ground to make up because a brand-new washington post /abc news poll this morning has the president leading by two percentage points among likely voters. it s not unusual for candidates to try to lower expectations in the days leading up to dedebate. republicans have been playing up the president s eloquence, ever since last week. but it seems somebody forgot to tell new jersey governor chris christie, because he was setting the bar high for mr. romney. listen. he s going to come in wednesday night, lay out his vision for america, he s going to contrast what his view is with what the president s record is, the president s view for the future and this whole race is going to be turned upside down come thursday morning. upside down is what he says. in just a few minutes we re going to be talking about wednesday night s debate and the president s preparations with brad woodhouse, communications director for the democratic national committee. first some of the other stories m
to try to lower expectations in the days leading up to dedebate. republicans have been playing up the president s eloquence, ever since last week. but it seems somebody forgot to tell new jersey governor chris christie, because he was setting the bar high for mr. romney. listen. he s going to come in wednesday night, lay out his vision for america, he s going to contrast what his view is with what the president s record is, the president s view for the future and this whole race is going to be turned upside down come thursday morning. upside down is what he says. in just a few minutes we re going to be talking about wednesday night s debate and the president s preparations with brad woodhouse, communications director for the democratic national committee. first some of the other stories making news in d.c. getting ready for wednesday s debate coverage is john berman. hey, john, good morning. we re doing debate prep just like the candidates here in washington. start over
before. ever in a million times police officers have fired their tasers it has never happened before. guess what, it has. rains also argues the judge made errors in instructions to the jury and asked him to order a new trial. to have a judge reverse himself, it is very unlikely. it is hard but it is not impossible. the district attorney had no response to the motion yet but the attorney representing the family of the victim, oscar grant did. the jury has decided this case, on the evidence that was there we don t agree with that decision but they were not the kind of errors to justify a new trial. now if the judge rejects meheserle s motion for a new trial he will sentence him november 5th defense is asking for probation, oscar grant s family wants the maximum, 14 years in state prison. reporting live from the newsroom. rita williams, ktvu channel news. for the latest be sure to view ktvu.com click on the meheserle case tab. residents near walnut creek don t fe