National polls show that its dead even, but in the few swing states that could tip the balance tomorrow night president obama has a slight advantage over mitt romney. In ohio, a university of oncinnati poll shows the president ahead 50 to 49 . In florida, a recent poll has him ahead by just two points. In wisconsin, the president hreds by three points. In iowa, the Des Moines Register shows mr. Obama up mr. Oboints. And the colorado poll has him ahead by two points. Our campaign 2012 team is covering. First were going to go to nancy wedes with the president tonight. Nancy . Pelley scott, after 100 rallies, the president holds his final one here in des moines tonight for two reasons first, mostuse iowa is one of the battleground states the campaign inls most confident about sinning and second because, in many ways, this is the state that first catapulted him towards the president that upset win in the Iowa Caucuses five years ago. Hello, colorado hello, wisconsin hello, ohio pelley pres
New york general manager chris boone is expecting a strong holiday season. In from thanksgiving on, weve got our Running Shoes on, and were running and hustling. Reporter wine. Com just had a huge third quarter. Sales jumped 15 , and the Company Recently expanded into a new warehouse. The old warehouse we had was 15,000 square feet. This current one is 30,000. Its great for us, its great for business, and im happy to ae the growth. Reporter across the u. S. , economic signals are improving. Pending home sales, which track contract signings, jumped to their highest level in six years. Another sign the housing recovery is building. Does that mean the Housing Market can actually start contributing to Economic Growth again . It already is. It already is. And that should help jobs. And you have feedback effects that, you know, should ripple through the economy. Reporter economist michael darda, believes housing will be one of the pilles after an improving economy in 2013. Thats helping cons
Now all 800 members of their union are on strike. But 10,000 other dock workers are refusing to cross the picket line. That has brought the normally busy port to a new stand still. Geraldine knatz directs the port of los angeles. Theres probably about a billion dollars worth of goods that come through this port everyday and we probably got about 900,000 or so people in the southland whose jobs are tied to the activity going through this port. Reporter the ports are clogged with 16 ships waiting to be unloaded. Another six are anchored off the coast. If the ships are not working, the truckers are not working, the warehouse people are not working. It will ripple through the supply chain. Reporter it doesnt take much of a delay to cause problems for people. No. A very short delay will can mean that stores may not get a shipment the day that they expect it for their sale. Reporter the striking workers handle all the paperwork that gets cargo from the port to the rest of the country. They e
Community has seen more destruction from Hurricane Sandy than this. This entire neighborhood, in the new york city borough of queens, 111 homes destroyed by fire the night the storm hit. Well have more on this in just a moment, but first, let us give you the big picture on the aftermath of sandy. Nearly six million homes and businesses in 13 states are still without electricity tonight. At least 68 deaths are blamed on the storm. Insurance Companies Tell Us that well over 34,000 homeowners have put in claims for damage or destruction. In new york city, the sun finally came out today, along with the first sounds of recovery. bell ringing the stock market opened for the first time this week. Buses are back and there could be some Subway Service tomorrow. The biggest challenge remains pumping floodwaters out of tunnels. The u. S. Military is helping, and we flew along today with Lieutenant General thomas bostic, commander of the army corps of engineers. Pelley the Police Released this vid
Connection with the same woman who helped bring down the director of the c. I. A. , retired general David Petraeus. Now general allens nomination to be supreme allied commander of nato is on hold. Two of the top military men of their generation have been brought low by their acquaintance with jill kelley, a tampa socialite seen here at her home with the story playing on the t. V. Behind her. Last spring, kelley complained to the f. B. I. Of receiving harassing anonymous emails. Turned out, those emails had been written by a jealous paula broadwell. The investigation then exposed broadwells affair with c. I. A. Director David Petraeus. Then the f. B. I. Found an email trail linking kelley to general allen. And tonight bob orr picks up the story for us from there. Bob . Reporter good evening, scott, well, the announcement came in the middle of the night on board an airplane carrying secretary of defense leon panetta to australia. Pentagon spokesman George Little told reporters secretary