Meanwhile, president obama will deliver a prime time speech from the oval office next tuesday to mark the official end of u. S. Combat operations in iraq. The address will take place after the president visits with troops in ft. Bliss, texas. Well, alaska senator Lisa Murkowski is struggling to avoid becoming the seventh congressional incumbent to be pushed out of office this year. With all precincts reporting, murkowski is trailing challenger joe miller by nearly 1,700 votes, although some 7,600 absentee ballots have yet to be counted. The relatively unknown miller, whos on the verge of pulling off a stunning upset, has been fueled by the highpowered endorsement of former governor sarah palin and the tea party. Still, murkowski is hoping shell still eke out a victory. Counting of those absentee ballots could take ad least another week. More fuel for an already tense Muslim Community in new york city after a College Student was taken into custody for allegedly attacking a muslim taxica
Good morning. Im lynn berry. After the third debate between president obama and republican nominee mitt romney, there are just 14 days left before American Voters choose their next president. According to a cbs news instant polls on uncommitted voters, president obama was a clear two to one victor with 53 saying he won. Governor romney got 23 . 24 called it a tie. A cnn orc National Poll called it closer with 48 saying obama won while 40 picked obama. For more we go to nbcs steve handlesman whos in florida for us. Steve, good morning. Reporter hi, lynn. Thanks. Good morning from boca raton, florida. The debate here last night was clearly the most combative so far. Though surprising to some, not on the issue of libya. Mitt romney was able to make his larger point, his claim that america is weaker now overseas than it was four years ago. Mitt romney and barack obama came to their third and final debate tied in National Polls, but their tv audience seemed sure to be smaller. Baseballs Nat
Makes explosive comments about rape just two months after those controversial comments todd akin made about legitimate rape. This time it was during a u. S. Senate debate in indiana last night. Richard murdock and his opponent were asked about abortion when murdock said this. I believe that life begins at conception. The only exception i have for to have an abortion is in that case of the life of the mother. I just i struggled with it myself for a long time, but i came to realize life is that gift from god and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. Well, after the debate murdock told a News Conference he was only trying to explain his views that god creates life. Are you trying to suggest that somehow i think god ordained preordained rape, no. I dont believe that. Anyone that suggests that, thats a sick and twisted no, no, thats not even close to what i said. It matters to the romney team because the comments
Good morning. Aim lynn berry. Right now Hurricane Sandy looks to become a menace for folks all along the u. S. East koempts its expected to bring high winds and heavy rain, even some snow to areas. Early this morning sandy slammed into cuba as a strong category 2 hurricane packing winds of 110 miles per hour. The storm is being blamed for two deaths so far, one in jamaica and one in haiti. Nbc meteorologist bill karins has been tracking this powerful hurricane for us. Bill, what can you tell us . This is going to be an historic event but eventually all the way up into areas of new england. Lets get into it. The storm intensified before it slammed into cuba. Theres the eye off the coast. This rain ban over haiti, theyre also going to see a lot of destruction this morning from those heavy rains. Theyre very prone to mud slides. About 480 miles away from miami right now. Winds at 110 miles per hour. Almost a category three storm. Keeps it as a hurricane through the bahamas just off the fl
Nbcs Brian Williams spent the past two days on the campaign trail with president obama often gaining aca ses to the president to the president in chief. He talked about the election versus the job itself. Its funny one of the things about being on campaign trail youre in marine one and big motorcades and michelle jokes i have everything but a caboose and dog sled behind me wherever im driving. None of that is the presidency. The presidency is all about whos going to fight for the American People every single day, even when youve got to make tough decisions that are unpopular because you have some compass about what this country can be. And, you know, during the course of these four years all kinds of mistakes i made every single day. But my compass has been true and im focused on, you know, whats going to be best for the American People. Now, for a look at other stories making news. Lets begin in georgia where one family losing their home to foreclosure actually got much worse. Prepari