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we begin this hour with a very important change in the presidential race. according to our brand new cnn/orc poll, a majority of the nation's voters now say they want to re-elect president obama. take a look at this. the president has 52%. he's seven points ahead of mitt romney who's at 45%. just a month ago the president in our poll was ahead 49% to 46%. significantly the president now according to our latest poll is above 50%. our polls also show what voters think of mitt romney's potential vice presidential picks. let's bring in our national political correspondent jim acosta. he'...

Responsibility of the president and the commander in chief. >> romney criticized president for failing to stand up to rivals like north korea. biden has been overshadowed by hillary clinton, secretary of state. but lurched on the campaign high profile attacks on romney yet. >> he would take to us discredited policy to make america less safe and secure. >> romney long chastised the president for apologizing for u.s. foreign policy and not being tough enough on tyrants and terrorist allies. bide boyd cast romney as rigid throw-back to the george w. bush era. flip-floper at the same time. >> we k...

Assassination, intimidation, high profile attacks and placement of ieds. we know that iran continues to support the insurgency and fuels often the flame of violence. >> reporter: this morning, general allen has been asked twice whether president obama's decision to publicly lay out the timeline for withdraw in afghanistan has put the u.s. in a weak negotiating position where the taliban, al-qaeda, and the haqqani network are simply biding their time and laying down their weapons until the u.s. leaves, jenna. jenna: an important point there and as you mentioned, catherine, the fact that -- the ...

It's been a long road to tonight's g.o.p. debate in iowa. the emerges of a new frontrunner with high profile attacks setting the stage for what was already sure to be an interesting night, with the iowa caucuses january 3rd, expectation for tonight's showdown is high. joining us, the vice chair of the democratic national committee and mayor of -- >> happy to be here. >> as a democrat, if you're watching this tonight you're hoping the sort of the rougher the better, right? >> well, we'll see what they do but i think one of the things i'll look for is to see if they can come up with any ideas ab...

Aircraft. >> after countless arrests, one famous university offer to graduate level courses on the occupy wall street movement. guess what? it only charges about $50,000 a year for tuition. >> heather: just that. its showdown in des moines. most of the candidates will face off tonight on the deficit. after high profile attacks between romney and begin grist. the deficit is voters' minds. steve, is it time to pile on newt at the debate. >> reporter: it may very well be. the deficit that most other candidates are concerned about is in the polling numbers between them and the former speaker. it...