to back starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern time this morning. cases on abortion and free speech are still undecided and then there is the biggest case of all on whether former president donald trump is immune from criminal prosecution. we could get one or all of those in our second hour. we will bring you that live as soon as we begin. but first this. dana: the deadly consequences of an unchecked border, a 12-year-old girl found strangled to death in houston, two illegal immigrants now in custody. good morning everyone, i m sandra smith and a big welcome to you, bill and dana are off. jackie, great. always a pleasure, this is america s newsroom. the suspects illegally immigrated from venezuela, the first in march, the second in may, both caught by border patrol and released in to the u.s. jocelyn nungaray on monday she was found strangled to death in a creek. it is just the latest, in a string of violent crimes linked to illegal immigrants, police say they are overwhelm
The question is who can help the poor and the middle class. i can and he can t. pollsterring in new polls today suggesting in battleground states mr. obama a bit of an edge. the associated press and gallup poll nationally it s still a dead even virtual tie, shep? shepard: carl cameron in south florida with the romney camp. the white house says the romney campaign is trying to distract voters fundraiser video by digging that clip we just played of president obama talking about redistribution. ed henry live on the north lawn this afternoon. and, ed, the white house is firing back at the romney camp tonight. shep, they are. normally when jay carney gets questions like this about the campaign. he will deflect them to his colleagues in chicago and saying look i only focus on policy. today when i asked a question about all of this, jay carney was ready with a snappy sound bite and basically for the first time from the podium he called mitt romney s campaign desperate. take a listen.
Cetera, the kind of things we have heard from the president on the trail. interesting that the first lady seemed to get involved as well today by hitting mitt romney. take a listen. as president, you trulii need a strong inner compass. a core commitment to your fellow citizens. core commitment to your fellow citizens. sounds like a reference to that whole 47% question you were mentioning before with carl. the bottom line is the obama camp feels like this entire debate fits into what they have been trying to do which is paint mitt romney as someone who is not standing up for the middle class. they think they have another example right here, shep. shepard: ed henry on the north lawn. thanks a the lo. they mentioned brand new polls. our fox news poll shows president obama is leading governor romney in three battleground states. our pollsters did the survey over the past three days. so that was before and after the release of governor romney s fundraiser video. almost completely befo