reach those women who might be considering mitt romney, trying to bring them back to president obama. meantime here tonight, mitt romney will be here in iowa, moments from now, he'll end the night in the key battleground state of ohio. >> thank you, david, on the campaign trail in iowa tonight. >>> let's turn now to white house correspondent jake tapper on the plane trips and the duel for the biggest turnouts in the most crucial space. >> this is the first stop on our 48-hour fly around campaign marathon extravaganza. we're going to pull an all-nighter. no sleep. >> reporter: from washington, d.c. to davenport, iowa, to denver, colorado, next he heads to los angeles to tape jay leno following at night rally with katy perry. logging more than 4500 flight miles total in just one day. romney has been trying to convince voters in the same basic eight battleground states that he has momentuomentum. >> these debates have supercharged our campaign. no question about it. more and more enthusiasm. >> but so far the momentum that romney has described hasn't been enough to trump the simple math of this r

. >> meantime, president obama says he wants to work with congressional republicans to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff that would trigger tax hikes and spending cuts. two short months from now. >>> so, also new this morning, we have president obama picking

. >> president obama, meantime, seemed to hang back, subdued, the strategy seemed to be that when you're ahead, don't rock the boat. but he did try to pin mitt romney down on specifics. >> he says that he's going to close deductions and loopholes for his tax plan. that's how it's going to be paid for but we don't know the details. he says that he's going to replace dot frank, wall street reform, but we don't know exactly which ones. he won't tell us. he now says he's going to replace obama care. at some point i think the american people have to ask themselves, is the reason that governor romney is keeping all these plans to replace secret because they are too good? is it because somehow middle class families are going to benefit too much from them? >> let me bring in nick khristoff. let me read one of your many tweets last night, nick. obama is such a gifted speaker but tonight he seemed passive, distracted and defensive. what happened? >> i mean n a word, he blew it. it is not the same as blowing a campaign. i think part of it was expectations and romney did much better than expectation

. >>> president obama meantime tries to seize the moment as early voting begins around the country, offering argument. >> when i took office, we were losing nearly 800,000 jobs a month and were mired in a rut. today i believe that as a nation we are moving forward again. >> this morning, the state of the race. a debate preview, and a look at the issues that will sway undecided voters. with us, republican governor of new jersey, the keynoter at the gop convention, chris christie. and for the obama campaign, the architect of his 2008 run, now white house senior adviser david plouffe. finally, insights and analysis from our political roundtable. joining us, conservative activist and founder of the faith and freedom coalition ralph reed. former democratic governor of pennsylvania ed rendell. anchor of bbc's "world news america" katty kay. and our chief white house correspondent and political director chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. with both sides in full preparation mode for wednesday's first presidential debate, the struggling romney campaign is recalibrating his message to better connect

. >>> president obama meantime tries to seize the moment as early voting begins around the country, offering a closing argument. >> when i took office, we were losing nearly 800,000 jobs a month and were mired in a rut. today i believe that as a nation we are moving forward again. >> this morning, the state of the race. a debate preview, and a look at the issues that will sway undecided voters. with us, republican governor of new jersey, the keynoter at the gop convention, chris christie. and for the obama campaign, the architect of his 2008 run, now white house senior adviser david plouffe. finally, insights and analysis from our political roundtable. joining us, conservative activist and founder of the faith and freedom coalition ralph reed. former democratic governor of pennsylvania ed rendell. anchor of bbc's "world news america" katty kay. and our chief white house correspondent and political director chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. with both sides in full preparation mode for wednesday's first presidential debate, the struggling romney campaign is recalibrating his message to bett

meantime, michelle obama talking about her role as a cheerleader in new york. she'll be smiling and giving the president the thumbs up. but what supporters and voters are looking for is a stronger performance from president obama. some democrats saying he really needs to lay out why the obama/biden ticket should be the one to win. coming up in just a few weeks now this will be a town hall format. the audience involved, engaged, and also the candidates pushing their agendas as well. paul paul ryan saying it gives them a chance to cut through the clutter. some of the issues coming up is mitt romney's fuzzy math on his tax plan and the 47% that he got caught on camera talking about dismissing, president obama says. the president expect the to bring up all of that. he dismissed and did not bring up the 47% in this last debate. meantime, mitt romney very likely to bring up that attack on libya that you talked about just a moment ago. meantime, what's going on in the polls? reuters daily tracking poll showing things pretty much at the same pace of a few days ago. pre

