governor strickland, folks are looking at florida and worried about whether florida is going to mess but there are also people who were talking about ohio and whether ohio is going to be the place where, you know, all sort of electoral hell will break loose. how confident are you that -- >> there will be no recount. >> that the decision today out of ohio will be definitive? >> i think we'll have a clear victory here in ohio one way or the other. my prediction is that the president will win, but we have great confidence in our voting system. there are obviously debates and disputes, but i think we will know. four years ago ohio was called before 9:30, and i think we'll have a fairly early vote out of ohio tonight, and of course, before the president will be over. >> never sounded so confident, governor. >> before midnight -- >> exactly. >> all right. governor strickland, thank you very much. >> thank you -- >> by the way, i found out it was mitch scarborough's birthday. you know who else? >> hurricane dan. >> dan seymour. >> get out! >> just. >> in time for mitt romney. >> give him a

out front this afternoon, ohio's former democratic governor ted strickland.e's here with me and the state capital of columbus. john avalon, senior political columnist with "newsweek", the daily beast. rayhan salaam and gloria borger. first we're going to tackle the smarts or not of election day behavior for both men and then we'll tackle when we're going to know and who tonight. that's the gig. and the winner gets a million dollars or mitt romney bet 10,000 in something. governor strickland, today, the decision of mitt romney to go out. he's the challenger. so it would make sense. the president, though, did some interviews, but decided to stay home and play basketball. is that good optics or bad optics? >> i think the president may have touched more people through his calls if the concern is how many voters can you reach during this last few hours of the campaign. but, you know, election days, i think, are very special events and i think every politician deals with them sort of differently. >> it is all about your psyche and your psychology. you heard him say

former ohio governor ted strickland. texas congressman jeb hensarling and bob shrum, a democratic consultant who worked on the kerry and gore campaigns. it is tuesday, november 6th, election day. "starting point" is coming to you live from washington, d.c., and we begin right now. >> welcome, everybody, you're watching a special edition of starting point and cnn's live coverage of election day 2012. the two candidates have been talking for about 17 months now and now it's the american people who will have the final say. these are the states with polls that are opening right now. state of delaware, state of florida, state of georgia, illinois, kansas, louisiana, maryland, massachusetts, michigan, missouri, pennsylvania, rhode island, south carolina, tennessee, and washington, d.c. you're looking at a live picture now from wilmington, delaware, where joe biden is expected to vote at any moment. the vice president then will head to chicago to watch the returns with president obama today. mitt romney is not letting up on thi

. >>> i want to bring in our political power panel, erin pike, ted strickland and reverend joe watkins, a republican strategist. great to have you all here. i know you were listening to the senator there. reverend joe, i want to start with you. the president is going to speak in the next hour from pennsylvania. we're getting live pictures of his plane arriving right now, as i understand it. it's going to be the first time we're going to hear from him since john boehner and mcconnell rejected this initial offer. what cards do the republicans think that they are holding that they can be so ob ststinent at s point, joe? >> i don't know if it's any cards. the hope is that we can get this done for the sake of the american people and the time for posturing has passed. it really is a negotiation. and republicans know at the end of the day that revenues have to be raised. and the question becomes is how's that done? is it going to be done by eliminating dividends or done by raising marginal rates? and of course, they're against raising marginal rates. but i think at the end of it all, both sid

strickland has been working the coal country. you an idea of the political swing in that portion of the state consider this. in 2004 strickland a democrat won reelection to the house seat in that district for president a republican won, george bush. >> it was weeks before millions in the northeast get their power back including my house. why aren't utility crews being asked to help and being turned away. >>> a big night for country music. we have our highlights from the cma's. performer of the year. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] don't just reject convention. drown it out. introducing the all-new 2013 lexus ls f sport. an entirely new pursuit. >> welcome back to fox and fwendz first. i -- fox and friends first. >> i am heather childers. >> i am heather nauert. >> we are following three big stories while they assess the damage leftover from sandy there's a major gas crisis emerging. folks are lining up for hours and hours to try to fill up their gas tanks to find there is no fuel and knee relief in sight. >> new die taetails gabout the

