megyn: we appear to have lost eric shawn s audio. so, not on is the new black panther not too chatty but eric shawn lost his desire to have a discussion with us. but we want to get to this important piece our discussion today. ever since the drama of the 2010 mid-terms pollster scott rasmussen has been an almost weekly guest on this broadcast. after hundreds and hundreds of surveys the president of rasmussen reports.com joins with us his predictions. your prediction is? i have no idea whose going to win tonight. i look at the numbers. i keep looking for them to tell me who s going to come out on top and it s too close to call.
heather: he reportedly left the store and returned with at least two guns. one of those guns was an ak-47. the two people were killed, they were his coworkers, the shooter reportedly then turned the gun on himself. gregg: new polls showing governor mitt romney gaining on president obama in the critical swing states. these new results are from 11 key states won by president obama in 2008. they are thought to be up for grabs in 2012 and they show president obama and governor romney in a tie 45-45%. scott rasmussen is president of rasmussen reports.com and an independent pollster. scott i don t want to throw a pop quiz on you here beings tell us a few of the swing states you re talking about.
incumbent or the challenger. the conventional wisdom is the challenger has more potential up side but it all depends on who takes advantage of the opportunity. gregg: obviously i m speaking about the conventions. scott mass must and, thank you very much. the latest polls from rasmussen reports. heather: coming up on happening now let s check in with them to see what is on tap for them today. hello jon. jon: i ll see you in eleven minutes. mitt romney is officially the republican nominee for president of these united states. we will analyze the speech and get reaction as governor romney heads to new orleans to view the storm there. we ll also play for you some of what you might have missed from the convention and ask our fox news watch panel if the mainstream media is being fair to mr. romney and the republican national convention. that s all coming up, happening now. heather: thank you very much. well 15 years ago today the world mourned the loss of a
bill: you asked will your next job be better than your current job? this is fascinating. a third say yes i think it is pretty striking given the economy today. 25% are not so sure. throw that into the mix. that is big difference between now and say five or six years ago. five or six years ago a lot of those not sure were saying yeah, my next job will be better. a lot of workers saw themselves as free agent. we ve gone a generation without having a really difficult jobs market. people are confident when they left their job it was going to be their choice, not their boss s. now we live in a time when there s a bit of optimism but not nearly what we saw a few years ago. and one out of four workers today are still worried about losing their job, not by their choice but by their boss s choice in the near future. bill: scott, thank you for sharing your new numbers with us first. thank you. bill: scott rasmussen. rasmussen reports.com. martha: if that is not enough, we have new poles
are in good supply, making the sea creatures cheaper than cold cuts. gregg: surf and turf, let s go for it. the latest polls show president obama and mitt romney locked in a very close race. the real clear politics average, this is an average of polls, shows the president with just over 47%. romney, three points behind at just over 44%. heather: the latest asmussen poll shows both men in a dead heat, both at 45%. gregg: 44. it says 45. heather: 45 is right n. that poll, 6% undecided. 4% responded other. but regardless, it s a close race. joining us now, scott rasmussen of rasmussen reports.com and author of the people s money. thank you for joining us. i m wondering, were these polls taken before the latest jobs report came out or after? they have two nights of data from before the jobs report and