he says that president obama is slipping because he's promoting the same ideas, nothing new for the next four years. meantime, the obama biden team in dayton, ohio, last night at a rally. the president showing off yesterday a new booklet that he says details his plan for the next four years, one that he says where the math adds up. now he's got a huge campaign schedule over the next three days in eight states including iowa, colorado, and california and an appearance on jay leno tonight. >> all right, tracie pots there for us in washington. tacie, thanks. >>> the white house and the state department were advised that an islamic militant group was behind the benghazi attack just two hours after that assault began. this information is according to a report by the reuters news agency. they managed to obtain e-mails that described the attack as it was still underway. the white house and state department have not commented yet on those e-mails. >>> well, now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. we're going to begin with a deadly shark attack in southern california. a 39-year-old

obama's today. now this amid questions about the u.s. embassy attack in libya last month. meantime president obama is reaching out to hollywood for support. president obama is raising more cash in california today. last night at a star studded los angeles fundraiser the president joked about his lackluster debate performance following songs from katie perry and stevie wonder. >> they perform flawlessly night after night. i can't always say the same. >> reporter: the president also accused his opponent mitt romney of backing away from campaign promises. >> obviously the governor knows his trillion tax cut isn't too popular so a few weeks before this election he's trying to pretend it doesn't exist. >> reporter: romney is in virginia today for a rally and what is being called a major foreign policy address. excertains from the speech have already been released. romney want as change of course in the middle east including tougher sanctions on iran and he'll call on the u.s. to work with other nations to arm rebels in syria with reupons that can defeat bashir al assad's army. at a rall

obama. that showdown is tuesday night in hempstead, new york. >>> meantime, president obama is preparing himself the debate. and he is in williamsburg, virginia. he's under particular pressure to do well after getting harsh reviews in the first faceoff last week. the town hall style debate will be hosted by our own candy crowley. >>> the race is extremely close right now. the new cnn poll of polls shows romney with a two-point lead nationally over president barack obama, and here's the latest polling out of ohio. it shows president obama with a three-point lead. >>> as president barack obama has visited ohio more than 20 times and most of those stops have been this year, mitt romney and paul ryan are there again this weekend as john shows us it is the battleground of the battleground states. and ohio's working moms could be the key to victory. >> the lights still on past midnight. another 20-hour day for jessica. >> i'm a single mom of a 5-year-old little girl who is fantastic. i work full time. and go to school full time. so my day usually starts around 4:45 in the morning, and ends close to 1:

he says that president obama is slipping because he's promoting the same ideas, nothing new for the next four years. meantime, the obama/biden team in dayton, ohio late last night at a rally. the president showing off yesterday a new booklet that he says details his plan for the next four years. one that he says where the math adds up. he has a huge campaign schedule over the next three days in eight states including iowa, colorado and california and an appearance on jay leno tonight. >>> the white house and state department were advised an islamic militant group was behind the benghazi attack two hours after that assault began. this is information that is according to a report by the reuters news agency. they managed to obtain e-mails that describe the attack as it was still under way. the white house and the state department have not commented yet on these e-mails. >>> here's your "first look" at some of the other news going on around america today. let's begin with a deadly shark attack in southern california. a 39-year-old man was killed while surfing in the waters off surf beach. he was pronounced dead

obama disputed that that was independent but did not dispute the $4000 figure. and in the meantime president in cleveland making fun of mitt romney. listen to this. >> for all of you moms and kids out there. don't worry, somebody is getting tough on big bird. elmo, you better make a run for it. governor romney is going to let wall street run wild again but bring the hammer down on sesame street? >> and democrats are wondering where that president obama was in the debate on wednesday and people wonder if he will be tough one on one when he has the stage. >>> and the obama touting a 181 million for september we have yet to hear from the romney campaign how they did last month. >> thank you for bringing us up to date from the romney camp. >> i don't know what the right number is, but i will tell you, these numbers don't smell right when you think about where the economy is right now. >> what about those recent numbers in the latest job report and showing a dip in the unemployment. former chairman jack welch is skeptical. meaning that employers added a modest 114,000 jobs and the drop

