sure we re bringing manufacturing jobs back to our shores, by rewarding companies and small businesses that are investing here, not overseas. i want to make sure we got the best education system in the world and we re retaining our workers for the jobs of tomorrow. i want to control our own energy by developing oil and natural gas but also the energy sources of the future. yes, i want to reduce our deficit by cutting spending that we don t need but also by asking the wealthy to do a little bit more. so that we can invest in things like research and technology that are the key to a 21st century economy. as commander in chief, i will maintain the strongest military in the world. keep faith with our troops and go after those who would do us harm, but after a decade of war, i think we all recognize we got to do some nation building at home, rebuilding our roads and bridges and especially caring for our veterans who sacrificed so much for our freedom, and we ve been through tough
fourteen days until americans pick the next president. cnn is geared up to bring you the most comprehensive coverage of these final two weeks of the campaign. our correspondents are in the most critical battleground states across the country as president obama and mitt romney try to win over those few remaining undecided voters who could very well sway this expected very, very close election. we have both of these presidential campaigns live this hour. you see joe biden, democratic vice presidential nominee. he s also the vice president of the united states. he s speaking right now in dayton, ohio. he s going to be introducing the president who s going to be speaking right after him. and in henderson, nevada, another key battleground state, paul ryan is speaking right now getting ready to introduce mitt romney. this hour you will hear from both mitt romney and barack obama on this important day after the third and final presidential debate. let s go to nevada right now. six e
surprise fizzles a bit. what is the difference between mitt romney s refusal to release his tax returns and the president not being inclined to release his college records. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. our big story tonight. a shift in the map. 13 days to go until the election day. that is of course the state where president obama k accepted his party s nomination. cnn estimates that mitt romney is cleedileading in is states. it takes 270 to win the white house. our campaign is growing into a movement that says we are going to get america back and strong and provide for our families. but president obama is in the midst of a 48 hour non-stop campaigning exhibition. people say what did i say i was going to do in 2008 and what have i delivered? they can have confidence that the things i say, i mean. we begin tonight with the governor of massachusetts. governor how are you? i m great how are you? somebody tweeted me, it said whether you are a supporte
a man loses his home to foreclosure and gets a mortgage settlement offer but it s not enough to even cover his first months rent. keith ward from michigan will join us later this hour. and tigers fans, they are no fans of kung fu panda. gets things going with a bang. it was actually more like bang, ba bang, bang. newsroom starts now. good morning to you. happy thursday. i m carol costello. thank you so much for joining us. president obama is about to take the stage in tampa. and he ll have some big news to celebrate with his supporters. just over an hour ago, republican with vast crossover aappeal announced his endorsement for obama. listen to this from former secretary of state colin powell. i voted for him in 2008 and plan to stick with him in 2012 and i ll be voting for he and vice president joe biden next month. that s an endorsement for president obama for re-election? yes. jessica yellin, many say colin powell is a rino, republican in name only. will this
this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. our big story tonight, big changes. that s what mitt romney s promising, just 12 days to go before election day. listen to what he told the crowd a little while ago in perhaps the aptly named defiance, ohio. this is a time when america faces big challenges. we have a big election. and we want a president who will actually bring big changes and i will and he won t. the new cnn poll of polls has romney with a one point lead over the president. other polls have romney and obama tied in colorado and the president up three points in nevada. meanwhile, president obama s got at least one vote in the bag, his own. he voted for himself, taking a brief break from his battleground state marathon to cast his ballot this afternoon in chicago s martin luther king community center. joining me now, a man who knows more than almost anybody else about running against barack obama, senator john mccain. senator, how are you? fine, piers. ho