you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we re keeping a close eye on two developing stories this hour. in texas, the state s attorney general is facing an impeachment vote. ken paxton is accused of bribery and abuse of power. the conservative republican says it is illegal and being pushed by corrupt politicians. in washington, meantime, house speaker kevin mccarthy says progress is being made in talks to avoid the nation s first-ever debt default. a short time ago a source familiar with the intense discussions says it is now down to one final sticking point between the white house and republican leaders. the issue at issue at this hour is work requirements for social safety net programs. let s begin our coverage of the debt talks. manu raju is up on capitol hill for us. manu, just being told it s down to one issue is cold comfort. that could be the one thing that drags this thing out. what are you learning about the state of the negotiations at this
three tranches. there s 25% of the party that will vote for donald trump anyway. they ll walk through walls and chew the brick dust after that. there s another 25 that are anti-maga and 50% or 40% sort of in the middle. this is a republican primary we re talking about. those are sort of the up for grab voters that desantis is going after and that he feels he can get. currently, if you look at the polling, trump has expanded beyond the 25 or 30%. he s hit the 50% plus realm and that s problematic for desantis where that trump base becomes more valuable because the nontrump dilutes and divides itself. patricia, ron desantis has been on a tear legislatively speaking. he boasts a number of pieces that he signed into law that are popular with riepublicans and te
for more than five years. right, i mean, those are slight distinctions and not necessarily the ones that to clinton s advantage to talk about on the campaign trail. she s trying to go for the hearts and minds of latino voters talking in a recent interview about how important it is not to break up families and how she would have been less aggressive than the obama administration. these contrasts are things that can help her grab voters attention and get the conversation going in the direction that she wants it to. thank you so much, appreciate it. thanks. the democratic presidential candidates will be on stage together for the first time at the cnn facebook democratic debate. it s next tuesday night, october 13th, starting at 8:30 eastern. and up next, marco rubio in the hot seat for his voting attendance record in the senate. how he responded to criticism that he s putting his presidential ambitions above the people he represents. plus new details about how
49%/49%. and finally one more about the challenger s images. for mitt romney, 45%/44%. for john kerry 45%, 44%. i won t bring up the whole massachusetts aspects. bush went on to win that race thanks to a razor thin victory in ohio. so let s dig deeper inside the numbers. we all know it comes down to turnout. tomorrow it will come down to turnout but it s more complicated. the single most important question will be what is the racial composition of the electorate? and then, of course, the second question we ll be looking at to answer as the returns come in, how do the undecideds break. pollster fred yang and republican pollster bill mcintur. i will start with the undecideds and with you, fred, and i know peter hart, our pollster on this, broke down these up for grab voters and how all of a sudden they look a little more
pro-obama than they do pro-romney from october. up for grab voters now the job approval rating of the president 48% to 41%. the feelings to the president 46% to 29% positive to negative. but look at this. mitt romney s feeling thermometer was 22%/49%. this is about 10% of the electora electorate, people undecided or only lean obama or lean romney. you look at those numbers and it tells you what, fred? i look at those numbers and it s going to be a very close election. every pundit, pollster, analyst has said that. and i think with these undecided voters, up for grab voters in a close election like this and like 2004, last-minute momentum helps. the president s leadership, hurricane sandy helped a lot, and i think these numbers with the up for grab voters show that as we head into tomorrow the president has a little bit of wind at his back.