planned, 27-hour visit but the president, first lady, daughter sasha out on a 50-foot boat this morning showing the bay here is beautiful and fun and that is the message they are trying to convey to americans as americans consider future vacations and consider the ghost region. the beaches here are not been touched, the water is emerald green, the seafood is fresh and edible and that is what they have been trying to sell americans on. i talked to a local business official here who said we are thrilled that he chose our company and thrilled at the way this visit has gone to this point. shannon? the president has been on the scene and checked it out himself. what is he saying about the gulf in the wake of the spill? well, he is hoping to change the perception that many americans have. obviously all of us remember the live images of oil spewing out of the well into the gulf water and so he is trying to make a case that because of a variety of factors, that has changed.
business official a couple of days ago who told me the reason why he thinks they re sitting on cash is they are, frankly, nervous, uncertain as to whether the recovery will take hold and he thinks we will be in this state of affairs for up to four years. i was stunned when he told me that in this private conversation, and that s one business official. there s a lot of uncertainty and angst out there in the business community and among consumers. we ve seven that. yesterday in the democratic pollster said he thinks this is the jetblue election where everyone is screaming and running for the emergency exits. that s trouble for the people in power. ed henry, thank you. we will be monitoring the white house briefing and bring you some of that when it happens. ed mentioning at the top of the hour.
obama and biden and nature of the economy. it will be a choice. reporter: the choice looks problematic for president in the latest fox news poll. approval of the job performance only dipped a point, 43% today from 44% in august, disapprove shot up. from 47% to 51%. the president expects when people cast their ballot in november of 2012, they will be making their decisions based on their assessment of his record, what he has done, what he has accomplished. one big test for both parties is coming. super committee on capitol hill, they have to cut at least $1.2 trillion from the deficit. 150 business groups led by the u.s. chamber of commerce wrote the panel today urging them to cut much deeper. by putting tax and entitlement reform on the table. with one senior business official telling fox they re privately pushing for around $4 trillion in deficit reduction. though members of the panel have their doubts. i ve always been in the camp that hoped we could go