help you, but they can hurt you and mitt romney will be looking to do damage to president obama tonight. meantime, in swing state, colorado, debates are coming down to the last minute for everybody. the candidates and those who will be running the show. for more, we go live to danielle nottingham. >> as you mentioned, both candidates are trying to avoid any major mistakes tonight. and it will be all about the economy tonight. the first three segments will be devoted to that topic. president obama will make his case for another four years to fix the comply and mitt romney will argue it's time for a change. when mitt romney and president obama meet on this stage for their first debate, more than 50 million viewers are expected to tune in. greg wayland is an important member of that audience. he's an undecided voter. >> i think they are talking directly to me. >> wayland's top issue, the economy. >> that's going to be the thing for me. someone that comes forward with a cohesive plan for america and where america fits into that. that's what swings me the other way. >> both candidates spent hours rehe

meantime, president obama probably won't be back on the campaign trail until tomorrow in colorado at the earliest. today, as you mentioned, he's visiting new jersey and getting a pat on the pack from new jersey governor chris christie who says the president has done an outstanding job so far with the recovery effort after the storm. meantime, the president will not be visiting new york city. mayor bloomberg says they have a lot to do in terms of trying to handle a presidential visit at this time. >> thanks so much. let's get back to sandy, two of the three major airports serving the new york area will start to reopen late they are morning. the super storm created a worldwide ripple effect for travelers. many of whom are still stranded overseas. let's check in with michelle kosinski who is handling those events from london. >> of course, most obviously in travel, dozens of flights are canceled today out of heathrow. yesterday there were nearly 90 flights not moving. experts are estimating some 50,000 passengers just over the last couple days have been stranded, and that's just between

. >>> meantime president obama spending his day in florida. he'll be holding a rally in miami in about an mauer. earlier he was talking to the -- in an mauer. earlier he was talking to the crowd -- in an hour. earlier he was talking to the crowds in coral gables. >>> today police identified the man shot in the 1100 block of eighth street northeast, his name? gregory darnell troxler, so far no suspects or motive in the case. >>> two of three suspects charged in the beating of a capitol hill man will be in court tomorrow, tommy branch and sonny kuti charged in the attack of tommy maslin. a third suspect waived his right to preliminary hearing. >>> news today of a huge development deal near nationals park. according to the prince of petworth blog, the mixed use project will include 650,000 square feet of offices, retail, hotel pace and residences just north of the stadium across from the navy yard metro station. there's no word yet when that work would begin. >>> coming up at 7:00 we'll tell you why you may see big bird a whole lot more towards t

feeling the heat after a disappointing debate, team obama comes out swinging. meantime, mitt romney gets personal and big bird breaks his silence on snl. >>> danger zone? on this football night in america, a growing fight off the field. kids caught in the middle. >>> and american classics. once the heart of millions of homes, the new efforts to give a lot of old castaways new life. >>> good evening. there may very well be more than just frost on the pumpkin where you are tonight. we start this evening with a cold blast. a dramatic and practically overnight temperature swing has turned what had been an exceptionally mild fall for most of the country into a big chill that tonight is gripping roughly two-thirds of the nation. scores of low temperature records have been broken over the last 24 hours as the mercury went from the 70s and 80s in many places down into the 30s and 40s, even below freezing. we'll get the outlook for the week ahead in a moment, but we start with nbc's michelle fra frandsen here in new york. michelle, good evening. >> good evening, lester. this fre

. >> in the meantime, the obama campaign says vice president biden walked away with the win. but today the white hse has to defend his answer about the deadly attack in libya. biden said they were told more security was wanted at that consulate. but earlier this week, former security officials testified they had asked for more manpower. >> matters of security personnel are appropriately discussed and decided upon at the state department by those responsible for it. >> libya is among the issues that both presidential candidates are going to discuss on tuesday. president obama will spend the next few days in williamsbur virginia preparing for next week's debate. romney planned a campaign stop in ohio on saturday. if you're going to plan on voting in maryland, dc or virginia in this upcoming election, you don't have a lot of time to register. only a few days. in virginia you have until monday. tuesday is the deadline in maryland and in dc your only opg at this point is to register in -- option at this point is to register at the headquarters and you can only do that until friday

