immediately. i don t know. you know so that he didn t suffer. i heard of problematic defenses, this one is at the top of the list. you know something, when he was stabbed he was already dead. the 29 stab wounds maybe he didn t feel them. if you have a death penalty, and people have a conscientious objection to it, i understand that. if you re going to have a death penalty. you have a case where someone stabs somebody 29 times, almost decapitates him, shoots him through the head and then he s armed with a bar of soap and then tells lie after lie after lie after lie to the jury. doesn t that show passion? passion to kill maybe. thank you both we appreciate it. the number of people who travelled for the verdict, there they are. they tell one story. but we have the stats to tell a different one about this sort of tale.
there and talk about what he s done for the country and wants to do the next four years. tonight s debate has the chance to put space for the candidates, both men face challenge, show passion without being aggressive, sell their vision for the country, you know, and actually win this election. this morning, i spoke to new york s democratic senator, chuck schumer, about the debate taking place tonight in his home state. how important is it for president obama? i think it s fright important for the president but i have a lot of confidence in him. i think, you know, he knows it wasn t his best performance last time and he is a fight, he s win. and you know, he has sort of an easy case to make and that is that the real mitt romney is this and in the debate they try hide who the real mitt romney is. it s easily punctured. do you think there was something the president held himself back, everybody has a theory, why wasn t president more aggressive? obviously, it wasn t his best
he s handling his job as president. this is paired with the poll from gallup which has the president on the same number. on the economy, the nbc/ wall street journal poll finds 39d% of americans approve of the president s handling of the economy. on the issue of terrorism, the president received a 61% approval. again, there is support for this jobs bill. there s a disconnect no doubt about it, willie geist, a disconnect between this president and the people he governs at a time that again would seem to be custom-made for a former community organizer, for a progressive, for a guy that wanted to shape things up and change america. it s not that tough an argument to make as vice president biden displayed yesterday, show passion, show anger, show the people who are being cost jobs by the inability of washington to get anything done. mika highlighted the number, 63%, almost two-thirds of americans support the