former ohio governor ted strickland.essman jeb hensarling and bob sh rum, a democratic consultant who worked on the kerry and gore campaign. special election coverage here on cnn begins right now. maybe it felt like five years to you but it's been 17 months of campaigning and campaign promises, and today the american people get their say. good morning, welcome to a special edition of "early start." and our live coverage of election day 2012. now the polls are opening right now in eight states, in connecticut, in indiana, kentucky, maine, in new hampshire, in new jersey, new york and in the state of virginia. folks, about a year and a half we've watched the two candidates spend $3 billion and duel it out in three dramatic debates, all for a chance for your vote. mitt romney has added two final campaign stops, one in cleveland, ohio. the other in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. president obama is in chicago today, and aides say he is likely to continue his election-day tradition of playing basketball with his friends before he s

but the problem there -- and this is what john strickland says, an airline industry says from their problems are many-sided. >> iberia, on the one hand, faces a very difficult, external trading environment, a weak spanish economy, rising airport charges, and tough competition. but internally it's a company that hasn't come into the modern age and made itself more lean and mean. it's overmanned, has a large number of routes on the network. >> jamie, thank you very much indeed. now, tens of thousands of people have signed an online petition calling for the pakistani schoolgirl who survived a gun attack by the taliban to be nominated for the nobel peace prize. malala yousafzai, who's 15, had become well known as a campaigner for girls' education. >> malala is said to be humbled and inspired by the thousands of cards and gifts that have been sent to her. it's a month now since she was shot on a school bus for daring to say that girls should get an education. a peace prize nomination can't be made been a ordinary member of the public. that's why this petition has been started, calling on david ca

and kind of like a flat out you know like no one thinks it's actually a reality you can go to tom strickland with the n.s.a. and couple there and say whistleblowers have been under fire by federal prosecutors lately so it's. going to set up a bit of a really interesting and i think to i mean you make a good point about you know the congress says this the president says this you know we have these three branches of government but what actually goes into effect remains to be seen as if you can make it if you're still new and i think yeah i have yeah absolutely our senior producer and you're like thank you we're always here for breaking it down capital account is up next on our team so let's check in with lauren lister to see what's on the agenda today other war and happy monday hi christine happy monday to you you know if you factoids out some data points about what's going on with the economy in the u.s. we got a report from the wall street journal they didn't analysis of all of these corporate earnings and conference calls and found that about half of the major corporate investors are not in

. >>> the battle ground in ohio, joining me now is former governor ted strickland. welcome to you, sir. >> good to be with you. >> the promo for our show tonight walls ohio, ohio, ohio. as if almost nothing else mattered. do you think it could all come down to ohio tomorrow night? >> it could. i don't think it will, piers. i think the president will win other battleground states that are crucial to a victory. but certainly here in ohio, over the last four months, mitt romney has never held a lead. the president has always maintained a relatively small but a very consistent lead in ohio. and i see nothing that's changed that in these last few hours. so i think ohio is going to end up in the obama column and consequently, i think he will be re-elected to a second term. >> we had the huge storm that hit the east coast. there's no doubt looking at the polls you can see that the president's opportunity to be a president for that week has helped him and damaged mitt romney. it's one of the events that can hit anybody in a campaign. how significant do you think it's been,

strickland, the ohio governor introducing president obama.tead of leighing the hurricane politics aside he decided to use it as a chance to take a shot at mitt romney. take a listen. >> there is mitt romney who tried to fake compassion to ask people to bring food to a rally. and when they don't do it, they take $5,000 and go to wal-mart and buy food to pass out to the people coming to the rally. so he can get his picture taken loading boxes on a truck. >> andrea: that is so disgusting. >> bob: not disgusting that his campaign bought that stuff. >> andrea: he is trying to help hurricane relief victims. can't you leave politics out of it? if they criticized obama and they're not doing, there would be uproar. >> bob: the romney cam spain not doing it? >> andrea: i haven't heard romney -- >> bob: i was wrong about romney yesterday. i should have said his surrogates are the ones taking enowhere in mouse advantage of this thing -- enormous advantage of this. they went to wal-mart, they handed things to hand to romney. what is that about? why didn't

