hopes if it s a close election, that could make a difference. obama got between 75 and 80% of the jewish vote four years ago. there was a poll recently that showed him getting 69 or 70% here. that would be instant many if you had another 537-vote election here like there was in 2000. jenna: we can t forget that, that s for sure. let s talk about the elderly as well. intoentitlements, medicare, medicaid, you have paul ryan with his plan, how do you think that s gone over with the elderly in florida? is there a general understanding of either candidate s perspective on entitlements and, again, which way does it seem to be playing right now? well, you know, seniors were the only group that voted for mccain in florida four years ago. i think obama carried every other age group. and then two years ago in the midterm elections seniors went heavily republican because of concerns about the medicare changes in the health care law. um, it s hard to say right now
that s probably romney s strongest point. and the president, though, i mean, despite the economy the president has continued to poll even or slightly ahead of romney here, so, you know, it s hard to say how it s going to play out. jenna: let s talk a little bit about specific voting groups in florida, one being the jewish vote in florida. we re awaiting the prime minister of israel, netanyahu, to address the u.n. today. the state of israel, certainly, is in the top of the news. how has that affected the jewish vote if at all in the state of florida, and how important is that voting bloc for whoever wins there? sure. florida has the largest jewish population of any swing state, jewish voters here are maybe 5% or less of the electorate, but florida s had these historically close elections, so every year there s a big fight over the jewish vote. and jewish voters go overwhelmingly democratic, but republicans always hope to shave a few points off that in the
climate. reporter: he says the u.s. has a strong 100 year history of federal agencies maintaining multiple uses that include energy production. we foe that our public lands means so much more than just energy production. they re a huge driver of our economy, for tourism and for recreation. there are huge jobs creators. the amount of impact that we re talking about on federal lands is a postage stamp on the united states. it is very, very little impact. so it is not either or question. reporter: and to bolster their arguments, both sides, jenna, refer to former president theodore roosevelt as his expansion of federally controlled land for more efficient uses of natural resources. jenna. jenna: an interesting debate we ll watch this campaign season. thank you. jon: just a few blocks away from our manhattan newsroom, still awaiting the news conference from roger goodell, the commissioner of the national football league, the guy who signs all the
away from nuclear enriched-uranium. they re looking to increase that 20% which would take them 90% away from having a bomb and burying their uranium facilities deep below a hardened bunker underneath a mountain. very soon the israelis will have very limited military options to strike that. and u.s. may have a limited military option sometime soon. so i think the prime minister is going to say, look the time to stop talking about sanctions is now. the time to start talking about making it very clear to the iranian regime their weapons-grade uranium will be destroyed in the military strike if they don t compromise is upon us. jenna: we just saw a pick you are it of the prime minister benjamin netanyahu. i want to point it out to our audience it was him on the plane supposedly writing his speech and what he will say to the u.n. today. mark, we continue to enjoy your conversations. we look forward to having you back on our program. thanks very much, jenna. thanks for having me. jon: we r
eastern time. jon: my first job was at the university of denver. jenna: and what was your first job? jon: i was on the lawn mowing crew at age 15. jenna: you ve come a long way, jon. although i bet you mow a beautiful lawn. jon: i do. [laughter] president obama appearing on the view, yet passing up a chance to meet with world leaders at the united nations. our next guest says it makes the president look like he thinks he s doing such a good job and so certain he ll win the election that he s phoning it in. writing, quote: with one week to the first critical debate and five weeks until the election, president obama is so confident of victory, he no longer feels compelled to show up at work and do his job. ab stoddard is the person who wrote that, also an associate editor of the hill. he s phoning it in, ab? he is this week. i mean, i really think you look at the fact that he was on letterman and the view and the