samantha hayes, cnn, washington. >> to other important things like dessert.ing dessert in particular, is it in jeopardy again this year? the all-important pumpkin outlook next. discertot now, allov cntry are getting ve perce cashba bonus at restaurants. it pay switch, its to dr. >>> all right. next weekend and really all week maybe jack o la terns will be glowing on doorsteps across the country but soon after halloween comes thanksgiving and people are worried there won't be enough pumpkins left over for the pies. our jacqui jeras has been investigating. i like this assignment because i love all things pumpkin. >> do, too. those used for pumpkin pie are different than the jackolanterns. >> i didn't know that. >> absolutely. what is thanksgiving without pumpkin pie, right? everybody loves it literally millions of americans love the sweet treat but bad weather, too much rain and higher demand is leaving the grocery stores with rather thin shelves.s. >> all right, pumpkin, where are you? >> while linus was in search of many americans were in search of the great

samantha hayes, cnn, washington. >> all right.ntime women voters may be the key to the governor's race in florida, in particular. senior political editor mark preston is live for us in tampa, florida, right now, so how is the race shaping up there, especially as it pertains to women? >> reporter: well, what a great segue coming out of that piece from samantha, fred. the fact is right now alex sink is only up five points on rick scott when it comes to women and that's within the margin of error of our cnn/"time" magazine opinion research poll. that is not good news for alex sink. overall, she is trailing rick scott, the republican nominee, by three points which, again, is within the margin of error. bottom line, this race is going to go down to the wire, of course, until november 2nd. we'll see both candidates on cnn tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. they will be here to debate their final debate before voters actually head to the polls. in fact, some voters have headed to the polls because of early voting, but women voters as our own ke