and give it up for your former governor and my friend ted strickland in the house.f us have been focused on what's been happening on the east coast. and one of the worst storms of our lifetime. and as a nation we've watched the harrowing images and we've been heartbroken by those who have been lost. and i had a chance to visit new jersey and talk to some of the families. every day i'm on the phone with mayors and local officials. and what i've said to them and i think ohio you'll agree with me when i say this because i didn't just speak for me, i spoke for the country. is we will be with them every step of the way on the hard road to recovery. every step of the way. because that's what we do as americans. we will help them rebuild. and we'll carry on with the spirit that says no matter how bad a storm is, no matter how tough times may get, we're all in this together. we rise or fall as one nation and as one people. that spirit has guided this country along its improbable journey for more than two centuries. it's carried us through the trials and tribulations of the

. >> reporter: david strickland is the administrator of the national highway traffic safety administration. >> not being properly belted in could be the difference between a child having no injuries and having a child have severe injuries. >> reporter: getting children properly belted is confusing. the safest seat depends on the weight and height of your child. then there's rear facing, forward facing, booster seats, and how they hook into different models of cars is staggering. and regulations and safety standards have changed over the years. >> every time you introduce new technology, you introduce new ways to misuse seats as well. some of the modern conveniences for the car seats aren't available in the older models. so they knew what to do when we didn't. >> it's better to be safe than sorry. >> here's a tip on getting a seat that actually fits with your car. check with the manufacturer of the car you own. it might suggest a car seat to buy. to learn more about car seat safety and how to find one of the inspection stations near you, go to our website nbcwashington.com and search car se

ohio governor ted strickland attacked governor romney for sending his campaign bus to deliver disaster relief supplies this week. watch. >> and then there is mitt romney who tries to fake compassion by asking people to bring food to a rally and when they don't do it they take $5,000 and go out to wal-mart and by food to pass out to the people coming to the rally so that he can get his picture taken loading boxes on a truck. >> sean: excuse me, governor but he has given more money to charity than barack obama and that cheap skate joe biden combined. faking compassion? i'm sorry are but the man who truly fakes compassion is the one that you are supporting in this race. president barack obama went to bed on september 11th this year without convening his national security team even as americans were being massacred in benghazi. president obama got up the morning on september 12 and went to vegas instead of focusing on a terrorist attack that killed the u.s. ambassador and three other americans including two navy seals. it was president barack obama he was the one who met with the families

give it up for your former governor, our great friend, ted strickland. poor ted has a cold. he wouldn't shake my hand. he's sick, but he's still out campaigning. now, i love you back and i'm glad to be here. you know -- i can tell this is kind of a rowdy crowd. all right. all right. thank you. well, listen, you know, for the past few days, all of us have been focused on one of the wfrt storms in our lifetimes, in our history. and i just got off the phone with my team, emergency management team and got an update on what's happening in new jersey and new york and connecticut, west virginia where there's a whole lot of snow. you know, as a nation, we mourn those who were lost. you know, you can only imagine what so many families are going through right now. and the message i've said every time i talk to people back east is we stand with the people of new york and new jersey and connecticut every step of the way, every step of the way in the hard weeks ahead. and there's a lot of work that still remain toes be done. but we've also been inspired these last few days by the heros w

. >> how strickland lost in 2010. all margins.in cuyohoga much smaller than they had planned on. chris jansing i know you'll have more coming up. we'll have a special edition of chris's show live from ohio, 10:00 right here on msnbc. all right. stocks getting a boost from the better than expected october jobs report. wall street just opening 33 seconds ago. let's get the market rundown. becky quick is here. not much bad news in this jobs report. >> no. >> hard to find any isn't it? >> if you nit pick you can find a couple things but all in all this is a really strong report. numbers came in better than expected on just about every count. if you were looking at the number of jobs created it was 171,000. that was better than the 125,000 people had been expecting that economists had been expecting. you also could take a look at the revisions over the last couple months. apparently for august and september the labor department now saying there were an additional 84,000 jobs that were created in those jobs than they had already reporte

we could see some 70 strickland near the coast. 7:00 p.m.re we will indicate the '50s. temperatures are three to seven degrees warmer than the seasonal average. it will be a little warmer than yester day. cupertino when 7271 expected in santa clara mainly sunny skies and the east bay. fairfsanta rosa is 70 degrees 67 for palo llama. ocean beach is coming in at 63 degrees. 7 day around the bay shows warmer weather on the way in tomorrow could be the warmest of the week. we will continue as mild pleasant weather as we start the next workweek. wednesday into thursday could see some rain. heavy rains slated for friday. another passage will push through indicating wet weather on tap for next weekend. >> if you want to have non is some shopping and potentially avoided the heavy traffic later on this afternoon, now is the time to do it. traffic is looking good. the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza is still nice and light. it is in my throat the morning and we have not had any problems through the maze or the toll plaza or the upper deck. drive

