cecilia kang and eric rasmussen-schumacher, thank you. >> brown: next, a milestone for planet earth. on monday, the world's population will officially ach seven billion. what does that mean for people and planet? we begin with this report from lawrence mcginty of "independent television news." >> zack rya came into the world at the rosie hospital in cambridge. around the world, three other babies were born in the same second. first the figures. it took all of human history up to 1804 for the world's population to reach 1 billion. but the next billion came only 100 years later, in 1927. and after that, the rate of growth accelerated. 3 billion in 1959. 4 billion, 1974. 5 billion, 1987. 6 billion 1999. and now 7 billion. we're adding a billion population every 12 years. moplation growth will not be even around the world. in africa for example, the current population of 1 billion will increase to 3.6 billion by the end of the century. but in asia, yes, population will increase from its current 4.2 billion to 5.2 billion by 2050. though by the end of the century it will fall to 4.6 billi

lots bring in the pollster himself, scott rasmussen. he joins us from new jersey. okay, scott. let's talk about this extreme measure here. the american people are watching this whole process play out in washington, waiting for the debt commission, super committee, the jobs bill road blocked in congress. and yet, the republicans are almost seen as extreme as the democrats. >> look, voters are unhappy with both political parties. they know the economy stinks. they think there is plenty of blame to go around. you mentioned 51% say bush got us into the mess. but 50% say the obama policies made things worse. voters right now are just looking at washington as completely out of touch and three out of four people say you know what? we don't think anything will get done on any of the pressing issues before election 2012 has come and gone. >> laura: scott, let's talk about what happened since the president has gone on the, quote, offensive. a lot of democrats are happy he's taking the fight to the republicans. he's no longer no drama obama. he's in the fight. but that's been about five,

new at 6:00 tonight, ktvu's eric rasmussen explains. >> reporter: they've been raising the salmon all year as part of an educational program. but this morning they discovered someone had cut these zip tieing holding up the nets and now all of the salmon in these pens are gone. >> you see the size of the fish. >> reporter: these young salmon are now part of a smaller group of fish at the tiburon salmon -- someone cut the nets on two of three pens holding salmon. >> somebody took a knife and cut the nets, the fish swam out. >> reporter: half of them were being raised by students. greg gills had hoped to be part of ceremony at the end of october like this one in 2008 when students and volunteers released the salmon into the bay. but now that won't happen. >> the kids need to be given that pat in the back and credit for raising the fish. somebody has taken that all away from them. >> the marin county sheriff along with fish and game are investigating but officials say they don't know why they could be responsible and why they do it. the salmon that escape are mature enough to survive. >>

republican presidential candidate her a rasmussen poll >>> new numbers out in the gop contest for thehite house. republican presidential candidate herman cain is topping a rasmussen poll in iowa. 28% of potential caucus-goers say they would pick the businessmen. that's the third time this month a poll in the state put him at the top. massachusetts governor mitt romney had 21% of the support followed by texas congressman ron paul with 10%. >>> republican presidential hopeful michele bachmann stumped for support here in the bay area. this is her second visit in a little more than a month. yesterday's appearance at the commonwealth club in san francisco was sold out. she detailed her ideas on how to fix america's financial future and pulled no punches when slamming the current administration. >> but when government gets in the business of blindly choosing you winners and losers as in the case of solyndras of this administration, then it becomes our cash for government's clunkers and worse american competitiveness in the world becomes badly damaged. that's the casualty. >> last month bach

then herman cain beats president in a new rasmussen poll. brit hume reports on that and >> bill: personal story segment, as we heard ad nasa yum, when the tea party first came on the scene, there are not too many african-americans participate not guilty that movement. same thing could be said for the occupy wall street crowd. you don't see too many black faces in the demonstrations. so is there a racial element here? with us, dr. mark la mont hill, teaches at columbia university. explain the lack of african-american presence here. >> first of all, my thing is i've been part of social movements since i was a kid. unless there is a racially motivated movement, like a civil rights protest, black person was beaten up, i don't see black people at mass protest, period. >> bill: why is that? >> i can't say exactly what it is. but i think we tend to devote our energy to issues that directly affect ferns. >> bill: civil rights issues? >> yeah. it's not to say we don't care about other stuff. >> bill: economic justice, certainly impacts the black comm

