first to our brand new cnn orc polls. this is issue number one, the economy. and a surprising jump in the number of americans who believe the economy will eventually get better. take a look at this. when asked about what economic conditions will be like next year, 60% now say they believe they will be good compared to only 39% who say conditions will be poorer. last fall when we asked the same question, those numbers were very different indeed. only 39% saying things would get better in the year to come. we sent our own joe johns to the key battleground state of ohio for a closer look at these new numbers. joe is joining us now from his old hometown of columbus, ohio. what s going on there, joe? reporter: that s right, wolf. well, things are starting to look better here in the buckeye state, but i have to tell you that cnn orc poll indicates that nationwide one thing is clear, the number one issue on voters minds happens to be jobs and the economy. the november election ma
newsroom begins right now. all right. straight ahead we re going to talk about the cnn debate, the tea party republican debate. we ll talk a little bit later about this this hour. but first we want to let you know that the president of the united states is expected to speak in just a few minutes on this, the tenth anniversary of the september 11th terrorist attacks. you re looking live now at the kennedy center in washington, d.c. this is going to be a concert for hope in washington and as soon as this gets under way when the president makes his remarks we re going to bring that event, in part, to you live right here on cnn so don t go anywhere. but before that, i want to tell you about a developing story. it is about the war in afghanistan. it began less than a month after 9/11 and today a reminder that tens of thousands of americans remain in harm s way there. a suicide bombing at a base in eastern afghanistan has wounded as many as 77 american troops and killed at l
republican debate and the site of the 2012 gop national convention. captions by vitac www.vitac.com americans mark a somber anniversary. ceremonies are taking place across the country on this tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. the worst terror strikes ever on u.s. soil. in new york, events were centered at the new 9/11 memorial at ground zero. o say, can you see by the dawn s early light the names of the people who died in the world trade center attacks were read and moments of silence were held at the exact times the towers were hit and again when they fell. family members gathered at the memorial stone walls to touch the names of their loved ones. president barack obama and former president george w. bush helped lead the commemoration there. in arlington, virginia, u.s. troops placed wreaths at the memorial for 9/11 victims at the pentagon. the 184 people killed when the hijacked american airlines jetliner struck the building are all in that memorial. wh
ago. ten years later all over manhattan, washington, d.c., there are echoes of that terrible day. police and troops with assault riefls in the train stations, same as it was. checkpoints and road blocks pulling over trucks and vans looking for explosives and other dangerous material. same as it was. people on edge, same as it was. and not just because of the anniversary. the breaking news tonight, new developments in the potential plot targeting new york and washington. two of the three people thought to be connected to it are american citizens. susan candiotti has been working her sources. she joins us now so does fran townsend former homeland security advisor for george w. bush. on the phone, analyst peter berg again. last night we thought at least one person was a u.s. citizen of the three. now we re hearing two, fran. that s right. which adds to the amount of information we have on that. but the question is, how much more do we know? not that much. what we are hearing a
news on an if you terror plot down at one of the busiest construction sites on earth. if that s all it were a construction site it would still be remarkable. we all know it is much more than that. along with a new transportation hub and two enormous skyscrapers going up behind me there s also a memorial to the 2,206 people killed here almost ten years ago. ten years later all over manhattan, washington, d.c., there are echoes of that terrible day. police and troops with assault riefls in the train stations, same as it was. checkpoints and road blocks pulling over trucks and vans looking for explosives and other dangerous material. same as it was. people on edge, same as it was. and not just because of the anniversary. the breaking news tonight, new developments in the potential plot targeting new york and washington. two of the three people thought to be connected to it are american citizens. susan candiotti has been working her sources. she joins us now so does fran townsend