and new ohio. or new higho. states are spending millions of dollars to combat voter fraud through strategies like purging voter roles and requiring photo i.d.s, even though a study by a group that supports the laws, the national republican lawyers association-- which, by the way, if you ever just want to smoke some cigars and play some golf with some rule douchebags-- ( laughter ) ...there you go. anyway, they said this -- >> the national republican lawyers only found 340 cases of voter fraud over a 10-year period in all of america. >> jon: oh, my god! ( laughter ) that's almost... .7 cases per state per year. ( laughter ). and it also includes registration fraud like a mickey mouse petition. but still, even pennsylvania, which is now defending its photo i.d. law in court said this -- >> the state admits it is "not aware of any incidents of in-person voter fraud in pennsylvania. in addition, the state says it has no evidence to prove that in-person voter fraud is likely to occur in december 2012 in the absence o

and new ohio. or new higho. states are spending millions of dollars to combat voter fraud through strategies like purging voter roles and requiring photo i.d.s, even though a study by a group that supports the laws, the national republican lawyers association-- which, by the way, if you ever just want to smoke some cigars and play some golf with some rule douchebags-- ( laughter ) ...there you go. anyway, they said this -- >> the national republican lawyers only found 340 cases of voter fraud over a 10-year period in all of america. >> jon: oh, my god! ( laughter ) that's almost... .7 cases per state per year. ( laughter ). and it also includes registration fraud like a mickey mouse petition. but still, even pennsylvania, which is now defending its photo i.d. law in court said this -- >> the state admits it is "not aware of any incidents of in-person voter fraud in pennsylvania. in addition, the state says it has no evidence to prove that in-person voter fraud is likely to occur in december 2012 in the absence o

and that wisconsin could be their new ohio. there is a lot of republicans, very nervous about their chances in ohio. as you know, the republicans never got into the white house without ohio. but there is optimism in the romney camp that if they don't win ohio, they can win wisconsin and still find a path to 270 electoral votes. it is interesting. for the romney campaign because have paul ryan and the enthusiasm, some think wisconsin can be their new ohio and that if they can't seem to sort of break the juggernaut right now of the president in ohio, that they can make up for it. no, it's not quite enough electoral votes with wisconsin and iowa together, the two together almost add up to what ohio does in electoral votes. >> chuck todd, one of the few people in television who can stand in ohio and discuss with great clarity, wisconsin. ron motte is our correspondent who has been covering congressman ryan. and ron, i'm going to be counting the jamesville, wisconsin references tonight. he takes every opportunity, the congressman do

. >> reporter: even as a child growing new ohio she was the class clown. it want until she was married, 38 and mother that she became a female comedian. she soon became a regular. that led to an appearance on the tonight show. >> i love to go to the doctor. where else would a man say take off your clothes. >> reporter: she had a fixary husband. >> i have to keep it simple. >> reporter: bob hope recognized her talent and diller became his partner. >> are you sure you're a marriage counselor? >> sure. don't i have a sim threat tick face? >> you have my sympathy. >> reporter: they costarred in a series of movies. >> i hope its blood -- it's blood. >> if your wife sees it, it will be. >> we were bosom buddies. she had a dozen cosmetic surgeries, which became a part of her row teen. when i die, she joked, god won't know be. >> they come, they eat, they leave. it's not a lot but it's hour life. >> her life was filled with laughter that unmistakable cakele. reporting for abc2 news, hollywood. >> she was hilarious. >>> coming up, an accident at the state fair sent

and is amongst the top three vp choices for the gop candidate according to nbc news. >> ohio is one of those states that mitt romney has to win if he is to beat president obama. it has 18 electoral votes, no republican has ever won the white house without winning ohio. >> reporter: former minnesota governor tim pawlenty and wisconsin congressman paul ryan complete the short list. >> you're going to come back to michigan when you're vice president? >> the vice presidential, maybe we'll know soon enough. >> reporter: ryan the most controversial of the three has been gaining a lot of buzz in recent days. other names still in the vp mix are virginia governor bob mcdonnell and florida senator marco rubio. >> reporter: yes, and mcdonnell does tag along on the romney bus tour on the virginia leg of that while rubio will join romney on the tour for several stops in florida. we're live in washington, i'm claire leka. lynn, back to you. >> thanks so much. >>> well, president obama disagrees with the boy scouts of america's policy banning gay scouts and group leaders. the president said through a