. >> reporter: ted strickland is predicting an obama victory with a margin wide enough to avoid the dreaded legal challenges. >> i think the president will win a convincing victory. it will be tight. >> reporter: there are armys of lawyers on stand by from both sides in case this election comes out close in ohio. back to you. >> in another crucial swing state, florida, with 11 more electoral votes. 29 up for grabs. that makes it the biggest prize of the nine swing states in play. mary thompson is in orlando. you will have the latest. anything i have heard today i will stop you. give me the absolute latest. >> reporter: i am at the brew pub in orlando where if you wear your i voted sticker you get a free beer tonight. there has been a shift in the biggest of the swing states. right now governor romney has a slight lead over president obama who was leading in florida last summer as well as into early fall. of course, all of that is very good news for the romney campaign because a victory in florida would make it easier to collect the votes to make it to the white house. long lines. voters tol

give it up for your former governor and our great friend ted strickland. but he is backstage and he is still out campaigning. i love you back. you know - [applause] i can tell it as a rowdy crowd. [cheers and applause] >> four more years! four more years! four more years! four more years! >> thank you. well, listen, you know, for the past few days, all ofus have been focused on one of the worst storms in our lifetimes. i just got off the phone with my emergency management team and got an update on what is happening in new jersey and new york and connecticut, west virginia where there is a whole lot of snow. as a nation, we mourn those who were lost. you can only imagine what so many families are going through right now. the message i have sent every time i talk to people back east is we stand with the people of new york and new jersey and connecticut every step of the way. there is a lot of work that still remains to be done. we've also been inspired these last few days by the heroes running into buildings and wading through water and neighbors helping nei

they have dispatched ted strickland, probably the best friend that organized labor has in recent elected office. he was the governor defeated by john kasich. he also the congressman out there. he is working overtime in the region. richard trumka, head of the afl-cio, who used to be the president of the united mine workers of america he said in a conference call he is head the out there in couple days to try to convince mine workers and their families that this president is on his side. they need to vote for him. this is a battle ground territory and battleground issue. martha? martha: five days away people will watch the counties as numbers come in to try to read the tea leaves in ohio. thank you very much. bill: we'll take you live to brooklyn, new york. these are new yorkers who live in brooklyn, who are trying to get to, either family members, or a job across the east river onto the island of manhattan. so the subway lines you know in lower manhattan are still shut down. some opened up on other parts of the island. the city organized this to allow people to get in line to get on a bus

patience, and things are getting under way here in hilliard and i have to tell you that governor stricklandhat president obama is on the way here, and we are expecting that is a message of patience that he will be urging. probably using the jobs numbers from today to say, look, the economy is slowly but surely moving in the right direction, and this isn't the time to change course. obviously, countering very much to what we have heard from governor romney as he tries to urge the voters to change course. if yesterday was any indication, expect some strong jigs at governor romney for positioning himself as the candidate of change in this election. we heard yesterday that president talk about how mitt romney is not the candidate of change, but he has not put specifics on to a number of his economic plans. and we are expecting him to hit governor romney in the same way today, carol. >> all right. brianna keilar, we will get back to you as soon as the president -- is that a live picture of the p president getting off of air force one. he is on tape, and that is when he arrived in ohio. when he s

in california, the democrat there beats tony strickland. michigan's first.he republican, benishek, co mes out the victor. there are a few other outstanding ones. go to our web site c-span.org. as we told you yesterday, the state of florida had yet to be called. here is the "miami herald." we still do not know where the 29 electoral votes will go, but it has not made a difference in the overall outcome of the presidential election. back to the topic of what was your message to washington. a lot of newspaper articles this morning about the fiscal cliff. that is what faces these leaders as they make their way back to washington. here is the fiscal -- "the financial times." topping that list is paul ryan, the vice-president candidate returning to congress and has asked to continue on as chairman of the house budget committee. those are the people doing the negotiations. moving on to "the washington post." they know earlier wednesday barack obama call john boehner and others to urge them to put aside partisan interests to advance the interests of the american peo