eric rasmussen. >>> the search for clues on internate 580. the investigation continues. it was a highway altercation involving a van driver and one or more hellings angel -- hells a-- hells angels. >> reporter: they are waiting to reopen up this direction the police were told to take their tyke -- time tonight. it's an incident possibly stemming from road rage. >> a driver struck and killed a man driving his motorcycle late this afternoon. >> they thought the initial passes from the witnesses, they say it wasn't a motorcycle. >> reporter: they were traveling through the highway. >> some had insignias showing the hells angels. >> reporter: they say the motorcyclists came up against a bus driver headed back home on the end of his route. >> sounds like the van was moving every to get into a rein that make the van was in, and the van turned. >> reporter: the impact sent the motorcyclist under the bus. the bus continued on, dragging the motorcycle 1 million down the stray. the drivers were forced to tie up. it's expected the eastbound 580 will reopen in a an hour. bob, there

we had just showed you eric rasmussen, where things were heating up at 14th and broadway.want to go toamber lee, near the scene of city hall, as protesters take to the streets. >> reporter: julie, what we can see from here, we're at 14th and broadway. you can see a lot of protesters blocking this intersection. we don't see any violence from where we're standing, we see a lot of singing, dancing, some live music. we were told by folks there are police closing off that particular bart station. but i don't see a strong police presence out here for the most part, i don't see any acting out. just a lot of music, people riding around, talking amongst each other. we're heard they're meeting in front of city hall to plan for a general strike, but they're still working on the details. we did see a fire engine come through here. we don't know what it was doing, it took off. as you can see, there's still a lot of people riding around. a lot of noise, chanting, but we convenient seen any violence at this point. right now, as i'm speakk, i see an ambulance rolling in, but we're not sur

we had just showed you eric rasmussen, where things were heating up at 14th and broadway.want to go toamber lee, near the scene of city hall, as protesters take to the streets. >> reporter: julie, what we can see from here, we're at 14th and broadway. you can see a lot of protesters blocking this intersection. we don't see any violence from where we're standing, we see a lot of singing, dancing, some live music. we were told by folks there are police closing off that particular bart station. but i don't see a strong police presence out here for the most part, i don't see any acting out. just a lot of music, people riding around, talking amongst each other. we're heard they're meeting in front of city hall to plan for a general strike, but they're still working on the details. we did see a fire engine come through here. we don't know what it was doing, it took off. as you can see, there's still a lot of people riding around. a lot of noise, chanting, but we convenient seen any violence at this point. right now, as i'm speakk, i see an ambulance rolling in, but we're not sur

good morning to you, scott rasmussen. >> good morning. bill: i'm fine.s going on, do you think? >> right now raising cain has everything to do with the fact that a lot of republicans are looking for somebody to fill the role of i'm not mitt romney. romney, clearly, has the support of the base of the party. a month ago rick perry was in that role, two months ago it was michele bachmann. now it's cain's turn. bill: if it changes that often, is there anything in your numbers that tells you cain has staying power? >> nothing in the numbers, what we have to see is how does herman cain perform now? rick perry came in as a front runner, and he stumbled in the debates. herman cain is facing some challenges about his 9-9-9 plan. people are starting to raise other questions on other issues, is he up to the job. he has a platform now to make the case that he is the candidate. but it's entirely up to how he performs going forward that will determine it. bill: i golf -- i gotcha on that. you also went to iowa, and in that polling cain got 40% of the vote. he was stil

