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Who will vote for the president no matter what. >> reporter: the president romps to re-election. the terp "october surprise" gained popularity 44 years ago this week. 1972, richard nixon's national security adviser, henry kissinger, with late news about the unpopular vietnam war. >> we believe that peace is at hand. >> reporter: he is wrong. the war goes on. but so does nixon's presidency. we've had october surprises ever since. 1980, many think jimmy carter will be boosted over ronald reagan by the release of the american hostages in iran. the surprise -- it does not happen until after reagan...

Feel. that doesn't mean that some establishments didn't close their doors. the streets were more empty than usual, and some students didn't go to school. it was far from the crippling paralyzation that they hoped for. maduro got an important show of force with a large pro-government rally vowing to stand by him. >> translator: and i can tell you at this hour that the strike summoned by the fascist right has been a failure. >> reporter: that doesn't mean that the pressure is off. the opposition is furious after the government blocked efforts to hold a national referendum that could have seen mo...

>> reporter: it's been a while since we've had so many unexpected news events so late in an election cycle. we certainly have had surprises before. a raging storm on the east coast, a sex scandal in d.c., and a nuclear test in china. each has been an october surprise. a big news event in the autumn of a presidential election that threatens to change the outcome. late 2008 saw one -- >> $1. 2 trillion. that is how much investors including many of you with stocks in a plan, lost today -- >> reporter: as the recession roars, republican john mccain insists -- >> the fundamentals. our economy are s...

You know, i'm sorry for everyone in this position. >> reporter: and this year, the fbi launched an investigation into allegations weiner exchanged sexually explicit text messages with an underage girl. >> drugs, talked sexually -- >> reporter: aberdeen and we were have separated after six years of marriage, but the politically damage was already done. >> who is huma married to? one of the great sleaze bags of our time -- anthony weiner. did you know that? think of it. so huma is getting classified secrets. she's married to anthony weiner, a perv. >> reporter: cnn, washington. the latest twis...

Welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell. it was a close call between the united states and russian planes syria. no one was hurt, but experts say incidents like this could have a damaging diplomatic impact as they fight against isis. barbara starr has more for us. >> reporter: near catastrophe in the skies over syria when a u.s. and russian aircraft flew dangerously close to each other in a previously undisclosed incident. the closest call yet in this conflict. the head of u.s. air forces in the region called it a near-miss collision in the middle of the night. but mixed messages fro...