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President's handling of foreign policy. and even fewer approve of his handling of isis. those numbers have helped drive the president's approval rating down to 43%. its lowest level in more than a year. as for tactics, americans believe we should be fighting the islamic state. the nbc news/"wall street journal" poll finds that 42% are in favor of using u.s. combat troops. that number is identical to the result in a new associated press/gfk poll released yesterday. the survey also found that just 28% of americans think the president has clearly explained the united states' goals in fighting isi...

>> okay. susan, if you look at these numbers, despite them, the president is leading in the latest associated press/gfk poll, slightly today, doesn't mitt romney have a tougher sell to the middle class than the president? haven't republicans have a tougher sell? >> i agree with erin. the fact that president obama going in as the incumbent and you want change, you would expect the challenger to do slightly better. but the fact is that for the last two weeks we've been talking about medicare and todd akin and none of this is really helping romney with his message. >> so morris, to that end, how ...

Jon: well all of this comes as a new associated press/gfk poll showing president obama and edge cog romney and ryan 47 to 46% in head-to-head match up. that is inside the margin of error. according to a new "nbc news-wall street journal poll", mr. obama leads mr. romney, 48 to 44%. a lead 3%. joining us now, to make sense of all this, political reporter for "real clear politics", erin mcpike. so essentially they are tied in these polls. have you seen much movement, erin? >> no. mitt romney is gaining a little bit on president obama, but, yes as you mentioned the race is tight. it will probably...

Full-day suspension. how about a rap on the hands, what you got in catholic school, right. bill: we got a little more than that. have a good weekend. martha: have a great weekend being everybody. "happening now" starts right now. jon: and good morning to you on this friday. i'm jon scott. >> just as a warning you might see jon scott tebowing in the middle of the show today. jon: i've always been a denver fan, you know that. jenna: even more so this year. tebowing to come on "happening now". jon: great to watch. jenna: we're glad you're with us everybody. i'm jenna lee on this friday. we're of ...

Responsibility. >> oklahoma congressman tom cole is trying to repeal health care, because he thinks the american people want him to do it. >> the american people, quite frankly, have never liked this bill, as they demonstrated last november. i can't find a poll where it's ever cracked 50% in approval. >> see, they're less than honest. the last election was not about health care reform. it was about the economy. and the fact of the matter is the cbo score says this bill will save money. here are some facts that republicans don't want the american people to know. a new associated press gfk poll ...