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it weakened slightly overnight but could be re-energized in the warm waters of the atlantic today. nbc meteorologist bill karins joins us now. bill, whats the latest? >> well, chris, it doesnt matter if it weakened overnight. this storm is huge sizewise. the incensety is not going to vary much until it makes landfall. we have about 24 hours before we start to see the devastating winds on the coastline of north carolina. let me show you what the storm looks like right now. this black li...

this is vancouver. the night their canucks lose the stanley cup to the bruins, looting, violence, four people stabbed. in boston, just celebratory relief. the bruins finally catch up to the celtics, patriots and red sox on shaking off that loser aspect that they had been living with. all right, its thursday, june 16th, 2011. im chuck todd. lets get to the "rundown." were going to start with our brand-new nbc/"wall street journal" poll. after a slow start, the 2012 republican presidenti...

Pollster with heart research and public opinion strategies, the two firms that conduct our poll. lets quickly go through the top lines. and fred, i want you to tackle this first. when you see the overall at 52/41, and you see the foreign policy spike to 57/35, and you see the economy at 57/38, you could almost average them together and say, hes sitting at 52, because people are judging this president under two different prisms right now. >> right. i think, ultimately, the president is going to b...

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Bumps. obviously, this did not fit in that average. basically in big moments in presidencies, someone gets a double digit bump. the president didnt get a double digit bump. in certain areas he did. i guess my question is, did you really expect a double digit bump, or did you throw that out there because youre saying, look, were in different world now? >> we met with my partners yesterday and we had this conversation. and we said, we go monday morning, what did you think the presidents job rating...

That said, were coming into a very, very close election. >> fred yang, bill mcinturff, a great poll. and sometimes i look at this and its a remarkable stability, says something. anyway, thank you both. all right. quick trivia. which member of congress who was recently accused of being a partisan rubber stamp actually opened a rubber stamp company? its a good one, its democratic congressman joe donnelly of indiana. he opened a company called marketing solutions back in 1996. well, donnelly just p...

this morning, president obama heads to the mexican border for the first time as president to address immigration reform. weve got more on the brand-new nbc news poll that provides an interesting portrait of where the president stands these days. plus, a surprising new look at sarah palin, the one you didnt know, the one who wants consensus with democrats and took on big corporations, oh, like oil companies. but lets get to the rundown. well start with the bin laden raid. u.s. officials...

Obviously. it still does not get to the number one issue facing the country which is jobs. i think that is going to be the obstacle for both parties is how much -- how much is seen by the voters and public as distracted from the issue of jobs. >> im going to have to leave it there. fred yang, bill mcinturff, i promised you wed break it down and we did it. up next, the parlor game. for those leg intrigued on who will design kate middletons dress, weve got wedding wagers follow us at the "the da...

aftershock in japan. one month since the devastating earthquake. engineers still arent that much closer to controlling the crippled nuclear reactor and there is still 14,000 people missing. its monday april 11th, 2011, im chuck todd, samantha is on assignment. will gadhafi accept a cease-fire. some lighter news, interesting side bets on the royal wedding thats is three weeks waugh. the budget battles. shutdown averted. its just get the started. the stakes are even higher with both ...

Host: what, do you live under a rock? man: no way! man: hey rick check this out! anncr: geico. 15 minutes could save 15% or more on car insurance. well, its poll day here at "the daily rundown." our new poll hits on deficit reduction to labor rights to the 2012 presidential race and the presidents approval rating, 48%, town from our last poll, i believe at 53%. >> it was about a two-year high when he hit that. we have a lot to cover, we bring in pollsters, fred yang, partner at hart research a...