and on the phone, dan lothian with president obama's campaign. jim, you're on the trail with the romney campaign. what's the reaction to the latest polling, because republicans were complaining about these polls as soon as last week. now the poll is good news for them. are they complaining? >> well, anderson, i have to tell you i just saw mitt romney standing out in a drenching rain in newport news just a couple hours ago and he still had a smile on his face. they're pretty happy. they have not seen poll numbers like this in some time. i have to tell you, i talked to a senior romney advisor about this pew research center poll and they look at a couple things here in relation to these polls. they are looking at the enthusiasm that is coming out at some of their campaign events. i can tell you, we have been at several of these campaign events over the last several days and they are getting some big turnouts, sometimes in excess of 10,000 people, and while yes, that may not be obama campaign numbers, those are good numbers for mitt romney. another thing that they're looking at, they

into trouble. the questions are many tonight. we learn from dan rivers a moment by moment account of what we know. >> reporter: it was the first evidence capture on video something was wrong. around 9:30 at night, lights go out aboard the costa concordia and some sense this was something more serious than just a power blackout. >> they were saying everything was under control, there was an electrical problem with the generator. my husband and i looked at each other and said, they're full of it, we have to get off this boat. >> reporter: the skyscraper ship had run into rocks off italy's giglio island and beginning to list to one side and passengers begin to panic. [ screaming ] this amateur video shows the dark cold chaos as passengers try to flee the ship in life jackets, battling against gravity to get out. according to accounts of survivors, some of the crew members helped passengers board life boats before jumping overboard. others seemed helpless and confused. >> people were pushing and shoving. there was no order, know lines and no system in place and no one in charge. >> repor

with two legendary newscasters, dan rathernot and walter cranky. is a hello, dan rathernot? >> i would rather not. >> walter? >> grr! >> i can see this will be a tough assignment. >> i take it back. that was "sesame street" for crying out loud. this trial in ohio is serious news. how will you take a complicated corruption trial and turn it into a puppet show. how can that be compelling? >> is that the invoice you sent? >> yes. >> was that invoice ever paid? >> no. >> it's the same dog and pony show with fake invoices for two rolex watches valued at more than $10,000, wining and dining and the trip to vegas. >> a trip to vegas? i wonder what happened in vegas. i'm getting into this. let's roll some more puppet court. >> an the stand, he admits to the judge he paid for the vegas trip including $8,000 in gambling money and one prostitute named suzanne. >> say what? your eyes and ears did not deceive you. that was indeed a puppet prostitute. if you would allow me to employ a little bit of journalistic parlance, that is what we call the hook. we have no choice. you have to hear what h

correspondent dan lothian. david, you heard the ambassador talking. obviously he's not going to wade into the u.s. politics in the midst of an election. what do you make of what he said of where israel stands? >> well, i think the first thing was that the deadline has been pushed back to six to nine months which means there's not going to be an attack during the elections, which from the white house point of view is a great relief. but we've got a very serious issue on the table, the next president. that is the israelis are telling the united states look, the red line is when the iranians get the technological capability to build a bomb, we then feel we have to attack. previously, the united states government has been telling israel no, the red line should be when they actually get a bomb. >> acquire it, right. difference between acquiring and the capabilities. >> exactly. you brought that out in the interview. from the israeli point of view that's way too late. there's a great deal of distrust on both sides of the other side and on the israeli side, they just don't trust president o

dan lothian and jim acosta with the romney campaign. how could the housing issue impact both candidates? it's an important issue nationwide but it will come down to a few key swing states. >> no question, anderson. it's a national crisis but exacerbated in some parts of the country. this is foreclosures across the country. darker the color, the more you have foreclosures. a lot in florida, michigan, this part of ohio. you see a lot here in the corners of nevada, the northwest corner down in here. look at these. those are all swing states, florida, ohio, michigan, watch this when we do this. take this off and turn this on, back in time, this is by county, presidential election four years ago by county. look at where i circled counties important to the president up here and down here. you can make the case that the problem has been exacerbated, higher foreclosures in places around the country that are critically important to the president. one more point if you pull this out, nevada has been hit the hardest. look nationally at home prices, down 166,000 on average when president

