captions paid for by nbc-univsal television good evening. the last time weaw this much of barack obama on the campaign trail he was writing a promise of change to the white house. now just 17 days i the midterm elections and facing a weak and slowly changing economy, the president is on the road again tonight, desperate trying to turn back what democrats fear could be a republican tide. early voting has already begun in some places, and underscoring just how important the stakes are, both sides have brought out their big-name stars on this critical weekend. nbc s savannah guthrie joins us from the white house. good evening. reporter: good evening to you, lester. the president has started what amounts to wall-to-wall campaigning, eight states over the next eight days. and if you look at the map, it s clear democrats are on defse. are you fired up? reporter: the president today in what is usually reliable democratic territory. trying to reinvigorate the party faithful i
captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. the last time we saw this much of barack obama on the campaign trail he was writing a promise of change to the white house. now just 17 days in the midterm elections and facing a weak and slowly changing economy, the president is on the road again tonight, desperately trying to turn back what democrats fear could be a republican tide. early voting has already begun in some places, and underscoring just how important the stakes are, both sides have brought out their big-name stars on this critical weekend. nbc s savannah guthrie joins us from the white house. good evening. reporter: good evening to you, lester. the president has started what amounts to wall-to-wall campaigning, eight states over the next eight days. and if you look at the map, it s clear democrats are on defense. are you fired up? reporter: the president today in what is usually reliable democratic territory. trying to reinvigorate the party f
captions paid for by nbuniversal television good evening. if you depend on social security, you ll have to live on what you re getting now. in a bad economy and wait unti 2012 at the earliest for any cost of living increase. the economic meltdown and recession have left some measures of flation near zero. that prompted the chairm of the federal reserve to hint today that the fed may try to force inflation higher in this country. if that leaves you a bit puzzled, you re not alone, especially since things that make up a large part of a senior s budget, food, medical care are getting more expensive all the while. our own tom costello starting us off from washington toght with more on this. tom, good evening. reporter: hi, brian. overall, consumer prices grew at less than 1% over the last 12 months, the slowest rate of growth in nearly 50 years. because of that, social security checks are not going to increase. and many of the 59 mlion americans on social security find that h
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