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then herman cain beats president in a new rasmussen poll.hume reports on that and we're coming right back. applications up. check my email and text messages. hands in position. airbags. ten of 'em. perfect. add blind spot monitor. 43 mpg, nice. dependability. yeah. activate dog. a bigger dog. [ male announcer ] introducing the reinvented 2012 toyota camry. it's ready. are you? ♪ somebody didn't book with travelocity, with 24/7 customer support to help move them to theool daddy promised! look at me, i'm swimming! somebody, get her a pony! [ female announcer ] the travelocity guarantee. from the price to the room to the trip you'll never roam alone. >> bill: personal story segment, as we heard ad nasa yum, when the tea party first came on the scene, there are not too many african-americans participate not guilty that movement. same thing could be said for the occupy wall street crowd. you don't see too many black faces in the demonstrations. so is there a racial element here? with us, dr. mark la mont hill, teaches at columbia university. expl

scott rasmussen of rasmussen reports joins us now.hanks for being with us. >> happy to be with you, patti ann. patti ann: if it doesn't as we mentioned, there's an automatic trigger for steep cuts in certain areas. >> well, but they trigger doesn't take effect until 2013. so that gives congress plenty of time to change their mind on that as well. the real story of this poll is skepticism and cynicism. if a deal is reached, and if they somehow came up with a plan to raise taxes on the wealthy and cut spending, three out of four americans, 72% say they think middle class taxes will go up as well. so they're not buying this argument that they're hearing. in fact, and patti ann, i can't begin to overemphasize the cynicism. most americans say they don't expect the president or congressional republicans to put forth a serious plan before election 2012. and most say if a deal is reached, it will raise taxes too much and cut spending too little. patti ann: that leads to the next question. you asked folks what worries them the most that the go

vasler based on what he did yesterday we're very -- >> reporter: in fort bragg, eric rasmussen. >>> he spent six days fighting for his life. a man's incredible story of >>> and incredible story of survival out of southern california, a 68-year-old man was found alive after the car he was in went off the road own plunged 200 feet down an enbankment in the angeles forest. david laveu was last seen last friday in his home. his family contacted police but also went outlooking for him and they finally found him yesterday. >> we stopped at every ravine and looked over every hill and then, my brother got out of the car and we kept screaming and the next thing we heard dad say, help, help. and there he was. >> david laveu told investigators he was blinded by the high beams of another car, swerved and that's when he we believe the down the ravine -- that's when he swerved down the ravine. another car was found in the ravine. that belonged to an 88-year-old who's body was stilled in. >>> leeward was flying a world war ii era plane two days ago when it slammed into the ground at high speed. 10 ot

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eric rasmussen was in fort bragg when authorities explained just what happened. >> reporter: heather, i can tell you people were packed here to hear the sheriff confirm aaron bassler was dead. a burglary tipped them off to his generlotion two miles from his mother's house, they say that is where a s.w.a.t. team shot him seven times. just like he was seen in recent surveillance video, they say he had an assault rifle in his right hand. the team engaged bassler and observed him fall to the ground. >> the suspect did not fire any rounds during this engagement. >> reporter: at this evening's us in conference, mendocino county sheriff tom almond said there was no shoot-to-kill order or any verbal contact with bassler before deputies opened fire. >> the fact that two homicides occurred and the fact he fired upon three alameda s.w.a.t. officers essentially clearly led to us believe that any contract from law enforcement is going to be met with deadly and lethal resistance. >> i saw him lose touch with realitiry. >> reporter: this long time- year-old friend watched him succumb to drugs and al

eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> leaders in the south bay who are close to shareff allman said they are heartbroken by the shootings. several church pastors said shareff allman attends their services and that they considered him to be a good friend. >> we think that something went wrong for him to snap like this. and we are concerned about the victims. >> the pastors pleaded with shareff allman to surrender or call the church for help. >>> people are in fear because of the shootings. police steaked -- staked out his home where his daughter was waiting for word. we will talk with neighbors and friends in 15 minutes. >>> we are on storm watch tonight. what a difference the last 24 hours made. ktvu's ken pritchett, it looks different from how it looked yesterday, ken? >> reporter: yesterday the ground was soaking wet, there wasn't a bit of snow. now look at it a foot of snow on the ground all from one night from one early october storm. >> reporter: despite a closure of 80, caltrans kept the roads clear from snow, snow that was coming down heavy. but even where the snow had not fa

