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Nassau county new york, from cell phones and how they screened for the voters in the hall. could somebody answer all of these questions and say, yeah i'm uncommitted and have an agenda to try to get into that hall? of course, but gallup is saying they did their best to screen for uncommitted voters. >> interesting, a venue, of course for showers, in 23 days, the swing states to learn something about them. you're in one tonight. tell us about it. >> yeah, we're continuing with the swing counties around the country and we have been to a number of them taking the show on the road. we're in rockin...

Election overall. we've sent a lot of time talking about mitt romney, what do people want to hear from the president specifically. >> arapaho county is one of the roughly 30 swing counties we identify through the country that will likely decide this race in swing states. there are two big ones in colorado, arapaho and jefferson. we talked to folks all around the past couple of days. there is truly a big split, anecdotally not talking about polls but just talking to folks on the sidewalk. obviously you can imagine that the economy and jobs is really a big factor here. the unemployment rate is a...

Has gained some steam in some of these battleground states. and i should point out, maybe that is a good transition, that's why we are here in ohio. jon: speaking oftleground states. >> reporter: that's right. this place is a focus for both campaigns. vice president joe biden is here, paul ryan is here today in iowa, and we are focused here in jasper county, one of about 30 counties around the country that we believe this election will swing on. swing counties within swing states. we've spent a lot of time here in iowa, as you remember, in front of the straw poll and the caucuses. we've focuse...

>> bret: welcome back to newton, iowa. we're in uncle nancy coffee house and eatery. we want to welcome in the local panel of experts to get local perspective on the state of iowa and the presidential race. kay hender sob, news director of radio iowa. bob eshewan from news. and jennifer, register. thank you for being here. bob, here in newton, in jasper county this is a place where this is a swing county. 9 # counties in iowa. to 20 are reliable republican. 27 said to be reliable democratic. 52 swing counties. jasper county is one of those. why is it that way? what is the big issue here? >> jo...

>> bret: carl cameron in london tonight. thank you. "special report" will be on the road next week. monday we're in clark county, nevada, one of the more than 30 swing counties. we've identified that will factor in heavily deciding the winner of the presidential race. weigh look at the important issues there, matter to voters, immigration, housing and the overall economy. tuesday, stockton, california, reporting on one of the first big cities to go broke. that disturbing trend across the country. wednesday, los angeles. looking at the california economy. what's working and what isn't? we're he...