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A lot of jets fans are saying we let that one get a way. >> let's talk about the game of president. because they are fighting for that one tonight in the last and final debate on foreign policy. in the meantime let's take a look at the policy. two weeks away -- the polls. two weeks away from the election, mitt romney is up by two points by the rasmussen poll. mitt romney 489% to president obama 47%. gallop has romney up and rasmussen does and the battlefield does. and the debate take place tonight at linn university in florida. when you look at some of the swing states, in particular, mitt rom...

Last month. now it is up to 68%. is that enough hispanic voters to turn out to make for the president's problem, among white ? among white voters, 36% back the president. that's a losing number. in 2008, the president won 43% of the white vote. but romney is opening the door for the president to underperform with whites by losing hispanics by such a huge margin. for the gender gap, it's narrow. the president's lead is eight points among women. the smallest lead we have shown all year long. romney holds a ten-point lead among all men. the great con nun drum is how improved the economic optimism...

I have to say he was a lovely man. can you argue about his politics. he was an unashamed, unabarbed liberal. of course ran in '72 against the vietnam war. but he couldn't have been a nicer, sweeter, kinder ler, gentler man. that's what i will remember about him. >> is it safe to say he was the father of modern liberalism that many liberals hl leader? >> he he certainly was one. ted kennedy certainly another. what's interesting is that 1972 race, he got clobbered by nixon. he wonel only the state of massachusetts. and here in washington d.c., he lost 489 states. having said that, an awful lot o...

David? >> reporter: since the general assembly began its meeting on monday, at least 489 people have died in syria because of the bloodshed. and as you mentioned, there is now an intense battle underway in syria's largest city, the city of aleppo. witnesses say that the fighting is unprecedented there, and there's additional fighting taking place in and around the capital of damascus. a human rights group says that government forces there have attacked areas that are under rebel control. arab leaders in the new york are worried the conflict could spread and destabilize the entire region, and a...

Election, a two-point election, carter went from 16 points up to just two points up on election day and it was actually closer than that in the electoral college. things can change in a general election. >> steve: surely. and i've heard a number of commentators on the radio saying that they think that there is a possibility of a landslide in the favor of mitt romney. and, perhaps, they are thinking of reagan versus carter. back in 1980. at this point, in the race, it was a dead heat. carter at 39%, ronald reagan had 38% and, folks look at the column on the right. eventually reagan went onto ge...