the cycle today, we look at the battleground scenario to see how close this is. let s look at the latest poll in wisconsin. it s 49/48 obama. in virginia the nbc maris poll has romney up by one. in the first two big swingers, first ohio, and the president is up by 3 and in florida they show romney ahead by 1. so to help us sort it out we have chris mooney. chris, thanks for joining us. thanks for having me. you ve been on the ground in specifically ohio and florida. the big news out of ohio is they have the boss and big dog, bill clinton and bruce springsteen, stumping for the president. do they have aan impact in swing sets? they get attention, and they bring people out. that s not to say mitt romney and obama can t bring people. in the month of october they re pulling more than 10,000 people into rallies. the key take away here is the era of the national campaign is over. you have to think of it as a big pinball machine rigged with magnets to key states. these candi
this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: good evening. the f.b.i. says it has arrested a young man in a manhattan hotel today as he pushed the buttons to set off what he believed was a massive truck bomb outside the federal reserve bank of new york. what the man didn t know was that his accomplices worked for the f.b.i. the plot unfolded in the heart of lower manhattan, a few blocks from the former world trade center site. the federal reserve bank of new york is vital to the nation s financial system. it is the clearing house for the transactions of the nation s largest banks. and the storage site of vast reserves of gold. senior correspondent john miller has been talking to his source at the f.b.i., and he has details of the plot and the suspect. reporter: quazi mohammad nafis came to the u.s. from bangledesh on a student visa to study at southeast missouri state university. he caught the f.b.i. s attention allegedly in an extremist online chat room tryi
deductions and credits to that mr. president, we re keeping track, i promise you. mr. president, the next question is for you. great. looking forward to it. it s katherine fenton who has a question for you. in what new ways do you intend to rectify the inequalities in the workplace, specifically regarding females making only 72% of what their male counterparts earn? katherine, this is a great question. you know, i was raised by a single mom who had to put herself through school while looking after two kids. and she worked hard every day and made a lot of sacrifices to make sure we got everything we needed. my grandmother, she started off as a secretary in a bank. she never got a college education. even though she was smart as a whip. she worked her way up to become a vice president of a local bank, but she hit the glass
deductions and credits to that mr. president, we re keeping track, i promise you. mr. president, the next question is for you. great. looking forward to it. it s katherine fenton who has a question for you. in what new ways do you intend to rectify the inequalities in the workplace, specifically regarding females making only 72% of what their male counterparts earn? katherine, this is a great question. you know, i was raised by a single mom who had to put herself through school while looking after two kids. and she worked hard every day and made a lot of sacrifices to make sure we got everything we needed. my grandmother, she started off as a secretary in a bank. she never got a college education. even though she was smart as a whip. she worked her way up to become a vice president of a local bank, but she hit the glass
for him four years ago and expressed what many democrats say in the polls at least that a tough economy under president obama has made their life harder. joining me now ben labolt, obama campaign national press secretary. thank you very much. what do you say to michael jones. thanks for having me on. about his doubts and katherine fenton still undecided after last night s debate, doesn t feel her questions were really answered. well, y heard the president outline the progress we ve made since the financial crisis last night, losing 800,000 jobs a month when he came into office, businesses have created more than 5.2 million jobs, manufacturing is resurgent which had been in decline, auto industry back, investing in areas like community colleges and working training to ensure our workers haves the skills needed to compete in the 21st century economy and i think he exposed governor romney s plans for what they were, a tax deal. middle-class families that their taxesens would go up.