captions by vitac www.vitac.com i m suzanne malveaux. this hour in the cnn newsroom the president is speaking to voters in columbus, ohio. plus republican leaders asking todd akin to bow out of missouri s senate race because of comments about rape. diana nyad gives up her dream to swim from florida to cuba. taliban insurgents fired rockets at the main nato air base today. martin dempsey was not on board at the time, he was not harmed. dempsey left on another aircraft but was in afghanistan for talks with nato and afghan commanders. the clock ticking now for a congressman under fire over his comments about rape. representative todd akin is running for the u.s. senate seat in missouri. fellow republicans urging him now to drop out of the race. he has until 6:00 tonight eastern to do it voluntarily without much difficulty. but as early as today, akin was still saying he s seeking redemption with this apology ad. take a look. i m todd akin, and i approve this me
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