CBS Evening News - 2008-10-01

Name: CBS Evening News - 2008-10-01
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[0:00] [Music]

[0:03] Tonight, the race for the White House.

[0:04] Barack Obama widens his lead over John

[0:07] McCain. In fact, he's nearly doubled it

[0:10] since their first debate. I'm Katie

[0:12] Kirk. Also tonight, the battle over the

[0:14] bailout continues. Barack Obama and John

[0:17] McCain return to Washington as the

[0:19] Senate votes on a revised rescue package

[0:22] for the financial industry.

[0:24] And our special series, Vice

[0:26] Presidential Questions. Why do you think

[0:28] Ro v Wade was a good decision? Why in

[0:31] your view is Ro v. Wade a bad decision?

[0:39] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Peter.

[0:45] Good evening everyone. We're beginning

[0:47] tonight with two important numbers in

[0:49] the presidential race, 34 and nine.

[0:52] There are 34 days till the election and

[0:54] nine points now separate the candidates.

[0:57] A CBS News poll out tonight shows Barack

[0:59] Obama has nearly doubled his lead over

[1:01] John McCain in the week since their

[1:03] first debate. And that may have

[1:05] something to do with the financial

[1:06] meltdown. Senator Obama gets better

[1:09] marks for his handling the crisis.

[1:11] Again, a nine-point advantage over

[1:13] Senator McCain. That issue is dominating

[1:16] the campaign right now. Here's Nancy

[1:18] Cordis.

[1:19] >> But our duty right now is to fix the

[1:22] problem.

[1:22] >> It's all the candidates we're talking

[1:24] about today. the nation's faltering

[1:26] finances.

[1:28] >> I know that we can steer ourselves out

[1:30] of this crisis.

[1:31] >> The new CBS poll shows the topic is

[1:34] consuming voters, too. Nearly six in 10

[1:37] now call the economy the most important

[1:39] issue, dwarfing national security and

[1:42] healthcare. And while respondents still

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