comey released it 11 days before election day. a lot of states are already voting. they want information to get out there. they want more transparency from the fbi director. that s what they are pushing in these last 24 hours. adolfo, as you look at the republican base, any way would you like to segment it for us today what do you this gain today. the trump campaign hoped it would stop being a referendum on him and instead hillary clinton. right now, that s the potential here because for instance just looking at a new poll this week it showed that 2-3 voters still believe clinton still was not honest and trustworthy. is this the right pivot he needs to get some of those conservatives that are not right now in his camp? well, there is no question about this. this is about the best news donald trump possibly could get.
the problem, richard, is that these two sides have not come together in months. my sources tell me that president obama and speaker boehner haven t discussed the fiscal cliff since about july. with this election on the horizon, there is no indication that the two sides are going to start discussing this point any time soon. of course, this is the type of gridlock americans get so frustrated with. this is one of these issues that could potentially come down to the wire. the circumstances would be disastrous if that did, face-to-face, happen. in fact happen. kristen welker, thank you so much for that great summary. today we kick off a new segment it for you. we re calling it the dig. we ll take issues, policies, and promises made on the campaign trail and dig right down to the heart of them on both sides of the aisle. we begin with mitt romney s promise to create 12 million jobs in four years, which he spoke about, and the president rebutted at this week s debate. take a listen.
malone s is the country s only village post office. the postal service says they expect to save about $42,000 a year here and may turn as many as 3,700 existing locations into village post offices. but with a looming debt of $9 billion, saving the u.s. mail service is going to take more than a village post office. patrick oppman, cnn, malone, washington. the news continues now with randi kaye. this is the bill, says president obama. the question now is whether the american jobs act will ever be turned into law and how fast. as you may have seen live right here on cnn, president today showed off the job creating blueprint he plans to send to congress just hours from now. it is $447 billion worth of tax breaks and new federal spending which the white house says will be more than offset elsewhere in the budget. it would deepen and extent the existing payroll tax cut for employees and employers, it would pump $60 billion into infrastructure projects and $25 billion into schoo