this hour in the "cnn newsroom" the president is speaking to voters in columbus, ohio. >>> plus republican leaders asking todd akin to bow out of missouri's senate race because of comments about rape. >>> diana nyad gives up her dream to swim from florida to cuba. >>> taliban insurgents fired rockets at the main nato air base today. martin dempsey was not on board at the time, he was not harmed. dempsey left on another aircraft but was in afghanistan for talks with nato and afghan commanders. >>> the clock ticking now for a congressman under fire over his comments about rape. representative todd akin is running for the u.s. senate seat in missouri. fellow republicans urging him now to drop out of the race. he has until 6:00 tonight eastern to do it voluntarily without much difficulty. but as early as today, akin was still saying he's seeking redemption with this apology ad. take a look. >> i'm todd akin, and i approve this message. rape is an evil act. i used the wrong words in the wrong way and for that i apologize. as a father of two daughters, i want tough justice, i have a heart for th

franklin county is where columbus is located, and there were long lines. there were long lines due to tremendous efforts by both sides to get out the vote and a decision that was made the students at ohio state university would vote in columbus as opposed to their home precincts. what i think it's incumbent upon you to get across to your folks who view you is this -- in ohio, voting machine location is determined by [unintelligible] each one of those boards of elections has two members. two democrats and two republicans for it in 2004, the head of the franklin county board of elections was a guy named bill anthony. he was a labor leader. he was vice chairman of the franklin county party -- democratic party. he was a co-chairman of the kerry campaign and african- american. i don't think he would have allowed the voting machines to deliberately not be placed in african-american communities. but it is this notion that the secretary of state made a determination, therefore getting long lines, frustrated african- american voters, that was not the case. i have n

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to later retrieve the boring machines so crews will work to relocate equipment along a half block of columbus avenue near union street meaning lane closures on streets. >> and drought conditions in the mid west expected to get food prices to sky high. >> michael finney is here. >> buying generic products has long been a popular option for those looking to save money. but generic items are not always cheaper, name brands can be less expensive on sale and if combined with coupons. others may complain about the taste of some of the generic food items. it's safe to buy againerics for taste if there are not too many ingredients listed on the packages. there are also good to remember againnerics aren't cheaper if you end up having to use more such as paper thin generic paper towels. if you've been waiting to buy an e reader timing may be perfect. barns and noble says it's cutting the price of the 8 giga byte nook down to $170 a savings of $20. the company also announced a $50 reduction to $199 for the 16 giga byte nook this as microsoft gets ready to release its tab blet coming up in october. apple

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in columbus national force that is 55% contained. a third fire in mendocino county 33 percent contained. an award winning painting left of the sausalito art festival website or other winners are displayed the move proms questions of censorship anne mackovic tells us organizers want to take a sensitive approach. >>> there's a lot of great beauty and great tragedy >>> this artist douglas brand painting entitled it jumped the golden gate club won honorable mention in the sausalito art festival, but it is not on the festival's website like other winners >>> i'm excluded for the exposure >>> is executive director said the pending cause complaints and concerns it promoted suicide. how many people complain, she says a less than 5 >>> we're not supporting censorship we want to be sensitive to the community >>> board of directors meets monday to discuss the issue. >>> there are plans to get back on the web site but it would thoughtfully and a way that is presented in the right way >>> he painted the peace when he was 25 to commemorate the 100

ed henry, our chief white house correspondent is traveling with the president in columbus, ohio. tell us about the unusual florida strategy. >>reporter: well, normally one party will stay on the side lines when the other party is having their convention. in this case we will see vice president biden in tampa, as you mention, on monday. he will also be in other cities in florida on monday and tuesday. i am told by an official we will see the president out on the road somewhere. they have not given details. they are down playing it because inside the obama camp they believe in the internet age, the fast pace news cycle now, it is impossible to see the states for several days and they believe when the democrats are in charlotte having their convention, the republican ticket and their surrogates will be out there in some form. you cannot give up the stage for an entire week with all the attacks flying back-and-forth. >>shepard: president obama did well with student population back in 2008 and he is on the trail again today working students. >>guest: there is question whether he has t

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columbus and des moines? >> i think you have to put virginia in there as well for obama and the hampton roads. >> listen, you guys are very great. thank you for joining us. any thoughts about what you have heard? >> i have learned a lot today. i will watch new mexico. i found out something i never know in santa fe -- new mexico has gone with the winner every year since its existence except in 1976 when it went for gerald ford against jimmy carter. maybe everybody knew that, but i never knew that, so i am keeping my eye on new mexico. >> thank you guys very much. you were great. >> thanks for joining me. you have been a terrific panel. we will see you again in four years. thank you all for watching. >> "national journal" live down in tampa. we are bringing you the events unfolding live in tampa as the republican convention continues today. you can see a shot there of the tampa bay times forum where speeches will convict medicaments this evening. we would like to get your phone calls, tweets, and e-mails. -- th