many consider virginia the new ohio which was the key battleground state into thousand eight. mitt romney have the spotlight at the republican national convention and revealed his five-point plan, promising to restore millions of jobs for america while attacking president obama's leadership. >> you know there's something wrong with the kind of job he's done as president, when the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him. [laughter] >> republicans used their three- day convention to try to reach out to undecided voters. several polls show close race now between romney and obama with the president holding a slight edge in key battleground states. >> obama fly to texas to visit troops at fort bliss in el paso today. he will speak to service members and hold a roundtable with their families. vice-president joe biden at any event in ohio. the holiday weekend could be painful for anybody driving to a labor day destination. >> oil and gas companies forced to abandon their platforms in the gulf ahead of isaac are expecting damages -- assessing damages and slowly restarting o

they have filed a lawsuit to block a new ohio state law allowing men and women in uniform to vote until the monday right before an election. the cut off on early voting for the rest of the public is 3 days earlier. >>> finally mitt romney getting support from clint east wood. he attended an event in sun valley idaho with 300 people the price tag 25,000 dollars a plate east wood said he is backing romney because the country need as boost. romney responded saying east wood just made his day. >>> a rise in disease, a spike in west nile virus. >>> iran test fired a very accurate missile. we will be right back @Ñ >>> checking headlines it has been three weeks since two iowa cousins disappeared, and now a speedway race car driver is trying to keep their names in the spotlight. he is hoping showing their photos to a big racing audience will help bring the girls home. 8-year-old e liz beth and 10- year-old lyric were -- elizabeth and 10-year-old lyric were last seen riding their bikes in evans dale. >> west nile viruses are on the case nationwide. health officials say the combination o

ohio fan state t- shirt is causing controversy, mocking the sex abuse scandal. it reads i would rather shower at penn state than chore for the wolverines. it's makes the rounds on social media. ohio officials say it's not a university-sanctioned t-shirt and find it unacceptable and appalling. >>> harsh reality for former nfl star chad johnson, or ochocinco. he was released by the dolphins. his fall from grace is being crystallized by a major omission. he's not included in madden 13, the popular video game. he took to twitter tweeting that awkward moment when you realize you not on that in 13 and you have to create yourself. the big thing is you're typically -- everyone on the team should be in the video game. >> uh. >> and he went to look and see. it would include stats from last year. >> uh. >> it wasn't there. he had to create him. >> he has had problems lately. >> yeah. >> and. >> that is weird. >> yeah. >> per chad. >> yeah. >>> move over zumba, there is a new exercise craze. the founder is in our area. why it's so popular. >>> and the party is over for the

virginia is next to the podium and that is because virginia is the new ohio, meaning it's the most crucial state and maryland, d.c., farther back on the right-hand side and we should say there is one maryland guy that should be here and is not here in the capacity hosted to be, and that is the former republican party chair michael steele. he got removed. >> let's talk about that. >> and he created it and felt like he could not continue. the highlight of any party chair is to be the number one big kahuna at a convention and is reduced to being a commentator like plotkin. >> and let me ask you this, mark. what kind of message do you think thissens? he was a chairman when the gop came roaring back in 2006 and 2008, and they did amazing things in virginia. and he was kind of. i understand, to honor the current rnc chairman at a party over the weekend. why is he being snubd? >> and i think it's unpleasant and unfortunate. they don't want to draw attention to it and don't want to be reminded of that and they would rather talk about bob mcdonough who got the consolation prize of a speaking slot t

in a cbs news poll that shows president obama leading in pennsylvania by 11 points. in ohio the president is ahead 50-34%. six percentage points separate them in florida. terra merger tells us tax cuts might be a key to another win for the president. >> president obama brought his campaign message of middle-class tax cuts to ohio. the president came on a day that new polls show him six points ahead of mitt romney. the university cbs news in new york times poll shows the president has the same lead in florida. it also puts in 11 points ahead in pennsylvania. >> we need tax cuts for working americans >> the president is pushing his plan to increase taxes on people making more than $250,000 per year and says that mitt romney tax plan would mean tax cuts for the wealthy while the rest pick up the tab >> he is asking you to pay more so people like him can get a big tax cut. >> while the president is popular among those questioned, many do not approve of the way he is handling the economy >> it will be a referendum on his economic policies >> the mitt romney campaign is ai

anthony mason, cbs news, middletown, ohio. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," full coverage on mitt romney's speech at the republican national convention. we'll hear from ann romney. plus, new details about the shooting suspect in the colorado movie theater massacre. that and more later on "cbs this morning." for now, though, that will do it for the "cbs morning news" for this friday. appreciate you watching. happy friday everybody. take care. happy friday everybody. take care. have a great weekend. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com www.vitac.com ahead shouldn't write some redness at the new jersey right now. reports of a deadly shooting. this happening at

