reiterated his pledge saying, please, republicans should all be nice. here s mr. gingrich, in his own words. i only have one opponent, that s barack obama. i have a number of friends running and one opponent. and i m going to run this campaign on a positive basis because i believe the people of iowa are smart enough that they can see the difference between somebody trying to help the country and somebody who simply is running a negative campaign. can he stay positive is the big question because speaker gingrich make no mistake, is feeling the heat. let s bring in cnn s jim acosta. here in iowa tracking the republican candidates, jim, that is the big question. the speaker s the front-runner. he says let s be nice. describe to our viewers the kind of heat he s getting. reporter: well, you know, it s almost impossible to figure out a direction where he s not being attacked from right now. keep in mind he s has three other candidates in this field attack him with either web
dave: scott, to herman cain, now, 30 percent of republican voters say they are less likely to vote for him because of the scandal. his support among women has fallen 13 percent in a month. has he survived the scandal? has he turned the page? it has hurt his poll numbers. he went from down 5 in a matchup against president obama, to down 11 over the course a couple of weeks. so there has been some impact. but, most voters overwhelmingly are saying we are not sure what to make of the allegations. we will see what else comes out. herman cain is still on top of the polls and he has a chance to turn it around but he has not finished it yet. dave: it looks like rick perry s fall helped out gingrich and in this poll it shows that the unfavorables for rick perry not so good, 25 percent. any chance, doug, he can come back? how big does he have to perform
to today and today, thank you so much, natalie. well, not so good news on the job front today. unemployment benefits rose the first time in three weeks. initial claims rose by 13,000, now 462,000 the second increase in two months. a record number of people lost their homes in foreclosure between july and september. reality track reports 1 million homes received foreclosure filing. verizon wireless says it will start selling the ipad in its storesรง starting october 28. a data planned for that tablet will cost $20 a month. on the heels of that see how the markets are doing now, 2 1/2 hours and change into the trading day, not good. 25 and change on the dow, down 5 on the s & p 500, 6 on the nasdaq. a nor easter developing on the mid-atlantic states and heading north. heavy thunderstorms packing strong winds and plenty of rain are already pounding virginia. soon, they will be targeting the entire east coast. meanwhile, preparations are
i wouldn t be surprised by it. a big chunk going to legal bills. i spent much of sunday on twitter railing against jim comey s media blitz and the president calls it, quote, mission accomplished in syria. we ll discuss whether there is a strategy following friday night s air strikes or maybe several strategies. but first, joe, we want to get your take on the newest nbc news wall street poll, 39% say they approve of the president s job performance, down four points since last month, 57% disapprove. there s also a difference in intensity. 44% of americans say they strongly disapprove of trump s performance while only 22% say they strongly approve. looking deeper into trump s approval number, he s at 79% among republicans, down five points since last month, 46% among whites, down 45% among men, down 5. 38% down 7 against independents.