. >>> four students from arizona state university have developed a product that could potentially saveives of millions in third world countries. clean drinking water is a priceless commodity, and in many villages and many culture, people travel miles and miles to get water. oftentimes that water is contaminated. these four students developed something called safe sip. safe sip stands for safe, sustainable innovative portable purification and it's this barrel that has a handle, and as the people in the village get the stream water, get the water from their source into this barrel and push it back to their communities, as its rolling, it's sending the water through a filtration system, and not only does it purify the water, it saved them 75% of the trip that they normally make to their water source, because this one barrel can hold 30 gallons of water. >> how easy is it for somebody to push this? >> i imagine something like pushing a lawn mower. especially because this thing, once it gets rolling it's probably easier and easier to push. >> purify water for up to three years. it's somethi

. >> reporter: but latino support doesn't translate to votes, says arizona state university professor bruce merrill. >> the problem has been that the hispanics have not voted. they simply have not gone to the polls on election day. >> reporter: with the race in a dead heat... >> you have no idea how it works. >> reporter: ...the debates ever more contentious, each candidates message could depend on who actually hearings it. >> you voted against it. >> reporter: carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. >> brennan: ahead, he's a man in the middle of the campaign debate over how to slow the pace of foreclosures. show america's housing crisis is easing. the number of foreclosures nationwide are down 16% from september of last year. but in florida, one of the hardest hit states, foreclosures are still on the rise, up 24%. manuel bojorquez in ft. lauderdale has one man's story. >> reporter: 72-year-olds can june has spent two years trying to hold on to his home in foart lauderdale. you're angry. >> angry! beyond that. >> reporter: juneau went into foreclosure after his dry cleaning business fai

arizona state university and you should send the governor a no pin head matt. >> at first i thought the tip of the day was con do sending, but now it is for insight and wisdom. excellent. >> bill, please tell us about the co author. he researched killing kennedy and killing lincoln charles. he lives in california. we write every line in the books together. good guy. puts up with me. gary, where can i get millers killing lincoln logs book? he loon -- at the lunatic shop. when are you guys coming here? possibly in february, jim. first we stop in houston on november 24th, salt lake city on december 8th. details on bill o'reilly.com. finally, tip of the day, news week magazine is folding. the magazine will go out of business at the end of the year. it will remain on the net, but so what? the reason the once proud publication is just that. it was identified with left wing politics. in print you cannot alienate more than half of the population by pushing a political agenda. people are reading much less these days. preferring to cruise the net for information. if a major magazine or a newspape

in my 11th city and we're on a tour and i'm going to be doing a debate listening party at arizona state universitytonight. this will be the 11th university i've been to, i've had 11 lunches with business owners. let me tell you what the people understand that i believe governor romney is going to drive home. spending is destroying this nation and i think if he stays on that message, he's going to do just fine. >> but, herman, doesn't he shav to say something about it? i have jim boykin here, smart guy, he's already challenging holtz-eakin on that. how much? where? defense? nondefense? safety net? where's it going to come from? >> i can't tell you where it's going to come from but i do believe it's going to be specific. i do know that the american people, regardless of the specifics on spending, i agree with the earlier comment that he's got to be specific on how he's going to create jobs. but relative to spending, the people sitting at their kitchen table, talking kitchen table economics know we cannot continue the spending, the run away spending like we've done in the last four years, $6 trillion

my steal an election but they cannot steal democracy. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> this is a vintage arizona state universityer the hour. 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. sexy liberal john fugelsang coming up at the bottom of the hour getting ready for his big day-butt tonight. carter in north carolina. hi, carter. >> caller: hi. i feel sorry for the president. he had to debate essentially a toddler toddler his arguments were no itting isn't, na-uh. and his budget is his imaginary friend. >> stephanie: there you go. [ applause ] >> stephanie: would you like some fun facts? >> sure. [♪ fun-facts music ♪] >> stephanie: romney told 27 lies in 38 minutes. >> that's hard to do. >> stephanie: it is. this is one thing he said gets north american independent that creates 4 million jobs. his plan relies heavily fuel efficiency standards set by the obama standard. he said i don't have a $5 trillion tax cut. i don't have a tax cut of the scale you are talking about. [ buzzer ] >> stephanie: yes, he does. i'm not going to reduce the share of taxes paid by high income people. [ buzzer ] >> what?