they have said and all during the day that virginia is the new ohio and henrico county is changing demographically. they still have to do well in northern virginia. it's 1/3 of the vote. so if there's a ground zero of the 2012 campaign, it's the state of virginia. >> one place we don't expect to see a lot of the republican ticket is maryland, but we were talking earlier tonight that the senate candidate dan bongino has been out and about on that convention floor. i ask you what is he getting accomplished? his votes are here in maryland. he's at tampa. what is there to be done being at the republican convention for the senate candidate in maryland? >> he tries to contact people to raise money, talked to me about jim diment, the very conservative senator from south carolina raising money from him. he says the polls show him maybe eight or 10 points down where before he was 40 points down. the last republican senator from maryland was mac mathias. the last time a republican beat a democrat was jay van bell who beat joe tidings. he definitely has an uphill race but he feels he was the lead secret serv

ohio. meaning if there's a bell weather, it is virginia. so i don't think he was inadvertent. i think he was playing decoy with us because i talked to also the republican chairman and they are spending a lot of time in field work in northern virginia. they realize they have to turn around what obama did four years ago in northern virginia. northern virginia is key. >> let's talk about governor mcdonnell. he became one of the finalists for the vice presidential slot. ultimately went to congressman ryan. people are talking about governor mcdonnell's future. as we all well know, virginia's governorship is limited to one four-year term. if he leaves and would accept a position in a romney administration, perhaps as attorney general or some other. that would really shake up virginia's governor's race. the attorney general, republican ken cuccinelli and republican bill bowling vying for that nomination. how much would that upset and likelihood that it would ever happen? >> well, i ask, what are y

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david muir, abc news. >> ohio. >> you been? >> a few times. a big paper factory there. smells wonderful. >> nice tidbit. >> my friend is from there. interesting, we mentioned that governor christie is going to -- give the keynote speech. >> hope he does something like we heard. >> throw your -- did i just say that on the air? >> ask me no more questions. i put a "k" in the middle of it. >> the middle of the night. >> marco rubio is going to present mitt romney when he accepts the gop nomination. introduced him monday. he is traveling to texas to introduce romney today. they're definitely keeping rubio in the fold. knowing that they need that latino vote. >> he is an asset, absolutely. >> asset. >> that's what you meant earlier. >> yes. >> right. the army psychiatrist charged in the deadly fort hood shooting rampage will enter pleas after the judge refused to delay his trial. major nadal hassan must plead not guilty to the 13 counts of premeditated murder he faces. military law does not allow guilty pleas to charges that carry the death penalty as the maximum sentence. >

. >>> in other political news. an ohio republican has announced he's leaving congress after nine terms. this is notable, because congressman steve latourette is one of the last gop moderates remaining in congress. he said today washington has changed so much since he first got there. and he lamented the fact that compromise has now become a dirty word. >>> the folks who measure such things say the time we are spending following these summer olympics, in some cases while being paid to follow other things, like what's going on at work, could cost american businesses $650 million in productivity before it's all over. 12% of workers admit they plan to watch some olympics coverage while at work. other surveys put that number closer to 4 in 10 americans in the american workplace. >>> word arrived today from not far away from here in ireland, that the author maeve binchy has died. she was among the great contemporary irish writers and sold 40 million books worldwide. she authored circle of friends and tara road among her

for the past couple nights, we have been talking about a new partisan disaster in voting rights in ohio. now, the big news beltway controversy in ohio right now, is the republicans moving to cut off the three days of early voting. it's the change that was credited with the hours long voter lines in '04 into something resembling a functioning election day in 2008, but that relatively trouble-free election in 2008 resulted in barack obama winning the state. so coincidentally this year republicans in ohio would like to have fewer early voting days. ohio's republican of state john houston has been trying to defend that move, trying to get fewer people to the polls, trying to explain why the point is not to get fewer people to the polls, not to have longer lines on election day, why it would be so important to cut off early voting three days early. >> i don't think the bar is too high there for anybody who really cares about the future of the country and wants to have their voice heard by voting. we try to make it easy, but we can't -- i say we're not 7-eleven. we can't stay open 24/7 and le

