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Economy. they dont want to talk about mitt romneys tax return or congressman todd akin. they feel if the debate is on this, thats what the democrats struggle with this week, are you better off now than you were four years ago, this poll gets to that and i think it is quite eye-opening. bill: another number in the poll. 52% say the nation is in worse condition. >> yeah. bill: that is a reflection of right track wrong track as well, is it not? >> it is. and bill, the president is saying that the c...

Year was plus 14. kerry didnt end up as the president, bush did. its not always dispositive of what is going to come out. let me give you another number, and that may be a better indication of momentum. the real clear politics average of all the polls recently. it shows literally down to the 10th of a point a flat-footed tie. 46.4% for obama. 46.4% for romney. the obama number is coming down, the romney number is coming up. they meet at 46.4, and if you look back the last couple of weeks, bill, ...

From the rebels and these reserves are being called up. on the other hand, a number of reservists saying they are not going to head into battle and kill their own fellow citizens. so that is something that president assads army will have to deal with over the coming days. the other issue happening right now inside syria, weve gotten latest numbers on the refugee crisis. right now 100,000 people streamed across the border into turkey, jordan and lebanon. turkey has been talking about setting up s...

So watch that story in the coming weeks. martha: lets head overseas for the moment. there is breaking news in syria. a u.n. envoy says the conflict there will be nearly impossible to solve. leland vittert is live in our jerusalem bureau. legal land, is there any help for the civilians on the ground that have been suffering so much? >> reporter: they are suffering indeed, martha. the syrian government will allow the red cross into civilian areas to provide humidity humidity assistance. weve been ...

He talked about other silos that have a tremendous impact on the growth of our economy, namely healthcare and energy. healthcare, he would move to repeal obamacare, its stifling job kraoe ration and leading higher costs for businesses. on energy, go with the keystone pipeline. we can help reduce our energy costs and help grow the economy. those are a number of things that the governor would do. all inside a 59-point plan. you contrast that again with president obama who really hasnt laid out a s...

Pretty good gauge and we found that the undecideds split pretty evenly between the two candidates. >> reporter: one prime reason why the convention is being held here in north carolina is that the democratic party and president obamas campaign hoped to use the data that they collect from every single person who enters the convention center, enters the stadium where the president will speak, take that data to use it to fund raise and mobilize vote he is for higher vote tallies, bill. bill: here i...

Voters are enthused about this field. on the flip side almost a third of democrats dont want to see obama as their own nominee. then we see 44% of folks in the gallup poll, democrats saying they are enthused about 2012. this robust field i think is very good for republicans. march were lets pull up our numbers in terms of how impressed people are with these gop candidates. when you have think back to the days, 63% say they are now impressed with the candidate. 34% say they are not impressed. bac...

At this stage of a recovery we should be generating 250,000, 300,000 jobs. we are going to chip away at the millions of people who are overemployed or under employed. martha: august was a tough month. if october shows some growth that will be big news. bill: no tambourines just yet. last week 391,000 americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits. according to the economists that number needs to fall below 375,000 for a healthy economy. how far do we need to go to return to prosperity? at...

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About voting. martha: some breaking news on the economy and the state of jobs in this country. the labor department just came out with the brand-new numbers for this week. the number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell to its lowest level in five months. 391,000 walked into employment offices around the country to collect a payment. thats a drop of. -- a drop of 37,000. its heading in the right direction, right? >> you are absolutely right. we want to start dancing and singing. we shoul...