joining us now is scott rasmussen of rasmussen reports.at poll with the very next poll, which actually says that the fewer people agree with our initial u.s. military involvement in libya. more people say obama's response was good, but fewer agree with our initial involvement. how do you make sense of that? >> there is two different time frames. he's got a nice bounce in the polls from the last week because the mission was accomplished. gadhafi, people expected that he would be removed there power. people were waiting for this. it put a nice way to wrap up the military aspect of this. the other question about the decision to get involved, the president never convinced the american people that the national security interest of our country would stay here. one in four ever believed that. americans overwhelmingly say there is no reason to send u.s. troops abroad unless our interests are at stake. >> gregg: scott, let's switch to campaign 2012. how is the president stacking up against some of the leading gop candidates? >> the top two candidat

eric rasmussen. >>> voters in san francisco took advantage of early voting today. they cast their ballots at city hall. major ed lee was among those who voted today. other mayoral candidates such as reed and chu say they are still working to get voters to the polls. >> it's been surprising how many people didn't know there was an election. we've been doing a good job educating the voters. >> i think there's city thousands of san franciscans that know there's an election. >> reporter: despite their efforts, mayoral candidates get a low turn out. officials expect less than normal to vote in the election. >>> it's been less than a month since a small group of protesters took to the streets of lower manhattan to occupy wall street. but since that september 17th action, similar protests have popped up all over the country. and as ktvu's tom vacar reports more are planned for the bay area. >> reporter: occupy oakland's tent city now covers city hall. >> i think one thing we've learned from this crisis is we can't rely on the politicians to fix this for us, it's up to us

new at 10:00, eric rasmussen in a heated council meeting that is still going on at this hour. >> that fight happened in this building upstairs right above where the city council is meeting right now. police stopped short of calling all of this gang related but said young men from rival neighborhoods were involved and some of the men in this program were back here tonight to face city leaders a couple of hours ago. >> we want to apologize to the city of richmond, to the city council. >> reporter: in a show of force of a different kind. >> i am here to say i'm sorry on behalf of everyone that was involved. >> reporter: young men apologized for the brawl on friday and begged city leaders to keep the program going and steer youth away from violence. >> this office is a good office. it saved my life and it saved a couple of my friend's lives. >> reporter: but police say four days after the fight that involved seven young men from rival parts of richmond no one is talking. not even city workers. >> it was concerning as we began to do our investigation people weren't really talking to us abo

eric rasmussen. >>> governor brown made a decision on two bills on state parks slated for closure. governor vetoed a republican bill. the governor says that measure is unnecessary because the state already has contracts with cities and counties willing to operate parks within their jurisdictions. >>> this chevy's is one of the 178 restaurants in the united states owned by the real mexican restaurant. real mex sited declined sales and rising debt in their filing. >>> a band greeted shoppers at the bay area's newest target store this evening. the east dublin store on dublin boulevard opened its doors to family and friends tonight. the store will open tomorrow and will have an official grand opening on sunday. that new target store is employing 230 people. >>> and we're getting reports of strong winds now, the winds picking up just in the last half hour to hour in the bay area. i have the buoys up and i have a couple of radars going. i wanted you to see where the heaviest rain is. that's about where the front lies you will see right back in here. here we are, right. all this has to go

joining us now, the president of rasmussen reports, scott rasmussen with more on this.. the take is that herman cain now has his 15 minutes to really make his case. i think the most significant number for him is the 37% don't have an opinion one way or the other. he can still way that. for rick perry, he's struggling. the other thing that's significant here, when we focus it on republicans, the people who will pick their party's nominee, 64% say mitt romney is qualified. 52% say rick perry is qualified. by a 49-17 margin, they say herman cain is qualified. so long way to go on this one. >> kelly: scott, let's talk about governor chris christie. he's constantly saying no, no, no. in fact, how many times can you say no, right? and yet, many people within the republican party, the leadership of the republican party even, appear to be reaching out to him, saying dude, you got to run. >> heather: dude? you use that word, dude? >> i'm not sure that was the technical term they used, but we did find out in polling that right now he's behind by a 44 to 43 to president obama. tha