hour as she tried to help people protesting against the expansion of an oil pipeline in texas meantime barack obama and mitt romney officially suspend the campaign in the face of deadly superstorm sandy but they're accused of using a disaster to score points with voters. had emerged the secret service is suspected of extreme tactics targeting innocent people it's claimed that m i five using racial profiling and taking british citizens off the radar under the war on terror . twenty two forty five moscow time very special spot report now here's paul. thank you very much kevin welcome along to the sports headlines here on people coming up the heat on miami begin the defense of the n.b.a. crown with a convincing win over the boston celtics. night russian kickboxing starbuck who has equal three players his third clash of the year here in moscow as he seeks to move closer to legendary status in the ring. and take that one out in case you missed any of the strikes that mounted from the week that was in the russian premier league we've got goals cool. and let's start with football and the last four quarter

with our correspondent sara firth who is there and she will bring us the very latest in the meantime rock obama's rival for the u.s. presidency mitt romney has called for a more aggressive foreign policy in the middle east which would include arming the syrian rebels the democrats have hit back saying romney stands lacks vision and consistency artie's going to chicken has more. is president obama of quote sitting on the sidelines end of quote and not being aggressive enough on syria mr romney suggested actively arming the rebels with weapons that can bring down aircraft in the off hands he said quote the greater tragedy of it all is that we're missing a story opportunity to win new friends who share our values in the mideast and world but mitt romney's other remarks suggested that maybe he doesn't really care about whose hands the weapons would end up in because the objective that he stated was to defeat assad seeing it as a stepping stone to iran and iran is sending arms to assad because they know his downfall would be a strategic defeat for them we should be working no less vigorously you are i

in the meantime, president obama in his weekly address criticized republicans in what he calls "their efforts to block his economic recovery plans." they even kept it preventing a vote. >>> president obama and former governor mitt romney staid off the campaign trail as they head into their third and final debate on monday. >>> with time rounding out until the election, the battle in california's election is intensifying. lorraine blanco shows us about proposition 30. >> proposition 30 is about kids and teachers and they produce the brains and shells that make the jobs possible. >> reporter: governor brown rallied support for prop 30. >> if i asked any one of you if i could guarantee you $500,000, would you pay 1% of the extra money you earned that year? [ laughter ] i think so. >> reporter: it would raise income taxes 1- 3% on people making more than a quarter million dollars a year and increase the sales tax a quarter of a cent. many teachers spent saturday afternoon walking neighborhoods and passing out fliers with information about prop 30. if it doesn't pass supporters say student

obama on monday. jon? >> carl cammeron in virginia with governor romney. carl, thank you. meantimedent obama and governor romney are now clearly putting brand new focus on female voters. and it comes a day after a debate in which the candidates referenced women 30 times in 90 minutes. shannon bream life in washington with more. shannon? >> well, jon, in september, president obama enjoyed a 14-point advantage among likely women voters. but that lead has evaporated. there is now just 1 percentage point separating the president and governor romney among likely female voters in swing states. democrats have invested heavily in the so-called war on women narrative painting romney and republicans as some thing given romney's performance in the past two debates may have back tired. care about him. actual alternative. they over demonized him. >> last night's rough and tumble in your face showdown left many wondering how the combative tone would play with women. conservative pundit monica crowley think the candidates' fichty tone will be a positive among undecided women. most voters includin

he's holding a coal country rally just days after accusing the obama administration of crushing the coal industry. meantime romney is clarifying his controversial 47% comments. now he says he was completely wrong when he said half of americans are victims independent on the government. now both mitt romney and president obama will be keeping a close eye on the jobless report which is due to be released in about an hour from now. 115,000 jobs were added. they say that will increase the unemployment rate to 8.2%. now that some discouraging job seekers are returning to look for jobs. >>> the film that di pickets the osama bin laden man hunt is set to debut in two days. the new film is distributed by the weinstein company. harvey weinstein is a prominent fundraiser for the obama campaign. they say the timing is not to be believed political. >>> skyrocketing gas places may not come down any time soon. the fire at the chevron refinery at richmond and power refinery lowered supply caused the average price for regular in the state to jump 36-cents in a week. the highest prices are in the los angeles area where som

