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>> thanks. >> heather: president obama kick off a packed campaign schedule in the key battle ground states of ohio and wisconsin, taking jabs at governor remain knee and urging supporters to get out and vote. the president now enroute to iowa. that's where he's expected to speak at a star studded campaign event. chief white house correspondent ed henry is traveling with the president and just landed and us live on the phone. >> he's going to have john cougar mellencamp trying to kick off a star studded weekend. all kinds of celebrities. a concert rally in the next couple of days with jz, bruce...

And he said we opened it up. there was our flag in perfect condition. [ applause ] he said that is it on the flag pole next to mr. romney here at the end of the table. i reached oaf and grabbed the flag and pulled it out. it was as if electricity was running through my arm. >> dana: a lovely story. i thought you would love it, bob. >> bob: bring chills up my leg. >> dana: a great story. you love boy scouts, the flag and american -- >> bob: lovely story. eric? >> eric: with the hurricane aftermath, i done know if you saw this. nbc is doing hurricane sandy coming together. my question is shouldn...

Weekend. obama will be here monday in columbus with jay-z and bruce springstein. they are pulling out all the stops. what i see on the ground is a close race. i saw a poll today i trust that has dead even. the candidates now are in posture of going through the bases. because they are only about 2% of the voters here who are undecided. p there are hundds of volunteers doing that. i expect we'll see another 2% election here. if romney loses the presidency because he loses ohio by 2%. he will wake up every day for the rest of his life regretting that he did not choose senator rob portman of ohio ...

Well. i love nothing more than to be proven right. i remembered something i said in september that is about to come true in two days. take a look. headline, the caption. that is where you see the bias. plus, the reporters write the headlines now. around october 20 this is all going to change. all of a sudden it's obama is off to the races, obama will win and they will try to help them. >> dana: this weekend we have a show on sunday night. that will be, we'll find out if i was right. >> bob: we do? >> dana: yes. got to be here. >> greg: drunk. kidding. bruce springstein said he wasn't going to ...

Weeks. the president though man taning a solid advantage there. this week president obama will get help in ohio from bubba and the boss. bill clinton and bruce springstein who will stump together in parma. joining me is darryl rowland. thanks for being with us. >> thank you, richard. >> the latest nbc news wall street marist shows the polls tightening. when you look at the numbers is ohio the ultimate test for the obama ground game? >> i think you can say that. i think ohio is the ultimate test for both sides' competing strategy, richard. the obama strategy is to open all of these field office...