has more than $50 billion, they have to put pennies on hundred dollars for a fund to insure the banks so when you go down and say i never missed a payment, let me refinance, they ll say okay. they re against this. we will get that done. folks, look. this is all about expanding the middle class. it s about giving people a way. so many hard working folks trying to climb into the middle class and so many hard working folks have been banged out of the middle class. as my dad used to say, it s a lot more. it s a lot more. when my dad had to leave scranton for a year to go to wilmington to get set up, get a new job to bring the family down and things would be okay, i will never forget what my siblings, it rings in our ears. from that point on, my dad used to say every time a job would come up, honey, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. it s about your dignity. it s about your sense of self-worth. it s about respect. it s mainly if you re a parent about being able to turn and
this is the third and final presidential debate pitting mitt romney against president obama. we ve just received these pictures of romney walking through the debate site in boca raton, florida. tonight s focus, foreign policy. and for both men, the stakes could hardly be higher. the tight race has gotten even tighter and tonight s contest could give either candidate the chance to pull ahead in these final critical days of this campaign. cnn s national political correspondent jim acosta is in boca rattan getting ready for the debate. what s the latest there? reporter: wolf, here in the debate spin room, democratic and republican operatives are predicting another feisty debate between president obama and mitt romney. a top romney campaign strategist tells cnn they are expecting another aggressive performance from the president. for mitt romney, debate night may be shaping up to be another fight night with president obama. while both men will be seated at a round table, a sett
sure we re bringing manufacturing jobs back to our shores, by rewarding companies and small businesses that are investing here, not overseas. i want to make sure we got the best education system in the world and we re retaining our workers for the jobs of tomorrow. i want to control our own energy by developing oil and natural gas but also the energy sources of the future. yes, i want to reduce our deficit by cutting spending that we don t need but also by asking the wealthy to do a little bit more. so that we can invest in things like research and technology that are the key to a 21st century economy. as commander in chief, i will maintain the strongest military in the world. keep faith with our troops and go after those who would do us harm, but after a decade of war, i think we all recognize we got to do some nation building at home, rebuilding our roads and bridges and especially caring for our veterans who sacrificed so much for our freedom, and we ve been through tough
fourteen days until americans pick the next president. cnn is geared up to bring you the most comprehensive coverage of these final two weeks of the campaign. our correspondents are in the most critical battleground states across the country as president obama and mitt romney try to win over those few remaining undecided voters who could very well sway this expected very, very close election. we have both of these presidential campaigns live this hour. you see joe biden, democratic vice presidential nominee. he s also the vice president of the united states. he s speaking right now in dayton, ohio. he s going to be introducing the president who s going to be speaking right after him. and in henderson, nevada, another key battleground state, paul ryan is speaking right now getting ready to introduce mitt romney. this hour you will hear from both mitt romney and barack obama on this important day after the third and final presidential debate. let s go to nevada right now. six e
surprise fizzles a bit. what is the difference between mitt romney s refusal to release his tax returns and the president not being inclined to release his college records. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. our big story tonight. a shift in the map. 13 days to go until the election day. that is of course the state where president obama k accepted his party s nomination. cnn estimates that mitt romney is cleedileading in is states. it takes 270 to win the white house. our campaign is growing into a movement that says we are going to get america back and strong and provide for our families. but president obama is in the midst of a 48 hour non-stop campaigning exhibition. people say what did i say i was going to do in 2008 and what have i delivered? they can have confidence that the things i say, i mean. we begin tonight with the governor of massachusetts. governor how are you? i m great how are you? somebody tweeted me, it said whether you are a supporte
a man loses his home to foreclosure and gets a mortgage settlement offer but it s not enough to even cover his first months rent. keith ward from michigan will join us later this hour. and tigers fans, they are no fans of kung fu panda. gets things going with a bang. it was actually more like bang, ba bang, bang. newsroom starts now. good morning to you. happy thursday. i m carol costello. thank you so much for joining us. president obama is about to take the stage in tampa. and he ll have some big news to celebrate with his supporters. just over an hour ago, republican with vast crossover aappeal announced his endorsement for obama. listen to this from former secretary of state colin powell. i voted for him in 2008 and plan to stick with him in 2012 and i ll be voting for he and vice president joe biden next month. that s an endorsement for president obama for re-election? yes. jessica yellin, many say colin powell is a rino, republican in name only. will this
this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. our big story tonight, big changes. that s what mitt romney s promising, just 12 days to go before election day. listen to what he told the crowd a little while ago in perhaps the aptly named defiance, ohio. this is a time when america faces big challenges. we have a big election. and we want a president who will actually bring big changes and i will and he won t. the new cnn poll of polls has romney with a one point lead over the president. other polls have romney and obama tied in colorado and the president up three points in nevada. meanwhile, president obama s got at least one vote in the bag, his own. he voted for himself, taking a brief break from his battleground state marathon to cast his ballot this afternoon in chicago s martin luther king community center. joining me now, a man who knows more than almost anybody else about running against barack obama, senator john mccain. senator, how are you? fine, piers. ho
good morning, everyone. i m christi paul in for randi kaye. so glad to have your company. 10:00 on the east coast. 7:00 on the west. i want to begin with suhurrican sandy, which has regained strength. one area that s really starting to feel the effects is the coast of north carolina and that s where we have george howell. in the last couple of hours, have you seen conditions change there, george? christi, good morning. we re starting to feel a little bit of the rainfall from this system. a lot of that rainfall has remained offshore, but here where we are along the outer banks, we are in position to feel those first bands as they move closer to shore. also the winds are picking up out here. the winds have been right around ten to 20 miles per hour, not too bad, but that situation will change and the best evidence of that just take a look out there. you can see what s happening there on the waters, getting rougher and rougher as the storm moves closer to us. right now, this
i have not heard anything of substance. i m looking for more. i mean we re talking about another four years. the questions are all about the economy. i m not up at the white house. i don t see rich people all the time but i see a lot of poor people. microcosm of the issues we re facing in america. you can find every one of the major issues that were involved in the great recession. housing. when the whole mortgage debacle happened the banks weren t lending any more money. social security, medicare. it s a life saver for me. i want medicare preserved. cut other things besides medicare. this is a state where a quarter of the population is over the age of 60. that s the biggest proportion anywhere in the united states. so these people are concerned about every part of the economy. they want answers as to who is going to be best for them. that s breaking my chops just thinking about them. i think the american people are going to pick it up and i actually
americans want to see changes. four years ago people voted for a partisan president and washington is in gridlock because of it president obama reminds us that he inherited a terrible economy. it s not what he inherited but with the misguided policies that slowed the recovery and caused millions of americans to endure lengthy poverty. eliot: with change in the latest theme for the drive to the white house smith fired back saying, the only ching romney is offering is to take us back to the same failed policies that crashed our economy in the first place. president obama made a similar observation a little more colorfully when he said, kids have have good instincts. they look at the other guy and say well there is a bser, i can tell. president obama is rattled on the defensive. he s running on empty and has nothing left but attacks and insults. with just 11 days ago before election day both camps feel the pressure. likely voters favored romney over the president by one point