good morning, everyone. i'm randi kaye. 10:00 on the east coast. 7:00 a.m. on the west. let's start right there in los angeles with the shuttle endeavor. it has been on the move for most of the morning, but it still has a long way to go. a long way if you happen to be trying to move an 85-on the space shuttle. john zarrella is live with us watching it all go by. john, good morning. tell us just how slow is this thing actually going? >> reporter: well, i think it's funny because in orbit, it goes 17,500 miles an hour, and on the streets of los angeles, its top speed has been about 2 miles an hour. so this is certainly the slowest the shuttle has probably ever gone and it's one of shortest trips it's ever made, a total of 12 miles from l.a.x. where it left yesterday to the california science center, which will be its new and final home. they are about halfway home now. we can see from some of the live pictures we have out there now. they're about four blocks from where we are just off of manchester, and this is one of the areas where they expect that about 5,000 people will be gathering here as the shuttle goes by. this is the old forum arena here where the los angeles lakers used to play, and they've cordoned this whole area off as a viewing area for endeavor as it goes by. one of the tricky spots was last night as it crossed over the 405 expressway about midnight local time here, and it was actually towed by a pickup truck across the 405 because they were concerned about weight. and they had to lessen the weight. so they had to move it to a different transport system. but it has been a phenomenal couple of days here, and it's funny, we talk about the space program and people always talk about well, they're blase about it and it doesn't have the juice, so to speak, that it once did. but when we saw the crowds yesterday and the people, and people standing on their roofs with american flags out and looking out their windows and watching this whole process, you know you still know that there is a tremendous amount of pride in the accomplishments that have made by the u.s. space program and by the space shuttles, which clearly will always be remembered as perhaps the most remarkable flying machines that we will ever see. you can see the crowd gathered there behind me. >> i see that. but also along the way as we have been looking at those live pictures throughout the morning. you see the people lining the streets there. they look like tiny little ants next to the size of the endeavor. it's pretty great to see. is it smooth going from here on in, do you think, john? or any more obstacles along the way? >> yeah, they have got a couple hurdles to go yet. when they get to the mall area where there will be performances. in fact, debby allen, the great choreographer dancer, there's supposed to be a spectacular performance by her, and they have cirque du soleil dancers there as well. that's going to be a little later this afternoon. but when they get there and a couple of other places, they're literally going to be two inches of clearance on either side of the space shuttle, which has a 78-foot wingspan. the reason for that is there was quite a bit of controversy over the cutting down of some 400 trees along the route in order to allow the shuttle to make this journey, but they try to preserve as many of the older trees as they could. in some of those areas where it will be passing later today. so that's why they've got some very, very tight clearances. but they're confident this they can do it. >> it is going to be a tight squeeze, though, no doubt. john zarrella there watching it all for us. john, thank you. and we will, of course, continue to watch the movement of endeavor throughout the morning. keep it here on cnn. we'll continue to bring those amazing pictures to you as it winds its way through los angeles. and now to denver, where police are investigating a shooting at president obama's campaign office there. it was a single shot right into the window. there were people inside the office, but no one was injured. police are reviewing video surveillance tapes of the area. right now they may have a vehicle of interest, but no suspects. president obama was nowhere near denver last night. instead, he was out to dinner in d.c. with a few select supporters. his dinner guest were actually donors who won the trip in a contest on the president's campaign website. the president heads to williamsburg, virginia, today, to do a little debate prep. mitt romney heads off for debate prep tonight, but first he and paul ryan have got a busy day of campaigning planned. he's spending another day in ohio speaking in lancaster. romney talked about how proud he was of the vice presidential choice and ryan's performance at the debate earlier this week. >> we got to watch this guy debate, and there was one person on the stage with thoughtfulness, who was respectful, who was steady and poised. there's one person on that stage you'd want to be with the there were a crisis and it's this man right here. >> romney and ryan are both in ohio today. this is the live picture from youngstown. paul ryan will be speaking there in just a few minutes from now. ohio is one of the key swing states for both romney and obama. both have spent a whole lot of time there talking to voters. so how are the voters receiving all that attention? cnn political editor paul steinhauser joining us now to talk about that. good morning to you what. is the story in ohio? >> reporter: ohio -- it sounds like a broken record. but these candidates keep going back to ohio. the second straight day for mitt romney. the president was just there earlier this week. here's my unofficial count here. since the start of the general election, which was usually considered early april, the president has now made 12 swings through ohio. this is the 16th swing for mitt romney. over $91 million spent by the campaigns. the party committees, the super pacs in ohio. 18 electoral votes at stake in such an important state. this is the state that put president george w. bush over the top in 2004. mitt romney really needs to win it to win the white house this time around. bruce springsteen and the former president bill clinton will be in ohio in a couple of days to campaign for the president. this is springsteen's first time on the campaign trail this year for the president. he campaigned for obama four years ago. one wha do the polls look like in ohio? here you go. our polo poll, a very close contest in ohio. a