new at 10:00, eric rasmussen in a heated council meeting that is still going on at this hour. >> that fight happened in this building upstairs right above where the city council is meeting right now. police stopped short of calling all of this gang related but said young men from rival neighborhoods were involved and some of the men in this program were back here tonight to face city leaders a couple of hours ago. >> we want to apologize to the city of richmond, to the city council. >> reporter: in a show of force of a different kind. >> i am here to say i'm sorry on behalf of everyone that was involved. >> reporter: young men apologized for the brawl on friday and begged city leaders to keep the program going and steer youth away from violence. >> this office is a good office. it saved my life and it saved a couple of my friend's lives. >> reporter: but police say four days after the fight that involved seven young men from rival parts of richmond no one is talking. not even city workers. >> it was concerning as we began to do our investigation people weren't really talking to us abo

ktvu's eric rasmussen is live in oakland, why some survivers worries not everyone is ready for the next disaster. >> reporter: destroying a house every 11 seconds. that's 10 homes in the time it will take us to deliver this report. now there are few people living here with first hand knowledge of what it was all like. [ siren ] the flames had people in the hills of oakland, and berkely running for their lives. >> my god, i've never seen anything like it! >> reporter: no one had seen anything like it, including gordon piper. his home was one of more than 3,000 destroyed in the firestorm. >> the area looked like it had been bombed. >> reporter: he helped create this gateway exhibit center. a monument to the fire. >> my conclusion to the firestorm, kind of where we lived, we lived in harm's way. you can't wait until the fire is coming over the hill to do something about it. >> reporter: but not everyone who lives here now knows what it was like 20 years ago. only a third of the current residence in the neighborhoods destroyed by the firestorm were there in 1991. >> do you feel like you're

eric rasmussen is live in walnut creek with the changes and why some think there's more to be done. >> reporter: the free holidays are written here on the meter. that's what they have currently. but now the city is adding martin luther king, jr., president's, and columbus day. city leaders admit it's a first step in easing some of the frustration here. >> what do you think of parking in walnut creek? >> i think it's impossible. >> reporter: we asked a dozen drivers. >> how is it to park around here? >> it's a pain in the butt. >> reporter: they fount lack of park -- found lack of parking is part of the problem. >> the meter maids are like pirana. >> reporter: one driver showed us how it cost her 40 bucks but the complaints get louder after certain holidays when people think parking is free and find out it's not. >> people getting tickets is not what we really want. >> reporter: a city councilman hooked for parking solutions. he said free parking on four more holidays is just a start. >> we're going to make it easier to park in the parking garages, more flexible policies around what it

ktvu's eric rasmussen is live in oakland, why some survivers worries not everyone is ready for the next disaster. >> reporter: destroying a house every 11 seconds. that's 10 homes in the time it will take us to deliver this report. now there are few people living here with first hand knowledge of what it was all like. [ siren ] the flames had people in the hills of oakland, and berkely running for their lives. >> my god, i've never seen anything like it! >> reporter: no one had seen anything like it, including gordon piper. his home was one of more than 3,000 destroyed in the firestorm. >> the area looked like it had been bombed. >> reporter: he helped create this gateway exhibit center. a monument to the fire. >> my conclusion to the firestorm, kind of where we lived, we lived in harm's way. you can't wait until the fire is coming over the hill to do something about it. >> reporter: but not everyone who lives here now knows what it was like 20 years ago. only a third of the current residence in the neighborhoods destroyed by the firestorm were there in 1991. >> do you feel like you're

eric rasmussen. >>> governor brown made a decision on two bills on state parks slated for closure.overnor vetoed a republican bill. the governor says that measure is unnecessary because the state already has contracts with cities and counties willing to operate parks within their jurisdictions. >>> this chevy's is one of the 178 restaurants in the united states owned by the real mexican restaurant. real mex sited declined sales and rising debt in their filing. >>> a band greeted shoppers at the bay area's newest target store this evening. the east dublin store on dublin boulevard opened its doors to family and friends tonight. the store will open tomorrow and will have an official grand opening on sunday. that new target store is employing 230 people. >>> and we're getting reports of strong winds now, the winds picking up just in the last half hour to hour in the bay area. i have the buoys up and i have a couple of radars going. i wanted you to see where the heaviest rain is. that's about where the front lies you will see right back in here. here we are, right. all this has to go t