we tackle the big issues here in our nation's capital. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> this is a vintage arizona state universityher but tv -- butt. it is so big. she's like a total prostitute. ♪ i like big butts and i cannot lie ♪ >> baby got back. >> stephanie: it is "the stephanie miller show." welcome to it. 25 minutes after the hour. hump days with hal sparks. 1-800-steph-12. the phone number toll free from anywhere. let's go to buddy in columbus on the big debate tonight. hi buddy. >> hey mama. two things, i just noticed something. it really isn't fair. i think your friend hannity is right in complaining because obama's got stephanie cutter and romney's got eric fehrnstrom. it really isn't fair. the ok'd thing is mitt romney there, please? >> that depends. which one do you want? >> caller: i was just curious how it is going to feel to go down in history as the first presidential candidate to lose four states in massachusetts hirsch and virginia. -- michigan and virginia. >> look at the time. >> stephanie: okay. must take interviews. >> >> stephanie: david in colorado. >> just the right height. >> hi, how a

then, on october 13th, from arizona state university in tempe, bob schieffer of cbs news will moderate an exchange on domestic policy that will be similar in format to tonight's. also, this coming tuesday, at case western reserve university in cleveland, the vice presidential candidates, vice president cheney and senator edwards, will debate with my pbs colleague, gwen ifill, moderating. for now, thank you, senator kerry, president bush. from coral gables, florida, i'm jim lehrer. thank you and good night. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [applause] >> tomorrow on "washington journal" a look at the presidential campaigns and where they stand in battleground states. first we'll discuss the latest developments in presidential campaigns with abc news political director amy walter. then a look at the political race in virginia with political talk show host joe thomas out of charlottesville. followed by a discussion on what the presidential candidates are doing in florida. we're joined by news directo

then, on october 13th, from arizona state university in tempe, bob schieffer of cbs news will moderate an exchange on domestic policy that will be similar in format to tonight's. also, this coming tuesday, at case western reserve university in cleveland, the vice presidential candidates, vice president cheney and senator edwards, will debate with my pbs colleague, gwen ifill, moderating. for now, thank you, senator kerry, president bush. from coral gables, florida, i'm jim lehrer. thank you and good night. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [applause] >> he said he was the ideal candidate for the tea party. now he is saying what, who me? he is forgetting what his own positions are and he is betting you will too. he is changing so much, sidestepping, we have to name this condition he is going through. i think it is called "romnesia." >> at this election is a choice between an american where government makes the rules and the government is larger and larger, where it runs more of our businesses and r

arizona state legislature sadly is known for being the state that has cut education the most the deeper per capita over the last several years, so arizona schools are struggling, and i teach at arizona state universityl worker at an elementary school. so this is a really important issue for me. my own story, i think informs why it is important to me. i was homeless when i was a kid, and it was through public education, pell grants academic scholarships that i was able to make it to the middle class and in arizona we're struggling to keep that high-quality education system, and this is a top issue in our race. my opponent wants to eliminate the department of education which would get rid of pell grants. it would eliminate after ford loans, work study program withes, and cut close to a billion dollars of funding from arizona schools. $739 million a year from arizona schools. and that's his plan. my plan of course is to strengthen education, so that kids like me can have a shot to make it to the middle class. >> bill: that old thing about getting rid of the department of education is such a tired old republican talking point. in fact a lot of republicans have given up on it. obviously not all of them h

then on october 13, from arizona state university in tempe, arizona, bob scheffer of cbs news will moderate a debate on domestic issues. for now thank you vice president cheney, senator edwards. from cleveland, ohio, i'm general aifel, thank you and good night. [ applause ] [ applause ] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> c-span's 2012 campaign hub has live coverage of all the presidential and vice presidential debates. it is the only place you'll see are behind by -- behind-the- scenes coverage. the site has e to debate question available as a separate clip where you can surf and watch. reid streaming tweets from political reporters and others reactions appeared go to c- span.org/debates. >> now, the 2008 vice- presidential debate between joe biden and sarah palin. this was the most watched vice presidential debate in history. it is also the second most watched debate ever after the 1980 meeting between ronald reagan and jimmy carter. senator biden and governor palin met at washington university in st. louis. i