slight edge to the president. but basically all tied up there, randi. >> probably a lot closer than the obama campaign wants, which probably means he'll be prepping two. >> he's leaving for williamsburg, virginia. virginia a swing state. he's basically going to be behind closed doors getting ready preparing for tuesday's debate. mitt romney is putting some debate prep in as well. tuesday's debate is going to be very different than what we saw a week and a half ago. this is going to be a town hall format. that means not only will the moderator ask questions, but so will members of the audience. it's going to be both on domestic and international affairs. i'm really looking forward to this debate. >> nice to see you. thank you. >> thank you. thursday's vice presidential debate was a real talker, and while the experts and analysts sifted through the facts, what did people at home wonder about? this is google's list of the top internet searches right after the debate. biden conflating, and ma lar key, one of biden's favorite words. here's another google. just place the cords completely wrong and what you get are mitt romney pictures and quotes over and over. google says it is not intentional, it is just the result of normal search algorithms. now, google voter i.d., you'll see lots of stories about new laws and controversies. we'll break down both sides, plus look ahead to tuesday's second presidential debate. but first, the question for all you political junkies watching this morning. we vote for president on the first tuesday of november every four years, but that wasn't always the case. in what month did the very first presidential election take place? if you know the answer, you can tweet me. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you've been years in the making. and there are many years ahead. join the millions of members who've chosen an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. go long. insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. have more fiber than other leading brands. they're the better way to enjoy your fiber. welcome back, everyone. before the break, i asked if you knew the answer to this question. take a look. in what month was the very first presidential election held? well, the answer is actually january 1789. it wasn't until 1842 that a federal law said the election would be on the first tuesday in november. time is running out in the presidential campaign. there are now just over three weeks left, and as we are seeing in so many closely contested states, every vote is going to count. that shines an even brighter light on new voter i.d. laws, which is our focus this morning. joining me now are maria cardona and rahan salaam. how many people do we really think will be left out of the process now? >> well, there's certainly the possibility for millions of voters to be disenfranchised with the stricter voter i.d. laws that have been enacted around the country, which frankly are egregious, and they are a deliberate tactic to take away the right to vote for frankly what normally are democratic constituencies. we're talking about african-americans, latinos, students. but also in the mix are military veterans. millions of seniors. people who are living in poverty. and again, this is a very egregious action by republican legislatures around the country to really keep democratic constituencies from voting. let's look no further than the head of the republican legislature in pennsylvania who basically said that enacting the voters i.d. law in pennsylvania would make sure that mitt romney wins that state. so we have to be vigilant. we have to make sure that voters know the changes in these laws and make sure that they have everything they need in order to go out to vote. >> what do you think? >> pennsylvania is a great example. unfortunately, there's a lot of confusion. earlier this month, a pennsylvania judge ruled that the voter i.d. law provisions would not be in effect for this year because the pennsylvania supreme court said that the law could not the used to disenfranchise any voters. and so there was a judge who said well, wait a second, that means that we can't actually implement this just yet because there's not enough time to be sure that every eligible voter will be able to vote. you also saw a state judge do something similar in wisconsin. and then you also have a lot of other states where you said yes, there is going to be a voter i.d. restriction, but will also allow a sworn affidavit to be used in lieu of voter i.d. there are many voter i.d. laws that were actually precleared by the justice department and a small handful that were not and those that were not have basically been suspended. there are other legitimate concerns about voting. for example, in florida, there was a purge of the voter registration rules, that is a real concern. and also in ohio, there's a lot of controversy about whether or not the voter laws are going to be consistent across the state and also about whether or not if you're sent to the wrong precinct table, if your vote will be counted. that's still a live battle. but on voter i.d. in particular, you've seen a lot of moves that are going to protect a lot of the voters that maria is concerned about. >> let me ask you -- certainly a lot of people are concerned about that. but i also want to talk about the vice presidential debate that we all witnessed this week. i'm going to put this one in two categories, style and substance, if you will. maria, to you first. who won on style and who won on substance? >> it depends on what you mean by style, because i've got to tell you the democratic base loved the style that the vice president biden was demonstrating, and that was essentially dominating the stage, making sure that he didn't take any opportunity -- that he took every opportunity, didn't let anything slide in terms of being aggressive and forceful on correcting ryan on all of the misconceptions even on his own record, in romney's record, or the president's record. so i think if you look at that in terms of style, then you would say that the vice president won. and also in terms of substance and laying out what the truth was for president obama's record as well as the romney-ryan record, and how destructful it would be to middle class families and i think that was being underscored by the vice president. >> i think i heard o'a lot of folks saying biden was going to put fact checkers out of business because he was basically fact checking