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richard wolffe and alex wagner will join me next for the discussion. stay tuned. >>> coming up, new poll numbers show mitt romney's 47% comments have take an toll. can tomorrow's debate be a game changer? richard wolffe and alex wagner will join me for a debate preview, next. >>> the obama campaign launches a new ad targeting mitt romney's investment in china with bain capital. we'll have the response and talk with ohio senator sherrod brown. >>> and a big day for swing state voters. early voting begins in ohio and a pennsylvania court blocks a voter i.d. law. all the details. share your thoughts on facebook and on twitter using the #edshow. >>> thanks for watching "the ed show." mitt romney is running behind in the polls. he needs to bring his a game tomorrow night. does he has have a game? romney has an uphill climb on his hands. no doubt about it. the comments about the 47% has done some real damage to the campaign. >> that infamous piece of tape is being given analysis by the american people. >> that infamous piece of tape is being given analysis b

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ross perot, interviewed by "usa today"'s richard wolffe on the economy, the deficit a debt and how it's changed since he ran r presidenn 1992 and '96. fi richard wolffe's article in today's edition of "usaoday" and at usa today.co ross per tonight on c-span at 9 eastern. >> host: and joining us thi week on "the counicators" is david cohen, comcast's executive vice president. mr. cohen, the last timyou were on this program was april 2009, just a few months before -- >> guest: sounds like an eternity. [laughter] >> host: just a few months beforeomca c bought a lot of nbc. do you feel fully integrated? >> guest: well, i don't know that we're fully integrated, but i think we, um, feel very comfortable with the asset and feel very comfortable with the level of integration between the two companies. they're, obviously, very different businesses, very different companies, and steve burke had a great vision going in that he wanted to bring the best parts of the comcast culture and the comcast management culture but respect the differences between the companies and the unique, um, you know, some

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richard wolffe, thanks for your time tonight on "the ed show." appreciate it. >> thank you. >> remember to answer tonight's question at the bottom of the screen. share your thoughts on twitter @edshow and on facebook. we want to know what you think. >>> last night paul ryan was confronted on the extreme anti-choice position. the romney ticket presents. terri o'neal on the war on women. next. stay with us. [ horn honks ] [ male announcer ] you start your day... love you, too. ...thinking about what's important to you -- your family... ...the mortgage... the kids' college tuition. [ cellphone ringing ] but life insurance? [ horn honking ] life is unpredictable. that's why at fidelity life we want you to think about term life insurance -- taking care of your family's future expenses if something happens to you. it's easy. we get to know you and your needs, then give you our best quote and our competitors'. you choose and save up to 70%. that could mean $250,000 of coverage for just $15 a month. we offer plans with no medical exam, and we've been in

richard wolffe, thanks for your time tonight on "the ed show." appreciate it. >> thank you. >> remember to answer tonight's question at the bottom of the screen. share your thoughts on twitter @edshow and on facebook. we want to know what you think. >>> last night paul ryan was confronted on the extreme anti-choice position. the romney ticket presents. terri o'neal on the war on women. next. stay with us. >>> coming up, republicans freak out over vice president joe biden's big win. karen finney joins me on that. >>> paul ryan defends his tax plan but not very convincingly. david cay johnston takes a crack at it. >>> the war on women was alive and well last night with revealing answers to a question about abortion. terri o'neal joins me next. >>> share your thoughts with us on facebook and on twitter. using the #edshow. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." thanks for watching tonight. mitt romney continues to walk a tightrope over abortion rights. and now his running mate has reignited the war on women. >> if the romney/ryan ticket is elected, shoul

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wolffe. following a surreal and terrifying nht we are seeing scenes of destruction up and down the eastern seaboard. record-breaking storm surges in manhattan left cars floating down streets, fires broke out and torched neighborhoods. more than 8 million without power and at least 29 people have lost their lives. sandy now a post-tropical cyclone is bringing blizzard conditions it parts of west virginia. its power is being felt as far as chicago. waves up to 25 feet high are expected on lake michigan. last night new jersey took a direct hit from the super storm, driving the atlantic ocean into coastal cities. rescues are under way in moonchie putting the town under water and 800 stranded. the degree of devastation across new jersey is still unknown. >> you have a battered, battered new jersey shore that i hope to tour later today. i think the losses are going to be almost incall lable. >> what's being called the storm of the century crippled new york city cutting power and plunging manhattan

