romney doesn't oppose contraception at all. in fact, he thinks abortion should be an option

mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be mythey... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >>> a live look outside right now. it is thursday, the week is almost over t seems like this has been a 10-day week. >> it does, doesn't it. >> that is a live look outside at the u.s. capitol dome. we are almost there. we made it through. we'll keep going one more day. speaking of making it through, these people made it through last night. the halloween spirit was out in full force in georgetown last night. d.c. police were also out in full force making sure everyone was safe while celebrating the holiday. >> they said this was the busiest and happiest and scariest place to be so he thought i would come and experience it. >>

mitt romney and i approve this message. what mitt romney's tv ads say about women? [ romney ] i'm mitt romney or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. we had a good group of people. good group of employees out there. this was a booming place. and mitt romney and bain capital turned it in to a junk yard. i was suddenly, 60 years old. i had no health care. mainly i was thinking about my family. how am i going to take care of my family. he promised us the same things he's promising the united states. and he'll give you the same thing he gave us. nothing. anncr: priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> welcome back. wall street opened for the first time yesterday since sandy swept through the big apple. so, was it

mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they,hat they... reverse roe v. wade. hohopefully reverse roe. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say.ay we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. [ mt romney ] there are two very different paths the country can take. one is a path represented by the president, which, at the end of four years, it'd mean we'd have $20 trillion in debt. i'll get people back to work with 12 million new jobs. i'm gonna make sure that we get people off of food stamps not by cutting the program but by getting them good jobs. i'll work with you. i'll lead you in an open and honest way and to make sure that we all together maintain america as the hope of the earth. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message.

mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >> sandy is leaving its mark on federal express, a company known for bringing you the world on time. they say you can expect delays in the areas affected by the storm. packages meant to be delivered in areas that have been evacuated are testing a storage unit. you can track your shipments online. they are not elable for a refund or credit under the money back policy. >>> weekly applications for unemployment dropped ahead of tomorrow's jobs report. let's check in with hampton. he joins us with that and the rest of the days headlines. >> hi, keith. the stock markets are getting a boost from a couple

mitt romney wants to take us back. so i can't even envision a romney presidency, but you're absolutely right. the supreme courts critical. everything that, you know, our constitution protects for us is at stake. >> let me bring in karen here. karen, i know that part of what president obama has done so beautifully is to make this argument that senator boxer is making there, the reproductive rights are economic rights, they are pocket book issues. >> that's absolutely right. i serve on the board of pro choice america. one of the things i know, the senator knows this, we found out about a year ago and gallup found it as women, ell, in battleground states, high percent sage of women, access to abortion care is higher than the economy, higher than jobs because women understand, again, that if you don't have access to birth control, if you don't have access to abortion care, those are sort of gate issues to other things. that means -- they pacts your ability to work outside the home, to care for your family. and the president has -- >> one of the off-sided statistics is that women who seek abortions typically, or mo

mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. [monotone] she says, "switch to progressive and you could save hundreds." call or click today. >>> an increasdible >>> a brazilian model not winning many fans with this photo shoot. she posted is he duseductively. the former playboy brazil model possessed in other disasters, including sinking the "titanic." >> you set yourself up. >> that's mean. >> those sorts of things they post on facebook to poke fun at popular culture. >>> actor george clooney, an active political fund-raiser, it is in his blood. >> he's a distant relative to abraham lincoln. half first cousin five times removed from president

mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >>> in our headlines this morning, some dominion virginia power crews are heading north to new jersey. >>> today is the last day for early voting in maryland. polls open until 9:00 tonight. >>> the man who police believe threw pipe bombs in our area is in a montana jail. that and more. >> let's take a live look outside. 5:31. 45 degrees, a cold start to the day. weather and traffic on the ones. tom kieran, what's going on? >> thankfully, drier than yesterday. chilly drizzle yesterday and today, we'll have some welcome sunshine coming back. and this is what the sky has been looking like overnight. t

mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >>> i did not know there was a theme song. the democrats and republicans get the headlines and holly morris is finding out about another. >> there is a big cleb rity. -- celebrity. >> reporter: heo kitty is running for president. and get a load of this. all these kids were watching fox 5 morning news and saw hello kitty. here they are with us. we're having a whole lot of fun. the campaign manager excited about showing up. >> i'm glad they joined the fun. tell me what's going on here. smile, 1, 2, 3. >> cheese. >> and we take our picture. and what happens. >> and takes 4 different pictures and uploa

