pelley: good evening. there is a growing perception among voters that the economy is improving. and our new poll out today shows that it s helping president obama s prospects for reelection. 48 days now before election day, here is how the race looks. it takes 270 electoral votes to win the white house, and our cbs news election teams estimates 237 are solid for the president toweaning toward him. mitt romney has 206. t for the next seven weeks, they ll be fighting over the remaining 95 votes in the swing states. we re focusing on three of those states tonight in our swing state watch. in wisconsin, home to g.o.p. vice presidential candidate paul ryan. inniquinnipiac/cbs news/ new frk times poll find that the president has tripled his lead in the past month from two points to six. he now leads governor romney 51% nt 45%. in colorado, the president down by five points last month now has a one-point lead, 48% to 47%. and the president is holding on to a four-point lead, 50%
johnson. thanks for joining us, thousands of your friends and neighbors are without electricity. just under 41,000 customers without electricity. they hope to have power restored to 90% of those customers by monday. anybody needing electricity for life support equipment is being urged to move someplace with power. officials tell 9news now, crews will be working 24 hours a day to clean up the damage, take your phone calls and get the juice running again. meanwhile, about 45,000 power customers are without electricity tonight and about 4,000pg and e customers in prince georges county are without power. those agencies say they are working hard to get everybody s lights back on. out to h and 4th street in northeast washington where the storms brought down the entire 3rd floor of a building. one witness watched the entire episode unfold. it just happened to open the door to get some air and we said, it is really coming down. you hear the wind, all of a sudden you hear the cree
lights back on. out to h and 4th street in northeast washington where the storms brought down the entire 3rd floor of a building. one witness watched the entire episode unfold. it just happened to open the door to get some air and we said, it is really coming down. you hear the wind, all of a sudden you hear the creeks from it and it s half way leaning. we are like, look at that across the street. next thing you know, it comes tumbling down, like we were in the earthquake. luckily, nobody was hurt. the third floor was actually an addition, not yet completed to a second story building. that area was shut down while crews cleaned up the mess. we had more incredible video. we want to check in with anny hong. anny, that radar was a mess this afternoon. it really was, bruce. we are watching storms come through as a strong cold front approached the region. i paused the satellite radar picture at 3:55 when we saw storms really start to become active. we put this into motio
in the months leading up to the massacre. he faces 24 counts of first degree murder that is two for each victim he shot and killed. pretrial hearing from accused september 11 september 11th mastermind khalid shaikh mohammed and others. it has been canceled after 24-hours delay after internet service being cut from a deadly train derailment near baltimore. they decided to evacuate the attorneys and media as isaac approaches. no new date has been set for the hearing. a terrifying freak accident left two people dead. they were trying to help victims of a car crash. the live wires from the power pole hit the water. then they were electrocuted. five others felt the volt. they couldn t help the woman on the ground because of the live wire. nobody could do anything because of the live wire in water. it was horrifying. those survivors have minor injuries luckily. sounds like the plot of a hollywood movie but is it a real life murder instead. an actor was raised and charged
in the months leading up to the massacre. he faces 24 counts of first degree murder that is two for each victim he shot and killed. pretrial hearing from accused thp is going to hurt at the end of the nigh approaches. no new date has been set for the hearing. a terrifying freak accident left two people dead. they were trying to help victims of a car crash. the live wires from the power pole hit the water. then they were electrocuted. five others felt the volt. they couldn t help the woman on the ground because of the live wire. nobody could do anything because of the live wire in water. it was horrifying. those survivors have minor injuries luckily. sounds like the plot of a hollywood movie but is it a real life murder instead. an actor was raised and charged with threatening to kill harvey wine stein. shaw bought a prepaid debit card later used to send out threatening letters. he is now being held without bail. it is a major milestone. nasa s curiosity river sent