senator dianne feinssein is calling for a federal investigation, saying the meantime, president obamaour- and---half years after declaring hh would work to solve the energy crisis oncee and for all. the high prices here are xpecced to stay in thissrrnge for the next week to ten days and evee when they do come down, they will still be significantly pear. across the state there of gas heft, with pumps eing disabled after hours and from unlocked cars. in los angeles, adam housley, fox news. trainers ... in... china.../ go ... to ...great ppepare... a ...panda... take... a look...// panda ... trainers... costume... tt... catch... a... 4-year-old panda... that's... reserve....//. the... workerr... even feces... on... heirr clothing... to mask ...their human scent..../// going to get... his final physical exam.../ before ... he's released into the wild .../// 3 3 3 3 3&p fall is he and leaves areefalling.. find out which leaf blower saves you the most workk and monee in our consumer repprt. digital kidnapping.how data for ransom. ng computer a÷ anncr: more anti-maryland ads. from thi

barack obama and his challenger mitt romney are trading campaign trail for a classroom of sorts gearing up for tuesday's debate. they both plan to spend several hours doing intense preparation. meantime, president obama used his weekly address to take credit for the rejuvenated auto industry. >> he says he's going raise taxes. does anyone really think raising taxes on anyone helps get more people to work? the president's plan is status quo. more of the same. he calls it forward. i call it forewarned. >> of course that was mitt romney. he and his runningmate are in the swing state of ohio this weekend. romney spoke to large crowd and hammered the president on china, job creation and taxes. ryan told voters in the manufacturing state that the president's china policies have cost the country manufacturing jobs. now, with just three weeks to go, obama's campaign has made the record books. it has surpassed 4 million donors so far setting a new presidential campaign record for the total number of donors the obama campaign has raised half of money from donation under $200 close to reaching $1 billion raised between the campaign and national democratic committee. mitt romney and republicans

meantime, president obama day two of his eight-state tour. here he is arriving in richmond, virginia. this is just earlier this afternoon. speaking of richmond, virginia, this is where we find jessica llin. bus.on the phone with us from jehere four more states for the president today. after four states yesterday. let's talk about the pace the president's keeping. keeping it up for 12 days until november 6th? >> reporter: no. not continuously. i don't think any of us could do that. we were cleared early. i was supposed to be on camera for you and they said we're going. so we are on our way now to ohio. i'm having a little bit of yellinesia and cast himself in chicago and then, brooke, the president will head bc to the white house and have a bit of a rest. and then he hits the trail again. he did have a bit of a bounce today, a bit of good news for himself when he got an unexpected endorsement with no forewarning from general colin powell. he learned about it when the rest of the world did with this announcement. listen to this. >> i was proud

in the meantime president obama and mitt romney are preparing for tomorrow's showdown in florida. here's abc news reporter karen traverse with the details. >>> with the presidential contenders getting ready for monday night's debate, the campaigning fell to their runningmates. vice president biden stumped in florida. >> i don't blame that baby's surprise. that baby knows what's in store for him or her if romney wins. >> while they rallied supporters in ohio. >> we are going to put people back to work because in 7 days -- 17 days we are going to elect mitt romney the next president of the united states of america. >> the president and mitt romney are off the trail prepping for their third and final debate. >> this one i think matters because it's in effect the tiebreaker. >> the monday night showdown will focus on foreign policy which has taken a back seat to the economy and other domestic issues. but a contentious exchange over libya in the last debate suggested a potential for more fireworks. >> for yen policy doesn't always attract people's attention in campaigns but it is what

kelly, the romney team is trying to manage expectations by saying president obama will come out swinging during the debate. meantime, the president is saying debate prep is going pretty well. >> thanks for that live report. we'll hear from you tomorrow. >>> october is dyslexia awareness month. it is a time to become educated on dyslexia. the school helps dislexic children. sherrie johnson shows us why early detection is key. >> reporter: students are working on sounds and senses. >> we can now look at young students and look for work -- warning signs. >> reporter: the odyssey school focuses on specialized instructions, one on one tutoring and small class sizes. they focus on students with dyslexia. >> language is the key to all kinds of learning whether learning science or a soccer game. you have to master taking in language. >> reporter: the odyssey school serves students in kindergarten and 8th grade. the goal is to prepare them for mainstream grades. >> they didn't help me with my dyslexia, so i couldn't really read the passes that i would have. other people would finish it and i would be working on the first wo

