Are literally counting down because in 16 hours barack obama and mitt romney battling in a Foreign Policy faceoff with the race for the white house about as close as it can get. Look at this new nbc wall street journal poll. Theyre locked in an absolute dead heat at 47 each. Editorial boards at newspapers across the country are coming out for their picks. Three endorsing mitt romney. The union leader calling the president president s policy a fantasy. Ago kron beacon journal and the plain dealer and the denver post calling the president the best pick under trying circumstances. Theres a lot to talk about and Paul Steinhauser with a preview of the showdown in the sunshine state. With the polls so close right now, theres even more at stake when president obama and mitt romney face off for the final time on the stage behind me at lynn university. Expect the two candidates to pick up where they left off last week in new york. When we have four americans killed there, when apparently we did
Thank you very much for starting your morning with us, on what can be a difficult morning for many people as they try to struggle through all of what is happening with the snow thats coming down. Lets go right now to Ashleigh Banfield from darian, connecticut. Ashleigh, how are you . Reporter well, it is very, very snowy here, marty. I was taking the drive because the media was allowed to be on the roads last night but everybody else wasnt. Between greenwich, connecticut, and darian, connecticut, on that 95 corridor as you look at your map all the way to new haven and beyond. And i have never been on a freeway like that, with five cars over the course of about a 45minute drive, driving about 25, 30 miles an hour. If youve ever imagined 95 looking like a farmers field, thats what it looked like, trying to make headway throughout the night. It was about 12 00 midnight, 1 00 am. Just look i said, absolutely remarkable to see that people really did, for the most part, heed the travel ban w
Take a look at this. Teenagers trapped on the ice. Clinging to life on the tree. The rescue you need to stick around to watch. Among guests this morning. Former ohio congressman steve la tourette, newly sworn in congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard. Mike dewine, tim ferriss and steve rinella. I have one word for you. Squirrel. Its true. We have squirrel. Friday, january 4th. Starting point begins right now. Our starting point this morning. In just hours, the brand spanking new 113th congress will vote on a nearly 10 billion aid package for Superstorm Sandy victims. This after the outrage over Speaker Boehner canceling the initial vote early this week. Athena jones live in our washington bureau. Expected to be an easy one today, dana . It looks like it will be passed. About 9. 7 billion in Borrowing Authority for the National Flood insurance program. That program will run out of money as soon as next week. Thats right around the corner, and the house is expected to come in this morning. Past tha
Thanks for watching. Have a great day. Early start begins now. Deadly plunge. At least two americans among seven killed in a Helicopter Crash in peru. Release the kraken for the first time, pictures of a giant squid alive in its natural habitat. We have the pictures for you this hour. This is so cool. It is. I dont want to talk about this. A new dynasty. Its alabama in a rout on College Footballs biggest stage. Did you stay up and watch . You know, i knew it was happening. You could just tell it was going down. Did you set your alarm clock to get up and watch . I saw enough of the game to know where it was headed. So you watched about two minutes of the game. Good morning, folks. Welcome to early start. I dont want to rub it in, but one of us was right and one of us was wrong. You are the wrong one. I will eat microtoday. Its in my coffee. I was right. Its january 8th, and its 5 00 a. M. I was wrong. Up first this morning, roll tide. And were talking a major roll. A rout inside a blowo
We begin with breaking news. Pope benedict xvi resigning. Age and fatigue are the reasons behind his resignation. Here is what the Statement Reads in part both strength of mind and body are necessary. Strength which in the last few months has deteriorated in me to the extent that i have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me. This tweet came from the popes account 23 hours ago. We must trust in the mitty power of gods mercy. We are all sinners, but his grace transforms us and makes us new. This would be historical. The last time a pope resigned happened 600 years ago. That would be pope gregory iv in 1415. The very first pope to resign was pope clement in the year 101, 1,100 years ago roughly that the first pope resigned. Many questions about whether popes in modern times think resignation is acceptable or not. Pope benedict said, in fact, made it very clear that being able to resign was acceptable and made this part of the Statement Released