detroit tigers. we have highlights for you coming up. and, man, are they highlights. when we say highlights, we mean highlights. welcome to early start. i m zoraida sambolin. i m john berman. it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. we are going to begin with the highly anticipated rematch, the second presidential debate is just a day away and the race is as tight as it gets. two brand-new polls to tell but this morning, first from the washington post and abc news, the president with a slim three-point lead among likely voters. that s well within the poll s margin of error and even closer in his politico george washington university poll released just seconds ago. the president s lead among likely voters just one point, a statistical dead heat and in the battleground states, the poll has mitt romney ahead of the president by two points essentially tied while the abc news/ the washington post poll shows obama with a lead. mark preston is live from hofstra university in long is
detroit tigers. we have highlights for you coming up. and, man, are they highlights. when we say highlights, we mean highlights. welcome to early start. i m zoraida sambolin. i m john berman. it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. we are going to begin with the highly anticipated rematch, the second presidential debate is just a day away and the race is as tight as it gets. two brand-new polls to tell but this morning, first from the washington post and abc news, the president with a slim three-point lead among likely voters. that s well within the poll s margin of error and even closer in his politico george washington university poll released just seconds ago. the president s lead among likely voters just one point, a statistical dead heat and in the battleground states, the poll has mitt romney ahead of the president by two points essentially tied while the abc news/ the washington post poll shows obama with a lead. mark preston is live from hofstra university in long is
martin. this government feels obliged to report this new crisis to you in fullest detail. reporter: 50 years ago, the world stood at the brink of nuclear war when the u.s. discovered soviet missiles in cuba. how powerful were these war heads? approximately 60 times the power of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. reporter: the cuban missile crisis ahead on sunday morning. osgood: when does crime pay? author patricia cornwell is writing about it in one of her many novels. this morning our martha teichner gives a read on what it takes to be a best selling crime writer. reporter: the size of the billboard should tell you how big a deal it is when patricia cornwell publishes a new crime novel. created the forensic genre. reporter: she creates murders, but could she solve one? you killed him or her just hypothetical. boom, boom, boom and you go like that and drop the knife it will be right there. reporter: we play stump the sleuth later on sunday morning. osgood: th
martin. this government feels obliged to report this new crisis to you in fullest detail. reporter: 50 years ago, the world stood at the brink of nuclear war when the u.s. discovered soviet missiles in cuba. how powerful were these war heads? approximately 60 times the power of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. reporter: the cuban missile crisis ahead on sunday morning. osgood: when does crime pay? author patricia cornwell is writing about it in one of her many novels. this morning our martha teichner gives a read on what it takes to be a best selling crime writer. reporter: the size of the billboard should tell you how big a deal it is when patricia cornwell publishes a new crime novel. created the forensic genre. reporter: she creates murders, but could she solve one? you killed him or her just hypothetical. boom, boom, boom and you go like that and drop the knife it will be right there. reporter: we play stump the sleuth later on sunday morning. osgood: th
tuesday, last night s vice presidential debate, which depending on who you ask is either pulling president obama s case for re-election off the critical list or vindicated mitt romney s choice as paul ryan as running mate. depends what side of the political aisle you stand on. keeping them honest, each debater had moments that didn t quite stand up to closer scrutiny. first, paul ryan on the stimulus, which vice president biden called him on. they said that right now if we just passed the stimulus, the economy would grow at 4%. it s growing at 1.3. i love my friend here. i m not allowed to show letters but go on our website, he sent me two letters saying by the way, can you send me some stimulus money for companies here in the state of wisconsin. we sent millions of dollars. you know why you did ask for stimulus money, correct? sure he did. on two occasions we advocated for constituents who were applying for grants. that s what we do. we do that for all constituen