now. the long awaited announcement from joe biden could come thkt. this weekend. the u.s. vice president is expected to make a decision within three days. there is still no word on that what decision will be but joe biden has made it clear his family is on board for a third run for the white house. jim acosta from washington. reporter: hillary clinton looked like she was test driving running mates. i love being la hillary. reporter: earlier in the day at the hispanic chamber of commerce, clinton accused republicans of parroting donald trump. they all to a degree or so sound like him. they just don t have the pizzazz and the hair. reporter: her campaign is hammering comments on republican congressman richard hanna, two weeks after kevin mccarthy seemed to suggest that the committee investigating benghazi was designed to hurt clinton. i think it was designed to go after an individual, hillary clinton. the clinton campaign fired back saying the benghazi committ
on 9/11 if so, they re completely marginalized in society. an exclusive interview on state of the union. newsroom starts right now. hello again and thanks so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. an incredibly feisty republican presidential race. today no fewer than six dates are attending the faith and freedom forum in plano, texas. a chance for each of them to talk about the role christian beliefs play in their public lives. front-runner donald trump is not there. athena jones is at the event. how important is an event like this for these candidates, many of whom are struggling to gain some traction. hi, fredricka. you re absolutely right. a lot of the focus all summer and now into the fall has been on the gop front-runner donald trump. he won t be here. these six candidates will be here to make their case to evangelical voters, to christian conservatives or, more broadly, social conservatives who are a part of the republican electorate. important in sta
will face a huge constitutional challenge if cruz continues his bid for president said trump. trump says cruz has been issued a passport from his native canada. he is playing the birther card where it can do the most damage accusing the most right wing candidate of being a card carrying canadian. does it get any better than this? the washington post trump said this about cruz, republicans will have to ask themselves the question, do we want a candidate who can be tied up in court for two years. trump had this question again and again. how do you have a candidate where there is something over the head of the party and that individual? so ted will be able to answer the question hopefully satisfactory. it is certainly a concern i guess for the party. i hope that naut the case. i m not involved in that. a lot of people are bringing it up. i would like to see ted do something where he goes into court and try to get some kind of order. i would not like to see that happen.
polls, what all americans would think, hillary clinton, her favorable rating at this point, 46%. that is up from 44% in august. her unfavorable at 50%. that is down from 53% in august. so the glass half full here is she s making progress. the glass half empty is she s still under water when it comes to her favorable/unfavorable. among democratic voters, democratic leaning voter as well, when asked which democratic candidate do you trust most to handle a myriad of issues, hillary clinton besting bernie sanders by a lot here. certainly let s look at foreign policy, for instance. this is an issue that republicans are going to make a big issue of, come the general election, especially if clinton is the no, ma amfy. she s heading into this week where she s talking about foreign policy. she ll be testifying before the benghazi committee. she s at 62% of democratic leaning democratic voters saying she is the one they trust on this issue. 42% advantage over joe biden. 53-point advant
senator john mccain in their re-election bids and this is coming as the first day as the first republican congressman says he will vote for hillary clinton, not donald trump. richard hannah, a three-term congressman from trump s home state new york calling him deeply flawed. also today a former top aide and trump loyalist saying she, too, will cross party lines and vote for hillary clinton. this comes as president obama calls on republicans to withdraw their endorsement of trump and that trump, is, quote, unfit to be president. the question that i think they have to ask themselves is if you are repeatedly having to say in very strong terms that what he has said is unacceptable why are you still endorsing him? dana bash begins our coverage out front tonight. let s start with trump s stunning move dropping the gop. this is an unprecedented situation. why is he refusing to back paul ryan and john mccain? well, it seems as though in the case of both men it s personal, but