six days of the month. more than the entire 505,000 she raised in the 24 days before. and as abbott mentioned when we caught up with him along the parade route, the polls show davis down? she is avoiding issues and because of that that s why she s falling in the polls. reporter: the latest poll from the university of texas and texas tribune shows abbott a full 11 points ahead. whenever she s talking about me, not creating one job or improving our roads or making the state of texas safer. reporter: but davis staffers reminded us that that poll was taken before abbott appeared with nugent. you saw that fund raising spike in response to the nugent attack. do you feel you ll also see a corresponding rise in numbers in terms of i do believe we will. we have eight and a half months
accounts red and the $7 million fund raising spike after ryan s naming, if not a bounce certainly could be part of a healthy bump. more of that money rolling in. thank you so much, richard lui. and the countdown is on to the iphone 5. cnbc s mandy drury is here with what s moving your money. still not confirmed by apple but there are as i understand some new clues. there are some cluls out there. in fact, a verizon employee, chris, has confirmed a tick crunch that no staff of the phone company is allowed vacation from the dates of friday, september 21st to september 30th. why? because it is expected the next iphone whether called the iphone 5 or simply the new iphone will be available in stores starting friday, september 21st. the announcement is likely to be september 12th in the usual apple fashion with lots of fanfare. as you can imagine when the sales begin you can certainly understand why they don t want any staff on vacation those days. i ll be interested in seeing the sale
his message coming after months of falling fortunes for the former favorite. the six month slide taking a toll on his attitude. i got a lot of really cool things i could do other than sit around being miserable. reporter: the campaign acknowledging it needs to adapt, shifting focus to new hampshire where bush picked up a key establishment endorsement. the end is not near. reporter: and establishing a confidence he hopes supporters will feel. hallie jackson, nbc news, reno. reporter: this is peter alexander in washington where ted cruz fresh off a commanding debate performance is looking to make his next stand. the texas senator abruptly postponing a campaign swing through nevada, instead rushing back to capitol hill to rail against a bipartisan budget deal. nbc news has learned both cruz and marco rubio s campaigns have seen a fund-raising spike, roughly a million dollars each since last night. where cruz unleashed a missile against the media and the not raiders. you look a