Big enough if you fold her in half and curl up her legs. Dark few days. In the race for the white house, our poll shows the governor romney with a slight lead over president obama. With just 11 days to go it is all up for grabs and depending more than ever on state ohio where abcs Karen Travers has been tracking the candidates. Reporter finishing off a marathon twoday campaign blitz, president obama rolled into the most critical battleground of all hello, ohio [ cheers and applause ] reporter ohio with its 18 electoral votes could be state that decide the next president. This send a message not just across ohio but across the whole country. This campaign is growing, the momentum is building, we are taking back america. [ cheers and applause ] reporter polls in the battleground state show the president with edge. Latest poll in ohio has him up by five. Buckeye state voters are used to being center of political universe. This year theyre being showered with attention. The president made
From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a freaky friday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie, and i have to say this is a very unusual way to start the show. Theres no matt, but apparently he is on his way, and i think we do have a camera with him outside. Okay. There he is. Is that a motorized surf board hes riding in . Well be asking why does he do this . Part of a segment were doing a little bit later, and a couple of guys are responsible for videos that have more than 24 million hits online. So sorry. I am so sorry. You are late. This storm is coming. The waves on madison were huge. That was fun. I hope you dont have helmet head. Your hair is going to be a mess. How can i have helmet head . That was a blast. Youve probably seen the videos of these guys well introduce you to in a little while. They are responsible for the commute, and they are responsible for some images youll be seeing
About changing things but actually have the votes to get things changed. Will you help me elect this guy . Im not familiar precisely with exactly what i said but i stand by what i said, whatever it is. Ive got a time bomb in my mind, mom its going to go off and i dont know when i need a doctor to extract her we are 13 days out from the president ial election and if the schedules, events and remarks are any indication, this race may be nearing point break. Mitt romney has just wrapped in reno, nevada, a state where hes desperate to gain an edge, despite state insiders describing his operation as a match box car compared to the president s ferrari. From there romney is off to see b dar rapids, iowa, and the president beat him to the state this morning with a rally in davenport, where he laid out just how frenetic his fight for the white house has become. This is the first stop on our 48hour fly around Campaign Marathon extravaganza. Were starting here in iowa, were going to colorado, the
It takes 270 votes to win the white house. A brand new ohio poll gives the president a fivepoint lead in that crucial state propelled by a two to one average in early voting. As of tonight, 6. 5 Million People have already voted in this election. With over a million voting in just the last 24 hours. Well have much more on the early vote later on in this show. But we start with tonights lead. Hiding in plain sight. We know the Republican Party has been taken over by its far right wing and mitt romney has been dancing as fast as he can to present a moderate face to the country. He did it in the debates and hes trying to do it in the home stretch of this election. But i dont think its going to work. Thats because the extreme views of his party just keep poppinging up at the most inconvenient moments. Today is the issue of abortion and the radical antiwomen views on full display. Heres a candidate romney supports, indiana candidate for senate Richard Mourdock. I believe that life starts at
Insanity, and solitary confinement. I wouldnt wish it on anyone. I wouldnt wish this on anyone. Lee boyd malveaux with surprising revelations and a shocking new allegation in what he says will be his final interview today, thursday, october 25th, 2012. Captions paid for by Nbcuniversal Television and good morning. Welcome to today on a busy thursday morning. Im savannah gurthrie. And im matt lauer. Hurricane sandy made landfall, wind gusts of about 114 miles an hour. That storm is being blamed on at least two deaths in the caribbean. And as we said, forecasters are worried about a scenario that could pose big trouble for much of the east coast. Als been studying the latest models, and well get to his forecast straight ahead. Also ahead, an arrest made in colorado in the murder of 10yearold Jessica Ridgeway. The suspect only 17 years old. And his own mother may have played a role in turning him in. Well have more on that story. All right. And then tom cruise has filed a 50 million lawsu