Saturday, 12th august. Also ahead the Finishing Line beckons for two legends of the track usain bolt and mo farah. Yes farahs Opening Night gold remains britains only medal here at the London Stadium. But though she missed out on the podium what a performance from Dina Asher Smith in the womens 200 metres. She ran an impressive race and finished fourth. Laser danger new restrictions could be on the way to stop pens being shone at planes and helicopters. And tonight could be the best night for years to watch a meteor shower. And philip has the weather. Hello, a very good morning to you. Decent weekend of weather across the british hours, one or two showers in the mix, all the details in a few minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. President trump has issued a fresh warning to north korea, saying it will Regret It Fast if it continues to make threats against america and its allies. The president also called for tougher sanctions against pyongyang but he said he would love a peacef
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 s taking a closer look at all of these numbers. that s right. at least on the surface, should bring a smile to the obama campaign. and perhaps a warning to mitt romney and his campaign to go big in the vice presidential search with mitt romney heading out on a potential rollout of his running mate. the results on the veepstakes are even more fascinating. the two men that seem to be the safe
that was a lifetime ago. that was a lifetime ago. but, you know, she made a big point, if she was born in iowa, this was going to be her state. this was going to be so you think she might drop out or, given her money situation? soul searching is what you i think, yes. and if you re rick perry, what justification do you have for going forward? just because you ve got money in the bank? the justification of going forward, i talked to rick perry today. he said he s the only conservative who can mount a national effort, fund-raising effort, against mitt romney. can he make that case after tonight? harder, but we ll see what happens with santorum. see how santorum performs in new hampshire. perry s not going to new hampshire. perry s going to south carolina. southern governor, conservative, a tea party message. look, he understands, he blew it in the early debates. the voters in iowa never forgave him for those gaffes. he s going to try one more time in south carol
he is separating himself already from the pack while the pack is in iowa. what do his campaign people say about why this was the best strategy for him? reporter: you know, his campaign, i have to tell you this is going to be interesting if we see more of this in the days to come is very tight-lipped. they ve been very tight-lipped about what is going on here in south carolina. they were confirming earlier in the week that this is indeed going to be his presidential announcement. but in terms of strategy, really you can just look at what s happening. the ames, iowa, straw poll is obviously the center of the political universe this weekend. all of the republican contenders except for rick perry is there. and governor perry did not have the organization on the ground to compete in iowa for this ames straw poll, which is nonbinding, really a beauty pageant for gop contenders. the perry people thought, what s a good way to steal the thunder of this event happening in iowa? l