ted strickland voted out in the republican sweep in 2010 says kasich is taking more credit than he deserves>> i think if you go back and look at the very recent history in ohio, what's happened with our economy, you can see that ohio's economy started to turn around in 2010. that's before the current governor took office. >> so who is right? in a sense they all are. this state's economy doesn't necessarily fit into either campaign's narrative. >> we of course both make things. but also we make things for each other. so there are export and import dynamics. >> in fact one of the things that may be benefiting the state's economy is something that's not that glamorous at all which is appreciation of chinese currency which makes the state more competitive and to be confused even more, the latest nbc "wall street journal" poll for ohio shows the president opening up a lead among likely voters 51% to 46%. polls show the race tighter. when asked if it's headed in the right direction in that survey, the wrong track leads 49% to 45%. this is a very polarized state. melissa? >> all issues really unde

you have trent lott and ted strickland, jonathan capehart and another married couple, avalon and hoovera really, really inspiring roster of people. so i guess let me ask you why did things turn out the way they did last week on election day? >> you know, first of all, it was close but i think that -- you know, most of the pundits got it right. that is i think the people sense that the economy was getting better while slowly things were kind of turning in the right direction. and i think they were willing to give the president the benefit of the doubt under those circumstances. i also think that the discussion about the changing demographics in america that is we're a country that's much different than we were 50 years ago. and i think the democrats did a better job of appealing to that new constituency. but you know, things change in politics. you know, i was a congressman for a long time and all of a sudden i got booted out of office. i thought i could be there forever. people shouldn't take this as necessarily glory days for the democrats. things improved but government is still split

we'll talk to leaders from both battleground states, former democratic governor of ohio ted strickland. but first -- oh, no. louis will do his best to try to find ohio and pennsylvania on the map. that's never going to happen. he'll be out there for hours. he'll be out there for hours. >> do not go over texas. >> will you is on ice straight ahead on "morning joe." humans -- even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? we create easy to use, powerful trading tools for all. look at these streaming charts! they're totally customizable and they let you visualize what might happen next. that's genius! strategies, chains, positions. we put 'em all on one screen! could we make placing a trade any easier? mmmm...could we? open an account today and get a free 13-month e ibd™ subscription when you call 1-888-28

[applause] get -- give up for your former governor and our great friend ted strickland. [applause] quartet as a cold and is backstage. . poor ted has got a call but he is backstage and he is still out campaigning. i love you back. [applause] you know - [applause] i can tell it as a rowdy crowd. [applause] all right, all right, all right. [fouro more years] [four more years] >> thank you. for the past few days, all of us have been focused on one of the worst storms in our lifetimes. i just got off the farm -- off the phone with my emergency management team and got an update on what is happening in new jersey and new york and connecticut, west virginia where there is a whole lot of snow. as a nation, we mourn those who were lost. you can only imagine what so many families are going through right now. the message i have sent every time i talk to people back east is we stand with the people of new york and new jersey and connecticut every step of the way. [applause] there is a lot of work that still remains to be done. we've also been inspired these last few days by the hero

hunton, a republican event in california 26th district also the democratic when julie of the tony strickland, the republican, and then also michigan first dan, the republican in a four way race is the victor in michigan first district. those are some of the races that have been called. there are a few other out standing once. go to our website come c-span.org, and then also as i told you yesterday in the presidential race, in florida has yet to be called here is the absentee ballot voting delay to push right on the floor of the election. we don't know where the 29 electoral votes will go but have made every outcome of the presidential election. back to the topic here. what was your message to washington? a lot of newspaper articles this morning about the fiscal the cliff and that is what faces -- >> we will leave this portion of this morning's washington journal now to go live to the american enterprise institute for panel discussions on the election with fox news channel commentator michael barone, inside out columnist norman borkenstein and others. it is just beginning. this is live covera