only on current tv. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> this is a vintage arizona state university shirt.. >> stephanie: you think your >> stephanie: it is the "the stephanie miller show." i always get a lot of subject lines just yea rick overton! >> hello everybody. >> stephanie: sara from minneapolis. doing the kermit flail! yea! see? tasty comedy confections on "the stephanie miller show." >> stephanie: bob, jim says for anyone who's seen a wonderful life, would you rather live in bedford falls or potterville? >> nothing but a warped, frustrated young man. >> stephanie: james lipton who is so funny on this --'s he's hilarious. >> stephanie: he said on mitt romney, he's a boss. he's mr. spacely. every boss -- >> jetson! [ laughter ] >> stephanie: he's mr. potter. evil boss, fill in here. mr. burns. >> funny the things we remember from childhood. >> stephanie: yes. he said what the challenger is offering us in the end is a boss. there are lots of nicer words. ceo, job creator with that word that has a religious aura to it. capitalize the c and a halo appears. he's a boss. common word for

lawrence krauss is a physicist and professor at arizona state university where he studies space and astronomyrom london today. okay, you weren't a big fan of the space shuttle program in the first place. you actually wrote an op-ed in the guardian where you say, quote, if we are going to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on human space travel, we need to have a rational plan that can excite the imagination of the next generation of would-be scientists and explorers. the space shuttle did not provide such a plan. you were a blatant and blunt to say that the shuttle program has been costly, but it's been boring. so what do you want to see in the next phase of space exploration, or do you see a next phase? >> well, it's a really good question. right now, with the current economic climate, to really do serious human space exploration is incredibly expensive. i don't know whether any party has the gumption. they like to talk the talk, but walking the walk is a little different. it's incredibly expensive, and clearly going around 200 miles above the earth isn't that exciting. you want to go to

entertainment everyday with twizzlers the twist you can't resist. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> this is a vintage arizona state universityu have to. you can't help yourself. >> i can't tell if you're trying to be a rapper. >> stephanie: i feel like paul ryan in that video. turning my hat around. >> the shake weight. >> i can't tell if you're dancing or having a grand mal seizure. >> stephanie: 1-800-steph-12 toll free from anywhere. dennis in virginia. hi dennis. welcome. hi dennis. >> caller: how are you this morning? >> stephanie: good. go ahead. >> caller: earlier, i was riding around in my car and you played an excerpt from a comedian on fox news. >> stephanie: yes. >> caller: he was saying you know what, i don't know who obama's base is. if you're a christian, you can't vote for him and oh, my gosh. that just got me going. >> that's what got me going about that sound byte. >> oh, my gosh -- >> helping the poor is the very essence of christianity. >> oh, my gosh. i'm a christian pastor in virginia. and i thought you know what? i gotta call these guys and thank them for what they're doing plus i just think president o

budget, the asia pacific, the middle east and several weeks ago we held a surrogate debate at arizona state university today we meet at a time when foreign policy has returned to the center of the conversation between the candidates. i am, therefore, very pleased to introduce our two campaign representatives, rich burma from the obama campaign and doug -- [inaudible] from the romney campaign. rich is currently a partner where he works on matters of national security law, most recently served in the obama administration as the assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs. earlier in his career rich served with harry reid and prior to that worked in the house of representatives for the national democratic institute and as an officer in the air force judge advocate general's corps. doug zakheim was senior vice president of bozell and hamilton. during the bush administration, doug was chief financial officer or comptroller for the department of defense, and he's had several other pentagon posts over his career and is the author of a dozen books. i note that the event today is being live streamed o

overall defense budget, the pacific, the middle east and several weeks ago we held a debate at arizona state university. today we meet at the time when foreign policy is returned to the center of the conversation between the candidates. i am therefore very pleased to introdpiews the campaign representatives rich from obama campaign. richer have ma is currently a -- works on matters of national security law and international regulation. most recently served in the obama administration of the assistant secretary of state of legislative affairs. earlier in the career he serve -- majority leader harry reed and prior to that the house of representatives in the national democratic substitute and office in the air force. previous -- during the bush administration, dov was under secretary of defense and chief financial officer or comptroller. he says several other pentagon during the career and author of other a disufns books. joining me in moderating the debate today are peter bergen of the new american foundation. and tom. at the event today is being live extremed on cnn.com and you can find materials relate

