paul ryan s home state of wisconsin is suddenly up for grabs in the presidential election. it went for barack obama in 2008 and has been leaning his way again this year. but our brand new polling shows a dramatic change may, may be underway. let s go to cnn chief national correspondent john king. john, what do you have? joe, democrats have been saying they re happy they don t see any evidence of a huge national bounce when it comes to paul ryan. you re noticing we re making a change today because paul ryan is helping in his home state. here s the map we had when we woke up this morning. president obama leaning stronger 247 votes, governor romney 206. dark leaning obama dark blue, solid obama, light blue leaning obama. we re switching wisconsin to a toss-up state. let s show why. we have a brand new poll out tonight that shows this. shows a tighter horse race. now, the president is still ahead 49% to 45%, but we see some evidence, joe, in these closer numbers of a ryan bou
paul ryan s home state of wisconsin is suddenly up for grabs in the presidential election. it went for barack obama in 2008 and has been leaning his way again this year. but our brand new polling shows a dramatic change may, may be underway. let s go to cnn chief national correspondent john king. john, what do you have? joe, democrats have been saying they re happy they don t see any evidence of a huge national bounce when it comes to paul ryan. you re noticing we re making a change today because paul ryan is helping in his home state. here s the map we had when we woke up this morning. president obama leaning stronger 247 votes, governor romney 206. dark leaning obama dark blue, solid obama, light blue leaning obama. we re switching wisconsin to a toss-up state. let s show why. we have a brand new poll out tonight that shows th. shows a tighter horse race. now, the president is still ahead 49% to 45%, but we see some evidence, joe, in these closer numbers of a ryan bounc
witnessed. this, a plane dive bombing into a crowd at last year s reno air show. now there s talk of changes that might just ensure this never happens again. north korea defying the world and fueling a long range rocket. the critics say the north isn t fooling anyone with its space program. first at one minute past the hour, the trayvon martin case, a brand new twist. the legal team representing george zimmerman, the man who shot and killed the florida teenager, has quit. they say they have lost contact with zimmerman and that they can no longer speak for him. attorneys craig sonner and hal uhrig say their client went rogue, contacting the media, contacting the special prosecutor who s investigating the case. he did this on his own. they told cnn s anderson cooper that george zimmerman gave them no choice. we felt we had an ethical obligation to kind of step aside. we got nothing against george zimmerman. we believe in his case. we believe in his innocence. we were prep
gather for what may be the best day to see the cherry blossoms. i m tony perkins. i m alison seymour. we get the pleasure to be down here live at the tidal basin this morning for this wonderful rite of spring in d.c., of course cherry blossoms which dot the landscape of our entire area. this year marks the 100th year the cherry blossoms have been in washington, d.c. obviously for a big celebration you want a big event. this will be a big event, the national cherry blossom festival will go on for five weeks this year. it started on the first day of spring a couple of days ago, but the big kickoff this sunday. we have so much to bring you this morning. please don t turn away. we don t want you to miss any of it. our sarah simmons will have a cherry blossom history lesson. and a new variety of tree that s been created for this year and the special person it honors. also, a local man has designed a stamp. and how to take that perfect bloom picture, even with your smart phon
important. you re the franchise. we can t do without you. okay. that s enough. we have a lot of clouds out there. another muggy start to the day. we know the routine, folk. temperatures in the 70s. humidity in the 70s and 80s. just not pleasant. there is a look at your satellite-radar. plenty of clouds moving in. we ll see a good amount of cloud cover i think during the early portion of the day today. we ll get some sunshine going in here a little bit later on so don t worry about that. let s take a look at those temperatures and show you what we ve got. 79degrees right now in the district. yikes! that s warm. 69 at dulles. 74 at bwi marshall. your day planner for today, plenty of clouds this morning. with that see partial sunshine during the day, hot, humid, you know the routine. look for a high today once again into the 90s and as is typical, chance of some scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and this evening as well. there you go. i m done. see y