Well have the latest on this big storm bearing down just a week before the election. Folks, we have our october surprise. Its name is sandy. Good morning from cincinnati. 11 days till election day, friday, october 26th, 2012. This is the daily rundown. Im chuck todd and im still living on the air in cincinnati. So lets get right to my first read. President obama wrapped up a 48hour, 8state battleground blitz in cleveland late last night and with a hoarse voice went after a message hes been dealing all week long. Romneys trustworthiness. Trust matters. You know what, ohio, after all these years, you now know me. You know that i mean what i say. And almost the exactly same moment 150 mys west mitt romney took the starj in one of the great names in battleground politics, defiance, ohio, and he borrowed a page from the president s 2008 page book calling himself the president of change. This is a time when america faces big challenges. We have a big election and we want a president who will
Next set of years in ind know sha. Im not familiar with exactly precisely what i said, but i stand by what i said, whatever it was. Snoof. Happy friday to you. Were 11 days out from the election and with the roar of the rallies, the ads and the bus tours growing ever louder, team romney decided it was time to create a bit of white noise, sununu style. Other a certain key endorsement that did not go the way of mr. Romney. When you take a look at colin powell, you have to wonder whether thats an endorsement based on issues or whether hes got a slightly different reason for preferring president obama. What reason would that be . Well, i think when you have somebody of your own race that youre proud of being president of the united states, i applaud colin for standing with him. Yes, that was former New Hampshire governor john sununu, cochair of the Romney Campaign, patting the head of general colin powell for endorsing his fellow mochahued countryman. Or wait, are they countrymen . He has
From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a freaky friday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie, and i have to say this is a very unusual way to start the show. Theres no matt, but apparently he is on his way, and i think we do have a camera with him outside. Okay. There he is. Is that a motorized surf board hes riding in . Well be asking why does he do this . Part of a segment were doing a little bit later, and a couple of guys are responsible for videos that have more than 24 million hits online. So sorry. I am so sorry. You are late. This storm is coming. The waves on madison were huge. That was fun. I hope you dont have helmet head. Your hair is going to be a mess. How can i have helmet head . That was a blast. Youve probably seen the videos of these guys well introduce you to in a little while. They are responsible for the commute, and they are responsible for some images youll be seeing
Learned breaking news with the suspect. What do you know . Reporter well, authorities from several different organizations have told us that the suspects name is paul anthony ciancia. Ciancia. They say he is 23 years old, born in february of 1990. A u. S. Citizen who is living in the l. A. Area. And as for the motive were a long way from knowing that for certain. There is some indication, were told, that he had strong antigovernment views. Thats based on some written material that were told he was carrying, that they found on him after he was shot by l. A. Airport police. He is said to be in Critical Condition at the ucla medical. We believe that all of the people who were shot, all of the people he shot, were employees of the it tsa. One of whom was killed, three of whom were wounded, with varying degrees of severity of their injuries. But that he didnt shoot anyone else. One telling thing is what a witness said, who talked earlier today to msnbc, who said that the witness was approac
This afternoon, how they may decide who wins the white house. All right, topping our political headlines this hour, hunker down today, preparing for mondays third and final debate on Foreign Policy, the president is doing his prep work at camp david. Mitt romney is doing his in florida. Meanwhile, the candidates running mates are out tonight trail, working hard today. Vice President Biden is in the Sunshine State and is still speaking at a rally in st. Augustine, where he went after mitt romney, accusing him of shifting positions on one too many times and too many issues. Congressman paul ryan has events in a pair of battleground states, pennsylvania and ohio, to start the day. In pennsylvania this morning, ryan framed this election as a choice. Take a listen. Look, we have a very clear choice. America cannot afford four more years of president obamas failed policies. We need real reforms for a Real Recovery to get people back to work, to get this kpli going again, to get us back on th