mitt romney's tv ads say abouout women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme courtshould overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >>> with more details about disney's big announcement this week that it has acquired the entire star wars fran chiez, well, to celebrate disney released a video. take a look at it. >> are you kidding me? >> the video shows what darth vader might do on his first trip to disney world. of course his trip would include a ride on space mountain. of course, because that would be like his ride. he'd be all familiar with it. >> he wouldn't have to pay. >> i would hope not. >> he can use his mind powers. see how he did that? that's how he would do all the rides. >> it is an interesting marriage of sorts between

mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. shock you. stick around, we'll break it down. >>> the latest jobs numbers show that the economy is getting stronger but how much stronger? let's check in with cnbc. we have more on that and the rest of the day's business headlines. >> how you doing, keith? stocks trading in negative territory. the last one before the president's election. checking the dow is down 30. the s&p is barely up a point. employers adding 171,000 jobs last month, higher than the forecast for 125,000. the unemployment rate 7.9%. 84,000 more jobs were added in august and september than had been previously reported. october pr

mitt romney's tv ads say prioabout women?ction or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >>> we are following a developing story. fire investigators trying to figure out what caused an explosion at a north carolina hospital. the fire broke out on the sixth floor around 2:00 this morning. hospital workers had to move some patients because the sprinklers caused flooding in parts of the hospital. >> we are not just focused on the presidential election in our region. they are races around the country that are huge. in missouri, claire mccaskill is looking to hold on to her seat republican todd akin. he stayed in the race despite his comments about race and contraceptives. former world wres

mitt romney's tv ads sasay about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. ♪ deck the halls with boughs of holly ♪ >>> is it still too early to think about christmas? a survey shows nearly 80% of shoppers think they should wait until after thanksgiving. and they want better apps and social media to help them shop. >> i bought two christmas apps. >> i don't think it's too early. >>> the final film of the "twilight" franchise is about to hit theater. kristin stewart says she'll hold onto the two rings from the film. twilight breaking dawn part two debuts two weeks from today. >>> heidi klum goes bare for a good cause. take a look of her with no make- up. she took the photo for the ch

mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >>> some new video showing just hoe powerful sandy was. this was taken by a man on long island, new york. watch closely here. you see the winds uproot that massive oak tree, crashed right into a neighbor's yard. meteorologists say the storm packed 80-mile-per-hour winds at that time. fortunately, no one was hurt here. if you want to see this again, we posted this video on the "news4 today" facebook page. you can hear all the sounds that go along with that video as well. >> and that was the scene across the region. we know there were areas of arlington hit particularly hard with huge roots all over

mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >>> making headlines this morning, tragedy in georgia. two police officers were killed when the helicopter they were riding in crashed near northwest atlanta. it happened while they were on the hunt for a missing child. it appears the chopper clipped power lines and went down in a cvs parking lot. >>> more backlash for lance armstrong. a 15-foot billboard of armstrong was symbolically burned at a bonfire celebration in southern new england last night. the sign said, for sale, racing bike, no longer required. part an annual event where organizers mock a current figure. armstrong had his seven tour d

mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >>> new jersey experienced a minor earthquake around 1:00 this morning. the quake hit the northern part of the state which is still dealing with power outages. poay so far they've received no reports any damages or injuries from that earthquake. a week after sandy devastated the east coast, some things are starting to get back to normal. later today, president obama will meet with fema to discuss the disaster relief effort. sandy has claimed 106 lives. utility companies are still working to restore power to more than 1 million people. gas lines are still long but new york governor andrew cuomo and

mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme courtshould overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >>> as we take one more look around democracy plaza, one last reminder, we are on the air at 7:00 eastern time, tomorrow night, that is 4:00 on the west coast. that is when election night coverage gets under way. and as we go along, we will find out the results together. for now, however, that is going to be our broadcast on a monday night, as we thank you for being with us. we want to remind everybody, so many people along the east coast of the united states are heading into another very cold night, without power, without a lot of the necessities of life. they will factor in to tomorrow night's covera

mitt romney's tv ads say ababout women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. annou"a champion of the tea poparty...an ideologuet: who is part of the problem in congress." bartlett calls medicare unconstitutional. and even wants to completely abolish student loans for college. no wonder bill clinton and the washington post both endorse john delaney for his deep understanding of job creation. he'll be "an unusually effective congressman." delaney: it's not about politics. it's about doing what's right to help the middle class. i'm john delaney, and i approve this message. >>> it's 6:15 right now. if you see snowplows around the stadium this morning don't panic. the district i

mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. would ban all abortions and contraception seemed a bit extreme. so i looked into it. turns out, romney doesn't oppose contraception at all. in fact, he thinks abortion should be an option in cases of rape, incest, or to save a mother's life. this issue's important to me, but i'm more concerned about the debt our children will be left with. i voted for president obama last time, but we just can't afford four more years. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney "and what do you do?" "oh, i sell insurance like no one else." "oh, that's nice." "thank you." now,

mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >>> we're just hours away from the polls opening up across the country. president obama is wrapping up his campaigning tonight, but mitt romney is making last minute plans to make campaign stops in ohio and pennsylvania tomorrow. fox news anchor shepard smith joins us tonight. what do you think this means? the president wrapping up tonight heading home to chicago, mitt romney making that last minute push in ohio and pennsylvania? ? >> reporter: well, pennsylvania, there were a lot of different thoughts around the beltway and outside of it about what this pennsylvania thing meant. was it a head fake

mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. when we think no one is looking. is what we do... mitt romney: believe that they are victims. anncr: mitt romney thought no one was looking when... he attacked forty-seven percent of americans. his companies shipped jobs overseas. his plan cuts millionaires' taxes, but raises yours. he'll voucherize medicare... and make catastrophic cuts to education. so remember what romney said... and what his plan would do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >>> the redskins and the panthers meet this sunday at fedex field for the annual homecoming game. they plan to honor the franc

mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme courtof that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >> members of the rock 'n' roll hall of fame. how are you doing this morning so far? >> so good to be in new york city. >> and you have a new album coming out. you haven't had new material in more than a decade. is it something that we should expect, what aerosmith fans are used to hearing, or is it something new to this sound? >> it's been so long that we've been together in the studio that we sat in there and stuff started floating around the room. it wasn't for the same reason as the old days. it was magic and it was music and it was good. >> monday, you guys are going to be in concert in boston. that's got to be fun. what's it going to be like? >> well, it's actually been one to turn our apartment when we started the band into a landmark so they are going to put a black up there. >> 1325. >> 1325 co

mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme courthey... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >> good morning. traveling in the district, sandy has 200 trees still down in the district. let's talk about route 50, delayed as you make your way to landover >>> back now with more of "today" on this thursday. it's the 1st of november, 2012. nice to see the sun out in the northeast, it's the mid-40s here in new york city. and got to be thinking about all those who do not have power. >> it's going to be a chilly night tonight. and really, the next 72 hours, temperaturesil in the northeast. but, you know, if you've ever lost power in your home, sometimes it feels like it's colder in your house than it is outside. so we really wish the best for our friends who don't have power rit n

supreme court. the incoming president will choose probably two and maybe three supreme court justices with all with that entails. and if it's a republican, if mitt romney wins, you can bet the supreme court will move even farther to the right. many thing that's probably a good idea, but i haven't heard it discussed in the campaign. i wonder why the obama people didn't raise it. >> it's an opportunity cost in terms of what they did and didn't do. if they win, it will look genius. but are they going to -- is anybody going to be able to make political liability for the president that he apointed elena kagan? you look the way that scott brown has had to defend his vote against california began and the way that the republicans campaigned against sotomayor. it's amazing they have been left out. >> and knowing how important women are to the obama campaign. if he does get women above 56% and particularly if younger women don't turn out, then obama's chances may be doomed. and knowing that, why not emphasize i apointed two women to the supreme court who were the third and fourth women ever appointed to the court in the history of the country. they may have miss

supreme court in elections. the people who can roll that back are the nine men and women of the supreme court. the type of people that mitt romneyt on that court if he's president is the type of people that this woman is not yet afraid of. >> i think it's confusing for a lot of romney constituents because for so long he supported upholding roe v. wade. and he has come against it and in cryptic language. a lot of people may not have been reached to know that his position has flip flopped. >> cenk: that's what they want, they want people to read into it what they want to read into it. we'll take a break and when we come back we'll talk about hurricane sandy. and of course fox news is trying to blame president obama. >> this is going badly for obama because at a certain point we're all in this together, let's do this, then people get their patience and their emotion run very thin. >> something has to be done immediately. >> cenk: and you will love our elbow of the day at the end of the show. who it falls on, why it falls on them. and it (vo) brought to you by mucinex fast max. use as directed. >> cenk: now we have serious fallout f

supreme court is working. we're not going to recite the battles of the last four years. >> reporter: democrats say mitt romney passed a similar healthcare measure in massachusetts when he was governor. the gop nominee believes this to be a state issue. and if he becomes president, he promises to repeel the law that he said is unconstitutional and a government overreach. >> the best course for healthcare error is to craft a plan at the -- healthcare is to craft a plan at the state level and fits the needs of the state and focus on getting the costs down for people, rather than raising it with the $2,500 additional premium. >> reporter: romney said he would keep popular parts of the law in place, including provisions relating to pre- existing conditions and keeping 20 somethings on their parent's insurance. he will control cost and generate competition with ideas of allowing people to buy insurance across state lines and form right purchasing pools. >> the right answer is not to have the federal government take over healthcare and start mandating to the providers across america and telling a patient and doctor