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Post" poll approve of the president's performance, a six point drop since april. the president, for his part, tried to hut his spin on it. the abc/"washington post" poll, almost 40% is not bad at this time. was just about the most inaccurate poll around election time. just about the most inaccurate poll around election time. a quick check on that one, the abc/"washington post" was 47-43 for clinton. the final was clinton, 48.5, trump 46.5 given the 2.5% margin of error, it is accurate. looking at the numbers, david. david, the top line there, it isn't good news for the president. >> that's ...

Morning. the forecast this weekend is supposed to be good. that is good news. just north of st. louis where the mississippi river and missouri river converge. there is concern that area has not crested yesterday. folks watching that closely. alisyn. thank you, dan s. . cnn has the latest on the forecast. chad? >> alisyn, we have 27 rivers in flood stage or still going up. as dan was saying, cape girardeau. 48.5 feet. the rivers are still rising south of the bubble of water is located. the heavy rain is gone. the heavy rain in louisville for the kentucky oaks day. that rain moves away. it mov...

Another check of the electoral vote count so far. hillary clinton right now with 68 electoral votes of the 270 gleeded to win. donald trump with 48. here is a key race alert. florida, 88% of the vote is in. look at how close it is. 48.5% to 48.4%. donald trump has now taken the lead. donald trump is ahead of hillary clinton by 8,000 votes. 29 electoral votes are at stake in florida. 88% of the vote is in. donald trump has now taken an 8,000 plus vote lead. in north carolina more than half

How are we looking lu the weekend? >> well, francis, since we don't have a forecast of more rain coming in, we are looking at the large swell of flooding that charles was reporting on. it is going to take a while to work down the mississippi, and that is why the rivers are forecasted to crest at different times, and days depending where where you are. and we are looking at the widespread flooding across a good portion of the nation's midsection, and even into texas, and oklahoma and arkansas, and we have major flooding going on. and 316 river gauges are reporting to be above flood stage, and w...

And that is the last thing that the authorities want to do right now. >> thank you, alina. on the phone, richard knopp who is the director of emergency services there in that area. thank you for taking time to talk with us, and we are seeing the homes in the county washing a away. how many people have been moved out, and where are they going, and what is your biggest concern right now? >> of course sh, the biggest concern is the rising mississippi river. we had a rise overnight of three foot, and we are expecting it to keep rising that rapidly. we are looking at a crest on january the 2nd, tha...