obama took office. he urged a more aggressive u.s. role in the syrian civil war. >>> meantime, president obama campaigning on the west coast sounded an urgent note in his appeal to voter. he told supporters in san francisco they must be almost obsessive in getting out the vote. the president and mitt romney returned to the crucial state of ohio later today to campaign in that critical state. >>> first lady michelle obama is sharing a bit what goes on behind the closed dufrz the white house. in a "nightline" interview she told cynthia mcfadden she steers clear of trying to influence her husband's approximately sees instead sticking to causes like fighting childhood obesity. mrs. obama talked about how comfortable the president is around women. >> this is one of the things i love about barack, he is so used to having strong women in his life. you know, it's odd. i tell him that this is somehow, you know, god keeping his testosterone in check. because really he is surrounded by women. >> the first lady says she no longer has doubts that they're doing what is best for their family

meantime, president obama unleashed some stand-up comedy in northern virginia where he accused romneyshifting positions on key issues. >> in a debate you say, i don't know anything about giving tax cuts to rich folks. take your temperature because you probably got romnesia. here's the good news. obama care covers pre-existing conditions. >> now, the crowd ate it up but last night in florida romney told supporters that the romney campaign is engaging in "petty attacks and silly word games." the president is prepping at camp david. romney is in florida. >>> a blow for san jose mayor chuck reid and the re-election campaign. the state fair political practices commission ruled that the mayor violated state law when his political action committee, his pac donated $100,000 to re-election campaign. the commission is ordering the herrera team to pay that money back in full and now the mayor faces penalties up to $5,000 for each violation. the mayor denies any wrongdoing. >> the government action that they're citing and control committees i'm not a fan of it. they're acting on a complaint and o

meantime, president obama is raising money across the state. 4-1/2 years after declaring he'd work tofor all. high prices should remain for week to ten days. when they do come down they will be higher than last year. across the state there have been a number of reports gas theft with pumps disabled after hours. and thieves even siphoning gas from unlocked cars. bret? >> bret: adam, thank you. the world bank cut the economic growth forecast for east asia and says china slow down could get worse. that sent the wall street stock downward. dow lost 26-1/2. the nasdaq fell if. capitol hill lawmakers are warning private sector business leaders to stay away from china leading technology firms. shannon bream tells us it's not about money as national security. >> today, leaders of the house intelligence committee released a bipartisan report following a year long investigation in to two chinese telecommunication company working to expand the presence here in the u.s. lawmakers troubled by intellectual property theft say the two companies refuse to answer corn certains apt how they might access

meantime, president obama may be coming off that two-day cross-country campaign blitz but he's got noigns that he's slowing down or taking a rest from the all nighter he said he would have. the president is moving on to a media blitz. here's how it's going to go. he's going to do ten interviews today that will air in seven battleground states. and today the big push seems to be towards the yuck ger voters who were so key to his campaign back in 2008. the president is going to be on mtv tonight in a special q. and a. that's called ask obama live. >>> there are crimes that stop you cold. two income households are with very little crime. a mother of three returned home to find two of her three children dead in a pool of blood not far from their bleeding nanny who police said was their killer. the children were two and six years old stabbed to death and left in the bathtub. the nanny lying nearby had self-inflicted knife wounds according to the police. all of this is the cnbc exec tiff who was flying home. only to be met in the airport by members of the nypd who had to deliver to him this

. >> in the meantime the obama campaign isn't wasting any team seizing on the binder moment. >> we don't have to collect a bunch of binders to find qualified, talented, driven young women ready to learn and teach in these fields right now. >> that brings us to the spin cycle. some polls i want to wade through very quickly. the first one is the "usa today" gallup poll, which has mitt romney polling within a point of president obama among the likely women voters in swing states. that was taken before the debate this week. we should say that. that's interesting, because obama has been leading among women significantly for months. the next poll is a gallup poll up now today or yesterday that shows that abortion is a key issue among women in swing states, and by a lot. 39% to jobs at 19%. that to me seems like a total outliar. i'm not going to criticize the poll or call it a lie. we have been following polls for an entire year, and none of them have abortion as a top issue for women. it's been the economy, health care and education, and abortion is somewhere near the bottom. it also flies in