And more. 60 years of news because this is face the nation. Captioning sponsored by cbs good morning wean we start with the news from overnight, the setback to iraqi forces in the city of kic tikrit. The situation is fluid and changing. The Iraqi Military launched its largest offensive yesterday. As of last night, Iraqi State Television said iraqi forces had cleared the city of militants. But this morning local security sources say that is not the case. The militants have been able to push Iraqi Government forces back Something Like 15 miles south in the fighting going on in and around tikrit. So they have not been able to go further and the offensive stalled. The iraqi militant spokesman said the u. S. Advisors have been helping to coordinate this offensive to the north and the iraqi got a boost of five russian fighter jets. Charlie, do you think there is any chance that Prime Minister maliki is going to step aside or that he might reach out and try to form a more inclusive government
Senator, welcome back to meet the press. Glad to be back. Thank you. Lets talk where chuck left off about florida. Looking at the president s schedule, he looks to be focusing a bit more on ohio. In your judgment, youve seen the numbers. Is florida romney red at this point . We like the way florida is going. We always predicted it would go this way. Two things have happened over the last couple of weeks. One, the American People have seen romney up close offering his vision of the future and what he would do as president. But more startling is the president s complete failure to put forth an agenda for the next four years. If you look at his statements over the last 72 hours or last two weeks, he doesnt talk about the future. He doesnt talk about his governing plans. Its all attacks on mitt romney. And i think you saw the numbers a moment ago. I think theyll only get better on the republican side both locally and nationally as we go forward. In the New York Times, exclusive reporting a
Site. Plus, our roundtable weighs in. From the New York Times, columnist tom friedman. And White House Correspondent helean cooper. Nd former White House Press secretary for president clinton dee dee myers. Ne cooper. And former White House Press secretary for president clinton dee dee myers. From nbc news in washington, its meet the press with david gregory. The latest nbc news wall street journal poll for where this race stands, chuck todd has the numbers. This is significant. This is among likely voters, david. 47 , 47 . Not all tied races are equal. The president sitting at 47 if this were the sunday before election day there would be a lot of concerns in chicago. They want to be at 48 or 49 . Sitting at 47 is good for a challenger, not a good number for an incumbent. Lets go inside the numbers a little bit. The gender gap. You brought it up. Among men, romney, a 10point lead. Lets go to women. This is interesting. President , an eightpoint lead here, this is his smallest lead amon
Site. Plus, our roundtable weighs in. From the New York Times, columnist tom friedman. And White House Correspondent helene cooper. And former White House Press secretary for president clinton dee dee myers. From nbc news in washington, its meet the press with david gregory. The latest nbc news wall street journal poll for where this race stands, chuck todd has the numbers. This is significant. This is among likely voters, david. 47 , 47 . Not all tied races are equal. The president sitting at 47 if this were the sunday before election day there would be a lot of concerns in chicago. They want to be at 48 or 49 . Sitting at 47 is good for a challenger, not a good number for an incumbent. Lets go inside the numbers a little bit. The gender gap. You brought it up. Among men, romney, a 10point lead. Lets go to women. This is interesting. President , an eightpoint lead here, this is his smallest lead among women that weve had all year long. A few other things inside the numbers here, david
And later, Ohio Republican senator rob portman. Romneys debate sparring partner. Joining us live from the debate site. Plus, our roundtable weighs in. From the New York Times, columnist tom friedman. And White House Correspondent helean cooper. And former White House Press secretary for president clinton dee dee myers. Ne cooper. And former White House Press secretary for president clinton dee dee myers. From nbc news in washington, its meet the press with david gregory. The latest nbc news wall street journal poll for where this race stands, chuck todd has the numbers. This is significant. This is among likely voters, david. 47 , 47 . Not all tied races are equal. The president sitting at 47 if this were the sunday before election day there would be a lot of concerns in chicago. They want to be at 48 or 49 . Sitting at 47 is good for a challenger, not a good number for an incumbent. Lets go inside the numbers a little bit. The gender gap. You brought it up. Among men, romney, a 10poin