conventional wisdom earlier in the cycle, virginia is the new ohio and the be a all and end all. >> high owe is back to being critical, romney can get to 270 without ohio but it is difficult. ohio is a shocking my weak state, he has a problem with the auto bailout. >> rose: although ryan voted for it. >> yeah but he didn't and people -- and obama will drill that, in it was a political mistake for sure but also he is not great in the traditional republican areas of strength, in southeastern and southwestern ohio he is not as strong as george bush was or john mccain was, i think his mormon faith may be a problem in in parts of that state. >> rose: will it help him in nevada. >> it will for sure and help him in colorado also as well. and arizona, so ohio right now, if i am thinking about the map from the romney point of view they must solve their ohio problem before they can think about how else to get to 270 and right now i talk to one republican strat gist yesterday who said you know what as bad as michigan it may be better than ohio. >> i heard the same thing. >> rose: i thought mic

anthony mason, cbs news, middleton, ohio. >> pelley: harvard university said today that more than 100 students are being investigated for cheating. they were part of a class that had take-home exams and they were told not to collaborate, but teaching assistants noticed that the wording on many of the answers was identical. a university spokesman said he can't remember anything ever happening like this at harvard. ann romney talks about a side of her husband that you don't often see. when we come back. >> pelley: mitt romney's biggest goal here tonight is to connect with the voters. to some, he has had trouble doing that, and i talked to the governor and his wife, ann, on the eve at the convention. i don't know if you see this, mrs. romney, but when someone is speaking to your husband as we are now, he seems very relaxed and completely comfortable. but when he gets in front of a large crowd, he seems to stiffen a little bit. do you see that? does it frustrate you? >> no, no, no. i don't see that. i-- you know, i see a person that has spent his entire life-- this is where i wish the peo

anthony mason, cbs news, middleton, ohio. >> pelley: harvard university said today that more than 100 students are being investigated for cheating. they were part of a class that had take-home exams and they were told not to collaborate, but teaching assistants noticed that the wording on many of the answers was identical. a university spokesman said he can't remember anything ever happening like this at harvard. ann romney talks about a side of her husband that you don't often see. when we come back. >> pelley: >> pelley: mitt romney's biggest goal here tonight is to connect with the voters. to some, he has had trouble doing that, and i talked to the governor and his wife, ann, on the eve at the convention. i don't know if you see this, mrs. romney, but when someone is speaking to your husband as we are now, he seems very relaxed and completely comfortable. but when he gets in front of a large crowd, he seems to stiffen a little bit. do you see that? does it frustrate you? >> no, no, no. i don't see that. i-- you know, i see a person that has spent his entire life-- this is where i w

ohio doesn't have to do that, new york doesn't have to do that. so equal doesn't necessarily mean pro forma across the board. it means bring everyone up to the same level where those who have been suppressed, who have been oppressed, have the same access as everyone else has had. if that means we have to do a little bit more for those folks in the urban area, then we have to do a little bit more. but we should not set the standards based on a county with 10,000 registered voters. >> the secretary of state says the new rules are fair, i know you don't agree with that, he said the rules were fair. >> he did not ask me or the residents of kikko ga -- cuyahoga county. this is nothing more than uniform voter suppression. ohio and four other states cut early voting hours. in ohio and florida, they cut sundays. we know exactly who their targets are. again, in cuyahoga county, african-american make 26% of the registered voters, but in 2008, early in early in-person voting, they were 56% of the vote. how dare we forget how african-americans had to dodge th

conventional wisdom earlier in the cycle, virginia is the new ohio and the be a all and end all. >> high owe is back to being critical, romney can get to 270 without ohio but it is difficult. ohio is a shocking my weak state, he has a problem with the auto bailout. >> rose: although ryan voted for it. >> yeah but he didn't and people -- and obama will drill that, in it was a political mistake for su but also his not great in e taditnal republican areas of strength, in southeastern and southwestern ohio he is not as strong as george bush was or john mccain was, i think his mormon faith may be a problem in in parts of that state. >> rose: will it help him in nevada. >> it will for sure and help him in colorado also as well. and arizona, so ohio right now, if i am thinking about the map from the romney point of view they must solve their ohio problem before they can think about how else to get to 270 and right now i talk to one republican strat gist yesterday who said you know what as bad as michigan it may be better than ohio. >> i heard the same thing. >> rose: i thought michigan had

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. >>> president obama brought his campaign message of middle class tax cuts to ohio. >> hello, ohio. >> the president came on a new polls show ahead in the battleground state. the quinipiac university shows the president has the same lead in florida. it also put the him 11 points ahead in pennsylvania. >> we need tax cuts for working americans. >> reporter: the president is pushing his plan to increase taxes on people making more than $250,000 a year and says romney's tax plan would mean tax cuts for the wealthy, while the rest of the taxpayers pick up the tab. >> he's asking you to pay more so that people like him can get a big tax cut. >> reporter: while the president is popular among those polled, many don't approve of the way he's handling the economy. >> it's going to be a referendum on the president's economic policies. >> reporter: the romney campaign is airing this new adin ohio, while the president is there, criticizing his support on the auto bailout. >> i received a letter from general murders. -- motors. they were suspending my credit line. we had 30-something employees o

