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Wrong track and right track respondents. this gap is just seven points. yesterday, iowa became the first battleground state to begin early in person voting. ohio will do the same on tuesday. for the second time in two days, president obama and mitt romney spent the day campaigning in the same state. yesterday the candidates descended on virginia, a state that could be a new political bellwether. a poll out last night shows the two candidates neck and neck in the old dominion. they released ads t...

Fight. i think the chances of finding the perpetrators are actually quite high. >> richard engel reporting for us from cry r kay rowcairo. i want to bring in todays political power. david, president obamas sgripgs description of egypt saying not an am llly and not an enemy, wh might egypt be more long term worry for the obama administration? >> well, the biggest concern is that as egypt goes, so goes rest of the region. 70 million people and most powerful of the arab states. but also a bellwethe...

rob, help me out here. whats going on? >> theyre filing out, don. theyve just suspended festivities at lollapalooza because of the line of storms thats moving in the last couple years weve had a rash of accidents and unfortunate events with concerts and outdoor venues during summer time severe weather events like were having right now. thats whats happening out at lollapalooza. we have another tower cam showing michigan avenue outside of our cnn bureau there in chicago. traffic at a st...

Organizing that makes sure every eligible voter is ready to cast his ballot this fall. the lawsuit in ohio. 18 electoral votes sat stake. that is why this is such a big deal there. but whatever happens could have implications in other states that have special rights for military voters. a hearing is scheduled in this dispute for august 15. so its coming up in the days ahead. alisyn: in 2008, 30% of the votes in ohio came through early voting. a big issue and ohio always a bellwether. thanks so m...

President bush won re-election, and he gone won in ohio. this time by an even slimmer margin. by only 118,000 votes. it had been uncomfortably close in ohio for republicans in the year 2000. it was even more uncomfortable for them in 2004. part of what makes ohio such a swing state, such a bellwether, is in terms of the way people vote, its sort of a microcosm of what you find in the rest of the country. people in the less populated parts of ohio tend to vote republican. people who live in the m...

Said, a replay partly of 2000. when you had george bush who went out as a compassionate conservative and he wasnt really trying to be necessarily compassionate to black voters. he was really trying to tell swing voters, swing white voters, independents, that you know, im not as bad as you think i am, nor is this party. i think this is a part of a replay in a very closely contested race. >> and its worth noting that george w. bush eventually gave up on relations with the naacp saying he had a vir...

Elections. mo of the elected officials on the state level are republican from here. not just republican, republican that include bob marshall, a delegate who is among the most outspoken, antiabortion, antigay rights members of the legislature. he introduced the personhood bill in the general assembly this year. federal election in 2006 prince william went for jim webb. and two years later, with the whole country having a backlash against bush he went to president obama. you have a crucible here ...

up first tonight, presidential politics. a major shift in tone. not much new on policy front. mitt romney makes a direct appeal for latino votes. speaking to a national conv convention down in florida one day before the same group hears from president obama governor romney began by asking hispanic voters to remember promises the incumbent failed to keep on immigration and other issues. >> that you dont really have an alternative. i believe hes taking your vote for granted. ive come her...

Advantage governor romney because thats one of his issues which getting public spending under control. >> when you look at this historically, is this one issue that you think can sway an election? obviously we talked about margaret thatcher but here in the united states as it relates to ronald reagan. just one issue of many or is this the issue that could really turn the tide. >> well, when jobs and the economy are the primary focus, people take -- tend to take a slightly more critical look at u...

former penn state assistant football coach accused of sexually abusing ten boys for more than a decade. nine jurors have already been chosen. attorneys are asking them about their ties to penn state and the charity for underprivileged children that sandusky founded. republican scott walker keeping his job as governor of wisconsin. >> the only governor elected twice in one term! >> walker defeated milwaukee mayor tom barrett in a recall race that, of course, has implications for the p...