behind new york attorney general andrew cuomo. and that puts him within the margin of error. this is interesting because it s somebody who has not held political office before. he s a billionaire businessman sorry, millionaire businessman. known for makes controversial statements. he s from buffalo. he said he ll spend up to $10 million up his own money on his race. he s campaigned under the slogan mad as hell. we want to bring in cnn s eliot spitzer right now. he of course knows the politics of new york as well as as anyone. the former governor is now here on cnn. he s hosting a new show here. good to be here. mired with controversy and racist e-mail, he s within the margin of error. here s the thing. it is a shock to folks who don t really understand that new york state is three different states.
hey, mark. good morning. georgia senator saxby is having to deal with this embarrassing situation. apparently an anti-gay comment originated from one of his offices. his office was investigating. in fact, the senate sergeant at arms is looking into the matter as well. the atlanta general constitution is reporting this morning that in fact it did originate in his office. senate officials are now taking up the matter in a statement to cnn yesterday, a spokeswoman for the senator said that the office has and will not tolerate any activity of the sort alleged. so a very embarrassing situation right now for senator chambliss. let s talk politics here as we continue to tick through the new state polls conducted by cnn and the opinion research corporation. i m going to focus in on the state of pennsylvania. right now, in that senate race,
ahmadinejad also deflected questions about iran s nuclear program, telling larry we are not seeking the bomb. all right. we know very little about this but we want to get it out there. we have learned that a delta flight from jfk to greece actually had to make an emergency landing in manchester, england, just landed moments ago. all we know at this point is reports of smoke in the cabin. forcing this emergency landing. we re, of course, working our resources. cnn bureau in london to get more information and find out what may have gone on with this plane, delta plane that was bound for greece from jfk. ended up making an emergency landing in manchester. all right. rob marciano is checking the forecast across the country in the extreme weather center for us this morning. and what are we looking at today, ro b?
we re following breaking news out of atlanta this morning, bishop eddie long facing new allegations today that he coerced young men into sexual relationships. he has decided that out to respond publicly at this point. he canceled a scheduled radio interview and news conference today. but there is some news this morning. ed lavandera who broke the story is follows developments. and he s joining us live. well, it s been an interesting morning already. we went to bed last night essentially being told that bishop eddie long would be holding a press conference. not taking any statements but making a statement. also doing an interview with our colleague cnn s roland martin. all of that is canceled overnight. however, right now, roland martin is interviewing bishop long s attorney on the tom joyner radio show. he started off with a at the same time that he said was
determine this. andrew carries a 3 to 1 in new york city, 28% of the vote that gives him a buffer in the suburban ring and upstate. but it s going to be closer than people think. when you ran, you won. is carl paladino, you can vision him being governor? no. was this the right pick for the republicans? no here s the other secret here. the republicans had a candidate who would have won. a fellow steve leavy who was in suffolk county. the leadership of that party said, no, they went with rick lazio. he was almost a vanilla candidate, had nothing to say. had steve leavy been put on the ballot, he would have been ahead of cuomo. carl pallino is a businessman from upstate, he won t win. what do you want to bet palladino wins in new york? one cnn mug.