biggest pull on the economy. >> back with john king and dan lothian traveling with the president and jim costa with the romney campaign. how does the housing issue impact both candidates? s awe said it will come down to a few king states. >> no question. there's been a national crisis. guess what, some of those happen to be in the key swing states. this is foreclosures across the country. if you're seeing light there aren't a lot of foreclosures. let's look here. you see a lot in florida, in michigan, a lot in this part of ohio. a lot in the corners of nevada, northwest corner here. i want to do something. look at these. those are all swing states, florida, ohio, michigan. nevada. watch when we do this. take this off and turn this on. this is guy buy county, presidential four years ago by county. look where i circled. important to the president, important to the president up here and down here. you can make the case the problem is exacerbated. higher foreclosures in places around the country critical to the president. one more point i want to take if you take this out. look nationall

. we're outraged. >> but is it simply about the money? >> dan newman is president of map light. a research group dedicated at looking at money's influence on politics. we looked at teachers unions and committee members from january 2009 to may 2012. >> the money correlates with the vote. >> with the exception of the committee chair, the numbers reveal a pattern. all those voting no or not voting, received money over the years from education unions than those voting yes. >> i don't know what is in the lawmakers' head but lawmakers who receive more money from the teachers union tended to vote more with that union. what that correlation shows is that the money is having an influence. >> we don't know what is in the lawmaker's head. we went to sacramento to see them. >> can you take the camera out? >> kicked out of one office to another and staffers saying the bosses won't talk. when assembly member carter wouldn't answer our question fos the hall, we followed them to the assembly floor where rules state interviews may be granted if you send a note. can we ask assembly member carter. received

suspect, mohammed merah. he's wanted in connection with seven murders in the past ten days. dan rivers is live in toulouse, france, with the latest on the standoff. dan, there's been some explosions in the last couple of hours. what's going on now? >> reporter: yeah, a couple more just in the last minute or so, anderson, at the end of the street. we're being told consistently by the interior ministry that the operation to get him out has not started yet. but we've certainly heard what sounded like gunshots and then what souped like a stun grenade in the last minute or so. so we will keep an eye on what's going on here. but we're now almost 21, 22 hours into this siege, and the suspected terrorist is homed up inside refusing to come out. all dialogue with negotiatesers is said to have broken down. >> we've got new video of the suspect. how much do we know about this guy? >> reporter: well, mohammed merah was known to french intelligence. the 23-year-old who is thought to have been in terrorist training camps in afghanistan, traveled to pakistan, it's thought that he may have also been a

merah. dan rivers is live in france with the latest on the standoff. dan, there have been explosions. what's going on now? >> reporter: yeah, a couple more just in the last minute or so, anderson. at the end of this street, we're being told consistently by the interior ministry that the opposition has not started yet. but we certainly heard what sounded like gun shots and then what sounded like a grenade in the last minute or so. so we will keep an eye on what is going on here. but we're now almost 21, 22 hours into this siege. and this suspected terrorist is hold up, inside, refusing to come out or dialogue with negotiators. >> have -- we just got new video of the suspect. how much do we know about this guy? >> reporter: well, mohammed merah was known to french intelligence, the 23-year-old who is thought to have been trar in any event training camps in afghanistan, traveled to pakistan. it's thought that he may have also been arrested and detained in afghanistan. some reports suggesting he was deported back to france by the u.s. certainly we're being told that he was under surveill

has gone up. >> reporter: dan richard is the new chairman of the rail authority and co-author of that report. that sent the high-speed rail plan slightly off track. >> that report was a draft. it was intended to engender comment. it did that rather successfully. we're looking now how to revise the plan and strengthen the plan and go forward. >> reporter: but that is also troubling. it turns out the latest plan could be for a much slower train, not actually the high speed futuristic cartoon california voters approved four years ago. more of a hybrid that goes slower, makes more stops, and doesn't quite deliver the l.a. to san francisco promise of just a few hours. and that's not the half of it. this is about to become really political. california's high speed rail has one huge backer, president barack obama and that is where you come in. the administration has pledged $3.5 billion in stimulus money, also known as tax dollars, and that's just so far. now california admits it will need even more. tens of billions of dollars more from federal taxpayers to finish it. but first you have to

