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>> chris: we are going to run out of time here. you have some information about ohio, too. >> this plays on this. this is cuyahoga county, 20. >> chris: that's cleveland, northeastern ohio, this is a big democratic strong hold. >> which obama won with 70% of the vote. biggest source of the votes in the state for him. 20 democratic precincts. 49.8% turnout at 5:00 p.m. 7 nearby adjacent republic precincts at 5 p.m. had 73.8% turnout. exactly the point that joe made. what they are counting on is these democrat precincts having a very high turnout at least in this part of ohio the republicans are...

Writer with news and observer of raleigh, north carolina. joe hallett of the columbus dispatch in ohio. from milwaukee, wisconsin, craig gilbert, washington bureau chief for "milwaukee journal sentinel." thank you for being here. start going around the horn. first to you, rob. in north carolina. the real clear politics average of polls down there, this is the average of five latest polls. mitt romney is up 49.8% to 46%. this is a lot closer than actually many republicans thought it would be at this point. >> well, north carolina is a curious battleground state. we don't have the presidential c...

Does it tell that you barack obama is in good shape going into the stretch here or it doesn't matter? it's the same? >> no, actually, i think he is on the cusp. he is on the edge of the burt knife and can fall either way although i have to say 8 years ago today, bill, 8 years ago in bush's re-election race, where was he in job approval? 49.8% precisely where barack obama is today. >> bill: mr. pelley low goes in your recent polling we remind everybody you pulled out of west virginia north carolina and virginia. romney is going to take those states. you suspended polling there do you believe th...

States respectfully, without violating the rights of individuals, i would do whatever it takes to protect tax paying citizens and people that need the protection. >> laura: now, representative, i want to understand what's going on here though. let's peel back the statistics, which are horrible. i mean the murder rate went down a little bit last year but it's still unaccept continuably high. almost 500. 460 homicides. whathow about the problems withn the families in chicago? because i go back to 50% drop-out rate. bill cosby likes to talk about that for a young african-american youth in some se...

States respectfully, without violating the rights of individuals, i would do whatever it takes to protect tax paying citizens and people that need the protection. >> laura: now, representative, i want to understand what's going on here though. let's peel back the statistics, which are horrible. i mean the murder rate went down a little bit last year but it's still unaccept continuably high. almost 500. 460 homicides. whathow about the problems withn the families in chicago? because i go back to 50% drop-out rate. bill cosby likes to talk about that for a young african-american youth in some se...