richard wolffe and cynthia tucker, thank you for coming on tonight. we have new video that shows a crane as it partially collapses, dangling 80 stories above the city's streets. more on that ahead. >>> we are also tracking the path of hurricane sandy as it heads towards the south jersey coast. it's expected make landfall any minute now. you're watching our special storm coverage here on "politicsnation" on msnbc. >>> we've been asking you to show your photos with us on your early voting days. this is a picture of a whole family turning in their ballots together in flint, michigan. and running into big bird when they voted in north carolina this weekend. it looks like the longest lines were in georgia. karen sent us this picture of the six-hour long wait and jason sent us this picture of his family who also waited in a six-hour long line to vote. that's dedication. i have more on the fight for voting rights and i'll be voting event this weekend but we want to see you cast your ballot, too. go to facebook page, which is facebook.com/politicsnation and s

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. >> richard wolffe on the expectations for the president going into the debate. and former ohio governor ted strickland on the new lie mitt romney is cooking up. >> unemployment is higher today than when president obama took office. we created zero jobs. >>> paul ryan meets the takers in a homeless clinic. he staged a photo op and it was a total bust. >>> and mitt romney's vision for america is playing out right now in illinois. >> the only motivation is they want more money. >> since auto workers are in new york protesting the republican nominee, tonight my interview with a worker. >>> good to have you with us. thanks for watching. the uproar over president obama's debate performance has subsided. we are back to square one. tomorrow might be one of the most important dates on the calendar. the polls show the race is dead even once again. president obama has maintained his lead in several key swing states like ohio and nevada. the numbers have stabilized. but all the attention turns to the town hall-style debate tomorrow night. the obama campaign launched a new a

joining me tonight is richard wolffe, msnbc political analyst. richard, we have a number of different things that all of a sudden mitt romney agrees with president obama on, but the one most glaring was afghanistan. will this have an impact in the final two weeks? >> well, let's just remember just how much of a back flip-flop he does last night. he's a guy that said no timeline, but he has a timeline without an end e date. suddenly we have an end date. normal candidates do not try and release new policies in debates. we have seen it now in three debates he's tried to do this. it's great that the president throws it out there and tries to point out these changes, last-minute reversals, but more than that, what we saw last night was bill clinton said strong and wrong, weak and right. last night we had weak and wrong against strong and right. it was the projection of weakness from mitt romney both on the substance and the way he was changing his policy that i think was the hardest piece of him. people don't understand the policy of foreign policy. t

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joining me now is richard wolffe, vice president and executive editor of msnbc and an msnbc politicalcia m menendez. thank you both for joining me. >> thank you, rev. >> alicia, big leads in key states. will this help the democratic freakout? >> i think that compounded with president obama's performance, remember when they laid out the five paths to victory, those numbers really critical coming out of iowa. we also know that the romney campaign is pulling their operation out of north carolina. another path to victory was north carolina. we know that now that they are leaving north carolina. and virginia, the race is razor tight. so there are a virt tea ariety . great news for democrats. >> richard, it seems that not only are we dealing with a lot of celebrities out there, but they are giving real content and substance. president clinton was in ohio today telling voters that president obama saved the auto industry and the economy. listen. >> when you were down and you were out and your whole economy was threatened, the president had your back. you've got to have his back now. this is n

>> reporter: last night, new york's rivers sunked above the banks of lower manhattan with a record wolffday, you could see the damage everywhere. the vital infrastructure, under ground subway, crippled, the system that carries 5 million riders every day, still a deluged tunnel of darkness. authorities say it will take days to pump the water out of 46 miles of flooded track, largely because thof that, the city is paralyzed, schools, restaurants and many businesses remain closed. with subways shut down the only only way on and off this island are bridges and tunnels which only today are slowly beginning to reopen. the verrazano is open for business. last night we met the bradshaw family that live in the shad oest world trade center and ignored mandatory evacuation orders and rode out storm with their 1-month-old. >> we take this seriously and we're prepared. >> reporter: they lost power and at high tide last night river water chest deep was in their lobby. today they reversed course. >> the plan is to head uptown to someplace with power, midtown, and stay in a hotel for the next three nigh

jonathan alter, richard wolffe, thank you. >>> the clock is ticking as we get closer to the main eventore from denver in just a moment. >> i've also been working on some, that's what she said zingers. for instance, when obama is talking during the debate, i'll just interrupt him and say, that's what she said? gets him every time. [ rosa ] i'm rosa and i quit smoking with chantix. when the doctor told me that i could smoke for the first week... i'm like...yeah, ok... little did i know that one week later i wasn't smoking. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these stop taking chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of depression or other mental health problems, which could get worse while taking chantix. don't take chantix if you've had a serious allergic or skin reaction to it. if you devel

