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Single digits. can supporters give him a boost with $24 million advertising campaign? im wolf blitzer and youre in "the situation room." 25 hours and counting to the big republican showdown right here on cnn. but on this, the eve of the gop debate, here at reagan library in simi valley, california, there are other numbers we want to take a look at and need to look at right now. new poll shows donald trump is still the leader of the pack but hes now just four points ahead of dr. ben carson. 27% t...

Showed. then you read into that. just those who watched, skewed democratic for that reason. 61% favor the approach to syria that obama zrabed in his speech, 37% oppose, sampling error, about 5%. >> thats a case for strong presidential leadership. those numbers are upside down from where they were, backing american intervention. thats a sign the president was successful. make a case for humanitarian intervention, saying we created room for the possibility of peaceful negotiation but if necessary,...

Anre washington, adam starks, good luck. >> all right. youll do well. and if you missed the presidents commencement address, you can actually watch part of it on cnn.com. it is actually in the center page there. its really very, very powerful speech. >> yep. right in the middle. all right, a week filled with problems and controversies apparently not taking a toll on president obamas approval ratings. a new cnn/orc poll shows it all holding steady. >> in fact, it is up slightly to 53%, but the ...

Back to politics now, and as the race for the white house heads to the finish line, some political pundits are talking about adding colorado, yes colorado, to a list of the must win state for both sides. it is neither red nor blue, but purple. the nine electoral votes could be one of the keys to victory. the race is neck and neck. the real clear politics average shows president obama and romney tied with almost 48%. governor romney leads the president 50 to 46%. thats just within the margin of s...

But if it did happen, given probability, youll almost certainly see some kind of revision or reversion back to the mean in november, and if that happens, then you could have the president having to explain a big jump in the unemployment rate. >> five days before the election. >> except that it helps the president nonetheless, because therell be so many people who go out and vote in october before the last numbers will come out. but, let me just say, if anything, its a sampling error and could en...

Are legit? >> you have to know something about the bureau of labor statistics. this is an institution with incredible statistical integrity in how they collect, analyze and report the data. this is an absolutely ludicrous claim. we shouldnt give it any oxygen. in fact, half the people who are saying they dont believe the numbers then start citing bls numbers to show other point they want to make. this agency has been reporting these data for decades. the security that goes around. ive been writi...

entire professional career covering her as an olympian. >> thats an amazing story to cover. good morning to you. thank you for being with us. >> hi, everybody, nice to have you with us. were bring you the news from a to z, its 5:00 eastern. lets get right to it, shall we? this is unbelievable, unrelenting, unforgiving, it is a heat wave, and it is devastating from k.c. to d.c. and its going to continue today too, tomorrow, as well. all the way through the july 4th holiday. in some plac...

morning. >> good morning, soledad, new video into cnn, homes entirely up in flames overnight in colorado, colorado springs. 32,000 people are on the run. the fire now roaring and unchecked and spread to 6200 acres and only 5% contained. the largest of the fires in that state is the high park fire, burning since june 9th. that fire has destroyed 257 homes, just epic fires in colorado. the only way back home by boat, debby now downgraded to a tropical depression, but still dumping a dang...

winner this hour on cnn. good morning and welcome to "early start," im sor ride da sam lynn. >> im ashley banfield. were bringing you the news from a to z. its 5:00 a.m. in the east. we begin this morning with breaking news. were just learning brand new information on that nigerian plane that crashed into a residential neighborhood in lagos. the airlines director of flight operations confirming the pilot was american. we have no idea how long that pilot worked for the airline. nigeri...

police suspect her husband, a prominent scientist and he says he was out of town at the time and she doesnt remember. were digging deeper. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com mitt romneys latest campaign ads are full of pledges about what hed do on day one of his presidency, but our reality check shows hed have to wake up extra, extra early on january 20th to start on that to-do list. its a long list. our national political correspond...