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Where the race stands. >> shannon: do you think we have fluctuation as well in the job approval rating for the president. gallup poll has approve at 52% and disapprove at 42% which seems to be a shift when talking about economic issues the president it seems has not fared as well with the general public when asked about that. ross musen poll shows 49% approve and 50% disapprove. so flipping the numbers but still relatively close. the overall average at real clear politics is 48.5% approve and 47.7% disapprove. usual or customary to see numbers this tight? >> we have seen a bump in the job appr...

47-45%. if you look at the real clear politics average, that number essentially gets reversed, it shows mr. obama at 47.7, mitt romney at 43.8%. would you expect, ed, to see movement in the polls this quickly after a vice presidential selection is named? >> historically, you always get a 3 or 4% boost with a vice presidential choice. the partisanship of the country is so divided at this point that i think the one or two points that he got was about all you're going to get. and i think does he help you in the long term? i think he will. j. jon: so, ed, who won the week? >> i think romney/ryan. ...

For. that means that if you win at 53 1/2 percent, it's easier to get to 47.7% to be the guy, as opposed to 2/3 or 3/4 to be elected. it will be an interesting contest with a lot of twists and turns between now and june. to me, that's interesting. the next big contest is on the 20th when illinois votes. 69 delegates up. thru there are going it would be two contests between them to give us a further indication. on the 18th is puerto rico, the governor of puerto rico has endorsed romney. rom me has done well in the so-called island pripear, guam, marianas and hawaii, virgin islands. i think most...

Following this situation closely. she's live in mississippi. >> millions of americans are defenseless against this slow moving disaster. we know that river crested in memphis about 40 miles north of us, crested at 47.8 feet. this morning it's at 47.7 and we're starting to hear those very personal stories, some coming from right here in tunica and an unincorporated area called the tunica cutoff, home to 600 people. they all had to flee their homes with the water levels rising. when they started to rise, people tell us there that they don't have flood insurance. their homes were already on stilt...

Worse now. elizabeth kran has been following this story for us closely and live again this morning in mississippi. good morning to you. >> yes. good morning, gretchen, we're really starting to gauge how long it's going to take for these waters to recede. we know that it crested in memphis earlier in the week at 47.8 and it's only dropped to 47.7 which is businesses like you can see behind me here, this casino remains closed with nine other casinos here in tunica because they weren't protected by a levee system that i want to show you. you can see the water is about half way up. businesses on t...