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hi, good morning to you, soledad. that s right. when you look at that poll, 47-47. neck and neck, that s what this is telling us. still a neck and neck race. margin of error there about 3 1/2 points, and also continuing kind of the trend that we ve seen in recent weeks which is a shift towards mitt romney. a couple of important things to point out that we re learning from this poll. one, when you look at women, president obama still has a sizable lead, 51-43%. you say, oh, that s obviously eight points. that s pretty sizable. but actually this might be kind of alarming for the president. because this is the smallest lead that he s had, and the other thing we re seeing is that in battleground states, mitt romney actually having a little bit of a lead there. for their parts, the obama campaign kind of downplaying these new poll numbers. and the romney campaign looking at them more favorably. let s also talk a little bit about some of the endorsements that the candidates ....
django unchained. and argo. ben affleck and george clooney producers. argo has been nominated. somebody tell cranston he can unchurch his teeth now. welcome back, everybody. i m soledad o brien, joined by showbiz tonight anchor. a.j. hammer. first we know what is nominated for this year s academy awards. we want to go tony shell turn t tu nischelle turner. the academy has the leeway to nominate five to ten pictures, they nominated ten movies, amar e r amore. lincoln, silver linings playbook. zero dark thirty. the best actor category, a strong category but a big snub it seems in this category. nominees are bradley cooper, daniel day lewis, hugh jackman, denzel washington, and no john hawkes for the sessions. a lot of people thought he would get it. best actress. jessica chastain, jennifer laurence, naomi watts, guvenzhane wallis. and naomi watts. such a great performance. we also had the supporting categories, this, again, for the men, a very s ....
but let s get right to the breaking news on the oscar nominations. lincoln snagging the most. life of pi right behind. chris connelly is here. let s start with is the snubs. les miserables directed itself, katherine bigelow doesn t have to wear heels. the story was rebellion, rebellion in fans, in the house of philadelphia. a movie started life in a log cabin and just kept on going. oh, wow. impressive. fantastic. right there, lot more coming up. we ll turn now to the deadly flu outbreak. let s take a look. 12 nominations in all including best actor for daniel day-lewis. supporting actress for sally field. best director for steven spielberg. hugh jackman, best actress. anne hathaway for best supporting actress. thanks. reporter: the biggest shock came in best director, argo s ben affleck and kathryn bigelo were were passed over. life of pi still sliced 11 nominations. alan arkin and phillip seymour hoffman. best actress includes the youngest actress, eve ....
prescriptions filled and i was counting on getting my flu shot, and they re out of flu shots. of the 135 million doses manufactured this year, at least 112 million have already been ministered. health experts say if you can get the shot, it will take two weeks for protection to kick in. it s still not too late to get your flu shot. what it does is makes the illness milder. the declaration allows pharmacists to vaccinate children between the ages of 6 months and 18 years. new york is one of 30 states to report flu-related deaths this season. at least 20 children have died. the flu is easy to spread. the germ can be anywhere, on gas pumps, atms, and, of course, door handles. and the obvious way to avoid getting the flu, steering clear of those who are exhibiting symptoms. coughing, sneezing, being in close proximity of someone with those symptoms, you can contract the flu. the flu is also turning out to be costly. employers estimate they will lose $10 billion in ....
williams. good evening. with the flu at epidemic levels, already in some american cities and now with the media coverage of it, it s all having a predictable effect. while it s late in the game, people are streaming in to get flu shots, hoping to avoid a very serious illness. the kind that has overwhelmed even some hospitals. one doctor in minnesota where there have been 27 deaths due to the flu said today the spread of this virus this winter is pretty much unparalleled. some places are running out of inokay legislations. others are dealing with the sick. in a moment, what the doctor says about what to do if this strikes. but we begin with a doctor who has visited three hospitals in the flu zone over just the last three days. we have two reports to start off with tonight, beginning with dr. nan nancy snyderman at the hospital of the university of pennsylvania in philadelphia tonight. nancy, good evening. good evening, brian. state by state the number of cases of inf ....