continues. jay gray, nbc news. our countydown now continues. we re in the homestretch just six days from election day. a new national poll showing the race is almost a dead heat between hillary clinton and donald trump. both candidates campaigning in key battleground states today. steve handlesman reports. reporter: hillary clinton today, she needs a big turn-out in the swing states. then in tampa, joe biden said we beat donald you guys win florida. it s just done over. there s no path. reporter: this was broward county flo today. enthusiasm for clinton among african-americans. but the turn-out of black voters is down. in florida more than 4 million people have early voted and it s even more in swing state north carolina compared to the record set when president obama ran. to be expected, says radio host roleland martin. african-american. reporter: a huge young diverse crowd lined up in chapel hill, north carolina to see president obama try to motivate better turn-o
champions. for the first time in more than 90 years the boston red sox win the world series in front of the hometown faithful at fenway. welcome to al jazerra america, i am stephanie sy. nearly a month after the roll out the government s health care website is still causing headaches for people who are unable to sign up for coverage. president obama is on the defensive and his health secretary has apologized, mike sresreuviqueira is in washingtoh the story. reporter: the website launch was called a did he back the. but the president went on offense defending the new health care law and drawing parallels with another high-profile launch that had its share of problems. before there was obama care, there was romney care. the massachusetts law that was a model for the affordable care act, visiting boston, president obama says the comparison still holds. because you guys had a proven model that we building the affordable care act on this template. reporter: the presi
Miles and she s with the president in irvin dale. hi, kristen. reporter: good afternoon, alex. it s symbolic that the president is kicking off his road to charlotte tour in iowa, a state that obviously holds a lot of significance for president obama. it helped launch him to the presidency back in 2008. it also really represents some of the voters that he needs to win over or win back and hold on to in this year, white working class voters, independent voters who may feel disappointed in the economy right now, feel as though it s not getting back on track quickly enough. i m going to step out of the way, alex, so you can see the scene behind me here at this rally in irvindale. you can see folks starting to gather, getting in place right now. we are listening to a band called the national, and this is the living history farm. so a lot of folks coming out to hear what president obama has to say on this saturday. this entire weekend and week is
briefly. i think some expected a longer speech. but there you have it. reporter: hey, alex. we re back in ohio again, we were here last weekend, we re here again. probably going to be our home away from home the next 9 1/2 weeks. this state matters that much. governor romney was in front of an enthusiastic kraud with the speaker of the house john boehner and senator rob portman. he talked about the 23 million folks out of work. he had a line in that speech that says if you have a coach that has zero wins and 23 million will losses, it s time to get a new coach. that sent the crowd into applause. he mentioned the five-point plan, his standard stump sheet about the five things america needs to do, what he plans to do to get the economy moving again. they want to try this last weekend he, this holiday weekend, to make one big push before the democrats sort of take over the headlines and media space next week with their convention. they ll reunite tonight down in jacksonville,