th morni this morning on "world news now," strategy session. the romney campaign puts an intense new focus on battleground states. >> the move comes with polls showing the gop nominee trailing in key states that could swing the election. it's monday, september 24th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning, everyone. i'm t.j. winick. rob nelson is on assignment this morning. >> great to have you here, t.j. >> great to be here. >> we're both a little sleep deprived, so bear with us, everybody. i'm paula faris. in a moment, what to look for in the political week ahead. just 43 days now until election day. i'm sure you have it circled on your calendar. also this hour, heavy hearts at the national zoo where they're trying to figure out why the new panda cub born just last week has died, and they did an autopsy trying to get results,