Political correspondent chuck todd breaks down the numbers. Reporter the new nbc news wall street journal poll shows the candidates in a 4747 tie among likely voters. In mid september, the president led 5045. The numbers show an evenly divided country overall. The president s job approval Holding Steady at 49 . Economic approval down at 46 . Foreign policy approval at 49 . The poll also shows a clear enthusiasm gap. The president has a 4944 lead among all registered voters, but that 4747 tie among likelies, it means republicans are more enthusiastic and more likely to vote. The biggest red flag for obama, 62 say they want major changes if hes reelected. Romneys biggest red flag, by 4443, he is still personally viewed more negatively than positively. That was Nbcs Chuck Todd reporting there. After a violent weekend in the middle east, tonights third and final president ial debate topic of Foreign Policy is more timely than ever. Nbcs tracie potts has a preview for us from washington. Go
From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone, this morning people in jamaica bracing for a direct hit from sandy. Thats right, residents are busy, very busy, boarding up their homes and stocking up on supplies, and depending where this storm goes, it has the potential to cause real problems for southern florida and the east coast as well. Al is going to explain the track of the storm in a few minutes. Eligible for parole today for the First Time Since his conviction in the 1975 murder of his young neighbor Martha Moxley. On a much lighter note, this is something youre going to love, a thrilling finish to a High School Football game to a kicker who gets the winning field goal. Thats not what makes the story so great, that kicker is living with autism. And were going to get a first look at letters from the queen mother just released and the lessons they could bring for todays royal family. Lets start wi
Special edition of today, decision 2012 with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to a special edition of today, i am Savannah Guthrie. And im willie geist in for matt. More on the new poll numbers and tonights final president ial debate in boca raton. First, savannah, your heart goes out to the victims of the mass shooting in suburban milwaukee. Terrible story. The shooter identified as 45yearold radcliffe hot en. He opened fire at a busy salon sunday morning killing three people, wounding four others. He then turned the gun on himself. His wife worked at the spa and had just recently been granted a restraining order against her husband. Were going to get the very latest on this investigation straight ahead. Also this morning, a little encouraging news for drivers. Gas prices starting to creep lower a little bit and could plummet by about 50 cents by thanksgiving. Well let you know why later. Speaking of a big plunge, we have
Belaruss famous or infamous leader. America wants to democratize us. Why not dem ties saudi arabia . We speak to conrad black, one the most powerful media i went through the difficult charge of being falsely convicted and vindicated without losing my mind, becoming irrational, ceasing to be a reasonable person and actually being able to endure a discussion like this without getting up and smashing your face in. And the man who jumped from the edge of space at the speed of sound. Would you do it . Why would anyone . We speak to Felix Baumgartner about his historic leap of faith. Hello, hes known to many as europes last dictator. Alexander lukashenko has dominated belarus for nearly 20 years. His longevity is matched only by the length of the charge sheet against him, including allegations of human rights abuses and even torture. Apparently mr. Lukashenko thinks talk of democracy is being used as a cover for what he calls plunder by the west. We join the latest press baron on a trip to c
Trailers are involved and they have to drain the fuel out of both of them. So its going to take a while. Lets take a live look outside. First of all, on our mdot camera inner loop of the beltway you can just see the flashing lights here, i think they were trying to see if they can get a closeup shot of it. All you can do is see the flashing lights which is just telling you that theyre there on the scene and no one is getting by on the inner loop before route 355. Lets see if we can take a look at the delay from our chart camera and this is the spur as i said, even as you come down on 270 trying to get to the inner loop of the beltway, this is what youre dealing with. No one is moving. And youre at home right now watching that means you need to choose your alternate routes. Not a good idea. If you head east on the beltway from bethesda into silver spring. The outer loop is not affected by this. The cameras by Georgia Avenue and as you can see the lanes are open. In issues to report on n