Live Breaking News & Updates on Ahmed Shariff|Page 5
Stay updated with breaking news from Ahmed shariff. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
good evening. katie it off tonight. we begin with an attitude check on the american public. just 68 days before the critical midterm elections. a cbs news poll is just out, and it finds fewer than half, just 48%, approve of the job president obama is doing. that is, though, a four-point improvement over last month. on the top issue this election year, there has been a sharp increase in the number of americans who think the economy is getting worse. that number, 34%, up eight points from last month. that is, though, awe four-point improvement over last month. on the top issue this election year, there has been a sharp increase in the number of americans who think the economy is getting worse. that number, 34%, up eight point from last month. and with controlle control of congress at stake, we begin tonight with our congressional correspondent, nancy cordes. reporter: pessimism about the economy is deepening. more than eight in 10 americans now say it s bad. it s a ....
reporting live near i-95, and o donnell street, mike schuh, wjz eyewitness news. kai, and mary, back to you. okay, mike. thank you. mike schuh reporting live. sharon gibala is live at wjz traffic control, with more on the delays being caused by this accident. sharon? reporter: hi there, kai. good afternoon, everyone. as you can imagine, there are pretty big delays. good news is, not only is the left shoulder open. we saw on the traffic camera, that the left lane is open now. right now, they have also opened the left tube of the fort mchenry tunnel. they have both because they were detouring traffic because of this. at this point, the left tube is open. the right tube remains closed. and you re also looking at a left lane and right shoulder opening. traffic is starting to move, south of the beltway, a little better than it was. at this point, you are still going to slow down there. and you are going to stay extremely slow, once you get to o donnell street. but the ....
president obama is doing. that is, though, a four-point improvement over last month. on the top issue this election year, there has been a sharp increase in the number of americans who think the economy is getting worse. that number, 34%, up eight points from last month. and with control of congress at stake, we begin tonight with our congressional correspondent, nancy cordes. reporter: pessimism about the economy is deepening. more than eight in 10 americans now say it s bad. it s a mess. it s going to get better. it has to get better. reporter: like her, 59% of americans think its economy will bounce back. i think it will get better because it always does. reporter: but a whopping 37% believe it is in permanent decline. oh, no, oh, no. we ve got a long way to go, a long way to go. i don t see it recovering any time soon. reporter: this virginia woman says three people on her block are unemployed, including her husband. , a former american airlines pilo ....