department. suddenly they found a male victim on the sidewalk, he was taken to a local hospital where he died. no suspects are in either of the cases and we are being told by police they are not connected at all. at least in this case it appears to be investigated and they tell us they will be here processing this team for the next few hours. jeanine della graying go. the incident at the maintenance facility delayed trains during rush hour yesterday afternoon. police say the man had been lying on the tracks and became aggressive when san mateo sheriff s deputies approached. he began picking thing up off the grounds possibly to use his whop response. he began using a metal spike. he reportedly showed threatening behavior. police say he is 29 years old and his injuries are not life- threatening. they are not saying whether he was mentally ill or under the influence of drugs. they are heading to battleground states, many say it was good night as he traded jazz on jobs
heads to london to raise funds for the country s bad bank. and india s crucial services sector grows at its fastest rate in seven months, while the government gets set to take another swing at boosting it through foreign investments. thanks very much for joining me. anyone that s missing ross, he ll be back in tomorrow. but for now, you re all mine. . plenty to come on the next couple hours of the show. lots of guests to help us figure out what s going on. we ll get a view from sydney about cautious shoppers. borrowing costs are expected to fall. we ll bring you those results from madrid. and we ll head out to malaysia for an exclusive interview with the country s prime minister. it s very presidential music to bringis to this topic, which is really dominating the headlines today. president obama and republican rival mitt romney met face to face last night in denver, colorado for their first u.s. presidential debate. it really focused mostly on the economy. with a mnt to on
good morning to you. thank you for being with us. welcome to early start. i m zoraida sambolin. i m john berman. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. the big story this morning, it is go time. in just 16 hours all eyes will be on denver for the first presidential debate. president obama will be making his case for four more years and mitt romney trying to convince the country he is the better man for the job. now, right now it looks like voters need convincing on both sides because in a brand new cnn poll of polls it shows a very close race. the president maintaining a razor-thin three-point lead with a month to go at this point. our cnn political director mark preston is live from denver right in the middle of it all. mark, you have new details on what to expect tonight. well, john, yes. there s no arguing, this is the most important moment of this presidential debate. in just a few hours as you said, mitt romney, barack obama squaring off here in denver. it will be a 90-minut
the economy, health care and other domestic issues. reporter: the stage is set for the first presidential debate. mitt romney trails in many battleground state polls. this is an opportunity to him to gain some ground. i think you re going to see the mitt romney that really cares about putting the american people back to work. i think that s the most important goal that the governor has. reporter: president obama will be pressing his own plan for the economy. but today he s facing new criticism over something he said during 2007 during his speech of a predominantly black office. he implied the bush administration was with holding recovery money after hurricane katrina based on race. what s happening down in new orleans? where s your dollar? reporter: all major media outlets covered the speech at the time. i m a little amazed that as you mentioned a widely covered speech, likely by people at your network is somehow caused a kerr fluffle five years later. reporter:
i m john berman. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. the big story this morning, it is go time. in just 16 hours all eyes will be on denver for the first presidential debate. president obama will be making his case for four more years and mitt romney trying to convince the country he is the better man for the job. now, right now it looks like voters need convincing on both sides because in a brand new cnn poll of polls it shows a very close race. the president maintaining a razor-thin three-point lead with a month to go at this point. our cnn political director mark preston is live from denver right in the middle of it all. mark, you have new details on what to expect tonight. well, john, yes. there s no arguing, this is the most important moment of this presidential debate. in just a few hours as you said, mitt romney, barack obama squaring off here in denver. it will be a 90-minute debate. it will cover six different segments. most of it, though, john, is going to be on the ec