. >> stephanie: and we have pictures up from columbus. at sexyliberal.com, on facebook et cetera. john fugelsang in the d.c. bureau. what is up with that? >> yeah, right. >> stephanie: jim who said the president is going to try to hand over the sovereignty of the united states to the un. >> john lindsay? [ buzzer ] >> stephanie: sheriff head. not sheriff head. judge head. don't judge head. he went on to say -- hang on a second -- where is my -- can you give my deliverance music please. i got it? . i'm thinking civil war maybe. oh, i see he would like to reverse the civil war. >> as in the south will rise again. >> stephanie: sure. >> okay. got ya. >> stephanie: what does that mean when people say that? >> that means you get to keep people as pets again. >> stephanie: yeah. and we're not just talking about few riots, we're talking lexington concord, and get rid of the guy. the president is going to send in un troops. i don't want him in lubbock county, so i'll stand in front of their personnel carrier, and said you are not coming in here. and the sheriff said i'll back you -- >> i

. >> mobile 5 is parked right out here on columbus avenue in the middle of north beach. it will be right here between filbert and union where the extraction kit will be doug beginning next week. it will start removing utilities and tearing off the sidewalks and all of this because of the central subway project. here is the problem, with residents and people who live here, the near station will be 2,000 ft. away up in chinatown and they're not even getting a station here but their neighborhood will be torn up because this is where all the equipment will come out of the ground. not for only a few months but for up to seven years this four- lane road will be down to one lane in each direction. mark bruno with the group save north beach says his group has filed a lawsuit because it will be a mess out here. >> the city keeps telling us one year but it says right in the report that they will keep the tunnel opened until the chinatown station is complete and because that is not scheduled for completion until 2018 we're talking about seven years of chaos in the middle of this st

the president spoke on education to a crowd of some 3300 people at capital university in columbus. mr. obama warned supporters that his republican challenger aims to make deep cuts in college aid. he also speck of the importance of making higher education more affordable. the president's trip to ohio is part of a two-day swing that will take him to nevada. >>> republicannal vice presidential candidate paul ryan is visiting some key battleground states while mitt romney holds campaigns in texas. democrats have taken aim at ryan saying his plan would abandon seniors for medicare. ryan's plan is allowing those 55 and older to stay in medicare but would also offer private alternatives for younger workers. now, barbara lee spoke out in berkeley about ryan's plan to replace the system with vouchers. lee says the ryan plan would increase costs for seniors by as much as $6400 a year. >> the truth is ryan aplan would do nothing to lower overall healthcare costs. instead, it would simply shift costs to seniors. >> under ryan aplan seniors would be given vouchers to purchase private health in

columbus, ohio. get a close-up to the life of butterflies and learn about the forest as blooms and butterflies at the franklin park conservatory. that's the early today event. >> that's my hometown. thank you so much. >>> now here's an early look at this morning's headlines and entertainment. rosie o'donnell says it is a miracle that she is alive. the 50-year-old comedian revealed on her blog yesterday that she suffered a heart attack last week. after feeling symptoms, she took aspirin, called 911, and had to have a stint inserted into an artery that's 99% blocked. o'donnell is now recovering at home. >>> tmz reports hollywood director tony scott, who jumped to his death did not have brain cancer. results from his autopsy won't be released for several weeks. >>> reports say nicki minaj is in talks to join mariah carey on "the american idol" judges panel. >>> and nbc has announced michael j. fox's new show will be part of its fall line-up. it will be loosely based on the 51-year-old's battle with park

theeft are beginning to shift through huntsville and they're on their way to birmingham and columbus this morning. nothing too severe with them, but just a lot of heavy rain. we'll take whatever rain we can get around the country. we had some showers and storms in arkansas, one clump in northeast texas but now the cool high pressure has built in. this is your fall refreshing air maas that will head through the east coast. temperatures right now are anywhere between 10 to 20 degrees cooler from kansas city to st. louis to chicago and green bay. so when you walk outside this morning throughout the midwest, you will notice a change in the air mass. i've also added the p.m. to our thunderstorm icons just for lynn berry. she was upset. she thought it was going to rain all day through new york and d.c. it's just the late afternoon, mostly toward the evening hours. they'll be more plenty full down through the southeast any time today. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. so same goes for baltimore. a chance for thunderstorms will be