now. dan lothian and jim acosta with the romney campaign. the latest polling, we asked likely voters which candidate would better handle taxes, what did they say? >> president obama, anderson. republicans normally have the edge, but at this moment, the president does. 51% to 46%. close but advantage to the president. here's why. when you ask voters, those who attended college, you see the president, 52% support on the tax issue among those who attended college. now we're going to match that up with those who describe themselves as moderates. 58% of moderates support the president. moderates, college educated people tend to live in the suburbs. it's not all bad news for governor romney. in florida, if you look at older voters, they tend to be more reliable. these are voters 50 and older. 54% support governor romney on taxes and 42% for president obama. so jobs is a number one, but taxes a subset, at the moment, advantage to the president. >> governor romney has been criticized for not laying out enough specifics in the tax plan, particularly what loopholes he would close to cut taxes

buried here. >> thanks very much, appreciate that. about a 20-minute drive from here, in dan bury, people have gathered for a tribute. gary tuckman joins us now. gary? >> reporter: anderson, a very emotional evening right now. this is a painful story for all of us all over the world and it is acute here in the state of connecticut. and right now in danbury, connecticut, about 15 miles away from newtown, a tribute to newtown, the families, the survivors, music and prayer. a short time ago a video tribute of the 20 children who died, the six adults who died, and it was so emotional, so hard to watch, beautiful music playing, beautiful songs playing, while everyone in this room, hundreds of people from the state of connecticut experiencing it. one thing, anderson, i know it is the same with you, we have covered so many tragedies. it's so discouraging, bombings, shootings. and what's amazing here, we have made so many friends, i'm grateful for the friends i've made, but so sorry for how we've made these friends. that's what's happening right now. there's no such thing as closure. they

all of the victims in their prayers. >> that was connecticut's governor, dan malloy speaking earlier today. he said his main responsibility now is the investigation along with local and federal authorities. i want to emphasize once again that is the focus now. susan candiotti, handling our coverage of the investigation. let's focus first on what we know about the shooter. >> not very much. that he is 20 years old, we understand that he came to the school with three weapons, two of them were handguns, one described as a glock. one described as a sig sauer, and another one not found in the classroom with him, but instead was found in a car outside the school, and that is called a .223 bushmaster, a semi automatic weapon. it seems those guns were not registered to him. but we are told according to our law enforcement sources they belong to his mother which is -- don't have an explanation for that right now. >> were all those guns legally purchased in this state? >> yes, they were legally purchased and purchased in the state of connecticut. we believe he might have been living with his m

just a moment. first, though, jim acosta traveling with the romney campaign. dan lothian is covering team oba obama. jim, the governor seemed to have some momentum then the later debate stalled some progress perhaps. we haven't seen a lot of poll numbers. now his team has spent a valuable campaign day on the defensive over this. does this story concern them overall? >> i think it does, anderson, and you can tell by the fact that senior romney advisers were really out of sight all day long. we did not see them at either of the big campaign events that he had today. in nevada and here in iowa. and i think this is what happens when the romney campaign has a narrative, a news cycle that sort of gets out of its control. and we saw that happen earlier today. before they put out that statement saying what they wanted to do with that pro-richard mourdock ad and whether or not they would continue to support him, one of their top surrogates, new hampshire senator kelly ayotte, who was on his vice presidential list of potential running mates, she already went out and said that she was

want my kids to grow up like that. >> john king joins me now. dan lothian has been traveling with the president. we asked likely voters, which candidate would better handle taxes, what do the numbers say? >> president obama the democrat. at the moment, the president has the edge, a number of reasons why. majority, 51-46. close, but advantage to the president. one of the reasons why. you ask likely voters who attended college, 52% for president obama. we have to match those up as those who describe themselves as moderates. 58% describe themselves as moderates. they tend to live in the suburbs. an important advantage for the president. taxes part of the economic debate. not all bad for governor romney. state of florida, more from our most recent poll. older voters, tend to be more reliable. voters 50 years of age and older. again, more reliable voting group. 54% support governor romney. 42% for president obama, obviously, jobs number one part of the economy. on taxes, at the moment, an advantage for the president. >> governor romney has been criticized by fellow republicans by not raisi