eric rasmussen is live in walnut creek with the changes and why some think there's more to be done. >> reporter: the free holidays are written here on the meter. that's what they have currently. but now the city is adding martin luther king, jr., president's, and columbus day. city leaders admit it's a first step in easing some of the frustration here. >> what do you think of parking in walnut creek? >> i think it's impossible. >> reporter: we asked a dozen drivers. >> how is it to park around here? >> it's a pain in the butt. >> reporter: they fount lack of park -- found lack of parking is part of the problem. >> the meter maids are like pirana. >> reporter: one driver showed us how it cost her 40 bucks but the complaints get louder after certain holidays when people think parking is free and find out it's not. >> people getting tickets is not what we really want. >> reporter: a city councilman hooked for parking solutions. he said free parking on four more holidays is just a start. >> we're going to make it easier to park in the parking garages, more flexible policies around what it

the good news is, according to rasmussen, if the election were held today barack obama would lose to herman cain. between now and next november, the only thing that could go wrong is if something goes right. that's why i'm giving a big tip of my hat to the tea party nation. on tuesday, the for-profit grass roots group e-mailed all 30,000 of its members asking them to take the following pledge. "i, an american small-business owner, part of the class that produces the vast majority of real wealth-producing jobs in this country, hereby resolve that i will not hire a single person until this war against business and my country is stopped." (laughter) amen. folkswith americans hurting, something must be done. that something-- nothing. (laughter) but sadly, nothing may not be enough. to ensure obama's defeat, i call on all americans, not only not to hire each other, but to actively drive the economy off a cliff where it will plunge down to the canyon floor of liberty. (laughter) they'll say "oh but steven, this is my business. i want it to do well. and i may have to hire people." well, sto

eric rasmussen. >>> voters in san francisco took advantage of early voting today.hey cast their ballots at city hall. major ed lee was among those who voted today. other mayoral candidates such as reed and chu say they are still working to get voters to the polls. >> it's been surprising how many people didn't know there was an election. we've been doing a good job educating the voters. >> i think there's city thousands of san franciscans that know there's an election. >> reporter: despite their efforts, mayoral candidates get a low turn out. officials expect less than normal to vote in the election. >>> it's been less than a month since a small group of protesters took to the streets of lower manhattan to occupy wall street. but since that september 17th action, similar protests have popped up all over the country. and as ktvu's tom vacar reports more are planned for the bay area. >> reporter: occupy oakland's tent city now covers city hall. >> i think one thing we've learned from this crisis is we can't rely on the politicians to fix this for us, it's up to us to

eric rasmussen with the increasing cost of this man hunt. >> reporter: the sheriff says it's already cost thousands of dollars. the sheriff, other agencies working with top guns from the u.s. marshals office, he says there's no turning back now now that the this suspect tried to shoot three deputies. it looked more like a military operation in fort bragg on day 35 of the man hunt for eric vasler. the largest team yet loaded up and headed into these woods knowing vasler opened fire on a team of three less than 24 hours earlier. >> he and his friends have been on this terrain with bicycles and quads and motorcycle all their lives. >> reporter: this man who didn't want to show his face says vascell knows the woods well but so do the especially trained officers. >> this is not working in oakland and san francisco, this is more urban. this is definitely in the wood. when you go in there you won't see or hear a thing. >> it's all going to depend on mr. vascler. based on what he did yesterday we're very apprehensive if we can do a safe surrender. >> reporter: neighbors took these pictures o

i think back a sense, from the secretary-general anders rasmussen yesterday was mission accomplished, although he did not put it like that. he said that they had managed to safeguard the safety and security of the libyan population. >> we talk about the dawn of a new era in libya, has this operation in the dawn of a new realization for nato that you cannot rely on america all the time? >> absolutely. president obama was pretty clear right from the outset that the u.s. was not going to get involved. he was adamant that he would not be seen in his country or perceived around the world as george w. bush trying to change.egime david cameron and nicolas sarkozy have pretty much spoken in those terms. david cameron has been attempting to distance himself from tony blair and the perceptions people may have of him over the iraq war. at the same time, i think nato will see this as a success and possibly a model for the future. >> thank you, matthew price. let's skip the latest from tripoli. caroline hawley of the bbc is there. the focus at the moment is on gaddafi and the funeral. when and whe