the president used a rally at capital university in columbus, ohio, to shift his attack on republican mitt romney. there he told the crowd the gop would cut billions and he slammed romney for telling students to find loans to pay for school. >> the best thing i can do for you is to tell you to shop around. that's it. that's his plan. >> instead of education, the republican ticket tried to convince voters that their plan for medicare is the best option. vice presidential candidate, paul ryan, took the plan to task. >> $3600 cut in benefits for current seniors. nearly one out of six hospitals and nursing homes are going to go out of business or stop taking medicare patients. >> congressman ryan and the republican campaign will swing back through virginia tomorrow. he is scheduled to hold a rally in the morning at roanoak. topper tells us how long this cooler weather will stick around. you know it can't last for ever. that forecast is coming up, but first, grandpa comes to the rescue after his granddaughter begins to choke. it's a heroic tail of saving a little life. that story is up nex

. >> that was mitt romney just moments ago during an interview with our nbc affiliate in columbus, ohio. once again, he condemned in that interview todd akin's controversial remarks on rape and he stated his own position on abortion rights which do not match the position we should point out of the proposed republican platform which is being debated today in tampa, will be voted on tonight and voted on finally at the convention on monday. akin's remarks of course have revived the gender wars. stephanie is the president of emily's list, a group of women working to recruit democratic women to run for elected office. how are you doing in that regard in getting democratic women into these races? >> 2012 has been an extraordinary year for emily's list. already we've had a historic number of women stepping up to run for the united states senate. we have endorsed ten women already this year. historic numbers in the house running. it's really been an incredible opportunity for women to step up and in this environment, they really have a strong position and policy both on economics and on social

for that one week on that one station in that one media market in columbus, ohio, in that one swing state, the coke brothers group dropped $23,000 running those ads. that makes you appreciate, when you learn that, you appreciate where all the millions go in politics. however much it costs you to make a political ad, it is really the cost of putting it on tv and all the media markets in all the different states all across the country. that is where the bills really add up. so if you want to know who lempbed the best week in presidential campaigning this week, who made the biggest political impact while spending the least amount of money to do it, it is definitely no contest. it's the pro-obama super pac priorities usa. it is not just the romney campaign outraising the obama campaign, which they are doing month after month now, the super pac on the right is swamping the amount of super pac money on the left. when we looked at it on this show a month ago, republican versus democratic super pac money looked sort of like this. that was the ratio in terms of money on both sides. my hunch is tha

take a look at his events in columbus and reno today, he's talking about the choice that students face in education. he passed $10,000 tax credit to help students attend college, double funded for college scholarships. governor romney has a different vision, they'd cut back funding for scholarships and shop around and get money from their parents. some call it negative but it's important that we outline the choice for american students. i certainly done think that's negative. i think it would have a concrete impact on their lives. governor romney's advises are told politico last week it would be political suicide to run a campaign of specifics. he hasn't outlined many policy specifics, he hasn't told us how he'd pay for $5 trillion tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires, specifically what he would do to aen tend the war afghanistan and he's run a campaign primarily focused on tearing the president down. >> we reached out to the romney campaign to see if someone was available. they did not have anybody available. >>> the okay to move forward with new voter i.d. law while expanding t

newsom in columbus, indiana a few weeks ago, it was 106 degrees. you could see the tcorn wilting before your eyes. and this is one of the most painful disasters they have ever dealt with. and here we are in congress, we can't even get a vote on this. all we ask is for a vote. an up or down vote. >> you served on the agriculture committee the last time the farm bill was passed before there was a tea party, which we'll talk about them in a second. so, how different was that political climate? compare to me back then what you are experiencing this time when you were trying to get it done pretty much in a crisis mode. >> sure. in 2007, when i served on the ag committee, we pass ed the bill, got it to the floor. overwhelming votes in committee and on the floor. this year, there was another overwhelming vote in the committee itself to bring the farm bill to the floor and then it got held up there and we couldn't even get a vote. the tea party members have held this up and the fellow i'm running against for u.s. senate, richard murdoch, he has been agains

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a columbus zoo gorilla correctly picked last year's ncaa final four, including the winner, connecticut. our "good morning america" crew tried to get her to double down, guessing this spring's megamillions number, but it looks like her luck has officially run out. maybe the real trick is not to follow your animal instincts. >> do not play quick picks. >> reporter: and he would know. he's hit the jack ppot seven tis and says, never let the machine pick the number. above all, he says, commit to your numbers and stick with your strategy. >> you have to learn what numbers to play and how off to play them. >> reporter: so, okay, he's inspired me. but my strategy, not to precise. i'm trying the picking num from store shelves apprch. why not? and so, did. one numb to the right, one to the left, one up high, one down low. and so on. and what that gave me when i paid my $2? 10, 11, 20, 33, 49 and 8. >> and we're going to round it out tonight with the number 51. >> reporter: versus the winning numbers -- oh, well. might need to go to m.i.t. because i'm not going to the gorilla. i'm john donvan fo