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the vice president and executive editor of the new msnbc.com and msnbc political analyst richard wolffe. in chicago, we've got msnbc and "time" senior political analyst, mark halperin. he's going to talk about a little dust-up over the moderator of the debate this week. and in washington, the washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay. so much to talk about. but let's start by talking about this critical week that's ahead in the presidential elections. the candidates are going to be getting together for two more debates within a week. and you know, you've just got to know, the face of this race is going to change again. a new poll out of likely voters sets the stage. and this is by "the washington post" and abc news. and it puts the race within the margin of error in this national poll. you've got president obama at 49%. mitt romney's at 46%. and the poll finds a majority of americans now approve of the way that the president's handling his job. over 51% while 42% believe the country's heading in the right direction, up from 13% two weeks ago. however, when they're asked ab

richard wolffe said it on our air twice. >> i must be right then. >> play it on our air. >> you did. >> we focus on the news and response to the news but actually, it was one of the clinton economic teams who told me, you know, as they were coming out of the '90s recession and hesitant about could they say they were out of recession, the economy really recovered, they came to the conclusion when approaching 1996 it didn't matter what they said. everyone is their own best economist. you know what's happening in your pocketbook and whether your income and outs going are balanced or not. what we've seen over the last several months is economic confidence, consumer spending, those numbers picking up significantly especially in the battleground states. it's not a question of what the headline number is. if people feel they're more secure in their jobs, they can go out and spend more money, that does translate to better numbers for the president in terms of job approval and slightly better numbers, not dramatically better numbers, but in those head-to-hea

the managing partner lew wolff says he is absolutely interested in reaching an agreement, an agreement fans say the east bay economy depends on. >> this is a working man's ball team. you know? $2 tickets today. where else can you go to get $2 tickets? >> reporter: the commission is planning other meeting with the as in the next couple of weeks. until then, first things first. >> let's go, oakland! >> reporter: in oakland, cate caugiran, cbs 5. >> and talk about the perfect day to be at the ballpark. >> no kidding. cbs 5's roberta gonzales joins us now live from the coliseum with a front row seat. >> reporter: i found the best tailgate party in the entire coliseum! [ screaming ] >> reporter: the fans are jump on the bandwagon fans, they have been coming to games all season long. this is the 79th home game of the season and comes down to the last game of the season for bragging rights. who is going to win the title? >> oakland! whoo! >> reporter: the good guys today, we have so much more to talk about from the coliseum, that's coming up later on in the program. roberta gonzales, cbs. bac

other dignataries included san jose earthquakes owner lew wolff, major league soccer commissioner don garber, and city council member sam liccardo. the stadium is located in liccardo's district. fans were enthusiastic about the new stadium and the team. the broadcast voice of the earthquakes believes the new stadium will help the team improve even more. "with this new stadium, we have a world class venue, so we will be able to draw, you know, whether it be thierry henry or david beckham now all of a sudden san jose is in the picture." the earthquakes are slated to begin playing in the new stadium in 2014. they will play the 2013 season at buckshaw stadium." the earthquakes enter the mls postseason as the number one seed having won the supporters shield this season for most points in the regular season. new baseball coach dave nakama has one ambitious goal and that's to transform san jose state into a contending team and finally make the wac tournamanet. recently nakama was named baseball coach replacing sam piraro who retired in july. nakama, who was the assisstant coach at stanford,

>> look, the one thing you have to remember, wolffe, and i think even democrats will say this, publicit's a process. the polls are going to go up, the polls are going to go down. i think we're very -- i think this race is exactly where we all expected it to be, which is it's a very close race. i think a lot of our data and a lot of the research that we see has shown this to be a field goal race, both nationally and in many of these early -- many of these early -- i'm sorry, many of these battleground states. so we're going to continue to work very hard. we've got 34 plus days to get our message out, make sure that our grassroots volunteers across all these states are getting out. voter-to-voter contact, telling their friends and neighbors that they need to come out and support governor romney. and the poll that matters the most, i know it's a cliche, but the poll that matters to the most of us is the one that's on election day. >> kevin madden, thanks very much. we'll stay in touch with you, obviously, over these next five weeks. >> i'm sure. absolutely. great to be you. >> thank you.