we re down to just 39 days until the presidential election. in about 20 minutes the president begins a series of fundraisers right here in washington. those are the only public events on his calendar today. yet this is the same day the president didn t have time for a face-to-face meeting with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who s in new york. instead they spoke by phone. here s cnn s white house correspondent dan lothian. dan. reporter: wolf, the white house always stresses that the president and prime minister netanyahu are in touch frequently. they downplay any daylight between the two leaders. but they didn t meet face-to-face this week. and so one phone call is getting a lot of attention. president obama and prime minister netanyahu attended the united nations general assembly in new york, but at different times. the white house insisted it was a scheduling issue, not a snub. no meetings, no handshakes. but today a follow-up phone call that a senior admin
president obama and prime minister netanyahu attended the united nations general assembly in new york, but at different times. the white house insisted it was a scheduling issue, not a snub. no meetings, no handshakes. but today a follow-up phone call that a senior administration official told cnn lasted more than 20 minutes. in a statement released by the white house, the conversation included a range of security issues, the president reaffirmed his commitment to israel security. and the two leaders were in full agreement on preventing iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. prime minister netanyahu has been pressuring the u.s. to lay down a so-called red line on iran that would prompt military action. at the u.n. he used a prop to drive home his point. a red line should be drawn right here. before iran completes the second stage of nuclear enrichment necessary to make a bomb. reporter: while some have accused the prime minister of pressuring the president to help gop no
when the state reduces its support, the only other place to turn for most colleges in the public sector is to increase tuition. reporter: either way, students like jackie feel left out in the cold. a lot of people who don t have students in college or don t have kids my age just think, you re either wealthy enough to go to college or you get financial aid from the government. and it is aththat simple, but is not that simple. reporter: christine romans, cnn, new york. and here we go, hour two, i m brooke baldwin. thanks for staying with me. we are awaiting mitt romney, he s about to speak in ohio. let me show you here this new poll, actually our cnn poll of polls. it is an average of other polls. as of today, president obama stretched his lead in ohio to six points over mitt romney. just yesterday that lead was five. the reason for the change, the washington post has a new poll today showing the president leading ohio by eight points. that stretches the cnn average o
support, the only other place to turn for most colleges in the public sector is to increase tuition. reporter: either way, students like jackie feel left out in the cold. a lot of people who don t have students in college or don t have kids my age just think, you re either wealthy enough to go to college or you get financial aid from the government. and it is aththat simple, but is not that simple. reporter: christine romans, cnn, new york. and here we go, hour two, i m brooke baldwin. thanks for staying with me. we are awaiting mitt romney, he s about to speak in ohio. let me show you here this new poll, actually our cnn poll of polls. it is an average of other polls. as of today, president obama stretched his lead in ohio to six points over mitt romney. just yesterday that lead was five. the reasonorhe change, the washington post has a new poll today showing thre leadinhio by eight ints. that stretches the cnn average of five different polls to that six-point lead f
here is a remark that has all kinds of folks buzzing today, mitt romney again last may, the clip provided by the left wing publication mother jones. roll it. there are 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. all right. there are 47% who are with him who are dependent upon the government who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe they re entitled to health care, to food, to housing, you name it. but it is an entitlement. and the government should give it to them. and they will vote for this president no matter what. so mitt romney said nearly half the country, 47% to be precise, you heard the words he used there, self-described victims, dependents of the state, here s more. i mean, my job is not to worry about those people, i ll never convince them, they should take special responsibility and care for their lives. what i have to is convince the five to ten percent that are tho