. >> most of the negative ads are running in colorado nevada ohio, new hampshire, north carolina and florida. the onslaught will continue. is it working? >> oh, beautiful -- >> goldstein says of course. or else the campaigns and superpacs wouldn't be running the ads. the ads are really trying to connect with undecided voters. this november's election will see a smaller pool of undecided voters. and that's why the ads are here to stay. >> we had a pretty hot today today. here's a look at some of the highs this afternoon. up to the triple digits once again. we were just a touch cooler today than yesterday. tomorrow, they'll be a completely different story. saturday, highs ranging from 80 at the bay, all the way to 100-plus. saturday, cooler, 80s and 90s, and cool temperatures overnight, 50s and 60s. but it's going to be hot this weekend in the central valley f. you're heading that way for the -- if you're heading that way for the weekend, know it's going to be pretty toasty. [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway: dinner...is...served. tonight, take it easy and enjoy your f

new hampshire virginia north carolina and florida the onslaught of advertising will continue, becoming even more intense. but is it working? goldstein says of course, or else hese campaigns and super pacs wouldn't be running the ads. the evidence is, if anything, negative advertisements tend to engage the electorate and/or inform the electorate. an election of course comes down to undecided voters making a decision, but the pool of undecided voters this cycle is small. smaller than it wws in 2008. and that's why it's crucial thht president obama, governor romney and the superpacs supporting them motivate the base and that is who these ads are targeting. brianna keilar, cnnn the white house. -----end-----cnn.script----- coming up in our 6 o'clock hour... barnes and noble is slashing prices on it's nook tablet.how much prices are going down... and when it's rumored a new one will be launched. launched.but first... manny machado is exceeding expectations...the controversy surrounding his latest home run...next in sports. ((break 3)) why don't we play a game of hide and seek? riright n? ye

, ohio! >> reporter: the president came to mansfield on a day a new poll shows him six points ahead of mitt romney in the battle ground state. the quinnipiac university cbs news, new york times poll shows the president has the same lead in florida. it also puts him 11 points ahead in pennsylvania. while the president is popular among those polled, many don't approve of the way he's handling the economy. >> it's going to be a referendum on the president's economic policies. >> reporter: the romney campaign is airing this new ad in ohio while the president is there criticizing his support of the auto industry bailout. >> i received a letter from general motors. they were suspending my credit line. we had 30 some employees out of work. >> reporter: and with so many americans out of work both republicans and democrats will be watching the july unemployment numbers when they're released friday. >>> several roads in leesburg will be closed tomorrow for the president's visit to loudoun county high s

for the past couple nights, we have been talking about a new partisan disaster in voting rights in ohio. now, the big news, don't pay attention controversy right now is republicans moving to cut off the three days of early voting. it's the change that was credited with the hours long voting line in '04 into something that resembled a functioning election day un200u, but that resulted in barack obama winning the state. this year, republicans in ohio would like to have fewer early voting days. john houston has been trying to defend that move, trying to explain why the point is not to get fewer people to the polls, not to have longer lines on election day, why it would be so important to cut off early voting three days early. >> i don't think the bar is too high there for anybody who really cares about the future of the country and wants to have their voice heard by voting. we try to make it easy, but we can't -- i say we're not 7-eleven. we can't stay open 24/7 and let anybody vote by any rule they want to. we have standards. >> that's ohio's republican secretary of state's explanation fo

hampshire, wisconsin, ohio, iowa, colorado, nevada and new mexico. the nation is so polarized now, that the undecided votes in these states represent about 5%, and that is consistent with the rest of the country. 39 states lean so heavily to one candidate or another, both candidates are focusing their efforts now on those 11 states. so to give us an update on what's going on out there in some of these key battle grounds we're joined by two republicans, virginia governor bob mcdonnell. he's in richmond. and florida congressman mario diaz-balart. he is in miami. on the democratic side, former pennsylvania governor, ed rendell, who has a new book out called "a nation of with uses." and here in the studio, the former governor of ohio, ted strickland. governor mcdonnell, i want to start with you, because i think both sides in this campaign, strategists for both of these campaigns have told me that virginia may well be the closest of all. it may turn out to be the one that decides who's going to win this election. so let me just ask you, where do you think