full disclosure -- one of zocalo's most important partners is arizona state university. you work in the academy, doing investigative journalism. is that a natural home, with academic freedom, or does that have drawbacks and problems that are not immediately apparent? >> i am sure it does. i think it depends on the institution. there is the idea out in the journalism world that we can all become like teaching hospitals. universities can become teaching schools for journalism and put real information out into the world. i think it depends each year for us. some years we have an amazing group of students who are very engaged. as with anything, you might get a year with that is not the case. there are ups and downs, but there are more pros than cons , at least for us. being at a academic institution has tremendous benefits -- insurance, the university pays the rent. there are many benefits, but it is definitely a different way of working and involves a lot of time and mentor ship beyond actual reporting and a different type of fund raising, too. >> have either of you collabo

then on october 13, from arizona state university in tempe, arizona, bob scheffer of cbs news will moderate a debate on domestic issues. for now thank you vice president cheney, senator edwards. from cleveland, ohio, i'm general aifel, thank you and good night. [ applause ] [ applause ] [applause] [applause] [cheers and applause] [applause] [inaudible conversations] [applause] .. can't zad

full disclosure -- one of zocalo's most important partners is arizona state university.k in the academy, doing investigative journalism. is that a natural home, with academic freedom, or does that have drawbacks and problems that are not immediately apparent? >> i am sure it does. i think it depends on the institution. there is the idea out in the journalism world that we can all become like teaching hospitals. universities can become teaching schools for journalism and put real information out into the world. i think it depends each year for us. some years we have an amazing group of students who are very engaged. as with anything, you might get a year with that is not the case. there are ups and downs, but there are more pros than cons , at least for us. being at a academic institution has tremendous benefits -- insurance, the university pays the rent. there are many benefits, but it is definitely a different way of working and involves a lot of time and mentor ship beyond actual reporting and a different type of fund raising, too. >> have either of you collaborated wi

budget, the asia-pacific, the middle east, and several weeks ago we held a senate debated arizona state university. today we meet at a time when a foreign policy has returned to the center of the conversation between the candidates. i am therefore very pleased to introduce the campaign representatives rich verma is currently a partner where he works on international law we and regulation. he most recently served in the obama administration as the assistant secretary for legislative affairs. earlier in his career for user for the senior national security adviser to the senate majority leader harry reid. and prior to that worked in the house of representatives for the national democratic institute and as an officer in the air force judge of the kids general corps. dov zakaim as of the center for international studies. previously he was the senior vice president of hamilton. during the bush administration, dov as under secretary of defense and chief financial officer of the comptroller for the department of defense. and several other pentagon posts during his career as the author of a dozen books. jo

then, on october 13th, from arizona state university in tempe, bob schieffer of cbs news will moderatechange on domestic policy that will be similar in format to tonight's. also, this coming tuesday, at case western reserve university in cleveland, the vice presidential candidates, vice president cheney and senator edwards, will debate with my pbs colleague, gwen ifill, moderating. for now, thank you, senator kerry, president bush. from coral gables, florida, i'm jim lehrer. thank you and good night. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [applause] [applause] right now we are live on the campus university in boca raton florida. a sunny day there and it tonight president obama and a republican candidate mitt romney meet in their third and final presidential debate. looking at a pre-debate festival on the campus there of lynn university. let's watch and listen for a moment. [background sounds] ♪ ♪ the sights and sounds at lynn university in boca raton florida, to light the final debate. we want to hear

arizona is one of the fastest-growing states in the u.s. the consequent demand on freshwater for personal, industrial, and agricultural use is depleting the natural resource and destroying the environment. i'm tom maddock. i'm at the universitystreams. ground water is found beneath the earth's surface in small pores and fractures found within large rock formations. when this water is readily available for human use, these formations are called aquifers. almost all of the natural surface water in arizona has been developed, leaving only ground water available for human consumption. dr. maddock: the problem in the southwest is that we basically are having continued growth, and, in many places, the only place that you can get water to sustain that growth is from ground-water development. unfortunately, ground water is more available near the streams than it is other places. it's what we call the willie sutton principle. willie sutton was a bank robber and was once asked why he robbed banks, and he says, "well, that's because that's where the money is." in the same instance, the wells go in near the river because that's where the water is. but, of course, the ground-water pumping interferes with the surface-water systems. it ess