. >> speaking to the college crowd in columbus to charged mitt romney with being oblivious to the burdens of paying for higher education. all right and battled back in pennsylvania where he went back at the president for health care. >> one at of six hospitals and nursing homes will go out of business or stop taking medicare patients because the president obama treated medicare like a piggy bank to fund obama care and his campaign calls that an achievement >> mitt romney took a quick side trip off the trail in texas >> in and out burger has severed ties with the central california meat company after an undercover investigation expose disturbing practices inside the slaughterhouse. a warning, some people might find a video we are about to show difficult to watch. the fed's close central valley and the company after the group compassion over killing turned over these pictures. investigators called the treatment of the towns in the video in a humane and they're also looking at whether beef entered the food chain. central valley meet company operates in hanford and kings county and has not co

here is how the columbus dispatch explained it this weekend. four years ago, more than 60% of the voters backed john mccain. this year, both counties, the biggest two in ohio to go for the republican candidate are staying open extra hours on weekends and saturdays so their voters can cast early voters. in that same year, cuyahoga and franklin counties went for democrat barack obama by 60% or more, but election offices in those two predominantly democratic counties will be limited. it will be open to you in ohio if you're likely to be a republican voter, but not if you're likely to be a democratic voter. the ohio press is now getting all over this. the new report in the toledo blade called for a new poll tax and back door voter suppression, and john hue stead facing that kind of pressure is telling the columbus dispatch he's considering establishing standardized early voting hours across the state, the same in every county. this is after he personally intervened as secretary of state to make sure the democratic counties would have fewer hours. n

. >> president obama used this campaign rally in columbus, ohio, to shift his attack on his republican rivals. >> putting a college education within reach for working families, just doesn't seem to be a big priority for my opponent. >> he warned ohio voters that vice presidential candidate, paul ryan's budget would slash billions of dollars from the education department and cut grants for college students. their medicare plan is better than president obama's. >> campaigning at a steel company outside pittsburgh, ryan went after the president's healthcare reform law. >> a $3600 cut in benefits for current seniors. nearly one out of six hospitals and nursing homes are going to go out of business or stop taking medicare patients. >> ryan spent the rest of the day campaigning in pennsylvania. while romney raised campaign cash in texas. danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. >> congressman ryan will be back in the battleground state of virginia tomorrow. he is planning a stop in roanoak. >>> cleared the way for the voter id to be in force. determined the law does not violate the federal

coming through detroit toward buffalo and cleveland and columbus, this one is going to be arriving midday tomorrow. ahead of it, southerly flow so it is warm and sticky. tonight, we might just pop a thunderstorm or two or shower overnight north of town. looks like this front will be dropping toward us midday tomorrow, storms move south of us by tomorrow afternoon and drier air moves in for wednesday and thursday. 88 today a storm or two east. i'm not too worried here in the metro. tomorrow the front comes through midday with an isolated storm or two. then in the afternoon the attention shifts southward. wednesday another good looking day nice, 84. 88 thursday and then hot friday and saturday. great smelling barbecue in the kitchen. trust me on this one. we'll tell you about it when 9news now at noon returns. >>> today i'm one-on-one with henry adams. if you have not guessed, he played for george mason as a basketball player. i want to give you his company's name. it is abram's bbq.com. i love the tip of the wing, i love that. and today we are doing barbecue beans but guess what? with a tw

what should the obama >> senate, i remember four years ago, being in columbus this the weekend before the election election, three days, the republicans in ohio changed that. this time around the obama administration challenges that saying saying, youif you are a veteran you had you should be allowed to vote early many years ago, these early voting laws were written by republicans in the majority with columbus with democratic support and this is the first time in even bill press's lifetime, as long as that is that we have seen voter laws we have seen voter rights restricted. it's always been, you know, since really world war two, the efforts have been to expand voter rights and now all over the country, whether it's voter ids or the early voting or thing like you are talking about voter rights have been restricted, it's outrageous. i was secretary of state in the '80s. we did things, expand voting rights. it worked. it wasn't fraud. we saw more people coming in. i hope the administration wins this court case. in the series of court cases because it's just campaign or the administratio