msnbc. mr. trump lapped the field for the nomination in a new today abc news poll released late today trump has surged into the lead in this contest with 24%, nearly twiels lyly twice as much as the nearest rival and jeb bush is further down. the biggest lead of any candidate in the polling and here is the rub, the poll was taken before trump s comments on sad about mccain and they note his support fell sharply on the one night when voters were surveyed after his remarks. howard, what do you make of that? has he crested because of this comment about mccain not really being a war hero? if he has, it s not just because of the substance of his remarks about mccain. i was with mccain the year after that interview that i was with john mccain and watched him go into the room
no word on his injuries or badly she might be. but a live pictures show you. no word what kind of construction project underway but some kind of an excavation project was in the works when it collapsed, trapping one construction worker. they have rescue crews on the way. when we get more information about how the person is doing and how the rescue goes we ll bring it to you live. we have brand new poll numbers showing even more disapproval of the health care law. chief white house correspondent that he had henry is with more on this. reporter: good to see you, jenna. the president walked into the briefing room that said had a lot of work to regain the trust of the american people he wasn t kidding this is washington post/abc news poll , look in terms of president handling of implementation of the health care law. 63% disapproving. only 33% approving.
appropriated. i can tell you we are on track. we have judiciously used those resources and we intend to be open for open enrollment around the country october 1st. reporter: white house officials acknowledged that red flags were raised but nobody had any idea of exactly the scope and breadth of the problems with this website when it launched october 1st. but so far i have not heard anybody in the administration defend sebelius coming up here to capitol hill saying they were on track and on time, jenna. jenna: there are a big part of the story today, mike. thank you. reporter: thank you. jon: if numbers truly do not lie the white house might be sweating right now. a new poll shows the bungleed health care rollout is continuing to take its toll on president obama. washington post/abc news poll shows the president s approval rating the lowest since he took office and a shift in how americans view the significant piece of legislation. a full 56% now say they oppose
the lowest approval rating during his entire presidency. the health care law is down to 57% opposed to the health care law. that is extremely high number in the washington post/abc news poll as well. that is why there is pressure on the president. democrats lacking at the poll and joining republican pubs saying. bill: will heads roll at the white house because of botched rollout of obamacare? what do you think. @billhemmer, @marthamaccallum. heads are rolling. we ll get to all could have those. martha: big question whose side is robert gibbs on at this point? is he softening the ground and there will be firing at the white house? discuss he suggest things are mismanaged and if he were there he would have done a better job.
she, jon? jon: she does look good, doesn t she? jenna: she is standing through a lot more than just this hurricane. jon, thank you for that. interesting birthday. we can t forget that. we ll move on to some politics now. hurricane sandy is unforeseen variable in final weeks of the presidential campaign forcing candidates to cancel key events in battleground state where president obama and governor romney remain in statistical dead heat. washington post/abc news poll , showing 49% support governor romney and 48% to the president. so close at this time. sean spicer communications director from the rnc coming to us every monday as he has for last couple weeks. nice to have you back. thanks, jenna. jenna: on a day like this public safety is paramount. we want to keep that in mind but we can t forget there is an election taking place in little more than a week. has the sudden appearance of this storm affected your strategy in any way? no, it hasn t affected the strategy but i think our