0 i really don t see him running the table without ohio. he s losing by seven points in the latest fox poll in ohio. he s losing by seven points, 50-43% in virginia. a state that he has to win if he doesn t carry ohio. and then in florida, willie, down 5 percentage points with barack obama holding five percentage point in florida this late in the game. in my state, i think it s impossible to win without carrying those states. pat, let s pass it around the table, willie. you take those three states right there, he s got to start he s got to win florida. he s got to win ohio. and if he doesn t do it, i just don t see how it happens. harold, i think florida, it goes without saying, he has to win. 29 electoral votes. he s got to win the west which becomes much more difficult, and these numbers are trending the wrong way for him right now. there s no doubt. he s placed a huge bet on october 3rd, this romney campaign has. they picked paul ryan who is known in congress for being specifi
to support me. but this is a campaign about helping people who need help. good morning. it s thursday, september the 20th. that s mitt romney on univision talking about how he wants to be the president for 100% of americans. he sounded pretty good there. with us on set, msnbc contributor mike barnicle. we also have former treasury official and morning joe economic analyst steve ratner. i m still calling the financier, though it doesn t sound as good as when mika says it. also analyst and visiting professor at nyu, heese he s he former democratic congressman harold ford jr. and white house correspondent for the huffington post, sam stein, explaining how the red sox are still going to win the world series. and anchor for bb world news america, catty kay. so great to have everybody with us. willie, i was looking at the clips of mitt romney from his political performance last night. i thought he did pretty well. you have so many people talking about how this race is over, and
4 today. it is sunday, september 16th, we have a lot of news to get to, but we re waking up to a cool start this sunday. if you have plans, chuck belle is here with news for you. it s good news. we re still about seven inches behind in rainfall, but we could use a little drink. it is cooler in the suburbs now. 48 out to the west of the blue ridge, martinsberg. a little rain showing up on the radar. there are showers along the border. most of that is going eastbound. i think we will squeak out another generally dry day. you re traveling further down to the south and west and you may run into rain chances. warm and pleasant for most of the day, but clouds will be on the increase. highs today mid to upper 70s. could not rule out for you folks downs by charlottesville. i think most of us will have a nice try finish to the weekend. we ll talk about rainy days and mondays. all those old songs. okay, thanks. this morning, a new alert for some americans abroad in response tod
upper northwest, making driving around the region dangerous. this is video from 38th and appleton streets in northwest dc where a huge tree came crashing down on a parked car. luckily, no one was inside at the time. we ve been hearing and seeing scenes like this across the region. northern virginia, trees and power lines down. thousands of customers still without power. and we ll go now to gwen to give us an update on how things are looking this morning. good morning, melanie. very much a lot calmer today. last night was an extremely busy time in the weather center and most of the afternoon as well. we had tornado warning after tornado warning, under a severe thunderstorm watch for most of the day as well. lot of activity and you saw the damage there. let s go to the weather maps and show you what s been happening and where we stand right now. we begin with accuweather satellite radar composite. this storm hit our area, but right off the midatlantic. you can see the moist
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