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Escaped from a north carolina prison has been caught. james lad was found after five days on the lamb in the garage of a home about 10 miles away from the prison. he survived on eating acorns and came out to drink water. as fox news' correspondent doug mckelly reports the size of that advantage may be changing. >> don't boo, vote. don't boo, vote. don't boo, vote. >> that repeated call to get out the vote leads to a per sip to us decline in some swing states. voter registration is down 490,000 people from four years ago. 44 percent of that reduction is in cleveland and surrounding counties w...

Key group. a recent survey shows partisan voter registration is taking a dive, especially in key battleground states. eight battleground states in fact. the numbers for registration among independents is up however. doug mckelway is live from washington with more on this story. doug? >> reporter: jenna, this is a bit of a wild guard in the november 6th elections. difficult to say exactly how it will play out but voter registration is down across the board from many swing states in 2008. take for example, in ohio where voter registration is down by 490,000 people, almost half a million. once mo...

Hit democrats particularly hard. there is a study from third way finding that in several battle ground states democrats are registering in mauler numbers than in 2008 and some states republicans have seen a jump in registrations. the tutted difficult also shows more voters registering without any part affiliation. another remainder of the importance of independent voters in this election. doug is covering this for us. he is live this afternoon in washington, dc. >>doug: the president is reminding crowds not to boo the opposition but to vote. that refrain could signal a deep awareness of the pr...

for you. good morning to you, welcome to "early start" on this monday morning. i'm zoraida sambolin. >> and i'm ashlee. >> it's the kind of heat that makes it hard to breathe and it is still threatening millions of americans all the way from the midwest to the northeast this morning. >> about 16 people have now died from this heat since thursday when triple-digit temperatures unleashed killer storms that have now left millions of people without power this morning. it's incredible, but look how many states are now dealing with miserable conditions in ohio, 425,000 people are now witho...

Testing before people are deployed? >> there's constantly looking at the testing and see if it produces the kind of people we want. at the beginning of the war, the requirement was large. and still we managed to recruit 100% high school graduates and better. a little bit more difficult now that the war has dropped off the radar screen. ironically, as the size of the force gets smaller, the army itself is going down to 490,000 or fewer because of budget cuts. the irony is, we're going to require fewer people and therefore, fewer qualified people. you're looking at somebody here who believes in ...