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scott rasmussen is here. what do you attribute that virtual tie to?blican party to find a challenger to mitt romney. he's clearly going to be a finalist in this race and every month it seems there is a new challenger. right now herman cain has the chance to make his case. why should he be president of the united states and see if he can convince enough republican primary votator stay alive. the other big story here, a name you didn't mention, rick perry, a month or so ago he was on top of the polls. had some tough debates, tough discussions about illegal immigration. now before a single vote has been cast, we're seeing him sink into single digits. >> i think he's this year's version of the why rudy guiliani crash and burn. if you get rid of all of the other candidates, bachman and perry and huntsman and even newt gingrich and you just have cain and romney what, do you have there? >> a dead heat. 4 #% for cain. 42% for romney. some people are surprised at this. they were saying, obvious low all the perry people or bachman people would go to cain. that'

the rasmussen poll gives the georgia republican a 2-point advantage in a projected head- to-head matchupllow republican mitt romney has led the president in previous polls as well but now trails him by 2 points. >>> president obama is on a bus tour trying to rally support for history advised jobs plan. his first toured stopped today in north field, north carolina. he asked them to reconsider his proposal. >> we're going to give them another chance to scott eyre job by looking after your jobs. >> what i hoped is we could, once the president gets off of his, the campaign trail, that we could sit down and come to an agreement in some areas. >> the bus trip will end up in virginia. the president won both those states and he will now need them to be re-elected. >> we are getting word an historic prisoner swap is underway, the one young man being exchanged for hundreds of others. >>> the racing world stunned by the death of a champion. the look at the phenomenon known as dirty air and how that might have caused the fiery crash. >> those over the limit charges can come as a costly surprise ,,,,

this is what ross mus -- rasmussen is reporting. what do you think of that?polls have had that, too. essentially it says that the republicans at this point have a good chance to defeat president obama. whether it's cain or whether it's some other republican nominee. now, remember, this is before the scrutiny that's going to come for any republican nominee. bill: and more of that later tonight. thank you professor, good to see you. larry sabato, university of virginia, nice to have you, okay? >> thank you bill. bill: you got it. martha: long before he was running for president he was commander in chief of a pizza empire. herman cain says america needs a sense of humor, folks, and apparently he lived by those words as the ceo of the godfather's franchise. watch this: >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ imagine there's no pizza. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ i couldn't, if i tried. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ [laughter] >> eating only tacos. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ or kentucky fried. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ [laughter] >> martha: so funny! all right, that was omaha, nebraska in 1991, right before that, cain said one of the wonde

. >>> and the latest rasmussen survey shows herman cain is the only republican who would beat president obama if the general election was held today. that poll gives the former pizza executive a 43-41% edge. it shows the president beating the other gop front-runner mitt romney by 2%. >> he has come out of nowhere just out of the blue. >> i know. >>> how about some traffic and weather. we have lawrence back on the morning show. it's hot. it was hot last night. >> it was. temperatures coming down. temperatures cooling off, fog along the coastline, the wind has switched directions more of an onshore breeze to help cool down the temperatures. fog noun gathering at the coastline. thick at the surface. fog a concern in the bay area. 61 in san jose. clear skies in concord at 58 degrees. and 57 in livermore. i think this afternoon, it will be pretty nice but not as warm as yesterday. you will still see some low 80s well inland. about 82 degrees in livermore. 80 in concord. 79 should be sunny in san jose. as you make your way toward the coastline, temperatures will be noticeably cooler with the

proposed by russia last friday after colonel gadhafi to death nato security general anders fogh rasmussen hailed of the alliance as operation a great success that's despite thousands of civilians being killed during its campaign in libya are he's going to try to can has more details from washington d.c. . the u.n. security council voted unanimously to lift the no fly zone over libya effectively meaning to and nato operations there nato has been operating all this time under the u.n. security council mandate for march now with russia's initiative the council has voted to and that mandate and complete nato operations by the end of october as we heard from marcia's and voyage to the united nations nato is expected to fully comply with the resolution we expect the nato council to act in accordance with this decision of the this security council of the united nations and to suspend its operation at midnight. so we're told that indeed a new chapter is being opened in libya and the libyan people will be able to take advantage of the new situation to build a new libya they desire the vote comes a