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Alisyn. >> thank you for all of that. another interesting poll we want to tell you about a new cnn/orc poll and feel a majority of americans think things are going well at the country. theyre at their highest level since president obama took office. whats going on? lets ask cnns michelle kaczynski live from the white house. >> as you said, this is a high for president obamas entire time in office. that 54% of americans now feel things are going well in this country. thats been going up. when y...

And columbus. a town where over the last 15 years, the median household income dropped by 25%. more than any other metro area in the country. 15% of adults here have a college education. this is prime trump country. he hopes his message resonates today. >> reporter: a new national poll shows the race tightening and now more battleground states are up for grabs. hillary clinton in a dead heat with trump in nevada as trump e edges out in the must-win state of nevada. >> i actually think were winni...

Trump did not listen. >> donald trump is taking time off the campaign trail to officially open the hotel. >> reporter: meanwhile, clinton is blasting trump for stepping off the campaign trail to advance his business empire. >> donald trump is the poster boy for everything wrong with our economy. the facts show he has stiffed american workers, he has stiffed american businesses. >> reporter: after opening new hotel just blocks from the white house, the billionaire got back to campaigning. with tw...

And one more thing carol. this cruz citizenship question. trump addressed back in september. he said it should be an issue. now shes saying a very different tune. >> athena jones. thank you. by the way donald trump will be on the situation room with wolf blitzer tonight 5:00 p.m. eastern. lets ask cnn politically commentator ariel lewis. this birther thing, at least as it applies to president obama from donald trump, could this ted cruz thing have the same effect? >> hes suggesting maybe donal...

Chris is on assignment. john berman is joining us. the leaders sitting down, butting heads on big conflicts in ukraine and syria. >> the meeting was described by putin as surprisingly frank. how does the white house categorize it? lets ask cnns white house correspondent michelle kosinski, live at the u.n. with the details. good morning, michelle. >> reporter: this went from something of a face-off here, dueling speeches, president obama slamming putins choices. vladimir putin blaming the u.s. fo...

Vance turned himself in in 2005. thanks to a tip given by a viewer of "the hunt," authorities were able to track down paul jackson in guadalajara, mexico. he was arrested as he was walking to work at an electronics store there. john walsh was on cnn last night. during the initial investigation in the early 90s, officers discovered dozens of photos of women that they believe these brothers assaulted and raped but not all of the women were tracked down, not all of them were identified. leading to ...

International correspondent, of course, and jim sciutto, cnns chief international correspondent. great to have both of you on set in studio. surprisingly frank were the conversations as described by putin. what do you think happened in there? >> all that matters beyond the atmospherics is do they have a plan to fix whats happening in syria? so far, no, they dont. neither president obama or president putin outlined anything resembling a real plan to stop the war. putin wants to support assad. rea...

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. this is not extraordinary proof. its just kind of an outline of a lot of ideas that have been hashed around before, have gone absolutely nowhere. the alternative minimum tax. id love to see that go away. i have to wrestle with that every year like millions of other people. the inheritance tax on the agenda for generations has gotten nowhere. how is he going to get this done when others have tried? i think hes got to explain that. how is he go ing...

I will probably end up paying more money but at the same time, i think the economy will do better so ill make it up that way. i will probably end up paying more money. i believe in the end, i might do better because i really believe the economy is going to go boom, beautiful. that is republican front-runner donald trump talking to cnns erin burnett about his brand spampging new tax plan. hes promising big tax cuts for millions of americans. >> not hedge funds. >> he does say billionaires like ...

Them. typhoon dujuan punishing taiwan with 150 mile-an-hour winds and more than 2 feet of rain. two people have been killed with hundreds injured and hundreds of thousands without water or power. six people are still missing this morning. bon jovi was forced to cancel two concerts there. this would have been the bands first performance there in over 20 years. a fugitive on the run for nearly 25 years featured on cnns "the hunt" with john walsh captured in mexico. paul jackson is accused of...