the debate along the way. who wha what do you think? >> i'll say some of the fact checking was creating some distractions. he referred to an older version of paul ryan's medicare version, which is very different from the 2011 version that joe biden cited. he was very good at doing that kind of thing to make it seem like he was fact checking, whereas he was introducing extraneous information, sometimes false information. but i would agree with maria that joe biden was effective and i think democrats were definitely very pleased with his performance. i also think that republicans were generally pretty pleased with paul ryan's performance. so i'd overall say that you could come away from that debate with many different impressions. >> there was an interesting cnn orc poll that i wanted to share with both of you. the question was, is ryan qualified to be president? and the answer, 60% said yes. and 38% said no. so maria, what do you say to that? >> well, i think that he's right in terms of a lot of republicans -- and i think democrats, too, saw that ryan held his own. he had a solid performance. and so i think that judging from that, a lot of voters said well, you know, if this ticket is elected, then paul ryan would certainly have at some point the standing to be president, and so i think in that sense, a lot of republicans were happy with the job performance that he laid out in the vice presidential debate. but again -- and i agree, you can come out of this, both parties, very happy with what happened. i call it sort of the political equivalent of the inkblot test, which is you see it for what you want to see in it and for what you need to take away from it. >> reihan, i'll give you the last word. >> i think that paul ryan was very solid. a lot of folks were worried that ryan would overshadow mitt romney earlier in the campaign. i think that now there's a sense of him as a solid junior partner who is qualified for the job, but is not overshadowing his senior partner. >> very interesting conversation. thank you both. >> thank you. she is being called pakistan's daughter. a 14-year-old who spoke out for her rights on education is now fighting for her life and is inspiring a nation. ♪ ♪ ♪ we're lucky, it's not every day you find a companion as loyal as a subaru. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. energy is being produced to power our lives. while energy development comes with some risk, north america's natural gas producers are committed to safely and responsibly providing generations of cleaner-burning energy for our country, drilling thousands of feet below fresh water sources within self-contained well systems. and, using state-of-the-art monitoring technologies, rigorous practices help ensure our operations are safe and clean for our communities and the environment. we're america's natural gas. getting an education is something many of us take for granted. a 14-year-old pakistani girl did not. and now she's lying in a hospital bed fighting for her life. gunmen shot her last week because she dared to go to school and because she dared to speak out against the feared taliban militants. officials say the next 48 hours are critical for her. more now on the teen activist who has inspired people around the world. >> reporter: bloodstains cover the seats of an old canopied pickup truck. malala yousafzai and her classmates rode together to get home from school. this is where malala was sitting, police say, when gunmen shot her in the head. malala's friend was sitting next to her, she says, when one of the attackers stopped the truck. another came around the back gun in hand. when we saw the gun, we started screaming, she says. he asked who's malala. i don't think anyone told him, but he recognized malala and started shooting. malala fell down, but he kept firing. that's when my friend and i got injured. kainat is recovering from a bullet wound to the hand. the 14-year-old malala, who had a high profile blog, critical of the taliban, is clinging to life following major surgery. the passenger truck now part of an intense investigation to find gunman. the pakistani government under increasing pressure to solve the case, has given conflicting accounts of the probe. the interior minister says the two gunmen have been identified and arrests are coming soon. 100 people are detained for questioning. a regional police chief says 35 people are in custody for questioning. three blame malala's shooting on a man with suspected links to the taliban. the taliban have already claimed they plotted the attack. the police say still no hard evidence who pulled the trigger. on friday, the outpouring of support continued with a message from the prime minister. and vigils across the country. pakistanis young and old praying for malala, a 14-year-old human rights activist whose legend rose by the day. >> she, a little child, gives older people hope and inspiration and sanity and brings us back from depression and dejection. >> reporter: a top government official says in the coming days, doctors will be keeping a close eye on the swelling in malala's brain, swelling after brain surgery a big concern. of course the brain is closed in a hard casing. the skull, unlike other parts of the body. the swelling doesn't have anywhere to go. that's why doctors say they'll keep a close eye on it. much of this nation, much of the world keeping a close eye on malala's health as well. nick christoph has also been following malala's story. he wrote a piece about malala called "her crime was loving schools." he praised malala's outspoken bravery in the face of militants and i spoke with nick earlier. >> this is an individual tragedy, but there's also a larger narrative here. the taliban shot her in the head and the neck, not because they dislike her, but because they understand that girls education is a profound threat to everything that they stand for, and i wish that we would also absorb that lesson. the best line of attack we have against the taliban is not necessarily drones, it's girls education, getting people into schools. >> in his piece, he also pointed out that last thursday, two days after malala was shot was the first international day of the girl. coming up, i'll talk with a healthy, beautiful 29-year-old woman, wife, mother, iraq war veteran. but there is something about her that you might find surprising. we'll show you next. i have a cold, and i took nyquil, but i'm still stubbed up. 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