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But theyre are some other important stories to talk about that have national implications, including the governors race in virginia. election results there has made national headlines not just because terry mcauliffe on the race. the margin of victory is a lot closer than expected as obamacare became a hot issue in the weeks leading up to election day. lets talk about it with a man who knows virginia well. larry sabado is director at the university of virginia politics. were you surprised that t...

They store some golf course, as you can see. this is just completely burned to the ground. over here, there was a garage. they had a dune buggy type vehicle here. thats burned, then this door to this garage completely knocked over. as people start to come back, theyll start seeing more damage and theyll have to try to figure out how to move forward with all this damage going on as this community presses forward. >> thank you, will. kelly? >> thank you. president obamas approval rating still in a...

Evaluate the next several days. >>reporter: 500 firefighters battle the place and they is brought in the national guard to fight the fire from the air but the conditions are not helping. it is dry. it is hot. there is lots of wind and the worse parts for the people is the trees have been killed by a betle infestation so they more likely to be burned. >> heather: thank you, will, from los angeles. >>gregg: president obama getting a taste of the summer doldrums. the poll numbers are really going d...

In massachusetts. the election is nine days away. the final debate will be on tuesday. it is possible that the republican candidate, gabriel gomez, will turn in the kind of performance scott brown did three years ago and par lay it into an election triumph. its possible but not likely. its now been six weeks since gomez won the republican primary. still no evidence hes caught on with the public or that hes capable of catching on with the public. the congressman ed markey is leading around ten po...

The polling average has been demonstrated now pretty conclusively. i think part of the reason why democrats, you know have learned to trust the polling average is spending most of 2004 and 2010 distrusting them and then, gosh they were right in the end and now the republicans had the moment because in 2006 and 2008 the numbers so clear they didnt have to suffer through a close election and the polls showed them trailing and then confirming. >> im sure you were watching the returns and saying i h...

Resources into a tiny state that has four electoral votes. my suspicion theyre looking at internal polls showing it maybe a little closer than the public polls show it. jon: that two point lead we talked about from "politico" you think the obama campaign sees it smaller than that? >> that is my suspicion. why else would you have the president of the united states spend so much time, four visits to a state with four electoral votes? the other indication this is how close they believe the national...

>> its possible, but not likely. >> romneys running mate paul ryan is trying to complete a hale mary pass in wisconsin. he was tailgating with packer fans today at lambeau field. then it was off to ohio as well. >> two more days. just two more days. two more days. this is one of those elections we will think back at and look at for years. >> the national polling average has president obama on top by just half a point. romney isnt as close in the states where the election is going to be decided. ...

Then at 10:00 eastern time, polls will be closed in all of those states and well be closing polls in the 10:00 eastern time in that hour in the states that you see blinking right here. these four states. of those four states, iowa, montana, nevada, and utah, two of them are going to be watched really closely. those, of course, are iowa and nevada. the "real clear politics" polling average in iowa right now shows president obama ahead by two and in nevada president obama ahead by 2.7. then later ...

And then in the 8:00 hour, polls will be closing in these 18 states. of these states, again, there will be three that were going to be watching most closely. florida, pennsylvania, and new hampshire. the "real clear politics" polling average right now in florida has romney ahead. in pennsylvania the polling average says it is president obama whos ahead by 4.6 points. in new hampshire, again, president obama ahead with a 1.3 lead. thats the 8:00 hour. at 9:00, well have polls closed in all those ...

That makes it comforting to me to focus on what we do know. we do know on the evaning of november 6th, this is whats going to happen in the 7:00 hour, east coast time. polls are going to close in these nine states. okay? by 7:30 p.m. eastern time on election night, were going to have real live actual results from these states you see blinking right there and listed on the right side of your screen. of these nine states, the states everybody is going to be the most interested in are ohio, virgini...