a brand new poll releasing right about now reveals what voters now think of joe biden and america s economy. plus the trump organization s former financial base is in talks to potentially plead guilty again this time to perjury. and i ve told this to anybody who will hear it. i am not going anywhere. nikki haley is holding out even with calls for her to quit the race. but for how long. what s going on, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m omar jimenez in for kasie hunt. it is friday, february 2, 5:00 a.m. on the east coast. coming up, a new cnn poll, numbers just in, they show america s deep pessimism about the economy might be easing up even if only a little. 26% say the economy is starting to recover versus 48% say it is still in a downturn. which doesn t sound great until you compare it to the poll last summer when only 20% said the economy is recovering. like practically everything else now, views of the economy are sharply split
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Rockets at 9:00 eastern. dwight howard is questionable with a sprained knee. another late night of basketball for me. not much sleep for me tomorrow. you are not complaining at all. thanks andy scholes. 25 minutes past the hour. isis gaining new ground in the middle east. many now wondering is the president s war on terror working. we re live next. just stay calm and move as quietly as possible. no sudden movements.